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vCnnstitutimialist K JUpublir.'
JAMES GARDNER, JR-,)
asj> / Editors.
JAMSS M. SMYTHE, )
( Trior ri'imnl for the Baltimore Sun.)
AHli IV VI. or THE ELROPA. AT X. YORK.
Further Detail* of the French Ifewi
New York, Deo. 23, 10 A. M-
The steamer Kuiopa, which put into Hahjax,
short ol coal, ariived at her wharl this morning.
From the Liverpool ami London papers ol the |
r»th and 6th of December, I extract the following
additional items of news: .. XT
France The new Cabinet, formed by Na
poleon. and announced in his proclamation of
the new order of things, is composed of the fol
lowing persons:
JVfons. M- De Morny, Ministerof the Interior.
Mons. Fuld, Minister of Finance.
Mons. Ronher, Minister of Justice.
Mons. Magne, Ministerof Public Works.
Mons. Theodore Ducos, Ministerof Marine.
Mons. Durufle, Minister of Commerce.
Mons. St. Arnaud, Minister of War.
Mons. Foitoul, Minister of Public Instruction.
Mons. Fargot. Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The high Court of Justice has been dissolved
by order of the President.
M. Baroche, M. Dronyn de L'Huys, Admiral
Cecile, M. Montilambert, I.ucien Murat, and
seventy-live other distinguished members of the
National Assembly form the new Council of j
State. I
General Oudinot, late Commander of the 1
Army in Paris, is among the members of the 1
Assembly arrested.
fount Mole had not been arrested, but had
written a letter expressing his regret that he had
not been.
The soldiers will vote for the election of Pres
ident forty-eight hours after the receipt of a cir
cular from the Minister of War. The vote will
is-taken yes'" or *• no," on the following pio
positions:
“The French people wish the maintenance of
the authority of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, and
entrust him with the power necessary to frame
a Constitution upon the basis mentioned in his
proclamation of the 2d instant. ’
F.noi.and. —The Liverpool Journal hints pret
ty strongly at a serious rupture in the English
cabinet, in consequence of Lord Palmerston’s
conduct, and his answer to the address presented
to him with regard to Kossuth. The Journal
further states that Baron Brunow, the Russian
Minister, had made representations which called
for interference, and Marl Grey has positively
declined to continue associated as a colleague
with Palmerston. A disruption apjiears inevit
able, unless Palmerston retires.
The Journal, ill reference to the recent roup
i/ - rial of Louis Najioleoii, says it more than sus
pects a foreign agency in that movement. Ab
solutism being the motive power.
The F.uglishand French pa|>ers are filled com
pletely with French news. The Chronicle says
that the news, when carefully sifted, seems to
exhibit completeness rather than qualified char
acter.
Barricades had been erected, but the want of
heart manifested in defending them, may he
taken as proof of disinclination to resist, among
the population of the Faubourgs. Had there
been no armed opposition at all, we might have
imagined that inaction was the resource of men
who had waited their opportunity; whereas there
can now be little doubt that it is the result ot
indifference. The Republican leaders, though
appealing to the People both in the names of
Law and Socialism, had been unable to create a
tumult, of the smallest moment.
The Parish journals of Thursday evening are
filled with the otlicial documents and proclama
tions, but the accounts they give of events are
meagre. Private advices, however, state that
the iecent fighting was of a character more fear
ful than that of June, 1818, and that no quarter
was given. They also stateil that some of the
troops have joined the people, and that General
Maynau, Commander in chief of the Garrison of
Paris, was inclined to declare against the Presi
dent.
The following is the decree issued by President
Napoleon, on Tuesday morning'
Decree.— ln the Name ot the French Peo
ple, the President decrees: First, the National
Assembly is dissolved. Second, universal suffrage
is re-established, and the law of 31st of May is
rejiealed. Third, the French jieople are convok
ed in elective colleges from the Uth to the 21st
of December. F'ourth, the state of siege is de
creed in the whole of first military division.
Fifth, the Council of State is dissolved. The
Ministerof the Interior is charged with the exe
cution of this decree.
Lot is Nai-oi.eon Bo.nai-.uhe.
The Prefect of Police addressed a proclama
tion to the cizens of Paris, exhorting them to
calmness and order.
The President appeared in the streets on Tues
day, and was received with respect, but without
enthusiasm. "Vive la Republique” was the
only cry uttered by the people. No attempts
were made to repress the expression, and Hie at
titude of the troops was calm and firm.
In one of the proclamations issued by the Pre
sident it is stated that the Assembly, instead of
employing itself in taking eare of the interests
of the people, had only become the theatre of
conspiracies and plots against him.
napoleon's An-*ALTO THE PEOPLE.
