The New York Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1854, Page 2

No. 35 Wat Srauet, Jan. 3, 1854. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Dgaz Srn—I send you a letter for publiestion, ad- tireaved to me by the experienced and talented topo Stapher of Captain Gunnison’s surveying party, Mr. Kern, who was recently massacred by the Indians. This is private letter, and written to assist me in Wy investigations for the purpose of writing a trea- fise on the subject of a Pacific railroad. Believing that whatever information it contains belongs to the Publis, I send it to your widely circulated journal. Tt maybe the more valuable, as the documents Of the surveying party were lost, as I understand, with the Kigat this intrepid and excellent officer of the party. x I would draw affgntion to the important faot of the )i1es'elevation of “the Rocky Mountains on this j inte, 80 graphically deserjbed in the heading of Mr. ‘ ern’s letter. at In the observations on route No. 4, as he desig- it, Mr. Kern does not speak by his own ex; ce or observation, as in the case of the other routes. He had not,I believe, been over what is known as the Texas and El Paso route, and, theres fore, while I should rely on what he says of routes Nos. 1, 2, and 3, ag all who kuow him would, I pra. fer the authorit A. B.Gray, Captain Maréy, Col, Graham, and others who have been over the El Paso route, and who describe it as the most available. Permit me to say, further, that there is one con- judging of which is the best route Mr. omitted—that is, its political bearing. Let Paslfic Railroad go through the South, the cot- region, where nature points it should, and it will More to develope the South, and consequently Preserve the equilibrium of the two sections of our country, and therefore the Union, than all that Con- legislation can do in a century, The ly d at fern and Northwest will advance natur and irresistibly to a preponderating and d: orgy’ aiiroad. tent over the South, without the Pacific Southern road will tend to preserve the balance, and the Union—a Northern one, only to destroy them. ipectfally, W. B. Pairs. Camp 42—Scmmir ov rox Rooxy Mountarns, some 500 fest above the clouds, and 8,800 above “ the rest of mankind.” Avoavst, 12, 1853. Duan Paiiiir—At last I have @ small chance to write—you must not think I have been neglectful, for Ihave not. My work isso heavy that Iam at it from4 A.M. until? P.M. Sunday is always a Gay of rest to wagons, mules, teamsters, soldiers, and every body else, but me—and this is really the first opportunity that has presented—and I have to Bteal it, clearing off among the big fir trees, under the protext of locating that which is done already. So far as country is concerned, this is decidedly the best route I have been on, but the grades will Rot be less than 80 feet to the mile from the Huer™ fano, and a tunnel, perbaps a mile in length, will be Necessary to overcome the extreme elevation. The summit level so far is 2,000 feet above the Alba- querque route, and then it is impassable from Decem- ber to April, on account of the snow. At present it Is raining below me, whilst I am catching big hail stones, and some of the higher peaks that are just emerging from the clouds, are lined with snow. You must excuse the pencil writing, for I have no Opportunity to use pen and ink—and so the ideas be good, but little odds the garb that covers them. The routes most practicable for that of the pro- posed Pacific Railroad, are as follows, beginning at the North :— 1—Starting from Council Bluffs on the Missouri, thence to the Nebraska or Pla'te to the South Fork, then up that to Lodge Pole Creek, following that to Stansbury Pass; thence by the Camas Prairie to Fort Bridger, thence down Bear river to the Great Salt Lake, and from thence either by the Little Salt Lake and Spanish Trail, through Walker's Pass, and down the San Joaquin Valley, or by Humboldt river bo Carson’s river, through the Sierra Nevada to San Francisco. " e the Arkaneas; then, still dere stream ‘above Bent's Fort to the mouth of the Huerfano; then following the general courre of the latter to the foot of the ‘y Mountains—c: these through elther the Sangre de Cristo, Robidoux, or Williams’ Pasa, to the valley of the Rio del Norte; the Pass to the down thence and it to the Spanish Trail, thence along that oie Te Walker's Pass to the San Joaquin Valle dian F , down it to San Francisco. itarting from Port Smith, thence to the Canx river—then along it as far 4s lon. 104 30 sec ; thence, (in neaily the same lat. 35 deg.,) to Avtoa Chico on the Pecos, thence by the usual travelled wagon road to Albuquerque, on the Rio del Norte, thence to Zuni and the Moqui vi'lages; thence crosa- ing the Little Colorado river on to the Big Colorado, across it and on to Walker's Pass and the San Joa- quin vailey, to San Francisco. 