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BY JA.VIES GARDNER.
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1857.
Superior Court.
The April terra of the Superior Court for Rich
c ond county, Judge W. W. Holt presiding, com
menced in this city yesterday.
The following is the list of the Grand Jury for
the first week:
Wm. F. Pemberton, W. J. Owens,
W. E. JohnsonJ L. LaTaste,
W. B. Wells, G. T. Jackson,
D. Kirkpatrick, Sr., J. C. Dawson,
S. D. Linton, Jos. Boullineau,
Jas. W. Davies, John Coskery,
John Finn, Jesse Ansley,
Isaac S. Tant, Thos W. Batte\',
W. A. Ramsey, D. Macmurphy.
We noticed among the members of the bar in
attendance upon the Court, Judge F. H. Cone, of
Greensboro’, C. 11. Shockley, Esq., of Columbia,
and Alex. McKenzie, of Burke.
TimUv, we learn, the Common Law Docket will
be taken up.
The Criminal Docket will be called on Wednes
day. These two dockets will probably occupy two
w* eks. After these are disposed of, the Court will
adjourn for a week, to enable Judge llolt to hold
the Superior Court of driven county.
Election for Mayor and Aldermen.
The following i 3 the result of the election held
in this city yesterday for Mayor and Aldermen :
FOR MAYOR
Wards Ist 2nd 3rd 4th Total
B. Conley, Esq., K. N. 174 103 I«'*s 218 000
Dr.T. B. Phinizy, Dcm. IC4 143 80 157 523
Majority for Conley 77
ALDERMEN —FIRST WARD.
F. Blodget, Jr. *...185 1 Edw. J . Walker. ..... 150'
Jas. O. Clark 170 S. I). Hard 130
W. H.Tutt 170 1 A. IP. Walton 124
SECOND WARD.
JftS. M. Dve 145 | John. C. Snead 118
John T. .Miller 124 J.I), Smith 128
Edw. A. Sibley 118 ! E. Campfield 118
THIRD WARD
Win. E. Dealing.. . .113 I Henry Moove 78
John 1). Butt 113 Wm. T. Ingraham... 70
Robt. 11. May 117 | Geo. F. Adam 76
FOURTH WARD.
B. F. Hall 210 1 c A. Platt 154
W. 11. Goodrich... .212 ! Wm. 11. Salisb.uy... 157
W. M. Beall 212 jL. P. Duga5........ 14b
The Democrats are in italics and Know Noth
ings in roman. •
The following are the names of persons elected.
Mayor. —B. Conley.
Aldermen. —First Ward. —Messrs. F. Blodget,
Jr., Jas. O. Clark and Win. H. Tutt.
Second Ward. —Messrs. Jas. M. Dye, John, D.
Smith and John T. Miller.
Third Ward, —Messrs. Wm. E. Dearing, John
I). Butt and It. 11. May.
Fourth Ward.— Messrs. B. F. Hall, Wm. 11.
Goodrich and W. M. Beall.
The result is decidedly encouraging. The im
pression of the overwhelming strength of our op
ponents in this city, is completely aud forever dis
sipated, and with a proper organization, we can
carry the city and county. This is no empty boast,
but a conviction so strong thu* it will be acted upon
at the easning election for members of the Legisla
ture. • -
We regret 14 be obliged to statefthat there ivas
a great deal of disorder in several of the wards
during the voting yesterday. Several fights oc
curred—•mq.t of them lit the “bloody fourth." In
the afternoon, after the polls had been closed, two
men were shot tn a fr.™ whtci. oooarrmi i. .u<
neighborhoad of the upper market. Their names
were Wii.lek and McCarthy. Willer was shot
through the arm, and McCarthy through the thigh.
Their wound*, we believe, are not considered se
rious.
The Next House of Representatives.
Twenty-one States have already elected Repre
sentatives in the next Congress ofthe United States.
These twenty-fine States are entitled to, and have
chosen one hundred and fifty-nine members, but
two vacancies have occurred in their delegations
one by death, and one by resignation. The follow
ing table gives the political classification of the
representation from each of these States in which
elections have been held in the next and in the last
Congress:
New Congress. Cid Congress.
Item. Opp. I»em. Opp.
Missouri 3 3 1 o
Arkansas 2 2
lowa 2 1
Vermont
Maine
Florida 1
South Caroiina 6 ®
Pennsylvania 15 10 o it)
Ohio S 13 -1
Indiana 0 4 - 8
Massachusetts 11 1*
Michigan 4 13
New Jersey 3 2 1
Delaware 1 10
Wisconsin 3 '
New York 12 21 3 a0
Illinois 5 4 4 »
California 2 A
New Hampshire... 3
Rhode Island 2 2
Connecticut 2 2
66 S 3 32 127
From this table it will be seen that the Demo
cratic party has gained sixty-eight votes over its
strength in the last Houseof Representatives, from
these States, hut is still thus far in a minority of
twenty-seven votes. There is a vacancy in Mis
souri, occasioned by the resignation of James S.
Green, Democrat, elected to the U. S. Senate, and
one in Indiana, occasioned bv the death of Samuel
BRENTON, Republican. The district represented
by the latter gentleman is close, and a Democrat
may be elected to fill his vacancy.
