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THE WAR
Advice* front the Bailie to April 12th
thai three American ships were
• -itiewhere in the Baltic with stores for
•e Russians, and an English steamei
■•v* despatched for them.
Admiral Napier had left Kioge Bay
’ r the Island of Gothland, it being re
• -rt. and that some Russian porta were o
, h and a Russian squadron off Faroe.
•ere w.t hut little ice in the Gulf of
nlrnid.
The whole allied fleet was in the Black
a near Varna. All the marines of the
et were to be landed to protect tbtit j
. iare. ;
Admiral Dundas had signalized his
• -uisets to lake front, and destroy every*
• .mg belonging to, Russia. Ilia fleet
-.3 in communication w’.tti the Turkish
. nd force.
rrtrwi .Teh arrived at ‘DmAm
'l ou the wth Gortschakoflf retains
’ imnnnd of the army, subject tu the or
!c of Faskiewitch.
‘•ntheoOrh of March an important
!ly was made on Kalntat, and a san*
tinary encounter of (our hours occur*
i.d. The Russian were routed with
ii-eat loss and pursued u considerable
tl**ncp.
The British V. nr steamer Cyclops ar
rived at Malta on the 7th, bringing im
• ortaat news. The Tuike in the Dor.
I* udscha, alter the Russians crossed the
il inube. purposely left a free passage lor
- item to Hirsova, and then attacked them
■ o the rear.
After a hard fight, one half of the Rus
sian were cut to pieces, and the other
i.stf re-crosstd the Danube. The I urks
‘.-*d evacuated Chernavoda, which was
-*Zvd by ills Russians. It was also sta
d (no date) that 30,000 Russians had
ros>ed at G-datz without opposition.—
\U the accounts are very confused.
Two English vessels on the Danube,
i.ted with grain, had been fired into by
ne Russians, and one sunk.
Three thousand French troops at rived
t Uonstantinoj.de on the 3d.
‘I he declaration of war by France and
! igland caused immense r.j doing at
‘•instantinC|de.
It was repotted that the French Colo*
el, Drew, belonging to Outer Pasha’s
i a if. had been killed iu a recotiuoi-
nurse a.
S. Pcter*hurgh was illuminated and
7c Dtutt i sung on the receipt of the news
•l the passage of the Danube.
GREECE.
The Greek insurrection makes no pro
re*?. The insurgents have beeu repul*
ed in several places. An Austrian note
■ ; remonstrance has been forwarded to
UheiiF, holding the Greek Governmiut
o6ponsible for all mischief arising from
.he insurrection.
ENGLAND.
11 Great Britain everything was dull,
•riiicipally on account of the Easter hoii
t*t g, which has greatly checked business.
‘-;iii.me:jt was not in session.
SPAIN.
1* is stated that Mr. Soule had rec iv
! instructions to demand reparation for
• v,e Black Warrior affair, and that on the
<• h instant the Spanish Government
Hide the needful apology, with pecunia
, / recompense, besides blaming the Cap
on General for the course he had per
med hi* officers to pursue in the mat
s
fraKck.
The Djke of Cambridge, Lord Raglan
■ud siaff, arrived at Paris on tbe 11th
i .t. Napoleon had a grand review of
.’A,OOO of his troops on the occasion.—
i he Duke carried the autograph letter of
Victoria to Napoleon.
A farewell dinner was given to M r .
Smford at Paris on the 10:h inst.
GERMANV.
Austria appears to act more in unison
i ith the Western Powers. Prussia leans
•.ore to Russia, though tempoiizing with
Loth parties.
Tne protocol, guaranteeing the integri
• ot tle Ottoman Empire, was signed at
Vienna by the four Powers, including
Vuscia, but simultaneously there with
bussia introduced into her treaty of rr.u
_ial alliance with Austria a condition and
.imitation, which would render the trea
•/ a dcid letter, and which Austria co>
.-••quently refused to accept.
All the military arrangements arising
■ •it of the proposed treaty have been re
•rre I to a com mission presided over by
prince of Piussia. Hanover, and all
iia minor German States, excepting Ba
v.ria, .side with the Western Powers,
• and will support Austria in forcing Prus
a to declate her.:>eif , shou!J the subject
■ me b/fore the Federal diet.
The Independence B de announces
•. Mttiveiy that a treaty of permanent alli
:ice, offensive and dc. Tensive, had just
• en >igne<l by France and England, itule
•. n-lent of treaties, for the present war.
FKOM RIO DE JANEIRO.
Dates from Kio de Janeiro to March
l iih had been received at Liverpool.—!
iie Russian frigate recently lying there
l-ul been offered for sale. The Brazil
i .i steamer Impeiador had foundered.
INDIA AND CHINA.
The overland mail fiom Lidia has been;
i reived, with dates ftotn Bomliay to the;
I uti ultitn v . It is reported that Dost
I ihommed has offered an Affghan alli
■ >ce against Russia and Persia. An in
. urection has broken nut at Bassorift.
