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[Reported for the Baltimore Suu.] Extra Session of the United States Senate. Washington. March 26, 1853. ° Several resolutions of inquiry were passed, when the Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution Os Mr. Walker, authoring the a committee on Indian Affairs to delegate one of f theii number to proceed, during the recess ot Congress, to take testimony in the matter now on reterer ce to sr.id committee, touching certain frauds alleged to have been committed by Alex- • ander Ramsey and others, in making payment ol f moneys to certain bands of Sioux Indians. After debate, the resolution was laid upon the table and the committee on Indian Affairs dis charged trotfi the further consideration ot the subject. , . , Mr. Seward offered a resolution, which was adopted calling upon the President to communi- f cate the correspondence (subject not stated) be- ) tween our Minister at the Court of Brazil and j the American Secretary of State. Further business, of no public importance, was transacted, when the Senate went into an Exe cutive session. Washington. March 28. Mr Hunter offered the following resolution : jjesoirvd. That the Secretary ot the Treasury be directed to report to the Senate, at its next annual session, the average prices annually ot bar iron, merchantable, manufactured by rolling; bar iron, merchantable, manufactured otherwise than by' rolling ; railroad iion, manufactured by rolling, and pig iron, for the last ten years prece ding 1853, in the foreign markets of production or shipment. Also, the average prices, annually’ of the same descriptions of iron at New kork and Pittsburg, for the same period, together with the charges for freights, insurance and com missions. Mr. Hunter explained his object in offering the resolution. It was, he said, with a view ot , effecting a compromise between the manufact- ' urers and consumers of iron, by fixing a price be- . yond which no charges shall be made. Having ; all the information before them at the next ses sion. they could legislate understandingly. ) Mr. Broadhead expressed his regret that the Senator did not support such a proposed compro mise heietofore. when he voted to exempt rail road iron from duty. The resolution was adopted. On motion ot Mr. Shields, it was resolved that there be paid to Robert Beale, late sergeant-at arms, out ot the contingent fund, his salary upto the end of the present fiscal year. Mr. Walker offered a resolution, proposing just as thc» Cabinet cpineoutof session j and it was necessary for Senators to transact business with the heads of Departments, which they could not now do for the reason stated. Objections were made Co the consideration ot the resolution. The Senate ordered the purchase of a thousand copies of Ringold's maps of the survey of the Pa cific. and then went into an executive session, and atterw ards adjourned. Washington, March 29th, 1853. Mr. Badger offered a resolution, which was adopted, authorising the Sergeant-at-arms to continue the messengers in the employment of the Senate, for two months after the termination of the present session, for the purpose of folding and transmitting documents. The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution, authorising the Secretary of the Sen ate to appoint a reading clerk; and after debate the same was postponed until the first Monday ol December next—yeas 25, noes 16. The Senate, after an executive session, ad journed. ■Washington, March 30. The journal having been read, Mr. Seward rose and said :—I wish to make a motion which 1 hope will receive the favorable consideration ol the Senate. Intelligence has been received here of the death of Mrs. Fillmore, wife of Mil lard Fillmore, late President ofthe United States. She died this morning. As a mark of respect to her memory, I move the Senate do now adjourn. The Senate adjourned unanimously. Washington, March 31, 1853. The Senate went into Executive session, and, after the doors were opened, Mr. Houston sub mitted the following resolution, which lies over : Resolved, That the Secretary ol the Interior be and he is hereby instructed to furnish the Senate with the report of an examination (on file in the Department of the Interior) made of the Patent Office Bui'ding in 1851. under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following, which lies over: Resolved. That the Secretary of the Senate be authorized to contract with John C. Rives for a number of copies of the Congressional Globe and Appendix equal to thirty-seven copies now re ceived by them , and that the price per copy i shall not exceed the sum paid under the existing contract. Several other resolutions, of no public import ance, were submitted. Mr. Houston offered the following: Resolved. That unless the President of the U. i States shall have further communication to make, the Sena’e will adjourn on Saturday next. Mr. Mason said that the President had other communica’ions of an Executive character to make, and thought they wou'd be able to ad journ on Wednesday or Thursday next. Mr. Houston remarked that he was tired of the delay, and wished to be on his way home. { The Senate adjourned. Washington, April 1, 1853. Mr. Mason a«ked and obtained leave to with draw the memorial and accompanying papers of j Francis W. Rice, late United States Consul at Acapulco, rela ive to certain outrages committed on him and other Americans by the Mexican autboritis. These papers, he said, show’ that great and cruel oppressions*were practised upon ! them, and the design was to present the docu ments to the Executive for the purpose of ob taining redress. Mr. Brodhead submitted the following resolu tion which, he said, he intended to call up in a day or two: Reso'ved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to procure, so far as practicable, and furnish the same to the Senate, at the com- mencement of "the next session of Congress, the following information, viz: The aggregate amount of federal, State, city, county, railroad, canal and other corporation bonds, stocks, or other evidence of debt, held in Europe or other foreign countries, on the thirtieth of June, 1853, specifying separately, so far as the same can be ascertained, the amount of each of the above de scription of bonds and stocks. On motion of Mr. Shields, the Secretary of the Senate was directed to pay certain clerks of com mittees compensation for the time they have been employed. The Senate went into an Executive session, and subsequently adjourned till Monday. {Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.] Washington. March 26, 1853. The President desires, as I learn, to detain the Senate during the next week. There are several nominations of importance yet to be decided upon. The Senate may, but with great difficulty, re tained a quorum for a day or two longer. Mr. Benjamin has left the city, which is an evidence that the Tehuantepec resolutions are not to be called up this season. Others will also leave to-day or to-morrow. A number of Sena tors are impatient to be gone. The whig Sena tors do not feel bound, it seems, to remain here for the purpose of giving their advice and con- i sent to democratic nominations. The great New York appointments were un- : doubtedly finally resolved upon by the Cabinet, ! on Saturday morning. Though it is certein that ■ they are determined upon, no one out of the Ca- | binet appears yet to know who are the lucky i nominees. New names have been mentioned ! for the Collectorship—such as those of C. W. : Lawrence and Judge Oakey. The President j will certainly insist upon the selection of a man ! of character and respectability to fill an sffice i wherein two-thirds of the whole revenue is re- j ceived The Ericsson is to be fitted with new cylin- i ders. and is then to be sent across the Atlantic I for the inspection of John Bull. Some motive I more submissive than steam, and less expensive , will no doubt, lie ultimately discovered and ap- I plied and generally adopted ; whether this is to be through caloric or electricity, or some other j rational object, is yet to be known, though calo- ; ric has made a showing for it. The principal appointments for the city of Philadelphia are to be made this week. There is a considerable competition for these places.— The applicants for all these places might as well save themselves the trouble of procuring or pro ducing recormnemialtons ergned by their felfotv- i citizen*. They are not looked at, and have no weight whatever. lon. [Telegraphed for the. Baltimore Sun ] Washington, March 31. Confirmations by the Senate—The Baltimore Nominations—Gardiner Case, lye.— The Senate were in executive session to-day two hours and a half, and confirmed ail the Philadelphia nomi nation- as before reported. The New York nominations were also confirmed, except those of General Dix, a* Sub-Treasurer, and Mr. Fowl er as Postmaster, which were postponed. The President sent in the following nomina tions for Baltimore:— Phillip Francis Thomas, for Collector. Col. Jacob G. Davies, Postmaster. John Kettiewell, Naval Officer. J. H. Briscoe, Navy Agent. James Polk, Surveyor. There ha, been no appointments sent in for Appraisers or District Attorneys. The Hon. W iilis A. Gorman, of Indiana, was nominated for Governor of Minnesota. Several other appointments were also sent in. In the Gardiner case, the entire day was occu pied in arguments upon the admissibility of the several papers to prove the non-existence of the mines, all of which were ruled out. Boston, March 21. Ijitesl from the Jlfrir.un Syuadr on—Marine Disaster, -The officers of the (J. 8. ship Ger mantown report that when she left Port Praya the John Adams was employed on the coast sur vey, under Lieut. Lynch. The brigs Perry and Bainbridge were on the Southern coast, looking for slavers. Many ves sels sailing under the American flag were en gaged in the traffic. The Germantown lost only four men during ter absence. She parted with the brig Dale on the 13th, off Bermuda. The brig Sea Bird, from Nova Scotia for Bos ton, struck a rock during a snow storm on the 10th, off Great Dover, and went to pieces. The Captain and mate, and two seamen, perished. New York, March 31. Deliberate Murder.