Frenrhmeit: The present situation cannot last
much longer. Each day the situation of the
country become worse. The Assembly, which
ought to be the firmest supporters of order, has
become a theatre ot plots. The patriotism of
three hundred of its members could not arrest its
fatal tendencies. In place of making laws for
the general interest ot the people, it was torging
arms for civil war. It attacked the power 1
hold directly from the people. It encouraged
every evil passion—it destroyed the repose of
France. I, have dissolved it, and 1 make the
whole people judges between me and it. 1
The constitution, as you know, had been made
with the object of weakening, beforehand, the
]rowers you entrusted to me. Six millions of
votes were a striking protest against it, and yet
1 have faithfully observed it. Provocations, ca
lumnies, outrages, found me passive. But now
that the fundamental part is no longer respected
by those who incessantly invoke it, and the men
who have already destroyed two monarchies
wish to tie up my hands in order to overthrow
the Republic. My duty is to bailie their perfid
ious project, to maintain the Republic and to
save the country by appealing to the solemn
judgement of the only sovereign I recognize in
France. "The People.” I then make a loyal
appeal to the entire nation, and I say to you, if
you wish to continue this state of disquietude and
malaise that degrades you and endangeis the
future, choose another person ill my place; for 1
no longer wish for a place which is powerless
for good, but which makes me responsible for
acts that I cannot hinder, and chains me to the
helm, when I see the vessel rushing on the
abyss. If, on the contrary, you have still con
fidence in me, give me means of accomplishing
the grand mission I hold from j ou. That mis
sion consists in closing the|era of revolution, in
satisfying the legitimate wants of the people,
and in protecting them against subversive pas
sions. It consists especially to create institu
tions which survive men, and which are the
foundation on which something durable is based.
Persuaded that the instability of power—that
the preponderance of a single assembly—one of
the permanent causes of trouble and discord—l
submit to your suffrages the fundamental basis
ol a constitution, which the assemblies will de
velope herealter. i. \ responsible chief, named
sorted years. 2. The minister dependent on
the Executive alone. 2. A council of state,
formed of the most distinguished men, preparing
the laws and maintaining the descussion before i
the legislative corps. 4. A legislative corps, dis
cussing and voting the laws named by universal i
suffrage, without thescrutin de liste, which fal- j
sifiesthe election.—3. A second assembly, form- ;
ed of all the illustrious persons of the nation. A
preponderin',' power, guardian of the fuiidarnen- ■
tal pact and of public liberty.
This system, created by the first Consul in the
beginning of the present century, has already
given to France repose and prosperity. It guar
-1 antees them still. Such is my profound convic
tion. If you partake of it, declare so by your j
suffrages. If, on the contrary, you prefer a gov- j
eriiment without force, monarchical or republi
can, borrowed fiom some chimerical future, re
ply in the negative. Thus, then, lor the first
time since 1810, you will vote with complete
know ledge of the fact, and knowing for whom
and foi w hat you vote. If ldo not obtain the
majority of the votes, I will summon a new as
sembly and lay down liefore it the mission I
have received from you.
But if you believe that the cause,of which my
name is the symbol—that is, France, regenerated
by the revolution of ’B9, and organized by the
Emperor, is still yours, proclaim it to be so. by
ratifying the powers 1 demand of you. Then
France and Europe will be preserved from an
archy, obstacles will he removed, rivalries will
have disappeared—for all will respect in the will
of the people the decree of Providence.
Palace of the Elyse, this second day of Decem
ber. Signed. toi ls Naroleon Bonafarte.
In an address to the army, Bonaparte entreats
them to be proud of their mission ; as to them,
he looks to suvo the country. He says vote free
ly as citizens, but as soldiers do not forget that
passive obedience to the orders of the chief of
the Government, is the rigorous duty of the army,
from the general down to the soldier. Be ready
to suppress all attempts against the free exercise
of the sovereignty ot the people.
Among those arrestod are Generals Chnnger
nier, Cavaignac, Bedeau, Lamorieiers. Colonel
Lello, Charras, L. Buze, Thiers. Brim and others.
It is said that Lamoreiere afterward escaped.
Stain. —It is stated that the Queen has ex
pressed her continued confidence in the Murillo
ministry, ami has authorized them to adopt any
measures they may think best lor the interests of
the country.
Further per Steamer Baltic.
New York, Dec. 23.—The steamer Baltic, of
the Collins line has arrived, having sailed from
Liverpool on the 10th inst.
The Cambria reached Liverpool at 9 o’clock
on the morning of Monday, Dec Bth.
The Baltic left Liveri>ool about !2o’clock on the
l()th inst. For the first three days, she had fair
weather, but lor the balance ol the voyage she
had continued gales and a heavy head sea.
The Baltic passed the Atlantic on the 14th of
December, and the Humboldt on the 18th. Shu
brings 00 passengers.
Supple tic Co., of London, have failed, lor w hat
amount is not accurately know.
The threatened bombardment of Tangier* by
the French fleet bad been avoided, by an amica
ble adjustment of the difficulties.
France. —The condition of affaiis in this coun
try had continued to absorb tho public attention
throughout the whole of Europe.
It is now definitely ascertained that Louis Na
poleon has proved completely successful in his
coup d’etat. Partial attempts at resistance had
been made by the nil in republicans, hut they
had been promptly repressed and extinguished.
In the Departments the resistance was confined
exclusively to the extreme republicans, who
had been repulsed with the same rigor used to
wards their brethren in Paris.
