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ALEXANDRIA.
MONDAY MORNING. SKPTKYMi 1. l*£h
The Foreign News by the N iagara
The Britannia, which arrived week beiore last,
brought accounts of bad weather threatening
the harvests, along with apprehensionst^n
crease of the potato-rot, whicn "«i>
ginning to create some alarm in each oF'tlie
three kingdom*. It will he seen, from the news
by the Niagara, that these evils, and the fears of
them, have not diminished, and that they have
a decided effect upon the prices of breadstuff*
and provisions, which will be noted with inter
est by American farmers and dealers.
IRELAND.
Numerous arrests have taken place through
out the country: as many as sixty having taken
place in Tipperary.
The Roman Catholic Clergy of Tuam have
got up a memorial to the Queen on behauoi
the State prisoners, praying that the prerogative
of merev should be exercised in favor o! the in
surgents who recently took up arm* again.-! the
crown. . . , . . ... ,
The report published in some ot tne Duo.in
reapers of an affray at Abbey teale. turns out to
be unfounded. All was quiet there and in the
whole county of Limerick.
An active chase is kept up both by nun’ and
sea for Mr. Richard O’Gorman. He was traced
toKilrush, but what became of him afterward*
no one can tell. It is said that he is m tne Deny
mountains at the head of • on men. but other ac
counts assert that he escaped in an American
vessel. A reward of £*>0 has been ottere 1 tor
his apprehension. . .
The State Trial*.—Dennis Mohan, printer oi
the Tribune, pleaded sjuiltv to a charge ot hav
ing unlawfully printed articles, the object being
P to deprive her majesty of her style, titie and dig
nity of Queen ot the l nitei Kingdom. Sentence
was deferred.
In the case of O Doghcrty. the jury alter a two
day's trial and a night's confinement, without
food or fire, had been discharged without deli'
ennar nnv veniici. . , .
The trial of Mr. Martin, the proprietor of th"
Felon, was not concluded until Wednesday ;
night, when the jurv found a verdict of cuiltx
The Court xvas then'adjouvned till the following
morning, xvhen it xvas expected that Mr. 0 Pog
herty. one of the registered _ proprietors of the
Irish Tribune, would i*e again put on his trial.
On Sunda\ morning.about one o'clock. .1. F. I
Meagher, Mr. I eyne, and Mr. ODonoghuo 1
while walking along the road between ( loncul
ty and Holvcross, w ere met by a large party
of Police, who. suspecting them, demanded
their names. They immediaMx complied, ami
XVere nrrc«*»c<l li»-|** e*«*» Madd***,. i« tlic
Queen's name. The Police fell in, one at
cither side of each prisoner, and the\ marched
them to the barrack at Katheanpan.ahouta mih*
off where t hex were hi ought beb»rethe resident
magistrate. .
That official asked, m the course of the in
quiry. whether Mr. Meagher intended to sur- i
render himself, to which ho emphatically repli
ed that lie did not. and that he scorned the idea
of asking for his life, and that the only, condi
tion on which lie would have ever been induced
to surrender himself xva-> that all the putties im
plicated in the movement should have permis
sion to leave the country. Mr. Meagncr then
proceede I to xx rite some long statement xx .iich
has not been made public.
(Jen. McJVmald then arrived x\i:h Ins >tatf.
and ordered tlm prisoners to be sent to Pub in.
While a special train was being prepared, the ,
urisoners were supplied with break last. I hex
looked cheerful and free Irom anxiety.
Mr. O'Brien has been biought up for the pur- .
juvse of being examined as a. witness® in the case^
of the Queen vs John Martin. His appearance ,
is greatIv altered for the worse. j
A Mr* Harnell has been arrested at Limerick.
He is charged xvith being one of the party who
attacked the mail at Abbeyfeale. f
Two persons, named Andrew Me Paid and
Hugh McMenamin. arrived from America, have
been arrested and committed to jail in Perry.
Mr. Bauson, brother to J. 11. Bauson, and F.
demon, former of Corkreagh and since of Lou
isiana, United States, were also arrrested imme
diately after their arrival from America. Mr. j
Kauson xvas discharged, and Mr. (-ernon has
been liberated on giving £400 bail, but his et- j
fects have been retained. *
Mr. James Laxvlor, late a resident of Nun- ,
merhill, coachmaker, Mr. M. Martin, a me-m?1 j
student, connected with the clubs, am*Mr.
Timothv Sexton, of Mountjoy street, have been
arrested and committal to Newgate. Inspector
Faitwisle searched the lodgings ol Mr. Laxvlor. |
at Summerhill, anil in a carpet bag. under a bed, j
he got seventy ball cartridges, with about t wo
pound* of powder. and a quantity ot percussion
caps, with two nens.
Dr McCarron, who was arrested mDublin
on Monday and committed to Newgate tor high :
treason, and who is supposed to represent the
body of Irish sympathizers in America, was .
formerly a resident of Liverpool. %
He is understood to be a man ot remarkable ,
ability For some time past he has saile*» as
snrleon with the Sarah Sands, the American
screw steamer, and he only gave up this situa
tion to follow his treasonable tastes on this side ,
of the channel. The Executive have tor some
time had their eves on him and his brethren in !
the crusade which ho was conducting on he- ;
half of the young Ireland party in America.
Five persons have been seized in Aimaga.
thev had crossed over from Scotland on Mon
day, in a steamer, and took the l>ter Rulwax
for Armagh. The* circumstances ot the times,
and something foreign in their air and appear-j
ance. caused them to he followed and seized the
next morning, in Hughes Hotel m Armagh
Thev consisted of three Americans and two
Frenchmen, and one journal says they ban :
X 17,000 upon them, while another says the sum
found was Xl7o0.
ENGLAND .
On the 12th. the Manchester Magistrate*
struck a blow against Club organization, by ar
resting fourteen of the chief leaders of tne va- j
rious Clubs in different part* of the town. A!!
their papers were seize-!. The prisoners appre
hended have been remanded for a week.
At Hyde. DakenfioM and Oldham, the Char- j,
tists have appeared in considerable numbers,
parading through the districts armed with pikes
and guns, hut in all cases upon the apt*amnce j
of the polite or military they have taken to |
their heel* and .listed j
\t Liverpool on tho 1 *th. strung bo-lies of
police well armed for a" encounter made a
sudden attack upon the ( hartis < luh m \\ el
ler-street. Black friars. and capture, fourteen
men. Cnon their bein? searched ,b*>
found to he armed with pistol* loaded to the
muzzle, three cornered dassera. *Pf»theads am]
swords, with an ample suppK ot . _ P , ;
shot ami tow halls. Lpon one man v>
of ball cartridge were discovered. . *
At Ashton-under-Lvneand otherdistricts rou .
Manchester, considerable excitement hasexisieo |
for some time past, and the duos have Deen
more than usually active. Mobs have graded
the streets with pikes and guns, and there ca
he no doubt that some scheme has b*e" fc°,n
certe ! with the disaffected in othei l,ar,s of t|le
kingdom to get up some insurrectionary mou
ment FRANCK.
iv ris was quiet on Thursday, hut evei> I'te
caut'on to obviate an outbreak had been taken.
\ h-uter - rot Toulon of the loth install t states
that tlie French fleet, under the orders ot Admii
!. |i, „|in. had quitted Merino, and proceeded
loLliari. where the Admiral is to watt the
«,Piers (,f the French government. heie have
been some serious disturbances at Avignon, in
consequence of the success ot the Legitimist
candidates at the municipal e.ection which took
.dace on the till instant. 1 he Republicans,
forcej themselves into the town ka.l and des-:
troved the ballots. It was found necessary to
caM out a large military force to restore order.