— At 11 o’clock this morn ing a Frenci. man named Mulveen, called on a man named DecdP, also a Frenchman, residing in Greenwich street. IJe presented a bill of some kind, whereupon Decon a ptffyl Rod shot Jdulveen dead, and escaped. Nkw York, March 31. Steamer Star of the lUc«/.—The steamer Star of the West has arrived, having left San Juan on the 23d. She brings nothing later fiom Cal- > ifornia, and reports the route healthy and in fine : condition. She left in port the sloop of war Cy- i ane awaiting orders. The Union also arrived ■ j to-day from Aspinwall. New London, Conn., March 30. i | Burning of a Railway Station-House.— Tliede- | , pot of the New London, Willimantic and Palm- , < er Railroad, at New London, was burned down | to-day. The lire took place about 10 o’clock. I There were four passenger cars and one baggage car in it at the time. Loss SB,OOO to SlO 000. Buffalo, March 30. Effect in Buffalo of Mrs. Fillmore's Death. — The announcement of Mrs. Fillmore's death has created a great sensation and deep regret among the citizens of Buffalo. Arrangements are to be made to pay due respect on the arrival ot her remains. * Washington, March 31, P. M. Washington Items Mr. Willis, a German, has been nominated for Governor of Minnesota. The Senate was engaged most ot to-day in Executive session, discussing the resolution de claring that the President has power to remove Judges in the Territories. . Several changes have been made in the • ecoiui Comptroller’s office, taking effect to-day. | Tobias Purrington, formerly a member ot Lie . Senate in Maine, was made Chief Clerk in the Comptroller's office. Proceedings of the Senate on the New York Aonu- I nations—TAc Baltimore Appointments—New ; Clerkship Classifications, <sr. j Washington. April I. Ihe Senate continued in Executive session until halt past 4 o clock I i this afternoon. The delay in the confirmation ; i of Gen. Dix as Sub-Treasurer, and ot 1. * • I Fowler, as Postmaster as New \ ork, and it is I said of John Cochrane as surveyor ot that port, | j had caused intense excitement and a renewal ot i the struggle outside, pro and con. and a protract- I ■ i ed discussion arose thereon in the Senate to-day. I | These three are all Barnburners, and it was on I a I that ground that action had been postponed on ( - their confirmations. Mr. Bright leadoff in the Senate to-day in ' opposition to the New York nominations, aud the three named in particular, but they were all t finally confirmed. Eight Senators, however, - are reported to have voted against General Dix. o The acceptance of two or three of the New Yorkers is yet deemed doubtful. g The President to-day nominated William t have been withdrawn. s Col. Polk has peremptorily refused to accept f the Surveyorship of Baltimore. No nomination in his place has yet been beard ot. Both dt the f Maryland Senators are absent to-day, but the other Senators state that the following Baltimore -1 nominations were confirmed : - Phillip Francis Thomas, for Collector, i. Col. Jacob G. Davies, Postmaster. I John Kettiewell, Nava! Agent. I J. H. Briscoe, Navy Agent. s It is thought that the principal changes among o the subordinate clerks in the Executive Depart if ments will be deferred until the Ist of J uly, w hen n the new classification goes into effect. It is also g reported that the Cabinet have decided to equal ize the number of clerks from the different States, e Washington, April 1. Appointments Confirmed. — The Senate to-day e confirmed all the tree-soil nominations which y had been made, though there was a hard fight against them. Gen. Dix, as Sub-Treasurer, at - New York had eight votes thrown in opposition to him. The nomination of Mr. Petitt for the Mint at Philadelphia, was resisted on the same :1 ground, but was finally confirmed, as was also b that of Mr. Casey, of Kentucky, for U. S. Treas i urer at Washington. Gov. Bigger, ot Indiana, d is said to have been appointed Register ot the - ; Treasury. lon- I Washington. April 1. o I Confirmations by the Senate, l’he follow i. ; ing nominations were confirmed to-day ;—Samu ' el G. Cassy, of Kentucky, United States Treasu j rer. Bigger, of Indiana. Register of the Treas- I, i ury. Gov. Marcy’s son and Geo. H. Richie’s - I son, Thomas Richie. Pursers in the Navy. Grey, : I editor of the Plaindealer, Postmaster, Cleveland, e I Ohio. Danforth, editor of the Sentinel, Post e ■ master, Burlington. Vt. German, Governor, and ? J.T. Rosser,of Petersburg, Secretary t Minnesota Territory. f The following Maine nominations were sent in a id confirmed :—Bradbury, Collector at East -1 port; Capt. Bodfish, Collecor at Bath; Babson, Collector at Wiscasset; Carter, Collector at Port ! land; N. L. Woodbury, Postmaster at Portland; i Geo. H. Shepley, (of Portland district,) Attor -1 i ney ; Stanly’, Marshall. Providence, R. I, March 30. ’ : Declension.— Cyrus Harris, the Whig nominee ; ■ for Representative to Congress in the Western i District of this State-, has declined having his ■ name used as a candidate for that office. It has been decided by the Whigs not to run a candi- 1 date in that district. Philadelphia, March 31. , ! Sailing of the City of Glasgow.— The steamer City of Glasgow sailed far Liverpool at nine o'clock this Morning. She is full of freight, and takes out 47 passengers, but no specie. {Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.] B. C. Pr ’ssley, Esq., has been confirmed as Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Charleston. As far as regards the New-Orleans nomina tions, it is believed that Maunseli White has been appointed Collector, T. L. Carman Post master, Mr. Marigny Superintendent of the Mint, W. R-. Robinson United States Attorney, Mr. Derieve Navy Agent, and Charles Bien venne Surveyor. Samuel Recor has beei» appointed Consul at Glasgow. The Senate has confirmed Mr. Elwood, as Postmaster at Natchez and Mr. Prvos as Post master at Vicksburg; also General John A. Dix, after a spirited opposition, as Sub Treasurer at New Yorx. James G. Dell has likewise been confirmed as Collector at St. Johns. Fla . and E. Blackburn as U. S. Marshal for the Southern District of Florida. Baltimore, April 3, 7.45 P. M. I It is now reported that M. Marigny has been I appointed Naval Officer at New Orleans, Tborn- I as C. Porter Surveyor, and Dr. Perewood as U. IS. Marshal. T.ie other appointments are said to be as before given. ' C. R. Dickinson has been confirmed as Post- I master at Jackson, Mississippi. Nathaniel S. ' Price as U. S. Attorney for Mississippi, and | Thomas Perry as Postmaster at Rome, Georgia. [From the Savannah Republican, April Ist ] Arrival of the Conway. The British mail steamer Conway, Capt. Saw yer, from Navy Bay via Jamaica, Inagua and | Nassau, arrived offTybee night before last, and | her passengers came up to the city yesterday by I the steamboat Tybee. ' The Conway had twenty-seven passengers j from Navy Bay to Kingston ; left Kingston with i twenty-two cabin passengers, of whom thirteen landed at Nassau, where she received a large : accession, and brought to this city twenty-eight I cabin passengers. ! We are well pleased with the improving pros i pects of this enterprise, and sincerely congratu late our citizens on the increasing probabilities ■of the continued visits of this ship. It is an en ’ terprise that deserves success. Tho;e who have I made voyages by the Conway commend her fbr j her comfortable accommodations, and heartily ' unite in Sounding their grateful praises of Cap- I tain Sawyer and the officers associated with him, i for their indefatigable efforts to promote their : comfort and enjoyment. 1 The Conway left Navy Bay on the evening lof the 18th ultimo. She left in port the Ameri- I can steamers Georgia, Falcon and Union. The latter passed the Conway on the evening of the 19th,supposed to be bound to Jamaica. At King ston some anxiety was felt, by reason of her non-arrival up to the time of the sailing of the Conway. The Pacific mails had not reached Navy Bay when the Conway left. We have received our usual files of Nassau and Jamaica papers. Jamaica.—A singular and fatal disease hith erto unknown in that region, had broken out among the sheep of Salt Ponds, Jamaica. The sheep (generally the best breeding ewes) a'e turned out in the sleeping pastures apparently in perfect health ; they are found on the follow ing morning lying down as if asleep, and oh be ing raised, they stagger about and die in a few minutes. In some cases they are found dead. An internal examination shows the heart to con tain a quantity of congealed blood ; the brain is sol L aud a amah quantity. of.reddish.fluid is luuud in the skull. The disease is so rapid that even after the first symptoms are detected, no treat ment has time to show any effect. It seems to have been brought on from exposure to the late very severe weather, which commenced shortly after the usual season for shearing. A large number of coolies, of all ages and sexes, had arrived in Jamaica, who it was thought would return to India. Some evil disposed per sons, (says the Standard) have advised them not to enter into any contracts with the “ buckras” without first having the money placed in their hands. A correspondent of the Jamaica Standard, writing from Westmoreland says: " I regret to state that the small pox prevails to a fearful extent in this, the windward part of the parish. The people are dying rapidly, all without medical aid ; and many, particularly the Africans located in the “ bush,” without any assistance whatever being rendered them. Noth ing has been done by the authorities to alleviate the distress under which the people are laboring, except sending such cases as occur at Savana-la- Mar, to the poor house for treatment. The Falmouth Chronicle states that small pox still prevails at Savana-la-Mar, and some deaths have occurred during the past fortnight. We extract the following paragraph from the County Union : Gold in Jamaica —We state, on the most perfect authority, that several lumps of metal, pionounced by parties competent to form an opinion to be gold, have been picked up in Hec tor’s River, forming, we'believe, the boundaries of Manchester and Trelawny, and that they have been forwarded to be analysed. The Crown Surveyor for Cornwall, who is our informant, is about starting for the spot to investigate the truth of the reports, and will explore the river, over which, to prevent diggers, there has already been placed a restrictive guard. Albany Artesian Well.