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Sinus nrttr SmimtL COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1853. ... | Banner Presentation. On Saturday, 14th inst,., a military display came off j in this city if a very imposing description. At two o’clock, P. M- the stirring notes of fife and drum rung through our streets and gallant citizen soldiers were •ten hurrying to their company rooms. Soon the Co lumbus Guards and City Light Guards moved with ■ martial steps to the parade gvound, and were formed nto Battalion under the command of Capt Semmes, Columbus Guards, and moved to Temperance Halt. — . The scene now presented was an imposing one. In \ front of the platform was displayed a magnificent banner, the work of Miss Mart Virginia Nuckolls, of this city, i and which she was about to present to the City Light Guards. Under its folds sat her chosen orator, Hon. M. J, W ELL3ORN, supported on one hand by tne fair j donor and a bevy of lovely young ladies, and on the ; other by the officers of the Battalion. In front sat the : non-commissioned officers and privates in their gala uniforms, and on either hand the benches were filled al- i most to suffocation with fair women and brave men. After music from our Amateur Band, Judge Wellborn arose and presented the banner in the name of Miss Nuckolls to the City Light Guards, ac companied with an eloquent and appropriate address— which elicited much applause. The banner was receiv ed by Lieut. Lomax, and by him committed to the Color Guard of his company with appropriate remarks. The battalion was again formed, and after due honors were paid to the colors, the ceremonies were closed with ! parade which reflected much credit upon the officer in command, and the soldiers under his orders. Every officer and private moved with anew vigor inspired by the presence and smiles of beauty, and we are sure they never before exhibited such precision, accuracy and spirit on parade. ’ Through to Savannah. The iron horse made its first trip from Savannah to Columbus, on Sunday 15th inst.—a blessed sunshiny Sabbath day, which we hope is emblematical of the in tercourse of the two cities. Rev. James Danelly. We are requested to announce that this venerable ■ Divine, who stands deservedly at tho head of the Minis try of the Methodist Episcopal church of the .South Carolina conference, will preach in the Methodist church in this city on this (Wednesday) night, 18th inst. 1 1 j The Southern Banner. Col. Hopkins llolsey has retired from the editorial ! chair. lie has been a man of mark in his editorial : career. He wrote always with spirit, and not unfre- i quently with great power and eloquence. Differing ! toto celo with him in fundamental principles, we yet I take leave of him with regret, and hope ho may find i solace in the quiet walks of private life, for his disap- j pointment at riot being able to transfer the Union Dem- ! oeraoy to the Whig party. His sucoessor cordially co-operates in the effort to re-organize the party upon the Baltimore Platform. We extend to him the right hand of fellowship, and wish him a useful and prosperous career in his new enterprise. Whig Ile-organization. W o are happy to find that the whigs of Baldwin have j scouted the deceitful devices of Union-WT.iggery, and have honestly “unfurled to the breeze the whig banner under whose folds Clay, Webster, Scott, Fillmore and Crittenden have stood.” There is meaning in these . words; we understand them, and are prepared to meet them under the broad and time-honored banner under j which Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, and Calhoun have i stood, and which is now unfurled to the breeze by our ! noble President. But though we admire the honesty j and independence of the whigs of Baldwin, we are amazed at their fatuity. What oan the south gain by ‘ the American system of Messrs. Clay, Webster, and Fillmore, but poverty and weakness l A tariff puts ! no money in her purse, nor can it advance one of her interests but that of sugar planting. She does not re* quire the aid of the Federal Government to develope j her internal resources-—this she has done by the wise application of her own means, and the exertion of her own energies—and even if she did need foreign aid in i this great work, she would not ask it from the Federal ; treasury, as the millions hoarded there are wrung in great part from her cotton fields. We had supposed that these federal heresies were buried in the grave of Henry Clay, but if in this we are mistaken, and these frightful ghosts still walk the earth, we are ready to buckle on our old armor again and do battle against