We have Shanghai dates to the 17th
• f February, and Ilon’g Kong to the
A war steamer had arrived at
S'l&.ijrhiM from Naguskaion the lOih, and
i-iiurned on the 11th, bringing intelli
.Hnce that tire Emperor had consented t<
■"g tiate, and had sent his Ministers to
e.t with the Russian Admiral, They
I id also uv*ted the Russian Admiral to
* nanqnct. The Japanese Embassadors
•. iriounce that Japan will open her ports,
f (if re pure time.
Trie American squadron had not arri
£•* ut Naguiki whoa the Knswtan s'eim
• i’ Itdr,
Lit*. stoj* chip Supply ';:><! arrived at
u m*uojj oa tile 3,1 us February from
! *te Irtuf)jcn!s ha*.i evacuated on tin*
*r h Hiitrdnt:e of Loo-CJh 10, the grand
iOa*, and Hie 1 nperiahs's have occu
ed it.
l'he cuson house has been re-estab
-hed at Shanghai.
Nothing new from Wing poo. All wa*
, l:et at A noy. N > political news from
t. anton. Trade was g'iirg on cs usv.jl
f.Atdiai.gA; 4-. lUi 1 ., on inu*ai
230 rupee*.
A discovery of gold in Ceylon is re
ported near Colombo. lusurrectiouary
fighting was going on in Persian ter
ritories.
TIJMRMIAN.
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GRIFFIN. MAT 4, 1854
Griffin Ltcbum.
The introductory lecture will be deliv
ered on this (Thursday) evening, at the
Baptist Church, by W. F. Wightman.—
Subject. Death.
C. P. B. Martin. President.
The News.
Such a flood of stirring events have pour
ed in upon us this week from almost every
section of the Ulobe, that we are obliged
to postpone several communications and
lay them over for next week. We trust
our friends will bear the disappointment
patiently. Wo assure them it has been
right difficult, this week, to get a hearing
1 for half wc had to say ourself,
The Weather'.
Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday
were wintry days. Frost ou Saturday and
Sunday nights. Much of the forward crop
of new cotton has been cut off, and fears
are entertained by the planters that there
is not enough sect! left to afford a stand
for cultivation. No seed in the conn try
to replant. It is a trying time with plant
ers, and calls for all .their fortitude and
energy.
Mr. FillatDic.
According to the card, Mr. Fillmore
spent last Sabbath at Atlanta. On Mon
day he left for Nashville, and will return by
the same way, repass Augusta, go to Co
lombia, the capital of South Carolina, and
then take the Manchester and Wilming
ton route on his return to the North.
Soiree Idnsicale.
1 he second Soiree of the present session
of the Griffin Female College, was givcu
hr Prof. G. H. Briggs and his Pupils on
Monday evening last. From the high
qualifications of the teacher and the large
and accomplished class of young ladieß un
der his instruction, we anticipated a musi
cal treat of no ordinary character. ‘Phis
indeed, we understand, the audience re
ceived. The young ladies acquitted them
selves not only well but exceedingly well,
mantling their teacher’s brow with honest
pride and exultation. But alas for human
calculation. We repaired to the hall a
bout 8 o’clock, the hour of invitation. It
was already crowded to overflowing.—
A Jenny Lind audience met our gaze. A
aaa of beautiful faces, ladies’ head-dresses,
florid cheeks and pouting lips, with here
and ther* a “come and kiss me” bonnet,
and now and then a male biped stuck be
tween, as the ladies place green things in a
bouquet to set off the flowers, were all that
we could sec A place to sit down was
not in the whole hall—at least we did not
see one, and the ladies then passing in at
the rate of twenty per minute. Such love
liness 1 We were dazzled, distracted, we
believe a little scared. Our modesty could
not face tln3 brilliant array, so we sorrow
fully wended our way home agaiu.
We may here remark, that the two Fe
male Colleges in Griffin now have upwards
of three hundred pupils, and that there
are -upwards of five hundred pupils, male
and female, now under tuition in this city.
Griffin has been most happy in obtaining
excellent Professors and Teachers for her
seminaries of learning, teachers of the first
abilities and qualifications, and full classes
are their rewards in all the departments.
Copper, Gold and Silver iu Gcor
fia.
Titere has not been ranch of either of
these minerals developed in this State yet,
but from indications which are brought
forth from day to day by our enterprizing
citizens, we should not be surprised to see
Georgia, in ir few years, far outstrip her
neighbors of Tennessee and North Caroli
na in the development of these treasures.
Some important discoveries have been
made in Carroll county lately, near the
county Site, which, if expectations are
fully realized, will add largely to the
wealth of that county, and rank it among
the first in the State. A letter of recent
date, published originally in the Newnan
Banner, speaks of discoveries by Messrs
Powell, Heard, Garrison, Boggcss, in en
thusiastic terms, as being as rich as those
near Ducktown in Tennessee. A Mining |
Company has been formed iu the vicinity j
of Carrollton to developc these hidden trea*-
suros. The Copper and Gold mines of!
Lumpkin are also highly extolled. Oncj
writer says the county far exceeds any |
part of the United States hitherto ex-!
plored, except California, in the amount!
of gold it contains; and the copper mines’
also promise much. Certain i: is, Lump
kin lots arc much in demand by specula
-1.01 sand right difficult to purchase from
holders. Almost every man is sure he has
a copper urine on his lot. There is un
doubtedly much copper ore there, but the
exact whereabouts it will take many
years to developc.