The seat of Lewis D. Campbell, Republican, of
Ohio, is contested by Vallandigham, Democrat,
and the House may refuse to permit O. B. Matte
son, Republican, of New York, convicted of cor
ruption in the last House, to occupy the seat to
which he has been elected.
If neither Campbell or Matteson are ousted
from their seats, and the vacancies in the Missouri
and Indiana delegations are filled by the election
of one Democrat and one Republican, the Demo
cratic party, to secure a bare majority, must gain
five votes in the States in which elections are yet to
be held.
We would remind our readers that the ad
dress of Col. E. J. C. Kewen, late of the Nicara
guan Army, which has been advertised for several
days, will be delivered this evening at Masonic
Hall.
;gp The New York Irtbane saj-3 the Fillmore
men all voted, at the recent election in Connecti
cut, for the Democratic ticket. An example, we
suggest to ourFiLLMOßEfriendsin Georgia, worthy
of their imitation.
{3P The Houße of Representatives of the legis
lature of Massachusetts, on the 10th inst., by a vote
of one hundred and three majority, ordered to a
third reading the resolution granting one hundred
thousand dollars in aid of the free State settlers in
Kansas.
The Floral Queen or Coronation of the
Rose*
We were present Saturday afternoon, fora short
while, at a rehearsal, by the pupils of Mr. Butler’s
Singing School, of the petite Opera of the “Flower- 1
Queen,” which is soon to be presented at Concert
Hall. The music and words are very beautiful, 1
and when they are aided by proper costume and
scenery, the “Flower Queen” is at the same time
a pleasant, musical and scenic entertainment. As 1
we hare not the libretto of the piece before us, we
i avail ourselves of the following notice, which ap
i pcared in the Dispatch, of Friday afterncon :
• “The Flower Queen is an operetta, and the plot
jis a very pretty one. The flowers have met in a
i secluded dell to choose a Queen, when their songs
j arc interrupted by a Recluse, who, discontented
I with the world, determines to quit it forever. The
i flowers sooth his mind with their cheerful songs,
1 and then proceed to the selection of their Queen.
As in our Presidential and Gubernat trial elections,
there are plenty of candidates, each of whom pre
! sents her claims. The most prominent are the
! Crocus, the Dahlia, the Hollyhock, the Japonica,
j and the Sunflower, each of whom favors the sover
• eignty with a stump speech, in more melodious
| strains, however, than wo usually hear on such
! occasions. After a good deal of wire-working on.
j the part of the candidates and their friends, the
I flowers determine to allow the stranger to select a
j Queen. Like a sensible man, he makes choice of
i the Rose. The sovereignty are all highly delight- ;
cd, (defeated candidates among the rest,) the nose
I expresses her gratitude, and the flowers separate,
1 each to fulfil its mission of beautifying and adoru
| ing the earth. The Recluse has learned a lesson
j and is induced once more to return to usefulness,
; and happiness. <
l “ The words and music are really very beautiful,
i the latter covering one hundred pages, and includ
• mg forty different songs, duets, trios, quartettes,
I chorusses, Ac. Occasionally a chorus aud several
* i spins are all going at the same time, producing a
J very fine effect. The entire representation will oc
) cupv about an hour and a half.
“ The Flower Queen class was commenced by
.Mr. Butler four months ago, and numbered ten
, young ladies. It now numbers thirty. They have
1 had regular meetings, twice a week, and the young
! ladies have made wonderful progress, as is plainly
shown by their execution of many really difficult
I pieces, which are found in the Flower Queen. 111
addition to the hundred pages oi music, the entire
j libretto, containing three hundred and seventy-five
j lines, has to be committed to memory. The key
I changes twenty-eight times, in rapid and constant
j succession, but the singers gilide from one to an
other without hesitation and ih the most perfect
1 j harmony.”
The Rumored American Paper in
London.
j The Washington Union, of the 9th inst., says:
j “ The statement copied into several of the south-
I ern papers, that it had been determined to establish
I an American journal in London, is, we are re
| quested to state, somewhat premature. Such an
1 I enterprise was the subject of conversation during
the past winter, wc understood, but circumstances
have occurred changing the affair very materially;
aud the mention of any names in connection with
it is a mistake which was corrected at the time in
the paper in which the original rumor appeared.”
Good Friday and Faster.
We are now in the midst of what is known as the
Holy Week, when every day is a day of note to
Easter. Thursday, called Shore, or Nativity Thurs
day, is » day observed in England by the giving
of alms to the poor. The Kings themselves were
, in the habit of washing the feet of a number of
poor men, and giving almony of meat, clothes and
1 money. Even the haughty Queen Elizabeth is said
to have performed this ceremony, and so did James
: 11. The washing of feet has been given up by the
, sovereigns, and Victoria bestows money in lieu of
, all former customarv charities.
FTiaar, ts gu"u inewiipposed anniversary
1 of the Crucifixion. Iho day in one moat solemnlv
observed throughout Europe with the cxwr*.— JV
Scotland. In England the day is attended with
almost a complete suspension of business, the
churches are opened for divine service, and it is
thought decorous for those who attend to dress in
black. Then there are a large number of supersti
tions connected with the day. Eggs laid on Good
Friday are supposed to have the power of extin
guishing fires. Spiced cakes marked with across
arc eaten, and even in this country hot cross turns
are in active demand. Next Sunday is Easter Sun
dae. it is always the first Sunday after the first full
tnoon occuring after the 21st of March. It is a day
of splendid ceremonial with the Catholic and Greek
churches, but more especially with the latter.
