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DAILY EVENING STAB. I
WASHINGTON PITT:
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 17.
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8PIB.IC OF TBS KOSVare PKX8S.
The Intelligencer contains little editorial
to-day, its columns being devoted to pro
ceedings of Congress, accounts of the
?an Francisco steamship disaster, and
otber news. The editor, however, takes
occasion to urge the propriety of speedily
passing the bills?to increase the pay of
the Army, to increase the efficiency of the
Army, and to crcate an Army retired
list?which General Shields, yesterday,
introduced into the Senate. *
The Union, evidently on the authority
of the Superintendent of the Census,
shows that the Hon. Mr. Eastman, in his
recent criticism upon that work, is in
error in attributing to it eroneous ac
counts of the population and subdivisions
of Grant county, in Iowa. The Union
further sees, in a recent very interesting
Cuba letter to the New York Times,
(which it republishes,) strong confirma
tion of its views on the Africanization-of
Cuba scheme. The letter in question is,
indeed, startling. Mr. Richardson, of
Illinois, addresses to the Union a card, in
refutation of a paragraph in a Washing
ton letter to the Charleston Courier,
which, he conceives, points a shaft at the
memory of the lamented Col. Hardin, in
the assertion that he lost his life through
disobedience of General Wool's orders.
Col. Bissell joins him in his indignant
statement.
The Sentinel quotes and approves a
strong article from the Boston Post,
seconding the views of Secretary Dobbin,
relative to the reorganization of the Navy.
The Fame journal contains a series of
letters from persons sympathizing with
the political course of its conductors,
wherein the Union receives a quantum
s''fficit of "independent support."
A. G. Browx Elected Senator from
Mississippi.?Ex-Governor A. G. Brown
has been elected a Senator in Congress,
by the Legislature of Mississippi, for the
term of six years from the fourth of
March last. The election took place on
the 7th instant. The vote was, for A.
G. Brown, 76 votes: II. S. Foote, 22;
W. L. Sharkey, 7; scattering, 10.
So we sec, that notwithstanding the
reports sent from this city by the vera
cious correspondents for some of the
northern papers, stating positively that
another gentleman was elected to the
Senate from Mississippi, which would
cause a change in the Cabinet, our state
ment in relation to this matter, as is
generally the case, proves to be correct.
r^y Meetings are being held in some of
the Northern cities to give expression to
public opinion in relation to the noble
daring of the brave men who periled their
lives to save our unfortunate countrymen
who were paisengers on board the San
Fi ancisco. Have the citizens of Wash
ington no feelings on this subject ? Do
not the warm hearts of our people
struggle *i:hin them to give utter
ance to their admiration for the conduct
of the noble rescuers of the unfortunate,
who, without their aid, would have been
lost in the great deep ? If so, let a public
meeting be called, and Washingtonians
give expression to their feelings of admi
i at ion.
THE * ASHIROTOH PBZ89
1 he \\ ashington correspondent of the
New ^crk Day Book thus writes about
the newspapers of our city:
.''Toe mwspaper press in Washington i
will now compare favorably with the |
new-paper press of any city, north or
^Um ? e ^ie Intelligencer is scholarly,
well-informed, indefatigable and candid; 1
t'ifc l.uon is vigorous, manly andrelia- 1
ble, reflecting, in some degree, the char- 1
acter of its proprietor, the glorious old 1
Gen. Armstrong; the Star is sprightly, '
gossip;ng, Hhrcwd and sharp; and the '
Sentinel, though by no means wise or <
strong i<, nevertheless, a respectable i
journal in spirit and in talent, in point
of circulation, the Star ranks much the
inghiS,. 1 his paper is in fact the vade
meant of everybody in the District."
'TT' On oar fourth page to-day, we re- 1
publish the list of the residences of Sen
ators aud Members of Congress in this
city.
WAffflevoi mn aid eotsi?.
The Serate's Coktikuest Fcrd. ?We
hear that nnw of th? Senator* are indignant
at the action of the House in amending their
bill concerning the future management of
their contingent fund. Aa it went from the
Senate, thia measure proposed to exempt all
their contingent expenses from undergoing
the scrutiny of the aeeouBting officers of the
Treasury. A| amended in the House, under
the advice of the Committee of Ways and
Means, the Secretary of the Senate was cre
ated a disbursing officer to pay their per
diem and mileage, while the rest of their con
tingent expeneea were left to be finally audited
as those of the House are, by tbe proper ac
counting officera of the Treaaury. The con.
mon sense of the country will see at a glance
the propriety of this change in tbe bill. Un
der a goverment like ours, no public servant
or body of public servants should be irre
sponsible in any of their nets. So, to leave
the Senate unaccountable, in any particular,
would be against the principle of unaccounta
bility on wLich tbe whole system of American
public affairs hinges. Tbe tendency of tbe
times is towards rapid centralisation; and to
enact a law exempting tbe pecuniary trans
actions of any part of tbe Government of the
United States from the official scrutiny t<
which the monetary transactions of all it:
other branches are subjected, would be to set
a most pernicious example. Due responsi
bility is the anchor of honesty and cconom}
in public expenditures. It never yet wa.>
disregarded or departed from in any govern
ment under the sun, without in the end gen
erating extravagance and practical pecula
tion. It is proper that the Senate of the
United States should set a good example i?.
this matter; and to that end, we trust that
its members will see the wisdom of agreeing
to suffer tbeir contingent expenditures of tb?
money collected by taxing the people, to be
even more strictly terutlnised by the reguh?
accounting officers of the treasury, than evei
before. We hear it rumored that the Senate
may step the supplies of the Government,
unless they may be able to secure the cnact
ment ef the bill as it went from them ori
ginally to tho House. We repeat this story,
only that we may say that it is too absurd to
receive crcdit from any one possessed of an
ounce of brains.
Thk New Charge to Portugal.?There h
no doubt that Mr. Jno. S. 0. Sullivan, of New
! York city, will very soon be nominated to th?
Senate for this position, if bis name has no
already been sent in. Such aro tbe sign*
around us.