them until the death. Here are the resolutions. We j commend their careful perusal to those faltering demo crats who hesitate between the re-organised Democracy ! and the so called Union-Whig Party. A dose or two ; of this kind will cure even Holsey of his monomania, i . WHIG RE-ORGANIZATION. At a meeting of the Whig Party of Baldwin county, at ! the Court House on Saturday, the 7th inst.. Col. John S. Thomas was called to the Chair, and Everett 11. Pierce ! requested to act as Secretary. The object of the meeting being briefly explained, on i motion, it was resolved, that the Chairman appoint a com- - mittee of nine to prepare a preamble and resolutions for i the consideration of the meeting. The Chairman, through the Secretary, announced the I following named gentlemen as that committee, to wit: j Col. A. 11. Kenan, Fleming T. Grantland, Samuel T. Beecner John S. Stephens, Charles Ennis. Daniel U. i lucaer, William Bice, Nathan xMeGehee, Gvo. L. Dem- J mg, Levin J. Smith, and Wm. T. W. Napier. The committee retired, and after a short conference, i reported through their Chairman, Col. Kenan, the follow- j mg preamble and resolutions, to wit: There being no question of union or disunion longer ; to excite or agitate our people, and the object for which j the Constitutional Union party was organized being ao- \ eompiished, aud the great majorities of the respective parties which united in its organization having disbanded j aud aligned themselves with their former parties, we deem I it unwise and unpatriotic to continue un unmeaning or- • ganization over obsolete issues. Both national parties hav ing in their political creeds nationalized,by their recognition ! and adoption, of the ‘Compromise measures.’ we would subject ourselves to the imputation of Quixotism by con- j tinulng informal array, for the purpose of defending ! what is not threatened ! Therefore , icc resolve to reorganize as Whigs upon ‘ the principles of the National Whig creed , in which are i recognized the prim-iplesof Millard Fillmore’s admin is tra j Son pUrpoSe ol a fuil and reorgan- ! SSShoufiSutVy part,J ’ We i,,vite our Whig brethren ! to | £ss- -i *V hioli were read and without “ ~ ‘ • , i adopted. inoul discussion unanimously Col. Kenan then addressed the ■< time in his usual eloquent and i !1 UjV ° hiiorl ! motion of Samuel T H ~k t* ,J annei ‘ when, on ; mu "‘ 1 • Beecher, Esq., it was resolved .Lit i the papers of Milledgevillo be requested to publish these 1 proceedings. The meeting then adjourned. JOHN S. THOMAS, Chairman, j E. H. Pierce, Secretary. The Girard Rail Road. —On Thursday evening last ! I the Mayor communicated to the Board of Aldermen, the j ! proceedings of the meeting recently held at the Alham bra, to consider the propriety of loaning the Girard Rail- j ! road $!,000,000, accompanied with an ordinance regu- : lating said loan. After some discussion, the subject | was laid over, under the rule, until next week. On tho : succeeding evening the matter came up before the i Board of Common Council, when C. W. Garzam of- i 1 sered the following joint resolution which was adopted : i | Resolved, That the Mayor and two Boards will meet j in convention on Tuesday, May 24th. at 4 o’clock, to con- j ; aider the propriety and expediency of subscribing, on the i ; part of the city, to the 6toek of the Mobile and Girard | Railroad company, and also to dispose of such other busi ’ ness as may come before the convention. FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL. Mobile, May 12, 1853. ! Messrs, Lomax Ellis— i Dear Sirs : I had the pleasure of telegraphing on Tuea* | day evening, that a large meeting of the citizens of Mobile | —composed too of tho very cream of its men of intelli | genee, talent, enterprise and property—had unanimously I recommended a subscription by the city of Mobile of one million of dollars to the Girard and Mobile Railroad ! company. I attended the meeting, as you may suppose, | a deeply interested witness of its deliberations. For years , this road has been my pet project. If you will take the I trouble to look back to your files, you will find that five years ago, I commenced writing about it, and have never ceased from time to time, since, to awaken the attention of the Mobile press to the importance of the subject, and through the press to reach the ears, the energies and re* sources of the Mobile community. At this meeting, all : ; that I had hoped and striven for, stood revealed in full grown development. On returning here last week, I found the worthy President of the Girard and Mobile Road was here, and that he had most happily chosen the propi tious