It is stated in the Knoxville papers that
a rieu and extensive Silver mine has re
cently been discovered upon the lands of
Dr. R. 11. I lodsou, of Sevier county, Ten
nessee, a few miles from the town o r Sc
vierville.
f uteri or Uauk of the Stutcof Geor
j Bia.
j ‘I he book of subscription for stock in
j this Hank, to the amount of two hundred
j thousand dollars, was opened at the store
lof Win. It. Phillips & (Jo. in Griffin, on
; Mondiy last, and all the stock taken up
iin the course of the day. A meeting of
the Stockholders is called, to be held on
the loth inst. AYo understand steps will
be taken to organize the company, ob
tain a site and build a banking house, and
; make all other necessary preparations for
putting the bank in operation with the
least possible delay. Os the officers of
the bank we cannot speak, as ;ve know
uot yet who will be selected. They will
lie elected by the stockholders, perhaps
at the ensuing meeting. From the high
character of the Commissioners, who will
give tone to the selection of officers, we
have no doubt the direction of the bank
will be put into able arid trustworthy
hands, tmd the affairs of the concern mam
aged w*th judgment and prudence.
‘Fite ilibte Cause.
We have been favored by the Execu
tive Board of the Spalding caunty Bible
Society, auxiliary to the American Bible
Society,., v. ith the report of Mr. Aaron
Sowell, just made, who was appointed to
traverse the county, to seek ami supply
those who were destitute of the Holy
Scriptures.
By this report it appears that Mr. Sow
ell visited,
Families in the city 287
in the county 490
total 777
Number of families destitute of the Bi
ble in the county 84, making an average
destitution in the county (city excepted)
of nearly one-sixth. Number of families
destitute in the city IG, making an ave
rage destitution in the city of one in eigh
teen.
Bibles and Testaments sold $76 18
“ “ donated 31 20
$lO7 88
Number of Testaments donated to the
children in the city and county, as per do
nation of Wm. Blanton, Esq. 113
The report closes as follows: The work
I have done (ns far as I could possibly)
carefully and faithfully, and I rejoice to
report to you, less destitution in ynur county
than any county 1 have ever supplied. No
family, I believe, has been left unsuppliod
with the Bible.
Officers.
Wm. Freeman, President,
! Rev. W. J. Keith, Tice President,
I J. \V. Shackleford, Sec’ry. and Treaa'r.
1 IV. W. Woodruff, A. Gray,
J. P. Mihib.’, M. Westmoreland,
C. W. C. Wright, Directors.
The TO. 13. Cltur Property
According to a recent Washington des
patch, the United States t’nowemc Court
have reversed the decision of the* Circuit
Court of Ohio, which recently dfe_*i ’fed a *
gainst the Method.st Episcopal Church
South to part of the assets of the Ciiuut
nati Book Concern, held exclusively is?
the Methodist Episcopal Church since the
separation of that denomination in 1814,
aud have remanded the cause for further
proceedings in conformity with the opin
ion of the Supreme Court.
The good brethren of the M. E Church
at the North appeared greatly to rejoice
at the decision of Judge McLen, some
time ago, in the division of the church pro
perty, though they were very careful to
hold ou to every cent with both hands, and
refused to enter into any compro nise
whatever, until the decision was made, and
they found they could not hold on any
longer. They have acted in the same
way with the book concern at Cincinnati,
atid we hope it may give them equal plea
sure when they learn that they will be
compelled to do justice to the South iu
that particular also.
Oue word more The Pharisee, pray
ing in the temple, stated that where he
had deprived any oue. he restored it four
fold. We think the Northern Pharisees
ought to be as good as he was; for it will
be recollected, that while this statement
is uot denied, his goodness is not noted as
any of the purest by the Evangelist.—
But we do not ask half as much as that.
IVe only ask that they will allow simple
interest on the value of the property for
the length of time they have retained and
been using it, and pay the expenses of
lawyers, courts, travels, &e. which the
Church South has 1 orue iu obtaining her
rights. Will they do it? Will they be
half as just as the Scripture Pharisee?
We doubt it.
The Washington Union says, the deci
sion of the Supreme Court of the United
States, delivered by Justice Nelson, is on
the aide of the church South. It not on
ly establishes the right of the church
South to a proportionate share of the
common funds and property, but decides
that the two divisions are equally legiti
ma'e. Justice McLean did not sit in the
case
Trade with Africa.
We sec an effort is making to estab
lish a line of steamers to run between New
York and Liberia. This cannot be done
too soon—the sooner the better. That
colony is filling up and in a prosperous
condition, and it will not be long before
the trade of the country will bo worth our
attention Now is the time to secure it,
by a little attention to our colonists, who
will naturally look first to the United
States in preference to any other nation.