4—From San Antonio to El Paso on the Rio del Norte, thence along the Rio Gila to its mouth, thence across the desert Dircdgh or near Warner's Pass to Ban Diego. in the selection of a route, the principal points under consideration are directness, avoidance of heavy grades, supplies of materials for construction and , lands for settlement, avoidance of obstrus tion by snow, and central position. I. Directnees.— Each route presents nearly equal facilities for the attainment of this object as far as the Rocky Mountains. But beyond them, the Sierra Nevada presents an obstacle almost nnconquerable, — at its southern extremity. This pass, bane hod Pass, lying near the thirty fi Route No.1 has the most northern latitude, ita greatest deflection being as high as the forty second No. 2 deflects as far as thirty-eight degrees thirty utes. No. 3 deflects to thirty-five degrees forty-five utes. No. 4 deflects to thirty two degrees bem minutes. A glance at the ge ger map will present 6 much clearer idea than quires of description:— Il. Aveidance of heavy grades.—As none of the routes have ever been pe surveyed, we can “nly arrive approximately at the grades to be re- = 4, by altitudes given by barometric observa- 3. The summit level on route No.1 is about 7,300 jet; on No. 2, 8,500 feet; on No. 3, 6,500 feet, and No. 4, 5,000 feet. ; These summit levels, except the last, lie in the chain of the Rocky Mountains; that one is 4 in the Siecra de la Mimbres, lying west of the del Norte. The approaches to the first three are over an average grade of seven or eight feet to the mile; to the latter it is not more than four feet. In the mountains there will be found the heaviest gradients, some running as high as 100 feet to the mile, besides tunnels being required to overcome the heavier ones. Route No. 3 forms an exception to this, as the summit is obtained from Fort Smith, by a grade not heavier than eight feet to the mile. This sam- mit once attained, and it is retained with but slight exceptions as far as 112 deg. west longitude from Greenwich. These exceptions are to be feund on the plain between Anton Chico and Albu srg between the Del Norte and the waters of the Big Colorado of the West, and aga'n between the waters of the same river. The heaviest of these grades is not over thirty feet tothe mile, and that for not more than ten miles ITI. Supplies of materials and labor—Except the Albaqueque route. no route furnishes other timber than cotton wood, orl of ee ey, useless for the purposes of constrnetion. at route sup- lies good cedar, pine, and oak for some 400 miles of Rs course, beri gocd building stone. In the mountains all routes are equally well supplied. On routes Nos. 1 and 2, the supply continues as far as the Vegas de Santa Clara. On No. 3, the sup- lies are at intervals, but eary of attainment, aug on ‘0. 4, they are scarce and far between. No.3 is the only route on which the necessary labor can be procured, as it passes through some of the most No. 1 the Mormon settlements on the Great Salt Lake are the only populated parts; but this portion is of 0 an elevation that frost occurs eight, nine, ten eleven months of the year, thus rendering eet an uncertain business Nos. 2 and 4 are, but slight exceptions, desti ute of population. No.2 the greatest quantity of dnd mancep- tible of cultivation and settlement. TV. Lands for rettlemeut low— On the eastern and of the main chain of the Rocky moun- ; On this route, large tracts of rich Hd fertile ds are to be found. Also, farther on, on the wa- ers of Grand and Green rivers and their tributaries, (Uso, in places on the old Spanieh trail. No.1, ex- it in the vicinity of the Great Salt Lake, offers but inducements for agricul‘ural pur No. 3 B mg hee to No. 2, tk ian oak tam ~ ve purposes. Land can be cultivat