In the sports of the people eggs are a leading
source of amusement. They are eaten in large
quantities, or dyed, and used for butting. The
boys consider this great fun, and if they get hold
of a good hard shell, the softs have to suffer some
from the conflict. Sometimes the mischievous ur
chins get a stone or wooden imitation of an egg —
with which they manage to do an egg—stravugaut
business, the caved-in shell ofthe bona fide egg
becomes the prize by having its covering fractured.
The custom of butting eggs on Easter is very
common in this country, prevailing to a great ex
tent in our Dutch towns. In Russia, writers state,
the whole population is egg-mad on Easter, whole
dinners are served up in egg-shapes, and presents
are sent in egg-boxes. The Emperor bestows upon
his favorites beautiful glassware in the same form.
; In a word, everything is manufactured to have if
possible, an oral, egg-like form. It has been at
: tempted to trace back the consumption of eggs at
, Easter to a heathernish custom, which was adopted
j by the Christians, but it is not fully made out.
■ ~lt is thought by the superstitious in Europe, that
the sun always dances on Easter Sunday; and it
was quite a practice amoDg the illiterate English
peasantry to rise early in order that they might
' see the sight; but we have no records of the fact
that they ever saw the sun indulging in any such
unseemly terpsichorean notions. There are many
strange customs and superstitions which belong to
the observances of Easter and its attendant days,
> and one which would require almost a volume to
t relate in detail. We refer the curious who may de
r sire further information upon the days in holy
week, to our Catholic fellow citizens.
In the meantime, we hope this hasty and meagre
sketch will not be without interest to our readers.
Few York Daily News.
[ Southern Credit. —A letter from New York, in
the Philadelphia Inquirer, speaking of the dry
goods trade, remarks:
[• The payments from the North and West contin
ue very backward and a good many small failures
are weekly chronicled in these sections. From the
■ South, on the other hand, prompt returns are made,
• and the credit of our friends on the other side of
, Mason and Dixon’s line never stood better than it
does at this moment, probably on account of the
large yield of cotton during the last two seasons,
ana the unusually high prices realized therefor.
The New Commander-in-Chief for China.—Ma
jor-General Ashburnham, who has just been ap
pointed to command the troops in the warfare to
be carried on against the Chinese, is the son of the
late Earl of Ashburnham, and has been about thirty
four years in the army. The Major General|is in tfie
prime of manhood, and is m person remarkably
like the Emperor Louis Napoleon. Indeed, it is well
. known that the gallant officer rather affects his Im
perial prototype, for the alteration in the fashion
of wearing the moustache adopted by the Emperor
two or three years back has been scrupulously
copied; and but that General Ashburnham is rather
thinner and taller, the general resemblance between
the two would be marvelous. The resemblance
of Lord Talbot de Malhide to Louis Xl V (which
was the occasion of the most briliant andjstinging
repartee that w r as ever uttered to that monarch)
could not have been more striking than that which
exists between the present Emperor and General
Ashburnam. — Court JourTud.
In the days of the blue laws of New England a
shoemaker was condemned to be hanged, but on
i the day of the execution, they discovered that he
was the only shoemaker in the place, so they con
-1 eluded to hang a weaver in his stead, for they had
more weavers than they wanted!
AAIGXJSTA, GKAAVEDNEBDAY, APRIL 15, 1857.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Arrival of the Steamship Philadelphia.
New Orleans, Aprit 13.—The steamship Phila
depbia with California mail** has arrived.
The George Law left Aspinwal), for New York,
on the 4th April, with £1,250,000 in gold.
The news from California is unimportant.
Negotiations have beeu broken off with New
Granada. *
The news from Nicaragua confirms the accounts
previously reported of Walker’s success.
JCol. liOCKßincEis still on the San Juan river
making preparations, to attack Castillo.
Arrival of the George Law*
New York, Apul 13,—The steamship George
Law has arrived, with about one million and a
quarter of treasure. . t
Dates from San Francisco, California, have been
received, up to the 28d March, but the news is of
but little interest.
Col. Lockridge was at Greytown on the 2d
April, making arrangements for an attack oa Cas
tillo.
Nothing reliable had been heard from Gen.
Walker. [This is about the tone of all Nicara
guan news received at New York, and, as a gener
al thing, may be considered as favorable news from
(Jen. Walker.]
Apprehensions are entertained that there will be
further difficulties on the Panama railroad. Com*
missioner Morse has entirely failed to settle the
questions at issue between this country and Gran
ada, growing out of the outrages committed on
American citizens some months siue.
The receipts of gold dust at San Francisco are
large.
Reported Capture ol Castillo.
New York, April 18.—It is reported by passen
gers in the George Law that Col. Lockridge cap
tured Castillo on the 30th March, but the rumor is-'
doubted.
Washington News.
Washington, April 13.—1 t is reported that the
administration has assented to the Hound dugs
treaty. .
Charleston Market.
Charleston, April 13—6 o’clock, P. M.—Salt*,
to-day 2,000 bales cotton, at an average decline of
half a cent. We quote Middling Fair 14 cents.
