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election. Dul declarations were made on Satur
day last l>y a prominent candidate which, taken
in connection \? it It whui lie iiad since heard,
induced iiiin to decline at ilns lime lo vole lor the
resolution before I tie llou?o. Without tulfnuu
into detail*, he would t-tale (hut he uuderstood the
candidate of tbo?e who cull themselves Repub
lican* to have placed himself on the extreme aud
most odious ground that had ever been main
taincd iu this country by any set ol Abolitionists?
Mr- equality of the white and black races.
He had understood that candidate, in respond
' irg 10 the questions as to the superiority ol the
White or black races, lo express his willingness
to have a trial, r.ot in intellect, norm moral worth,
but by some other fesi which he had proposed.
He had understood lh? genllciuuu not ouly to
Hs?ert thiit the black was equal to the while, but
that he was anxious for an amalgamation of the
two i aces in order lo ascertain which in the end
would prove superior to the other, lie was grati
fied to know that certain geutlemen wlo had
heretofore voted for ihe gentlemen Irom Massa
chusetts were disgusted with any such doctrine j
and alt hough they might agree with him iu some
ol the politics of the day, yel were not prepared
lo go to that length, and were extremely anxious
lo get Iiiin out of ihe way as u candidate. He j
was willing to givo them au opportunity to do so.
When tile geiiilem m undertook lo assert the most j
odious, oIIciimve. and lo him (Mr. C.) Ihe mosl
distillling doctrine ever di-cussed iu tin* countrj
and that, loo, with a si.eer and a jesl, as il il
afl'arded liiiu a matter ol amuseiiient, he thought
it a liille singular that the ceiitlenian did not ex
plain thai other expression attributed to him,
let the Union slide/' When ihe gentleman
spoke of n dissolution of the Union as ihoitgh Ik*
Were speaking of a druuken man sliding into the
' gutter, he looked as il he entertained but little
rested lor the Constitution ; but when he capped
the climax by declaring that the while and the
negro were equal, and iliut he was in lavor of an
uiiih gHiiintiou ol the rn- es, he did not wonder
thai gentleman who had heretofore voted for him
Wore shocked and disgu-led. lie repeated, he
would give III OH' gentlriiieu any reasonable time
in w hich to obtain another candidate, but could
not under present circumstances vote in favor of
Ihe |'lur<<lii> rule.
ivlr WAallBURN, of Muine, had yielded the
floor to the gentleman from North Carolina upon
tile question that he desired to submit some re
mark* v itli reference to his position upon the
question of the plurality rule, lie would not ha ve
done so, however, had he known thai it was his
purpose to make the remarks that he had sub
mitted, which he thought the gentleman and the
llou.-e must consider disingenuous and unfair.
He (Mr. W.) had not understood the gentleman
from Massachusetts, nor he could hardly imagine
that the House had understood him, lo speak
wuli levity or use language Irom which ihe gen
< tlem-n Irom North Carolina had drawn was de
ducible.
Mr. CAMTRtLL, of Ohio, had no intention to
di-cuss, a> ihe gentleman from North Carolina
had shown his willingness lo do, the principles
which had been proclaimed by lliti various candi
dates fur the Speakership. lie should, however,
like lo do so and compare their declarations with
iheir platforms on some suitable occasion. Bui
he had ri-en lor the purpose of explaining the
reason w hy he had heretofore and wliv he should
now vote against the plurality rule. This neces
sity seemed to have been devolved upon him by
charges in the newspaper* and perhapsinuendoe*
on this lloor that he was not acting in good faith
in reference lo the candidate for whom he had
been voting.
He happened to be a member c f the House in
1*41), when -for the lirsi time in the liistoy of this
Government, there was 11 departure irom the sys
tem which they were now pursuing. He was a
\oung member nt that time, and well recollected
that his venerable colleague (Mr. (mddings) and
some seven or eght others held ihe balance of
power in the House. After they had voted for
- three weeks various efl'irts were made to enact
ihe plurality rule, which finally succeeded. He
remembered that the little minority contended
nt the time that upon the great question of ihe
orguiizalion of the House they s>nd their con
stituents were disfranchised by the ndoption of
that rt le, and insisted thai so long as they were
willing to take the responsibility of standing oul
for their candidate it was unjust on the part of
the llou-e SO lo disfranchise tliein. Although he
disag reed with ihrui, and voted constantly for Mr.
Wmihrop atuiiisl the honorable gentlemen from
Qeorg a (Mr. Cobb.) nevertheless he concurred
with 1 hem upon that principle, nnd uniformly so
voted throughout that ever-memorable contest for
the Speakership He did so upon principle.
Luring the lirst week of thi- controversy, when
he had the honor of receiving a very handsome
vote?n portion ol which, according to his col
lesvitc (Mr. Gipdimss.) was merely given byway
of letting him up and telling him down again?it
was proposed lo him, about the third day of the
voting, thai the matter could soon be fettled by the
plurality rule. He condemned-it and said that he
desired the adoption of no such rule ; ihnt he wa?
upon the record iu 1&-W against il ; that he had
opposed it upon principle, and was agmnst il
now.
lie had sought this occasion to make known
these rea ons to ihe House and ihe country, that
the <ongue of slander, so far as he w a? concerned,
niighi be Stopped. He demanded the previous
question, I" accordance with a promise made to
Mr Wssntitmx * hen he look the floor.
Mr. BANKS then asked and oluained the con
sent of ihe House to mske a single observation.
I disci iin (said Mr. B.) the opinions imputed to
me by the honorable gentleman Irom North Caro
lina upon Ihe subject to which he has referred.
- Mr. CLINGMAN had no desire to do injustice
to ihe gentleman from Massachusetts. When
the gentleman vas naked if he believed in the
equsbtv cf the w hite nnd black races he had un
derstood h m to ssy that where there were two
ra< es in contact il was a principle that ihe more
powerful one would absorb the weaker, and that
lie *>n* w itling to await the development of lime
lo ascertain w hether the white race would absorb
the Maek or the black absorb the white. ? He had
understood ihe gentleman, therefore, as looking
to this lest, though he did not know whether he
had sa d lhai he was in favor of seeing the ex ?
* peiiuient made. He thought the House would
agree w uh bim that that w as the legitimate con
struction "Of the gentleman's language, ai d he
had never supposed llist the gentlemsh enter
tained any other opinion. He shonld be very
kappy >o hear the gentleman explain his posiiinn.
