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THE PIONEER,
V. T. GILES, EDITOR.
frhdrsAay, : t t t t : f X : X t t JAN. 19.
New Republic.
The spirit of freedom is on the increase
the action and fire of Aroericau liberty
is rapidly spreading, and soon another
republic will be seen, standing out witb
independence inscribed upon her banner.
Every account received from California
bears the evidence of a determination on
the part of the Americans who have left
San Francisco for Sonora, to conquer that
country, and establish a Republic of their
own. Some of the men who have gone
on that expedition, we know to bo reso
lute and determined men, who will only
stop at entire defeat or success.
Some private letters received by the
last mail, say the parties who have gone
to Sonora, havo the sympathy of a great
many persons in Upper California; and
that many of the young men will soon
embark for the scene of action.
Col. Walker, is a man of fine talent,
and undying energy, and we think pos-
. sessed of. sufficient foresight to at least,
have arrangements made to get out of
the country, with his men, should their
- flight become necessary. .
A vessel, with amunition and two hun
dred men, left San Francisco for the scene
of action, on the 15th of last month, there
being no opposition raised to their depar
ture. The Secretary of State of the n( w
Rupublic. Mr. F. Emery, an excellent
young man went out with this vessel.
A history of the progress of this mat
ter will be found on the outside of our pa
per to-day.. "
The Banks.
It appears that the bankers are deter
. mined to speculate off tho public at pleas
ure, and that too, without paying tax as
other people. If things progress as they
are now going in these institutions, revol
vers instead of crowbars, will yet have to
be applied to then. The Hocking Senti
nel ejiys, the Treasurer of Athens county
last week attempted to collect the taxes
assessed against the Athens Branch Bank,
in conformity with the provisions of the
law. He proceeded peaceably ' to the
Bank and upon attempting to enter was
met at the door by the President of
that concern, who informed the officer
that he could not gain admission except
over his dead body! The officer, however,
by some means effected an cntrance.when
he was assaulted by the officers and han
gers on of the Bank, knocked down : and
forcibly dragged into the street, and the
door bolted against him. How long will
such things be countenanced ? Can it be
possible that in this day of boasted "law
and order," an officer, in the discharge
of his sworn duty, must be set upon by a
erowd of bullies, and beaten most shame
fully?" :
Retrenchment. -TheOhio State Dem
ocrat says, "in tho Senate, on yesterday,
Mr. Wright introduced a bill, if it should
pass into a law, would make squirming
among the Clerks of the Courts. It re
duces the compensation which each shall
receive to ; $ 600 per annum, and forces
them to account to the County Commis
sioners for the remainder. Where the
amount received during the year Is less
than 8600, enough is drawn from the
county treasury to make up the deficit.
No provision, we believe, is made to in
crease the amount for the purpose of pay
ing assistant Clerks. The bill is a re
trenchment measure, but will not go down
well with those most interested."
This will be an advantage to some
clerks, but will such a bill be just? Have
not some clerks much more labor to per
form than others? and should thev not
be entitled to more pay? Some men run
everything right into the ground.
Earthquake. The Hillsborough Ga
zette -oi the 10th inst., gives an account of
an earthquake down in that region of
country.' That paper says, last night,
about eiglit o'clock; three shocks of. the
earth, accompanied by tolerably loud re
ports, with an interval af about a minute
between each, was very- sensibly felt and
beard at this place. - Each shock and re
port was sufficiently long, loud and pow
erful to attract the . attention of every cit
izen, and make the window-sash and doors
of all ' the buildings slam and rattle at
quite a noisy rate, bringing men, women,
and children out of doors to observe the
state of the weather. '
CiungB3.-The weather. .We would
like'to give the changes in the weather
- since yesterday morning, if wo could,
but this, is not in our power. On the
morning of Monday a thaw began be
fore aoon, rain cameabout night a freeze
started in-during tho night it clouded,
and on Tuesday morning we had lots of
snow; .and again the horses began , to
sweat. . So we go, a change in our weath
er every few hours, and then this is not so
frequent' as the changes in some of our
people.
, A Tale.-We would recommend to the
married ladies, and thdse that are about
getting married, the reading of the yarn
that will be found on the outside of to
day's paper. - This tale contains a good
moral, and if well reflected upon, may
save many a lady from similar fates.
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Accounted Fob. The California Ex
press accounts for there being no trials
before the Mayor for fights, in this wise:
"We know of nothing else to which we
can attribute this remarkable phenomenon
unless it be, that our city is being sup
plied with an improved artiole of "rye."
