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"GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
Measrw.
To biarf InUnigervoa from this SpabO If
aavat gMh mllM Ttjinunti the Mousco
Oonnmw bend of frMbeotart. 'A con-
' -, Wtth two mTfljon eight hundred thousand
ricllars,urjW eeorct of Oen.Mjrqtriia, bel
txea salted by him, nrd portion of the money
Bpfawprleled to his owb aaa. It was believer,
tlta, ihiil uulmom wm privy to tlie robbery.
Tie money wm dMihwd for England and
.rVewtavawJ the British and French Minister
bad atrotoated against tbe outrage. If thU be
Be,Fmce and England nut eeetb folly of
ustelnlng M lb heed of lb Government of
noioo.t-ndrf .ri ., .d it uf
most reewmeble to expect that the? wi 1 at one l
take bositle measures against Mexico. Oa ifrf,
th Washington Marrs Mys I
Oh thug la aw quit eertaln. Klther theJailed
ajtetee wul bin to tiu Mexico la bead, or f arlll
hsve to permit olbr pnwen to do en. laaigraee
ought not 11 adyeirn IW tb e.s-dars tuitr'nmalrig
turn the wit oh I ban na-n ef-ttv-v me, Tno
eniretka Is of the grevi at import, end"1 admit of
no proeraarhMilno. If we ere not J 'eltb to
wbeHr.ltttrel and p-eumary le"rte We be
line that ths PreeMent Is eoirnl with ly'
tunenls In teeunt, to the lt, -nol ! I douhtlasi
Bks urgent ami emphatic teonmen''etlona to C a
grew for autlo.1t J, wtilob wU' enable In to act at
trrfiotilmeao'' ' i'.Sun.
Tba Damtataa Krpabllo.
rurro Iata, t)jtor lOtb, 1J.
aft Put Ma. Bxaca l Our rraldeuoa In tha t)
BJaJcaaR.rublloab'ntuafaratrjln auooa
atoa of alexneaa al dKooaifort, )et tor world I
would not bar D d Cicln brre to mo aod learn
bow much tka ItJm can do for Ita BHcbbora. I as
f fd to wrltayou at abort UUlra'a all I ahould aea
and think of tnchaatirf coui.tr j, and br bear
traa wltnaaaJ' th moral and axial condition of It
lahaUtutk I bar failed In rnj word for a tlm,
jrt I bop CUTT " ou 'a letter tafora I hara
dona.
I Uad at Fotrto lTata, from tha atoanier Oman
W4id,jl Utf, and by arrangament with two frlond
Wtian 1 mada on th paaaaja oia a lantr from
thrUnltad Stataa, and tha other, tha angtneer of a
frltlah aUnlnf Company to trarel together tit
lenftb and breadth of tha Uland. An accidental
b3 lad to a long and painful oon&nement la thl
Blase, but it baa brought ma In eontact with a moat
Ulereannf aodatj, t wbloh Tety UtUa Indeel U
known m Ua Vnltad Btatea.
Th Bothal churche of Bt. Pomlngn, Samara aid
Puerto Itata, ara com poaed if colored people from
tha Vnltad Bute and their ohlldren. And I can aay
boldly they ara a credit to th afcthodlat Sxloty.
Thay are a a body, dlatinftilabed for their Indu
trlotif and aober bablU, and kindly lualttle.
Hi alii e A orrrluok a large garden planted with
J iaaaaaa and orange trrea, and on the other aide of It
UUMBcateat of whit wuied eottagea with a wide
foldlrg door la tha centra of the long wall. ThU
gnat door baa It mate on tha atreot at tba farther
ride of th aottagr, and a 1 reat on my weary oouch
J caa watch all that pame In th room they belong
to, which U th parlor of tha praaldlng elder of what
U called Lere, tha "Ameikan Church." Ona day I
aaw a a'ck man brought In and laid tenderly on a oot
wUoh waa put up for Mm in thl pleaiant and !
clou room, rtlght and day tha membara of thl ol
red family were eaalduoualy tending tha wUte
Btnogar, but from my rart of obacrratlon I could
Be tha algn of death were too atrong for them
about that bed. 1 came on tha etith or aerenUi
day, and then I aaw tha coryae decorously
laid aut for Interment and borna reioectfully
through tha oppnatta door to Ita laat abole. I aaw
tuUung but colored people about htm all thl time,
and I aect to ak about It. Then 1 waa Informed
that tha IVthal Charchof Ban DonUDgoaadaatab
Blahed a eodety among themaeliea tor the proper care
dL taab? own alok, and that M la klndneaa wat Inra-
aiably aztaLdd to all Amtrleant vho rou(rd iU
trhl alck man waa an American aallor, who had ooma
BTr from Turk' laland to get a berth or paaaaga
In tha New York and Puaito FiaU line. He landed
Btok and pennUeea, and though there la eome prorl
ion mada for auch pereona, It would be Insufficient
for their oomfortaUa treatment did not th Bethel
Bodety tka out by kind and careful management.
la oaaaa J death, thaea ara decently Interred, and
B record aejt of tka date and plai a, la tha aranl of
ikwida, or ahlpmatee Inquiring for tnem. la It not a
rUejular clreuniatanoe that tula little ba-dful of color
ad eoloolat ahould keep up their church O'ganUatlon
for thirty Bre yeara without tha leaat aid from tha
Btatea 1 Should not American born blask b M
wall eared for a tba Cyngaeaa or Feegaa Islandara t
ynu atilkaa ma moat la their aSactionate pride In a
country which baa dona ao uttl for them. To baan
American u a quick paaeport to their beat foaling
nd aentoaa. The f unatal of tha eeilor waa folloaad
tiy that of a member of the'Vuer own family, and
gain I aaw from my own cot, by tha window, a form
krouded In white, canted through the open door of
tba adored preacher, with exactly tha earn decant
Tha Sunday aranlng after th atoond funeral ther
a a prayer meeting at the houae, and It made m
think of our New England Sabbatha to bear Ua wall
Sanwmberadbymna pealing out of tha open door
amd filling tha orange gaidana ot Bt. Domingo with
tnalr aacrad mekdy,
Thl family and I aoon became Intimate, and long
Wore I waa able to Join my trarelllng companion,
X had promieed myaej to bring thl ChrUtlan Sock
Into a better acquaintance with tha churche of their
perauaaoa la tha United Btatea.
Th church at Samana ha ecine Mlowahlp with a
aVlh aQaalonary Board, but thoee of Fuaibi Fata
Bad Santo Domingo city bare no frlenda abroad'
Berne book fur their Bibbath achool and aau.al'
albrary came out lately to Uante Danlngo, and a few
IraoU and TeaUmenta hara found thdr way heia
from tha New Yora endetka, but ttut la aU,
Yet It ahould ueapkeaura t) do aowetoing tor auch
B kind aod grateful people. There a latter reoeWud
narauomBt.Domlngoclty,ttatlngthatthell iiaryanl
Bahbatk achonl book etnt there were coLt nbuted by
Pr. luon, the City Pkyalclanof hew York, national
Bt tha publlo Inatltutlona, and a few of hit Me.id,
Awhoa naaie were aent an f tha u gtateful mention
and remembrance of a 1 the member of th aUtiod.
at la the Dominican territory."
It waa aunple but touching to hear tha reipectful
anannar la which thl letter ea real at t ie c.ut a of
tka meeting, aid tha prayer that folio red It wai
aDy eloquent, although It came from tra uud icatod
Spa of a black man. tie aafcod bl tr.thr and all
teatoJolnblmlnuaaklugthegTacatf a4 and all
tha Uaaainga of Lie luring kludseas for tk noble
atnd gracloua lady of Dr. Wiixiaa Baauaa, uT New
yolk, who bad bran mored to think of the w,u of
tbia little aheepfold of ChrUt in Bant) Domingo.
Could tba wniteet Blabrp In the whlteat lawn ei,ra
It better 1 yet tU it la, word for word, and u t
fertantly did th aoegregatwa join In the prayer.
But, lot I am at tha end of my paper for t -dy
and muat atop fir the nest eoaaeL when you will
laaruottfiim your old fi Wnd.
Tui 8ouuouuTn.
The ranle la Charteatavni, Ta.
Wat ban. it) tbe Baltimore Amrncaa, No
Tember 14tb, that conlderabla axcltament slUl
exists at Chsiltstown, Va., caused by numerous
Incendiary nras In tbe neighborhood, and a be'Uf
among the Inhabitants tbat emissaries of Old
IIjoj-h a ire still Ungerlog about. The Maror of
Charleston n lias biaued the following proclanu.
Uon:
Haeveas, It is deemed prudent aU right, by tba
" i. . miwrrwrnu) uu nfiiui trsv'suut uu
i&ttJZSa'SZSZ
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VeTownCuncfl, the T.u Birgeait,
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ti.eoaBuie, K. U. Asutm, Watxa
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or seen. JurtleeVin, R S to be d.'
xy, BuUvar, rJusiiiiaviMu-- MM,.i.
or some AuTuS.TS? """ bar.a the elsyor,
fit win ac
, Buaiari:.-",u"":, ."V" .' "T.
saner autbnrlUM in twT " "r "I'.uiewav, aua all
U taki UkTHSon! ,gu,,'r " 1ated
Kovraabar It, ISM. y.TS" taPilV
avotT. one of tba counsel fo. the nrtar.,. 11a
yaoalved bint from Colocel Iavu that they
Were among tba strangers whose presence wm
BM aatUkctory to tha people, and tha thflr par-
Bonal safety would bMi tie secured by an early
depart wa.' Mr. Sanorr declined letvlcg untU
las had eoadaded aU nawlDas. Mr. lloi bad
alraadv made arr,.nU for Ids depart. re 1-
foaa tka nie.in.il. ....-4 ..J k. I.I. u.
JawaT, left there on Sa-urday. Mr. JxwaiT
JM savpaeted onJuaUy, be declare of being
!rfiJtn,,,,?Unt " ' York ZHoiras,
Ma i paper bM recently pablUted some letter
w Ctaibsun w InltatlDg character.