Mr. ORK.nl South Carolina, called the atten
tion of the gentleman from North Carolina lo Ihe
following extract from Ihe speech ol the gentle
p(?n from Massachusetts, a? reported in the GLh*:
?? Whether the black race of lhi? continent, or any
oiher part of the world, is equal lo the while race
can only l?e determined by ihe absorption and dis
appearance of one or ihe other; and I propose to
wait un'il the respective races can be properly
subjected to ih s philosophical test before I give
a de .Wed answer "
Mr. CLINGMAN thought that the exfact ac
< orded precis'ly with what he had stated. He
confessed thai it had surprised him ihst a person
with ihe education and attainments of ihe genile
irtan froin Ma?sa. bus,ells should hsve expressed
h'uiself m such a manner, if he had done the
gentleman injustice, heofcourse regretted it; but
he thought he w?.utd see that his inference was a
correct one,
Mr. BANKStlid not eomp'ain of injustice, but
simply di-claimed anv such remark as the gcntle
n?sn had imputed to him.
The previous question was then seconded, and
the question being on the adoption of the reaolu
Mr. TRIPFE. of Georgia, moved lhat it be laid
on t'e table; which motion was decided in the
affirmative?-yeas 105. nays 101.
Mr MACK, of Indiana, moved thsl the House
ai'journ; which motion was disagreed lo.
The one hundred and fourteenth ballot VII I
then had, and resulted as follows:
Mr. Banks 0-1
Kichardsrin 06
Fuller 33
l'ennmgmA 0
Scattering ?... 8
Whole numl?er of votes... 209
Necessary lo a choice. 105
There having l?een no election, at three o'clock
the House adjourned.
Wednesday, January IO, Igfin.
The Senate was not in session to day.
Hons* of Representatives.
Mr. TIIOR1NGTON ofTered a resolution that
Laws ll C*Mrnn.L, of Ohio, be declared Speaker
of the thiriy-fourth Congress of Ihe Untied Slates.
He did not expect, hi submitting the proposi
tion, to effect an election of Speaker, but he was
disposed to contribute his mite inward sn organi
zation. He had inserted ihe name of Mr. Camp
Bfii.t,, because he had heard htm spoken of as not
so objectionable lo some portions of the House as
is V!r. Bavk?.
Mr GALLOWAY ?aid thst Mr. Ca*preix was
his personal preference, but until he could be
asstned the sentiment of ihe I'ouse was in favor
of lhai gentleman, he could not consistently
cbsnge his position, (from Mr. Banks )
Mr. GIDDING3 remarked that ihe resolution
had been introduced here without consultation
with those who were voting for Mr. Banks; and
he should stand where he was until he could have
?ouie hope that a change of his vole would be for
the belter.
Mr. MACE said that the fault of the House not
being organized, is attributed to the anii-Nebrat>k.i
parly, which is in a majority here, and can elect a
Speaker any day if they will only surrender men
for principles.
Mr PURVIANCE differed froui Mr. Mack, and
thought that the res|>oiiMbiluy ol an organization
rests upon the democrats.
Mr. SHERMAN said that the responsibility
rests on those gentlemen, who, professing to be
anti-Nebraska men, yet separate from those who
entertain similar view* on that subject, and who
are voting for Mr. Banks'.
Several other gentlemen explained their posi
tions and the reasons for voting either for or
against the resolution, when, the question having
been taken, it was rejected?yeas 50, nays 150.
Mr. CUMBACK offered a resolution that the
Hon. Daniki. Mack, ol Iudiaua, be declared
Speaker of (he House.
Mr. DUNN explained the reasons why he could
not vote for Mr. Bank*, and took occasion to
severely criticise the action of those who are now
voting for the last named gentleman.
Several gentlemen took part in the debate
which eusued ; and the talk was confined to those
who avow themselves opposed to the Kansas-Ne
braska ac'.
Mr. CUMBACK withdrew his resolution.
The House then proceeded to vote for a
Speaker:
Mr. Banks, of Mass 8S
Richardson, of III G5
Fuller, of Penn. 29
Pennington, of N. J 6
Scattering 5
Whole number of voles 11)5
Necessary to a choice OS
[During the roll call, Messrs. Boyck and Mc
Queen severally remarked they were now aaiis
lied with the explanation made by Mr. Richard
son respecting his views on the Wilmot proviso;
and therefore returned to his support.]
The House adjourned.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Tuesday, January 15, 1856.
No. 33. Edward C. Richards et al., vs. Syl
vanus Holmes et al. Appeal from the circuit
court of the United States for the District of
Columbia. Mr. Justice Curtis delivered the
opinion of the court, affirming the decree of the
said circuit court in this cause, with costs.
No. 3G. Josiah S. Griffith et al., vs. John B.
Bogert et al. In error to the circuit court of
the United States for the district of Missouri.
Mr. Justice Grier delivered the opinion of the
court, affirming the judgment of the said cir
cuit court in this cause, with costs.
No. 167. The United States, appellant, vs.
John C. Fremont. Appeal from the district
court of the United States for the northern dis
trict of California. Mr. Justice McLean de
livered the opinion of the court, ordering this
appeal to be docketed and dismissed, and di
recting the clerk to issue a writ of procedendo
forthwith to the district court to proceed with
the case.
No. 3i>. The schooner Freeman, &c., Chas.
Hickox, claimant and appellant, vs. Alvah
Buckingham et al. The argument of this
cause was continued by Hon. S. G. Haven lor
the appellant, by Mr. Ganson for the appellees,
and concluded by Hon. S. G. Haven lor the
appellant.
No. 40. John Doe, ex.dem., Jas. B. McCall,
jr., et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. Willard Car
penter et al. This cause was submitted to the
consideration of the court on the record and
printed arguments by Hon. George G. Dunn
lor the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Baker
for the defendants in error.
Nos. 42 and 43. The heirs of Gen. Lafay
ette, plaiutiffs in error, vs. Joseph Kenton et al.,
and the heirs of Gen. Lafayette, plaintiffs in
error, vs. Edward C. Carter et al. The argu
ment of these causes was commenced by Hon.
Miles Taylor, for the plaintiffs in error.
Adjourned until to morrow at 11 o'clock.
Wednesday, January 16.
John Pyne, esq., of New York, was admitted
an attorney and counsellor of this court.
Nos. 42 and 43. The heirs of Gen. Lafayette,
plaintiffs in error, vs. Joseph Kenton et al.,
and the heirs of Gen. Lafayette, plaintiffs in
error vs. Edward C. Carter et al. The argu
ment of these causes was continued by Hon.
Miles 7'aylor for the plaintiff in error, and by
Mr. Janin for the defendant in error.
Adjourned until to-marrow at 11 o'clock.
1 uca. anft personal.
American Colonization .Society.?The thirty
ninth annual meeting was held on Tuesday even
ing in Trinity church ; J. H. B. Latrobe. e!>q, pre
siding. Able and effective speeches were de
livered by the Hon. GeOrge P. Marsh, and by the
Rev Messrs. Burroughs and DeWitt. Many ladies
as well as gentlemen were present. The services
occupied only two hours.
