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SATURDAY, MAY J).
New Post Offices in Georgia.
The Postmaster General has established a new
post office at Belton, Franklin county,and appoint
ed Wm. F. labell, postmaster. Also at Georgian,
Franklin county, I. R. Earle, postmaster.
Election in South Carolina.
We hare receiTed returns from but two of the
districts, in the fourth congressional district of
South Carolina, in which an election wa» held on
Monday and Tuesday last, for a successor to the
late lion. P. *B. Brook-. The candidates were
V. L. Bonham, of Edgefield, and C. P. Sullivan,
of I,aureus.
ISonlt'im. Sullivan.
Edgefield district.... 1,231
Newbery “ 506
It is generally conceded, we believe, that Mr.
Bonham has been elected.
The New Cent.
The Director of the mint at Philadelphia, with
the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, has
arranged with Adams’ Express Company, for the
transportation of the new cent com, at the cost of
the Mint, to all points in the Atlantic States, which
can he reached by means of conveyance, not in
curring unreasonable expense.
Persons desirous of obtaining tbe new cent coin,
-an readily obtain all necessary information by
making application at any of Adams’ Express offi
ocs, or of any of tbe Agents of that line.
Hank state Georgia.
Tbe Savannah Republican of May 7th, says:
“At an election held at the Banking House of the
Bank of tbe State of Georgia, on the 4th inst., the
following gentlemen were re-elected directors for
the ensuing year, on the part of the individual
stockholders, viz: A. Porter, W. T. William-, 11.
D. Weed, A. R. Lawton, W. Duncan, A. A. Smets,
W. B. Hodgson, R. Hutchison.
Wh. 11. Long, is the director appointed by tbe
State.
At a meeting of the Board on the sth, A. I’obteb
was unanimously re-elected President.
Where is .Hr. Hadley !
We notice in the last Oltnst'an Jtolcx, that
Rev. T. F. OaLnicoTT, of Boston, Mass., desires to
know the residence of Mr. Hadley, formerly of
Leicester, England. The information is sought to
attempt to bring together a father and his daugh
ter, long separated. All the parties are Baptists,
and the “ Baptist press” have been requested to
copy the enquiry. As we do not admit that the
secular press should be excluded from so commen
dable an act, we send forth the enquiry among our
thousands of readers.
Eire Friday Homing.
The large two story wooden dwelling, lately oc
cupied by Mrs. Gallagbeb, as a boarding house,
on the corner of Mclntosh and Ellis streets, was
discovered to be on fire übout twenty minutes past
one o'clock Friday morning. There is no doubt
about this fire being the work of an incendiary,
and the Mayoishas offered a reward of five hun
dred’doUars for the discovery of the guilty party
or parties.
Appearances indict ted that the combustible
materials were placed under the house, in a cen
tral position, and immediately under a lathed and
plastered partition. The fire soon found its way
to the attic of the house.
0. A. Platt A Co.’s steam tire pump was imme
diately put in operation, with two lines of hose, of
livo hundred feet each, and, as was supposed at
one time, the (ire was suppressed by the water
thrown from them ; but in a short time the blaze
was seen issuing from the roof of the house, and
then tbe engines of the fire departments of the
oity commenced playing, and in a few moments
almost every spark of fire was extinguished.
The house was unoccupied, and belongs to Mr.
T. 8. MeAalmi
I<'ourtli Cougrcxioiial Dixlrict ol ,
The following Hre (bp returns from the entire
district of the election to supply (be vacancy m
Congress occasioned by the death of Hon. I*. H.
Bbjoks.
M. L. Bonham. C. V. Sullican.
Abbeville 950 Sl6
Newberry 503 SO 3
Laurens 403 040
Lexington 851 147
Edgefield 1 >053 295
8,532 2,003
2,093
Majority 1,459
The vote is considered a small one, with the ex
ception of that in Laurens, (ion. M. L. Bonham re
sides at Edgefield, and C. I’. Sullivan, Esq., at
Laiftons.
The Steamer “Amu/oii.”
We were pleased to leant yesterday afternoon,
that the steamer ‘Mmason,” of the Fashion line, af
ter a’very perilous and protracted voyage, reached
Charleston on Friday last. She is intended for
the trade between Savannah and Augusta, and in
»few days we hope to see her moored at our
wharves.
To gratify the curiosity ol some of our readers,
wo may state, that the name of ‘'Amazon” was
given to a fabulous population of war-like women
of ancient Scythia—it is also the name of the large
river in Sooth America, and the largest river on
the globe.
The steamer ‘‘Amazon" is, we are informed, a
boat so constructed as to carry unusually large bur
thens of freight, and yet be able to navigate the
river at low stages of water.
(>eorgitt Kuilroad.
We are indebted to the politeness of tiie officers
of this road for the following statement of the
quantity of produce brought to this city, from the
2d to the 7th inst.:
Oottoii. Elour. Grain. Bacon*
Mav 2 05 46 2,792 44,072
“‘ 4 60 75 564 8,966
« 5 181 L°o 919 61,789
« 6 85 00 224 800
« 7 19 40 00 57,826
« 8 61 154 00 5,420
John W. Dvson, Esq., has withdrawn from the
Thomasville Enterprise, leaving Mr. Brtan sole
editor and proprietor.
