The New York Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1853, Page 2

Our Paris Correspondence. Pants, Dec. 12, 1853. The Effect of the Fusion—The War in the East— The News from the Danube—Inauguration of Ney’s Monument— Theatr cals, &c. Considering the exceeding cold weather, and the difficulty that exists of getting the brilliant season well under way, we are not absolutely dull, The “fusion” has produced agreaterand more prolonged degree of interest than could have been expected. The partizans of either branch of the Bourbon family have shown themselves leas difficul. than was supposed; aud more than one Orleanist has flung . himself into the legitimists’ arms, exclaimiog, we doubt not, “Brother, brother, we are both in the | wrong!” The Emperor himself, with a languid smile of quiet irony, expresses satisfaction that family ties, solong and painfullydissevered, should again be united, and trusts it may serve for their mutual hap- pineas. There are those who think that the court willfbe still further shora of its houors, in the loss it may sustain of the few Orleanists and legitimists who have been won over to it, but who now, perceiving the standard of Henri V. unfurled and unsnlliea by disunion, will deem it their duty to rally around it. But they who thus talk are not listened to wita great gravity. It is admitted that no political party was ever so degraded but that it might possibly rise again; and there is no denying that the Bourbons may once more be in the ascendant, though certainly nothing seems less pro- bable at present. Repablicans and Bonapartists alike disown and despise them; and when this is taid, the numbers in France who would vote for the retare of the Bourbone mus: be small udeed. But the interminable Eastern question is still the leviathan before which all minor subjects pale. Tne Mo.veur, in an article of singular clearness and luci- dity, has made known t Frauce and to Nuarope the reculiar nature of the agreemeat extered ivto b: Gngland, France, Austria and Prassia, from whic! @ seers that the “efforts of France’ nave been so far mecessful, that thouxb war may continue to be waged petween the present helligereuis, tae present territo- ‘ial distribution of Europe is not to % infringed ‘The same views and the same desires,” states the rflicia! article, “avimate France, England, Austria ani Prussia; and a proweal, signed at Vien- ba, os the Sth instant, at a conference at which the representaves of the four courts were present, attests their common resolutions.” Some are of opinion that ali this is as much as to say, that the fact of Turks and Russians ravaging one an- other’s dominions, assisted by the allies of each, need produce no disturbance -whatever—that each party will, in course of time, gravitate exsctly, within his proper boundary, into bis proper seat, and that the land, purified by s slight eruption, will speedily sink ito repose, more blooming and fertile than ever. But it must be confessed there are many who | are sceptical as to such a result. Ow first announcement of such happy news in England the funds rese ; and Paris, not w be out- done by one whom, it is presumed, she now oeases to think perfide, responded with sympathetic animation; nor, in trath, have these sensitive organs of nations | materially relaxed, though it ia certain a much leas exuberant feeling prevails as to the favor: able conclusion of these important negotiations. Austria, it cannot be denied, is, by all parties here, most j ly scrutinized. At first it was supposed that, like the repentant prodizal, she had sought shelter in those loved haunts of her youth, from which necessity more than inclivation bad seduced her; but a nearer inspection of the state of affairs bas induced a suspicion that she has come rather as a go-between than a bona fide ally—that there is at bottom a hankering after the ‘flesh pots,” and that more improbable things have occurred than that she may lay aside the ré ¢ is now induced to perform, and become a sharer in the spoils ber Russian pro- tector may acquire. The court of the Tuileries is, however, apparently charmed and delighted by tae ac- | cession of thatof Vienna. The agent who has brought it about—namely, M. de Bourqeuey—has received | a gold snuff box of the vaiue of 12,000 franca, the deco- ration of the Legion of Honor, besides full-length Seige of the Emperor Napoleon and his Eaprese. jut, perhaps not the least remarka le featare in this new phase of the Eastern quest’on (jt iy observed | that the Moniteur states toat “many phases” are | in store) is, the new light in which Louis Napoleon | | | | | | Provemeat in car brakes. appears. The repudiation of the treaties of Vienna, the representation of the family against whom they | were mere immediately devised, bas suddenly be- | come the stickler for the existing territorial arrange- ment in ae The Emperor of the French, in fact, ems in all things to assume the ivitiative; and at | be court of the Sultan, where Lord Redcliffe has mused # painful se n, by leting fail the omi- | sous word “armistice,” the Freach alliance is liked ibe bert. | parties to be superior to and to be honest, still it is generally thought om circles that the two hellizr rent P poe 109 far ty settle their difference w harder blows than have yet been dealt, by either. Turkey, it is said nas b therto foughi for her hearth and home; sue bas been dragged isto the meleé by the rathless tyranny of ber neighbor: and, to the surprise of no ove more than herself. has slaked her lips ia the sweet drau cht of victory. The crawling slave has become a maste™, an there were friendly | and nervous arms to succor, she caa sey “alone she did atural to suppose, therefore, under such umstances, that the terms | she could pro if it be yoo as it is said, that the proposition emanate from her—could not be such as Russia could accept * Russia herself, it is argued, influenced, a3 she | doubtiess would be, by her general political welfare, | to the exclusion of mere personal feeling, dare not face the consequences which a cession ia favor of a despised opponent must inevitably entail. Her do- minion—freely admitting her power—is, neverthe- | lesa, ove of prestige; and should her reputation for | | | | | | | | | | | | | | gigentic strength and unflinching will fail, in ever so slight s degree, the discordant ele- | ments of her immense empire would dis- solve instanter, or form sew combinations. Al- | ready there are signs of this. It is asserted, there- fore, that the Czar, both from policy and from feeling, is bound to dash like an avalanche upon the Turke- | fore any arrangement can be dreamed of. M. de Kisceliff notifies, with all courtly propriety, at the | * Tuileries, the birth of a grand-duchess, ard suc no: | tification is received with all possible amenity; but, | at the eame time, day after day, we hear of Rus- | sian residents, conspicuous by their wealth and | station, being suddesly eammoned peremptorily to | leave Paris and repair to St. Pe‘eraburg. | Tt is urged, also, that if it were poscible that the quadruple conference should be successful in the pro- | motion of its object, aud that the two contending | ‘ies were to lay down their arms, it by no means | lows that a general Earopean disturbance will not | follow. Passions and principles have been again agi- | tated, and are only waitimg to rush from their hiding | . Therejis, it is said,e magazine of gunpowder in the very heart of Europe, and the numberieas trains which are scattered in every direction need but an accidental spark to cause a general explosion. | Meanwhile, conflicting accounts reach us of the mili- | tary positions and preparations of the two bellige- | rents. Omer