Mississippi. The.New York Herald
affirms that Col. Jefferson Davis, hasbeea
nominated by the Democratic caucus of'
that State, ,
Rail Road Election.
A very commendable degree of inter
est was manifested Ly the stockholders,
in the election of Directors of the Ohio
& Indiana Rail Road Company, which
took place on Wednesday last, at Bucy-
rus.
Nearly eighteen thousand-shares of
6tock were represented, and the election
resulted in the almost unanimous choice of
the following persons : - ..; .
Samuel Hanna and Pliny Hoagland, Ft.
Wayne; T. R. Jacobs, Lima; R. McKel
ly, Upper Sandusky; Willis Meriman and
P. S. Marshall, Bucyrus; Wm. F. Robin
son, jr., Pittsburgh.
Gen. Robinson and Judgo Hanna are
respectively the Presidents of the Ohio &
Pa. and the Ft. Wayne fc Chicago R. R
Co's.' and aside from their practical tal
ents and commanding influence, their
connection with this company, is a sure
presage of the final consolidation of the
entiroline; a result anxiously desired by
the friends of all the road.
The New Board organized by the re
election of Dr. Merriman as President,
and during their first session elected Geo.
Qumby of Bucyru3, Treasurer; C. W.
Butt-erfield Esq , of Bucyrus, Sec'y; J.D
Sears, Esq., of Upper Sandusky, Solicitor
for the current year. The office of Super
intendant has been abolished, and the du
ties of that station will be performed for
the present, by J. R. Straughan, Chief
Engineer.
Temperance Convention. The wo
men of Ohio held a Temperance Conven
tion at Columbus, and passed some very
strong resolutions. ' Mrs. Bloomer offered
the following resolutions, which were adop
ted: ,; '
Resolved, That as men regard us as
weak and depehdentbeings, and claim that
they are our natural protectors, we demand
at their hands protection for ourselves and
our children, from that most despicable
ana merciless class ot men the venders
of alcoholic drinks.
Resolved, That as men hold that it is
out of woman's sphere to represent herself,
and that they are her rightful representa
tive, they are in duty bound, by every
principle of right and justice, tomake them
selves acquainted with her sentiments on
the subjectof the liquor traffic, and to faith
fully execute her wishes in regard to it.
Mrs. Janney offered the following:
Resolved, That every member of this
Society is solemnly bound by every prin
ciple of benevolence and humanity to dis
countenance the use of intoxicating drinks
by firmly and fearlessly refusing to patro
nize any man, or any branch of trade, us
ing, in any way, intoxicating liquors.
Adopted.
Mrs. Coner read at the Clerk's desk, in
the Senate, a memorial for the abolition of
the traffic of all intoxicating drinks.
Oregon. Latest dates from Oregon
City bring us the following news:
Two immigrant families had just arriv
ed a few days before he left the Dalles.
I hey brought up the rear of the immi
grants. They had been induced to cross
Snake river above Fort Boise, and while
traveling on that side, the Indians 6tole
all their stock. ; From that time they had
to travel on foot; and there were several
small children among the number. For
subsistence they had to depend Hpon the
benevolence of the Indians, the Cayuses
principally, who gave them salmon and
otner Indian muck-a-muck, sufficient to
keep them alive until they got among the
whites.
Pills. We frave just received, in time
for this paper; a communication from a
friend in California. It does us more cood
to get letters from our California friends,
than all the world beside. You are right,
on the egg question, we can procure eggs
here at the moderate price of one bit per
dozen, or a cent a piece. Dr. hadn't you
better come out here, where every thing
can be procured at moderate rates? Let
us hear from you often, and your genius
shall be displayed to the best' possible ad
vantage In our columns. How are all the
bid boys getting along? - -' '
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, Columbus Letter. To-day .we pub-
1 - J. A AT A ? 111
iiou a getter mai was imenaea ior our
last issue, but : arrived too late for inser
tion. . It is too good to be omitted, there
fore, we publish it in this issue. : Through
pur correspondents and exchanges, we
will try and keep our readers advised of
the proceedings of our Legislature and
the doings in Columbus, during the win
ter . While we are doing this, we would
like to. have the people of Wyandot coun
ty, send in their names and take the Pio
neer, r . . ...
Tuesday. To-day the sleigh-bells are
ringing the sleds are coming in from the
country, and our town begins to wear a
business appearance again. We like to
see things moving off in this way, as they
cause cheerful hearts and stirring times.