—A company of citizens have made the necessary arrangements to have an artesian well. The operators are on the ground with the necessary implements, and will commence work next week. At a meet ing of citizens held last evening, resolutions were passed authorizing the use of certain points in the streets, for well* and reservoirs, in con deration of the free use of tbs water for the city jf‘ cases of fire.— patriot. ] From ths N. O. Picayune, 29th »/r.| Lalor from Mexico. By the schooner Edward Bernard we have eceived full files ol papers from Vera Cruz to the :9th, and from the city of Mexico to the 15t li nst. The news contained in them is of little nt erest. With the exception of Vera Cruz, there seems , :o be little feeling produced in Mexico by the publication of Seuor Escobar’s report of bis in erview with Santa Anna. Several of the pa pers published extracts from it after having had it some days, but without editorial remarks of »nv kind. Tn an article on the government of Gen. Lom bardini, the Siglo, of the 15th inst., has the fol lowing: •• In fact, as yet no one can tell the final result ofthe revolution. Every thing depends on the course of the Government of Santa Anna, and until this is known we cannot know if domestic peace will be consolidated, or if anarchy will be prolonged until the country is consumed.” The lady of Gen. Lombardini was seriously ill. and he had left the palace and dispatched bu siness in his own house, in order tn be near her. Some difficulty having occurred in the forma tion of a Cabinet. Gen. Lombardini determined to carry on the Government through the clerks of the departments, d: ring the short interval that would intervene until the return of Santa Anna. Gen. Uraga had been appointed Minister to Spain. It was said the Government had given him the Cross of Angostura. It was announced that Senor Robles had re signed the command of his division. Much ill-feeling existed between the Urnga and the Robles divisions of the army, and it was said that as soon as the vote for President was counted, which was to be on the 17th inst., the former would be sent to Guadalajara and the latter to Guanajuato. The Monitor says that the cost ot the army is now BIS'J.OOO monthly, being nearly the entire revenue of the Republic. , The levies still go on, Gen. Lombardini hav ing ordered the formation of four new corps. Much complaint existed in regard to the man ner of pressing recruits, and the President had ordered those who had been taken by force to be liberated. i The agents of Mr. Sloo had paid into the trea- 1 sury the sum of $50,000, being the monthly pay ment of March under the contract. Messrs. Mora and Gonzalez, commissioners on the part ofthe Government to make delivery of the line to the Mixed Company, had left Vera Cruz for n MitrattLUu. -asaiff Bonifacio G’uttnr™, -^ e agent oi rue <,vni|Muy'. L.,4 passed through Oajac.. on his way to Tehuantepec. He had been very well received in Oajaca. Bishop Timon, of Buffalo, was in the city of Mexico and would preach there. He had been at Morelos, where lie confirmed many persons. The sum of SSOO was collected for him by the congregation, and $1,200 by the ayuntamiento. Much feeling was excited in Mexico against Mr. Falcon net, the banker, in consequence of the publication by the London papers of a letter I from him to the Mexican landholders, stating ! that in obtaining the exportation free of duty of ! the $2,500,000 last paid, it had cost $60,000 in bribes to the members of Congress. The Uni versal says the Government thought of giving i him his passport. The State of Yucatan has voted for Santa An na as President, and the Territory of Colima lor Gen. Uraga. dt is proposed that Gen. Lambardini shall pub lish a decree permitting the wearing of foreign crosses and decorations. Santa Anna can then wear the cross of Charles 111. received from the King of Spain, and Gen. Herrera that which was i given him by Pio IX , and several other persons decorations given by other foreign monarchs. i Gen Lombardini ordered the return ofthe es cort which accompanied Gen. Arista to bis es tate, and the Universal says had sent him his i passport to leave the country. It was said that Santa Anna’s first act on his return to Mexico would be the laying of the first ; stone for the construction of the railroad to Ta cubaya. Don Manuel Gandara had taken possession as Governor of the State of Sonora. His first act was to order a collection of reports on the dam ages caused by the Indians, in order that they might be claimed of the United States under the eleventh article ot the treaty. The Permanent Commission of Chihuahua had published a decree on the 16th'ot February, declaring the country in danger, and granting to the Governor legislative power. The State authorities of Vera Cruz had order ed a public reception for Santa Anna, who was expected about the last of March. In firing a salute on the arrival of Senor Es cobar. one of the soldiers of the fortress was killed. Great complaints were made because the Su preme Government demanded the payment of the 6 per cent, export duty in Mexico on the last conducta. It is said the collector at Vera Cruz has about $300,000 in hand, collected from duties, which he refuses ’o nay to anyone except Santa Anna. Several of the towns to the leeward of Vera Cruz had rebelled against the tariff orders of Senor Gamboa. {Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun ] Further per Steamer Niagara. France.—lt is very doubtful if Napoleon will concede any think in spiritual affairs to the I Pope, if he does come to Paris. Gen. Canobert has been again offered St. Ar ; naud’s portfolio, but declines unless Changarnier, La Morceire, Bediare and Loflo be amnested. i An entertainment is to be given on the 2d of , April, by the city of Paris, to the Emperor and I Eiworess. Mons. Orfilla, the eminent chemist, is dead, ag»d 70. The Paris exhibition will open on the Ist of I May. 1855. ; The Pensions heretofore paid by Government ■ to the Polish refugees have been withdrawn.— No cause has been assigned for the act. I All employers on public works have been re quired to take the oath to uphold the present ■ constitution. i Portugai -The news from Portugal isofsome importance. Under date of Lisbon. March 12th, we learn that Fintes, Minister of Finance, had laid before the Deputies a bill authorising the I Government to annul the monopoly of tobacco and soap. Twenty new Peers have been created to carry through the new r government measures. * The price of orqnges has advanced. Belgium.—The Chamber of Deputies have voted an annual income of 200,000 francs to the Due de Brabant, heir presumptive to the throne, aged 18. The export duties on several articles have been reduced. Germany.—The Diet have decided to enroll only 50,000, instead of 200,000 troops. The convention between France and Wur temberg, for the mutual extradition of criminals, has been officially published. Denmark.—The Diet opened on the 7th inst. Switzerland.—The old Switzer spirit seems roused against Austria. From Berne, it is repor ted that Austria, without occupying Ticini, will maintain the blockade indefinitely—but no an swer has yet been given in the note of the Federal Council. Private accounts tell sad sto ries of suffering of banished Ticinese women and children perishing by the way, &c. Austria.—The Emperor has completely re covered, but his physicians have recommended him to travel in Tyrol. The church ceremony, in honor of the Emperor’s escape, passed off quietly, on the 12th inst. The government is said to be extremely dis satisfied with the effect that England would not expel the refugees. The Austrian government thinks it would be quite useless to proseeute Mazzini or Kossuth in England, as no jury would find them guilty. Our Vienna advices furnish no particulars of the death of Marshal Haynau. The firm of Mechane, Lola & Co., of Vienna, has failed for 200,000 florins. Late accounts from Moldavia state that the resigning Prince had left Jassy, and that a Gov ernment Council had been formed. Italy.—The inhabitants of Milan have been relieved from the order to illuminate their houses at night, but on a signal of a cannon shot from the Castle, the whole city must be illuminated, the doors be closed and the streets be deserted. The military are employed in strengthening the fortifications and gates. The state of siege is still rigidly enforced, and no officers go out with out an escort. Der Eloyd states that the value of the confiscated property is fifty millions sterl- I ing. i til". Lloyd states that the new Genoa steamship company, with a capital of thirty millions, de signed to open steam communication between the Mediterranean and American ports, progressing, with a fair prospect of success. Tuscany.—The conclusion ol a treaty of com merce between France and Tuscany has been officially announced. Turkey.—The Turks have evacuated Monte negro. and Omar Pasha had retired into Albania, Rus Pasha to Niesitch, and Dervis Pasha to Ko wine—the Montenegrins having attacked the last named General, and completely routed him. Prince Menchikoff, Russian Envoy, had an in terview with the Sultan on the second instant. Faud Effendi had resigned, and Riffat Pasha had been appointed to fill his office. The following dispach depresses the British and French funds: Marseilles, March 18.—The steamer Cara dock, arrived from Constantinople, reports tha r Menchikoff’s (the Russian minister) ultimatum is repelled by the Divan, and the Sultan invokes the assistance of France and England. The British fleet have been ordered from Malta to the Archipelago. A new bank has been projected at Constanti nople by French speculators. Russia.—A St. Petersburg letter, of the 2d. stub’s that immense embezzlements have been discovered in the army and navy adminis tration. The adjutant general and other officers were under tiial. Cape or Good Hope.—Guerrilla bands of Caf fres infest Zonsburg. The chiefs Moskesh and Baskate seem friendly. Kriells’ adherence is equivocal. From the Plains.