T*b Mexicar Trxatt.?Minister Gadsder
left New Orleans for Washington, we lean
by telegraph, on the 13th inst., and should
arrive here in three or four days at most
allowing him a day to remain with his family
in Charleston. Those interested in the Slo<
grant, who are among us, do not seem to b<
as nervourtoday under the news, us yester
day. They have had privato advices by tel
egraph from their friends in New Orleans, wi
have reason to believe, intimating that the
Garay grant has not been guaranteed in thi
treaty, as alleged in the telegraphic dispatch
es so far received in Washington. They cer
tainly rest under the impression that whei
the terms of the treaty come to be made pub
lic, it will bo found that indemnity to the
Garay people merely, is provided for, in com
mon with others having claims on the Mexican
Government, leaving the amount thereof to be
settled hereaf<er.
The Mississippi Senatorial Electicu.?
So it seems that Mr. X, of the Baltimore Son,
has been cgregionsly deceived concerning the
Mississippi Senatorial election. We have in
timated from first to last, tbat all acco-jntr
making General Davis. Secretary of War, a
candidate for that post, likely to be elected
Ac., were erroneous. We did to on our kncwl
?*9? ik* ?a*t that his most intimate friend*
here were satisfied that Le entertained n(
desire to change his present position, and tha'
be had distinctly intimated to his friends at
home, that he had not the slightest desire to
re-enter tbe Senate of the Uuited States at
this time.
The Homestead Project.?Tbe vote of the
House, yesterday, setting apart from the
14th of next month to the 21st for the con
sideration of the Homestead bill, in accord
ance with the motion of Mr. Jones, of Tenn..
should by no means be taken as indicative ol
tbe disposition of that body to make it th<
law of tbe land. It was, on the contrary, but
a bow to Buncombe, or, rather, to the position
of every member's buncombe, favoring tb<
measure; for, in every district, there art'
many voters who are for it, if not a majority
in any. We have no idea, from presont ap
pearances, that the system can be engrafted
on oor Government's land system, in the pres
ent condition of Congressional sentiment.
Though it has many ardent friends in Con
gress, tho various other schemes for getting
rid of the public domain as fast as possible
have more, while tbcre is a large wing ip
I either House, determined, if possible, to ad
here strictly to tbe existing U. S. public land*
system, with as little alteration as may be;
at tbe bead of wbom, in the House, we ma}
not inappropriately place Speaker Boyd, we
fancy. It is the interest of tbe friends of all
other schemes above referred to, as well asol
those outside who favor them, and of tbote
who own large bodies of what were lateh
public lands, to prevent the passage of the
"Homestead" bill. They can carry theii
point, doubtless, and we shall be much sur
prised if they fail in so doing, during the life
time of at least the present Congress.
The Sad Affair of the San Frarcisco.?
Tbe demonstrations made yesterday in both
Houses concerning the affair of the ill-fated
steamship San Francisco, show that tho sur
vivors need not entertain the slightest appre
bension that Congress will fail at once to make
proper provision for them, as well as for those
left widows and orphans by the cad calamity.
The rescuers, too, are destineel to receive
proper tokens of a nation's gratitude. It will
be recollected tbat when the steamship Pa
cific, Captain Nye, rescued tbe crew of the
British ship Jesse, under circumstances ol
somewhat similar peril and distress, tbe Eng
lish Government promptly discharged tbeir
debt of gratitude in the handsomest manner
We trust that an American Congress will not
suffer ours to be outdone, now tbat the occa
sion for following that praiseworthy example
bas unfortunately so soen offered.
. The term, "During the War," as Ar
EECT1NG Di RATIOS of Service.?It was de
sided in a ease in which the subject camo up,
ts a collateral point of some importance, tha
the term of service of troops enlisted for
"during the war" with Mexico, extended not
merely to the termination of bostilitios, but
till they had been rogularly mustered out of
icrvice.
Work ih a Division or the Gereral
Lard Office.?For the week ending Jan. 14,
1854, there was in the military division of tbe
General Land Office, under tbe acts of 1850
and 1852. the following work performed:
Reoords of patents made, 1,825; patents writ
ten, 813; warrants briefed, 900; number of
warrants examined, 650; number of letters re
ceived, 185; do. do. written, 134; do. png?? of
record, occupied by same, 87. The number of
clerks in this division ia 35.
.Assessment for Astlc* Pcr poses.?It
has been decided by the Second Comptroller !
that the stoppage of twenty-five cents per
month, directed by the act of Mareh 3,1851,
for the benefit of the Military Asylum, cannot
legally be made from the arrears due a de
ceased soldier.
The Dctt or Railroad Iron.?The defeat
of the resolution of Mr. Churchwell, peremp
torily ordering the Committee of Ways and
Means to report a bill, giving railroad com
panies four years credit on their importations
of railroad iron, by only six majority in a
pretty full House, shows that the measure has
great strength, indeed, in the Hall. Weeks
ago, however, we notified the public of that
fact. To our mind, this vote proves the possi
bility of passing such a measure after the
usual log-rolling and draining, unless the idea
becomes prevalent, that the President is op
posed to it. The enactment of such a resolu
tion as Mr. Churchwell proposed is a very
nuusual thing, more especially under existing
circumstanccs; it being known that the Com
mittee of ^ ays and Means are now revising
our whole system of duties on imports. This
task renders it necessary that they should
take into due consideration the duties en all
descriptions of iron.
Those who opposed the resolution ^BKc first
the friends of protection for protection's sake.
And next, the Democrats who arc emphatical
ly against special favors from tho General
Government, even to the interests of their im
mediate constitncnts; among them, by-the-by
being, If we are not mistaken, all the Demo
crats on the Committee of Ways and Means.
The end of this matter is not yet. We shall
continue to have more of it in various shapos
coming up weekly in both Houses.
Ths Twm Auditor's Orncn ?The busi
*oe?l in this bureau, that is, all its various
branches, hus been up with the current de
mands of the day, since November 20th last,
those having their affairs mixed up with it,
will be happy to learn.
Nominations sent in Yesterday.?We
hear the President sent in to the Senato per
haps one hundred Interior Department nomi
nations, Recti vers, Registers, Pension and
Indian Agents, Ac.