It may be said in the President’s language,
that France has accepted the proposal he has
made her, hut not with that enthusiasm which
Louis Naj>oleon calculated ii[>on. The acqui
escence of the people has been universal, but
tacit. The opponents of the President preferred
the plan which he bus pro|>osed to the alterna
tives of anarchy or legitimacy. Very few per
sons can be found who sympathise with the
Assembly, or who deny that the President was
forced by the continued intrigues of that body
to choose between a surrender of his power,
office and liberty, and the more resolute course
which he adopted.
Tranquility was pretty well restored in Paris
by the Kvemng of Friday, the sth inst. <>u the
following day upturn pavements and the shatter
ed walls of houses were all that remained of the
insurrection in and about Paris.
The Department of Saone, and Loire, and
Alliers, had been placed in a stage of siege, but
the disturbances which caused the act were in
significant.
Kvery where, without an exception, the
troops had been successful.
A telegraphic despatch from London to Liver
pool, received just before the Baltic sailed, states
that the Prince De Joinville and the Due d'Au
male had gone to Belgium to raise the standard
of revolt against the military usurpation of
President Napoleon.
Com. Thomas ApCatesby Jones, of the Uni
ted states Navy, was among those wounded in
the Boulevards. He lost his linger, had his leg
broken and was completely disabled.
M. Theirs has been liberated by the Presi
dent, in consequence of his ill health, on his
agreeing to leave the country.
The Artillery vote was at lor Napoleon, and
•1.7 against him.
The exact loss of the Army in Paris during
the late engagements is one superior officer and
fifteen soldiers killed; three officers and one
hundred and fifteen soldiers wounded
The Bourse fluctuations from the ad to the (jth
were from St) to 70, and on Tuesday returned to
90.
Accounts from Geneva state that the French
refugees met to deliberate, and after a long and
stormy discussion decided to abstain from enter
ing France.
Monday’s Moniteur contains the President’s
Proclamation, in which he says :
Frenchmen! disturbances are apprehended,
but whatever may be the decision of the people,
society is saved. The first part of my task has
been accomplished. My appeal to the nation for
the purpose of terminating the struggles of par
ties, 1 knew would not cause a serious risk to
public tranquility. Why should the people have
risen against me ? If 1 do not any longer possess
your confidence, if your ideas are changed, there
is no occasion to make precious blood tlow. It
w ill be sufficient to place an adverse vote in the
electoral urn, and 1 shall always respect the de
cision of the people. 1 shall always respect the
decision of the nation, but until the nation has
spoken I shall not hesitate at any sacrifice to
battle the attempts of factions.
Fresh arrests continue to be daily made among
the Republican lead *rs.
Changarnier ami the Generals were confined
at Ham, to be ti ed by a Court Martial, on the
charge of attempting to seduce the soldiers of the
army from their duty.
M. Thiers will leave immediately for Italy.
Napoleon will undoubtedly have an immense
majority at the election for President, which was
to take place on the 90th inst.
Marshal Sou It died on the 96th ult., in theS9d
year of his age.
England. —Theafl'a rs of France continue to
excite great attention in England.
The question of Custom Reform was being
warmly agitated, the disgraceful conduct of the
Board of Customs in the late disputes with the
Dock Company being the immediate incentive.
Sir Robert Peel had been squabbling with the
farmers of Tamworth. They have forbidden
him to pass over their lands, and he has adver
tised his whole stud for sale.
The English press are beginning a erusade against
the Tunes, for its dishonesty and its abuse of its
contemporaries.
In some of the large provincial towns associations
arc forming not to read, purchase, or advortiso in
the Times.
Sir John Gladstone, one of the patriarchs of Liv
erpool Commerce, died on the 7th instant, at his
residence, in Scotland, aged 87 years. Sir John
was the father of the lit. lion. W. E. Gladstone,
Colonial Secretary under Sir Robert Pool's admin
istration, and a Mr. Robertson Gladstone, of Liver
pool, President of the Finance Reform Association.
Continued rumors of a serious misunderstanding ;
between Lords Grey and Palmerston were afloat.
The Lord Primate of Ireland has been elected
Primate of the Dublin University.
The opposition to the yucca's College was bccom
iug more violent and effective.
The U. 8. steamer Saranac had arrived at Liver
pool on tho sth from Philadelphia.
Spain. —We learn that the Queen's accouchment
was expected between the Bth and 11th of Decern- j
ber.
The Duke of Narvaez had been recalled by the
Queen.
The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier had dined
with the British Minister.
Austria. —The Vienna Ministerial organs de
clare fur Napolcan and praise bis policy.
The nows from Paris had caused great consterna
tion at Berlin, but after considering all the eventu
alities, the ministry decided not to place a single
corps of the Russian army on the war footing.
Cape of Good Hope. —The news from the Cape
of Good Hope continues to excite great anxiety in
England. The position of the British forces, and
even of the local government itself, seemed to be
come daily more critical. Treachery on all hands,
and depredations even under the very bayonets of
the troops, were constantly occurring, and the fron
tiers were entirely beyond the power of the troops to
protect.
Markets.
Liverpool, Dec. 10.— Cotton. —Since the depar
ture of tho steamer Europa, the demand for Cotton
has sensibly declined. The sales, up to last evening
were 13,000. bales, of which 1,500 bales were tospccu
lators and exjiortcrs. Friday's prices were firmly
maintained until yesterday, when the market took
a turn in favor of buyers, and prices declined 1-16 J.
