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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. CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR’S PRESENTS. GEO. A. 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