It appears by the anaual report of the Secretary
(Rev. William McLean) of the American Coloni*
zation Society that the receipt* into the treasury
during the past year amount to $35,270. It will
be gratifying to the friends of the enterprise to
know, that thj debt reported at the former meet
ing (January, 185$,)estimated at,$32,000, has been
paid The society haa sent to Liberia within the
past twelve months two hundred and seven emi
grants. New Jerspy has liberalized or increased
her appropriation; contributions are anticipated
from the State of Georgia ; the State of Maine ia
to furnish a ship, to be under the exclusive con
trol of the Society. Missouri has appropriated,
for colonization purposes, S3,000 for ten years.
The new settlement at Cape Mount promiaea well.
The voluntary offerings have been Inrger this year
than during tha last, though the general receipts
have fallen off. The report gives an encouraging
view of affaira in Liberia, ai>d shows that the
people of tiiat republic are advancing in all mat
tera promotive of freedom and social well being.
Unnecessary Alarm.?On Tuesday afternoon,
about four o'clok, some twenty or more persons
in the rotunda of the Capitol were suddenly
alarmed by the loud talking and violent gesticula
tions of an intoxicated man, who had rushed into
their presence. It seemed that he was fully de
termined on a desperate deed. Putting his hsnd
into his pocket, be produced a pistol, and pointed
it toward a little group, thus csusing a scatteration
of the terrified spectators, who wished to svoid
the reception of a ball in the head, or other vulne
rable part of the body. Two of the police force
flew to the man of desperate intentions, seized
him by the shoulders, snd would have taken the
pistol from him, had it not been a mere toy, made
of tin, which the possessor had purchased for a
sixpence, as a present for his child! He was
conducted beyond the eastern portico; and when
last seen by persons in that vicinity, he was stag
gering homeward himself, " half-shot."
Caate, a Story of Republican Equality, by
Sydney A. Story, ia the title of a handsomely
printed and bound volume, from the prolific press
of Phillips, Ssmpson and Company, Boston ; the
author of which work is Sydney A. Story, jr. It
is more suitable for Northern than Southern cir.
eolation.
" Plain Talk on Home Matters," from the same
press, is a volume which any interested in such
subjects can read without offence. If "domes,
tics" and " housekeepers" would take counsel by
lis teachings, there would b? an improved slate
of things " st home."
Th??se works are for sale by Me?srs. Gray and
Ballantyne, Seventh street, near Odd Fellows,
Hall. .
Baltimore.?The population of Baltimore
is estimated at 125,000. Nearly one thousand
houses have been erected during the past year.
Many of them of great elegance.
illasjiingtan $ruHitiI.
EDITED BY
WM. M. OVERTON. CH. MAURICE SMITH,
AND BEVERLEY TUCKER.
TUUKSDAY MOKMINC, JAN. IT, 18&0.
CONGRKHSIONAL..
The Senate was not in session yesterday.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. Thor
ington offered a resolution declaring Hon.
L. D. Campbell Speaker of the House. This
was rejected by a vote of yeas 50, nays 150.
A vote was taken, viva voce, fur Speaker, but
with no result which looks to a speedy choice
of a presiding oilicer.
TIIK REPORT OP TUB SKCRETAUY
OF WAR.
We have delayed the printing of this in
teresting report, for the purpose of accom
panying it with some comments. It is from
the pen of one educated at West Point,
and who has seen active service in the
eventful war with Mexico. With such ad
vantages in military experience, and bis
familiarity as a statesman with the wants
of the country, the report, as might be ex
pected, presents many matters that should
command the most considerate and candid at
tention of everyone. What be has to state is
perspicuously stated, and supported by very
forcible arguments and convincing facts.
The view taken of the importance of a rail
road communication with California must ar
rest universal attention. The report docs not
exaggerate its importance in time of war; and,
in truth, should a war with a maritime power
be brought on, we may well apprehend that
the report shows the minimum of the evils
which will be felt for the want of such a road.
How this road is to be made?when, and by
whom, are questions which will require sepa
rate discussion. But the reforms and improve
ments proposed in the report are well worthy
of close examination, and if the reasons given
prove satisfactory, as in many cases we have
no doubt they will, we trust such action will
be bad as shall secure them. If this report
receive the consideration and action which
it deserves, the execution of it will leave a
lasting impression of his presenee in that de
partment, of whi2h he may well be proud.
As we shall have occasion to refer, frequent
ly, to this report, and as we are cramped for
room in this number, we will postpone further
comment for the present, and in future num
bers discuss, seriatim, such portions as would
seem to require particular notice.
The same cause?want of space?which
prevents extended commentary on this paper,
ha* applied to all the reports of the heads of
departments. From time to time we shall
call attention to the more prominent recom
mendations contained in each of them.
EQUALITY OF TUB WHITE AND
BLACK RACES?CONORUDg Sill.
11 AN KS OF MASSACHUSETTS.
"I have to Bay, in this matter, that I accept
the doctrine of the Declaration of Indepen
dence, that all men are created equal. In re
gard to the superiority of races, I aui impressed
with the conviction that it is to be determined
only by capacity for endurance. So far as I
have studied the subject, it seems to me to be
the universal law, that the weaker is always ab
sorbed and disappears in the stronger race.
Whether the black race of this continent, or
any other part of the world, is equal to the
white race, can only be determined by the ab
sorption and disappearance of one or the other;
and 1 propose to wait until the respective races
can be properly subjected to this philosophical
test before I give a decisive answer."
When the House of Representatives the
other day indulged itself in the sportive exer
cise of questioning and cross-questioning the
rvarious candidates for the high and honorable
office of Speaker, much anxiety was manifested
to hear the confessions of faith made by those
candidates. Their statements have now been
before the public for several days, and have, do
doubt, been as anxiously studied, without, as
within Congress, by readers as by listeners. It
is with one of these statements only that we
propose to deal, and that is the statement of
the honorable candidate from Massachusetts,
Mr. Banks.
We are not of those who believe that con
ductors of newspapers must imitate the un
worthy examples of fish women and drunken
sailors. We do not believe that they are called
upon to curse and to swear at every man whose
conduct they disapprove, and to change politi
cal, into personal issues. An editor is no more
entitled to use denunciation and epithet, than
any other man. And, although editors our
selves, we must say that we cannot claim for the
respected profession to which we belong, any
higher degree of patriotism, however much the
members of it may rave and rant, than can
justly be claimed by any other class of our
citizens.
' But if we were of those who claim for the
members of the editorial profession a superior
patriotism, and deemed indignant denuncia
tion and opprobious epithet the fit phrases to
apply to those whose sentiments wc disap
proved, we could not refrain from applying
such phrases to the distinguished member
from Massachusetts, who, for the last six weeks,
has been nimbly running for the Speaker
ship, and who, in the language of a poet has
been?