Pacha is stated, on account of the | weather, to have retired trom Oltenitzs, and to have been suffered to do so without molestation on the | pry the enemy. ‘he la*est accounts represent | jim as continuing in nadisturbed possession of Kale- fat, and as occupying furnal, om the left bank of the | Danube: # position from which he would be able to | ebeck any advance of tne evemy into Lewer Walla It is said, too, that C i e Sultan—that the ye are regarding, with nn- sacendant of the Provhet— | ancasas had exhibited rT, however, is proverbi- Mabomedans of the U} looked-for sympathy the that the Polish legion in symptoms of dicaffectio ally uncertain; and a yesterday. dated Ode+sa that the Russian admira! > f- | bettle ships, bad gained a grand naval victory over | the Turks, near Sinope, on *he 30th of November— that he had destroyed seven frigates, two corvettes, one steam vessel, and three transports, commanded by Osman Pacha, who, moreover, had been taken prisoner—that the engagement lasted an hour. There ld seem, however, to be some confusion ae aon It is well ae Lens ba hea Peytian 84 ron, which is perhaps here alluded to, was at Buynkdere, in the Hoapborcs, oo the 29th, and, on account of the weather, was ordered not to fawn sea. It may, after all, turn out to be no more han an affair between the Turkish and Russian gun- boats. It is stated by the Presse that a few Turkish | frigates, with a certain number of transports with troops for Batoum, were surprised by a Russian force 80 superior that resistance was out of the q € opinion prevails with more than one | well informed mn, that notwithstanding ‘collec: ave notes’ and protocols, we sha’! speedily bear of @ more active interference on the part of Weat- ern Powers. The Emperor of France, satistied y the ostentatious display he made veneration for the present territorial distri- bution, is most anxious to prove that his ‘ modera. ion is without weakness,” and perhaps he may ee the “ beginning of the end”’ before very long. ~ | It ia supposed that the forces pushing forward un- der Olster Sacken, the Russian general, cannot reach the neighborhood before tne end of De- cember. Altogether, the general uncertainty of the political atmosphere is not without its effect on Paris, The Opera, in spite of the immense efforts which have been made to give it hrilliancy, does not falfil ex pectati.n. Everybody ceemsto be waiting for some- thing. The disappearsnce of the distinguished persona +f all shades of party, insensibly, despite the Em- evor's efforts to overcome it, flings a damp on the ' and it is remarked that apartments taken prices bave not been entered upo, and | month. | receive a salary of $2,000 have been sacrificed at a cost of half to the r Louis Napoleon exhibits himself as usual to public reserve, and makes a point | of attending all places of amusement. The | three hunting residences at Compiegne, St. Ger- | main, and Fontainebleau, are to be kept up in | the style of Louis the Fifteenth, the dress of which cnlar era is worn. Valuable horses and hounds, | from the most precious stocks, are arriving | daily from England; and no expense is spared in order that the manly spors may be revived on a princely scale. Fontainebleau is of princely magniti- cence—even said to be provided with a thousand beds. | The speech of M. Dupin, at the iuanguration of Marstal Ney’s statue, in which by-gones were not spared, is one of the many slight but sig- | nificant sigos of the times; and it is generally supposed that that talented person will not further resist the overtures which have long beeo made to him to become a Senator. Indeed, it is quite possible that “the fusion,” in depriving the Orleanists ef their chief, and replacing him by the head of the elder | branch, may release some eminent persons of their obligations, aud set them free to ally themselves ; with the present order of things. Mucs is said, also, of the adherence of the Duc de Dondeaaville, a legi- timist, and of the family of Rochefoucault, who is to become a Senator; but it is well understood that | Louis Napoleon does not found the his rule on airy trifles such as these. | T have left myself buf little space to speak of that without which the life ot the true Parisian would be éu)linéeed, namely, the stage. Alexander Dumas, no- thing daunted by the accident which has befallen his “La Jeunesse de Louis Fifteenth,” isto bring forward | on the 18th “ La Jeunesse de Lauzun,”’ and, to use bis own words, should he then prove as unfortunate | with courtiers as with kings, he'will give up the con- | test. Melle, Rachel has sent in her resignation to the | Theatre Francais, ana no longer forms part of the company. M.*Saul Mauprat, at the Odeon, has been received with extraordinary favor, and bids fair | to insrease on the public taste. But the fact of | Je: ny Lind’s re-appearance on the staze at Dresden, with the wonders of her voice still fresh and shrilling as ever, is the moet absorbing topic of dramat- | ic interest ot the day. Never was there euch | a dearth of that peculiar talent in which she is so extraordinarily pre-eminent. Should she, as is hoped, be induced to come to Paris, the Czar, the Turk, the whole quadruple conferesce may sink into the waters of the Euxine for any sensation they wil) produce. permanency of | American Ge: tus. List of patents issued from the United States Patent Office for the week ending Dec. 20, 1853, each bearing that dute:— John E. Brown and Stephen 8. Bartlett, of Woon- eackett, R. I.—For improvement in grain and grass barvesters. Wm. G. Creamen,’of New Haven county, Conn.— For improvement iu operating orakes by sigual cord. Benj. H. Franklin, of Worcester, Mass.—For im- provement in macure and other forks. Uriah H. Goble, of Springfield, Ohio—For improve- | ment in grain and (Aa harvesters. Jobn and James Montgomery, of Lancaster, Pa.— For improvement in shoes to winnowers, Thoe. F. Walson, of Clark county, Va.—For im- provement in manure crushers and sowers. William and Thomas Schnebley, of New York city—For improvement im grain and grass har- vesters. Hiram N. Tripp, of Alfred, Me.—For improve- ment in power rakes. Robert P. Walker, of New York city—For im- peremate in machines for hulling and scouring | coffee, J.B. Armstrong, of Barnwell district, S. C.—For improvement in cotton presees. Shurles Atwood, cf Birmingham, (Derby,) Conn. | an improvement in attaching hooks aud eyes w | cards. D B. & M. Battershall, of Tray, N. Y.—For im- | provement im candle mould machines. James Baxenda'e, of Providence, R. I.—For ma- ebine for stamping patterns on rollers. James Bolton, of Richmond, V For impreve- ment in hot air furnaces. Lazare Cantel, of New York—For improvement in metallic trunk frames. David Carroll, of Baltimere, Md.—For improve- ment in abuttles. John D'bomorgue, of New York city—For im- | Alex. Frankenberg, of Columbus, 0.—For im- provement in soda water fountaias. W. J. Hatfield, of Dayton,O.—For machine for joining table tops. L. Otto P. Meyer, ef Newtown, Conn.—For im- provement im the process for vulcanizing caoutchouc com. pounds. James A. Mitchell, of Ringgold, Ga.—For im- prove ment ip band looms. Ephraim Parker, of Rock Island, M.—For ma | chine fo: sawing and planing clapboards. Goa'rey Simon, ef Reading, Pa.— For improve- ‘arriages with shifting seats; patented ia March 4, 1853. Silon § aples, of Top:ham, Maine.—For ssrew for per ships. Henry L. Sweet, of Foxborough. Mass.—For im pro-ement in guides for sewing on fluding. Wm H. Towers, of Philadelphia, Pa—For im- provement in horseshoes. as Unser, of Dayton, Ohio—For machine to yal surfaces in timber. m, of Cleveland, Obio.