(Flour is dull at last quotations. Tho market yes
terday suffered a marked depression, owing to the
adverse accounts from London, and small sales were
made at Friday’s prices.
Indian corn yesterday was in brisk inquiry at an
advance of Is. per quarter, but this rise had checked
tho disposition to operate, and the market closed
with a disinclination to o)>erate. Sales of white at
20s. and yellow 275. 3d.
At Manchester, on Monday, the news from
France imparted a firmer tone to the market, though
on the whole, operations yesterday, in yarns and
goods were very limited. They exhibit an increase
compared with Thursday, or any Tuesday since
business was suspended, the barrenness of the
market and abundance of orders enabling spinners
and manufacturers to exhibit a firmness which ap
pears somewhat remarkable.
.Money Market.—The money market at London
hnd experienced a slight and momentary contraction
on the first account of tho revolution in Paris, but
the only rosults which were observable were in the
stock market. There a severe depression occurred
and considerable fluctuation followed. At tho last
dates a reaction hnd established prices. Consols
went as high as 9Hj ou tho Bth inst., but receded to
#B, and on the oth receded to 07 ] a 07 J for money
and ] higher for acc't, Pub. securities generally
kept pace with consols and foreign stocks recovered
a large portion of their late dcclino.
On the Paris Bourse tho reaction was immense.
Austrian stocks were quiet, but Federal Htocks
advanced upon previous prices from IJ a 1 per cent,
in a short time. If. S. 6s, 18(18, closed at 111 J a
112] ; 11. S fi s 1867, '(18, lull a 107; Pcuna. 5 s
IS] a 82] i Md. ss, 80 a 89] ; Mass. o’s, 166] ft
107 J.
British Funds, on the oth inst., were quoted as
follows: Bank Stock, 215] ; Reduced 3 per cents.,
96J : Now 3} per cents., 08. Exchequer Bonds Iss.
a 51s ; Mexican, 21; Spanish s's, 2Uf.
Arrival of the Steamer Hermann.
New York, Deo. 23. — Tho steamer Hermann
arrived oil' Sandy Hook at eight o'clock last night,
Imt diil not conic up on account of the thick weath
er. She brings (13 passengers. For twelve days she
experienced tremendous gales and encountered three
hurrieunes, of four hours duration, during which he
lustsoiuc of her sails. On the 21st, at I o'clock,
P. M., she passed a Collins steamer, supposed to bo,
the Arctic. The Hermann s advices ire anticipated
by tho Eurnpii.
(Corrcsponilenee of the Baltimore Sun.)
Thirty-Second Congress—First Session.
Washington, Dec. 23, 1851.
SENATE.
On motion of Mr. Atchison, it was ordered that
when the Senate adjourn, it adjourn till Friday next.
A communication was received from the Secreta
ry of tho Navy, in reply to it resolution culling for
copies of all correspondence by naval officers with
that department concerning flogging in the Nuvy.
Referred to Naval Committee.
Mr. Gwiimsaid that he would call up, on the tltli
of January, the petition on this subject, which had
been laid on the table.
Mr. Clemens, from the Committee on Military
Affairs, reported the joint resolution authorizing tho
President to confer the brevet rank of Lieutenant
General for meritorious services.
Mr. Shields gave notice of a bill to increase tho
expenses of the army, hy creating a retired list for
disabled soldiers.
Mr. Mallory submitted a resolution directing an j
enquiry into tue expediency of establishing a naval
depot at Key West. Adopted.
Mr. Underwood offered a resolution directing an j
inquiry into the expedieuoy of providing lor a re
examination of payments made hy the executive j
department in cases where reason exists for suppos
ing fraud or mistakes has taken place. Adopted.
The resolution declaring the compromise a settle
ment of the slavery question was then taken up.
Mr. Cass doubted the propriety of introducing the
resolution, but it being here, and ho being required
to vote upon it, he was prepared to give it his hearty
support, lie replied most eloquently to tho Senator
from South Carolina.
Mr. Clemens followed in an earnest support of!
the resolution, and a most scathing review ot the j
doctrine of secession.
Mr Dougla'i also doubted tho propriety of tho re
solution, but was ready to voto for it. lie explain
ed at length his course on the compromise measures.
Mr. Downs got the floor, and on his motion the
subject was postponed till tho first Monday in Jan
uary, And after a short Executive session, the
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Tuck, of N. 11., moved to reconsider the vote
of yesterday, restricting debate to five minutes.—
The motion was laid on tho tabloby a veto of 75 to |
58.
The House went into committee on tho state of
tho Union, and again took up tho bill authorising the
assignment of Bounty Lund Warrants, and an |
amendment was proposed by 51 r. Harris, of Ct.,
providing that those assignments shall bo certified by
a person duly authorised, and substantiated by two
credible witnesses.
There being no quorum, the roll was called and
tho absentees reported to tho House—after which,
there being a quorum, tho House again went into
committee, when the amendment was agreed to —
ayes 67, nays 69.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, called the attention of
the committeo to tho inconsistency of the amend
ment, which would be nugatory as to its operation,
the warrants upou which tho assignments are to be
endorsed being filed in the department, and tho par
ty who obtain land receiving merely a certificate of
barter.
