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YOUNG El.l.A.
hv r.i:<NV f^rbksI m
S!u:'h !>ul u S'<-?c..ni,
By M iv *xiinl>- up*ft
With a filts.slt upon Hi* pntals,
And a dew-drop at tho heart.
When the storm-wind conies to t< y her,
Will ohe feebly bow her head,
While lier l.iiled leaves drop sighing
T.? the chilly garden bed '*
Or * ill a brave. high spirit
From the quivering dew-drop serine: 1
Love warm the rose-tint ctitnson ?
Faith spread each leaf a wing 'I
God make her true and earnest!
God make her firm and stiong I
So, ere she join the angels.
Her heart shall sing their song
A CHILD AT PRAYER.
BV ALICE 15AHKV.
Sweeter than the songs ol thrushes,
When the winds are low ;
Brighter than the spring-time blushes,
Reddening nut of snow,
Woro the voice and cheek so fair,
Of the little child at prayer.
Like a white lamb of the meadow,
Climbing through the light;
Liken priestess in the shadow
Of the temple bright,
Seemed she, saying, Holy One,
Thino, and not my will, be done.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE GUANO EXPERIMENT OF flJR A- P- LA'
lOSTE.
The Cheraw Gazette givey a highly favorable notice ol
Mr. Lacostc's experiment in 'he use of Guano, and a? it
leaves no doubt of the great value of that article to the ordi
nary, and even poor lands, we have determined to lay before
our readers the facts stated by the Gazette, and also certsin
other particulars which we have elicited ourselves. Mr. La
coste's plantation is of the common pine land, about thiee
miles from Cheraw. The subsoil is clay, about eight to ten
inches, under a sandy loam. The Guano and Gypsum were
applied in the drill to 100 acres of land, at the rate of 200
pounds Guano and 100 of Gypsum to the ?cre. The former
cost 846 per ton in N. York,and the latter 82 per bbl.of 250 lbs.
"With the freight added, the cost ol the Guano and Gypsum
wj? a little less Shan five dollars aod a half per acre. Now
for the result: Mr. Locoste is satisfied thnt the land, without
manure, would nr?t produce more than 700 lbs. of seed cot- j
ton to the acre, and that, with the Guano, it will produce ]
1200 lbs. Three gentlemen, of good judgment in such ease, j
lately rode over and estimaied the crop, each making his
own observations, without conference with the others.?
Their avereue estimate, including sixty-five acres to which
no Guano had been applied, was 977X lbs. per acre. This
sixty-five acrce had been manurtd from the stable and barn
yard,but me c->tton thereon was by no means equal in the size
of b'dla, general appearance, etc , in that of the 100 acres
10 which the Guano had been applied. II, as they suppose,
this li/O acres shall produce an average of 1200 lbs. to the
arre, then 500 thereof may be placed to the account ol the
Guano. This 500 lbs of seed cotton, at ordinary rates,
would be worth 812 50, from which, deducting 85 50, the
c>st of the manure, leaves a clear profit of S7 pcracrc iri
k.c from the use of the Guauo. To this the value ol the
:???* n seed should be added, which, properly applied, will
"tt-ure an abundant corn crop the next year. Further pro
ih. n'so, might be secured, by making the coit?-n rows five
it-t wide, thus giting room for the weed to spread, and so
..ri'.erially diminishing the labor of working the crop
Mr. Laco-te works in cnton, this year 165 acres with
eleven h?nds; the product will probably exec-d a hundred
and fifly Dales?over twelve bales to the hand. He planted
no i. 'n, having made enough last ye<tt to supply hisplanta
tfoi two years. He has ordered 25 torsol guano for the
year, and intends to apply it all to his cotton Innds,
and ?' 'vote only the cotton seed to his corn land. The Pe
ruvian ageot at New York thinks the supply of guano (or
the next year will be abundant, as a large number.of the
vevsei.i to Cilitornia expect to loait with guuno on their re
turn. As the coat of bringing it front New York to Charles
ton Is about 83 per ion, i' becomes important to all in reach
of port, to get it here direct from Ptru. Our inquiries, thus fur,
induced the belief that the demand would weil warrant the j
Peruvian Government in establishing an agent here for its
sale. He could fell thousands of tons for trie use of this I
State, Georgia and North Carolina. A single planter, A.
Scarborough, Esq , of Marion, has used, this year, about
tixty tons. Others have tried it in smaller quantities, who
will be induced to extend th?ir operati ms next year. We
hope, therefore, ihat information and exertion may be con
centrated on this point, *o that all within reach ol our port
may be naved from the unnecessary extra freight from New
York. ? [ Charleston {S C.) Courier.
UNITED STATES FINANCES.
The New YorkCouiier publishes a statement, furnished
by the Assistant Secretary of fie Treasury, of "he Revenue
and Expenditure of the United States for the financial year
ending on the 30th of J une last, specif) jng the quartei ly re
ceipts of each branch ol revenue and the quarterly payments
in each branch of expenditure.
The aggregate of receipt', exclusive of trust funds, is
861,353.924.
With the addition of certuin trust funds of the Smithso
nian Institution, the Peruvian and Brazilian indemnity, aod
the Chickasaw and Navy Pension funds, the aggregate is
*61,803,404
Tne ordinary revenue exc-eds the revenue of any preced
ing year by more than 89 000 009, and with the exception ol
the two preceding yeur*, by 813,01)0,000
The items of revenue are, Imrn customs duties 853 931 865,
from sales of public lands 81,667,085, incidental receipt* $733
623, aod under loan act of 13-17. 816,350.
The receipts from public, lands, notwithstanding the ex
tent of emigration, have lallen oil to a very smairamount,
being a diminution ol $376,154 compared with those of ihu
preceding year.
The balance in the Treasury at the beginning of the year
Was $7,310 756, making the total available means lor tlifc
yeaf $75,986,051, and afFordim.' a surplus over the expendi
tures of the year of 821,942.892.
The total of expenditures ol ih ? year, exclusive "f pay
ments on account ol the trust fund*, amounted to 854,043, IGB,
yl2:
Civil expensed anil foreign intercourse 417.174,955
Department of the interior, (pension* anil Indians,) 5 529 535
War Depaitmeiit 9,917,290
Navy 10,991,639
Interest on public debt since 1741 '.{,006,635
loieiest on old tlebt and Treasury notes I 072
Reonbursement of old debt und Treasury notes 17,107
Reimbursement 3 per ?;?;m mock 1,240
Redemption of hunt of 1942 to 1949 6,394.503
Premium do do 389,037
Interest on do do 23 421
Commission on do do 2,340
Total 54,043.168
Including trust funds 54,596,035
[ Xalionat Intelligencer.
MEXICO ?Tin.- litest d iti-f from Mexico, state that San
ta Anna, on tin- 5il> nil, was Mill at Tseubuyo, endeavoring
to affect a forced loan ol seventeen million dollars from the
clergy. He had succeeded in enlisting a large body of troops
tor hi* standing army, tint was destitute of the means to pay
or support litem. He had cut oil sources of public informa
tton as to I id own movements anil intentions, though lie
kept a jeal< is watch upon the factions opposed to him.?
The) Mexican papers suv ihey arc satisfied the Supreme Gov
ernment is apprised ol the fact that there exists in their
midst an association ot highwaymen, who have committed,
and are still cummiuing, the greatest part of the robberies
that are constantly occurring. Robberies are committed In
opeo d tyltgltt. So bold have the outlaws become., that re
cently ihey attacked a merchant in one ol the most frequent
ed streets of the capital, and in tin- preyenc* of iii>> depen
dents, compelled liito, by'.ntioiidation to hand over a con
siderable quantity of money.? [U.iltimore Patriot.
The following e.\tract troui ? letter ol a Virginian now in
Europe, has been furnished ue for publication, It give* an
asreeable sketch o| Crawford's ?oili lor our monunieni: ?
J Richmond Whig.
"A few hours' ri.le by steam brought us at lust to the
bean iful capital ol llavaria. I confess 1 was perfectly
amazed at the chtnges and improvements that had taken
place here since my last visit. Magnificent churches, all
gold and cosily marble, had utisen; vast collections ol sta
tues and paintings had been gathered, and long, wide streets
lined with pulao s, and truly superb public buildings had
been added. Two objects engaged my atsen'<"n especially ;
a colossal st >tue representing Bivaria, ov. r 90 feel high, in
bronze and glo;ioualy hcauiilul- and the famous foundry of
Mr. Miller, where the st it tics of our Richmond monument
are to be cast. The superintendent was unfortunately ab
sent in Bohemia, indirect the erection of a statue ot the Em
peror Francis-which he hoi just cast. His wile, however,
wis vory civil and kind, and she and a sort of head-work
man, but a true artist, showed mc every thing. There lay
the body, and, by iis side, stood the gigantic head of Gustu
vus Adolphus?parts of a noble statue, destined to adorn the
public square of Stockholm; near by lay other Irouze?
shields and ht'lioi is and jrnts--for other statue;; and there
upon the floor Use will remembered figure with her foot up
i?'< the enemy und the famous inotto: -tie temper tyranni*.
In toe corner stood the finest woik of art ihui tin: foundry
had furnished for long years; the bright und noble head of
Patrick Henry. It had just been finished and excited uni
.c'*al admi ation in Munich The artists themselves agreed
as a wotk of art and us a work of nature, that head
o'Ood almost unsurpassed. Below, in the enormous build
> where the casting process is carried on, ?va- the head ol
1. :l.rson, not quite polished yet, but already showing the
w.-ll kuown features, beaming wit t Intelligence, and yel calm
and imposing in their grandeur. Other parts ot the two sta
tues had not yet been lilted out of their dark cradles, but the
ill,; i?diog form ot ttie iireal orator, whose head wc had atl
:? 0-jlorc, stood here already upright, "!"quent and grand,
2. n 'n its unfinished state. Mr (Crawford, who has lately
Lc a ia Munich, hnsearncd ?reai lame by our Virginia mon
ument; he was presented to old king Ludwlg, who ttiok hltii
by the hand and told him how happy he was to see that
America had such artists, and ihat the master works ol his
own bclovrd Munich should yo forth to adorn the New
World. Ho promises to icnd the other four Btatues during
the coming winter, and ;ilr. Miller, having just finished some
of llw greatest works that have ever been cast ia bronz-,
will now be at liberty to proceed with equal despatch and
caro to the completion of our monument. It gave me parti
cular satisfaction to hear and witness the admiration it has
generally excited," Ac., <Stc.
