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[Correspondent eof the N. F. Com. Advert
London. Jan. 7.1853.
The commercial .public were yesterday taken
by surprise by the announcement of the Bark
of England having raised its rate of discount from
2 percentto2J per cent. The extensive pur
chases of grain made on English account during
the last two or three weeks at Odessa, the con
sequent shipment of large amounts of bullion to
Russia, the non-arrival ofthe Australian steam
er. now two or three weeks overdue, with
nearly a million of pounds of specie on board,
and an incessant fall of rain, which creates anx
iety with regard to the prospects of ail kinds ot
agricultural operations, have been the reasons
lor this sudden step. , t ••
At the same time it is generally felt tha tne
measure is rather premature. It was in April
last that the Bank reduces! its rate from the
point to which they l ave now again it.
and its stock of bullion was then £1.200.000 be
low the sum at present held. The position ot
thy country, and of the revenue, has greatly im
proved since that time There [is no unhealthy
speculation tn trade, the recent purchases of
grain can operate only as a security against fu
ture contingencies, and the fact that the stock ot
bullion in the Bank is not higher than at any
former period, even in the face of tho remit
tances to the continent, is simply owing to the
difficulty of the supply that is intended for us
being obtained at Port Philip. It is merely
lying in that colony waiting tor means of des
patch, instead of being in the vaults of the
Bank; and its change of situation can be
•imply a matter of time.
Under these circumstances there has obvious
ly been nothing in the shape of danger to
(roropt the bank to its present resolution. This
as been the general impression out of doors,
ne’tber the funds nor the more speculative se
curities having suffered to the extent that might
have been looked for, it any immediate and di
rect cause of alarm could have been suggested.
It is known, however, that for the next week or
two the diminution in the bullion will continue
on a large scale, and as this might have caused
uncertainty as to whether the bank would not
adopt some change—especially if the Austra
lian steamer and other vessels should fail to
arrive—it is considered that for the general in
terests of trade it is perhaps better that the ques
tion should have been settled at once.
If the step has been unnecessary, the simple
result will be that the public instead of going
to the Bank of England for discounts, will go
to the private establishments, where they will
be supplied at lower rates. If on the other
hand it is found /hat a general increase can be
maintained—tUt is to say. that the private
banks as well as the Bank of England can ob
tain higher terms—it wilt
measure has sflrfWTfinaccdrdance with
the tendencies of the market, and that conse
ouMitly it was rightly adopted. Thus far there
has been no sign to that effect, since money has
been obtainable within the last day or two on
the best paper at 1 i per cent per annum. It is
nevertheless quite probable, that during the
next fortnight a rather higher rate may prevail.
That an increase can be permanently maintain
ed is in almost all quarters considered improba
ble. On that point, however, the arrival or
non-arnvalot vessels from Australia will be the
chief causes of influence, and thus our general
financial position at this moment bears a resem
blance, which will be recognized by most Amer
ican readers, to what was experienced at New-
York during the first twelve or eighteen months
after the discoveries in California.
The quarterly returns of the revenue were
published yesterday, and their character is even
more favorable than had been anticipated. ,As
compared with the corresponding quarter last
year, there is an increase of £557,759, which
has chiefly accrued under the head of stamps,
assessed taxes, income tax and post office.—
Comparing the year ending on the sth inst.,
with the corresponding twelve months, there
has been an increase in the ordinary revenue ot
.£750,572. Under these circumstances the sum
of £476.085 will have to be invested between
the present time and the sth of April in the re
duction of the national debt.
From the " Men of the Time,” we extract a
few particulars of Captain Ericsson's life,
which, at this moment, will be read with new
interest: —
•iJohn Ericsson, a distinguished mechanician,
was born in the province of Vermeland, Swe
den, in 1803. H? showed a strong taste tor me
chanics when quite young, and at the age of ele
ven attracted the attention of Count Platen,
who procured him the appointment of cadet in
a corps of engineers, and. in 1816, he was made
niorfleur on the grand ship canal between the
Baltic and the North Sea. From his associations
with military men, he acquired a taste for mili
tary life, and entered the Swedish army as an
ensign, a step which lost him the favour of his
patron. Count Platen. In the army he rose to
the rank of lieutenant, and shortly after his pro
motion he was employed for some time in the
survey of northern Sweden. In the meanwhile
he devoted much of his time to his favourite spe
culations in,mechanics, and projected hisJfame e»-
gine. one ot the earliest of his inventions, an en
gine intended to work independently of steam,by
condensing flame. In 1826 be obtained per
mission to visit England, where he hoped to
bring his invention into public notice, but he
soon discovered that, when the engine was
worked by mineral fuel, the experiment was a
total failure. He was not discouraged, however, I
and in 1825, he competed for the prize offered
by the Liverpool and Manchester railway far
the best locomotive, and produced an engine that ‘
attained the then incredible Speed of fifty miles
an hour. Since his residence in the United
States. Mr. Ericsson has been the author of many |
•inventions which have made his i;ame familiar
to the putdit. Erierson’r'propelte* ■enni-cjfeo-|
drical engine, centrifugal blowers, besides some ,
improvements in managing guns, were applied
to the steamer Princeton with successful results.
In the American department of the great exhibi
tion he exhibited a distance instrument,for meas- i
tiring distances at sea, the hydrostatic gauge, for :
measuring the volume of fluids under pressure, |
the reciprocating fluid meter, the alarm barorae- .
ter, the pyrometer, the rotary fluid meter, and
the sea lead, of all which instruments he has !
given a" brief explanation,” in a pamphlet pub
lished in 1851. The invention, however, which I
has lately attracted most attention is the calo- |
nc engine, intended to supersede the use of j
steam." Mr. Ericsson first brought this remark
able invention before the scientific world, in
London, in 1833, when he constructed an engine I
of five-horse power, and exhibited it to a num
ber of scientific gentlemen of the metropolis.
But although it met with the approbation of
many distinguished men, Brunei and Faraday i
prone meed against the feasibility of the scheme, |
and the English government, which at first
seemed inclined to give the matter their atten- I
tion, immediately let the matter drop. The ,
subject has again been revived in the United
States, apparently with every prospect of suc
cess and a ship measuring 2.200 tons, intended .
to receive a caloric engine, is now building in ,
the city of New-York. Mr. Ericsson is a
knight of the order of Vasa, and a member of
many scientific societies.”
The personal appearanee and manners of Cap
tain Ericsson are extremely agreeable. He is
of the medium height, with a dark complexion,
and dark hair, which half a century of thought
is beginning to interlace with silver. His coun
tenance wears a thoughtful expression, and he
speaks of his invention with modest confidence
and convincing clearness. He has the bearing
ofa gentlemen, and he is formed to be beloved
and confided in. He still retains a slight Swe
dish accent, but speaks English with correct- |
ness and fluency. We sincerely trust that he
will reap from his invention not only honor J
and fame, but also a full share of those rewards |
which are styled " substantial.”— Home Journal
Tnn Loxnox Times. —A correspondent ofthe !
New York Tribune, writing from London, and i
giving an account of the recent breakdown of
tne Derby dilly,” touches up a description of
the “ Thunderer” as follows :
You Lave probably perceived the course ofthe !
Times. The “ great cotemporary” bad opposed ’
the measures of the Ministry, but has not at- ’
tacked DTsraeli. This may be explained by |
the personal attachment of friendship between I
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. De
lane, one of the great managers of the Times.
If we peep into the msyteries of Printing-House
Square, and look behind the curtain at the way
in which business is there carried on, we shall
observe that there are as many difficulties to be
settled as in Downing street. Mr. Waiter, M.
P. (or Nottingham, is the constitutional king,
being the principal shareholder of the paper,
which is valued at a capital of .£200,000. Mr.
Mowbray Morris is his Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, the financial and political manager of j
the Times, as reckless and unprincipled as D’ls- I
n.ro - Homo <K?i<fef*('twf father iii’tifc •outer ol
is a kind of Privy Council to assist the rulers of
the Times. The most eminent of these gentle
men are Mr. Low, M. P. for Kidderminster, an
Albino, with white hair and pink eyes, a man
ol eraat talent and excellent as financial author- i
jty and Mr. Henry Reeve, who has some tri- I
fling office u. the statistical department of the
Privy Council. He also does not care for prin
ciple• beadmires the Orleanista statesmen, the
Guizotaand Thierses, but generally cares only I
for success. His influence on the Times is equal- I
ed only by that of Mr. Lowe. The money ar-j
tides are irom Mr. Sampson, but he has no in- i
fluence on the management of the establishment; i
the correspondents in all the capitals of Europe
are as often changed as the Ambassadors, and all
w ell paid. Tbe Times commands a large capi
tal, and therefore pays every article and all news
very liberally. A leading article costs the es
tablishment from X 2 to X 1.5. In this way the
managers of tbe paper are always able to give
able articles, which, though often incorrect, are
most perfect in point of style. The Times gets
as good information as any Government paper,
but it withholds that information from th" public,
if it does not suit its political course adopted in
the meeting* ol th" above mentioned gentlemen,
which form the ministerial council of Mr. Wal
ter. _
The Railroad koain ! —We feel so much
elat d at the idea of a Railload to our town, that
we can’t hardly keep from “spouting” in regard
to it all the while It. now runs within two
miles of here, and in twenty days we think thv
work will be completed to this point. Our citi
zens are trying to get up a’ grand Barbacueand
übifoe on the day, and we have every hope that
ft will be effected. All hands to the wheel and
sr e W’.'H make a demonstration worthy the char
acter the people of Troup county bear—spirit
of enterprise, it Justry Jhd improvement I—La-
Qrange Reporter. |
American and English Ladies and Slavery.