long the Geoadian river, the Rio Pecos, numerous places be tween that stream and the Little Colorado river, and along this to nesr the 112th wae of longitade, No.4 almost no facili'ies for cultivation. Y. Hindrances from snow— These are to be foand on Nos. 1 and 2. |. Centra! position—-This must undoubtedly be given to No. 3. must. ‘These, to smaller cn of the degrees, 30 min., 38 degs. 30 min., and 32 degs. ‘o. 4 might enter by Warner's Paas, but the grades will be heavy. Besides, an obstacle of vast importance is to be found in the sandy desert lying west of the Bi, 9 river, rendering the attainment of either Warner's or Walker's pass a very « le matter. Passing in its course through wide open gaps, instead of over high ridges, all heavy are consequently avoided. The only mountains to be croased are the Sierra Nevada, and these are common to all. The chain rises at the northern portion to an immense height, some of the towering up as high as 16,000 feet above the level of the sea. The summit level of the most prac- ticable passes in this portion is about 10,000 feet. The ascent is easy on the eastern side, but on the western slope it is abrupt and almost impossible to be overcome without a series of inclined planes; | theee, of course, on account of danger and expense, | should never be used except a3 a last resort. The Rocky Mountains present an almost unbroken line as far as the Santa Fe road. Below they take the table or mesa form for about fifteen miles. Then two clumpg er distinct moun- | tains rise trom the plain, called the Placer and San- ¢ia mountains. South of them is a wide Goat through which the road from Anton Chico to Al- baquerque ae The heaviest grade on this is about ten feet to the mile, and so good is the road itself that large Le trains passing from the frontier to Santa Fé, have gone over it in preference to the usual one, although the distance was in- creased some sixty miles. To pass through the Rocky Mountains as far north as Nos. 1 and 2, no point as favorable as the above can be found, be- cause the summits of some portions must be at- tained, and becenes the Cn itself DMA oct re- wiring, consequently, a vi increase of expense, Sie and Tater Pros Albuquerque, by ascending the Rio del Norte as far as the mouth of the Rio de. 30 min. ickly populated portions of New Mexis», On | Jemez, crossing and following that stream, thence by the Soda springs, near the town of San Isidro, ey divide between the waters of the Atlantic Pacific is attained without the slightest difficulty— no mointain has to be crossed, for the divide is simply a convex surface lying between two eacarp- ments, that on the east being the Jemez mountains, that on the left the Tunicha mountains. From this point, by easing through the valley of the Ojo del Oso, the cha and Zufhi mountains are comateres without the a difficulty. From here, either turning down to Zufii and following the Zufi creek to ita junction with the Little Colorado river, and then that to thirty miles below the Cas- cade. or etriking out nearly west by the Calites spring and Moqui villages to the same ton the Little Colorado, no difficulty at all is to be met with. From this point on the Little Colorade, a broad valley cam be followed te the Yampai creek, and then takin; its course the Big Colorado is reached, the hea grade bas Ted being from twenty-five to thirty feet, and this for not more than five miles. From the Big Colorado to Walker's Pass no obstacles present them- selves. On No. 1,even after ning e main chain of the Rock; Mountains, greater di icUilties are to be conquered in the high mountains in the vicinity of the Salt Lake. If route leads to Walker's Pass, fewer obstacles will intervene than if that by Ham- beldt river and Carson river be followed. “A wide sandy desert must be crossed, and afterwards the Bieta teats ae ae hest ere 9. 