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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EMPIRE ,
IN FRANCE.
The Paris Moniteur publishes I the proceed
ings of the Senate on tne 4th, 6th, and 7th of
Nov., the address of Prince Jerome to the Sen
ate, the President's Message, tho proposition of
the ten Senators for the establishment of the
Empire, and the report of the Commission rec
ommending the establishment of the Empire.
Tho Senatus consullum adopted by the Senate,
consists of eight articles:: .
Art. 1. Tho Imperial dignity is re-establish-ed.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is Emperor, un
der the name of Napoleon III.
2. The Imperial dignity Is hereditary in the
direct and legitimate descendats of Louis Napo
leon Bonaparte, from male to male, by order of
primogeniture, to tho perpetual exclusion of fe
males and their descendants.
3. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, if he has no
male child, may adopt the legitimate children and
descendants in the male line of the brothers of
the Emperor Napoleon 1. ' The forms of adop
tion are regulated by a Senatus consullum. If,
after this adoption, male children should be born
to Louis Napoleon, his adoptive children cannot
be called on to succeed him until after his legit
imate descendants. The adoption is interdicted
to the successors of Louis Napoleon, and to their
descendants.
4. Louis Napoleon regulates, by an organic
decree addressed to the Senate, and deposited
in its archives, the order of succession to the
throno in the Bonaparte family, in case he
should leave no legitimate or adoptive heir.
5. In default of a legitimate or adoptive heir
of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, and of the suc
cessors in a collateral line, who shall derive their
right in the above mentioned oganic decree, a
Senatus consullum, proposed to the Senate by
the Ministers formed into a Council of Govern
ment, united to the Presidents of the Senate, of
the Legislative Body, and of the Council of
State, and submitted to the acceptance of the
people, names the Emperor, and regulates in his
family tho hereditary order from male to male,
to the perpetual exclusion of females and their
descendants. Until the moment when the elec
tion of the new Emperor is consummated, the
affairs of State are governed by the Ministers in
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Uiuce, vvuu Mian iuiuj iiiciuacivt -a imu u vsuuucti
of Government, and deliberate by a majority of
votes.
6. Tho members of the family of Louis Na
poleon Bonaparte called eventually to the suc
cession, and their descendants of both sexes,
form part of the Imperial family. A Senatus
consullum regulates their position. They can
not marry without such authorization of tho
Emperor. Their marriage without such author
ization entails privation of all hereditary right,
as well for him who contracts it as for his de
scendants, i
7. The Constitution of the 15th January,1852,
is maintained in all provisions which are not con
trary to the present Senatus consuttum ; there
cannot be any modification made in it, except in
the forms and by the means herein prescribed.
8. The following proposition shall be present
cd to the acceptance of the French people, in tho
forms determined by the decrees of the 2d and
4th of December, 1851 : "The people wish for
tho re-establishment of the Imperial dignity in
the person of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, with
hereditary right in his direct descendants, either
legitimate or adoptive, and give him the right to
regulate the order of succession to the throne
in the lionaparte lamuy, as provided tor by the
Senatus consullum of November, 1852."
M. Mernard, first Vice President of tho Sen
ate, on presenting the above Senatus consullum
to the Prince President, addressed him as fol
lows: 44 Monseigneur: When a great country like
France makes its voice heard, the first duty of
the political body to which sho addresses herself
is to listen and reply. Such were the ideas of
your Highness in calling for the meditations of
the Senate on this vast movement of public
opinion, which has manifested itself with so
much ensemble and energy. Tho Senate has
understood that this striking manifestation is
justified at the same time by the immense ser
vices which you have rendered, by tho name
which you bear, and by the guarantees which
are given to the future by tho greatness of your
character and the wisdom and firmness of your
mind. It has understood that, after so many
revolutions, France feels the want of putting
her destinies under the shelter of a powerful
and national Government, which only holding to
the past by the souvenirs of her glory and the le
gitimacy of her origin, now again finds in popu
lar sanction the elements of its force and of its
duration. The Senate glories, Monseigneur, in
being the faithful interpreters of their wishes
and sentiments of the country, in placingin your
hands the Scnaius consullum which calls you to
the Empire."
The lMnce made tho following reply :
"Messieurs les Senateurs: I thank the Sen
ate for tho readiness with which it has respond
ed to the wishes of the country, in deliberating
on tho re-establishment of the Empire, and in
drawing up the Senatus consullum, which is to
be submitted to tho acceptance of tie people.