— For improve- «in cleansing hair ané f rs from isrecta, muné H. Bard and Henry H. Wilson, of Phil del bia, Pa —For improvement in gold pens. B. F. Greenong’s, of Cincinnati, Ohio—For im- provement in sepsrating alcohol from water and other heavier fluiss. : aa F. Stevens and J. Walter Kidder, of Lowell, Masa.—-For shingle machine. Andres Erich Botter,of New York, N. Y.—For improvement in folding bureau or wardrobe bed- steeds. Isaac D. Gailick, of Lyons, N. Y.—For improve- ment in self-acting machines for weighing grain. Charlés F. Sibbald, of Philadelphia, Pa—for im- provements in steam boilers. Sherburne C. Blodgett, of Georgetown, Mass., as- signor to Charles Morey, of Boston, Mass., and Mo- rey, assignor to Nebemiah Hunt, of Boston, Mass.— For improvement in sewing machines. Wm. H. Akins, of Ithaca, N. Y., assignor to Wm. J. Huntington, of same place.—For improvement in time register for showing the day of the week and Jno. C. Concklin, of Peekskill, N. Y., assignor to Daniel Tompkins, of North Haverstraw, N. Y., and Daniel F. Tompkins, of New York, N. Y.—For im- provement in pickaxes. Wm. A. Martin, of Brooklyn, N.Y., assignor to M. Watson and Peter Van Laudt, of New York, N, Y.--For machine for folding seidlitz powders. Destaxs.— Winslow Ames, of Nashua, N.H., as- signor to Hartshorn, Ames & Co., of Boston, Mass. —For design for cooking stoves. James Wager, Voloey Richmond, and Harvey Smith, of Troy, N. Y.—For design for parlor stove. | ren, and who are for making adherence to, and sup- | Gen. Cass in 1545, | “cut op rough”—so have the “ woelly | their pickaninvies, or little colored offspring. The | | eldest of these are known as “ niggers,” and are | more secretly, they and Secretary | disdain. James Wager, Volney Richmond, and Harvey | Smith, of Troy, N. Y.—For design for a cylinder coal stove. Rosrery oF a Watcn—Svsseqrent Death oF the Orrenper.—Frapklin Williams, a young man about twenty-five years of age, who had been con- fined in our jail on sentence for assauls and battery, we besieve, was, on the 18th inust., divcharged from custody, the term of his imprisonment having ex ired. Daring the day, he managed to get intoxi- cated, ond while in that condition stole a watch from Joseph Yau Horn, s young man residing in thisjvil- | loge A warrant was procured, and placed in the bunds of our most efficient Depu’y him on the road to Staf- who sneceeded in tr ng ford, that place, he foand that a already claimed bim as a pris- Probabiy be had been overcome, partly by ve, and partly by the effect of the iatoxica’ing » be bad drauk, and had Jaid down in the snow. When discovered, he was just alive, and although every efiort was made for his restoration, he died in a short time after his removel to the house of one of the citizens of the place,—-Genesee Whig. On arriving higher authority hu | oner fat Board of Supervisors Dre 27.—His Honor, the Recorder, in tha Char. The minutes of tie last meeting were read and ap- proved. TAX ON MR. VANDERIILE, 4 Supervisor Srvxrevant said there wae a petitio® from Ur. Vanderbilt. I: appears that while that geatlemal was in Europe, he was texed on property to the amount 0f $250 000, which was af erwarda reduced to $200,000, He received s notification o the 19th of the month, and when he went to pay it the next morning he was charged two per cent before he would be permitted to psy the tax. It ie this charge, made by the Receiver of Taxes, ‘bai Mr Vencerbilt petitions to te refended. Granted. vere] other petitions for remission and correction of taxes, were received and referred. JUDGR’S SALARY, A vesolution awarding to Revert H. Morris, one of the Jnécen cf tke Sapt me Court, $759, for additional annual ser views from Ist April, 1863, te uth September, 1854, was accpted. SALARY OF POLIOR JUSTICES A resolution proposed ty Alderman Wererey Sara, incvearing the salary of Police Justice one sixth, for Sunday services from Mey, 1862, wan ted on a uivi- ricn of eleven to three The police jurtivon at present per ain. The increase of one-sizth will bow give them $2 CORONERA’ HILL FOR STATIONRY 4 corfmirateation wes received from the Counsel of the Corporation, stating that the charges mace by the Coro rs for stationery, &s., (8256 $8) was lezal, witn the ex. ception of $ ‘5 for reals, The bill, with this deduction, wan ordered to be paid The ‘cf the Committee on Apnual Taxes in favor of remitting the personal tax cn Grifith Thomas aud revera! other persons, wax adopted. COMMISSIONER OF TAXIS + A commanication rvom the Counsel of the Corpora! was received, ita'ing that it wax competent for the to appoint an Alderman to the rituation of Commissioner of Taxes, Alderman Peck and Mr Gilos are candidates The communication was ordered to be printed Adjourned to Friday neat, at 4 o’clook. Sheriff fyrrell, | | free coilism, and who, ia most cases, have but one | step to Cur Maine Correspondence. PortLamp, (Me.) Dec. 10, 1853. The Political Condition of Maine—Party Nomen- elature—An Account of Ten Tribes of Democra- cy—Their Various Designations—The Distrib tion of Nationa! Ofices—Favors Shown to “Woolly Heads—Rumors of a Plot Formed Between the Latter and the Whigs—Condition of the Whigs—The Liquor Law, §e. The political condition of Maine, jast now, mighti- ly reminds one of the appearance of a militia mus- ter-tield in the old times, when the martial spirit of the land still burned brightly and there was some revolutionary flame in it, I mean that part of the day when the lines were broken up, and “ the troops” were marching off, leaving the places which they had for hours been illustrating by their valiant preence They streamed awsy in al! directions. | The Bozzleton Light Infantry walked one way, the Stebbins Invincibles another; the Umbagog Rifle- men went north, and the Hornby Artillery to the south. The mighty host was dissolved into its vari- ous parts, aud rays of glory flowed to every point of the compass, So is it with the great democratic party of Maine. Its reviow is over. Its fleld day has closed. Every company has set up on its own account, and is indulging in a pleasant little fused/ade, in course of which some bells may find their way into muskets, and out of them—which would be a much more serious matter. The captains of tens and fiftiesthere are few who have hun dreds,and none dream of thousands—are leading their men, neither themselves nor the said maa know where. The ouly settled fact is that of the breaking up, though @ number of gentlemen mouuted on hobby horses, are lolling about the field, and below: ing out hoarse talk about “union.” “harmony” and the necessity of beating the whigs; to all of which the multitude pay about as much attention as did our aptedilavisn predecessors to the warnings of Noah, when he told them that if they did not “mind their eyes” they would be accommodated with a magnificent shower bath gratis. To put it briefly, I should eay that the Maine democracy are ‘‘smashed.”” The branches of the democratic party here are very numerous, aud to a foreiguer, the names by which they are known must be hopelessly bewilder ing when he seeks to get some idea of what is going } on in Maiue. Party pames are seldom keys to the epeculator or inquirer; but hero they are more ridi- | culous than they ever were before, or than they pos- | sibly ever can be again. ‘There are not Jess than ten | distinct names for the various factions into which | the democracy has resolved itself. Or these, I will | endeavor to give your readers some account. The hunkers sre the men who voted for Gen. Cass in 1848, and who were then the ean democracy of the State. The word is now used generally, or, as a friend of mine says, ‘‘miscellaneously,” ha lost the force which belonged to it when it was first introduc- ed here from