—The Independence, (Mo.) Reporter, of the 11th inst., says : We learn from Mr. Wm. Allison, who has within the present week returned from Fort Laramie with the mail, that the past has been one of the coldest winters that has been known in the region of Laramie by the oldest trappers, though the quantity of snow has not been great er than usual. He informed us that a Mr. Tutt, a suttler in the army, at or about the south fork of Platte river, had a large train of cattle to freeze to death He sent another train of cattle out to meet the hint one and assist in hauling the wa gons, and that froze also. Mr. Allison says he conversed with an old man who had been in the mountains almost Irom boyhood, and he could recollect of but one Winter as cold as the one just past. [ From the Charleston Standard.] Gov. Talmadge and the Spirits. Col. Perry, in Ins letters from Washington, to the Southern Patriot, gives a'wonderttdlrceount of certain interviews of Gov. Talmadge, with the spirit of Mr. Calhoun. He is mindful to warn us that—the narrator is ‘no old tsotnan, or juggler, or mountebank, .but—a Governor and a Senator." It was well that ho should be thus careful, otherwise, some inyrediilo' s people af ter seeing Col. Perry's story, might have been in great error as to the Governor’- cllims in this respect. And even now, there miy be room lor mensurable cavil, inasmuch as the only proof of the narrator’s bei g neither iuf“oSJ woman,” nor a ‘ juggler,” < onsets in his having been a Governor and a Senator, and it may well be doubted whet er either or both these sta ions constitute a complete def. nee agai' it the charge which unbelievers will be sure to prefer in this case. Nor are we sure that the other accom paniments of the story will be irresistibly con vincing to every one. We see that C<>l. Perry himself, though he even believes Dr. Gardner to be an innocent and an honest mart, yet doubts the inspiration of these "post morteS" revela tions. The following is an extract from his letter: Last night I went, in company witj General Thompson and Mr. Colcock,to Gov, ialmadge’s room, to see and hear the wonders e spiritual rappings, writing medii ms, and spewing me diums. Mr. Atchison, President" Senate, Mr. Jennifer, former Minister to Atl'ia, and Gov. Hamilton, were there also for be same purpose. Gov. Talmadge has been s Senator from New-York, and Governor of Wisconsin. He is a gentleman ot high characteriireat ac quirements and talents. He waslntSiute with Mr. Calhoun whilst in Hie Seltehy He is a good looking gentleman, with a larjhead, full face, stout person, an I about the ordirf y height He was distinguished for good pi-ajical hard sense and great labor and So much for the Governor’s character.? Now lor his narrative and experience in fkr.si>ccu)t sci ences and spirit rappings. I will ge it as he gave it to me and the other gentljian above named. Remember who they werastening to these astounding revelations. Thefesident of the United States Senate, an of South-Carolina, an ex-Minister tojustria, an ex-Minister to Mexico, a Congress and my humble self. The narratwVs no old woman, or juggler, or mountebank,# a Gover nor and Senator. Gov. Talmadge said he haff • spiritual rappers, and laughed SF 4 . hotly else did ior a giSh’t white .Ur '. it stated in the New-York f Judge EdmondswpNKAsa believejj3h(*jjff&C. lt ; in experiments, '"tris startled hfa, knew f Judge Edmondson to lie one of tlTpureet, best j! and most able men he had tv er Y 4 associated i. with. Ifsuch a man could on, be B desired to see the impostor, he L wentto Mrs. Fish’s,in New-Yoir. lhere were t four or five persons in the roan. He knew ,f none of them, and none of therf him. — r Whilst seated at the table, a rapped and » said. “My ok! friend, I wish I ctnmunicate f with you—l am John C. Calhoh !’’ The com ij pany said, “Is there any one aronjst us who . knew Mr. Calhoun?” Gov. Ta|ad|e replied he » did. The spirit was then aslra if tie message ’ w sto him, and the response wi, “ Yes.” Gov. . Talmadge then asked Mr. Cajoun if he still r believed in nullification a nd.recession. He said, “Yes.” (Here Gov. Haalton remarked . to us in an under tone,” “ lam glad Cal i houn sticks to his in the world j of spirits.” “ But,” said Mr- Tilhoun, “my 3 notions of public policy have thJergone some s change.” From this time (j’v, Talmadge 3 became a constant visitor to Mrs,Ebh, and has a volume of manuscripts which hdretd to us, con . taining communications of the »o$ extraordi- - nary character from Calhoun, Vebster and 3 others. These manuscripts the Sovernor in tends publishing s Next, the Governor informedus if his going t to a speaking medium—a womaaylgnorant and . uneducated, who possessed the po»er of with drawing her own spirit from her bdy, and per s mitting her clay tenement to bepccqpied by t Calhoun, Webster, Gov. Talmaqe’s mother, . uncle, and others. The first cor.niinication he r received from this source, was froq his mother. > She spoke fifteen or twenty roinies, and her communication was taken down h short hand i by Judge Edmondson, and this aN was read to , us. In the same way, and tbrogh tie same - medium of thisjold woman, Mr. Cuhoun address ed Gov. Talmadge, and Judge Kdnondgon took down his speech, which was alb rend to us. ; Mr. Calhoun commenced by sayiig. “ This is a novel position for me to occupy.” (the body of . an old woman,) and I thought iy, too. Whi'st ; speaking, this lady had all the runner and ges ture of Mr. Calhoun, with bis ffilosophical con densation of thought. My impassion was that ' the language was entirely to- figurative and . scriptural for Mr. Calhoun, 'B t Gun. Hamil ton remarked, that he was nowspeaking from the world of spirits, which migh; very naturally effect his style, and imbue with magery, &c. Lastly. Gov. Talmadge told usof the writing medium—a young man who hobs a pen in his ’ hand in any sort of way, and the spirit of Cal houn, or some other spirit, will glide the pen and make it write, with the rapiditybf lightning, the most eloquent and profound diriourses. These discourses were read to us, and tie handwriting shown to us 1 Gov. Talmadge also informed as that he said on one occasion he wished somj physical sign given him of the presence ofi Mr. Chlhoun; whereupon the spirit told him; to get on the table, and it should rise up. •Undid so, and the ’ table rose up and jolted him ibotft pretty severe ly. He was then told, to put pryer and pencil under the table, fthd Mr».CalU£>uwy’/W« an the ( paper, “ I am with yon.” Thil writing was shown to us, and both Gen. Hanflton and Gen. ' Thompson said they would swefr to the hand writing. But I should not like V swear it was written by Calhoun. Deaih of General Hapau. It is announced by telegraph 'rom Vienna of the 14th inst., that General Ha/nau was dead. Who has not heard of Haynau ? He was a Ba ron and Field Marshal in the Austrian service, and w.ell known by the part witch he took in the Hungarian war. He waj lirn at Cassel, in 1786. He is said to have been the natural son of the Duke of Hesse, by a goldsmith’s daugh ter, and was long notorious for h's eccentricities, which, while he was in the military command of Gratz, led to his being considered insane. He ! does not appear to have distinguished himself by I any great mili’ary exp’oits. He was comman der of the Austrian forces which stormed Brescia when that town revolted; and it was probably owing to his efficient service ot this occasion, that he was appointed to succeed Baron Wel den in command ofthe forces acting against the Hungarians. This appointment he received in May, 1849, with the style and title of Comman der-in Chief of the Austrian army in the king dom of Hungary and the principality of Tran sylvania, he being, at the same time, charged with the government of both those countries, declared in a state of seige. In August of the same year, he captured the town of Szegedin, and within a week he led the imperial army to Temeswar, where a sanguinary conflict ensued, which terminated in the utter defeat ofthe Hun garians. The consequence of this battle was the suriender of Gorgey, and the termination of the war in favor of the Austrians. At the close of the war, Haynau carried into effect the exaction from the Hungarians with the most unsparing cruelty. He is reported to have avowed his intention to revenge through the scaffold all the discomfitures of the Austrians in arms, and that retribution had to be dealt for the 60,000 Austrians slain in the battle by the Mag yars. After perpetrating acts of the greatest cruelty, he would often spend liourelfnd Jays in tears, in a wretched state of nervous excitement with his eyes red with weeping. The inhabit ants of Pesth, however, the scene ot his servi ces to the Emperor, with strange inconsistency, presented him with a most beautiful album, as a “token of gratitude.” In July, 1850, he was removed from his command in Hungary, having fallen into disgrace with the imperial court at Vienna, in consequence, it was said, of his chang ing to the opposite extreme, and showing 100 great leniency to the rebels. Shortly after this event, he set out upon a tour through Europe, and arrived in London in September. On a visit to Messrs. Barclay & Perkin’s brewery, in that city, the Marshal was attacked by a mob of draymen and others connected with the es tablishment, and very severely handled, being badly beaten, and dragged through the mud by his immense moustache, until be was, with con siderable difficultv. rescued bv tiio Os siueraoie uimciiny, rescued by the police. <JI i late he had b»en residing on El-- tia, and, it<ioeral in his i nri■>.<••r'' ” .... e> B ' " ' t Phe value of the coral taken last year on the Coast of Algeria was $100,000; a hundred and fifty vessels were engaged in the faminess ; most of the coral was sold at Naples. Mobile Racfs.March 24.