Mr. Stevens, of Georgia, moved that the commit
teo rise for the purpose of reporting the bill, with
a recommendation that it be referred to tho judicia
ry bommittee.
Mr. Johnson, of Ark , was opposed to any further
delay; the bill, he said, had occupied much of the
attention of tho Honsc during the last and present
session; and if tho committee which then had it
under consideration did not conic to a right con
clusion, it would be impossible for any other com
mittee to succeed.
The motion that tho committee rise, was carried,
yeas 68, nays 67, and tho House resumed, when tho
report was received. On motion, however, to refer
tho bill to the eominittee on the judiciary, together
with another, which Mr. Orr, ofS.C., said had been
prepared by the commissioner of the land office, was
negatived on a division of 82 in the affirmative, and
81 nays, the Speaker voting in the negative, and
thus making the members equal.
A motion was then made and lost, that the House
adjourn.
Mr. Ficklin, of Illinois, moved thnt tho bill be
engrossed and read a third time, and a call for tho
previous question having boon sustainod,
Mr. Evans called for the reading of tho 27th rulo,
which provides that bills bo taken up and passed in
the order of timo in which they lmd a second read
ing; and appealed against the docision of tho chair;
which appeal was subsequently laid on the table by
a vote of the House.
Mr. Cabell, of Florida, moved, which was carried,
that, when tho House adjourn, it adjourn until
Friday.
A motion to reconsider the voto adopting the re
port of the committee on tho State of the Union,
called up a strenuous opposition on the part of Mr.
Cabell, who attacked the provision in the appropri- j
ation bill of last session, limiting the granting of
bounty lands to those in the market. Mr. Tuck, of j
New Hampshire, who denounced the measure as
being got up for the benefit of speculators, and Mr.
Carter, ofOhio, and Mr. Jones, ofTcnncssce, who
attacked the provisions of the bill, and which had
not, they said, been properly conducted by the oom
mittee.
Mr. Bayly, of Va.. a3 chairman of the committee
of ways and means, last session, rose and explained |
the reason why the provision alluded to by Mr. Ca
bell had been inserted —the desire not to impair the ,
public revenue.
A motion finally prevailed to refer the bill to a
select committee.
Messages were received from the President, with ‘
accompanying reports, in reply to the resolution I
relative to the imprisonment of Mr. Thrasher, and j
reports from Departments, which were referred to
j appropriate committees.
Mr. Brooks, of New Y’ork, said that when the
proper timo arrived he would be prepared to show
how much the laws of domicile of Cuba operated
! on American citizens.
The House then adjourned till Friday.
(From the N. Y. Tribune , 19M inst.)
Annihilaton of the Fire Annihilator.—General Row,
Accident, ice.
Yesterday afternoon, at l o’clock, about 3,000
people assembled at Hamilton-square. near Sixty
ninth-st, between Third and Fourth-avs., for the
purpose of witnessing a grand public exhibition
of the powrrs of Phillips's Fire Annihilator. In
the center of this large square bad been erected
a cottage building, constructed of green spruce
and pine boards, of about ] of an inch in thick
ness. This structure was 22 feet in hight, ma
king two stories, and twenty feet square. On
the north and south side was a wing, each being
ten feet wide by twenty-eight feet in length, and
twelve feet in bight. In the second story were
six windows, anil in the first story eight win
dows and five doors, three ol which were open
;to admit of egress and ingress. In the middle of
j the second story floor was cut a large hatchway
or well-hole, through which was perpendicularly
placed about a dozen wide pine planks one end
of which rested on the ground floor. About the
| bottom of these planks was piled a quantity sha
j vings well saturated with turpentine.
Owing to the severity of the weather, the
crowd expressed great uneasiness at the want of
! punctuality in the exjieriments; hut the delay
was consequent upon the difficulty experienced
in clearing the building of some thirty or forty
over-curious people, who had by some means or
other gained admittance. The crowd having at
length been driven hack about twenty feet Irom
the building, the shavings were set on fire, and
in a moment almost the (lames had communicat
ed to the planks placed through the hatchway.
Less than half a minute had elapsed, however,
after the pile was fired, helore four of the ma
chines were brought to hear upon the llames.
The gaseous vapor which poured from the ma
chines almost instantaneously extinguished the
llames. The vapor and smoke caused hy the
tur|>eiitinc and shavings so filled the building that
it was impossible to enter it. The windows of
the first and second stories were smashed in hy
some of the workmen, and in t wo minutes there
after the crowd poured into the premises, and
even upon the root and the wings on each side.
So little time had elapsed after the building
had been fired and the application of the Annilii
lator, that the planks were scarcely charred.
The crowd deeming the test very unsatisfactory,
proposed to fire the premises themselves and give
the experimenters a fair chance. An objection
I being raised to this proposition by the workmen,
■ a general fight took place, which, hut for the in
j terference of the Nineteenth Ward Police, would
I have resulted seriously to some of those engaged
in it.