New York. It now isa sort of syaonyme fur “ fogies,” and is applied almost as often to whi, as to democrats. The “ hunkers” were friends of Senator Hamlin. From the decay of the “ hunkers ” sprang the ‘ wild cats,” a fierce race, who like Gen. ‘ass, but who hate Mr. Hawlin, and are determined topes an evd to his political life. There is a second division of these interesting animals, known a3 the * liberal wild cats,” who go for absolute treedom of trade in liquor, and who uphold slavery for iteelf, caring nothing about the compromises. Another ection of the “ wild cats" are the “ nationals,’ who pay less attention to local affairs than do their breth- Re of, the compromises of 1850 a test of democrasy. | ‘hen come the “ liberals’? proper, who hold that the | liquor law is a piece of tyranny, doing no good t) the temperance cause, and brivgwg all law into contempt. With them, opposition to the Maine law is the be all and end all,” and they care nothing for national poitics. The “ woolly heads” are those democrats | who answer to the barvburners, or “‘ softs,” of New York, ouly that they are more sincere in their oppo- sition to slavery, and most of their number supported _ As the “‘ wild cats’ have their kittens—and very lively and interesting animals they are, only a ti:tie too much inclined to more eiand to jeads frec soil ia principle. The next rejoice in the “abolitionists,” and are to “niggers” what ih laiter sre to the “ woolly heads” proper. Tne “yamrods” are democrats who are in favor of the ¢ law, and who, in national politics, go with the ‘ wi olly heads.’ Finally, there are the ** boguses,” who stand by the old party land marks, of whom Mr. Jobn Brensby, shipmaster, is the type, aai the Portland «rgus is the organ. These gentlemen pride themselves on their adherence to the ancient f ples of the democratic party, by which is t, | presume, that they are opposed toa high ff, a national bank, and improvements (internal or +Xterue!) by the general government, and in fayor ote evb treasury. They are, you will see, men of »ncommon boldness, and slay the siain with ail the zes| ard valor and ‘‘discretion” that have mede the name of Falstaff immortal. It is to these gentle- men and the ‘‘ woolly heads” that the administration has given moat of the good offices in the State. The Argus people “‘ sack,” in various ways, vot less than ten thousand dollars a year openly, and how mush nt u t ‘ thrie alone can tell. There is nothing so big that they cannot awal- Jow it—nothing so small that they can re, it with “Whoso humbleth himself shall be ex- alted,”’ is a text that might be forcibly illastrated by a reference to aud an analysis of their position. eee it ought uot to be con- sidered strap; ¢ the nations! administration should be favorable to the “ boguses,” for every established government, or government that | desires te be established, (the latter is the positioa of | the present Washington concern,) has a hatred to all men who are so absurd as to talk about principles, regarding them as di:turbers of the common peace, and deserving of punishment. I am not sure that they will not wake up some fine morning and “ find themselves infamous,” as a consequence of our as tute Attorney General having had them indicted un- der the “ general welfare” clause. But it is rather odd that an admivistration which came into power on the basis of support to the compromises, should have given such a large share of Secretary Marcy's | party pabulum, the “spoils,” to the wooll: section of the democracy of Maine. Here and there, at very remote avd widely sundered points, the wild cats get a few things, tolerably well calculated, per- haps, to stay the stomachs of domestic tabbies, but ridicvlously nnequal to the business of exhausting the appetites of the whiskered savages that «till glide abvut our political forests, and who wiil not be tamed at any price. Next after the “bognses” in ad- ministrative favor, sre the ‘“ woolly head” sup- porters of the Maine law, men who lean strongly to take, and that by no means a greet one, to find themselves supporting a iree soiler for the next Presidency, should he be Joho P. Hale, or even William H. Seward himself. I do not say that some “nationals” have not been taken care of, cr that the opponents of the Maine Jaw bave in all cases been proscribed by the Presi- dent ond Cabinet; but I do say that the rule is against them, broadly and defintively so, and tha the exceptions to it are by no means of a remark able character, The censequence is that the ‘wild cats” look upon the a ministration with sentinepts not much unlike to these that animate your “‘harda;” and were Maine a3 important a State as New York in the political scale, they would express themselve as openly and act as boldly. As it is, they will “bide heir time,” and their blows will tell at last. They have no idea of being made tools to aid 1n the eleva: tion of Caled Cushing to the Presidency, which is precisely the obyect which that gentleman has in ew, ond to realize which he would sacrifice every thing that he might regard as standing in his way ‘The oistracted condition of our democracy does not promise couch for the suczess of that party in the next Legislature which will meet ina tew weeks, when the political curtain will be drawa up; but whether for the exhibition of a traredy or farce it is ye. ‘000° to tell. here is nothing on the bills, and everything OD the cards. There are many rumors afloat as to what arties in the Legislature will do. A. “wild cat” paper 12 Lincoln county has discover. a that the Morrill democs**S..0F ‘‘woolly heads, irtend to form @ leagne with the Whigs, the terms of which shell be the eleetion of Mr. . Till to the Governorship and of Mr. Fessenden to the “uited States Senate, and theappointment of Gov. Crosby °° a seat on the pench of the Suoreme Court. All this sounds ie a atta and glib in the telling, and it may be that there is something in the plot. Certain itis that the two sections of the democratic party bate each other most bitterly; avd that is a great deal towards either of them getting up an entente cordiale with the whigs. What renders the chance of a union between the democrats !ees probable than ever, is the belief of the “wild cats’ that it would strengthea Mr. Haulin both in the national Senate and with the national s4ministration—ends which they hy no means desire to see brought about. The presses of the two factions are fighting most in- tnsely, ond the pist of all that they say amounts to this: that as the “liberals” killed off Governor Hub- bard last winter, so will the “ramrods” kill off Mr. Pillsbury this winter, The medicine which the former bronght forward to cure the State is now commended to their own stomachs, and some how or other, they don’t a; all like it. As to the Senatorsbip, perhaps Mr. Fes- renden may etand as good a chance atthe hands | meszage to the world, never permitting a@ fu! | in ite proper garb, we addressed a letter to Mr. Ken- | dall, requesting information upon the subject. His | inal... (or claws) of ‘wild cats” as at those beads,” for be ia sacar relstive—on tae wrong aide, of the blanket, to be sure, but that need make no difference in these days, when every thing that is legitimate is at a°discount—to an eminent hunker leader in a neighboring State, who is remarkable for the power he has for reconciling imposaibilities, and who could convert even Mr. Garrison himself into a genuine compr man. Asto Mr, Feesenden’s abolitionism, that is nothing, and need aot stand in | the way of his promotion. After the election of | Caleb Cashing—one of the most rabid abolitinnists | in the Unidad States buta few years since—to a cabinet office, it would