moment for his advent. Every body was talking, ‘Girard Rail Road’; and when the meeting was organized, I found it was carrying coals to Newcastle to offer it argu | meats or persuasions in favor of a project, which was in favor with every body. All the speeches were for it—not one dissenting voioo or opinion heard. The million was voted without 3 struggle, and I have no doubt, another half j million would have been put down on the road to meet a i demonstration that such further sum was necessary to : cure the building of the road. Mobile has slept a long sleep of apathy in regard to iin- I provements of this sort. I know’ of no plaoe that can hold j a light to her in this respect, except Columbus. We know how Columbus was waked up, and how thoroughly she was aroused by the shock to her senses given by the com'* pletion of the South Western to Oglethorpe. A falling off of 20,000 bales of the staple, and desolate streets through one whole dreary winter, proved more potent ar gumentsthan all the philosophy that speaking and printing could use to reach conviction. It was the case of the ob stinate, turtle that would only move when the coal of fire was put on his back. Columbus did wake up, did shake herself in her strength, and by this time I suppose your iron way reaches the salts at Savannah. Mobile, too, has done nobly, the past few’ years. Their road to the Ohio river proves her to be capable of great efforts,and that her people possessed the minds to conceive and the energies to ! execute grand achievements in Internal Improvements.— j Their action on Tuesday night has fully redeemed their | character from the reproaches of past lethargy, and this ! minute, there is not a community that I know of, more | buoyant, lively and ready for action in this regard than | this ; with the exception of Savannah, who, I verily be | lieve deserve, the palm of jndoinitable energy and perse j vering will. Mobile dees not mean to stop with her Ohio j Road and her liberal grant to the Girard. Tho means to | deepen her harbor, and make a ship channel to her ; wharves; and she means to see to it, that when you come ; down to us from Columbus by rail, you can, if you ! choose, jump aboard of another train, and whisk away to | New Orleans in eight hours running time. A road hence j to N. Orleans will be built in less than five years. For the prosperity of the Ohio road, I refer you to the annual re ports of its officer just made, and published in the papers of this week. The entire line through Alabama, Missis sippi, Tennessee and Kentucky to the Ohio river, is under | contract, with the exception of 40 miles in Kentucky, for j which contracts are on the point of being made. The | company possesses a property capital of $8,372,175, with : which to build their road, and the grand enterprise which j a few years ago was a bold conception of a daring mind is j now a thing assured—a thing firmly fixed on the basis of i triumphant success—a fact accompli. Ihe political parties of this district have made their ’ congressional nominations. Col. P. Phillips, for the Democrats, and E. Lockwood, Etq., for the Whigs.— | They are both men of intelligence, great public spirit, | worthy, high toned and honorable men. Political parties I comniaud respect aud challenge confidence when they j offer such men to the popular suffrages. Which ever one of them is elected, the district is sure of a most worthy aud :.bie representative. You will please taka up the stitches in this scribble, written currente calamo , and in ad— of a hurry. Adi osJ Yours, &<}. F. 1 - _ $30,000 More.—The Mobile Tribune says: We j are glad to learn that $50,000, the amount asked tor by the Girard Railroad from our citizens, was i subscribed yesterday within a few hours: This au i gurs well for the loan proposed to be obtained from j the city, and may betaken as an earnest that Mo ’ bile will see that the entire road from the Chatta- I hoociiee to iur bay, will be put through during the j next three years: fur, Caloric Eng use.