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C l 'onstitutiomiiist
BY JAMES GARDNER.
“ Ion,” the Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore s«n, says: “There is nmy no danger
that the organization of the House trill be delayed
through mischievous attempts to introduce, in the
Democratic caucus, resolutions of a sectional char
acter. Should it be attempted to osier resolutions
in relation to the Kansas imbroglio, they will be
▼oted out of order. It is not a Democratic usage
to permit political questions to interfere with the
proceedings of a caucus which is intended merely
to enable members to reconcile conflicting views
as to nominees. At the commencement of the last
Congress, resolutions were adopted in caucus, but
it was by common consent. Ou former occasions,
when offered, they were ruled out of order.”
The Kin-o ok Prussia.— According to the las,
European news, the King of Prussia lias complete
ly lost his reason. He is said to entertain the most
extravagant delusions; among others, that he is a
snb-Lieutenant m the army, and frequently com
plains to the Queen of the obstacles thrown in the
way of bis advancement.
A clergyman, who was consoling ayoung widow
on the death of her husband, spoke in a very se
rious tone, remarking that he was “ one of the
few. Sucli a jewel of a Christian—you cannot find
his equal, you well kuow.” To which the sobbing
fair one replied, with an almost broken heart, “I’ll
bet I will.”
A Youthful Murderer Sentenced. —Josni A
Eaton-, Jr., a boy, fourteen years of age, has been
sentenced to the Kew Hampshire State prison for
six rears, to be kept to hard labor, for shooting
George Elisha Sweat, aged fifteen, in Sandwhich,
New Hampshire, last July. Young Eaton was in
dieted for murder by- the grand jury, but was al
lowed to plead guihty of manslaughter.
Resound Work. —Manufactories at the eastward
are said to be steadily, one after another, resuming
operations, despite the hardness of the times.
Manufacturers urge that “ there never was a period
in which the prospect for the successful establish
ment of home industry was so great as at present,
inasmuch as British competition is, in a great mea
sure, prostrated by over-trading during the last
few years.” _
Mt>. Banks’ District.—The Boston Journal says
that the Hon. N. P. Banks will take his seat in the
United States House of Representative, which
meets next week, and hold it fora month, as the
new State government of Massachusetts, of which
he will he chief, cannot come into existence until
the tith of January next. His resignation from
Congress, the Journal says, will take eft'ect on the
Ist of January.
Coo Liver Oil.— lt is estimated that athnussnd
barrels of cod liver oil are annually brought into
the town of Beverly, Mass., by her fishermen. It
is sold to the leather carriers. The present value
is adout thirteen dollars per barrel.
Socthkrn Pacific Railroad. —The last mails
from Texas bring the details of an assignment and
deed of trust, and a rumor that the work is to be
suspended on this road and the charter forfeited.
The Marshall Republican exposes a fraudulent is
sue of, stock by the association of sjieculators who
originated the enterprise.
The Canadian Banks.— The banks of Canada
and the adjoining British provinces, did not sus
pend specie payments during the recent crisis.
The directors of the Dunks met, consulted and re
solved not to suspend unless under u “run,” and
in the mean time to fortify themselves with gold
from Europe.
The Trans- Atlantic Telegraph.—The New York
Time* understands that in attempting to raise the
submerged portion of the telegraphic cable, the
shore end has been broken. This will seriously
embarrass the enterprise of securing it. It was
carried on under the supervision of Mr. IlniGiiT,
the late engineer of thg company.
Mr. Callaway, late editor and publisher of the
Sunny South, Aberdeen, Miss., lias issued a pros
pectus for the publication of a new Democratic
paper in Memphis, Tenn., to he called the Mem
phis Avalanche, Mr. Callaway is a spirited and
able writer, and his paper will he worthy of public
support, and cannot fail of success.
A Cold Time.—Meriar, the weather prophet of
Brooklyn Heights, N. Y., says that the tempera
ture last Saturday morning, before sunrise, fell to
rineteen degrees. On Sunday, the highest was
twentv-eight degress at noon. Except the year
1838, this is the coldest weather in November in
New Turk for a period of sixty-nine years, both as
to the intensity and duration of the cold.
The Fashion Expected. —The Mobile Register,
of the Ist inst., says: “We learn from a friend
just from New Orleans, that a rumor prevails in
that citv, founded upon the information brought
bv the Daniel Webster, that the Fashion had ar
rived at Nicaragua, lauded her passengers and car
go, and may be expected here, on her return, very
goon.” _
Nor Candidates— Among the distinguished gen
tlemen mentioned in the newspapers as candidates
for the Speakership, we find, says the V gton
Star, Messrs. J. Clancy Jones of Pennsylvania,
George W. Jones of Tennessee, Thomas 101 l
ris of Illinois, and Alexander 11. Stephens of
Georgia, neither one of whom stands in any such
position. _
Western Lunatic Asylum. —The report of the
Western (Va.) Lunatic Asylum for the two years
ending the 30th of September, shows that during
that period five hundred and twenty-four patients
have been in the Asylum. Sixty-two have been
restored to reason, and three hundred and fifty
three applicants for admission have been rejected
for want of adequate accommodations.
Another New Territory.—Among the passen
gers of the Northern Light, at New York, is James
11. Crane, Esq., of California, on his way to Wash
ington as the representative of the people of the
Great Basin or Carson Valley, who are desirous of
haviDg that portion of Utah lying near the bounda
ry of California erected into a new Territory, sep
arate from the Mormon dominion.
