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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.