It may not be general : v known that there
are three colonies in Africa One* is at
Sierra Leone, under British protection,
but from the mihealthincss of the location
it will never be of much importance. An
other has been established at Cape Pal
mas, by the Maryland Colonization Socie
ty, and is in a healthy and flourishing con
dition. The third is at Liberia, under the
auspices of the American Colonization So
ciety. The two latter are American, L ol ' n
prosperous,. and the trade should be se
cured to t’’:;, country without delay. Wc
see it Etatcd in a late Savannah News,
that Deas, an intelligent black man be
longing to Solomon Cohen, Esq. of that
city, had received, a few days since, from
his friend Goldsmith Loyd, a variety of
articles, the productions of the African
continent. Loyd is a free man of color,
was a carpenter in .Savannah, and emi
grated to Africa uot very loiig ago. He
is now a teacher iu one of the Methodist
Mission Schools The articles are thus de
scribed :
‘"A canister of African rice, such as is
cultivated by the natives of that country;
a canister of native coffee, and a quantity
of African arrow root. The 1 ice is a very
small grain, and not very well cleaned; the
coffee is very large, resembling somewhat
the Mocca berry; the arrowroot is a very
tine article, not unlike that cultivated in
this country. Besides theso staple pro
ductions of new Africa, Loyd sends his old
friend some specimens of the jewelry man
ufactured and worn by the natives, a
bracelet and a finger ring. These are
quite primitive iu their material and struc
ture, and indicate a not very advanced
state of ornameutal art iu that country. —
Such ornaments would not suit the fancy
oi tlie American “fair sec,” who trace
their ancestry to the tribes of Ethiopia.—
rile articles came, by a late arrival at
Baltimore, and were packed iu a box bv
Lloyd, of African poplar, a wood of much
firmer and liner fibre th in our poplar, and j
of a color nearly resembling cherry.”
The Hepublican also speaks of speci- 1
meus of the productions of Africa sent by
the same hand;— as follows:
“The cotton was of native growth, and
taken from a tree between 75 and JDO
feet high. Jr las a most brilliant, i‘lky
appearance, far c-weeding lue lineal i
American; is of a delicate fawn color; 1
feels to the touch precisely like silk; and
has the same peculiar < dcr with ordinary
cotton. Unfortunately it has little or no
staple. Nevertheless we should think it
capable, with proper machinery, of b**ing
converted into doth, and if so, the fabric
would be a dangerous rival to silk. I It*
seed is very small, dark colored, and un
like the American seed, is smooth and free
of lint. The specimen of Cam wood sent,
is quite a handsome one The wood is
very heavy, close grained, and of a licit,
red color. Cam wood, as our readers j
are doubtless aware, is much used in dye
ing The tree is a native of Sierra Leone.
We should think the wood well adapted
also for ornamental furniture unless the
color be considered too brilliant.”
1 he prospective commerce of Africa can
scarcely be conceived of at this early day
The colonists have not yet opened a trade
with the iu tenor. This they will do soon
cr or later; and when they do, there will
be hundreds of Useful articles brought in
aud bartered for the commodities of the
United States, of which coffee may con
stitute a leading article
TJie Kiglit ol* Search.
Ihe L mdon papers announced some
time ago, that her gracious majesty Queen
Victoria had signified her royal pleasure,
that, in the unhappy war now waging
between her and her august cousin the
Cztr of Russia, free ships should make
fret goods, and that her navies arid cruiz
er3 should not molest neutral commerce
on die high seas, but suffer such vessels to
pass and fepass unmolested We have
the greatest confidence in Queen Victoria,
that is as a clever little lady, though she
is htrdly “strong minded” enough for a
Queen Someone said of her grandfath
er George the Third, that he was one of
the of men and worst of kings—and
Victoria bears a tolerably close family
likeness. Wc have the utmost reliance
that she meant just what she said, and if
it were not for those wicked fighting men,
whore she is obliged to keep about her as
’ °.r counsellors and advisers, Brother Jo
na. hftu would not be much troubled with
her wit matters. But while she states
an lionet*- fat’L her Attorney General and
privy Coau s '‘ll^ r:J uufortumitelv, have the
construing oi -V 1 ’ words. And what is
tin coustructioh U“-y give them? Such uu
one as carries tin? “ hole assertion by the
board, and leaves ncs.’t*’al nations in no
better condition than if (he Queen had not
opened her lips. The Ato.' v ucv Genera!
says, that whilst’ G rcat Britain ’dl ll °t
lest Russian goods belonging to > 1,( 3 citi
zens or subjects of neutral nations üben
carried in neutral vessels, other than ai.'*
cles contraband of war, site cannot forego
the right of a belligerent power to board
and search them for contraband goods
and munitions-of war! Why this covers
the whole ground. .11 was the right of
search for contraband goods and British
subjects, chvmed by Great Britain and
denied by the United States, that caused
the last war between these two powers,
and will cause another, unless Great Bri
tain recedes from this position It is noth
ing less than a claim to stop neutral mer
chant vessels on the high seas, detain
them, examine their papers, overhaul their
cargoes, break bulk, tumble them about,
in a word, to do with ship, papers and car
go just what some petty British b wrding
officer may is bis wisdom and self conse
quence think proper. Will the govern
ment of the United States concede such a
claim to any nation ou the face of the
earth, or all the nations combined? We
trust not. Lord Clarendon, iu the House
of Lords, took a similar position, and seem
ed to admit that he anticipated difficulty
with neutral nations from it Indeed any
exception on part ofthe belligerents makes
a search necessary, or how e!se can they
ascertain whether goods or munitions con
traband of war are on board the neutral
vessel or not? It appears to us that the
claim to search our ships must be wholly
and unqualifiedly abandoned, or we may
as well at once prepare k> repel such
aggression. What course France and
Russia will take on this subject, has not,
as yet, we think, been intimated by c'ther
of these powers.