IS t-iT The Thomasville t 0n.,) Bnterprise, of the
sth inst., says: “ The rain in this section since last
Friday morning has been incessant. The water
courses are all flooded, and the roads rendered al
most impassable.” _
IST The Savannah Morning Eetcs says that Mr.
D. R. Allen has become the lessee of the Savau
nah Theatre for the next year, and that he will em
ploy the summer in making his arrangements for
re-opening this house next fall with au excellent
company, and in providing such attractions as will
ensure a brilliant theatrical season.
t#.*" The Baltimore American of Monday, May
4th, has a long account of the imposing ceremony
at the consecration of the Right Rev. Wm. Elder,
on the 3d inst., as theßishop of the See of Xutchcz,
Miss. The telegraph dispatch was, therefore, in
correct in reporting that Mr. Elder was consecra
ted Bishop of Charleston.
I® ahe heavy rains of las: week extended from
Pennsylvania to Louisiana; and in all parts of the
country that we have received intelligence from,
the late rains have been unusually heavy. While
in most cases much good will result to agricultural
operations, much injury will he done tq low lands,
and much damage be caused to bridges, mills and
improvements on water courses.
Celebration ol Sabbath School Children.
Thursday morning the Sabbath School scholars of
the Methodist churches of this city, had their An
niversary Pic Nie. The procession was formed at
St John's Church, about half-past eight o'clock,
and consisted offour hundred scholars from St
James’ Church, two hundred and fifty from St.
John’s, and one hundred and eighty from the Fac
tory, connecting with St John’s Church—the total
number eight hundred and thirty. The procession
under the direction of the several teachers, march
ed down Broad-street to Centre, and from thenee to
Shultz’s grove, or park, near Hamburg.
The morning was spent in singing, reciting, and
amusing and innocent pastimes; but as the clouds
indicated rain, about two o’clock, P. M., tbe little
folks very prudently adjourned to their respec
tive homes.
There was an abundance of those indispensable
attractions for children, such as ham and .biscuits,
sugar cakes, candies, lemonade, Ac., and tbe cele
bration was in every way pleasant and encourag
ing. May the happiness of the hundreds who min
gled in it, never be less than they enjoyed on this
occasion.
Our neighbor of the Dispatch. who was present
in Hamburg in person or by proxy, says “the exer
cises were opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Crum
ley, after which a number of speeches were made
by the pupils of the different schools, interspersed
with singing. The speakers on the occasion were
Masters Edgar Jones, Wh. Brett, I. G. Wight
man, Eugene Vehdkby, C. 8. Wise, Joseph Brett,
Milton, Anthony, Wilie llolletman, John Mar
shall, Wm. Brown, George Lewis, and S>'muel
Leukje, with dialogue by Masters Wm. Cbumlp.y
and Charles Hollingsworth.
“We have rarely seen a prettier sight than was
presented,;after the speaking and singing were gone
through with. The little ones were scattered over
the hill, in all directions, and a more joyous and
happy party could not be conceived of. A sump
tuous feast was spread upon two tables, where
young and old regaled themselves most plente
ously.” _
The Hallas-Clarendon Treaty.
The rejection of the Dallas-Clabendon treaty,
(information of which we received yesterday by
telegraph from Quebec, under date of the 4th inst,)
was known, it seems, m Washington City on the
2d inst. “Ion,” the Washington correspondent
of the Baltimore Sun, in his let ter of the 3d inst.,
says:
“Intelligence was received hereyesterdy, of the
prompt rejection, by the English government, of
tbe Dallus and Clarerden treaty, in the form in
which it was modified by the Senate.
“ I have reason to know that this intelligence
took the administration by surprise. They hud
been led to suppose that the treaty, as ratified
bare, would be acceptable to the British govern
ment, particularly at a time when that govern
ment was about, as was believed, to withdraw
itself, as far as it could, from affairs of this conti
nent, and when it was seeking tbe co-operation
of the United States ii other matters.
“ It appears that the Hunting Post, on the other
side, and the Albion, on this side of the water, was
better informed. They had foreshadowed tbe re
jection of the treaty.
“ Well, the negotiation is at an end, w ith the
treaty. We stand us we were, on the Clayton
llulwer collection, und may proceed in due time
and form to abrogate that. Lord Palmerston,
having been bolstered up by the late election tri
umph, may be desirous of a diplomatic tilt with
Gen. Cass, for the purpose of trying bis metal.”
Who are They f
All address lias been recently issued to the peo
ple ot tile United States and Kansas Territory,
by a Committee appointed for the Free State Con
vention of that Territory held at Topeka, on the
loth of March. It gives a history of events in
the Territory for the last two years—charges all
the civil disorder, of which it lias been the scene,
upon the southern party of that territory, defines
the position of the Free State party in its opposi
tion to the regular and recognised authority of the
territory, slid ends as follows :
From our new madg homes in the distant West,
I far from the c uw!i»**w mtd con rent mice* of mettled J
j marietr. v«*r MtruggUng tumid tho bardahlpm and
difßculti*s coincident with a border life, and suf
fering from the trials and sorrows to which we
have Deen particularly subjected, we again appeal
to northern freemen to stand by us iu the dark
emergency that threatens our future progress and
property. Let northern representatives be in
structed to support our righteous prayers and
claims, and let the people in their sovereign ca
pacity, rising in dignity and might, cheer us with
their active sympathy and earnest co-operation.