Delaware U. S. Senator.—lt is rumored that
Senator Bates, of Delaware, will resign, and that
Mr. Comegys, the former incumbent, will be ap
pointed by the Governor. The legislature is elect
ed in that Slate every two years.
Fire hundred kegs of powder were recently
seized by Col. Hoffman from one of the Mormon
train en route to Salt Lake,
The failure of the second attempt to launch the
“ Great Eastern ” steamship, in England, will be
much regreted. The Liverpool Courier mentions
that the first attempt is “said to have cost seventy
thousand pounds sterling,” or enough to build a
Terv respectable steamship of the ordinary size.
Naval Expbnmtures. —During the month of
November one million six hundred and fifty-two
thousand four hundred and fifty-three dollars and
ninety cents were drawn from the treasury for naval
expenditures. Os this sum, one hundred and thirty
thousand dollars were paid over for Blythe Island,
Georgia, as a naval depot. There was refunded to
the treasury department the sum of two hundred
and sixty-three thousand six hundred and fifty-five
dollars and sixty-nine cents, including tranfers—
making the net amount drawn one million three
hundred and eighty-eight thousand seven hundred
and ninety-eight dollars and twenty-one cents.
N. R. Stimson, editor and proprietor of the New
York Day Book , died suddenly on the 30th No
, ! vember, while on his way to Cypress Hills, L. I.
j Mr. Stimsox was on his way home in the Long
Island cars when the sad occurrence took place.
He entered the cars full of life and health, but
had not proceeded on his journey more than a
mile when the hand of death came upon him.
The conductor of the train saluted him just pre
vious to the cars entering the tunnel—when they
emerged at the other side the deceased was found
sitting lifeless in his seat. It is supposed that
disease of the heart was the ca se of his sudden
death.
Col. Kixxky, of Greytown, was on the 18th ult.,
stopping at Aspinwall.
The United States ship St. L'mis was at Port
Traya, (Island St. Jago,) Oct. 30th, all well.
[communicated.]
Mr. Editor: Amidst the whirlpool of momen
tous events which are ocuring and occupying the
general attention of ihe public, in the shape of
bankruptcies, bank suspensions, Ac., it seems to me
that the importance of a question vitally affecting
the ultimate interests of the South, is likely to be |
overlooked; I mean the patriotic efforts of Gen.
Win. Walker and his compeers to open up the
Central American States to the mlluence of Ameri
can institutions.
In a short time heuce we of the slave interest
will be in a hopeless minority in Congress, and if
we are to judge by the headway which the Aboli
tion fanatics have evinced during the past few
years, we can expect but little mercy for our insti
tutions from their virulent animosity. Where
then are we to look for a counterpoise of power to
protect ourselves against the threatened assault
but in the extension of the area of slave holding
States? Aud iu what direction are we to direct
our looks but towards that land of eternal summer
which commands the de9tiuies of this continent by
presenting the only feasible route of inter-commu
nication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, to
wards that land whose exceeding richness and fer
tility awaits only, like Aladdin’s lamp, the energet
ic rub of American enterprise to call forth untold
prosperity to the South and a permanent equaliza
tion of freedom and slavery ?
The desire of Great Britain to acquire a control
-1 ing interest in the affairs of these States, must be
apparent to any one who has taken the trouble to
watch the course of events within the last few years.
France now, at the solicitation of England, exhibits
a desire to interfere, and by their joint mlluence
hope to intimidate this country from an energetic
sustenance of the Monroe doctrine. Shull such
things be, and we, Qj whom the principal benefits
must accrue, remain in a state of lethargic indif
ference, nor lend a band of aid, nor a voice of sym
pathy to cheer on the pioneers of this great south
ern movement. * * *
JSgf" We find the following in the Washington
.Star, of December Ist: #
“ Gov. R. J. Walker left Washington this morn
ing for New York. It is understood that much oi
his time, since his arrival here, has been spent iu
close consultation with the President. We per
ceive in distant journals, wtial purports to be ac
counts of their various conferences— many of them
dilfenng in all their essential points, and agreeing
only in the evident purpose of misleading the dis
tant public as to what course the Executive ami
Governor W. will probably pursue with reference
u> the future of the Kansas imbroglio.
“Byway ol’ putting all such stories at rest, we
have to say that the best in torn ed persons here
regurd the Washington Onion edi’orml columns
as truthfully reflecting the views of the President
on the subject, und, further, that the same par* les
are now of opinion that one result of the confer
ence* übove alluded to, has been to make it very
probable that Gov. Walker will disappoint the
hopes of those who have been calculating that his
future labors will be to the end of embarrassing
the Democracy of Congress in their action upon
the Kansas Constitution, under the advice aud
guidance of President Buchanan.
“ We make this statement with unfeigned grati
fication, for, if realized, it involves the utter
defeat of the hopes of the opposition from Con
gressional Democratic divisions, as well as those
of the nominal Democratic plunder-mongers,
whose chances for the success of their schemes on
the public printing, Ac. wore locked up in that
of a split in the Democratic party sufficientiy
great to deprive the Administration of the work
ing majority in both Houses of Congress, to which
it is fairly and honorablv entitled.
Gerge K. Gliddon.
George R. Gliddon, the well-known Egyptian
archaeologist, died at Panama on the 16th of No
vember. lie was born in England about the year
1807, and at an early age went to Egypt, where his
father was the American consul—an office which
Mr. Gliddon himself afterwards held. When Me
hemet Ali was projecting those national enterprises
which have done much to improve Egypt, Mr.
