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Weekly Georgia Constitutionalist and Republic.
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BY JAMES GARDNER, JE
QFJ*CB on MeINTOSH-S'S’RKKT
*HSRO BOOR FROM thh no#tu-whst corner of broad
f. BTUKBT.
d!an°« f L^ ND h? - Administrators or Guar-
SgfftJE« roquireaijy law, to be held on the first
th» iv! y to< * “'° nth > between the hours of ten in
J lrßu ln at the Court
l >ro f >orA 4l‘ ] * situate. Notice of
I<ia , mU3t bo g lTOn ln a public Gazette, SIXTY
a-v * ? HfcxM 1 * to the da J of sale- ’
must be at Public Auction, on the
«f 6 LT“ e^t a tht f nK e m °, nth ’,'? etwocn the U3ual hour*
Bal )*K„* place of public sales in the county
Testamentary, or Administration
» 'fcfXTY r i)AY^‘ I'’ 1 '’ Ti ay ’ir* b r° n Sraoted, first giving
* v si*lau notion thereof, in bna of the public
‘ hia p at , a -and at the door of theCouit
’4-s-S.***® where suon sales are to be held.
iwifir* * ha 3al *^? f I'ersonal'Property must be given,
JftfiF* “anner, FORTY JtAYR previous to day o*sal e :
* of an Estate, must
be publuhed For FORTY DAYS.
Notice thf*t application will bo made to the Court of
fWTwS MONTHS 10 SBU LiND ’ miut be P ublishod
N two vi 1 ?! 11 NEGROES, must be published
? iv. Tl^! b » for » ar *7 order absolute cau be
given by the Court.
TERMS OP ADVERTISING.
One square, 12 lines, 76 cents the first insertion, and 60
cents afterwards.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sheriff's Levies. Jo days, $2 50 per levy; 60 days $5.
Executor,, Administrator’s and Guardian's Sales, Real
* _ Estate, (per square 121inos,) $4 75
’■ Personal Estate. .3 23
Citation for Letters of Administration 2 75
'- ■ «rr Dismission. 4 50
. ..Notice to Debtors and Creditors 3 25
Two Months’Notices. *; 4 00
••>>>Rulos Nisi, (monthly) $1 psr square, each insertion.
* i iu o kituary Notices over six lines, will be charged
* the same rates as advertisements
LEGAL NOTICES.
Ui/T N ctico of the sale of Land and Negroes by Ad
nVhoSKCI xccu l® r » or OuardiaHH, must be publish
e* *0 **?'•**P reviou * to the day of sale.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate
must be published FORTY DAYS.
Notice that application will ho made to the
Court of Ordinary for leave to soil Land or Negroes,
must he published TWO MONTHS, weekly.
Notice of application for Letters of Administra
tion, must be published THIRTY DAYS; andLet
.P:iaW'Uwion of Kxecutors or Administrate vs. SIX
V -l/ismis.iivA of 3uaruiail»* fltttßTi DAYS,
m Sales of personal property of a perishable na
ture, by the Act of 1852, by Executor* and Administra
tors, at the diflcrotiou of the Ordinary, upon not less
than TEN DAY’S notice. Sales by regular Administra
te rs, at) under the old law, FORTY DAYS.
O- ALL REMITTANCES PER MAIL, are at our
SUSHI.
AUGUSTA, GA.
SATURDAY MORNINO, FEBRUARY 5
Northern Exchange.
Our Banks have advanced the rate of north
thern exchange and are now asking haif per
cent premium, for sight checks on New York
and other northern cities The same rates are
asked in Charleston.
The Jerry Rescue Case.
The New York Herald says : Enoch Reed
the colored man whose case has occupied the
attention of the United States Circuit Court at
Albany during the past week, was yesterday
morning declared guilty of assisting in the res*
cue of the fugitive slave Jerry, from the officers
who had him in charge at Syracuse. Notwith
standing the combined efforts of the abolition
ists of this and other States, headed by Gerrit
Smith, to save Reed and his coadjutors from
~ punishment—and although they succeeded in
staving off the trials until excitement upon the
subject had entirely died away, except among
themselves—the national constitution and the
Congressional compromises of 1950 have, in this
instance, been fully sustained by an enlighten
ed and impartial jury. This is a glorious tri
umph of the laws of the land over those agita
r tors who would set them at defiance. It is a
triumph of the principles of justice over fanati
cism, that will be appreciated by the masses of
the country, and one that will be of infinite ser-
S vice in restoring that good feeling with our
Southern brethren, which for a time had been
disturbed by the groundless insinuations emana
ting from rival States and cities.
Expulsion of Jesuits from Ecuador.
"The Panama Star states that an Ecuadorian
national vessel had arrived there, from Guaya- •
quil, 'Vitii a cargo of thirty-two Jesuits, who had
keen expelled by the Ecuadorian Government. 1
They were consigned to the Governor of Pana
-4 nia, with the request that he would put them
through the Isthmus and out of the country,"with
all commendable care and speed. On their ar
il'. al they were informed offic'diy that they
could not land, but would "bg subject to police
sxiryelil.aiee during their s'.akohere, which was
them under guard'. hV' latter was done,
and tiu‘y w cre landed at the northern gate of
Panama under a guard of soldiers and po
lice. who then conducted them to the City Hall
where their appeti. rance created some excitement
among the population. At a later hour in the
day, under charge of one ff two police officers,
they were conducted t* she College, where they
received such attentiod Jrom the authorities as
it was possible, undeiftlfr circumstance, to ex
tend to them. The Vext morning'the whole
body started for CruceS(ftiidcrpire official guide,
but no military or pdlice yrce accompanied
them. tgu-.
Railway Interests of New York. Ihe of
flc;al reports, to Ist September last, made by the
differs'* 1 * Railroad Companies to the State En
gineer at Albany, show, that altogether the
rEI inve'*** Shares is -$'13,575,662
Making a grand total oi • .$85,319,333
gross ANI ' VAr ' E ' lßJ ’ lN y' S^ c .2l2,2ls
From passengers ..,4,115,529
Miscellaneous ]
, $10,959,922
Iota! ' v
Expenses 46.70 per cent ' 1 ■
Leaving net earnings $5,848,246
The sura returned for interest is $2,205,090, but
this eanuot be the whole interest on a debt of
$41,742,671 at 7 per cent., which is $2,921,386.
The discrepancy arises from the fact that many
news bonds were issued during the year, on
.<onje of which little or no interest had accrued
io the date by this Report, and on others only
.. ; ix months. Deduct actual accruing interest
from the net earnings as above, and we have
left, for dividends on Capital Stock, $2,926,260,
or • a trifle over 0 per cent.
C UICITY OF Shad. —'■* The Savannah News
<4 the fiays We are informed byone
~ experienced fishermen on our river,
that for son.'* Shad have been very
, t h U <riepy few, thus far, have been
taken' Pther seasons. For the
past three days they ba,v:e*lmost entirely stopped
ninning, and lew been Yesterday
morning choice shad brought piece in our
market The scared of this fish is attributed
by some to the late cold weather, particularly in
I ■ v.-h —ft «4~-yh*-has chilled tha
W> to sea. We
r U that but few shad have been taken this
eam any 0 f the rivers south of this city,
Td that the fishermen here have received from
• the NortMarge orders for them, which they are
Vf.inable to fill. _ y.
The failure of Messrs. Collman & Co.j of Lort
afon occasions the return of bills drawn by two
■ souses of New-York, for the aggregate amount
, h.£9o,ooo sterling, of which importing houses
w 're she principal buyers.
T he Sandy Hook Telegraph Line is now com
rdete far as the Highlands; and will be in op
eration to the Point of the Hook, in three or four
weeks The news brought by vessels arriving
below New-York can be telegraphed into the
hity some two hours in advance of the vessel
bringing it.
A Feature in the Coal Trade.— The Har
risburg Keystone, in noticing the arrival at that
place of the fust cars loaded with coal from the
Cold Springs Mines, says:
" These arrivals are remarkable in several par
r« They are the first coal ears that ever
tic “ la -. from the mines ladened with anthracite
arrived ] arge town on the Susquenanna
coal, at a \ ury . They are the first cars that
south of Sun central and southern portion
ever supplied t. anthracite coal, fresh from the
of this State with shipment. They are the
mines, without tra*. carried coal from the
first coal cars that e * 0 j janC aster, Columbia,
mines in a few hours, in, s &c These ar-
York, Carlisle, Chambers.. ngi f or they are
rivals ere well worth’ wl *"i h ~* cite coal busi ‘
opening a new era m the anth.
ness.” ' ' ■ ,
The annual commencement of the*
Medical College took place in * be
the 27th ult., before a crowded >n
Musical Fund Hall. The lady graduates son
nine or ten in number, occupied seats on the
platform, and their appearance wasgreeted wi
S applause. The degree were conferred by
Fref. Cfer*l*od. * , ? : ' o .
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The Great Speculation In Iron.