Spain aad the United States.
It is stated, in late foreign advices, that
the government of Spain has very frankly
acknowledged the wrong done in the af
fair of the Black Warrior, and promises
ample reparation This is probably true;
but we hope our g iveroment will not let
the matter restispoo a. bare disavowal of
the acts of the authorities of Cuba and a
vague promise of reparati >n. Spain is
much in the condition of a broker, down
prodigal individual, quite ready to ac
knowledge any debt, or give her word or
note for any amount, because neither is of
any value. Ottr government -;koul .1 insist
upon ample repaid; o be made instan-
Itr, without r..iy long diplomatic notes or
(iJl'.rtVers about it. The subject should be
treated as Gen. Jackson did the case be
tween this country and France, with Lou
is Bhillippe. Spain should be told she
owes the money, and must pay it forth
with.
Japan and China
The last advi cos state that the Russians
have succeeded in opening the ports of
Japan to their commerce; and it will also
be seen, by a paragraph on our first page,
that the English are closely engaged in
negotiations to obtain the trade of China
through the port of Shanghai. Wc took
occasion the other day to note the suicidal
policy of our government in not keeping
up a sufficient naval force to answer the
public wants. These two items of intelli
gence arc strongly corroborative of our
position. Had this government sent out
a sufficiently imposing naval squadron un
der the command of Commodore Ferry,
and an able minister, with plenary powers
to make commercial arrangements with
these nations, it is reasonable to conclude
that favorable treaties might have been
made with both, of sufficient advantage to
the nation to have paid for such an arma
ment ten limes over. The importance of
tlie trade of Japan and China to our com
merce is well known, particularly to our
.great southern staple cotton. A market
for this article in these countries would in
sure a fair price for its production, were it
to run up to ten millions or more per an
num; in fact the demand for it would be
illimitable. All this is likely to be lost to
us for the want of a competent national
naval force to send abroad with able men
and proper means to negotiate for them.
It is said the Commissioner (as he is call
ed) from this country to China has a kind
of roving commission to go wherever he
may think likely to find the government,
and tor this purpose was d’spuj.vl,.
-.*iC L ' J and” 10 WUI OU A i’ m 1
flying to Commodore Perry for a vessel
;rom his squadron, he received for answer
that he (the Commodore) had none to
>pare, and was thus frustrated in his inten
tion In the mean time the British were
sedulously at work at Shanghai making; a
treaty, and are likely to carry off the
prize.
Ice 01* the Atlantic.
From indications, the winter of the past
season in the Northern Artie region must
have been uncommonly mild. Usually
the ice breaks away and drifts to the south
ward during the months of May and June,
but this year large quantities have come
down early in April.
Captain Mayhew, of the packet ship G.
B. Lamar which arrived at New York on
Saturday the 25th from London, re
ports that on the 9th ult. when in lat.
46 40, lon. 49 19, fell in with large
quantities of ice, which compelled him to
stand 120 miles to S. E. to get clear of it.
I he ship was finally completely surround
ed, and for 12 hours the captain could not
see any water After considerable diffi
culty she got through and stood to the
S. \'v. Oil the 12th ult. lost sight of the
ice.
The ship John Bright, from Liverpool,
reports seeing sixty-three icebergs, from
lat. 45 long. 46 to lat. 43 45 and long.
51. Some of these were three hundred
feet high and two miles long! The ship's
sails and rigging were completely covered
with ice. The weather in the neighbor
hood of these icebergs was very cold, and
the passengers suffered severely in
consequence.
The steamer Sarah Sands, which arri
ved at Portland on l uesday the 25th ult.
from Liverpool, was on the Tuesday previ
ous surrounded by ice in the middle of
the Atlantic, and detained 24 hours.—
One of the passengers turned the delay
to the best account. Being something of
on artist, he went out upon the ice at a
distance from the ship, and there made a
sketch of her and the surrounding scene—
a tiling never before accomplished in that
situation. The sketch is to lie lithograph
ed.
The passengers describe the passage
through the ice as fearful in the extreme.
As the ship came in contact with the im
mense icebergs, she would tremble as ii
striking against a rock.
Important from California iL.v
traortlinary Proceedings
The San Francisco Herald of the Ist
, j ult communicates intelligence so strange
I and apparently improbable, that if it did
( j not contain indisputable marks ofuuthen
j ticlty within itself, we should be disposed
■ to set it down as a first of April hoax
|L is nothing more nor less then an effort
ion i>c part of Manta Anna, to raise a
j force j.f three thousand men in California,
, i under tn 1 auspices of the Mexican Consul
iat San Fr.-. oisco, to be sent out to ope
rate a saints C alker, and act against u-ny
disaffection to Sa‘> +,a Anna in Lower
ifornia generally. ‘/ l, e instructions from
the Mexican governn. *ut to the Consul
at San Francisco are saiJ *0 read, in sub
stance, as follows: o
To scud down to Guaymas abcut .>,OOO
men to be enlisted into the Mexica..’ army
for one year.