Gliddon succeeded in impressing the Pacha with
the idea that American machinery would best sub
serve his purposes, and they thereby opened a
market for the production of American ingeuuity
and skill.
He became an enthusiastic member of the Egyp
tian society of Alexandria, and unvalued correspond
ent of Dr. Morton, the eminent craniologist, whom
he furnished with several hundred skulls from all 1
parts of the valley of the Nile, at a considerable '
expense and personal risk. The results of Dr.
Morton’s examinations were published in a book 1
dedicated to Mr. Gliddon, and threw much light
on the difficult questions which had been agitated J
with regard to the ancient Egyptians.
At one period of Mr. Gliddon’s residence in 1
Egypt he became interested in the success of the i
projected ship canal across the Isthmus of Suez,
aud made a journey to England to advocate that j
measure.
£Soon after, Mr. Gliddon transferred his resi- \
dence to the United States. His long sojourn in
Egypt and exteusive researches into itsanriquities, e
procured for him many invitations to lecture ou 1
subjects connected with that country. A course of v
lectures delivered"by him before the Lowell Insti
tute of Boston, repeated in New York and Phila
delphia, and afterwards published, did much to v
disseminate a knowledge of Egyptian researches J 5
and awaken fresii interest in them. In 15.04, iu
connection with Dr. J. 0. Knott, of Mobile, Mr. '
Gliddon published “Types of Mankind.” It con- *
tamed papers by several distinguished men of
science, and being addressed to the popular taste,
had an extensive sale. A supplement to tins work
issued from the press in the spring of the present ‘
vear, under the title “ Indigenous Races of the D
Earth.”
In April last, Mr. Gliddon sailed for Honduras, ]-
having become connected with the interoceanic
railway scheme. He was on bis return to the ~
United States when he died. His disease was “
pulmonary congestion ; hi* age fifty years.
St. Johns, N. 8., Dec. I.—The Central Bank of *
Frederickton has suspended. d
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1857.
From the London Times, Nov. 14. *
The Atlantic Telegraph Cable—Ply
mouth.
The North of Europe Steam Company’s packet
Leipsic, Capt. Rivers, which has been employed
lu recovering the submerged cable, arrivea here
, this morning aud proceeded to Keylnun yard.
, The operation was commenced by Mr. Bright, the
[ engineer, on the 22d ult. The heavy inshore
cable was under-run from the station at Valencia
on a catamaran, formed of a timber framing bear
■ ing a saddle fixed between two long iron buoys;
. this was towed by the steamer. At a distance of
I five miles, which was attained on the 31st of Oc
tober, the gales having interfered with the work,
the bearings were taken, and the wire w*« at
tached to three chain cables, fitted with a buoy, at
a short dis-auce apart, for connection with the
■ ocean line to be laid next spring, when operation*
. will recommence.
p On Thursday, the stli inst., after the wind had
’ abated, the steumer went ten miles out, grappled
• the light cable, and commenced hauling in, with
t the aid of a small engine on deck, which was cal
i culated, with the machinery attached, to draw
about two miles per hour in fine weather, and a
mile and a quarter when there was much sea on.
About fifty-three miles of the ocean wire—and the
r remainder of the inshore cable, about five miles—
l were thus recovered. At a quarter past 4 o’clock
• on Friday, the 6th instant, when a heavy swell and
sea prevailed, the wire parted. The bottom there
1 was rocky, and it is net improbable tkat the w ire
which is capable of bearing a strain of four tons,
was broken by the uneven character of the ground.
The recovery of the remainder must be postponed
until next spring, when a small steamer will he
sent to meet the Agatnemnou, and to assist in
• making the splice with the shore end.
It is very satisfactory to know that the sub
merged wire bears no appearance of injury, and
the whole of the recovered cable cah be used
. again. There is, of course, a little rust on the
, twelve wires which protect the inshore cable, but
' on rubbing with the huger they become blight
again; none of the gutta percha coatings are dis
i turbed, and the tarring of the wire seems to have
? stood exceedingly well.
| i The telegraphic cable in the Agamemnon is
passing at the rate of about a mile p t* hour fiom
■ her bold to the tanks. It goes through a compo
i shon of tar, pitch, linseed oil, aid beeswax,
. and is coiled in circles so compact ks to prevent
the admission of air. About two hundred and titty
miles are landed.
Additional by the America*
Halifax, Dec. I.— The R. M. Stearaship Ameri
■ ca,from Liverpool at eleven o’clock ion the rnor
. tnng of thc22d ult., arrived at thm port at six
o’clock this morning.
The Collins steamer Baltic arrived) out at half
► past leu on the morning of the IStfi.j
l The aeumthtp Jason, from New’ Yark bound to
f Southhampton, put into Greenstown cm the 19th,
' shot tof coal.
Great Britain. —On Wednesday the duplications
at the Bank of England for discount increased
r rather than diminished.
The list ot failures was seriously extenled. New
suspensions : E. Sieveking A rion., in thdSwedish
trade, with liabilities of half a million Iterling;
- Allen, Smith A Co., in the Denmark trafe, with
- liabilities of one hundred thousand pounls sttrl
l ing ; Oorrissen, Huffed A Co., general meithants,
iu consequence of American difficulties, wkii lia
bilities about six hundred thousand pouudl sterl
ing ; Bwemlson A Johnson, merchants, liabilities
- forty thousand pounds; and Brocklesby A wjcssel,
e corn importers, liabilities forty thousand pounds
0 sterliDg.
