Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1857, Page 2

EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CITY: November 24, 1857. SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS, The Union shows that the pretence of oppo- sition to the action of the Kansas Convention is really sympatby with the Topeka politicians of the Territory, open or disguised. The same journal publishes, with a brief complimentary intruduction, a Louisiana letter, suggesting the peculiar qualifications of Sena- tor Slidell for the mission to Paris. Probably no other American statesman is so thoroughly acquainted with the French character, and so well qualified to protect the interests of our country and Government as invoived in our relations with Franee as Mr. S., through his thirty years residence among a population of French extraction, and his long family connec- tion witha French family. We are among those who believe that he will surely succeed the Hon. John Y. Mason, if but from the fact of his admitted superior qualifications for the Position. The Intelligencer rejoices over the intima- tion of the London Times, that there is nothing involved in what is known as the Central American question in which the English people feel peculiar interest. -——— e+e K > The San Francisco, Cal., papers say that there are hundreds of servant girls in that city ‘Worth from 31,000 to 210,000 i The members of the *‘Good Will” fire company of Philadelphia, have resulved to distri- bute 1,000 loaves of bread to the poor on Than! giving Day ‘ _ i a 5. 1 ae SE Coat Borxine Locomotives —The Syracuse Courier says: Hereafter, it is understood, all locomotives built for the Hudson and Camden and Amboy Railroads will be coal burners ” oneintadpboiaisdbasesaceieecaions U7 The Hon. Horatio Seymour, L.L. D.,died at Middlebury, Vt., on Saturday ist. He was one of our most prominent and respected citizens and for some twelve years was United States Sen_ ator from Vermont. > The Virginia Annual Conference Is in session at Elizabeth City, N. C., Bishop Pierce Presiding. Among the ministers in attendaree are Revs. G.F Doggett, John E. Edwards, G. W Langhorne, Leroy M. Lee, D. 8. Doggett, Leonidas Rosser, and Wm. A. Smith. 7 Donnelly, the murderer of Moses at the Sea View House last summer, has been refused a new trial by the New Jersey courts, and he will therefore suffer the extreme penalty of the law on the Sth of January, in accordance with the sen- tence passed upon Lim. U7" Assassination is mie in New York. On Thursday night, about 12 o'clock, Dr. Mott, jr , while returing from a professional visit, was at- tacked and a pistol ball fired through his hat. He @ischarged his revolver, wounding one of his as- sailants, who was immediately dragged off by bis companion and both escaped. pee nike va es. {17 Owing to the suspicious movements re- cently among the rowdies of the New York ,Com- missary General W has deemed it necessa- ry to fortify and garrison the State arsenal, in the upper part ofthe city. The garrison is under the command of experienced oiticers. All the outer *pproaches to the buildings are commanded by howitzers loaded with ounce balls, and sentinels are on duty through the night. pee Sates ee Tue New Yorx Erectiox.—The official vote of New York at-the recent election shows the Democratic majority for Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General, State Engineer, Canal Com- missioner. and Inspector of State Prisons to aver age about 17,4 each, while the majority for Secretary of State reaches 1=,236, and for Judge of Appeals 18,063. The American vote, as compared With last year, shows a falling off of neariy one- balf, while the Republican vote is barely three- fourths of what it was at the same period. The Democratic vote shows a slight increase. > The Edinburgh Review, (October num- ber,) received from Taylor & Maury, has the sub- Joined table of contents: 1. Spedding’s Complete Edition of the works of Bacon 2. Napier. The Mediteranean Sea. Henri Martin’s History of France. banded Credit. Lives of the Chief Justices of England. The Higulanders—men, sheep, and deer. - Harfurd’s Life of Michael Angelo. 9 The Indian Meeting. From J. Shillington we have Dickens’ popular new work, ‘-The two Apprentices, witha history of their lazy tour;’’ publixbed by Peterson, of Philadelpiia. ue OLhen © U7 Ab appalling tragedy oceucred in the vil- lage of Port Jefferson, Long Island, N.Y, on Saturday iast li appears that a man named Wa- ters, a resident of Port Jefferson, entered bis dweliing where bis wife, her daughter, and her daughter's husbaud Mr. Stardevant, were partak- tng of breakfast, armed with a heavy bar of iron. Waters atiacked the party, killing nis wife and Mr. Sturdevant instantly, and wounding Mrs. Sturdevant so seriously as to render ber recovery very doubtful. Having accomplished this hor- Tid deed, Waters proceeded to the barn and banged himself. No reasonable cause can be conjectured for Wat2rs’ conduct save that he was laboring ander a fit of insanity. Mrx. Waters ‘was formesly the wife cf Mr. Darling, a ship- builder of repute at Port Jefferson. PERSONAL --++ Hon. J. L. Orr, of South Carolina, is ut Browns’. --+- ZC. Bancroft Davis, (who was Secretary of our Legation at London.) was married on Seturday last to Miss Frederica, the youngest daughter of the late James G. K ing, at Heheken, New York. ----Com. J. P. Gillies, U.S. N.; Hon. L. Trombull and family, lil ; Hon D.C Broderick, Cal; Capt. E. Cavendy, N.Y; Cyrus W. Field, do ; Capt. W. L. Hudson, U ,and Maj. W. W. Chapman, do., are at Wiilards’. ---. Captain Webb, who, it will be remem bered, crossed the Atlantic Ocean to. Liverpool last semmer in a yacht of 12 tons burthen. has re- turued to this country. having left his boat be- bind He proposes now, says the Albany (N.Y.) Kuickbocker, “to tell the story of his s| ngular voyage to such audiences as wish, to hear him.’’ ---. Ex-President Pierce and wife have been at the Astor House since Frida evening, en route for Norfolk, whence they sail for Funchal, Ma- deira, in the U. =. steam frigate Powhatan. Mrs. Pieree is betier than she has been for sotne time, and it is hoped that the salubrions climate of Madeira will restore her former bealtb. Jt is said they will be entertained by Mr. John March, our co: itality. The Powhaian sails about {next month. The ex-President eareworn and pe. than usual, and from his pearance one would think hi: own health red the voyage. After passing the winter is intention to re pe bis ive stock farm in Plymoutb. ° -_) f {7 In Germany, kissing the head of a lady 16 deemed a mark of respect father than @ liberty. {7 Two negroes were hung on Friday at Suf- folk, for attempting to murder their r. 1 is selling in the New Orleans mar- al cents id wwe 36 om 3 Lay em , aud molasses at from “ur An official report states that there are at ES 52 Sabbath Schools in Chicago, with 50 hers at 6,000 scholars, £7 A young lad Cincinnati, a few day atthe nose. While since, died from heed: fora both nostrils in £7 The opera at the New York Ae Music is said to be on its last leys, and reovyry God been kept up recently at @ loss of five or six bun- dred dollars a night 107 At Dover, Maine, last week, some persons charged with placing obstructions on the track of the lon pd Maine railroad, were convicted and sentenced to State Prison fur life. 17~ The subject of lotteries has again ed the attention of the Georgia Legislature. whole system was subject to a therough exami- nation Lotteries were unanimously pronounced a curse and a swindle. iny of mechanics held at Lou- since the startling fset was de- veloped that three thousand industrious are out of employment in consequence of the money preasure. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. Taz Army ox tue Prains.—We have of late been beset with inquiries concerning the prospects of our gallant military friends now supposed to be just going into winter quarters in the neighborhood of Fort Bridger, some 150 ‘miles this side of Salt Lake City. These in- quiries come for the most part from individual friends of individual officers men, who know well that the S/ar is at this time the newspaper of the country most looked to for Correct news concerning army movements, pros- pects and interests, and that it numbers among its subscribers more men of all degrees in the service, from the generals in command of the different military departments, down to privates in the ranks, than any other journal. In reply to these queries we have to say that there has been of late a remarkable dearth of detailed information frem the troops recently dispatched to Utah. That is, of information not official. And that all the latter proper to be published has been duly apread before the public. In the mean time we find in a Isto numberof the Journal of Commerce, the fol- lowing interesting account of the particular region of country now oecupied by those troops, from the perusal of which their friends may obtain a capital idea of their present position, condition and prospect for the winter. It isas follows : ‘Tue Came-crounp oF rue Utan Expevition. Years ago, when Fort Laramie was but a small French trading t. and before emigration across the Plains fairly commenced, tke old trappers and ‘‘mountain men” used frequently to Tesort to the upland valleys of the Rocky Mount- ains to winter. There, in the sheltered parks and lateaus, hey not only escaped the barren and inclement regions of the Plains, but were enabled to obtain a fair allowance of fresh meat by hunt- ing the buffalo, deer, and other animals. which also resorted thither in the winter time to gain that subsistence which they could not obtain upon the inhospitable prairie. One of the most favored of these locations was the ** New Park,” which receives the waters of the Laramie, Medicine Bow and Sweetwater rivers, and near which also rises the North Fork of the Platte river. A little to the north of the New Park, and inclosed by the great bend of the Platte, lies the broken tract of coun- try known as the Laramie Plains, which are bounded by the Black Hills on the north, and on the south by the Medicine Bow mountains. This was ulsoa favorite hunting ground. From the bend of the Platte, westward, extends an incon- siderable range, sloping gradually until it reaches an elevated plain which forms a break in the Rocky Mountain chain, and aifords the easy pas- © known as the Great or South Pass So grad- ual is this ascent, that, were it not for the majes- tic presence of the rugged peaks towering heav- euward away to the right and the left, one would scarcely realize that he is standing upon the di- viding ridge between the waters that flow into the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Still more in- credible is the fuct that be can stand near by and toss two sticks into two adjacent streams, oue of which flows eastward to the Guif of Mexico, and the other in the opposite direction to the Gulf of California Pbrough this pass was the usual route of the mountain men to the beaver-abounding valleys of the Greeu and Bear rivers and the Uintab country; and many an Indian and superstitious old buuter has traversed, years avo, the well- known path to the mysti ror Soda Springs, to smoke the prepitiatory pipe, and invoke the — spirits to grant him good luck in the ehise The wagon trail to Oregon and California, and to the Salt Lake rezion, traverses all this section of country, following the Sweetwater Valley throngh the Pass, over to the Big Sandy, across Green river to Fort Bridger, and thence to Salt Lake and beyond. This is the route of the Utah expedition; and some location between the moun- tains and Fort Bridger will be their camping ground for the winter, for it is not at ail probable, nthe present hostile attitude of the Mormons, that it will be able to force its way to Salt Lake city until Spring. In this contingency, they will be far better off in the mountains than on the plains. Indeed, no camp, however well-provis- toned and protected, could survive the ptercing blasts and terrible snow storms that sweep over the exposed and barren prairie, where betimes the hardy mountaineer, overtaken by the unex- oe xele, has ouly saved himself from perish- ng by killing hisx horse and crawling into the waim and smoking carcess which he