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bad nothing else,) which he hoped might do
some execution. The animal came so near
that the glare of his eyes resembled two
balls of fire! Clark every moment expect
ed to receive the fatal spring. There he
remained without daring to move, with
the fiery* eyes of the panther fixed upon
him! In this dreadful situation, expect
ing every moment to be torn in pieces, he
remained till break of day, when-^ie was
relieved from danger and the animal dis
appeared. Hungry, and weary and ex
hausted, he left for the settlement, where
lie drived about noon and related his thrill
ing adventure. A party proceeded to the
place where the bear was shot, and brought
in his carcass, which proved to bo a very
large one. It was dressed and forward
ed to Now York.
A flan of Adventnre.
A. M. Hernandez.—This gentleman is
one of the managers of the .I alien Min
strels. His has been a life of adventure,
of daring, peril and hair-breadth escapes.
All will lcmember the noted expedition
of Lopez against Cuba. Hernandez was
an oflicer in that expedition, and#was
warmly attached to his chief. Burning
with a desire to distinguish himself and to
liberate the Cubans from the despotic pow
er that ruled over them, lie joined Lopez
and his little band, was captured by the
Spanish soldiery, underwent a.summary
trial, and were all ordered to be shot. Crit
tenden was with them. They were con
fined in the Moro Castle, heavily ironed.
On the morning of their intended execu
tion, their irons were knocked off, and they
were marched out to be shot. With eyes
bandaged tliej r stood up in single file, while
a large body of soldiery, with loaded guns,
were paraded as executioners. 'I lie com
mand to fire was to be given, not audibly,
but by a movement of tlie sword. Hern
andez moved the bandaged from his eyes
sufficiently to see what was going on. He
watched with intense interest every move
ment and every gesture, llis last mo
ments were at hand—everything was
ready. The sword was raised, Hernandez
fell, and instantly followed the crash of
musketry. Every one of Jiis companions
were either killed or mortally wounded.
Tearing tire bandage from his eyes, he
sprang to his feet, and ran for his life. He
had not made many bounds before anirreg-
, ular fire was made at the dying fugitive.
| The balls whistled by him like hail—they
I pierced his hat—they tore liis blouse rib-
ons. On, on lie ran; it was life or death
The Thames Tnnnfl.
This is one of the curiosities of London,
which every stranger visits. Its interest
arises not so much from any thing very odd
or striking in its appearance as from the
fact that it exists. To cross a river, the
■world is in the habit of employing boats or
bridges ; but here is a brick arched double
road-way extending under the bed of the
river, and thus avoiding obstructions to
navigation, as well as furnishing a secure
passage to travel. The project of such a
tunnel was put forward more than half a
century ago, and extended progress was
made in the work, when the ground broke
through under the pressure of high tides,
and tlie scheme was reported impractica
ble. But the present age docs not recog
nize such impracticabilities.
The existing tunnel was projected by
8ir I. Brunei, 1823. It is about two miles
below London Bridge, between Trapping
and Rotherhitlie. The neighborhood is
commercial and populous, and a bridge
would be too much in the way of vessels.
At the same time an increased facility of
communication between the two shores
was very much needed. A company was
formed and chartered in IS24. Mr. Bru
nei was appointed Engineer. He began
by erecting a substantial cylinder of brick
work, 50 feet in diameter, 45 high, and 3
feet illicit, which was sunk cn masse into
the ground. Upon the top of the cylinder
was placed a steam engine for pumping out
water, and raising excavated earth. By
this means the cylinder was forced through
a bed of quicksand which had compelled
the drill makers formally to suspend their
work. The shaft having been sunk to the
dept of Go feet, another smaller one, 25 ft.
in diameter, was also sunk from this lower
level, as a reservoir for the drainage of
water.
The excavation was commenced, then,
at the depth of 63 feet. A powerful iron
apparatus was used, called a ‘shield,.' “It
consisted of 12 great frames lying close to
each other, like so many volumes on the
shelf of a book-case.; these frames were 22
feet high un<l three feet broad. They were
each divided into three stages cr stories,
thus presenting 36 chambers or tells, for
the workmen, by whom the gro md was
cut down and secured in front, r.nd the
bricklayers by whom the structu ; was si
multaneously formed.” The si cl l was
placed in a position at ihe bottom of the
shaft January 1st, 1826. The j reg ress of
the work was of course slow. It was nec
essary to proceed cautiously and to secure
finnlv everv foot advanced. With a river . , , - , , - „
: , " . , , , . , was strained to its utmost tension. Anotli-
junning above, it was only prudent to keep i i ■ i ■ „
P . , , , art r . • v er volley sounded in his ears, but it gieu
a good watch below. The first mipedi- , -
b c\ c t l css appalling—he was gaining upon his
inents came early. On the 25th of J anua- ; „ i
* - ^ which the I l ,ursuers - H 1S activity and tleetness veie
the work and done up her hair and swept
up the hearth, and sat down to sewing.
Then it was we gathered around and be
sought for a story—of ghost, or witches,
or fairies, or little wonderful children that
lived a long time ago and became very
beautiful or very brave, or something that
we longed to be. How we would havg
delighted to be Rohiu Hood, and live in
the woods and wear an any of Kendal
green. How we wish we had been Jack
the Giant Killer, or Richard Whitting
ton, or Cinderella, or # somcbody she told us
of.
But when she told of ghosts in white
that made no foot fall when they w alked;
of their hands, how cold they were; of
their laugh, how ghastly a-ud glittering it
was—have you forgotten how we drew a
little nearer as the tale went on, though
the light was burning dim and blue, and
begged her to stir the sleepiiig fire, and
dare not look behind us where the shadows
were, and fancied something sighed or
spoke and syllabled our names? Each
voice subsided to a whisper,all hut Holly s
and she went on with castles dim, and
specters grim, and dungeons deep, and
ladies fair,While her glittering needle dart
ed in and out along the lengthened hem.