2, beyond the Rocky Mountains proper, pre- sents an obstacle lying in the janction of the Sierra Blanca and Sierra de Chowatch. The pass through this is called Coo-eha-to-pee, but ef its character we know nothing from reliable data. Beyond, the obsta- cles are few and inconsiderable. No. 4, the summit level being on the western side of the Del Norte and near it, the ascent is abrupt, and a grade not less than forty or fifty feet, perhaps more, must be over- come. From this the Gila‘has to be followed, butan immense amount of labor will be ne , as this stream cafions in several places. Besides, its norsh- ern bank must be followed to keep within our owa sions. The wagon route pursued by Lt. Col. ‘ook, U.S. A., in 1846, whilst in command of the Mormon battalion, independent of the sand, presents count of snow, —, both lie too far to the south, whilst Nos. 1 and 2 are impassable for several months in the year. A glance at the map will show the su- ron ity poseeseed by No. 3 in regard to its central position, T owe you a thousand apologies, but my time has not been my own. I am busy from sunrise to 10 P. M., and by that time too weary to write. Iam at Fort Massachusetts now, and we start to morrow, August 23d. It is cold, and I have a fire six feat bigh in front of my tent. Three biavkets and a robe 4re nore too much for comfort. Believe me to be, truly yours, R.A Kern. Our Bermuda Cerresponaence. Hamiron, Baxacva, Dec 14 1843 Arrival ard Departure of the Admiral—More Aid for ‘ Sufferers by the late Epidemic. H.W. eSip Cumberland, Capt. Seymour. bearing Cis fiag of Vice Admiral Sir Geo: ge F. S+ymour, K. 0. 8., fem slifax. avoh«red at the east end of these is auds oa > onday evening, the 5th ioxt On the following day. his Excellenoy the Governor, J reph Rallingall Esq. Naval Storekeper, Dr Hilditch, Deputy Inapecto: of Hospitals, and John D. Anderson Esq , Civil Eogiaser, wentia @. M. ship Devastation, on # visit to the Vice Admizal, ro turning the same evening, at which time the Cum>erland left for Barbadoes. The Admiral was in ex.ellent heaith. His Exoellency's apxiety for the welfare of the islands, and the transaction of important duties, were his indacs- ments for callirg here Her Majesty's steamer Devastation left om Toursday last for Barbadoes. Her Majesty’s steamer Valcan arrived here on the 3d inst. from Jamaica, and Jeft on the 6th inst., from which port she may be exyected bere in a few days, ahe having gone to that place to bring to these islands the troops which, owing to the epidemic, sould not be landed here on her arrival from England, a short time since. The company of artillery at present here, some invalids, and the widows and crphanes of soldiers who died during the epidemic, are to be rea’ y to proceed on board the Vulcan for England, on{the 20th inst. In addition to the handsome sum subscribed at Halifax for the relief of the sufferers by the epidemic here, her Majesty's government has granted the sum of £600 ster. ling for that purpose, The ladi-s of Pazot’s parish, mer bars of the Doress Sooiety, have forwarded to Major 0: ley, the commander of one handred pieces clotbing for the ctiiéren of wveral corps in ga who have suffered by the loss of parents io tb: demic, The ladies in other parixhes, tco, are the neeéle in mabing elotbing for the obtldrrn tably clad previous to their dopar: for the relief of widons and orphans been put forward om these islacds. His Exeslleacy Governor bas heaced it with £50, aod Mrs. Elliot, £10 ut the islands, Bat ‘tof the , Who was attacked on the 6th, and mit, ow the 10th. A’ thorough cleam-ing of the royal barracks, 3t. George’, has teen commenced, under directio m bis Excellency the Goveroor, who, I understand, come out with instructions to iovestigate most fully the origio of the late epidemic A commis ion for this purpose has slready been named; it copsis's of the leadiog public fupctiomaries and ether geptlemaa mo-t competent for the purcose. The Surveswr Generel is emoloyed, under @'r ctiors from the Governor, to maze a rurvey of the own of St George's, which will oe nent to England These islarce beirg strongly forrifed by her Majesty's soveromy nt, and aa in the +vent of hostilities ic would become necarary to station @ Isrge fore of army aud bavy lee, 1 hecomes a matior of the oigoest oovcero *o the ge trou ent te wvetigate ihe oaigia of an epi- demic vbich bas dene move aro: smog (be troops te'ion-¢ here than could be rxpests) (uring th- caroage cf wer. The lex manny: iv whieh our qusreatioe lave are upheld, as well aw the pest iofire ation otal be obtated yeletive to verrals that hay ar ived hers, eifonds strong reasons for believing that (ne dise ss was ia ported bere The company of the Fifty sixth regiaeat wh ch hee deen stati ped at Oxford for she lnatteo cooth: return 