The Italian journals received in Paris on
Mondav, announce the entrance of the Austrian
army, and that the Duke of Modena had re
turned to his States, escorted by a foreign corps.
Much uneasiness prevails in Paris as to the result
of the publication of the report of the Insurrec
tion eomnntte and the debate which will loiiou •
There is much reason to apprehend that as so
many persons are implicated b\ thedocumen a-i
rv and other evidence furnished, in thejepoi »
that all political parties to save their adherent
will strive to the utmost to get up another di>-,
11 Thereat debate, in which Ix>uis PJf^j ]
Ledru Uoliin, ami tuussidiere. are to deki !,
themselves troni the impeachint i • I
rnitlec of'inquiry, has not >ct n’l • \
dav is supposed to be fixed here has been
some fieri recrimination m the Assembly on the |
question whether the documents referred to b>
tl,e committee shall be punted. It is certain
tliat tl.«* (ioveniment desires to suppiess the
evidence and throw overboard the question.-—
This course’s strongly advocated every day by
the yitti'ouaf, but tieneral Cavaignac shnnks
from the res|K»usibility of such a proportion.^ -
The moderates are determined to support the
committee. This affair has now become tin
difficulty of the Government.
To proceed in the trial, or to sunn* itom if,
are courses equally surrounded, withi dangei.
The commission on the ( onstitution has*com u-i
ded the amended draught on its report; the ]we
arable has been hut slightly modified, (.eneral
Cavaignac was invited to'attend the commis
sion, and expressed himseil in a most unquali-i
tied manner in favor of the election ot t.ie i ic
sident of the Republic by universal sullinge -
A resolution to that effect was earned by the
majority of the commission. den. Lamonnere
expresses his approbation ot the chapter on the
armv. and particularly that article which tor
bids service bv substitute. Marrast is to submit
tlie leport to the National Assembly on Monday ;
next at furthermost. . . .
\b*l el Kader is about to he transferred from i
Pan to the Chateau of Ambroise. in the depart
ment of the Indreet Loire.
La IVsse mentions, but without corroborat- j
Sdg if. ihe rumor that (Jen. ( avaignac was about t
to "resign on account of the insupportable fatigue
his office imposed upon him.
By recent arrangements the effective force of
the armv fins been increased, within the last
thiee months, by 17'.».-V»0 men. and consequent-1
i\ at this moment amounts to -V2*i-i*27 men. •
In the committee of Foreign A flairs, on \\ ed-;
nesdav. tlie Italian question was discussed.— !
M. Bastide. Minister of Foreign Affairs, was
present, and M. Lamartine delivered a long
speech in which lie pronounced with great en
ergy in favor of an immediate armed interven
tion. as being the onlv means bv wincty riance ,
could observe the solemn engagement w mch she |
had made in the name of the country, and with i
its evident appronation.
The French Government is adopting mea
sures of precaution against the invasion ot the
Cholera. It has ordered for publication all the
information forwarded bvthe physicians sent to
St. Petersburg to study the malady, and the most
efficacious means ot preventing or euiirur it.
Gen. Cavaignac. and M. Bastido, the Minister
for Foreign 'Aflairs, expressed themselves on
Friday to the Committee on Foreign A flairs.
1 They were first requested to explain ^ the o.qett
of the mediation oi France and England be
tween Austria and King Charles Albert.
< ;en. <\ replied that ‘ it was necessary for the
interest of France and Italy that tui- negotia
tion should remain secret; lie. consequently, re
fused to enter into any other explanation on that
subject. He was then asked whether tin* medi
ation was in conformity with the wishes alrea
dy cxpresc i by the National Assembly m favor
of the emancipation of Italy? to which he re
plied that the will of the Assembly would ever
be the rule of his conduct. He repeated ms
• resolution not to give anv other answer, adding
that the committee might he assured that he
would ever act for the interest of France, and
for her honor and dignity.
He was in conclusion asked, whether m case
the mediation produced no result lie proposed
to declare war. General C. replied that he tirm
Iv expected to he able to maintain peace in con
cert with Great Britain, and that he would not
declare war except in the last extremity. Ibis
declaration elicited the approbation of the com
mittee.
Sir E Bulwer, who arrived jn Paris on the
Mb. left on Friday week lor i urin, charged, it
is caid, with a diplomatic mission, to effect an
arrangement between the Austrian and Sardini
an Courts, ol the affairs ot Northern Italy.
SPAIN.
Accounts from C atalonia state that a hand
of Republicans had invaded the province from
France, and had entered the town of Maus
anet de Cabrenis. where they pillaged the house
of the Mayor, and exchanged, shots with the
troops, after which they joined a Montcmolinist
chief. Engagements b'etween small bodies of
insurgents and the Queen's troops arc reported,
the most important being an encounter at Fiona.
\C%ere the insurgents, 500 in number, headed
bv Marshal*, and other well known chiefs, were
dispersed after having had four men killed, sev
era! woundct. atm man\ nurses capiuicu.
(GERMANY.
The armistice between Prussia ami Denmark
has been definitely concluded, and it is given
to l>e understoo 1 that French diplomatic nego
tiation has. in the latter instance, as in the for
mer joined with that of England. aided in lead
ing to pacific tendencies.
Accounts from the Danuhuw provinces or the
o-)(j tdt., state that (’ol. Solomon and the Hos
l>odar Ololesco. the chiefs ol the re-acttonaix
parts, have overthrown the Provisional (govern
ment of Wallacbia at Bucharest, and the old
Cornesco Ministry have resumed the reigns of
government. . ,
On the sth inst., the Emperor of Austria and
the Imperial family left Innspruck tor \ ienna,
where thev were expected to arrive on the 1 -1h.
and make a solemn entrv.
ITALY.
The Journal des Debate publishes a letter
from a private convs|>ondcnt. dated \ igevano.
the sth inst.. which states that the Piedmontese
army is being re-organized. ( ol. ( ossato ha I
returned from Milan, whither be had beeti des
patched the previous day by King (diaries Al
bert. Marshal Kadetsky bad consented to a
first pimispce for three days and tor an ex
change of all the prisoners ma le since the com
mencement of the war. It was believed that
the King's headquarters would be removed from
Yigevano to Caudia and thence to Alexandria,
where an imposing force was being assembled.
A telegraphic despatch received at Turin on
the «2th."at 7 o'clock, A. M., announces the ar
rival of Charles Albert at Alessandria.
(General Weldcn. who bombarded Bologna, j
has been disavowed and recalled b\ his gov
ei n mem. , ,
The Bologna (Gazette oi the t*:h contains
important news. It appears that o”. the alter*
noon of the Mh. the Austrian General, W eluen.
having levied a heavy contribution upon I>o
jo^na and demande i hostages for the payment
oni tor the suhjuiation of the Bol»>cne-e. the
people rose and the tocsin was sounded. A con
flict ensued, which is sod to have been ternln1
The Piedmontese (ia/ette publishestae to»
lowirv* letter, dated Bolocna the .’th inst.
At half-past " o'clock yesterday atternoon an
officer bearing a despatch for the Pro:t-_ate. «n
crossins the village oi Sa:t hekee, was Ki.;ei1
by some Bolotincse. Halt a a hour atter\va»<J>
a soldier of the line who was carry incra second
despatch. experienced a similar fate. 1 he Aus
trians on iiuard at the cate of San Felice, where
they had planted a piece of cannon, tired on the
people, hut fortunately nobody was hurt.