Thus will the schemes and plots of political
demagogues be foiled, and the freedom of our
new Stute be attained. To the cause, and for
the principles which have become endeared
and sanctified through our sufferings, we acknowl
edge an unwavering devotion. Strong in the con
fidence of truth, reliant in the sincerity of our
purpose, we cheerfully unfold our standard, on
which is inscribed our watchword—-“ Free Kansas
for Free Labor”—to realize which we pledge anew
“ our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
To this address the names of the Committee are
appended, together with that of the State from
which each emigrated to Kansas. Among them
we find the following: IJ. Miles Moose and A.
Lazelkrk, of Mississippi; J. B. McAfee, of Mary
land ; J. A. Wakefield, of South Carolina; J.
1\ Mitchell, of Texas; and Albert A. Griffin*
and S. It. Prentiss, of Georgia. Who are these
bogus southerners, Messrs. Griffin and Prentiss,
who claim to have been citizens of Georgia, and
would create the impression that they are natives
of this Stute?
United States Treasury.
The following statement of the receipts and expen
ditures of the United States, for the quarter ending
March 81, 1857, exclusive of Treasury notes funded
and trust funds, is published by F. Bigger, of the
Register’s office in the Treasury Department at
Washington, May 4th, 1557 :
RECEIPTS.
From customs #19,652,328 55
** sales of public lands 1,065,610 11
“ incidental and mbocllaueoud sources 366,784 £9
20,487,70*2 95
EXPENDITURES.
Civil, foreign intercourse, and miaotiianeous $7,397,762 04
Interior (pensions aad Indian) 1,771,626 S 3
War 4,4.-4,620 99
Navy 2,928,503 95
Redemption of slock loan ui‘ 1842 #97.125 00
1)0. do. 1846 70.60*4 00
l»0. do. 1547 lot.SOO 00
L>o. do. IS4S SO.4V) 00
Redemption of Texan indemnity stock.. 2,000 00
Payment to creditors of Texas, per act of
9th September, 1850 92,309 05
Premium on sti ck, redeemed 48,592 50
Interest on public debt. Including treas
ury uotes 110,542 83
17,245,932 68
The itoyal I'amilv ol England.
The immediate roval family of Great Britain
< insists as follows:
Alexandhina Victoria, born May 24,131?; mar
ried Feb. 10, 1340, to
Francis Albert August Charles Emanuel, born
Aug. 26,1319.
CHILDREN.
I—Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, Princess roy
al, born Sow 21, 1840.
2 —Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, born Jiov
', 1311.
o—Alice Maud Marv, born April 25.1548.
4 Alfred Earnest Albert, born Aug. 6, 1844.
5 Helena Augu.ta Victoria, bora March IS,
1346.
6 Louisa Carolina Alberta, born March 13,1848.
7 Arthur William Patrick Albert, bora Mav 1,
1850.
3—Leopold George Duncan Albert, bora April 7,
1 SCO.
9—Princess , born April 14,1557.
JJgf" The Kansas correspondent of the Wash
ton City States, says:
“Southern emigration has set in. Mr. Danforth,
of Euiaia, Alabama, has arrived with a company
of ninety settlers. They are of the right stuff,
being men of means and character, who will help
to build up the country.”
Municipal Election in Philadelphia.
The municipal election in the city of Philadel
phia, on Tuesday the sth inst., resulted in a bril
liant victory to the Democracy over its American
and Republican opponents.
McGrath, the Democratic candidate for city
Treasurer, received twenty-two thousand seven
hundred and seventy-six votes; Potts, the American
candidate, fifteen thousand four hundred and fifty
eight; and Rowland, the Republican candidate,
three thousand seven hundred and fifty-two. Mc-
Grath’s majority over both, is three thousand five
hundred and sixty-six votes, which will probably
be increased by the full official returns.
Logan, the Democratic candidate for city Com
missioner, received twenty-two thousand seven
hundred and six votes. McWhorter, the Ameri
can candidate, fourteen thousand seven hundred
and nineteen; and Ltodall, the Republican can
didate, four thousand four hundred and forty-five.
Logan’s majority over both, is three thousand five
hundred and forty-two votes, which the official re
turns will increase.
Twenty-one out of the twenty-four members of
the select council, are Democrats; and the Demo
cratic majority in the common council is equally
decided.
The fusion between Americans and Republicans
has not availed them. Both are crushed, and
Philadelphia, by an overwhelming majority, Tone
unprecedented in its municipal elections) has in
dicated her devotion to the national principles of
the Democratic party, and her confidence in the
administration of James Buchanan.
The result i 3 a favorable augury of the triumph
of the Democracy in the approaching Gubernato
rial citation.
Gen. Harney, accompanied by Major 11.
Leonard, Capt. S. Van Vlikt, and Capt. W.
A bkrt, U. S. Army, arrived in New Orleans on
the 30th of April, in the steamship Fashion, from ■
Tampa, Fla. He was on his way to Fort Leaven
worth, Kansas Territory, where he has been or- i
dered to take command of the force of three thou
sand United States troops, to be concentrated at
that point—either to watch Kansas or to be em
ployed in Utah. The Picayune , of the Ist inst.,
says: “As regards the Indians in Florida, Gen.