Anything to drive away the monotony of
dull times and muddy weather. .
Biennial Sessions. The Governor of
Georgia, recommends the holding of an
nual sessions of, the Legislature of that
State. , He contends that nothing is 6aved
by holding biennial sessions, and that the
increase of business demands the change.
. Personal. Our friend Hollabaugh,
of the North West, visited our rianctum,
on Tuesday last. He has been on a tour
to Columbus, and attended the Editorial
Convention in Cincinnati, where he says,
there were some good times. " i
" Illinois. We see by our exchanges,
that the Governor of Illinois has issued a
proclamation, calling the Legislature to
gether, on the 10th of February. V
Another Printer Gone! H. Can
field, formerly Editor of Democratic
Standard, at Akron, Ohio, died on the
SOth ult. .
STPurdy, the manager of the National
Theater, New York, has obtained a por
trait of Harriet Beech'cr Stowe, at a cost
of 8500, which he is no w exhibiting athis'
th ester, v
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Editorial Convention.
We learn from the Cincinnati Enquirer
that a large number of editors from vari
ous portions of our State, and somo from
other States, met in Convention in the
Queen City of the West, on the 12th in
stant, and had a very fine time. The
dinner at the Burnet. IIouse,Js jgp resent
ed as being of very nice quality, and vast
in quantity. Wit and humor prevailed,
wo judge from the toasts. Whether or
no, that Convention accomplished any"
thing for the good of our country or news
papers, is yet to be seen.
This Convention, we had supposed was
called together for. the purpose of regu
lating prices, apprenticeships, and estab
lishing, if possible,' some general rules
for the benefit of Editors, Publishers and
Newspaper men generally. We hope
some good has been accomplished by the
recent assemblage in Cincinnati of the
Printing craft.
The following were among the toasts
presented at the dinner. The sentiment
given by Mr. Bruen, we fully agree with:
The Press of our Country censurable
for nothing so much as for making great
men out ot boobies.
By Mr. Robinson, of the Cincinnati
Enquirer. ' : s
"The Press of the United States' --en
lightened, spirited and independent, the
guardian of Republican Liberty, , when
untrammelled, political and civil society
aro safe in the enjoyment of their rights.
Daguerreottte Pictures. Now is the
time to get your pictures taken' while
the Messrs. Stansell are here. They have
taken some of the best pictures we ever
saw. If the ladies want to send them
selves " off in mail to their sweet-hearts
abroad, no better time will be . afforded
them than the present. Gentlemen who
would present their beautiful phizes to
their loved ones, can do so now, by call
ling at the Daguerrean Gallery, standing
near the Pierson House. See the adver
tisement of this establishment in to day's
paper.
New Cabinet Shop.; The old Pioneer
office has been converted into a, Cabinet
Shop, where Messrs... J.-M. Austin : & Co.,
will keep Chairs,; . Tables .; and Cabinet
ware of every description to accommodate
customers, or will make articles in their
line to order. Sign - painting . done . upon
the shortest notice. Give them a call,
Read their advertisement in our paper.
We acknowledge the receipt of a
few lines from Mr. Hueston. publisher of
Knickerbocker, calling upon us to state
to the public that we received that book
for 1 853. ' That notice we freely give, but
claim that our publications and notices of
the book, besides sending the Pioneer oc
casionally to the publisher, should and re
ally does entitle us to" the Knickerbocker
for more than one year ' " ' ' '
' Spiritual Telegraph. We have re
ceived a neatly printed and well conducted
paper, named as above, which is devoted
to spiritualism, and general intelligence
This paper is edited with ability, by S. B.
Brittan, and published by - Patridge &
Bnttan, No. 300 Broadway, N. Y. at $2
per year in advance. Gentlemen, send
along a copy of your paper.
Saturday Evexing Mail. This ably
conducted sheet, edited by Geo. R. Gra
ham, and published by R. H. See, 106
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, merits notice
and support. ' It is very, large and ; filled
with interesting matter, and only costs $2
a year. Clubs can get it at less rates. ;
Mr. Cass' Great Speech.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun, in his letter of tho. 1 1th,
thus alluded to the great speech of the
session :.. , .'- '
"To the utter amazement, perhaps, of
the Keokuk Journal, which lately com
mented on Gen Cass's 'silvered hair, ripe
for the reaper, death," this veteran states
man to-day analyzed, philosophically and
diplomatically, and with a Bound and
clear arguments of an accomplished states
man, our relations with Central America,
and the stipulations of the Clayton-Bul-wer
Treaty, now notoriously infringed up
on by the Government of Great Britain.