The probability of a further advance in the bank
’• rate was discussed, but the large gold arrivalsk'dre
s regarded us likely to render such a step unu4.es
e surv.
c The funds were firmer throughout 4 he day. \
On Thursday, the 19lh ult., tue Times says |1 Are
1 was a decided amendment in ejl mercantile 4 I»r
--s ters ; not a single failure w*s reported, und umAti*
r. special causes of anxiety were removed, l'liesaati
paper remarks that it is understood that Ahe
application which has been made within/the
' last few days by a leading American ■* • i}4*
to the bank ot Engird, for a i*Tge advartffc*tm
securities furnished from the private resources
i of the firm has been most satisfactorily met, and
that all the aicotninodatious required will be fully
granted. According to rumor, the requirements
’ of the firm in question (one rs the moat eminent in
the American trade), were uearly a million sterl
ing, und according to the Daly News the assist
ance received from the bank, after a long deliber
ation of the directors, will, it is expected, enable
the firm promptly to comply with the conditions
under winch the advances were made. The pres
sure for money at the hank was undiminished In
deed, some author! tits say it was more intense than
ever, but the meeting of the bank directors broke
up without muKing any advance in the rates of dis
count.
Loans on government securities were in demand
at ten per cent.
At Hamburg the rate of discount had receded
to eight and thrce-fotirilis.
Private letters from Paris described better feel
ing. The American house* were beginning to
get remittances, and the situation of the Bank of
France was improving.
At other continential cities there are likewise
signs of an approaching tendency to the revival of
confidence.
A large and very influential meeting had been
held in Glasgow for the purpose of expressing con
fidence in the Scotch banks. It was resolved to
accept the notes of the suspended banks as cur
rency.
Tlie shipment of silver to the East by the mail
of the 20th is only three hundred and eighteen
thousand pounds.
The stoppage of the Wolverhampton Bank caus
ed many failures in the iron districts, representing
in the aggregate a large sum.
The London iXanmtrcxai List, of Friday even
ing says: “ The discount market in some mea
sure has become more settled. The timely assis
tance afforded by the Bank of England has arrest
ed the distress which otherwise would have oc
curred. We cannot quote rates lower. From ten
to twelve per cent continue* to be demanded. There
is, however, a better feeling in all monetary de
partments, and good bills cease to be rejected.
We confidently look forward to the day when con
fidence will be re-established.
Messrs. Scott A Co., of Queenstown, have sus
pended, and their liabilities are estimated at from
one to two hundred thousand pounds sterling.
TUB VERY LATEST UY TKLKGUAJiI FROM LONDON TO
LIVERPOOL.
London, Nov. 21.—The Tunes* city article of Fri
day evening says: The funds have been very
steady to day, and have closed at an advance of u
quarter per cent. We have to confirm the state
ment made yesterday, that the advance required
upon ample securities by an important American 1
house, would be fully granted. There have been
no further serious failures during the day, the only *
suspension mentioned being that of a firm, of whose 1
ultimate solvency’there is apparently not the slights 1
est dbubt. # * I
A luriher improvement in foreign exchanges 1
and the prospect of about a half million of Austra- 1
lian gold being forthwith taken to the bunk, and
also a considerable arrival by the Persia from New f
York, are assisting to impart firmness in foreign *
exchanges. This afternoon the rates for Amsier- c
dam and Hamburg were rather higher, but Pans c
was about the same as at last post. About thirty
five thousand pounds of gold and coir was sold to
the bank to-day. The suspension was announced ?
on Friday of J. R. Thompson & Co., a firm largely ! ,
engaged in the colonial trade, especially wiih ihe ! 1
(Jape ol Good Hope; their liabilities are supposed c
to amount io about two hundred thousand pounds j!
three hundred tbousan pounds.
The raieol discount at Hamburg has again ad- 8
vanced from to percent. Tins has partly
been occasioned by the apprehension of a large
failure which it is beieived will be found to have
been averted. t
The Tunes' city article gives the following ac- i
count of the state of the produce markets during
the week : The produce markets, which, at the d
commencement of the w’eek, showed a slight ten- Li
den y to impr vemenl, has since relapsed in con- j a
sequence of the extreme pleasure for money, and
the still unsatisfactory nature of the American ad- I p
vices. Further heavy failures during all the early ~
day* of the week also*incieased the general feeling 1 d
of distrust, but the absence of any fresh difficulties
on Thursday and Friday has had some effect in
restoring confidence.
t At Vienna, there has been a partial recovery in
| the funds, and the premium on gold has declined
» nearly one per cent. This improvement is attri
butabie to the official announcement of a consider
l able reduction in the Austrian military establish
» ment.
At Hamburg, Messrs. Ullberry A Cramer, en
-1 gaged in the {Swedish trade, have stopped pay
. ment, being involved m some of the embarrass
f mentsin London.
In the Daily News' city article,it is said that the
negotiation of bills on the Continent was attended
! with great difficulty.
t From live Daily News of Friday evening .
e The fuuds after obtaining a rise of three-eighths
g per cent, closed at a quarter per cent higher than
yesterday. Upon the whole, the feeling in the
\ money market, was to-day calmer and more satis
\ factory. The negotiation for affording assistance
j to a great and wealthy American house, with ha
u bilities estimated at more than two millions, were
v to-day satisfactorily concluded. The temporary
n ombarrassments of the firm in question, were sole
, ly occasioned by the impossility of procuring rc
g liuttances from some of the first houses in Ameri
_ ca. Provided that no fresh important cases of em
t barrassment occur, there is a disposition to hope
j that affairs will become more cheerful.
