December 30, 1853 (4 pages)

i { Z . eed a % He / ORIGINAL DEFECTIV HE VOL. 3.—NO. 36. WHOLE NO. 174. pms Ss oe NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1853. . where he lay concealed until he conld no longer . savage crew at the camp—the Indians . C 3 hear the being at times within a few feet of him, until PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY BUDD & SARGENT, noon, when they moved off, and he heard no OmiBe-on Broad street, opposite the Court House, Nevada. exciting, and, when sung in full chorus, is’ Louis Kossuth. Raitroap TO Inpra.—In a year a rail said to inspire even 'a horse for the battle. Thefe seems to be some inquiry con. way will be completed connecting Osten Its singing: was forbidden by the Bourbons. cerning Kossuth’s whereabauts . at this . and Trieste, across the plains of Europe but in the revolution of 1830 it became. time. He issupposed to have left) London. which, together with the railroad fron again the national song. and is doubtless watching anxiously for an. London to Bombay in three, weeks. B} Te New Yorx Branca or Abas & o.’s Express.—An idea of the immense amount of business transacted by the firm of Adams & Co., at their New York house, may be gathered from the subjoined list of more of them. NEW YEAR’S' RHYMES. persons connected with their establishment ‘But the history of this famous hymn is opportunity to favor Hungaty by the an. that time the greater portion of the civilize For one SFI med «4 «s+ 87 00 Koike eReader oy 7 in that city; and when the fnormous/not ended. Dietrick, whose wine and ex-. ticipated collision between the Russians World will be reticulated with telegrap! daeehueeian tee 4 00 i ney soft but aciselese step, ares of ae +e they do in this} hortatien inspired the poet to write it, was. and Turks. In case of hostilities Kossuth . wires: sccupininglonnecesn ye ME ge ree 2 00 Seem re “at home ;” and In every er city is taken into conmarched to scafiold, to the sound of the/ is bound by every obligation to do what he LS Sen tS ROT SEE Canes 2x . Your re 8 queer old codger, Father Time, sideration, it appears almost like a Hercu-. notes first nt in his own house by the . can to aid ‘ie Sulla All the friends of. , 4 ‘tain on the Galena railroad wa: Job*Work in all ts, vartctics, promptly andfneatly emecuted, at reasonhble rates. Advertisements Inserted at low rates. %.P. Pisher is our only authorized egent et San Francisco. Le may be found at his desk at the Merchants’ Exchange. A. Delaxzo, at Wells, Fargo & Ca’s office, ts our authorized agent at Grass Valley. ——_—__EE From Salt Lake. The Transcript has received, through Mr. Kincaid, who brought the Salt Lake Mail, a proof sheet of the Descret News of Nov. 12th, which contains the shocking intelligence of the slaughter of Capt. Gunnison of the corps of Topographical Engineers, with seven of his party, including Mr. R. H. Kern, Topographer ; Mr. Creutefeldt, Botanist ; Wm. Potter, Guide; Messrs. Reptrott, Caulfield and Mehnteens, privates of company A mounted riflemen, and John Lellows, employee. Slaughter of Capt. Gunnison and Seven of , his Company. On the 2Ist Oct. ult., ‘at 6 o'clock P. »., an express arrived from Fillmore City, for warded by president Call, bearing dispatches from Washington city, from the Pacific railroad party, now in this territory, and a letter from Brevet Capt. R. M. Morris, to Gov. Young, brief. 7 detailing the unexpected, and lamentable Inian massacre of Capt. John W. Gunnison, and seven of his party, near the swamps of the Sevier river, and as near as we can learn, about 20 miles from the Sevier lake. This event happened about 9 o’clock a. m., of the 26h October, as the party were sitting down to breakfast.—— Only four escaped, Icaving instruments, notes, animals, and all the baggage, in possession of the Indians.— Deseret News. Immediately upon the receipt of the above intelligence, Gov. Young began active preparations for the recovery of the lost property, and the proper disposal of the dead bodies, in the sanguine hope of being able to obtain the body of Capt. Gunnison, with the design to forward it to his family. By half past nine o'clock, on the morning of {st November, D. B. Huntington, interpreter, with a sufficient party, a number of indian presents, a letter of instructions, and a letter to Brevet Captain Morris, was on his way to the main camp of the party, reported to be near Villmore City, with instruetions from Governor Younz to proceed with all possible speed and «liligence, using the neeessary relays, and report himself ready to aid in carrying out the wishes of Capt. Morris. Mr. Huntington was instructed to hire Kano-she, and other friendly Pauvans on the Sevier, and to try all possible methods to recover the lost property, and particularly the instruments and notes. This was deemed a far better policy to accomplish the object in view, than to furnish additional taoops to pursue an enemy they would probably never find. Since the departure of Mr. Huntington, Brevet Captain Morris and all the party have arrived in the city. We learn they met Mr, Huntington, of Naphi, ninety three miles south of this city,on the 2d November, and that he proceeded on from there without being accompanied by any of the government party. We have also learned from Capt. Morris, that he reached the camp ground, where the massacre occurred, early on the following morning, and returned to the main camp, leaving’ all the dead bodies on the top of the ground. The wolves had begun to devour the bodies before he reached the main scene of disaster. Lieutenant Beckwith, of the topographical engineers gives the following report of this melancholy disaster : The greatest vigilance of night guards was maintained by Capt. Gunnison when. he encamped—-cach of the party in turn performing that daty. At the break of day the whole camp was aroused, and at once engaged in the morning duties of the camp, preparatory to an early start ; for the party was that day to reach its most distant point of exploration for this season—-and between day break and sun rise the most of the men were engaged in eating their breaksast, when, from the fatal willow shelters, a numerous discharge of rifles and flight of arrows crossed that devoted camp'in all directions, and the hideous war-whoop of a large band of savages rang out on that hitherto silent‘plaiy. At this fire one man only fell mortally wounded ; and Capt. Gunnison stepping from his tent, raised his hands and called to his murderers’that he was their friend; but this call was of no avail; the deadly fire still continued. Upon the first discharge there was a general call to. arms, and a few return shots were fired; the indians report one of their band killed and another wounded, but the surprise seems to have been complete, and the approach so close--twenty or toirty yards, under perfect shelter—that it was impossible long to maintain the little open spot .on which they had. .