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CITATIONS for Letters of Administration he piib'islied thirty days; for Dismission t o n Administration, monthly si* months; for iti iiissMM | rom G uardiansliip. fortt pats. f *tlit*-: fortho Foreclosure of Morlrauemust be n i‘. fished MONTHLY FOR FOUR MONTHS, cstllb ii r.n* lo: papers, for the full space, of three months; for coin,ieilins titles fiom Kxeeiiiors or a: dminisirnto’P.AA heie a I-oihl basbfin fivt n o •lac dcreasrd lic r iiil space ol tiirkf. month* ARRIVAL of STEAMER AMERICA THREE DAYS LATER FROM E ERODE. THE TRIPARTITE TREATY. The five ai tides of the tripnr'itc treat)’ arc ns follows: ]. Fiance anti England engage to sup port Turkey by force of arms until the conclusion of peace that shall secure the independence and integrity of the Sultan’s ii. minions. 2. Toe Porte shall not conclude a peace without the consent of her allies. 3. I lie allies shall evacuate the Turk i*h teriitory after the war. 4. Tuis treaty to rem tin open to the adhesion of the other powers of Europe 5 Turkey guarantees to all the t-nb jectsof the Porte, w ithout distinction of creed, perfect equality in law. the war The campaign on the Danube has com menced in earnest. It is confirmed the Russians have crossed the Danube in great lorce to strike a decisive blow bc'o c the a; rival of tho Anglo French force. On the 23 I ultimo, Gotschakoff crossed the Danube above Quiska, which place he occupied, capturing 11 guns, and making Mine 200 prisoners. He also captureo several small forts on the Turkish side of the river. General Luders with the main body of the Russians, crossed from (ialatz without much loss. Full 50,000 .Russians are now on the right bank. Ou the 23-J General Luders commen-. csd preparations for the siege of Melschin On the 23J a large body of Russians attempted to cross near Oitenilza. A desperate battle ensued, in which the Russians were routed with the loss of 3,000 killed. The Turks were also so badly cut up that they had to retire to their entrenchments. The Russians have itow, however, effected a passage of the ily*r at three points. On the very day the Russians commen ced crossing the river, Omar Dasha bad intended to attack the Russian head quar teis at Pjjtna. The plan of the attack was drawn lip, and the entire force put under the command of the French Colo nel, D.ew, bdi the Russian movements disconcerietkfhe plan. Tt.e Russians were abandoning theii forts on the east coast of the Black Sea. Soncham Kale had been burnt and plun dered by the Circassians. it was rumored that the Turks were preparing to attack Sebastopol. Accounts from Greece were unfavora ble. The Turkish Minister had left A thens, and the Greek insurrection was reviving, but the l urks hold the fortress- c., ami have 8,003 troops in Epirus.— Envoys were daily expected at Athens witrj the final commands of England ad France. It was reported that several nobles had joined the insurrection. The whole French army of 65,000 men will be in Turkey by May Is*. It was reported that the British force would be increased to 30,000 u.en. The first divi sion of the expeditionary force was being rapidly forwarded irom Malta to Constan tinople. Ten Russian ships, from Seba>topol, w>re reported o he near the Gulf of Pe fekop, off the eastern coist ol C.imea.— The aiueJ fleets were still at Be} cos Bay. WARMKR MOVEMENTS ON THE BALTIC. Th* fleet under Sir Charles Napier was egiiio under way for the purpose, as was supposed, of seizing upon the Island ot Aland. Kicegc Bay Was named as the place of rendezvous. The British Minister at Berlin had sent the announcement of the declaration ot war to Sir Charles Napier, with insiruc liona to commence hostilities. 1 he Russians were making great pre parations for the conflict in the Baltic.— AH l he light-houses and buoys have been reviewed, and so tnidable fleets of gun boats are collected in shallow water at all the principal points. Attempts aic being made to block up intricate parts ol the channel with rock", All the houses at Cronstadt incapable of defence are be ing pulled down, New batteries are everywhere in the course of.irvction, and two hundred, (additionall gun-boats nave been ordered.. Ihe Czar anjljjiis sm were personally superintending t,b*se preparations. Co.Hiderabiv discon ent prevails in Finland towards Russia, and some arrests have been made. EKGI.AND. It was rumo ed ihat Linl Aberdeen was about to resign, but the Globe con tradicts the report. The London papers are full of procla mations regulating the details of the war in the House of Commons, the Attor ney General stated that England does not and cannot foiego the tight of search of neutral vessels for articles contraband of war. The bill to double the income tax had passed the lloue of Commons. FRANCE. The Government makes nn announce me t similar to that of England, respecting the con in tree of neutrals. The subsetiptior. to the Fiench loan amounts to 467,000,000 francs. The Minister of Marine had addressed a memorial to the