—The entries were Charmer and Wade Hampton—two first rate ’ ” a g s 5 >t must be confessed, but for the mare the , distance was too short, and her weight too heavy Yet Wade Hampton had 18 lbs. on him more than required by inle, and his stride was as great and his speed as ready as ever; while his i temper seemed entirely subdued. He took the lead and kept it through both heats, and when ever the mare came near enough to show herself, he was on and away from her. Jockey Club 32—entries included—two mile heats. S. M. Hill's ch. g. Wade Hampton, by Boston, out of Margaret Woods—4 y. 0., (carried) 101 lbs - 1:1 B. m. Charmer, by Glencoe, out of Betsy Malone—aged; 121 lbs 2:2 one I* irst neat-—first mile 1:55, second mile I’ l '’;'' 3:50. Second heat—first mile—l:ss, sec ond mile 1:54—3:49. I here is no knowing how fast Wnde Hamp ton can run. Like the purse of Forfunans. he has ever something more left. Nor can it be fairly said that he is best in the lead, or when trailing—for open any gap, by the speed of op ponents, or his own sulks, nnd he closes it as with lightning speed. Wade seeing destined to be at the very head of the American turf and in this belief, a deputation wailed on Col. S. M. Hill to request a change of his name to that of Henry Clay. In declining, the courteous Colonel stated that the name oi Wade Hampton was given him by the lamented Statesman, Henry Clay, who deemed him the most promising colt ever raised at Ashland ; and in so calling him, begged there should be no change, as Margaret Woods, by Priam, the dam of this horse, was presented to him by his valued friend, Col. Wade Hamp ton. Thus having pledged himself to fulfil the request of the illustrious deceased, he was bound to refuse any that interfered with it. Drowned.—We understand that a young man by the name of Davidson was drowned on Friday last a few miles above this place, while attempting to cross the Chattahoochee River in a small boat. His body was found on Saturday morning.— West Point Advocate, 31st ult. | From the Savannah Georgian.] Judge Douglas. The Savannah Republican rarely Jets slip an opportunity of making a fling at the gentleman whose name we have just written. Yesterday growing witty on the hackneyed theme of “ Fillibusterism,” its Editor took occasion to term him, “ that littlest of all little Giants Mr. Douglas.” Now, lest the Illinois Senator should feel too badly, at finding himself estimated so lowly by our neighbor, we must tell him that after all, he is in very good company. But a few days have passed since the same paper took occasion, from its loftl v e:r inence. to sneer at Messrs. Hunter and Cushing, as third or fourth rate men ! Judge Douglas, when he learns that. wilTprobably feel honored by a notice from such a source, however disparaging may he the epithets applied to him. In the case of Mr. Hunter, we brought for ward, from the Congressional Globe, as an offset to the opinion of the Republican, a most exalted tribute to the ability of the Virginia Senator, offered by Mr. Badger, of North Carolina. We are sorry that we can’t on the spur of the moment, quote quite so high authority in behalf of our friend, the Judge. However, he shall re ceive the benefit of such as we have at hand. Let us then give the following extract, (which has lain for a week or two on our table,) from the able Washington correspondent (a Whig po litician) ofthe New York Courier, (a Whig pa per.) Here it is. We occasionally clip such pas sages,not knowing when they may be useful: “ The speech of Senator Douglas, on our rela tions with Central America, in reply to Mr. Clayton, was the ablest and clearest he has yet delivered. He evinced a familiarity with the facts which 1 did not suppose he possessed. He differed from Mr. Clayton in respect to the mer its of the unconfirmed treaties negotiated by Messrs Hise and Squier, the agents in Guatema la of the Polk and Taylor administrations. The point is of no consequence, since neither was ratified. Otherwise there was no material dif ference between the two distinguished Senators. On a comprehensive question of national policy Judge Douglas has no superior in the Senate or the c’ountry. Not attractive nor plausible in de livery, not eloquent, and seldom entertaining, his oratory has few admirers, and has not heretofore been appreciated. But his mind is original and logical. He seizes the great points of a subject, and these he presents without any attention to the impression they are likely to make upon an auditory, but only in reference to their bearings ar t? u rnenf, and the conclusions he wish , Nothing that the rising western 01 'said has given color to and there is no more ".i CUUr» s i®*\J o h>»^—r ■z? „ , -uil, man chan jus apparent indiffcrei ces. He will impress his idw? .the. lune, and will continue his hold upon the confidence of his party, and must retain his influence in the directioMif public affairs as long as that party remainsTn possession of power.” Our fiiends across the way have doubtless heard of the Hon. B. F. Perry, so distinguished within the last two years as the High Priest of Unionism and Fillrnoreism in South Carolina. Suppose we ask his opinion of “ the littlest of all Little Giants, Mr. Douglas?” Strongly preju diced as he, in common with nearly all the members of the late Union party, is against the gentleman in whose favor he is to testify, we cannot expect anything very complimentary from him. However, having called him to the stand, let us hear what he has to say. Speak out, Mr. Witness: “ After our consultation was over, [Mr. Perry, oneof the counsel in the famous Gardiner case, is writing to the Southern Patriot.] I went to the Senate chamber and heard the greater part of Judge Douglas’ speech in reply to Senator Clay ton. It was a noble effort, and breathed the proud spirit of an American Senator. From this day my opinion of Stephen Douglas is | changed. He is a great man, with proper Amer i ican feelings, and is destined to be the standard ' bearer of the Democracy of the United States. I confess 1 have been seriously prejudiced against Judge Douglas, and a hundred times I have asked the question why he should ever be thought of for President of this Union. I am now able to answer my own question. Judge Douglas is one of the first men in .America, and he embodies the spirit and feeling of the Republic. He repudiates any spirit of aggression—which I thought he entertained. But he avows a proud defiance of the world in maintaining American rights and American honor. Several times to day he was applauded from the galleries for no ble bursts of indignation against the insolence and domineering spirit of England. He said Great Britian had cause to hate us—we had hum bled her pride, and were her rival on the seas ; that she never would love us, and never could love us, and that we did not love her.” Stand aside Major Perry ! How they Live in Rome. We make the following extracts from the cor respondence of the Savannah Courier: The style of living in Rome, as in all parts of Europe, is very different from that in the Uni ted states. A newij’ arrived American finds difficulty id accomodating himself here : the En glish never do. Their stiff, unaccommodating character, follows them wherever they go Consequently, Switzerland and Italy, their most , . , ..... . :n. r- —,.-„k l I frequent pilgrimages, are filled w ith English ho tels. where they are treated by English servants to English dishes, in English style. There is nothing more absurd, even ridiculous, than the aversion ol this stiff, wicked, ungainly people, to doing in Rome as Romans do. To be awkward where o|| are graceful, rough-mannered among polished |<iople, ever calling for beef-steak amid worlds of mountain game and tropical fruits ; in a word, to bo John Bull among Italians, and per sist in it ns though that were the highest style of man ; this is what one is continually compelled to see in Rome, indeed wherever tne rude Bre ton wanders. The usual hour foi rising in Rome is nine o’clock. Common laborers are, of course, at work at an ealier hour, but seldom are the streets animated before ten. Every Italian break fasts, if it can be called breakfasting, in his own room. It consists of a cup of coffee or glass of wine.with a crust of bread. This, among the low er classes, is the ord v substance till five or six. the dinner hour. The rich have an additional breakfast, consisting of simple meats, at eleven or twelve. But litrie value is placed upon it by those for whom it is provided; an orange, string of dried figs, or glass of wine, is more accepta ble. This abstinence of all Italians, so different from American voraciousness at the breakfast : table, is peculiarly favorable to health of body, ! clearness of mind, and ever buoyant spirits, for which all people are here distinguished. No one indeed seems to care anything for the plea sures ofthe table, except so tar as its sociality is concerned; if dinner does not promise social cheer, it is thought hardly worthy a passing no tice. Edimusut uivamus, not the contrary, is the motto still, as in ancient Rome. It is really a treat to enjoy an Italian dinner. It has no set form, style or course, as with us. Sometimes it begins with one thing, and some times with another. If the wine be particular ly fine, the Falernian of old Horace,orthe white wine of Capesi, for example, it leads out as often as anything. Then follows a salad, if you please, made of delicate grasses, fresh from the Anio or Tiber, mingled with various meats, sometimes horne-fed, again wild from the wood ed Appenines. No people have greater variety of wild game than the Italians, from the Alps to Sicily. This favored people, too, for whom, as in Herod’s golden age, all things grow sponta neously, have ample time to hunt it. A buck is doubtless taken by chase-loving travellers; for nothing is more healthy and delightful than here to chase the wild game on the hills. So each town and market are filled with strings of gaily-feathered birds, just caught in the neigh boring mountains. Often the rude peasant of fers them for sale in the street or at the door. Choose which you like, grouse from the low lands, partriges, from the thicket, merle, thrush, or pigeon from the hills. Immense quantities of quail are found in the neighboring islands of Elba. Corsica, Sardinia, and brought for sale to the cities of the continent. Among the nume rous species of water-fowl from the islands, es pecially Sardinia and Corsica, is the finisottcro rosso, a bird of rich, gay plumage, and delicious flavor. This feathered beauty migrates in win ter to the south, though, as if reluctant to leave its native home, it lingers late among the trees, end thickets of the Tuscod islands. Among the luxuries of the Italian table, nas the attraction of all travellers, is the wild board’ flesh, or cinghiale, taken in the Appenines, or the island mountains. It differs much from the species of Northern Europe, in greater shortness of body and more delicate texture. These ano- ” malics are constantly observed in the greater part ol 14kJa»«i due prostbly to food s and climate, i o MWTtlie cinghiale in the A|>- peniues is the chosen sport of such Romans as e seek the fresh mountain air. Parties of twenty d and thirty are often made, strangers from all na t tions invited, to spend two weeks, a month, on the Saline Hills, or the rugged mountains of B Abruzzo. In the opening spring, parties some -3 times penetrate the wild regions of Calabria, or ? cross over to the neighboring islands. The wild j boar’s flesh is tender and delicate, like that of 1 fowl or rabbit. It is also rich and nutritious, of -5 ten pfbvided for invalids. 