-- Mr, Liicssou, tuid* j ! mg, that in order to obtain a patent for his in* j vention in France, a caloric engine must be in ‘ actual operation in that country before the 20th j of next month, has arranged with the proprietors I ; of the New York Evening Post to take, for the ’ purpose, the engine constructed for that paper, which is the only one that can be got ready in i season. It will, accordingly, be sent by the i steamer Humboldt, which leave? for Havre the j present week. IMPORTANT FnOxM MEXICO. Inauguration of Santa Anna. By the arrival at New Orleans of the steam- [ ship Texas, and the schooner Constante, very j full advices have been received irom the city ol j Mexico to the 4th, and trom \era Cruz to the . Bth. They are highly important and inteiesting, as giving the particulars ot Santa Anna s Inau* j j guration, his policy of government, and the j ! state of feeling throughout the Republic. We j i compile from the Picayune and Delta, the ac- ; i counts, which should be read by all, notwith- j | standing their length. Gen. Santa Anna made his public entry into j j the city of Mexico on the 20th ult. An iui- j l mense concourse filled the streets and squares, i A triumphal arch had been erected across the i street of Santo Domingo, the houses were deco- ; rated with flags and draperies, and the balconies j were filled with ladies along the whole line of j the procession. Military salutes were fired, and j hands of music played national and martial airs at several points. When the cortege came in : sight of the crowd, the populace, notwithstand ing the resistance of the escort, took the horses i from the carriage of the General and dragged lit bv hand to the Falace. The principal officers | of the Government accompanied Santa Anna | from the village of Guadalupe, j The cortege proceeded first to the Palace and thence to the Chamber of Deputies, where the Supreme Court of Justice, the authorities, the corporation and military and clergy had as sembled for the occasion. There the following I oath was administered to the President by the | President of the court: I, Antonio Lopez do Santa Anna, swear to I God that I will defend the independence and integrity of the Mexican territory, and promote the welfare and prosperity of the nation, in con lormity with the basis adopted by the plan of Jalisco and the agreement made on the 6th of February last in this city by the united forces. When Santa Anna had taken this oath Gen. Lombardini rose and announced that the Presi dent had taken possession of the Government. Don Jose Miguel Arrayo then read the ad dress of the President, as he was ill of an affec tion of the throat and could not do it person ally. We can only give a synopsis of the address in consequence of its length : He says that when he received the call of the nation to take the supreme power, he resolved to return and sacrifice everything for his coun try, but that he had not conceived their full magnitude until he arrived at Vera Cruz and heard reports and opinions, often contradictory, and seen for himself the state of affairs. Discord has converted friendly States into ri vals and enemies on a multitude of local ques tions, the treasury bankrupt, taxes unnecessari ly increased, and Congresses and Governments in some States, while in others they are detes ted. That he lias been honored with the labor of restoring order and peace even to the con ferring upon him of all necessary power for that purpose until the new constitution is formed, but that even this amplitude of power is one of its difficulties. He does not disguise to himself his position ; and will do all he can to subvert the difficulties that surround him. He does not presume to promise success, rather does he believe he may commit errors, but they will be involuntary ones, and he shall always be ready to correct them when he is convinced they are such. He does not propose to aet arbitrarily, hut will lav down the plan he proposes to follow, I and will make it known. That it is first nec essary to attend to the question of internal or der, as without that no elections can be made and no system of government can be carried out. Will repair the evils that have been caused by a confusion of principles and satisfy the de sires of the people so far as they are compatible with the necessary obedience to the authorities, leaving to the citizens ail the liberty not dan gerous to public tranquility. He desires to cultivate friendly relations with friendly powers, to follow liberal ideas to such point as shall not amount to license, and give an impulse to the progress which the age has made known ; to respect morality and religion, give lucrative employment to the laboring class es and reorganize the army. ; He concludes by expressing his satisfaction, if j be can, when leaving his post, leave his country happy and respected, and implores the assistance of Divine Providence in his labor. His Cabinet a ere then sworn in as lollows: Don Lucas Alaman, Foreign Relations ; Don Teodosio Lares, Justice ; Don Antonio Harov I Tamarez, Treasury ; Don Jose Maria Tor net, ! War. ’ Senor Alaman then introduced the Spanish ! Minister, who presented to Santa Anna the cross of Charles ill. in the name of his sove . reign, who has granted