New York Market.
New York, April 13.—Cotton market firm, with
sales of 2,000 bales. Flour tendin£upwards, South
ern £0 35. Spirits turpentine advanced one cent,
and rosin five cents. Freights easier.
New Orleans Market.
New Orleans, April 10. — Sales to-day 1,500
bales cotton at steady rates, and sales of the week 17,-
000 bales. The receipts of the week 10,000, showing
a decrease of 131,000 bales at this port; and at all
the ports 853,560 bales. The stock on hand and
on shipboard 221,370 bales.
Prime coffee 11 cents.
Freights dull but without change. * r
Sterling Exchange 8%.
New' Orleans, April 13.—Sales to-day 0,000-
bales. The market is active and Middling quoted
at 13% to 13% cents. Receipts 2,000 —exports*
17,00 u. White Corn 70, with a considerable cjoj
mand for foreign export. Freights continue inatal:
tive. Exchange 8%.
gtanify*. /
This distinguished actress, vocalist, ana
eator, tvii» huH been remarkably successful in/Tier
sourthern tour, thus far, will give a series of her
novel and interesting entertainments, in this City,
at Concert Hall, commencing on Monday evening,
the 20th inst. They are a f leasant melange of mu
sic, recitative and personation, and have drawn
crowded audiences wherever she hßeappeared. In
Charleston, where she is now performing, the press
has been prodigal of its praise. From the many
complimentary notices, which we find in our ex
changes of that city, we select the following from
the Charleston Courier , of Monday:
Miss Stanley possesses charm of expression and
charm of manner, a fine figure and grace of mo
tion, and a voice of modulation, melody and power.
Her talent for mimicry, and power of adaptation,
nay, of identification of character, are wonderful—
and her entire personation ot “The Seven Ages of
Woman” was perfect—the whole performance was
without a tiaw—true to the very life. “Miss Flyr
tilla,” “The Right Honorable Exquisite Chuckle,”
“The Lady of a certain Age,” “Jane Dowdy,” the
sentimental, novel-reading house-maid, and*
“Grandmother Grey,” were daguerreotypes, as also
were the three illustrations of national character,
in the persons, or personations of “Magery Dob
bin,” “Norah O’Flynn,” and “Maggia McPhail,”
enough to set John Bull, Pat and Sawney, all in a
roar.
We can say, with truth, that we have never seen
a superior representative of the comic muse, to Miss
Stanley, if her equal, in varied delineations of char
acter. To the charm of histrionic action, she adds
that of fine instrumental and exquisite vocal mu
sic, rivaling our own mocking bird in melody and
modulation. Her wardrobe exhibits great variety
and richness—“ Flvrtilla, the belle of the ball room
and the evening party,” and the Turkish illustra
tion were magnificent in the article of costume. In
regard to both characters and dress her transitions
and transformations were rapid and mysterious, as
well as amusing, prompting the inquiry, “ does she
dress by steam, magic?” and when she passes
from her own real and charming womanhood to
artificial manhood—“ How does she dispose of the
crinoline?”
Miss Stanley is, we learn, an Englishwoman, the
daughter of a respectable English actor and ac
tress, but she has, for some two years past, re
tired from the stage, and devoted herself to her
present line of entertainment, in which she is the
sole performer, and has achieved eminent success.
Her performance affords a recreation at once inno
cent and refreshing, and entirely free from the objec
tions, usually urged against theatrical or dramatic
representations on the stage. In it, there is no
incongruous commingly of persons, nor aught that
can offend the nicest delicacy«or morality.
The Cold Weather. —We had cold weather
and frost Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, April
7th and Bth. The vegetables in the gardens have
been injured, and the corn and cotton of the farm
ers in the neighboring country have suffered a
great deal.
Mr. Peabody’s fine strawberries have also suf
fered, and we fear he will not be able to supply
his New York and Savannah friends this summer
with their usual share.
Columbus Times , April 10.
The Ohio Fruit Crop. —ls no untimely frost oc
curs, the fruit crop through all this section will be
abundant. Never did the trees, and of all varie
ties, give better promise. In some sections of the
Ohio Valley, that suddenly cold first Sunday of
March made a total destruction of all kinds of
buds—bnt in northern Ohio the buds are yet free
from the first indication of injury.
PainesviUe Telegraph .
There are two kinds of bores in this world—the
rich and the poor. You can get rid of the latter by
lending him five dollars. You can free yourself
of the other by attempting to borrow twenty dol
lars of him. Try it on.
Chicago, April 9.—There is nothing definite in
regard to the election in lowa. Dubuque city has
gone Democratic, except one ward, which has
given a Republican majority, being a gain. The <
Democrats have carried Davenport city. The I j
county has gone Republican. 11
From the Baltimore Sun.
Further by Steamer Niagara.
Halifax, April 10.—The following additional
extracts are made from the files of the Niagara :
Bngland. —Sir John McNeil had been offered a
baronetcy or an appointment as privy councillor,
and chose the latter.
Col. Tuiloch has been made Civil Knight of the
Bath.
Admiral Dundas has been appointed a Lord of
the Admiralty.
Messrs. J. it. Brown A Co., ship owners in Sun
derland, had failed with heavy liabilities.