‘Fhe most of the horses had stampeded at the first discharge, and only three or four men succeeded in reaching them and mounting; the others seeking safety on foot, eand fell in or near their fatal camp. : The corporal of the escort succeeded in escaping on /“ horse—and, pone me rode him. at the top of his s to the» the party had m9 . Here his horse failed, but the indians had given over the chase, and he ran on foot the-remainder of the distance— 14 miles--to the other camp of the party, and at 11 o'clock and = Fag a gerd i mp, barely able, by a few broken senpai o eiecminteate "the frighttul intelligence. Thirty minutes subsequently, Capt. Morris and Lieut. Baker, accompanied by Mr. Potter, brother: of the slain, led towards the fatal spot, the escort of mounted riflemen —all the men who could be. armed and mounted, accomposted the surgeon, Dr. Schell, a band scarcey jatger than that already slain—with the hope of rendering aid’to the survivors, should any remain ; of punishing. the garage ned, Wee of rendiiile the last fol duties of humanity to those who were. known to have fallen. Another of the party had arrived on his horse, iat as they were leaving, and returned with Captain Morris’ command ; and two others were me by him on the road--one near camp, his _— having fallen, throwing him under some bushes int: where And a seem to think it fun, To rattle and shake your fleshless ribs, Forever, from sun to sun. Sit down, sit down, old Father Time, For you must be weary and worn; Shall l take your scythe and your hourlass, . And your wig “by the foreloek” ‘lorn f Ah! your scythe is keén, old Father Time, And well has the old blade hung, And “it cuts down all, beth great and small” — This I learned when I was young. “Give back my trusty I have swung it for many a weary day, And. must on, till there comes an end ! I swang it, boy, ere the world began ; Bat the glass I turm once more And I shall be glad, indeed I shall, When my wanderings are all o’er. . And what ’ll ye do, young man,” said-he, “In the new year you now see ? Willye be as wild and-as reckless, boy, Ap ye wore in kept peo cf And the old man glared with his sha: ey eyes ‘And shook that wisp of hair, oP BPAY SHOP Till it made my heart grow faint and chill, To encounter the old man’s stare. Said ‘I, I'll reform, indeed I will, I'll not do so any more ; The debts I made in this mis-spent year 1’U pay in fifty-four ; I'll be civil to every body, sir, I ’!l be kind unto the poor— And the girls that I loved in ’fifty-three, I ‘ll love in ’fifty-four !” “Tt will do, it will do,” said old Father Time, “I see you 're up to snuff! If you keep the last vow, (but I had him there !) The rest will be easy enough !” Then the old manshoaldered his scythe once more, And so swift!'y did he pass, Then he left me wondering why my gnest Had called without taking Hie GLass ! THE OLD YEAR. Farewell old year! night is closing, Like a dark pall, round thy bier; ‘With buried past reposing, Thou shalt quickly sleep, old year! Farewell old year ! with thee lying, Sleep the young, the loved, the brave, And mem'ry weaves a wreath undying, Of her wild flowers, fo thy grave. Farewell old year! thou hast brought me, Many a smile, and many a tear— Many a golden charm hath wrought ma, Many a tangled web of fear— Many a doubt and many a sorrow— Many acrief, and many a care— Many a bright dream of to-morrow, Tinged with colors of despair. Farewell old year! thou hast reft me Many a-sweet flower love had cast ; Bat amid life’s thorns thou’st left me, Friendship’s green leaves, to the last! Farewellold year! slumber lightly, Where thy predecessors dwell. In the Kast, morn’s breaking brightly, Farewell old year! fare the well ! Ep. JouRNat :—Will you please publish the enclesed lines if you think them worthy of insertion and oblige a Supscriber, I've wandered to the village, Tom; I’ve sat beneath the tree, Upon the school-house play-ground that sheltered you and me ; But none were left to greet me, Tom; and few were left to know, ; That played with us upon the green some;.twenty years ago. The grass is just as creen, Tom; bare-footed boys at play Were sporting just as we did then, with spirits just as gay; But the “master” sleeps upon the hill, which, coated o’er with snow, Afforded us a sliding place, just twenty years ago. The old school-house is altered now; the benches are replaced, By new ones, very like the same our penknives had defaced ; : i But the same old bricks are in the wall, tho bell swings to and fro, , Its music just the same, dear Tom, ‘twas twenty years ago. The boys were playing some old game, beneath that ‘same old tree; T have forgot the name same with me, ; MT On that same spot ; twas played with knives, by throwing so and so;): + 85 & The leader had a task to do—there twenty years just now—you've played the ago. : The river's ranning just as still; the willows.on its side, Are targer than they were, Tom; the. stream: appears less e— Bat the Bra peryine spring is ruined now; where once we played the beau, ‘ And swung our sweet-hearts—“pretty girls”—just twenty years ago. : : The spring that bubbled 'neath the hill,-close by. ‘the spreading beach, yey Ig very low—'twas Once so high, that ‘we coald almost reach’; ; “Ee And, ae down to get a drink, dear Tom; I start 80 Tosee:how sadly I eam ghanged since twenty years ago. Near by the spring, upon anelm, you know I ‘cut your name, Your sweethearts just beneath it mine the same : Some heartless wretch has pealed the bark, ‘twas dying sure Lut slow, Just as that one, whose name years since. My lids have Jong been dry, Tom, but tears came in eyes ; her I loved so well—those early bro, Tom and you did you cut, did, twenty my I thought of ken tieR; . . . ; I visited theuald: church yard, and took some flowers pag i Upon the graves of those we: loved; some twenty years ago, gee ¥ Some in the chureh-y ard Jaid—some sleep “beneath the sea; . : ‘ . But few are jeft of our old class, excepting you and And when our time shall come, Tom, and we are I hope they'll lay us where we played, just twenty years ago. The foreign debt of ‘Meézico is’ stated to be somewhere Pie neighborhood of fiftyfive millions of dollars. a The lowest estimate of the loss oceasioned by the late fite at Kingston, Canada. Movements are.making for a monthly line of steamers between Liverpool and St. John, New Brunswick. 38 The friends of temperance in Texas are about asking the Leglslature to enact a Maine Law for that State. “Give back! give back !" quothold Father Time friend— ". E. M. Hardy, W. F. Hardy, Henry Harpl made some.inquiry in reference to it.— lean task te manage and properly conduct such an extensive concern. Their business however, is so systematized that it proceeds with the regularity of clock-work, as all who have entrusted business to their care can testify, The following is the list of persons in the employ of the New York office : DIRECTORY NEW YORK OFFICE. Resident Partner—Wnm. B. Dinsmore. Custom House Clerk, &c.—John K. Stimson. Bookkeeper—Hiram Dixon. Cashier—J.C. Babcock. . . Freight Manager—John Hoey, Philadelphia P. P. Clerk—William Steveason. Collection and Mint Clerk——Jas. Cholwell. . Assistants do—Geo, Dixon, Wm. Linson. California Draft Clerk—Joseph Wales. : California Freight Clerk—Jno. H. Abott. a; California Way-Bill Clerk—Josiah Hedden. Regular California, Isthmus, and Ocean Messengers—Andrew W. Sweet, Ralph P. Mead, Ralph Trembly, J. B. Ludlow, and John B. Sanborn. ; California Parcel Clerk—Edward Crane. ‘ Assistant Bookkeeper--James Cushing, r. Mail Clerk—Wnm. Magill. Cashier’s Clerk—Chas. P. Diefendorf. Boston P. P. and Freight Clerk—Geo. M. Curtis. By Shy Philadelphia and Boston Receipt Clerks —Chas. W. Thayer, E. Franklin, H. Tallman. Southern and Western Freight Clerk— Geo. H. Carrick. Hartford and New Haven Freight Agent —H. B. Plant. H. and N. H. Money: Clerk—E. M. Drew, Assistant, G. W. Hiller. ‘New Orleans Freight Agent—A. L. Stimson. N. O. Freight Clerks—J. E. L. Smith, Benjamin 'D. Bacon. : . Philadelphia Messengers—P, Harvey, Isaac P. Valentine, Robert Tumbelson, Geo. Canning. Boston Messengers, via Nerwich—Jos. Boynton, A. A. Hobart. Boston Messengers, via New Haven— Lewis Bates, O. Hamilton. Hartford and New Haven Messengers— rington, Marshal Davis, E. Hart and Nelson Hubbell. Drivers—James D. Wallace, Abram Austin, Wm. Darling, G. D. Brush. Jaceb Vantine, Peter. A Parvue, Robt. Denning, Stephen Ames, Geo. Daniels, A. Leacraft, Charles H. Keator, James Allen, M. W. Wilson, Ferris Davis, James Doyle, Theo. L. Munson, J. B. Albertson, J. Madan. Foreman of the Stables—John Dunning. Assistant Foreman—George Jackson. Hostlers—Wm. Hayden, Sam}. McMullen, Andrew Coercorin.and John Cav in. Packers—Alonzo Lockwood, John, McLeed. : Fireman—Patrick Toole. Porters—Joseph Gibbs, B. Henry. History