When, forty-eight years since, in this same pal
ace, in this same room, and under analagous cir
cumstances, tho Senate came to offer the crown
to the chief of my family, the Emperor replied
in these memorable words My spirit will no
longer bo with my posterity from the day when
it shall ceaso to merit the love and the confi
dence of this great nation.' What now most
affects my heart is tho thought that the spirit of
tho Emperor is with me, that his ideas guide
me, that his shade protects me, since, by a sol
emn proceeding, you come, in the name of the
French people, to prove to me that I have mer
ited the confidence of the country. It is not nec
essary for mo to tell you that my constant pro
occupation will be to labor with you to promote
the grandeur and prosperity of, France."
The Patriot Meagher. Seldom in the his
tory of our country has any European exjle been
more universally popular with all classes and
sects among us than Thomas Francis Meagher,
the eloquent and accomplished Irishman, who
has recently escaped to our shores from the pe
nal colony of England. He is indebted for this
immunity from all censure, to his admirable dis
cretion and general modesty of deportment, not
less than to his remarkable talent. Eastern pa
pers say that his lecture in New York, on the
subject of Australia, drew a tremendous audi
ence, and is spoken of as a brilliant effort. It is
eupnoscd 5,000 persons crowded Metropolitan
Hall, at 50 cents each.
''; v THE SIAMESE TWINS. " :
Many persons who, in days gone by, have ta
ken a lively interest in tho welfare of Messrs.
Eng and Chang Bunkers, the celebrated Siam
ese twins may be glad to learn that those gen
tleraan are well and live at Mount Airy in N.
Carolina surrounded by their wives and chil
dren, ,
Mr. Eng has sir, and Mr. Chang five children,
all of whom are apt scholars and remarkably
well behaved manifesting the strongest possi
ble desire to learn their lessons and to secure
the good will of their teacher. They all par
take strongly of tho most refined Siamese cast
of countenance, form and manner of deporting
themselves in truth they are a credit to their
parents, and the community in which they live.
Formerly they lived in Wilkes county, but in
consequence of the numerous actions for as
sault and battery brought against them in the
county they removed into tho adjoining coun
ty, shortly after which they were fined fifteen
dollars and costs at Rockford, the county seat,
for splitting a board into splinters over the
head of a man who had insulted them.
As regards tho supposed sympathy existing
between them, it may be stated that their most
intimate acquaintances deem them to be entire
ly independent of every thing of the kind, and
give us instances to sustain their opinion, that
not long since they attended an auction sale of
hogs and bid against each other tnl they ran up
the prices altogether above the market rates
also, that on one occasion Mr. Eng or Chang
was taken ill and took to his bed where he lay
complaining for some time, although his broth
er scolded him severely all the winie lor aeiain
ing him in bed when he ought to have been at
tending to the business on the plantation.
On another occasion, as they were passing
up tho road, a gentleman enquired of them
where thev were going, whereupon Mr. Chang
replied 44 1 am a going over tho Bluo Ridge in
the stage," and at the same time Mr. Eng, look
ing over his shoulder, replied, with an arch smile
" 1 am going home to look after our wives and
children." When questioned about their moth
er some time since by an acquaintance they sta
ted that they had formerly received letters Irom
her, but latterly they had heard no tidings of
her and even if they wero to receive letters
from her written in the Siamese language, they
would not be able to read them, as they had for
gotten their mother tongue.
They are excellent hands to carry up a cor
ner of a log house exceeding ail their neigh
bors in cutting saddles and notches in comer
logs both of them wielding the axe with a
power and dexterity superior to any of the most
expert woodcutters in this wooden country.
When they chop or fight, they do so double
handed, and, in driving a horse or chastising
their negroes, both of them use the lash with
out mercy.
A gentleman who purchased a black man a
short time ago from them, informed the writer
that he was " really the worst whipped negro
he ever saw." They are inveterate smokers and
chewersof tobacco each chewing his own quid
and smoking his own pipe,it has been remarked,
however, in support of the sympathy supposed
to prevail throughout their systems, that, n a
general rule, when one takes a fresh quid the
other does t lie same, notwithstanding they do
not always expectorate the same quantity of
saliva or spit at the same instant. It is also
generally admitted that there is a marked differ
ence In the systems and temperaments of the
gentlemen, and still they almost invariably draw
the same inference from topics submitted to
their consideration, and arrive at similar con
clusions. Mr. Eng not unfrequently gives se
rious oflenco to Mr. Chang, by jesting him about
his having one more child than he has, whereby
ho claims to be the better man of the two.