Harney thinks that the war is about settled, and
said that Billy Bowlegs was expected to have an
interview shortly with the United States authori
ties to make-preparations for the removal of his
jjeople to the far West. The General is in fine
Health and spirits.”
In the Court of General Sessions and Com
mon Pleas in South Carolina, now in session in
Charleston, Judge D. L. Wabdlaw presiding, sev
eral trivial trials were brought up, and the Judge
took occasion to allude “ to the very reprehensible
practice of Magistrates, for the sake of a fee, al
lowing persons, under mistaken view’s of the law,
to take out u warrant, where they knew full well
the case to be of such a nature as not to justify
them to grant such warrant, or assent to such a
proceeding, thereby filling and taking up the time '
of the Court and causing an actual waste of its
time.”
At the recent meeting of the American
Medical Association at Nashville, Dr. 11. Rey
nolds, of Indiana, was expelled from the Associa
tion for recommending a patent medicine.
2 Judge Abner P. Powers, of the Macon
Circuit, as we notice in the Albany Patriot, has
determined to retire from the Bench.
The Southern railroad association, compos
ed of all the presidents and superintendents of the
southern railroads, will hold its regular annual
convention in this city, on the 21st, 22d, and 28d
days of May.
JProf. DkGrath, the man with the sugar
loaf hat, was figuring extensively in
Ala., at the last accounts.
far* Wu-UAM CviAMtt itnvAW. editor the
jftSmimf Poet, s rtf fed on Saturday, the 2d inst., with
his wife and their youngest daughter, in flie ship
William Tell, for Havre. (
' f _i ‘ Wh. Wi.vston, Esq., Uie lather of the pre
sent Governor of Alabama, died recently at Tusca
loosa. He was ranked among the largest and
wealthiest planters of that State.
7-SfThe Atlanta Xatiunal\American, of sth inst.,
says : “ We regret to learn that Gen. J. N. Wil
liamson, an old citizen and prominent lawyer, died
at his residence in Covington, on yesterday morn
ing.” _
The President and Directors of the Savan
nah, Albany and Gulf Railroad Company, were
invited to attend, on the 6th inst., a picnic given
by the ladies of Walthourville, as a compliment to
the Company for building a fine road to that vil
lage.
JSTThe deaths in Montgomery, Ala., during the
month of April, were twenty-nine, of which fifteen
were whites, and fourteen colored. This was a
larger number for the month of April than since
1851!, when the interments were thirty. In April,
1856, they reached seventeen.
Hilliard Playing.— The billiard players of
.New York were a little astonished by three match
games played a short time ago at the Irving
Rooms, in which a Mr. Price, an amateur from
Boston, made the following very handsome runs
while playing a carom game against a New York
amateur’s full game: The first game he closed by
a ruu of seventy-six, the second eighty-one, and
the third eighty-seven. He then plaved with the
owner of the rooms, Mr. Hiqham, the well-known
Albany player, and though Mr. H. discounted him'
he was beaten. This is what is termed among the
“fancy,” “tall play.”
The Chinese Sugar Cane.— About two hundred
and fifty bushels ot the seed of this cane have
been distributed by the Patent Office this season.
It is thought by many that this cane is destined
to be cultivated as extensively in the United States
as Indian corn, yielding, as it does at the same
time, sugar for man, and provender and grain for
beast.
Governor of Minnesota. —The St. Paul Pioneer
states that the new Governor, Sam. Medaby, ar
rived in that city on the 22nd of April, and was
qualified on the following day, and has accordingly
entered upon his office. There was no inaugural
address—only some half a dozen gentlemen being
present to witness the ceremony.
Gen. Cass’ Powers of Endurance. —General
Cass, it is said, exhibits surprising vigor, industry
and endurance in his official labors. He rises and
commences work at five, and is constantly engaged,
with small respite, till eight or nine at night. His
diet is, however, very sparing, and he sticks still to
cold water. Now and then he indulges in a cup of
coffee, the only exhilirating beverage which he can
use.
Rents at St. Paul. —The St. Paul (Min.) Adver
tiser says the landlords of that place have this sea
son advanced their rates for stores and dwellings
from twenty to thirty per cent, over the prices de
manded for the same buildings last year, and think
themselves justified in doing so by the increase of
business and imigration in prospect.
A fire occurred in Selma, Alabama, ou Thursday
night last, which consumed the moulding and
smith shops of the foundry.
A writer in the Setma (Ala.) Reporter advocates
a railroad from Selma to Pensacola, Florida.
The municipal election in Philadelphia
took place on Tuesday, the sth inst.
Illinois Land Sales. —The land sales of the Illi
nois Central Railroad Company in April show a
very large increase over last year, having been
1566,111 32, against $211,442 17, an increase of
$354,660. The aggregate sales of the year are now
equal to the aggregate sales last year up to the
first of August. _
An atFrav took place at Scoober, Kemper county,
Mississippi, on Friday last, between two men
named Rogers and Greenwood, in which Rogers
was shot in the breast and killed instantly.
Bishop Pierce, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, is to preach the annual sermon at the next
commencement of Greensboro’ Female College,
May 21st.
On bis return home, the 2 1st ultimo, John Mitch
ell, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., was killed bv his wagon,
loaded with a cask of bacon, falling on him while
going down a hill—his oxen having become fright
ened and starting oil' at great speed.