surprise no ove to see any | other case of conversion. The Maine law is another bone of contention be- tween our democratic fuctious. Not atew demo- crats support it for itself, they honestly believing that it is a good thing. Other democrats support it for the purpose of annoying the “liberals,” whom they | thus propose to pay for their “‘boiting’’ movements in 1852. In this way, arock of offence has grown up between the factions that would seem to have | forever divided them, even could it bs believed taat their reconciliation is possible on more grave ques- tions of rational politics The whigs of Maine are kept together only through the pressure produced by the qusrrels of their ene- mies. But for those quarrels they would be riven into a dczen small factions. There is nothing to prop them save the disensions of the democracy. Goy. Crosby hates Mr. Fassenden, and the latter despises the Governor. There would bea fine “row” among the adherents of these two gentlemen could they afford to indulge in it. Had they carried the State last September they would at this moment have been testing out each other’s eyes. Asit is,a Christian exterior has been maintained, and will, it is thought, be kep up some time longer. There is as much attention paid to ‘ looks” in politics as ina country church, and our whigs pay their full share of it. Gov. Crosby would himself like to be chosen Senator, and thinks it the most natural thing ia the world for a man to leave the executive chair for a lace in the “ Upper House” at Washington. In former years it was one of the commonest things in the worid fer a guvernor to glide easily into a Sena- torship, and I have seen almost a score of gentlemen with “ governor’ attached to their nanes in the Sevate ut one time. In these times ex-governors go into subordinate customs offices, which shows either that they are more meek in their nature than former- ly, or that the breed has degecerated. Our liquor law is not likely to be disturbed at the coming sessicn of the Legislature, unless to be en- dowed with an additional row of tecth, so that it may be erabled to bite morethanever. Thisis what happened from the strenuous exertions of the ‘ re- ealers”’ of last year, the “ repealers” of our State being about 9s near to the attainment of their object as those of Ireland. They may flounder, and kick, and sputter to their heart’s content, but the tempe- rance men have caught them, and are ina fair way | to have them safely landed. Being “a stiff cold | water man” myself, I cannot venture to give an opinion on the workings of the law; but some of my acquaintances, who are rather “ fast’ in some re- bye declare that it has done nothing except raise the price and lower the ay of all the liquor in | Maine—a practical antithesis that of all things they | do most “ardently” abhor. Swsaco. Telegraphic Matters. HON. AMUS KsNDALL—THE ARBITRATION. [From Sba%n«r’s Telegraphic Companioa J It is known to the rane that recently an arbitra- | tion on telegraphic affairs took place in the city.of | Philadelphia. The case was one of difference be- | tween the Washington and New Orleans Telegraph | Company and the Morse patentees, includiag their | energetic sgent, Hon. Amos Kendall. Witha view of finally settling disputed points in a business affair as to respective rights, the questions in dis- pute were amicably referred to three disinterested gentlemen, aud their award to be final in the pre- | mises. These gentlemen were distinguished lawyers from New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston. The | news reporter of Philadelphia was indiscreet enough | to promulgate a slanderous news item for the press, chargin; . Kenda | with fraud, &c. The recollec- tion of the base slander must mantle the news re- | porter with shame and mortification. How aman | can bripg himeelfso low as to wantonly assail ano- | ther in this who'eale manner, totally reckless of cruth, is a question not easily solved. He stands | behind a curtain, and is presumed to be just in his | Ise state- ment to issue from his position. The flag entrusted | to his charge he trailed in the dust, in heralding | pee a fabricated statement relative to this transac- | ion. i With a view to place the matter before the country letter nobly unfolds the bright page of truth. Here is the answer, viz: Wasninaton. Nov. 10, 1953. Tau. P. Suarryer, Esq.—Dear Sir:—At your re- quest, I proceed to state the practical results of the arbitration Jately held in Philadelphia, in which the Washington and New Orleans Telegraph Company, Proseesor Morse, the Messrs. Vails and myself were parses. it was an smicable proceeding, in which the com- pany claimed that we had no right to a certain smcunt of stock acquired through the construstion ot the line, and we claimed aright to additional sock, in & psequence of the puttisg up of a second wire on # portion of the line, which the company denied. Befcre the arbitrators entered npon the case, I called their a'tention to a telegraphic message in the Now Yosk Herarp, ebich appeers to have een sent all over the Union, o2urging me, by nama, wita fraud in these matters. The following is aa extract from the award, viz : It beitg ths opinion of the referees tliat there has bean Bo actual fraud, and that the circumstances of the traas action are not such as to induce the vhargieg of these expenses on the parties in any other macnsr, or to an greeter extent, than they will beer them in commos with | all the stookbolders of the company. The author of the libellons message thus finds his malice defeated by his own act, inducing aa express | acquittal of his charge. f the questions submitted, the arbitrators decided the first in favor of the company, and the second against them. By the first branch of the decision, Mesers. Morse, Vails, and myself are required to re- fund $20,000 in stock, and $2,200 in dividends— er $22,200 00 The second branch of the decision will give us additional stock amounting to about... 39,861 12 Balance in our fayor.........,.. . $17,661 12 The result in detail is as follows, Torefund. To receive. Gain. Prof. Morse. $9,250 00 $16,608 80 $7,358 80 | A. Vail « 1,387 50 2,491 321,103 82 | G. Vail. 1,387 50 2.491 32 1,103 82 A. Kendall..... 10,175 00 18,269 68 & 68 Total...... $22,220 00 $39,861 12 $17,661 12 These results will, doubtless, be somewhat yaried in the final settlement ; but it is quite as likely that the amount accruing to us will be increased, as taat it will be dimin [had prepored, for the sake of peace, to give up | all elaim to stock on the second wire, and all addi- tional wires ; but my proposition was not accepta- ble. Ifthe malicious men who got 4 tne difficulty are satisfied with the result, I assure them that I] am. There was the less reason for charging me with frand in this matter, inasmuch as my accusers knew 1 was not the author of the arrangement of which they complained; but I look upon it as a compli- ment that I was singled out as the object of attack. When « rogue is called a rogue, it creates no sensa- tion; but when an honest man is charged with de- fault, whetber rightfully or wrongfully, ali hell yeils with delight. "With great respest, your obedient servant, Amos KexDaLe. The Guano Supply, DEPUTATION TO THE ENGLISH FOREIGN OFFICE. Op Suturday afternoon, Dec. 10th, a deputation from the Coun sil of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, waited, by appointinent, on the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, at the noble earl’s official residence in Downtog street. The deputation consisted of Mr. Posey, the President of the society, and Lord Berners, the Duke of Rich- mond being unavoidably prevented accompanying them. After