When shooting, (a sport of which they are very
fond) one sights or takes aim, and the other (it
is said) pulls the trigger now if this is true it
would go far to prove the doctrine of supposed
sympathy existing between the brothers, but it
is questioned by most of their neighbors.
They readily admit and acknowledge them
selves to entertain a strong Christian faith or
belief, and are regular attendant at Church and
their religious meetings,where they deport them
selves as becomes good citizens of the land of
their adoption, They are strong politicians, and
take a lively interest in all the elections that
occur in their district. As the writer was in
formed by a lady of Mount Airy, " they arc
mighty stay at homo people" rarely ever go
ing from home unless called away by business.
A Long Line of Railroad. The report of
John Brough, Esq., upon the great Railroad en
terprise in which he is engaged, shows that at
this timo there only needs the completion of
170 miles, between lerre Haute and St. Louis,
to connect the Eastern cities with St. Louis
thus making a connected lino of railroad of 1,
200 mle3 between St. Louis and New York by
the Central, and 1,039 by tho Erie road. Add
to this that about 200 miles of the Pacific road
westward is now under contract, with a grant of
3,000,000 acres of land by the Government, and
it presents the longest and most direct connec
ted railroad line in tho world.
A Large and Small Wheel. We expect
that some of our Pennsylvania friends in Mun
cy, (and none others) will answer tho article in
last week's Scientific American, and tell how
much the small wheel slides. Let the answer
bt' short a few lines will do it and those who
see through it will no doubt be able to point
out an error of an important but Ringle short
word, jn the article to which we refer.
Scientific Amercican.
New York, Nov. 18.
The Herald has a dispatch from Washington,
stating that the Peruvian Minister having fur
nished satisfactory proofs that his government
had for many years, exercised jurisdiction over
tho Lobos Islands, the United Statos have re
ceded from their position on that question.
Thatthere may be no great loss to their ves
sels which went out, tho Peruvian government
have agreed to extend to them every proper fa
cility in securing cargoes. TJius ends the Gui
ana difficulty.
Wellakd Canal. The tolls on this Canal,
for the past month of October, amounted to
9,289. The sum received in the same month
of last year was 5,948. Free Press.
The Governor of Indiana has appointed Hon.
Charles W. Cathcart, U. S. Senator, to fill tho
vacancy occasioned by the death of Senator
Whitcomb.
THE GRAND RIVER TIMES.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 8, 1852.
f3f" The majority for Gen. Pierce on the
popular vote is about two hundred and twenty
five thousand. The whole vote given for Hale
probably falls sbort of one hundred and fifty
thousand, being no more than half as large as
Van Buren's vote in 1848. This result demon
strates, whatever may be the future 44 modus
operandi" of our opponents, that no possible
combination of the political factions of the
country can hereafter be rendered available
against the united Democracy. In view of this
state of things the disappointed Galphinites are
now starting a project to steal the Democratic
name, and under cover of this 44 alias," to smug
gle Whig principles and Whig practices into the
ascendancy. This will do very well to tantal
ize for a time the forlorn hopes of bankrupt
politicians. The fact is our late opponents are
in a brown study, but as yet they have brought
forth nothing but idle, and impracticable, though
sometimes curious speculations as to the future
position and movements of parties. All these,
we predict, will go for nothing. Notwithstand
ing the New York Tribune insists that 14 the
lato Whig party" is in a state of nonentity, we
have the faith to believo that the dry bones of
Whiggery will for a considerable length of time
to come continue to stalk through the length
and breadth of tho land. Thcro will yet be
two prominent political parties, and they will
still bo divided on tho same or similar issues to
those made during the last and preceeding cam
paigns. All other issues heretofore made by
third parties, or which we conceive can be mado
under existing circumstances, are sectional in
their nature, and consequently can in no case
be made tho basis of a successful national or
ganization. Tho issues made between the
Whig and Democratic parties, though much
narrowed down within the last few years, are
of a national character. These will continue to
exist so long as aspirants to the public crib can
succeed in keeping alive, a spirit of hostility to
that great policy which gives an unrestricted
exercise to the legitimate enterprises of the cit
izen, and unites tho nations in bonds of amity
and concord. The present century witnesses a
struggle between the liberal, progressive ideas
of the age and a spirit of blind servility to old
precedents, which is too bigoted to permit of
any real progress, and too timid even to reform
long standing abuses. A modification of that
same narrow and short sighted spirit which to
this day closes the ports of Japan against a mu
tually profitable and humanizing intercourse
with other nations still pervades to some degree
this whole country. So long as this spirit,
coupled with a disposition to slight the inter
ests of our citizens abroad, and restrain and di
vert their otherwise well directed energies at
home, finds any considerable number of advo
cates, we expect tho present organization of par
ties to continue. It is true that on these naked
issues alone, it is an easy matter to determine
which party will maintain the ascendancy, and
to battle against the principles of the progress
ive Democracy may appear like struggling
against fate. But the history of those adventi
tious circumstances, which fortune has at times
thrown within their reach, will still give the
Whigs courage to keep up an organization, not
indeed with the hope of immediate success, but
in a spirit of patient waiting for a recurrence of
some lucky accident by virtue of which they
may ride into power.