D W e <leem it a matter of no slight importance
r- to lay before our readers the following Circulai
at fronrv.the Glasgow annual trade report on thi
rt Bub ject of Iron. It will be seen that the con
| sumption of iron in the United States and else
where has nothing whatever to do with the enor
‘® mous increase in price within one year of more
J *ban 100 per cent On the contrary, the stock
£ °f P‘S i r °n on hand in Scotland is now 300,000
ic tons, against 330,000 tons at the end ot 1851,
4 an d against only 80,000 tons at the end of 1847.
i, It is clearly in proof that speculators have been
it the sole cause of all this extraordinary inflation.
(f which is operating with such prejudicial effect
d upor. our interests. What then is the duty of
d American consumers'? Obviously to hold off
e from giving new orders for a short time. Let
them not send forward a single new order for
0 three or six months, and we shall see a tumble
equal to that which took place not long ago in
j England soon after the great speculating Rail
-5 road mania.
5 I >IG Iron.—ln looking at the above statistics
3 for the causes of the great advance which has ta
-5 ken place in the price of Pig Iron, being upwards
D of one hundred per cent, in eight months, we
j And an increase to the stock of 100,000 tons over
last year—a production as large as ever known
—and still increasing; and, on inquiring into the
• state and prospects of the trade, we find that we
' commenced the year with the largest stock ever
, known, as, notwithstanding the low prices rul
ing since 1816, the stock had increased from
80,000 tons, at the end of 1847, to 350,000 at the
’ end of 1851, being for 1851 about 480.000 more
than the average of the previous six years, prior
to which period we have no correct statistical
information; and their being 114.furnn.ees in blast,
there appeared >io prospect ot any immediate
improvement in prices, as it was evident slocks
would continue to increase, unless the produc
tion was curtailed. These facts—with the pros
pect of considerable competition from the new
ly discovered field of minerals in the north of
England, where, in the face ot the miserable
state of the trade here, a number of furnaces
were in course of erection ; and several of our
most intelligent Don masters having personally
visited that district, the trade became satisfied
that they could produce Iron there as cheaply
as in Scotland, although not perhaps of equal
quality—incr-ased the gloom which had so long
prevailed; and the first four months of this year
were, perhaps, the most disheartening our Iron
trade ever experienced.
The price gradually receded till the end of
April, when it reached 35s a 35s 6d. for war
rants, and 34s a 345. (3d. for scrip. In the mean
time, the price being ss. to 10s. below the cost of
production at most of the works, several of the
Iron masters,seeing no end to this state of matters,
as stocks, notwithstanding prices and freights,
were as low as ever known—were supposed to
be increasing—resolved to stop their works, and
12 to 14 furnaces were eventually put out; re
poits WPre also circulated, that several large
works must be stopped ere long, unless some
change took place for the better. This induced
several parties, who were convinced that before
long the trade would work its own cure—by
the masters being compelled to stop their works
—to turn their attention to the article as a siffe
investment, and in May several large purchases
were made at about 365. to 375., with the view of
being held over for several years, if necesary,
till this anticipated reduction of the market was
accomplished. This gave a firmness to the
market, which, on the purchases being follow
ed up by the trade and speculators, and a greatly
increased demand for malleable Iron having
taken place for ship-building, shipment and
other purposes, and the general trade of the
country rapidly improving, prices rose to about
455. in the month of June, when most of the
dealers and brokers here, being of opinion that a
farther advance was unwarranted, commenced
to realize, and prices, consequently fluctuated
between 445. to 403. till about the end of Au
gust. The market afterwards got wholly into the
hands of speculators ; prices advanced rapidly in
September, and continued to do so till about ten
days ago, when it reached 775. Gd , and we close
the year at 735. to 745. for G. M. P. warrants.
The arguments in favor of the speculation are,
; the cheapness and abundance of money; an ex
pected rise in the rate of wages, every Od. per
day adding 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. to the cost of pro
ducing a ton of Iron ; the extraordinary demand
for Bar Iron of all kinds, with every appearance
of its lasting; and high prices being continued,
as tho works erected cannot supply the demand ;
(but it must not be overlooked, that the expe
rience of the last seven years proves, that no
article sympathizes less w’ith the manufactured
fVinn Pinr Trnn tb** munne r\f nrndnnm/ it fur ov.
lUtfii i hum, rue uicauo .’i n i«i pa*
needing the consuming pow ers of the manufacto
nes.nftW established and suppL'iu;: the ship
•Ma it 9 ~lfcelihoo3 of
* Ji’.«;c.l,cr hand, we have asi of- or
000 tons, arid 113 furnaces in blast,\ with tat
probability Hiat before the shipping (season is
fairly commenced thfe slock will i&e 500,000,
mid the furnaces 120 to 122 in blast, as some
six or-eight are preparing, and it is stated that
arrangements are making to prepare a good
many more, and should present prices last,
there will in all probability be a number more
built, two new works being already arranged
for; and in addition, there are seventeen new
furnaces erecting in the north of England, and
many of the American and Belgian furnaces are
also going into blast; the scarcity of shipping is
also increasing, and freights have very much ad
vanced ; the orders for heavy casting are taken
out of the market, many of the founders com
plaining that they have not had fewer orders on
nand for four years, and there is little appear
ance of many heavy orders being in the market
this season. It is impossible to give an opinion
as to the course of the market, but we trust spec
ulation will not be carried farther during 1853,
as it is ev : dent, unless there is some cause for
the groat advance, which we do not perceive,
that the result must, sooner or later, be similar
to that produced by the speculations of 1845,
which ended in disappointment and loss to al
most every one connected with the trade; and
this result appears more certain now than it did
then, the furnaces erected being one.third more
than at that period. Wm. Connal & Co.
December 31.
The subscriptions in Boston to purchase a car
go of food, to send by the large barque Nautilus,
to the starving inhabitants of the island of Ma
deira, have been pretty successful. Over $2,000
have been raised. Nine gentlemen subscribed
SIOO each, and many others SSO and $25 each.
At the relief meeting held in New-York, the
other evening, John Van Buren stated that he
had spent some four months in the island of Ma
deira; the people there are honest, simple, inde
pendent and industrious; they accumulate but
little property, and owing to the peculiarity of
the climate, require but little. By changing
their location from one part of the island to an
ht\loT, they can always be in a climate where no
houses, s.n4 hut light clothing is required. The
crops of the vineyard have never failed before in
200 years. This last season the vineyards have
entirely failed. This is the only means they
have for support, and, unless they should receive
foreign aid, many of them must starve.
The Fishing Business ot the United States is
a very heavy business, employing a large num
ber of persons, and a large amount of tonnage,
and a vast amount of capital. This capital, in
IHO, was $16,429,620; the men were 36,584,
and the actual value of the year $1,153,234.
Still there has been a gradual falling off in the
trade, and the export of codfish was just three
times as much in 1804 as in 1815. In 1804, the
codfish exported was valued at $2,400,000, and
in 1845 the amount was $803,353. The ton
nage employed in the mackerel fishery was 48,-
725 in 1833, and 50,539 in 1851, as follows :
Maine,!?, 858 ; New Hampshire, 481; Massa
chusetts, 39,416 ; Rhode Island, 190; Connecti
cut, 594 —Total, 50,539.
Massachusetts leads off every year in the
mackerel trade, and there were 329,242 barrels
inspected there in 1852, and 212.946 in 1835.
The Ericsson Air Ship at New York is get
ting ready for her trip South, which will be to
Baltimore or Washington. The Express says
the company are also waiting for the act of in
corporation, which has been petitioned for at
Albany. This secured, the keels of five new
vessels will be immediately laid. The projec
tors have unabated confidence in the success of
their enterprise, notwithstanding the faithless
ness of so many ip the community.
Captain E., in reply to an invitation ot the
Philadelphia Board of Trade, to bring his chip to
that city, states that the vessel will shortly pro
’ ceed to Norfolk, in compliance with the wish of
the Secretary of the Navy, and that if, on the
return trip to New York, it shall not too much
“interfere with the destination of the ship,” he
will be happy to gratify the desire of the Phila
delphians.
An extensive conflagration occurred at Nash
ville, Tenn., on Friday morning. The entire
property destroyed was probably worth eighty
or ninety thousand dollars. Byway of showing
their appreciation of the services rendered by
the firemen, each engine company was presented
With the sum of two hundred dollars, half of
which was given by the Union Bank, and the
other half by Mwere. Fall and Caoninghaqa.
Returns of the Charleston Post-office,
3 —We learn that the returns of the Post-office in
r Charleston, for the last quarter of the year just
5 closed, amount to $9,703 80, which compared
■ with those of the corresponding quarter of 1851,
• $9,047.95, exhibit a difference in favor of the
■ former of $655.85. We understand, however
■ that the reduction of the postage on newspapers,
: which has taken place within the past six
' months, gives the corresponding quarter of 1851,
, an advantage of some S4OO over that of 1852.