At last one of us is throned upon her lap,
and another begs to lay bis head therein,
and still the tale goes on.
The clock is on tire stroke of nine, and
how we dread the last shrill chimeL It
came, and we reluctantly went to Led.
How dark the hail was; and then the- door
must be left open a little; “Holly are-, you
there?” and “Dolly, good night,’* and
Holly something, just here her speak,
came from under the quilts, we had drawn
over cur heads, and we wondered what
rattled the window, and what shook the
bed, and didn’t you feel something cold,
or hear something stop; and liow we all
wished we we asleep, or it was morning,
or the sun shone all night. How we suf
fered then and nobody knew it, and no
body bade us to be brave.
Of y. hat Women tre Made.
“Of earthly goods, the best is a good wife;
A bad, the bitterest curse of human life.”
Simonides, a poet famous in liis genera
tion, who flourished about four hundred
years after tire siege of Troy, tells us, in
a noted satire, that the gods formed the
souls of women out of those seeds and
principles which compose se veral kinds of
animals and elements; and that their good
and bad dispositions arise in them accord-,
with bha, and every muscle of his body j as such and sueh_ seeds and principles
■ 1 predominate in their constitutions, lie
says:
stomachs may be made by sweetening I
water, cold or hot, with refined sugar, and !
crumbing into it stale bread.
Bread and cider used to be a favorite
food in Yankee laud, in old times. Sweet
en the cider, and crumb mto it toasted
bread.
Beef tea is very nourishing, if rightly
prepared. Take perfectly lean parts of
fat beef, cut it into cubes half an inch
square, and soak it some hours in cold wa
ter, and then boil all together for an hour.
Yon may improve this by adding a toasted
cracker on each bowl-full.
Mutton or chicken tea should he made
in the same way, and rice may be added
to either, to make it food as well as drink.
Sometimes a piece of codfish or a slice
of fat salt pork, roasted upon live coals,
will tempt a convalescent appetite when
nothing else will answer.
In making porridge of corn or oatmeal,
he careful to cook it well. Don’t think it
done till it has boiled an hour.
Rice gruel does not need so much cook
ing. It should not be given to a person of
constipated habits, Simple boiled rice is a
delicate food for the sick.
Arrowroot, tapioca, farina and corn
starch, are all of the same character—
highly concentrated food. A good gruel
may be made of either, and flavored with
sugar, nutmeg, lemon, Ac. Stale bread,
very dry, crumbed and made into a gruel
is, perhaps, the most digestible. Stale
bread toasted very dry and brown and
then steeped in water a long time, makes
a good drink for the sick, and furnishes
considerable nourishment.
In all cases of sickness, when the ap
petite craves fruit wo would give it, ripe
and fresh in its season, or preserved and
cooked in the most simple manner. Ap
ples for the sick should always be roasted.
$o should potatoes.
If the friends of the sick possess a lit
tle ^Jiill and neatness in the preparation of
dishes, the patient need never say, “what
shall I eat?”
ry, the stratum of clay tiiron
excavation had been worked broke off sud
denly, leaving the shield for upwards of
six weeks open to a considerable influx of
land water, which flowed from a bed of
sand and gravel that was saturated anew at
each rising of the tide. This difficulty
having been overcome, the work proeeed-
"ed, and on the 30th April, 1827, the tun
nel had extended 400 feet under the river.
The next month, and again in the follow
ing January, the river broke iu, and six
men were drowned, Mr. Brunei, Jr., hav
ing been carried by the rush of water up
the shaft. Great apprehension was now
felt for the success of the enterprise. Hun
dreds of plans were offered for filling up
the cavity, and to prevent future accidents.
But the chasms in the bed of the river were
tilled by bags of clay, and when the Tun
nel was cleared of water, the structure was
found uninjured. The work, however,
was suspended for want of funds for seven
years :
“Other great speculations Lave been nursed,
“Till want of proceeds laid them on the shelf;
“But thy concern was at the worst,
“When it began to liquidate itself.”
Thus sang Tom Hood in an Ode to Bru
nei, when the prosecution of the work
seemed doubtful. But Parliament sanc
tioned a loan in aid of it, and it was re
sumed in March, 1836. During that year
117 feet were completed ; in 1837 only 29
feet; in 1833, 80 feet; in 1839, 194 feet;
in 1840, 66 feet; and in 1S41 the remain
ing distance was accomplished, to the shaft
at Wapping. In August, Brunei passed
through the Tunnel, from shore to shore.
His triumph was complete. Victoria re
cognized it by knighting him. In March,
1843, it was opened as a public thorough
fare. Its length from shaft is 1200 feet;
liis only friends, God liis only helper. He
made for the mountains, and gained secresy
and momentary safety. He fell exhausted , . ^ ,.
and lay unconscious on the earth. He [ toxv, and has an insight_ into everytluiq
“The souls of one kind of women were
formed out of those ingredients which
compose a swine. A woman of this make
is a sloven in her house and a glutton at
her table. A second kind is of the fox,
was a stranger and a fugitive from the laws.
He dared not show himself to ask for bread.
He was iu danger of starvation. The wild
lemon, roots and a portion of a dead horse
sustained him for thirteen days, while he
thus roamed through the mountain fastnes
ses. A price was upon liis head, and bands
of armed men were in search of him. At
length he was taken, and again consigned
to the walls of tlie Moro. He was tried,
and sentenced to labor in a chain gang
near St. Domingo, with a negro for his
companion. Here he toiled for three
years, when at last he was released thro’
the interior position of the American Min-
j ister.
j Hernandez is a remarkable man—a ver-
. satile genius—-one of the most wonderful
men of the age. As a self-taught musician,
he lias few equals. On the guitar he can
not be excelled, and the sweet and mourn
ful tones he can draw from tlie flute will
dissolves us iu tears, while again, he can
produce the most lively and exciting airs.
Childhood.