Close of Navigation. Since our last issue
the fleet belonging to Grand River has arrived
and laid up in winter quarters, having made
more numerous and successful trips than even
those of last year which we chronicled as rang
ing from thirty to forty. Notwithstanding the
severe gales which have wrecked many a good
ly craft on Lake Michigan our fleet have escap
ed harmless, and our harbor although in a state
of Natnre, has been ono of perfect safety. No
thanks to Uncle Sam except so far as Li;ht
Ilouse expenditures have contributed to 'his
happy result. We have no means of estimati ng
tho exact amount of exports from tho valley of
Grand River yet, but hope soon to be able to
give tho statistics. Suffice it to say that over
30,000,000 feet of lumber has found a cash mar
ket at fair prices in Chicago, the proceeds of
which are distributed among our merchants, mill
owners, vessel owners, and lumbermen. Prep
arations aro making for lumbering as usual and
by the opening of navigation in tho spring the
mills will have on hand their usual quota of
freight and stock to run their numerous saws
night and day throughout tho coming year.
The business on the river is increasing so rap
idly that steam boats are in great demand. It
is expected that no less than six will be running
in tho spring between this place and Grand Rap
ids, and probably ono or more lines across the
Lake. It is also expected that the Northern
Rail Road extension from Pontiac to this place
will be put in progress within the coming year.
In the passago of the River and Harbor bill we
believe we have the assurance that the estimates
of Col. Abert for a harbor at this place and at
Holland will be endorsed by yearly appropria
tions until completed. Then western Michigan
will become maritine and its products will find
a safe and cheap channel of export to enrich the
industry of its enterprising population. We
look for liberal aid by both the State and Na
tional Legislatures this winter and as in duty
bound we shall ever pray that our petitions may
bo granted.
OAKLAND AND OTTAWA RAIL ROAD.
- It should be a source of much pride and grati
fication to the citizens of Pontiac, to learn tjiat
the stockholders in this contemplated road are
taking measures for its early completion. Wo
learn that a survey is to be made this winter, and
as early as practicable in the spring, tho work
will commence, and be prosecuted with the al
most energy, until it is completed.
Very few of our citizens, wo venture to say
have even thought of the change that will take
place in Pontiac, consequent upon the construc
tion of this great work. The numerous Engine,
.Mechanic, and Upholsterer's 6hops, Car Houses,
Depots, and tho vast nuinber of operatives requi
red to carry them on, will give an impetus and
life to that already active business character of
me piace, wnicn cannot now naruiy oe reauzcu
doubling the population in a year, and more
than doubling its business capacity and revo
lutionizing as by magic, its entire business ope
rations. It has not, as yet, been decided, which course
it will take from the present D. & P. R. R. De
pot,or whether that will not be removed to some
other point and in either case the effect upon
the place will bo marked and visible. It is a
work of no ordinary magrtitudo.and the immense
business which awaits its opening, through the
most fertile and productive portion ot our own
State, and connecting by steamboat navigation,
that or Wisconsin and the Territory oi JMineso-
ta, will render its completion the greatest event
that has ever happened to this part of the Mate.