0 to their barracks in this town ou Syn dey morning last. The grenadier ounpavy «f the same corps marched from the rmostmpment at Pr apest to Oxford on Satordsy afternoon last Tro oo ea of the Fifty. sixth, al present oapest, are exose'ed to cecopy the for's Bt St. Goorge’s at the end of the present mouth A party of artillery has alres¢y returned to 3t George's frm Prospeet The Brith h tecretary at Wer £5 to at emer! 1 dirested the om of anchor this port, last epring, nod being on 14 eve of wal! fg. apprehended a dewrier fr fe Putty atath regi ment +h m he found reare'ed on board The Court 0 Gararal An iae vn Monday, the 5th And (be busin #8 bavieg be palo | Oriaance Ds- | pa ton, Eq who died of he epidemic Sone the Fi€y sxch regiment om the death of officers by the epide ais, have ‘on pisos x Hasortos, Brrwopa, Dec 17, 1658 The Pever— Heavy Gale A death from yellow fever occurs now andagsin In wy last I mentioned the death of the eldest deaghter of Jeane Jones, Esq , om Saturday last. I have no to moa tion the death of his second daughter, on Wednesday last also trem yellow fever. A beavy gale commenced bere during the might of | Tuesday last, from which time until yes‘erd-y morning he wind blew very furiously from the sort ioast, In looking at the advanteges and disadvantages of jamecw hls oreour rome Tith ike talent of = a ie a s tist placed between the anvil and th The Ducls in Madrid. OORRIEPOUDENCE OF THE COVRINE OF THE UNITED GATES. Pan, Deo. 22, 1863. I will commence by speaking of Spain, where the Minis. ter of the United States and his son—two soble hearts, worthy of each other—bave just nobly played a real partic d’honmeur, the som sgainst the Duke d’Alba, the father against the Ambassador of France. | have already spoken of the first act of this drama, of which the saloons ofthe Marquis de Turgot were the theatre; but my in- formation was then incomplete. I now know all about the origin and the conclusion of this affair, which has aroused # lively feeling, both im the old and tho uew world. Iam indebted for the details to a Spanish gentle- man who lately arrived at Paris from Madrid, and wit. nessed most of the facts. His testimony is worthy of the greatest confidence. It seéma that before the official reception of Mr. Soulé by the Queen of Spain, it was remored that the French Ambassador and M’me. de Montijo had shown littleatten- tion to the Minister of tbe United States, and that the latter of the pair bad left the bedside of her daughter, the Duchease d' Alba, to excite Queen Isabella and her court against the emissary of Mr, Frauklin Pieros, I believe, for my part, that this rumor is altogether untrue; and what confirms me in this belief, is the fact that the re- ception given by Queen Isabella to Mr. and Mra. Siulé was most gracious, ond as worthy of the sovereign as of her guests. Be this asit may. on the morning of the 15th of November, the baptism of the new born Dake D’Alba took place; the infant was held at the baptismal fort by the ambassador and the ambasadress of France, ia the name and as representatives cf the Emperor and Empress ofthe French. The same evening the Marquis de Targot gave a large ball in the ambassador’s hotel, to which al! the members of the corps diplomatique were invited, and, consequently, the representatives of the American legaticn, Mr Soulé, bis wife, and son were there. 4b gentlemen were dressed in an irreproachadi+ ueror, bisck coats, with rhirt fremta and rutile. lace. As to Madame Soulé, she wore a blue ve vet dieea, made at Paris by Palmyre the favor ite drewmaker of Queen Isabella. ye dress was Orns mented with goldeo lilies, and not high necked brs been said, but as low as modesty woult permit a mother of a femily to wear Her heac, which ia still ressive, was oroaneuted with a golten wrea b, from which hung two acorns, which fell grace fally over tio left ear. I have seen Las Novedades, a Mad-id jourasl which is not very friencly to the Minister of tae United 3: ster aad which confesses that in tae taste and richness of ber toilet Madame Scu'é was the queen of the Marquis de Torgot’s ball Her entrance with her husband msde quite a sensation. Wishing to destroy this favorable impression, and persevering, as is said, in rit tiity, which for ay at ly doubt, the Dutchess de Montijo reviewed Mra. Soulée’s dress most