The Austrians then evacuated the city, and
returned to Montacno’a. Thcv consisted of *d5‘t0 !
men, with four pieces of cannon and a howit
zer. They commenced bombarding the town
from their position, and set five to it in several
places. The firing commenced at five anti last-,
ed till eight o'clock. The Bolognese combat-,
ants consisted of .'>0 carbiniers, 30 custom-house j
oflicets, about 500 of the populace, and some j
National Guards. These-ail gave proof ol the
most undaunted coinage. They earned i ion-j
titgnola by assault, and expelled the Austrian*, i
The latter le st one officer and forty men: n t)>|
were taken prisoners. The Garbuners piusueu j
them above a mile. The Bolognc-e lo>t «1 e n j
killed and wounded. ^ e
The armistice for forty five days ha. Iw j
concluded between the Austrians and *
pnussiA. tec.
" The King of Prussia had Over! at Cologne j
on the lath. The rccept.on was eiUljuftas.ic
and his meeting with the Archduke w as c ■ d al.
The King of the Belgians hai addiessed a
congratulatory letter to the Archduke do m
The Sf Petershurirh Journal has leuivet. a
bulletin front the Caucasus, announcing the
"a J re of the fortress of Nesghehed. I he;
brmthar,Intent lasted fitteea hours, when the,
garrison look to flight.
° TheStittin (Train markets were dull, with lit-,
tie alteration in prices.
THE LATEST NEWS.
Corre*jionde»ce of the N. V. Express.
Livkrtool. Aug. IP—Noon, j
ENGLAND.
Throughout the principal parts of London,
last night, and up to 12 o'clock to-day. the latest
hour at which we could catch the outgoing
steamer, there existed the greatest excitement in
consequence of the disclosures made by a wit
ness named Powell, in his cross-exam’nation at
Bow-street, in the case of the captured Chartists.
Powell says, ‘ i became a delegate, and entered
the association for the purpose of coming tor-j
ward and giving evidence against the delegates i
in tin* way 1 am doi?:g now. 1 encouraged and
stimulated those men agreat deal: l did it on
put pose to have the more to intorm against
them: ! joined them because 1 thought some
thing would turnout injurious to the peace of
the country: and I thought 1 would get as mu< h
information as 1 could tor the purposeot putting !
a stop to it. I knew 1 was mixed up with a mass ;
of characters who would do any thing am. every - ,
thing: when the chairman made use of the ex-:
press ion “the blow must be struck to-night, on- j
)v Gurney and Ritchie were present of the priso- :
tiers here now ; l was employ ed bv nohodv to
make a statement of anything ot the kind: Ij
have supplied the men wiili bullets and powa.er. j
thev did not want much urging, but 1 urged them j
on:T have given powder and bullets only to;
Gurnev; I gave him at one time about halt a I
pound of powder: 1 remember counting a lot ot |
bullets and giving them to him.
In the House of Commons, last nigut. on the
motion for going into a Committee of Supply, I
Mr. Chester opposed the grant of Vancouver s
iantl to the Hudson's Bay Company; and. aftei j
a lengthened discussion, the motion waist lost ny j
a major!tv of is. For the motion, .Vs— Against j
70.—The steamship Ended States an ived at
Southampton last night. (Friday.) ,
AIancmkstkr. Saturday. Noon. It i- xxit.i ;
feelings of mucii gratification that 1 am enab.ed j
to communicate to you that the city and the sur
rounding districts are quiet. I he magistrates and
other local authorities of Manchester, ar£ well
prepared lor any outbreak that may take place,
and it is satisfactory to know that all the move- j
mentsof the chartist hotly are fully known.
The e xcommunication of all the parlies implica
ted i.i the recent transactions is not completed.
In the early part of next week, the magistrates
will dispose of the several cases which yet re
main untouched. 1 may add that the public
mind is pehectiv easy as to an\ uuiuif<u.
Oldham. August 10. I have only to report
that the Chartist body here in quiet, and trout
all I can gather from among them. they feel Lint
it i< madness to attempt any r/.*^/jgju>t now.
Bolton. Saitudav. 11 a. m. Xotwithstand-;
imr the fact that there nre a great main chai
ns! s here, no anxiety is felt for the peace of the ;
town. The meetings of the bodv are held night
ly. They are. however, well watched, and |
cannot by any means make a rising unknown to j
the locnf authorities. .
I Iky wood, Anasr 10. The chartists here j
are very angry with tho^e ot Manche?ter am, :
Birmingham,‘for allowing themselves to be ,
caught as they were. Secret meetings are be
ing held every night.
IRELAND.
rnK STACK TB1AJ.S—THK Qt’KKN VS. DOlIKUTY.j
Dim.in. Friday Evening.
At the od *nii'ig of the court this morning. Mr.!
Butt. Q. C\, spoke for the defence. IIis a !-;
dress occupied upwards of three hours. Mr.
Whiteside replied on behalf of the crown, in a
most powerful and eloquent address, which oc-;
cupied fully three hours in ils deliver).
It being half pa-t r» o'clock, the court adjourn
ed until 10 o'clock on Saturday morning
This is the la-t trial that will take place un
der the present Commissioner.
Previous to the trial of Mr. O'Doherty being
proceeded with, Air. James Alartin was brought
up in custody for contempt of courL in having
used threatening language to All’. ^ nterliouso. ’
the foreman of the the jury which tried his bro
ther. John Martin. After a suitable admonition
from t!ie Chief Baron, he was sentenced to one
month's imprisonment in Newgate.
Lord Har<lingo is at present in Limerick, but ,
is expectcJ to return to Dublin immediately.— |
The object of the noble commander's mission
being fulfilled, we believe he will speedily re
turn to England.
The scene of.the late insurrection in the
South, is now one of perfect tranquility, the
peasantry are industriously engaged in their us
ual pursuits, and on the surface at least of so
ciety. there is hardiy a ruffle. j
The scent lies very hot in Limerick about Air. ;
R. O'Gorman. Junr.
It has been founl necessary to remove tour
teen of the State Prisoners from the jails of Kil
mainham and Newgate, to Belfast, in conse
quence of their over crowded state, ibev were
conveyed bv Railway to Kingstown, and em
barked in a war steamer: amongst them were
Mr. Si cany of the Tribune, Mr. Brennan of the
Felon. Air. O'Higgins, Mr. Rooke, Air. M alsh.
Mr. Grottv, Mr. Baker. Mr. Taafe, Air. Bergin
and Air. Eugene O'Rielly.
The accounts of the potatoe crop, received m
Dublin, yesterday, from all parts of the coun
try. are most disastrous; the w eather continues
tor the most part of the time, cold and wet.
FRANCK.
Paris Friday.—Amnesty to Insurgents spo
ken of. The city is quiet but fears are enter-i
tained tor the peace of the city. rI he returns ot j
the Bank of France are this week favorable.— j
Our latest dates state that the city continues un-:
der the preparation of a defence, and all the i
movements are under the direction of ( avaiff- j
nae. In the departments some excitement pre
vails and at aii points there is a close watch,
kept, The soldiers are provisioned for several I
da\s. The evidence of Rollin. Lamartine, and j
Araao ispuhlishe 1. but it is too Ions: for our Tel-1
cgraphic Dispatch.
THK HOLSTKIX WAR.
letters from \msterdam of a late date have j
been received this morninir, in which there is j
expressed the universal opinion that the nip- j
Hire with Denmark will he speedily adjusted.— j
Additional troops were arriving da lv but it was (
said that orders ha 1 been issued to counter
mand their march.