The London and Eastern Dunking Corporation
disclosures were unfavorable.
The bullion in the Bank of England had increas
ed £24,000.
The London 71 me*of of the 24th has an editorial
on the new American tariff, congratulatory of the
victory for free trade principle which it develops.
The Reverend Dr. Seymour who read the burial
service over Sir John Moore, at Corunna, has died
suddenly in a railway carriage in the North of Eng
land.
France.— The customs revenue fertile past month
show a trifling increase.
The summary of the new postal treaty with the
United States had been published
The committee’s report on the budget for the
year 1353 had also been published. It recommends
the abolition of the war tenth on the registration
of dues; the abolition of the stamp duty on printed
notices and prospectuses, and the impost of an an
nual tax of fifteen centimes per hundred francs on
transferable securities. The revenue provided is
seventeen hundred and thirty-seven million francs,
the expenses being estimated at seventeen hundred
and sixteen millions, leaving twenty mlilions sur
plus.
It had been reported that the Emperor of Russia
never intended to visit Paris, but that the Grand
Duke Constantine would next month.
A cabinet council had been held to consider the
question of removing political prisoners from Cay
enne to a healthier locality.
Spain. —The Spanish naval squadron at Rio Plata
is to be relieved.
The Infante Don Henry, who is brought forward
' -by the Progressists as a candidate for Salamanca,
has issued an address to them, in which he de
. dares himself the ardent partisan of progress.
Turkey, —The government has decreecl a regis
tration aud censorship of the press on the French
model. It also offers lands in Roumelia and Ana
tolia to foreign emigrants bringing three hundred
dollars capital.
Christian soldiers were to be incorporated in
Turkish regiments.
M. Pesant, chief British interpreter, had quar
relled with Lord Stratford deßedclifi’e, and resign-1
ed temporarily*.
The commissioners to the Principalities had all
left for their posts.
The commission appointed to inquire into the
landing of the Polish expedition to Circassia has
not yet reported, but has in the meantime ordered
the arrest of Gen. Stein and a Circassian, Ismael
Pasha, director of posts, for having been active in
organizing the expedition.
The steamer Kangaroo, on her return, brought
eighty-five women and twenty-eight children, Cir
oissians, and there was little doubt but that they
would be sold at Constantinople. The English au
thorities pretended to seize the ship, but proof was
wanting.
financial and commercial.
London Money Market. —The London money
market has aguin become rather more striugent,
but without uny essential change in rates.
American Securities.— Messrs. Bell & Co. report
a limited demand for American securities, and
prQtOC weak.
Liverpool Provision Market. —Messrs.
! son, Spence A C 0 .% report a firm mafVfct for
Quotations for new* were nominal, the article btT
ing scare and wanted. Old was altogether in
dealers’ hands. Bacon steady at a decline of fid.
—long ribs 545. a 545. fid.; Cumberland 525. 9d.
American firm at sfis. a o«Js. fid.
London Iron Market.— The market for iron was
steady for both bars and rails. The quotations
hud undergone no chatige.
Havre Markets. —The sales of cotton mi
week ending the 24th or I.larCli, Inclusive, amount*
ed to 5,500 bales, at a decline of %f. a If., the
market closing quiet. The stock in port was esti
mated at 107,000 bales, and at sea 48,000 bales
Breadstuff's slow of sale, but prices unaltered.
Provisions quiet and quotations nominal.
THE LATEST FINANCIAL NEW'S.
London , March 2fi, 1857.—The Times 1 city arti
cle of Friday evening, says:
The English funds opened this morning with a
firm appearance at the steady quotations of yes
terday, and after a temporary relapse again re
versed. In the Stock Exchange, owing to the
sale of stocks, money advances on government
securities at 6 per cent., were in great demand.
There was much activity in the discount market,
while at the bank, in consequence of the sums ab
sorbed there on account of the revenue at the
termination of the ouarter, the applications were
excessively heavy and numerous. The French three
per cents, show a fractional improvement.
FROM LONDON TO LIVERPOOL.
London , March 28. —Amongst the other electo
ral incidents yesterday are the loss of seats by Mr.
Chambers, Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Ricardo. To
day’s proceedings will, however, surpass in inter
est those of yesterday, as the contests for Man
chester, Huddersfield and Sheffield, and above
one hundred other places take place.
Copenhagen , March 27. —A French note recom
mending a settlement of the Holstein and Lauen
burg dispute with the German powers, by a Eu
ropean Congress, has been presented to the Dan
ish government.
Vienna , March 27. The Piedmontese envoy,
Marquis Cantaro de Cevas, who is recalled by his
government, is preparing to leave.
From Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce
The Newfoundland Fishery Question.
Washington, April 6, 1857.
The treaty between England and France, by
which fishing privileges are conceded to the gov
ernment of France, is to take effect on the Ist
January, 1858. It requires the assent of the Colo
ny of Newfoundland—but so deep is the British
government committed to this concession, that it
appears probable that it will be made to take ef
fect, without reference to the stern opposition of
that Colony. The Parliament of Great Britain
and the Legislature of Newfoundland are to pass
laws to carry the treaty in effect, and Her Majesty
has engaged to use her best endeavors to procure <
the passing of such laws in sufficient time to ena
ble her to bring the Convention into operation on
or before the Ist January, 1858.