The Greenville Southern Patriot, of the 27th
alt., is very happy to learn that the President of
the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road has sue
- ceeded to his entire satisfaction, in making all
■ his financial arrangements in this city, so that
there will now be no pressure on the company
for funds, provided the instalments called for are
paid promptly—indeed,there is now every pro
bability that the affairs of the road- will progres
smoothly and successfully, and that the track
will be finished to Greenville in the early part
of the summer.
Louis Nai-oleon’s Svveathkart. —The Paris
correspondent of the New-York Albion gives an
account of a flirtation going on between a very
beautiful and wealthy Spanish girl and the
French Emperor. He first saw her at the thea
tre, and becoming enamored with her, invited
her and her mother to the palace the next day,
where they have been ever since. Bfce corres
pondent adds:
The best horses in his stables are placed at her
1 disposal to join the hunting parties; she is invi
j ted wherever the Emperor goes; she gives a list
of such ladies a; are to he asked tu the reunions
*t St Cloud, Dud is. in short, in nM sueh matters,
the sovereign for the time being. It is, howev
er, but justice to add, that notwithstanding the
perilous game she is playing, not the slightest
suspicion of what, in such cases, is commonly
called dishonor, attaches to it; her ambition and
not her heart, being almost undisguisedly the
motive in the whole affair ; and she even takes
the insolent pleasure in displaying the chains of
her captive, and her freedom from any such fet
ters.
Mr. Darius Davidson informs the public,
through the New York papers, that he discover
ed, ten years ago, a principle by which he can
create a motive power, adapted to all uses to
which steam is applicable, with a saving of 90
per cent, in the fuel required to produce any
given amount of power. All this, he says, is to
be done by the means of heat, air, steam and a
vacuum. He invites offers for the sale of half his
right in the invention in the various parts of
this country and in all the principal countries of
Europe, and he proposes to apply the proceeds
of his sale to the construction of Iron Ocean
steamers 700 feet in length, which will cost two
millions of dollars, and will be capable of run
ning to Liverpool in five days.
On Dits on Parisian Fashions. —We see it
stated that some very radical innovations on
present styles have recently been announced.
The principal change in gentlemen’s apparel is
described as being a return to the short breeches,
long stockings, buckles, and other features of the
seventeenth century. Gentlemen’s full dress
coats are made with large sleeves at the wrist,
like the sleeves of ladies’ dresses, and worn with
undersleeves puffed at the wrist, like those worn
by the ladies. The ladies ot the Parisian court
powdering their wigs, &c., and so on.
Items.
Gen Pierce’s Carriage.— -To the elegant
carriage already announced as having been man
ufactured at Pittsfield, Mass., for the President
elect, the presenters have now added a fine pair
of bay horses, which they procured for SBOO
- carriage and horses are to be sent to Wash
ington in a short time.
Lake Freights.— The Oswego Time says
some contracts are being negotiated foi freights
on the opening of navigation at rates, we under
stand, below those paid the past season. There
is a prevailing belief that lake freights must rule
lower next season, on account of the ’argg
amqunfc of new tonnage to corr.e otft. V
Dccv.-vration op V.'.r.-—Tne Gugyaaui* pa
—Stitntu daCieCa dftte Ecuador Assembly,
:ia.sMfcaJiliOSit ru unless aaHafaeifo., yf
givx’ ji that tiic men engaged in Flores'
tion lie proclaimed pirates, who have not joint.' l
the national army, or delivered themselves up to
the government before his defeat.
The Shamokin Furnace —The anthiacite
furnace and lands at Shainokin, Pa., which have
been lying idle for the last six or eight years,
have passed into new hands, or rather, a portion
of the old stockholders have sold out. The price
paid is $31,000.
Mr. P. J. Teernon, a book-keeper in a store
in Cincinnati, has just received intelligence that
an estate and a title has been bequeathed to him
in Ireland, in the will ol a relative, valued at
£50,000. He will, when he is putin possession
of his rights, be known as Lord McGilligan
Maine U. S. Senator. —The democrats of the
Senate of Maine on Thursday nominated Na
than Clifford for U. S. Senator. The democrats
of the House nominated John W. Dana for the
same office. The whigs of both branches have
nominated Wm. Pitt Fessenden.
Quick Travelling. —The express train on
the Fitchburg Railroad, on Thursday evening,
ran from Fitchburg to Groton Junction, a dis
tance of fourteen miles, in fourteen minutes and
fifteen seconds.
Hog Statistics. —Hog killing was nearly fin
ished at St. Louis. The Intelligencer sets down
the number at full 60,000 head at that point,
which is an increase of full 13,000 on last year’s
business. The deficiency in weight is estima
ted at 10 to 12 per cent.
Stopping the Supplies.— The New York
city comptroller will pay no more tea bills, and
has '«n notice accordingly. There is no law,
he says, for eating and drinking at the city’s ex
pense.
The jury at Albany, in the case of Enoch Reed
tried for aiding in the rescue of Jerry, a fugitive'
slave, has brought in a verdict of guilty.
The Cure for Dyspepsia. —Close all the
outer doors of a four story house, open the inner
doors, and take a long switch and chase a cat up
and down stairs till you steam.
It is a fact worthy of note that when cotton
is well handled before it passes through the gin
it pays thp planter a much better price than
when raising an overgrown crop half matured
and picked full of trash.
O. L. Anderson, who was arrested on a charge
of robbing the mail between Coffeevillo and
Linden, (Alabama,) more than a year ago at the
recent Term of the Federal Court in Mobile,
plead guilty, and was sentenced to the Peniten
tiary for five years.
Mr. Evans, of Lowel, complained of his wife,
whom he had recently married, charging her
with cutting off the (head of his portrait and
breaking glass. The lady was brought before a
magistrate on Tuesday, and fined $3, which the
husband had to pay.
Spdden Death from Erysipelas. —A young
lady residing in Boston, only 18 years of age
died on Tuesday, of erysipelas, after a sickness
of only two or three days. She was seized with
the disorder while in the act of being measured
lor a ball dress, and fainted away. Before the
ball took place she was in her shroud.
It is remored that Mr. Crittenden, is to go to
France jn the place ot Mr. Rives.
Miss M.ary Apn Atherton, sister of Senator
Atherton, died at Amherst, N. H. on the 26th
ult.
The Tennessee Democratic Delegation in
Congress has, it is said, unanimously recommen
ded Mr. Nicholson for a seat in the Cabinet.
Iji is said that the Chairman of the Committee
of Ways and Means intends shortly to report an
important bill for the regulation ql the coinage.
It is said a number of the members of Congress
and othsrp have held a meeting and resolved to
make an effort to push the French Spoliation
bill through.
Sale of Cattle.— Jacob Vanmeter, Esq., of
Hardy county, Va., sold, a few days ago, twenty
head of cattle, to Daniel R. McNeill Esq., at the
enormous price of ninety-seven dollars per head.
The Gipsey’s Empress. —Mmlle. de Montigo,
who is said to be looking towards the throne of
France, is a Spanish beauty with golden hair,
large black eyes, and SIOO,OOO a year. A gipsy
has told her she would be an empress, and Paris
begins tp credit the prophecy,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEB» 1?
I From the Baltimore Simj.l
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER AFRICA.
The mails last evening brought us the full ac
counts by the Africa from Liverpool to 16th
January.
The Africa’s news is interesting in its general
features, though not important. Cotton at Liv
erpool keeps steadier; grain active as ever.
The winter, both in France and England, has
been extraordinarily mild. Similar account*
come from Russia also.
England. —The reported intention of M.
Kossuth to visit the United States again has but
little foundation beyond rumor. The London
News asserts that the success of tho Democracy
in the United States has induced him to believe
that he can succeed better with his peculiar doc
trines.
The Times of the 14th inst says that one days
detention of the Africa was at the instance of
Lord John Russell, and is probably occasioned
by a wish to send out late dispatches that may
hasten any negotiations requiring to be brought
to a close before the termination of Mr. Fill
more’s Presidency.
An event of political import this week is the
statement made by Lord John Russell to the
corps diplomatique that he holds office only ad
interim , and will soon resign his office to the
Earl of Clarendon. Lord Drumlaearg (Peelite)
had been elected for Dumfrieshire,- in Scotland.
Sir Wm. Jardine, the Naturalist, by whom he
was opposed, having withdrawn.
On the 12th a banquet was given at Southamp
ton, to celebrate the selection of that port as the
headquarters of the General Screw Steamship
Company. Mr. Lankaster, Mayor of South
ampton, Mr. J. R. Crcskey, American Consid,
and several other gentlemen, made speeJ:. cu !
the occasion. Mr. Croskey’a speech in espccial
was a good one.
Should Mr. Ingersoll accept the invitation at
Birmingham, to a dinner, which it was thought
he would, the entertainment in all probability 1
would take place on th? SOfu Jarn:£S
contiguous mta district' of South Staffordshire |
and East Wercestershi'e, that are so l r’dy j
benefited by the American trade, will doubtles;. .
contribute a large company on the occasion.