TownCounoUif Cbarlestoa-i., that there sbuuMn-rt sunk. Ueruew were picked ud tha asm. .. v.. "avjaviD tne ooaracieroi m young ertra erera
llonriera,lttJtortmeiuluourt..wnoroounr, ' ,. ph .. leauPha same day by U elreulat.m. At laat It wm deddod to teat tha
v'.'.iL1"-' 1"e,1' T"0"" ft 0""j ' P'"oon.,ArtMmM,.ud arrlvl ttlttwIS-? Vnd'l", Drtl&trSl wi?
at Jaavals..
Orlblri)atliMtUa(t6ii,attulot pay.
port bar boon ree-Jred to th 11th of October.
TUMontmjfJmnuletlM da contains th
fuDewlng aojnmarf of a-rent oocurkf from last
elates I
The alarc barone Laora. oantnrad t. tier V. Uate-a
ataiBiir Archer, oa the Eaat eoaet of Africa, waf
rjevigbt Into Pert Hovel, on ths let Inst. Woeaaap-
tureo, ana wm tuaer ma auxlcaa Bat. Ttiar vara
BO alaraa on UrJ, but tha oaUaia anj pan of tha
craw wara aiada prlaonara tha la la obarfa ofpart
of tba AroMr'a araw, and baa baan takaa to vara
Ctil tor MBOemaatioii. Wi ara barrr la balnjj aola
to atata Bat tba thraa hutidrail Chlowa Immigrant
who, a mantiaoad Is our prarloua nmnurr, hat
offl thalr aarfinaa to taa nWutara, on eonaldaratlon
of abonuaof XlOabcad Mat rrantad tbam, hara
a obtalbad cmnk7Dit and ara D a at work. No
ona nald tba bouolr OVmandad lr tbaa maa. axrf
aji!?ss;ssr
It, Ths Immigrants r l
tb7 la no laataaca loalated oa It) thoa ahomnc that
tber were not entitled in
uvt
looatM on eataaaa In riaran.
don. M-talft. St. Oeoro. St. tfarr. and l r.it.a.
rlne. Taere la notlun Ilka making an early reaiat
ancetoerll. Tbeaa Chinamen were Bo doubt led
away by encne mlechleToua and aril dawgnlng men.
Had the plantera been Imprudent anougn to grant
tba nqturad bonua In a alnale Inatance, the labor
queatlon, welch appeare to ua to be ateavllly, though
alowly appmachlrg a atumeot, would bare been
plunged again Into tha moat aenuu complication.
The Mar deter ThereXea at Nt. LaaU.
Tba St. Lonla AracVascm (rlre tha following
aketch of JoasrR W. Thokbto, who wag ax
ocutadlnlhat city- on Thursday lat, for tba
murder of Joaarii Cbablkm, a wealth and
ettcemed citlien I
JoaanrW.Tnourroa.who etptated yaaterday thl
art nf killing Joaara CnaaLaaa, waa bora on the 12t
of Anguat, 1W1, in New York city. Ilia parent
wet of Irian birth. Ther were nine children, only
three of whom Joam, Ana (not married) and Euu,
(married to a gent eman named CuaaO ara now IIt.
tog Tna flist named mdoea In tlileclty. Toe eta
tra ara in New York. Joatra waa younger than any
of tbeaethrra.
TnoanToa'a mother dld In 1.3 hi father, whe
bad t ern engaged In litulneaa a an oil merchant,
waa M yeara old whtn ha died, whloh waa in 1S3S.
iiui iua oeatn 01 nia lamer, tue aiioject ortneaepar.
agtapha atald with blm, and waa by him u,rp..rtd
On the necurrrtce of that aront, bla brother Joan,
then In Newark, N. J , took blm under hJeproteo
tl'D, kept blm a whl'a, and took blm to a lawyer
named Jama JtOEira. In New York, for tha tmr.
poae of applying tlm to tha atudy of tha law a
a profrnnun. Ho remained crar a aear with Ro
mi, but forming a dialike for tha dull ahetractlon
of tba booke, or (or afime other reaaona, be abandim
ad law and cmploj ed blmaelf for a llrellhoid aa a
cnpylat, cleik, drc . un'tl 1841, when being deatltuta
and bla brotbrr having remortd to the eat, ha
learned trunk eking, not, boaeror, aa a regu'ai
apprentlra. In 1841 be wi nt to aea aa a pritata In
the marine eori, on board tha I'lJted Btatea line,
of liattle-ahlp Columbua, Commodore Burnt a. II
ailed to China and Japan, and, circuainertgetlng the
' aeaa, doubled Ua of Oood II " and Ci Horn,
Iteturnliig, he landed at Norfolk, aud a weea later he
prooeede J to Wanhlngton to get a diecharge. Tha
trip laated tbree year or mora, during ell wbloa
time be never waa unwell aieejit from an Injury oa
liable. lie waa barer rrirrimanded or nunlahed
for nilaoonduct.
After TanaaToa obtained hi dlacharge, be remain
d about a month with hutalatera in New York, aud
canie to St. Loula, In June, IMS. Tba flrat regular
appilntmintorbiialneubahad Wai a deputy city
iraieiimr in ie. aie nroeireu trie nominauon Iirr ant
trgtatrarahlp from tha Ilatrron patty, but waa defeat
ed by bla opponent, Mr. Fana. After thle ha did
ooUerttng and writing for bl brother J l, and la
Mae, IStil, reoclred tha arpotntment of Secntary of
thalitatmeb'eSaTlna Aaioolatlon. baTma1 ehanra of
tha book. Moat of our city readera are acquainted
with auch cucumatance a came to light lu April,
8M, In reference to the robbing of eeverel thouaand
of alul ara from Uia vault of that Institution, and of
the auataclon that at that time reeled upon Taoaa
to. Toe latter remained aa avcretary till about ata
month after tha robbery. Ha waa not discharged,
but It waa Intimated that h.a resignation would b
eourrited. HI reaignatton which had been alraadj
witven out, waa toon pronurea ana aooeptca, nis
alary barlDg been lncrcaaed 1200 tha mouth pra
rloua. Tha president waa then Mr. BcLUTaa Blood,
who attributed tha action of tha Institution to dlaal
patWm on the pat t of Tuoanoa. II barer waa H.Z
alpated to any extent before the auaiaci ma of which
we bare eiioken, aruae, and narer lost time, on ao
coutt of his habits, errn aubsequent to that time.
Altar TnoaaToie became disconnected with th
Boatmen's be could not obtain employment In the
city on aco nt of tha mlsglrlnga and distrust
which were awakened in the i.unda of tba publlo by
tha eventa leading thetato and by that clrcumatanoi
laUaelt. Borne time fohow In g be was a -retted and
arrautned for tha robbery. Ue waa finally aoqultted
Mr. CaaaLXaa was ne of the witnesses for the prose
cution on the trial, and Id bla testimony related alJ
he knew relat.ra to certain trenaactloue of Tuoas
roa, which, In tha minds of aotne, tended to I en pli
cate blm In tha affair. Alar bla acqulrte', Tuotmoa,
wbo bur strong feeling of resentment toward a
who bad been concerned In bis prosecution, waa par
tlcularly Inflamed and enraged at toe pert ttken by
Mr CaaXLiaa Be contemplated lodging a aua
agalnat k 1m for th famatloa of cbaracter, but hat bro
tlier aod other frlenda Influenced him agalnetauck
a oauraa. From that time on, Taoaaaoa'a own bent
of Ufa Beamed radically cbangad. II nursed la bl
boeom tba moat rakkllng rertnge against Mr. Cnaa
uaa, wbo ha Imagined had pursued him with an en
mity which, atrtklng at bla r putatloo, bad been th
foundation fur his after ruin. Tuoaaioa earned thl
vindictive and Implacable rancor for many, many
months, and meeting Mr. Caiauaa ona morning on
Market street, aa tha latter waa proceeding from hi
residence to bl place of business, ha too a from hi
breast a revolver, and Baying a few angry words,
find two ball taw bla body, from tha affect of
which ho expired early tha next day.
The avaa ef Tobacco.
Tha Dean of Carlisle, In a recant lactare on
tobacco at Carlisle, England, gara tha follow
ing talMIc i
In ISCe, thirty-three million of pound of to
bacco wara ooaaunaed here, at an expense of eight
nulUuns of money fir million two hundred and
taanty thousand pounda of whloh went la duty to
Uovemment, to aay nothing of vast quantities smug.
gird Into the country. Torre la a steady increase
upon this coneumption, far exoedlng the content
poianeoua Increase of population. In 18il, tba av
erage waa 11.10 ox. per bead per annum; in
lebl, It bad risen to 1 88 ami la lboa to
It oa , or at leaat at tha rate of one-fourth
lncraasa In ten years. We hear of Sfl.000 hogs
heads of tobacco In tha bonding houaee in
Ijuid.m at ona time. There are twelve city broken
In London expressly devoted to tobacco sales) M
manufacturers l 1.M9 tobacco ahopa In London 81
clay ptie makers T.8bU wirkman engaged In the dlf-
ii'i.o. urancuea ot ua ouatneast and no leaathan
SH 148 tobacco shops In tka United Kmgdotn. Aud
If aeturn to the Oiotuenttke consumption end ex
penditure aaauma propnit ona perfectly glgantlo la
France muoh more la consumed In proportion to tba
population Uien In Kuglend. 1 ke tlainarorcleasa tut)..
lOOUOOof fratca anuua.lv by tha Oovemmecit mo
nopoly. At St. Omar 1 1.000 tons of clay are used In
making so ouu 000 of tobacco pipes. In tha city of
Hamburg 44 000 cigars ara oonaumed daily, although
the population la not much over lO'J OoO i It 000 wr
aons, many of them women and ohildreu.areeuii aired
luUelrnuuiufactura. 1&0.MM (joo ulgare are aupulied
-'-""' iiese ia eutireiy occupied la
prliiUng labels lur tne boxes of dgara, Ao. l Lid the
buauieaa represents 4WM.0U0I.T In Denmark the
annual consumption reaiuea the enormous average
of To cuncea per head of tbe wbule lopulalmu i and in
Ilelgiuui tvtn more to T3 uuxcea, or 4 luunda and
p-Oma uf a pouud per heat. In America tbe average
ta vastly higher. It U calculated that tha entire world
oramokeis, snufiVra aud thewera, ennauma S.OUO.OOtl
of tons of tubai co annually, or 4 4htl 000 Out) ,f iwunde
rjSL" m.uch to tonsge m tue e in oousuuiod bv
10IKJOCCO of Kngllanman, aud actually at Tcoet
suflitlenl to pay for all tha bread corn eaten in a reat
DilUiu, live uilMou and a half ol arena am nn,n,.i-d
loittgroatb, chltflvcultivaUd bv alava i.h... '..