His speech occupied over two hours, and
was listented to with profound attention
by the Senate and the crowded galleries.
"The ground taken by General Cass
against the. British construction of the
treaty; and the colonization by English
men of the Bay Islands ia almost assumed
by Mr. Clayton, so that on the main points
these two eminent statesmen, as I hinted
two or three weeks ago, agreed, and such
an agreement between such men and their
respective friends," cannot but have the
effect of making England gracefully sur
render or evacuate what she can not hon
estly and gracefully lay claim to. '. It. is
hardly to be supposed that! Great Britain
will, at this juncture, seek a quarrel 'with
the United States on. a subject compara
tively trifling to her and, all-important to
this country. England has ceased to be
an American power, and it would even
without the protest of the United States
be good policy in. her. to confine' herself
entirely to tne preserving of her Lurope
an and ....Asiatic possessions ', and main
taining, the statuquo of the European
Pentarchy. She possesses so large .an
empire in India, and the revolution in the
East, in Russia and China will so much
occupy her vigilance, valor and states
manship, that it would be worse than fol
ly in her to go to war with her best cus
tomers for a few hundred square miles of
the fag end of nature. r
"An Immense Aggrigate. The total
estimated value of all the property that
came to the Hudson river by the New
York canals during 1853, reaches the immense-
aggregate of over ; ttcinty-oneml-lions
of dollars! ' Z.: f:
j Correspondence of the Pioneer.
Columbus, Jan. ,7th, 1854.
Friend CtVe On last Monday, being
the day fixed by law for the Legislature
to meet. Dr. Trevitt, the Secretary of
State, took the chair and called the House
of Representatives to order, and also ap
pointed MrSmith of Stark, as Clerk, pro
tern, who then called the members to the"
Speaker's stand, in, alphabetical order,
who( presented their certificates of . elec
tion as members, and took the oath of of
fice; after which' the House' proceeded
to elect its officers, to wit: Francis C. Lo
Blond of Mercer, Speaker; and the names
of those persons I last mentioned in .my
letter to you. After recess, in the after
noon the Governor's message' was receiv
ed and read at the clerk's desk, and it is
one of the most able documents ever pre
sented to the people of Ohio. It is wor
thy of the man, and talked of by all as
being noble, democratic and republican in
all its features., We think,, too, that we
were lucky in the selection of our officers,
for we think that they are as good a set of
fellows as ever graced the halls of legis
lation, as officers. ; . ,.
On Tuesday there was but little done,
as it was the day the speaker arranged
the various . committees. On Tuesday
evening the celebrated Horace Mann de
livered one of his meritorious lectures in
Neil's new.hall. . His subject was woman.
It was witty, spicy and very interesting.
On Wednesday morning the Speaker
of-the. House of Representatives an
nounced the various, committees. The
memW from Wyandot county had the
honor of being made chairman on the
committee on Claims, considered one of
the most responsible Committees of , the
House. He is, also, on the committee to
examine the Penitentiary, at 3 o'clock,
P. M
The Senate came into the Halls k of , the
House when and where the votes for Gov-,
ernor and State officers were counted. ...
On the evening of the 10th cames off
the great Inaugural Ball, in honor of
Gov. Medill and Lieutenant-Governor
Myers, at the Neil House. I just wish
you could have been here on that occa
sion,. and enjoyed the privilege of triping
the light fantastic toe over the hall, after
the sweet sounds of the violin with some
of the ladies of Columbus and other, cit
ies of Ohio, composing ,the best band of
the State.- A Ticket costs five dollars. .....
On Friday the House adjourned over
until Monday in consequence of Saturday
being the day of the State Convention.