NEW EDITION OF THE BIBLE.?Rev. Thomas H.
Stockton, an cmi'iettl Proles :ni clergyman, now residing
in R :ltitn->rc, proposes to issuu tlio s xsv-si* 11 vikn which
compose Hie Bible according to the Received Version, in ?o
many different volumos, each containing ih- text beautiful
ly priuted on large, opeo type, followed by au original di.<per
laiion, with expliuatory notes and every tiling essential to
a fair under^anding of the sacred text?the whole to form
r cabinet or miniature library, which will be more or lc<s
costly according to the taste and means of the purchaser
say Irom J'25 i.i $150 lor th\s wh >le, according t?> the rich
ness ot binding, &e. The B #ok ol G mesis will first be Is
sued as a specimen; price 50 cents in paper covers, so as to
be sent through tho Mail. Tne Text is printed separately,
so as 10 be bound spati from ihu Notes if desired.- |M Y
Tribune.
THE PROGRESS OK THE REDEMPTION OK UNI
TED S PA TES 5 TOCK.S. ? We understand that yesterday
SI 19 000 in Unilfd States Stocks wrie receive*) at ihe Trea
sury Department f <r redi mptl n, nod that $65,000 were te
caived by this motntngs's mail. I H'us/u'ji?ton Star.
A FEMALE LIGHT-HOUSE KEEPEK. ?Mrs. S?tali
Levy lias been appointed keeper of ine Light House at Ha
vre de Grace, Md., in place ot her deceased husband -
Washington Star.
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BV Ui rcillKs Vv I'KYUR.
[ SATtlKIUV MiiitNIM., SEI'TliMII12 It *il,
JOHN A DJX, K.SQ
In the discharge i'l an iiujici:>tiv?- duty to the- AdiiiiiiiMia
ii..ii mi.I in ilii> Democratic party, we ventured in a ri'Mni
? iii* i>l this paper to protest against ilie assumption ?'l" the
? ? liiiiIi sion .Mercury thai the appointment of Mr. John A.
Dix to tin- Fi.-nelt mission, would be saiisfiicKny to ?Dc
cracy of tin- South. VVi> took ibis step will* reluctance,
.mil witli an lilt It* purpose to disparage **>c character of Air.
Dix an to proller advice to ih?* Cabinet. It wan our design
only in give expression to the well known und well-nigh
universal judgment of the Smith in respect to the public
character of Mr. Dix ami the propriety of In, promotion to
the important ,.osition of Minister to the French Court. It
w.,8 very far Iron, our wish to impute to him sentiments, or
t.iae. use him of coti.lucl lor which he in nut justly rcf?osi
l>lc We i!i*l but represent him in the relations in which he
lusMoo.l before the country f-r the l.ist five years, ond ex
l,i!,ii precisily in what estreat he la held in the South.
But <Mr. DiX considers >vr have done him injustice, lie
has written us a le"er, in which he denies explicitly that
'ever made an abolition speech, in or out of the Senate,"
or ever gave utterance !?> any such sentiment as that the
South should he surrounded xc'dh u corcUm of free Stale*,
if.,- wv pti|il|>h .Mr. Dix's h tier promptly and with pleasure.
We i iirniitHy render him every facility in our power lor
ileiitotiMrati";: tlt:tt the South h.ss heretofore suspected him
uniustly, wi'h an earnest h"pe that he may be successful in
his endeavor. Air. Dix in a in in of ability and of respecta
ble pcrsonuI character, and we Mutild icjoice to see him
:pe out the blot of abolitionism which sullies his reputa
tion. He is, moreover, a democratic office-holder, and con
cern for the character of the party, givis us an additional
interest in his vindication.
But Air. Dix is not content simply to rtquest the publica
tion of his letter in the columns of the Enquirer. He
J makes up an ir^ue of fact with the editors of this paper, j
and challenges us to produce the proof of our allegations in |
respect to his past course. Thus, are we driven to an expo
sition of the political career of Air. Dix. The duty may be
disagreeable, but we shall not shirk it. We mean to do jus- |
tsee to Mr. Dix. If, from a thorough examination of his re- {
cord, it shall appear that Air. Dix has not been such as We j
represent him, we will make all possible atonement for our'
injustice. But if, on the contrary, ihe exposure should lm- j
pair even t!ie slight claim which .Mr. Dix now has on the
confidence oi the Southern Democracy, he must remember
that he hitnsel! provokes the investigation which results in
his discomfiture.
j To the Editors of the Enquirer.
IV kw York, Sk^t. 20, IS53.
Gkntlk.mk.v In nn editorial nrticle in your paper of ihe
17th instant. I am charged ? first, with making "furious abn
litioii speeclus in tl.u Sena Ic o! the IJi.ited Slates;" and,
sreond, with the ilit iorii al "flourish" of "a cordon of Iree
States surrounding the Sottilt, and compelling slavery, like
a sf-orpioo encircled by lire, to sting itsell to deatb."
Tht sa imp'it itjons are alike unfounded. I never ututle an
abolition speech in the Senate ?r out of it ?I never uttered
?r <:iitt."'aiiu(l the sentiment above attributed to tne--and 1
i all on you to produce the evidence on v. iiich your assertions
w? re made
Vour own sense of propriety will ensure tho insertion of
this m te in your paper, without a request to that effect
it am me.
1 am, respectfully, your:1, JOHN A. DIX.
TflK AFFAIRS OF CUBA.
Lttter fruia Ktlwnril Kverttt to I.oitl John lCus
MC II*
The lellowinj; Irtier Ir'-tii Kd?*ard K?cr<tt in reply (o the
despatch <?! Lord John Russell which appeared in the papers
some weeks ago, is published in the Boston I'ost. it is a
p ?pT which t* ill be read with deep interest and is alily writ
U'ti, but at the .>>.ime time we cannot Inn express the opinion
that Air. K., hi assumitiij to answer an official document
not iutended for iiiiiiM.ll, subjects liimsell to the i barge ol
undue hniiki.riiig alter notoriety, which haa l.een lati ly p mi-1
pered by the puli* ol the pus*. In publishing the letter, |
the Boston 1'ost introduces it with the following remarks : j
"Though lm longer in ntlke, and though ihis despatch I
was not in lomi a reply to his own letter, jet Air Kveiitt
let-Is it to be "to some extent" his duty to answer it, and the
answer is written in a chaste, l.giiiftcd and thorough man
ner.
"After disposing of preliminary things as to the lone ol
Lord John's despatch und the length of Ilia own letter. Air.
Kverett adverts to the grounds upon which the Unhed Stales
ri.st the claim of having a paramount interest in Cuba. He
then goes into a close and interesting examination of the
remark made by Lord John relative to the avowal that the
President could not reptr-ut the Lopez expedition. This is
pressed in st:i li a manner as u leave Lord John Russell in a
melancholy pi ?ht. The same thing is done an to Lord
I John's lei title i.ii American law. Trie manner in which this
I liw was violated in the British orders of council, and French,
| llerltn and Milan decrees, is dwelt upon, and forced home in
i way ih it iniisi be peculiarly lefreshirtg to Lord John
particular, au i to John Bull generally.
"IN'e\er ?!:! t'ipliimatist lay liimsell k> oja-n as did Lord
John KiiM->eii to l,t.-> abort, curt, impudent, arrouaut, aurl *hal
low despatch. ,?lr. 'Everett has answered liiiu Atiicrieau
Uohion. SVeietary Alarey, w ho wi. Ids a diplomatic pen, in
lertor to n-? other in Amett' i, will, we are confident, also
give hint a thorough and c. inplcte ollicial teph; one worthy
ol bis reputaiiun an I ul the eaiue of American manifest
destiny."
To the h'ight l/oiiurable L ird Jultii fiu.vtrll:
Boston, 17rb Sept. lSSIJ. j
Mv Loan - Vour despatch of the lC'lt of Febriiiny last lo
Mr. Cratnpion has lately appeared in our public |>apct.?. As
it is in reality, *i nut 1:1 lorui, a reply i? titv biter of (In; l-l
i.f December, IS5'2, on the subject ol Cuba, 1 re?rct that it
was not pii pared ami seni l??*lf?r?' my retirement Irom ihe
department <?! .State. Hut though I must now do it as a
private individual, I feel as il it were to some e.xii-iit iny du
iy to answer it. 1 Mull endeavor to do so, in a manner con
sistent with my sinenre respect for your public character,
unil a lively recollection ul your personal kindness during
iny residence in Knglind.
Before remarking on the contents of your letter, i will ob
serve that, though it contains some courteous expressions,
its tone is upon tlic whole, not quite an conciliatory as might
have been expected, considering that my letter of the l*t of
December wua altogether rcspcctful and friendly to>vard the
two Power*, both in form and in substance. I have heard
that in prison ting this coriespondence to Parliament you in
dulged '"in so *ie sarcastic p-iunik**' but I have not seen any
teport of them. Your despatch is not Iree from a shade of
curcasui in one or two sentences. This I shall endeavor to
avoid in reply, not that H would be dilli -ult to follow you
into that fit-Id, hut because I cannot think that an encounter
of wils between us would tie an cdilying spectacle, or win
which would promote any desirable national object.
You say, that in my letter ol the 1st of December I en
tered into "arguments not icquircd by the simple nature of
the question In lore me;" unit the length of my letter has
been complained of in other quarters. The question pro
pounded us was ceit iinly in one sense " simple," as every
question is that can be answered " Yes" ?r " IN'o." Hut
liow various, complicated, and important the interests and
relations involvid in it! Besides, the organ of every Guv
eminent must be the only judge of the proper lengih and
relevancy of his replies to (he communications ol foreign
powers. The i mposal to which 1 was returning an answer,
jointly made by two of the leading powers o| Kurope, rela
?ed to the most important subject in tile circle of our foreign
relations. I thought that a lew paragraphs were well em
ployed, in unftd ting the views ol the President on (lie sub
ject; ard the reasons why he declined entering into a com
| pact put polling lo btf-1 the three (?overnriK*tii-< lor all coin
{ iog time to a certain line ol policy, in a case of so much im*
poitance.