Peaches out West. —The St. Louis Republican
of a late date, says : “Unless some ‘ killing frost
should hereafter be made manifest, we are sure to
have any quantity of peaches. Neither the snow,
nor the sleet, nor the ice has as yet injured them
in this region.”
The Crew of the Highflyer.— The Navy De
partment has reason to believe that the crew of
the Highflyer, wrecked on the coast of Formosa,
have been murdered.
Instructions have just been issued to the East
India squadron to proceed thither and make a
thorough investigation.
Accident to Hon. Edward Everett. —The Chi
cago Press says that on the 29th April, Hon. Ed
ward Evkrf.tt, having been on a visit to a school,
caught his foot on the scraper when- coming out
of the door, and “fell forward on his face, receiv
ing a deep cut on liis upper lip and otherwise
bruising his face. The wound on the lip bled
nearly all day, and at one time it was thought
would prevent his delivering his lecture last eve
ning. His injuries are, however, but slight, and
will disappear in a few days.”
In Memphis, the Washington tire engine of Sa
vannah, led >ll her opponents, throwing a jet of
water from one length of hose one hundred and
eighty-four feet on a level. The Washington boys,
under foreman Willink, were presented with a
banner upon which was written : “Georgia against
the world.”
Cotton at Columbus. —The cotton in the ware
houses at Columbus, Monday last, amounted to
five thousand six hundred and seventy-seven bales.
Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, and several
other English naval officers, have issued a circular
to masters of American or British ships, on behalf
of Lady Franklin, offering a reward of £450 to
such persons as shall discover the position of the
ships Erebus and Terror, of Sir John Franklin’s
expedition, or ascertain the fate of any one of one
hundred and thirty-five individuals belonging to
them, yet unaccounted for. Also. £SO for the first
indubitable proof as to which of her Majesty’s
missing or abandoned ships—whether those of Sir
John Franklin or Sir Edward Beloher —the re
ported information in possession of the Esquimaux,
concerning abandoned English vessels, relates. A
careful investigation of matter is earnestly recom
mended to captains of whaling vessels.
Episcopal Convention. —The Columbus Times
Sentinel, of the Bth inst., gays : “ The Conven
tion of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the
Diocese of Georgia, met at Trinity Church m Co
lumbus on Thursday, 7th inst. We regret to ob
serve the absence of the Right Re v. Bishop El
liott, who, it is understood, is still in Havana
for til* ifnprui'i'iDOOi *j! him ,ue H*>r.
Mr. Hawes, of ?Ms cfK, til presiding.
The Universe. —Suppose the earth to be a ball
of one foot in diameter. On that scale of propor
tion the sun would be one hundred feet in diame
ter, and the moon three inches. The sun would
be two miles from us, the moon thirty feet -Jupi
ter ten miles from the sun, and Herschel forty.
The highest mountains on the face of the earth
would be one-eighteenth of an inch in height.
Man would be an imperceptible atom.
The people of Massachusetts have boon waiting
patiently four mouths, for the Legislature to ad
journ, but in vaiu. The Springfield Argue thinks
there is a prospect that it will die a natural death
this summer. It says: “Our readers will be
pleased to hear that the Legislature of this State,
if it does uot sooner adjourn, will come to an end
itself during the summer by the desertion of its
members, as numbers of them are leaving for Eu
rope and elsewhere.”
The Boston Evening Journal says: We learn on
what we believe to be good authority, that I’nesi
dent Buchanan and several members of his Cabi -
net will come to Boston on the approaching 17th
of June, to participate in the inauguration of the
statue of General Washington onßunker Hill.
Kentucky. —The Frankfort Yeoman makes the
following estimate of the vote on joint ballot in the
next Legislature:
Don:. K. N.
Senators holding over 5
Senators to be elected 11
Representatives to be elected 55 43
71 67
Democratic majority, 4.
This is a close calculation; but, if it should prove
to be correct, it will ensure the election of a Demo
cratic United States Senator.
Amendments to the Constitution of Massachu
setts.—The amendments to the Constitution which
were voted on Friday, Ist inst., were carried by
large aggregate majorities. They are as follows:
Ist. That every voter shall be able to read the
Constitution in the English language, and to write
his own name. „
2d. Limits the House ot Representatives to two
hundred and forty members, to be elected by dis
*"& provides for the choice of forty Senators in
single districts, instead of by counties, as hereto
fore.
A Peep for the Populace.— The Scientific Am
erican gives a very simple mode of examining the
satellites of the planet Jupiter, the means used
being so common as to be within the reach of all.
It says:
Every person can view them, by reflection, using
a common looking-glass for the purpose. On a
clear night take a looking-glass, and, either at the
window or out of doors, so place it as to receive
the impression of the planet. By a close exami
nation of the planet as reflected in the glass all its
satellites will also be observed, provided none of
them are eclipsed. It is rather remarkable, how
ever that although these satellites can thus be seen,
while they cannot be seen by the naked eye, that
neither Venus nor the moon can be seen so dis
tinctly by reflection as they can be by observing
them with the naked eye.