3 The fruits of the Italian table are of course > the choicest of the most favored climes. The varieties of figs, cured by the peasantry and equal to the figs of Smyrna, are numerous.— J Grapes and raisons from Orvieto, lemons and oranges from the Elysian fields, or Sicilian groves, are within the reach of all. The more delicate species of the orange, such as the man darin of Malta and Cozzo Calypo’s Isle, are . also found throughout the Italian, as also the . Grecian Peninsula. S : x oranges, too, for a pen ny, large, full and luscious, from the gardens of Palermo; two penny’s worth will overload you. To Americans and English travelling here the want of butter is at first a serious inconvenience. The Italian substitute in cooking is oil trom the I olive, pure and healthy, but bitter to the taste.— • Butler, as we use it, for bread and pastry, is here quite unknown. In large cities frequented by ‘ I foreigners, necessity has introduced it from j northern countries, but rates enormous. In the , country however, where perhaps the first article , was never seen, the traveller soon learns to use . the substitute. The oil extracted from the olive 1 is often but a few days or weeks old; by long c use it proves delicious. For two weeks, wan- 6 dering amid the Etrurian ruins of Central Italy, , I found it the only means of cooking. The 1 custom is to lix the chicken or game upon a c rude revolving spit, fixed ollenest in open air.— e The oil is poured slowly on as it revolves above r the blazing fire. . This is the peasant s custom ; the Romans and Florentines have made some advance be- t yond rude mountain life. t Governor or Washington Territory.—The it Boston Post slates t hat Gov. Stevens, the newly y appointed Governor of Washington Territory, is . to be put in charge of one of the three surveying 11 parties which will be sent out to explore the P several routes for the Pacific railroad. a w AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 6. Judge Jackson’s Letter. We transfer, with pleasure, to our columns, the following letter from Judge Jackson, which we find in the Savannah Georgian of the 29th ult: [From the Savannah Georgian, 291 h ult.] Judge Jackson’s Letter. It is with much pleasure that we place before the Democratic party of Georgia the following letter of Judge Jackson. We are gratified that Mr. Gardner has, by his editorial in relation to Gov. Cobb, drawn forth the communications of Messrs. Hull and Jackson. To us, Gov. C.'s po sition in the late canvass was not unknown. Knowing it, we have been not a little surprised that his more immediate friends have suffered him to be so greatly, and as regards himself no less than the Democratic party, so injuriously misrepresented. Gov. Cobb’s wish is, and has been. “to see a cordial reconciliation between the two wings of the democratic party.” That wbh of his and of ourselves, we sincerely hope is now to be gratified. We are confident that these letters of Judge Jackson and Mr. Hull will do much to bring about a consummation so much to be desired : Savannah, March 28th, 1853. Mr. Hilton, editor of the Georgian : Dear Sir:—l have read, with no ordinary pleasure, the extract from Mr. Hull’s letter to the Augusta Constitutionalist, which appeared in your columns this morning. I agree with its writer in the opinion that “ the time has come" when the friends of Gov ernor Cobb “ owe it to him to make his true po sition known.” in reference to the political movements of the late Presidential canvass. I therefore take this early opportunity of publicly saying that from my own personal knowlegde, from confidential interviews ofthe freest charac ter, lr->m an almost daily correspondence, during -MB tunjr enrn^ee q'-ot’ Mr. “ the tWWIWnch was an,-,- the Atlanta meeting, was brought out against- Governor Cobb’s wishes and advice, and against his earnest effort to prevent it." Mr. Hull has correctly defined his views as to the true policy of that meeting ; a policy which he would have adopted as the best means of bringing together the discordant wings ot the Democratic party. “ When the convention act ed on the subject,” to use his own language, in a letter to me, of September 29th, 1852, “aud with great unanimity determined upon a different policy, I acquiesced in their decision, and have uniformly discountenanced any at?d every move ment which was inconsistent with the action of the convention. Before I went to Atlanta I de termined to abide the decision of that conven tion : I have done so." I am fully cognizant of the fact that, from the date of the Baltimore Convention, Gov. Cobb, was most anxious to unite the supporters of Gen. Pierce upon the same electoral ticket. He wished the vote of the State to be east, if possible, as a unit, believing that the moral effect of such a vote upon Northern sentiment, would be most happy. Failing that, he still wished to see a cordial reconciliation between the two wings ofthe Democratic party. In accordance with these views, he urged his friends to attend the Atlanta Convention, (myself among the number.) and during the entire session of that body, his mind was anxiously looking to this great object. Yet further, I know the fact that from its adjournment down to the present mo ment, that object has never ceased to be near to his heart, and, together with the natural and honorable feeling of attachment to his life-long friends referred to by Mr. Hull, will account for whatever in his conduct may have subjected him to suspicions like those which appeared in the Constitutionalist. I have addressed these lines to you because they contain nothing which is novel to your mind. From our interchange of thought in the past, you have been familiarized with the true position of Gov. Cobb, his policy and his hopes. But for this consideration, I should have ad dressed them t •my friend, Mr. Gardner, who has already expressed pleasure in dismissing the suspicion which had rested upon his mind. This honorable course upon his part, and rhe kind feeling which accompanies it, must be recipro cated by the many and warmly attached friends of Gov. Cobb—and we may now trust that the time has arrived which shall see all the supporters of the present administration warmly united in Georgia; forgetful of past differences and personal jealousies, looking alone to the advancement of true principle and the successful government of the country. Yours, &c., Henry R. Jackson. Spanish Outrages on the American Flag. Another outrage has been added to the long list of outrages, which for the last few years have been perpetrated upon the American Flag by the Spanish officials ill Cuba. We allude, of lourse, to the treatment ofthe American schoon- Manchester, Captain Sterling, a notice of which we have already published. The follow ing are some further particulars : Another Spanish Outrage on the Ameri can Flag.—The schooner Manchester, (of Bal timore, 1 Captain Sterling, which arrived at this port yesterday from Kingston. Jamaica, informs us of one of the most high-handed outrages upon our flag that has yet been committed by the loyal subjects of Queen Isabella in Cuba. According to Captain Sterling’s account, which is authenticated by his consignees, he was peacefully pursuing his course homewards from Jamaica, when, on the 15th inst., oft’ the Island of Cuba, and about twenty miles east of Cane Antonio, he was boarded by twelve armed men, under the command ofa negro second lieu tenant, from a Spanish cruiser of twelve guns, who took possession of the vessel in spite of his remonstrances, and carried her inside the reef there. They then demanded the schooner’s papers, which the captain had to take on board the cruiser for examination. The Spanish com mander was even going so far as to break open the letters of the consignees, but desisted when Captain S. insisted upon his returning them in tact. They also broke open the hatches, and took out about a third of the schooner’s cargo ; but not finding any ammunition or guns on board, put it back again. This was done after the pa pers had been examined and found correct. Af ter detaining her twenty-four hours, anchored close under their guns, the schooner was allow ed to proceed, and get out of the reef the best way she could. This, however, was not allowed, until Captain S. had promised to satisfy a de mand of thirty dollars for safely piloting him in side the reef. The only Wcuse given for this wanton injustice, was their suspicion of her be ing bound to Cuba with arms for the revolu tionists. The boarding officer gratuitously informed Capt. Sterling that it was utterly impossible owing to the strict guard kept, for any one to, attempt to surreptitiously’ land upon the Cuban coast, and that any one caught in the attempt would immediately “have a rope around his neck.” a hint of what probably might have been the fate of Capt. S. if any article they could have constructed into “arms” or “amunition” had been found on board. In justice to our name and character as a nation, it is necessary that such outrages should be im mediately checked. If immediate notice is not taken of this at Washington, very serious trou ble will possibly ensue, as the Spanish authori ties have a fleet of twelve men of war continu ally cruising around Cuba, to intercept real or pretended supplies for the malcontents on the island, the commanders of which will gladly seize hold of the slightest shadow of suspicion as an excuse to molest every America i vessel they may fall in with, to gratify their combined fear and hatred of the Americans. The following is the authentication by the consignees, of some of the leading facts here given : The Report of Cast. Sterling, of the Schooner Manchester.