The cost cf the transportation to be de
frayed by drafts drawn by the Mexican
Consul on the National Treasury at Mex
ico.
The force to be composed of Germans,
Irish, Italians and French—the latter to
be preferred
Mexican citizens to be counseled to
leave California, and the ships to be em
ployed by the Consul for that purpose.
Such are said to be the instructions to
the Mexican Consul, and under which, it
is further said a number of men have been
enlisted at Sau Francisco, and the ship
Challenge chartered to carry them to their
place of destination.
Gen. Wool, commanding the Division
of California, it is said did all in Ids pow
er to arrest the recruiting of the force or
sailing of the vessel, but finding he had no
c u r>\ over the fi. at by any legal proceed
ings, he managed to have the vessel seiz
ed, after clearing, for a, violation of the
Neutrality Law of ImIS. ‘1 lie charges
against the vessel were that she carried
an excess of passengers,’ and ha 1 a great
er number of berths between decks than
the law allows. Under these charges Lieut.
Marry men, of the cutter Frolic, van down*
spoke the Challenge, and ordered her to
an anchorage, which was promptly obeyed.
. where she was seized for a violation of
the revenue laws of the United States. -
iwo other vessels were engaged by
the Mexican consul to follow', with more
men.
Ti c editor of tho Herald makes (he fob
. lowb’v remarks:
This audacious movement of Santa An
na—we camiot designate it by any terra
less harsh—has been conducted before the
eyes of oar authortieis and our people, at
a time when the Government of the Uni
ted States, with an earnest desire to main
tain its treaty obligations with Mexico, is
making use of the most strenuous exertions
in good faith, to break up the liliibuster
ing expedition in Lower California —at a
time when one of our fleetest vessels
of war, under an cfficieut eoiqmander, is
engaged in blockading the ports where
the expeditionists expect supplies, aud
where one of the mail steamers has been
specially chartered and placed under the
command of another experienced officer to
aid in crushing all such unlawful expedi
tions—at a time when one of our most
distinguished military officers is sent out
by the President to take command of this
Division, with special instructions, and
with extrardinary powers, to take mea
sures against any infringement of ucutrali
tv laws —at a time when the District
Attorney of the United States is engaged
in prosecuting, and the District Court of
the United States in trying a number of
our citizens accused of joining au expedi
tion for the invasion of Mexican territory.
It is under these circumstances, and with a
a full knowledge of all these facts, so hon
orable to the United States and so indica
tive of their strict observance of their in.
ternational obligations, that the Mexican
President, through his agent at this port,
organizes, within ouo of the States of the
confederacy, an armed band of foreign
ers, with the poorly disguised purpose of
acting against the Americans, and of
crushing the efforts of his eouutrymeu to
resist his oppression.
For the sake of the French Cou.mil, M.
D.lloa, who has always commanded our
respect, we regret we cannot-acquit the
French government of participation iu this
discreditable affair. If the enlistment of,
citizens of France i.i this band has not;
FceeixoJ the active co-operation of tbit
£oVji'...iiu.iq .t iiuo at ictisk bcuu promoted
by its connivance. No effort has yet been
made—of which we are aware—to dis
suade these mui from enlisting, or to
arrest their embarkation Nothing could
he more unfortunate for the future friendly
relations of the two governments than this
act of indelicacy on the part of France
She, in effect, permits shiploads of her citi
zens to be sown like dragons’teeth on oar
southern border, there to produce, in the
future, a frightful harvest of contentions
and difficulties with our people.
In view of this bad faith on the part of
Mexico, and this unseemly intermedding
on the part of France, we cannot regard
it us incumbent any longer on the govern
ment or its agents to take any inconveni
ent steps to arrest expeditions ot our citi
zens designed to aid the people of Mexico
to revolutionize against their leaders.
President Santa Anna, with the acquies
cence of the French Government, organ
izes a miibustering expedition of French
men against the lives and liberties of his
fellow citizens, to act, if necessity shou’d
arise, against the people of the’ United
States. The times are of no rose-water
complexion that there should be such rash
trilling by the French and Mexican gov
ernments, with a population whos*
minds are already full of expeditions, and
wars, and conquests. Oar people can
scarcely now lie restrained, and it is at
such a crisis that Santa Anna throws a
firebrand into San Francisco—this vast
magazine of gunpowder—at the same time
he warns the American goverumjut he
; will hold it responsible for the explosion.
The Greek ltevolntion,
This movement appears to be meeting j
with some success, and may finally tri- j
umph. We cannot see, however, that i
ranch good is to result to the nation to be ;
affected by it. The people of Greece may i
enjoy a little more religions liberty, or’
rather be more under the control of royal ‘
ty and the priesthood at home, and less|
subject to tlie Sultan and Mufti abroad,!
but this is about all the amendment that
we can see likely to grow out of the Greek ■
insurrection it is entirely a war of refi-!
gions fanaticism. Let who will succeed,
Otho will still be king, royalty’ and the es- •
tablished church will still control the pen - j
pie. If the Greeks triumph Otho will
become the creature of the Czar, and the I
priesthood the creatures of the king, and
ihe shackles will be ri vetted ns fast, upon
this ancient and once glorious republic, by
1 their foreign and imbecile king at home as
ever they were by the Grand .Sultan at
Constantinople. “The kings play the fool:
the people pay the penalty.”