On board ship Guy Mandering, while lying in
the Mersey, Wm. Christie, a New Yorker, kill
ed Meziada Costa, a Portuguese, by stabbing—
in self-defence as he says. Christie is commit- |
ted for trial.
France. —Mr. Rives, Minister of the Unites
States presented his credentials, on Monday, at
the Tuileries, to the Emperor. The presenta
tion too place with the same ceremonial as on
late similar occasions. The Ottoman p. 3 well as
the Prussian and Austrian Ministers also pre
sented themselves officially near the Emperor.
The following abjudications on tenders tor the
supply of Leaf Tobacco to the Government,were
made on the 18th inst.; M. Fescotore for 1,200,-
000 kilogrammes Virginia at 96 fr. 97c. per hun
dred ki logs; 120,000 kilogs, Kentucky at 71 fr.
31c.; 309,000 kilogs, Brazilian at 106 fr.soc.j
--1.200,000 kilogs. Dutch at 192 fr.: M. Gaiine,
350,000 kilogs, Maryland at 85fr. 33c.; and M.
Nanguada 150,000 killogs, Havana at 234 fr.
There is a report that the Minister of State has
fallen into discredit with his colleagues, who
feel bound to disclaim his encouragement of the
excessive speculation on the Bourse, that has re
sulted in the ruin of many. Political on <lies are,
however, crowded out lor the moment by the
great excitement of the first Imperial Ball,which
took place on Wednesday evening. The invi
tations were limited to 2.000, of which 240 were
set aside for English. His Majesty and Court
came out in the glories of short breeches, and
silk stockings, having for the occasion laid aside
their long pantaloons and holies a veatyere. The
Emperor had danced with Lady Cowley, the
Princes Mathilde, and the Countess of Telia—
the last one of the most beautiful woman in
Spain.
It appears the Court is in commotion respect
ing the strictness of the observances of State.—
The orderly officers and aid-de-camp who were
allowed to approach the Presidentof the Republic
with the familiarity of equals, now find them*
selves thrust back into tbe ante-chamber of the
Emperor Napoleon 111. The affair is said to
have become so embarrassing that Napoleon
finds bis household give him moret rouble to gov
ern than the rest of his empire.
The new coinage of the Empire had come
largely into circulation, but was deemed inferior
in execution to * fiat of the First Napoleon.
Italy. —The reported death of Francis Madiai
is not confirmed. In fact great doubt is thrown
on the statement of his decease. It has, how
ever, evoked numerous leading articles in the
Christian press.
Portugal. —The Cortez assembled on the -.1
inst. The Duke de Saidanha informed the
House that the dispute respecting the Gene: -!
Armstrong claims, which was "referred to
arbitration of the French Republic, had been <!■;-
'cfueifln favor of Port- ;»nh
On acca'4iLqUi“ —-,jß
uecree is published, permitting, lor one yearir*
Mtivember last, vessifs (whether sailing
steamers) to land pj*e-enge»«tiu ca’ft'., .x«4H :
~t wM «x«urXt Ire. a.jspgtptn-boii ’«
ance, as well as lr Cfi>.rgds 'iui Thv; '
office and goveic.mTot visits. The import
on salt hsli is also reduced to 15 per cent ad yAH
pa
ifcty,
rern, and potatoes and pearl barley are aurtli
duty free through the custom-bouse at IjAHf
Spain. —The Madrid Gazette ot the
publishes the new law regulating the |ka
is less stringent than some of its predecesst. -J, 1
M. Jose del Y.al had submitted to the Minister
of War a plan for the protection of the Island of
Cuba, which is to consist in the establishment
ofthree “ flying columns” ot volunteers, charged
with watching over the security es the Island,
and promptly repelling all attacks.
Turkey. —The correspondent of the Morning
Chronicle says: From Vienna Bth, great ex
citement prevails among the Christians in Bos
nia and Servia. In Albania the standard ot the
Prophet has been raised, and large numbers
rallied round it. The number enrolled amount- j
ed to 8,000 men. Der Lloyd says: Among the j
irregulars are several Hungarian renegades, who j
are eager for the combat with their former
bretheren in the faith.
Denmark. —lt is well known that much at- ,
tention has been attracted in Denmark to the j
question of the compensation to the owners ot the ;
emancipated slaves of the Danish West Indies, j
Last year the finance minister offered 40 Span- |
ish dollars for each slave, the owners demand- j
ing seventy-five. This year he has brought in a
bill, raising the compensation to fifty dollars a ;
head. It is expected that the sum will be ac- j
cepted by the House, and a disagreeable question
be thus set at rest.
Edelin, the historical painter, is dead, aged 49.
Switzef.land. —Letters fiom Belliozona and
Vienna state that the Austrian Government is
disposed to pick a quarrel with Switzerland, on
the ground of the expulsion of the Capuchin
Monks from the Canton of Tincino. Austria
claims these Monks as her subjects, and has ad
dressed a domineering note to the confederation,
threatening to resort to extreme measures,unless
they be restored.
Australia. —By the steamship Australian,
dates are from Sydney .Sept. 8, and Adelaide Oct.
5. On board the Australian, is a nugget from the
Bendigo diggings, which weighs 28 pounds, and
and Was purchased at j£4Q6s. per ounce by the
Government authorities at Melbourne, as a pres
ent to the Queen. The gold on freight by the
Australian, weighed 222,293 ounces, about eight
and a half tons, in addition to which the pas
sengers had considerable quantities.
At the gold mines, 28 miles from Adelaide,4oo
people were at work, gathering, it was said,from
two to three ounces per oay each, the deposit
being of a similar quantity, and realizing the
same price as at Melbourne. Flour was 38 a
.£49 per ton; beef 4s. per lb.; pork 65.; mutton 4s.
Seamen employed in ships engaged solely in
intercolonial trade get $5 per week, and are
saucy at that.
It is stated in London that the British Govern
ment had sent despatches per Adelaide steamer,
to the Governor General of New South Whales
and the Lieutenant Governor of Victoria, au
thorizing the Legislative Councils in both these
Colonies to form themselves into a Parliament
of an Upper and Lower House, it being at the
same time intimated that so soon as this ariange
ment shall have been brought into operation, the
Crown will concede to them the management
of their own affairs, including the entire re
ceipts from the public lands, so as to assimilate
their position to that of Canada. These dis
patches are said otherwise to have contained an
assurance that the transportation of criminals to
these Colonies shall positively cease within a
short period, which will be named as soon as the
necessary plan for a different disposal of con
victs can be completed.
News received via Adelaide confirms the
death of Leicharet, the Australian traveler.
C4PEOF Good Hope.—The steamership Aus
tralian from Sidney, has dates from the Cape of
Good Hope to Ist December, eleven days later
than previous advices. The General scope of
the news appears to be that the war is drawing
to a termination, but whenever the Loops are
temporarily withdrawn, predatory bands of the
enemy spring up and make successful inroads
into the country proper.
Jn the meantime Governor Cathcert had ar
rived at the Orange River Sovereignty with
3,Q.0Q mpn, and bad issued a peace proclamation.
Is4)XA.—-A telegraphic despatch fyorvi Trieste
announces the arrival there of the overland In
dia mail of the Bth December. Pegu was taken
on the 21st of November, and will be annexed.
The campaign may be considered at an end, un
less the Burmeso forces should invade the new
tejrrjtory, which they will probably do. In such
a case tne English shoujd nru,rch on A.ya.
From China we hear that tne ‘insurrection
gains ground.
The Africa’s Money News. —The confi
dence of speculators and the rates of money val
ues l}Ptb in London and Paris have been serious
ly disturbed by the repent change in the rate of
interest by the Bank of England. That great
and controlling money power found it necessary
to interpose this conservative and timely check,
as well ibf the jrpneediate arrest of the large and
rapidly increasing demands upon its vaults from
the continent, as to put a stop to speculation up
on English means in Paris and Vienna.