of the “‘Marseillaise Hymn. ” The “ Marseillaise Hymn” was associated in my mind with the city of Marseilles, and; supposing: it was written thete, As a national song, it had prodigious influence during the-revolution ; and so often has it been sung, with joy; ‘by” Terrorists, Jacobins,’ and Revolutionists, and heard with paleness and trembling by the friends of monarchy.and legitimacy, that it is engraved.on the very soul of. France. Its awful choras, ; Fecal Marcboul foes cece ee ) cntouve ace sa ! has often caused the blood of the man in blouse to boil over, and that of the aristocrat to freeze Its history is in this wise : Early in the revojution, Rouget de Lisle, a native of the Jura Meuntains, was a oung officer of the garrison at Strasburg. He was 9 musician,-a poet, a soldier. He was often an inmate there of the family of one Dietrick, with whose daughters he became a favorite. The family was poor but patriotic. “I have one bottle of wine left,” said Dietrick one evening to his daughters : * bring it, and we will drink to liberty and our country: Our city is going to have a ry) patriotic. ceremony, and De Lisle must}, compose a hymnforthe oceasion.” =e "Tha, botsle-sine brought and exhausted. De Lisle retired at midnight, his : whole soul inflamed. He spent the. might, humming and rhyming. ;Thymin jumming. He deoed Rising with the day, he wrote the hymn-and the tune. He called the family of Dietrick together, anda few other friends, They were all musicians and loved poetry. They sang, they wept, they rejoiced together. The national song of France was written, It flew from club to club, from city to.city. It was sung at se epeniag ol ia ati of Mansi Confederniors of Marseilles, ” marched 6 Patis to aid the conspirators there. These confederates received the pame of Marsellaise ; and; singing the hymn. as the went, it spread over France like lightning. Hence its name, the “ Marseillaise Hymn.” The language and the tune are peculiarly * . poses, instructed the Commissioner of Imis this all. ‘The author himself was proscribed, and fled. ‘In passing along the asked the guide. “The Marseillaise,’’ was the reply.— He himself called it “ An offering to Liberty. > Fe It was thus he first knew the name under which his hymn was destined to immortality. It is right to add that Louis Philippe on ascending the throne of France, seventy years old, and granted him a penpurse. Business TaLent.—The Newburyport Herald, in giving an obituary notice of a young and talented merchant, makes the foHowing truthful remarks : “There are many among the leading classes of politicians.and schoolmeh who are apt to assume to themselves more importance in the community than belongs to them, who underrate the necessity and usefulness of the successful and energetic business man. This isnot the place te argue which is the highest order of talent and which is the most useful to the community. It is undeniable, however, that to conduct a large business successfully, for a number of years, is the rarest qualification to be found in society. While there are, no doubt, hundreds ef young men who have the material out of which are made patriotic and ardent politicians, claiming to ascend to the high places of power for the good of the people, and willing to'serve their country with most patriotic devotion, for ashare.of the loaves and fishes ; and hundrede mare, capahla of hecoming, in their own estimation at least, social, moral and religious:reformer, of the first water, it is doubtful if there can be found Ten, who, giving them all the opportunities and advantages they should desire, weuld be able to do their part in upholding the pecuniary resources and the industry of the community, with a goed share of business ability. Men may enter into business recklessly, with means or credit, obtained by accident, inheritance or finesse, and flourish for a time ; perhaps by accident, like the gambler if they retire. from the field when their pockets are full, secure a fortune, and it is no warrant of ability ; but to continue for a long series of years in the successful management of a large business, is a proof of ability; energy, self-denial, and others of he rarest qualifications possessed by mankind.” old The citizens of Arkansas are becoming aroused to the importance of the Pacific Railway enterprise. A meeting was held at Fort Smith a few weeks since an in addition to measures taken for the purpose of.securing their share.of the public grant of lands for the State improvement. purprovements for Franklin county,,' to ‘subscribe-to the stock of the Arkansas and Pacific Railroad eompany, and to pay over me money te the company to defray the expenses of the sarvey. They also took measures to secure a grant of the free right of way ‘through the county. This Pacific, Railroad enterprise seems to be viewed in the light of a national cornu copiae. The whole people appear to entertain a belief that it will scatter wealth in the dust, raised by the whistling locomotive with its flying train. ""Ferpenditures of the Searching dttions of Sir John . estimated cost of the expeditions sent in * Franklin.—The total . foolish. aid of his family and a few friends! Nor. liberal principles throughout Europe must be opposed to Russia Blinn smashed in the windows and demolishec supposed to favor her. wild gorges of the Alps, he heard its wild . this feeling among such a number of disnotes rising around him, and he shuddered. . contented and oppressed subjects must “What do they call that hymn?” he}extend hostilities greatly beyond the confines of Turkey. as men whese experience and judgmett off the heavy burdens that now rest upon them. No man who has spent his life under the benign influences of a Republiand oppression which tmost of the GovernUnder the® iron sway, millions of people are less free and independent than are our Southern slaves. Such a humiliating condition calls tor relief, and if the people ean once see their way clear, the deep injuries received and the revenge now lurking in their bosoms, will urge them to a bloedy conflict which will end only with the prostration and total destruction of their oppressors. It is hoped that an opportunity will be offered for Kossuth to distinguish himself in this great struggle. His capacity to direct men in military affairs has been seriously questiened. Much of the blame concerning the failure of the Hungarians in their struggle with Austria, has been attributed to his want of skill and . judgment in directing their movements. . It is but just to him, however, to say, that the complaints have come mostly from his enemies. That Kossuth isa superior man, possessing a giant intellect, vast reasoning powers and brilliant imagination, one can deny. Some of his speeches contain the most splendid specimens of oratory ever delivered. He has been accused of being more of a patriot than a philanthropist, and of advancing certain opinions. in the United States with a view to procure funds for himself. We think these accusations base slanders, and that he has done nothing to deserve them. On the contrary, his whole conduct shows that he hasa warm heart, a deep and unchangeable love for Republican principles and the good of his native land. Whatever may be the futuré career of Louis Kossuth, whether he ever appears again as a prominent man or not, what he has already accomplished will be no mean figure in the world’s history. The past, at least with him, is secure. Astime rolls on, his fame will grow brighter and more enduring, and his speeches will be read with delight by generations yet unborn. Among the multitudinous objects in the Patent Office at Washington, and which evince what skill can do, is “an invention that picks up pins frem a heap, ,turns them all around with their heads up, and sticks them in papers in regular rows ; another goes through the whole process of cigar