In Gov. Darling’s letter transmitting to the As
sembly of Newfoundland a copy of this Conven
tion, he expresses “his confidence that the Legis
lature will not fail to recognize the weight of those
great international considerations which are so
anxiously and impressively urged throughout the
communications of Her Majesty’s government.”
What these “ international considerations” are,
may be easily imagined. France desires to advance
her commerce and navigation, and provide a nurse
ry for her seamen through the fisheries.
In the correspondence I find a letter from the
Duke of Newcastle, to Gov. Hamilton, calling his
Particular attention to the concluding remarks of
[r. Addington’s letter, and requesting him to use
his best endeavors to suggest a practical settlement
of the question, “ which, if left in its present state,
can only lead to collision between Great Britain
and France, without any advantage to New
foundland.” This was in 1853. In the letter of
Mr. Addington, referred to, he remarks m regard
to the propositions to be submitted to France for a
final settlement of the Newfoundland fishery ques
tion, as follows: —“ It would also, in Lord Claren
don’s opinion, be desirable to intimate to the colo
nial government that if obstacles were thrown in
the way of a fair settlement by mutual compro
mise ol this difficult and hazardous question, Her
Majesty’s government might find themselves com
pelled, in justice to the interests of the mother
country, either to leave to the colony the future ex- !
pense of the protection of the Colonial fisheries, or :
to negotiate with France, without further reference ]
to the colony for the adjustment of differences, the <
| continuation of which is fraught with serious dan- <
ger to the amicable relations now subsisting be- j
tween Great Britain and France.” t
Here is a distinct threat either to abandon the
colony, or to execute the treaty without their as- s
sent. The permanent interests of the mother t
country require this sacrifice of the local interests r
of the colonists. 1
The representations of Gov. Hamilton, in reply 1
to these suggestions, are very urgent, elaborate,
and forcible. He reviews the whole subject. He
says,"“it is the close proximity of the French
lands, St. Pierre and Miquelon, to the southern
coast of Fewfoundland, that has led to the very se- c
rious injury to our fisheries in that quarter ;”and y
he shows that the possession by the French, of r
Belle Isle, would greatly facilitate encroachments j.
on the neighboring coast of Labrador, and lead to j
the same evils there. j
In regard to the alternative presented bv Mr. Ad- €
dington, he has no hesitation in saying that “ this \
colony, while it still confides in tlie power of Bri- ,
tain for the protection of its joint rights and the ,
maintenance of its true an integral part «
of the Empire, would, however, if called upon, ac
cept the alternative referred to in Mr. Addington’s
letter, of incurring the expense of protecting its
fisheries, rather tha.i consent to any extension of j
privileges to the French.”
In the same letter Governor Hamilton says that, 1
while the damage to the fishery on the Labrador .
coast, by the cession of the Belle Isle, would be \
a just ground of complaint by the inhabitants of ,
the United States, and of the other North Ameri- !
can colonies, it would be especially felt by the in- j
habitants of Newfoundland.
Gov. Darling, also, in a despatch dated 23d July, .
1856, earnestly remonstrated against the proposed .
Convention with France. He refers to the impor- j
tant geographical position of Newfoundland, ;
which is nearer, he says, to the mother country, \
than any of her trans-Atlantic possessions—dis- !
taut in fact only one hundred and four hours’
steaming from the nearest point in the British is- ;
lands, surrounding the ocean approaches to the \
British Provinces; and also to the means of elec- \
trie communication, within a few minutes’ reach j
of the instructions of the Imperial government, as \
affording reasons for refusing to give a foreign
State a right to the use of one-half of the line of ’
its coast. {
The protests of the merchants of Newfoundland,
and also of its Legislature, against the Convention,
are very earnest and decided, and have already
been published in our newspapers.
In February last, the Roman Catholic and the (
Protestant Episcopal Bishops of Newfoundland, J
both of whom are familiar with the people of the
Colonies and .their employments and interests, in ]
reply to queries addressed to them by the Select ,
Committee of the Colonial Legislature, made very
! strong representations against the policy of the
I Convention.
I The R. C. Bishop, the Right Rev. Dr. Mullock, ,
says: “ The treaty is drawn up solely and entirely 1
in favor of France; we receive no equivalent of
any sort. It is a cession of almost the whole Island
to a foreign power. If put into execution, New
foundland must cease to be a British colony; it
will become a desert, a fishery station for France,
or be united to the States; for if the French are
allowed to monopolize the northern, western, and
Labrador Fishery, and the southern fishery by
taking bait, whicli is but another name for a fish
ery, the people cannot live; they may struggle for
a lew years in the Bays of Placentia’ St. Mary’s,
and Fortune, but as sure as the French are allowed
to fish there, they must leave it, and ship under
the flag of the United States.”
France, it appears, gives twenty francs per me
tric quintal, or Bs. 3d. sterling a quintal, bounty,
and fifty francs a man bounty to her fishermen,
• while England gives nothing ; and therefore it is
i contended that a concurrent right in the bands of
I prance, is an exclusive right. This prelate sets,
■\ * fine, “let the convention be passed, and in a few
i Sprfl the English flag will disappear from New-
T Toundland.”