On Saturday at 10 o'clock, A. M.; the
delegates to said convention met at the
City Hall, and organized by , calling
Judge Burchard to the chair, Judge Norr
ris of Clermont was nominated for , Su
preme Judge; after some five ballottings,
and Col. Miller was again re-nominated
as a member of .the Board of . Public
works. All passed, off very, fine. But
Saturday evening: at the meeting of ; the
Jackson supper was the place to cheer up,
man's 60uL- An an early hour in the
evening the brass band of this city com
menced in front of the American Hotel,
and played some of their best and most
patriotic terms, around which gathered
hundreds of men, who remained there for
some half hour listening to the enchant
ing music, which at times was1 enough, to
nrake ones shoul leap with patriotic emo
tions; ; after which the band and some 300
of the best talent of the State, in connec
tion with, a -host of srood reliable demo-
crats repaired to the dining room of the
American,' and then and there were seated
and invited to partake of one of Kelsey's
best suppers,(and you know they are hard
to beat,) and there we had a jolly time,
I assure you. There were also some
fifty ladies present with which to season
the occasion, which made it more interest
ting. There were the 13 regular toasts
read. At the response of each toast the
band gave us a tune. Geo. E. Pugh and
Wm. Allen responded, to a call,; at the
reading of two of the regular toasts, and
I must say, they took the rag off the bush.
Then the rest done very well indeed. But
surely Wm. Allen is a great man, and :I
think, an incorruptible Statesmen. , s In
short it was one of the most grand, and
patriotic occasions I ever before witness
ed. 1 ; :.
We sat at the table nibling and listen
ing to toasts and speeches from 8 to 12
o'clock, and then adjourned, all goinsr
away with their bosoms overflowing with
patriotic glory, ; sanguine of using the
present political factions next fall as Gen
eral Jackson did the enemy at the battle
of New Orleans, in 1814.
Gov. Medill, Myers, : Medary, Martin,
Morgon, Switzer, McCook and others re
sponded to the regular toasts in a very
happy and interesting manner. : T.
Retaliator7 Legislation. Mr. Dick
inson, of the New York Senate, has in
troduced a bill into that body; proposing
to retaliate upon Pennsylvania for the act
of the railroad rioters at Erie. He desires
to make it unlawful for any new railroad to
be laid down in the State of New York
within fifty miles of the city of Erie, until
the State of .Pennsylvania shall authoize
an uninterrupted track to be laid down of
the gauge of four feet ten inches across
the county of, Erie , so as to connect the
Buffalo and State Line road with that of
Cleveland. ; ..
jCS"The modifing influence of a body of
waterless than a mile in breadth, is con
clusively 6hown by the difference between
the two banks of the Mississippi River,
near New Orleans, where it runs East and
West. The South side has a milder clim
ate, . vegetation advances earlier 'in the
spring, the cane has a longer period to
mature in Autumn, and fruits that are oc
casionally cut offby the severity of weather
on the North bank, are uninflnenced on
the other. " ' . ... '
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; California Correspondence of the Pioneer.
; From California.'
! 4 j Marysville, Nor. 26th, 1 853.
; Deur Odes:I '&na indebted to you for
a copy of your exceedingly neat paper,
and shall endeavor to discharge the obli
gation by noting a few facts which may
be of interest to you, if not to your read-ers.-.-
. , . ...
Since this town lost the light of your
honest phiz it has improved beyond all
precedent. Rows of brick buildings have
risen on First, D. and C. streets, whilst
many are in process of erection in 'oth
er parts of the' town The "Express'.'
you mil have perceived is grown into an
able-bodied Daily, having entirely recov
ered from the thrice weakly condition in
which you ieft it; while the "Herald,"
not wishing to be behind the times, also
gives us a touch of its quality each day
selecting the evening for its appearance,
like an elderly belle who is not willing to
trust het charms to the inspection of the
"garish" sun. The Theatre is in full
blast, with Murdoch to sustain the leading
characters, and most ably does he sustain
them. "r Rumor says that his engagements
in this state have added considerably to
his coffers, and that he . wiH take his de
parture laden with the "golden opinions"
which he has so deservedly won. It is
also said that ' all the "stars" of the east
will ; peragrate this way during the com
ing year, for which the Lord be thanked!
for we have been cheated and imposed up
on, by pretending knaves, to the fullest
extent. ' ' ' , ' .: ' :
The rain 'has fallen ' heavily during the
past few days and there is now a prospect
of cheap frieghts and abrisk winter trade.
The season just 'dosed has' probably
proved more profitable to business men
than any preceeding it, and "the faith
that is in one" compels tne to say that
the prosperity of this town is beyond all
doubt.. Property has, in one year, ad
vanced near one hundred per centum, and
it is supposed that the Assessor's books
will, at the next assessment, show taxable
property to the amount of six millions of
dollars a' snug sum for a town which
less than four years ago, consisted of one
adobe luildiny. Is jour penchant for hard
biled eggs as great as ever? If so, I con
gratulate you upon living in a land where
they can be ' afforded at much less than
the ruling California price two bits a
piece, noping mat you may: be very
suscessful in an enterprise which all edi
tors says is attended with great difficulty.
but which nobody believes, I kiss my hand
to you and bid you an affectionate adieu
' ' ' Pills.
