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Wttklq totnintr.
er p. M. Sitton, Esq., is authorized to re
ceive and receipt for monies due this office.
Traveling Agents for the Examiner.
John H. James, T. Gorman, P. Gobman,
Joseph K. Burke.
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jjgy» The friends of law and justice will be
pleased to learn that Jessee W. Dabbs, charged
with stealing the boy “Jim" property of Jas
F. Sevey, and afterwasds murdering him to
prevent his being identified, has been pursued
and caught, and passed through our city yea.
terday morning on his way to Decatur jail, in
charge of Messrs Diamond and Wright. The
arrest was made in Chickasaw County Miss.
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Cherokee Baptist College.
We call the attention of our readers to the
advertisement of this College which appears in
our paper to-day. Located at Cassville, one of
the most healthy places in the State, and conduct
ed by a Faculty that would be an acquisition to
any Institution of Learning in the State, parents
who desire to send their sons from home for the
purposes of education, would do well not to over
look the advantages offered them by this Col
lege at Cassville.
Wood—Wood!
Nothing in our market is so scarce as wood.
We have not seen a good load of wood on
Whitehall Street for several days. The article
commands a high price and yet the supply,
from the miserable condition of the roads and
other causes, is limited to less than a third the
demand. This should not be. There is wood
enough in the country and our friends outside
the city might, with a little more consideration
for half-frozen tdwn-folks, keep us supplied, more
particularly when we pay such exhorbitant
prices for it. And just here we would sug
gest that a more general use of coal by our cit
izens would be found considerably to our ad
vantage, being cheaper, quite as comfortable,
and withal, the supply would at least be certain,
and not dependent upon the condition of the
roadsar the leisure the farmer.
“Loss of Ont Trade with the North."
Wc would beg the especial attention of the
reader to an ably written paper under this cap
tion, to be found in another place, which we
cut from the Richmond Enquirerer. We have
no room for more than an endorsement of tljp
entire sentiment" of the writer, and to urge up
on the fc'quthern people the earnest and early
consideration of the subject. Our relations
with the North are in a critical situation, a fact
evident to every school boy in the land, and it
behooves us as a people to provide against the
disastrous consequences of an abrupt termina
tion of the commercial intercourse of the two
sections. Wc have all too much cause to fear
such a contingency, and wc cannot too soon
commence to provide other business channels.
This subject, we regard, is one of pressing in
terest and should call forth at once the views of
those most familiar with it as well as the seri
rious consideration of our whole people.
Acta of the Legislature—The State Road.
In the last Southern Recorder we see a list
of acts passed by the Legislature, and approved
by the Governor. The list numbers nineteen,
and to it is appended three joint resolutions, to
which the Governor has also assented,
The following which wc select from the list
are the titles of the acts which are of public
interest. The remainder affect local interests,
Rai!-r >ad incorporations, and individuals.
Declaratory of the intention of the Act en
titled an Act for the relief of honest debtors,
approved on the 19th December, 1823, and to
allow persons arrested under mesne process, the
benefit of the same. [lt allows persons who
have taken “prison bounds” and those who
have given bail, either before or after taking
“prison bounds” the benefits of said act of 1823
for the relief of honest debtors.)
To preserve and dispose of the property and
effects of Corporations after tl.eir dissolution,
and to provide for the payment of the debts due
by the same. [lt provides that all the proper
ty, real and personal, and all the assets of such
corporations shall constitute a trust fund for
payment first of the debts thereof; and second,
for distribution among the stockholders. The
Judge of the Superior Court is to appoint a
Receiver to whom the President and Directors
are to turn over all the property and assets of
the Corporation, or show good cause for not
doing the same, and ou failure to do one or the
other, they arc made guilty of a mesdemeanor,
and on conviction nre to be confined in the Pen
itentiary not less than two nor more than four
years.}
To alter and amend an Act passed the 10th
December, 1845, appointing the places for
holding the Supreme Court. [lt reduces the
places to five, and provides tlmt the Court shall
sit at the times ana places following, via: At
Savannah on the reeond Mondays in January
and June ; at Macon on the 4th Mbnday’s in
January and Juno ;at Atlanta on tlie 4th Mon
day in March and second Monday in August;
gt Athens op the fourth Mondays in May and
November ; and at Milledgeville on the second
Mondays in May and November.
A large number of Bills, in addition to the
foregoing, passed one, or the other branch of
the Legislature. The most important measures,
however, before the General Assembly, were
in the initiative. The Recorder, we presume,
will continue the publication of all the acts
which have received the approval of the Kxecn
utive.
Among the Resolutions approved by the
Governor we notice the following.
To appoint a Joint Committee of two from
the Senate and three from the House, to
visit the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and
make a thorough examination of said Road,
its finances, equipment, general management,
and ali other matters pertaining to said Road
of interest to the State.” The committee are
also empowered to examine the books and pa
pers ot the Rood, to compel the attendance of
all persons whose testimony they may desire,
a, ’d to call upon the Superintendent and all
other officers and agents ot the Road for such
information and assistance as they may require
in the discharge of their duties.
1 o this Committee we are perfectly willing
to submit all the cAurget that have emanated
this place against the management of the
*• estern & Atlantic Railroad. The vindictive
nene with which the Superintendent, and man
agement ot the Road were assailed, previous to
the late election, bears no comparison to the
folly which has directed recent assaults upon
the Road. We are pleased to learn that the
Committee will soon commence its investiga
tion, and that early after tlie recess, the public
will be favored with the Report. Until then
we trust that the enemies of the present man
agemeni of the Road, will not cease to vilify
and traduce it, for we are satifitd that in doing
M, they will share the fate of him who, in his
tncenty, "bit at a file” and lost his teeth.
Ko Speaker Tot!
Every newspaper we pickup reminds us of the
disgraceful situation of affairs at Washington, by
paragraphs, with the above caption. The matter
is beginning to assume a serious aspect—the pa.
tienee of the the country is almost exhausted, and
the political horizon begins to show clouds of dis
affection over the capitol, and the country gener
ally. We have had tom-foolery enough, we
should think, to satisfy party prejudices, and it i g
time now that those who can elect should do boa t
once. Nothing can be required of the Democray
further than they have already done. They have
planted themselves upon a platform of principles
from which no true Southerner can ask them to
recede by a step so inconsistent as the abandon
ment of their nominee. The opposition press
may attempt to saddle upon the Democra t i c
members of the House the responsibility of the
state of its affairs, but the pack is so evidently
glued to the shoulders of their ewn representation
that suoh efforts are as ridiculous as they are im
potent to destroy the public confidence excited by
the noble stand our members have taken. There
can be no question that the South exhonerates
the Democratic members from all blame in the
premises. They took theirstand boldly but with
entire good humor, reflecting upon no other
party, and onlv intent upon their dutv.