making, taking in tobaceo leaves and turning out the perfect article. Oné ma: chine cuts cheese; another scours knives and forks ; another blacks boots ; another rocks the cradle, and seven or eight take in washing and ironing. Another patent is for a machine that counts the passengers in an omnibus, and takes their fare. When a fat man gets in it counts two, and charges double. Thereare a variety of guns that load themselves ; a fish line that adjusts its own bait; and a rat-trap that throws away the rat and then baits and sets itself, and stands in the corner for another.” Of all the silly contrivances which men resort to with a view to distinguish themExpeselves, that of adopting titles is the most We leatn that Santa Anna ‘has been dubbed the Great Elector, Great Adquest of Sir John Franktin ‘has amounted . tmiral, Most Serene Highness. The Prestothe sum’ of £802,466. . If! to this of the’ expedition of Sir John Franklin, the entire stm expended on Arctic e tions; including the centributiens from . peror of the United Statesand from private sources, . *#c. é&c. r inl withia the last.eight years, will. amount to . Duke and Miss Phillis as a Dutchess— not far f lion sterling, or about . “Such fantastic tricks five millions of dollars. As partial re-. $cBut no matter. not far from ene mi be . ident and his Excellency are not sufficient added the original outlay in the equipment . for the chief of “oursister Republic.” Well the Mexicans are not alone in this business. There is Soulouque, the Grand EmHayti, with his Lords and Dukes, Only think of Snowball as a ” before high Heaven,’ In order t0 appretmiuneration for this immense waste of time . ciate the greatness. which titles. confer, and money, the North West Passage has heen found to exist, though not as a practicable channel-of navigation. -: . ) Marposa, Dec. 19, 1858. . Sr :—-Last night at aFandango house, en Sherlock’s creek, a man named Stéei Santa Anna ought to visit the Haytien Court. ifasingle sight did not induce him to cave, he is not the man we have taken him to be. The mouth of the Moviewinn has finally been deepened so as to greatly facilitate killed: another “with whom he had # prenavigation. Major Beauregard states that vious contention, by sheoting him through theshead: The name of the deceased was sum of $500. <Barsacoas Batoer—The Gourier of Nov. : there is new a well defined channel 300 feet wide and 18 feet deep at ordinary low Martin. Steel was held to bail in the . Water. ~ The Miller doctrine is spreading in the state of Maine: There are thousands in 625th, is Resreos . that State who believe that the world will yahd interesting account of the . >e burnt up next spring-. grand celebration at Barbacoas, on the occasion of the first train of cars having crossed the Chagrtes river. -A man, said to be a dra his wife through a street of Cleveland with Y . horse whip, a few days since. The poor woman had previously attempted to drown herself, but was prevented by a female friend. an, lashed. ”. Two children are exhibiting at Baltimore united together by one spine. . i while one sits the other-can lie down. A few cases of Cholera have appeared at Edinburg—the first in Scotland. 700,000 children attend school in the six New England States. will aid the masses in their efforts to throw . rash act. lately run into by a brig. Her jib boom grazed but slightly the two first cars, bu’ considerable of the third cat, doing however, no injury to the passengers. William Camp, a farmer, residing nen: New London, Ct., committed suitide by — Such men as Kossuth, Mazzini and hanging himself in suie va others are looked to in the present crisis . of the 12th ult. his barn on the’ nig! He was im easy cireninstances, and no reason is assign a tor the In a qunrrel at in Union co. Ky. « matt named Cowan, found out Rouget de Lisle, who was then . can Gevernment, is aware of the baseness . threw a child of the former in the fire—it was but little injured; whereupon Lynn, sion of 1500 franes.from his own private} ments in Europe heap upon the peeple.— }the father, shot him dead, ahd was justified on the trial for.s0 doing. Commander McClure has been promo! ed toa captaincy in the British Navy for the discovery of the North West paszave.— © He is entitled to £20,000, the premium ~ offered by the English Parliament for the achievement of this passage. EE A Richmond paper proposes as a substi. tate for the Maine Law that there be an amendment te the Constitution bindins each office holder to swear that he has not tasted alcoholic liquors for a year, and morover that he will not drink during his term of office, A man at West Troy, recently, while « political procession was passing, fired o pistel; the first barrel went off 7. tie ait, but lowering his hand, the second barrel accidentally discharged, and the ballet lodged in the temple of a girl present— The poor girl fell and instantly expired. The Troy Conference Seminary at Poultney, Vt., has been nearly broken up in consequence of sickness. Sixty-two cases of typhus fever had occurred ome the students, some of which had prove fatal. There is a great complaint in and about Jacksonville, Fla., and St. John’s, of a want of laborers. Works of improvement have been retarded, and business, in some instances, wholly abandoned for want of . the requisite force of labors to. prasecuve them. At Lake Providence, La., ou! of a population of 220, 130 have died of the yeilow fever, leaving but 90 persons alone to bury the dead. In many other of the sm all towns, the epidemic has been alr. vsi as fatal, principally along the riv<> and in the vicinity of the city of Natches. A negro in St. Louis recently war sent on an errand to a Dr. McDowell. He was told the doctor was a terrible man and would cut him up and pickle him. Hs went, but was mueh frightened, and when the doctor advanced towards him he dréw back suddenly, fell down -a pair of stairs and died the same night. It is believed that the November earns ings of the Vermont Central and Vermont and Canada Railroad will be near $1(0,000 ; and these of the Ogdensburg ‘alone will exceed $80,000. It is declared in an English official publication that in the year 1845, not less than 1,500,000 people in the European continent, visited in pilgrimage, the Holy Coat at Trevis, A bear jumped over a fence at Atlanta, Ga., recently, threw a man down who was passing, and inflicted a severe wound, of which he died shortly after. A carpenter fell from the roof of an unfinished house at Boston, Mass., a few days ago, and received such a severe injuries that he died ten minutes afterwards. Of the seventy-two members composing the late House of Delegates of Maryland, ~ f the recent elec_ only two were returned tion in that State. Oaly four members of the last Ohio Legislature’ have been reelected. We understand that there are now in this city upwards of three thousand men, awaiting an opportunity to join Walker's expedition. Of course we have no means of verifying the report ; but presume thr’ all who have hitherto been looking town — Amazon, will now direct their attention toward lower California, the latest intel/ ligence from the former place being of rather a discouraging eharacter.—LZve. Jour. t It is said to be the intention ef the Governor of Missouri to call the members of the Legislature togethet this winter, to devise ways dnd means to fu ‘tote the speedy completion of the railroads in inns State now commenced, — The cotton crop of Alabama, it is said, will show an increase of one-third over the estimate made six months since, on ac. . While one'. count of the fine weather which has pre." . p ‘the other is often awake, and . yailed in that State for some time pasg. . Another new Cotton Factory: is to be started in Lancaster, Pa. British soldiers s.¢ deserting in grey numbers from Canela. Vory “ow are’ ¢j taken. (y the house of one Lynn, J na a zd ( 7