it to him six years | since. The cortege then proceeded to the Cathedral where Te Deum was sung, and the President returned to the palace. There he received the diplomatic corps, and was addressed by the Minister of Guatemala, to whom he replied, reiterating the sentiments of his address. On the 2lst lie named the Very Rev. Cle mente Munguia, Bishop of Michoacan, Presi dent of the Council of State. On the he published the programme of j organization of Government, constituting five secretaryships, as follows : Foreign Affairs ; Interior, Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs ; Commerce, Industry, Improvement and Colo nization ; War and Marine ; and Treasury, and dictating the order of their labors. New ; civil, criminal, and commercial codes and codes of proceeds e are to be formed, and all decrees since the dissolution of Congress are to be taken into consideration for the purpose of determining what is best, for the nation. The Council of State is to be composed of twen j ty-one persons, divided into five sections, re j spending to the five secretaryships. All Le- I gislaturts of States and Territories, and other | bodies exercising leislative power?, are “to ; take a recess rules for the exercise of pow I er Governors will be issued, and all towns | | and districts that have separated from States j j will re unite for the present, except Aguas Ca* ■ ! lientes. This programme is signed by Santa j j Anna and bis tour ministers. j A decree w*as issued on the 26th modifying j I the army. No one can be admitted into the j 1 army as a general officer, without proving j good private and military conduct, before the ! commission on qualifications. From the dale j ot publication of this decree, those are exelu- * ded from the army who surrendered as vol- j untary prisoners to the invader, from 1846 to j 1848, or abandoned the points occupied or threatened by the enemy. f lhey can oniy be restored to their rank in case of anew war, bv serving in the ranks as privates. ‘General Uraga goes as m irsterto Prussia ; Vivo to Spain ; M. Castilloy Lanzas, to Lon don, and M. Laranizar to Rome. Gen. Lombardini issued a circular letter ot personal thanks to all the officers of the Gov ernment the day previous to tne entry ot Sau ta Anna; ~ .. Gen. Arista has sent to the President a letter stating that the stories of his connection with the Falconet affair are calumnies, and asking that ihe business may be officially investiga ted. His letter is dated on the 11th ult. at Na nacamilpa. , The title of Captain General had again been pressed upon Santa Anna by the Gover nor of the federal district of Mexico. Gen. Benito Zenea has been named chief of ihe st if. .... The Monitor says that Gen Lombardini has been appointed Governor and Commandants General of Mexico. . I The Marquis of Rivera has been received bv Santa Anna as Spanish Minister. Don | Jose Rarnond Pacheco has been named minis- j ter to France. Several addresses lave been presented to the President, asking for the abolishment of the federal system, which they state is the cause of the disorganization of the country The new laws ot the press which was pro mulgated on the 26th ult., in the most promi nent journals of Mexico, have already ceased to appear in consequence of it, among them the Monitor , and all the others are precluded from po i'.icil c o mments. The journals now published in the capital are the Universal , Government paper ; j opposition; Ordin, ministerial; Omnibus, with out politics; Voz del Religion, religious : Es• \ Spanish oigan, and the Trail de Union j French paper. By the law of the press every printing of i fico and seller of publications must be licen- j sed by the Government; a copy of every ; publication mu t be sent, signed by the author ; and printer, to the Government before pubii- j cation ; every newspaper must have a respon- j sible editor and deposit a sum of money ran ging from S6OO to 6,000 according to circurn stmees. Offences of the press are divided in to subuersive, seditious, immoral, libellous and I caluminous, and are so minute and wide in | their range that almost every thing that can be written can be easily brought under a penalty. 