As much as ten millions dollars in French ac
ceptances were offered to the Bank in the single
ymjs previews to the sailing of the rtejyoer, and
•>: this ,t v-.0.c0 ’or about tiß millions
were taker by the Bgard kWhreeticn, and th
remainder throws forclisrfS
nels. At th*; same tim/ wens receive)
from Vienna to ths eflhy a new Austria)
i loan lor .C10.090.9J0, 4 of dollar:
would be offered in Kn thi
late ulet H>t3 i qjLondic» r ?ket, am
the asto ..shii r .-ounts ond ship
| ments of gol .jft Ai (W. A
1 Somethingupmovehinfs ; f took place ot
the Paris Bourse, on the
; change of poiicj in the Es§» v k, while ii
London the : .i ; against '*■-Mlntsoa fur
ther aggravated by the -hr ofthr
Bank, showing r bat its , below
the los#i * Week £762,-
041. —And al.bw«gtr, at the Boarc
of Directors it « A itftd* i*. Senary to ad
van * the rat" ct inter** -agan/Jnoney wai
more SMWjorgtimong the i ■«’» ass discount hous
es, in Lombard : treet, aod 'neaß bffer a week
of feverish duct ations ) <lo ■
Livr pfo\ J. t. ll■ —i ‘ r > t circular adrioei
wore prepared f« tho KsnipAriflHpbtngti, and
roportod our Coi on m#ko'Ss dosing quietly on
thatdi.y, vrith or bales. On
Saturday holdnr avtneedlLitre dseifo to realize,
and the 4c*a»L-v*L'-gsiqtlL; buy**, were enabled
t0,.”'.!:;. .-el tern* be tpoMaottona reach
ing 3060 bo. lona*' -‘tho Africa’s advices
were to bead, vq bring k ’ range of uioos in
the American - ,'ki ts (dot f f‘-.standing the bad
account fro p ■ •,) tlk .Vgdther with i bpttsf
attendance ■*' c to e trade, ii ' -a a somewhat iarg
■rl iin i- amin'•unjyw sflilti bales at
firm-"' rate?. On Tuami'w boluatsagain loeh the
market freckL-i I >ue p rand being moderate,
pricc-r w re B*les 4606‘bhles.
On V. - t-y 1 'oar, a larger
j tfipav
tention of the tia: ‘ do took about
6000 bales. \cc
6 can Is,
but l.otV'f
|ln ILeHr.aPpi, or "HfMtT* * ai.Fto speculators
I 2,360 MWipori-srs, 85,760 bales
of American of
1,300 to exporters, lea» ire i, .80 bales of all kinds
to the trade, J r
Tho hno' rt for same si ,e is 48,411 bales, of
which 43,‘ d, tdre Atuoriiia ’
I Ptioes to ay.
! New orteai.iFair.6J. Middlin' das|d. Ordinary Id.add.
I Mobile “ 5| “ t “ 4<l.asd.
: Atlantic / li sjd “ , >|a»>Jd. “ 4d.asd.
To-d.-ylhe markot has -cen much more satis
ffetory t'te derjaml beii* general, [and tho offer
itg more in j.r-iporucn t</t a inquiry. Tho sales
amount jo 7,0(0 bales, ofir.-dich 2,010 are to specu
lators art. exporter.*, tho r-v ket closing firmly at
prices rqthor higher than-t >.• quotations of Friday
last. J .
AlinutMfo Points.
Decide(i by the S trireme C ,-u tof the State of Geor
gia, at Columbia. ■Je.marti Term, 1853.
Rutherford, Receiver,-- *. Jones from Musco
gee.—l. Tae Clerk of th Superior Court is not
authorized so demand the eost for making out the
manuscript of the Ilec»i I, belore transmitting
the same to the Suprep a Court. Dougherty
for the ip «tion ; 1' t * u<tra.
Hollflay & V/ife, f Riordon, Gar., from
Dooly.-el. A party cao -uke no advantage from
an agreement, to which be was no party and
under which he was to) lie no beneficial inter
est.
2. The refeience in-a ' ill ot Equity, to the re
cords of the Court, in k hieh the Bill is filed,
without making ahuihit thereof, does not
make such recoil's a pgji ol lha Bill. Stozier for
pi’ff; Lyon dsf’t
Merclr vs. Marcori rom Sumpter.—l. The
action for nse and ocejji tion, does not lay ex
cept in cases of contra* either express or im
plied. In cr.se of atrei iss, however, the own
er may waive the tr* 'ass and sue upon im
p'ied contract. In suo case the plantiff must
show his title—there .1 ing no proof express of
tenancy. Sullivan forf Vff. in Error.
Liiry vs. Hart fgvnj^aiion. —1. In an action
For noney, hail end it eived, the plaintiff must
sho v that the money, t* its equivalent, has been
rec* : ved by the defend niorhis agent. Proof
of volpable neglect to C fflnjury of the Plantiff,
will cot authorize a t* j»ry In this form of ac
tion. Downing for pf f; Worriil for deft.
Gray vs, McNca!,' cam Taibot.—ln a suit
upon judgments rendej-j! in a Justices’ court, it
is necessary for the pi#! Iff to show,that the court
rendering the juilgnf -its had jurisdiction of
under
■of the
i, and
these
Wor
i Har- ;
House
;eoun- I
lead
mS#*-
CT*flO.
mb in
iff I
s title
iU, the
i, weie
ot con
ch was
Tl , o v,, ■ • Hf* xaeir interest, wnica was
>< / >crr \ Jfa.
common, may appeal to a
compel his co-tenant to ac-
nfs, issues and profits of the joint
property, hi ucft a Bill, the defendant may be
called on to \v count for any waste committed
upon the eomrton property—although he may
have committe {such an ouster as would have
entitled the pa. Vto proceed at law. Wellborn
for pl’ff.-, Ranutt for deft.
Colliers vs. Varon, from Baker.—l. An ad
vertisement describing the property levied on
by a Sheriff, bj “ Eight city lots in the city of
Albany, numbers not recollected, but known as
Joseph Shaw’s city lots—the same having been
sold at the February sales, and purchased by
David A. Vascn,” &c.; may or may not be suffi
cient compliance with the statute requiring the
Sheriff to give 4 lull and complete description of
the property levied on.
2. The statute requires the Sheriff to exercise
ordinary diligenea, and to give as accurate a de
scription as the circumstances of such case will
admit, so as to initentify the property levied on.
3. Whether the Sheriff has given such a de
scription, is a mixed question of law and fact,
and should be submitted to the Jury under the
direction of ti" Court. Morgan for pl’ff.; R.
Lyon for def t-
Searcy vs. Stubts, from Talbot.—l. Where a
Receiver for ti e Ocmulgee Bank, departed this
life, the Judge of the superior Court had the
right, independent of the Act of 1851, to appoint
another Receiver, and cause him to be made a
party to all pending litigation. Benning for
pl’ff.; B. Hill and Worriil for deft.
Wills vs. thy Htate, from Decatur—l. A Juror
sworn on his voire dire, in answer to the question
prescribed by Lie Act of 1843, replied in the
negative, but from a knowledge of his general
character, he had formed a bad opinion of the
man. Held, that this did not disqualify the
Juror, nor consritute a good ground ot challenge.
2. The presiding Judge, on request of counsel
for prisoner should instruct the triors—that the
formation of a fixed opinion, unfavorable to the
innocence cf the prisoner, though the same had
never been expressed, is not an impartial Juror.
Morgan & Lyon, for pl’ff.; Allen & Sol. General
Lyon for deft.
Brunswick City Land Company. —This
stock, sales of which, in the New York market,
we reported last Monday, is spoken of, in the
papers of that city, as belonging to a Georgia
Company. This is a mistake. The speculation
is a Northern, njt a Georgia speculation. If the
projectors succeed in building up a large town
by means of great works of internal improve
ment, the credit of their success will belong not
to Georgia but to a region much farther North.
If on the ciber hand they fail—the disgrace of
the failure rbould not fall upon Georgia or her
ftfizens. If uc*uspecting or heedless parties
take stock in the scheme and find themselves
ruined by it, let not this State, nor its people,
share an v of the blame which must rightly fall
upon tic authors of the catastrophe.
Our New York exchanges report sales of the
stock of the Ca«,*any as having been made, in
larger or smaller amounts, at the Board of Bro
kers, on the 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th of last
month. The amount of sales reported is be
tween six and seven thousand shares, at from 23
per cent, (the quotations on the 2flth,) to 21 per
cent.j (the report on the 291 h.) the tendency
seeming to be downwards. Though if, as re
ported, the Company only paid $35,000 for their
property, they can well afford to continue the
sales even at much lower figures than these.
For it will l>e remembered that there are thirty
thousand shares of stock. This at 30 per cent,
gives six hundred thousand dollars, —a handsome
return on a much ’arger investment than thirty
five thoueand dollars.
In relation to the projected Brunswick Rail
road, (for this land and lot speculation is nomi
nally a separate scheme,) the people along the
line of the proposed road seem to have acted
with due discretion. All their subscriptions are
said to be conditional. When the road is built
they will pay ia their stock. If it is net built
they pay nothing. How much of this condi
tional subscription has been made we are not
advised, xn one county, the wealthiest county
on the line —Thomas—we have learned, on reli
able authority, that the stock taken amounts to
about fifty thousand dollars.
For the sake of our friends in Southern Geor
gia, many of whom feel deeply interested in the
enterprise we cpulji wish that we hat} better
reasons Jbr believing that the road will be built
than any which we can offer them. The latest
information which has reached us, instead of
strengthening our impression that the promises
of the Company and of the contractors are to be
fulfilled, ha* materially weafceqed them. If,
however, qaytjung of a different character shall
at any time reach us, we shall not be slow in
laying it before-our readers. —Savannah Georgi
an, 2 d »'«#.
A young dandy about starting on a sea voy
age, went to a store to purchase his life preser
ver.