i { Z . eed a % He / ORIGINAL DEFECTIV HE VOL. 3.—NO. 36. WHOLE NO. 174. pms Ss oe NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1853. . where he lay concealed until he conld no longer . savage crew at the camp—the Indians . C 3 hear the being at times within a few feet of him, until PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY BUDD & SARGENT, noon, when they moved off, and he heard no OmiBe-on Broad street, opposite the Court House, Nevada. exciting, and, when sung in full chorus, is’ Louis Kossuth. Raitroap TO Inpra.—In a year a rail said to inspire even 'a horse for the battle. Thefe seems to be some inquiry con. way will be completed connecting Osten Its singing: was forbidden by the Bourbons. cerning Kossuth’s whereabauts . at this . and Trieste, across the plains of Europe but in the revolution of 1830 it became. time. He issupposed to have left) London. which, together with the railroad fron again the national song. and is doubtless watching anxiously for an. London to Bombay in three, weeks. B} Te New Yorx Branca or Abas & o.’s Express.—An idea of the immense amount of business transacted by the firm of Adams & Co., at their New York house, may be gathered from the subjoined list of more of them. NEW YEAR’S' RHYMES. persons connected with their establishment ‘But the history of this famous hymn is opportunity to favor Hungaty by the an. that time the greater portion of the civilize For one SFI med «4 «s+ 87 00 Koike eReader oy 7 in that city; and when the fnormous/not ended. Dietrick, whose wine and ex-. ticipated collision between the Russians World will be reticulated with telegrap! daeehueeian tee 4 00 i ney soft but aciselese step, ares of ae +e they do in this} hortatien inspired the poet to write it, was. and Turks. In case of hostilities Kossuth . wires: sccupininglonnecesn ye ME ge ree 2 00 Seem re “at home ;” and In every er city is taken into conmarched to scafiold, to the sound of the/ is bound by every obligation to do what he LS Sen tS ROT SEE Canes 2x . Your re 8 queer old codger, Father Time, sideration, it appears almost like a Hercu-. notes first nt in his own house by the . can to aid ‘ie Sulla All the friends of. , 4 ‘tain on the Galena railroad wa: Job*Work in all ts, vartctics, promptly andfneatly emecuted, at reasonhble rates. Advertisements Inserted at low rates. %.P. Pisher is our only authorized egent et San Francisco. Le may be found at his desk at the Merchants’ Exchange. A. Delaxzo, at Wells, Fargo & Ca’s office, ts our authorized agent at Grass Valley. ——_—__EE From Salt Lake. The Transcript has received, through Mr. Kincaid, who brought the Salt Lake Mail, a proof sheet of the Descret News of Nov. 12th, which contains the shocking intelligence of the slaughter of Capt. Gunnison of the corps of Topographical Engineers, with seven of his party, including Mr. R. H. Kern, Topographer ; Mr. Creutefeldt, Botanist ; Wm. Potter, Guide; Messrs. Reptrott, Caulfield and Mehnteens, privates of company A mounted riflemen, and John Lellows, employee. Slaughter of Capt. Gunnison and Seven of , his Company. On the 2Ist Oct. ult., ‘at 6 o'clock P. »., an express arrived from Fillmore City, for warded by president Call, bearing dispatches from Washington city, from the Pacific railroad party, now in this territory, and a letter from Brevet Capt. R. M. Morris, to Gov. Young, brief. 7 detailing the unexpected, and lamentable Inian massacre of Capt. John W. Gunnison, and seven of his party, near the swamps of the Sevier river, and as near as we can learn, about 20 miles from the Sevier lake. This event happened about 9 o’clock a. m., of the 26h October, as the party were sitting down to breakfast.—— Only four escaped, Icaving instruments, notes, animals, and all the baggage, in possession of the Indians.— Deseret News. Immediately upon the receipt of the above intelligence, Gov. Young began active preparations for the recovery of the lost property, and the proper disposal of the dead bodies, in the sanguine hope of being able to obtain the body of Capt. Gunnison, with the design to forward it to his family. By half past nine o'clock, on the morning of {st November, D. B. Huntington, interpreter, with a sufficient party, a number of indian presents, a letter of instructions, and a letter to Brevet Captain Morris, was on his way to the main camp of the party, reported to be near Villmore City, with instruetions from Governor Younz to proceed with all possible speed and «liligence, using the neeessary relays, and report himself ready to aid in carrying out the wishes of Capt. Morris. Mr. Huntington was instructed to hire Kano-she, and other friendly Pauvans on the Sevier, and to try all possible methods to recover the lost property, and particularly the instruments and notes. This was deemed a far better policy to accomplish the object in view, than to furnish additional taoops to pursue an enemy they would probably never find. Since the departure of Mr. Huntington, Brevet Captain Morris and all the party have arrived in the city. We learn they met Mr, Huntington, of Naphi, ninety three miles south of this city,on the 2d November, and that he proceeded on from there without being accompanied by any of the government party. We have also learned from Capt. Morris, that he reached the camp ground, where the massacre occurred, early on the following morning, and returned to the main camp, leaving’ all the dead bodies on the top of the ground. The wolves had begun to devour the bodies before he reached the main scene of disaster. Lieutenant Beckwith, of the topographical engineers gives the following report of this melancholy disaster : The greatest vigilance of night guards was maintained by Capt. Gunnison when. he encamped—-cach of the party in turn performing that daty. At the break of day the whole camp was aroused, and at once engaged in the morning duties of the camp, preparatory to an early start ; for the party was that day to reach its most distant point of exploration for this season—-and between day break and sun rise the most of the men were engaged in eating their breaksast, when, from the fatal willow shelters, a numerous discharge of rifles and flight of arrows crossed that devoted camp'in all directions, and the hideous war-whoop of a large band of savages rang out on that hitherto silent‘plaiy. At this fire one man only fell mortally wounded ; and Capt. Gunnison stepping from his tent, raised his hands and called to his murderers’that he was their friend; but this call was of no avail; the deadly fire still continued. Upon the first discharge there was a general call to. arms, and a few return shots were fired; the indians report one of their band killed and another wounded, but the surprise seems to have been complete, and the approach so close--twenty or toirty yards, under perfect shelter—that it was impossible long to maintain the little open spot .on which they had. .