had opened. Well provided as the expedition is with am- Munition and provisions, it will not suffer for sustenance, if unmolested ; though its experience of the rigo:s of a winter among the mountains will be anything but agreeable. A campin ground may be seleetdd where both wood an water are abundant; fresh meat may be obtained by bunting; and even thoavh the horses and mules may perish for waut of grain and fodder, the men may weather it through tillspring. Ma- graw's wagon train bas already camped for the winter, though at a considerable distance north of the present position of the army, on account of the grass baving ali been burned off to the South- ward. The old experienced montaineers have se- lected just such a location for a cam Whieb fortune bas placed theexpedition. So, as Las been remarked, there need be little apprehen- sion for their condition through the winter, pro- vided they bad no fear of molestation from en- emies From the intelligence received up to date, it is probeble that the expedition bas pone into win- ter Guaricis oa the Soda Spiing trail—a route which bas been much traveled of lute by emi- giaats, to avoid the more direct road through Mormcndom ‘This position would be as safe as anv. though farther from Salt Lake than Fart Bridger, which is only 113 miles dista ‘Still it ts the belief of the best judge-, that t not pass th® winter in moneton» peace. The country bas loug been frequented by the warlike tribesof Utahs, Sioux, Cheyrnnes, Crows, und Suakes or Shoshones. whe have needed no in- centive to their natural hatred of the white man, to induce them to seek his blood; and now that, as allies of the Mormons, they are urged, com- manded, paid, to hunt the white man’s scalp (excepting Suints,) they will not refrain from raciug the present unusual and welcome oppc tunity. The wild Indian who bas continually hovered around the camp of the veteran trappe’, seeking plunder, or bis scalp, as a more des{rea prize, kas ever been the object of the teas adhe solicitade. His attention has been divides - tween his traps aad circumventing the wiles of the red man, who, like a wolf, lo around his camp-fire, follows Lim when he hunts, waylaya him in bis path, or sends an arrow to his breast while he siveps; and notwithstanding bis vigi- lance, bis backwoode craft, and his bravery when assailed or surprised, many of thesaveteran trap- pers have “gone under’’ betimes, asthe numer- ous creeks, riters and mountains which bear their names in record of their fate, will testify. We say—when such is the fate of the hardy mountaineer, what can we expect for the greep- horns of the army when hemmed in and harrass- ed by the Indianx, of whom they know nothing, to say nething of the Mormon backwoodsmen, who will undoubtedly lose no opportunity to cut them off? It is well.te consider the perilous predicament in which the expedition will be placed if com- pelled to encamp in the mountains, provided the Mormons use all the means in their power to barass them. The winter, it is said, bas set in with unuswal severity; all the grass that has not been burned by the Mormons is covered with nd can profit the animals but little ; re- that frdder is almost exhausted, and ze nomber of animals have already died. od aA loss, therefore, will be their live nd the whole expedition will thus be ut ‘ton foot’? Ax to the men, itis not when in ihe camp that they will be most likely to be mo- lested, though occasional attacks may be made uponthem. Neither Mo mons nor Indians would readily venture to engaye xo large a body {n fair fight. But their great endeavor will be first to cut off and destroy all present supplies, and starve out the invaders. Their only resource will then be the wild game, which is said to be tausaally abundant this season; and it is when outon the Lunt for meat that they will afford a grand opportunity for the operations of the mountain raagers, who will hunt them while they hunt the wild beasts ; will cut off the strag- slers singly and by scgres; or perchance storm lueir camp when its ranks are deranged, broken up, or diminished in numbers. ‘They will ouly be safe when iat enched jv camp, and then star- vation must result. If professional hunters are ping a to provide for them, they also will fall under the ban of the Saints and their allies All the Indians, however; are not hostile to the Expedition. Many of them have hitherto refu ell the ove:tares of the Morinons, aud still remain friendty to the United States Govern- ment. A chief of the Shoshones, who has nearly one thousand followers, bas already avowed his determination to stand by bis Great Father at Washington, in the approaching war with the Mormons, which itis believed must take place. And in this we diseern an ominous cloud in the horizon of the future, portending a long, pro- tracted struggle. Brigham Young, by his proclamation, has laced himself in an attitude of rebellion. The udian tribes which be has allied to himself against the United States, bave been at war for years with other tribes which declare their alle- jance to the President. The Mormon war thus ovoives an Indian war, which is likely to be continued long after Brigham and his wers shall have been punished or driven from the country. In these conclusions ate involved jm- pe'tant considerations, which demand most de- chive And @eryetic movements on the part of the Administration—to be put into operation im- mediately om the opening of & ring. Gov Young bas undoubtedly enlertained the hope that, by pursaing bis peculiar policy, he could bliud ‘the eyes of Government, and thus as that in retain his pattie in Utah, and preserve his colony and bis creed from ou hterference, But when, by treasonable ac! nd outrages. he found that he had at leagth aroused the indigna- tion of the Government, and was likely to bring yee fet punishment upon himself, he changed front, hoping by a defiant bearing, to bully the Government iato juiescence with his views and plans, of at least to put off an open conflict to the last moment. At length, perceiving that e must submit peacefully, or be driven to the at ry seme the bayonet, he has deter- mined, in ae Utah, to