Tiie Gadsden Treaty.
,r iiis treaty, it is said, lias been recon
sidered by the Senate, and confirmed,
with alterations. The Washington Star
states, that it is believed that the treaty, as
confirmed, offers ten millions of dollars for
the abrogation of the 11th article of the
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the relin
quishment of Mexico’s claim to the Mesil
la Valley, and a right of way across the
Mexican territory comprising an area of
about 13,000 square miles. These are,
in fact, all the points of immediate nation
al concern involved in the questions con
sidered by the agents of the two govern
ments in the original negotiations for this
treaty.
Bather Lard rim.
A’ the Commercial Convention recently
held <u ‘Charleston, Bennett, of the New
York iTeraM, had a reporter, who, as in
duty bound, a.*' l not fail to take occasion
to lampoon the president. Tlow could he
do otherwise, seeing that the President
had refused his master the mission to
France? This was all v'eli enough; we
can sec the why and wherefore of it; it is
in this way lie makes his bread ..”d retains
his birth as reporter. But how an inde
pendent editor of the State of Georgia ciu
fall in and play second fiddle to this Charles
ton reporter, as does the editor of the
Savannah Republican, is totally beyond
our comprehension. We do not suppose
hr. has been denied a foreign mission, and
if he does no printing now “by authority,”
he ought to console himself with the con
solation that he has had his turn, and must
bide his time in hope of another.
Oar editor appears to be’ quite put out”
because Mr. Pierce makes so indifferent a
President, and says it was the fruitful
theme of chat at the Convention and all
the way home. This is qufte alarming, j
arid the people must be especially careful i
how they choose a President next time.— |
We wonder how Mr Pierce stands in this:
gentleman's scale by the side of Gen. liar- ;
risen or Gen. Taylor as a diplomat aud j
•statesman? Art comparison, eli? ,
Ti.r; BT.ack IV.vr.atoß Affair.—W>
learn that the course pursued by Comm >••
dore Newton, of the United States frigate
Columbia, in not saluting the Spanish
flag and the authorities of Havanna, has
received the entire approbation of oar
government. It appears that Commodore
Newton wat, not aware of the Black War
rior difficulty until his vessel came to an
chor in the harbor of Havanna, but when
informed by Consul Robertson that an
official paper containing a scurrilous art icle
against the i resident of the United States
had been issued, he very properly announ
ced ids determination not to exchange the
usual salutes with the Spanish authorities
On waiting upon President Bierce and the
Secretary of the Navy, he was cordially
received, and highly complimented for the
promptness with wh'eh he acted upon that
occasion
Tiif. Javan Squadron —Commodore
Perry’s fleet, consisting of the war steam
ers Mississippi, Powhatan and Snsquehan 1
ua; the frigate Macedonian; the sloops
of war Plymouth, Yandalia and Sarato
ga; and the steamships Supply, Lexington
and Southampton, arrived at Loo Choo i
some time in January from Hong Kong.]
all well.
It will he recollected the Commodore]
purchased on his first visit to Loo Choo, j
a tract of land for a naval depot, and for!
such other uses as the American Govern
ment might desire to put it to Upon
this tract, lying upon Nappa Roads, it
Heems a fort has been erected by the A
mcricans. Perry left an officer and twelve
men in charge of this fort, and sailed
again on the 17th Os January for Jcddo
Loo Choo is about half way between
Hong Kong and Japan, and Perry prob- j
ably reached his destination about the j
2.5 th of January.
Accounted For. — 1 lie New Haven
Register, says, this unseasonable weather
can be only accounted for, on the suppo
sition that the persons in search of Sir
John Franklin ’ have gone through the
North-west passage, aud goglected to shut
the door after them.
l- I <.! .ir- .! Xafk * WIH-.-1, VSlii till,
Dreadful Lniof Life ami Pi j
perty.
Another large fire, involving a fright
lul loss of lif a, and destroying property
to the amount of $20,000! occurred in
Broadway lajt evening. It commenced
about S o’clock, in the clothing and furn
ishing store of VV. T. Jenning& Cos., No.
231 Broadway, a few doors abov* the
Astor House. So rapidly did tbtr fire
spread that, although the alarm tvaa
promptly responded to by the Fire De
partment, the flames rose hi-h above the
roof before any streams could he brought
to play, casting a brilliant glare over the
Park and lower part of the city, fvxno
thousands of persons gathered in t >e vicin
ity; the horse and engine companies ar
rived in quick succession, and soon the
neighborhood became crowded. Despite
the exerdons of the firemen, the slimes
spread to the adjoining building, No. 233,
the lower part of which was occupied by
W. A B itchelder’s hair dye an;! wig
establishment. The roof of building No.
229 was also caught firp.
It was while ihe firemen wpre stain
ing every elfint to prevent the flames
from spreading to the a j tiding buildings,
that an accident occurred, attended with
a loss of life an i limb more dup<trons
than any we have had to reeont sioc<*
184.5.