The building was finally fired by the fiopiilace
! in several places, and before twenty minutes had
elapsed, the structure was a mass of ruins. About
•15U gallons of tar, which had been brought on
the ground for experiment, was also set on fire.
The Annihilaton were loudly called for. hut
j it appeared they were non est inventus, having
abandoned the ground on the building being fair
-Ily fired. During the excitement in firing the
building, on* of the machines was throw-n out of
j the second story window, and striking a hoy
named Michael Stanton, on the head, injured him
i severely.
The experimenters had twenty-one Annilii
lators on the ground, and all charged. The grea
ter part of these machines were annihilated
by the crowd, and scattered in fragments over
the ground.
No attempt was made to extinguish the fire
1 with the Annihilators after the building had been
| set on fire hy the crowd.
We are told that it was the intention of Mr.
Phillips to give three or lour experiments before
the edifice was fully fired, and that the first tire
j of shavings was not intended to be anything
I more than the least of the exhibition.
Since the crowd interfered and experimented
to suit themselves, we presume they are convinc
ed that the Annihilator is a humbug; hut it is
quite probable that the public will rather expect
a fair experiment. We submit that the persons
engaged have been shamefully treated, much to
the disgrace of the City.
j Fearful Revenue of a Swiss Girl.—A
, Swiss paper states that the beautiful valley of
Chamouni has just been the scene of a terrible
tragedy, the circumstances of which are as fol
lows :
A beautiful young girl, named Adelaide Zwert.
was engaged to be married to a young Chamoise
hunter, named Carl Bigner, to whom she had
long been tenderly attached. The marriage day
was fixed, hut Carl found means to postpone it,
and the year passed away—his promise being
still unfulfilled. His evident unwillingness at
! length awakened suspicion in the mind of
Adelaide. She became jealous and distrustful,
and narrowly watched all the movements of her
I lover, until proof was no longer wanting that
j her place in his heart was filled by another, and
that Carl only awaited a plausible pretext to
break with her altogether.
The young girl vowed revenge—and fearfully
has she kept her vow.
Having seen some gun-cotton in the hands of
a young druggist, by whom she was passionately
though vainly loved, and whose constancy and
devotion merited a better recompense, she suc
ceeded in obtaining some from him—without. o(
course, giving him the slightest hint of the use
she intended it for. It was in appearance exact
ly like ordinary wadding. Carl was a great
smoker, and she had often remarked that sparks
from his pipe had burned holes in a large woolen
scarf which he was accustomed to wear round
his neck during his hunting expeditions on the
mountains.
Adelaide knit a double scarf, in which she
introduced a quantity of gun-cotton, and this in
fernal machine] of her construction, she present
ed, with many demonstrations of tenderness, to
her faithless lover, having obtained in exchange,
byway of a souvenir, the old scarf he had been
accustomed to wear.
Chance favoied Carl for some time: but one
evening he did not return from the chase; next
day passed, and he did not appear. His family,
alarmed at his unwonted absence, sought him in
different directions on the mountains, where they
at length found him a lifeless and disfigured corpse
—burned in the most shocking manner 1 Numer
ous traces around indicated that death had been
slow in coming, and the unfortunate victim had
struggled long in his agony.
Adelaide, on learning how fearfully she was
avenged, was seized with remorse; and imme
diately gave herself up to justice, making a full
confession of her crime.
A Singular Relic. —Capt. D’Auberville. of
barque Chieftain, of Boston, writes to the editor
of the Louisville Varieties, that he put into Gib
raltar on the 27th of August last to repair some
damage his vessel had sustained, and while wait
ing, himself and two of his passengers crossed
the straits to Mt.JAbylus. on the African coast, to
shoot, and pick up geological specimens. Before
returning, the breeze had freshened so much as
to render it necessary to put more ballast in the
boat; and one of the crew lifted what he suppos
ed to be a rock, but from its extreme lightness
and singular shape was induced to call the at
tention of the Captain to it, who at first took it
for a piece of pumice stone, but so completely
covered with barnacles, and other marine ani
malcule, as to deny that supposition. On fur
ther examination he found it to be a cedar keg.
On opening it he found a cncoanut, enveloped in
a kind of gum or resinous substance; this he also
! opened, and found a parchment covered with
j Gothic characters, nearly illegible,and which
| neither he nor anyone on board was able todeci
! pher. He however found on shore an Armenian
| book merchant,who was said to be the most learn
' ed man in Spain, to whom he took it. who. after
1 learning the circumstances of its discovery, of
i sered S3OO for it, which offer Capt. D’A. de
• dined. "He then,” says the letter, "read word
i for word,and translated into French as he read
each sentence—a short but concise account of
the discovery of Cathay, or farther India, ad
dressed to Ferdinand and Isabella, of Castile and
Arragon. saying the ships could not possibly sur
vive the tempest another day; that they then
were between the Western Isles and Spain; that
two like narratives were written and thrown
into the sea. in case the Caraval should go to the
bottom that some mariner would pick up one or
the other of them.
This strange document was signed by Chris
topher (Columbus in a bold and dashing hand.
It also bore the date 1193, and consequently has
been floating over the Atlantic for 358 years.