‘Fhe most of the horses had stampeded at the first discharge, and only three or four men succeeded in reaching them and mounting; the others seeking safety on foot, eand fell in or near their fatal camp. : The corporal of the escort succeeded in escaping on /“ horse—and, pone me rode him. at the top of his s to the» the party had m9 . Here his horse failed, but the indians had given over the chase, and he ran on foot the-remainder of the distance— 14 miles--to the other camp of the party, and at 11 o'clock and = Fag a gerd i mp, barely able, by a few broken senpai o eiecminteate "the frighttul intelligence. Thirty minutes subsequently, Capt. Morris and Lieut. Baker, accompanied by Mr. Potter, brother: of the slain, led towards the fatal spot, the escort of mounted riflemen —all the men who could be. armed and mounted, accomposted the surgeon, Dr. Schell, a band scarcey jatger than that already slain—with the hope of rendering aid’to the survivors, should any remain ; of punishing. the garage ned, Wee of rendiiile the last fol duties of humanity to those who were. known to have fallen. Another of the party had arrived on his horse, iat as they were leaving, and returned with Captain Morris’ command ; and two others were me by him on the road--one near camp, his _— having fallen, throwing him under some bushes int: where And a seem to think it fun, To rattle and shake your fleshless ribs, Forever, from sun to sun. Sit down, sit down, old Father Time, For you must be weary and worn; Shall l take your scythe and your hourlass, . And your wig “by the foreloek” ‘lorn f Ah! your scythe is keén, old Father Time, And well has the old blade hung, And “it cuts down all, beth great and small” — This I learned when I was young. “Give back my trusty I have swung it for many a weary day, And. must on, till there comes an end ! I swang it, boy, ere the world began ; Bat the glass I turm once more And I shall be glad, indeed I shall, When my wanderings are all o’er. . And what ’ll ye do, young man,” said-he, “In the new year you now see ? Willye be as wild and-as reckless, boy, Ap ye wore in kept peo cf And the old man glared with his sha: ey eyes ‘And shook that wisp of hair, oP BPAY SHOP Till it made my heart grow faint and chill, To encounter the old man’s stare. Said ‘I, I'll reform, indeed I will, I'll not do so any more ; The debts I made in this mis-spent year 1’U pay in fifty-four ; I'll be civil to every body, sir, I ’!l be kind unto the poor— And the girls that I loved in ’fifty-three, I ‘ll love in ’fifty-four !” “Tt will do, it will do,” said old Father Time, “I see you 're up to snuff! If you keep the last vow, (but I had him there !) The rest will be easy enough !” Then the old manshoaldered his scythe once more, And so swift!'y did he pass, Then he left me wondering why my gnest Had called without taking Hie GLass ! THE OLD YEAR. Farewell old year! night is closing, Like a dark pall, round thy bier; ‘With buried past reposing, Thou shalt quickly sleep, old year! Farewell old year ! with thee lying, Sleep the young, the loved, the brave, And mem'ry weaves a wreath undying, Of her wild flowers, fo thy grave. Farewell old year! thou hast brought me, Many a smile, and many a tear— Many a golden charm hath wrought ma, Many a tangled web of fear— Many a doubt and many a sorrow— Many acrief, and many a care— Many a bright dream of to-morrow, Tinged with colors of despair. Farewell old year! thou hast reft me Many a-sweet flower love had cast ; Bat amid life’s thorns thou’st left me, Friendship’s green leaves, to the last! Farewellold year! slumber lightly, Where thy predecessors dwell. In the Kast, morn’s breaking brightly, Farewell old year! fare the well ! Ep. JouRNat :—Will you please publish the enclesed lines if you think them worthy of insertion and oblige a Supscriber, I've wandered to the village, Tom; I’ve sat beneath the tree, Upon the school-house play-ground that sheltered you and me ; But none were left to greet me, Tom; and few were left to know, ; That played with us upon the green some;.twenty years ago. The grass is just as creen, Tom; bare-footed boys at play Were sporting just as we did then, with spirits just as gay; But the “master” sleeps upon the hill, which, coated o’er with snow, Afforded us a sliding place, just twenty years ago. The old school-house is altered now; the benches are replaced, By new ones, very like the same our penknives had defaced ; : i But the same old bricks are in the wall, tho bell swings to and fro, , Its music just the same, dear Tom, ‘twas twenty years ago. The boys were playing some old game, beneath that ‘same old tree; T have forgot the name same with me, ; MT On that same spot ; twas played with knives, by throwing so and so;): + 85 & The leader had a task to do—there twenty years just now—you've played the ago. : The river's ranning just as still; the willows.on its side, Are targer than they were, Tom; the. stream: appears less e— Bat the Bra peryine spring is ruined now; where once we played the beau, ‘ And swung our sweet-hearts—“pretty girls”—just twenty years ago. : : The spring that bubbled 'neath the hill,-close by. ‘the spreading beach, yey Ig very low—'twas Once so high, that ‘we coald almost reach’; ; “Ee And, ae down to get a drink, dear Tom; I start 80 Tosee:how sadly I eam ghanged since twenty years ago. Near by the spring, upon anelm, you know I ‘cut your name, Your sweethearts just beneath it mine the same : Some heartless wretch has pealed the bark, ‘twas dying sure Lut slow, Just as that one, whose name years since. My lids have Jong been dry, Tom, but tears came in eyes ; her I loved so well—those early bro, Tom and you did you cut, did, twenty my I thought of ken tieR; . .. . ; I visited theuald: church yard, and took some flowers pag i Upon the graves of those we: loved; some twenty years ago, gee ¥ Some in the chureh-y ard Jaid—some sleep “beneath the sea; . : ‘ . But few are jeft of our old class, excepting you and And when our time shall come, Tom, and we are I hope they'll lay us where we played, just twenty years ago. The foreign debt of ‘Meézico is’ stated to be somewhere Pie neighborhood of fiftyfive millions of dollars. a The lowest estimate of the loss oceasioned by the late fite at Kingston, Canada. Movements are.making for a monthly line of steamers between Liverpool and St. John, New Brunswick. 38 The friends of temperance in Texas are about asking the Leglslature to enact a Maine Law for that State. “Give back! give back !" quothold Father Time friend— ". E. M. Hardy, W. F. Hardy, Henry Harpl made some.inquiry in reference to it.— lean task te manage and properly conduct such an extensive concern. Their business however, is so systematized that it proceeds with the regularity of clock-work, as all who have entrusted business to their care can testify, The following is the list of persons in the employ of the New York office : DIRECTORY NEW YORK OFFICE. Resident Partner—Wnm. B. Dinsmore. Custom House Clerk, &c.—John K. Stimson. Bookkeeper—Hiram Dixon. Cashier—J.C. Babcock. . . Freight Manager—John Hoey, Philadelphia P. P. Clerk—William Steveason. Collection and Mint Clerk——Jas. Cholwell. . Assistants do—Geo, Dixon, Wm. Linson. California Draft Clerk—Joseph Wales. : California Freight Clerk—Jno. H. Abott. a; California Way-Bill Clerk—Josiah Hedden. Regular California, Isthmus, and Ocean Messengers—Andrew W. Sweet, Ralph P. Mead, Ralph Trembly, J. B. Ludlow, and John B. Sanborn. ; California Parcel Clerk—Edward Crane. ‘ Assistant Bookkeeper--James Cushing, r. Mail Clerk—Wnm. Magill. Cashier’s Clerk—Chas. P. Diefendorf. Boston P. P. and Freight Clerk—Geo. M. Curtis. By Shy Philadelphia and Boston Receipt Clerks —Chas. W. Thayer, E. Franklin, H. Tallman. Southern and Western Freight Clerk— Geo. H. Carrick. Hartford and New Haven Freight Agent —H. B. Plant. H. and N. H. Money: Clerk—E. M. Drew, Assistant, G. W. Hiller. ‘New Orleans Freight Agent—A. L. Stimson. N. O. Freight Clerks—J. E. L. Smith, Benjamin 'D. Bacon. : . Philadelphia Messengers—P, Harvey, Isaac P. Valentine, Robert Tumbelson, Geo. Canning. Boston Messengers, via Nerwich—Jos. Boynton, A. A. Hobart. Boston Messengers, via New Haven— Lewis Bates, O. Hamilton. Hartford and New Haven Messengers— rington, Marshal Davis, E. Hart and Nelson Hubbell. Drivers—James D. Wallace, Abram Austin, Wm. Darling, G. D. Brush. Jaceb Vantine, Peter. A Parvue, Robt. Denning, Stephen Ames, Geo. Daniels, A. Leacraft, Charles H. Keator, James Allen, M. W. Wilson, Ferris Davis, James Doyle, Theo. L. Munson, J. B. Albertson, J. Madan. Foreman of the Stables—John Dunning. Assistant Foreman—George Jackson.