Chamber of Cmnmrroe applauding the United S'a'.es for refu sing letters of marque. SPAIN. j Tiie Queen has amnestied all the j ri- I setters implicated in the expedition of ! Lopez against Cuba. ITALY. j Tite Duchess of Parma will act as re ! gent duiingthe minority of her son. The assassin of the Duke escaped. Baron Fara had been ordered to qu t the coun try foicvt-v. T IE C"XT.NEXT. I Sw ilzerlanu, Aus'na a and Prussia have no? ta'ren sides by an’ overt act in the vv:*r. Ko change had occurred in the Dan ish Ministry. New Map of Europe. ATTRIBUTED TO LOUIS NAPOLEON. “As neither the moderation nor the pa tience of the great cabinets, nor the efforts of diplomacy, nor the sufferings of indus try and of commerce, have sufficed to dis arm an ambition which threatens the whole of Europe, it is necessary that the war, which has become inevitable, should be, at least, energetic and decisive. “A power whose foreign trade is wry restricted, which possesses an extent of coast relatively very small, which has no colonies to protect, has been for half a century accumulating formidable naval forces. Constantinople first, and the Me diterranean countries, are the objects of all its attempts, and the present sovereign of Russia is preparing to act a? executor of the will of the founder of his race. “Doubtless, the resources of Russia are great, but it is from her annexed provin ces, rather than from the body of the inon archy, that she draws her forces. The possession of Finland gives her the domi nation of the Baltic, the possession of the Crimea makes her mistress of the Black Sea. By these means, in the North, as in the South, she has become-a naval pow er ot the first rank. Since the partition of Poland, the largest and richest portion of which she seized, she weighs upon Germa ny, which she hates and despises. ‘1 he Russian saying, when they speak of a German is known; ‘God has used him ill enough; he has made him a German.’ Lately again, in the Hungarian war, the pride of Russia deep wounded the military spirit of Austria, and the armies of the Czar committed the error of rendering the memory of their services humiliating. “Thus, Russia advances westward,dri ving back European civilization each step. Is it by her borrowed elegance and has tard Christianity that, she intends to im pose upon civilized nations? How has she made them forget the impudence and vio lence which stain most of her titles to pos session? Spoliation and despotism govern her conquered provinces. The fair daugh ters of Poland arc periodically carried off and sent to a far exile, to renew the blood of their conquerors. Those conquerors themselves, who are they? Some thou sand corrupted patricians, bending fifty three millions of men under the knout. “A fanatical and servile clergy lives at the expense of this ignorant population, which is regularly exploited in every de gree of the social hierarchy by* the admin istrators and judges. Reforms are not possible, for in Russia despotism is strong in evil, and is powerless only to do good. The principle of authority, the salutary when restrictc 1 within proper limits, is even vitiated there by this adulterous mix ture of Ike sacred and the profane, which troubled, even to madness, the spirit of the Cresars of Rome. “In tfe life of nations, proscription for justice is never required. If the weakness of the French cabinet under Louis XV. committed the first dismemberment of the Turkish empire, an I the first partition of Poland to the profit of the Czars, if tbe revolutionary agitations of 1792 prevent ed France from opposing the second dis memberment of the Turkish empire and the last partitions of Poland, it is for France of 1854, tranquil under a strong government, to repair, as much as is in her power, the faults committed in the preceding century. •‘France, in drawing the sword, demand* nothing for herself; she wishes nothing, she stands in need of nothing. The great ness of a country is not measnred liy the extent of its territories, but by the influ ence of its policy and the expansive force of its ideas. England, our cordial and powerful ally, does not expect any thing 1 either, as the reward of her concurrence. Like ns she acts in a sense of her national condition, but also in the sense of the lib erty of the world. “this disinterested attitude, supported by reiterated and solemn declarations, leaves no doubt upon the mind of any man. The western powers would only, therefore, be the more authorized to raise the question of remodeling the map of Europe. “lias not the moment come for openly declaring what all think and whisper be low thcr breath? What illusion does there still exist on the nature of the con ditions upon which Europe must dictate a desirable and solemn peace, which will in demnify her for her sacrifices she is pre paring to make?. “To-day, are opened. It is by the extent of thu flwiger. that the means of preventing its rotlli'ii inftv.t, V/? mpnfiar.ed,— THE GEORGIA JEFFERSONIAN. GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1854 Thus, in taking arms, do people and go vernments appear animated Ly one senti ment—inspired by one common strength, to put an end to the perpetual menace suspended over all the progress of the past—over all the interests of the future. It is quite clearly understood that it. will not suffice to demolish the ships and the ports of Russia, but that it is still more necessary to drive her back, especially to wards Asia, far beyond her actual boun daries. 