The Frigate Savannai?, Commodore Sal
ter s flag ship of the Brazilian Squadron, was
at Rio on the 1st inst. All well on her.
List of Patents issued from the United
States Patent Oflice for the week ending Jan
uary 17, 1854?each bearing that date :
Perry G. Bates, of Waterbury, Conn.?For
spiral or worm-joint hinge.
F. Davison, oi Liberty. Va.?For improve
ment in saliva pumps.
John James Greenough, of New York, N.
?For improvement in machines for peg
ging boots and shoes.
^ Daniel T. Hitchcock, of Warren, Mass.?
For improvement in diaphragm pumps.
E C. Hyatt and Christian Meyer, of Mill
town, N. J.?For improvement in the manu
facture of boot and shoe soles of gutta perch a
or india rubber.
Abraham Mclnturff, of Liberty, Va.?For
improvement in machines for mincing meat.
Lor is too G. Merrcll, of New Bedford, Pa.
For improvement in pill machines.
Thomas J. Sloan, of New York, N. Y.?For
improvement in apparatus for indicating the
action of the feed-pump to steam boilers.
C. W. Stimpson, of Cleveland, Ohio.?For
improved photographic plate vice.
Ira Warren, of Boston, Mass.?For im
provement in tonsil instruments.
George W. Griswold, of Carbondale, Pa.?
For improvement in amputating apparatus.
Charles T. P. Ware, of New York, JJ. Y.,
assignor to David C. Morohead, of same place.
For improvement in clasps.
Lewis B. White, of Moscow. N. Y.?For im
provement in trusses.
Design.?W. Resor, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
For design for laundry stove.
The following was accidentally omitted in
the list published on the 6th of December.
1853, bearing that date. and ante-dated Juno
18W:
Peter II. Watson and Edward S. Rcnwick.
of Washington, D. C. ?For improvement in
grain harvesters and binders.
The CurrentOperations opthe Treasury
Department.?On yesterday, thelCth of Jan
uary, there were of Treasury Warrants en
tered on the books of the Department?
For the redemption of stocks $89,347 GK
For Treasury Department, exclu
sive of stocks
For the Customs
Covered into tho Treasury from
Customs
Covered into tho Treasury from
miscellaneous sources
Covered into the Treasury from
Lands
For tho War Department
For the Navy Dopartment
For the Interior Department
For repay in the Interior Depart
ment
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PERSONAL.
....The New York llerald of yesterday is
a little severe on our neighbor of tho Senti
nel, for consenting to the confirmation of Col
lector Ilcdfield. Well, we suppose our neigh
bor will survive Bennett's severity.
... .Rev. Antoinette Brown has accepted an
invitation to lecture before the Mercantile
library association of Pittsburg.
... .Carvajal and a number of other filli
bu?ters, have gone to Galveston, to take their
trial before tho United States Court.
....It is estimated that the Rothschild
Brothers are worth from ten to fifteen millions
sterling, or from sixty to seventy five millions
of dollars.
... .The steamer Isabel, which arrived at
Charleston, brings information that Arch
bishop Hughes had arrived safely at Havana.
....The Philadelphia Sun, the Nativist
organ, claims the election of Mr. Smith,
Mayor of Boston, as a Native victory.
... .The Hon. Wm. Medill lias been installed
as Governor of the State of Ohio, an office
which, as Lieut. Governor, he hus filled for
some time past, in consequence of the Gov
ernor having been appointed to a foreign mis
sion by the present Administration.
.... Sir Allan N. JIcNab is seriously ill.
.... The Baltimore Clipper, of this morn
ing, in a local item, headed ' Mosignor Be
dini, the Man Skinner," ?ays :
"A largo number of our citizens formed in
procession in the West End, last evening, and
with an effigy of the notorious Bedini, the
man-skinner, proceeded to Monument Square,
where the representation of the infamous
scoundrel was publicly burned, amid the
shouts of execration of the assembled multi
tude. The proceedings were characterized
throughout by quietness and order, nothing
tending to an outrage having been committed.
This is a rebuke to the Papists of this coun
try, and more especially of this city, which, it
is'to be hopod, they may in future turn to
good account, by refraining from parading
through the country fellows of the like ilk.''
The Clipper continues calling the Nuncio
"a cold blooded barbarian," "a monstrous
cannibal," and "man skinner," advising him
to leave the country as quickly as possible.
The Clip[cr n ei are great friends of tho
Catholics.
.... News brought to New York says that
the cholera was prevailing to an alarming
extent at St. Thomas, and was confined prin
cipally among the blacks, some 300 having
died in ten days.
359 34
1,0G1 20
34,371 53
3,G93 75
70 13
24.936 21
25,600 00
17,550 48
16,334 48
BOTItCII OF CONGBR89.
Sf.sate.?Yesterday, after Mr. Clayton had
concluded his fpeech, which lasted for some
time, and was not finished until a late hour,
the Senate went into executive session, and
then adjourned. The main argnment of the
Hon. Senator was to prove that Great Britain
had no rights in Central America, and that
her usurpations in that territory were in vio
lation of the treaty. Jle expressed the hope
that the treaty would be enforced, and that
the administration would carrv out the doc
trine of the inaugural, on the subject of
foreign colonisation on the continent.
Is the Hocse, yesterday, after we went to
press, Mr. Jones, of Tenn., in compliance with
a promise made some time since, introduced
a resolution making the Homestead bill a
special order on the 14th of February, proxi
mo, and from that time until the 27th of the
same month,-at 3 p. m. when all debate on it
! shall cease.
The rule was suspended for the introduction
of this proposition on motion of Mr. J. yeas
138. nays 58; and then it was agreed to.
Mr. Zollieoffer proposed, ineffectually, to
( make the bill for the construction of six naval
; steamers, a special order for the 19th inst.
Mr. Bissell offered a resolution, which was
adopted, instructing the Committee on Foreign
Affairs to enquire and report oa the expedi
ency of making an annual appropriation to
enable the President to render suitable testi
monials to those who save life at sea.