♦Oh, you will not want it,’ suggested the eletk,
‘bags cf wind won’t sink V
\ Regime, in antneetim with the Search after Sit
I John Frank/in, and the Discovery of cm Open Po
lar Sea ft The attendance, at the lowest esti
calls upon him as a matter of necessity, in order
; to expisss pubhdy- his syfnpahty for the lost
navigators, and to.explain the grounds for his
bflief in their possible existence, and of the ex
istence of an open sea at the North Tole, the
closest attention and interest' Was manifested
throughout the delivery of his argumentative dis
course, which reflects high credit upon bin as ‘a
geographer and man of letters.
Doctor Ka Reopened hrs lecture with a brief
sketch of the progress ol geographical science.
He remarked that there were, at this day, great
areas awaiting the exploration of civilized man.
He instanced the region of the Arctic search.
After calling the attention of the audience to
the discovered features of this region and to the
deductions from the grind generalizations of phy
sical geography as to its area and configuration,
he dwelt more at length upon the arguments in
favor of the existence oi a Poiynya or iceless sea,
shut in-by an annulus of circum-polar ice. He
presented a
i arguments' were illustrated by diagram? suspend
i ed sbova the platform, and led to mosj interest-
I iftg ip>d satisfactory inferences to
-Null!) —a ?v"
its of noithern travsifeatteined by naau. The
flight of birds, of the ducks, auks and petrels—
the movement northward of the mammels of
the sea, the tusky walrus, the polar bear, and the
reindeer travelling in herds, u a forest of moving
antlers.” He alluded to Lieutenant Maury, as
an early and eloquent advocate of the existence
of the Poiynya, a gentleman who possessed that
rare union of powers of generalization with the
technical labors of official routine.
Dr. Kane said that, more than a year ago, be
came before the Institute as a suiter on behalf of
the crews of Sir John Frankliu. That since
then practical sympathy and liberality had not
been idle, and that he now appeared before them
on the eve ot a second departure for the Arctic
sea. That engrossed as he was with the cares
of organizing this second expedition, nothing
could have induced him to accept the invitation
of the Maryland Institute, but his anxiety to
state before his fellow-members of that body,
how much was due to their association, and more
especially to two of its members.
The nice relations, he said, which should sub
sist between an officer of the Navy and his chief,
forbade him to allude to one of these gentlemen
in other terms than those of simple personal grat
itude—of the other he could speak with more
freedem. Mr. George Peabody had contributed
ten thousand dollars in aid of the expedition a
gentleman whose unostentatious liberality was
too well known to require a notice at his hands.
Dr. Kane here read a portion of a letter from
Mr. Peabody, in which he, with characteristic
modesty, expressed himself as 1 proud to follow
in the footsteps of Henry Grinnell ” |This was
received by the large audience with deatemng
applause.] „ ....
The point ol departure of the new expedition
in search of Sir John Franklin would be Smith’s
Sound, a point recommended by many advan
tages which the lecturer enumerated, and was
two hundred and twenty miles further north
than the starting point of Sir Edward Belcher.
The party would consist ol some thirty men,
a couple of launches, sledges, dogs and gutta-per
cha boats. The provisions would he composed
mainly of pemmican, a concentrated animal
food, the preparation of which the lecturer de
scribed, packed in cases impregnable, to the as
saults of the polar bear. . .
Leaving the United States in the brig furnish
ed by Mr. Grinnell, the Advance, at the earliest
period of navigation, they would enter the ice
of Melville Bay, force their way to the extreme
navigable point, and tbere-secure the vessel for
the winter. They would then press forward
with sledge and launch. The sledge (large
drawings of whiclrwere shown to the audience)
would constitute a most important leature oi
the lecturer’s plan of search. Each of these,
constructed principally of hickory, and with
great care,- would carry the blankets, furs and a
measured allowance of food for six men. A |
of InJivrubLer-cVnli would be added ,
lor wwiir-r She tnair -tiepen«te <6T ‘‘- e
nig/jfTy halt, the Show-noust or the Esquimaux, j
miAht not be desirable . \
■ on lie march. The gnarQd apd bristling exJSKS
C.e- water lexis, black
t 'he frost smoke. ’ Six men harnessed to eacil
-ledge, moving v ith steady gate—in fiont, some
twenty paces, compass in hand, their leader. A
ridge of ice stops their way, risiug some twenty
feet in air, the sledge is unladen, and piece by
piece its freight is carried over. A stream of
water crosses their path, the gutta-percha boats
are brought into requisition, and the water pass
ed. The party halt for the night—-their day’s
journey, long in hours, has brought them some
ten miles on their way—ten miles in a straight
line—a good day’s performance for an Arctic
sledging party. The snow house is built, or the
tent is pitched—upon the snow is spread a cov
ering, water-proof, on that a wolt’s skin—Pem
mican soup makes the chief dish for the sup
per. Pipes are lit, and each man, covered to
the hips by a blanket bag, draWs a second wolf
ski* over him, and seeks in sleep the rest which
is to support him on the morrow.
The greatest sledge-journey on record was
that of his friend Mr. Kennedy, late commander
of the “Prince Albert,” who accomplished nearly
1,400 miles—most of it in mid-winter, his only
food Penamican—his only shelter the snow
house. Mr. Kennedy was now a volunteer to
serve upon the expedition.
The line of travel which the lecturer hoped to
pursue, was one due north beyond the limits ol
recorded travel—a line of travel rendered most
valuable by the light to be thrown upon many
undetermined points of the distribution of heat
upon the surface of our planet—upon the great
questions of the amount and direction of the
earth’s magnetic forces—upon the great mystery
of northern migratory life. He noticed the
interest shown by Professor Henry, of the
Smithsonian Institution, by Professor Bache, of
the coast survey, and by the Secretary of the
Navy, himself a votarv of science in the or
ganization of a scientific corps in connection
with the expedition.
The qestion, Dr. Kane concluded, whether
the party of Sir John Franklin be dead or alive,
was not to be considered in connection with the
obligations of a second search—the duty of at
tempting to solve the mystery of their fate rests
with us.
The gallant speaker was often interrupted by
loud applause as he proceeded, and the conclusion
of his lecture was followed by long continued
marks of approbation.
larch.
President Polk’s Retirement from Washington.
Washington, Jan. 22, 1853.
My Dear Sir :—Your note of yesterday came
to hand this morning, and I hasten to do justice
to a political opponent, who is now in his grave.
You say that it was stated in your presence, that
President Polk was heartless and cold, and that
one of his coldest acts was, that he vacated the
White House several days before the President
elect came to Washington, for fear of opening
his heart so as to ask him to his house and table.
It is due to Mr. Polk to say that I know this to
be untrue. General Taylor and myself were
both invited to dine with him, and did dine with
him before he left the White House, and I have
no doubt all the civilities ordinarily extended to
the incoming administration, were extended by
President Polk to General Taylor, and, accord
ing to my recollection he did not leave the
White House till the 4th, or rather the sth of
March, which was Monday. The confusion in
cident to the close of a session of Congress, and
the breaking up of housekeeping by the Presi
dent’s family, must necessarily prevent any
President from doing more than Mr. Polk did in
the case of Gen. Taylor, and, if I am rightly in
formed, many of his predecessors did not do as
much. I am, respectfully, yours,
Millard Fillmore.
Pricks in Florence. —A correspondent of
the Boston Traveller gives the following ac
count of living in Florence:
“ One word more as to prices. I have already
written you ot the cost of living in a palace.
Since then 1 have learned that a fine palace as
large as the Tremont House, with a large gar
den, stables, &c., can be bought for $35,000 !
The Riccardi, one of the finest private palaces
in Europe, sold for only $45,000. A beautiful
villa and estate under a high state of cultivation,
can be had for SIO,OO0 —a good one with fifty
or more acres, for S4OOO, and farms in propor
tion. A friend of mine has this year, from his
estate, which is cultivated on halves, 1500 bar
rels of wing, besides wool, olives, silk, cattle,
cheese, milk, butter and poultry. The Tuscan
Government are very liberal to foreigners, al
lowing them to hold land in fee simple, without
restrictions of any kind, and their heirs abroad
to inherit from them. But if their heirs are
not blood relatives, there is a duty of about five
per cent, on the conveyance of the property to
them. I know of but one other Government
as liberal, and that is that of the Sandw,ch Isl
ands.
Stopping Papers —An exchange says: ‘when
a man gets mad and stops his paper he always
borrows the next number of his neighbor to sea
if the withdrawal of his patronage hasn’t killed
the editor and dreat the columns in mourn
ing This grows out of the fact that none
try to show their spite but the kind of people
who imagine that the world r»»ts on thair should-
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VOL. 32—NEW SERIES--VOL-8 —NO I
Expulsion of Jmits from Eucador—The Net
Granadian Confytp ■ Panama Rad "-•ail- *V<
The st«ai a orUriited States. liom Aspiuwa!