We find in the London Daily News Ilin entire
resolutions adopted by the American ladies a
Milan, in response to the ladies of England, on
the subject of slavery. They are communica
ted to that paper by Mr. Hume, the veteran re
former. to whom they were sent by tl e Ameri
can ladies, and who introduces them with some
mest judicious remarks. He says
“ The resolutions agreed to at Milan, by the
American ladies of Anglo-Saxon origin, are well
worthy of the attention of the Duchess of South
erland, and of all those, her coadjutors, whose
sympathies have been enlisted and excited by
reports ofthe sufferings ofthe slaves in the Uni
ted States of America.
“ We should indeed be happy if misery and
suffering could be removed from this and other
lands; but weare assured on the best authority
that there will always be poor and suffering mor
tals. and that legislation can never entirely pre
vent [loverty and wretchedness. But as Chris
tians and considerate persons we ought to look
a t home—to what is passing hourly before our
eyes, or within the sound of carriage wheels—
and, we may add, in almost every parish in om
beloved count! y, and consider whether our leg
islat ion is just and equal.”
The following are the proceedings
At a meeting of American ladies, ot Anglo-
Saxon origin, held at Milan, Lombardy, on the
30th day of December, 1852, Mis. Catherine
Howard in the chair, the following report was
read and unanimously adopted :
Ist. The meeting views with feelings ot in
terest the late doings of an assembly oi ladies in
London, under the auspices ot I er Gia<y I <'
Duchess of Southerland and her noble coad|ii’ >r>.
on the subject of African Slavery in the United
States. !
2d. The meeting is deeply sensm ■■ ot . ,
evils of slavery, anil will use all just and honora- )
ble means to ameliorate, and finally to abolish it.
wherever.and under whatever form it may now
exist. But unfortunately for the etlbrts of
I American ladies, and for humanity, the subject
of slavery in the United States, when honestly
examined, is found, just at this time, to be sur
rounded with such appalling dangers, involving
the happiness of their social circles—the fortunes
and the lives of their fathers, husbands, sons and
brothers—the very existence ol the federal con
stitution and the union of States—that it must
not suprise the noble ladies of England, that
American ladies should recoil with affright from
the mischief which any hasty zeal might occa
sion,or that they should deem it their present
duty to remain submissive in the position allot
ted to them by the Almighty, until time and oc
casion shall render their agency useful.
3d. The meeting respectfully tenders its
thanks to the noble and honorable ladies assem
bled at Stafford house, for their/appreciation of
the value of liberty, and the rig>F.s ol man. and
uudej. uccwsul circuinstaoceaofr- a£4»»o»n-■efev-ty
““fn the United States, would earnestly entreat
them to look at home, and examine the condi
tion of Christian freedom in the United King
dom, and they employ their leisure, and use their
amiable and powerful influence, where it can be
successfully exercised, in gently removing those
antiquated monopolies and time-worn restrict- ‘
ions which now so heavily press upon and im- ;
poverish their people. In correcting the errors '
and simony of their exclusive church—in re
lieving the lands from burdens of a complex hi
erarchy—in individually adopting the liberal ‘
principles of the Christian Liturgy ofthe Church
of America, and by such efforts, while they may
gain for themselves a well earned reputation,
and an undying historic fame, they will be the
means of extending the area of freedom, and in
suring to all men equal rights and liberty of con
science. AH which is respectfully submitted.
Catharine Howard, in the Chair.
Jane Gray, Secretary.
Wonderful Powers of Memory.—A corres-
I pondent of the Cincinnati Commercial relates
' ’ the following curious case :
! “There is a man living in Monroe county,
’ named Daniel McCartney, whose powers of
memory are truly astonishing. He has been
1 totally blind from birth, and is forced to acquire
1 everything through the sense of hearing, which
1 is very acute. After hearing a voice once, he
never forgets it, and can recognize an individu
al after vears of absence, by hearing them utter
naturally a single word. He remembers, and can
a give an accurate description of the state of the
', weather on each successive day, together with
r every visible eclipse, either ol the sun or moon
for the last twenty-two years, or since the tenth
, year of his age. He can tell with undisputable
- accuracy the day of the week of any given day
- ofthe month, during that period: andean tell
- where he was, and in what he was engaged.
• • He has a distinct recollection of every article of
1 j food he has eaten at every meal for the same
- ' space of time; and in addition to these apparent
-5 j ly impossible mental accomplishments, he can.
s I unaided by any written record, quote every text
- ’ from which he has ever heard a sermon preached,
i I together with the name ofthe speaker an-.I place!
s | He can also calculate the number of minutes or
> I seconds in any given period, without making
• ■ any other than a mental use ol figures, much
’ ; sooner than the most ready mathematician can
i Iby usual method of computation. His knowl-
• I edge of sacred and ecclesiastical history is most
■ , surprising. By simply bearing others sing, he
i has n emorized and can sing correctly some two
' j hundred church hymns. In short, his memory
I is so remarkably retentive, that he requires but
I an audible reading of an article, or rehearsal of
; an event, to enable him to rival either the reader
I or speaker in communicating the subject matter
to a third person at any subsequent period.
The Depots or the State Road. —We men
tioned in our lust issue that Gov. Cobb of Geor
gia, and Mr.Wadley, the General Superintendent,
were visiting our city, for the purpose of loca
ting the Railroad buildings, which will be erect
ed the coining summer.
The}- left on Thursday last, after having com
, pleted the purposes of SUeir "t uev jixpucU
ed to find the President and Chief Engineer ot
the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, pres
ent, in order to effect a general understanding,
between the two roads, but the lattar gentleman
being detained, from some causes, they proceed
ed to the work. They have decided that the
general passenger Depot shall be immediately in
front of the “ Ciutchfield House,” occupying the
stand which is now used by the passenger train. I
This, we learn, will be a tasty editice. Ti;e
local Depot of the State Road will stand close to
Market street, and opposite A. H. Johnston’s &
Col. Griffin's large produce houses. This build- I
ing will be 3 or 400 feet in length, besides I
a platform of ample dimensions to receive cot- ;
ton and produce. The transhipping Depot for
the benefit of both Companies will occupy mudi
the same ground now covered by the present
depot, though nearer to the passenger edifice.
This is the determined plan. Ground wilt be
offered to the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail
road company to erect a local Depot south of the
“Crutchfield House” which will bring the gene
ral business of the two roads together and also
form a very convenient arrangement. When
these several buildings are erected, the city will
wear a very different aspect and appear much
more business like than at present. They wili
fill up the vacuum of upper Chattanooga, and
equalize the prosperity of the place. The work
will commence as early as practicable.—Chatltt
' nooga Advertiser, 2Jth ult.
The Jackson Statue.
The Washington Union, recently gave a His
| tory of this fine work of art, and thus describes
; the means employed by Mr. Mills, to perfect the
work :
I “ Now he commences his work. On a vacant
I lot of government ground, near the President’s
house, at the corner of Fifteenth street and
i Pennsylvania avenue, he erected a small frame
I building for a workshop and a residence. He
1 bought a horse in Virginia, known in the Turf
: Register as Olympus. This he trained to pre-
I sent the attitude he wanted. This horse is well
known in Washington now as the “ model
j horse.” He dissected horses. He studied the
' breed and character of different kinds of horses.
‘ He selected the various points of beauty and
i strength from them all, to produce the splendid
| bronze one he has made. As the various points
i of female beauty, never found in any one fe
i male, yet all perfectly natural, are found in the
Venus de Medicis, so he resolved to make his
horse, yet it is a perfect war-horse. lie studied
the character of Jackson, and the best likeness
that could be found, so as to give a faithful rep-
I resentation of him. He took from the military
dress of Gen. Jackson, deposited in the Patent
Office, the model by which he clothed the hero.
The vegs-sword he wore, and every minutiae of
the saddle, holsters, bridle, and even buckles, is
faithful to history. Yet there is nothing stiff or
awkward in tbe entire group—all is true, natural
and easy.”
PoSTAGEE BtWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND
France, via England.—lt being understood
that the British post-office charges the same rate
of postage oil letters and newspapers, to and
from Fiance, through England, whether the rem"
■UnifJf/i'sfat, , packets, tbus making a discrimi
nation oi 10 cents (sea postage) in favor of the
British line,'the Postmaster-General has issued
an order, directing that on all letters to and from
France, through. England, the single rate ofUni
ted States postage be twenty-one cents, and on all
newspapers so transmitted four cents each, from
i and after the present date, such postage to be
| collected in and retained by the United States,
i The Japan Expedition.—The Boston Post
I publishes the following extract from a letter, re
, ceived from a gentleman who has just returned
to this country from a trip to China, relative Io
I the feelings of the Japanese toward the expcdi
| tion expected from the United States : ‘
■ “ I was informed by a gentleman, a native of
' Japan, tnat the Emperor is ready for the Ameri
can expedition. He exhibited a letter to me
which he had just received from oneol his coun
trymen, then on tins Island of Jeddo. The peo
ple kept a strict look-out all over the coast, and
their fires were already burning on the moun
tains at night, in order to be prepared in case the
squadron should appear at night. One million oi
soldiers are ready and at hand. The coast is all
set with guns, while in the bay of Jeddo where
the fleet is expected, there are counties* war
junks, and the whole bay is surrounded with in
numerable forts. The expedition will find the
Japanese much better soldiers than they antici
pate. Ihe presents had better have been left at
home. A trade will not soon be opened with
that country, except by force.”