"Full in the sight of Paradise,
Hrholding Il^aven. but feeling hell."
Nothing is more discouraging, nothing better
calculated to excite apprehension than a con
templation of the rapid strides which Aboli
tionism has made in the Capitol of this great
country. It has been but a few short yearj
since the expression, in an humble manner
even, of unsound opinions on the slavery ques
tion, was deemed so treasonable as to call down
unsparing denunciation, unmeasured insult,
and sometimes personal chastisement. But
now at the opening of the year 1856,
such sentiments are expressed with unblush
ing effrontery, and accompanied with a strut
and a swagger.
Not only are such sentiments thus expressed,
but absolutely, and we can hardly realize the
fact, the largest party in the House of Repre
sentatives is the Freesoil party, and the largest
vote for Speaker has persistently, for the last
six weeks, been cast for the Freesoil candidate.
Nor is this all I That Freesoil candidate has
in the Capitol of the country, and in the face
of the white American natioD, deliberately de
dared that he cannot decide whether the race
and color to which he belong*, and who founded
this Government, is superior or inferior, or
equal, to the negro race who were h'OUglu as
savages to this country by men of Englaud
and uien of New England, and sold as slaves
to the Southern colonists.
The Massachusetts candidate for the speak
ership also speaks of 4-absorption," which Mr.
Clingman, of North Carolina, very properly
understood to mean "amalgamation." If right
in thus rendering the phrase, it is indeed humil
iating to think that the most prominent candi
date?for ho commands the largest vote?lor
iho Speakership of the American House ol
Bepresentatives, holds and boldly avows -o
monstrous and odious a sentiment aB amalga
mation, association, equality social and po
laical, and marriage, between the white and
black races!
Things have indeed come to a high pass,
when a talented and cultivated member of
Congress from the scholastic State ol Massa
chusetls, announces to the Congress, for the
Speakership of which he is a candidate, tliat
he really cannot decide whether or not so
many negroes are not their equals?nay, their
Superiors 1 Indeed, he cannot tell, until it is
"determined by the absorption and disappear
ance of one or the other," which is the best,
the white or the black race?which is the supe
rior, himself, or the odorous big buck neyro,
whose whole ambition is to scratch his nappy
head, to warm himself in the sun, and to eat,
drink, and sleep.
Such are the claims of the Hon. Mr. Banks
to the Speakership of the American Congress.
What, after such sentiments, would be thought
abroad, of his election, we leave our readers to
decide.
Another' Teiubu Accident.?Another
fearful occurence has taken place on the Hud
son River railroad, by which certainly three or
more persons have lost their lives. It appears
that the Sunday night train, which left Albany
at a quarter past four, 011 reaching the bridge
over Spuyteii Duyvil's Creek, caused the bridge
to give way, und part of the train, consisting of
two engines, two freight cars, the mail and
ba.'gage car, and one passenger car, were
precipitated into the water. 1 he bridge gave
way just this side of the draw. A train with
thirty cars had only a few hours before crossed
over safely.
The train had three passenger cars attached
but only one went over, and partly in the water. ,
The passengers were all thrown upon one
another in the front part of the car, when it
went down. As the remaining cars caught
upon one of the iron bars it prevented them
from going over, and also, the first passenger
car from going entirely into the water. Had it
not been for this, there would have been mauy
lives lost.
Mr. John Upton, the Messenger of Welts,
Butterfield & Co.'s American Express, was
among the injured. He was severely bruised
his ancle dislocated and one of the small bones
of his leg broken. He had in his charge nearly
a million of dollars, but notwithstanding Ins
severe injuries he refused to leave his Express
and remained in the cars seven hours 111 the
cold with the Express matter. No instance cl
courage and endurance like this has ever been
011 record. _
Pfiiniylvnnln United Senator. |
On Monday the Hon. William Bigler, ex
Governor of Pennsylvania, was elected to rep^
resent that State in the Senate of the United
States, vice the Hon. James Cooper, whose
term expired on the 4th or March lost. He re
ceived eighty four votes. Gov. Bigler, says the
Baltimore Sun, was at one time a journeyman
printer, and is now elevated to one of the most
distinguished deliberative bodies in the world,
and will no doubt prove, in every respect, wor
thy of the high honor conferred upon him.
Tnt Explosion of Gas at Pittsbcro.?
It has heretofore been stated that on Saturday
morning last John Brown, colored, keeper of a
second hand clothing store in Pittsburg, went
into his place of business, wiih a lighted match,
when a tremendous explosion took place, in
consequence of the room being filled with es
caped gas. The explosion, it appears, was
felt a distance of several squares, and by many
was supposed to be the shock of an earthquake.
The Dispatch says:
The windows a/td doors of tho room occu
pied by Brown were instantly blown out, shat
tered into fragments ; the floor blown from the
joists, some of which were broken?and he
himself blown to the ceiling, fulling into the
cellur, very severely Injured. The force of the
explosion was so greut that the main walls of
tbe entire building were much shaken, though
not permanenlly injured, and the partitions
between the rooms in the second story torn
from their fastening to the walls.
In the cellar, which was a large one, and is
the place where there was the greatest accumu
lation of gns, (which appears to have escaped
into it through a break in one of the main
pipes on Grand street, caused by the settling
of the earth used in filling an old well, over
which the pipe was placed.) a nine inch wall
was blown down. The bulkhead under the
stairway which leads to the second story in the
hall was shivered to atoms; the walls were
denuded of their paper and plastering; in the
parlor above the store, a heavy stone mantel
and fire place was forced from its place and
broken into frngments; the hearth stones were
rplit in pieces, and in fact there is no portion
of the building which has not suffered in a
similar manner.
Had it not been for the extent of the cellar,
which (acting as a safety-valre,) gave room for
the explosive force to expend itself in that
direction, it is rot probable that the building
would have withstood the severe shock. So
great wns the forco of the concussion that
windows were blown in or broken in the dwel
ling of Mr. John Green, on the other side of
Third street. _
Health.?The City Councils have pas?ed a bill
for the establishment of a Poard of Health, the
appointment of a Commissioner of Heatih, etc.;
the former act not twins considered sufficient to
carry out necessary sanitary purposes.
I.ndiea lienevolent Society.?The following
are the names of the officers and managers of the
Union Penevolent and Employment Society:
Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Macomb, Mrs. Kckard, Mrs.
Fowler, Mr?. Rat elide, Mrs. Webb, Mrs. Coxe,
Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. Speiden, Mrs. Todd. Mrs. Hill,
Mr*. Morsell, Miss Eveletb, Mr?. Rraw ner, Mrs.