When there seemed a probability, with the
other parties, that they might get along with
out their assistance, we heard no word of com
plaint against the Democracy on accoutof their
position; bnt when the Americans counted
noses and found that they could not rely upon
many of their men, they set up a howl against
the Democracy, because, forsooth, they, os a
national party, refused to compromise their
position by voting for the candidates of a par
ty which had been organized for their destruc :
tion, and which, now that it held the power to
organize, could not use it, on account of the
discordant elements that compose the so-term
ed national party. The balance of power evL
dently lays with this new party, and it is to it
the country looks for organization. Its posi
tion is a critical one—but one which, to our
minds dots not require a moment’s reflection as
to choice between alternatives. The members
of Congress composing this party went there
upon a fictitious issue, and without any estab
lished principles—a platfo. m hastily patched
up, and run away with from Philadelphia,
carried them by a torrent of excited prejudice,
into the Representative hall, tad landed them
there.
On one side of them stands the free-soil abo
lition influence, threatening and cajoling them
by turns to come over to them. To do so they
would be compelled to abandon the platform
that carried them there, and they hesitate to
do so, not from any affection for it, but because
they hope to make a second trip in it On the
other hand stands the Democracy, firm as rocks,
and determined to make no compromises that
give even the appearance of wavering tn their
devotion to the constitutional rights of the
South. There is not one feature of the Demo
cratic platform to which this hesitating party
can urge a sound objection, and yet their ha
tred of Democracy leads them to incline a favor
ing ear to the free-soilers arrayed egainst the
noble band. And so they stand, halting be
tween the right and the wrong, and listening to
the insidious whisperings of the free-soilers
against the national Democracy, to whom alone
they can look for protection to the South.—
What an enviable position for Southern or na
tional men to occupy! Speculation as to the
choice they will eventually make, or whether
they ever will choose, is useless. But one thing
is certain, until they do, the people will be out
raged by the cry of “ no speaker yet,” and it
shall not te our fault if they do not locate the
blame upon the proper shoulders.
Arrest of the Korthern Light-Inter
ruption of Travel.
The following detailed account of the deten.
tion of the Steamer Northern Light, a brief
notice of which we published yesterday, we
find in the New York Daily News. It will be
seen that the editor takes a different view of
the affair from that entertained by the Ad
ministration. The matter will undergo a
thorough investigation, which will, at least,
sufficiently develop the facts, to enable the peo
ple to determine upoa the merits of the case
Just now we confess our inability to see
through the fog; but we doubt not the extra
ordinary measures taken by the Government
were called for for the preservation of our honor
under our neutrality laws, against which is, at
this time, arrayed the entire fillibustering sen
timent of the country in a determined effort to
bring tliem into disrespect. This affair of the
Northern Light will be so handled by thia
class of our citiseus, and may mislead many
well thinking men who will be hasty in the
formation of their judgement. Wo would ad
vise suspension of judgment until all the tacts
are elicited by the investigation. Meantime,
we shall present those facta to our readers as
they transpire.
“ Yesterday afternoon at about 2 o'clock the
United States Marshal received a diapatch
from Washington authorizing the arrest aud
detention of the Nicaragua steamer Northern
Light. Mr. Hillyer at once proceeded to
obey these orders and the office was soon in a
state of great excitement. Officers Ryer, Hor
ton, Terrv, Phillipa and another were dispatch
ed to malie the seizure on behalf of and in the
name of the Government The officers found
a number of passengers on board and proceed
ed to make an investigation into their destina
tion, tlieir financial means, and the state of
their wardrobe and bagage. Some of these
gentlemen did not give satisfactory answers as
to the number of their shirts and extra dickeys
so neoeeaary to impose outside barbarian - into
a proper respect for the country. Whin the
officers asketi the gentlemen sans carpet bags
and sans trunks for their passage tickets, some
of them declined making “profert,” and others
produced a little black button which excited
greatly the curiosity and suspicion of Mr. Ryor
and h» corps of assistants.
Soen after this invasion of deputy marshal*
the captain came on board with his clearance,
manifest, list of passengers and clean bill of
health, fresh from the Custom House, and on
these legal documenta be hoped to start for
San Juan del Norte. But. as the poet says:
“The best laid schemes of mice and men
Gang ait agley.”
The captain found it so when the officers
presented their warrant. He denied, how
ever, all knowledge or complicity with the sup
posed fillibnsters, who wished to pay their paw
age with a button, aud had not an extra dick
er in ther dunnage. Joseph I. W hite, Esq.,
the counsel for the Nicaragua Company,
thought that the warrant was informal, and ad
vised the captain to proceed. Officer Ryer
said that he had authority to seize certain arti
cles, contraband of war, on board, aud on this
the captain and Mr. White went up to the
District Attorncr's office. A scene of the
wildest uproar followed, and the passengers
attempted to cast looee the ship. On the re
turn of the captain the Northern Light got un
der weigh, and Mr. Ryer and the deputies
were treated to a pleasant trip down the
bav.
Wheu Mr. McKeon heard of this contempt
of the letre de cachet from Washington, he sent
word to the commander of the w ashingtoa
Revenue Cutter, which was taken in tow by u
powerful steam tug, and proceed down the
Bay in pursuit of the Northern Light The
chase was witnessed from the Battery by crowds
of excited spectators, and as the cutter ap
proached the ship she fired a blank shot; this
producing no effect, a ball was tired and the
Northern Light hove to. The steamer then
came up and is now lying at the Navy Yard.
It was understand that warrants have been
issued for the arrest of Col. Parker H. French,
the Nicaragua minister accredited to this Gov
ernment, Mr. Dellinghom, his private secretary;
M. Malleroy, the State Printer of Nicaragua;
George B. Hall, Col. Proteum and his lieu
tenant, Col. Farnsworth and Gen. Louis S.
Schlessinger, for an alleged violation of the
neutrality laws in fitting out a military expe
dition to join Col. Walker's party in Nicara
gua. Some of the parties were to have sailed
in the Northern Light.
The Northern Light Affair.
The following letter addressed to John L.
White, president of the Nicaragua steamship
company, by the United States District Attor
ney, Mr. McKeon, clears up some of the fog in
relation to the attempted violation of the neu
trality laws, and will account for the action of
our government in preventing the sailing of the
company’s Boat, the Northern Light.
U. 8. Dist. Attorney’s Office, (
N. York, Dec. 23,1855. [
Sir—The proclamation of the President of
the United States, under date of the Bth Dec.
inst, has established the fact that in various
ports of the United States, organizations have
been effected for the invasion of the State of
Nicaragua, and I have been instructed to use
all lawful means to prevent such infractions of
the law of the United States.