“Good night!” A loud, clear voice
from the top cf the stairs said that; it was
Tommy’s. Gcod night! murmurs a little
something we call Jenny, that fills a very
large place iu the center of two pretty
large hearts. “Good night!” lisps a little
fellow in a plaid rifle dress, who was
christened Willie about six years ago.
“Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray, the Lord my soul to keep:
If I should die before I w-a-k-e—9—
and the small bundle in the trundle-bed
hs'width 35 feet |‘elch ''archly andfoot j dro PP? d f t0 slce P’ Lu ? an angel will
clear width about 14 feet; thickness ! the brokei1 prayer for her, aud it will
path
of earth between the crown of the Tunnel
and the bed of the river, about 15 feet.
The Tunnel cost about £450,000. The
dangers of the work were many, and the
miners often suffered serious alarms. Some
times portions of the shield broke with the
noise of a cannon shot, then alarming cries
told of some irruption of earth or water;
hut the excavators were more inconven
ienced by fire than water, gas explosions
frequently wrapping the place in a sheet of
flame, strangely mingling with the water,
and rendering the workmen insensible,”
Yet only seven lives were lost in making it.
The Tunnel at present is both a success
and a failure. As an example of engineer
ing skill, it is undoubtedly a great triumph.
But until it can be used for vehicles as
well as foot passengers, it will not answer
its original purpose. It is reached now by
a winding staircase flown the shaft on eith
er side of the river, and is opened day and
night for passengers at a toll of one penny
each. It is lighted with gas, and some of
its arches are occupied as small shops, and
for the exhibition of the works of art. The
approaches for vehicles are intended to be
circular, by shafts 200 feet in diameter.
Their cost is estimated at .£180,000. We
do not understand that any probability ex
its of their early construction.
A Night of Horror in a Wilderness.—
The Poughkeepsie Eagle given an account
of a night’s adventure of Mr. Arvino Clark
in the wilderness in Potter county, Penn
sylvania, during the past winter. It ap
pears he lost hi6 way, travelled for hours,
when, as night set in, he found himself
eight miles from any settlement, surround
ed by bears and wolves. One of the
former he shot dead in the dark as the
animal was about to spring upon him.
His next effort was to kindle a fire. He
collected some dry materials and loading
bis gun with.powder fired the charge into
a dry cotton handkerchief. It was a fail
ure! As the gun was discharged, another
bear, apparently within twenty feet of him,
gave a hideous and awful roar that made
Clark’s hair stand on end. Bruin was
terribly frightened by the discharge of
tlie gun, and hastily scampered, much to
the relief of Clark, who now began to ful
ly realize the danger of his position.
Here he remained, not daring to fall
asleep. About two o’clock in the morn
ing, to add to the horrors of his situation,
the yell of a panther was heard. The
beast approached—-came nearer every fhw
minutes—ruttered a screech that froze the
blood in his veins. As a last resort to de
fend himself from the attack of the savage
animal, reloaded his gun, putting in some
three cent pieces and steel pens, (for he
go up sooner than many long-winded pe
titions that set out a great while before
it.
And so it was “Good night,” all around
the old homestead, and very sweet music
it made, too, in the twilight, and very
pleasant melody it makes now as we think
of it; for it was not yesterday nor the day
before, hut a long time ago—so long that
Tommy is Thomas somebody, EsiJ., and
has forgotten he ever was a boy, and wore
what the bravest and richest of us can
never wear hut once if we try—tlie first
pair of boots; so long ago that Willie must
stoop when lie crosses the threshold; so
long ago that Jenny has gone the way of
the old prayer she was singing—for say
ing another she did as before, fell asleep as
she said it and waked no more. Good
night to tliee Jenny—good night!
And so it was good night all around the
house, and the children had gone ‘through
the ivory gate, always left a ljttle ajar for
them—through into the land of dreams, or
through the golden one they call “beauti
ful,” into tlie land of angels.
So they are all scattered and gone, and
the old house is tenantless, and there is
nobody there to say good night, and noth
ing but the rain can come in and the brids
that have made themselves nests among
the broken stones of the hearth, and the
sheep that take shelter from the pitiless
storm under the wall that is whole; yet
now we think of it, there is a wonderful
dignity about tlie old place. Its rooms
were not very spacious; precious little
tapestry adorned tlie walls; the eaves were
low and mossy gray; hut did wc not begin
to live and to hope there? Did not the
old homestead have very much to do with
the fashioning of our thought?
Was it not, as it were, an humble mold for
shaping of our fancies? Did we not bear
away with us, wherever we went, a cab
inet of pictures that were painted there?
Have you forgotten what a shapeless thing
it was that used to lurk in the dark at the
top of the stairs, always in want to catch
you on your way to bed, hut never doing
it? And what long drawn sighs used to
come moaning down the garret, and what
trailing garments rustled along the garret
floor? How we fancied it was a lady in a
castle; a lady fair and young and we so
many champions to sound the bugle at the
gate and bear her safe away. For then
we had read the Scottish Chiefs and Thad-
fleus of Warsaw', and the Duke of Gloster
saw fewer Richmonds in the field than
there were Wallaces * of us then—each
one with a Marmion or Helen to bless
them.
Then the tale that Dolly told us around
the kitchen fire, when she had done up
Fatal A fray.—The Oucliita(La.] Regis
ter, has the following:
On Monday last the town of Camden,
Arkansas, was the theatre of one of those
deplorable scenes which sicken and fill the
heart with pain, sorrow’ and consternation,
and cast a melancholy gloom over the coun
tenance of all. The particulars, os far as
we have been enabled to learn them, are as
follows: T. B. Carrington, Esq., editor of
the Eldorado Union, called upon Mr. J„nes,
editor of the Ouachita Herald, and demand
ed of him satisfaction for alleged calumnies
reflecting upon his character through the
medium of the latter’s paper. Jones refus
ed to listen to Carrington, whereupon
some abusive words
A Fluttering in the House.