Jan. 19th and Kingston 22d, arrived at New
York on Saturday, bringing 100 passengers.-
The steamers Oregon and Northerner arrived a
Panama on the 16tb. The Georgia was to leave
Kingston on the 23d. The steamer Isthmus
arrived at Panama on the 14th from San Fran
cisoo.
The health of Aspinwall was very good, and
The Panama Star of the 13th instant says that
day from Barbacoas or Cruces, stating that an
, accident had happened to the railroad in the
H Sst
ish mails and specie had to be transported down
to Chagres, where all would be era-
Carmen arrived at Panama on the 4th of Janu
ary, from Guayaquil, with thirty-two Jesuits as
“We are tokHhat they were consigned to the
Governor of Panama, with the request that he
would put th m through the Isthmus and out of
the country with commendable care and speed.
On their afrii ad at'Panama, says common ru
mor, they were informed officially that they
could not land, but would be subjected to police
Surveillance during "their stay here, which was
limited, to a daV. They returned answer that
. they had no resistance to make tp tiie law, but if
the Governor wished them to land as prisoners,
ha would have to send oil' and tie them, or put
them under guard. The latter was done, and
ladled at the Northern gate, umlera
. 1 rd eeaui . 6x«.bera»nt . amoug
Aba later bout 1 in the
v- v* in the afternoon, under charge
clone orWo po'!ce wore conduct*
ed to the College, receive r¥M
attention from the authorities as it was possible
under the circumstances to extend to them.—
Yesterday morning the whole body started for
Cruces, under one official guide, but we saw no
military or police force accompanying them.”
The arrival of Col. Totten, and other engin
eers connected with the railroad, is noticed at
Panama. The object of this visit was to com
mence operations on the road on that side of the
Isthmus.
Don Justo Arosemena and Gen. Thomas
Herrera left Panama on the Cth inst. for Bogota,
the lirst as representative in Congress from Pau
ama, ami the second as Senator from the adjoin
ing province of Azacro. Congress was to meet
on the Ist of March, and would remain in sess
ion until about the middle of June. Among the
subjects which will come before it is a proposi
iion to divide the Republic of New Greuada in
to ten sovereign aud independent states, for the
purpose of internal legislation, under one federal
head, on the principle adopted by the United
States—and to adopt the name for it of the Co
lumbian Confederation.”
{From the N. Y. Evening
Ericsson Engine—A Test of Faith.
A friend from Ohio, who has seen the articles
in the Evening Post upon the subject of Erics
son’s Caloric-Engine, alludes to the subject as
follows, in the course of a recent letter:
“ Is it possible that you have been humbugged
into the belief that heat can be used twice, or
that Ericsson can ever bring his patent to any
practical result?”
We answer that we have not been humbug
ged into the belief that heat can be used twice;
nor does Ericsson pretend to use any heat twice,
but simply to use all but about thirty per cent
of what he makes once, instead of throwing
away three-fifths of it, as is done by the steam
engine. In the next place, we have the most
implicit confidence in his ability to bring his 1
patent to a practical result, because we have al- !
ready seen it in successful operation.
The strength of our faith may be judged from
the fact, that we have contracted with Capt.
Ericsson to furnish us with a Caloric Engine, as
soon as it can be made, for the use of the Eve
ning Post, and it is already in a state of con
siderable forwardness. The patterns are pre
pared by Capt. Ericsson, and the machinery is
making by Messrs. Hogg &i Delamater. It is
to have sufficient power to drive one of Hoe’s
rota represses at the rate of JO,OOO impressions
an. hour, gpd four job-presses, with a reserve force
of 2 of. tlifee horse power, and yet it is to occupy
only the space enclosed in a cast iron box six
feet-fquare and between five and six feet high.
It is to be finished, and in operation by the mid
dle offVpril. If it succeeds, of which, of course
we hi e ljo doubt, we shall feel proud oi the
distinction which will properly belong to the
jourm to.!,st "rst avails itself of so impettant an
impro jlemenc. If it fails, we mean the world
shall jA,i>w i f ant the rtasens why, if vve can
\riii them.
, . pit gratify us to !>; instrument'*' m intro- i
substitute for the Tartarean tor- !
contest too, that we shall feel a little easier at
our da ay avocations, when we come to realise
that tie cellar beneath us is no longer tenanted
by one of those powers of darkness which the
most trilling imprudence, or neglect, on the part
of its attendants, might provoke to a fearful and
disastrous vengeance upon all its co-tenants.—
We would also gladly make some sacrifice to
protect our engineers from the distressing expo
sure of a heated subterranean engine-room,
which at all seasons is sufficiently trying, but in
the summer is past human endurance. We also
anticipate substantial advantages from the great
er simplicity of the machinery, which will ren
der fewer repairs necessary, from the great du
rability of the combination, and from the dimin
ished consumption of fuel. These are advan
tages which we anticipate from the substitution,
which we propose, of a Caloric for our steam
engine. If we are disappointed in any particu
lar, we promise that our readers shall be advised
of it promptly, and if on the other hand we
realise any or all of our expectations, of that
also they shall be duly apprised, and every op
portunity afforded them of profiting by our ex
perience.
jJr. Rabe and California.
We had the pleasure ol seeing our old friend
and client the other day, Dr. Rabe, from the
golden State of California. He moved there
some seven or eight years since, and has grown
with the country, and become rich with the
country. His appearance certainly indicated
that he was from a golden region. Every thing
about him seemed to be of massive gold. On
the head of his walking stick he had seventy
live dollars worth of pure virgin gold ! His
watch, guard chain, seals, &c., would be almost
as oppressive, from their size and weight, to a
modern dandy,as a heavy coat of mail was, in
ancient days, to a knight-errant. His buttons
were solid gold. His spectacles massive gold.
We suggested to the doctor that in case the
traces of his buggy or carriage should at any
time break, he could very well substitute his
guard chain, which would be strong enough to
pull him to the next village.
Dr. Rabe spoke in unmeasured terms of the
fertility, richness and prosperity of California.
He says the mines are inexhaustible, and that
the whole mountains are filled with gold He
thinks labor will never be worth less than lour
or five dollars a day in California, because a la
borer can always make that much digging tor
gold. The doctor says the lands of California
are as rich as it is possible for lands to he. Their
productions in wheat, oats, rye, &c„ &c., were
almost incredible. Indian corn will not grow
there in consequence of the earlier abscence of
rain during the summer months. Oats grow
wild all over the country. Dr. Rabe stated
that he had driven a buggy twenty-five miles
through one entire oat field, as it were, and the
oats growing as high as his bead. For grasses,
there is no country in the world which surpass
es or equals California. There is no rain to in
jure grass after being mowed. The only dan
ger to be apprehended was from fire. When
fire broke out in summer, it was terriVle and
awful.
In regard to lue society and manners of San
Francisco, Dr. Rabe said they were as good as
could be found in any city. Thieving or rob
bing was unknown in that city. We supppse
every thing is so plenty that he would be a stu
pid fellow, indeed, who should think of risking
his back by stealing. House rents are very
high. The Doctor’s rents, from a small build
ing, amount to fifteen thousand dollars, paid
quarterly in advance! Lawyer’s fees are very
exorbitant, and the Doctor has given up the
mortar and the pestle, and gone to issuing writs
and practicing in the Courts. He told us that
for the collection of debts he charged about one
third of the amount collected, in the way of
fees and commissions!
Dr. Rabe says that Northern men in Califor
nia are pretty generally in favor <»f introducing
slavery in that State, and, tha Southern men op
posed to it. This seemed to us a very strange
condition of things, and we inquired why it
was so. He said that Northern men of sub
stance had tp pay so high for white labor about
their houses and farms that they preferred saving
their money and purchasing slaves. On the
other hand, the Southern men, being more lib
eral, and not so much devoted to making and
saving money, did not care about the high prices
paid for helps or white servants. The Doctor
thinks slavery will never be introduced into
California, and that public sentiment w more de
cidedly opposed to it now than it was two or
three years ago. This may, however, be doubt
ful.—ih-eniuille Southern Patriot , 27/A ult.
When the Hon. Mrs. Norton was applied to
on Hood’s death, for his destitute widow, and
headed by Sir Robert Peel with the magnificent
donation of £SO, she promptly «ent a liberal
subscription, with tW allowing lines (never be
fore published):
To cheer the widow’s heart in hor distress,
To make provision for tho fatherless,
Is but a ohriatian’s duty, and none should
Resist tho heart appeal of Widow Hood-
Poetry, punning, and piety, all of the genuine
are hut often thus happily
Was it Providence ?
Take, for example, a young girl, bred delicate
ly in town, shut up in a nursery In her child
hood, in a boarding school through her youth,
never accustomed to ait, and exercise—two
thing* that the law of God makes essential to
health. She marries; her strength is inadequate
to the demand upon it. Her l)jssety fades early.