J. 0. G. Kennedy, Mrs. J. C Kennedy, Mr*. Dr.
Young, Mrs. Coues, Mrs. Kalil, Mrs. J. I\ Ingle.
Mrs. Mosror, Treasurer.
Mrs. P. D. Gi rley. Sec.
W6T" The population of Providence, Rhode
Islaud, is 47,785.
Names of tlie Itulera of tlic World.
Wo publish this morning a list of the names
of the illustrious personage*?mule and female
?-who held (lie government in chief of (he prin
cipal divisions of the world, iu Europe, Asia,
Africa, the United States, and Central and
South America, in thuir hands, at the close of
the past year, which will be found useful for
reference in these days of sudden dynastic
cfianges. The date of their accession to full
power, in either the kingdom or State over
which they exercised if, is also recorded:
Cuit*'J .-tut
lireat Britain
France
ltUK-in
Austria
>pu>n
T.iri-ey
lielgluai
Hate* of tbe Church*
l'ruaria
Portugal
QrsrCe
Havana
Holland
Hanover
Swed<n and Norway.
linden
Wui teuiburg
11 I lOtel .
S ivf C< b jrg-Gutha....
U' nmark
Two 8 icilliM
?SuiJinia
Chinn
l'oiula
K?yi t
II-f-M Daruiitidt
Mexico
Huytt
Brazil
Hnciety I limdM
S indwich l.'li nd*
WwUn Ht-public
Libel la
Bolivia
PeiU
?>uat unaln
Honlurn*
S >u Salvador
Nicaragua
Ci'Fta ldcu
Entro Rioe
Oruguuv
Bunao* Ayrci
Chile
Ecuador
D'lnini'u
New Granada
Tuwany
Paraguay
Venezuela
t iuin
Anhult Kernbe-g
Anbalt D ?sit:Cojili n
Brunswick (Duc'i})
Oubjol
Madagascar
Meckrnb'g Streliti..
Mecklnb'g Schwerin...
Momjuilo
Oldcnltcrc
R?uh* Eider Lin?
Kau.ss-VoLiijpr L'ne. .
I' iriiin
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H?aM l'.ombur.j'
WaJd^ck
Licltencteln
Mcdtna
Franklin Pierce..
Vkturia 1
Nh| olei n 111
Alexander 11
Ficnci* JoHepli 11.
jliwtwlla II
'Abdul Medjid
'Leop< Id I
I'iun IX
Fred. Willi?i>i 1V? King
D n Pedro V.
Otlio I
Maxlmillinn II.
William 111
George V
Oaca r I
L'iuii*
WillUm I
Williaui I
E nrtt 11
Frederick VII...
Ferdluund 11.,
King
King
King
Kirtj:
Kin*.
King
G. Duke..
Kinir
Elector,.
Duke
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King
Vict .r Emanuel IIJKing
Hein-?uug
Neaaer-Hi-Din
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Kn d k William I..
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Faui-lin I
Don Pedro II
H mure I
Kameliamehu IV..
J. It. Viola
3'epheii A. Ilen?tn
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General Cai-tilla...
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J. J. UrquUn
M. B. Burtnmi nte.
Hill ipe Llavallol...
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lose T. Mrnugan..
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Louin William
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itnnaralona
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r'redeilck Francl*..
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U43
The Court Calender of Gotha, for llie year
1856, contains some statistics which are inter
esting. 'l'lie oldest of forty-eight sovereigns of
Europe is the Grand Duke of Mecklenber^
Strelitz, who is nearlv 77 years of age; the two
youngest being (lie King of Porlugai and the
Duke of Parma, the lormer of whom is eighteen
and tbe latter seven y< ars. The Prince of
Scliaumburg Lippe lias reigned the greatest
number of years, having taken the reins of
government in the last century; while at. the
bottom of the list stands the Emperor of Rus
sia, who, as is well known to all, mounted the
throne in the psesenfc year. Six sovereigns
are as yet unmarried, three are widowers, and
one is divorced; of the remaining number, two
have contrac((d morganatic marriages, viz.
the King of Denmark and (lie Elector of Hesse.
Of the beira apparent and presumptive, twenty
six are sons, two daughters, twelve brothers,
three uncles and one cousin. The oldest of the
heirs presumptive is the heir of the Duke of
Modena, who is seventy-three years of age.
UK PORT of the Washington City Pro
testant Asylum for Orplmnt and Des
titute Children, for 1855.
"My crndle, was the couch of enre
And sorrow rucked me in it."
Tlie spring, with its freshness nnd emerald
beauty. ha* fled. The humble violet, end the
mode*t lily ot the valley, have drooped their bend,
withered, and died. The scorching tuns of sum
mer; the delicious fruits; the vegetable world
have run their oource. The harwtt has been
gathered in. The sear and yellow leaf, trembling
on the Riighlv oak, has fallen. The busy ploush
man hn* prepared Ins ground, and sown his weed.
The ant hss built her eel!. The songster of the
grove ha? plumed his wings, and sought the " sun
ny siou'h , and. now. comes on the bowling blasts,
the piercing storms of Winter. But what matters
it to the " worldly wise manhi* barns are filled,
his store houses oveiflowing. The waving loreM,
and the deep dark mine yield their abundance to
cheer, ai.d brighten his soc.al hearth. The wile,
the ii.other, the pratt ing child, the lovely bal?e, all
are titer j, loldnig his arm* in luxur ous ea>e. his
own comlorts all absorbing, he thinks not "of
another's woe.' Ah! man of wealth?dost thou
not know thy larders may l>e filled, thy shelving
c'o?eisoverflow, thy table gionn with dainties ; but
whiie penury and want, nnheeded, stand shivering
at thy door, the blessing of God la not in tby midrt.
Perhaps, hi view of thy stately mansion, may Ite
found the humble root, I he pa'let of straw, the
aching temple, and the hectic flush-vdeath may
doits work, and around the cold remains may
gather liule ones, ca?t upon the wor'd without a
Iriend ; but to knock nt sorrow's door, to lift the
lswly latch, is not in all thy thoughts: that mti?t
!>e left for those who have not so much of this
world's good* to look after. Alas, the lament that
must follow, "and my late spring, no bud, or
h'ossom showeth.' Ah! how many are there,
commencing lite. a? on a summer's sea, (lost
down the stream of time, " with youth at the
prow, and pleasure at the helm," till hoary headed, i
they land on the chores of an endies eternity,
with very few to drop a tear over their ashes, or
to thanl: God that they have ever lived.
Hut there are others, kind. l>enevolent l>?ings.
to \? bom "the sorrowful sighing* of the afflicted,"
never appeal in vain. By such, Were tho walls
uf our lusiitution raised; by such supported ; and
to auth, again, we look for support.