Mr. Wentworth, of I.I., proposed a resolu
tion instructing the Committee of Ways and
Means to consult with the Postmaster Gene
ral ar.d Secretary of the Treasury, and then
to report upon the expediency of giving a
credit for duties on railroad iron to such rail
road companies as will obligate to re-imburse
the Government by the transportation of the
mails; laid on the table on motion of Mr.
fuller?yeas 91, nays 61.
Mr. McDougal introduced a bill to provide
increased mail facilities between our Atlantic
and Gulf and our Pacific coasts; which was
referred to the Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads.
Also, a bill for the construction of a lino of
military posts, a common road, a railroad and
a magnetic telegraph line.from the Missis
sippi valley to the Pacific. Mr. McD. moved
its reference, and that of every thing con
nee te<k?ith the same subject, (that might be
before ihe House) to a select committee of fif
teen.
Mr. Walker offered a resolution of inquiry
addresaed to the Secretary of the Treasury,
as to the capacity of the New York assay of
fice for coinage, and as to the propriety of
coining in it: rules not suspended for its in
troduction.
On motion of Mr. Walbridge, it was
Rcsolm', That tue Committee on Military Affairs
be instructed tol.nve prepared a joint resolution, ex
tending (be thanks of Congress to Captain Crei-hton.
of the IJ.itish ship Three Cells. To the command
ers of ihe bark Kilby, of Boston, and ship Antarctic,
of New i ork, for their liuuiane, generous, ar.d heroic
conduct in rescuing the officers and crew of the
mail steamer San Francisco, at the iminent li*z*rd
ot their lives, and those who acted under their com
mand. 9
Resoked, That the committee, by bill or other
wise, n port, the necessary legation makine pro
vision, uy the government of the United State*, to
indemnify the losses incurred by the commanders
and owners of the vessels above named, in their en
deavors to save the lives of the officers and soldiers
ot the United States army, from the wreck of the
San Francisco, and to inquire into the propriety of
granting some testimonial of approbation to tlie com
manders, officers and crews of the Three Bells
Kilby, and Antarctic.
Sh^tly afterwards, the House aljourncd.
1
PROCEEDINGS OF TO-DAY.
Senate ?To-day, the Kev. Mr. Milburn,
Chaplain of the House, officiated at prayer.
After the reading of the Journal, a commu
nication from the Post Office Department was
road, in reply to a resolut:on of enquiry
passed in the Senate some few weeks ago re
specting tho irregularity of the Northern
m.iil between Washington and New York
The reading of this document was going on
when? '
Mr. Chase moved that tie further rcadiDg
?.c dispensed with, and that the communica
tion be referred to the Post Office Committee
ueferioj.
j TLe presentation of petitions, memorials,
Ac., constituted the principal business of the
morning; among which Mr. Cooper presented
a faeraorial from the citizens of Philadelphia
against the removal of the Mint to New York.'
,\lr. Bright introduced a railroad bill, which
W..S referred to the Committee on Public
j Lan<.s.
Mr. Douglas introduced a bill for the sale
! of reserved lands and other purposes, llcad
i twice, and referred to the Committee on Mil
i The Hon. Senator then said
j' *} sbouM take up the Nebraska bill, of
which he had given notice, on Monday next.
Mr. Sumner presented a memorial from
citizens of New Hampshire, for a reduction
of ocean postage. Referred to Post Office
Committee. Likewise a memorial from citi
zens of New York against any interference
on the part of the Federal Government with
slavery. Among tho names signed to it, he
said, were those of John Jay and J. P. Hale
He should not move it3 reference to any Com
mittee, but should leave it at present, as the
subject of a motion for a future special coui
nuttee. Also, a remonstrance from the same
parties with respect to the treatment of the
i Amistad negroes. Referred.
Mr. Chase presented a memorial for the
protection of American inventors. .Also a
oill lor the relief of Ezra Williams. Passed.
Mr. Walker, of Wis., introduced a bill for
changing an appropriation of certain lands
i with the gait Springs intended for another
purpose, to tho founding of a University in
Wisconsin. Passed.
Mr. Johnson introduced a bill for the relief
>f John Fagan. Passed.
Mr. Gwin introduced a bill for the cxtcn
the preempt ion privilege in the State
of California. Referred to Committee on
Public Lands.
Ihe reports of the various committees were
then presented, which took up same time; in
tho course of which Mr. Shields introduced a
railroad bill for Minnesota. Read twice
Mr. Dodge, of Iowa, introduced a bill for
, the^ payment of outstanding revolutionary
claims. Referred.
Hopse. To-day, the Senate's resolution,
apjointing a committee of five members of
j that body, to join such a committee as the
j M?"sc may appoint, to consider and report
such a measure as may appropriately testify
the thanks of Congress to tho rescuers of the
survivors on the San Francisco, was received
and concurred in.
Mr. Florence asked leave to refer his pro
position of yesterday bearing on this subject,
to this select committe ; objected to.
Mr. Wheeler asked leave to move to take
up his resolution of inquiry, offored yesterday;
but objection was made.
The House then took up and passe l the bill
concerning the V. S. District Courts of Cali
fornia
Mr. Stanton, of lennessee, by leave, offered
a resolution of inquiry of the President, con
cerning the present accommodations in United
?states Courts, and of tho necessities of the
benoral Government in connection with State
prisons. Agreed to.
Mr. Parker from the same committee report
ed back a bill for tho relief of Col. Benjamin
b. Roberts, late of the U. S. Army. Mr. P.
explained this bill, and urged its immediate
enactment, which was consummated ere our
report went to press.
C7"' The proposition made in Congress,
yesterday, to increase the pay of watch
men and messengers of the different De
partments, as well as altering the classi
fication of the clerks, is quite popular
here.
; We learn that there are seventeen
j eet of water in the Ohio at Wheeling,
i and no fears entertained of interruption
! of the navigation. The Union Line of
steamers have commeuccd running reg
ularly.
[T7* The Rhode Island Senate, on the
11th instant, non-concurred in the act
passed by the House at a previous ses
sion, authorizing aliens to hold real estate,
in the same manner as native citizens.