Mr. J. E. Henry, a young attorney in Cincin
nati, has recently come into possession ol the
snug little fortune of £60,000, by the decease ol a
relative in England.
Important to MxxlcAir*^n7 BßS ,„The
Mexican Vice Consul at New-Orleans, announ
ces officially that tbe President of Mexico has
declared the ports of Tampico and V< , a Cruz
closed to interior and exterior trade. In conse
quence, the Vice Consul at New. Orleans will
deliver no papers for vessels clearing for those
ports.
(Curopcim JntdhgniiT.
■
[Telegraphed for the Baltimore San.]
Further by the Steamer Arctic.
New York, Jan. 26.
The steamer Arctic, with Liverpool dates of
'he 12th instant, arrived here this evening at
’’J o’clock, bringing 49 passengers.
Among the passengers ol the Arctic is Don
Pedro Escandon, Secretary ofthe Mexican lega
tion at Washington.
The steamer Hermann sailed from South
ampton at 10 o’clock in the forenoon ofthe 11th
inst.
I he steamer City of Glasgow sailed on the
9th tor Philadelphia.
1 he steamer Glasgow arrived out on the 9th.
It is reported that the steamer Africa, whilst
going into the Mersey was run into by a ship
and received some damage.
Engi.anii.—Collman & Stoltenfohl, of Lon
don, bad failed tor .£300,000, in consequence of
forgeries by Robt. F. Pries, corn dealer.
1 he failure ot Colhnan & Stoltenfohl clears
up the mystery ot the late extraordinary opera
ations in the London and Continental corn mar
kets Two other houses suffered from the for
geries of Preis to the amount of X 27,000. Coll
man K Stoltenfohl transacted the commission
business in Germany and the United States.
I be will ot the Duke of Wellington had been
registered. His fortune amounts to £BOO,OOO. I
A large amount of goods continued to be ex
ported to Australia.
I’be missing steamer Australia, from Sydney,
had arrived with £1,000,000 on freight.
I he steamer Magdalena, from Vera Cruz, with
neary $2,000,000, arrived at Southampton on the
I Tire new steamer Clyde bad arrived at Liver-,
pool from the Clyde, and would sail for New ,
York on Feb. 2d.
France.— Four Legitimists, members of the
Assembly, had resigned. Prince Wufram had
resigned the Senatorship in disgust, because he
had not been appointed Grand Huntsman.
Capt. Betrege had been appointed commander
ofthe naval station of Newfoundland and Colde
la Fare, military commander at Martinique.
The minister of Tuscany, and of the smaller
German powers, had presented their credentials
to the Emperor.
Baron Kissleft had been accredited Russian
minister at Paris.
A passenger of the American ship Isaac Bell,
had been arrested at Havre, with a number of
Socialist pamphlets in his possession.
Spain.—lt is again reported that Canedo will
be recalled from the Captain Generalship of
Cuba.
Quesada had neen appointed Ifltendante, in,
r
A correspondent ofthe Times says that Fran
cis Madiai was without doubt poisoned. He
complained of slow poison being used in his
food. Madame M. is still in prison.
Bishop Ives, of North Carolina, made a public
« abjuration of the Protestant religion, at Rome,
i on Dec. 26th.
; Sardina proposes to enlarge her navy.
Turkey.—The Turks had blockaded the
1 Montenegro coast.
It is thought that the difficulty between the
Turks and the Monegriaus wili be settled by the
in'ervention of Austria and Russia. The block
ade. by the Turks of the whole coast of the
. Adriatic, trom Dulcigno to the most extreme
| Turkish frontier, is confirmed. The Montene-
■ grians had voluntarily abandoned the fortress of
■ of Zabljac at the instance of the Russian Consul
at Ragusa.
The Divan refuses to regulate the affairs of
I the Bank of Constantinople.
The Government had made compensation for
I the late outrage upon the British steamer Vic
j tory.
i Austria.—The Austrian Government had [
| declared Kossuth and his friends traitors.
’ i Prussia.—Count Schwerein had been elected j
i president of the second chamber. He is a mod- I
; erate constitutionalist
The Markets.
Liverpool, Jan. 12.— The sales of Cotton since i
! the sailing of the Europa had reached 17,000 |
. , bales, of which exporters took 1,000, and specu-
I lators 500 bales. The demand was fair, and ;
, I freely met by holders, who, however, did not j
, : press their stocks on the market. Prices were |
1 unchanged. Fair Orleans was quoted at Gd : I
, • middling 5Jd; Fair Uplands 53d; middling 3’d. ■
, j Flour was in moderate demand at prices fa- I
voring buyers. Quotations, however, were un- :
I • changed. Western Canal 27s a 27s Gd ; Balti- ;
j more 27s 9d 28s 3d; Ohio 27 a 295. •
r ! Corn was in moderate demand for the trade I
', and for export at 365. for yellow, and 375. for [
. I white.
Lard was unchanged. Beef and pork was in
moderate request. Sugar was in good demand. .
Coili'e active and at firm rates.
The imports of Cotton since Friday had been j
■IO,OOO bales. The market closed tame, but firm. ‘
The Grain market generally, unchanged. :
Wheat was held firmly at last week's rates. I
i'ionr dull ata partial decline of 3d per bbl. Corn ,
brought full rates at retail. Few floating cargoes
were offered.
I Provisions were in fair demand, with light ;
, imports. Lird quiet.
The public sales of Coffee were spirited.
Costa Rica brought 51s 6d a 54s 6d a 56s 6d.
Tea steady—several cargoes sold for 10 J a 10J.
i London, Jan. 11.—Cotton was in fair demand
at firm rates—Sugar was in good request. Cos
! fee was moderately inquired for at prices favor-
i ing buyers. Rice lavored buyers.
Consols had advanced 100 J a 100 j-.
The London Money market was buoyant.
Trade at Manchester was rather dull.
Havre, Jan. Sth.— Cotton was unchanged.
Sales since the Europa 2,000 bales.
Alba'ny, N. Y., Jan. 26.
.The trial of Reed, a coloued man, chnr-od with
j spins’ rosciio oMhe Muvf JWiy, ut'*fj tra I '*
’ cose, was commenced this morning, in the Uni
-1 ted States Court. It attract? much attention.
The meeting of the National University this
morning was ia-gely attended. Doctor Beeks
was appointed chairman, and Doctor Kennedy
(■■eretary. Interesting addresses were delivered
I. .- Me rs. Prayn, Kennedy and Professor C. S.
Hendry. Professor Wayland, of Brownsville,
University, delivers an address this evening.
[From the Baltimore Sun, 2Sth ult,]
Details by the Steamer Arctic.
I The express mail last night from New York
brought us the details ofthe foreign intelligence
by the Arctic. We add a tew extracts not given
in our despatch published yesterday.
England.— In the political world there is
nothing astir, if we except the contested election
between Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Perceval, for
| the representation in Parliament, of Oxford Uni
i versity. The poll would be kept open for some
days, and the race so far was “neck and neck.”
■ During the year just ended, 621 ships, convey-
I ing 217,459 passengers, left the port of Liverpool
i for America and Australia. In the year 1851,
■ the number was 607 ships, and 196,890 passen
gers, being an increase of 14 ships, and 20,569
passengers.
! Ireland.—Some excitement has been caused
i in Dublin by a second charge of murder brought
against Kirwan, the artist, who was recently
tried and condemned on what many think in
sufficient evidence, for the murder of his wife.
The alleged victim is a Mr. Boyer, a miniature
painter, possessed of considerable property,
which, some years since, he made over to Kir
wan, and soon afterwards disappeared. The
capital sentence against Kirwan, for his wife’s
1 murder, has been commuted into imprisonment
! for life.
! The Irish Solicitor-General, in a communica
; tion addressed to the Town Commissioners of
’ ' Galway, returns thanks for the congratulations
jot that body upon his acceptance of office. Mr.
Keogh tells them they are perfectly correct in
; anticipating an onward and favorable policy
. | from the Aberdeen Government, adding, “that it
' is the intefest of a few factious men to prophecy
I the contrary.” The prophets, however, wil be
| disappointed, “and the just expectations of our
I countrymen fulfilled.’’
France.—The credentials by which Prussia
recognised the empire consisted of three papers.
The first acknowledges the Senatus consultum
and the.plebiscite as an internal political event,
with which Prussia has nothing to do but ac
cept ; the second declares that Prussia acts in
4- L■ I, »t. ~„ . , ... I- L A■ . 4*ms rk . 1 T 1 ~r.•- ■< ,
this matter in unison with Austria and Russia,
and accepts with satisfaction the assurance that
the Emperor will observe existing treaties, and
pursue the same policy as he did when Presi
dent ; the third, which contains the recognition
itself, is short, but written by the King himself,
who addresses the Emperor as “Monsieur, mon
frere.” The Russian note is said to be much
longer, and to enter into various statements and
remarks with reference to the new empire.