11. “It is not in her centre that Russia is vulnerable, it is at her extremities. But if the blood is driven baelc towards her heart, she will choke. The head of the colossus is at Helsingfors, its right arm at Warsaw, its feet at Sebastopol. It is, then, Finland, Poland, and the Crimea, that it is necessary to drag out of ihe clutches of the double-headed eagle. “1 he loss of Finland is an ever bleed ing wound in the flank of Sweden, for she beheld that fine province torn away from her piecemeal, from whence Russia draws nearly the whole of her maritime popula tion, and her timber. It is in Finland that the repiisals of aroused Europe must commence, and the restitution of that country to its ancient owners would be an act of policy, the prudence and justice of which none dare gainsay. A line drawn from Yiborg to the Gulf of Onega would become on that side, in the north, the extreme limit of Russia. The country of Gustavus Adolphus, and of Charles XII. would resume the rank so long and so worthily occupied in the councils of Eu rope. “if it were possible to restore tho an cient Polish nationality, so great an act of reparation would make all generous hearts beat with pulsations of joy. But in the actual state of affairs, such an attempt would assuredly give rise to complications and difficulties more serious still than those before which Xapofean I. himself hesita ted. At least, Poland turned against her mortal enemy, would she not serve to guarantee the independence of Germany? “1 he measure of precaution which gave to Prussia the Duchy of Posen, will only be good when completed. Even re duced to its present limits, what strength would not Poland bring to Europe, if uni ted for the future to Prussia, she were to drive back beyond the Niemen and the Bug her ancient oppressors, and become again on that side the advance guard of civilization. Besides that anew maiming of this no*- b!e body, already so cruelly mutilated, would wound public feeling in France and in Europe, it appears that the idea of an nexing to Prussia all that remains of Po land is justified not only by geographical position, but also by relationship of race, language and religion, which approxi mates tiie Poles to the inhabitants of Posen and Silesia. Condemned at present to silence and to a political death, Poland would then have a place and a delibera tive voice in the assemblies of a state which has given so many proofs of reli gious toleration and a wise spirit of pro gress. “In the South, Austria Would add Mol davia and Bessarabia to her empire, and extend her frontiers to the Dneister. Sue would gain fertile provinces, and on the Black sea, coasts and ports, which would wonderfully tend to the devclopcmcnt of her marine, whilst, by the possession of Gu latz and of the mouths of the Danube, slio would profit by the transit of the produce of Central Europe. A seperate conven tion would regulate, as just, the commer cial insercsts of all the European fckatesy and be put in harmony with the principle, for the future acquired, of the free navi gation of the Black sea. It is superfluous to demonstrate how, in consequence of this addition to Austria beyond the Dan ube, Constantinople would acquire a more sure barrier than the Balkan range. Thus would be closed to Russia that road towards Persia and India which she ! lias tracked out for herself with so mutch j perseverance and zeal. On fire’ Black I Sea, her only remaining possession would I be the coast comprehended between the mouths of the Dniester and the Dnieper. But she would still retain Odessa ,Nicofa ief, Kherson, that is to say sufficient marts for her export trade and arsenals for her navy, reduced to proportions still worthy of a great people, but no longer threaten ing to the peace of the world” “Would it be presuming too much upon the wisdom of Austria, to think that in exchange for the aggrandizement of her territory, and the extension of her com merce and of her marine, she would relin quish Lombardy? Milan, united to Pied mont, would strengthen, without peril to anyone, a second rate state; the prosperi ty of which is important to France. It is nothing to avoid conflicts w.tli Switzer land, to give satisfaction to the national sentiment of Italy, and thereby to deprive the revolutionary element ®f one of its pretexts, and perhaps of the most appa rent of its grievances? The Venetian State, moreover, which covers Friouli and Illyria, would remain to Austria, under the conditions of the treaty of C'ampo Formio. Her empire would extend un broken, from Venice to