JCT* Persons desiring to sell real estate,
or to make investments in city property,
are referred to the advertisement of Mr.
INTERESTING DETAILS OF FOREIOJT
1tev3 BY THE ETTKOPA.
BitemiTc prrpiraiiM* f?r War.
From Stockholm, December 16th, we
learn that King Oscar had invited the
Diet to nominate a small number of its
members, possessing its entire confidence,
to whom, as a secret committee, the gov
ernment may make an important com
munication.
It is believed tliat the government wisl -
es in this unostentatious luanrer, to bring
some momentous facts connected with
foreign affairs to the knowledge of the
Diet.
The King has reorganized the higher
departments of the military and naval
administration, with a view to securing
greater utility and efficiency in the event
of hostilities.
By way of Berlin, December 24, we
have it confirmed that negotiations are
pending between Sweden and Denmark,
naving for their object the conclusion of a
league offensive and defensive between
the two States. Sweden is arming by
sea and land, and Denmark will imme
diately fortify her coasts, and place Co
penhagen in a state of defence.
A previous letter from Stockholm, dated
Dec. 10, says:
Stockholm is in the greatest state of
excitement to-day, caused by the arrival
of a Russian courier with a note, com
manding Sweden to close her ports to
English and French vessels and subjects.
This can scarcely be true to the full ex
tent, but it is certain iliat a note of im
portance has arrived, and Russia is deter
mined, either by threats or flattery, to
get Sweden on her side, and the Swedes
are in great excitement about it. The
rojral family is greatly in favor of Russia,
but the nation, to a man, is against her.
The national feeling indeed, throughout
Sw eden is not only intensely and invcte
rately anti-Russian, but, on the whole, is
friendly to England, and still more so to
France.
In Denmark, it is true, there are here
and there to be met with, lingering rem
nants of an old grudge against England,
and no great liking for France, but there
is as cordial a dislike of Russia as in Swe
den. With the good will of the Scandi
navian population, neither of their sove
reigns can very well side with Russia,
but there is no saying to what extent they
may be led.
Threatened Hontilitie* in Enrape.
Iietters from Orsova are to the 20th,
and confirm that the Russians arc prepar
ing for operations of a decidedly agressive
character, to be executed as soon as the
weather will allow. For this purpose the
corps of Gen. Osten Sacken, with which
the Turks have long been threatened is
now actually on their way to reinforce
GortschakofTs army.
Up to 15th December, 9,000 men of
this corps had crossed the Pruth, and
preparations were made to receive con
tinual accessions of troops until the mid
dle of January, when it was surmised
Kalefat would be attacked. Whenever
this attack docs take place the battle will
be terrible.
The Turks have a world wide fame as
defenders of fortified jx>sitions and the
entrenchments at Kalefat are acknowledg
ed by all wh t have seen them to be of j
exceeding strength and constructed with
great engineering skill.
Private letters mention, but as no pub
lic despatch has confirmed it, it may not
be true, that a fire ship was seized float
ing down the B sphorus, having been
sent among the Russians to burn the
fleets. The story is possibly a fiction.
The Divan has ordered sixteen spots
on the coast of Anatolia to be fortified.
A letter from Aleppo, of November
19th, states that the Arabs of the Dcstrl
have levied a corps of 5,000 men to aid
the Sultan. The citizens of Aleppo had
formed a regiment of volunteer cavalry,
consisting of 1,200 men completely equip
ped, and commanded by Ahmet Aft'endi,
an experienced officer, who Las already
served against the Russians.
The Paris Constitutionel contradicts
the late rumor of dissentions between
Britain and France, which, it was assert
ed had paralyzed tl e action of the fleets
in the Bosphorus. The Ambassadors of
France and England, says the Constitu
tionel, have the same instructions, and
the line of conduct to l>e adopted after
the battle of Sinope was mutually agreed
upon by Ix>rd Redclitl'e and Gen. Bara
guay d'llillers.
The latest advices from Constantinople
leave it doubtful whether the allied fleets
have yet entered the Black Sea.
Severe storms were reported, which
may have served as an excuse for the
fleets remaining at their anchorage. We
have no accounts, however, that the}'
have not entered.
A despach mentions that the Russian
steamer Pruth, in passing down the
Danube, set two Turkish villages on fire,
with red Lot shot. This act, will, we
suppose, be set down as another Turkish
victory.
A letter from Brailow states that a
brigade of the 7th Russian division, com
manded by Gen. Selvane, having quitted
Nizar Kenni, to attack Amoucoda, an
island in the Danube, were attacked when
in the marshes by the Turks, and suHired
severe loss before they could extricate
themselves.
A Russia war schooner was driven
into the Bosphorus, December 15, by
stress of weather. The Russians threw
their guns overljoard. and asserted the
vessel was a merchantman. The Turks
have, however, taken provisional posses
sion of it.
The Spanish General Prim has pub
lished an account of the battle of Olte
nitza. He speaks in the highest terms
of the Turkish courage and discipline,
and throws great ridicule on Gortscha
kofl's vainglorious bulletin. Prim was
present as a spectator of the fight.
Lord Dudley Stuart is at Constantino
ple endeavoring to persuade the Porte to
enrol a regiment of Poles to serve in Eu
rope. The supposition is that if there
were a band of their comrades ready to
receive them in the Turkish service, the
desertion of Poles from the Russian army
would be general.
Mpnin.
Madrid dates were to the 22d Decem
ber.
The Senators and Deputies of the Pro
gresista party held a meeting on the 20th,
to decide on the course of action. They
agreed to appoint a committee to wait on
the Minister of Justice to plead the cause
of the periodical press, and to demand
that the journals should not be liable to
seizure by the local authorities. The
Minister received the committee on the
21st, and told them that the moment the
President of the Council was able to
transact business, their request would be
submitted to the Cabinet.
Napoleon III. has conferred the deco
ration of grand officer of the Legion of
Honor on M. Calderon de la Barca, on
the occasion of the conclusion of the lit
erary treaty with France. This treaty
is intended, atnoDg other things, to stop
the American traffic in Spanish books
via Paris.