In my interview with you at your residence
last evening, I stated to you, in substance, as
follows:
Under the name of colonists, it is evident
that persons are about to leave this port (to
morrow.) The real object of the parties enga
ging these men is to make use of them on their
arrival in Nicaragua for military purposes.—
No man of family is taken ; active young men
are preferred. An advertisement appears in
thepublic papers in the following words:
Wanted. —Ten or fifteen young men, to go
a short distance out of the city. Single men
preferred. Apply at 347 Broadway, corner of
Leonard street, room 12, between 10 and 4.
Passage paid.
Information reached this office that at this
place persons had been engaged to leave in your
steamer, the Northern Light. A meeting of
the men engaged was to have been held at a
place in this city late last evening, and a mem
orandum of the time and place of meeting was
delivered to each person. I went last evening
to the rendezvous. There was quite a number
of men attended, as they understood, for drill.
I was informed by some of them that there had
been a collection of men also had during the day
in Brooklyn. A number of persons, in the early
part of the evening, gathered at the office in
Broadway. The name of Mr. Parker 11.
French being connected with this proceeding. I
called at once on him, and gave him notice of
what I hod heard, and that I should not permit
a violation of the law of the United States.—
Mr. French disavowed any connection with any
arrangement tending to violate the neutrality
of the country, but admitted that be was anx
ious to have Nicaragua settled by colonists.—
He admitted that he had procured the publica
tion of what he says is a decree of the Govern
ment of Nicaragua in the Herald.
Yon stated to me In reply that you were no
party to any such an arrangement; that Mr.
Parker H. French had applied to you to carry
about 500 men to Nicaragua, under an alledged
decree granting to colonists a bounty in land.
That as common carriers you would cany all
who in good faith intended to expatriate them
selves, and to avail themselves of the so-called
decrees, but that yon declined to carry armed
men, or an organized company, or persons who
had enlisted, or intended to enlist on reaching
Nicaragua.
On suggestion to you that I was informed
that the ship had cannon and other munitions
of war, you stated that you did not know of
any munitions of war on board of jour ships
though you would carry them for the Govern
ment of that country. I deem it my duty to
state to you the views upon which 1 will con
sider it incumbent upon me to act in this mate
ter.
You are aware that by the terms of the con
vention between the United States aud the
government of Great Britian, the U. S. are
bound to repress all attempts at colonization
in the Territory of Nicaragua; and that it is
the duty of this government to carry this stip
ulation into full effect. I also state to you
that the sources from which the alleged decree
for the encouragement of colonization in Ni
caragua is said to proceed, is not recognized by
this government as the government of Nicara
gua. Until such a recognition by the presi
dent, I am _bound to consider the makers of
that decree as within the President’s procla
mation, to be invaders of the State of Nicara
gua, with whom we are at peace, aud to look
upon the transportation of persons intending
to take possesion of lands in Nicaragua under
that pretended decree, to be one of the acts of
beginning and setting on foot, or providing or 1
preparing the means for the invasion of that
State, forbidden by the statute, denounced by
the President of the Unital States, and u flag
rant breech of treaty stipulation. The Presi
dent is determined to avert all these lawless
acts, and he will not hesitate to exercise that
direct authority which has so happily preven
ted the fulfilment of thejJans of Henry L. Kin
ney and his asociatcs. I hope my report may
reuch him in time to act as in his judgement he
may deem necessary. It is proper for me to
state that I have had an occasion heretofore to
call your attention to an attempted violation
of law by persons transported in your ships,
and that your vigilance and activity were not
sufficient to prevent a breach of the neutrality
laws.
Hoping that no act of yours, or of your com
pany, may tend to ieonard the safety of the
persons and property or our citizens, whom de
signing men are alluring by false hopes of
wealth and station, and thus throw discredit
upon the U. 8. as violating our laws and sol
emn treaties, I am, sir, very respectfully,
John McKeon, U. 8. District Att’y.
To J. L. W hits, Esq.
The Japan Treaties a Fraud.
A recent article in the official gazette of the
Netherlands, in which it is intimated that the
treaties recently signed by the Japanese gov
ernment with the American ai d British com
missioners are frauds, is creating considerable
excitement Trade is no more permitted than
before. No one is allowed to trade but the
Imperia! agents, who again will only sell pro
vision*. All communication with the interior
is prohibited, ocd. in fact, both nations are pre.
cisely where they were. It appears from the
Dutch statement that all these deceptions were
suggested by the Hague; that a Dutch official,
specially selected, was ecut to Japan, and that
he has since acted as a kind of foreign secreta
ry to the imperial government. These facts
are, indeed, admitted by the King himself, whose
notes on the treaty have been published, and I
they appear to deserve, if not chastisement, at,
least attention. The Dutch in the East are;
jealous in the extreme of Anglo-Saxon influen- ’
ence, and by no means scrupulous in their on-'
deavors to undermine it.
Mending Broken China.—The following |
j old receipt for mending China is said to answer 1
I admirably : “Take a thick solution of gum
arabic in water, and stir into it plaster of Paris
until the u ixturc becomes a visesons paste.
1 Apply it with a brush to the fractured edges,
and stick them together. In three days the
article cannot again be broken in th same
plac . The whiteness c f the cement renders it
| doubly valuable."
From tAe Richmond Enquirer.
Loss of our Trade with the North.
There are potent causes at work that will grad
ually diminish, and possibly eventually annihi
late, our trade with our Northeastern Free
States. One of those causes is the growing
hostility to our institution of domestic slavery
—an hostility which is but exacerated by the
harmonious working of our social system, and
the jarring discord of theirs. Another cause
is, the various Railroad connections about to
be formed between the Slave States and the
Northwest. Under those circumstances, it be
comes useful and interesting to inquire what
wc shall loose, and what we shall gain, by the
new direction which our trade will take.
The climate and soil of the South are far
better adapted to agriculture than those of the
North. They raise no agricultural product
which we cannot produce cheaper and better
than they. The immense amount of manufac
tured goods which we obtain might be made
with less of cost and labor at home, because
much of the raw material from which they are
manufactured has now to pay the expenses of
two sea voyage, and several sales and trans
fers, which would be saved. If we did not
manufacture entirely for ourselves, as it is prob
able from our agricultural advantages we should
not, it would still require less of labor, to have
the Northwest, which adjoins us, manufacture
for us, than to rely on the North.
The Northwest, like ourselves, need nothing
from the North, but would require immense
supplies from the far South—from the West
Indios, Sonth America. Asia, and California.
Cut off from the trade of Europe and the North,
we must manufacture for ourselves, and build
up and employ a mighty mercantile marine, to
carry on the trade for ourselves, and for the
Northwest, Asia, Africa, and Sonth America.
The Northern market, for our agricultural pro
ducts, is precisely proportionate to the amount
of manufactured and other goods which we
buy from them. If we bought those articles nt
home and in the Northwest, we should create
a market exactly equal to the one we had lost.