pnluct Of whkh. at tarn irfmna im-p ,M.nnj J..u.u
yield thlrty-.rven mUllons of pounds rterllng,
The tune would fall to tall uf tha vett amount If
lV'af ttTu'T'dI'oralala India Uiclaaer
end bulb etxee luuulU la tbia prattloe, the Blamaae
b.h chew and auiuka-la Uuroian ,u,es IjtZ
it-children of t yeara old. aid . botu MeaLvJnioa
eually eontrlbuueto the genetal maiuaaud tlie
uvtcatra of the babtt coast that about oue-fourtb of
liJt till ana a a-ainaa are Hula llu..t a. a. l
taTnl. Tt tui iitV ha . .1 ? . . " car- ana outnwutward to tbe racllie, to confront
ItLttirperwtun'dC' SbTS wS iMi:' JjSHSul.il -Mt-b,n
wta'of money upon MiaU.cuab.ordJt"d 7I"JE"'bJ,"t.1"d.-l5 l.h. ' ". ' con-
by Its warmest advocates to be ot ly a luxury ,aeldum
bnmflota', iImji dsngeious? This financial vie of
us uueaxion ougm u arrest our attention. Every
woikiig man who coosiiruis ouly one ouuoe of
"abM," "rtturna," or biro's eje," per week, or
aievery modcat quantity of four pounds per an
n',n. t-eye out of tne fruit of bla labors twelve
eniitngs and vigil tence to the Uuvemruent lu the
ahae of a tax on bis luxuryl
I.eaa or the King Illrd.
A btter from Key We.t, daud November
I 10th,aaj,,Ta, t KigBlrdi ,nm Ktm Votk
, V.T fr WV'1' " "r 'P" !
I the 14th. tha was abend mod by the crew and aoon
I WMbumUNorthport,U 1864, wm 131 tuna, rated
N W 0Ma by C. A. Uatnilton, of Now
York.
Dlarlse laielllgvBre.
Tbe bark Reindeer, wkloh arrived at this port
ytaterday. fnm I'urt au nnce, reports fal.lng In
with tbe ship II srrj of tbe v!s, from Bt Tbonas
for Mublla, In lat. 14 4T.I lotg. Tl 11. The ship
bad lost g maa by fever, aod all hand war alck but
three. The ship Emery, in St: Thomas, for X ob la,
had loat It men by lever, and wuild be obliged 1 1
t ""-, 9 . Prtai-
imp new crtw cexore sauiog. The Darqna miu
Uvy NW. gale. 7vJ haav eo.. Sclobar ISth,
U SO, lun. 86 49 eacaped a aevere hurricane;
hlcb la.ted four hours, the vessel laytag erltb bar
-UV". " atari blaej any souis of tha Mils
wSir atl'u1'1" mm ViSu ,ad ,UrUd ""
IbU f'otdi'k?' ulf it,T,.7H!"la 1?
r&ttJ&ttSifi,ti
1 tarda fn tha . i TT' . i,,""' auoui DO
yard. from the veL" irreVruliakVur'and
WMaorjompaiJedbyaloudcraah, Iw-"i na
Ti premium crop of corn at tbe La Sueur
county fair. In Minnesota, wm a ) laid of 77
buehtli to the acre, of tfelW wrm ' v "
, ..- w .-,aaj.t.WvvB., tUtAUlf DalU T 14 HllbiU. ind l)r PlBBV (kf
Aa law I tsa-aa. analaw.
Bona Una during- tba month of Ttimttf
laat, Ueeere. Smrajto A OrmTtur, Attonvaya
at Law, Inthlselty, ww applied to by a eon of
itCaru,cl-uiViacoanty,tntala Btate, to,
If poaainta,btaln for) bar a dowrr la certain land,
euppoeed to be a part of tha MlUtarT Tract of
the Bute of Illinois. ThU tract of land em
bratwaalarsBOTtlonof tha vTastarn part of
thU Bute, and wm eat apart by tha United
Statea. aa part coraDanaatlon to tha anldUra of
the war 1812. That bar husband waa a aoMler In
that war. baring enlisted In the army while on
arWtofbualiMMtotba city of rblladalpnla,
hla raaldance bets a few miles oat of the dty,
and In the BUUe of rnnirlTnla. Since hla en
llatment, Mrs. Catux bad beard nothing from
hint, except a mare rumor that be waa hilled In
an engagement with the eaerar. near lake
Champlatn. and aa Mrs. Carjix had narer m..
lied again, aha would, aa hi widow, b entitled
to at least a dowry to any land her
bnsband might be entitled to aa auch soldier.
Meaars. 8. & O. Immadiauly set thamaalraa
to Und the land to which bar right of dowry
would attach. After a long and thorough search
among Government, State aod County records,
they aacet tslned that tba land la question was
situated In Hancock county, Illinois, and that
It had been entered wltn a land warrant h. at
Cmtix himself In the year 1818, thus plainly
showing that he was not killed, aa reported, and
that peihape ha might still be alive. 1 bay con
sequently sat about finding the lost men but
no farther trace of him could they make out
from GoTCmment or County record, as bla wife
nor any other of his acquaintance had evar
heard from him, further than the record showed,
It seemed pretty clear that be waa tot alien.
Hut hi death was not tofnCently eatabilrnad
for their purpore. Mew. 8- & O. addressed
let tars to tnelr numerous correspondent In tba
Statea of New Ytik and Vermont, near where
Catix's com pan t would be likely to bars
been stationed during the war, making In
quiries for him. Among the many answers re
oeiTad by them was one from Ihwm V. Near,
Eq., of Clayton, Jefferson couoty, N. Y., con
taining a letter from tha long-kxt man, slating
that be wm vet alive and in good health, and
wm sunirlsexl and Dearlr orarcoma with !.. in
learn that hla wife and children ware still alive.
This settled tbe question of the dower, m wall a
Iba receiving by Messrs. SiiaraRD i. Ovartroti
th fee for obtaining It for Mrs Cncix.
Although dlsapiwlnted In the, to a lawyer,
best part of a good or bad case, the reception of
a snug fee, they were determined not to give It
up, but went to work In earnest, to bring about
are-uslonof tbe ancient and long- lost counlo,
for lost they really wire to each other. This
wm eaxlly effected, ss neither of the pa ' had
married again, although both supposed each
other long tinea dead. It seems that soon after
tba enilatmtnt of Mr. Cmui, Mrs Carix finding
It difficult to surpoit hmelf and liar two small
children, one a babe, removed to ano'her part of
the State, and there hearing that her husband
wm killed, made no further efforts to learn of
him. And be, after his dlacharge, returned to
tbe town where he formerly resided, and was
there told that bis wife and children had mored
away and since died. BeUWng himself alone
In tbe world, be left forever his out residence and
associates, and took op his abode la Jefferson
county, N. Y., where he tuts since resided, erer
cherishing In fond remembrance his now, to him,
forever loat family. After many years of hard
toil and successful effort, and tbe marriage of her
only daughter. Mrs. Cecix, In company with bar
son and aon-ln-I.iw, moved to this State, and
settled in Wapello, Louisa county, where she
bu since resided In tbe family of her daughter.
A few days since Mr. Caru. arrived in Wappel
lo, eager to see her whom he mourned m dead,
and once again behold his children. But what a
change forty -seven years had brought about. A
formal Introduction wm needed to ec.ioalntthoje
wbo should have spent their lives together.
Popular Feeling la Austria.
Tba Vienna correspondent of tha Imdv3 Tfmff
seysi- Tfc!"J" hara undergone a vary great change In
Austria during tba last itm months, and It strikes me
that ths government will eoon have to choose between
constitution and revolution. The Hungarian long
ago declared that It wm their Intention to agitata
until tbey had regained their constitution, and a vary
reniarkable "anu-oentiaUaatlon" demonstration baa
lust been made at Eaargg, a royal fee city in Bavonla.
Tba onrnniltteo for examining Into tha propiaed mu
nicipal law met at Usees ( at ten In tha morning of
the 4th October, and at 11 o'clock Ita members bad
unanlmotwly reeolved humbly to petition the Impe
rial government '"to be pleased to regulate tha affaire
nf the community and all other Internal matter la a
ojnstltutkmal way that la, by means of a diet" Tbe
members of tbe committee ware tbe Lord-Lieutenant
o tha country, the representatives of the districts of
D akovar, Naatta, and Esarggi the Burgomaster of
tie city of Easegg, and other pereona of note.
Mag) ef Meant Yeraea.
A map of tbe Mount Vernon estate hu Jus
been published containing a view of It completer
u when owned by Wasiiiiioto!. Its present
dimensions the purchase recently made by the
Ladies Mount Vernon Aaeoclatlon the topogra
phy and interesting localities of the surrounding
country, and a handsome representation of the
venerable mansion In which WASBinuTua lived,
the grounds which be laid out and adorned, and
tba vault and cemetery where his honored dust
now sleeps. 'From some of the figures on this I
map wa learn mat me widin or tne rotomae at
Mount Vernon, measured on the lea February
4, 185C.-U 385 poles-(nearly lk miles;) that
tort W Mhington Is distant bom Mount Vernon
IKK) poles (nearly 8 miles) almost due east t
and that tha "While House Pavilion" 1 2
miles south-west.
Iran Works la tbe Vailed Stataa
From a table compiled by the American Iron
Association, exhibiting the number of Iron
works, Idle and In operation, In the United
States, It appears that there are funmcea, rolling
mills, or forges, In twenty-five of the States ot
tha Union, leaving but eight Slates destitute of
iron works i these are lilssUelppl, Loulsjana,
Florida, Texas, Iowa, Minnesota, California and
Oregon all upon tbe boundary or frontier. The
following are tba tables I
Teaks Furnace Forges BolTg Mills
Woralrg....l,lh M'l 83 210
Abandoned.. 8t4 171 ti IB
1.MB 881
434
IK
These produce annually abrat 850.00O tons
of Iron, tba value of which, In an ordinary year,
Is fifty millions of dollars. Of this amount, the
portion expended for labor alone Is 33.000.0UO.