Italy.—A general subject of conversation at
Rome is the recent conversion to the Catholic
i faith of Dr. Ives, the A npl ; An"Tl " •.’)• of
•....<••>>«, in me United States. Dr. Ives
bad for a long time embraced Puseyite opinions,
and felt strong sympathy for the Catholic religi
on, which had subjected him to much remon
strance. Since he has been at Rome he has put
himself in relation with Monsignor Gill, the
Catholic Bishop of Virginia, U. S., and addressed
himself to Monsignor Talbot, the private came
riae of the Pope, in order to make his solemn
abjuration and publicly profess Catholicism.
This cere nony took place on the 26th of Decem
ber. the Pope in person administering the sacra
ment to the convert.
Atstria.—Baron von Prokeseh-Osten is nom- i
mated to the post of the President of the Bund.
This appointment, which seems to have taken
most people by surprise, puts an end to the sur
mi f as to whether this celebrated diplomatist
would be sent to Rome or Constantinople.
Frigiiteul Explosion and Loss op Thirty
two Lives.—The Liverpool Mail, of the Ist
inst., states that the brig Lily left the Mersey a
fews days previous for Africa, having on Board,
among other things, 50 tons of gunpowder and 20
puncheons of rum, but in consequence of a gale
she was compelled to beat about the channel for
three days, and was then driven ashore on Kit
terland Island, by which five of her crew were
drowned. On the following day, Mr. Lace, sub
agent for Lloyd’s, repaired to the wreck with j
thirty-one men, to see what could be saved. |
At a quarter before eight, a violent shock was '
felt throughout the southern district of the is- I
land; and a sheet of fire and pillarof smoke were |
seen to be hurled into the air, hundreds of feet
high from the wreck. It seems that a large por
tion of the powder was placed so high in the
vessel that it did not get wet by the waves
breaking on it. The explosion dashed the ves- I
sei to atoms, and blew to broken fragments some
thirty-two human beings I But one individual ’
near the fatal scene escaped to tell the story, <
lames Kelly, who is still alive, although one >
cheek and ear are taken off. The accident made i
twenty-three widows and seventy-three father- i
less children. Fragments of the wreck were I <
blown the distance of six miles. |
(hitgrcssiom.
[Reported for the Baltin
Thirty-Second Congress— Session.
Washi jioii, Jan 24.
SENATE.
Mr. Seward presented a nw orial from New
York, praying that the constii W amended
so us to give Congress power > establish a uni
form system of marriage. ’ ♦"
Mr. Shields presented the inen|rial of C. L.
Richter.daclari ghe invented the ifaulds and fur
nace used by Clark Mills, in cqMruating the
Jackson statue, and bj Ogit
of the compensation thr
Mr. Stockton move
re-organizing the Na
then the bill was
next.
Mr. Hale subm'
agreed to. directing
enquire whether a
button money had
and petty officers ot
to compensate any ,
of an act grantings
Mr. Gwin said th
by the Committee o'
introduced at the
Mr. Sebastian, fro' .1
A'. >iis, to whom v. s
message relative to thf s
to emigrate according 3e
an elaborate report the
The committee give ■ fairs
in Florida since 1532,
Ou the assignment ot- orth, it
was conditioned that his s S. troops
should be kept in Fiori a cardan
to keep the Indians ■ ,'Jwipits, and
thus give a little securiv, A®ing set-
tlements and farmers of ti
So far from keeping wifl ra assign
ed them, with ample r.: rivers
abounding in fish, and the h< ..osk ' iar '
ten, and the prairie teeming with gaiuj they
sought the r.ettlements in 1849, and eortHfnced
anew the work of murder and destrumon oi
property. Again were new troops ordeed to
Florida, and again were the Indiaus alleged to
remain ; and now. although a deputatien i the
chiefs were at thirseat of government la/ ses
sion. u.id entered into«n. written agreement, by
which their removal would be4nmedia|6 and
final, they now refuse to go, anil insiswo the
great detriment of the interest oj florid#to re
main within her limits. '
The committee in thus a
condition of events as they exist »‘n are
not a little at the.tjtii £gwfrbe goy
uricler thf full of r'i
yet has allowed tßem all the of delay
and the protraction of an event safety
and property of the State dernanfe.
The committee further say, ttby are bound
to believe that the United States! are bound to
complete what in 1835 they so 'unsuccessfully
began, and which, for a period o/J8 years has
allowed within the borders of a mvereign Stlte
a band of persons hostile to Hr inhabitants,
their security and property.
The Committee express some feiibt as to the
best mode to pursue to effect thtf end sought—
the speedy and unconditioned removal ofthe In
dians from the State. Experience has demon
strated that they enjoy no immunities over the
white man in their endurance of fatigue, and
that they are susceptible of thfrinflyences which
break down repose by quick marches and night
attacks on their camping grounds. That when
ever these courses have been puisucd by a mili
tary force, they have been invariably followed
by success.
The committee also suggest that the troops be
accompanied by regulars, so that each day’s
march would thus place in possession of the
i government a knowledge of its territory, and
. subject to such laws of entry assist elsewhere
i and that such operations would more than ever
i convince the Indians that the government here
are in earnest in their removal. That at this
j late period of delay and faithlessness on the part of
• the Seminoles, the committe would urge prompt
and decisive measures to be pursued to rid the
’■ country of a struggle too long wjged, and to -.1 ve
to a sovereign State that peace and quietude,
I which for many years she has sought in vain.
I To attain this object, the committee recommend
■ the passage of the amendment which they have
I inserted in the Indian appiopriidion bill.
i The Senate then, on motion of Mr. Mallory,
; took up the bill repe ding existing laws “con
cerning tonnage duties on Spanish vessels,” and
j he addressed the Senate in favor of its passage.
[ He had not concluded when the Senate proceed-
I od to the consideration of executive business.
: At 15 minutes to 4 o’clock, the doors were
opened and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REI’RESE? TATIVES.
j The y-as and nays were taken, on a motion
' to suspend the rules, tit introduce a resolution to
! meet in future at It o’clock, a;;J to make the
i appropriation bills the special cider every day,
till disposed of; which was negatived—yeas 90,
i nays 7G—not two-thirds voting.
1 A number of private bills were subsequently
; disposed of.
' The House then took up private bills on the
! Speaker’s table to which there were no object
ions; which occupied the remainder of the sit
! ting.
■ House ad journed at three o’clock.
■Washington, Jan. 25,1863.
SENATE.
The chair laid before the Senate the annual
I report of th* expenses of the nitioi.al armory.
Several petitions were pieseafed, and reports
from committees presented— iwnecM any public
importance. X
Mr. Cass submitted a resolution, .vhich was
I- v-etlj Jl V ii n n*‘^F^ 4 ' l Sr ; 'M'eS«rn
. i BtfTwer arirtTsyton to the treaty ,?f 1850.
: Mr. Shields submitted a rescjitfon directing
s ’ an examination and report by <f\ Secretary o
s i War, as to the best sites for the /obstruction o
r | arsenals on the P ’ -iiiiqGulf, and Atlantic coasts
| i which was agreed to. .
. ! The House bill to prevent frauds upon the
, j treasury in the cohesion Cfchims by members
I of Congress and others was taken up, slightly
: amended and then passed.
■ Mr. Cass’ joint resolution re-affirming the
| doctrine of Mr. Monroe was tak}« up.
I Mr. Soule addressed the Senate at length in
, support of the resolution. He differed from his
; democratic colloagues in justifying the conduct
I of the present administratiou with reference to
Cuban difficulties. Ile-diil’ered also in the com
-1 mendations bestowed upon Mr, Everett for de
clining the treaty" (which was so far) proper,and
then assuring England and Franco that this na
tion would never do that which they wished us
to say we would nevejzdo. He condemned the
; course followed by the present administration in
i its denunciations oi Crittenden aufl his murdered
j companions ; and he defended and
' character of those men from the charg ?oi piracy
I marauders and outlaws.
He differed from gentlemen who were for
waiting till the fruit was ripe Wore plucking
I it. He saw no difference betw an taking it
before ripe and after it was ripe. The common
' law drew the distinction betweetfojie trespass of
; taking fruit from the tree and thi'arceny oftak-
I ing it after it had fallen from the.pareut stem.
He condemned the publication of to Cuban cor
respondence. but saw no ditfoi- ce between
j publishing that and sayingth« Senile we were
I ready to purchase Cuba. 1
He reviewed the case of wiser Smith, and
' condemned the conduct oftheldmiristratiqp for
I its course therein. He conffienM upon the
. reasons ofthe President againd the inquisition
l of Cuba for domestic causes, and Yarned his
j Southern friends of the sign Vpau. of those '
words, and read a letter written tn-851, by
I Lord Palmerston, urging the emani ation of
! the slaves as a measure to prevent C a being i
I annexed to the United States. He w not dis
-1 posed to wait till the fruit was ripe, bjnse these j
domestic reasons may be removed, an it was of I
the utmost importance. Let SouthewSenators I
weigh this matter
He was against purchasing Ctffb Spain ■
would never agree to it. Her pride vild soon
er see the island sunk into the ocean *.an part !
withit. The Cubanos also would ref tat be- .
ing sold or purchased.
He reviewed England’* pretensions., denoun- I
cing marauding and filibustering, ati»<s»d an |
account of an English project in 173%ir taking
Cuba by forces raised in the America,olonies.