We have no desire to institute compari
sons, and particularly so when comparisons
bring to mind humiliating defeats and
crushing disappointments. But the most
charitably disposed of tlie large number
who witnessed tlie scenes in the House of
Representatives yesterday, could not
avoid contrasting the exultant, defiant
attitude which the majority presented on
the first day of the session, with the
abashed and dejected look wich they now
w ear, and which is frequently made, as
was the case yesterday, painfully conspic-
ious.
The subject under consideration yester
day was tlie Deficiency Appropriation
Bill, Mr. Smith, of Tennessee, having
the floor. We have on more than one
occasion spoken of this gentleman’s rare
abilities as a speaker and a debater.
Never, we venture to say, were these
qualities displayed to greater advantage
than in yesterday,s debate. The latitude
allowed to members, when in a Committee
of the Whole, was not abused by Mr.
Smith. He confined himself to tlie Kansas
question, with the collateral issues of
Abolitionism and Know Nothingism.
He drew’ a hurried, but masterly sketch
of the rise, progress, and sudden extin
guishment of the Kansas excitement, both
in and out of Congress, showing that the
mountain had heaved only to bring forth
a mousing committee.
In the course of his remarks, Mr. Smith
found it necessary to give a political
classification of the House. Of the two
hundred and- thirty-four members who
composed the House, lie read the names
of one hundred and twenty members, a clear
majority of the whole House, v, ho were
elected as Know Nothings, or by the aid of
Know Nothing votes. The reading of these
names w r as followed by some rich scenes—
members, by dozens, rose in their places
for personal explanations, Each name, as
announced, seemed to carry with it the
explosive properties of a boinb-sliel^—
the Southern Know Nothings vainly striv
ing to get rid of their Abolition Associa
tion, and the Abolition’ Know Nothings
apparently ashamed ot the instrumentality
which had given them the seats they
occupied. But not one of the -one hund
red and twenty called in question the
corrcctnss of Mr. Smith’s classification.
Before closing his speech, Mr. Smith
showed up in the person of liis colleague,
(Mr. Zollicoffer.) another phase in the
consistency of southern Know Nothingism,
Mr. Zollicoffcr, it seems, had not only
voted for the Nebraska hill, but he
claimed Whig paternity for the great
1 principle embodied in that bill. He went
1U ! further, he stigmatized the Missoni Corn-
ton,
oud or bad; some ot' this class .are virtu
ous, and some vicious.
“A third kind of women were made up
of canine particles; tlresc are scolds, al-
w’ays barking and snarling, an 1 live in
perpetual clamor. A fifth lri:jd were
made out of the earth. Such are. the slug
gards,’who pass their time in indolence
and ignorance, hangover the fire a whole
Winter, and apply themselves with alacri
ty to no kind of business but eating.
“The fifth species of females were made
out of the sea, and are of variable, uneven
temperament,sometimes all storm and tem-
l«st, sometimes all calm and sunshine. The
sixth species were made of such ingredi
ents as compose an ars or beast of burden;
these-arc naturally slothful and obstinate,
but, upon the husband exerting liis au
thority, will live upon hard fare, and do
everything to please him.
“The cat furnished materials for a sev
enth species of women, w ho are of melan
choly, froward, tinaimabl-e nature, and so
repugnant to the offers of love that they
fly in the face of their h usband when he
approaches them with conjugal endear
ments. This species of women are like
wise subjeet to little thefts, cheats, and
pilferings. The eighth species of females
were taken out of the ap>e. These are such
as are both ugly and ill-natured, who
have nothing beautiful in themselves, and
endeavor to detract from or ridicule every
thing which appears so in others.
“Themare with a flowing mane, which
was never broke fo servile toil or labor,
composed a ninth species of women. These
are they who have little, regard for their
husbands; who pass away their time in
dressing, bathing, and perfuming; who
throw their hair into the nic-jst curls, and
trick it up in the fariest flowers and gar
lands. A woman of this species is a very
pretty thing for a stranger to look upon,
but very detrimental to the owner, unless
it be a king or a pri nee who takes a fancy
to such a toy.
The tenth and last species of women
were made out of the bee; and happy is the
man who gets such a •one for his wife. She
is altogether faultless and unblameable.
Her familly flourishes and improves by her
ood management. She loves her bus-
hand and is beloved Ly liim. She brings
him a race of beau t.iful and virtuous
children. She distingui shes herself among
her sex. She is surrou nded with graces.
She never sits among the loose tribe of
women, nor paslfes her time with them in
wanton discourses. She is full of virtue
and prudence, and is the host wife that
Jupiter can bestow’ oil man.”
l'roin tlie N. Y. Tribune.
Food for tlie Sic k.
What shall I eat? How often this
question is asked by the sick, or those with
delicate appetites. Nature fl emands food,
but the appetite docs not crav e it, and the
mind of the feeble invalid can not fix upon
anything that he will relish.
It may relieve such sufferers to point
out a few suitable articles of food, such as
are easily prepared, and usually tempt
delicate appetites.
Here is one particularly Ncw-Eng-
laridish:
“Cut some codfish to bits the size of a
pea, and boil it a minute in water to fresh
en it. Pour off all the water, and add
some cream and a little pepper.
“Split and toast a Boston cracker, and
put the above in it. Milk and a little
butter may be used instead of cream.
“Ham or smoked beef may be qirepar-
ed in the same way. For a variety, beat
up an egg and stir it in, instead of cream,
or w’ith the cream.
“These preparations are also good
for a relish for a family for breakfast or
tea.”
Another excellent dish for sick or well,
and economical withal, is made by taking
a fcw r cakes of pilot bread soaking them
till partially soft, after breaking them into
mouthfuls, iu just water enough to be all
absorbed; then cut a slice of fat salt pork
into very small pieces, fry it crisp, pour it
over the bread, and beat the whole in a
stove or oven, or in a spider.