From a table, prepared by Mr. Uuarlbs E.
bairn, showing toe duties, Importations and
price at Liverpool, each year, si ace 1840, it
appears that under the tariff of 1848 tha increase
in the import of Iron Is more than ten time the
Increase In the population, and more than thirty
eight times tbe Increase In tbe domestic produc
tion. Artisan.
Tbe neoalaa Easptre.
The territory la Immense, stretching across the
north of Europe, across the north of Asia, and
across Uehring's Straits Into America. In popu
lation already double that of France 48.000.000
serfs 12 000 000 commoners i 1.000 000 nobles
tbeae 48.000.000 serfs, all of them, to be free
men wit ntn nneen years Rom tne present time
la agricultural, commercial and mineral resour
ces, bouDdlau t think of six hundred Russian
ships tilled with wheat going to England fur a
market during one twelvemonth t The people,
th cities, tbe costoms, both oriental and occi
dentaloriental in appearance, occidental In life,
energy and dot elopment. A country new in ap
pearance, like America, and with an American
manliest aeatiny America pushing westward
and oothweatward to tbe 1 aclllc, to confront
front tha America that It U to be t aud la both
America ana itussta, tba mechanical arts and
Intelligence spreading among the mutes with
unexaiiiplvd rapidity,
Naapertrd releasing.
A gentleman at Canton, Mass., on the 10th
bat., writes to the Boston TVarf ler M follows i
Vnuaual internet wm excited here tuda; in ouee-
auetc of the exhumation of tha body of Jaasa
Uiia, of thla plaoe, for examination, by order of
th CoroLcr. The fulloatug la an outline of tbe etory.
Borne ten n nnttia slnoa. Jams Suu.a, aged lis, mar
ried a young laiy of IT. About aeven weeba elnce
ke wm aeited wltn llinsaa, and died tbe etahto dav.
Borne dand to suggest au84clons of poison, aud sto-
llavnaVa B.jtl.a
of tha viscera were arnttolir Jaoaaoa, of Boatnn,
,v. kuwuivw .uMyw. i ua iA.rvu.ar ww leaee mieis
urea to have tbe suspected party brought before th
Jury in ona week.
California Public Laada.
California differs from tha o'Jier States, la re'
gard to the location of her public lands. In
stead of locating at one time all the lends
enuring to tbat S'ate, under the act of 1853,
she sells Und warrants which may be located
upon tbe general publlo lands. Ihe United
Stales Uaneral Land Office, upon receiving no
tice of the lamia ao located, approve such to tne
State, and a patent ia thereupon issued from the
State, confirming the land to the individual
locator. Incderto facilitate tbe location of
tbeaa " achool warranta," and which, u stated
above, are need by tbe State m a mode of se
lecting Und enuring to it, under the loteroal
Improement grant of 1M1, as extended to
Califonla by the act of IBM, instruct! ne are
being prepared at tbe General Land Ofiloe to
tbe diffoief t registers and receivers In ths Stale.
Tar- tut. birth, la Europ. gurpes. th. female
four mlllloni every year, but ar balanced by to
. l.ll ... . t.- '
Greater number of accident (o male,
tVaaveVr aaf tka , leWr Hevwaaea ht Italy,
AITceeerrpoiklentofthLondon Timet
iter giving GaJtraaLcx'a letter to La FaaiaU,
la answer to a tender of the rnaideney of tbe
National Association of Italy, aay g i
JL HLtTt tt -toaaethla
roan, whom the world had est dowa aa a rouge.
liesn,anduntuttwdban4cusplayM muoh seiiaa
JSJt?M.aTaf JtnosMheever
snowed deirparaie valor In tie field QaataaLM I a
true-born ruler of man, aod etvU government mar
M ea&ly be t mated In hla band aa mllltarr rule. I
eouid fill your oulumna wnh puhue aadpnrats
letters, proowmaaiona, and ordsre of the day, all b
iSl fK". J" nal aaoh of whloh It wouid resnli;
firetly, that Oaaiaatnt never falls to hit tne nail ua
tbe brad aeoond.y, tool not oue word falling from
bislqela anff.rvd to paaa unbeeded.that ua vokx
and bla euuiitenaaca create a new heart In 1 wno
aee and hear him. Truly, th hour aod tne na-n
have ooma toartber. Italy ki everywhere uorer tbe
ordsre of leaders wno In well calculated to wora out
her deatinte.. No one, I b.lleva, can charge aas
with partiality to the lta'iaoa ; rn the ooolrary, I
feel aura I have not spared tnem tba bar attest aod
mot unpa ateble Irutba. But I muat see, fortruta'a
eeke, If tbey bave not all tha vtrtwa befiiting a na
tion of free men, neither ara they sunk never will
they sink to tba condition of unrdrecua'la alavea,
Tbe aeeds of regeneration ara teeming in
tne laid, no longer to be ewothered by all
tbe eubtirtlea of one Emperor, or by tbe
violence of another. LH fraaca, Austria,
ana tu'ope, well onsatder wuas they ara
about. Let them rtoe for one Instant superior to tbe
Ialtry chicanery of dlplornsue botching and cobbling.
talj must lv,i It la (We wUl tbal Italr sh ruldllv.
In order tbat Italy may live. It Ie abeuliitoli neceeea
ry that Au'trta ahould be bimght or beaten, coated
or kicked, out of Vtnetie; It la of tba utmost neose
slty that the Pop should oeaaa to be a temporal
Piinoe. It leunavoldab'e that tbe JCingor N.pler
ahould bend or break. Tbe man to whom Italy la
wuarg vn ey nero-worsnip must tut neroind-d.
Ita y ia fortunate enough to have more than one such.
Virroa Emibtsu, Carotra, I) Atanuo, UaaiaaLm,
are all men ariade on tbe mould of PLtrraBna a wmtu
I a none of tt m f aultlesa, tnauk IIaraa I but en
dowed either wtto tnat vaatneas of brain, or atounei
of hi art, or loftiness of chaiacter, which has power t
renew tbe temper of a nanon.
I tare often quarrelled with the alacknea and
elothf ulneae of tee I 'si lane, with ttaolr cons itublonal
lndoieLe. , lth tbeir uafttnees for haroshlio and In
tolerance of discipline. I have rated them for gro
vtlhng aMlb-hneaa. for want of truth, and tha cnuae-
2 nent lace of ansa trust in one aoutber. Yet, ir tba
sy of actloo dawn again. If the men I have mention,
ed, epurntug at! tha timid cuuneeie of a tlme.eervtng
policy, eall the ieople to arma, I feel aure Italy will,
under their guidance, be capable of magnanimous
sarnfiors. Toere will be a gmerr us ngbt in Italy, a
fight which may end In disaster, but not In defeat
The principle of Italian nationality la unquenchable.'
It wm but a apark alx and forty yeara ago.
A quarter of a century of trampling, far
from putting It out, only stirred It Into
a blaiuig oobfiagratton. VUlafranoa, Zurich and
Ilruseels may patoh up a peace I they can.
not give teat to Italy etcpt by a formal, and
flral, and thorough recognition ef that prlno'ple
Au.trla and Franca must withdrew! the vote or Cen
tral Italy muat be reoogmisad; tbe Pope must be left
to eettla accounts wltn nis subjeota: and If tba Cath
olic Power must neerla have a Pontiff, and a Bover
elgn Pontiff, they muat provide Pics IX. or bla suc
cessor with a new Bee and a new Sovereignty. I
think I bave alweye faithfully represented tha state
aod disposition if men's mind ml bass provtnoea. I
feel oon-lnoed tha'. If aver the restoration of the
Central Italian Princes, and tha recovery of the Le
gations by tba Papal Government, are delnltely re
eolved upon, ths day In which rich an arrangement
Ie carried Into eflVct, no matter by what means, will
cliaoge these gentle, orderly and civilised oommual
tka, Into m many den of wild beast.
Capl. Khrcve and General Jaekaea.
A correspondent of the Cleveland, Ohio, Ii
tvwuri i
Janu Loawaix, Esq., of Wayne county, recent
ly eummunlcated to mo a cnaractertatto aneodota of
Oen. Jaoaaoa, which I have never teen In print, and
which wbl certainly bear repetition. Mr. Loawaix
wm personally acquainted alth Capt. Baaava, men
noned, and represents him M noesuaeed of muoh of
tba unyielding and enargetlo charsctar whloh ao dl.
tlngulabed Osn Jacuon. Baaava wuwetl known
tbiougbout tbe Bouth durlngbls life.
Lnuing the laat war with Englaud, Capi, Baaava
wm e anmander and owner of a vessel which piled
the 'Tatbar of Watera" and whloh, idrmg tna
rrtod (Jrn. Jacaaosi llZ h': Crleana Ci' naettal
law, made Uaapiiearanoa M the levee of that ette.
Oen. Jaoaaoa be.ng apprised nf the arrival of the
vaseel, at onoa aent fur Captain Baaava, announced
to htm that be ahould oouaider hlmeelf, bis crew and
vuasrU, m In the serrloe of govemment,and hold blm
eelfln readiness to dlaoharge any duty tbat might be
Imposed upon hiii. Captain Buatva unhesitatingly
ecce4ed the onnd'tlona thua stated to him, aid ob
tained permission from Oen. Jaoaaoa to make eome
necessary repair to hla vessel, before being com
pelled to do active aervlce.
While tbeaa repaint were In progress, and the ap
pearance of the Brltlaa at my wm dally expected be
lire the city, a number of ctttaana applied to Cept.