He denounced the threat of MessnSiampton ’
and Sartigesto hold the United Stated sponsi- j
ble for any lawless attack on Cuba byl; Zens o f
the United States.
lie reviewed the Monroe doctrine, a | fully
agreed with Mr. Cass in his expositfe if the
force, meaning and extent of that de<^ ; v tl by
Ml 3lo:iro<-. lie i' i,li iV, ib,il ■’ ■ |/-
aition •>>• thia subject. r.
Everett’s letter and Mr. Fillmore s mes^t'^ re
was much of the baesheering spirit for V '- Je ‘
clare that under five different states of Z| m '
stances it may be necessary for the Undulates
to take possession of Cuba.
He warned Spain of the inevitable p V r4s of
events; he counselled her lo be friend! ’ the
United States ; te observe all rights an< joliiga
tions. She would Lave to meet cornin' ’'events,
and she bad better grant to Cuba that ’pdepen
dence which would take plane. Let »ain, in
the good feeling which would result b-tfeen her
and her regenerated child, obtain iUtroaties
those benefits and advantagesof cootrfeial al- f
liance and support vi hicli she will lo.e'uy a foreM
seperation ol Cuba from her dominion ' fOih
t his he was utterly opposed to any vio J ' i the
laws of nations to acquire Cuba.
Air. Cass followed, defending his ion
of the Monroe doclrino.
Mr. Seward got the floor, and tl -d
--journed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENI
• A message from the President d,
relative to the claim of the Cust<
cers.
After which, the discussion on t
Branch Mint Bill was renewed.
Mr. Seymour, of New York, sai
former day undeiratcd the amom
nually imported into New York
increase, and which was last yeai
of fifty or sixty millions of dollar
to the offer stated to have been i
bullion for coinage to Pbiladclphir
£30,000, of which there was no si
formation.
M r. Florence, of Pennsylvania..
paitiesto his knowledge were respth
sous. _ I ’
Mr. Seymour, in continuation,
sueiressive report) of Mr. Walker, the SoW'arV
of the Treasury, recommending tiie esta-bill
ment of a branch mint at New York, besom the
importations ol gold fiom California had com
menced. He was allu.'mg to the rapiiltyfo
creasing commerce of that city when, his hour
being about expiring, he moved the provfouj
question, Which was seconded—yeas 76, nays
44.
The yeas and nays were then ordered on the
motion of Mr. Chandlerthat the bill be reject
ed
Mr. Brooks availed himself of his right to re
ply before these were taken, and reflected with
much severity on the course pursued by Mr.
Chandler in depriving him of the floor in the
manner he did.
The morning hour having expired before he
concluded, Mr. Houston, of Ala., moved that the
House go into committee of the whole on the
state of the Union, which was agreed to.
The committee again took up the deficiency
bill, when various amendments recommended by
t the committee of ways and means were report
-1 ed, and considerable discussion took place with
reference to the salary of Mr. Kennedy, super
intendent ol the census office—the construction
< the law by the Secretary of the Interior and
.e Atforney General being that he was entitled
> 83,01)0 per annum, but the comptroller refused
> pay him that amount. A resolution fixing that
,im was ultimately agreed to
Other amendments were disposed of and pend
ing an amendment to vote about $131,000 for
the purchase ot paper and to pay the salary of
he Superintendent of printing, clerks, and mes
senger. the committee rose, and the House ad
journed.
Washington, Jan. 26, 1853.
SENATE.
1 he Chair laid before the Senate a communi
cation from the Treasury Department, relative
to the classification of the clerks.
Mr. Sumner presented petitions in favor of a
uniform rate of two cents, as ocean postage on
letters. ° I
Mr. Seward presented memorials in favor of
the establishment ot mail steamers between
Brooklyn, New Y'ork and Germany.
Mr. Butler reported.adversedly upon the pro
position to give a judge of the Supreme Court
to California and Oregon, on the ground that the
committee are considering a general plan for re
vising the judicial system of the United States.
Mr. Fish introduced a bill to authorize the j
business of banking in the District of Columbia. '
Mr. Gwin introduced a bill providing regula- I
tions for the mint, and for preserving the stan- I
dard value of the coinage.
The joint resolution of Air. Cass was taken up.
Mr. Seward addressed the Senate. He alluded
to the death of Mr. Adams, in February, 1848,
deplored by his countrymen and in June 1850,
when the deep voice of wailing had just died
away, the Senator from Michigan, (New Eng
land born and New England raised,) rose in the
Senate, and instead of gowing backward with a
. garment to cover his infirmities, had revealed
i —rji''"; ofhis private diary, i
and reading t 5 the Senate owio*ions „exvr»oU. ■■
Mr. S. referred to this attack on Mr. Adama bF,
Mr. Cass, and rejoiced now to hear that states
man vindicated by Mr. Cass himself. The doc
l trine of these resolutions was the doctrine of Mr.
> Adams, who was a member of Air. Monroe’s
' cabinet. He read copious extracts to show Mr.
> Adam’s position on this subject.
! He complained ot Mr. Cass’ introducing this
, resolution witbout acknowledging Air. Adams’
agency in instituting these measures of progress.
> He could not vote for the annexation olCubaun-
- til slavery shall have ceased to counteract the
■ workings of nature in that beautiful island, nor
• then without injustice to Spain, without war and
) without internal disturbance among ourselves,
1 yet he could not consent to allow the island to
i | pass under the dominion of any power, nor could
t ■ he consent to the restoration of colonial relations
- i between any portion of this continent and the
- i monarchies ol Europe. He replied at great
1 j length to Mr. Soule.
Mr. Cass replied with some warmth to defend
i i his comment in 1850 on Mr. Adams’ diaiy.
s I Mr. Mallory followed, concluding his arg'r-
- I merit in favor of repealing the laws concerning
1 i ton nage duties and Spanish vessels.
A debate ensued as to what disposition snould
r | be made ol the resolution, whether it would be
' referred or not.
s| In answer to a question by Mr. Gwin as to
f : whether it was intended to propose any practical
t legislation,
s Air. Mason said that if it should prove true,
e that the British had established a colony at the
, Balize or the Bay of Islands, that colony should
• have to be discontinued, and in this form there
1 i should be practical legislation.
3 ! The debate upon this point was further con
tinued by Messrs. Mason, Mangum, and without
i coming to any conclusion the Senate adjourned.
- < HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
.1 j The. New York mint bill was the first business
j in order, and Mr. Bracks concluded his remarks.
- I He alluded to the incompetency of the mint at
. Philadelghia, the loss sustained by individuals,
e > owing to its operations, the mint returning none
: ofthe silver contained in less than 62 oz. of gold
I sent to it—which is made use of for its own pur
n I poses, and to sustain the bullion fund, and for
o I contingencies.
e I He stated that there is a debasement of gold
i, I at the branch mint at New Orleans, which is
), | under the supervision of the mint at Philadel
j phia; and contended that the latter establish
y | ment possessed no such efficiency as had teen
I represented, the coinage being principally in
e [ eagles, and notin a smaller coinage, to meet the
- ■ requirements of the public. The mint, he said,
j costs three-fourths of a million of dollars, and
l 8250.000 of which are sequestered by the mint,
( and the remaining 8500,000 is the interest on
! seven millions of dollars, which forms the bul
i lion fund there.
i New York, he continued, had no need of a
i bullion fund, two-thir.!s of the duties being col
; lected there; and which being paid in specie,
;s i the fund thus accumulated in the sub-treasury
c I supplying its place, the certificates of which an
swering the purpose ot specie. With reference,
, s I to the opposition to the bill in New York
,e 'w.'ii.ch hau been inferred to, Le it
s. -feXistM, burls' confined to railroad companies,
■ express agents and baillion brokers, who desire
o- I a profit from the losses ofthe humbler classes of
a s I society.
■ The additional grant to the steamers, he said,
s . | was in opposition to the interests ofthe owners
of sailing vessels, and to which he was opposed :
e | but both himself and the other gentleman ai
rs ■ luded to, had voted in favor of the measure on .
y • national grounds. The California lines_ofsteam- I
! ers, he said, would have ruined the proprietors
e j had it not been for the fortunate discovery of
i gold ; and the Panama route had been prosecuted
n j to a successful issue by a few New York capi
s : talists, notwithstanding Congress had refused to
't i lend them the aid of the government. He con
-0 eluded by moving the previous question.
_ i The motion to reject the bill was negatived,
. I the ayes and nays being taken: yeas 69, nays 91.
J I Sir. Brooks moved that the bill be engrossed
. . and read a third time, pending which a motion
s | was mSde'To lay the bill on the table, upon
e . which the yeas and nays were entered, and it
1 j was negatived: yeas 78, nays 96. C
] The morning houi having expired, i
I er decided that the House having ordered that -i
r I the question of the third reading be put, it over- |
■ rode all other motions, except one fora call ofthe l
. j House, or to adjourn.
r | The yeas and nays were then ordered on the
j third reading of the bill, which was negatived: ;
1 yeas 86, nays 89.
■| Mr. Briggs, of New York, moved to recon- ;
. sider the vote.
I Mr. Florence, of Pa., moved to lay the mo
tion to re-consider upon the table; and the ayes I
i and nays having been ordered,it passed in the as- i
: firmative—ayes 91, nays 83.
The House resolved itself into a committe of:
. the whole on the state ofthe Union,and the de- I
ficiency bill was again taken up, when various ■
I amendineifts were disposed of. On the passage :
' of one voting a sum to complete the pedestal on j
I which is placed the equestrian statue of General |
I Jackson.