We should not only combine the profits of ag
riculture with those of manufacturing and the
mechanic arts, bu* we should attain what is of
a vast deal more importance—we should edu
cate a population, skilled in all the arts, trades
and avocations that minister to the wants, the.
tastes and luxuries sf a wealthy, enlightened,
and refined people. We should then, and not
till then, enjoy actual independence. Commer
cial and manufacturing independence is far
more important than political independence, be
cause commercial and manufacturing nations
levy a heavier tax on their dependants than
any despot ever exacted from subject provinces.
Labor employed in commerce or manufactures,
in the general, pays three or four times as much
os farming labor, and, in the exchange of the
one for the other, the farmer gives the manufac
turer three or four hours’ labor for one. This
is the kind of tax the North ever levies on the
South. The loss of their trade will therefore
be a great gain.
Connected with the Northwest, and cut off
from the trade of the North, we should be bet
ter situated than any other people for com
merce with the Indies and the South. This
latter trade has made all nations wealthy that
have engaged in it But it has also made them
corrupt, luxurious, enervated and short-lived.—
We do not look with unmixed pleasure to the
enormous profits of such trade, because those
profits accrue chiefly from superior wit, provi
dence aud cunning, coming in contact with the
generous, improvident and ignorant. Wcneed
the products of the South, however, and they need
ours; and the trade, if carried on fairly, will
be mutually beneficial. We have some guar
antee in the integrity of our population, that
they will be satisfied with legitimate profits—
some reason to hope,’from their love of agricul
ture, that they will never become exclusively
commercial. It will be our own fault if we
abuse the mighty advantage which a Southern
trade and a connection with the Northwest
open to us. We can neither be great, wealthy,
nor independent, without commerce or manu
factures. We must so regulate them as not to
run to excess. The loss of the trade with the
North will build up all the pursuits and inter
ests pertaining to separate independent nation
ality. We value their friendshin and good
will too much, if they were attainable, rashly
to sunder the commercial ties that now bind
us together—but - their attitude is altogether
menacing and hostile, and we choose to let them
and our own people see that we can live with
out their trade. How they can live without
our trade, we know not, unless they have learn
ed to dispense with food and clothing. Let the
Louth push forward her roads to the West. It
is a quiet and certain means of retaliation.
The Burmese Ruby-—A correspondent of
the Calcutta Citizen, speaking of the reception
of the English Embassy by the Burmese King,
says :—“The only thing remarkable at this in
terview was an inanimate object, and that wa
a ruby in the center of the pagoda crown of
his Majesty. It was as Urge, if not larger than
a hen’s egg, and far more valuable than the
great Kohinoor ; it was and
almost as round as a marble. It torn off
the ear of the Koren Queen, by Alompra. It
was a pendant, being suspend :d by a wire ca
sing through the right ear. It is of the purest
i water, and more than two thousand years old,
if he traditions concerning it are to be believ
ed, It came originally from A.-eam. and be
longed to the great Garrow King Mousg Sa,
who ruled the whole of Chin India. This ruby
will, I prophecy, in ten years, be worn by onr
Queen" —And without any compunctions of
conscience, of course. John Ball has little
respect for the command aginst covetous
ness.
Marshal Arnaud on English and French
Soldiers. —Marshal St. Arnaud says in one of
his letters: “I have had reviews ; conversed
with general and soldiers. I have been able to
compare my men, so full or ardor and so mar
tial in appearance, with the English, solid as
walls, but who march like machines that only
ask to be stopped.” Os the division under the
Duke of Cambridge, composed of the English
Guard and the Scotch: “It wm fine, but rath
er formal, stiff. It is all one; it is a fine army
and will fight well. But ours, brother, what
ardor.'” Again he says: “The English as
saulted some very powerful redoubts, and suf
fered more than we did. Moreover, lost fewer
men because I was more rapid in my move
ments. My soldiers ran—theirs marched.”—
Os the combined army be says o the English
and French : “What troops 1 What solidity
with one, what ardor, what impetaositv with
the other!" And of Lord Raglan he thus
speaks: “He is loyalty itself, the more one
knows him, the more one appreciates him.”
The orkatJVolcano. —A letter from the
Sandwich Ltands, dated 15th October last,
an extract from which, we find in the Alabama
Journal, says:
The great furnace on Mauu i Lola is in full
blast For sixty-three days t'.emJten flood
has rolled down the mou itain wi boat abate
ment. The amount of lava disgorged from
this awful magazine is enormous. The main
stream, including all ite windings, most be more
than 50 miles long, with an average breadth ot
3 miles. This is still flowing direct for onr bay,
and is supposed to be within ten miles of Hilo.
It is eating its way slowly through the deep
forest and the dense jungle in our rear, ami its
terminal must be the sea, unless the great sum.
mit fountain should cease to disgorge.
Hard for the Doo.—The Pittsfield Eagle
says great regard for the comfort of his fellow
but not much for his dog. was man
ifested by a Frenchman who took the cars at
Pittsfield, last week, for New York. The ani
mal was a valuable one and he did not like to
leave him, nor did he like to take him into the
ears, to the discomfort of the passengers; so
procuriag a stout cord, be attached one end to
the dog’s collar, and the other to the rear car.
The train went into Bridgeport with a brass
collar and a dog's ear attached. Considerable
dog was strewn all along the track.
Ba?* Miss Jenny Campbel], aged 115 years
died in Orange county, V*, on the 6th im
Congressional Proceedings.
THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.—FIRST SESSION.
Wednesday, Dec. 26,1855.
The Senate was not in session to-day, having
adjourned until Thursday.
House of Representatives.
Mr. Knight said that a general anxiety had
been expressed on both aides of the House for
an organization, and he took it for granted
members were serious. We are now, he re
marked, in the fourth week of the session. He
had a resolution to submit, which, if adopted,
would secure the election of a Speaker.
It was read, to the effect: that the House
continue to vote, viva voce, without debate, to
day, to-morrow, and until Friday next. If no
election be effected on the first trial, on the last
named day, then the person having the highest
vote, provided it be a majority of a quorum,
shall bo Speaker of the thirty-fourth Congress.
Mr. Barksdale moved that the resolution lie
apon the table.
The question having been taken, it was deci
ded in the affirmative—yeas 105, nays 94.
Mr. Purviance offered a resolution—that, un
til a speaker shall be elected, members of this
House shall henceforth continue to vote there
for, from twelve, m. to six o’clock, p. m., aud
that all further discussion, excepting personal
explanations or reasons for voting, or changing
votes, shall be prohibited till said election be
effected.
This was laid on the table—ayes 91, noesß7.
Mr. Sage suomitted a resolution that, watil a
Speaker shall be elected, the House shall con
tinue to vote therefor, from twelve, m. to four
p. in.; in other words, making an adjournment
out of order, until the last named time.