FOUKIGN CO.MMKRC1AI, KKYIKW.
The weather seems now the only impediment
to commercial confidence. Affairs in tne I>al
j tic and in Italy are likely to be speedily settled.
! and nothing, therel'oie. remains to interrupt a
progressive trade but a destructive potato rot.—
The harvest on the continent has been neans
completed, and nothing very alarming has been
done at home. The weather has been in this;
locality unfavorable. The harvest is now gen
eral. and ten davs of tine weather would cn- ,
able the farmers to get in then* crops.
From all quarters, we regret to say. the reports j
of the po'aU) ro* are rife and disheartening. In j
the west of Ireland it is hardly less dishearten-1
in* than in IMk but a* the tine weather s^m*;
to have set in in that countrv, we still m m.ge :
the hope that fears have exaggerate 1 the mis-j
chief Yesterday, the weather, was very tine. .
although we had showers ol rain in the even-,
in*, and »t doe* appear that whole ne u*. a te.
being attacked, have subsequently recovered.
The extent ot the blight cannot now i>e c^ti
mated, but it is agreed on all harm* that the ;
crop is unusually large. The other crops- too.;
are an average, and the quantity ot gram in store ;
very large.
The state of trade this week exhibits no new ;
feature, and the intelligence from America anas
nothing to previous accounts. The demandfor,
cotton, consequent on advice* noin h.ngl^J,
had improved, and the prices of breadstuff.' had
advanced a iittle.
Liverpool Corn Exchange.—1 he weather
continues to fluctuate, and on the whole unfa
vorable for the harvest. This, with the appre
hension felt respecting the potato blight, has
caused our market to be firmer. W heat has
advanced ‘id. to 3(1. per 70 lbs., with but s.isrht |
business; U. S. red. ss. '2d. to n 6d.: white v*. j
^d. to nd. Flour in tolerable demand, I . S.. I.**. |
to Is. Ed. per bbl. advance on last steamer's
rates: tT. S. sweet. oOs. to 3‘2>. Ed. i»ut iow
samples of Indian corn ( tiered: buyers lor lie
iaud readily paid an advance ol *2s. to *2«*. j».L
per quarter. Sales at Tis. to 3t»s. »»•.*.: Indian
meal. los. to los. 01.
THE CHAIN TRADE.
From the London SJiip.and Mere. Cor. Ann lx. |
At length some improvement has taken place
in the weather. After a very heavy talipot iam ,
on Monday the wind veered round to the east-,
ward, and though the sky has been oveicaM
and we have had but little sunshine, the absence
of rain for some days must be regarded as lortu
nate in the present position of agricultural af- j
fairs. A veiy large proportion of the crops in j
the southern parts of the kingdom has been cut
several days, and having been exposed to the
heavy showers the quality has sutleied gieatly.
in many instances the corn has begun to sprout
in the ear, and wherever this oceuned a lew :
more yvet days yvould have proved desliuctive
to the quality and mealing properties of the
gram. The standing crops have escape*! better,
but. on the whole, the prospects for the harvest
are far from encouraging, audit is nearly oei
tain that the yield of wheat will iall slan t of an
" In'regard 1o potatoes the reports are likewise, j
we are sorrvto sa>.very unfavorable: the disease
is spreading, and has attacked the late -orts moie
general!v than the early varieties: hence a
scarcity of this useful root w ill, in all probabili
ty, bo experienced later in the >ear. Mean-J
while the apprehension felt ns to any poiiiou oi;
ajiparenth sound jiotatoes keeping, is thecae>e
ol tlie markets being at present gin1 led with the
article. So large have the supplies been ;n
many parts of the country as to occasion the
price to be depressed lower than at any I'leviouSj
perio 1 for years jm-t. the natural consequence
of which is that the pooicr classes are coiemm- j
ing potatoes instead of bread : lienee the demand ;
for flour has greatly fallen olf. and so long as j
tlse former article lasts, the demand for flour is!
likeh to he comparatively small, Jhiscircum-j
stance is the principal cause of the comparative j
absence of excitement in the wheat trade, and i>
a powerful check to speculation.
If the present yveather should continue no
material rise in the value of wheat would, yve,
think, take place, for though* as already re-i
marked, we much fear that the produce will be
inferior both in quantity and quality to that of
average seasons, there are several cause- in
operation tending to act against a rise. I he
losses sustained last year by til! parties engaged
in the corn trade swept away a considerable
amount of the capital previously employed in |
this branch of business, and sMl! deters troin i
entering into gram -peculations, i he miller- ;
as a ho ly have all along acted, and continue to
act, y\ilh extreme caution : and while we have j
—as has been the case for a long time past
onh a hand-to-mouth demand, the supplier are
likely to he adequate to the wants of the trade.;
I? i<, be-ides. pretty certain that larmers who are ,
; still large holders of old wheat w ill, so soon as
I the harvest shall have been completed, deliver :
j freelv for that they look with apprehension to '
! the effect of the total temoval of the duty in :
; r ebniarv cannot nequesiioneu.
We are. therefore, of opinion that, unless we ;
I should unfortunate!v have a return ol had j
I weather, quotations of wheat will not get up!
much, notwithstanding thedamage already done.!
At Mark-lane on Monday there was C ’rtamlyj
less life in the trade than might have been ex
pected. I hough the show ol wheat b\ hind i
| carriage sample? from the home counties was
moderate, and the morning excessively wet.
! havers acted on the reserve, and for more than
j an hour after tlw opening of the market scarce
! ly a sale was made. ‘Later in the day a large
purchase was made for—report said—Irish ;i<
count, am! the millers took the remainder a*
i prices'*Js. to :ts. per quarter above those current
on that dav sennight. The improvement which
has since taken place in the weather has check
ed ;m\ farther advance, hut both on M ednesda\
' and this morning full teims were insisted on.
T in* arrivals of foreign wheat have been
! hirge. and but few count ia huvers having \;>it
i od our market, neither free nor !>om!ed sample
have met with much attention, and the rise in
price has not exceeded is to gs per quarter since
last Monday week. The millers advanced the
top price of dour to st's per sack on Alom!a\.
which has tended to check the sale, and the
transactions have since been restricted. <hi
Monday fine corn was actually somewhat deni
er. and the decline since submitted to has been
only Gd pet quarter. Beans have brought tuo
prices, and white boiling peas have risen is to
1 -js per quarter. J he demand tor Indian nun
' has revived, owing to the increasingly uniavor
i Me accounts relative to Potatoes from Ireland,
and several cargoes to arrive have been placed
j at high rates.
!!■ Ill ■ ■■■■»»■»■—■ — — rT—————
j We understand that forty or fifty colored emi
i rrrants for Liberia, from \\ ashington city, wid
sail in the Liberia packet from Baltimore on
Wednesday. Three emigrants from this place
also go out.
;Ve\V8 of tlic Day.
“To show the very age awl body of the tj.mks."
The Xew-Yoi’if Express of Friday evening
says—“The phxsicians have put up a notice that
there have been no new cases of deaths from
yellow lever at Staten Island since yesterday,
ami that the state of things there is impiovimr.
The many and various reports, in relation to the
existence of v#dlow fever in this city, were en
tirely without foundation, and no reason e\i-ts
for anv excitement or alarm, in reference to this
subject."