It is with great pleasure the Managers present |
their report tor the past year. Never haa our
a?y um 'wen in a more flourishing condition
S xty-two children have been protected, clothed
and fed. The arrangements of the house have
been conduct* <1 with syttem, neatness and econo
my ; the children csred for wuh almost maternal
tenderness. Our matron, h?ppy herse'f, in the
discharge of her duties, makrs all around her
happy. Contentment and health may be seen on
every brow. Wnhin the year,there has not been
a case of illness; the attending physician having
only psid three profession?! visit*.
We have come to the close of this year, able lo
meet our expenses; liberal donations having
enabled ns to do so.
Wnile much is done, much remains to l?? done.
The house must l>e enlarged, or we shall be
oblig .d 10 turn i he helpless orphan from our door.
We cannot well accommodate more than three
children, besides tlioiie we already numlier ; and
| in view of the coming season, we denied a case,
not as extreme, a* we may expect.
Our subscription list continues very sma'l
?ome of the reverend clerny have kindly re
sponded to our call; and their collection* have
greatly assisted in ennhltng u? to meei our ex
pense*. To whom can we look, but to our
generous friends; and dou'-tle-* then; are those
??round us \* ho?e attention not l>een called to
tin* house ol the destitute and orphan c'nld, who
lie willing to aid lis. in enlarging our building.
Are there not those who will pledge themselves
in ilit* incomiarnble charily? However thrilling
other* may be in their appeals, none can exceed,
few compare, wuh helpless childhood. Surely
our community, increasing in numbers, and grow
ing in wealth, will not permit the orphan child
to be upon the world, exposed to the snares,
temptations, and pitfalls of vice. We urge the
citizen* to visit the institution. To see bright
and happy faee* there, will l>e a more powerful
aigmnent than anything we can offer.
We have .thirty-nine girls and twenty 'hree
l*r?y?. Fifteen children have been received ; and
six returned by request to their friends, or placed
in suitable situation*; one having In en sdoped
We ha?'e a matron, a teacher, an assistant Seam
stre?* living in the family, and n per*on who
comes one day in each week to ns*i?l in the
washing. The larger girl* assist in the work of
s
the family ; tbo boy* are made useful in various
1 way*. All pre taught lo read ami write, and in
structed in ihe Scriptures.
Six premiums were awarded lo hx of our or
phan girls for woik done, one al?o lo lhe matron
lor work exhibited at the National Fair.
We return our I hanks to Dr. Nairn lor medicine*,
when required?10 hr. Palmer for attendance,
when culled upon?lo the Rev. Mr Eckard for
visiting the Awl "in once a week, and instructing
the children in the Scriptures. It would give us
great plea Mi re ill he ministers of I lie Gospel would
more frequently visit our tuslilution ? much good
we believe might be dune.
We return our sincere thanks to Mr. Lemuel
Middleton lor ice left ai ihe Asvlum for six
months, from May lo November
From collection in Tr.nity Church.... S2CI 41
From the 4^ street Church 100 00 i
Hroiii Rev Mr. lloiigc's Church 30 0'J
From Church of the Ascension SO 00
Under our li-t of donations may be seen ac
[ knowledged "Filly i ollars from a stranger," a
friend of ihe definite Though to us unknown,
the record is on high. We thank thee lor thy
gilt. No premium so Hire o< that laid up in
Heaven. Of ihe many who visit our city from
year to year, u lio fill our halls of business, our
haunts of pleasure, ure there not some v, ho. fol
lowing ihe example of the " Stranger#" will aid
u* in extending our sphere of u-tefu'ness, and
gathering lu the liille helpless, homeless orphan
children.
It lias become our painful duly to announce the
death of Mrs. Romford, some year-, since First
Directress of this I n ?t i I n I ion, an active and de
voted friend lo the orphan cau-e. She hat passed
away to I hit spirit land lo euler, we trust, on lit**
'? Hest thai remainetll to the people of Gad."
Peace to her ash^s.
Six hundred hihI forty-eight garments have
been made duiing the year.
The Treaturer's Report. with the donations
and bubscriptions, will appear in pamphlet form
Received during the year SI.'31 37
Expended do 4,131 37
For boaul of children 75 00
Received from Georgetown , *5 00
Debts remaining 35 00
The Roard of Managers will be happy to re
ceive donations or subscription from citizens or
Mrangers, and the Rev. clergy are requested to
take up collections in their churches.
Mrs. Uawley, First Direclrers.
Mrs. Henderson. Second Directress.
Miss A. C. Smith, Treasurer.
Mrs. R. S. Coxe, Secretary.
Mrs. Washington, Miss Giliss, Mrs. RatclilT,
Mrs. W. J. Ilodge, Mrs. L'tce, Mrs. Com. Shu
brie, M rs. Sherman . Mrs Rrown, Mrs. Pleasants
Mrs.Eckard, Mrs. Philips Lse, Miss Dayton, Mrs.
W. S. Siorre.
Ry orderof ihe Roard,
.t-USAN R. COXE, Secretary.
FOREIGN INTULUGENQp.
We extract from our files, by ihe Atlantic, tbe
followiug interesting foreign items of newi:
FKOM THE CUfSIICA.
A correspondent of the Loudon Tim-it, under
date of Constantinople, December 14lh, writes as
follows:
As the French have retired in the presence of
winter, the enemy have thrown forwHrd their ad
vanced posts nt Kolulnz nnd Markoul to ihe
norlheaM, nnd from Aitodorand Ozembash to the
norih of Baidar. Sunday morning wa? Oark uml
drizzly, and the previous night had been wet and
stormy. The Rustling, w,ih their usual feline
Hptitude for surprises, crept round the little vi lake
of Bag i in the nark, and ju?i at the dawn ru?hcd
in upon the Mnall parly 01 French wbiehoccupied
it. For a lime the surpri.e w?s complete; but
our gallant aliie. soon got together, and ut the
point of the bayonet, slier a smar.t ln>illa-Je, drove
out the enemy, who had many horsemen with
them
" In the pursuit ol the Cossacks our allies man
age.I to capture soine 40 lior-e-, for these gentrv
flrd by a road which in old times was good enough
for a run, but they were astonished to find them
selves stopped by a deep scarp at a pretty spot
where a wall of rock dosed ihe road at the right
hand side, and a precipice f'.rined the Mi hand
boundary. so they liad nothing for it but to dis
mount and scramble across, leaving iheir horses,
accoutrements, and all to their late. General
i'elisner, in his despatch, add-:
"At ihe same time that the Russians attacked
Isaya and Ourku*t. 200 infantry and about 150
Cossacks, descending by the Caden-Ota road,
attempted a diversion on the left of Ourkust ; bui
they found two companies of ths "ih Chassieurs
a-pi.-d to ?top their advance, and. after two or three
l-ayonet charges they turned heel. Captain Pi
chon, who commanded iliese companies, and who
killed three Uu.mi.ii. with his own haud, displayed
on ihis occasion hi* usual valor
" The Russians left in our hands IT.0 killed
wounded, or prisoners. The number of the lattrr
i?*N ; that ol the wounded taken to our an bul?u
ce? is 17, iwo of whom are officers. Yesterday
morning SO killed hud l>een burned, and a search
w?" g?mS on lor those that might have fallen
among the brushwood.