California.
Our files . are full, and many of their
items interesting.
Progress. The Alia learns that a gen
tleman of San Francisco is making prepa
rations topropeed with a printing press and
type for, the purpose of establishing
newspaper, at the head-quarters of the
army in Lower California:
Sonora Expedition-tWo understand,
says the Alta, that a force, to be composed
of one thousand men is already partially
organized for the purpose of proceeding
to Sonora in the course of two or three
weeks. i ; ; .-- '
jSSTlt has been suggested,- says the
San Francisco 1 Herald, that the exhuma
tion of female bodies from the ' Cemetry,
which has produced so much excitement
in our community, has been done by
French barbers, for the purpose of obtain
ing the "hair of the deceased. The horri
We practice Is not unusual .in Paris. '
Quartz. The Grass Valley Telegraph
6ays that the Auburn Hill Quartz Mining
Company have realized, from one week s
work in crushing, the sum of 813,950 75.
Sixty tons of quartz at their mill, yielded
nearly four thousand three hundred dol
lars in twenty-four hours' crushing. ' " :
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. ; l he .Mariposa uhroni cle. lnis is
the title of anew weekly journal issued in
the town of Mariposa, under the superin
tendence of.Wm. T. Whitacre and Al
fred S. Gould. Mr. ..Whitacre was for
merly connected with the Louisiana Live
Oak, and Mr. ; Gould was formerly assis
tant editor of the Cincinnati Gazette, con
sequently the new paper will have to back
it the experience of two popular editors.
' The Nebraska Territorial Bill.
An effqrt will be made in the Senate, we
think at present, with certainty of success
so to amend this proposition as that it shall
expressly provide, that while Nebraska
remains a territory, tne Missouri com-
pormise shall not continue in force over it,
That is; that all citizens to the U. States
may take any description of property any
where within its limits, until, becoming a
State, the people thereof determined for
mally what they will and what they will
not recognize as property among them.
The labors of the aboltionists to create the
impression that, as the bill stands, it ex
eludes slave property from the territory
north of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes
until after a State constitution admitting
slavery may have been adopted, bid fair
to induce this amendment. - We are per
suaded that nothing of the kind could have
been intended by the, committee framing
thebili, and that the Supreme Court would
promptly decide that the well know inten
tion of the law makers in this respect,
yirtually repeals the Missouri compromise,
and substitutes the compromise of 1850 in
its bearing on all questions involved, for
its venerable ancestor. Wash. Star.
Washington, Jan. 11. Col. Ward,
Postoffice Agent.at Panama, reports to
the Department that there were ninety
bags of mail matter on board the Winfield
Scott, of which eighty-two were saved.
Of these sixty-nine had been received at
Panama, thirty-one of which were for
warded, and the others kept back oa ac
count of the wet condition of the letters.
Clippings and Scribblings.
The New York Herald publishes the re
port of the State Competroller several
days before it was delivered to the Assem
bly. The Albany papers say that the
document was stolen. This was proba
bly true, as he who will lie will steal!
jrWhen Capt. Ingraham, says an
English paper of Dec. 24, arrived at "Al
exandria, three weeks since, the refugees
there received him with loud acclamations;
an extraordinary representation was given
at the theater on the occasion, J and patri
otic songs were sung.
Immigrants Defrauded. A few days
ago 44 Swedish immigrants, mostly wo
men and children, arrived at Pittsburg,
who bought and paid a New York agent
for tickets to Chicago. The tickets were
entirely useless after they reached Pitts
burgh, and the unfortunate holders were
left penniless. .
Mexico. It is stated that a Govern
ment agent has been sent to Mexico to
purchase books to elucidate the California
land claim cases now before the Supreme
Court, in which titles to property valued at
upwards of 8100,000,000 are involved.
The agent is expected to return in time to
try the cases at the present term.