Ackerman, from the mouths of the Adige to the Dneistcr. At her two extreme points, she would touch two seas, one of which, that moat necessary to her, is now closed to her. “Such is, in a few words, the ensemble of the measures which would appear the best calculated to establish the balance of power in Europe upon its true basis, compromised to-day by the preponderance ot Russia. Those who may feel inclined to regard this plan as chimerical, we ask of them whether, upon their conscience, they believe it possible to preserve the status quo , after tnc great war now pre paring? Not one of the proposed model lings here could become a cause of divi sion between the two western powers, nor a danger for the one or the other. Tlie balance would be maintained between the , German states, which, aggrandizing them selves in the sense of the slave element, and in a proportion nearly equal, would bring no new trouble, no new. pretensions into the body of tue Germanic Cnnfedera tiou. Sweden would be strengthened by the restitution of Finland; the Otto man empire b/ that, of Crimea and of the jline ot.thc Caucasus. Constrained, to re- store the usurpations of a century, the ag gressor alone would suffer from an arrange ment which iiv the North, in the West, and in the SO’uth, would be carried out at his expense. “A definitive war can, then, alone de cide this Eastern question, which Russian ambition has made a continual subject of i anxiety to civilized nations The war will be followed by the sovereign delibera tions of a EuropCffff Congress. May the means that wc propose be considered as the best to attain the solution so ardently des’red. To wish only that which is just, but to wish it with resolve—that is the simple secret of a provident and firm policy. “It is necessary that it should no longer be in the power of any one man to trou ble the safety i f all with impunity.” CHASED BY A CATAMOUNT. A SCENF. IN THE LIFE OF A PIONEER. I was once told of a thrilling adventure of the first settlers in Paris, Maine, with a catamount. Although I cannot relate it with that lively effect with which it was told ine, still 1 have embodied the facts in this sketch. I had been on a hunting excursion, and as I was returning, I fell in with that of ten described personage “the oldest inha bitant.” He kindly accosted me, and I ciPered gladly into conversation with him. “Young man, ” said lie, “when I first visiteo this town, there were only three families in it. You who live in ease, can never know the hardships and perilous scenes through which the earlier settlers passed Come with me,” he continued, “and I will show yon the exact spot where the first hut cvFrercctSed in this town was located ” 1 followed silently, until the old man reached the bottom of the west side of Paris Hill. “There,” said he, “on this spot was erected the hut. I shall never forget the first time I visited it and the story 1 was told.” “What is it?” 1 asked. “I will tell you. When the first fcettler moved here, his nearest neighbor lived twenty miles distant, in the present town of Romford, and the only road between the two neighbors was a path that lie had cut himself, so that in case of want or sickness, lie might get assistance One spring, 1 think it was the third season af ter he had settled here, he was obliged to go to Rum ford after provision*. He arose early one morning, and started .for bttt nearest neighbor. People of the present day would thiuk it hard to make a journey of twenty miles for a bag of potatos, and on foot too; but such was the errand of the first settler. He arrived before noon, was successful in getting his potatos, got Mine refreshments, and started for home. But it was not very easy to travel with a load of potatos; and finally at sundown he threw off his load, and resolved there to make a shelter and jjf&ud. the night. 1 have been with him to the exact locality of it; it was situated just on the other side of the stream on which are mills, in the village now known as Pinkook, in Wood stock. lie built a shelter, struck a fire, aad took out of his pack a piece of meat to roast. Ah! young man,”continued the uarrater, “you little know with what a relish a man eats his Tood in the woods: but, as I was saying, lie commenced roast ing his meat, when he was startled by a cry so shrill that he knew at omc that it could come from nothing but a cata mount. I will now relate it to you as near as I can, in the language of the old settler himself:” 1 “1 listened a moment, ,r said he, “and it was repeated even louder, and it seemed nearer than before. My first thought was for my own safety. But what was I to do? It was at least ten miles from my home, and there was not a single human being nearer than that to me. In a irso meat I concluded to start for home, for I knew the nature of the catamount too well to think 1 should stand the least ch-acee of . escape if 1 remained in the camp. I kfnew, too, that he would ransack the camp, and I hope l that’ the meat which I left behind might satisfy liis