We find in one of our French exchanges J liner it
the following rather curious paragraph:
“At a late sitting of the Medical Academy of
• Paris the subject of discussion was the diseases to
which engineers and firemen ou railroads are pe
culiarly liable. It was shown that the nervous
system is injuriously aflected by the luhaiauon of
■ caloric gas, and that the effect is to deprive those
who have so many lives confided to their care ot
the necessary presence of mind for such important
trus*s The' society recommended to all railroad
directors the propriety of diminishing the labors
i of this class of officers by increasing their num
ber."
From the Baltimore Sun.
Additional Foreign News.
Quebec, May s.—The files by the steamship In
dian contain the following additional items :
England.— Speculations in endless variety were
indulged in as to the ministerial programme forthe
new Parliament. Among the immediate home
measures probable, were the following: Reform of
the law and chancery courts; continuance of the
general hoard of health ; the rights of married wo
men ; radical reform and revision of the whole sys
tem of local taxation.
It had been officially announced that Evelyn
Denison would be the’ ministerial nominee for
speaker.
A notice posted at Lloyd's, London, says that
the late attack by the revolutionary party in Peru
upon the steamer New Granada, resulted in the
abstraction of only that portion of bullion which
had been shipped by and was the property of
the Peruvian government. The bullion destined
for England was untouched by Yivanco’f adhe
rents.
The steamer Kangaroo was advertised to sail
from Liverpool for New York on the morning of
the 23rd ultimo.
The steamship Leopard, which was to sail from
Antwerp on the 13th ultimo, would be detained a
few days, owing to an accident which let four feet
of water into her engine room. Her cargo and en-1
gine, however, were not injured. I
The ship Southampton, with Howe A Cushing’s y
circus, arrived at Liverpool on the lt'th ultimo.
Four horses only were lost on the passage.
The steamer Arago arrived at Southampton on
the 19th ultimo.
France. —The Neufchatel Conference hadre-as-
at Pans, which excited hopes of an ami
cable arrangement of the question in dispute.
Portugal.— The London P>>st savs the assertion
that Portugal would send a force to China is un
founded.
Circassia.— At the close of the investigation in
the Kangaroo’s affair, the Sultan pronounced Ma
homet Bey, with Ferbad and Ismael, guilty, and
sentenced all three to banishment.
From the Sew Orleans Picayune.
The Difficulty with New Granada.
We have received, by the Empire City, full let
ters from our correspondent at Panama, and all the
official correspondence between the Commission
ers of our government and the government of New
Granada, on the Panama question. They are very
long—too long for publication in extenso. We ac
cordingly decided, and our readers will probably
find this course more convenient to them, to fur
nish a condensed abstract, rather than give the
papers in full.
The project of settlement made by Messrs.
Morse and Bowlin, was handed to the Foreign Se
cretary of New Granada, at Bogota, on the 4th of
February last. It was in the form of a convention
between the United States of America and the
Republic of New Granada, “For the adjustment
of claims of citizens of the United States, and for
settling other differences between the parties.” It
contaiued four propositions, as follows:
1. To set aside a district of country, twenty
miles in width, ten miles on each side of the Panu
ma railroad, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean,
to be formed into two municipalities, separated by
a dividing line, midway between the two cities of
Panama ou the Pacific, and Aspinwall (or Colon)
on the Atlantic, to be under the exclusive jurisdic
tion of the inhabitants residing in each. New
Granada to retain the sovereignty of the same, not
inconsistent with this municipal jurisdiction—Co
lon and Panama the two termini of the railroad,
to be free ports.
Accompanying this proposition is a specification
of the rights ana privileges of the two new mu
nicipalities, which are the same as those proposed
in the treaty between the United States and Great
Britain, in reference to San Juan and the Nicara,
guan mumcipalitv. Among tiie rest, it is required
that the municipalities shall enact “suitable laws”
for the protection of persons and property in their
transit across the Isthmus, and cause them to be
executed.
It is further specially provided, that at the de
mand of the railroad company, for protection to
the road or passengers or the removal of obstruc
tions, the American Consul at Panama or Aspin
wull may require of the municipal authorities the
assistance of a police force, and if it shall not be
granted, muv proceed to call out the same on his
own authority, or to organize a force for the pur
pose, and retain it in force so long as he may de
cide it to be necessary, and shall have authority to
defray the cost of the same by levying a tax on
passengers and property en route on the road.
It is also farther provided that the naval forces
of the United States may bo called in to assist the
nolice force, and that the government mav land a
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an noon as tiie object is accomplished.
2. We mark the next topic in order as a distinct
proposition. Its importance deserves it, although
it is classed by the commissioners themselves as a
part of the preceding proposition.
It is that New Granada shall, in consideration
of a sum of money, the amount of which is left in
blank, cede to the United Slates all its rights,
powers, privileges and claims over the Panama
railroad, as fully as they are possessed by itself,
with full power to alter, amend, or extend the
charter, or to grant a new one. These are the
stipulations, contained in similar treaties, for the
free use of the road by both parties, and the provi
sions for obtaining from all nations a guarantee
for its neutrality in time of war.
S. The third proposition is for the indemnity to
be paid by New Granada to the sufferers at Pa
nama.
4. The United States ask, fourthly, fora transfer
to them in full sovereignty, for a naval station,
two little clusters of islands in the bav of Panama.
A general stipulation is made at the close for a
paymeut to New Granada of the sum to he agreed
upon as a compensation for these grants and ces
sions, subject only to a deduction tor the indemni
fication of the sufferers at Panama’.