Pierced bt a Sword Fish. The Brit
ish ship Lord RiveVsdale, on her late voy
age to Valparaiso, having sprung a leak
at sea, the vessel was hove down for "re
pairs, when it proved that the tusk of a
sword fish had pierced through the plank,
wkich was of elm, three inches and a half
in thickness. The point of the tusk pro:
jected beyond the plank seven inches clear,
making ten inches and ahalf thrust through
the wood. ' " - !'::
The San Francisco. The Washing
ton Star states that the Government have
very recent advices from the owners of
the 6tearaship San Francisco, written sub
sequently to a personal interview with the
mate of the vessel, reporting her perilous
condition. They are said to have written
that, as the mate reports the condition of
the ship when last 6een, they entertain lit
tle doubt of her ultimate safety with all on
board. .
. JCfTlt is said the Hon. John McLean
received a letter some days since from Gen.
OrHinton, who was then at the Sandwich
Islands, asking him to interfere for his
freedom, which, of course, his Honor could
not do, as he is now a fugitive from justice,
A gentleman who saw him, says, "he
looks very old and broken down, and very
anxious to return to the States,; and looks
but little like he did three years ago." Tru
ly the way of, the transgressor is hard.
Washington Star.
JJ3rMr. Bright presented a bill grant
ing four hundred thousand acres of land
to various counties to construct a contin
uous line of railroad from' Lake Erie to
the mouth of the Ohio, Mobile and New
Orleans, making a total of . two million
acres. The company to carry the mails
and transport munitions' of war free of
cost. - , t r
The accidents which have so lately be
fallen two or three of the Pacific 6teamship,
merely from stress of weather, ere con
sidered strong practical arguments in fa
vor of the construction of the Pacific
Railroadi , In case of war, the communi
cation with California, and the shipments
of gold dust, would be entirely suspened.
This is worth reflecting upon. .-.-
. A Singular Tree. Seven miles froni
Oregon City, there is a species of ever
green tree, which abounds plentifully, of
a character altogether peculiar. i
The tree varies in hight from one to
seven feet; the leaf resembles that of the
pear, while the trunk and branches look
like those of the orange tree. The upper
side of the leaf is thinly coated with a
gum having the appearance of oil, and
of the consistence of honey. Handling
them causes the gum to adhere slightly
to the fingers.' The gum, as well as the
leaf and bark, are highly odorous. The
fragrance, which is quite strong, resem
bles that of Bergamotor ripe fruit, and a
few leaves are sufficient to perfume
room. A leaf, fully wrapped up in pa
per, so as to be entirely concealed, was
handed to several persons, with a request
that they would tell, by the smell, which
it was. All expressed themselves highly
delighted with its fragance, but gave dif
ferent answers as to its character. Some
said that it smelled like ripe pears; some
that t was Bergamot; while others
thought it smelled like ripe apples. The
flower resembles that of the white Jessa
mine.
An Incident at the Navy Depart
ment. A letter from Washington, in the
Petersburg Democrat, says the following
occurred at the Navy Department on the
4th inst:
A young and accomplished lady was to
see the Secretary relative to some suspici
ons which hung over the legality of tho
ceremony of her recent marriage with a
Lieutemant in the Naval service. She
states that some . months since she was
conducted to a house in this city, and
there married to her supposed husband, by
a person , ostensibly an Episcopal clergy-
man that rings were exenangea, ana ior
a' short time they lived together, when he
was suddenly .called off to the Pacific.
Doubts have been raised as to the legality
of the marriage, and she entertains a dark
suspicion that there has been an imposi
tion practiced upon her. Immediately on
hearing the the lady's marrative Secretary
Dobibin, with that energy and uprightness
of character for which he is justiy disting
uished, peremptorly ordered the lieutenant
to report, in person, to him, at as early a
period as possible; declaring, which em
phasis, that if it did turn out to be true that
he had practiced a fraud upon the poor girl
his name should be stricken at once from
the roll of the Navy. "
Foundation of a Great Western City.
A letter from Council Bluffs gives the
following brief but intelligent descripton
of a place that is Jesfeg rapidly into im
portance and will soon be a great city in
the West;
Council Bluffs City is "situated in Pot
tawatimie county,; Iowa, and is the prin
ciple outfitting and starting place for em .
igrants to California, Utah and Oregon.