appetite, so that he would not fallow me after eating it. 1 lnd not gone more than half a mile before I knew by the shrieks of the animal that he was within sight of the camp. I doubled my speed, content that the animal should have my supper, al though I declared I would not run if I had my trusty rifle with me. But there would be no cowardice in my running from an infuriated catamount, doubly furious, pro bably, from being hungry, and with nothing that could be called a weapon save a pock et knife. “I had proceeded prtd/aWy about two thirds of the distance home,, and hearing no m ire of the fearful enemy, begun to slack my pace, and thought I had nothing to fear. I had left behind about two pounds of raw meat, beef and pork, which I hoped had satisfied the ferocious monster- Just as I had come to> the conclusion that I would run no farther, an l was looking back astonished almost at the distance 1 had travelled in so short a time, 1 was clectri tied with horror to hear the animal shriek again. “ 1 then knew my fears were realized. The beast had undoubtedly entered the camp and eaten what he could find, and, then had scented my track and followed after me. It was about three miles to my log cabin, and it become dark. 1 redoubled my sped, but ll felt that 1 must die. And such a death 1 The re collection of that feeling conies to my mind as vividly as though I knew the animal was now pursuing me. But lam no cow ard, though to be torn in pieces and al most eaten alive by a wild beast, was hor rible. “1 calmly unbuttoned my frock, with the determination to throw it off before the animal should approach me, hoping thereby to gain advantage of the time lie would loose in tearing it to pieces. “Another shriek, and I tossed the gar ment behind me in the path. Not more than live minutes elapsed before I heard a shrill cry as he came to it. How that shriek electrified mel I bounded like a deer. But in a moment the animal made another cry, which told me plainly that the garment had only ex asperated: him tierpop chase, < “O, GodP’said I, “and must l die thus? I can’t, 1 must live for my wife and chil dren, and I even ran faster than I had done before, and nnbot toning my waist coat, I dropped it in the path as I pro ceeded. The thoughts of my wife and children urged me to the most desperate ’ speed, for I thought more of their unpro tected state, than the death 1 was threat ened with, for should I die, what would become of them? “In a moment the whole events of my life crowded my brain. The hot blood coursed through my veins with a torrent’s force. The catamount shrieked louder and louder, and fast as 1 was running, lie was rapidly approaching me. At last I came to the brook which - you see yonder, and it was double the size which it is now, for it was swollen by recent freshets, and I longed to cool my fevered brain m it; but 1 knew it would be as contain death to me as to die by the claws of the beast. With three bounds I gained the opposite bank, and then I could clearly see the light in my log cabin, which was not more than one hundred rods distant. I had not proceeded but a short dis tance, before I heard the plunge of the catamount behind n.e. 1 leaped with more than human energy, for it was life or death. In a moment the catamount gave another wild shriek, as though he was afraid he would lose his prey. At the same instant 1 veiled at the top of my lungs to iny wife, and in a moment 1 saw her approach the door with a light. V’ ith w hat vividness tho moment comes back to rny mind! The catamount was not so far from me as 1 was from the house I dropped my hat, the only thing I could leave, to stay the progress of the beast.— The moment i fell prostrate in my own cabin.” Here the old settler paused; and wiped the big drops from his brow ere he con tinued: “How long I laid, I know not, but when roused to consciousness, I was lying on my rude couch and my wife was bath ing my head with cold water, and my children were gazing anxiously at me My wife told me that as soon as I fell ihe immediately shut the door and barred it, for she knew that 1 was pursued, but by whom or what she knew not; and that as soon as I had fallen and the door closed, a fearful spring was made upon it: but the door was strong and well barred, and withstood the spring of the beast. “As soon as I fully recovered, I knelt down and offered the most fervent prayer to the Almighty that ever passed my lips, or ever will again. My family and myself shortly retired but no sleep visited me that night. In the morning, when my little son, six years old, told me that, he saw the eyes of the colt in the window in the night, I knew the catamount had been watching to gain admittance: but our windows, you will perceive, are not large enough to per mit a catamount to enter. ‘•Wheal looked into the glass next morning, I was horror struck at my alter ed appearance. My hair, which was the day before, dark as midnight, was chan ged to the snowy whiteness you now sec; and although l have enjoyed very good health since, I shall never recover from the effects of the fright I experienced on being chased by the catamount.” Sawing Lous.