These proposals of the American Commissi su
ers were held bv the Grenadian negotiators, Messrs.
Lino de| Pombo and Florentine Gonzales, until
the 12th of February, when they are refused en
tirely, in a very decided note, on the following
grounds:
Firstly, that the propositions require a cession, in
fact, of* territory and sovereignty “as complete
and gratuitous, as it would be unconstitutional
and disgracefulthat it would not satisfy the con
ditions of equality and neutrality among all na
tions for the Transit line, but constitute an over
whelming influence and exclusive favor for the
United States, and that it would be in conflict with
the express contracts of the Government with the
Panama railroad company.
Secondly and chiefly, that the Government of
New Grenada denies totally the basis of these de
mands, as indemnification for the riots at Panama,
and avers that it was an American who commenced
the affray, and that it was aggravated by the sup
port given him by Americans, and put beyond the
power of the authorities to subdue, by “ the obsti
nacy and passionate excitement of citizens of the
United States.”
New Granada will not, therefore, negotiate on
the basis of responsibility for these acts; but will
promise to negotiate for the adjustment of all
questions consistently with the principles of terri
torial sovereignty, and equality for all nations in
the Transit route.
A note added to the copy of this treaty in the
official correspondence, says that the project was
withdrawn by the American Commissioners after
the conference of the 12th.
On the 13th, Messrs. Morse and Bowlin, m an
nouncing the close of their mission, addressed a
long despatch to Messrs. Pombo and Gonzales.
It commences by recounting the difficulties the
Commissioners met with in obtaining a hearing
from the authorities of New Granada, and their
surprise to find the occurrences at Panama pre
judged by the Government, and the ground pre
occupied’by the declaration of the Secretary of
Foreign Affairs that no responsibility attaches it
self to New Granada, for the massacre of Ameri
cans and the.destruction of American property at
Panama.
The Commissioners next proceed to comment
upon what they call the “ridiculous” account of
the affair, upon which the Granadian authorities
have based their action, and proceed to re-assert
that the testimony taken on authority of the Uni
ted States proves! by competent testimony, incon
testably that the events at Panama sprung out of
a preconcerted movement; that the Governor and
chiefs of the police were parties to the conspiracy
and participants in the riots, robberies and mur
ders, and they especially reprobate the avidity
with which the" Granadian Government accepts as
conclusive testimony the hearsay evidence, and
the opinions of the French Consul M. De Nollent,
and the English Consul, Mr. Perry, against the
sworn evidence of respectable eye-witnesses.
The Commissioners refuse to argue the question
which they say, has already been argued by the,
Resident Minister of the United States at Bogota,
to the satisfaction of his own Government, and add
‘ that, if the Granadian Government has decided that
no indemnity is due, and that it will not debate the
question, the Government of the United States, on
its part, after full examination and inquiry, has
come, also, to a conclusion that indemnity is due,
and has sent to demand it. Being met by a per
iemtory refusal to negotiate at all, it is for the Gov
ernment of the United States to determine for
itself what other means of redress the dignity and
; honor of the nation demand.”
They deny in general terms that there isanvthir e
m the propositions asking for a gratuitous and dis
honorable cession of territory, but simply a de
mand that local gorernment should be organized to
secure that safety to’the Transit line, which New
Granada cannot do; and they reply to the Grana
dian proposal to reopen negotiations in favor of
the Transit line, by saving simply that the pre
sent engagements of New Granada are strong
enough for these purposes to day, only she is urn*
able or unwilling to comply with*tkem*.
They close by reminding the New Granadian
Minister that the responsibility for all the conse
quences of closing the negotiations abruptly rests
with him and his Government.
Although the negotiation was closed, the corres
pondence continued. On the 23rd of February.
Messrs. Pombo and Gonzales replied at length to the
despatch of Messrs. Morse and Bowlin. They deny
that there has been any difficulty or delay in meet
ing these questions,Mr. Morse havingonlV presented
h j mselfonthe 27th of January, and the fist con
been held on the 4th of February;
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tipon which the Government acts.
They proceed to recapitulate and enlarge upon
these objections to the treaty, contending that it
demands a virtual cession of the State of Panama,
which would necessarily come to be an American
possession; that it would be gratuitous, for no
money can represent .the commercial value of the
monopoly of the Transit; that if would be dis
graceful to sell peopled territories against their
will to foreigners; that it would be unjust to all
other nations; and that it would violate the vested
rights of the Panama Company.
They complain of the rejection of those over
tures for another negotiation, which they now ex
plain to have been meant as a concurrent negotia
tion with other powers.
They rest finally on the renewal of their asser
tion that the difficulties at Panama were entirely
of American origin, and on this view they give at
length the New Granadian version of the antece
dents. origin and progress of the riots in April of
last year. We can only state that the narrative is
drawn up and colored to show that all those diffi
culties arose out of the wilfulness and wickedness
of Americans and filibusters ; that the Panama au
thorities deserve praise rather than censure; that
neither the railroad Company nor the passengers
lost anything of much value*; that the number of
killed and wounded has been designedly oversta
ted, and some of those were natives wantonly shot,
and the balance of wrong and suffering is greatly
witli Panama and New Granada and against the
United States.
They conclude with repeating their offer for a
concurrent negotiation with other powers for tie
tranquilization and neutrality of the Isthmus.