leave a bloody stain behind bim. ul of success, however, by earrying his polfay of intimidation, he roclaims martial law in the Territory—heliev- ng that if he can keep the army out of Salt Lake until spring, the Admintstration may then repent of its determination; but if the army shall at- tempt to force its way tothe city, he will then use all his powers to exterminate it. W hatever may be the correct view of the case, it becomes the Government to prepare at once to send out a sufficient additional force as soon as practicable ; and also to consider well what des- eription of troops should be employed. As the enemy is composed of both whites and Indians, the force to Paimaeg them should be such as to meet their different modes of fighting. Netonly is a large increase of troops necessary to meet the Mormon forces, but companies of Rangers, sharp shooters, and backwoodsmen and mountaineers, should be brought into service to engage the In- dians in their peculiar mode of warfare. With such a force the campaign would be a short one, and not only will the Mormon blot be wiped out bot the Indian tribes which have long imperiled our western emigration will be summarily chas- tised into good behavior. Tue Kansas Constrrvtion.—The enemies of the Democracy are chuckling over the oppo- sition to the action of the Kansas Convention upon the constitution they have just framed, manifested by more or less Northern journals claiming affiliation with the Democratic party organization. To our mind, they reckon with out their host; nine-tenths of them have sim- ply been led into an erroneous position by giving credence to the partizan reports of the action of the Convention in question, sent East by the Republican-party telegraphing corres- pondents of the Associated Press, and to the letters from Kansas published in such papers as the New York Tribune. They will come right as soon as they learn the truth concern- ing what the Convention has actually done. A few of them, however, conducted by men notoriously disappointed about office or other favors from the present Administration, may be expected to labor zealously in connection with this theme to prevent Democratic harmony in Congress. Thus, they seek to obtain revenge for their personal grievances. The quicker they hoist the Republican-party colors the bet- ter ; for their presont attitude of but guasi hos- tility to the Democracy is but a flimsy covering for their design to join the enemy openly, as soon as they can make advantageous terms with them. Our policy would be to drive such persons over to them, bag and baggage, with as little delay as possible. There—in the enemy's ranks —they can do no material injury to the Demo- cratic cause; while, nominally with us, if they be suffered to do the enomy’s skirmishing against the Democracy, they may, in the end, do us infinite mischief. We are for no ierms whatever with nominal Democratic newspapers published out of the Territory, which, with all the facts of the ac- tion of the Kansas Convention truthfully before them, continue to insist upon the interfering with the determination of that body, fo whom alone is delegated the duty of determining how the questions involved in their action shall he disposed of. Such conduct on their part is directly in the teeth of the principle of the Kansas-Nebraska act; and he who indulges in it is the supporter of that principle only in eo far as it may promise to further his own views. Toe Exaixeen Corrs or rug Unitep States Navy.—Subjoined is the list of the candidates for promotion and admission into the Engineer Corps of the Navy, who passed sutisfactory ex- aminations before the board of engineers con- vened at the United States Navy Yard at Phil- adelphia on the 5th instant. The first thirteen have been warranted; the remainder will be warranted ag soup as vacancies shall occur: George B. A. Tower, of Boston; B. B. H. Wharton, of Baltimore; John W. Tynan and Charles H. Levy, of Portsmouth, Va.; Morgan E. English, of Washington; Franklin K. Hain, of Reading, Pa.; Jos. H. Baily, of Wilmington, Del.; John Purdy, of Washington; James W. Whittaker, of Trenton, N. J.; Frederick E. Brown, of New York; B. E. Chassaing, of Bal- timore; Philip Inch, of Washington; Wm. H. Buehler, of Harrisburg, Pa.; Henry Snyder, of Camden, N. J.; Elijah Laws, of Philadelphis; Joseph L. Butler, of Wilkesbarre, Pa ; Samuel Fisk, of Lancaster, Pa.; Levi R. Greene, of Provideneo, R. I. ‘The following Assistant Engineers passed sat- isfactory examinations, and were recommended by the Board for promotion in the following or- der: First Assistant Engineer Henry H. Stewart to be Chief Enginecr-after Benjamin F. Gar- vin. Second Assistant Engineer Wm. 8. Stamm to be First Assistant after Stephen D. Hibbert. Tur Densy.—There are already twenty- three avowed competitors for the post of Door- keeper of the House of Representatives, in active training for the race soon to come off. We hear of six others about to go into similar training. By the Ist proximo many believe there will be well nigh a candidate for each Congressional jockey, (House member,) as it seems to be getting fashionable for each one of them to have his man for tho post. Of those alreaily named, we bave to say that they are, in the aggregute, like ‘‘Jeremiah’s figs, the geod being very good—the bad too bad to give the pigs.” It is to be presumed that by the first Monday of December we shall have a col- umn of the usual announcements that A, B gad C are ‘in the ring’’ for the offico. The best of the joke is, that nearly all of them are making strong calculations on being elected ! So the world wags. Tux Mission to NicakA@ua.—The telegraph tells us that the Hon. M. B, Lamar, of Texas, is likely to be sent as Minister Resident to Nicaragua. We apprehend this ramor tobe an erroneous one. Gen. Lamar already holds the commission of Minister Resident from the United States to Buenos Ayres, a much more desirable position. Besides, though a gentle- man of ‘high personal character, there are few in the land of wider spread reputation for and consistent sympathy with the’ doctrines upon which all attempts at the justification of fillibustering are based. Under such citoum- stances, it strikes us that entertaining the views concerning fillibustering which the President is #0 well known to entertain, it is hardly poséible that he would select Gen. Li. for the mission to Nicaragua at this time. Frou Wiscoxsta.