Another plan is to pour over the bread
a sweetened butter gravy, or wiue sauce,
or the juice of stewed fruit or preserves.
All are good.
A very excellent food for delicate
since Jones had refused to do so. This, it
seems, was more than tlie impulsive nature
of young Carrington could beat - , and he im
mediately drew a revolver and fired three
consecuctive shots at tlie individual without
effect. The flic was returned by his an
tagonist, killing him instantly.
The excitement occasioned by this sad
rencounter was intense. Both parties
were very popular with the people of Cam
den; and our informant states that at the
time he. left town, a few minutes after the
occurrence, active preparations were mak
ing by the friends of both parties for a
general row.
Mr. Carrington was a brother-in-law of
Hon. Albeit Rust, member of Congress
from Arkansas and leaves, we understand,
an amiable and interesting young wife to
mourn liis sudden dentil, besides a large
circle of warm friends and relatives. He
is spoken of by his numerous friends here
as having been a writer of fine abilities,
and a whole-souled Democrat in principles.
Statistics of Emigration.
The statistics of Emigration at the port
of New York for the last half of the year
1855, present some interesting and instruc
tive facts. The liHuiber of emigrants who
arrived w’ithin the entire year was only
136,232, while that for 1S54 was 3 L6,213.
The probable causes of this large falling
oft’ are so familiar as to need no recapitu
lation. The number arrived from August
31st to Dec. 31st, 1855, which period is
covered by the statistics before us, was
51,114. Their destinations are classified
as follows: Maine 143, New Hampshire
71, Vermont 158, Massachusetts 2,037, R.
Island 551, Connecticut 829, New York
[9,4S9, New Jersey 1,190, Pennsylvania
4,469, Ohio 3,250, Indiana 8S1, Illinois
3,444, Michigan 1,667, Iowa 795, Califor
nia 417, Delaware 49, Maryland 4S5, Ya.
292, N. Carolina 80, Georgia 70, Florida
13, Alabama 7, Louisiana 60, Texes 5,
Arkansas 8, Missouri 434, Mississippi 6,
Tennessee 72, Kentucky 183, D. C. 102,
Kansas 1, Nebraska 0, Minnesota 127, N.
Maxico 0, Utah 250, Oregon 1, Canada
3,346, New Brunswick 2, Nova Scotia 30,
West Indies 3, South America 25,-uncer
tain 117, lnknown 779
The total amount of money brought by
these emigrants was 82,211,633 46. Aver
age jier capita, including women and child
ren, $13 2GJ-. The wealthiest emigrants
went to South America, aiid the next
wealthiest to California, Mississippi, South
Carolina and Louisiana. Those stopping
at New York possessed more moderate
means. The poorest of all were destined
for the Eastern States. This portion of the
statistics is, however, only proximatcly
correct. The emigrant is not put under
oath, and facts lead to the conclusion that
in many instances the amount of money
brought by liim is much understated. We
recently heard of a case in point. A Ger
man reported himself as having $3,000 in
his possession. It was soon afterwards
found out that he had $10,000 in gold,
which lie and his wife brought over in va
rious belts and pockets about their per
sons. The same man, who was going West
to buy a farm, subsequently received $25,-
000 additional in drafts.
Most of the emigrants comprised in these
statistics were respectable persons, and ad
ded something to the productive means
and industry of the country. An evidence
of this fact appears in the lessened number
of applicants for relief at tbc office of the
Commissioners. It was much smaller, even
in proportion to the number of emigrants
than in former years.—Journal of Com
merce.
Uproar at a Mass Meeting.—A mass meeting
having assembled at Greenwood Hall, in Cincin
nati, on Saturday evening last, at the call of tlie
Republican Association of that city, for the pur
pose of nominating a ticket for the approaching,
municipal election, considerable excitement was
caused by the discovery that tlie majority of the
persons present were Americans, and the nominees
receiving the highest number of votes proving to
be Americans throughout, an indescribable scene
of confusion ensued. Fortunately, when a des
perate light seemed inevitable, tiro chairman hav
ing been hurled from the staud, the gas was turn
ed off, leaving the multitude in total darkness.
For a moment, says the Commercial, nothing
could he seen, and the din of crashing benches
and stamping was appalling; it could hardly have
been surpassed if the stately building had been
tumbled to ruins about the multitude. Darkness,
however, had its anticipated effect, and in a short
time, the crowd having groped their way out of
the hall, quietly dispersed.
latter left linn, uttering some abusive words j isc as uil j ust> and declared'that he
as he retired to the street. A friend of Mr. j not be deterred by theory of
Jones overheard the language ot Carring- tter sovere ignty” from voting for its
and replied that lie would fight him And ye t, in the face of these ante-
edents, Mr. S. showed, from the record,
that Mr. Zollicoffer had attended the late
Philadelphia Know Nothing Conventions
as a delegate, and, in that capacity, had
voted for a resolution which denounces the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
Washington Union, 5th hist.
From the Washington Union.
Letter from Hon. W. A. Richardson.
The press of the Know Nothing party
are persisting in saying that I refused to
vote for Gov. Aiken on the final vote for
Speaker of the House of Representatives
of the present Congress. I ask you to
publish the remarks, which I enclose, made
by me in the House of Representatives.
The fact that I had paired off with
Mr. Emrie, of Ohio, a friend and
supporter of Mr. Banks, has been twice
stated by me in the House of Representa
tives. I ask tlie favor of the Democra
tic papers throughout the country to pub
lish this card and the remarks, to the end
that every one may be satisfied of what
the facts are in tlie premises.
W. A. Richardson.
Washington, April 3,1S5G.
Extract from the House proceedings as
published in the Congressional Globe of
Fcbrury 2:
Mr. Richardson—I am not going to de
bate. 1 am going to jnakc the single an
nouncement to the House that I have agreed
with the gentleman from Ohio, (Air.