B Last Ntght's Bank diet urns. —The Times' city ar
i tide, refering to these acts points out, that while
i we have been increasing our promises to pay in
l gold, the stock of gold on which these promises
j were based has been steadily diminishing all will
e see that this inverse process must have certain lim
n its, and that if those limits were reached, national
suspension would be the result—happily not
checked by the partial tendency to the revival of
\ confidence.
\ The Daily News' city article describes the re
e turns as the most remarkable ever published,
t The banks have infringed the act to the extent of
t two millions, but to a considerable extent this in
r fringement is more seeming than real. Os the two
e millions of new notes created against government
securities deposited iu the i* ue department, one
b million one hundred and forty-eight thousand one
i hundred and eighty-five pounds iu notes, and four
. hundred and tour thusaud five hundred and one
pounds in coin, making a total reserve of one mil
t lion five hundred and thirty-two thousand six hun
j dred and eighty-six pounds, remain in the batik
still, consequently the extent to which the public
have actually trenched upon the new fund of two mil
lions, so far as placed at their disposal, is really less
than a half million. The six hundred aud eighty
six thousand four huudred and twelve pounds of
* coin wiihdrawn, remains in the country, being
held in Scotland and Ireland. The bank appears
- to have sold a million of government securities
1 in the market.
5 The Wreck of the Plying Cloud.
* From the one surviving sailor of the ill-fated
i schooner “Flying Cloud,” on Lake Michigan,
the following thrilling particulars of her loss are
r learned. We condense them from the Chicago
, papers:
; The Flying Cloud left Chicago last Wednesday
i week for Cleveland, with a cargo of ten thousand
bushels of wheat. She had proceeded down the
, lake some fifty miles with a fair wind, and was
• near Raciue, when she encountered a violent gale,
- accompanied with snow ; her sails split and small
s boat swept away, aud she was rendered complete
, ly unmanageable. Suddenly the wind changed
i to the North west, and the vessel was headed for
Chicago. The weather was intensely cold, and
i the sea made clean breaches over the vessel. She
3 was driveft at the mercy of the waves back toward
r the head of the lake during the night of Wednes
day.
About ten o’clock on Thursday a blinding snow
e storm set in, and about two o’clock in the after
•- noofi. the most bitter cola day of the season, she
a struck on the rocks at a place called Grand Calu
e met, a wild, bleak coast, covered with snow, und
e no friendly hands to render assistance. The Cap
e tain and crew immediately took to the rigging,
g. where they remained all day, and at night came
ft down and spent the night on the quarter deck,
s lashed to the spars. In the morning two of the
i men were found dead, and the Captain scarcely
y able to articulate.
i The whole of the crew were already’ nearly fro
i zen and unable to swim. They consisted of nine
. persons, mostly belonging to Cleveland, viz:
. Alexander Bherwood, Captain; George Gordon,
first mate; Paul Stedd, second mate; John Flan
• ders, steward, (shipped in this city from bark Mor
\ gan;) and John Small, George Grirnby, Watt Bain,
. Francis Fox and Henry Coleman, crew. The cap
tain, steward, John small und George Grimby
i were soon so badly frozen that they were unable to
> move. The captain wanted to jump overboad, but
. was prevented by the others, as lie would have
drowned immediately, though he was only to die
by the more lingering death of freezing.
At ii A. M. the mate, George Gordon, jumped
overboard and swam ashore. Ou touching it he
perceived two men dragging a boat down the
beach to their shanty at the mouth of the river.
He was subsequently found within twenty rods of
the shanty, having mistaken the path, eoid and
lifeless. A Bailor by the name of Baiu followed
the mate overboard, but fell within six rods of the
vessel, where his body was afterwards found.
Both iroze to deatii and are now on the beach
dead. Another seaman by the name of Franklin
Fox was the next to jump over, and was fortunate
ly met by the men wit«the boat, who directed him
to their shanty, a mile and a half from the creek,
while they labored to rescue the others. Tffey
succeeded in saving a boy by the name of Henry
Coleman, but on taking on another the boat, was
swamped aud broken to pieces, and the unfortu
nate man was drowned.
The captain was so chilled as to be unable to
stand, and could not avail himself of the efforts
to rescue him. Fox was badly frozen and crippled,
was without any clothes, and after being supplied
by some shingle-makers, went to Miller’s station,
on the Michigan Southern railroad, three miles
distant from the wreck, and came to Chicago.
The boy Coleman managed to get ashore alive,
remained at the shanty near the wreck, badly fro
zen. On the arrival of Fox at Chicago a subscrip
tion was set on foot, and a handsome sum collected.
Mr. J. Barney and William Hea immediately
proceeded to the scene of disaster and found the
vessel broken in two, with the captain and two
others enveloped in their icy shrouu9, in the posi
tion in which death overtook them, upon her deck,
but having no boat, were unable to lake off their 1
bodies. The bodies of the mate and Bayne were j
found lying where they fell.
Capt. Ilea and Mr. Barney returned from the
wreck to Chicago on Tuesday with three of the 1
bodies—that of the mate, George Gardner and ]
Watt Bayne and George Grimly, seamen. Bayne 5
and Grimly belong iu Cleveland, and Gardner at 1
Port Huron. The bodies were terribly frozen and !
distorted, showing the intense agony the victims 1
must have suffered ere death released them. The 1
bodies of the captain, cook and boy, are still on
board, and can be plainly seen from the beach. It 1
was impossible to get them off on Tuesday, the sea !
running mountains high.