Baaava, requesting blm to convey their femllieeeome
fifty miles up the river to a place of nfety. The cap
tain explained to tha applicant hla attuatton, but aa
eured tnem that If tbey owU obtain Oen. Jaoaaoa'a
conaent, ha would blmaelf IntarjmM no objecrdoM to
their request. A deputation of tha (citizens tbea ap
Cited to (Jan. Jaoaaoa and obtained hla oonesnt; and
apt, Bussva had freighted hla veatel with tha per
eona of many ladles and ohlldren, and alao a onatd
erelde quantity of very valuable goods, when ha re
oeived a meesac from Gen. Jacaraias. ordarlna him to
perform soma Mrvloo, which would compel blm to die.
charge bis living freight, and completely disarrange hla
plana. Capl Buuva bluntly told tha officer wbo had
brought tha message, tbat be would not obey the
order. Tbe offioer warmly expostulated with
Baaava. and bald unto blm. la glowing e rtora. tba
I terror's ot J act son's displeasure I but Captain
Buuva
Biixavs wm ouut or quire m unoenamg raeiei M
Oen Jacseon, and indignantly refused to do the
bidding-
Tne officer returned to the H Old Chief," and de
tailed to blm the etroamstanoe. of Cept. Baexva's
refusal. In a towering pasalon, tha General ordered
a file of men to arrest Baaava, and bring him at once
into hlspnaruoa.
Ilut comparatively little tlm had elapaed, before
tha enraged Captain stood In tha presence of the
equa'ly eorsged General. The latter, fiercely eye
ing Capt. 8asva,tn a vuioa husky with lntenee pee
alon. mada tbe Inquiry I
" By a d, Capi Buaxvs, fan pc-u dinbej my
order f '
Yes, by 0 d, 1 iar F wm tha vehement and
Impetuoua reply of the undaunted Captain.
Jaoaaoa could not rapreaa tha expreaalon of aur
prlM which spread Itself over hla face at the unex
pected and emphatla reply of tha daring oeptaln,
and In a tone of v. sue eouiaderebiy milder tnan hi
firat Inquiry, bade Buaava explain bla conduct
Upon the explanation being'slven Jacaaoa dismissed
him, limply saying tbat be bal forgotten hla proause
to .tba dtlasna, erboee wives and ohlldren Captain
Baaava then bad npon bl vasarl.
Aterwarda, during Jaoxacafa Praaidaney, Con-
Jrreas made apprnprlatlona of a large sum o' money
or aba removal of tha Innumerable enags and
other obstructions which made tbe navigation of
the Mississippi river at that time very dnnreroua to
Ufa and preoarty. Nuterlthetandlng tne fact that
many of hla" warmest political friends applied to
General Jaraaoa to ercur tee appointment of one
of hla friends to superintend that important work,
and that Caaln Baaava wm his resolute and unre
lenting political enemy. General Jaoaaoa persisted in
awardlna the plane to the stem aod honest old cap
taini andtbeauco Mwitb which ha performed the
duty attested Jaraaoei'a ssgaetty In making hla
choice. Bumv a Invented maunlnery aud apperatue
eepectatly ailei4ed to tha auooeaefill proeacutiou of
tbe work, and completed it to the perfect eatlaraotton
of a'l lutcreeted In It! and at a late day auooeeded In
removtog the great Ked Kiver Uaft, which bail pre
vtously been considered an Impracticable undertak
ing. Thla raft wm over tblrty mile In length, end
for yeara had blocked up tha entire river.
Naval lateUlgeaee.
A full crew of sailors and a guard of nurlnu
were put on board the new (team gunboat Mo
lucae, at 1'ortsmouth, N. II., last week. The
Mol lean will leave (on her trial) about the 25th
list., for New York, where aha will remainlja
f dat s pre lously to bar final departure fif the
cnut of Africa. The non-arrival at aaplnwall,
of tbe new oflleara and crew for tbe l." S. steam.
er-Mgsts Saiauac, wbo saUed 0 the North Star,
will of courae prevent the ship's company at
present on board the former vtrael, from return
ing aa eoou M wm expected. A grand fuU unl.
foiui dresa parade of ail tbe troop at the marine
barracks and on board the receiving ship North
Cart lina, took place Monday, al the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. Agreeably to tbe desire of the U.
8. Government, drilling exercise ate being at
pieseut peif. rmid m the army and marine corps,
to a greater extant than bM been customary of
lata tears, the natural eunaeouenoe being an In
creased efficiency In tboae branch of the public
service.
Tbe propeller of the U. 8. atMm frigate Niag
ara, wbch baa been considered at equal to the
wants of that vessel, Is beli g remodeled. New
additions are to be made to it, which will in
crease the vavoclly of the ship by three or f ur
knots the boar. Although not under orders f
aea, the Niagara will be put in trim for going
loto cm mission at a tew day' notice. There
bM been seme trouble on bnerd the Portsmouth,
of the African Squadron. It ia stated that tbe
officer wbo waa first ordered to take charge of
tne slaver Emily, peremptorily refused to do so,
wbico renuoreq it neoeanry Mr ma com manner
rf tba corvette te app4nt another gentleman for
tbat purpose. Tbe feet tbat tba Congreaa had
Dot reached Bin or the 6tb of October will re
vive the groundless fears for the safety of that
frigate. She wm only S3 days out on the 6th,
sod few sailing men f-war reach Itlo from the
States In leea than M or CO dava. Tbe Savannah
took 6ti,tht Levant on one occasion 70 tbe Mas
sachusetts (steamer) 60, and the Independence
it days.
Amojsq the scions of the bouae of BoaaTAmn
is a son it old Lucia? , tha Prince da Lanine, Tba
young man la a pneat of the KonUah church, and
being tbe personal jreiror, and favorite relative
of hi lavpollal cousin at Paila hM seen hluueU
raised front one clerical dignity to another, till
a lMt. tba Influential post of Private Secretary
and Almoner to l'ki Nooo bin self had to be ac
corded to him. NotMog elas I lands between
blm and tbe psrple f I be Caralual, but th fact
that be la not yet tblrty. It Is tli.ught, bow.
ever, tbat tbe law maybe varfsl from lo suit
" ' " tb J? Xt f,0' ,Wg U" S
m' u "'??. eti thlon,B the taooeic o,
Nal'lll.HnU HI.
JSa.'ohioji III.
1 flreftt Kaateni Is m Meraa.
A cofTerpundemt of tba Losdoa' Tint, who
wm on board tba Oreat Eastern daring tba gal
of tba CBtb ef Oateber, wrttag a graphlo aeeeunt
of tbe IncMentg of tba stornt, and of tba behavior
of tbe "big shift" through tU trying crdeal i
Tba air wm (lied with spray torn frnm the rugged
area the darkness wm Impenetrable, wblle tbe
hi aire tear of tha wind droned every other found
aare in oui , ureatemng ooorntsf or toe wave
opta tbe rooks and breakwater, the sound of which
came up na tba gala like pes' of d rant tbnaater.
Words of oranmeod would have been paste aa, and
even If beard, netlber men nor ehlp eoukt bave
struggled long ss net tbe gals whlob wm ruahln g
pest, Tboae who heard Ita deafening roar that
night from ran are never likely to forget It, To
wards to or three o'c ock In the morning the gale
seemed at Be worst. To tba roar and acreem through
taa shrouds other and more unpleasant amuvla weia
jonn aVed, m tba wind blew ep tbe eeloon sky
llabta, drnfiped them flown with a bang aod eraah
of glass that to those below wm etertllng in tha
extreme.
Crash after eraah the glass la thees akyllghU
went, ona afai r tbe othert taa ratal and wind pouring
down through the eperturea Into the ealoona, and.
above all. Into tha grand eabam, to decorate whloh
jo moch thM wee really needed In the ship wm de
'rred. It wanted av such aids to let In wind and
water, for the upper wooden deok wm leaking at
very aeam, .a teat on all tbe sofas, earpeta, and
tablea below wm an array eg veeeela of every aUa
and kind wblch ermld enntaln tha oeaaeleea drtpplogs
froin above. Vst, In aptu of all thla, the lower
decks were sopped and aplaahy, and asemed under
tta mattmge to be rauen like envklng on an Ill
drained mai in. At laat, soon after t o'clock, a mons
trouawavaeametn upon tbe hortsou. Mearer and
nearer It robed, a white crest towering high above
the green nail of water m It reared IU monstrous
bulk, and aeemed to gather might for one great
rush upon tba prey. In another aeoond the foam
towered e hundred ftet over the head of the breek
water, and the red light wm eeea no more, while
the wave, broken, but not disabled, earns tiering on.
hurling aloft, m If In triumph, a blaca masa of tlrn
una, wcrcu aeemed use rocaa among tba aeeth
Ing watera. Thla wm Inaawtiiclrig, eo to apeak,
Ue thla end of the welge, fur the work
of demolition once eommenoed went rapid,
ly forward, and the messite Umbers began to dlaap
pear by a hundred fert and more at a time, meltlag
away Into tha angry aea like a mere fret-work of,
sugar -candy. The cran-a and machinery at the top
droned off Into Ihe water one by one, m If the sea
possessed the pnrpeitiea of an universal solvent for
when enoa the waters eovered them, obetaclea were
eeenrjomore. Bomelenatha of framework, how
erer,beld out long and gallantly,reeUtlag every effort
tonverthrow tbrm, till tne tide wm at Ita helght,and
aj lMt they toe disappeared, eome In splinters end
chle nke firewood m the brama were rent to pieces,
aorae In great angular masses, a if an laland of tlm
ber had coma to aea. Tbe whole harbor wm covered
with such rafts, till their black masses showed up
lik reals of rock in ail directions, ami tba atorm
swept on m wild aa aver, and where th breakwater
mekee that moat Injud cknje Inward turv and forma
a concave aurfsce for the see to act on tbe waves
bruke high and fiercely, even here damaging the
cranes upon th high anafroldlng, and threatening a
clean breach Into tbe bsrbor.
Thla scene of destruction waa, for tbe time It lasted,
M grand and awful a s'ght a can well be ennoelved.
The great waves not only looked Irresistible, but
showed themselves to be ao in aad and aober eameet,
and everything went down like sand before their ter
tlfie inset Matters Bow began to look very bad, and
auch tremendous evidences of danger on the part of
tha wtad and aea wara by no meana overlooked by
three on board tha Great Eastern. Iu fact, It was
with moat naalderehla anxiety that Captain Ueaai
so sew the turn affairs were taking, for tha wind
wm now dead from the northeast, and the whole
aweep of the Channel wm pnurtng into the harbor.