Hostlers—Wm. Hayden, Sam}. McMullen, Andrew Coercorin.and John Cav in. Packers—Alonzo Lockwood, John, McLeed. : Fireman—Patrick Toole. Porters—Joseph Gibbs, B. Henry. History of the “‘Marseillaise Hymn. ” The “ Marseillaise Hymn” was associated in my mind with the city of Marseilles, and; supposing: it was written thete, As a national song, it had prodigious influence during the-revolution ; and so often has it been sung, with joy; ‘by” Terrorists, Jacobins,’ and Revolutionists, and heard with paleness and trembling by the friends of monarchy.and legitimacy, that it is engraved.on the very soul of. France. Its awful choras, ; Fecal Marcboul foes cece ee ) cntouve ace sa ! has often caused the blood of the man in blouse to boil over, and that of the aristocrat to freeze Its history is in this wise : Early in the revojution, Rouget de Lisle, a native of the Jura Meuntains, was a oung officer of the garrison at Strasburg. He was 9 musician,-a poet, a soldier. He was often an inmate there of the family of one Dietrick, with whose daughters he became a favorite. The family was poor but patriotic. “I have one bottle of wine left,” said Dietrick one evening to his daughters : * bring it, and we will drink to liberty and our country: Our city is going to have a ry) patriotic. ceremony, and De Lisle must}, compose a hymnforthe oceasion.” =e "Tha, botsle-sine brought and exhausted. De Lisle retired at midnight, his : whole soul inflamed. He spent the. might, humming and rhyming. ;Thymin jumming. He deoed Rising with the day, he wrote the hymn-and the tune. He called the family of Dietrick together, anda few other friends, They were all musicians and loved poetry. They sang, they wept, they rejoiced together. The national song of France was written, It flew from club to club, from city to.city. It was sung at se epeniag ol ia ati of Mansi Confederniors of Marseilles, ” marched 6 Patis to aid the conspirators there. These confederates received the pame of Marsellaise ; and; singing the hymn. as the went, it spread over France like lightning. Hence its name, the “ Marseillaise Hymn.” The language and the tune are peculiarly * . poses, instructed the Commissioner of Imis this all. ‘The author himself was proscribed, and fled. ‘In passing along the asked the guide. “The Marseillaise,’’ was the reply.— He himself called it “ An offering to Liberty. > Fe It was thus he first knew the name under which his hymn was destined to immortality. It is right to add that Louis Philippe on ascending the throne of France, seventy years old, and granted him a penpurse. Business TaLent.—The Newburyport Herald, in giving an obituary notice of a young and talented merchant, makes the foHowing truthful remarks : “There are many among the leading classes of politicians.and schoolmeh who are apt to assume to themselves more importance in the community than belongs to them, who underrate the necessity and usefulness of the successful and energetic business man. This isnot the place te argue which is the highest order of talent and which is the most useful to the community. It is undeniable, however, that to conduct a large business successfully, for a number of years, is the rarest qualification to be found in society. While there are, no doubt, hundreds ef young men who have the material out of which are made patriotic and ardent politicians, claiming to ascend to the high places of power for the good of the people, and willing to'serve their country with most patriotic devotion, for ashare.of the loaves and fishes ; and hundrede mare, capahla of hecoming, in their own estimation at least, social, moral and religious:reformer, of the first water, it is doubtful if there can be found Ten, who, giving them all the opportunities and advantages they should desire, weuld be able to do their part in upholding the pecuniary resources and the industry of the community, with a goed share of business ability. Men may enter into business recklessly, with means or credit, obtained by accident, inheritance or finesse, and flourish for a time ; perhaps by accident, like the gambler if they retire. from the field when their pockets are full, secure a fortune, and it is no warrant of ability ; but to continue for a long series of years in the successful management of a large business, is a proof of ability; energy, self-denial, and others of he rarest qualifications possessed by mankind.” old The citizens of Arkansas are becoming aroused to the importance of the Pacific Railway enterprise. A meeting was held at Fort Smith a few weeks since an in addition to measures taken for the purpose of.securing their share.of the public grant of lands for the State improvement. purprovements for Franklin county,,' to ‘subscribe-to the stock of the Arkansas and Pacific Railroad eompany, and to pay over me money te the company to defray the expenses of the sarvey. They also took measures to secure a grant of the free right of way ‘through the county. This Pacific, Railroad enterprise seems to be viewed in the light of a national cornu copiae. The whole people appear to entertain a belief that it will scatter wealth in the dust, raised by the whistling locomotive with its flying train. ""Ferpenditures of the Searching dttions of Sir John . estimated cost of the expeditions sent in * Franklin.—The total . foolish. aid of his family and a few friends! Nor. liberal principles throughout Europe must be opposed to Russia Blinn smashed in the windows and demolishec supposed to favor her. wild gorges of the Alps, he heard its wild . this feeling among such a number of disnotes rising around him, and he shuddered. . contented and oppressed subjects must “What do they call that hymn?” he}extend hostilities greatly beyond the confines of Turkey. as men whese experience and judgmett off the heavy burdens that now rest upon them. No man who has spent his life under the benign influences of a Republiand oppression which tmost of the GovernUnder the® iron sway, millions of people are less free and independent than are our Southern slaves. Such a humiliating condition calls tor relief, and if the people ean once see their way clear, the deep injuries received and the revenge now lurking in their bosoms, will urge them to a bloedy conflict which will end only with the prostration and total destruction of their oppressors. It is hoped that an opportunity will be offered for Kossuth to distinguish himself in this great struggle. His capacity to direct men in military affairs has been seriously questiened. Much of the blame concerning the failure of the Hungarians in their struggle with Austria, has been attributed to his want of skill and . judgment in directing their movements. . It is but just to him, however, to say, that the complaints have come mostly from his enemies. That Kossuth isa superior man, possessing a giant intellect, vast reasoning powers and brilliant imagination, one can deny. Some of his speeches contain the most splendid specimens of oratory ever delivered. He has been accused of being more of a patriot than a philanthropist, and of advancing certain opinions. in the United States with a view to procure funds for himself. We think these accusations base slanders, and that he has done nothing to deserve them. On the contrary, his whole conduct shows that he hasa warm heart, a deep and unchangeable love for Republican principles and the good of his native land. Whatever may be the futuré career of Louis Kossuth, whether he ever appears again as a prominent man or not, what he has already accomplished will be no mean figure in the world’s history. The past, at least with him, is secure. Astime rolls on, his fame will grow brighter and more enduring, and his speeches will be read with delight by generations yet unborn. Among the multitudinous objects in the Patent Office at Washington, and which evince what skill can do, is “an invention that picks up pins frem a heap, ,turns them all around with their heads up, and sticks them in papers in regular rows ; another goes through the whole process of cigar making, taking