Mr. Stanly, of N. C., proposed to add an
I amendment, stating that the vote was in conse
: quence of the exertions of Gen. Jackson in put
' ting down nulification and secession, which led
I to rather an uproarious and good humored dis- i
I cussion, Mr. Stephens opposing the motion, the |
. compromise tariff bill, he said, effecting that ob- J
I ject. Mr. Florence was in favor of the amend- ' ;
! ment, because be put down the United States ; ;
Bank; and Mr. Houston, condemning the move
i ment altogether, in a manner which riled Mr.
' Stanly rather considerably.
I Mr. Houston explained that he did not intend .
I any thing personally offensive, but considered ,
any legislation upon the subject as a mockery.
At length a motion prevailed that the com
mittee rise, and the House adjourned
Washington, Jan. 27, 1853.
SENATE.
Mr. Seward presented several memorials, pray
ing grants of land to aid in the construction of a
ship canal around the Falls of Niagara.
Also, petitions in favor of the establishment
of a JOfo-af steamers between Brooklyn and
Germany.
Mr. Cass’resolution directing an inquiry by
the Committee of Foreign Relations as to the
necessity for any action relative to the Bulwer
and Clayton explanation ol tbe treaty of 1850,
was taken tip.
Mr. Mangum opposed the resolution. He was
in favor of postponing it till after the 4th of
March next, in order that Mr. Clayton might
be here to defend himself. He thought no prac
tical object was intended, but merely a personal
matter, and Mr. Clayton ought to be heard.
He Was opposed to this warlike debate, when
vo man would dare to avow his willingness to
go to war.
Mr. Cass said he was not be deterred from
auy investigation concerning the honor o! his
country, by the declaration that he would not
go to war. The preservation of our rights in
small matters was the surest guaranty of peace.
Slavish submission to wrong would inevitably
result in war.
' . Mr. Bell, at grreat length, urged the postpone
ment'of the subject till Mr. Clayton reached
here. If it was intended to have a measure re
ported to repeal the treaty, he would desire time
to debate it. He thought there had been suffi
cient debate on the subject, and much more.tban
necessary said to arouse thc people ol the Uni
ted States and to frighten European powers.
le thought tbe construction of twenty war
learners and the erection of necessary loitiii
'-ations much bettei to preserve peace than pa
fer resolves.
Mr. Mason thought it a proper inquiry to as
-itain whether the treaty ratified by the Sen
s' had been impaired or altered by the adden
placed there by Messrs. Bulwer and Clayton,
/e did not consider war was necessary. He
lid not at any time say thc colonization of the
Bay Islands was an infraction ofthe treaty ; but
’he did say, and repeated it now, that whether
that colony was or was not an infraction of that
treaty, that colony would have to be discon
tinued. .. ,
Mr. Borland followed, supporting the resolu
tion, and Messrs. I tale and Underwood opposed
11
Mr. Gwin mov< I so lay th# resolution on the
table ; lost—yeas >, nays 31.
Mr. Mangum moved to postpone it till after
the 4th of March next; lost—yeas 17, nays 29.
The resolution was adopted.
After the transaction of some unimportant
business, the Pacific railroad bill was taken
iip and further debated, and the Senate ad journ-
’ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Stanley, of N. C.,from the committee of
ways and means, reported a bill to pay to differ
ent States public moneys due under the act of
1836, which was read a first and second time
last session, and referred to the committee.
Air. Orr, of S. C., moved to lay the bill on the
table, and the yeas and nays having been or
dered, the motion was carried—yeas 105, nays
60. i
Mr. Stanley endeavored to have his motion, to
print the bill, put from the chair, but the Speak
er decided that the motion went with the bill,
against which decision Air. Stanly appealed, but
it was sustained by the House.
The House then went into committee of the
whole on the state of the Union, and again took
up the amendments of the deficiency bill, a num
ber of which were disposed of.
The last of these was a resolution by Mr.
Stanly, that in future books shall not be supplied
to members for the Congress of which they
were not members. The value of these books 1
he said amounted to nine hundred dollars, which I
are often sold by members. In some instances |
a former member of Congress dies, and his ex
ecutors consider the books as assets; and there
being no purchaser for them in the localities,
they are sent to agents at Washington, who sell
them there and they are again issued for the use
of members. The amendment was adopted.
The committee then rose, and the bill with
amendments were reported, and having been
agreed to, the bill was read a third time, and
passed.
The House then adjourned.
QSrncrnl Jlntrllignire.
Later from Texas.
I The steamship Texas, Capt. Lawless, arrived
i this morning from Galveston, making the run
I pom bar to bar in twenty-four hours. By the
| Texas we have received dates from Galveston
j to the 22d inst.
The Journal of that date gives the following
as the latest news from the rivers and steamers :
We learn by passengers by the steamer Far
mer, from Houston this morning, that both the
Brazos and the Trinity are up, with a fine pros
pect of navigation continuing for some time to
come.
The steamer Major Harris has arrived at the
: mouth ofthe Brazos. The Jack Hayes was to
I foave the mouth of the Trinity for up Jhe river
.this morning. •£
Mhi naton left this port yesterday for
tile L1 iTriuy'.""*
The Buffalo is up for the ” rlnfty ■“fflsd'MAMUut
ing a full freight.
The steamer Arthur feaves for the Brazos to
day.
The roads leading from Houston to the capital
are said to be impassable on account of the ex
cessive rains which have recently fallen.
A collision occurred in Galveston Bay, on the
I 19th, between the steamers Neptune and Farm
; er. No material damage was done, although the
Neptune was said to have made a narrow escape.
; From the statement of Mr. Richardson, of the
News, one of the passengers on the Neptune, the
Farmer endeavored several times to run the
Neptune down. A card is published, signed by
[ the passengers of the latter boat, reprobating the
■ conduct of the captain of the Farmer in the
' severest terms.
The Journal says that Mr. James Tool in at
tempting to ford the Little Chocolate recently,
was cairied down stream and himself and horse
landed on seperate sides of the stream. Mr.
Tool who was found on the bank of the creek in
a helpless condition from his exposure and strug
gles in the water, states that he lost his saddle
i bags containing twelve hundred dollars.
I Philip Capehart, one of the most noted horse
' 1 thieves in Texas, was arrested in Galveston on
the 20th inst., on the charge of stealing horses in
I Houston some two or three months ago. Cape-
> ' hart has been often indicted and tried for various
' i acts in his profession, but he has heretofore man-
I • aged to escape punishment.— N. O. Picayune,
’ i 25th inst.
: I Later from Nassau, N. P.—By the arrival
| yesterday of the schooner Azorian, Capt. In
grum, we have received full files of the Nassau
; i Guardian, Bahama Herald, and Royal Gazette,
to the Sth inst., inclusive. They contain, how-
; ■ ever, litte of interest.
) ■ On the 28th of December, the Governor dis
, | solved the House of Assembly, and writs for the
I ■ new elections were at once issued.
. ‘ A number of five franc pieces have been
• ■ found, at Nassau, amongst the rubbish taken
j from the Ovando, melted into a lump weighing
i i about 1 f pounds.
. i The Cholera was more prevalent after Christ
, j mas than for a long time previously. At Barba
. I doe's the los of life from yellow fever has been
, ' great on board H. M. screw steam frigate Daunt
, - less, 24 guns, 580 horse-power. Capt. Edward
, P. Halstead. Altogether she lost 9 officers and
j 30 men.
[ ; Relative to the seizure of the Pedraza, the
Nassau Guardian of the Bth inst. says:
i i We deeply regret to learn from the Charleston
Courier that the “Pedraza,” which left this port
with the Ovando's emigrant passengers on the
15th ult, was seized, on her arrival at Charles-
: ton, by the United States authorities, for a
breach of the passenger Regulation Act. The
: occurrence has created great excitement in this
community, and caused much uneasiness to the
I philanthropic promoters of the scheme fer con
' veying the bulk of the German emigrants to .
■ their adopted country with as Yt : fe delay and as ’
i muclf comfort as possible, in the only available
' vessel in port at that time. We should hope,
i therefore, tliut the strict letter of the law will
not be enforced in this trying emergency, when
: the authorities at Washington shall be put in
■ possession of the true state of the case.
i There were five deaths at Nassau, from chole
: ra, from the 29th to the 31st of December, inclu
j sive.— Chaleston Courier, 22d inst.
From Nicaragua.—We find the following
communication in the New-York Herald, of Sat
urday, dated
San Juan del Norte, Jan. 2, 1853.—The
Belize, or British Honduras, has been elevated to
a colony, the superintendent converted into a
Governor, and a constitution given to the people.
This province extends almost across the conti
nent, and with the recently created colony of
the Ray of Islands, foreshadows the sequel to the '
Mosquito protectorate.
The famous Monroe doctrine, so exultingly I
proclaimed and reiterated, seems to have been I
i scattered to the four winds, for the heart of this j
I Western world is occupied by the most power- i
| iul of the European States, and her vessels of
I war are constantly hovering around like birds of
I prey, chipping off a bit here and there, and plas- j
. tering ii> onto sojyie colony or other, elongating i
I a boundary line here, and seeing yonder a for- I
est of mahogany trees, forthwith proclaiming it
j Belize—acting under instructions, of course. :
Th-possessions of Great Britain in the West- :
i ern tropics seems to be increasing, and it I
i behooves the American government to be vigil- I
| ant, lest some day they will be shut out from |
communication with the Pacific States at a crit? i
, ical moment.