severely, and the Marquis de Turgot joined her in her criticism. It vas then that, incited by their bitte: sercasms and mak- ing himeelf the echo of their spite, the Duke de Alba said to some friends, ‘Look at guerite de Bourgogne,’’ while Mrs. Soule was passing This word, as I said before, is 80 momtrous ia regard to Mrs. Soule a Indy of the highest cbaracier and virtue, that it is im- possible to seein it a moral comparien but simply a physical likeness with the wife of Ivuis he Fourth who ‘was personified in the piece “La Tour de Nesle”’ by Made moiselle Georges, as corpulent as beautiful. This remark ‘excited with good reason, the Indigastion of young Sou ¢ who heard it while crossing the parlor with Mrs. Perry, the wife of the Secretary of the American legation. Ne- Suulé «topped when he bearé the inaait co his moth it answered ty the epithet of canaille o: poli Perry Grew bim at oace into » parlor where his fatber vas, and related to him wiat bad oocurred. Mr. Sowé did pot leave, as was stated. He saw that a duel would be the result of ‘his scandal, and, wita tne noble devotion of a father. he atoace ormed the projsct to avert the peril from the bead of his ron aad assame it on hisown. While Neiville was telling what occurred, his {a her waa looking for the Doke d’Aios, anc having per- ceived him near the buffet be went to h'm, took him by the elbow, end looked sternly in his eyes. But the Duke probably did not understand bis iateatioas, for he mace no answer, and retired to » corner of an ad- joining reom, whece he remsiced Mr Soule wa: around with his son for tbree quarters of an hour more, ‘and neither of them left the place until the crowd to leave the parlors Next morning. Spanish Coionel, Milans, were evtrurted to deliver to the Mr Perry and the Duke d’ Alba s .etter, in which Neville Soule required re- paration for the insult done to his mother, said to afar better route than that by the Gila. But this | the Dake, ‘reither your name nor the position that you route lies also beyond our territory. ea hey Laeger en you Owe that name, can | eutbh< r! on Routes Nos, § and 4 caonot be objected to on a> | “Olias tinas, who was tntloately soquatnted with the Dake d’Albs, thcught it bis duty to explain his mis- sion verbally snd to invi‘e him amicably to make repa- ration for the ineult, before delivering the challenge ho Dore. The Duke having shown the most conciliatory dis- tio, the Colonel handed nism che letter, that e shou'é give in writiug the answer he had given verbally. Wi bout showing soy reluctance, the Duke went into his wtady acd vrote to the younger ‘oulé, that although bis letter wan rather #:ropg, be could understand the painful vectiment which had dictated it. “If | may have made,” added he, io referen @ to the words wish which he was obarged, ‘such a remark, though 1 co not rememnar it, {coule pox have said {tof the Jacy, your mother, whom not the honor to know even by wight ”? seconds having céclared ih-inselves «atisfied with iia explepation or retraction of the Dake a’alba, ~oulé junt ranc bis ether had to bs sath fisde'so; and this nfortupate incident seemed to have termi quietly. But public optrion generaliy o-id thet che beau role ar been played by the$oucg Yenkes. Some Spsniirdy, otth Castilian seen! ivepess on the point d’homneur rv pieaebed the ceecescentef th: Dates of Aloa snd sr sick with having bared «ut Cefors a mino or, as ax ay mounta: ar would base aid, defore «Wane bec. Ieisaai — but this seem» also to me to require confi: mation—that cae Freveh embarsy wax indignant at (> part plased ic tats affair by = grand d’Fspagne, brother-in-law of Emperor Nepoleon Ii] In euch # case, s frank aad perfect recon- cilistien. oran appealtoarme, was necewary. Cleverly sounded ie regara to # reconciliation, young Soulé re- jected all overture-. Then the Dake addressed a letter to Colone! Milans, in which he said thet the explanations given by bi (Duke d’Alba) to Mr. Neville Souls, having Deen misunderstood by some persons, he thought it right to state that thore explenations had been prompted by the friendly remarks of Colonel Milana and of Mr. Perry, and not by the challeage of Mr. Soule’s son. ferpretations vad appealed to lone. Milan, ho mado terpretation, and who Bnewer t0 ave, im which he en¢-avored to save avish diploma ammer, After heving