The So ilk duel heaixj or the Mas
Qns or Tmoor.?The Const Untumnri
says:?The accounts received from Mad
rid by the family of the Marquis dc Tur
got, continue to be of a satisfactory na
ture. His health has much improved,
and his wound received in the recent
duel with Mr. Soule, is now advanced to
wards a cure.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Chronicle writing on Dec. 28, says: " It
has been very currently reported to day,
that a telegraphic despatch has been re
ceived from Madrid, announcing that a
third duel had taken place in consequence
of the unhappy affair at M. de Turgot's
ball. The principals on this occasion
were the Duke of Alba and Mr. Soule, the
father of the combatant in the first duel.
The despatch is said to state that Mr.
Soule is killed. I was in hopes tluit :here
was no truth in the report, as 1 had seen
a gentleman who had spoken to Mr. Mcr
cier, (Mr. Soule's brother-in-law,) this
morning, who had said nothing on the
subject, and who certainly would have
done so if he had been in possession of
any such intelligence. But since then T
have just learnt that, at a dinner party
given at the palace of the Tuilcrics last
evening, the Emperor himself stated to
the Grand Duchess of Radcn that he had
received a despatch to that effect. It is
still to be hoped that the report may turn
out to be incorrect, and I only mention
it because the subject has obtained a great
deal too much notoriety. I therefore give
the reports as they have reached me.
Affairs in Asia.
Of the victories claimed by the Rus
sians in Asia nothing was known at Con
stantinople 011 the fGth December, and
we still owe all our information, wheth
er true or false on the subject, to Russian
bulletins. The despatch forwarded by
General BcboutolF to Prince Woronsolf,
giving a lengthened account of the battle
of Rasch Kadyk l^ar, is already before the
public.
A despatch from Tefies, dating there
from as the head quarters of Prince Wo
renzoff, has also been published, but be
ing founded on General ReboutoflTs report
and not bring more authentic, cannot add
to our knowledge of the event.
All these Russian accounts of the bat
tles do full justice, although indirectly,
to the courage of the Turks, and show
that the Ottomans are stifl a brave and
warlike race. It is, however, very desi
rable that authentic intelligence respect
ing the movements of Abil Pacha should
soon arrive as the engagements at Achal
zick and Rasch Kadyk Lar appear to par
take far more of a decisive character than
those of which we have hitherto received
accounts from both camps.
THE VERY I'ATEHT.
Abdi Pasha has l>een repulsed in Asia'
and 25,800 Turks have received orders to
retire fiom Russian-Armenia.
The united Heels were still in the Ros
phorus on the 19th.
On the 20th, a company of Wallachian
militia seized their newly appointed Rus
sian officers, beat them soundly, and then
deserted with five of them to Ralafat.
The Trieste Gazette states that the Rri
tish diplomatic agent at Teheran has re
newed relations with the Persian Govern
ment.
The Chronidc states that the Turks
have raised the sieges of Akiska and A1
exandrianpole. 20,000 Turkish irregu
lars have been repulsed. Abii Paclia.
Commander-in-Chief, has resigned, and
Ahmed Pasha replaces him. On the 15tli
the Four Powers piesonted a note deman
ding an armistice. Hall Pacha's return
to the Ministry i*. regarded as favorable
to the project of peace.
Viknxa, Friday-?Turkish bulletins
acknowledge the evacuation of tl.c Rus
sian territory in Asia.
St. Pktersiu r<;h.?Considerable busi
ness has taken place in iuq orts for next
year. With regard to politics the only
remark is that the preparations going o?
iu all quarters are such as to deuote that
they are made with a view to more seri
ous contingencies than that of a war
merely with Turkej\
Un tea worthiness of the Fan Francisco.
The New York Tribune, in commenting
on the loss of the San Francisco, says:
" It is perfectly apparent that the gale
which wrecked the San Francisco and
occasioned this lamentable loss of life
was 110 more severe than every .sloop that
goes around Cape Cod is often called to
encounter, and a pilot-boat or an every
day West Indiaman that would not have
weathered it in safety would be unlit for
her business. What is to be explained,
there fore, in the case of the San Francisco
is this broaching to, which was the pri
mary and sole cause of the disaster. It
is plain that it arose from one of two
causes. Either the sl ip was badly made
or badly trimmed. She would not steer
in a gale of wind. This is the great fact
towhich this calamity is to be attributed.
Who is to blame for this, or whether any
one is especially culpable, we have now
no means of knowing, for wc are in pos
session of 110 facts or intimations beyond
those disclosed in the record. Rut it is
a most remarkable circumstance if no
suspicions were excited, and no pcdic
tions of disaster hazarded, based upon
the construction or trim of this ship
when she proceeded to sea. If there
were none, it will very much lessen e>ur
respect for the opinion of mariners and
nautical men in regarel to the conditions
requisite to insure the safety of a ship at
sea."
The Day Book continues in reference
to the remarks of the Tribune, thus :
" There were predictions, before the
San Francisco went to sea, that she
would never reach the Straits of Magel
lan. Her model was different from any
other steamer, being straight up on the
sides and setting deep in the water, and
so shaped that it was impossible to keep
her time except under very heavy bal
last. In other words, the San Franciscc
was an experiment. It was tried and
has failed."
{?/"" The immigration into Iowa, the
present season is astonishing and unpre
ce>dente?d. For miles, day after day th<
prarics of Illinois arc lined with cattle
and wagons, pushing on toward* thi:
prosperous State. At a point bcyonc
Peoria, during a single month, scventeci
hundred and forty-three wagons had pas
scd, and all for Iowa.
One dollar Rills of the State Bank
of Providence R. I., altered to twenties
arc in extensive circulation.
A paper in Memphis advertises foi
a servant to wait upon " a single mat
and his wife."
DC?* There are eleven daily papers ii
Sau Francisco.
OCT" The winter in England, thus far
has been rather colder than usual.
tar 4? A<J??r**4 HMtlM Of tk?
Mfiropf'liUn Mr-cbanlcw' ln?t>tute wflltw hell a*
th# Institute Ro>ms, on Transylvania ??mn> n,_"
Parker's rtore. on WEDXKADAT KVBMSO
Un IWi lartut, tt 7 o'clock. Professor WMttit*!