! The Rt. Rev. Dr. Frelo, Lord Bishop of New
foundland, in his reply, argues the whole question,
and comes to the dbuclusion that Her Majesty’s
Plenipotentiaries have been misled by the repre
sentation s of parties interested or ill-informed, and
that this is the only solution to be conceived of, for
; the sacrifice of a British Colony by a British Min
-1 ister for the advancement of French interests, both
commercial aud natural.
h ßH‘tif l hkJifcjbejfergotten that American citizens
eries, and may be brought
Convention into collision with the French fisher
men.
From the New York Herald.
Mrs. Iltiimingsen’s Letter 011 the Recent
•News from Nicaragua.
Ma.f Bennett— Sir : Some newspapers in this
city have called into question the authenticipr of
the extracts furnished to you for publication from
letters from my husband Gen. Henningsen) rela
ting to the cannonade of San Jorge by the Nica
raguan army, on the 18th day of March, and the
subsequent victory over the allies, won by Presi
dent Walker on the evening of the same day.
I received a letter from my husband, dated at
Rivas, March 19, 1857, and extracts from which you
published on Monday. A package containing this
letter and tw T o others from Gen. Henuingsen, was
received through the post office, by Dr. Carno
chan, of this city, late on Saturday evening and ,
sent immediately to me. After reading the one
addressed to me, and another to a friend, from my
husband, I sent the original to you at the Everett
House, late the same evening, upon which I pre
sume you wrote your editorial in the II rail of
Sunday morning. The letters were returned to ,
me the same evening by the friend who carried ,
them to you, and on Sunday I furnished the ex- ,
tracts for publication. Besides the two letters ,
from which extracts were published in Monday’s \
Herald, there was in the packet, directed to Dr. j
Carnochan, a third note from Gen. Henningsen to \
George Law, Esq., from which I furnished no ex
tracts—as it was sealed—but if application is made
to Mr. Law, I have no doubt that he will satisfy j
the most skeptical.
The steamer Texas arrived here on Thursday
night. My inquiries for letters, anxiously made €
on Friday and Saturday, were fruitless. That the 1
packet received by Dr. Carnochan late on Satur-
daj- evening, was forthcoming, I have no doubt is j
attributable to your editorial of that morning, al- j
hiding to letters and despatches having been in- r
tercepted. *
Os the authenticity of the letters and accounts r
which have been published in the Tribune, Sun j
and Times on Monday and since, I have no means j
of judging. 1 know nothing of them. There ap- (
pears to be some confusion of dates and places
with respect to them. They seem to refer to a
battle on the 16th of March at Rivas, and brought r
on by the allies attacking that place. My bus
band's letters do not mention any such engage- 1
ment. He refers only to a cannonade by the Ni
caraguan forces, of San Jorge, and a battle near
that place on the 17th of March. Besides the let
ters just mentioned, the rumors and accounts
brought by the Texas are published in the papers .
on Friday, also allude to a battle aud victory, on '
the 16th, at Rivas. The Wilmington hoax of the i
Ist of April in dates singularly agreed with these ,
accounts. It is possible there may have been two j
battles and two victories—one at Rivas on the 16th,
and another at San Jorge on the 17th—and also
possible that Gen. Henningsen may have given an
account of that on the 16th in his letter of the
ISth, which has never been received, and which
is referred to in his letter of the 19th, giving an
account of that fought on the 17th. His letter of
the 13th, and the return of the killed and wounded
in the battle of the 17th, I am convinced, must
have been purloined on its passage.
The Tribune's suggestion that the Costa Rican 3
probably robbed the express between Rivas and
San Juan, is a strange one, when it is considered
that the same express brought the letter of the 19th
of March, and when also it is recollected that the
allies haa just been defeated and scattered, none j
remaing near the route. lam also inclined to en
tertain the opinion that possibly there may have j
been two victories, as otherwise the conclusion j
would seem to be irresistible that the letters in the i
Times and Sun were not genuine, which I should -
be loath to suspect; for though I can well imagi
that the enemies of Nicaragua on the route tr
San Juan del Sur to this city, and m this may
suppose it to their interest to intercept SU p_
press correct information, and f a ]ge ac
counts, yeti cannot conjecture any inducementfor
others to do so, and surely amotion to rival the
Herald in the acquisition of could not prompt
gentlemen of character to resort to such means.
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another man in the bakery.
The schooner John Brown is in. San Juan,( this
San Juan del Sur,> we may be able to get flour from
her to bake. I am repairing the house; all the
Stores that are in order are rented. You ought to
see the boys since the battle—they are perfectly
elated; should the enemy not run away from San
Jorge, they will soon route them from it. The
cut-throat Xatruch ain’t the one to command sol
diers, as cut-throats are always cowards.
Yours truly, N. Brown.
San* Juan*, (Del Sur, ) March 20, 1857.
Mr. Bowlt —Dear sir: Your goods came as un
expected a3 acceptible; I was very glad to have
only one hundred and fifty dollars to pay on them,
for that included all the cost except fifteen dollars
for carting them from the wharf to the house.
The same steamer, Sierra Nevada, brought two
hundred dollars worth, besides what I sent for to
Panama. And then the rush for goods—l never
saw the like since I have been in the country, and
there were no wry faces nor muy caros neither.
Send more goods, calicoes—you c»n’i send too
many.