' It is rumored that the Central Americans have I
; repossessed themselves ofthe port of Limas, from I
which they were ejected in September, 1851, by ;
H. B. M. schooner Bermuda, now here, and have i
again hoisted the Central American flag, in the I
room of the Mosquito. H. L. S. |
[l’/ om the Charleston Courier, 26th insZ.] |
Later from Havana and Key West—Arrival of the
Isabel.
The U. S. mail steamship Isabel, Capt. Wil
liam Rollins, arrived at her wharf in this city
yesterday morning from Havana via Key West
and Savannah. The Isabel left Havana on Sat-
Saturday, the 22d inst.
By tne following communication from Dr.
Finlay to Capt. Rollins, which has been politely
handed to us by the latter gentleman, it will be
seen that the small pox has almost, if not quite,
entirely disappeared from Havama:
Havana, Jan. 21, 1853.
Cant. Rollins, Steamship Isabel:
Dear Sir:—l have received your letter of
yesterday, requesting me to inform you as to the
present state of the epidemic, small pox, from
which wo have suffered so much during the last
two months, and should have replied sooner but
was desirous to get tbe returns from the hospital
previous to doing so.
Duringthe months of November and Dece m
her, the epidemic was very severe, and I think
reached its climax about the middle of Decem
ber. Towards the end of that month, there was
already a very notable decrease, which has gone
rapidly on until the present time. The cases are
now few and isolated. There is also a great dif
ference in their nature ; those of real small pox
are of a very mild character, and a great propor
tion of the new cases are of varioloid and chick
en pox.
You will see by the returns for the hospital of
San Juan de Dios, where I have a ward, that
the number admitted in December was 71, and
in the present month, up to the 21st, the num
ber is 26. Os these, 21 occurred in the first
twelve days, leaving five for the remaining nine
days. There has been no case yesterday or to
day. I regard the epidemic as at an end.
Wishing you a happy voyage, I remain,
Yours, truly, E. Finlay.
[translation.]
Cases of small pox received at the hospital
during the present month 26
Cases of small pox received in December 71
Hospital of San Juan de Dios, Jan. 21, 1853.
Havana, Jan. 21st.—New Sugar is coming in
very slowly, and sales of small parcels have
! taken place at very full prices to fill up vessels,
and our market continues deprived of interest.
Rice is selling at from 11 ails rials per arr.
with good supply.
Matanzas, Jan. 21.—We have nothing new
to report since our last. The last sales of Rice
we have heard of, were made at from 10 j a 11
rls. Sales of Aiolasses have been made on con
tract at from 21 a rls. for clayed, and 3J rls.
for Muscovado. Os assorted, half white and
half brown Sugars, there are none ; white alone
is quoted at from 8 a 8J a Oi ; brown alone from
5 a 51 a5 j ; yellow from 6 a 6j a 7} ; Musco
vado, inferior to fine from 4a 5J rls. Exchange
on London at sixty days sight is quoted at from
10J a 11 per cent, premium ; on New York and
Boston at from Ja j per cent, discount. Freights
rule as follows:—for Cewes and market notin
the Baltic, from X 2,15,0 a jC3,0,0 ; for Great Bri
tain £2, 10; for the United States $1 per box.
Sugar, 85 per hhd. Sugar, s2per hhd. Molasses,
of 110 gallons, shipped.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2.
Terms of Subscription.
Daily Paper, per annum,jin advance... .$8 00
Tri-Wockly 5 00
Weekly, por annum in advance 2 00
If paid within the year 2 50
Attheoni of tho year 3 00
Kz”Tho above terms will bo rigidly enforced.
[t_7~ Subscribers writing to request their pa
pers changed to another Post-office, will please
be particular to state the office to which the
paper is now sent.
Bank of St. Mary’s.
The bills ofthe Bank of St. Mary’s under five
dollars, and the change bills of J. G. Winter, are
still taken at par at this office.
Melancholy Asoidcnt.
A young man by the name of C. W. Bedell,
from Harris county, a Medical student, was ac
cidently shot last evening at the Eagle & Phoe
nix Hotel. We learn that young Rickman, the
son of the proprietor, was examining a revolver,
left in the bar room, which exploded in his hand.
Mr. Bedell was standing at the end of the
counter looking over a newspaper at the time.
The ball passed three gentlemen standing up
at the counter, singing the hair of one and lodged
just above the right eye of Mr. Bedell. Med
ical aid was promptly rendered by Drs. Du
gas and Campbel], and the wound probed
about one inch and a half without discovering
the ball. As we go to press, he is lying in a pre
carious condition, and but slight hopes, are enter
tained for his recovery.
Hotels in Charleston.
We see by the Charleston papers, that the pro
prietors ofthe different HoSfs, have held a meet
■ ing and advanced their in conse
the high price of provisions, servant
hire, Ace.''TlßSll* established are, at the
Charleston Hotel, $2.50 per day; at the other
Hotels $2.00. Boarders under four weeks, are
considered transient.
American Hotel—Columbia.
Such of our readers as may pay a visit to our
sister city of Columbia, we would recommend
to call at the American Hotel, kept by Mrs.
Sarah and J. T. Fleming. We understand they
keep a good house, and that every attention is
paid to the wants of customers.
Short Passage.
The U. 8. mail steamer James Adger, Capt.
Dickinson, arrived at Charleston from New
York on Friday evening, in the unprecedented
short space of forty-nine hours.
Savannah Evening Journal.
This spicy little daily, comes to us in a new
dress, and printed on an enlarged sheet. The
Journal is one of our exchanges that we always
read with pleasure, and we are pleased to learn
that it is in a prosperous condition. It is under
the editorial control of Thos. W. Lane, E»q.,
formerly a resident of this eity.
Combs & Co’s Express.
This line is getting into general favor. The
i proprietors are responsible, industrious, and per
j severing men, and goods confided to their care
i are alwaj's delivered at the earliest possible pe
riod, and at very little additional cost over the
regular mode of conveyance. They deserve en
couragement from our citizens, and those living
along the different lines of Railroad extending
into the interior. See their advertisement in to
day’s paper.
Augusta Guards.
This fine artillery Corps, paraded yesterday
afternoon as infantry, under the command of
i Capt. W. E. Dearing, for target exercise. Two
i prizes were shot for.the first a handsome Plume,
i presented by Leut. Burch, was won by private
E. Pardue —distance 60 yards, average shots
SJ. The second prize also a Plume, presented by
private Greenfield, to be shot for by the com
missioned officers. This prize was won by
Capt. Dearing.
They afterwards paraded up and down the
city and presented quite a martial appearance,
going through their evolutions with an accuracy
that would have been creditable to an old corps.
Found Dead.
f A man, name unknown, was found on Sunday
| ori Mr. W. J. Eve’s plantation, just below the
city. We understand he had some marks about
his head which, it was thought,were inflicted by
a bludgeon. He was seen the day before on the
road in a state of intoxication. A Coroner’s in
quest was held yesterday, but we |have not
learned the verdict.
Look out for Your Money.
A set of scoundrels, commonly called confi
dence men, have been committing depredations
on strangers in Charleston, and we see by the
papers of that city that they, were on Saturday
or Sunday last, escorted to the Railroad, and took
their departure for Hamburg. Our advice to our
citizens and to strangers is to keep a look out
for them. If they are detected in their rascality in
I this state, they will not get free papers to depre-
I date on citizens of sister cities, but will be sent
to Milledgeville to serve a session of four years.
Suicide.
A young lady by the name of Smith, commit
j ted suicide a few days since, at the Eatonton
I Factoiy, by drowning herself.
Our Correspondents—Paying Arrearages.
We receive many kinds of letteis in the regu
; lar course of our business, each having its pecu-
I liar interest, and many times each indicating
the character of our correspondent. Occasion
! ally one comes coarsely insulting. That, of
I course, indicates the character of the writer.—
I Occasionally one comes sourly disputing our ex-
I tra charge for his want of punctuality, and stop
| ping his paper, because not allowed to settle as
lif he paid in advance. That, also, indicates the
I sort of man he is. Occasionally, also, we have
I the pleasure of receiving such a letter as the fol
lowing from Mobile. It is in response to a cir
cular stating that we design striking from our
lists all delinquent subscribers:
“Mobile, Jan. 25th, 1853.
“Mt Dear Sir : —I am one of the many de
faulters alluded to in your circular of the 18th
inst., and feel the rebuke most severely. The
plan you have adopted, is, I am satisfied, the only
one calculated to support the press, and the won
der is with me, that j’ou have been so long find
ing it out. Our friend, Forsyth, late editor of
“ the Times,” at Columbus, deserves the freedom
of all cities in Georgia, in a gold box, for his
j moral courage and ability in enforcing his posi
[ tions on this subject. If all your subscribers felt
t “a» little” as I did on receiving your circular,
they will adopt my remedy for the mortifica
tion and “pay tip.” I enclose twenty dollars.
Do let me know whether that is enough—it it
be not, I will remit more. In future, send me
your “ weekly" 1 for life, and when I fail to pay
up, close my account, though my life may be
imperilled by tbe act.
“ With sincere regard, your friend.
“ Jas. Gardner, Jr., Esq., Augusta, Ga.”