a'luding to the circumstances uader which the snpply of guano was at presen’ furnished by the Pernvian government, and the exorbitant fee charged to the English consumer for the article, he deputation handed to the noble secretary a me- morial from the Cooncil of the Royal Agricultural Society, to the effect that, being deeply sensible of the hardships inflicted on the British farmer by the excessive price of Pernvian gnano, they tr that the endeavors of her Majesty's government would be directed towards the reduction of the cost of this important manure, 3 in the course of the interview the Marl of Claren- don entered fully into the question, which he assured the deputation had not tailed to engage @ large sare of his attention. In addition to the report whicn "4d been lately received from Admiral Mores- by, with regard to the extent of the supply of guano 1m Pern, it was intended by the soverniment to insti- tute immediate inquiries with the view of ascertain- ing the exact state of facts, and also as to obtaining supplies of nitrate of scda from the Mexican territo- ries, whieh was understood to porsess properties that rendered it equivalent in value, a3 a mamire, to guano itself. it likewise appeared that many ahou- aand tens of fish were now annually thrown away 25 offal in Newfoundland, which might easily be cow: verted into a rich and fertilising manure. To thid a'so his attention should be directed, and the faliest inquiries made upon the subject. The noble carl conclnded by giving an assurance that her Majesty‘s goverrment weuld relax no effort for the purpose of inducing the Peruvian government to consider the | thore guarrapties are re2ognired and Nebraska Territory. Wasarxoron, D. C., Sept. 5, 1853. His Excenuency Franxuin Pisace, President of the United States. Bir—When the executive of a great people lays | aside his official dignity and grants an humble oiti- zen the privilege cf @ personal correspondence, he | whas rip bt to expect that the pleasure conferred will | be commensurate with the courtesy extended. But, while I concede precedence to no man in devotion to the present administration, I frankly confess tat a deep avxiety to render this communication worthy | of careful consideration, and worthy of ths cause I | bave undertaken to advocate, has usurped the place of more pleasing em: tions. The present Commissioner of Indians Affairs closes an official statement ia the Union of the 21st ultimo, with the negative inuendo that he is not able to say that any heer of the proposed territory of Nebreska can be lawfully hap pe by white men for settlewent. This offical intimation is imme- diately preceded by the admonition that the President is authorized to direct the military force of the United States to be employed in remoying from the Indian country all persons found therein con’rary to law. It might, therefore, be supposed that the commandant at Fort Leavenworth merely gave pub- licity to orders received from the President when he threatened contumacious immigrants with prompt expulsion. Many worthy citizens of the United States have been deterred from settling in Nebraska, not by the terrors of Fort Leavenworth, but by their respect for the civil power. Thappears that the country west of the State of Miseouri lying between the Arkansas and the Platte, and extending west to the sources of the Kansas and the forks of the Platte, originally belonged to the Osages, Kansas and Pawnees. The small strip be- Jongir g to the Ottoes, though south of the Platte, is not within the limite here . The Osages and Kansas Indians transferred to the United States their title to this region of country, with certain reservations for their own use and occupation, in 1825. Tne tule of the Pawnees to all lands lying south of the Plntte was extinguished by treaty with the United States, without any reserved right, in 1833. The privilege of hunting in common with at least twenty other tribes during the pleasure of the President, can hardly be dignified as a right. A portion of this country has been granted and [oes anteed to the various Indian tribes now located immediately west of Missouri. Those grants and rerpecied by the friends of the proposed territory. The astive friends of Nebraska are identified in interest and ‘eel- ing with the Indiaas. They on those solemn treaties, concerning which we have heard so much of late, officially and unofficially, in Congress and out of Cengress. It is arrant supererogation ia any man to make an officious display of extracts and abstracts of treaty stipulations. There never was and never | can he apy question as to their validity. But a large pornon of the country ceded to the United States by the Orages, Kansas and Pawnees, is not in the occupancy of any Indian tribe. The United States still retain the title. It is resorted to merely 2s a bunting ground commen to all Indians friendly to the United States; and this common and fruitless rivilege is enjoyed only aeane ee pisses of the residert I say fruitless pri eae, use We are told thst the game is rapidly disappearing. And unless the United States reverse the order of civili- zation by introducing domestic animals into the wil- deyness te be hunted by the Indians, as has been suggested, th’s vast, unocoupied region will not be visited by them for any purpose. Then, why not organise the Territory of Nebraska, and allow white men to take poseennie of that portion which the Indians do not, claim, and which they woald hardly accept as a present? Those districts that have been solemnly granted to particular tribes pave not all been accepted. None of the various tribes of Indisns residing in the State of New.York have deemed it worth while to take possession of the por- tion set apart for them. They cannot sell to indi- viduals, or to « foreign power; and if they abandon the country, or besome extinct as a trine, the title reverts to the United States. Many of the tribes re- siding in the territory have buts gloomy prospect. They are reduced in numbers, and are fast de- creasing. : An anonymous writer, copying from speeshes made in Congress la:t winter, came very near im- mortalizing If, by anticipating the publicaton of the statement of the Commissioner of Indian Affaire, in announcing she fact that several treaties with the Indians west of Missouri centain express | guaranties that there never shall be, in the country ceded, any territorial government, and that the sams shall never bscome subject to any State authority or laws. This would certaivly be a very plausible ob- jection to the organ‘zatiou of the Territory of Ne- raska, if to the power of making a bargain you add the pover of waking it eternal, notwithstanging all the arties to it ara io ‘avor of rescinding its ob iga- tion—1 you admit the power of making a purchase, bur deny the power of making a sate—if, because the Indivi& bave msde one treaty, they are forever barred trom mekiog another. This Gaepeled like all other objectyons to the orgavization of the proposed terri- tory, is based on a falue suppoition—the supgosi- ion that a territorial government is propoved to be erected over tribes of Indians without their con-ent; when, in fact it is at thete special instan:e ard request. In the last annual report of the Con oursioner of Indi:n Affairs we are told that tae Wy- mous, a tribe of Ind‘ans that, in all the essential recuisiver of good citizens, will not suffer in compari- son with a large portion of the white population of the United States, “ are impatiently awaiting the es- tablishment of a territorial government over the vast region north of the Arkausas and west of the Mis- eouri rivers.” And this statement is corroborated by the last annual report