Borne profitable bargain, might have bean mada In
Great Eastern share bad tba shareholders been on
board and aeen the state of the weather the loo.
adore behind, and the timber work of tha breakwater
(Ihe great and on'y ableld ahead) ihsapiiearlng by
hundreds of yard, at a time. Yet still tbe Great
Eastern rode out lightly for her bulk, and without a
sign of dragging, though tha chains apparently onu d
bear nothing more. The whole harbor wm now one
Immense mass of wreck-wood, the huge pile tum
bling over and over ona another, and raarlng up IB
and 80 feet from the water, M tba waves tossed then
to end fro like plaj things. The see had art In, too,
ao violently that It wa necessary at onoa to do some
thing to relieve the ehlp from ths atraln upon the ca
bles, and to eflVct this th aorew wat erA l work.
. ?owrdiBOT'0':;::;i.ue enndwent round mor
t the N. E , sending in a beam swell, to which the
Oreat Eaetem began to rod very heavily. Aa tha
eurgo swept la, tbe position of tbe veaaal hourly be
came worse, and M last, M 10 o'clock, Captala llaa
aiiow had no alternative but to try aad raise the
heaviest anchor, get the vessel's heed more under
the 1m of tbe breakwater, and then let it go again.
Thl. wm a dUBoult and moat critical teak, for every
pat t of the harbor wm now ao oomplotety eovered
with drifting beema, that the aorew could only bo
used with tbe utmost caution.
In spite of the relief afforded by tbe acrsw, tbe o t
bla of the remaining anchor kept tautening more and
mora, until at laat, M about half past ten. It sprang
up like a onrd out of the water, and In another mo
ment tbe Great Eastern wm adrift, rolling and tum
bling ilka a drunken ship towarde ehore.
Captain Baaaraoa and Mr Ksrr were forward, and
In an Instant all wm ready for lettlnf go a aeoond
heavy anchor, while word waa passed to go ahead
with tha aorew, for the great ship, lurching from aide
to alio, wm maklag rapidly for shore. The aeoond
anchor waa let go and the aorew moved ahead, but
the veaaal had now great way on ber, and could not
be easily stopped on what aeemed ber road to des
truction. Just m the screw began to toll, au lm
menae man of wrack wood fouled it and brought the
machinery to a dead stand. Not a aeoond could be
loat in writing nil It cleared, ao tbe ateatn wm M once
turned Into tba paddle englnaa, which were driven
round at apeed, though the floeta got hurl ainoag the
mass of wreck, and the great Iron work of tbe whee s
wm bent In many piaeee. To avoid thla, and tba
eerloue damage It might occasion, th acrew wm aet
to work again tha Instant it wm freed, but it wa
seldom able to revolve more than a few momenta
without becoming Jammed egalu, when tha paddle
were again resorted to. But for the Great Eastern,
double engine, very little could have been done.
Tbe anchor which wm let go, "bit" at once, aid M
muoh aenpe wm given to the cable M dare be let
out, when the vessel had driven back eo far and th
lea ehore loomed ao chaw astern.
Still, foretime, the position continued dangerous
bi the extreme, ai in spite of both wind aad steam,
tba great ship lay open to tbe era robing dangerous
ly for suon a place, aad making way m if nothing
would hold her. At last ahe brought up. though ahe
aeemed to make dea nereis effort, a break from the
grip of bar new hoidfaat tugging
chain M though aua would pull a
and lulling to bar
mountain. For
tunately both ehalna and anchor bald fkst, m they
did before la the beevr weather M Portland, when
tarn acrew colliers, each with 600 tone of coal on
board, two brigs, two dummies, and a large galliot,
all hung on totbe Qreet Eastn,rUlngat thesints
single chain and anehor. After one or two more In
effectual effort to break away, her head at lait
ewung round, and ahe rode lightly to the gala M be
fore. In thla last struggle some of the links of the
chain cable were actually dragged out ona-third long
er, and one which paased under the sharp bows of the
veaaal wm bent neatly double.
Ketara ef BOalater Ward from rrkta
Tbe North China UeraU, of Augut 22d,
MJSI
Tbe United Stale steam frigate Powhatan, Flag
Offioer JoeiAa Tattbau, and Capt, O. F. Fsabsob-,
commanding, and having on board IX. K. Joua E.
Waxn, United Btatea Minister, hM just arrived at
Shanghai, from the Pstho, after a passage of three
and a batf day. Prom her offioer. we team th fol
lowing .tenia of news.
On the loth ult., while the Powhatan wm anchored
off Pel tang, there arrived an Imperial edict ordering
that tha American Minister and suite of tarenty
should be escorted with all bonor.to Pekln, and thM
they ahould leave Pet-tang upon any day after the
lVtn. Thla edict wm la answer to a oommunloation
of the American Minister Informing tha eutuorllles
thM ke wm present and ready to exchange hla treaty
Muytlrneandplecewnlchtheymtgntappoiut Boutt
before tbe arrival of thla edict the amoks of a steamer
wm discovered to the Bd. and Ed., which proved to
be the Russian padJle-wbtrl America, having on
braid hu Kxorllsnoy Count Mouaavisrr, ths Governor-General
of Siberia, travelling rrr7. Bhs an
chored near tha FuwhaUn, and upon tha list aent a
courier to Pekln with eommunloatloee for the rest.
dent minister. Upon the 11th a ltuestan gunboat
aiso arrived, reporting tnat several other were to
follow, but tbeee did oot make their appearance.
tin tba morning of the ULth Mr, Waan aad autte
landed M Pel-tang, where they were received by the
c-oort and eonducttd to rekln with every show of re-
epwt. Tbey first travelled forty-fin mllee across the
ouuntry lu oovertd carta, atrtklng tbe Ptrlho at a vil-
lue called PaUsanl. some ten miles aboM Tien-tstng,
and thence proceeded In Junks to Toong euau,
distant twelve muee from Pealn, of wnloh It
Is the ptet. There they again took carta to
the capital. Tba entire trip occupied eight daye
and a naif, five of whloh were passed upon the
river. hey passed not Ism than alx or eight barrlere
between Pst-lsana and Toonx-ebao, none of tnem.
however, being In repair or banked by forts. Toe
bostsuea said they were partly to atop the Engllan,
ana peruy to an oa susner to juna wnen tne iue wai
breaking up. Tbe Legabun remained In Pekln flf.
teen days, during whlob time they were eunllned to
their querUra. Nut, however, m twteavtere, for they
ware M iioerty at any moment ao wwa ouu out tne
cooimlastonera refused ths us of horses and guides,
learli g It optional wita Mr. Waan to grant pormls
alou 1 1 welt out or not, m he saw fit. Tbey would
doubtlee. however, have eroatd tha galea entirely.
bad not that lentlcmantaken a Area eland al toe vary
fiistinteivMw, Informixg KwBt-UeM tbat m aoon
M bla moveinents should be at all restricted ha
should clone all Intercourse and demand hi return
escort.
It seems that ths Emperor wm very anxious to see
Mr Willi, but tbat ha Instated upon nil perf jrmlng
tha Xo Tow, whlob, being egeleet tne prlooiplM of
hla Moellency, was poaltiv-iy refused. Toe result of
this wsa, Uet, upro the 14th day of their atay, it wm
nna.ly euLoludcd to receive the Piealoent'e letter at
Pekln, aad to aeod bla sseellenoy back to Pet rang,
to uoberJge tha treaty .and the next day Ihey return
ed accordingly. During their stay la Psktn, they
aw nothing of lb Kudsna, but received aeveral
letters from them. Tne first of these wm days
going from one end of the city to the other, having
evidently been detained by the authorttfc a.
Arrived at Pel-tang on tha ltth, tba trtatles ware
exchanged, and an English prisoner named Jao.
Powau, given up. Thla man, who wm aa O 8 oa
board of the Highflyer, and who, with a sapper by
the name uf TuVs MoQusaw, bad been captured on
the S&th June, fiaiing tor hi life, had proclaimed
tihneeil to be an American. Tha Oh nine informed
Mr. Vraao of tula, and intimated tnelr reedlneee W
I give bun up as on Awn
1 blm. This, however, the I
i? itt"
as on itewriMa, it ne woiia eeuaaa
latter oou d not an, a be
' undei tha ItaA of anulber
' UWZn&riXZTur
,, t they wouU turn him over, and u
.-a II n.i am.. 11. I. .... .ai l.nl la III. Pj.
cation. Auxtous, However, toseivstba pour isuow,
.-irk It v.ea done, Ut Is how ua board of eh fJvj.
V-Oftta aaprjar. nftftrln mare Is known than
IL7afieW?w,,udad ta tbarm,WMolngwea,
SUHSiVSS!'- The Cbrav-e aeemed
JjJJ"-- kaew what the Engl would
general
do next
IefiWfJakeH.,,,,,,,,,
We are favored with tha fellewlag Uieraetlng
ja graphic aree.Bt of tha Mvtog .MhVliTei
of tbe crew aod paaserigvjrs of the TasuVi jlan
Martin, by CaptTjcTaMid tiTrJrnteW IS
Iluogartan. wa ear.
On Wsdneadey morning, th Kb Inst, the steam
er Hungarian, TaoeiM owaa, roaster, of tbeMon
trtal Ocean aaamablp Company' Line, when eaVher
paeeege to Portland, al a distance of about 180 sella
due east from Bt, Johns, N. 1, lighted a vassal di
rectly on her course, aad on approachiag her ahe
proved to be la distress, (he wm hove to, end two
men were risible In the rigging, holding between
tnem tbe British flag with the union down, whloh
bJd too plainly that aueonr eras required. The cap
tain stood on the bridge and quickly gave his orders,
blob were quickly responded to by his offloere and
crew.