Walker has killed more greasers in his last bat
tle at Rivas, than he has since the war commenced;
but he don’t get the river steamers back, and that
river party are still fighting their way up. The
steamer brings in twenty-two recruits to-day from
San Francisco. I have not done anything in re
gard to your protest against Costa Rica ; am await
ing for your formal directions in regard to it. The
St. Mary is here yet, and probably keeps our neigh
bors, the Costa Ricans, at a respectful distanae
from our port; they, however, come out on the
Transit road, and lay in wait for any weak party
of Americans they can cut up, but never come any
nearer than the half-way house. Captain Fayafeeux is
very sick, he leaves on the steamer to-day for Pan
ama, for his health, but I don’t think he is going to
get well—at least, the short trip to Panama and
r back is not going to cure him; he sends kind wishes
and remembrances to you.
’ Jim Corkbill, of the schooner John Brown, came
in yesterday, from La Union, with a load of flour,
coffee and‘assorted liquors. He says the enemy
had taken Chris. Lilly’s vessel from "him, and put
him in irons, but he had escaped. Tom Temple
has gone to the States, probably you may see him.
Yours respectfully, Mary It-
Fashionable AmusvmxTS. —A Q*>rrespondent wri
ting to a rural paper from Albany, thus refers to
a new amusement introduced at fashionable parties:
New fashions have been introduced into Albany
by the wives of “Hon.” gentlemen from New York
Jae »t
followed by the country girls, *rode the elephant'
for the amusement of the party. This is performed
thus: Two gentlemen stoop down on hands and
knees, pillows and blanketsare piled on their backs
for saddles—a tale and trunk are made of suitable
material—when the rider-ess is placed upon the
saddle and carried around the room ! 1 expect to
hear that ‘riding the Elephant’ is ‘all the go' in the
rural districts ?”
The Albany Atlas admits the fact, and thus de
cribes the modus operandi of the performances:
“The gas in the parlors is partially turned off, so
as to produce a sort of twilight darkness, when two
gentlemen, the tallest present, are requested to take
their position in the back parlor. Their position
is that adopted by boys when playing leap-frog.
A large cloth of "some subdued color—dark gray,
for instance—is then thrown over them, and anoth
er rolled up, is attached to the front, which consti
tutes the trunk. Two sheets of white paper are
then rolled tip and tacked on, one on each side of
the trunk. These represents the ivorv tusks. The
Albany elephant is now complete, ’fhe lady rider
takes her seat on its back, amid cushions, etc., and
under the guidance of a leader, the monster pro
ceeds with heavy tread to display itself and pre
cious load to the company in the front parlor. The
arrangement is unexpectedly perfect, and sugges
tive of life in the East The play of the * elephant’
is a success here, and we will not be surprised to
hear of its adoption in the rural districts. ’
Capt. Rynders in New York. —Capt. Rynders
is proceeding vigorously in his new office of Uni
ted States Marshal. He says he is determined to do
his duty at all hazards; that he means to set an
example of efficient service, and compel all under
him to do the same or be discharged. “If,” says
he, “a fugitive slave is to be caught, I’ll catch
him; if a slaver is to be prevented from saling,
I’ll stop her, and do the latter duty a little more
readily than the former, and if fillibusters attempt
to“break the law of the United States, they shall
receive no favor at my hands. I approve of filli
bustering; but, as I said at the Tabernacle, my
feelings as a man are one thing, my duty as an
officer another.”
Reading for Churches and Religious Societies
The Boston papers announce' the publication, in
pamphlet form, of the great argument of R. H.
Dana, Esq., in the adultery case of Rev. Isaac S.
Kalloch, “churches and 'religious societies being
furnished with the report at $4 per hundred.”
“You can do any thing if you have patience,”
said an old uncle, who had made a fortune, to a
nephew who had nearh* spent one. “Water may
be cairied in a sieve, if vou can only wait.” “How
long ? ” asked the petulent spendthrift, who was
impatient for the old man’s obituary. “Till it
freezes! ” was the uncle’s cool reply.
“Bob, Harry Smith has one of th- c greatest cu
riosities you ever saw “Dz a 't say so—what is
it?” “A tree which new. f S p ro uts, and which be
comes smaller thg jider it grows.” “Well, that is
a curiosity. Where d.id he get it ?” “ From Cali
fornia.” “What is the name of it?” “Axletree!
It once belonged to a California omnibus.” Scene
closes by Bob throwing an inkstand at a half
closed door.
New York, A pr il 10. —The frigate Niagara,
which was to ss ji to-day on her trial trip, met with
a serious accrj e „t just after weighing anchor. She
bust her CT”i ll( j er .head, disabling the machinery,
and is u' iia y,i e to pi ,t to sea until a new cylinder
head “a cast. Everything had been arranged for
leav .mg this morning at eight o’clock. At six
! ‘j.am was got up, the men mustered at seven, and
at eight she began to weigh anchor. After taking
a short run>ip the river, she rounded to and headed
for the Narrows, when, just off Bedlow’s Island, a
crash was heard, and immediately it was discover
ed that the cylinder-head had broken in two. The
Niagara immediately anchored again, and the
steam was let off. The explosion was caused by a
flaw in the casting. Men were set to work this,af
ternoon to make the necessary repairs. ’