The letter closes with an assurance from the
writer that he would guard his treasure safe un
til his return to the United States, which would
be in April or May next.
GA.
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28.
Cy* See first page Daily paper.
By One of the Northern mails due last even
ing, came to hand.
The Constitutional Union Party.
The leaders of the Constitutional Union party
are becoming desperate. They cannot make the
masses of the two old leading parties of the
country believe that the Union is in such danger,
as to demand their dissolution, in order to mount
the Constitutional Union bob-tail pony.
Kvery where the old Democratic party is be
coming thoroughly re-organised, and throughout
the Southern States the Southern Rights Whigs
are coalescing with them.
We could mention the names of a dozen or
two leaders of this Union-saving party, whose
portraits, if taken just about now, would serve
exceedingly well for a fancy gallery of the Ho
garth school.
The action of the Democratic caucus has given
them a pungent dose which afflicts them with
incubus of the mind, a kind of political night
mare, too serious to be endured without facial
caricatures. The cure for this distemper is to
get upon the strong side. Some politicians
would as sixth have one of the Pyramids to fall
upon them as to stay on the weak side—hence,
we may look out tor some of the more acute
among them to jump over into the Democratic
camp, and shout as loud for Democracy as they
have heretofore abused it. And it is not a very
agonizing movement to them either, for they
can give up principles as easy as they can forget
a midsummer night’s dream. Others will take
' flight at their desertion, and we should not )>e at
all surprised if a general stampede should be the
result.
Memorial for a Bank.
The Atlanta Intelligencer contains a memorial
to the Legislature, setting forth the reasons w hy
a Bank should he established in that place, and
praying fora charter for one, with a capital of
half a million of dollars. We gather from this
memorial a few items in reference to Atlanta
and its interests.
The population of that city is put dowu at
four thousand five hundred. It contains fifty
seven stores, four large cotton warehouses, one
steam doming mill, one iron foundry and ma
chine shop, two large tanneries, the Georgia
Railroad and State machine shops.
The amount of goods sold during the past
year is 5>J,017,000; the amount of Georgia and
Tennessee produce sold, exclusive of cotton,
during the same period, S 106,000; and the num
ber of bales of cotton received and sold from De
cember, ISSO, to December, 1851, 35,000.
This memorial contains many other evidences
of the prosperity of Atlanta and of its increas
ing importance.
Kossuth's Speeches. —it is stated that Gov
ernor Kossuth is making arrangements for the
publication of his speeches, from the period of
his arrival on board the Mississippi, at the Dar
danelles, to the present time. It is his inten
tion to issue English and German editions, at
various prices, according to the style in which
they may be got up. Os these, several hundred
thousand copies will be printed, and sold in all
parts of the United States.
Taxation.
It afforded us much pleasure to notice that the
Tax bill, adopting the ad valurem principle, had
passed the House ot Representatives, as our
readers saw in our Legislative Report of yester
day morning. We have not seen the details of
the bill, but that, if defective, can be amended at
any future session. It is a subject for congratu
lation, however, that the republican principle of
taxation, according to the value of property, has
been adopted by the House. We think there
can be no doubt of the passage of the bill by the
Senate. We copy the following paragraph from
the coriespondence of the Savannah News, which
clearly exhibits the inequality and injustice of
the old system:
It is possible that many of your readers are
not aware of the unequal taxation of different
portions of the State under the old law. I have
been informed, by a very intelligent member of
the Senate, who has looked into the matter, that
under the law of the last session of the Legisla
ture, the single county of Chatham paid more
State tax. by SI,OOO, than the whole of the
Cherokee counties, twelve in number; that is to
say—Cass, Cherokee. Chattooga, Dade, Floyd.
Forsyth, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Paulding,
Union, and Walker.
The follow ing statement, for which I am in
debted to a friend, will further show the inequal
ity and injustice of the old system:
In ISSO there were in Georgia... .3,500 merchants.
They owned 8,002 slaves, which, at S3OO
each, amounts to $2,370,600 (
They owned real estate worth 7,293,950 ,
“ “ stock in trado worth 5,381,150
Total $15,345,700
They paid taxes to the amount of 37,765 1
Tho total real and personal property of 1
the State in 1850 was 334,660,217 I
And the whole tax for that year was.... 321,238
It any one will take the trouble to make a ,
short calculation from the above data, he will ‘
find that the merchants of Georgia paid last year,
two and a half times the amount of taxes that un
paid by other citizens of the State in nronort?
to the value of the property owned. IWt l:
Akt Umov.— The distribution of the picture
belonging to the Art Union has been postponed
from Friday evening to the evening oi the 31st
of December, in consequence of the occupation
of Tripier Hall for the purpose of the lawyer-'
banquet.
(Frorn the Petersburg Intelligencer, 25 0, inst l
VV e have just received the following calami
tous intelligence from the Telegraphic Office
Washington, D. C., Dec. 24—11 J, A. M.
The Capitol was discovered to be on fire bv a
watchman about sunrise in the Library of Con
gress. and had then made good headway The
Engines having been at work the latter part of
the night on another fire. Baker's Franklin Home
Hose was frozen and unable to work. There
being considerable delay in getting any ot the
engines to work, meanwhile the Library and
Document Room above were completely burnt
out, consuming probably three-fourths, including
the most valuable portion of the Library. Many
of the books. &c.. can never be replaced.