— Menasua, Wis., Nov. 19, 1857. Our State election is clove, We have, undoubt edly, succeeded with all the State officers, exce; Governo:, with a fair chance of Cross’ election, though it not be fully known yntil the can- vas. Lieut. Governor, Secretary State, Stete Treasurer, Attorney General, Bank Co! ry preset State Prison ptengare red pong = tendent are all ours, except, yt Prison Commissioner, who runs alittle beltnd. There will be but a few hundreds, elther way, between, the cundidates for Governor. Pretty weil for Wisconsin, thus endorsing the admi: our excellent President, James Buchanan. You will recollect, at our Presidentig! gonfest last fall, the ition majority wasnearly 14,000 ! A pretty falr revolution for one year. a t wm Re-giectep.—The many friends of Senator €.C. Clay, of Alabama, will be glad to hear that he has been re-elected for six years from the ith of March, 1859, by’ the Legislature of his tate, to the Senate of the United Stutes, which he has soleng graced though atill so, young a|,.9 man. No other American statesman ever at- tained higher rank, so eariy in life, than he has already attaiped'in the estimation of his com- peers in public life. His re-election renders it certain that if spared to the country he is des- tined to become @ man of still greater distinc- tion; for there is no other member of either House possessed of a clearer head, more energy or attainments, or higber personal character. Navat Courts or Inqvimy.—Before Court No. 1, to-day, the defence of ex-Lt. Noland was read ‘by his counsel, Mr. Blount, after which the Court made uf and transmitted to the De- partment its judgment in the case. In Court No. 2, the ease of Lieut. Junius J. Boyle was taken up, and Lt. Barbot and Com- mander Lee examined on the part of the Gov- ernment. T. M. Blount and P. Phillips, Eeq.’s, are counsel for the applicant—the former con- ducting the defence. In Court No. 3, to-day, where the case of ex8 Capt. Levy is still pending, Lt. Peter Turner and Lt. Lanier were examined on the appli- cant’s bebalf. Navy Orricers Deap.—Advices have reach- ed the Navy Department of the death, at Phil- adelphia, yesterday, of Commodore Forhall A. Parker and Lt. Edward Renshaw, U. 8. N. AppornteD.—Theodore H. Kimball has been appointed to a first class ($1,200 per annum) clerkship in the Third Augitor’s office, vice William H. Chase, promoted to a second class clerkship in the eame office. Tae Wearner —The following report of tle weather for this morning is made from the Morse Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Instituticn ‘The time of observation isabout7 o'clock a. m.: NoveMBER 24, 1857 New York, N.Y. lear, cold. Philadelphia, P: lear, cold. Baltimore, M. ‘lear, cold. Washingto lesr, cold. Richmon lear, cold. Petersburg, lear, cold. Norfolk, Va. tear, cold Wilmington, lear, cold Columbia, 8.C lear, cold. Charleston, -clear, cold, Angusta, Ga, -clear, cold Savannah, Ga. clear, cold. Macon, Ga. lear, cold Columbns, na sclear, cold. Montgomery, Ala.. Lower Peach Tree, Ala. Mobile, Ala...... Gainesville, Miss. New Orleans, La. «--clear, cold. Barometer at Washington 30 092, and rising. ‘Thermometer, minimum last night, 215°. —_———--+e-______- [7 The Adriatic, the new Collins steamer, railed from New York yesterday. The Post says: 2she sailed, the wind and tide both ongly up stream. - ug-boats were in attendance to haul her head out in the stream—the O. M. Pettit and the George and Edwin Birkbeck; and her immense size was well shown by their rerfect inability to control her movements. As she left the pier, the tide swept her nearly half a mile up the North river, the powerof thelr boats combined being perfectly unable to stem its force. There was some blundering as she left the pie The William H. Webb crossed her bow, foreing the Adriatic to back, and carrying her against the stern of the Atlantic, lying at the end of the pier. One of the Francis’s life boats of the Adriatic was stove in and rendered useless. ‘The three steamtugs left her in the middle of the river, a8 soon as her head was well pointed down stream, and she commenced her first voyage running slowly, not making at first more than eight or ten revolutions, so as to be able to avoid the sailing vessels in the river, ax she went down the bay her speed increased to probably fifteen or seventeen knot: rough the water, the wind and tide both y strongly agalnst her, ré- ducing her actual speed perhaps four or five knots. The fastest steamer in the bay—the Wm. H. Webb—was in attendance to try their respective speed. At first sue pained on her some half a mile; but as the engines of the Adriatic were worked up to an approximation of their full power, this dividing distance'was gradually re- duced to nothing, and as the two vessels were lost to sight the Webb was barely holding her own. The Adriatic takes out thirty-eight ponent and $100,000 in specie. Hercrew, incinding offi- cers and men, numbers one hundred and eighty- eight. clear, cold. .clear, cold. clear, cold. -clear, cold. Se Tue Wat tt was Done.—It was very singuler that tle sharp custom-house eyes which watched the filibuster steamer * Fashion,” Capt. Caugh- lin, did not notice what a wonderful pile of coal she had aboard. Gi brypreed it was a pile of coal and nothing more, but if they had ‘looked into the matter’’ they might have found that a portion of it was constituted of articles of rather a strange character lo be found in the freight of a vessel bound on a harmless coasting voyage. Their eyes should Lave been upon her up tothe time that she cast off from the Levee at two o'clock Wednesday morning, and they might have ob- served a remarkable und altogether unaccount- able increase of the number of her company They would have noticed smong them the artil- lery and medical statfs of the Nicaraguan army, -| for they left the Levee on the steamer Fashion at two o'clock on Wednesday morning, under the very sharp eyes of the custom-house and this re- rter, who thought he wouldn't tell custom- ouse about it, but left itite them to find out. It was very wrong uot to tell custom-honse, but really we couldu’t do it.