' Our loss, even including the 12irenofthe
outpost that was surrounded, and four Chasseurs
d'Afrique, capiured l>eiweeii Bmga aud Ourkcst,
is much less than that of the enemy. We only
had two men killed and 11 wcunded, one of whom
is an officer/'
MISCELLANEOUS.
Miss Nightingale continues at Scutari, and pro
poses dividing her time all this winter between that
place nnd the Crimea.
A high mass wh? performed on l*>ard the French
flagship in ihe Black sea, for the repose jif the
soul ol Admiral Krust. * ?
An Odessa letter mentions that the fortifications
ol >icidaiell are completed. General Tod eben
was at Odessa. So l-rtre is the itiflux of strangers
into the Crimea thai bO.000 persons are said to be
at this moment ?t Suupheropol.
Dr. Hullnagle, American Consul General for
the Last, was ai Renktoi, December II.
General Luders I.as again taken up his quarters
in Odessa, and recently pave a ball to celebrate
the nuptials of bis da. fhter?ibe only surviving
child out of a family of twelve?with Colonel
Weiinarii.
THE BALTIC.
In the early part of the present year the Russian
governmenj. ordered that all person, who came to
r inland from Sweden must remain th*re till the
end of ?ominer. A iifw order i< now nromulguli d
and foreigners w ho henceforth visit Finland must
remain there till the end of the w ar.
HUM*. *
The following is published In the English
papers:? "A telegraph despatch from Berlin re
lates an unconfirmed rumor to the eflect that
Russia and the United Slates have concluded a
treaty,offensive nnd defensive, in case war should
break out between Britain and America, but
another version is that the agreement merely re
lates to the purchase of ships ot w ar "
The following is n paiagraph in the Vienna
Austrian Gazrtu .?"There is a good deal of talk
in Ihe military circle- of a treaiy having recently
been concluded between the Cabinets of St. Peters
burgh and Washington, in which they bind them,
selves to lend esch other eflective assistance in
ihe event ol war breaking out bet w een Ihe United
states and the Western Powers. It is further
said, and wuh greater probability, that Russia
is negotiating with tbe United Stales for 45 or 50
fbipi of war.
kholaftd.
The Queen has appointed William Miller, now
her Majesty n Consul General in the Sandwich
Islands and other islands in the Pacific ocean, to
be her Majesty's Commissioner and Censul Gen
rral in the Sandwich Island* and their dependen
Cie?.
Mr. Laird, the shipbuilder of Liverpool, has re
ceived an order from ihe British Government to
build fourteen gunboats, ten of if*, class of 230
ions and IOC feet Jong, and lour 112 t ns and 100
feet long.
The London and Westminster Bsnk has sus
tain, da lo-sof about ?3.000 through ihe defalca
tion ? f one of their clerks, who has been about
twenty yeara in the service of the company.
The report cf the Highland Society to the Roard
of I rade, on Hie crops hi Scotland, j.iM published,
will strengthen the opinion thst, while there is
ground for prudence Nnd economy, there in none
to apprehend anything like scarcity or famine.
^ Ihe total streng'hol the army in Ireland, in
cluding nil arms, is 32.310 men, ol which 0,370 are
stationed in the Dublin district.
KKAitCK.
The late bui'ding of the Paris Exposition is prc
po?ed to he turned into a hippodrome.
The iron works of M. Cave, which occupy be
tween ] .>00 and 2 000 pei?ons, have received so
many orders from Turkey, Epypt, Naples. Arc.,
and Irom the interior, mat ?ix years would be re
quired to comp't te them.
A grand counc I of war is to held at Paris of all
ihe enterals who have returned from the Crimea
lel.ss.er approve* ot it, and the Duke of Cam
bruise and Gen. Marmorn will be present.
The accouchment ot the Empress is expectcd
to occur about March 3Cth.
The AmericKn ctplams frtquen'ii g the port of
I Havre iiMve sent a i hpplicat 1011 to lie Kinpt-ror 10
grant mure extended facilities lor translaiioit and
maritime agencies at that port.
IPAIH,
The decimal system was to bnve come into
operation in all the custom house* of Spain on
the l?t of Junuary.
ITALY.
Picdmome?e papers relate the dratli of Count
Charles Herando <le Pralormo, ex-Minister, who
died la?t week at Turin, after a shoi t jJ.'ness.
Naples prohibit* the export of biscuit and mac
carom titer the 31st of Uecembtr.
AlSTllALI.t.
Sydney papers of September lSlt lir. \re arrived.
The Idle gold escort brought dewn 1, 38 ounces.
Humor* were circulated in SyJney n.i the 15th of
September, of the discovery of rich diggings at
Oakley Creek, in ihe Turon.
THE LATEST.
New York, Jan. 15.?The steamship EricMon
arrived this evening. She left IIuv <; f>n the 30th,
and brings Paris papers of tbe 39th uit mo.
Galignam's Mesungir ?hy? that the 1 edmontese
Government is preparing addition.it fo.'ces for the
new campa gn. The Minister 0' Wa- had giveit
orders tor a corps of ten thousand ie'), to be got
rendy without delay.
The reporit-d retrograde moveucrit of Omer
Pacha on the Redoubt Kal* is confir.~ue<l.
A quarrel had occurred at Kertt' h between
some of the Anglo-Ottoman and regular Turkish
troops, but had been put down
On ihe Paris Bourse ou the 28th a sudden rally
look place on the report thai a tract for three
mouths had been agreed neon.
FKOA1 CAL.1FOUN1A AND OKEGON.
The steamship Northern Light, Captain K. L.
TtnLlepaugb, arrived at New York on Saturday
evening, from San Juan via Key West, with 313
passenger*, and California dates to Decerrber 20.
From Nicaragua and tbe Iktlimua.
ARRIVAL OF TIIE POTOMAC.
The arrival of a'United Stales ship of war at
San Juan is a rata avis. On the 21st, however,
the monotony was at length broken, the Jrigate
Potomac. Captain Powell, hearing the broad pen*
iiunt of Com. Paulding, having dropped nrichorin
the harbor, the customary salute passed between
her and 11. B. M. brig Espiegle, upon the lormer
entering the port, oil Thursday 11. H. IV1. brig
Arab having arrived from Bluehclds, also on the
following morning exchangeed salutes with the
Potomac. The preci.-e object of the commission
of Com l'aulding has not transpired, but doubtless
has reference to the present state of alUirs in
Nicaragun, despatches having been transmitted to
the American Minister in Ciranada immediately
upon the arrival of the Potomac.