Mr. Stephens moved an amendment, that no
motion to adjourn shall be in order until a
Speaker be elected. He was willing to stay
here until that result shall be effected.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, thought that all those
suggestions were impracticable, and that much
more rapid progress would be made by forth
with resuming the vote for Speaker.
Several gentlemen entered into debate upon
the subject; and, at the termination of the dis
cussion.
Mr. Sage modified bls resolution, in accord
ance with the amendment of Mr. Stephens.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, moved that the
whole subject be laid upon the table; but the
motion did not prevail—ayes -84, noes 110.
Mr. Seward made an ineffectual motion that
the House adjourn.
The main question was ordered—yeas 125,
nays 72; and
The resolution was passed—yeas 116, nays
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, said it was evident,
from the vote just taken, that there was to be a
protracted session of this body. They who had
served in the House for two years past were
aware that there are occasionally scenes of dis
order and turbulence unbecoming the dignity of
an American Congress. He did not anticipate
anything of that kind in rising to submit the
resolution which he held in his hand, though it
might be wise to act in advance. He did not
mean to reflect, directly or indirectly, on the
Clerk, who bad performed his duty acceptably;
but it occurred to him that there ought to be a
temporary presiding officer. He then offered
the following resolution :
Resolved, That the Hon. James L. Orr, of
South Carolina, be invited to preside’over this
body until a Speaker shall be elected.
Several gentlemen objected to the adoption of
the resolution, believing that they could get
along without resorting to such an expedient.
The resolution was not laid on the table, as
was moved—yeas 88, nays 108.
Mr. Colfax said he was not a lawyer, but bad
heard from lawyers that “possession is nine
points of the law.” As the gentleman named
in the resolution might ultimately be selected
as Speaker, by the course proposed, he was not
willing to place him in the temporary occupan
cy of the chair. With a vies’ to equal ty, he
proposed that the three parties of the House,
divided by one hundred and fire votes for Mr.
Banks, seventy-five for Mr. Richardson, and
forty for Mr. Fuller, each select a Speaker pro
tem., and shall preside alternately, as they may
agree thereon.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, replied, that his ob
ject was to enable the House to move on har
moniously, and could not possibly see that any
political principle could thereby be surrender
ed.
After further debate,
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, moved that the
House take a recess until eleven o’clock fifty
nine minutes to-morrow morning, (one minute
before the regular time of meeting.)
Several gentlemen remarked that the motion
involved the violation of the resolution adopted
to-day, that the House would remain in session
until the election of a Speaker.
The question was taken on the motion of Mr.
Jones, and decided in the negative—yeas 85
nays 110
rending the resolution inviting Mr. Orr to
preside over the House.
'rhe House then took a recess until ten
o'clock to-day.
Patent Alarm Beds.—Those who have
visited the Fair at the Crystal Palace must
have noticed the patent alarm bed—a ‘Down
East’ invention. The purpose of these beds is
to prevent a person from oversleeping himself,
or if he does not awake at the time the alarm
is sounded, the machinery operates in such a
manner as to chuck him out upon the floor,
much to his astonishment For instance, when
a person wishes to retire to bed, he winds up
an alarm clock attached to the bed, and sets
it the hour he wishes to get up. At the ap
pointed hour the alarm sounds, and, if the
sleeper is awakened, be may arise ; but, if he
does not awake, the machinery of the clock,
operating on a lever, upsets the bed frame, and
the occupants is titled out upon the floor. The
bed is worthy ths inspection of heads of fam
ilies. who liavu the care of sluggards and sleepy
heads.
We have a good story to tell in connection
with one of those beds (savs the Uncle Sam, a
“Boston paper). A friend of ours recently got
married to a lovely and interesting young wo
man. In the house of the bride’s father, where
the wedding took place, one of the ‘alarm beds’
had just previously been introduced. The
weeding party was Very large, fashionable, and
everything passed off with the utmost meriment,
the entertainment being of the most generous
kind.
At length, the feaMing over, and the hour of
midnight part, the guests began to retire, and
the lights to grow dim in the bouso. The “old
folks" hinted gently about sleep, and the bride
and her lord grew weary and impatient. It
was easily seen that they wished to be alone,
and the lady was accordingly escorted to her
chamber, to which blissful haven the blushing
bridegroom soon followed after.
We will aot attempt to draw a picture of
what ensued, but suffice it to say that while the
interesting pair were in the midst of one of
their most interesting tete-a-tetee, a clkskine
was heard, and the astonished couple, the next
instant found themselves launced upon the floor
in the middle of the room, fast loosed in each
others arms, holding on like good follows, in
momentary expectation of an earthquake.—
They survived the shock, however.
The fact of it was, the “ alarm bed” had
been assigned them for their nuptial couch, and
tlie bride’s youngest brother, the mischievous
devil, Tom, had taken the liberty to set the
alarm, at what be said he thought would be the
“ auspicious hour." He got his ears boxed the
next morning, and our friend W. D. 8. has
been suspicious of alarm beds ever rince.—N.
i’. Times.
Caroline, wife of George 11., attende
to her toilet and devotions at the same time.
While her nymphs were adorning her body,
the chaplain. Whiston, stood at the door pre
ferring prayers for her soul. Sometimes the
nymphs wonld shut the door, and then the
chaplain would stop. Th s nettled the Queen,
who inquired -Why do you stop?" “Because,"
said the chaplain, ‘I do not cboos- to whistle
the word of God through a key-hole.”
Fate of .Sir Johß.Franklin.
Wc announced in our last issue, on the au
thority of a telegraphic dispatch, the arrival
at St. Paul, Minnesota, of Artic explorers
direct from the last seene of Sir John Frank
lin’s sufferings, with further particulars of his
lamented fate. We have before us now, in the
St. Paul journals, a connected history of this
expedition, with a full account of its important
results.
It appeal's that on the return of Dr. Rae in
the summer of 1804, bringing with him the
report that the Esquimaux of the extreme
northern latitudes bed in possession relics of
the Franklin expedition, the British govern
ment determined to make one further effort to
penetrate the mystery which had so long en
veloped the fate of that expedition, and which
had been partially solved by information thus
gained by Dr. Rae. The SL Paul Pioneer, Dec.
12th, proceeds:
In furtherance of this desire of the British
government to follow up the clue thus unex
pectedly obtained by tlie adventurous explor
er—to rescue, if possible, the survivors of any
of the party of whites, who were reported
by the Esquimaux to have been seen near the
outlet of Rlaek's river, in latitude about 68deg.
north, or at least to procure any records they
might have deposited, the Hudson’s Bay Com
pany was directed to fit out a party of tried
men, accustomed to the hardships of a polar
life, to explore the region indicated by Dr.