Ti e Captain leaves a wife and child, aud Geo. 1
Grim iv a wife. The rest are unmarried. The Fly- J
ing Cloud was owned by Barney, Corning A Co., s
of Cleveland, und was insured for six thousand i
dollars. (
f
It was told, as a good-natured joke, of an old 1
doctor, that being on a visit to a village where he
had spent the earlier part of his life in practice, *
lie, one morning, before breakfast went into a
church yard near the house where he was stop- j
ping, flreakt'ast being placed upon the table, the t
doctor was inquired for. “I believe,” said the r
servant, who had seen where he went, “that he t
has gone to pay a visit to some of his old patients.” \
St. Johns, N. F., Nov. 80.—The weather here c
this morning is very heavy and thick, and a stoim c
is prevailing at Cape Race. i
Boston, Nov. 28.— Hon. Samuel Elliott haring 1
declined the nomination for Mayor tendered him 1
by the Citizens’ Convention, Mr.’ Hall has received r
and accepted the appointment.
It'is announced to-day to be the intention of ihe i
projectors o the Air-Line railroad to New York to a
uju a large force of laborers on the road imme
diately, and push the work forward vigorous /. si
■s Matrimonial.—The following notice was yes
n terday served on the Courier:
M a reiki*, on Thursday evening, 3d Inst., by the Rev. U.
n Sinclair Bird, Wu.B. Caki.jsi.k, Esq., Assistant Editor of the
d Courier. to Arabella, third daughter of Wm. Bird, Esq., all
. of this city
r_ So our friend and brother editor is gone! Or,
so, rather, hath he come up from the dark ways ot
bachelordom, into the clear and steady light of
j_ wedded life! There is not much for us to say.
T _ But he, who has been so long associated with us
in the serious business of the world—who has our
3 respect for the strong virtues of his mind—who is
e still more endeared to us from that rare generosi-
ty, that tenderness and kindliness of feeling, that
quick and sincere sympathy, and all those better
qualities which create the true nobility of the
1S heart— he knows the sincerity of our wish, that
n the new path whereon he enters, may ntver be
e overspread by a cloud darker than the Bright sun-
5 _ shine—that, whatever be the trial, his wealth of
, e happiness may never be reckoned in lesser fold.
Charleston Courier, Dec. 5.
y The Value of Time.— When the Roman Etn
5. peror said, “ I have lost a day,” he uttered a sad
der truth than if he bad exclaimed, “ I have lost a
[. kingdom.” Napoleon said that the reason why he
j. beat the Austrians was, that they did not know the
e value of five minutes. the celebrated battle of
Rivoli, the conflict seemdd on the point of being
r . decided against him. He saw the critical state of
e affairs, and instantly took his resolution. He dis
n patched a flag to the Austrian head-quarters, with
s proposals for an armistice. The unwary Austrians
11 tell into the snare—for a few minutes the thunders
j. of buttle were hushed. Napoleon seized the pre
tl cious moments, and while amusing the enemy with
t mock negotiations, re-arranged his line of battle,
f changed his front, and in a few minutes was ready
to renounce the farce of discussion for the stern
arbitrament of arms. The splendid victory of Ri
voli was the result. The great moral victories and
,f defeats of the world often turn on five minutes.
. Crises come, the not seizing of which is ruin.
[) Men may loiter, but time flies on the wings of the
t wind, and all the great interests of life are speed
u ing on with the sure and silent tread of destiny.
Report on the Loss of the Central America.
> Commodore Perry and others, appointed in New
- York to investigate the cause of the loss of the
. steamship Central America, have just made their
: report. They declare, from the evidence, that oeg
-3 ligence and want of the proper organization of the
. crew, together with the independence of the sever
-5 a! departments of each other, were at the bottom
-of a calamity which resulted in the loss of the
f steamer and the sacrifice of so many lives. There
r appears, they say, to have been no material defect
* in the machinery—the leakage being ascribed to
5 other causes, she deck pumps were not in work
ing order, and those connected with the donkey
engine were in a questionable condition. There
was no carpenter on board, and in the department
j of the engineer there was too much independence
of action and a striking want of responsibilitj- to
’ the commander of the ship.— Exchange.
i There is nothing funnier in cockney vernacular
than Je&mes’ letter, according to the veracious
historian Thackeray, when he is in doubt which
1 to prefer of his two lady loves, Mary llann or
Hangelma. He writes: * “There they stood to
5 gether, them two young women. I don’t know
5 which is the ansomest; 1 couldn’t elp comparing
j them ; hand I couldn’t elp comparing myself to a
certain lianninile I’ve found it difficult to make a
j choice betwigst 2 Bundles of A.”
1 Fire.—Liqitor Store Bcbnt.— Yesterday morn
e ing, about four o’clock, a fire broke out iu the
] buildiug on Bryan street, occupied by J. M. Mul
i- ler as a liquor store and distillerv of vinegar. The
building was of wood, so the flames spread rapid
v ly, and before the arrival of our firemen on the
> ground, it was pretty well consumed. It was by
e great exertions that they succeeded in saving the
j. adjoining building, also of wood, and occupied by
d Mr. Terrence Nugent, as a bakery. The building
was owned by Mrs. Br»*h, upon which there was
f, no insurance. Mr. Muller was absent from the
ie city, but we understand that he is insured in north-
i t ern offices to the amount of six thousand seven
e hundred dollars, which we doubt not will fully
y cover his loss. Mr. Nugent made great exertions
to arrest the flames in his own residence, and feels
under many obligations to his neighbors for their
e prompt assistance.