—N. O. True Delta. 7" Miss McCaniey, who had been carrving on an improper lason with Mr. Carter for years, and then married another individual whom she Rrne with an heir atthe énd of four months, t is stated, frequently left school to meet Mr. Carter, and even traveled to Niagara with him, her fri s having no intimation of the tact. If young ladies at boarding school can leave in the company of unknown cavaliers, go when they wish and return when they peepads and no ques- tions asked, they will be likely to learn more (han grammar or their prayers, and produce something besides water drawings or the exer- cises set down in the programme. 7* Two men employed in the gas works, at Erie, died on Wednesday, from suffocation while clearing out the purifier. They were ordered to breathe fresh alr every half hour, the neglect of which order caused their death. {7 A writer in the Puritan Recorder says: “Tu the s of a few brief years twelve minis- terx, in configuous parishes, have each buried a wife, and two of them two each. Aud of there ministers not more than one is yet an aged man. Their wives, in almost every fustance, Lave died while they were youn, e inquires why min- isters’ wives should be shorter lived than others ? I[7- A train of cars from Philadelphia, on ‘Tuesday evening, ran over a man somewhere between that city and Cecil. It was not known untjl the cars reached the latter place, when a part of the body was found entangled in the run- ning year of one of the cars. ie head and upper ion of the body were gone. Nothi. could be found to identify him. It is sup; he fell from the train. IK Early ou Wednesday morning, a burglar entered the house of Mr. Leland, on Prospeet st., Cambridge, Mass , and going into the room of a servant girl, awoke her, when she attempted to slarm the family. The burglar caught her by the throat and endeavored to strangle her. The noise aroused the inmates, when the villa’ a trunk and dashed it against the windo ering it. He then made his escape. 1™ Monday night, a member of the “Vigi- lance Committee”’ in Chelsea, Mass., discovered an individual mn te | le ee or close a neigh- hor’s gate. supposing bim to be a burglar, he leveled a pistol at him and fired, but fortunately the ball did not take effect, ay it was subsequent- ly discovered that the suspicions personage was acity watchman, who was attending to his duty by seeing that the doors and gates upon his beat were properly secured. NOTICE.—WASHINGTON CITY Sa- vincs Banx, Nov. #, 1857.—This Bank will rs etl on 'T egiving Day, a u a Tyee? Sih LEWIS JOHNSON, Preaidect. 1 S=TO THE PUSLIC.—Ithas bee ted by Petar Aree tothe Sixth Ward, that lone w Novhi to tue ung party. 1 wish to ay io reply that it is an unfou Qsrertion. I never coincided in the views of that party in manner Whatavever. | hope this will quite a suthcient oue intermedi : ATT for thee ine TALC GCONNOR. KING ROUSE OF CHUBB ria AN a W. Nov, 24, 3857, Te upts be clo ed on THURSDAY, the ah iv 5 ‘arlics bavi ur wi erent day’ will pldase attend to ton Wed- =n. CHURB BROTHERS._ nul ___CHURB BROTRER UAL MERTING UF THE Ie. adietncs Seana terre eriber dstheat the Rev. Mr. pally, Chui i‘ eetasines ebteuale Graatensies See 1: fF A for the erect 2 i prot Withora’s Band line so ase "ewan esn single Lnkole cents, stodwe ty S10fed MiNSE PIES, for Thanksgiving -—Just re ceived, a very superior lot of APPLES. A specimen in my window. U. H. RIDENOTR, n 24-3t Confectioner, #4 Pa avenue. ————____ Ens avenue. Bir Bann thy acon call Ces o. nity. our very © a Rae 'y it it rarely led 8s cheap agit can be Aw 0 As s. my ways. Maryland Digest. vo : elwyn’s Nia 2 vols . new Slition. United States Di, ve! 16,486. Kennett & Heni eading Criminal Cases, 2 vols. Stors’s Equit: tory, s Equity ead new edition - many others at ¢' ¢ lowest prices. ° ° FRANCK TAYLOR: IRECT F NCE—W j D# 3 ROM FRANCE—We have just Es. GNONS, ‘O1s: Of Asparagus, Green Corn, Tomatoes, Pe #8aimon, = aters, 6., ail in cans, re Ps — z KING & BURCHELL, n‘4 corner Vermont avenue and I5th street. PREPARE FOR THIS COLD SEASON. Our stock of GENTLEMEN'S PURN GOODS is ‘eres and va fod giotesictliged Winter Undershirts and Draw. Gloves, Gnuntiets, Crvate, Stocks ies Shawis, Mufflers, Traveling Blankets Robes, &o., &o., will pie se give usa call, as we hall positively sell cheap for gash. . vey ‘GEO. HB. WHITE & CO., n&M-e03t__No. 382 Pa. av. het ath and Wth sis. XTRA TRIP TO MOUNT VERNON. _ On THURSDAY NEXT, (Thanksgiving Dey.) Fare 75 Cents for the Roud Trip. The Steamer THOMAS COLLYER will leave the Washington wharf at 9.m. and Alexandria nt oh a.m, for Mount Vervon,on THURSDAY. Nov. 26th! She will stop at Fort Washington going and re- turnin: fiatrephmente onus Bont. +a ieee ore Wil no try 10 ow) o Fu SimMvUEL BAKERS Captai ——_—_—_____TRPEAI, __ E WOULD RETURN OUR THANKS TO n W our friends for the liberal patronage =H have reeriv: ud by striet attention to give them garments in elegant style, and to suit all tastes. We have now a iarce lot of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, and VESTINGS, which we in- Vite our friends and strangers to eail and e We havea very jorge fot PANTS, and VESTS, of sell ns chenp as can be bouget Any Ww! Gents FURNISHING GOODS of all kinds; all which will be sold very low for cash . MoINTOSH & CO., ie. near 434 street. J. Merchant Tailors, 452 Penn. n 24-e0'm AYOR’S NOTICE. M R asd ™ Mayor's Orricr, Wasnixectox. November 24, 1857 In o-der that the day set apart as one of thanksgiv- ing and praise to Almighty God may be obser as b-eomes a Christian people on so sacred an occasion the undersigned respost ully requests all keepers of hotels, restaurants, &¢. to close their bars during the entire day and night, and confidently relies on the cheerful compliance pa | good citizen with this request. He lis directed the “po to report the name of every person who may fail to act in scoord- ance with this suggestion, to