—Schooner Manches ter, of Baltimore, Capt. Sterling, from Falmouth, Jamaica, arrived yesterday. On the 15th inst., off the Island of Cuba, about twenty miles east of Cape Antonio, was boarded by a Spanish cruiser of twelve guns. They sent on board twelve men, well armed, who took possession of the vessel and carried her inside the reef. They then demanded her papers, broke open her hatch es, and took out about a third of the cargo; but not finding amongst it any guns or ammunition, put the cargo back again. They then threaten ed to take the vessel into Havana; but alter keep.ng her twenty-four hours they decided to allow her to depart, getting out of the reef the best way she could. Isaac Sterling. New York, March 25,1853. The above statement we know to be correct. Dawson & Co., 160 Pearl-st., consignees. That such conduct will not be suffered to pass with impunity by the Administration, we feel assured from the character of Gen. Pierce and the pledges he has given to the country. It is high time to put an abrupt stop to these insults. Ihe people will watch with some interest the movements of the government in the premises. It is stated that the Japan expedition will be countermanded and repudiated by the Adminis tration. It is but proper and wise to do so, for it looks absurd for our government to be sending oil our most effective naval force to the other side of the world, while our flag is liable every day to be insulted almost within sight of our own shores. The countermanding this Japan expedition, may have reference to this very out rage on the Coast of Cuba, and the consequences that may grow out of the demented arrogance of the Spanish authorities. They seem either to think our government too spiritless to vindicate its honor, and the rights of its citizens, or yielding to a blind hatred of our people and our republican institutions,perpetrate acts intended to provoke a war between the two countries. At all events, our government should hold its naval arm ready, at any moment, to strike an effective blow, when it becomes convinced that nothing short of such a demonstration will meet the emergencies Spanish fatuity is precipitating upon us. Office-Seeking. Below is some very excellent advice on the above subject. It will particularly suit the large cities of the North and the citizens of the North ern and Middle States, for they furnish the great body of the seekers of clerkships and subordinate offices about Washington City. Comparatively little competition comes from the South for fa vors of that kind. The Southern States have furnished but a small portion of the throng of hungry seekersand expectants that thronged the Federal city at the Inauguration, We think this fact creditable to the good sense of our peo ple, and felt pleased when we saw the .‘tatement made in the Washington letters. We do not feel surprised however, that the editor ofthe Boston Journal would be particularly willing to depart f-om the advice he tenders to others, in case an office of SSOOO a year should go a-beggin*t But this would not be likely even among as modest a set as the Boston editors, if the office now so worthily held by Col. Greene should become a settled editorial perquisite.— Long may the gallant Colonel live to enjoy it ? Office-seeking.—One of the unaccountable phenomena connected with political matters, is the very prevalent desire of obtaining office un der the Government. Men who are doing a re spectable and profitable private business are an xious to quit the same and take upon themselves the duties of an inferior Government employ ment, the emoluments of which are no greater. They are ready and willing to sacrifice all ad vantages present and prospective of a lucrative business, where the chances are in their favor of indefinite continuance and increased success, and accept instead a place under the Government, the tenure ol which is dependent upon the insta bility of party ascendency. How many in stances can be called to mind of individuals who, having been so fortunate in their estimation as to get an appointment,have, surendered a business which, with prudent management, would in the end have insured them a competence ; and then, after serving the public for a few yearsat a salary just sufficient to afford them a maintenance without being able to accumulate any property, have been unceremoniously removed to make •"’onq for a successful political rival. cit;«,»"^?i. or^..y)ousail d s °f clerks in our principal opportunity of ton rlcrli’Tii^u rsfr n~ cpmoel,"d. tion perhaps as they now receive : ann yet,Hi doing so, they are sure to increase their expenses, lessen their chances of promotion, and their prospects of continued employment and of ulti mate success ; for if they expect to retain their places upon a change of administration, it must be done at a sacrifice of political independence. A man is compelled to sink the identity of his political citizenship in an undivided attention to the duties of his office ; and if his place is one of the few which are particularly lucrative, even this line of conduct will not save him from de capitation. There is no class of men more poorly paid than the mass of inferior public officers. The enter prising merchant, the active mechanic, the in dustrious farmer, will thrive and grow rich, while their neighbor, with equal talents and in dustry in a public office, in pecuniary matters may barely manage to keep his head above water. We do not of course intend to apply these re marks to our friend, the senior editor ot the Post, who has, very properly we think, consented to undertake the performance of the duties of na val orfilcer—an office the labors of which are light and the emolument heavy. It is an office peculiarly calculated for a patriotic editor, and the colonel will be able to serve his country with zeal and fidelity, without any material ne glect of his editorial labors. This office, we trust, will in future be regarded as belonging to the editorial fraternity ; and when the change in the administration takes place in 1857, if no editor can be found sufficiently patriotic to acc-pt of it, we may possibly be induced, if strongly pressed, to accept of its ourself.— Boston Journal. Good Dividends. The Board of Directors of the Mechanics’ Bank, have declared a dividend of Six Dollars per share out of the piofits ofthe past six months; and the Bank of Brunswick Five Dollars per share. The Flank Road. It is with pleasure that we learn, that at the last meeting of our Council, they subscribed twenty thousand dollars to the stock of the Plank Road Company. This road will run through Burke and Jefferson, by the way of Louisville to Sandersville, and a branch will extend to Bark Camp, on the lower edge of Burke county. Fire. About two o’clock yesterday morning,our cit izens were alarmed by the .cry of Fire, which was found to proceed from the two-story wood en tenement on Campbell street, owned by R. Moore, and occupied by Mr. O’Neil, as a Board ing House and Dyeing establishment. When the firemen reiwhed the scene of confiaßratfon, the whole roof of the building was in a bright blaze, and the adjoining buildings, which were also of wood, were in imminent danger; but having at hand a good supply of water, after half an hour's hard struggle, they succeeded in confining the frre to the building in which it originated, saving the first story from the de- vouring flames. Great credit is due to our Fire Companies, for their exertions on this occasion, and the building as it now stands, is a monument to their indomi table energy. How the fire originated we could not learn.— One story is, that a spirit gas lamp, in the hands of one of the boarders was upset and ignited, thus setting fire to the building ; another that it caught from the chimney. When discovered, it was so far under way, that two or three of the boarders jumped from the second story' win dows, and received serious injuries. But little of the furniture was saved. The building, we understand, was insured for 82,000, and the fur niture at about the same amount. The wind, fortunately, was light at the time; had it been otherwise, we no doubt would have had to record a serious conflagration, as there were a number of wooden buildings in the vicinity, and two Cotton Warehouses. The Manufacture of Umbrellas, Parasols, &c., is carried on extensively in New York, accord ing to a statement in the Journal of Commerce. It is chiefly confined to seven different firms, who by the aid of machinery, manufacture an nually about $1,500,000 worth. One of the largest firms employs 325 persons, including 250 girls. During a considerable part of the year, from 1,200 to 1,500 umbrellas and parasols are turned out daily, and 875,000 worth of silks and ginghams are sometimes consumed in the course of three months. There are in an umbtella 112 different parts, and before being perfected, the umbrella passes through nearly as many differ ent hands. The average wages received by sewers of umbrellas is $4 50 per week. Maryland Coal Trade.—We learn from the Cumberland Telegraph that, for the week ending the 26th, 41 boats, ladened with 4,- 195 14.30 tons of coal, descended the Chesa peake and Ohio Canal. This is a slight falling off compared with the previous week, and may be attributed to the sinking ot two canal boats a few days since, which prevented boats from ascen ding. There were transported over the Mount Savage Railroad, during the week, 5,446 tons of coal, and over the road of the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company 4,549 tons. Total transpor tation for the week, 9,995 tons, and since the Ist of January last, 72,656 tons, of which 55,030 were transported over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and 17,636 descended the canal. Artesian Well.