Emrie,) who had paired off with the gen
tleman from Virginia, (Mr. Faulkner,) that,
when the gentleman from Virginia, [Mr.
Faulkner,] returned, I would pair off with
him [Air. Einrie] for two weeks. The
gentleman from Virginia is this morning in
his seat, and I shall therefore be compelled,
under the arrangement I have made, from
this time forward to decline to vote. If I
could have foreseen that the important
questions before tbc House were now about
to be settled, I should have declined to
have entered into any agreement by which
my name would fail to appear upon the re
cord. I regret the necessity 1 am under,
but have felt it due to myself to state to
the House the reason why my name will
not appear upon the record.
Extract from the House proceedings, as
published in the Congressionable Globe, of
Feb. 27:
Air Richardson (by unanimous consent
of the House) said: I desire to submit a few
remarks to the House upon tlie same point,
to which the gentleman from North Caroli
na [Air. Craige] has just spoken. Like
him, in certain portions ot the country
comments have been made upon the tact
that my name did not appear upon the re
cord of the final vote for Speaker of this
House. It is known here that I had pair
ed off with Air. Emrie, of Ohio. He had
voted steadily for you, Air. Speaker, for
some weeks before I paired oft’ with him.—
If both of us had voted the result would
have been the same—he would have voted
for you, and I for Air. Aiken; and I need
not say that, if I had been entitled to vote,
I should hftvo voted with great pleasure
for my friend, Governor Aiken, of South
Carolina.
Air. Speaker, I need not say to you, nor
need I say to this House, that I was oppos
ed toyour election—not upon any personal
grounds, for between you and me there is
no reason why I should have any personal
objection, hut it was upon political grounds.
It was upon the ground that I did not be
lieve that your election would contribute
so much to tighten the bonds which bind
these States together as would tlie election
of my friend from South Carolina, [Mr.
Aiken.]
It is well known to the House, sir, that,
from the first moment of the struggle to the
close of the contest, I was opposed to your
election. And, sir, if I had reasons for
that opposition then, they are doubly
strengtlied now. I know that if my friend
from South Carolina had been placed in
that chair, the section of the country front
which I come—the fifteen States west of
the Alleghany mountains—would have
had some representatives upon the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs; that, in the danger
which is now impending over us, some
voice would in that committee be heard in
favor of increasing the navy till our guns
could protect onr commerce; and take care
ofonr interests in every ocean upon the
globe. There would have been from those
fifteen States more than one voice upon
the Committee on Foreign Affairs to urge,
by all honorable means, the settlement of
all difficulties between this country and
Great Britain; but if our difficulties cannot
be honorably settled—if war must be—
then there will be amillion of soldiers ready
to pour out their hearts’ blood to defend
our honor, our rights, and our soil beucatli
the flag of our whol«*#ouiitry.
■' ■ I Mi ' ».
letter from Biriiop Elliott to tlie Honorable Miss
, ’ Murray.
The following is an extrac t of a letter written by
Bishop Elliot to Miss Murray, the “Maid of Hon
or,” who recently published a book concerning the
United States :
“It is well for Christians and philanthropists to
consider whether, by tlieir interference with this
institution, they may not be checking and imped
ing a* work which is manifestly providential.
“For nearly a hundred years tlie English and
American Churches have been striving to civilize
snd christianize. Western Africa, and with what
result? Around Sierra Leone, and iu the neigh
borhood of Cape aPlinas, a few natives have been
made Christians, and some natives have been par
tially civilized, hut what a small number in com
parison with tlie thousands, nay, I may say millions
who have learned the way to Heaven, and who
have been made to know their Savior through the
means of African Slavery! At this very moment
there are from three to four millions of Africans,
educating for earth and for Heaven in the sovilli-
fied Southern States—educating in a thousand
ways of which the world knows nothing—educat
ing in our nurseries, in our chambers, in onr par
lors, in our workshops, and in our fields, as well as
in our churches—learning the very best lessons
for a semi-barbarious people—lessons of self-con
trol, ofobediance, of persoverence, of adaptation of
means to ends; learning, above all, "where tlieir
weakness lies, and how they may acquire strength
for the battle of life. These considerations satisfy
me with tlieir condition, and assure me that it is
the best condition they can, for the present, be
made to occupy.
As a race, they are steadily improving. So far
from the institution being guilty of degrading the
liogto, and keeping him in degradation, it has ele
vated liim in the scale of being much above his na
ture and race, and it is continuing to do so. Place
an imported African (of whom a few still remain)
side by side with one of the third or fourth gener
ation, and the difference is so marked that they
look almost like distinct races—not only in mind
and knowledge, but in physcinl structure.
That monkey face, the result of an excessively
obtuse facial ancle, has become, without any ad
mixture of blood, almost as human as that we are
accustomed to see in the white race, and it has a
facial angle as distinctly a right angle as that
which belongs to the Caucasian family. The thick
lips which have become more thin—the dull eye
is beaming with cunning, if not with intellligence,
the understanding is more acute and ingenious,
and their knowledge more respectable.
“A man has been made out of a barbarian, an in
telligent and useful laborer out of an ignorant sav-
vage—a christain and a child of Ood out of a hea
then; and this is called degrading the African
race by holding them in slavery! Such false sen
timentalism as thinks it cruel that a child should
be disciplined: which, looks so tenderly upon the
means as quite to overlook the great end those
means may be w orking out. God’s ways are not
discordant with the way of slavery. He who sees
everything in its aspects, witli whom a thousand
years are as one day—in whose sight the light
afflictions of this life, which is but for a moment, is
far out weighed by the glory that is to follow—cares
very littie for the present means through which
liis will is working.
AVhat is it that man should be a slave if through
that means he may become a Christian? AVhat is
that one, or even ten generations should be slaves,
if through that arrangement a race be trained for
future glory and self-dependence? AVhat are the
sufferings (puttting them at the worst,) which the
inhumanity and self-interest, and the restraints
of law can inflict fora few generations, compared
with the blessings which may thus be wrought out
for countless nations inhabiting a continent?