The origin of this conflagration is as yet en
, veloped in mystery, and of course gives rise, un
der such circumstances, to various surmises. The
- general opinion is, that the place was set on fire.
, Savannah Georgian, Dec. 1.
Ten Broeck Course.—We learn that a race of
' a single dash of a mile will be run over this course
; on Thursday next, the loth inst., at half past four
| o’clock, between I). N. Lain’s sorrel stallion Ma
zeppa, lour years old, and A. W. Smith’s bay
gelding three* years old; forfeit fifty dollars.
Savannah Republican, Dec 2.
Washington, Dec. I.—lt is now probable that
• not only the President’s message, but the reports
| of the heads of the departments will be supplied
to the press in the principal Atlantic cities and
, newspapers elsewhere when the reading of the
message shall have been commenced in Congress.
The same will be previously sent to the postmas
ters, who will be telegraphed at the proper time
. with that view.
The propriety of such an arrangement is appa
rent from the fact that it will avoid telegraph
ic blunders, and secure a correct publication
iu the newspapers distant from the capitalat
the earliest practicable time. Although the ut
most care has been taken to prevent redundant
language, the message is unavoidably long, owing
to the prominent subjects of Kansas, Utah, Central
America and the currency.
Norfolk, Dec. I.—Ex-President Pierce and lady
arrived here this morning. They will be the
guests of S. T. Sawyer, Esq., till the sailing of the
Powhatan, in about a week.
Boston, Dec. I.—The Niagara sails to-morrow.
She takes about three-quarters of a million in spe
cie for Europe.
Norfolk, Dec. 2.—Ex-President Pierce visited
the navy-yard and the ships of war to-day, and
was entertained on board the ship Pennsylvania
by the officers, being previously received with
national salutes. He was treated* to a grand sere
nade last night. On Friday, he is to have a public
reception at the city hall.
Mrs. Pierce is improving iu health. The weather
is charming.
Washington, Dec. 2. —Judge Douglas, of Illi
nois, arrived here this evening and was welcomed
to the national metropolis by a salute of cannon
and the blazing of bonfires. His new residence,
prepared here Tor the reception of the distinguish
ed Senator aud his family, was also brilliautly
illuminated and shone with the splendor of a
palace.
A large concourse of ladies and gentlemen, among
them many Senators and Representatives, with
their wives, assembled in the new Hall of the
House of Representatives this evening to witness
the first lighting op of the gorgeous chandaliers
and gas-burners. The exhibition was eminently
successful. The innumerable burners distributed
around, simultaneously operated upon, in a second
of time exhibited noontide 9plendor, without the
slightest painful effect upon the eye. The effect
upon the general finish of the Hall was admirable.
The utmost gratification, was experienced bv the
elite mho witnessed the effect.
Nkw York, Dec. 3. —The foreign advances are
regarded as very discouraging to further shipments
of American products and to large quantities al
ready shipped. Stocks, however, are as yet unaf
fected, the market remaining steady to the close,
with fair demand.
New York, Dec. 2. —There is considerable ex
citement in Brooklyn, respecting an attempt to
capture a runaway slave for the purpose of return- <
iug him to Savanuuh. A writ of habeas corpus was
issued, returnable to-day; but, in the meantime, 1
the negro was spirited away on the underground
railroad. J
Boston, Dec. 2. —The actual amount of specie
taken out by the steamer Niagara is nine hundred 1
and ninety-seven thousand dollars.
There is a further serious decline in factory j
stocks, but others are unchanged.
VOL. 36-IsrO. 50.
Secretary Cobb’s Estimates of Federal
Vear BditUreS <ol ' lhe Comin S Fiscal
Treastry Department, Nov. 23,1857.
Sir: Agreeably to the joint resolution of Con
gress or the 7th January, 1546, I have the honor
«o transmit for the information of the House of
Representatives printed estimates of the appro
priations proposed to be made for the fiscal rear
ending June 30, 1859, viz.
_ , . t crvix, LIST.
r oreian intercourse and miscellaneous. including
the expenses of collecting the revenue from
sales of public lands, public buildings, and ex
penses of courts . *t) (kv. <**
To supply deficiencies iu the revenue of the Gen-* ' ’ *’
oral Post Office 3,654.900 00
Peiatom.... : 7Ca,aoo 0*
Indian Department 1.4.'i7,104 49
Army proper, including miscellaneous objects.’.’‘ I4,i>7t’utt9 49
Military Academy 152.304 00
Fortifications, ordnance, «&c 54355 435 113 oq
Naval estimates 13551> 44d V.
Steam mail service .7.7.7.*. D-ABSO 00
Total $50,512,548 IS
To the estimates are acMed statements showing,
First—Appropriations for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1 808, made by former acts of Congress,
of a specific and definite character, as follows:
Miscellaneous, including expense of collecting
revenue from customs $ 1.809,910 11
Compensation to General Port office for mail
servlet. 700,000 00
Arming and equipping militia 2m<VW) 00
Civilization ot Indians 10,000 00
Interest on public debt 1,445,314 36
Total $7,165,224 43
Second—Existing appropriations noi required
for the service of the present fiscal year, and
which nmy be applied to the service of the year
ending Ju.ie 30, 1959, as follows:
Civil. LIPT.
Foreign intercousre and miscellaneous s7..vr,fil6 18
Interior department—Pensions and Indian 1 , u 1,570 98
t\*ar department . . 20 96
Navy Department 4.;9i.479 98
Total $16,586,588 06
Grand Total s74.o<‘>4 755 95
There is also a statement of the several appro
priations which may be carried to the supplies
fund, amounting to $566,031 26.