THREATENED ATTACK OX TIIE TRAXSIT COM
P.INY 3 PRuPEUTY.
We learn last week a body of fome sixty men
led on by Roman llivas, had fortified themselves
near Castillo lxapiclci, and threatened to take the
I steamer of I lie Transit Company and the properly
of the passengera.
The agent, Mr. Hutchison, callcd on Commo
dore Paulding for the protection o! tl,e lives and
property of the Americans, and Captain Powell,
of the Potomac, was cent with a gig of the s ip
and an armed crew, who proceeded up the river;
and as soon as the insurgents saw them coming
they took to their I eels and fled. Colonel Horns
by was despatched from this place on Monday
night, with n strong force to repel any attack, and
protect the properly and fort at Camilla.
We. lea in Hmt the United State* steamer Ma -
vachiisetts. Commander Svvuriwont. wa? at Sin
Juan del Sur last week, and that the Independ
ence. the ll.igslnpof the Pacific squadron, is daily
expected at that port.??El JYicara igensc.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
*The transit route is perfectly healthy, no siel ?
ness having occurred among tl:t> pass, nser
although ihey were obliged to remain at San Jinn'
del Norte two d*ys ?ml ei^ht hour*, owing to (he
detention of the Northern Lght in New Voik i\
the United States official*. The cfiJcer* se t out
in her to examine her coal bun.crs f.r-'?rm.-,
ammunition, nnd munitions of u i. di*. "vered
none, and returned to New York sutMi.d that
there were none on board.
In Nicaragua everything is impi n-iug under the
administration of Hivas.
Tke govemmenlsof San Sa!vad< r and Honduras
have sent lettersof recognition to i iie new govern
ment, and ihe Minister fiom Horn uras is reported
to be on his way to Granada.
Waiker is receiving accessiors to his force#
continually, two hundred men hi ving joined him
recently.
Granada is rapidly assuming ? appearance of
tn Amer can town. A new pier i* in process o?
construction, and other facilities business are
in contemplation.
Colonel Kinney is still at Sail u"n del Norte.
A large number of Ins men have joi.ied Walker
recently.
The Northern Light left in ti e harbor of S?n
Juan, January 4, United States frigate Potomac,
ii t>" i?" ''"'8' Urlte?l Statessieam sloop Ful'on:
II. B. M. brig Arab, Captain Ogle; H. H. M brig
Espeigle. Capta.u Lsmberi; It. N. steamer Solent,
Captain JeMicoe; and American b.igsntine Oliv, r.
The American steamer Osprey arrived December
30, and left January 1.
FROM CAL.1FOIIX IA.
There is no news of importance in California.
The mines are yielding more abnn ' nitly than ever,
and ?evcral new ones have been< .e-eel. Miners
are leaving the river I. a-l- s.n. . retting iheir
efforts to petting out the fold fro,,. tf,e ,j?t ,ollec
led during the dry season. The excitement pro
duced bv ihe discovery of golJ m immense quan
tities in fable Mountain is unabated
Since the arrival of the late steamer from Nica
ragua, Col K'ewen, who returned fr m the seat of
war, has been actively engaged, as agent of the
li bbusters. in providing reinforcements and sup
plies lor General Walker, but with what success
has not transpired He has been negotiating ihe
purchase of the steamer Krpublic.
I he United States surveying -teamer Active
and ihc Pacific ina l steamship Panama, which
was chartered for the purpose, >iave tnken their
departure lor Oregon, freighted w lb ordn-nce
store-i and other supplies for the imy under (i, n.
VVool. It is understood that tfcey will be used by
the (Jrnersl on their arrival in the manner Ih-sC
calculated to promote the interest of the campaign
against the Indians.
AuthenticVeporls from the Colofsdo river con.
tradict the previous rumors of a threatened ri*ii g
of the Indian* in that quarter, Colonel Washing,
ton s surveying parly b?d suffered severely Irom
want of water on the pi ?ins. and had Ipm several
mules, but had received no hostile d, rornstr itiona
from the Indians.
The steamer Senator, which arrived Irom San
Diego on the night of the 10th in-' , brought new a
ot another retorted filibustering expedition in
L'lWerCalil rnia. Desps'ches were forwarded by
ihe commander of the Mexican frontier to Capt.
Burton, stating that he had received an express
Irom Gov. HI ncarte. Mating that f)00 fillibiister*
under ihe command of Capt. Zerman, had landed
ai Caj e St. Lucas with tbe mtepion of taking the
country. Despatches were sent to Captain Bur
ton from Blancarte. addrnssed to Gen. Wool, and
have been forwarded to him.
Later news informs us that the expedition was
Archibald Gracie which left on the
10th o October for Acapulco. having be# n pur
chased by the agents of Genersl Alvarez, and con
verted into a Mexican coaster. It seem* th.-t
since Alvarex has got into power he has denied
I ho contract. On the lSth of November the barqee
put into La Paz, and was seize ! and taken to
Mazatlan.
I It<11 nil Troubles In Oregon ?Great Fight.
A battle has been fought by the gallant volur
teers of Oregon, under command of Lieutenai t
Colonel Kelly near Whitman's Station. The In
dians have been badly beaten. Captain Benneit
and O'her* fell in leading their gallant charge.
Pee-Pen Moxmox. the great head chief has been
killed together with a large number of his war
Killed?Capt. Bennett, Co. F; Lieut J M Bar
row, Co . H; Private Simon L. Van Hater,man.
Mortally Wounded, since dead?Private Kelso,
Co A ; Henry Crow. Co H.
Mortally Wounded, still alive, Caspar Snook,
Co A *ph S,urtl,v"nt. Co. It; Jesse Fleming,
Dangerously Wounded?Co. II; Capt Lsytor,
Privates T. J. Payne, Nathan Fray and Frank
Crnhtree; J. I!. Gtrrvnln, C<?. K.
Severely Wounded?Captain Wilson, Co. A;
Captain Munson, Co. I; Sergeant Ma.or Isaac
Miller, Co. II ; Private G. W. Si ith. Co. II.
Slightly Wounded?Private F. Duval, Co. A;
A. M. Abington, Co. H.
tk&~ The father of Generul I om Thumb, Mr.
Stmt ton, who resided near ? ridggpert, Conn
died on Friday evening. His mind had betn
disordered. It is understood that he had ac
quired a fortune bv the exhibition of the little
general, which will now be diided between tho
widow, the renowned dwarf, ..ml hia two mar
iied sisters,