— We have frequent in quiries about a circular saw mill for cutting boards from logs. The following informa tion, furnished by a correspondent, of oner of the best machines we know of, will doubtless be acceptable to many of our readers: “It is a circular saw’ board machi no, with two head blocks, twenty four feet carriage, and forty eight inch diameter saw, will weigh about two tons, and cost from $450 to SSSJ, according to its mode of construction. It requires steam or wa ter to drive it, of about 12 or 15 horse power,. This machine has a number of new and valuable improvements, and it is giving entire satisfaction for cutting lum ber, as there is but little waste. Logs can be sawn from 5 to 24 inches diameter,— Withs nail’ log; they cut from six to eight thousand between sun and sun.— One machine,, with a good head of water, anl a choice selection of pine logs, just for au experiment, to see what could be done in driving the machine to its utmost capacity, sawed 1200 feet in an hour by the watch, but this is not a fair average of what it will ordinarily do. Very sm ill logs of-course would require more time in getting them on and otf than larger ones containing au equal quantity of lumber.— Scientific Jhnericiin. The Wages of The New York Home Journal, in a pleasant homily upon “the wages of bailors,” shows up seme of the tricks of trade. ‘‘Tailors must live;, at least they think so, and we have no objection. Yet they are great tyrants, and have ingenious ways of torturing their victims. One way is this: they invent a fashion which is strik ingly peculiar, and get it into vogue by various arts best known to themselves; for example, very short overcoats with long waists, which look well on men like Count Ross, whose figure is faultless.— Their next movement, after everybody in overeoacted for the winter, is to bring out a garment which differs as much as possi ble from the one in fashion; that is, an overcoat with skirts to the heels, and waists under the arm pits. They get half a dozen men of high fashion, who look well any how, to parade this new fashion in Broadway, and make the short coated majority appear out of date. The man oeuvre succeeds; all the dandies are driv en to the expense of ordering the super fluous coat; the tailors smile, and the dandies bleed, or their lathers do. Some time ago, our tailor tyrants put us all into long waistcoats, and consequently into continuations that just lapped over the hips. Suddenly the waistcoats were ab breviated four inches. What was the con sequence? Why, of course, the continu ations failed to connect, and he who would not exhibit to mankind a broad belt of white around his waist, was compelled to discard all his store of yvpjl saved unuamc ablcs. And in vains'htdl the oldest cus tomer protest and order garments of the last fashion. Consider my reputation, sir, says the tailor, with the air of of fey'.led majesty.” Fetid* from Cos?. Fremont. *Parawan, Ikon Cos, Utah Teu’t. February 9, 1854. ) My Dear Sir: I have had the good foriunc to meet here our friend Mr. Bab bitt, the Secretary of the Territory, who is on his way to Washington, in charge of the mail and other very interesting despatches, the importance of which is urging him forward with extreme rapidi ty. He passed directly on this morn ing, amt I have barely a few moments to give intelligence of our safe arrival and of our general good health and reasonable success in the object of our expedition. This winter has happened to he one of extreme and unusual cold. Here, the citizens inform me, it has been altogether the severest since the settlement of this valley. Consequently, so far as the, snows arc concerned, the main condition of our exploration has been fulfilled We entered the mountain regions authe Huerfana river on the 3ffof December, and issued from it here on the 7ih of this month, arriving here yesterday afternoon. Wo went through the Cochatope Bass on the 14th December, with four inches; not feet, take notice, but inches, of snow Oil the level, among the pines and in the shade on the summit of the Puss. Tois decides what you consider the great question, and fulfils rhe leading condition of my explorations; and there lore I go no further into details of this letter. I congratulate you on this verification of your judgment, and the good prospect it holds out of final saccess in carrying the road by this cen'ral line. Nature has been bountiful to this region, in accumu lating here, within a few miles of where I am wri.ing, vast deposi.es of iron, and ce il and timber, all of the most excellent quality; and a great and poweiful interior State will spring up immediately in the steps of tlie Congressional action which should decide to carry the road through this region in making my expedition to! this point I saved nearly a parallel of lati tude, shortening the usual d.stance from Green liver to this point by over a hun dred miles. In crossing to the Sierra Nevada I shall go direct by an uoexpl >r e.l route, aiming to strike directly the Te jon Passes, at the head of the San Joa quin valley, through which, in 1850, I drove from two id three thousand head of cattle that I delivered to the Indian Commissioners. 