You will recollect that the members of our present execu
tive government do not fit iri Congress. Those expositions
which arc made in your I'urliament by Ministers?in speech
es not tinfriqucnily of two and three?sometime* four and
five hours in I rngth?must be mide in this country in a Pies
tdentiul Message, (rarely alluded to by your press -.viiltotii a
sneer at its length,) or an Kxeeiitive report or despatch. My
b iter of the lit ol December would make a speech of about
an hour, which does not secm to mo :>um<n)cra(c for such a
subject. llow>-vi r, a little greater fullness ol statement and
Hruument m j epets expected to come before the public, i?,
it must be coiil'-ssi d, in harmony with the character of our
government, and is generally indulged in.
You observe th'ii "the absorption or annexation of Lou
isiana in 1803,o( Florida in 1319, of Texas in 1S45, and of
j California m 134S, had not <scaped the two Powers; still
less did they requite to be reminded of theevintsof the
seven years' war or of ilu: Atneriean war." Hut facts may
| be mentioned fur illustration of argumcn', as u-ell as in
! formation. .Most ccrtainly the important and notorious
events named by you ?leading incidents of the hisiory of
the l<n it "it Siiiies ? ?id uf the world?cannot be supposed lo
have escaped the governments ol Kngland and France, who
were paniis to some of the most tmportani ol the transac
tions in q'lesiion. ' hail no tip usjht of "reminding" your
governments of the events of the seven years' war and of
ihe Ameiican revolution, :;s matters uf historical fact, of
which :bi y w? re ii?noianl; though I really doubt and beg
i to say i. without ollcncc, w hether there are many individu
I als in the government of either country possessed of an ae
( curate and p ecise Knowledge of 'he 'acts ha-ttly sketched
I by me. Tint sketch, however, of the territorial changes,
| which have tak?n place on this continent during the list
' century, was intendcil as an illustrntion ol tin- proposition,
| that our entire histoiy shows i: to be ehiineiie.il, to attempt
i in reference to the specific measures, to hind up, for all fit
| ture time, the discretion of a government, established in a
| part ol the world, ol which so much is still lying io a slate
j of nature.
I lud another motive. The public opinion of Cluis.'en
J dom, created in n good degree by the I'ress, hits become an
clement uf ?ieat and increasing influence in the conduct <>f
international tillalts. Now, it is very much the habit of a J
considerable portion of the Kuropean press, to speak ol the
steady and lapid extension of the territory of the United
Slates, a* ilu* indication "I a griping spirit "n the pari o!
iheirgiK.rn hi and piI'fde. Th** subject is ran ly alluded
to, by oih- m li'iol ol tran.-l inti?* public w titers, lor any oiliei
purpose, 'i i.list i lie public mind ol ihe civilized world is
poisoned against u*. Therein not only manifested, on the
part of these writers, an entire insensibility to the beauty
and grandeur <>f the work that is going on- more bem lu.et.t
it p"?sible t-? Kurope th ;n to us, in the relief it is utiording
her?but we ate actually held u;? at times as a nation ol land
pirates li was partly my object to countetact this disposi
tion; (?> show that our growth ivi.l bet u a natural growth;
?hat our most important accessions of territoty ha/taken
pine by great national transactions, to which England.
France and Spain had bttn parties, and in oilier eases by
the operation of causes which necessarily influence ihe oc
cupation and settlement of a new country, in sliict conlor
mitv with the laws of nations and not in violation of ilp m.
You say that ''it occuts to ller M.ij- siy's Government to
ask for what purpose are these arguments introduced wiih
so much preparation ami urged with so much ability,1" ami
you answer the question in ihe following manner: "it would
appear that the purpos.; not fully a roved, but hardly con
crated, is to procure I lie admission if .i doctrine mat the
United States have an intercut in Cuba, to which Gn at Hn
tain and France cannot pretind "
More a little uiiiuti ntiotial it justice is done lo tuy letter,
in which it is distinctly Mated more iluu mice, lor reasot.a
set forth at length and very partially controverted by you,
that the government of the (Jolted States considered tl.e
! . . . .,, I .v , i... . ? .?!? -tii r | , il
III < . tii' ?? was J'l .'v aVi??*ed^ 'iiij it i-i,in. .I .>ii! in
il, i, :ii ; i/l Hit: lh: I ?' Deccitiler, 1S.V2.
'I'ii in.i:i tun-<?' <l',: chief grounds on which ihe United
Siait-i" rtfi iin.* ila.tii. Uiaiu! Kcographictil proximity, alter
?ionir local 'its of which 1 d ? not perceive the fxaci
?cmtint;, v "ii obseive in ellect, ihat Cuba is somewhat uear
,-r lo Jjiiialra tliiiti il Is lo Hie nearest pn?l of the U. Stales,
mil >ini consider this as shotting thai we cannot haven
gtcater inn rrst in the island than yon have. Now, if Jamai
ca linn-1 hi: same relation to Creat Uriiain, which our Stales
.ii uml near the (lull of Mexico bear to the rest of the Ame
rican Union, your reply to my argument would be good,?
But the direet reverse is the ease. Jainuica is a distant
colony, whose entire population, (of which not more than
one-tenth is of Ktiropuan origin) does not cxceed that of un
English eily of the mvnnd class. It is, a9 I perceive from
KJtir speech nf ihe -1th of August, a burden on the imperii!
treasury. It must in its present Btate stand high on the list
of ihe colonirs, whieli (as appear* from Lord Grey's recent
work on the coliuii.il policy of your administration) are re
garded by more than one active and influential party in
England, as incumbrances of which she ought to xjet rid, if
she could do so with credit, flow different, in ull respects,
tile case with the Stales lying on the gulf of Mexico! Iri
I extent of sca-cnasl, in the amount of valuable products fur
| nishud to tin- world's commerce, in the command of rivers
| which penetrate the heart of the continent, they are a most
| important, us they are an integral portion of the Union.?
They are numerically all but a sixth part ol it. The very il
| lustration made use of by you strikingly confirms instead of
confuting the doctrine that "the condition of Cuba is main
ly an American question."
This proposition eould be enforced by other strong argu
ments besides those adduced in my letter ol December the
tir.-t; bin as those arguments, with tiie exception ju*t com
niented upon, have not been met by you, I deem it urineces
| *arv to enlarge upon the topic.
Hut ihough the United Stales certainly consider that they
have "an interest in the condition of Cuba, to which Great
Britain and France cannot pretend," il is not, either in my
I letter nor in any other American -Slate paper within niy re
collection, assumed tv.at Great Britain arid France have "no
interest in the maintenance of the present slatu ijuo, and
(hat ihe United States alone have a right to a voice in the
matter.'' Our doctrine is, not that we have an absolutely
exclusive interest in the subject, but that we have a far deep
er and more immediate interest than France or England can
possibly lay claim to. A glance at the map one would think
would satisfy every impartial mind of this truth.
in order to establish for France and England an equal in
terest with the United States in the condition of Cuba, you
say?' Great Britain is in possession by treaty of ihe Island
of Trinidad, which In the last century was a colony of
Spain. France was in possession at the commencement of
iliis century of Louisiana by voluntary cession of Spain." J[
is true tliut Spahi was compelled by France to cede Trinidad
to Great Britain by the treaty of Amiens. If, while rhld
cession was in agitation?as it was for some time?the Uni
ted Stated and any other neutral power (if there wag any
other) hud exerted themselves to defeat it, and had invited
you and France to bind yourselves by a perpetual compact
never to acquire ii, tha interference, J apprehend, would
have been regarded an worse lhan gratuitous. 1 cannot see
why we have not as good a risjht to obtain, if we can, from
?Spain the voluntary cession of Cuba, as you fiad to accept
ihe compulsory cession of Trinidad, which is, by position
and strength, the Cuba of the Snuth-nasiern Antilles.
France was, as you say, at the beginning ol this centyry,
J :ii possession of Louisiana, by the voluntary cession of
Spain. This poes'-ssion, however, (nominal at bes!) did nc
t ike plae ? till seven months after France had sol,I Loijm
uiis to ill- United Stu'es lor eighty millions of Irancs, and it
lasted only from the 30:h of November to ihn 20th Decem
ber, 130'}. The object of France iu acquiring Louisiana, was
?o re-establish hcK-cif in the interior of this country ; tin ob
ject, 1 need not say, es menacing to your North American
possessions as to the Uniied States. Is ii possible you can
think such a possession of Louisiana .or ?uch a purpose a
sufficient ground on the part of France for inicrfstjng with
our relations with Cubu * May she, a Eumpeua power, j
without consulting us, obtain from Spain in 1300, a cession
of half ilie habitable portion ol North America,?a cession
which threw her for fifteen hundted miles o't our western
iruiiHer, and not only shut us out from the Pacific, but ena
bled her to i lose the Mississippi, and is It so very unreaaon
aide in in dcclinc her invitation to hind ourselves lor all
lime noi to sreem the cession ol on island which lies with
ii. ihiriy-fivt: leagues td our coast? I Joes she even derive
Is-1 ii?l.t thus to eontiol ;iur relations with Cuba in 1953
from her twenty days' possession of Louisiana in 1303 ??
j What can be ? learer lhan lint whatever right accrued to Iter
from iliai Mine wrt.ks' possession, (which ?as a mere cere
I omnia! allair lo give form to the transfer of ihe province to
ihe United Stales,) must have passed to us by that Irantfur,
followed by our actual possession and occupation for half a
century ?
Yon observe that1'Lord Malmeibury and M.Turgotput
forward as a reason for entering into the proposed compact,
the at lacks whieii had been made on the l.-land of Cuba by
11wless bat:.1n of adventurers from the Uni'-d States, sni
with the avowed design of i;iking possession of that Island;"
and (o this reason,- yon add,?" Mr. Everett replies in these
terms '? The President is convinced thai ihe conclusion of
such a treaty, instead of putting a stop lo these laiylcfls pro
ceediues, would give a new and powerful impulse lo iheo," I
and tins argument you call " n;t only unfounded but disqui
eting."
After acknowledging, rather coldly, 1 think, the conduui
ol ihe liie President in disavowing and discours^Ing the
lawless enterprises referred lo, you reproachfully pronounce
inV* remark just cited "a melancholy avowal for die chief ul
a free State;" and you seem to intimate, without expressly
savinir mi, that it implies on ihe part of the people of tile
United States, an insensibility "to the value ol Hie eternal
laws ol righi and wrong, of peace and friendship, and of duty
io oik in. igniter, which ought to guide every Christian nation."