AVhat is to he the course and what the end of this
relation, God only knows.
“My feeling just now, is that I would defend it
against all interference, just as I should defend
my children from any one who would tempt them
to an improper independence: just as I should de
fend any relation of life which man was attempt
ing to break or to violate ere the purpose of God
in it had been worked out.”—Letters of the Hon.
Amelia M. Murry, p. 341.
Difficulty between the American anil the French
and English Officers at Rio.—The following letter,
dated Rio Jauiero, February 13, which we find in
tiie Euglish papers, gives particulars of the late
difficulty at Rio.
A misunderstanding arose between tlie English
and Frencli Admirals and the American Commo
dore in Rio de Jauerio, which at one time wore a
rather serious aspect. A steamer called tlie
America, from New York to California, put into
this port to coal raid water. On the eve of her
departure, Admiral Johnson received information
that the vessel was in reality, a Russian privateer
in disguise, conveying an enormous quantity of
munitions of war, Minie rifles, heavy cannon, &c..
to the Pacific, and that the greater number of her
officers were Russians. The Admiral immediate
ly called on board the Savannah, American frigate,
and demanded explanations of the Commodore
who, it appears, took rather high ground, and re
fused to allow a search to be made on board the
steamer.
Upon this the English Admiral threatened to
send liis steamers out to overhaul the vessel should
she leave the port, and the reply made was that
the Savannah should be towed out by her to pro
tect the America if necessary. Admiral Johnstone
returned to his frigate, bound his saiis to the pards
and made ready for sea, and the Trident and Riff
man got up their steam whilst the Savannah ran
her guns out and actually cleared for action
Subsequently, however, the business was patched
up by the Commander of the steamer, declaring,
upon his word of honor, that the report was entire
ly false. The French Admiral, However, declared
that he was not satisfied with the explanation.
Thus far we know on shore. The America was
towed tlie Savannah out this morning, and the iu-
defatigible Rifleman, and tlie French frigate Pour-
suivaute, sailed last night; but whether a collision
will take place outside, or wether the indefatiga
ble and the Poursuivante are in reality gone down
to the River Plato, as announced, wo cannot say.
Death of Young Hammond.—Our readers will
remember the horrible death of Amos W. Ham-
maud, Jr., who was found on tlie morning of
Christmas last affixed to tlie cow catcher of the
passenger engine of the Macon & AV’estcrn Rail
road. AVe stated in our notice of tlie affair that
suspicions were afloat that the young man had
been foully dealt with. Nothing, however, definite
at that time could be proven, and the matter has
remained to the present a mystery to those who
believed otherwise than that liis death was the
result of an accident. At length, however, after
the lapse of three months, the question of young
Hammond’s death has been revived. AA’e learn
that a woman by the name of Taylor appeared
before the Grand Jury on Tuesday, and charged
two men, by the name of Taylor and Harrison,
and a woman, by tlie name of Davis, with the
murder of Hammond. AA’e have not learned the
nature of her testimony; it was sufficient, however,
to induce the Grand Jury to find true bills against
all’the parties. The woman, Davis, lias been ar
rested; Taylor succeeded in escaping, after being
shot at by the Sheriff. Harrison, wo learn, is in
jail at Chattanooga.
The entire matter will soon undergo the inves
tigation of a regular trial, when wo will inform
our readers of the result.—Atlanta Intelligencer.
Kansas in a Southern Church—Presentation of
Bibles.—The Kansas emigrants attended the Bap
tist Church, yesterday afternoon, it having been
understood that the emigrants were to be present
ed with a Bible. This was done, we. learn, in a
most appropriate manner, by Rev. Mr. Ticltenor,
the eloquent pastor of the church: after which a
collection was taken up, by which each emigrant
will be supplied with a copy. There’s God’s Word
vs: Sharp’s rifles, for you!
On Saturday, tlie Kansas Volunteers “went in
to barracks,” in the buildings of the State l air
Association. AVe are sorry to learn that one of
the number was quite severely in jured bv coming
accidentally in contact with a piece ol timber on a
wagon, on the way over.
The volunteers will leave to-day, for Mobile.
Maj. Buford calculates that he will entry about
four hundred out of the State; his roll is now be
tween two and three hundred, and there are fre
quent accessions.
Maj. Buford is a generous, high-toned, brave
man, as persevering as enthusiastic, with his soul
fixllv devoted to saving Kansas for the South,
i AA r e have great faith in his efforts, and may God
speed him!—Montgomery Mail, April 7th.
State Rights, and United States’ Rights.
Tis the Star jangled Gamier, oh, long may it wove
O’er the Land of the Free, and the Home of the Brave.’
B0UGHT0.V. MSRET & BARNES, State Pkintfus
Tuesday Morning, April 15, 1B5(L
To Kail Head ( onlrarlon.
AVe would call attention to the advertisement
of proposals in another column of this paper, t ,f
Air. Nelson Tift, President of the Georgia ?n( j
Florida Rail Road Company.
New Cooila! New Coot',!
Read the Advertisement of Messrs. J. A U.
Treanor, in another column. Their Stock is Leave
and selected by Mr. John Treanor, whose long ex
perience in tiie business, leaves no question as t 0
the character of their Goods.
Savannsih Georgian—n bntii tbc nuiti„ r >
AA’e have received about two copies of the Daily
Georgian in eight or ten days. AA’e hope our
friends of the Georgian will arrange it so as to
afford us a daily visit from their excellent Daily.
Tbc News’ Omni pre-cut Correspondent.
The New A’ork Daily News need not attempt to
palm off on the public tlie letters about the Fedor'
al Union, appearing in that paper every other
day, from all sectious of the Union. AA'e Know
the writer of the letters—he is stationary, and is
located in the News office, ' thnr or tharahemts.”