arrest all who may attempt to disturb the ce or interrupt the order ofthe day, as well as ali persons who may appear in the street intoxicated. n 24-2t W. B. MAGRU DER, Mayor. Mere N&W GOODS CHEAPER THAN EVER! GREAT RELUCTION IN PRICES! Now is tug Ting to Secure BaRoaing IN DRY GOODs, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, &o. Having purchased a large lot of goods lately Jorcash,ata great sacrifice, 1 am enabled to offer some Extraordinary Bargains for Cash, aad —— oaly, Every article will be sold to euit the mes. I would enumerate — barga ns in store: ed and brown OtLons At 6’4, worth 8 ceuts, good fast-colored Cal ieves xt 644 and 8 cents; good whiteand yellow Fian- nel at 1259; the best white, red, and yellow Flannel at 25 cents to be found in this e:ty; rich new-style Dress Goods of every descrip’ very cheap; Black and Faney Silks. extra cheap; long and square Shaw's, very great bargains; ies white and co- lorea Merce Pe 8734 cents. usual price $1 Ladies f id G' 8 frem 37 ine French Merinos rom 624 cents up; a larce lot of fine works Wlsogom neds large sack SP NEN aod BOYS 80, on |, 8 large of WEAR any description and quality. In my BOOTS and SHORS ‘tment will be found a ovmplete assortment of al) kinds, and at prices t! nnot fail to please. Persons buy ing for cash, in want of Cheap Goods. om veecheriiel as real bargains will be offered and no hum . K. G. HYATT, No. 349 Seventh street, 3 doors below the Northern Liberty Market. n24-e03t eo ay & C. F. PERRIE, 3 io Seventm STREET, NEAR I, 375 Respectfully informs hia friends and the publie enersily, that he hasin siorealarge and weil se- lected stock of— FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS, but, as he is very much ia want of cash, in order to reine such, he will sell st Greatly Reduced Prices. Not deeming it necessary to enumerate the vari- ous arti¢les, and their prices, he aske those who are in want of cheap Dry Goods, to cai! and examine themselves before making their purchases > by so doing they will find it great.y to their As his termsare Positively Cash, he will not give credit under any circumstauces, and is therefore de- termined to ofr Great Bargains. n2i-t | Casa DRY GUUDS FOR CASH. WM. M. SHUSTER & CO., No. 38, Oprosits CENTRE MAREET. Are now offering their ehoiee stuck of DRESS GOODS, such as Silks. Robes. Merino, Priuted and Shaded Munstins, Valentia, V -lontia’ Robes, P + Poplin Robes, Robes Aquile, and, in fret, ti ck of Dress Goods, &t about New ees, for the mone: They aiso have on hand decidedly the largest and cheapest jot of— BROCHE LONG SHAWLS, AND SPL: NOID CHENILLE SHAWLS, to be found south of New York. Cash purchasers will save money by coing direct to their Store, avd may rely on getting the werth of mone! ‘Tiieit caxh prioe is marked in p'ain ficures on every arficle. and no customar will be charged any mere; nt ill any less be taken under any ociroumstance, sau unforseen defe shall detected, in w case a deductinar:l| be made at once. Our assortment of CLOAKS AND CLOAK CLOTHS ia also very large, and em! almost every thing that is desirable. and our stock of Stapie song Jomestic Goods was never better assorted than al resent. ur terms are Cast. and we have resorted to the cash systemand very low prices in order to rea‘ize money, As we eannot depend on our collections at all att Pg gd ioe Hh Aa yo 0. 38, opposite © re * _natst hetween 7th and sth streets, USBTANG GRAY, 8 Romance, the H M Sereniiah Clemens. ee a China, by Rev. Wy. C. Milne, M. A. protected Females in orway. Maybel Vaughan, by the author of “The Lamp- lighter.” The Planter’s Daughtsr, by Misa A. E. Dupuy. Mrs. Hal eceipts for the Million. Miss Lesiie’s New Cookery Book. Tho Two Apprentices, wihe History of their Lazy Tour, by Charles Dickens. Recetved and for sale at JOS. SHILLING TON’S kstora, Odeon Buildin; ta street and Pa. ave. n23 ARUSI'SS ; * L. CARUSI’S DANCING SOIREE Jace op r KIDAY EVENING wert. she toy aoe Dancing Academy is till vpen for the recep- ron of pwpils. at the Saloon nm oO» FRLLOWS' HALL, NAVY YARD. Will bexivenst teehee Hatt ¥ al ec THANKSCIVING NiGHT. by_the Female tment of the Third District School,( Miss M. A. Mrvick, Teacher.) under + eth nase Mrk. GLENROY. Or» FELLOWS’ HALL, WY MAN, THE WIZARD AND VENTRILOQUIST, MONDAY, Nov, 23. SIX NIGHTS ONLY. MONDAY, AL SATURDAY AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock. _Particuiars of the day. n2sor SECOND ,, AL BALL OF THe Emmett Club, No 1. The Emmett Club this opportuni mouncing to their ithe ape the ee an” B, EDNESBAY. “UThantertine Eee. Nov. 25th, 1357, at Masoni ‘corner and E streets. ce san expense willbe spar Pie one thie Bail the "fest Withera’s Celebrated Ind, pentont rass and String Band bas been ed for the Phe No hats or caps allowed to be PS ONE Bel TAR eign cotmeae " & cent! indies—to be hed of any member of the Clubror mp door on the evening of the Ball, € na" COM. oF ARRANGEMENTS. Concert OF SACRED MUSIC. WES EY GHAPEL cas. a en! ro! ton and Baltimor will riven, T OF SACRED MUSIC, On WEUNESDAY, Dee. 24, Tiickets 25 cents; can be had at Taylor & Mau- Wm Bal) Jos. Shilli ud Wri. M. Shuster & © SECOND GRAND BALL x oriTne Journeymen Bakers. The Journeymen Baters. of Washington, take great pleasure in announcing to their friends a ublic, that their Second Grand Baill nat the Assembly Room: ana avenue, between 43s and 6th st: on WEDNESDAY, 25thpinst. The Commttee of Arrangements pledge them- selves to spare neither pains or expense in making this the best Bail of the season. caputa’s lebrated Brass and String Band has been engaged for the oerasion. Supper will be furnished by that experienced es- terer, Jos. le Tickets ONE DOLLAR—admitting one Gentie- man and two Ladies—to be had of any of the mana- ers, or at the door on the night of the Ball The Entire Committee 4 Arrangements, i - Vogt. &. J; Shafer, J. A G.R. Ruonneker, . A. Nelson, ni7 at* WANTS. ANTED.—A good SALESMAN in a retail Dry Goods Store. To one that can come weili reoommeuded, and is acquainted with the District trade, a good and permanent situation wil! be offered. Address G. B.. Washington, D.C. ns St ANTED A No. 1 CAKE BAKER.