The Santa Fe Republican, of the 1 ‘»*h duly,
having ju^t received the message ot (jov. \\ ood.
of Texas, in which he sets up a paper claim to
the best portion of Xcw Mexico, riuicules tin*
pretension with great severity. It says that
Texas might as well have legislated a clamt to
Louisiana a< to any portion of Xew .Mexico: that
if Texan authorities attempt to govern that coun
try. they will tind themselves awiully taken in.
and that Xew Mexico has a population compe
tent to elect their own olticers. an I make their
own laws, and never will consent to this unjust
claim.
Mr. Bentz. a citizen of Maryland, has invent
ed an ingenious machine for the unhranning ot
wheat. Let any one take a grain of wheat in
his hand, and see how long it would take him.
with the sharpest knife, to strip oil the w hole
coating front the grain, without taking ofi along
with it a portion of tin* flour or meal. From the
very shape of the grain, it would seem to be ;m-|
possible: and yet dicre i>a machine which can ,
strip every grain in j.VOO bushel- in the couisc
of a day.
The Pennsylvania Whig State Convention, j
which assembled at Harrisburg on 1 lmr>iiay.
nominated by acclamation the Hon. \\ illiam K j
Johnston, at present acting Governor ot the State,
us the Whig candidate for the otficc of Govern
or. The Convention was fully attende I from ;
all sections of the Commonwealth. The pro
ceedings throughout were cordial an i harmo?ii
ous. and the nomination of Gov. Johnston gave
great satisfaction.
The Fairfax News says that the potatoc rot
has :na le it« appearance in the neighborhood of
the Court House. We have heard of several
fields that will he more or less injured b\ it.—
Our farmer friends examine their patches, and
where it has begun its ravages the potatoes.
should be dug, and stored thin, in a dry place.
The late potatoes do not seem to have suffered, j
as yet
We learn from the St. Louis Republican that
company C. of the rifle regiment, (Capt. Roberts,
and Lie'nts. Elliott and Hawkins) lias been or
dered to repair to Fort Leavenworth, and there
await the otde.s of the lately appointed ‘Sovcrn
or Gen. Lane, for Oiegon. 1 he company "a
to leave Jefferson Barracks on the ->‘ith ultimo.
It is said to be the desire of the Administration
that the Governor shall reach Oregon this win
ter, and the orders contemplate this rapid move
meat.
John W. Nash. F>q. the delegate elect from
the county of Powhatan, has been appointed
Judge of the Petersburg circuit, in place of toe
late able and lamented Jas. H. Gholson. 1 he
appointment, we understand, is regarded by the
bar, (frequently the best judges in such cases.)
as a very good one.
The Ghicago Democrat, a Cass and Butler pa
per, says: -it cannot be denied that there is a
considerable defection from the Democratic par
tv in this city, and that General Cass will not
receive so large a majority as we have tormeiiy
•given at the Presidential election.-.
The Whigs of Washington will celebrate the
anniversary of the defence ot Fort Harrison, in
which Gen. laylortook part, by a mass meet
ing. on to morrow evening, the ->thoi September
311*. i’rilfeiition ami (ic»ei. Taylor.
The following beautiful anil just tribute to
(ien. Taylor is taken troni Mr. t rittcn-ien .* r< -
cent speech at Russellville :
-As to General Taylor. Mr. ( ritlciuleu sii.l
he thought lie would give us the light kind oi
an Administration. The old soldier had passed
through everv ddlirultv safely. He ha* never
said that lie would do any thing, but what, w hen
the time came for him to act. ho was reads to
act up to the emergency. He had to fight against
the disi 1 vantage oi two or three to one, and he
had done it successfully. No one had over
changed him in hi- long career with dishonesty.
Honor and fame con'd not intoxicate him: pow
er could not seduce him. lie was as plain, as
unpietending and •rough.’ after :iil hi.- brilliant
achievements, as any plain citizen present. He
was n;>t bedizened with lace. He was the peo
ple’s man, and the man of the people. All could
lecogni/e him in h’s brown coat as Ghl Rough
and Reads--as a real republican. If he wanteit
to paint Kentuek he would set up Old Zack and
have him painted as the embodiment.
o H-re wie a man who could heal the wounds
of the countrv. He looked to him with those
hopes, and with all confidence. He knew that
the other parts* was striving to draw the people
from him. hut it was in vain, for their hea't>
were with h in. When the das of election
comes, many a Kentuckian would find t s’ery oth
*t teeiing overcome but the one detenfiiiiation
to do his duty by Old Zack and his country. He
believed General Taylor svould be elected. He
considered that matter well summed up by a
young Kentuckian who went to Philadelphia,
who said on his return, that the people were
much >plit up in regard to candidates, that old
Rough and Ready had a great manv friends, but
he believed General Taylor would beat him: hut
lie thought one they called -Old Zack’ would
beat both! Mr. (T’had talked With General
Twiggs before he left Washington, and the Gen
eral told him in hi* decided wav With an oath,
that no map could look live nunut m General
Taslor's face and make a proposition to him to
do a mean action. No act of oppression was
ever charge I upon him ! No man had ever paid
the penalty of * death by martial law from the
time he fought at Palo Alto t<> the tune he left
]Plena Vista, lie had controlled ami guided the
arms without bloodshed, maintained it* honor
and discipline.and retired, has'tr.g dune naught to
>l5|lv the gloriou* character ^e had ever main
tain’e ! a* an able and humane man. When some
deserters were brought to him after the battle of
{Plena Vista, before the blood thev had Hied had
set sunk into the earth. h<‘ looked scornfully at
them am! said: * 3/// solJieis do not desert
l/ic.sc are not ins soldiers. 'lake tliem back to
th»* camp, dium them out, and let them go.’
‘•When the government chided Inin lor not
! forming Monterey with its twelve thousand
I men, with his five thousand men. what was hi
rop'v! -Yes. he .-aid. die could have taken if ui
that wav. hut lie d d not want to sacrifice the
! women and children.* When lie was tete.l in
New Orleans, a friend alluding to the splendu!
pageant which wound through the streel- of the
city, said to him that dt must have been vers
gratifying to lorn.* *No.' said lie, *it was not. I
was afraid som° of the women and children
might lie hurt.' Who hut he. when thus receiv
ing a triumph like those of C’te-nr. would have
thought of that? But to his mind that was the
most beautiful ttaii m (lenerai Pay lor’s charac
ter. it was more chaiacteri-ticof him than an\
of the many anecdote- told of him. 1 he peo
ple wanted an honest man. 'Phis was more ne
cessarv than fine talent merely, such a< was
I displayed in public -peaking. Fdect him. and
the people would have a man upon whom they
could rely.”
OStlo.
We have never been able to understand on
| what grounds the Locofocos claim this State
j for their several nominee', ( ass and Van B:i
j ren. If we maybe allowed to judge ot what
will happen, by what ini' happened before, we
i should be induced to believe that there is no
State in the luion more decidedly sate for the
nominees of the Philadelphia Convention. It
gave an immense majority for (loneral Harrison,
and a very derided one tor Mr. ( lay. and we
have vet to see the first sign that the Whig spi
rit has decayed. That any portion of the party
could he drawn into the support of (Jen. ('ass
we hold to he entirely absurd: and that Nan
Ilmen, while he may* make sad havoc with the
vote of his Democratic rival, can justly hope to
injure that of the Whig nominee, we do not ap
prehend. Ohio, we think, may be set down
with absolute certainty for Taylor and Fiilmore-.
The Washington correspondent of the Journal
of Commerce speaks on tins subject as follows: (
— Rich. iJ/Wg.