1 shall make wh it spec ! I possibly can, going light, and abandon ing the more elaborated survey of my previous line, to gain speed. , Until within about a hundred miles ibis place we had daguerreotyped the country over which we passed, but were forced to abandon all our heavy baggage to save the men, and I shall not stop to send back for it. The Deiawares all ca.no in sound, but the whites of my par ty were all exhausted and broken up, and more or less frostbitten. I lust one, Mr. Fuller of St. Loui*, Missouri, who died on entering this valley. He died like a tnan,. on horseback, in bis saddle, and will be buded like a soldier on the spot where ho fell. I hope soon to sec you in Washington. Mr. 1> ibbilt expects to see you before the end of March* Among other document.-’ which he carries with him are the maps and report ofCapt. Gunnison’s party. Sincerely and affectionately, John C. Fremont. Col, Denton, Washington. P. S.— This is the Little Sail Lake set tlement and was commenced three years since. Population now four hundred, and one death by sickness since the set tlement was nude. We have been most hospitably received. Mr. Babbitt has been par.icularly kind, and has rendered me very valuable assistance. + Valley of the Para wan, about Chin las •a >1 of Ilia mea lu Woof Santa Clara, between 37 and 38 degrees ot nnrlh latilu le, and between 113 and 111 degrees of west longi'ul , elevation above the about S,(H)J leet. Fine Cotton. —We have been shown by Mr. Yanderveer, (a very intelligent planter residing in this city,) a sample of cotton, the texture and staple of which is very fine, and as an evidence of which, brought in New Orleans the past season 4 or 4 1-2 cents per pound more than the same class of other cottons. Mr. Yan derveer states that he procured the seed from a frien 1, who informed him that they came from South America, lie has beer, planting it for the last three years—culti vating, gathering and ginning it just a? he did his other cottons, without any extr*. care or attention, except in selecting and saving the seed-and has found, chat it.! produced at least 2o per cent rioreto the- i acre, and that a hand can gtYuer at least one third more per day. It upeas vancc of other cottons; thr toolls are Ear-j ger, resembling the M? ,codon bedl- the ‘ lint is long and silky, V> per ceat. longer than common lint; yielding 125>Z libs, of lint from 4800 lbs. ofsoed cottony weighed in the basket, wh'ea picked. With these advantages, tog Ahor with the fact that it commands ’m the market 4or 4 1-2 cents over the common cottons,, itr.must be very desiraV Je, and we think,, nuist, in time, supple „nt all others—at. least in> tins section of. country. Mr. Venlerveer tells us that b j has never heard any name for it, but ‘we think it ought to-have one, and as we know of no one better or more worth/, we take the liberty to christen it tuo Yanderveeran Cotton. — Mont- S*om.*ry Journal This Qckax Tklegrawl —Tine St. Johns (Newfoundland) Post says,—“that all doubt has now been dissipated, relative to the completion of the important enter prise of erecting the Electric Telegraph between England and America. David Dudley Field, Cyrus W. Field, and Chan dler White, Esqrs. of New York, aecom pauied by F. F. Fisborne, Esq. arrived at St. John a few days since, with a view of miking arrangements for the com mencement of the work. The Directors of the Company are Gyrus W. Field, Chandler White, Peter Cooper, Marshall O. Robert, Moses Taylor, Professor Morse, L\ P. Shaffuer, principal manager of the l oiegraplis south and west, and Lieut. 1 Maury, U. S. N l ., 1 The OasjimeiiJs Goat. The editor of tk- Furmer and Planter says, this great goat which has recently been introduced into the United States from Turkey, by Dr Davis, of S. C., is of larger size than our common goat, is as easily kept, and by his experiment is proven to be admirabfv adapted to our climate Its great excel lence is, that instead of a coat of hair, it has a fleece of fine silky appearance from four to six inches long in one year’s growth* It is from the fleece of this goat the eelc i bfated Cashmere shawls, from China are made. Besides its beautiful and silky ap pearance, textures made from the fleece of this goat out-wear all known substan ces. Stocks made of it have been worn six winters without materia! injury They can be shorn annually, and the average ’ weight of each fleece is about four pounds, ! sometimes as much as seven pounds, ami the price is $3,50 to $9 per pound, being equal in value to the united fleeces of a bont sixteen Merino sheep annually. Dr. Davis considers these so well adapted to the climate, and so valuable, that he refu ses to sell full grown ewes at all, but sells the bucks from $lO9 to S2O) each H* is vary liberal, however, and hvs given several to friend?. BcffaLokS.