To those who design making Pontiac their
home, an excellent opportunity now presents it
self to secure that object. Comparatively speak
ing, real estate, village lots, and houses, are very
low, and the great influx of strangers, on the
commencement of the Oakland and Ottawa road
will tend to enhance their value and price, to a
considerable extent perhaps double what they
may now be purchased for. We would counsel
no one to get in debt or unecessarily involve
themselves but wo do think it would be well
for those who are now here, and intend to make
sober, industrious, and honest residents, to cast
about and learn what, under all the circumstan
ces, it is best to do. We firmly believe that a
house and lot now worth one thousand dollars,
and no sale at that, will in a year be worth, and
sell for two thousand dollars and in proportion
for those of a greater or less value. We sho'ld
44 make hay whilo the sunshines," and should
" not put off for tho morrow what can be cone
to-day" both wise injunctions, and should not
be heedlessly disregarded.
We take theabovo from tho Ponliac
Uazctte. We do not wish to excite in our
readers too sanguino anticipations as to the
speedy completion of this long projected Rail,
road. It is certainly not our desire to create a
panic in favor of the holders of real estate in
this vicinity. We already enjoy railroad prices
for village lots, while we are total strangers to
all other railroad influences. However, we hail
with the utmost satisfaction everything that
looks like a vigorous accomplishment of this
important work. Tho Oakland and Ottawa
Road will be built. The neglected interests of
this portion of the Stato demand it. The in
creasing amount of travel and the vast natural
resources of the country fully warrant the nec
essary outlay of capital. The only question
with regard to its completion is that of time.
F" The benefits of advertising are so well
understood among thriving business men that
so soon as their goods and wares are received
and in a condition to offer, and be examined by
their customers, the important fact is at once
mado known through the columns of some
newspaper. They advertise ! And in doing
this a two fold object is gained, viz: Drawing
custom and sustaining the Press. Persons who
subscribe for newspapers and read them may be
relied upon as better customers than those who
do not read tho papers; and merchants who ad
vertise will be sure to get the reading communi
ty at their counters.
In looking over our advertising columns our
readers will see that Gilbert & Co., Ferry &
Sons and Henry Griffin, of this village, L.M.
S. Smith, of Mill point, and C. Davis & Co.,
of Muskegon, spread before their eyes the con
tents of their stores, and all may know where
the articles they need can be obtained.
lf The schooners Lizzio Throop, Illinois
and New Hampshire came in on the 5th insi,
on their last trip for tho season. These are
probably tho last arrivals from tho other side of
tho lake this season, except the Telegraph.
We hope she will be as fortunate as the rest of
the fleet and find her resting place during the
winter within our harbor, side by side her fel
low travelers, now reposing unburdened upon
the elemont they were' designed to traverse.
The New Hampshire has we believe, made the
greatest number of trips this season. Since
the 10th of April last, she has carried forty car
goes from White's Mill. Thu eighty times
has this vessel crossed Lake Michigan, and the
crew has handled the same number of limes
on an average about 70 M. lumber.
ypgf On the night of the Gth inst.'tho wood
en sea wall around the light house was carried
away by tho action of the waves the wind was
blowing strong from tho south-west.
The State Journal. Ingalls, Hedges &
Co., have sold their interest in the Journal to
Geo. W. Peck Esq., who is now its editor and
proprietor.
The Journal, under Mr. Peck's supervision,
promises to be one of the best papers in the
State. Its editorials are humorous and power
ful exciting the risibles while u touches up
tho leading whig prints.
Washington, Dec. 2.
Members of Congress begin to arrive freely;
it is believed a quorum will be present on Mon
day next.
Collector McDowell and several New York
citizens are here, ihe Cuban movements in
New York have probably something to do with
their presence here.
Tne London Quarterly REviEW.The last
number of this invaluable Qu&rterhj is on hand
again, rich, as usual, with the treasures of the
literary world. Among several articles which
merit a perusal, wo call tho attention of tho
reader to a notice with extracts of 44 The British
Bards of the Sixth Century," and 44 Memoirs of
Dr. Chalmers;" both of these wjll richly repay
a perusal, and are a fair specimen of the reading
matter which these Reviews contain.
The most powerful writers of Europe are
constantly c ontributing to the four great Brit
ish Qafterlies, and so long as thoir pages are
rilled with gleanings from the philosophy and
wisdom of the giant minds of the old world,,
they will stand without a competitor at the head
of English literature. Reprinted by Leonard
Scott &. Co., New York, 79 Fulton t. $3,00
per annum, or two Reviews for $5,00.