The friends of (J n. Taslor are gathering
strength and spirit in Ohio for the coming con
te>f. 1 have seen letters from the best sources
in Ohio, stating tliat if human means can carry
tlie state for Tay lor it wdl he done. Mr. Cor
win is in the field for Ta' lor. and is about to
canvass in person, th® Ashtabula district. Mr.
Columbus Delano, one of the most influential
Whig* of the State, though at one time reluc
tant to support (Jen. Taylor, o now devoting
himself with great ardor, to his election. He
will also canvass all the doubtful districts.—
These are the m**n whom the Van Puren move
ment was most likely to carry away, and they*
are the men who are tlie most capable of re
straining the fanatici-m am! the sectionalism
upon which the Van Puren movement is based.
Ohio was alwav£ anti-Van-Puren. His name
will make no impression uj>on the U higs in
that State, hut will, on tlie other hand, take off
a large portion of the strength of the regular
Democratic ticket.
>Ir. Van Huron,
The official government organ at Washing
ton is hemming tierce in its attacks upon Mar
tin N an Buren. Its lea ling editorial of Thurs
day, bearing the heading of *;ihc Apostate." han
dles without gloves the former embodiment of
democratic perfection. The opening paragraph,
winch we subjoin, will serve as a sample of the
spirit of the whole article:
We intend to strip oti completely the mask
from the face oj Mr. Van Ihjren and his barn
burning champions. The duty i- forced upon
u> by the cr!si< itself. He has been once more
nominated to the highest oilier in the world.
H’s miserable ambition, ate! still ftore, his vin
dictive passions, are despicable enough: hut it
is the means which he cinplovs which peculiar
ly excite the contempt and indignation of every
hone*t mind. It is his attempting to gratify his
passions at the expense of hi< country: and at
the risk of disturbing the peace and even the
union of the Confederacy, he i* attempting to
build up a northern party, on sectional feeling*
and geographical lines, it is. then, time to ex
pose him in all the wiles and doublings of hi*
character, and to show the people whose suf
frage he is soliciting, what manner or man he is.
Hit him again. Tommy ’*
Tlic* North and South.
‘•The South now exports to the Northern
States more than all the exports of the North
to Foreign countries, and it i> a well established
principle tha* the imports ot a community ale j
based upon its exports, and that they nearly >
equal each other.’*
So said Mr. Calhoun in his Charleston speech.
It is a bold assertion, and one which he will
never attempt to prove, and which, if the at
tempt were mad", would utterly lail to prove
what is here asserted. From the best data we
have by us. at this time, we answer with the
following (itrure>. I hey are but an appioxima
t'on to the fact of what all the Northern or
free State Exports leally are. hut serve the pur
pose. imperfect as they are. of nn answer to the
position laid down by the Senator Horn Soiitn
Carolina. Weirivethe Southern export state
ment for a whole year, and the Northern state
ment for nine months.
Exports of co?ton to Northern
" ports. hd5.nl*> bales
Exports from Northern ports to
Europe. 1*1.007 “
Consumed at the North. .55 i.ouv
Exports of Susrar. hlids
Molasses. 1t.^»w; ••
,L i. po.o-n hbls
Value of cotton, r,51.l!0i> bales, at •>
cts. per lb., bales 100 lbs .
Sn,Yj’r -'.i.0'2S liliiis., at I
' -i 5,a 1 in
cts. ,l,‘r ll>
Value of Molasses. MW. Iilwls I ^jo.r.iO
.. •• pO.O^S hbis. $
. - t
For year en-Jins Se|>t. 1st.. I-IS *1 V>''*s,vi j
F.XI’OKT'' OK NORTIIKKN STATK.s.
Beef. He.. l"r'
Fork, etc.. •2.V2u.0v*
flutter and (’horse. 1 l'-'5
Wheat, g.* too. 7 7"
Flour. 1
Torn. f .‘M‘n,7’>!
Meal, U'K),:iv>
t>2d.'' sV.,'.r2. for o mos.. end- •
ing Marcli -Ust. 1N Is.
Mr. (alhoun will see here that his estimates
are all wrong. It would be but lair, too, that
some deduction -hoiil 1 he nrfc !e for the exports
lrom the North to the South, a'-d ibex wid a
mount to millions per annum. But wy do not
like these Sectional comparisons. '1 h*‘\ are
unjust to the North. ami uniu~t to the South,
mid ouk calculated to engender lil Iceiing be
, tween different sections of the same ( nmn.
Mr. Calhoun, howevgi. i> eternally preaching
to, ami nnainst the North, and in self-defence,
it is sometimes nocessara to show him that there
is a North as well as a South. No man has
1 done mote, none as much, to fo^tei settiouai ;
i jealousies, and it is time they were discounte
nanced.
A fair discussion. and in a good temper, how- j
e.wi. might do good, showing the effect ot |
I the difference of institution^. climate. ^oi!. pro- j
! duct on. and people, Ii Southern statesmen.
! and particularly statesmen living on the border
1 States of the South, would look into the >tat s
tics of the North, and of the countrv generally,
i thev would see that there wa> rather an nc
I casion fora more zealous co-operation with the
! North, than for the indulgence of tierce denun
ciations against the free States —.V. Y.Exj/.
We cannot forbear to give a passage of sur
passing eloquence trom a speech dehveted dm-j
ii>jv ‘-tlu* j*aiiiC session of our National 1.* gis- ;
la’ure, by tiiat great statesman an 1 orator. Mr.
UYI.sNi’:
••I have not anowed myseit. sir. to look n< -
\on<! the Ini »n ;nsee w!i:it mnrlit lie hidden in
; the dark recess behind. 1 have not cooily
weiirhed the chances ot preserving liberty. when
, the bonds that unite U' together shall he urok
: en asundei. ! have not permitted m\s; !r to
• handover the precipice of disunion to see vvheth
i (.r. with my short sinht. I can fathom the depth
! of the abvss below: nor could I regard h.m a
! a safe cent seller in the aflairs of this (lovern
ment. whose thoughts should, be main!' bent on
1 consi ierintr not how* tin* ( nion could he hest
| {'reserved, hut how loierahle ini-rht he thecorv
! dition of tin* people, when if shall he broken up
| ;in J deslroved. Whi’e tin* I’nion lasts we have
’ h?nl). incitipc:, ^raf lyimr pro-peefs spread out
! before us and our children. Bevoud that I
i seek not to penetrate ill * veil. <«<» i trran. that
in mv day at !»*ast tliat curtain ma\ not ti-e.
f?'»d erant that on mv vision may never he open
ed what lie- behind. When rnv e>es -l»a!l he
turned to behold for the last time, the -un in ,
Iieaven. may I not cee ban shining on the
broker, am!" dishonored fragments of a once
‘.rlorious Ihiion: on States disserve.!, discordant,
belligerent; on a Ian i rent with civil fends, or
drenched it tnav ho in fraternal blond! l et
| their last feeble‘an.1 lingering glance rather tie
hold tiie gorgeous eusen of the Republic. now
known and honored throughout the earth, still
full high advance.!-itsarms and trophies stream- j
‘intr in all their original lustre—not a stripe
erase! or polluted, nor a single star obscured
j bearing for it-motto ltri-urh nr.tserable inter*
I rogatory as 'ir'inf is‘ill thi* li’oi f i/ noi fho*. *
j other words ot .‘elusion and aa 1 f*ul\. t//
! first and ViMn aft^nv-mh; luit everywhere,
snread all over, in characters of bring light. h!a
! zi ng on all its amide folds, as they float oyer
1 the «ea. and over the land, and in every w.nd
1 under the heavens, that other sentiment dear to
! every true American heart—Liberty and I'nion.
j now and forever, one and inseparable! *
A Dark Xiglit in Xcw York.
i l iie Ylmanacs record a dark cay some vx'licr*1
j in the last centurv, which tilled men's heads
I with fear and tre.nblinz. The sun, it seems.