AA’e remember just such a scribbler of political let
ters, in days lang syne. The News is certainly
hard pushed.
AVhnl ■ pity!
What a pity the National Intelligencer should
have so little respect for a large circle of its read
ers, as to persist in calling them “Know-Xoth-
s.” It is a little remarkable that the In
telligencer cannot screw up its mouth, to pro
nounce that sweet little appellation, “American
Party.” The Intelligencer is right; and shows its
ood sense, by withholding from a political asso
ciation, a party name, which is disgraced by the
men who appropriate it; and which, if admitted,
would denationalize every American citizen who
thought more of the Constitution of his country,
than of the oaths, mummeries and tomfooleries of
a dark-lantern association.
DYSPEPSIA.—I f you are troubled with Dyspep
sia, Liver complaint or nervousness, pet a Pack
age of Bliss’ Dyspeptic Remedy; it will act like a
charm upon your system, giving permanent relief.
Those who have used this valuable remedy, pro
nounce its curative virtues superior to anything
they had ever before used for tlie diseases for
which its inventor recommends it. Iry it once.-
Read Dyspepsia Advertisment on first page.
A good idea.
AVhen Parson Brownlow, after the nomination
of Fillmore and donelson at Philadelphia, suggest
ed that it would be a good idea to print the An
drew Jackson in big letters and the donelson in
very small ones, lie did not perhaps know bow
well his advice would be followed. The Demo
crats persist in printing it as Brownlow suggested;
hut the best of the joke is, hundreds of the Know
Nothing editors don’t print the “donelson” at all—
it is pretermitted.
President Pierec in Georgia.
AA’e believe there is but one Democratic paper in
Georgia that docs not prefer the re-nomination of
Franklin Pierce for the Presidency, to tlie nomi
nation of any other man. The paper excepted, is
the Columbus Times Jit Sentinel, which prefers Mr.
Buchanan; and the Times & Sentinel, we are well
assured, would give Mr. Pierce a very cordial
support, if he should be re-nominated.
Cruel.
The boundless approbation with which the nom
inations of Fillmore and Donelson have been
everywhere received was well, though paradoxical
ly, expressed the other day by a speaker at a Mis
sissippi Ratification Meeting, who said—“Fellow
citizens, there is but one man in the. Union l prefer,
to Fillmore, and that is Donelson; and there is but
one man in the Union I prefer to Donelson, and that
man is Fillmore'.”
AA’e clip the above from the last Journal if Aft -
senger. AA’e plead guilty to the sin, ifit beasin, of
having indulged in a little pleasant ridicule of
Maj. Andrew Jackson donelson’s pretensions to
the A’ice Presidency; but w e Lave never made out
that Fillmore was his eqnal in anything. It has
been left for a Know Nothing to “pile on this
agony.” If Fillmore is no better than donelson,
what will Albert Pike say? AA’hat will Judge
Shortridge say? AVhat ought any sensible man to
say?
Democracy increasing in favor wilh liie
Know Nothing*.
The leaders of the Know Nothing Party, hate
ever been the bitterest enemies of the principles
and practices of the Democratic party. I hey hit' c
taken a vow to hate them, and hate them fure^er.
But how wonderfully gracious these gentlemen
are becoming, to their old bug-bear, Democracy,
since a renegade Democrat—the kinsman ot tl,o
wife of a Democratic “father in Israel ’—lms be n
nominated for the A'iee Presidency, by tlie K. >'
Now, they are must happy if they can pick up die
least Democratic evidence to prove that donelson
ever was a good and true Democrat. As bad as
they bate President rieioe, they have product,1
a little friendly note he wrote donelson, sum
years ago, and are greatly rejoiced to see that
President Pierce once thought donelson a trust
worthy Democrat. AA’e shouldn’t be surprised,hi
a short time, to see the Know Nothings putting m
a claim to be considered tlie only genuine Loo.
focos” in the country. AVhat was once the type
of everything mean and dishonorable in the ey*
of Know Nothings, is fast becoming their sen
admitted passport to respectability and preferment-
A’erily, a good tiling is Democracy, in good ban -•
but save us from tlie spurious coin issued SIU ' J
political forgers as donelson, Blair, Houston & A
Judge Warner’* Speech,
ON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY IN THE TEBHI‘ oR,F ’ ^
AV’e have read with much pleasure the 1
Hon. Hiram AVamer, delivered in tlie ff° u t
Representatives, April 1st, lt\5fi,as repoite m ^
Congressional Globe of the 5th inst. I b‘ s • ^
cidedly one of the best speeches we hai' lWl ^ ^
the subject. In this discussion, the J u ‘ <- c ^
displayed great tact and legal ability, ^
demonstrated, beyond a doubt, the f<ut - >•
people of the Southern Staten hold theii pr I ^ ^
in slaves not by any positive law or C "' U, " H ' ,
the State, but by the law of Nations, admit e
enforced by nearly or quite every civilized - ■ ‘
on the Globe. This great principle is «• 0
and explained by a chain cf reasoning an ; ‘
ray of testimony which it will be difficult m ^
Abolitionists to refute. Having clearly c -' lJ 1
ed the right of the people of the colonies to 1 1 i^
ty in Slaves, he goes on to show, by the lC ‘ S . 1
of the Courts of several nations, the rig d ( ^
viduals to carry that species of property w it i ^
into any State or Territory or Nation, w 1 j
introduction of such property was not p
by law. After having established ‘hn»
the case is very clear that the people of the - ^
ern States have a legal and an equitable , ^
carry this kind of property into the 1011
rity belonging to all tlie States.
These position*
and conclusions are announced by Judge
with the same clearness and contu tm-O
was accustomed to use when delire “" n „ ■
from the bench of the Supreme Court,
to publish the entire speech next week.
A brother of Gen. Santa Anna f
isville, Ky- anil contemp a os t j 1# t
sawmill on the Beargrass rivei, nta
city’.