Rae.
Acting under the command of the home gov
ernment, the Governor of the Hudson's Bay
Company, on the 18th day of November, 1854
issued instructions to Messrs. Stewart and An
derson to man and equip a party for the pur
pose stated. Mr. Stewart, with a party of
fourteen men, therefore, started from his poet,
the Carlton House, in 54deg. north latitude, on
the 7th day of February, 1855, and proceeded
to Fort Chipewyan, at the head of Lake Ath
abasca, in latitude 58deg. north, at which
point they arrived on the Sth day of March.
It had been determined to make the trip to
the Artic sea by water, so far as was practica
ble, and the party therefore remained at this
post until the 26th of May, bnisly engaged in
constructing boats,'and making other prepara
tions for their dreary journey. At that date
the party left Fort Chipewyan, and journeyed
by canoe on the Peace river, which connects
Lake Atharasca with Slave lake, some three
hundred and fifty miles in a northwesterly di
rection, till, on the 30th of May, they arrived
at Fort Resolution, which is situated on an
island in Slave Lake, about latitude 71 deg.
North.
At Fort Resolution the party was joined by
Mr. Anderson, who, with Mr. Stewart, h/d
been appointed to the command of the expedi
tion. Here another delay was mode, for the
purpose of re-organization, and making the
last preparations, before attempting to pene
trate the interminable frozen North. These
arrangements completed, the party started ont
on the 22d day of June, for the head of Great
Fish river, or, as it is known on the map, Buck
river, in lat. about 64 deg. north. Thence they
followed the course of the stream to the Arctic
ocean. Mr. Stewart represents the navigation
of this river as exceedingly dangerous, being
obstructed by over one hundred difficult rapids.
Over all these, however, with nothing more
substantial than birch-bark canoes, they passed
in safety, and arrived at its mouth on the 30th
of July.
Here they with Esquimaux, who corrobora
ted the reports of Dr Bae, and directed them to
Montreal Island a short distance from the
mouth of Back river, as the spot where, accor
ding to their instructions, they were to com
mence minute exploration. From this time
until the 9th of August, the party were indus
triously engaged in searches on the Island, and
on the main land, between 67 deg. and 69 deg.,
north latitude. We cannot recapitulate the per
ils escaped, and privations endured by the brave
band while seeking to find traces of their coun
trymen, who had perished in those desolate
shores.
Three times they providentially escaped be
ing “nipped,” as Mr. Stewart expressed it, or
crushed between moving mountains of ioe. At
last on Montreal Island, where their explora
tion commenced they found snow shoes known
to be of English make, with the name of Dr.
Stanley, who was the surgeon of Sir John
Franklin's ship, the Erebus, cut in them by a
knife. Afterwards they found on the same Is*
land a boat belonging to the Fraklin expedition
with the name “Terror” still distinctly visible.
A piece of this boat containing this name was
brought along with him by Mr. Stewart.
Among the Esquimaux were found iron ket
tles corresponding in shape and size with those
furnished the Franklin expedition, and bearing
the marks of the British Government. Other
articles, known to have belonged to the expe
dition, were obtained from the Esquimaux, and
brought by that party for deposite with the
British government. No bodies, however, were
found, or traces of any. The report of the Es
quimaux was, that one died on Montreal Island,
and that the balance of the party wandered on
the beach of the main land opposite, until, worn
out by fatigue and starvation; they one by one,
laid themselves down and died too.
The Esquimaux reported further that Indi
ans far to the north of them, who bad seen the
ships of Franklin’s party, aud visited them,
stated that they had both been crushed between
the icebergs. Mr. Stewart took especial pains
to ascertain whether the party had come to
their death by fair means or foul. But to eve
ry inquiry, the Esquimaux protested that they
had died of starvation.
Gathering together the relics found, tlie par
ty set out on their return on the 9th day of
August last. The return route did not vary
materially from that taken on their way north.
Mr. Stewart has occupied the whole time since
in reaching onr city—having come by the way
of the Bed river country, and having been ab
sent in all about ten months. Mr. Stewart left
St Paul yesterday en route to the Hudson’s
Bay headquarters at Lachine, Canada, to sub
mit an account of his adventures.
And so, at last, the mystery is solved. Brave
Sir John, whose fate has awakened the sympa
thizing curiosity of the civilized world, it is now
known “sleeps his last sleep” by the shorts of
the frozen seas through whose icy islands he had
vainly sought to pass. Four winters back, as
the Esquimaux said, the noble party, after es
caping from the ships which could no longer
float on those dangerous seas, found release from
suffering in death. Died manfully, too, as they
had lived ; bravely, like true Englishmen ; this
much we may believe, for consolation, that they
met their fate as became spirits adventurous
and noble. No traces were found by the Es
quimaux to indicate that, even in their last ex
tremity, they had forgotten their manhood, and
preyed on one another.
The last party of generous hearts, who sought
to carry succor to the lost ones, or bring con
solation to the living, are returned, and the
Arctic wastes are solitudes indeed. And, i n
view of the suffering endured, and the noble
lives sacrificed in fruitless efforts to widen the
bounds of human knowledge, we believe it to
be the prayer of all men that so they may re
main forever.
In addition to this connected narrative we
are indebted to the St. Paul Free Press and
the Times, for additional particulars of the ex
pedition aud its result, as gathered from the
guides. The former calls it a very expediti
ous trip, it being only thirteen months since
the party left Red River settlements.
Sir John Franklin and his party perished
on the coast opposite Montreal Island. Their
bones lie buried in the sand within an extent
of twelve miles. This is the fifth winter since
they perished, and the drifting sands of that
barren region, being in iat. 68 deg. North,
have piled in successive layers on the bone® of
these noble and ill fated men.
Mr. Stewart describes the region as drearv
in the extreme—not a blade of grass nor a
stick of timber met the eye. No game of any
k’n 1 could be found.
The Esouimaux, from whom their iuforma
! tion was obtained by signs, pressed their fingers
1 into their cheeks, and placing their hands on
their stomachs, endeavored to indicate the
manner of their horrible death. They were
charged with killing them, but merely answer
ed with their signs.
The Times of the same date s»yst
Mr- Stewart, three Indians and fourteen Red
River men of the North, left Selkirk early in
the spring, with three canoes. Passed through
a running stream into a Lke, from thence into
White Fish river. Was one month on this
river, sleeping on the shore. Entered the sea,
upon which they were compelled to remain nine
days. Reached what is called Montreal Island,
where they fell in with some Esquimaux who
informed them where the crew of the Terror
(one of Franklin’s ships) met their untimely
late. Gathered up the remains ofa boat having
the name of Sir John Franklin on it, a hammer,
kettles, part of blue flog and other artiolee be
longing to the unfortunate vessel. Was inform
ed by tie Esquimaux, that they (the Esquimaux)
reached the spot just in time to see the lost
man die of hunger, who was leaning aginst some
object when discovered. He was too far gone
to be saved. The wolves were very thick
there, and no traces of the bones of the men
could be seen—supposed to have been eaten by
the wolves. The Esquimaux state that it is
four years ago since the crew perished. The
party left the sea on the 9th of August, at
which time the ice was accumulating very fast.