! ijidn't happen to shine « u* with his cu -loin ir\
i efinlienee, for some rea-ou it <•- i.ot oui puna se
i;,t Tins late <ia\ !o investigate. Phi.lo-npher
and prophet- no douht made a lucrative job of
lit,—for there were a* many credulous geese in
those davs. a- thciv are m our-, if b storx ^pc.iks
Irislv. However it may be about thedaik day.
it was reserved for the- x ear of irrace eighteen
bundled and fortx-i izht to xvltue-s a t.’urk night
Yes readei we mean what we say. I he ra
house xvas burnt Iowa xesterdax. and \x hen
! nizht came, Manhattan Is'an l was ; snuil»* 1
; oip,’* extinguished.—yes. shrouded in irjootn.
People had to«:rope their way home solely hy
i |V,iJinjp, arid thedizit- in the -palpable ob-cure
had to perform what one's optics nature designed
' should do. Iu fact the whole city out- loors
was for the while con veiled into a tday*house.
Kvervbo ly appeared to he performing French
Opera. As it zo* later, thv.tlnrk became more
' intense, nnd the confusion greater. Sperm ran
kles and twopenny dip* went up. and od xyent
! down—into the lamps. But all the-e ni.m-r
| lights only made darkness still more viable.
| Pedestrians who sleeted for Chatham -tree*.
| found themselves’inconsc ou.-ly in Brnadwax.
land, vice versa, they xvho bent their course tor
old clo-dom trot a/oii! of the Park bountam.
The omnibuses too. came in contact. Broadway
••riiriit up" ran into Broadway "rizht down,*'
and the whips ail nizht were in a terrible ytate
of indignation. The Corporation came in tor a
-hare of it. for at the doors o*' the city lathers
aii the Warn* was laid, bv those \xho were not
cognizant of the gaseous collate in Hester
street. The loafers and pickpocket in the
Park, however, were rojoicinz when Christian
ppo;de were inourninz. A nap could he had. or
;i socket could he picked, without hazardinz an
interruption of the one. or a detection of thy,
o;l1(*r. Not content that the zas had -vamosed,
w ith th it zreat Scotch rascal.the! haue <n ( axr
dor. the .' cried out, the more to facilitate th** du
ties (?! the proles-tor:.
-Stars! hide your fires,
Let not Nighfseeourdatk an ! derpdeSTe*.
^h ikspe ire. however, suffered ;o well a> the
greenhorns. Tlie theatres that manufacture
their own light, of cou^e. experienced no ..em
inent. hut the others who have not yet taken
that precaution, were in a sad pi unit. * he
Managers luokei a: the audience. and told them ,
toiro home, get enlightened. Mudv astronomy , j
Ail the drv good' establishments, the boon j
stores, the grocers shops, the ire cream saloons.
>hut up shop, in despair, wondering what could |
be the matter. Tn all the Hote.- -..aikness j
reigned sole monarch of the scene, am: the
boarders wor.» reduced to the Ji*l alternative o! j
taking ever/ thing on trust. It is not true we j
are assured, that certain eating house proprietors j
availed themselv'-s of this opportunity to *-rvc
up. for rabbit- but. never mind, its Easier iioa- j
-ined than described. [The dog frw is still in j
force. ]—A etc- York Evprcn.___
Jgb printing
Neatly executed, with despatch, at this Office j
The Tombs in Sew York.
Grim mausoleum of I lope! Foul lazar-hou«e
of )»olluteii and festering humanity! A ch'li
am! noisome blast, as thu midnight breath oi
^iave-vards. salutes us as we enter beneath thy
frowning vestibule—a bitter wind, laden with
••■roansand imprecation*. hurrying swiftly away
frightened at what it has seen and heard, ami
hastening to lose itself in the purjung .-unsh;r e
of the uppe r world. V\ hat unsightly laby rin'h-*
of tilth and abomination - what heaped-up ce !*
of iniquity and unrepentant crime— what dcn>
of drunken madness, howling over thegmve
of Reason—what dark recesses, sacred to ?1 *•
orgies of a corrupt and abominable just.ee
hast thou not passed over! No wondei th.1
thou art tainted with a po:son that strike-to
the very soul but to breathe. No wonder that
in such a re 1-hot furnace ot cotruption. bribery,
theft, burglary, murder, pra-tituticui ami i!eiii;
u:n tremens, tlie very air i- rarefied with crime.
We can hardly realize 11.at there is >n tlu- whole
gloomv cdilice an honest -t ace wlieivon a man
mav .-afely set hi- foot. Where, then, shall we
begin—On the Bench, or in the Cell ' At the
Law. or it- Victim- ! In the Bar. or the Ihin
gcon ? No matter where. Let u- enter by a
sale door, and explore from the ground upwa' i.
It \s within an hour ot untii^m. -v louce
| man stands at the low* door, and seeing tin t
we are ‘ connected with ti e press." offers t o ob
stacle to our entrance. Sometime lie mav have
i a -case" whicii he lias been paid toi orppo*
! irz- and then we ma> hoof dse’o b in. W <*
! enter ami zropeom way with d;ffi< ulty. stum
! hlinz hen* and theie over :t sleepn z ^ aUhtiur .
^md makinz slowly toward a dim and- dis’a t
Uiliinmeiitiz light. Apptoac;,;: j. we set a dark
| lantern held so that ts single ra\ mav ilium *
nate the coiruzated lace ami ghasiiv spectacle*
of the Police Magistrate. who is doing up the
loafers and loafercsses in ajuid*. 1 he reee**
cs of the damp unwholesome apartment ate
filled with ditinken men and women found help
less in the .-licet. with night-brawlers and di*
iturl'Qrsof the public peace, and with young
1 bo\s and girls who have he ett caught asleep ca
; cellar dooi-or are suspected ot the lion tide
I crime of stealing junk bottle* and old iron 1
The \*i r> lowest amt ir;o>t biutal form of human
i depravity tf.av here he *<*('11 in ad ;t* horror* *,
and Hit* must nomine *-m oj <tu i** , i.ir.u
eyed. drunken woman hi tested lor lobhin^ her
paramoui or for rjuarrelmii with her compai -
ions on the l‘o nt<, and waiting In-rtura. amour
negro men and women. thieve* and vagabond*,
of ever\ age and <jua';t>. to be ‘■taken care oi.
in that tenderand atiectionate manner in winch
Societv is in the hahit of prouding foi Mich of
her ehildien as cannot take care of themsrlv* -
Our Magistrate ha- wolk enough to pio\ id.* a !
these unfortunates with comlortah1** <juar?ci-.
either on Black we!i > Isumd or in the Iliunh
ardks Boom, and it iu*ct—ars that he shot;!,
begin betimes, and proceed ns sunnuirs me. -
Hijres. .\s each case is caMed. the W a1 c 1 ni.oi
on whose list it is. conies forward, gives a wink
at a worm-eaten Bibb* on the desk, and | rocee.S
to relate Ids side of the story. 1 los i^allthat
the .Magistrate h.is time n> listen to. Ih.* m *
•*iahie creature who has la!h*n 11*t»» the M an I -
man’s clutches is at once commuted and !m «■!
away. If he has inonev. he max manage.w»*
enough wit!* the Watchman, and mak** h s
cape afVmce. But if not. he must l^gotjuo i and
wait next day lor the xist* oi th.* "*IiWei
lawyns—a set of tarkes hu/zards. who— lom h
j i> pollution and s\ hose breath > nt ■*' ier.ee. Ii
! the j'risoner, howevei. ha** ueitnei mum ’' 1,1 ’
i friends, justice is rigi i and uneompiom - ng
No Shsst r d *lurh- Ii - drunken uu difat!* r.*
and' r.o Keepei a! lev in t* s the agonies of r» tinn
ing; subnet x. 1 brown iiownng. and inlur.a ed
{into a sat'il filled v\Un wretches ' he hiaisrii.