The Hesperian. Wo were not a little
gratified at the appearance on our table of the
Nov. No. of the Hesperian or American Litera
ry Magazine. Its neat print, popular orignal ar
ticles and 44 Flakes from the Editor's Quarry,"
rre high recommends to all who choose to get
the worth of their dimes. John N, Ingersoll,
Editor and Proprietor, Detroit. Price, $2,00.
ElectorsTof President. By an act of Con
gress of March 1, 1792, the electors are requir
ed to meet in their several States and give their
votes for President and Vice President on tho
first Wednesday in December.
The electors hold a meeting on the day pre
ceeding, for the purpose of organizing them-
selves and verifying their credentials.
The law establishing a uniform time for
choosing the electors throughout the United
States, was enacted January 123, 1845.
The votes of the electoral colleges aro to bo
transmitted to the President of the U. S. Sen
ate before the first Wednesday in January fol
lowing. . The votes aro to bo opened nnd counted in
Congress on the second Wednesday in Febru
ary. The messengers appointed by the electoral
colleges to carry the votes to Washington, aro
allowed a mileage of 25 cents.
Gen. Pierce will receive tho highest electoral
vote ever given for any Presidential candidate,
and Gen. Seott the lowest with two excep
tions those of Charles C. Pinckney in 1804
and John Quincy Adams, in 1828. The popu
lar majority of Gen. Pierce will probably exceed
two hundred and twenty-five thousand, omitting
South Carolina.
An official list of the lost and damaged ves
sels on the lakes, between the 7th and 20th of "
November, presents tho folio iving summary:-
Schooners 26, steamers and propellers C, and
brigs 3 all either wrecked, seriously damaged
or compelled to suffer loss by throwing over
board portions of their cargoes. Twcnty.ono
lives aro reported lost.
President's Message. The Washington
Republic is authorized to slate that the Presi
dent's Message will be transmitted this year by
special messengers to the principal points of the
Union, in the same manner as was pursued last
year.
It is stated that the message will fill about
seven leaded columns of the Republic. If so, it
will bo bneter than the last. Albany Register.
The Eastern Mails, &c. We are request
ed to say that hereafter, until further notice, the
mails going Last will be despatched to Cleve
land, and thence, by railway, for their destina
tion. The mails will be closed every evening
at seven. The fine steamer Cleveland has been
withdrawn from the Buffalo line, and now runs
alternate days to Cleveland, in connection with
the Forest City. Free Press.
Senator from New Hampshire. Hon. Chas.
G. Atherton has just been elected Senator from
New Hampshire in the place of Mr. Hale. Mr.
A. is one of the strongest men of New England,
and has before served in both Houses of Con
gress. He is tho confidential friend of tho
President elect and will occupy a leading posi-
Boston, Dec. 2.
Mayor Seaver was this day re-nominated by
the whigs. Chickering's Piano establishment,
with its valuable contents were totally destroy
ed by fire this morning loss in the building,
$60,000. Stock, $75,000; insured $07,000 in
Boston. About 100 workmen in Chickerings
employ are thrown out of employment. The
Maine Liquor Law was declared Constitutional
by a full bench to-day.
New York, Dec. 1.
The action for compensation against the cap
tain of the ill-fated steamboat Henry Clay, for
baggage destroyed, which has been pending for
some time past, was finally settled yesterday,
by the captain's paying the claims in full.
A letter from the city of Mexico, dated Nov.
2, in the Sun this morning, says the very criti
cal stato of the government has produced gener
al consternation in the market.
Baltimore, Dec. 1.
There have been several serious riots in our
city of late, chiefly among the firemen. There
is much alarm in consequence, and our citizens
are arming themselves to resist attack.
Raleigh, Dee. 1.
The N. C. Legislature have had two more
ballots for a U. S. Senator without any choice.
Washington, Dec. 1. .
Geo. W. Kendall has been appointed Consul
to St. Helena.
The Cleveland papers of last evening, do not
mention anything in regard to the report o tho
death of Hon. Win. R. King. The dispatch re
ceived here is undoubtedly a hoax.
fFrce Press.
The Legislature of Vermont adjourned Wed
nesday, Nov. 25th. The Maine Law wn enac
ted. Newark, Dec. 2.
The Convention, in Bishop Doane's case has
adjourned sine die, and Bishop Doanc has been
acquitted.
Baltimore, Dec; 2.
The Mississippi is in fine navigable ordeo be
tween St. Louis and New Orleans. .