The canvM wm sown taken In, and the Hungarian
wm not kg In finding a suitable posanon In prox.
baity to ths stranger, "Man the Ufa-boat Mr. Uab
ore, and see what ahe waits," were the orders bow
Siren, and promjaly Mr. Baara, the let offioer and
r Piunn, the td officer, took their poarioa In the
MCe-bnat, tbe former M the Oiler, tbe letter M the
Bbw, having with tbem five able-bodied tare, who
vvluLtarlly consigned themeelvee to a sttaatten whkh
but for thalr sealaught have beea the lut of eome of
.ttietr mess metes. .Remember, Ilaenra, mould
anything happen, Bt, Juhna been due last," were
the Captain's last word, to hla faithful off! jar. The
I at wm lowered gradually and with great care, for
every ara M It broke against tbe aide of the ehlp, end
daabedlts aprayover tbe anxious eountenanoea of
tbe sympathising raasengers who stood abiutthe
deck, threatening to anal tbe doom of the brave
hearts whloh challenged Ita might, and were wllllag
to ounterd with It on Ihe chanoea of earing the ob
jects of tbeir action,
"Lower away and bolat away," "be careful and
lot out," wi re respectlrsly cried out before tbe
craw succeeded In settling the boat on tbe aea,
and In freeing ber from the tackle aabvaied to the
davit. Una of tha blocks came in contact with
Mr. siaaniB s isoe,ana aa aa wm oorna to tbe Strang
gar, the, blood had an dawolored hla cheek that ne
wm tie object of every body'a ooramleeraoon. After
dlsepiranng and le-appeerlng times without num
ber, Mr. lis ami reached tbe vessel, and from the
deck of the Hungarian we ootid aee tbe difficulties
and dangers wita wkloh he bad to contend. The
ettanger wm plunging and rolling about at tbe mer
cy of Ihe waves, and could hardly be approached I
but by watching an opportunity, Mr. IUantaeuo'
ceeded In getting tha boat near enougri to enable Mr,
Pos-rxa to get on board. A number of persona wete
aoon congregated on the deck, and the confusion
which always takes place on an occasion of the kind
presented itself on tois one.
Men, women and cblldren were thrown Into ths
life-boat, m aa oppirrtunlty offered, and when all
were on txaud of her, Mr. IVrru made a final search
to aeattat no one wm forgotten. lie then succeeded
In gaining hla place, aad our hearts gladdened to aee
th living little neouer surmounting tbe billows,
with her bow dbeited towards us. Tremendwa
seas were rolling at thla time, and when Mr. liaaoia
brought hla charge alongside ot the Hungarian, we
tell eeoslble of tbe dearer he would encounter In
dlsehargtrg bsr. Tearless aa regarding hlmaelf, ha
guided the helm, and the crew, under the direction
of Mr. Poavan, ket tba beet off if the Hungarian,
while thoee from tne re ling pu led up tbe psawengere
by meana of rupee tied around their walsta. Imme
diately ater, all the leecned were safoly on board
of tne Hungarian, and wa believed tnere wm tittle
then to fear, a eea too atrong for human force euooaae
fully to resist, atruok th. b 4 and brought ber ford.
w wun w. Mup, am air. iuuhi aiaeppcarea. i
Ue wm thrown from hla eoel into the aea, unable to I
uir eeeuiav us wuPi ana Mr. iLeBDis aiaeppcered..
u. wHiiuvwuireaiuiaMHiiiiguiia, uneule IO
awim, and without anything la hla band wherewith
ne oouia nev eavea Llmaeir. Lire preservers were
thrown overboard, which II ants eld not require.
A kind Providence did not forsake blm ia the hour
of need. While ataklag beneath tbe ehlp, he name la
contact with a line eblch accidentally hung over the
Vesst L and eeutng bold of ht, be wm enebtud to bring
blmaelf to the surface of the water, Uence to the
deck. A cheer greeted blm M his head appeared
above tha gunwale, but he wm M calm and undis
turbed M If nothing had occurred, lie rested mere
ly for a moment, and then went forth to bla duty
The tescuod party were taken from a achoooLr named
tha Jean Martin, be und from Labrador ao Carb joear,
In Newfoundland. The Jean Martin belonged to the
Captain, and wm laden With oil and fish, whloh he
u accumulated during the Bummer montha. He
bad a ahip-wrecked lrty on board, which he found
on the eoast of Labrador, aad when on hi way
thence to Newfoundland, a atorm encountered him
which carried away all hla Mil. and drove him out
Utotheeea. Ha had been disabled two or three days
previously by a heavy see, wblch broke over hi vea
sel, and strained her to such an extent that the water
came into her freely. Oa the morning of the tth the
crew were nearly exhausted, only six men being able
to work at tha pumpa, and tbe atone were all gone,
Mvlng a few biscuits. Tbey bad not had fire on
board for aeveral day, aud consequently were nearly
famished. Tbey numbered In all 43 eoola.
When firat received en board the Hungaiiaa, the
condition ef aU, perttcilarly that of the women and
ohllldren, were moat distressing. Tbey wara half
clad, aad their ood ghastly eountanancea plainly de
pleted tbe horror which Inwardly disturbed tbeaa
while awaiting the dsata, whloh, but a few moment,
qefure appeared Inevitable. The women and children
ware at once taken to the cabin, and placed in com
fortable bods, and suitable nourishment supplied
them. Dr. rMotrsoa, of the Hungarian, took tnem
under bis especial care aad constantly went among
tnem to aas that they had everything they requlreX
sue ainqnsss enaimiieq greaeiui leeunga on IM pan
of all.
Tne stewardess, miss uaaraaa, aiso aeeerves
r patients,
Uoh thev
erera ao much In need. Tbe men had a warm break.
fast given to tbem tn th chief eeloon.
On th following morning, th Hungarlaa stopped
opposite to the entrance tutu harbor of 8L Johna,
and Messrs. Habdcs and Poena ware again in the
U'e-boat, with the living testimonial of tbeir bravery
otuscly surrounding tbem. Aa th little boat wm
tumid toward the shore, chji of th deepest grat
ltudo buret from those on board, and kind lingering
lot ka were directed to Cap. Joaaa, for his magnani
moua eondcot toward tbem.
Cepraln Jonas, hla offioer. and crew, bave won the
esteem of all who witnessed their oonluct on this
occasion. Our own ehlp required the greatest atten
tion, M ahe. too, waa tossed about Ilka a feather, and
wm also liable to an accident, but the offloere never
lost their preaeaoe of mind, nor uttered an us kind
word to any one under their direction I have giv
en, a plain and unadorned statement of the whole
affair, and feel confident that every person who per
use thla cannot but ooenmend Capi. Joau and hla
omeen for having pi rfurmed what 1 eaa designate by
no other title than an act et heroism. Of the forty
two whose tires were saved, there wen twenty-three
women and chllonn.
Well merited testlmoniala were presented by tbe
passenger to Capt. Jonas, bla officer and araw.
A FaMaauxa.
ThafoDowlLg are the officers and aasmnn of tbe
nnnirartaii. who """"t the life-boat I
Wm. U. Uaama, 1st offioer t Bwuaao Poarxx, M
offio r, In charge of the boat; Eowaas Maaiw, Joka
fiua CacevawalTa, Taonaa Puiixiya, Iwowaao
KaaaDsa and AanaiBjoo MoMiuaa, cssw.
On Sttorday, M tha Hungarian in ap
proaching I'ortland, tber wm a meeting of th
passengers, the officers and crew of tha Hun
garian, for the purpose of sx pressing to the gal
lant crew of the life-boat their admiration of
their heroic conduct ta Mvlng th lives of forty
two of tbeir fellow beings. These Mvan men
were addressed by Captala Jobtks, and the Hon.
James Morris, of Broekvlile, formerly Poet
MMter General of Canada. Tbe remarks ef
Genatal Morbis were eloquent, and called forth
a responM from Messrs. Uardim and 1'ohtib.
The Iseaalty ef Gcrrit Sasttb.
Some thirty years ago, then a young man of
great promise, buoyant In spirits, and looking at
the bright side of ail the scenery of life, he vu
an unsuccessful candidate for tbe Mew York
State Senate. That disappointment disturbed
tbe herelofuie "even tonor cf bb war," and ting
ed tbe future of bla whole life. lie looked 1cm
hopefully upon men and things. He became, M
he believed, a ph!lanthroiiat, but It wm tbe phi
lanthropy less of charity than of force. From
an ardent Colonlxatlonlat, he became an ultra
AboliilonJat and his persuasive zeal for Tem
perance, changed to coercive meMures In favor
of Irohibltion. Of bit ample fortune, be dis
pensed. In aid of Abolitionism and Temperance,
with more liberality and wisdom. Both bla per
verted talents and his misapplied money Injured
tbe objects he sought to promote. Mr. Smith
hM lived for Marly tblrty years la a state of
political hallucination. The delusion culmina
ted last year, when, greatly excited, he devoted
bis time and money to a canvass which he be
lieved wm to result ta his election m Governor,
while every other person In the State twew tbat
be wm w sating bla strength and his means. That
disappointment lert him too wen pnparea, in
body and mind, for tbe shock which has over
thrown bis too loi g unbalanced Intellect. The
Harper's Ferry tasurree'loa wm an attempt to
carry tbe teachings of prominent Abolitionists
Into prMtleal sffecu It vim foreshadowed In a
lettei from Mr. Smith to tbe ' Jerry Hescuera."
That be over really Intended slavM should rise,
rob and murder.we do not believe; but in speecb
M and letters he bdulged la language wblch
bears no other construction. Unfortunately,
"OesiwATonte Baows," driven to madness by
llavety oppraaalou and outrage, wm too ready
to carry Into practice the prlnciplM which others
were oHy reikless enough to teach. liianjf
Jvurmal.
Tub Utlcs Obmr, of to ltth, Myi that
Oxrrit Smith, though very deranged, la not
violent. He is sufTenog from bodily m well M
mental Ulaesa. In the Asylum, Mr. Smith
now decuples the room oaoe tenanted by the
Hon. Joan M. Nuns, foreaerly United SiatM
Senator from tbe State of Connecticut. It Is
said that It wm only by a stratagem that hi
blends susceeded ta ge'ttog blm to Utica. For
some days before the abecJote neoa-alty of re
st ilcilve ineMuiM bacsme apparent, he mani
fested a moat nervous anxiety to anticipate the
requisition which be expected would be made
apou blm, and to proceed to Virginia and sur
render blmie'.f Into the hands of the authorities.
When It wm resolved to place blm under re
straint, this anxiety vu taken advantage of.