! thev aid each oti.ei’s a’b-mpt** at ••emoiiism. un -
I til th'* *.\hole place bec<inus a shu Idei it % I
I he svoinen are crammed i*ito a long lampVss
corridor, and i.e huddle '■ up in th* r lag* aga.i ■ **
the bale stone s-.alis. or lave in hi 1« <*u- furs to
hind no. until theii strength is exhausted and
j ih«*\ fail i io.it* i.j on the hoof.
Tin- i- the mere laiuy-woik of tin I "U ’ •
| Later m the moruiui th»* real bu-in»*-s ot tin
day h**uins Uj)->!;liis. 1 la* -JiiiLe. a- the u;
tier-tappers of the office and tlit lo-po.teis a
wa\> take care to stvle him. ha- taken hi> ***at.
w ith a well-blanked’<’!erk < n eitht r -ide. V d
now. open the • oors of jonr cashes • ’ 1
iicemen. and drive vour v. i: i amnia'- into ti.e
rmi ' Here they come! An appalliiej: com
pain, {ilarintr u.on u- with feiaiuou- *• \^. « r
livid ;*> the line of death. Savw the outline,
not a ray nor trace ot human tv can we d.-< nw i
! Ill them all. driven h> icmoi-des* liunier - i
■tespair, or the loadings of unnatuml and con*
f4tmimr appetite-, they have de: aucln ! iv»-:
human feeliii! and m-tinct out «*i .ln*i: '*'> '" *
i ini. Full halt of them are women, and. with
| the exception that thev are cl a •red w .th irav -
i eroticiices. tin* pie.-ent companv. he’ll man* ai d
i female, are for the most, mete counter,™!- *»t
| tin* «iani we -mv ;it da>break, ar ! me -ei:t
J olf, one after another, to a\ya t theii ’rial at 'In*
C'otirt of Session-. (Kcns;on.iI!v. how. ver. a
! well-dress*! >wn. Her who ha- rohhe ! his em
i plover or foried hs friends name, or a >t it
hainisoine woman of the town, ma\ he « n in
the public dock. Bui. %i nt tolly, all mt h are
aide, in <me way or another, to -ecui.- an ex
amination in the ; tivate ro< m. 01 as the i( jiir
naiit !h*} oiti-r- ; wh n th<\ me m-t peiini:’«*<. to
! share the -poi -< t. ;ni it. tin- .v';o t h.im.'ei
In thi- room. Ju-tiee tr.ai-n !• ! u-H • - up" 1 ■'
splendid scale. Kvervthii’.l - acceptable, an :
| nothin! comes ami--, from the c«- : t| u-aiii a
i veritable moj n—es. t«» the cauar -hud yi H."
I bmad-cloth cloak of -on.e po« : devil, hither-.
! ••lespectabh*." hut w bo ha- biundere.! si-'** •< i
unsuccessful -peculation. dote. .oo. ,:*• i*..
some and dashing t yprians who have •
complained of I«»r ••ton ion^ a couutiv m*
chant, a parish rlruryman. or a ‘jrroea < or.iir - -
man on hi* way home, leceive the honor* of a
private exam nation before the “.In tie him-eli
l»v the wav. our count! v trim !*. ‘he merchai
cJertivman and I onsiessuuin alore-aid. \\ •
hear u* out in tin* a-*ertion that these ca-*
•"Uierallv tcrnumite with the aire-t ot tbe it.i .
deceiver, and the am ouncement. on t! e part i !
the s\mpathizintr officer, that “tin* money ha
n,)! been iproven* I. Sometime*. f tbe an on
i* lame. and a “inu-s” would pel Imps b a I t
inconvenient inve-t nation*.the x dim if'-ts had
ot it back atiain. out of winch !i*‘ gladly 1 1 -
that ••indefntitrahle and efficient r. \ l» '
|) K K. f». Smith.” five dol ar- toi h,> ti utde.
and sneak* ofl about hi- hu- no—
IVn’de are apt to imairuf that a tha t < r a wo
man who roh* a rich en-tom r. mak. - 'i i.v |
hu*ine-s of it: hut they do not know ali I he
draw hack* and discounts to which a pool th • !
j. subject** i be' >re beim: I eiia t*o<i to tr* t . h-a
of the Tombs with hi* pr**» . no* a very
an! ruinous reduction of In- profit*. '»«'•••
wjth t!»e*ub-ro a lion * -. tor tlie
lira’ll tv to the attentive clerk-, and the w cm
bribery to the < ?f’ * t ? an I reporter* (the latt 1
onlv admitted in ca-eof n-pertah.i t-. arm - -
cial position.) we think, aft.•• ail. tha’ we ha .
rather Ire a member of the “hvterior l»».an. n
Wall-s?. than a ffenteel thief.
If von would know what i* the exficn.;*o|
human degradation an ! mi «*i \. x i- * • « n..• •
and take a walk through t* var ous mi ^e- «u
cell-and apartments You max. perhaps.no!
be e-peciallv -hocked at the ccmdit m of the
inmate* of the cells alontr the more an-w.v ■
corridor*, where the fop/or* murderer* am
,re;jtee! swindler- are conhned. If. ', me;*
jnwe 1 bed-linen and nook*. am. if«• • ^- \
choo*e. keep thems dve* c!eanlv and rorr.foitt
bV flu? wait' Let us oi»en this great i'-*'
a*i'i *tep into the cattle-}ard. where are l»«r ** <
the miserable wretches who have been
guiltv of drunkenness awl starvuti'y *>r\ “
vou -till survive, let u* go Mdo tie* terna.e • « -
prirtment. and hear the drunken, h.oatei..,1; -
eased white at I h’aek women curs-mr am
blaspheming! Then remember that ai^.eN
monstrous creatures were lorn vim ! ■•:r
tifu! womanlv *oul*. and that tin- r' •* '
tiine hundred and ninetv-n;;n ‘fl 1 '* ,i?'; ‘
that thev were dpv»*n to ’hi i j:re«*'f:. 1 1 • ■
h\ starvation and the wile* of «on.e heart -
,, • | ,}„.v alone are punish*-!
inan-vs lain, ard that mo ■ .
while the man ■:"< i! , • ..<r^c*.
man itv befo e1 >u in its mo
aiwl its most rev..!«i«u- iflamfj-', .
A* Jo the “HSgff^Sd-forSrNr.
tiihlishneMf. v<-r> * h; !l0S|1;tat:tl,. or tl,H
.h, »..uw.r V
ilonahV sin «i confmpt of Court.-.'<•••
Tribune •
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On the 2*rh in*t.. by the fM' f f\\i;
Mr JOHN W VAN ORDEN
H VTCHRLL. all of Fairfax to >n