Among the party was a half breed, a celebra
ted runner, who ran the race with Jackson, the
American Deer, and other American runners
[From the Charleston Mercury.}
Arrival of the Isabel.
The U. S. Mail steamship Isabel, Copt. Rol
lins’ arrived here yesterday morning from Ha
vana via Key West, with dates from the for
mer place to the 25th, and from Key West to
the 26th inst
'rhe Empire City hod gone to pieces ; part
of her cargo and machinery was saved.
The Quaker City had not arrived when the
Isabel left
Our Key West correspondence and commer
cial letters follow.
Later from Europe.
New York, Dec. 28.
The U. 8. Mail steamship Pacific has arriv
al her wharf in this city from Liverpool, with
advicee to the 15th instant.
The Liverpool Cotton Market—The Cir
cular of Messrs. Denistoun and Co., quotes Cot
ti nas having opened active and closed dull.—
The advance during the week was 1-16 d. Fair
Orleans was quetee at 6 1-2; Middling Orleans
at 5 11-16 d.; Fair Uplands at 5 3-4., and Mid
dling Uplands at 5 l-2d. The sales during a
week comprised 56,000 bales including 9000 to
speculators and 5500 to exporters, leaving 41,-
500 bales of ali descriptions to tlie trade. The
stock on hand amounted to 334,000 bales inclu
ding 134,000 American.
The Liverpool Brkadstuffs Market was
unchanged, and Western Canal Flour was
worth 325. 6d. and Ohio 445. 6d. per bbl. of
196 lbs. Yellow Cora was quoted at 465. and
White at 50s, per 480 pounds.
The Liverpool Provision Market wm un
changed.
State or Trade.—The advices from Man
chester are more favorable.
The London Money Market.—Consols clos
ed at 88 5-8.
General Inttluoence.—The news by this
arrival is interesting. Kars had fallen by fa
mine but no particulars had been received ex
cept that when General Kinety escaped from the
City to haste i the advance of Omar Pasha,
General Williams was sending a flag of truce
to offer a capitulation Nothing else was
known,' bnt it was believed that the place had
surrendered as the force was too weak to cut
their way through the Russians. Omar Pasha
was near Kutais, which the Russians hold with
a strong force.
Advices from the Crimea state that the Rus
sians had attacked the extremity of the French
lines with 3000 men and after a severe strug
gle withdrew. Both armies were comfortably
housed. The firing continued between the north
and sonth sides of Sebastopol.
The Russians had opened a new loan in Ber
lin Hamburg and Holland of 50,000,00
Rubles at five per cent. It was quoted at 85.
The Austrien Army was being reduced to a
peace footing.
The Government of Naples publishes a con
vention of the United States, defining the rights
of neutrals.
In England the Queen’s order in Council has
been published, authorizing the Bank of Eng
land to issue £475,000 in notes beyond the
amount specified in the charter.
Respecting the prospects of peace we have a
mass of contradictory statements. If any ne
gotiations were an foot, they had not made
much progress. It is known that a difference
exists in the British Cabinet. Lord Palmers
ton and Panmure urge the continuance of the
war, while the rest of the Cabinet support Lou
is Napoleon’s suggestion to embrace the present
opportunity of making peace.
New York, Dec. 28.
The Bank of the Republic quotes Bankers’
drafts on London ai 108 3-4, Southern Bank
drafts at from 108 1-2 a 108 5-8, and Produce
drafts at from 106 a 107 1-2. The supply is
abundant. Erie Railroad Stock commands 51
and Reading 92 1-2.
Washington, Dec. 28.
The Spanish Government bas placed ours in
flossession of proofs that the Bark Amelia, now
homeward bound from Hayti, was intended for
a fillibustering expedition to Cuba, and re
quests that the President will punish those
aboard with the extreme penalty of the law.
It is reported that the government is in pos
session of documents that will lead to the arres.
and trial of Col. Parker H. French, os Nicara_
guan celebrity.
Brunswick and Florida Railroad
, BUI.
It affords us pleasure to announce that the
Bill introduced into the Legislature to grant
aid to the above Road, has, after thorough dis
cussion, at length passed the Senate. We
have no doubt that it will also pass the Hou. e
when it comes up in that body ; and that the
action thus taken will meet with popular sanc
tion in all parts of the State. To the people
in Southern and South-Western Georgia it
will indeed be “glad tidings of great joy.”—
It is now almost reduced to a certainty that
the boon which they have long craved is about
to be granted to them, in which event it will
not be many months before their fertile fields
will be traversed by a substantial Railroad,
offering to them the means of transporting their
various products to a young and flourishing city
that will be built upon our sea-comt. The
losses and isoonveniences to which they have
heretofore been subjected for the want of such
facilities will then be entirely obviated—their
lands will be greatly enhanced in value-resour
ces that now lie dormant will be developed
numerous departments of labor will be open
ed—and finally a tide of emigration will flow
in from the older States which will bring with
it an immense amount of wealth and improve
ment. Im fact, it is impossible to estimate the
impetxu that the building of this road will give
to the welfare not only of this particular sec
tion, but of the whole State ; and the members
of the present Legislature may well congratu
late themselves upon-its being reserved for them
to take the initiatory-stepe in aiding to con
struct a public work that will add so material
ly to the greatness of our noble old common
wealth.
A Lady dressed in the Bloomer style
elicits much attention and gossiping remarks-
The costume is, however, certainly as appro
priate, and more comfortable, than long skirts
trailing in the dirt, and a hooped frame-work,
concealed from view, but the ridges thereof
protruding like the ribs of a balf-st arved Roe
inante.
A few days ago an old man wag robbed'
on the steamer Express, plying on the Mississip
pi river. The gui.ty parties were soon after
arrested, and tried under the Judge Lynch code,
with a display t f much forensic eloquence, and
the sentence of the jury was faithfully executed
—one person receiving 150 lashes; another 50.
They were thu set ashore.
From the Key of the Guts, December 25.
Important from the Pacific.
The U. 8. Mail Steamship Star of tlie West
arrived here yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock,
from San Joan, with 100 passengers and half
a million of specie. She took in coal and wa
ter and left in the evening for New York.
California.—The mines are at this time
yielding immensely. Any thing like a faithful
chronicle of the discoveries and rich strikes
made almost every day, would fill a small vol
ume. The Mountain in Toulume county, still
continues a marvel for ite richness, and vast
sums of the precious metal are daily extracted
from it.