of the Indian Agent for the an‘as agency. Then, why all the Quixotic heroism cisplayed in protecting the Indians? Protecting them ‘against what? Against tacir own wishes—- their own intere-ts. But suppose, for tne sake of ar- gument, that not an Indian within the limits of the proposed territory isin favor of its organization ; still it is not a violation of any treaty, because it expressly provided in the first section of the bill, £ That nothing in this act contained shall be coa- | strued to impair the rights of person or property now | pertaining to the Indians in said territory, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any In- dian tribe, is not, without the conseat of said tribe, to be included within the territorial lim‘ts or jurisdic- tion of any State or territory.” Suvposing, still for the sake of arguaent, that the Indians of Nebraska ave upanimously opposed to the bill, yet tke fabric proposed to be erected will not fali for want of grourd to rest upon. It is adwisted by the Commis- sioner of Indian Affairs, in his statement in the Union, and also by the distiaguished Senator from Misscuri, to whora that statement was addressed, in hia speech in the Sevate on the 3d of March last, that the United States have a clear title to a portion of the country within the boundaries prescribed in the bi, If pot, what right bave they to erect a fort at the jun:tion of the Kanaaz aud Republican rivers? The last annual report of the Commiesioner of In- dian Affairs, and the first section of the bill, area fall and perfect refutation of all objections to the propored organization growing out of treaty stipula- tions. Pardon my egotism if I refer on this subject to a lettef addressed to Hon. Abelard Guthrie, and published in the Baltimore blcan and Argus on the 29th of July last, a copy of which is enclosed. If the tone aud style of that letter are not as refined and polished as amiabili'y itself, recollect that something should be pardoned to the spirit of vexation. The bill, after languishing eight years, d the House by the overwhelming vote of ninety-eight to forty-three, and was then defeated by the loquacity of the ex-Senator from Tennessee. The following extract from the last afinua: ronort of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis s avfiiciently emphatic:—“ One or two millions of dollars will purchase Nebraska, aad give us a terri- tory on our own border a hundred fold more valu- sable than New Mexico, and a native population far more enlightened and patristic. I speak thus posi- tively on the subject aa I am acquainted with the country and the inhabitants of both territories.” But ‘it may be asked, and is frequently asked, if the Indians surrender their tide, where will they go? ‘“ney do not wish toemigrate They propose to sell hunting grounds, not their plantations. The civilized tribes subsist by agricu’ture, not by hunt- ing. Their bunting grounds and their neutral grounds are, therefore, of about as much use to them as the Dismal Swamp is to the United States Such, at least, appears to be the estimate the New York Indians set upon the lands assigned them, All the Cherokees ask for their title to eight han- dred thousand acres, is first cost. When white men own more land than they wish to occupy, they sometimes sell a rortion to those who have none; ond It Is a very strange philanthropy fhat will not allow the Indian tribes to do the same thing. Were it a subjec: of lese importance it would bd amusing to listen to the We hl to the organiza- tion.of the territory of Nebraska. One day we hear it asserted that a few oflice-seekers and speculators in land warrants are the only persons interested in the movement. The next day we are told that the persons at the head of the provisional goverament of the territory are either Wyandots, or white men intermarried with Wyandots. If #o, they probably know the wishes of their own people; and Enowing them, they will not be likely to call upon outsiders to advocate their rights or protect their interests. In natural talents and purity of purpose the people of Nebraska have no superiors on the globe. The offi- cers of the proviaiongl government are all the right kind of men, and eminently worthy of the distin- guished positions assigned them by their fellow cit - zens. Insinuations to the contrary ara as con- temptible as their authors, and as false as the Korin. The Queen of the Prairies may question, and endeavoring to secure to the English farmer a Jarger and cheaper supply of this powerful element in the cultivation aad improvement of the soil, or of some other foreign manures equal to guano in utility and value. The deprtation then retired, well be proud of the chivalry and devot‘on of her noble and accomplished champions. But the provi- sional government of Nebraska needs no apology or vindication. When Oregon organized a provisional government, and enacted a code of laws, she was not sileaced by jeers. The ceremony of her baptism was | hot disturbed by the grimaces of hypocritical phllaa- thropy. Yesterday, the limited oeober of white citizens of the territory was fruitful subject of com- ment. Today, we have line upon !ine, and extract upon extract, admonishing the people of tue penal- ties ot jiagresiongang thore extracts are reodered eaphatlg by the threatened expulsiou of all immi- gran i : As to the Alavery question, it is sufficient to ob- serve that the bill lias no earthly conuection with it. lf any man can discover in the bill organizing the territory of Nebraska sny aliusion, however ciromt- cus or remote, to the ordinance of 1757, the Missouri compromise, or the institution of slavery in of its sepects, he ought to be rewarded for the keen- ness of bis optics. It is not deemed befitting the occasion to consider the minute provisions of tie bill. It may be observed, however, that the friends of Nebraska manifested a degree of modesty approaching humility when they asked for only $5 600 for the erection of suita- ble buildings at the seat of government. That sum should be quadiupled. Minnesota acd Utah each received four times that amount. Twenty thousand dollars is the least appropriation that should be made for the erection of public ouildings in a territe- ry like Nebraska, that wil! pour her millions into the treasury of the United Staies at the opening of the first land cffice within ber limits. Must the young and beautiful “ Queen of the Prairies” be led to the hymenial altar in lingey-woolsey, because her guat- dian uncle clutches the purse strings oi her cowry with the death grip of a miserly old bachelor ? Again, the sessions of the Legislative Assembly are limited to sixty days, with one chief and one as- sistant clerk fer each house, And it ia exp provided that if oar, extra force shall_be employed, no such officers shall be paid by the United States. The first legislative assembly of Nebraska will have to commence anew to exact an entire code laws. Can this be donein sixty days? Is it possible for such a corps of clerks to transcribe all the bits and enroll all the acts that may be required by abso- lute necessity? Why is it that when a demonstra- tion of economy is to be made, legislative wisdom ia 2 id of cracking the dry bones of laborious lerks Many citizens of the United States, having sold their farms in anticipation of the paveage of the Ne- braska bill, and waited from year to sear, since it was first reported in 1845, for an opportunity of set- tling in the territory without a violation of law, are peoumide impatient. Be not surprised, therefore, if thousands rush to the staudard of the Queen of the Prairies, in advance of the tardy progress o: legisla- tion. In conclusion, sir, if any expression