It is the general impression that it caught
from one of the flues connecting with the fur
naces in the main basement of the Capitol.
Speaker Boyd, Mayor. President aud others were
early on the ground, and serviceable. At eleven
o'clock all the Fire Companies ot Washington
were on hand. The fire is now believed to be
subdued, not having extended beyond the Li
brary.
(Telegraphed fur the Charleston Courier.)
Nkw Orleans, Dec- 2.;.
Barely two thousand five hundred bales of Cot
ton, were sold on Tuesday at Monday’s decline
Strict Middling was worth 7j cts. The sto<k
only amounted to 139,000 bales. Two thousailt
barrels of Molasses changed hauls at 21 cen ,
for prime.
Later dates from the Rio Grande state, that
Carvajal had a battle with the Mexicans at
Ceralvo, in which he had been victorious, and had
taken all their provisions and ammunition. Tie
Mexican loss is said to have been heavy. Car
- avajal had ten of his men killed, amongst whom
• were Lieut. Graham and Captain Chinn. Cap
tain Fucat also was severely wounded.
' Carvajal is expected to enter Monterey soon
New-Orleans, Dec. 21,2.25 P. M.
On Wednesday. 4,500 bales of Cotton were
■ disposed of. most otwhich was taken after the
t reception of the Baltic's advices. Prices were
rather easier, but no quotable change took place.
* Good middling was worth 74 cents. Two thous
and bbls.|Molasses were sold at from 20 to ;0 :
r cents for prime. Sugar has declined, and Fair is
, quoted at 4j. Whisky commands 19 cents.
New-Orleans, Dec. 26. 5.37 P. M
! Cotton, this morning, was unsettled, and buy
ers since the reception of the Baltic’s advices
have claimed a decline. Consequently no sales
, have as yet been effected.
The barque Cherokee, Captain Getty, and the
1 brig Julia Ford, Captain Drink water, iiave at
- rived from Charleston.
| Colombia, Dec. 20, 7.30 P. M
Very little business has been trail acted in the
Cotton market to-day in consequence oi the ho
* lidays. The sales were confined, we believe, to
I two small lots at from 5J to 7 i ceuts.
Between 3 and 4 o'clock, a stoie-house ron
, tabling seventy-live bales of Cotton, situated at
the corner of Main and Bridge streets, together
- with a kitchen and several buildings, were con
sumed by tire. The buildings, which belonged to
. Capt. J Lyons, were insured. The Cotton,
which was the property of C. P. Sullivan, Esq ,
of Laurens, is believed to have been uninsured.
I Another fire also occurred this evening, at
; about twenty minutes past 6 o'clock,at the Sad
t die and Harness Factory of Mr. VV. F. Welsh,
, situated about half a mile from the town, which,
with its contents, was destroyed. The property,
however, is insured. The calamity is said to
have been occasioned hy an accident having oc-
curred in the lighting of some fluid lamps
- Letter from Mrs. Thrasher.
I The New Orleans Picayune of the 10th ult.,
, contains a letter from Fanny P. Thrasher, the
mother of John S. Thrasher, dated Havana. Nov.
’ 28, in which she appeals, with all the earnest
i ness of a mother, to the President ol the United
States to intercede with the Government of
Spain for the immediate release ot her unfortu
nate son. After giving a history of his arrest,
■ trial, conviction and incarceration in a dungeon,
I she concludes as lollows:
. “1 called on the Captain General to ask that
he might not be sent away while the illness of
1 his father prevented his seeing him. I was
abruptly told that he would sail in thirty-six
; hours time for Spain, aud he has sailed this day
I for Cadiz, in the ship Hispana Cubano, there to
have sentence put into execution. The umler
t signed most earnestly supplicates your Excellen
• cy, as the head of the Government of my nation,
to harken to the entreaties of a mother, that jus
tice may be done. I ask not for merry; but that
the rights of my son, an American citizen, may
' be promptly attended to, and that such instruc
■ tions be sent to our Minister in Spain and Con
sul at Cadiz, as to piocure his immediate release,
aud his return to lbs couutry. My many years’
residence here gives me a knowledge of Spanish
, character, and the indecent haste to send my
. son away belore the arrival of steamers from the
United States, adds to my fears of the conse
quences of even a few hours’ delay ; it having
frequently occurred that on a pardon or release
being granted, it was pretended that the prisoner
had died, or could not be found, and he was lelt
to linger lbs life in a dungeon. 1 also beg that a
copy of all the proceedings, which were denied
to my son, may be demanded, and that should it
prove he has been most unjustly dealt with (as I
firmly believe) that there may be also demanded
pecuniary satisfaction for the loss of his propAitv
and his business, from this Government, which,
against treaty stipulations, have committer ’ s
gross outrage upon him, an American citizen.
I humbly ask your kind attention to this ap
peal, which I cannot make in person, in conse
quence of the illness of my husband. Having
the fullest confidence that it will not be made in
vain, 1 subscribe myself your Excellency’s hum
ble servant, Fanny P. Thrasher.
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