—The contractors for the Artesian Well, now boring near the Court House, at Montgomery, have reached a depth of over 400 feet, and have again struck a hard sand rock, beneath which, says the journal, there is every reasonable expectation of finding a boun tiful supply of water. The water at present, on the withdrawal of the rods, from the tube, rises within a few feet of the surface. Have we a Rogers Among Us ?—The edi tor of the Yazoo City Whig, Mrs. Harriet N. Prewett, jlaims kin to Rev. John Rogers, of Smithfield, and says her great ancestor was Johnny, one of the “nine small children” that was carried in the arms of his mother to see his father burnt to death at the stake in 1555, — Other members of the family are spread over England. There were fifteen or twenty of the name and blood, including the father of Mrs. Prewett, in the Revolutionary war. The crest of the family is a crown and a sword—emble matic of the martyr and soldiers. The family is even more remarkable for longevity than anything else, excepting piety. Their days are long in the land. It is the fulfilment of the Scripture, promise that the seed of the righteous shall live from generation to generation, while the wicked live out only half their days. Death of an American Lady.—We learn by a letter from Valparaiso that Mrs. Eckel, the wife of our Consul, Samuel Eckel, Esq., at Tal cahuano, Chili, died on the 17th of Febiiary, and was interred the day following. Mrs. Eckel was formerly a resident of New York, and was well known in this city. Her husband resided nt Washington previous to hi, going abroad ns consul, A Blow Ur.—On Monday night, some rogue entered the depot of the Old Colony Railroad Company at Plymouth, Mass., charged the lock ofthe safe in the ticket office with a very heavy charge of powder, and then fired it. The explo sion which followed was terrific. The whole ot the ticket office was torn to safe was blown into fragments, some of which were forced through the roof overhead. The rogues after the explosion stole sl6 and a large quanti ty of tickets from the safe. New York Crystal Palace. —It is said buildings are going up like magic in the vicini ty ofthe Crystal Palace, New York, and enor mous rents are demanded for mere shells. .A room in one of the wooden buildings, opposite the palace, 25 feet front by 60 or 70 feet deep, was rented at thirty-five hundred dollars per yeat • The Palace itself is getting along very slowly, and it is said that the projectors care more about selling the lots than they do for the exhibition. On the 10th ult., there arrived at St. Louis, vituNew Oileans, about three hundred and thirty persons. Mormons, on their way to Salt Lake, chiefly from England. The St. Louis Republi can learns from Mr. Wheelock, late presiding elder of the Church in that city, and just re turned from England, that there are six more ships on the way, chiefly freighted with mem bers of this Church and their families. He es timates the number expected by those ships at from twenty-five hundred to three thousand.— He is advised of the arrival of a ship at the Balize with about three hundred persons from Denmark. Arrangements are making for the transportation from Europe next year, of about ten thousand. The growth of this body is one of the most singular novelties of the day. Fast Sailer.—The dippper ship Flying Cloud, now undergoing some trifling repairs on the sectional dock, Wiilia msburgh, N. Y. has proved herself the fleetest vessel that ever plowed the waters of the great deep. Her last trip between San Francisco and New York was made in eighty-nine days. She ran three hun dred and eighty-nine miles in a single day—a speed never before attained by either a steamer or a sailing vessel. If we recollect rightly the Flying Cloud belongs to Messrs. Grinnell, Min turn & Co’s line of California clippers. ’ r 'L“ aLaK- F.vyrjng.says that in the eyes .ome mol ,„ Tu-~L of Turkey is rapidly Sj»fL’iß<r into a ,, J uu.l <l»cay. The Porte has been jaH more to give way—once more to surrender A of its ancient dominions—once more 1q contract the circle of its ancient rights. It has se«q virtually lost to it, and the Crimea occupy) a European race. It has allowed Russia t, tablish a protectorate in the two provinces nearest its western frontiers—Moldavia aw Wallachia. It has beheld Greece wrested front it, and witnessed the extinction of its naval pow-\ er at Narvarino; and now it has been called up. on, and has been obliged to make, still further concessions upon the Black Sea, to prevent what was demanded by diplomacy, and perhaps more with it, from being seized by force. Indemnity for a Slave.—A report has been made in the Maryland Legislature endorsing the course of Dr. Allen Thomas, of Howard county, in demanding from the State of New York in demnity for the loss of his fugitive slave, who was sent to Sing Sing prison in 1849 for two years, and pardoned cut at the instance of the abolitionists three days before his term of im prisonment expired, by which means he man aged to reach Canada before his ofcner could make a demand for him. A copy of tie report is to be sent by the Governor of Marylarfl to the Governor of New York, to be laid befoe the legislature of that State. A correspondent of the Buffalo Courier s,g. gests a new kind of life preservers. He propw. ses that every door should be hung upon such hinges as window shutters are, so that it could be lifted off and used as a float. As there are 200 or 300 doors on every lake steamer, and as each would support two or three persons, the safety of the whole would be secured. It has at least cheapness and simplicity to recommend it. A Veteran Postmaster.—John Macßae, ' Esq , Postmaster of Fayetteville, N. C , has de i chned a re-appointment. He has been connect ed with the office for the long period of fifty-two years, seventeen years as clerk under his father, the late Duncan Mcßae, and thirty-five J’ears as postmaster. Homicide.—On Sunday morning last, a diffi culty took place in Columbus between Charnot Newberry and Lewis Jernigan, which led to the use of pistols and resulted in the death of » Newberry. Jernigan surrendered himself. Connecticut Election'—The "election in Connecticut for State officers, a Legislature and four members of Congress, takes place on Mon- • day next. There are three tickets in the fieH whig, democrat, and free soil. New Orleans Municipal Election. At an election held at New Orleans on the 28th ult., for Aidermen and Assistant Aidermen the Democrats made almost entire sweep throughout the city, having carried every one of their candidates with the exception of two. Rev. Dr Wayland, President of Brown Uni versity, has been examining the tabla tipping experiments, usually attributed to electricity or spirits. He decides that it is not electricity, but thinks it is governed by some heretofore undis covered law of nature. The report of the harbor master of Shajghai (Mr. Nicholas Baylies,) shows that from Jan. Ist to December 31st, 1852, the American ton nage exceeded that of any other nation. Ifie number of British vessels was one hundred aid two, with a tonnage of thirty-two thousand seven hundred ; of American vessels seventy! one, with a tonage of 40,365. The whole amount oftonnage was 76,900, and the number of ves sels one hundred and eighty-seven ; the remaind er, besides English and American, being almost equally divided between French, Danish, Ham burg, Spanish, Hawaiian, and Dutch. The ex ports of tea from Shanghai in 1852 were 57.675,- 000 pounds, which is about equal in amount to the exports of the two previous years. The ex ports of Tea from Shanghai, to Great Britain, from July Ist to December 31st, 1852, were 17 - 825,000 ; to the United States 15,400,900. Jenny Lind.—The N. Y. Express states that it has assurances from those who have good op portunity to know, that “Jenny Lind does in- ’’M tend appearing again in opera; that she is a 1 great admirer of America, and may possibly vis- 1 it it again, but has not determined when; and, finally, that her relations with her busband are the very opposite of newspaper rumor—an un pleasant word having never been exchanged be- f tween them since their marriage.” This it described as coming directly from Madame her- 9 self, in a letter to a friend. Indian Foray.—The Austin (Texas) Gazette learns from the express rider+itm Crogan that, on the night of the rjth ult Indians stole twelve horses from that post.— * Four of the hoises escaped from the Indians and returned to the post, the others have not since «•! been heard of. It is believed the theft was com mitted by a band of the Wichitas, as they were seen at Fort Belknap on their way towards Fort ' Croghan a few days previously. — • The Gaston and Weldon Railroad, it is sa ,d will be completed by the middle of this month ’ when Norfolk will be placed in daily communi ’ cation with Raleigh, the capital of North Caro lina. The Seaboard Rail Road, too, is > n f me trim and under excellent management. The passenger train makes the run between Ports mouth and Weldon, N. C., (80 miles,) in 3 j hours, with perfect regularity. At Portsmouth they connect with the splendid steamers of the Baltimore Bay Line, so well known for their speed, comfort and safety. Mr. A. Robb, of Baltimore, has on the stocks at his shipyard a side wheel steamship of superior model, which he is constructing for the Balti more and Southern Steam Packet Company and which is intended to ply between Baltimore and Charleston in connection with the Palmetto Its extreme length is 220 feet, length between perpendiculars 210 feet, beam 33 feet, depth of hold 19 feet, burthen 1100 tons. It is to be fit ted up for the accommodation of passengers, and will be ready for launching in about three months. Small Pox in Oglethorpe.—The Democrat says: “ This disease is on the wane in this vici nity. 1 here is but one case now on the sick list, and that one, of a very mild form, an d con valescing We have good reasons to hope for its extinction with the caw on hand, and that in ten days to be able to announce that there is no small pox in the vicinity of Oglethorpe.” 'Good Friday and Lad'v Daythis year, fell on the same day. Au ancient prophecy, nlluding to this very rare occurrence, says : h x? °V r '? r< J shall lio in our lady's lap, 1 hou England shall meet with some great mishap,**