—None erneen Spry; JAMES FRASIER. n23-3t* W ‘conta: Gaiters tee ant Sica hesiedide wae nts; Gal J ee | eo. thick “soled Morocco Boots $1 and $125. Overshoes and Sandals €5and 76 cents, usually soid for $1.00; Rubber Boots $2.25; misses thick-soled Gaiters 80 ts; do. moroceo and calf Se; youth. and tre — heather Shoes 35 enti Bee oots. £1.75; do. ra Boots : Gents Boot 250 and Overshoes and Sandals Soe bis $8.00; meses Be; hildren’s Shoes, 12% to {# cent as-2° DD. W. FREEMAN, 52 Pa. avenue. V ANTED.—A small, comfortabie, and weil Far- nished | eon for six months. First or See- ond Ward preferred. Address letter to Box 335, City Post Offices. n@-iw* W4Step—< GIRL as Chambermad and make herself generaily useful.’ Apply at D'IVERNOIS’ Hote., Pa. avenue, between 17th and 18th streets. B2i-Mt a WaAnNtev TO RKENT.—A Dwelling House, with 3 or 10 rooms, situated betweeu 91h 15th street « and between Px. avenue and M street. Address Robt.C. Walker, through City Post Office. n2tese* ne ee WANTED ‘TO AIR E.—83,90, for the t years. secu on an improved farn acres, by a deed of trust. situated near the city. Ln- terest paid annua'ly. any one Wishing to invest. in that way, will please address J. B. S., Box 5, Washington city, stating when and where an inter view can be ferred. bad. Interest paid semisanuaiiy if pre- nizat —_———_—_—_ FOR RENT AND SALE. For other™ For Rentand Sale” moti OR RENT.—A modern-built HOUSE Sing eleven rooms. The house is on 6! see ist page. tween D EF. streets, m the best locatio city, heated by fyrnace and lighted with gas. A toTBOMAS PARKER. large store room, eceliar. and takehouse, attached astable and other out hovses. make an excelient stand for any one wishing to com- — the sreenry and a awe. or —- er. ¥ . J. Ke SAN, or at Mr. Cu as. ROPER ras Seon natiwe nn it would Fok RENT.—Fither furnish or unfurmeued, an excelient. three-story, Rew Brick House. 499 New y avenue, No, from minw walk the Ca with three-« stalle ard quach houses with inmodiots pees ee aAtSAM’L. WALK "S Portrait Gallery, oe pallies, corner 436 street and Pa. auenn At the corner of #th wnd Le Streets. north of the Patent Office. Two or three geatiomen can be accommodated witn Rooms. them a large and very pleasant corner Koom, mely furnixhed. SaLe —Several small Houses and Building for cash, or ona long cred. E”.—A Grocers Wagon, exchange fora Buliding Mot. JOHN B21 -e0St* ADAMS. OR RE NT.—Three PARLORS and five CHAMBERS, handsomely furnished, in F rey between 13th and ath, No,2%8. ne oot FORS HED HOUSE FOR SALE on RENT. ‘The House contains thirteea rooms. The Fur- Riture is handsome. he best quality. and new. Will be sold or rented ely or together. Apply on the premises, No. assourl Sveaue, betwe dhe and Oth streets. n4-lm* Fr LOOK HERE! URNITURE AT REDUCED PRICES!" If vou Wish to save a few dollars in buying SO- FAR. BUREAUS. REDSTEADS. TA, BLES, MATTRESSES, CARPETS, o: ny kind of FURNITURE, just call af 351 7th street, near Northern Market, and next to Hyatt’s Dry Goods Store, and you will find a redaction of 20 rents, and sm 351—New Store. CARFETS as low as 25 cents. UST RECELVED.—Havana Oranges, new Fi, —_ Raising. Guod Raisins only 15 cents per poun eer Avi e lot of 's F: Cream 7Cheolates Cran de neesh pombonte Drops, very cheap. Having bought the above for cash, I oan sell them at a cheaper rate than last. season. sell oheap Wedding ‘Ontes and Tady Gokeu ned BS a hee 3 ee a . He nase Confectioner, 34 eek: UlLTED BOTTOM = WATER-. Cork aole Water proof Bagts;, SOF nonAe rg veo ree’ phone = — Profits. Don’t forget T. B°BROWN, cee” n23-Sst Double sole do. Se-tch hottom do, ee dress Patent leather and Calf Boots nine bole Ss Ts and high Lace Shoes of various styles Buffale and hoes, Ww tha. ties vem ont of Laat Boys’ and Children’s Gaiters boces, Shonen can be found in great vanes HARMON BURNS’, 406 Pa. ay. between 4 n few doors cnat of Wationst Fiatet, PJARPER'S MASAZINE, for Deca “ Fieve and ia sale ar 708, SHEEN 3 ore, on . street and Pa. av slawen’ gamete as A new vol; with this number bh contains w Mr, Thaskery's aed story,"*The Virginians.” Also, Mr. Charles ‘eade’s new stor’ entitied, “Jack of all Trades— eg ed of fact (tenn —— pressly for is ine. Subscript f or singlé numbers sold fsoparately’ at pouty aes enty-five cents each, ™ eter’ Lady Book for December, a beautiful uu mber. oussioid Works’ de °°gan terson’s Magazine . do. Bellces Bot Maanzios $e: urton"s Gy ia of Wit aid Hlamor; part 16. Foe suit, INOTON'S ns u cor. 4!¢atreet and Pa. ave. OTANRR OR SEO LAU Om ai recta, ii ce ae EW sry Ls, ratios, Fae BRETAE inv Boapvine Mrs. RUFF has taken the tarce and commodious house, No. 39 D street, near 7th, where she intends to rent her Rooms, furnished or unfurnished, to single gentiemen, or gentlemen their wives, with Board. Trausient| Roard-rs the day or week. Meals sent out at all hours of nié-lw* ra SEVENTH STREET, 523 Three Doors North Pa. Avenue. We have now concladed te run off our entire larce and weil ed stock at Rich Waney and Goods at much reduced prices. yw, for much less than the cost of eens nett leans ont t crease our cash sales, wi important at time, ‘and therefore all sales made Scheer a §23 COLLEY & SEARS, sales made hereafter, at our peed precs seat be for cash exclusively. We Ou stnek of Rich Printed M. c ire wt wf ™ ‘unt si 5 Pisid and pisin Prenea Meri aye erinvs. id Valenti: it AI Paney Dresv sits ned in eee square Shawisand Scarfs. en” Cloak black: With ail other general Staple Goods for family peep pe — ich we invite the special etten- We must again remind those ies Ww p stelhy rere sacl from July-nad thoce agen “ a a t nt insist wpon their payment by | _niectw _______=sCOLLEY & SEARS. Dit. AND, 2 reacted cet fn gar Abg, JUSt receiv: ja! from eae Le rer, HARMON BURNS, _Batst 48 Pa. av., between 4% and Gtu' sts. M USICAL CARD. The Chiere: Grand Piano used Messrs. Thalb ‘and Strakosch,at ther ~ in Washington and Alexandria, wast by TH. SPEIR. from New York ‘# left at Mr. Richard Davis's Piano Store, will meet with attention, a D-tw" MoEeontss, 7 335 jastrated r BR WANCK 1 #8 Pa. av.. $1 4 patents ats, Ba geplication wil be n10-wew Attorney for BESGTIEOL NEW GOO sr RETR, tl ~