— As an item of news, w 6 give an account, as related to us hy Col. Vaughn, of the number of buffdoes kill ed annually within the bounds of his agen • cy, where the A neric.ia Fir C i.npinv are operating an I trading with the Indi ans. lie says he has taken some pains to ascertain, and from the best Information he can get, he estimates the number will not fall far short of 400,000. He flays not less than 100,00) robes have been shippud by the two companies trading within the last ytat. 153,000 are de stroyed, and a nuinb£Y of the bides used by the Indians to make the r lodges. L’oey are compelled to make the n very secure, to preserve them f.o n the severs weather. Lai 0 c numbers of the buffalo freeze or starve to death in the winter, in the sit >w tank-y which for months are loan 1 in drift's of from five to ten fuel in depth; and numbers of them are drown ed iu crossing the Missouri River in l r ge herds, by crowding upon one*anoliier. Tub- Tide of Immigration Setting in for Nebraska and Kansas. —The Wash ington Union of the 23th ult. says that Congressis likely to be anticipated, unless that body quickens its speed, in the set tlement of the Nebraska question, as im migration is rushing iu a flood tide to the new territories, and there will* soon be in habitants enough for them-to'fomo in as a State The same paper says: “Asa most significant evidence of tho feeling of tho people in favor of the great principles of the bill of Senator Douglas, we need only direct attention to the man ner iu which the tide of population has al ready begun to set in for the regions of Nebraska and Kansas. At St. Louis, we arc told in one of the papers of that city, there arc not boats enough to take off the crowds waiting to take curly pos session of the new territories. Compa nies are being formed at Wheeling, at Louisville, at Chicago, at several of tho towns in lowa, while doubtless every other State bordering on the Mississippi, slave and free, will contribute its thousands to the multitudes, about to t&ke advantage of the opportunity offered 1 & them by the opening to civilization of those fair regions which lie in the direct path of progress, leading to the wonderful Commonwealth on the Pacific,-itself a proud offspring of popular sovereignty, and’ bidding fair to out rival, in its rapid growth to empire and to glory, all the achievements of its more di. tint sisters. “We do not halt here to discuss the probabilities whether these proposed ter ritories shall, or shall not, be free. 1 hat is a question which may well, and, as our history shows, be safely entrusted to the citizens who come from all the States o’ oir Union; but it is a spectacle of moral grandeur, and more than all, a forcible refutation of the argument, always made oa similar occasions, that there was no necessity for the bill of Judge Douglas; that the people are moving onwards in advance of the action of Congress, to be ready for the new govern.neat which it is crealiu r i .” ..Tub IxmAsa—By information received from proper anti wo city; we are informed that the Indian, dtTdgattofr, now at Fort i Myers, wilil I’otvtvc,-oft their return to Ar kansas, in the United. States steamer Fashion, which *is expected here before the end off the 1 month. \Yc> regret to'learn that very few of the Florida. Indians have come to nccompa juy the-delegation. Two men of about 3d I years of .age, and two women with four children, are all that were in for emigra tion on. the 22d, and no more were ex j ‘pectod, unless by chance, the family o.f one I of these warriors. 1 Our informant further states: u Thc del egates Itave done their by making known to the Seminolcs the terms- offered by the g )VCrn.mxit; nor wa; much me re o. - pected as the immediate result of their vis it. Although there is vao hope of a gener al emigration this spring—the anxiety of the Indians for ’peace, and their decreasing stock of ammunition and calicoes, together with the in InojiUints hell oat to them; may yet, it is hoped, avert th) necessity of “coercion” or an Indian war.”— Tampx Herald 25//o ult. 1 ( Down#aiu. 07 THE PIU.AH OK Pkack.— Upon one of the highest cliffs which form the dividing lino between Lancashire ami Yorkshire, and which constitute at that” potfil the “back bone of England,” there was-created in the year 1814 and massive column of rock, commemora tive of joy which the inhabitants of those wild districtsfeit at the abdication of Na poleon—a suggestive memorial of the bles sings which peace at las’ brought to the two countries which it seperated. A large number of persons subscribed to the cost of its erection; and it was called the /•‘Pillar of Peace.” A few weeks since, however, wo learn fro u the London Times, the people of Laugh old were alarmed by a loud noise, as of a peal of thunder N from the heavens, and upon looking to wards the summit, they found tluit theiiT >ld landmark lay in ruins about its. base’ -Lu o.uiuou .. aeciddflth No. 17.