in tobaceo leaves and turning out the perfect article. Oné ma: chine cuts cheese; another scours knives and forks ; another blacks boots ; another rocks the cradle, and seven or eight take in washing and ironing. Another patent is for a machine that counts the passengers in an omnibus, and takes their fare. When a fat man gets in it counts two, and charges double. Thereare a variety of guns that load themselves ; a fish line that adjusts its own bait; and a rat-trap that throws away the rat and then baits and sets itself, and stands in the corner for another.” Of all the silly contrivances which men resort to with a view to distinguish themExpeselves, that of adopting titles is the most We leatn that Santa Anna ‘has been dubbed the Great Elector, Great Adquest of Sir John Franktin ‘has amounted . tmiral, Most Serene Highness. The Prestothe sum’ of £802,466. . If! to this of the’ expedition of Sir John Franklin, the entire stm expended on Arctic e tions; including the centributiens from . peror of the United Statesand from private sources, . *#c. é&c. r inl withia the last.eight years, will. amount to . Duke and Miss Phillis as a Dutchess— not far f lion sterling, or about . “Such fantastic tricks five millions of dollars. As partial re-. $cBut no matter. not far from ene mi be . ident and his Excellency are not sufficient added the original outlay in the equipment . for the chief of “oursister Republic.” Well the Mexicans are not alone in this business. There is Soulouque, the Grand EmHayti, with his Lords and Dukes, Only think of Snowball as a ” before high Heaven,’ In order t0 appretmiuneration for this immense waste of time . ciate the greatness. which titles. confer, and money, the North West Passage has heen found to exist, though not as a practicable channel-of navigation. -: . ) Marposa, Dec. 19, 1858. . Sr :—-Last night at aFandango house, en Sherlock’s creek, a man named Stéei Santa Anna ought to visit the Haytien Court. ifasingle sight did not induce him to cave, he is not the man we have taken him to be. The mouth of the Moviewinn has finally been deepened so as to greatly facilitate killed: another “with whom he had # prenavigation. Major Beauregard states that vious contention, by sheoting him through theshead: The name of the deceased was sum of $500. <Barsacoas Batoer—The Gourier of Nov. : there is new a well defined channel 300 feet wide and 18 feet deep at ordinary low Martin. Steel was held to bail in the . Water. ~ The Miller doctrine is spreading in the state of Maine: There are thousands in 625th, is Resreos . that State who believe that the world will yahd interesting account of the . >e burnt up next spring-. grand celebration at Barbacoas, on the occasion of the first train of cars having crossed the Chagrtes river. -A man, said to be a dra his wife through a street of Cleveland with Y . horse whip, a few days since. The poor woman had previously attempted to drown herself, but was prevented by a female friend. an, lashed. ”. Two children are exhibiting at Baltimore united together by one spine. . i while one sits the other-can lie down. A few cases of Cholera have appeared at Edinburg—the first in Scotland. 700,000 children attend school in the six New England States. will aid the masses in their efforts to throw . rash act. lately run into by a brig. Her jib boom grazed but slightly the two first cars, bu’ considerable of the third cat, doing however, no injury to the passengers. William Camp, a farmer, residing nen: New London, Ct., committed suitide by — Such men as Kossuth, Mazzini and hanging himself in suie va others are looked to in the present crisis . of the 12th ult. his barn on the’ nig! He was im easy cireninstances, and no reason is assign a tor the In a qunrrel at in Union co. Ky. « matt named Cowan, found out Rouget de Lisle, who was then . can Gevernment, is aware of the baseness . threw a child of the former in the fire—it was but little injured; whereupon Lynn, sion of 1500 franes.from his own private} ments in Europe heap upon the peeple.— }the father, shot him dead, ahd was justified on the trial for.s0 doing. Commander McClure has been promo! ed toa captaincy in the British Navy for the discovery of the North West paszave.— © He is entitled to £20,000, the premium ~ offered by the English Parliament for the achievement of this passage. EE A Richmond paper proposes as a substi. tate for the Maine Law that there be an amendment te the Constitution bindins each office holder to swear that he has not tasted alcoholic liquors for a year, and morover that he will not drink during his term of office, A man at West Troy, recently, while « political procession was passing, fired o pistel; the first barrel went off 7. tie ait, but lowering his hand, the second barrel accidentally discharged, and the ballet lodged in the temple of a girl present— The poor girl fell and instantly expired. The Troy Conference Seminary at Poultney, Vt., has been nearly broken up in consequence of sickness. Sixty-two cases of typhus fever had occurred ome the students, some of which had prove fatal. There is a great complaint in and about Jacksonville, Fla., and St. John’s, of a want of laborers. Works of improvement have been retarded, and business, in some instances, wholly abandoned for want of . the requisite force of labors to. prasecuve them. At Lake Providence, La., ou! of a population of 220, 130 have died of the yeilow fever, leaving but 90 persons alone to bury the dead. In many other of the sm all towns, the epidemic has been alr. vsi as fatal, principally along the riv<> and in the vicinity of the city of Natches. A negro in St. Louis recently war sent on an errand to a Dr. McDowell. He was told the doctor was a terrible man and would cut him up and pickle him. Hs went, but was mueh frightened, and when the doctor advanced towards him he dréw back suddenly, fell down -a pair of stairs and died the same night. It is believed that the November earns ings of the Vermont Central and Vermont and Canada Railroad will be near $1(0,000 ; and these of the Ogdensburg ‘alone will exceed $80,000. It is declared in an English official publication that in the year 1845, not less than 1,500,000 people in the European continent, visited in pilgrimage, the Holy Coat at Trevis, A bear jumped over a fence at Atlanta, Ga., recently, threw a man down who was passing, and inflicted a severe wound, of which he died shortly after. A carpenter fell from the roof of an unfinished house at Boston, Mass., a few days ago, and received such a severe injuries that he died ten minutes afterwards. Of the seventy-two members composing the late House of Delegates of Maryland, ~ f the recent elec_ only two were returned tion in that State. Oaly four members of the last Ohio Legislature’ have been reelected. We understand that there are now in this city upwards of three thousand men, awaiting an opportunity to join Walker's expedition. Of course we have no means of verifying the report ; but presume thr’ all who have hitherto been looking town — Amazon, will now direct their attention toward lower California, the latest intel/ ligence from the former place being of rather a discouraging eharacter.—LZve. Jour. t It is said to be the intention ef the Governor of Missouri to call the members of the Legislature togethet this winter, to devise ways dnd means to fu ‘tote the speedy completion of the railroads in inns State now commenced, — The cotton crop of Alabama, it is said, will show an increase of one-third over the estimate made six months since, on ac. . While one'. count of the fine weather which has pre." . p ‘the other is often awake, and . yailed in that State for some time pasg. . Another new Cotton Factory: is to be started in Lancaster, Pa. British soldiers s.¢ deserting in grey numbers from Canela. Vory “ow are’ ¢j taken. (y the house of one Lynn, J na a zd ( 7