in this humble epistle savors of sarcasm, irony, or tartness, attribute it to the feelings of an advocate, sensitive, perhaps, toa fault, pleading the cause of trath wofully misti- fied by adroit dissemblers, who conceal ticir real motives under a boastful and dubious affection for the Indians. Thank God, the present Execntive is as far above the wiles of manceuvering politicians as Jupi- ter is superior to his satellites. ‘The Cabinet are lieved to be perfect personitications ot correct philos- ophy and pure democracy. The subordinate fune- icnaries of the governmeut have been selected with extraordivary wisdom and anne Such a govera- ment may be approached with freedom. ever, the freedom with which the subject of this oom- munication has been discussed is construed as indi- cating a want of solemn reverence for the Executive, br: oe is most assuredly at variauce with e fac With expressions of profound and abiding esteem, I remain your Exceilency’s most obedient servant, 0. H. Browns. a Important News from Albuquerque, LIBUT. WHIPPLE’S SURVEYING PARTY—NO OBSTACLES ON THE FORT SMITH ROUTE. [From the Fort Smith Herald, Dec 10] We beg leave to call the aitention of our readers to the following article from the £l- Am‘ge-Del-Pats of the 20th of October last, in relation to Lieut. Whipple’s survey of the Fort Smith route of the Pacific Railroad. We bave no doubt in our own mind, but Whipple’s route is the right road to the lavd of gold :— THE ALBUQUERQ?E RAILROAD ROUTE TO THE PAOIFIO. We bave had the pleasure of meeting Mr. A. W. Whipple and his exploring party, who arrived here on the 3d inst., all in good health. The party of Mr. Whipple is as follows :— Lieut. J. C. Ives, Dep. Eng., principal assistant; Dr.John M. Bigelow, Surgeon and Botanist; Jules Marcon, Geologist and Mineralogis:; C. B. R. Ken- nerly, Physician and Naturalist; Albert H. Camp- bell, Engineer and Surveyor; H. B. Moilhousen, To- pographer and Artist; Hugh Campbell Ae onger aud Computer; Wm White, Jr., Meterologist, &c.; George G. Garner, Astronomer and Sccretary; A. Henry Hutton, Engineer and Surveyor; John Pitts Sherburne, Meterologiat, &c.; Thomas H. Parks, Astronomer and Computer. Lieut. Jones, 7th Infantry, commands the essort of 25 wen, and Lient. D. * Stanely, 2d Drsgoons, Quarter-Master ard Commissary. , how- . From conversation with Lieut. Whipple, we de- Five most satisfactory accounts of the route passed over. From emphis to Napoleon, on the Missis- sippi river, the reconpissance was rapid to Fort Snpth, from which point more careful examinations were wade. On the eastern portion of this line, timber of ex- celient quality, suitable for the coustruction of tae road, exists in great abundance, suflicient for the construction of the eutire road. ‘The route travelied by Lieut. Whipple and pay was as follows:— Leaving Mort Smith, passed throug! the Choctaw vation, and following near the Canadian on the south side to its big bend, which was cut off, passing through the head waters of the Washita, in ed up its valley about 150 miles; thence left the Cana- diap, ascending the high grounds leading to the staked plain, or Vano estacado crossing point of the Uano estacado, proceeded towards Autonchico, crossing @ number of small streams which empty into the Canadian, and also upon reaching Anton- chico, two other streams, trivataries of the Pecos, the divide between the waters of the Pevos and “Canadian, being almost imperceptible. At Auton chico the party was divided; the principal surveyor, Mr. Campbell, with the mzin party, proceeded di- rectly to Albuquerque, via the Laguna, the canon passing the soutbern extremity of the Sandi Moun- tain. Mr. Whipple visited La Cuesta, and made re- copnoissance from the Laguna by which Mr. Camp- bell passed, via Galistoo toSan Felipe on the Del Norte; thence to this place. The entire di-tance from Fort Smith to this place presents no obstacle for the construction of a rail- road, and is, as an inspection of the map will shew, as direct as need be. The surveying party had water at every encampment; and, except in one instance, no ivterval from water exceeded ten miles. The bridging of the Del Norte presenta no serious diffi- culty at ce point—the most favorable crossings are at San Felippe and Isleta, the former aboot thirty miles north of this place, and the latter about tweive miles south of this place. On the mountains in and about the rovte from this place to Antonchico is much good pine of large size, suitable for construa- tion, and coal in abundance. Up to this point, then, all is well; and from this point to Zuni, one hundred and forty-five miles wes of this, all is well. From Zuni werterly to the Pacific, Mr. Whipple bas to explore a comparatively uzknowa, country. In the firet nomber of cur paper we announced that the Albuqnerque route was found by the entere prising Aubry. We regre: to be compelled to stata that this is not the fact. Our interview with Mr. Aubry was, as we stated at the time, very short and hurried, and we were led into error by tve too vague ivdications of direction given by him. In our secoud number appeared an article concerning the railroad, which expreseed the view that the route trayerce’ by My Ashre wis tan far south, and the hope that Mr. Whipple, who bad not then arrived, would be abla to discover a more direct one. We were not aware, when our eécond number was issued, how raush ous of place was the route passed over by ge Mr. Ivers, who came to this place a few days after” the arrival of Aubry, came t» Zuni on his trail. Mr. Ivers bad been trading in the direction of the I'Imo Villages, and, as bad been already stated ia this paper, fell in with Indians seven days travel out of Zuni, who told him of the passing-by of Aubry. Mr. Ivers has recently informed us that he tainks be travelled on Aubry’s trail about ons hundred and seventy-five miles, and that its general direction vag northeast by north (N. E. by N.). A railroad route, seventy-five miles southwest by south or soathwest by Zuni, Cannot therefore be properly called the Albu- qnerqne route to the Pacific. The information elicited by Mr. Aubry’ may be yalnable for a route passing in the neighborhood of Valverde, but throws no light of an important char- acter op the exploration of a route passing west~ wardly from this place. ‘ We regret extremely, that from misapprehension on our part, or from any cause, our paper should have been the vehicle of communicating to the public in- correct information on any subject, and particularly in regard #9 @ matter of so much interest to the public. . Corron Factory #vnxep in Vinainta—The Fredericksburg Cotton Factory was destroyed by fire on Monday evening last, embracing the building: and machinery, in one general conflagration. The alarm was given at half past eight o'clock. It is be~ lieved the fire must have originated inthe engine room, which had been left by the workmen ys short time before. Toe large and valuable stock of machirery, costing not less than $10,000, was injured beyond all remedy, and will prove a total loss. The building occupied by the operatives, as well as that in the rear, the engine room, were soon scathed by the fiery ciement, and nothing stands to attest thei previous existence save the charred walls. Luc! the wind was from the west. and served to ward o: the flames from the long office connected with the establishment; it still stands, so that all the books and papers of Meears. F. & J. W. Slaughter are safe. ‘Che total logs is put down at some $20,000, on which twenty miles struck the Canadian again, and follow- . » opposite this place called tne Canon of Carnuel, , C ’ : ’ there is an insurance of $12,500—s#vedericksburg Herald, Dec, 2.