The French flag was saluted the 80th, by z 1
guns from the U. 8. frigate Independence, lying
off North Point, and at the same tinte the colors
of the French Consulates were hoisted at the
Consular residence, on the northeast corner of
Jackson and Mason streets, in the presence of
a vast assemblage of French citizens and Amer
icans who had assembled to witness (he cere
mony and testimony of the amicable settlement
of the unfortunate difficulty between Consul
Dillion and officers of the Federal Gevernment
at San Francisco.
The French. English, and Sardinian resi
dents of San Francisco, held a cefebrat ion at
South Park on the 26th, in honor of the cap
ture of Sebastopol. The preparations were on
a very extensive and liberal scale, and a con
course of about 10.000 persons assembled to
witness the proceedings. Ali went off well,
until about two o'clock, when some evil disposed
persons succeded in raising a row and breaking
up the festivities in confusion. A procession
was gotten up in the evening which proceeded
to the Russian Consul’s residence, carrying the
Russian and American flags, tied to the same
staff.
The steamer Georgiana burst her boiler at
Petaluma on the 23d November. Seven of her
passengers were killed, and flveseverely injured*
A quarry of fine white marble has been dis
covered at Comptonville, Yuba county.
Indian troubles are apprehended in the South
ern part of the Btat«.
During the past eleven months, over $20,-
000,000 worth of gold has been coined at the
U. 8. Branch Mint, principally in S2O pieces.
Lower California.—The San FrancisSo
Herald, of Nev. sth, saj's: From a gentleman
who arrived in this city yesterday, on the schoon
er Kate Hill, from La Paz, we have obtained
the following interesting intelligence :
On the Ist of November, flic Kate Hill,
while off Cape St. Lucas to the southward,
came in sight of two barks; one was tlie
whaling bark R. Adams, and the oilier the
Globe. On being hailed by the Kute Hill,
tl ey stated that they had sailed from San Fran
cisco, and were proceeding to Louer California
un ler orders from Alvarez, o.ud that they in
tended to “ regulate” the Inhabitants. They
stated that the party numbered 300, and that
they were well armed and cqnipjxd. The in
vasion of Lower California was the object of
the Expeditionists.
Oregon and Washington. —The Indian
war, now raging in Washington and Oregon
Territories, still continues. At the latest ac
counts, numerous families had been murdered,
and many valuable lives lost. The United-
States sloop of war Vincennes and steamer Ac
tive have been ordered to thereat of war, where
the revenue cutter Jefferson Davis, and sloop
of war Decatur are already stationed, Re
cruits are being collected. Gen. Wool, when
lost heard from, was at Portland with the
steamer California, now chartered by the Gov
ernment The Indian organization is repre
sented as being complete, and they seem —■
med to make it a war of extermination-tip
They are by no means the debased, wretched
race of “diggers” found in some parts of their
State, bnt are quite intelligt nt, fierce and war
like The best Indian fighters in this State
believe that this war will last many montlis.
It will probably not terminate until the princi
pal tribes have been severely chastised, aud
many lives lost.
The Oregon Times of the 3d inst. publishes
a letter from General Palmer, dated Dallas,
October 30th, in which he says: “ Every thing
is bustle and excitement. The regulars take
up their line of march today, three hundred
and fifty strong, generally on foot. Five hun
dred volunteers will start on Thursday, and
about three hundred will start for Walla-walla
ou Saturday. Supplies come up slow. The
war will be a work of time. The Indians may
be whipped, but not conquered. A military
occupation of the conntry is absolutely neces
sary. No preparation is made for it. I antici
pate that on Sunday or Monday next the hard
est contested battle will be fought that hns ever
taken place on this coast. I have no fears as
to the result, if properly managed. Eight hun
dred men are not easily whipped; but from all
accounts there will be two thousand Indians,
and they will select their own ground. They
are determined to conquer, and feel able to do
it.”
On Saturday, November 31, a severe battle
i took place on Whiteßiver, thirty mileseast of
i Steilacoon, which lasted all day. Thirty Indi
ans were supposed to have been killed. The
next day another battle took place, in which
several Indians were killed, and one white man
was severely wounded. On Tuesday, Novem
ber 6th, Lieutenant Slaughter, who was in nd
' vance of the volunteers, was attacked at the
crossing of white River. The guides and three
regulars were severely wounded. The Indi-
■ ans were put to flight. An express from Steil
! acoon brought the bodies of M< Mrs. Mosc%
McAllister, and Miles, who were killed a few
days before.
Dr. Barnes, who had been reported killed
escaped with a slight wound. Down the Bound,
the Indians arc layingthe country waste—mur
dering the men, women, and children, and burn
ing the houses. On Puyallup River, a number
of whites hud been killed, among w hom were
■ H. H. Jones and wife, O. King, wife, and two
- children, and W. H. Buman and wife. Tht
whole Bound country is in imminent danger
| The people are fleeing from the back settlemen
' for tneir lives.
Advices from the camn at Yakima Misione
state that a latter had been found, evidently
1 written by a Catholic priest, to the effect that
the Indians would light to the last; that if they
got out of provisions they would eat the wo
men and children before they would yield to the
whites I
On the 6th Nov., t‘ e Yakimas attacked and
massacred a party of twenty in number.
Nicaragua.—Affairs in Nicaragua are quite..
Walker is making daily additions to his army,
and the new administration appear to give uni
versal satisfaction to the native population.
The Sierra Nevada took down, on her last trip
from colifornia, 400 men to jcin Walker; four
companies of 100 men each, under the respect
tive cemmands of Col Butter, Lieut Anderson.
Capt Coy ami Capt McNabb.
China.—The news from China is unimport
ant. Piracies in the China Bea were as com
mon as ever. The Jneurrection in Canton is
supposed to be suppressed. The insurgents
around the city had fled. Kam Bin, one oi the
leaders, had been executed by being cut into
108 pieces.
Washington,, Dec. 28.—Spain has placed
in the posseMion of our Government proofs
that the bark Amelia, now In meward bound
from Havi, is intended for a filibustering expe
dition against Cuba, and JMpests the Presi
dent to punish those on noard to the extreme
penalty of the law.
It is reported that the government has in its
possession documents which will lead to the ar
rest and trial of Parker H. French.
Congressional.
Washington, Dee. 26.
The V. 8. House of Representatives yesterday
continued balloting. Mr. Reward of New York,
offered a resolution making non-intervention in
the Kansas Nebraska Act the platform for the
election of Speaker, all other questions to be
dropped. The resolution, however, was subse
quently withdrawn. Four Ballots then took
place for Speaker, and on the last Bankshad 101;
Richardson, 68, Fuller, 31, and Pennington, 3
To-day seven balku were taken witheut an elec
tisn.