Five years ago its site was occupied by a '
few Indian huts. Its present population
is about fifteen hundred. There are now
five railroads projecting from the town to
different points, and the inhabitants claim "
that the only practical route for a Pacific
railroad is through their place. Laborera' '
wages range from 75 cents to 81 60 a
day. and from twelve to twenty dollars a
month. The neighboring country is well
adapted to farming purposes, and its ad
vantages in the Western Bugle. The fol
lowing is from that paper:
. Some of our merchants sell fifty thou
sand dollars worth of goods yearly. Land
that was offered for three hundred dollars
one year ago, was sold , soon after the
Land Office was opened here for fifteen
hundred, and is now worth five thousand. '
The H. W. Miller farm sold in 1861 for
6even hundred dollars it now is laid out
in lots which sell readily from one to five
hundred dollars per lot, and still rising
rapidly in value. We "have six ferries''
across the Missouri in this vicinity, all of
which are prepared to cross emigrants.
Add to which the large business houses of
our city, and the secret is told of our rap
id growth, as well of the emigration cen
ters her to outfit aecross the plains; and
this season our merchants have done a
very good business with the emigrants .
who have returned from the Pacific across
the plains. Instead of taking tho grave
yard route usually taken by returned em
igrants, via the Isthmus, next seastm we
may expect a much larger return emigra
tion, as stations for their convenience will
be built by private enterprise up the Platte
Valley. Council Bluffs City fs the half "
way station for the commerce of ' the
world.
British Philanthropy.
John Bull has many acmirers in this
country of his exalted philanthropy in pity
ing "the poor slave of the United States."
He deserves such friends, for his preach
ings and his doings are so consisntent in
their Christan character! A letter from
the Chincha Islands, on the Pacific, illus
trates the points:
The guano is dug by Chinese coolies or
laborers who are brought here by English
ships from the' free . ports- of their native
coasts. The poor fellows are made to be
lieve they are going to do well, by engag-.
ing to serve as laborers for five years at a.
"real" (York shilling) a day, and a scanty
allowance of rice.
The truth is the poor Chinemen are sold
into absolute slavery- sold by Englishmen
into slavery the worst and mostcruel per
haps in the world. Here are about eight
hundred of these unfortunate creatures at
work on these islands at a time; as fast as
death thins them out the number is increas
ed by new .: importations. The labor, is
severe much more so than that of the
negroes on our Southern plantations.
: The Chinese work almost naked under
a tropical sun where it never rains. They
are slender figures jand do not look strong.
Negro drivers the most ugly . looking
blacks I ever saw are stationed among
them, with heavy thongs, which I have of
ten seen them use.
The fact that some of the ; Chinese al
most every week eommit suicide to escape
their fate shows the true state of their case.
More than sixty killed themselves during
year chiefly by throwing themselves from
the cliffs, . : : ,;. -
; Americans that have.; to ..bear the: re
proaches of the English for institutions
entailing ;upon them, and which . they
could not avoid, have a right to reply that
the worst slavery that exists among the
civilized nations of the earth is maintain
ed by the Brithish subjects, who transport
cooles to the Chincha Islands. f . ; ; .
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Australia Matters.
A letter from Hobart Town, dated Sep
tember 8, gives a. surprising . account of
rich gold discoveries, about fifty miles from
that town: "" ' . ' a
"They have been digging very deep,
and have come on a table of gold, about"
one hundred feet from the surface, appa
rently inexhaustible. All I can tell you
respecting it is that the people's minds are
partly turned, from the immense discovery.
Every tub-full of earth they raise from
these holes contains pounds weight of gold.
The more they dig the more inexhaustible
it appears. At Geelong a tumult had bro
ken out among the diggers. The govern- .
ment has sent up all the military to quell
the disturbances, and the marines of her
Majesty's ship Electra ere mounting guard
at the treasury, and the sailors of the above
steamer-of-war mount sentry at the banks.
The militarv from Van Dieman's Land are
about to be dispatched to Melbourne to aid
the militarv already there, uooaness on
ly knows how all this will end. (Hobart
Town, Sept. 5.) By the steamer from
Greelong this day, I find that a gold quar
ry has been discovered near Geelong, one-
hundred to one hundred and thirty fet
from the surface of the earth, putting all
other digging in the shade. Eighteen
thousand ounces have been taken out in
three days, by a few persons, and one per
son, got a lump weighing 190 lbs., in one
solid piece. .
, An Australian Project. The inter
ior of Australia a barron 6andy desert
has been found to bo considerably below
the level of the sea. It is proposed to em
ploy British convicts in cutting a narrow
canal from the ocean to the desert, a dis
tance of about 250 miles, when it is expect-
ed that the rush of water would be so great
as to widen the canal and cause the for- -mation
of an inland see almost as large as
the Mediterranean, to the, incalculable
benefit of a vast extent of territory at pre- ,
sent wholly useless. v
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