1 The penalties are fines and suspension Several of the papers have the following paragraph relative to the Sloo contract and the neutrality treaty. “We learn that tne present Government has examined the espediente (papers) relating the contract with the|Sloo company and the neutrality treaty ratified by Gen. Lombardini. | Both acts have* received the approbation of j Gen. Santa Anna, who has directed this fact to be communicated to our minister at Wash | ington.” The Legislature of Tamaulipas have issued a decree, protesting that the State will be gov erned by its own laws and constitution, until the federal constitution be revised by a com petent Congress. They invite the States of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Chihuahua and Zaca tecas to form a coalition for the defence of the | nationality and independence of the Republic j in ease she be invaded by troops organized on I American territory or by detachments of ad j ventures. M. Angel Trias would be appointed | leader of the coalition, and would be author ! ized to command the troops of the National i Guard. The difficulties in the State of Chaipas are not yet settled. On the 1 Oth of’ March, two hundred insurgents, under the command of one Ponciano Solorzano, attacked the capi tal of the State. The troops of the Govern ment defended it, and routed the insurgents, who lost seven killed and a large number of wounded. The Prefect of the city pursu ed them, and routed them again at the cerro of Guadalupe, and on the Quinta road. Some of the papers talk of what they call the “in vasion,” but reiterate the statement that Judge Conkiing, in a note to the Government, has pro mised that the American troops shall be with drawn from the Mesiiia Valley. Ad; ’ices from Chihuahua sta?e that Gov. Trias had been authorized by the Legislature to leave the the capital of the State, in order to visit Mesilla and settle the matter: For this purpose he has received extraordinary powers, andaloan of $5,000 has been imposed, to be repaid in monthly installments. The Government has ordered a cross to be given to each person that fought against the French in Sonora. Advices from that State say that in consequence of the ravages of the Indians and other causes, two thousand people had emigrated thence to Coper California. The State Government was organizing an expedition against the Indians in the mountains. The ISiglo states that one ot the assassins of Gov Reyes had bean arrested, and had made revelations that would lead to other arrests. The difficulties between Oajaea and Chiapas are far from being settled. It is stated that Melendez had left Tehuantepec with oGU men for the purpose of ousting Maldonado the Governor of Chiapas: Acceptance of Col. Winston. We have the pleasure of placing before our | readers, the at)nexed letter from Col. John A. I Winston, accepting the nomination for Gover | nor, recently made by the Democratic State | Convention. It will be seen that he briefly reiterates his well known and long established attachment to Democratic principles, and his earnest desire for the adoption of such a system of Internal Improvements as shall be productive of the greatest public good, without injudicious ly and extravagantly embarrassing the treasury of the State. That such a system can be adopt ed, is the opinion of the large majority of our most enlightened and public spirited citizens. This letter of Col. Winston, though brief, will be satisfactory to the great body of the people, who have already hailed his nomination with the warmest enthusiasm.— Register . Mobile, May 10, 1^53. Gentlemen: —Your note informing me, of ficially, of the nomination made by the Demo cratic Convention, has been received. Having through life been an ardent supporter of the principles of the Democratic party, and having followed the fortunes of the Democratic colors through good and adverse fortune, l feel deeply the honor which has been thus conferred upon me by my political brethren, and shall en deavor to justify the selection in conducting the canvass, and in the discharge of trie duties of the office, should the people confirm the nomi nation. VVe have arrived at a period of peculiar inte rest in the history of the State. Emerging from a Mate of pecuniary embarrassment, (the necessary result of a hasty and visionary legis lation,) we are, as a people, in a condition of financial prosperity. It will become those hav. ing the destiny of the State in charge, to so direct the legislation ot the country as to pro mote such system of internal improvement as will advance the commercial and agricultural interests, without involving the State again in heavy debts before we are free of those of the past. It will belong more particularly to the legis lative body to digest and enact such measures as will ensure ends so desirable, to which I shall give my hearty co-operation. I thank you, gentlemen, and through you, the convention, for the distinguished honor you have done me. Very respectfully, etc., JOHN A. WINSTON. Messrs. John H. Garner, Robt. E. Coxe, B. F. Wilson, S. M. Strong, Jas. E. Francis. TELEGRAPHIC. Additional