Toil also take occasion, in rt.-lerenee to the same remark,
lo impress upon Ihe people of ihe United Stales " the utility
?>f those rules for the observance of international relation?,
which lor ci-niuries hive been known to Europe by the
name of the law ol nations. .Among the commentators <>0
Hiat jaw (yon continue) s title of the most distinguish-M I
American uiii/.eos tiave earned an enviable reputation, un.l
it is difficult to suppose ihn United States would set ihe ea
ample o| abrogating iin most sacred provisions."
1 .-upposc no one in Europe or America will think the in
tended force of this rebuke mitigated, by the diplomatic re
servation contained in the last two lines. Let ua then en
quire for a moment if il is well deserved.
The expeditions to which you allude as "calculated to ei
cite the reprobation of every civilized State," were discoiiti
lenaiicei! Iiv the President in every Constitutional and legal
witv The utmost viailanre was at all times c?n|?i??vea. dm
unhappily fcr Hit!adventurers them*. Ives, without ? /reel, n
thi* then-i* matter neither for wonder ?????" nproaclt. 1I
ferritin y <>r the United States i* but little less than the whole
?if Europe; whilu their population is not quite equal to that
of tile United Kingdom, ami their standing military lore;
mii'ill, and scattered over an immensely extensive frontier
Our government, like thai of England, is one of low; ami
there id a great similarity between Hie laws of the two
countries which prohibit military expeditions against thr
possessions of friendly powers. In fact your 1* oreign en
listment act of 1848 was admitted by Mr Canning to have
been foun !cil in purt, <>n uur neutrality low of the preceding
year Oi ihe two, I believe our laws are the more stringent;
hut i'i is smiewhat difficult to enforce tliein in both coin
These expeditions got up in the United StatC6 by a Spanish
"eiiior.il anil supposed to indicate a lawless disposition on tin*
part of the American people, comprised n very small number
..I persons, sonic of whom weie foreigners, enjoying the
same freedom of action i:> the United Slates, that refugees
fmni evi ry pail ol the continent enjoy in England. 'lhe
name reproach which is caf i upon us, lor these expeditious is,
at this moment, east open Kngland by the continental pow
ers. Events which have occurred in London, since your
dispatch wa< written, KtuUiigly illustrate the difficulty and
the risk under constitutional governments, of preventing
abuses of that hospitality, which it is the privilege and
boa-it of such governments to extend to nil who seek it.
Tin re is no doubt widely prevalent in this country a feel
iog that th? people of Cuba art; justly dualiected to the gov
eminent ot Spain. A recent impart) ?! French traveller, M.
Ampere, confirms litis impression. AH the ordinary jioliti
eal nl-IiI* erj ye.l in ftee c?unm< s. arc denied to the people
ot that island. The government is, in principle the worst
form of d-apotism, vtV.: absolute niilhotily delegated to a
miliinry viceroy, itul supported by an army from abroad.?
1 speak of the nature ol the government, and not of the in
dividual* by whom ii is administered, lor 1 have formed a
very favoialle opinion ol the personal character of the pre*
sent captiiin-?encral, as ol one or (wool his.ptcdcccssors.
Of the bad faith and utter disregard of treaties with which
this bad government is administered, your committees on
the slave trade have spoken plainly enough at the late ses
sion of parliament. S'u> li being the state of things in Cuba
it does not s> em to me very extraordinary or reproachlui,
that throughout the United States, a hmdful of misguided
young on ii should be found, ready to join a party of foreign
ers. headed by a Spanish General, who was able to persuade
them, not as >'?u view i:, "'by armed invasion to excite the
obedient to tevoli und the tranquil io disturbance," but, ns
they were led to bi lieve. to awl an oppressed people in their
strugglis lor fri'i-iioui. There is no reason to doubt that there
are, at this moment, an maiiv persons, foreigners as well as
natives, in EniMand, wTio entertain the*e feelings and opin
tons as in the United States; and if Great Britain lay ai a
distance ol one hundred and ten miles from Cuba, instead
of thirty five bundled, you might not, with all your repres
sive force, find it easy to prevent a small steamer, disguised
as a trading vessel, troin slipping oil from an outport in the
night, on an unlawful enterprise. The expedition of Gene
| ral Torrijos in 13I> 1. as far as illegality is concerned, is the
pirallcl of that of General Lopez It was fitted out in the
Thames, without interruption till the last moment, and
though it 'lieu tell ir-Jerthe gra?p of the police,its members
silo-ceded in escaping to Spain, where for Some lime they
found shelter at Gibraltar. It is deiiircd in the last number
of trie O/itirierly Review to be ''notorious, that associations
have hem formed at London lor the subversion of dynasties
with which Kngland is at pellet; that arms have' been pur
chased and loans proposed; that 'Central Committees' issue
orders from England,and that Messrs. Mazzlni und Kossuth
have estnblished anil fireside over boards of regency for the
llornan States and Hungary, and for the promotion uf revo
lution in every part of the world." I have before tne a list,
purporting to be taken from a Prussian police Gazette, of
titteen associations of Continental refugees organized in
London nml now in aciion for the above mentioned pur
pose.
When these things are considered, the fact Urn, in the
course of lour or five years two inconsiderable and abortive
elf irts have tie?n nude lr<>m the United States, though
do* ply to be lm cnted and sternly to be condemned as a vio
lation ol municipal and international Uw, does not uppear
to me eo "shockitii:" as it seems to be thought by you. It
does not, in ni> judgment, furnish any ground for the re
ptoaches which it has drawn upon the government and peo
pie of the United States. Nor does the remark in my latter
ol the fn-i of Decernt? r, that a disposition to encage in
such i ot.' is -4 woui.i increased rather than diminished
m out ii < iott to 'lie proposed t'onvi e.iion, strike me a?
i ".i nieluio iioly avowal." us you pronounce it, on the purl of
the President. You forget th>> class from which such adven
! Hirers nit* io all countries enlisted,? the young, the reckless,
the misinfoimed. What other effect could be expected to
I be produced on this part of the population, by being told that
j their own government, in disregard iif the most obvious pub
lic interests, as well as of the. most cherishtd historical tra
ditions, had entered into a compact with two foreign pow
ers, to guarantee the perpetuity nf the system under which
Cub# now suffers? Does not Lord Howdcn, the English
Minister at Madrid, rnake a very similar avowal in liia letter
ol the 30 h of AI?y lust, Rdd'cssed to the Spanish Minister
of Rortign Affair*, when he s.?y?,--'-l cannot conclude
wiihout expressing my deep re?ret, that the course of Spain
is such, as to produce a general alienation in the opinion of
the English public, out of which will most infalliby result n
state of feelirifi tr/uWi no government can control or opjiose.'"
The idea that a convention like that proposed wa-? a measure
naturally call-d for, in constquence of these Itwlrss expedi
iion?, seems to rest upon an entire misconception 0| tiie pie.
senl state of the law in ihe Unitm! Stales, and of our treaty
relations with Spain Out treaties with that Government
anJ the laws of the United Si ties forhul .ill such en let prists
The tripartite convention would have added nothing to their
nnlawfulnees. Il we had been desirous of multiplying ob
jections.. we might well have complained, that the acts of a
Jvtr..;io. u? Ilit* in.iiii n .t~tr*i -*i.V ? ?* rhouM I'tf t ijti'i'; J li*
. ?-?tier into ?! s!rjii^i' t o iijmi i v.it!i t?!? '--c* ciders, Muding
UiirM-lvre I" V* | I.I ||ir?!;c U l i v. I'll rtl: J !:? liu, U -I ? '|"iIs-It!<'I'
d: Cuba. Tltere is tin logical connection between the I lea.-,
mil III"'re is something bordeilng upon the ? It rst-ivi in tluir
?iSSOCiutioil.
Consider too ilift recent antecedents of tin- powers, ihni
invite us to disable ourselves to the end ol time from the ac
quisition in any way of this natural appendage Ik u?r Con
tinent. France, within the present century, io say nothing
ill the acquisition of Louisiana, has wrested a moiety of
Kuropo from its native Sovereign?; has possessed herself by
f.irct! of unris, and at the time greatly to the discontent of
England, of si* hundred miles of the Notihern coast of Al
itca, with an indefinite extension into the interior; nod has
appropriated to herself one of the most important insular
I-roups of the Pacific. England, not to mention her other
numerous recent acquisitions in every part ol the globe, has,
even sinre your despatch of the Ifitlt of February was
written, annexed half of the Burtnan empire to her over
grown Indian possessions!, tin "rounds? it the statements in
iMr. Cobden's pamphlet are to be relied upon?compared with
which the reasons assigned by Russia for invading Turkey
are respectable.
The United States do not require to be advised of " the
utility of those rules for the observance of international rela
tions, which, for centuries, have been known to Europe by
the name of the law of nations." They ure known and obey
ed by us under the same venerable name. Certain circum
stunces in our history have caused them to be studied more
generally and more anxiously here than in Europe. From
The breaking out of the wars of the French revolution, to the
year 1312, the United Stales knew the law of nations only
as the victims of its systematic violation by the great mati
time powers of Kurope. For these violation* on the part of
England prior to 179-1. indemnification was *iode under the
seventh article of Jay's treaty. For similar injuries on the
part ol Era nee, we were compelled to accept in illirsory set
till'under the Convention o| 1S00 A few yeafs only elapsed,
tie lore a new warfare upon'ur neutral rights was eotumenc
e.l by the two powers. Ojie hundred millions at least ol
Ameiican property were swept from the eras, uuder the Bri
tish orders in Council, and the French, Berlin and Milan
decrees. These orders and decrees were at the time recipro
cally declared to be in contravention of the law of nations
by the two powers themselves, each speaking of the meas
ures of the other party. In 1931, after the generation of the
original sulierers had stink under I heir ruined fortunes to
ihe"grave, France acknowledged her decrees to have been
of that character, by a late and partial measure of indemni
ficalion, but the sacrifices and suli'urings of war were added
to those spoliations on our commerce und invasion of our
neutral rights, which led to its deel iration. Those orders
were, at the lime, regarded by the Landsdowncs, the Ba
rings, the Broughams and the other enlightened statesmen
of the school to which you belong, as a violation of right and
justice as well as of sound policy; and within a very few
years the present distinguished Lord Chief Justice, placet!
uy yourself at the head ol the tribunals of England, has de
dared thai '?the orders in council were grievously unjust to
neutrals, and it it now generally allowed that they were con
trary to the hie of nations and our own municipal low."