Three days after—namely on the 26th of Febrrv
ary—the American commissioners respond J
brief. They consider the negotiation closed, brit
express their views upon the suggested negola
tion, with the concurrence of France and England.
They have no instructions to consider any s?ch
proposition, and add, “once for all,” that we ty*ve
already every engagement that New Granada Jan
offer, and that we want something to secure! the
fulfillment of her compacts.
The correspondence between the special com
missioners ceased here.
On the same day the American Commi«>vaers,
referring the general question to their Goveifient,
made a formal demand upon the Government ot
New Granada, for four hundred thousand Mtars,
for the pecuniary part of the indemnity demanded,
and on the next day, February 2s, the Government
replied, through the Secretary of State, a *th the
peremptory refusal, and the presentation A a coun
ter-demand, by the Republic of New fWnada, up
on the United States, for one hundre/ ami titty
thousand dollars, as an indemnificati#* for losses
and injuries to the city of Panama i/ the acts of
Americans.
Mr. Morse immediately took Pis'departure
’he United States, and reached city by the
Empire City yesterday morning.
llv reference to the letter of cur correspondent
at Panama, it will be seen that the authorities of
Now Granada are very resolute, and apparently
unanimous in their determination to resist the de
mands of the Unit* d States.
We shall probably learn before long by what,
advice, under what influences, and with wa at
promises of Tiave t*-rn
-4tren.e position of refusing even to
admit of responsibility or treat at aii with the Uni
ted States.
Miscellaneous Items.
W. 11. Gaines has been elected Mayor of War
renton, Va.
Ice in Honolulu was selling at 40 cts. per lb., on
the 12th March.
The Carpet and Yarn Factory at East Wilton,
N. 11., has partially suspended operations. About
one-half of the machinery is running.
Corn is selling in Sioux city, lowa, at $3 a bush
el. Through the middle portion of the State hay
is in demand at S2O per ton.
The machine shops of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, in Wheeling, recently destroyed by fire,
are being rapidly rebuilt.
Gen. Scott is to be present at the inauguration
of the statue of Gen. Warren, on Bunker Hill, on
the 17th of June.
Bayard Taj lor was surprised, as well as delight
ed, to hear Yankee Doodle played at his stopping
place in Lapland.
There were ninety-eight deaths m Baltimore
last week ; nine of consumption and fifteen from
measles.
There were thirty deaths ia Norfolk, Virginia,
during April.
Rev. John B. Byrne has been elected Catholic
Bishop of the See of Pittsburg, Pa.
A wrought iron cannon Las been manufactured
in Liverpool, England, which weighs twenty-two
tons, and sends a ball of three hundred pounds
weight a distance of four miles.
At Frenchburg, Hampshire county, Va., Mary
D. Candy has been appointed postmistress.
The grading of the Georgia and Florida Rail
road is nearly completed within ten miles and a
half of Albany.
Virginia and Kentucky Railroad.—The sub
scribers to the stock of this road met at Abingdon,
Va., on Saturday week, and fully organized the
company. Gov* J. B. Floyd was elected president.
The merchants of New Orleans are about start
ing a new bank under the new banking law, with
a capital of $2,000,000. It will be called the Cres
cent City Bank.
The Rutherford Democrat says that Wm. J.
Wilson, of Haywood county, is out for Congress,
in the Bth District of North Carolina, in opposi
tion to Mr. Clingman.
There is a genius in Schenectady who, with
skates, writes a four months’ note on the ice with
such perfection, that in less than one hour the sun
liquidates it.
Artificial Whalebone.—A process has been
making rattan flexible and elastic
like whalebone. It is both cheaper and better than
whalebone for many purposes.
Recovering. —Hon.J. Glancy Jones and Hon.
W. L. Dewart, both M. C.’s from Pennsylvania,
have nearly recovered from the National Hotel
sickness. Mr. D. is on a visit to Washington, and
Mr. Jones is soon expected there.
Among the attache * of Lord Elgin in his mission
to are Mr. Lawrence Oliphant, the clever
writer on Russia, who has twice visited the United
States; and Capt. Henry Loch, formerly of the
’ East India service, a brother of Mr. John Charles
Loch, whose name has been connected with the
vacant Consulate m New York.
p In a Hurry for Mourning Weeds.—A lady of
\ Troy, one of the aristocracy of that city, lost her
■ husband at nine o’clock in the morning. Two
. hours later, she caused the following telegraphic
despatch to be sent to a modiste in New York:
p “ What is the latest fashions of mourning goods ?
[ Send particulars by mail.”
Railroad Sunk.— A portion of the track of the
* Racine and Mississippi Rail Road, at a point some
r seventeen miles west of Racine, has sunk entirely
■j out of sight, interupting the running of the trains.
I The hole is a bad one and it will cost a good deal
< of money to fill it.
High Priced Shawls. —A shawl was lately sold
in Philadelphia for one thousand four hundred and
twenty-five dollars. In the same city women make
’ shirts for six cents each. Thus foolish extrava
j gance and suffering females go hand m hand,
t “ Feet Washers.” —This denomination of Chris
? tians has created considerable excitement in An
i uapolis. Street preaching and street argument.
5 together with their public baptism, has attracted
, much attention. They are under the lead of a Mr.
- Stansbury, who is a native of Annapolis.