bv the Cambria. Baltimore, May 12. Lord Stratford de Radoliftb has assured the Ottoman Porte that the Government of Great Britain would pro tect that Empire against the encroachments of Russia. Armaments on both sides are still kept up near Cor. stantinople. A fight occurred iu the church of the Holy Sopul chre at Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, between the Ar menians and Greeks. The French fleet has been withdrawn from Salami*, The Emperor Louis Napoleon was indisposed. Civil rule and order had been established at Fribourg, (Switzerland.) The Cholera has broken out at Moscow. The Chinese rebels, fifty thousand in number, were threatening Shanghai. A largo fores bad been dis patched to watch and oppose their proceedings. The Gardiner Case. Baltimore, May IS. The evidence in this ease closed on yesterday, and the argument is expeeted to begin on Monday. Tho Counsel for Gardiner have filed a bill of exception* against the Judge’s ruling ou many points. Later from California* Baltimore, May 12, The Prometheus has arrived at New York with $107,000 of gold on freight, and a very large amount in the hands of passengers. The freight list of the Nor> therner to Panama, showed $2,500,000 of gold. Additional by the Prometheus. Baltimore, May 13. Letters received by the Prometheus report that the State of Nicaragua is about taking possession of Grey | town. The inhabitants bitterly repent their attack ou | the property of the Transit Company, Sailing of the Illinois. Baltimore, May 13. The steamship Illinois left A spin wall on the 6th Inst., | with nearlv $3,000,000 in gold. j “ 1 Later from California—Discoveries of Gold in Toxei New Orleans, Mav 12. Later accounts received from Texas fully confirm j previous reports respecting most valuable and impor j tant discoveries of gold in the Colorado region. Pa j pers that have hitherto expressed doubts, now give the ! most glowing accounts of the suceess of the miners.— i Large lumps have been found, ranging in value from | 50 to $175. FROM EUROPE. New Yokk, May 14. The American steamship Atlantic , Captain West, arrived at New York to-day, with Liver* pool dates to the 4th of May, three days later than the Canada's accounts. Liverpool Cotton Market —The sales of Cotton for the three days comprise 20,000 bales. Speculators took 3,000, and exporters 2,000 bales* The quotations are: Fair Orleans 6;jd. j Middling s|d ; Fair Upland 6*d and Midd ing s|d’ r l he demand was good and all qualities have slightly advanced. The steamship Europa arrived out on the Ist, and the Andes on the 4th. Spain. —The Diario Espancl says that Gen Santa Anna has applied to Spain for aid ag in A apprehended lillibustering expeditions from the United States. France. —Tne Empress of France miscarried on the 29th ult. * Political arrests continue to be madejin Pa ris. The cantons of Tes-ino and Grison*. in Sw tzerland, have posi iveiy refused to surren der fugitives. A federal council had been sum moned. Late accounts state that Austria is establish ing military posts near Strabby, in Swiss terri tory. Nothing important from Turkey, the difficulties between that power and Russia are about to be amicably adjusted. Sale or Canal Lands in Illinois, — Chicago, May 10. —The sale of canal lands commenced yesterday, prairie land bringing from $4 a $5 per acre, and timbered $8 a sl6, being an average of 70 per cent above the appraisement Case of Insanity. —The New York Medical Gazette states that twenty-nine suicides, five murders, and two hundred and nine cases of insanity are directly traceable to spiritual manifestations. Painful but Laughable. —ln “Notes of an Army Surgeon,” we find the following: I remember, one day, in making my hospital rounds, a patient just arrived, presented an am putated forearm, and in doing so he could hard ly restrain a broad laugh; the titter was con stantly on his face. “What is the matter ; this does not strike nr as a subject of laughter/’ “It is not, doctor : but excuse me ; I lost ni; arm in so funny a wav, that I still laugh when I look at it.” “What way /’ “Our first sergeant wanted shaving, and got me to attend to it, as lam corporal. W e wen* together in front of his tent. I had lathered him, held his nose, and was just about applying tia ra zor, when a cannonball carne, and that the last I saw of his head ami my arm. Excuse me tor laughing 30, doctor, but I never saw sUv a thing before.” . , i This scene occurred during the siege ot for Erie. “I have great ear, a wonderful ear.” said a conceited musician in the course of conversa tion. “So has a jackass/’ replied a bystander.