That I call, my Lord, to borrow your expression, "a me
lancholy avowal" for the chief of the jurisprudence of a
great Empire. Acts of its sovereign authority, counte
nanced by its Parliament, rigidly executed by its fleets on
every sea, enforced in the courts of admiralty by a magis
trate whose learning and eloquence are among the modern
glories ol En?lind, persisted in till the lawful commerce of
| it neutral and kindred nation was annihilated, and pronounc
i d by the highest legal authority of the present day, contra
ry not merely to the law of nations but your own municipal
law!
Under these circumstances, the Government and propl- of
the Untied S<ites, who have never committed or sanctioned
a violiiti'in of the laws of nations againai any other power,
may Mel! think it out of place, (hat they should be instruct
ed by an English minister in "the utility of those rules,
which for tenuities have been known to Kurope by the name
I of the I,aw ol Nations."
There arc several other points in j our despatch, some of
great public moment, which, il I were still in office, I should
discuss oil this occasion. 1 have, however, deemed it pro
per, at present, in .online mysell to such remarks, as seem
ed necessary to vindicate my letter of the 1st of December
from your strictures, leaving the uew aspects ol the rase
which your despatch presents, csp'eciaJly In its opening and
clnt-jng paragraphs, !?; those whose official duty it is to con
sider them.
* on will not, 1 liope, rniaapp.-eiienti the spirit in which 1
this letter is wtiMcn, An an American citizen, I do not co
vet the acquisition of Cuba, either pcacably or l>y force of
arms. When I ca>t my thoughts back upon our brief histo
ty as a nation, 1 certainly am not led to think that the Uni
ted States have reorhed the final limits of their growth, or
wl.at romes to very much the same thing, that represents
livegovivi.ijcnt, religious (quality, the trial by jury, the i
freedom ol the pres., erjd the other great attributes of our
Anglo Norman civilization, s.e tnvcr to gain a farther ex
tension on this comment. I rcgaid tim enquiry, under what
politie.il urgnii'/'tlion this extension is to Ibke j>ia(v, as ti
vain attempt to penetrate the inserutable mysteries of the
luture. it wib, if we are wise, be under the guidance of our
example; 1 hope it ui:l hi- in virtue of the peaceful arts, by
chich well governed States cueitii themselves over unset
I tied impartially set I ltd continents Sly voi-n ?v;>; heard at
the iirst opportunity in the Senate ol the United States, in j
l.ivor of developing the almost boundless resources o! the
tenitory already in o?r possession, rather than seeking to
enlarge it by aggressive wars. .^fill I cannot think it rea
sonable?hardly respectful -on the pari of 'Cn?!<?nd and
France, while they are daily extending themselves on e?ery
shore and ii. every sea, and pushing their dominions, by new
conquests, io tin: liii.-.rmost ends of the earth, to call upon
the Uniiej Statrs to bind thefKeeJyes. by a perpetual com
pact, never, under any circumstances, i? cd/jiit into the
Union an island which lies at their doors, and commands
tile enir niLe into iiie interior of their continent.
1 reiinm, my I. .r l, with the highest respect,
Faithfully yours,
KOWAKI) EVERETT.
DECIDEDLY UNQAI.f.AM' AND IMPROPER.
A letiur Irmii a l.iir correspondent, \v|?o writes u? I rum
Wheeling, discloses MOini! very bad treatment at liii! hinds of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. Tin; fuels are
these: The Company inform travellers in Baltimore that in
the present low ttan* ol the Ohio river iliey have provided
small boats, very comfortably filled up, which can rim ai
any stage ol tin' river, and which will leave immediately on
the arrival ol the ears. Then th'-y s- II through tickets to
Cincinnati; and carry llw pnss"itgcrs to Wheeling, whrre
no hunt is and nonr. rijierted. They keep tin' passengers
there for an indefinite length ol time; refuse lu send tlietn by
the land route without the payment of full fare from Wheel
ing and talk to them of jaking any hout that may com>>
along, then hy subjecting them to the delay of stoppage ull
down the river for delivering freight, &c. This is< all wrnn({,
liut In tlit: case of ladies travelling, is utterly inexcusable.
Wc hope to see it reformed altogether
? - --
We have received from Sir. Chatles L. Dibrell several
I plugs of his superior chewing tobacco of the "Conqueror"
brand, h is a pure and very pleasant article?and a supply
can always be had at P. Johnston & Co's.
? -????
(twill he seen from our advertising columns that the
Southern Female Institute, with its thorough course of edu
ction by means of lectures and rigid examinations, will
.?pen its session in (his city on Monday next. Applications
fur admission may be made to its excellent Matron, Airs. IV
? j
DISCOMFITURE OF RI.OOMERISM. ike.
The lollowing is part of h letter Irom a distinguished Vir
giulan, travelling in New Vork, lo a Iriend in Virginia :
"I wii:e lo rcj lice with you at the triumph gaiiml by llie
World's Temperance Convention, over the unsc\ed female?
wIim have been long outraging the fellings ol the ladies in
? his pan of the Union, by appearing publicly in short petti
euats and long btceehes, and boldly taking the platforms,
and i nli-ting, as disputants in the rotigh-ro'l and tumble ol an
gry :lebate, with ull who dated to question '.he newly as
sumed "tights ol worn in." These lortn a wing of the ultra
abolitionists; and, combining tlieir powers, planned an as
sault upon the World's '.'(invention. Von will have seen by
the pipers thai the coalition was driven Irom the lield."
? ? ' "So far as I am informed, litis is llie first public
and official rebuke administered lo this hermaphrodite cliqui :
and nf itself will diMinguish the Convention. But another
great In to lit will grow nut of it. The result vindicates the
grea' mass ol our Northern brethren from any participation
hi ilit ohraisin of the detachment under Bloomer regimen
tals, mid ebony amalgam itionists. I predict the downlall ol
llie i I'H'ie. frein tin: date of the Woild's Temperance Ouii
veiiltoii."
The Richmond Enquirer uf Monday and yesterday, tailed
to arrive here - I Thursday's Cluirlullesrillc jcjjtrsonian.
We learn at our olli -e thai llie papers are tegularly put in
the post ofliec heie?and the error mn?t occur some where
else. It may be that they are put in ihe Staunton package
and not left at Chniloltisviile as tiny should he. Weshall
do ull in oar power to remove the complaint.
. _ ?
TWO DAYS LATER FllOM KUROPK
| IS'sw Vork, Sepi 22 ?flu- steamer Africa, with Liverpool
dates of the lOih and 13a passengers, arrived this evening.
J'ftt; lluinboldt arrived out on the 9 h.
KNOI.ANU.~The English papers reptint liomthe Aim
rican Lord John Russell's manifesto on the prnpnsed iripttr
tite guarantee of Cuba. The document is a Mi-prise to she
Hriusli public.
The difficulties between t||.< manufacturers and their ope
! ratives continued and business at Manchester was dull at
[ prices favoring buyers.
THK EASTERN QUESTION.?Nothing decisive Ims
yet occurred in regard lo the Eistern question. The Czar's
reply could not arrive by a courier for some days, but the
fact that he hesitales to telegraph his reply has awakened
symptoms of renewed anxiety, and depressed the French
and British funds.
It wis slated at Paris, on the authority of the Russian
Embassy, that the Czar Would refuse to accept any modifi
cation coining directly from the Porte.
FRANCE?Tne Mouiteur publishes an announcement
that the O iverninent is not buying up corn. This is a most
extraordinary statement, it being notorious that the Gov
ernment has purchased immensely.
The country was quiet, with the exception of some insig
nificant bread riots at Bj;j le &C
The Emperor was still at Dieppe.
Navigation dues had been repealed till December ?n all
vis-el- passing on French rivira or canals with com
The llnurm cl^ed on ttu D ii, 3's 79f. 5.*.; 4 'is lull GUe ;
Bank Stones 2,b00.
I I'ALV.?The Kaman Teni'.orics were in a very di-'.url?-?!
state, ii niiinalty on account of the high price of bread.
Com Vanderhilt had arrive. in the Bosphorua.
M ARRETS.-Liverpo,ii., .Sept. 10.?Cotton has been dull
all the week at nrii cs !anuin? buyers. Middling was scarce
and fpinners only bought for immediate use. Holders ollered
freely. Sal s ol the week of 32R90 bales, of which specula
tors to 2,490, and exporters 5 630 bales
Bheiostuffs.?The market for breadstuff's was lower in
the eaily pari of the w.ek, bu'. had partially rallied since the
sailing of the A'etic, and closed with a decline since the pre
vious Friday of 31, per bushe! on wheal, and 6.1a 1= per
bbl. on Hour. Com has advanced 6d, with a good enquiry
Mr. Dobbio. Secretary of me Navy, is busily engaged in
getting ready for the appro iching Session of Congress ?
His whole energies are in constant action to meet the de
minds of the country. We are nil interested in the success
of his branch ol the public pervjee, and ue are right glad
we have so competent an.! itfi.-ieut an ntBcer to siiperimend
il. It is our Opinion, thai thei nniitig Congress will act upon
as important questions as have come before any former Crm
gress for 8 series of years. Much will have to be done for
the Navy, and the able .Secretary is piepared lo make the
necessary recommendations for the consideration of our Na
liooal Legislature.?[Pennsylvania^.
i;l ,i i'(M.I i
; S\ A lliNC row, -I,
j l'j the Editors <?', fit Enquirer:
An ?-lli ?; >1 e-.ny o; the A a tr'jii !'.n:< Jl iias ^" n
r govt rumen! b. CI'- va'p'r Hulscman, iii Aus
trian Cli.ti it has been bacboO in strong it.rmn by the
R.issian and Prussian Ministers. A r.-ply to it is now in
preparation by CJ.iv. iMarcv, and In a short lime it will be
published. The conduct (if Capt. Iiigraham will be lully
niir>(uined "ii the ground ill Immunity, and us being in at
, ??..rd.ince with tile laws of 'l'uikey, which permits a f'-r ign
<r 10 elect his own protector in Iter territory, (Jossta having
? l?o>.i i! Aintiicm protection. The doctrine, that alonigntr
n lio "dicfiies ins1 intention," is entiiled to all the rights ?l
an American eilizcn, is not the ground upon which Uuptain
I ayr.ih 1111 is endorsed. This I know positively. The other
jmsiiion* are ol abundant strength for his delence, without
resorting lo one lor ih.it purpose, which would be in viola
tion of our existing naturalization laws. It may be proposed,
at some future time, to so modily these laws as to give him
who asserts "his intention," all the rights of citizenship, but
?it present no such recommendation is contemplated.