I am, very respectfully, your obd’t. serv’t.,
Howell Cobh, Secretary of the Treasury.
To the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sew York Herald.
Conflict of State aod Federal Jurisdic
tion—Judge Me Lean’s Opinion.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of Friday mentions a
serious difficulty that occurred at Hamilton, Ohio,
the day previous. Judge McLean, of the United
States District Court, had granted several writs
against G. N. Curtis, of liamilton, and under
these a United States deputy marshal attached
his stock of goods, valued at tire thousand dollars.
One lleatty claims to have purchased the goods
previously, but this purchase was declared fraud'
ulent. Beatty and his friends undertook to eject
the marshal by force, but he maintained his
ground, revolver in hund. The next dav the
marshal left the store in charge of a watchman,
when Beatty came up with a number of ai med
men, broke into the establishment, hurled the offi
cer from and took possession of the premises,
and prevented the marshal from entering on hit
return.
From the Cincinnati Gazette, Dec. 1.
In the United States Circuit Court yesterday, a
motion w; s made by Charles Fox, Esq., to dis
charge the attachments, which was set down for
argument on Friday next. Thompson and Nes
mith appeared for the attaching creditors.
In regard to the removal of the goods from Ham
ilton, the Court issued an order to the effect
that the marshal retain possession of the goods,
but that they be permitted to remain where they
now are until the motion to dissolve attachments
be decided, provided the claimants to the property
give a bond of indemnity to the marshal that his
possession of said goods shall not be interfered
with, ana to pay the claims of the several plaintiffs
in case the conditions of the bond be violated.
The amount of the bond required by the marshal
was twenty thousand dollars, which will probably
be given to-day.
In the course of the proceedings, the question
was raised as to the right of State Courts to re
plevy goods iu possession of officers of the United
Uitates Court*. Judge McLean declined to decide
the question at present, unless a case involving
that district issue was brought before him, but in
the course of his remarks he intimated that State
Courts could not replevy property in possession of
federal officers; but that in tnis case, the proper
coursefortlie claimaut, Beatty, to pursue was, to
file a bill in chancery, setting forth the fact that
the goods had been purchased in good faith, and
without fraud, unu that upon his giving an ap
proved bond, conditioned that, if the attachment
be sustained, the plaintiff’s debts will be paid, an .
order would be given for the delivery of the goods '
to the claimants.
Until the decision of the motion to dissolve the
attachments, the goods will probably remuin ut
Hamilton.
He Wants to Know.—Oar estimable and ami
able friend Smith ers has wanted to know for sev
eral years past, and he has just communicated to
us his unbounded statistical anxiety on the sub
ject of the enormous quantity of wines and bran
dies which must, without a doubt, have been
manufactured between the years 1805 and 1815.
Smith ers is a man of stomach and taste, and dur
ing a pretty lengthy residence on earth has been
in the habit ot frequently putting himself into
communication with restauraters, hotel keepers,
&c., with a view of irrigating and enriching his
internal self. Smithers has drunk neither wine
nor brandy for thirty years past that was not of the
vintage of from 1805 to 1815, and he solemnly
demands an answer to the question: Has there
been any vintage since the last named date? He
says that the talk about the grape crop and wine
crop is all gammon, for the reason that there
have been no such arrangements since 1815„
Smithers gets a bottle of very cheap and soui
claret in a cheap restaurant, and to his utter aston
ishment he finds it to be from forty to fifty vears of
age. He endeavors to get something* younger,
but finds it utterly out of the question. S'mithers,
however, is open to conviction; and if it can be
demonstrated there fc:. vc been any vintages
since 1815, he is desirous of obtaining a specimen
of the manufactured 4 ? *iid.— Picayune,
A poor player having tent one of his comrades u
small matter, spoke to him one night behind the '
scenes in the Covent Garden theatre. “ Tom,
those two guineas I lent you ought to b« paid me;
you know lam in great distress.” “Do not talk
to me about it,” said the other, “ within this week
I will take care to pay in some shape or other.”
*• You will oblige me.” replied the creditor, “and I
pray let it be as much in the shape of two guineas 1
as possible.”
Washington, Dec. 2. —There is no doubt that
the administration will adopt measures with the
view of securing to the inhabitants of Kansas a
fair opportunity of expressing their opinions, at
the ensuing election, on the subject of slavery, in
the form proposed by the constitutional convention.
The acting Governor (Stanton) is entrusted with
the duty of carrying out the instructions.
The forthcoming executive documents will con
tain full particulars of the proceedings against the
Mormons, aud show conclusively the falsity of
Brigham Young’s charge that our government has
acted in the absence ot official information .con
cerning them.
Halifax, Dec. 2. —The foreign letters regarding
cotton represent the feeling as one of great depres
sion, and immense sacrifices have been made for
the purpose of raising money. Middling had been
forced off at six and a naif pence per lb., being a de
cline within four weeks of five cents per lb. in Amer
ican currency. Much of it had been held several
months and the losses sustained are very severe.
It is feared that still greater ones will yet be en
countered.
Trade in the manufacturing districts is almost
at a stand. Several mills were about closing.
London letters represent money as abundant in
the stock exchange at three per’ cent. <jn consols.
The discount houses were loaning at one half to
one per cent, below the bank rates.
Utica, Dec. B. —The New York Mills, in this
place, have arranged for a resumption of opera
tions in a few days.