? ill Jeliw ? on tbe "Cvlturr of th? }wuL,
fal" ?n the w?*fc>B.
Tbe Bimbm of tb? Institute sr* sp?H*||* r^.
qnwtnl to be present. and the public (ss?u niiT th,
ladies. to whom th* lr. ture will be IwrtWUrW )0
tsrrrtinp) are n*pectful1y Invited to attend
P. M. TEAIUJOX.
jan 17?tt K? Vr ^
**- B. P. (H. F) C. A.-Tb. ?,
Potomac Circ'a No. 2, 11*6. are reju.u*] u , ??
taal in their attendance at <br regular oanvo??ttr?
held THIS fTa.-*day> EYKNIMJ.as brains,,, J'
poitance wili be brought b- ?ts the Circle
J O PI DLt.V u. <1 K
JAM ICS K. joiinson, c. w.
jan 17?It
M-C?la?bU District T?nt, K?. ?
I. O. of R.?An sojourned meet .n* of this T?!
trill he beltl in Rechablte Ifa't con., r of Trh ?wli!
streets. on TVtSPAY EVENING, the Kth inot?r>t
at ~}4 o* lo k for tbe piirpoo (.f orc*ni?.inc , m.'
Tent of the Junior Branch rf .he or *r.
A foil attendance of tbe Fcpresctit.i'iT<^ i*
q vented.
Hit cnln: J. R. ELVAN8. D. R. s
jm 16?2t
Y^a. The Treasurer of ihr Vaaat
Men's Christian Association would r-?j^j%
ly lemind those m-inhei* <f the As-<*?)*'i n wv,?
hare not vet paid their rnnut.1 dues fl racli forth,
y.ar terminating rext Monday, that is e.veiitml to
their projer standing in this AsAxiatRji that
same le imianl iiVlj jarl.
The m wy, wiili pr per name, can he ^
room* of the A--Tciati^n. rn 7 th street, or tTsnnatt
ltd to mi> through tbe Post t?fllce, a* may l? ? ?
1 onvenient.
If there be any bills ontctaoding acain-t the As
sociation. tbey will be ]>rJd on |>re?et t*ti?,r.
M II. MILLER,
jan 15?It* Trr??u-?? ^
<y y? Imllhionlan ln?tltntlon L?e.
(JJJ I urea.
ou WEDNESDAY evening, tt:e ISth in'taiit, h? j
Dr. J. LawrcCC! Smith. Subject: '"Carl-on. nr.4r7
its various (brass of diam^t) 1. el iirroal. a:id tntnerai
eo-vl; the combinat;ona ot ccibon and onc.-n " i
jan 14. 1?. 17. A 1R
The Voting Catholic*' Kri?nd
I. ? Society hare the hono'of am outline t?
the puh.ic tliat I'tey bare aerund ti e frricr* nfy.
Thomn.? Darcy MHJee. Ij?| , to de i?.-r a l.-cture at
Garari's f?*loon, on Tl'EMJAY, the 17th in*tant. ?
o'clock p m. ^u^j?rt . "The Catholic iltatorr of I
North An?eri<*."
Tickct* 25 oeo*a each maybe pro.nr?>1 at Wo
KennclyV Bookatorc. J no |'. Elli*' Fanrv t-t, ra. >
Ma?4, Jeweler, and at the door on the eTenirp of th.
Lector.'. jan II H?
JOST? Oa the ITdb n?Un?. a i *er WATC'i
i made by J<>hn .'ohnaon. bo. 7541. Wbrerer
will re'urn watcb. will recrire t.-n dollar* ai?4
no i|uest?on? a;k?-d. Th? wi'rh to lie left at M
A Jacol*' Orcciry ptcre. corner I'a ar arl 13th at.
jan 17- St
1)ICKKDupon Tnca lay laat, tbe loih mat
? STtCIR. The owner en l aTe it ??* apply
ia^ at R A. III l.l.'c groctrr rt ic, corner of loth ?t
and Maryland avenue, by pacing charjrei" ,md pror
inz fn.p-rty. jan 17?It*
I GST?Oa Sunday ni?sht laat. a SiUrian S|uir
i rel Neck I'UR, on 14th a:rcef we?t. la*tw?rD
<? and L rtre?t6 north. Tbe Under wi'l lr untablr
rfw.trdwl by lea? ins it with Mr. B. W. Re? d. or .Ido.
P. lltlton. on 14th ctrcet wert.
j^n 17?-It*
N'OTICE. ? >Va? I. it at the Vctropo't* St*l.|e<
on D. Bear 14th s'rvet.on Wedaeartay the Uth
ultimo, a amall hay PONY, with tK?h tail Tb? o?n
or ia re<jue*ti'?l to o.me forwaid. p.iy charirw-. au#
t.ke biu> away pr*rion? to Saturday the l^th m S
s -int. or he wiil be fold for bi.? keep. \
jan 17?eo3t
JLST RECEIVRD
i?00 Sugar < ur?<d U.-itua
t> hhl?. new Lard
100 bag* Buckwheat Flour
3 do* half gallon Brandy reaches ^
3 doi Trmato C itsup
5 bexe? gum Drops
5^0 pounds Roll Butter
30 b-'xea Adainmtine Ctndlca '
jan 17?at _ WM OKMR
REAL ESTATE BOUGHT A SOLD
THK under-'igned will purchase vnii.< umi?r<d
city or country projiertr, or eff? rt tales there
Tf oa commission. I have three hundred , |ty ku.
with ^eviral Tery large Brick lienors, in tbe city,
and several fine Farm*, to di^pos* >-f on ea-v t? ruk.
Loan* negoti.t"d on unMi.-umb.-red real r*<?te
Jt?<. C. O. KKMNKDY,
II street. 1w tween (Uli F.L..1 10th stre ts.
jan 17?eolm
TURKISH PE"RFUMEKYr~
PURE Otto of Rose
Li^bt Rose
Fultan Amber Suy
Ha'em Chicki-k htiy
Temig Lick Suy. or Beauty Hater
For Kile at Rip.o F'f.
jan 17?tf Willard'- Hotel.