This all nr, 111 the Hay of Smyrna, may be productive of
viet benefit ial results. J11 connection with it, the continued
entente cmdtate between Fngland mid France is 11 fact which
concerns us much. Thut these two ure.it maritime powers,
which possess the navies of the world, ami are the only two
nations which cau pos.-sbly harm us in any contingency,
should be in continued, close alliance for action, in the diffi
culties ol Kurope, (which, in the opinion ol the be'st inhum
ed here, will be peaceably solved.) ami for other purposes, is
a portentous fact for us. Their late combined action, in
proposing to us u Tripartite Treaty to guarantee Cuba to
Spain?the late intimation of Lord'John Itussell, that Kni:
liud would I10I.I hersell at liberty and in readiness to act
singly or with ulherjtotrers for that purpose?the well known
desirt'ol England to Africanize t'uba, and French designs
in counexioii w*th Mexico? these things make the alliance
? ?I these two grt'it naval powers interesting to us. It may,
in lb:' course ol* lime, become necessary lor us lu lake < *ub 1
to deh nt! the institutions ot the South and the Union; and
our policy has been more than once declared, that no foreign
(i.iwei would be permitted to take possession of that island
li may become tucessuti/ for us to purchase more territory
Iioiii Mexico, or difficulties may spring up with her, con
trolled as she now is by Santa Anna, our bitter enemy; or it
may be that we shall be. obliged 10 enforce our rights against
her for tne Teliuantepee or the Gatay route to our Pacific
possesions. In any contingency, the alliance of these iwo
iiitions, disposed as they might be to oppose our policy
upon this continent, or to arrest our progress, cannot be an
indiliercnt fact for us.
Uur policy is to put an end to or neutralise this alliance.
How can it be done"? The gallant conduct of Capt. lngra
h < 111 has filled Europe with our praise; and especially have
the French people, excitable and fill' of generous feelings,
as they ate, been aroused into admiration by the bearing id
an American officer. When it is seen, that this act is lolly
endorsed and sustained by our Government, these leelin?s
ol sympathy w ill be yet increase?!. Such will be the regard for
the at'iiude und power oi our country, that public opinion
will malic it difficult, even for England, phlegmatic as she is,
to inti rlere with us in tiny course it may be proper lor us to j
pursue, no mutter how distasteful; whilst in France, the J
F.rnperor, who displays more snguci.'y in billowing public
opinion than in leading it, will find it absolutely impossible
to take or sustain any action in an alliance against us. All
a. counts from Kurope represent such to be ihe feelings in
France in relation to this matter; the press, there, although
shackled, yd reveals it; and even the London Times, tinting
It impossible, under any circumstances or at any time, to
praise anything American, yet does not lail to denounce the
inhumanity ol Austria.
li ih>- results nnlieipaled, follow ihe course of policy in
be pursued, the ' 'n?9ia affair will ind oil be important. It
will tuin for lis Kuropean sympathies ?liir li \\ ill t<i cuti' lo :is,
without interruption, the practical workings of the Monroe
doctrine, an.!, in return, the liberal nun of Kurope will be
aided by a moral aspislac.r.e from lis, which will Inrther tin
a<1 v.i(in- there ol' nation':! liberty.
The liberal cause in Kurope is not well tinners too I by us,
especially ol the Sooth. Whilst we are disgusted with the
ravin?s of Mazzini, l.i'dtu liollin and fetuis HI inc. who find
? heir natural allies here, in Garrison, .Seward and Phillips ;
the one tiring the -thcr lo udvar.ee agrarian and revolution
ary doctrines in Kurope, and the oilier neeUn/j aid m war
on tin: domestic institutions of its own country, both being
tfu! vry scu.ii of Ktirnpe and the United Stiles , we fail
i?< remark, that there are other men. who are less boisterous
and less observable, who seek to advance the cause of tem
perate, well fe?.*ii|.ftfi.d Jibetty. 'l*lie.-e men ln>! 1 no vi.?ionary
docilities, hut advocate a ?ra.iuai pr..6ret_', -cited lo Ihe con
dition of things. Aruc.no these nit-i: in p. ranee, are Uavaig
itte, Lamariine, f)o Tccquevilie an if others, who are the
natural allies of Use people u.r Mje United States. They do
i not tp-sire to interfile in rhe domestic siri me of other coim
I ules. in connccij .i! iviftj this, a fcuiile.nan in high position
lieu-, remarked to me, a day or two si/ice. that one of tlj.
I above mentioned statesmen of Prance, lr. a conversation
with liioi on el a r cry in our country, ?aid, liiat a was m.>d
iii.?i- to talk ul abolition, but that the only proper course was
to nf.rtutiKile it. This show* thai, l.iStcad <?! be in;/ wild la
ujiies', tin ?e i.n,, i.re "radical, and actuated by a disposition
either to biitei iltir.ja as hi. y are, thin to upset and sacri
lice every thins to yam nothing- 1! auyuting oj ivem.'i eracy
which is to be lasting, is to tic gained iu Kurope, it must be
troin through such men ; and if any aid lo our progress |
i in l.? had fr.'in thence, for us, it must he from them. J ?:
must he, not ta the sovercigna, l?u? ia.l|i;, [o thu ejevated
hhi rnl in-. n <d Kurope that our diplomacy mu&t be directed,
if we wihli, by it, cither to outlier strength or to diasein
uiate liberty.
The gerinj o; ti;la j.ofi -y will b>; found in the forthcoming
paper ol Uov. Matey. J t'will hi;, ai toe same nine, a eeaui
nig review ol 'he eondttet of Austria ; and coining, not from
a propagandist spirit, but for sell-defence, it will be worthy
>tl tin- conntiy. and eatrv with it a power which action !< ?>
tiiiiel/ and lens dignified would not have had.
K H. II.
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(Pn?m tin- (.??iiiliMi Spectator. S??pi. )
AUsTKJA AND AMKKICA.
i'li** r il iit'> "l ;'ur rilnl'hnij b/iwrt'O (Jm'uI !'ri j
ii I it ?i ltd I In: United States in towards a l>?'l l?-r Uii'ieistaiul
ing; not an alliance nlleusive and defensive, according in the
? ?I.! iiiiei j?r?*la? j?hi of I tint phrase, but a natural approxima
nun >il all partti'U who are in Ili?* solid
grounds upon wiiirti thoir approach or joint action id rucijiro
cilly beneficial. To neither country, f.;r instance, can it be
advantageous that there should r,_ ou'standing, unsettled,
and ?|iic:iK'iiatiti.> claim?; (hat there should lie fii fjiii-ni dis
I'llIrs ?ui tin* indefinable water-boundary ??l a fishery; or that
they choiilil continue to exclude each oihei's produce, to the
loss of both. I'll" Commission which liui been appointed
it tiller the convention lor tin: sett lenient of claims, followed
liy the endeavor i" arr:i;i??i- a Iri'iity un tin: subject nf the
lishctiea and oilier tjui-.-tioriM the Stairs and our
IT??l<irii>->', :ir?# examplca ol this joint enJ. ^or. In all these
cases. it may be said that the comcs-ion which is asked hy
nut: parly wmil I not he m >re t.eii'-liri.il l.i that party than to
thi: iitlicr. This c:ii'c::vnr t-i promnie a cleur undt islanding
npiin tlie ba-is nl solid lads an.I material things, h a stri
king conlras?t with the state ol the r> latiOiS bi'ti.i i :t the
United Slates and Atistri ; powers which, lor almost .i^.trnct
<1 ileal ions ol the vauiii.ni possible kind, are uniting tip a i|tt ir
rel upon a point of honor, and risking an Inextricable en
lang'eineni.
There are mm reel y two pov/us in the wnrlu that would
? in in<i.-t grounds stand morn apjrt than Austria .mil die
United Slates. America is < ommcrcial, Austria is in it so;
AilieiiiM t:< denwciatie, Austria is absolute; Ann rica i:i niara
tiote, Austria I r the nest part inland and nuraiiu :ily :iy
atnhlsion; other stales ciand between them, and their points
nf coiiaei are lew. Until might exist 111 (lie world and
scarcely tnletferi! wiIII t ac|| other. ]t would perhaps he brsl
(nr Imtll, at present, K each were courteously to tgiiote the
existence ol I lie other. A Mtriotts question might he ills
cussed, as to tin* good taste, tiroprtcty, nr pul-cy nf iciisy
demonstration* in Anietiea, i.tli.ial as well a.- popul ir, un t*i -
li ili ,it i 11uniiari.ui h ader who had endeavnicd tu su'iveit
tiie i. ) houit'' ol AuMriaj tint the Government ol America
i? as little npi'ii tn personal cor recti.mas that of Austria ?
The kossta alliir, no iloiihi, more neatly concerned Austria;
and prima lacie, it tit iy he admitted that Austria had a riglu
in demand tint a refugee deported Irnm Turkish dominion*
should not return, lint the Kossta question does not stand
in any clear and isolated position; and Hie proceedings which
Austria Ills lak?n to secure what flhe believes in be tier right
arc questionable tint unly in law, nor only in reason, bit:
still tuorc in policy.
Austria claims the tight to enforce (he depot (at inn nl
Kns.-ta under stipulation* with Turkey, and it in said thai
tiie Turkish authority had given the coininandcr of the A us
iriati vessel Iiave to capture the Hungarian refugee: (ml in
the eyis of Captain lugraham nl the corvette St. Louis,
Iviissia was a man bearing an United Stan s passport, ami
possibly a Is. 1 bearing the character of an American citizen
by nituraii'/.ation. In those respects, the Turkishsnriender
did mil concern Captain Ingraham; and w hen the Austrian
? .flici r sei/. d the tefitgee by force, Captain Ingmham re
covered b in by threat nl force. The conduct of both mli
1 ers is open in serious question; but there are other questnns
..I which the se| nion is by un means in he presumed by
either side, l-'nf example. Is Ivorst.l an American citixi n, ol
is hi: tint? If le: is a natural.v.ed American, does his natu
ralt'/jlion give him protcciton beyond the boundaries ol the
Union, especially as against the snvereign in whose dotuin
tons he was hurt.'/ l>o?-s the TuiUish Stipulation with Aus
tria, stated to permit forcible seizure in Smyrna, preclude
the subject ol another foteisjn power limn te.-isting violence
upon a colorable denizen of that other power !