Such a letter clearly indicates the Writer to
be a gentleman, and a man of a high sense of
honor. IFc needed not this evidence of the fact
however. We publish it in the spirit of grate
ful acknowledgment for the handsome manner
in which he makes the amende honorable, and as I
a stimulant to those of our subscribers similar
ly situated, who have not yet done the same.
While on this subject, we will publish anoth
er letter received by the same mail. It is the
most striking case of want of thc grand confidante
in postmasters we have seen lately. There
is too prevalent a reluctance among our sub
scribers to trust money to the mail, but this is
the worst sort of case of that malady. We
would remind our friend below, that remittances
by mail are at our risk.
We forbear mentioning his Post Office, in <
tender regard for the feelings of the Postmaster's
on the route:
“ Jan. 24th, 1853/
“ To James Gardner, Jr. Esq.—
“ Dear Sir : I received your bill by last mail.
1 will remit 81.00 cents to yon—l hope you will
find the money in safety. Please tell me ifj'Sli
get it as soon as you receive this.
Yours very respectfully.
“N. B. If any body will goto Augusta, I
will give the 30 cents to him tj. bring them to you.
I am afraid that the postmasters would take the
money when they feel it. I hope you will ex
cuse me tig not disappointing you that, 1 am
willing to send you the money, but I can sand
30 cent, by my friend.
“Very respectfully.”
■ Here is another, to which we call the at
tention of Postmasters. Such cases of unau
thorized return of papers, occasionally occur
from improper motives.
When papers are not called for, or refused, or
when the subscribers are well known not to be
able to pay, Postmasters are requested to notify
us promptly. No others have a right to inter
fere between us and our subscribers.
“Newton Factory,Jan.27, 1853.
“Dear Sir: Your note, informing me that
my paper was returned to your office, has come
to hand. The announcement surprised me. I
did not send it back, nor order any one to do so.
I have taken it regularly from the office, but
failed to get one copy some weeks back. How
it got back I know not, unless some orjs, through
spite to me, got hold of it and returned it. The
P. M. lam certain did not. Perhaps, through
mistake, it was sent to some other office, and
from thence returned. I wish the paper contin
ued. Yours.”
Dodge’s Daguerrean Gallery.—On a re
cent visit to the Sky Light Daguerrean Rooms
of Mr. Dodge, we were much pleased to see the
great improvements be had made for the con
venience of his visitors,and for the greater facili
ty in taking accurate likenesses. We were also
much interested in examining the great number
of Daguerreotypes, and miniatures painted on
ivory, of prominent citizens, and of beautiful
and charming ladies of this city and of other
communities. The latter are exquisite specimens
•fart. They will vie, in artistic skill, and de
licacy of finish, with the best productions of
leading artists in that department. In fact, Mr.
Dodge is a malitro in miniature painting, and
has borne off medals as trophies of his excellence
in competitions where none but superb speci
mens could be expected to win.
His illuminated Daguerreotypes are in the
very best style of the art, being executed with
a new and superior Camera, and with all th?
latest improvements. They cannot be excelled.
Mr. Dodge advertizes to have the largest Sky
Light of any Daguerrean Gallery in the United
States, affording every facility for taking large
groups, as well as single pictures. He has two
reception parlors, handsomely furnished, entirely
distinct—one for ladies, the other tor gentle
men. The piano, thus cqßtklerately secured to
ladies, will be duly appredatedHiy.them.
We have not yet paid a visit new
Daguerrean Rooms of thqse skilful artists, Tuck
er & Perkin*, who are now nearly opposite the
Augusta Kotsl. ' We will take an eatlv
to do so". They are said to be well
Lyon’s Extract of Pure Jamaica Ginger,and Lyon's
Kathairon.
These two articles are for sale by D. B. Plumb
& Co. The manufacturer claims for them the
most remarkable properties and virtues ever yet
vouch-safed to suffering humanity. The first
is proclaimed an infallible remedy for Dyspepsia,
Cholera, Colic, Cholera Morbus, Fever and
Ague. Sick-Headache, Nervous Complaints, Sea
sickness, Cramp, Rheumatism, &c., &c., &c.
The second, besides its wonderful effects upon
the hair, bald-heads, &c., is announced as curing
tetter, ring-worm Erysepelas, Itch, &c., &c.
A bottle of each has been sent us, and all this
we learn from the wrapper, which alone mi
worth the price of a bottle. As a specimen
the science of advertising, we quote with de
cided gusto, the following sentence in regard to
the wonderful Kathairon:
“ One instance occurred to our knowledge,
where a gentleman had been bald thirty-two
1 years, and now apparently enjoys the greatest
pleasure in permitting his grandchildren to play
with his “ luxuriant locks.”
What is to become of the doctors and the
! wig makers ?
, Rode’s Post-office Directory.—A copy of
, this useful manual has been received at this
office from the publisher, C. H. Rode, New-. '
York. It is entitled “Rode’s United State*
Post-office Directory and Postal Guide.’ l It '
contains the rates of postage, foreign anti domes-
j. tic, and a complete list of all the Postmasters
i and Pest-offices in the Union, alphabetically ar
ranged. Price, 50 #nts.
Speeches of Hayne and Webster.—Redding
i & Co., Boston, have published an interesting
pamphlet of 84 pages, containing the celebrated
■ speeches of Senators Robert Y. Hayne, of S. C.,
’ and Daniel Webster, of Mass., in the U. S. Sen
ate, January, 1830, on Foot’s Resolution in re-
: lation to the public lands.
, This pamphlet is well worth the price, 25
' cents, and may be ordered from Boston.
Returns of the Baltimore Post Office.-
We learn (says the Baltimore .That the
returns of the Baltimore Post Offico forsthe last
! quarter of the year 1852, just closed, amount to
' $19,709 79, which campared with those of the
corresponding quarter of 1851, $13,93« 83, ex
hibit a difference in favor of the former of 85,770
96. This is an improvement in the aspect of
' postal affairs which promises to approve the
present low rates, and justify the }»licy which
demanded them. If the increase should be in
the same proportion generally through the coun-..
try, Another year or two will put the present
system beyond an experiment.
Eatonton Bailroad.
A letter from Eatonton, dated the 28th ult.,
says:—“The sound-ufthe steam whistle has just
been heard in thiyptaufe, for the first time. The
track is said to be laid within five miles of tliie
place.”
The Turpentine Business.—The Fayette
ville, (N. C.,) Observer, states that the popula
tion of that county has increased about 1,000
since the first of the present month—about 300
whites and 700 slaves having arrived there from
other parts of the State to engage in the turpen
tine business.
At a meeting of the Savannah Total Absti
nence Society, on the 28th ult., the following
gentlemen were chosen delegates to the State-
Convention, to be held at Atlanta on the 22d
February Wm. King, R. R. Cuyler, John Car
ruthers, 1 hos. W. Lane, and M.
Esqs. The object of the Convention is to me- fl
morialize the Legislature to pass a law prohibi
ting the traffic in spirituous liquors.
American Railroad Iron.—The New York
Bankers Circular learns from a well authenticat
ed statement that American Railroad Iron, manu
factored from American pig, is in quality supe- '
rior, by almost 3 to 1 to the imported article ?
The following is the test furnished by the
neers ol the Reading Railroad—a route boitet;
calculated than any other in the United States,
to try the qualities of iron rails : ■ <|
Annual wear of English iron .. ,4 1-10 per cent.
Annual wear of American iron. .1 4-10
Difference in favor of American .. .27=1(1'’
On lines principally for the conv«-y ancf , oJ
passShgers, the wear is not so great, consg^ U o n f.
ly the difference in favor of Ar, ier i C an iron is
less; but the average disparity j s about 2 to 1 in
the wear, being the differ ence j n cost for re .
pairs. The Lowmoor ii on, which stands highest
in the estimation of cutr Railroad managers, is far
inferior in tenacity so ordinary American iron
in use.
Since 1819 the Legislature of Ohio has ap
propriated $ 106,575 for the erection of the new
State Capitol. It is supposed it will be ready
for the next Legislature to hold Its sessisks in.
Speech of Senator Soule.
The Washington Union says The expects-’
tion that this distinguished orator Would address
the Senate on the interesting question of the
Cuban annexation crowded the Senate chamber
on yesterday with a throng 6f visitors anxious
to hear one so famed for his eloquence ■ and
probably, of the immense* crowd which listened
with eager attenttbn'to the thtee-hours’ speech
of the honorable senator, not one person went
away without a more exalted conception of the
genius of the orator than that which even his
eminent reputation before would warrant. The
speech delivered by Mr. Soule in the Senate oti
yesterday was perhaps the greatest of his orator
ical effoits. Profound research, a comprehensive
and thorough mastery of his subietf originality
of view, brilliancy of diction, f w ’e al \.l „ Bergy ot
declamat.on-all the qualities of the statesman
and the graces of Vnc orator characterized thia
That passage jn which she
orator vmdfatd the memory ofthe unfortunate
followers of from-the-reproach of be
ing impelled by ft Uu S t of plunder was a nobW •
instance of touching pathos. Equally striking
w.aa nts scathing denunciation ofthe conduct ot
the administration in that deplorable juncture.
But we cannot undertake to enumerate the mer
its of Senator Soule’s speech. They will be
appreciated by all who read it, though unfortu
nately it will lose something by tho alseiice of
that indescribable grace of delivery which im
parts such a charm to Mr. Soule’s eloquence
W. will ha’ten to lay the speech before our
readers as soon as it undergoes the revision of tha
author.