COPARTSERSHIP.
fpng undersi^n.-d have thi* dsy formed a w part
1. uer.-hip under the name of S?'itwAiT/.r a So*, tor
the purpoM! of conduct! ug the Apr tbeea * and Dng
business in all its branches. >>n I'ennsyivania ???
uue. n? xt to the I nited Ptates Hotel, where all l??
ineifs in this line will be p-ompllv att-nd.d to dty
and night. A. J. 8CIIWART7.K.
J\0. S(HWART7.F.
J^-The store formerly occupied by J no .<ch? an*
will T-c rJoird on and aft^r tb? 17th of January. l?ii.
Ml perat.ns indebted to John fchwartze will plea??
settle their accounts at the s'ore of
jan 17?3t FCHWAl.TT.lt A SrtV.
Stories from history,by
_ Strickland.
T.i'es from English lIutory,f. r children. W Agt i ?
Strickland. '
Stories from Jewish History, adapted for y^usf
persons
Guide to English Compofition, by the Rev. ft.
Brewer
lhf f 'ok of One Hundred Beverage*, by Willun
Br-rr hard.
The Word "Eternal" and I'anishment of tbe wirfc
?<J, by Frederick Deui.'oti Maurice.
jan 17?tf FRANCE TAYL??K
I^OURISTKR'S Boy s* and GlrU Ma.
1 gtzine for lSiil, an illustra'od mr tithh f-r U??
Vonng.edited by Francs Forri'ter. Esq.. the b?-t
writer ft?r chi'dreu in the i- uut*y : one huuiM
leautiful engravings di.rirg tbe yc.tr.
To its matter tl e editor will impart increasmp va
rii ty, in'erot. an I vrilue; its ?pirit will be as hereto- J
fore, religiou?, but ?li erful: its 'topic* will eniln-:.rj,S
historical sketches, anecdote*, natural history, briiC
-"I icy outlines #d" the various sciences, biographic* of
tlie childhood and youth of remarkable men a?d wo
men, moral stories, choice sayings. puzxl<-', Ac . and
as n new cliarm. there wiil l?e a scries of paper* y??
the art of j*n.il drawing, written withrimpliciiy
and illustrated w ith engravings.
This Magazine will Vk> a | ler.sant companion to its
yo:>ng rc.olers. and ;t r. liable auxiliary to the par. nt
in the work of house i-duc-ation.
Term.', one dollar per year, d. livtrcd to Fubccri
bers by the agents.
CRAV t BALLANTYXF.
jan 17?tf 7th street
Dr?. Flodoardo Hamilton P. How
ard
HAVING associated lo the pructi.-e of the medj
ei e ofl'er their services to ILe public.
OrRce and residence, ct<rncr H?th and F s?s. I
Dr. F. Howard's health being re established,
he "will as heretofore, devote specia! attention to Mid
wifery :in l the diseases of women siud ch ! !rcn.
jan 16?dim*
NEW Volntne of Pei rlra'n Materia
Ned le a ??l'?*reira's Materia >1. dim ??4 *
Shcrapeah's ved J, r-dit d by Joseph Carson. M. T
TAYLOK k MAI KYf *
jan If?tf Bookstore, ne?r'.*th ot
I7KENCII Woven and French Car
seta : Inglish Ftsys. from W . r, n?? to ?':
Shoulder Braces, t?r La-:i f and chtldren:fient^K;dieS
I'e ts: Kid (>lowes; Hosie-y; Trimming*: Eli-til's?
Combs and Brushes : Kil f?ns ; Cott -ns. Cravst-;
Pocket Handkerchiefs. Coats alter.-d and rejairei
WHKHIT'F,
Between 12th end 14th streets, I'*. n'er.ue.
jan 16? 3t * I Aews copy tini. s I
HAIR Drmslnf; Saloou? liarirg p?r 1
. e as-d the iLt? res; su.l. IT ct ot DjvidUarr?4t.
the ibove business w ill b?* <ontmil .1 at tbe > Id -taut)
by the undirsigued, who Will ? ntVavr r to uient ib?
p-'ttronage so libera.ly beftowod upon tb- ?<t*l 1
ment. WM. II. F00TK.
jan 1?^?>t* 7th street, be'.G. F
p'to-s
at LAMMOND'5
jan 1 ?>?3t. 7th rtwef ?
NOTICE.?I hrrel.y (aution all peisotr m>t t?
trust my wif*, Jane Garrett, en nij a.-.t i.t)'.
as I fbr.ll pay no debts r f her coutrsc'ing fr< ni
date. DAVID UAKRETT.
jan 1?>?Si*
T)LAYUHi CARDS, for Mb- ,h-k?!? ?rd
J. retail, at LAMMOND'S, 7th ft.
jail 16? ft
|)RLM'ER'4 CARD1-A hw tlmtand
L No. 5 ar.d 7, jurt rcteived and for *<1> veiy le*
at LAMMOND 7tb
jan 1??3t
NOTICE.
\1TALTER PAMEKOY. of ?. orgetcwo. D.C .r.
TT spectfully infurin* his frllovr citiseu^ thnt be
hii.i received troia the Cin a.: i'o;:rt of the ci u'.tj rl
fTa-birgtcti.(?nd gi*en 1 o"d in ciue lonn, ih??F'
poiiitm.at of CONSTABLE, lie will, ther. tore, per
f>rm the rluUi-s of tl.at ? fi ts- ?i li ttde'ity. ai.d *JA
collect deb.B, iobI-h, and ail oth'T sgenr io". oil '?**
mo't reasonable terms, making prompt returf*
the proceeds. He solicits a shere of toe puK*
patronage, and promiM:s to do his duty.
Witness his hand: WALfKK t'AMEKC'V.
jan. l(v?In. ?
MRS. 91. J, ROBKRTSON'S BoanUBg
House, ea?t side 4?th ft , near corner of E.
Tra&sieut aud permanent boarders ae< ommc<1ate4
on moderate terms. Also, 1 Ornished rooius. n.
jaa 14? lw*
f