Hla friends chimed In with this notlon.and when
be set out for Utlcs, he wm under the lnprM
Ion Uiat he wm on way to Blchmond.
Sovg Joker eel's IIolmwat and BnUipgaTB,
the pUlais tf tho medical profession,
. '""" v nownmeteen steam lire airlaaf
ta thee of Philadelphia. 5a1-aw
Thi : agpegate puUld dWM of TlrbB m yj,
lrttOctolw,WMw.lW.t00. """-"
Oou Bn SnsLar, a ra-eemlaeat Kenlack-r
lawyer, i abont entering tka Oaladstry ef tka
Baptist Cbtnth. '
T"LA,nrio T' 8ottety big made grant
of 1 OOaoOO Pages, te U dUtribated by coSpor
tears ta the Stau of IlftaoU.
Cou Dattd OatXAoiara, of Tliaotriltuw.
Miss., wm killed Instantly a few da7ssgo,by
tbe kick of a horse, ' J
Aa engine company in nartbrd, last weee:.
Cve a Ua party which wm attended by L9W
aersons.
eTl.B00.000 loan, stand For Loan. iis, .
Against Loan, J17. ' '
Jn M of alavM from the borders of
Missouri contlnaM unabated. FrMrtute la
bor U coming In, and that of aaeroM enl.. e.
Joirrn W. TATXOg. raaideat cf No. CS rirrt
rrW'JATL0,t1 tmMtmtttKo. K3 first
bNew 1 ork, fell overboard from tbe Bos.
road ferry boat, at Albany, on Monday
t last, and wm drowned. '
vuu a
ton Katlr
evening I
3l"li. w.J"..Ur, fl ta WswOrleaag
dnrlns: tbe month of October, csusfng a aestrne.
Hon of property amounting to 1738.000, la tha
fgregate.
Mr. Ccbtts BtUBMurr, of Bridgeport, fOt.
was run over on the HotiMtoiilanta&oad on
rrlday, and so badly Injured as to cause big
death soon after,
A yontu woman named Bttanu Mix, whru
engaged In a store In Baltimore on frlday eve
ning last, wm shot by a negro bov named Don
TT, and very dangerously wounded. The bov
hM been commuted to prison.
IIgT E. IlrAnaa, afyoung man only 1G
years of age, was shot and killed on the 9th
Inst., In New Orleans, by a river poUcemaa
nimed Matthew lloonxs. nomira wm ar
rested and commit ted on th charge of murder.
A BtrnrtrM,T bound copy of the "OanM
loglcal Bible" hM been presented to the 1'reel
dentof the United Stsles, by the publishing
bouse of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Boa
ton A mas In Hartford bM made application for a
divorce from his wife, on the ground of her be
ing lazy. He alleges that she will not get up
in tbe morning, build a lire and get his break
fast at a MMonable hour.
Roanr-nima at night have beoomt to frequent 8
of late In South Bergen, Hudson county, N. J.. M
ii ."""" """ i.eoa tue mailer intw
their own hands and organised a Vigilance Com
mittee. There is now in operation in tbe Unite!
Btatea one mile of railway to every 1.000 Inhab
itants t In England, one to every 2,600, and la
the whole of Great Britain, one to every 3.000
Inhabitants.
A bloody row, during which a Schoolmaster,
named Leach, wm killed by a pistol shot, ami
two others were dangerously wounded, occurred
at Whitehall, N. C, on the 8th Inst., between
certain members of KomisoVs Circus and th
t lends of a man named GnAJmigai.
TllK Yevmrm sees that ti.irva n.i.jj
. t.T ., Jl -.-.. van-, v.
tOvsntry, while digging a well recently, found
feet below ths lut face. After a few mlnoteg
exposure they became lively and hopped away.
How long most they have been there 1
Rrr, rtof. IlrjifTtiioToa of Ilarrard college,
who for several years hu occupied aa Interest
Ing but tomewhat anomalous position between
L'nltarianlsm and orthodoxy, dm now, It Is un
derstood. fully renounced bis Unllarianlam and
accepted tbe doctrine of the Trinity.
Tin foundation of a new fort on Tlog Island1
Ledge, I'ortland harbor. hM Just been completed.
The foundations could only be worked at low
water, and the process wm a long end tedloaa
one. 1 he cost of the fort Is estimated at 180.
000, and It Is to be Cited to mount 93 guns.
Six platform can of cotton, abont 200 balsa,
were destroyed by fire on tba Macon and Weat
ern Ballroad, about raven mlUg above Forsyth,
on Friday but. About 200 yards of the track
wm also burnt. Tbe loss to the Company Is es
timated at between (12.000 and 15.000. Tha
fir 1 supposed to bave been caused by friction.
It Is propoaed to form a new county ta Rear
Hampshire out of certain towns ef Rocklagham
and Illlbboro, to be called the County of Amoa
kaag. The City tf Manchester will be th lar-
S st place ta the new county. Tbe citizens of
e towns to be Included ta th new division ar
to rot on the quutlon at th next State elec
tion. Kcrrs Aruu wm shot dead at Bactortown,
Vs., on the 11 th, by a man named Piiilum.
Atbes attempted to cowhide PiniLirs, who af
terward returned with bis son, found, and mad
an attack on Ai nis, wbo shot at them as they
approached, when both fired on him at the Mm
time with a shot gun aod rifle, and killed him,
tbe shots taking effect In th heart The trouble
grew out of a question concerning a road.
Capt. MoCubtock dm been notified by th (
Lords of tie Admiralty that tha Queen, ta con
sideration of the brilliant raccees by whloh hla
late expedition to tbe Arctic regions wm attend
ed, hM been pleased to order that, from April,
1867. to September, 18S9, during which time he
wm In command of theyacht Fox, shall count
to him m sea time. This favor can only be
granted by th sovereign, and Is rarely exer
clued. Titet were near having a slave rendition eat
In blgbtstown, N. J., on Monday. As tha
ctltor describes tbe incident, two gentlemen t
from Maryland were ta town looking for a rune- '
way negro, whom tbey supposed wm living la
that locality. Ibelr object hi kept very still.
but from what transpired. It wm believed that
tbe person they were ta search of wm a negro, 1
who arrived there but spring, and lived, during I
tbe summer. In a but near the wood landing, and
wu known by the name of "Billt tbe slave."
Hilly left for parts unknown a month or s
In.
Tub following petition to Lb Legislature Is
ta circulation ta Maine I "The undersigned re
spectfully atk yon to pat an end to slave hunt
Inrr in Maine bv enectinir that no Hereon, who t
hM been held M a slave, shall be delivered up
by any office or court, State or federal, within -this
State, to any one claiming him on tha
S-ound that' he owei service or labor to such
simant, by the laws of on of the Slav State
of thla Union."
Thb Beirut, Syria, correspondeot of the Doe
ton TranUrr writes, under date of October 10,
that, through tbe energy of the American Can.
su ax antbortUas at Beirut, tbe perpetrators of .
tba outrage upon tbe DiCKiasoa (American) I
family, bave ai Ust been brought to Juntos. I
Four of the accused have been Imprisoned for I
life, and tbe dead bdy of tbe fifth and principal I
criminal had been brought Into Beirut. This
promptness ku eauaed a much higher estimate I
to be placed, In Syria, npon tba American name
ui power.
Jbiht Lino, during a recent visit to Mercer
Hospital, Dublin, wm escorted through tbe bull
dlrg by tbe Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Un the
sameoecMlon she wm ptee-nted with an eta
quant aihlrees, signed by tbe Duke of Lalnater,
the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Dublin,
and nearly all the governors, expressing their
thanks for tbe munificent gift of her services to
the Institution on the occ salon of the Handel
Centenary. She returned a suitable reply. Oa
ber departure she wm loudly cheered by tba
erowd.
A dispatch from New Orleans, November
K.isys Ths report by tbe steamer Charles Mor.
gan, which arrived from Oalveaton on the Ills
list., that C0BTm-A eapteiad Brownsville
on the Slst ulto., after five boors hand-to-hand
fighting, crying no qusrtsr. etc, Is contradicted
by private eavieeeirom o. aiisex ., i- j
tbeir house at Brownsville, dated November 2d, "
6 I'. M., sutlogtbat Cobtbha hag made no do-
monsiration M yet, ana tnat we nauKere aa
government troop are bourly ex peeled." Mr.
Mark and others here think that BrownivtU
will hold out until reinforced.
Edward Viscbitt, formerly of New Tork,
and an employe at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
wm on Wednesday tat t found drowned in a pond
near Middle live-Mile lUver. between Darlea
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iiuniiiwa.. wumiwHa . w..n n
that he had, for some days previously, exhsMUA
alira of extreme mental denression. on aaoouBt,
it WM supposed, of tbe Impossibility of ok.alnlna
a sum of money due blm. He had the, day be
fore been fixing an loe-hooee In the vicinity ef
tbe pond, and bad engaged to do sonj repelling
in. a-limuwir. from which It Is Infi .nail that ha
had not contemplated salf-dMttuc'Juo. The Cor-'j
oner s Jury believed that loaanl ij Induced tba
act. lie wm not married, but a mother, sister
and niece were dependent up on him for sup-
Tbb War Department bj reoal red from An
tonio. Texas, a ceneral oedar nf data (letou.
J8tb, 1K59, in whlsh r.reret Major GenerrvJ J
Twiaos announcM bis Intention to rellnquisa. '
his command of tha D .parunant of Tax as, aivl ,
in so aoug eipr-ea-je tbe gratiflcattoa tbat J
afTjrda him to be a'W ftAlealifr to tka seal ar. .
cheerfulneea manifested by all the branches ot'
theiervlceln I'ie performance of their respect
live and ardPjous datles, and tbeir eu-operetlorf
with bla ord an and wishes during a eontluuoetj
oua wmiix. or two yeara ana a oaii. it tn
offlcan jid his staff be fee's partlcularlv thank
ful for the efficient and attention axhibltail br
tber, ij, the service of Iheir rMDScttve duties..
w.nlcb, while they have greatly eontrlbutad til
t0 th. regret he feel on taking lear of th l
partmanrl, 8
iignten ue isuor ana responsibility or omae, aa
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