\Micre important anil unsettled questions arise, it is desi
rable m approach them with the ntieost regularity of p'ore
dure. Austrm, hnwever, appears 10 us to have taken a course
vety unusual, and vtry inconvenient. The Gover;ittient at
Vienna has issued a circular note, stating the case go feral
ly, and making a complaint to the nations, that the Captain
of 1 he United State* has made war; an tnlrnctiou, it is con
teudid, ol public law, aggravated by its having been com
mi'led in the port nf a neutral power Thetelon is obvious;
that 1 h> Austrian Captain had equally luliinged the sacred
ness of a neutral port; but if that be overruled by the special
stipulation, there is still a mote serious fUw in the proceed
ings of tile Austrian Government. What representation Ins
been made to the United States? What reply has b-en recetv
i d? The conduct of Captain Ingraham is a very proper subject
for accusal and explanation; but until it was explicitly adopt
ed by his ow n Government in a catuu'oriil reply to the state
metit nn the patt nl the Austrian (Jovcrniiu. it. America is
not really brought into court, and thus the foreign powers
are called upon by Austria to form conclusion# upon an ex
parte rnso.
'I'ltr* mixtions in which the (wo power* stand greatly ap
jiriviiic iht! inconvenience uf this t-ourse. Oa more tlnn
one occasion il?n American Government has shown no indie
position to uiiilcn.ike a quarrel with Austria, and A? i>iri t
shows no disposition to shrink: hut it is desirable lor iho
peace ill Kurope tint neither nation should be driven to e.x
fremiti!*.0. The collective opinion o| Kurope would be ihe
! t>i;.?i i heck; bu< the forin in whi ti: Austria make*the pn sent
appeal not only f.oU to facilitate the intervention of other
Mtati?, but almost precludes theni by its illogical reasoning
and trreiiul ir appeal. Without a w< ll-ascertain'-d locus
st::n'i m c.-nrt, Austria has almost cut heisrll <di from a re
L'liln appeal to 11w u.vm til'-1 ^tihjcrt; and should aeiu?l -\
; trcioi'.ifd ins !?. it I- very iMlieult to ????* how my "t ?'??
I powers coiil | interfere on behalf of "fie which has rendered
; jis cin; tcchnic.ady sodiflieiili to approach. It is not *xry pro
I liable thai thi- American (i ivernment, an .such, will lake any
; proceedings against the Auf-tiian empire, hut there id tmlfj
j cient irregular enterprise in the Uniieil Stales to make polit
ical or pecuniary capital out oi the Aus'rian empire: If that
J |? w r should place ns. it even lor a brief space beyond the
j pal- of the public, law, iis hnn.-e is not so solid ilial it can
! aHord to risk even improbable hazards. Other powers, which
| mils', fed a very imperfect sympathy will) the Austrian dy
nasty or policy, w .uld yet do their best to sustain the peace
! of Europe, if an appeal w. re. made, to them in some foira
less seriously inconvenient 'han the present.
APPOIN rMRNTS.-Mr Thoa. Allen is appointed Post
nia-ier at Salem, Fauquier county, Virginia, vice Moses M.
f}>bs -n. The f'ostrn ister General also appointed .Mr. Kiilit.
j VViglcsworth, of Richmond, V irginia, a route agent on
the express mail line between that city ar.d Weldon, N. C ,
vice A Jackson. ren^tird. Air. W. is a worthy typo ?com
petent and <d o! hying disposition.? \ Baltimore Sun.
?
li is a>iil thai M f?e Moniholon. formerly French Consul
ai Richmond, Virginia, has been appoiuied CjbsuI GcOcral
<iod Charge of France to Lima.
!:? i A i ij ,\ is \\ i? >
j HAIL liOi.ii Miz.l'.liS j. ? .\ r.ic. i_ ?>: Ui.; l:i<.nd? I
} f c i\;? xarolria . rn I,1 i.i I.t'i It.i I It .1! *vu? n? l.i in u
! I >ur; i:iu- ?, ;? i iti> . a?, jii Kriil.?> i :^!n
uuic iiiiiiIc bv All ss^s vv.'!' Ktriy, Ti.omin V'.roj i?i \
II Ma*sit: another mo ling in to bo held at H<><ue |u,?'
tiote and cll.iris made to get the stork liken. If our citi'
?/. oh desire to have this road cwsh here ilu-rt- is certain^.
tune to be- l.isl in onJf tv<?rin? Id secure it Kvcry houj,
keeper in this place, every tra.ti r and every farmer m
comity is more or It *- interi sled in liavirg anoiher uutiei t'
market, by which tin y can obtain cheaper freights, cheapj
i:iics of truvillini', Hint competition by merchants and other,
in Alexandria, Baltimore and Richmond, to secure the p,
duceund the trade of the county. With the two rail riaj,
crossing here, in ten years lime Charlottesville would luii
a population of 500U inhabitants, and we should need th
biggest kind of a hotel to accommodate the passenpers ?*
Would resort Itithrr.
A Rail Road B irbecue is to he held in Norih Harden ,
Satin Jay next, for the purpose of aiding- the subscription ?
the above road, and Us extension by the route of Charlotte
ville.?[Charlottesville Jrjfersonian.
We have seen with sincere pleasure the course which t>.
Richmond Kn(|uiri!r has taken nlitive to .Mr. Dix an 1 .1;.
Dickon son, of t\'ew Vo;k, and have no doubt that the b,
illiteracy of the Old Dominion say amen with h hearty o 'v
will. It is pretty ccrtaln the administration havediscovW
Hint Air. Dix has not the confidence of the Southern i.
luocraey and would therefore be unfit to represent the l>,
ti d States in the Court of St. ClotlJ. Almost every tlivl
oi the heart ot our people beats in unison with Mr. Dicktt ?
sun's political course, and nobly Ins the Richmond Rr^.j !
rer defended hi?n against the attacks of tho Washingu 1
Union.?[('horloUesrille JrJTenonian.
Judge r.0111.1 \ has decided that the new Constitution d>?
not justify the taxing of physicians, dentists or lawyer
and says the money ought to be refunded.?[Clarktbur
Democrat.
The above we take from the Enquirer. Itissimph
mistake?which originated in a report of the action ui 1Jt j
Common Council refunding the tax to physicians, lawyer. I
Ac., which Judge I.nmix ha I decided uiat the Cor/iorj;:,
of Fredericksburg lia.l no authority from its ch irter to in;
pose. We hope, in justice to Judge Loinux, this cortcctioii
will be copied a.? extensively as the mistake has been citcuU
ted ?[Frtdcrickoburg Sexes.
KILLED?A man by the name of John Smith, a wgl.li j
man .>11 the Rail Road, was killed on Saturday ni?lit last'ml
til.: -deep cut" above the North Mountain Depot in thi-f
county, by the night passenger train, lie was sitiin? ue~|
the track with a lantern 111 Ins hand, and wag seen, but mi , I
pose ! be as usual on the side of the track, lie was siru,',!
by the c ?w catcher and killed, before it was discovered t| ? |
j lie was on the track. Circumstances n nder it probable iti'sl
j it n as inteuiional on his pail.- [Martimburg tiastlle.
| Till-: IjANJv OF JjKKh ELK V.? \\'e understand t!
capital stock, SlUO'DO, ts all, or < early nil, taken?so t;*
there is now no doubt about the above named t> ?r?fc ^
into operation in this place, so soon as the n<cessary i>j,
liuiimiry arrangements can be made. This result has h?,,
cli'ecied mainiy by the Indomitable em rgy ana untiring in
ifnsiry 1 >f tile on sent ithcers of ili? Savings Institution
[ Marlimburg (iazctte.
TUCKER COLES, KSCi ?List week an unrui
ii?*i-ro man, belonging to this gentleman, refused 10 perfor,
nls dui)', and threatening to kill Ihe overseer, or any nswc
who .itieiupted to ititcrleie with him, Ins master theu shjc;
him, when the negro threw him oil, eniising Mr. C ioi'a,
and t>:. 1I1 hiscollir i>one ami two or three of his rib?. T >
tn am I. !!???? in* since brrn arrested, anil is now confined
liu- fill
Mr Colitis one of our br-.-?t citizen&and most ^obs'dr
n:ii i".?rnitrr-s in We county. nml every person fympailm?j
.villi him in this seven? nlH.elmn which has befallen him ir.
Iii-i advanced stajje of I.f.-; (ticim; upward.-) oi TO we beli??>
i hi< iru.'i be :uav boon ,eiv?ver nn<i live (or nianv yt-m,,,,
e.jire ' liiri {ilt-a^arit,'cheerful countenance and iri-n<lU
jjreetim: on Court d iv-4, '?ive been to us a source of p|t?.
ure. :itul we ijofe locn|'>y manv nio;p bijeh.? J: Jtarloltn jtU
.1 /i'erfiiniuii.
'I'ne peoj.'^ uf Aii^iimj ii.'i V.'t tlrcidt'td, i,y an overu hcimir,
iii?j *i 11/ :ii.,inrt subscribing i. lO.OGli 10 the Muck of KieCn.
tral Railroad Compiny. Ji ban been baid by some person.
Mnl this vole wm <*iven by ihe people to express tftcir.l.
approbation o| ilia- recent ftppointinent by lite Board ol Fn
lie Works, of Direction and I'rmicd on tlie Central Railroad
I; tbin in the fart, how was ii tint the gentlemen appoiutM
!'ii<vy oi tb<u e..unty voted a?**ir?si :hs :a; "j
The people oi rtijuiima nirendy have tiie Central Railrna*
extend, d through' then Cuimy, and tliey are saving ihwr
votes and their money lor the exicnojon oj ihe ftl uise;
!{.li'road through it, in connect with the Virginia and Ten
rif.-we Itailrond. Thia will explain the re?uli of the laic
v111?? ? \CharloUacille .h pcrsonia),
IJi\l VKKMTV OK VIRGINIA -Tne naw and beau it
lul Piil lie lltli at ihe University mis been completed. ao;
hj3?i?-ttl;e mm ol S'SMiOO some 530,000 more ilian It;
iir>i estimate.