In obedience to .in order to light up
the hose of the Engine Company No. 21,
>1 number of firemen en cred the cellar
jof building No. 231, and while there, u
I partilimi-wuil gave way, carrying with
!it a p >rtion of the first stosy flooring, on
j which was a heavy safe, and burying
j several men beneath the ruins. A
| wild cry of ho r >r arose from those out
i side, as they saw the dreadful fate of
j their comrades, and instantly every effort
! was made to rescue them from the rains.
| The scene now became most harrowing
j and exciting.
I The firemen were districted between
t-ffi r s to rescue their coirnft U*s and sub*
’ due the flames; while to the crowd he
| yood, the calamity appeared’ even grea'-
• r from the cmjftis; m uuJ u icertaintv
which surioinded it.
At length the fiie was subJoed, and
1 undivided exertions were given to re
moving the rums.
By one o’clock, a total of ten or .1 dozen
• persons were taken from the cellar, four
1 whom were dead, and several so’bmJ'.y
; injured as to he removed to the hospital.
In 1 ushing in to save then comrades, sev
. | era-1 others were ii jured. From the re
turn given we take the following figures:
Dead -l, missing 2, f itiUv injured 2, barf
ily injured 15, s igluly i'joreJ II -total
i 33.
The fhmes aim spread to building N O ,
i 23.>• ine roof and the upper storv were
• considerably damaged; an I the interior
of the building was also flooded with wa
ter. It was occupied by > r eade & Bro.
j D<uc rcotypists, and others.
Josi as we are going to press at 2 1-2
A. M-, a strong bony of firemen are bn
’ sily at work in removing the ruins. \
, son of Coroner O’Denneli, aged 21, and
attached to No. 40 Eigmp, has been
spoken to in the rui s. He is bur ed_un
; dor the rubbish ;u a depth of 15 feet.
He says that six u.enaie lying near him
jdeari! fie is as comfortable as the or
j cuinstances would admit, but there ia fire
j very near him, and the rescuing pr.riv
j are ohli.e 1 to turn a stream of water to
j wards him, from time to time.
iS e >v i’nr.K, April 20. The total
number of ho.l ics taken from the ruins of
the tire on Broad ,vay op to this evening
is loin teen. Several others are yet miss
ingr, and many ol the i j ued cannot pos
sibly survive. T| e ruins are still being
removed, and the search for other bodies
is progressing.
Masonic.
Tiic Grand R A Chapter of Georgia
courncnced it? annual session*, in Angmta,
on Wednesday lire 26th and adjourned on
Thursday afternoon the 21th ult. M I>
VVnt T Gould ; G II P presiding. The nt
tendeuee, we understand, was very fail,
and the proceedings very harmonious
The G if P having declined a re-election,
t’ue folio wing officers were chosen, for the
ensuing vear:
M K Philip T Schley, G II P.
M E A A Gaulding, 1) G (1 P.
A J Lane, G K.
Win P Ifains, G S.
Rev. C F> Rev. G 0.
C P Lewis, G C 11.
Lemuel Pwelle, G Trcas.
U B Russel, G See.
J W Meredith, G Tyler.
j Tin: lies>l an Forces.--! lie Russian
j army in array against Turkov and her nl
’ lies is estimated at. not less than 330,00.)
J men. About a month ago their position
j was as follows: 42,000 were encamped a~
, round Kalafat under command of Prince
; Puwskiewiteh; 45,000 near the Pruth un
der Gen. Luders: 15,000 at Bucharest in
j Wallachia under Prince Govtehukoff; 60,-
! 000 bet ween the Pruth and the Dniester
1 under Gen. Ostensaekcn; 30,000 in \ol
■ liynia under Gen. Stiiuelinkoff; 45,000 cn
] camped round the Crimea; 480,000 in the
I Caucasus under Prince \\ orotizoff. 3 lie
’ number of can?.on is estimated at not less
I than 500. Ihe Czar is said to hare de
cided to remain entirely on the defensive,
J believing that it is his policy to protract
, the war to its utmost limits
Business of tie State R>ad—We
lentil from Muj. Cooper, the Superinten
dent of the W. & A. Railroad, says the
Romo Southerner, that the receipts for
the month of Minch amount to seventy
two thousand dolla’S, against the corres
ponding t cceipts for March, 1353, of tif’y-
Uvo thousand dollars. Add to this the
probable decrease in expense <*l $5, C00,
and we have a gain ol .2 ),000. Ine de
struction of a portion ot the Rome and
Nashville Rnlrords by the tieshet in
Match, entirely suspending their business
for two or three weeks, induces the opin
ion that the business ot the Road, during
the last month, must he veiy heavy.
The Cholera. —Many feats arc ex
pressed that the Asiatic (. holcra will pre
vail in many portious of the United States
the ensuing summer. The signs betoken
it Ships arriving with emigrants are al
ready more or less affected by it. Ihe
ship Tonawauta, recently arrived at I ml
adelphia from Liverpool, lost abjtu fifty
passengers during the voyage, of a disease
resembling cholera; and the Blanche, at
St. Johns from Liverpool, lost thirty-five
bv the same disease. *1 be western waters
are also affected, not only at the South,
but also on the Missouri and l pp er *Ji s *
uss’ppi and their tributaries.