' What a strange providence tlrat a mother
should be taken In the midst of life from her
children?* Was it Providence? No? Provi
dence has assigned her three score and ten years,
a term long enough to rear her children, and to
see her,children’s children ; bptsbe did not obey
the laws on which life depends, and of course
lost it. ■/
A father, too, is cut off in the midst of his
days. He is a useful and distinguished citizen,
and eminent in his profession. A general bu2K
rises on every side, of ‘ What a striking provi
dence P This man has been in the habit of stu
dying half the night, of passing his days, in his
office and the courts, of eating luxurious din
ners, and of drinking Various wines. He has
every day violated the law on which health de
pends. Did providence cut birooff? This evil
rarely ends here. The diseases of the.father are
>ften transmitted; and a feeble mother rarely
leaves behind her vigorous children.
It has been customary in some of our cities for
young ladies to walk in thin shoes and delicate
stockings in mid-winter. A heaitfay, blooming
girl who thus dresses, in violation of Heaven’s
laws, pays the penalty—a checked circulation,
cold, fever, and death. ‘What a sad Providence P
exclaimed hpf friends. Wasrt.Provldene, or her
own useless und sad folly ?
A beautiful bride goes, night after night, to
parties made in honor of her mania go. She has
a slight sore throat perhaps, and the weather f
inclement [ but she must wear her neck and
•arms bear; for who ever heard of a bride in a
close evening dress ? She is consequently seized
with inflammation of the lungs, and the grave
receives
r.WTistaproVitfenc#!'exchttHßVde wor.u. jtiasy
Did she not cut the thread of Ufa hex own self*' f
A girl in the couptn, exposed to cur change
fii;l i mat*: fret* a dpv bnninstead of flatting
with the idea that Providence usm sti'- ■•P •
mutism upon her, or should she charge it to her
own vanity,and avoid the folly in future f Look,
my young friends, at the mass of diseases that
are incurred by intemperance in eating, drinking,
in study or business; by neglect of exercise,
cleanliness, and pure air; by indiscreet dressing,
tight lacing, &c., and all is quietly imputed tt>
Providence! Is there not impiety as well a
ignorance in this? Were the physical laws
strictly observed from generation to generation,
there would be an end of the frightful diseases
that cut life short, and a long list that make life
a torment or a trial. It is the opinion of those
who best understand the physical system, that
this wonderful machine, the body, 'goodly Ipin
pie, would gradually decay, and men would die
as if falling asleep.’
An Interesting Incident. —A writer in the
Alabama Journal, published at Montgomery, is
treating the readers of that Journal to sketch
es and traditionary tales of Georgia History
From a sketch called wahaka — rocky creek,
or talking water, we make the following ex.
tract relative to our near neighbor, Col. Farish
Carter, of Scottsboro.
A beautiful incident, associated with the hab
its of the primitive settlers of our Southern coun -
try, and of their patient life, surrounded by
scenery both wild and picturesque, fell under the
writer’s notice this summer, during a temporary
sojourn amidst the highlands of Gedfcgia. It)
conveys a moral which should strike deep into
the venomed heart of all Abolitionists, if they
would visit the spot referred to, and particular
ly of such vile slanders of slavery as presented
in the case of Mis. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and
at the same time forms a romantic tale of sylvan
happiness in the life of the now expatriated
Aborigines. On the banks of the Coosuwattee,
which, with the Conasauga, forms the Oousta
nolla, in Murray county, Georgia, and for miles
in length, stretches the plantation and summer
lesidence of Col. Parish Carter, of Scottsboro’,
Baldwin county, Ga. This romantic spot, amid
the dells and valleys of the Cohulta mountains,
was once the residence of several Indian chiefs,
each located on a grassy knoll, or in the nook of
a verdant hill, and these surrounded by tbeii
families and their tribes with flocks of herds in<-
numerable, they led a life of peace and happi
ness, until the progressive law of nature drove
them to afar Western home. By the force of
circumstances, these sylvan farms became !’>«
property of Col. Carter, embracing in the whole
many thousand acres, now in a high state of cul
tivation, pasturage, meadows and grain lands and
surrounded by an amphitheatre of hills that ri*p
in or an d<"jir in the vision. Hare he has removed
from the low country his numerous families of
| neuroes, and divided into clan« each occupy 'fin
[ identical farms that were once cultivated by i.be
red chiefs and their subjects, and under sirruLu
Ji'fc t. ~ tr: i.
support, subject to the direction of each respect
ive chief, happy in their vocation and devoid of
care. But over all there is a paternal rqlcr, who t
guides Ine dEninery -of gov'eminent, supplies?
til if. 1| :, 1; 1 —4.
I of old age, the decrepid and the maimed.—Jlit
ledgcoille Federal Union.
What Mrs. Smith Said. —“ Saint Agatha !
Not been out of the city this summer ?”
“ No. Jones said he could'nt afford it.”
“My dear, innocent Abigail! Mr. Jones
smokes his forty-nine cigars a day, as usual,
dont he ?”
“Yes.”
“ Well; he resides horseback every morning.”
“ Well; he plays billiards and takes his sherry
and all that sort o’ thing down town. Don’t
he?”
“ Yes.”
“Well; put that and that together! Just so
Smith told me—couldn’t afford it I didn’t dis
pute the point; it was too much trouble, f
smiled just as sweetly at him as if I didn’t know
it was all a humbug; but I very quietly went to
my boudoir and dispatched a note to that jewel
of a doctor , saying that I should be taken
suddenly ill about the time Smith came home to
dinner, and shouldn’t probably recover till after
a trip to Saratoga or Niagara, or some other of
those quiet places. Well, he is as keen as a
briar; and when Smith sent for him, he came in.
and found mein, a state of“ foreordained exhaus
tion,” in the hands ot my maid Libby. He felt
my pulse, looked wise and oracular and sa : d I
must have a change of air. Os course, I object
ed, declared I never could bear to be moved, was
quite entirely run down, &c. Doctor said,
“He wouldn’t be answerable for the eui. e
quences,’ and finally to oblige Mr. Smith, 1 gave,
in! Understand! —Nothing like a little diplo
macy. Always use the cheekrein ! my dear, it
you want to start Jones in a new direction
Men are little contrary, that’s all! They’d be
“perfect treasures,” every mother’s son of them,
if it wasn’t for that!” Fanny Fern.
English and American Bkauties.-A lady cor
respondence of the National Intelligencer gives
quite an interesting account of a ball given to
the Queen by the city of Lon Jon,from which we
clip the following in regard to the beauties ol
England and America :
“In the quadrille was the most famed unmar ■
ried beauty of England, Lady Clementina Vil
liers, daughter of the Earl of Jersey. She ha
classically chiseled features, delicately pure hair,
and is what we should describe,with our expres
sive Americanism, as exceedingly lowly ; but I
really remember to have seen in Washington
several of my young countrywomen who
might safely contest with her the palm of beauty.
As I have told you, there are few pretty wo
men; but in cast of feature, figure and carriage’
they are vastly superior to Americans. Accus
tomed to the dignified soberness of dress for mid
dle age customary in my own country, the gor
geous and inappropriate apparel of the old per
sons in a ball room here is really painful. The
toilets generally, though so rich in material , are so
very dowdy , so badly put on, that one Wonders i*
the race of French dressing maids is extinct.—
Why, even her Majesty's gown u<qs abominably laced,
not meeting behind. In grace, especially in dancing,
1 think them not comparable to Americans,
they want the litheness and ease of movement
almost universal with us; the gentlemen, in
deed, dance better than their partners, having a
careless sort ol swinging way, which is rather
attractive.”
Directions for Fainting. Never faint
when you are alone. Always select some good
opportunity. The more persons there are about
you the more successfully will bo your fit. A
friend’s house, when there is a dinner party go
ing on, is lar from a bad opportunity. Never
faint more than once in the same evening, as
there may be a falling off in the sympathy on
the second experiment. A woman should not
only faint well, but be above suspicion. Be very
careful, therefore, never to risk a faint unless
you have some object in view, such as going out
of town—or a new gown—or a box at the op«
ra—or being taken to some sete —or any other
little caprice which your husband may have ob
stinately refused you. In such cases hysterics
are justifiable.— Punch.
Curious Experiment. —A correspondent of
Arthur’s Home Gazette states that having fas
tened a key to a thread, and holding the lat
ter between his thumb and finger over a twen
ty dollar gold peice, placed on the floor, the key
began to swing with a circular, or rather with
an elliptical motion; and when gold was buried
in the earth, he could find itout without difficul-
Sfrom the motions ol the key. When the faced
south, and held it over silver, it had an east
and west pendulum motion, over copper, brass,
tip, &c., a southeast aad northwest pendulum
motion; over iron and steel, a north and soutli
pendulum motion. The writer thinks that gold
may be discovered any where by this simple ap
paratus.
An old lady once said, that her idea of a great
man was, ‘a man who was keerful of his clothes,
don’t drink spirits, kin read the Bible without
spelling the words, and kin eat a cold dinner on
wash day, to save the wimmen folks the trouble
oj cookio|.’ '>- f :