Alihouuii the bessifn of ihe University docs oot com
mcfi'!?! til1 the '31 ol "et-il-i r,yi i iin resru wnnefift yoitnv ni> ?
from a distance already to town walilni; to mairieuiau
+ lieu the lime arrives. T:ii? nnpreeedented number so eaily;
in wiiiiing, given indication that the next aes.-iion in to be Hi
laruejt .mil most flourishing of miiv ihnt has preceded it
[ ttharlotteivitU Jr/tcr$on:ui.
KIKR ? 0<i Saturday morning la?t 17th inst., the aitou.
? ii Messrs. Price ?fc Almond, in Ntanardsville, Greene couii'
iv, was broken into und set on the house was not dej,
tr.'Viil, but the (, ?uda were trrcariy dimaged. The pne
Oiliee was (n i|ie wine building, but all the letters and pa
ji.M.i were sul'ely iemove>t. On Snimd-iy, ihe 15lh of oop '
lember, ls32, Ihe house of .Mr. It. L. 1'ritchelt, of themmtj
plol-e, was ile!*troyeit by fire, and the work of an imendiary ?
.-'inee ill mi an :itleui|ii was in ide lo burn Ihe house ol Mi ?
J i.-eph II. 11 a m ill. ? | CharlutUsriUe Jtjftreonian.
I.NDIOTKD .Mr. Josinh Henderson, rumor saiih, hJi
betn imin teil in ti.e iJ. S Lii-iriot Uo:;ri fur Western i
ninia, h?r rim mm.' hi' ?irnm ferry-Wit between Paikern'oi-:
:? till without u r?-j?In vinw i.| ihe (acts itii s
.VIr. II has been at heavy expense in equip liia boat, IIttt( stv. ?
i.- A N<>. | in construction, Dial liit tn:ii*.*vo-l himself i? hint -
i v? iili iiil (He |ti.'vi-i.m.j ol iiit> n?**?/ I iw, anJ ih'-t ic '
li is mniiied compliance according id only ? irivni intei,iii- '?
titionnl ihe net?in view ?>( these lacis, we siy, the i>r.? |
ling1 against him are here regarded as somewhat rig >r j
? hi j. ? | lJarkrr?burg (it relit.
iJRAIM NKKl/KK Tim attachment advertiard by Mf ?
Nelson in the seed ilr.ll is a valuable improvement: With !
?illy pounds of guano dropped along wiili t lit? wheat whew
most wanted, ii furni-he.s in ilie t;r<>|> un amount of died
iv?; manure i i|>iivalcat t<? two hundred pounds tt?rai
broadcast. We lear that some machinists are dl-posed la
piiale Upon Mr. N.'a invention.?| M'inche-ter Virginian.
RIKDRRICK SIIRRP.?Two line sheep of the Oxfui.l
and Leicester crop pt-sed tiirou<;t? town last week, on their
way to Washington county, in this Stale. They were rati
?d and bold at a good price, by Joseph Payne, K#q , near
Hrueetowo.?| Winchc&Ur ^ irginian.
I'utton had his i xamlnaiion on a charge of murder before 1
Juroii Gohhorn, Km| , on Friday last. Hit was committal
to await a liirilwr > xaminutiun before th>- September terni "1
ihe Go.,iity U ttiri. A laige ni:nil>< r cf wiuirasea wefciu
attend nice.? fKanaicfui lir.puUican
A S.\l) AI'KAIR ?On Thursday evening last, Sil.i- I! ? i j
|t y, who result* a short distance below June I.ew, in ilili j
cumy, was committed to j ill, charged with having mur '
tiered liia wife a tby or two pf.-vloue CirmmsMnt es a: :
tending her decease, led to (he uupposition thai she li.nl bert 9
inittirented, mid a (Coroner's ir.qucsl watt held, which return .
ed a vertliei ' I hit I Kllui Bailey came to her death Irom *1" A
lent treatment Irom her husband, .Silns Bailey, al difleren j
pe riods u short lime before her deaih." Justice Simple |
immediately isniird n warrant for theatres! of Bailey. and 3
accordingly, lie w.is brought to j.ill, by .Shertll Hall,
Thursday l.i*l. Am the matter is to undergo judicial invest!
can.>n, it would lie iiiiju-l In the accused to !/!?.? the pjlllt'U '1
lux :? iteiidini! iIfh horrid deed. liailey in u tnaii ol ui'*i j
iniciuperaii: habits?wax drunk hi the time of l>i? aireM ' |
committal in priat'ii, ami this sad alliiir may lie fairly ti.?? c: |
lo "Ruin's doings.' ?| \\'cstuii Herald.
AI.KXA.NOKI A There is no town in Virginia In s
ii oie ll? Mirii>liin^. and prosperous condition than Alexandria
and whose future promises to l c more brilliant and succeM
lul. Ii i-j now the terminus of the Rail Roads, an*! 3
ihe ihnd will si ton he made, all contrihating largely i? lit '?
trade and business of the city. There arc now 300 houw |
utiili r euniraei, .tnd in ihe course ol erection. A market? 1
Itefi: hlioiile.l, i<|unl to thai in any of our sen-board towte 1
Vityinians should remember that Alexandria ia a pari ol \ if |
gittii. ami tlt'Tct vcm thit introiiagc ol her own citizens. Ii- |
genius and .-pit it of Vuginin policy, should be, and i
foster ami proiecl her own cities, so inat their ability oil)
be increased, i?i make liail R tads and dig ('an.ila into il.c [
inletinr, and thus tlevelop the vast resources ol the Ooiii >
tnonwe.tiilu [AJirtimtiurg (iazttte.
A 11 UNTtt K SS.- We were informed a few day a ago tl?a t s ,
rvi rv? t 'alhariiie L'osner t f Manly county, had caught l*v' >
Iiri?<r licnra ihiA amintier i;i a trap. We al-io learo that -1??* " ?
ii- ? xj.t ri with a rule as most any hunter'ihat can l" t"""*' ;
K/oiii ihe iriformaiioii wliit li wit h ive rid tv?d concernnni
li'-r character (or courageous exploit* she would make a lair |
rival Inr Ihe celebrated .Maid "I Orleans - ^ rVu> I
A V A 1.(1 ABLK TURK.-Walter Johiition, K?'l. puiy \
Sin rill ol this couniy, has in lii? yard, an apple liee 'torn
which, he intorms us, has bt en gathered in one ye?f ?il' ii.t
l:co hundred bushel* nt apples. 'I'his year ihe yttld wi'l n^t
be quite so ?rt:ut, hut will be upwards ol nneliiiTtdttdb^hi.t
Who ran beat that??[Abingdon Virginian.
Wc last week took a Hying tiip ilitouvh OoddriJ({e, Rl
, c'lie, Wood and Pleasants counties. Uusinesa along the lif'( 1
H1 the railroad appears to bit brisk, though(owini? to a yarn a
ty ol hands the work on some point a o.' the load had b??! 4
Koiiicwhut retarded; generally, however, it is progress; :>j
i wnli great rapidity.
The farmers are proliting by the increased populate' I
| caused by the conairuction ol the road more than any ? 'f" I
j class of citizens. With i&ta al fifty cents, corn aevenlv "f' |
I per bushel, and otln r ?l .neir produciions in proptirtinn. 'f- j
I that cash, they are pockei'ng an amount of umney If"
I lore unknow n to them.- [ Westun Htrald.
.v , S,,'K ^Vwtt,JAU-,,he A(h>?n?. C*
VvTV'"1'"1 VV,I*S- w'"' r>G4 t..ni of rs.lO'riM
.N-.tHh-bi-l.; Ku.lr-n nr,iv,,1 ai City I'oint yeaterday mo".
i' j .tin v i . u.j hi unci! to dMehargc her cargo. 1 '? * |
i- ill"' second arrival of ,;ini1 we (|8Vt. no|j(;nj |n (hellI
week fcu. Ji IICIII!) of intelligent;* yive nriifi'i >n.il
ol th< rapid iiroxrwn of the work upon (he road, and "? ?>
ea.ly completion In Lynchbnrg. -[/Ws6?r- ln'tUig ? ?
Al -he conclusion n| i|,.- performance at tic Crc?-, ?"
| ><-i.nf?!uay iPijtti, a row occurred between
? Hi" place, end 0f (;jrciJH any. H W"
(?.',[ when Ihoirnt ws? hein? liken dr.w,. ni- t> ****??
llir..WMl" t-lones al itie men ero.ij., d Kit n. iM" 1 ' n,
mi.-I, M i|#n "tue m| ihr li.-i.-_ John vv?.ic>?, * '* 1
"n ilie liea.l wii/i ,>.? uij!>* in ?? b*-|..nj>ini; t" "Of v>
one, caiikinu liml.aih in a I, ? |,ou-h The p-dic- ? tfi. ei* ?'''
f i"M?iion iht- Kpjii, and in i-..rijnncii..n wiih the .Nijpx Ua"'r
| irr.-Mi-il two of ihe iioysand one ol the in?il atta< ??ed 'f'r
company, named K'.birisnn, said lo be the on' ?ho i,"u'i
John W.-liji. An iai|ii'fi w in held ?.n the body uf "I""'
ycsicrd.iy ni'ifiiin:;, liy t'oror.er (>'. Neale, and .il'ler a
I examination of the wiim-mc, rendered a verdiet "'M' "'
deC'-afod cane lo his death from blows inflicted by an ?'
. known person. The man Mispec'ed of th>* murder v? 'll
en lo pru?nn and liud a trial yesterday, b.fure the Majora?'
Justice English.
A i ter s."in?'lour or five Isourn were spent in th'' eiaini'-'
timi of witnesses, and listening to ihc arguments of 'I
Counsel on both Hides, the cane was sen' on f"r furmer "l!
J to the County Court, which ill take place on I u<?<?!?
next.
, The ca?e excit.d coi.siJ#-raMe Iniffal, nnd the
f 1 ? itibe waa densi-ly crowded ?[AltJ^n^ria (tatettt.
I AN I?KIR. FOIJMJ A y"un? l?dy resident In ihc \
j Iry i-luiois lo t..' ||?. I,".I Mr? Kiizgerald, who died a l?
days ago iii Kii-limond, it is iliomjrii, without an heir.
B.ALTIMORK Sept. 2-1 -There were nine death* tr^J
yellow fever in Philadelphia during the past week.