assured the Duke d’albe of his desire to please him, 1 Milans added:—** Bat I cannot, to attain that object, alter the natare of whet has bappsned. Your letter to Mr. Sou'é is in consequence of the one he has written to yeu, and can explaia nothing but the impression under which re wrote to him, and yeur views. It proves that, it it happens to noble hearta to comn it sometimes some faults, it becomes them also to how to repair them.’” kilfally the pill was gilded, the friends of the Duke d’ Alba, to whom the letter was band- ed, were but mcderately satisfied with it ; but the Dake , and baviug met with Col. in epistle, raying “ AU had Thad not lost your esteem, I do pot care what others may ray about it.’” The atorm, to the honor of Young Sou’é. appeared now to be dissipated fore second tim+, ehea on the 13th of December be received, im his turr « challerge from the Duke, who based his new movement on the coloring the correspondents of the English papers had given to the af: fair. Nevelle Soule accepted the challecge at once, and & fight with aworts took place between the pariies, on the Tah of December. It continued for thirty miautes with. out either of them being wounded. The / oconds declared that} onor did not require more, and opon their tovita- tion. the two combatants who had given pro ifs of equal ekill acd equal courage comrentad to shake hands. Whilst this was pasting, Kr. Sonlé, whose excitement anc soffering cen earily be conceivd, rent to the Mar quis de Torgot @ challenge, of which tbe following is prenepted as an euthentie copy :— Monariur Le Manguis—The lifforence whieh has atison between the Du 31 sand my vom, had its origin ip yout bi ‘our howse, Tand Ls family were y ich the Dake permitted to insult Mr yov from the solidarity which theas Itinevon stated that the Duke d’Alba, anc 69 nobly re ustered by. ou This being thy right to go ba-k to the trae pl ced the sword in the hsnde ‘alos and of my son, to m+ ke it mise, re u, and to sek from you, pers nally, satisfsction, wh ch *ou cannot refuse me, Pcrry, an American citcen and my fr'end, isont nated our Lnewer. @ honor to Le, M. le Marquis Pi yor very bumble East Sunk Citizen o the Unive ates ~ So rigred, in order to sepstas: the p-va's gentleman ow the public fa) etiwmary god not to erdeavo: to shel or the first charecter Senind the eoond Ip this, Mr Soulé bas given proof o? great reapant for I wh m be represents and for the cbaractar be ie inverted. Gen, Coilier, that he bad no spoken ill, ax him. but be basrfa-ed to give ra\iafaction, on the ground that the insult, havi place at his house, he ha toexeure himvelf to the inauited wm pated to areon alove For this ct late Goveraor of mind, ex member of the javquia with the meeage. erat the pistol’s mouth,’ in de Turgot. er wae fixed for the 18tt of December. ennary to tell you how earnestly the resalt gush, both ws Iesrp the result of Marquis de Targot Th» ciroumstances are as followe:— juel was fixed for the 18th, partivn intere te¢ should have time to setile @ effaire Bat en the evening of tae 16th, t Mr. Soulé reovived « call frou Lord How % the day of the fight should be bast: pet, as the Spani vernment he d- termined to prevent It; ard that in this ones, the Marquis de Turgot would believe himself exonerated of Mr Sonlé replies that thia endden ebange » ents greatly incommoded him, but that he pre- fe o submit toit rather tham to lose the reparation to which be bad a right. A rendesvous was consequently taken for next day, the 17th, at poon. Upon the ground new Jifficulties arose be the seconds. Thocne of Mr. Souls demanded, ia his name, that the ‘twe Cy n distance, TEs sooneds ofthe Marquis "So Target tetened to, taks tion—Count Pulaski’s Remains. PHILADsLrmia, Jan, 7, 1854. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Sm—In your daily paper of the first of January I ob- served ® paragraph, copied from the Savannah Neus, civing the information of the discovery of the skeleton of this heroic Polander. This being a subject exoeeding- ly interesting im the history of the American Revolution, it ts important that its acoaracy should be well estab- lished, and every donbt concerning it removed within the reach of fair and honest investigation. For this purpose only, and from no desire to gratify an idle vanity, I now place before your readers what is within my knowledge as received from others My grandfather, Dr. James Lynah, of Charleston, 8.C, who lived to a very advanced ge, hasfrequeatl, told me that he extracted the bullet that gave Pulaski his death- wound, He performed the operatioa on the field, in view of the lines of Savannah, assisted by my father, who, as a youth, was acting with him as surgeon’s mate, and a faitbfal negro, named Guy. Toe ball is en iron grape shot, (now in my possession,) and was supposed to have come from the fire of the English galle; whioh assisted {on the cefenceof the town. The ballentered tie groin, aod was removed with great difficulty, Palaski bearing the operation with inconceivable fortitude. Altbough a desperate wound, my grandfather thought the Count could have recovered trom it had be :onsented to remain uncer his care and follow the American army oma litter Count Pulaski, however, resisted this proposal, becaure be feared a sortie ard pursuit by the British army, and Lis consequent capture, in which et that the British government would have #1 sis, » Power with whom he was in deadly hostility, and whose persecutions had driven him from Poland an exila anda martyr, Rather than this, he-aid he should pre fer death, and take the chance of @ cure in the French fleet, commanded by D'Estaing. Ascordiogly, he was carried op shipboar’, died on the passage round to Charlestov, and his body buried in the ses. Ta support of this narrative, I have pow lying before me the ocmmission of Dr. James Lynah, signed by that eminent and sceomplished Goveraor of South Carolina, Jobn Rutledge, appointing him “to be Chief Surgeon in Colonel Daniel Horry’s Regiment of Light Dragoons,’’ dated April 22,1779. This regiment was at the siege of Savannah. I have, also, a very curiously folded note, bearing date June 26, 1779, written by an aide-de camp of Count Palaski, addressed to Dr. James Lynah, thank. ing him, by the Count’s command, for some little act of attenfion, Thus, the commission proves that my grand- father was a surgeon in the army. and the mote of the ai: e-de-camp fixes the fact that he wae at Savannah with his regiment: and, lastly, that id Count Pulaski da and brother soldier rapeshot, trgether with these papers, have de- scended to meas the ol‘est lineal born, and I havegpre: served them a¢ memorials of a most interesting event, but bave rarely exhibited or spoken of them to any one, Decause relics of this character are not always honored as they deservs. The paragraph above alluded to in the Sevarnsh News rekindled my somewhat dormant remem- brarce, and, after much hesitation, I determined to Place my little narrative, for whatever it might be worth, before the public, proviced I could find any good authority ia print already to sustain it. The civility of a friend in this olty, (Phiia- Gelphia,) introduced me into a valuable library, where I was lucky enough to detect a little boos, entitled ** Pulaski vincicated from an unsup| obarge intro hnson’s Sketches of the Life and Cor- reepondence of jor General Nathaniel Greene.” This ‘book was edited ia the city af Bal imore in the year 1824, and is from the pen of one of dengan Sap a caval. ry offi @ Legion ‘am ocoular witness of what he narrat noble ard veneravie soldier, who long sar- vived his old commsnder, bat who never forgot him. The following extract from page 29 of this little volume, corroborating the chief points in the story of my i father, has imparted renewed confidence in the veracity of my venerable relative:— as follows :— “© The travelling public are still Gas rs to great in- conveniesce by the ugly break. In the meantime Lowry, Durlap and Fug are visiting the different town: ships ‘with & series of resolutions ready drafted, and where they can get men enough ther for yest they pull out the documents, get sone publics' as the senti- ment of the people of the coun'y! The imposi ion is a bese one, but the men engaged in it might aa well be em i ie maguire ball e § pe of peels opinion; asia the urging on the mo eo of the railroad company. Where these terested pat cannot find suitable men to father their fery resoluticns, they very modestly condescend to act as commatiee men themselves, to exprees the opinion of the people of the rural districts |’ Notwithstanding all their efforts they proved unsuc- cessful in orc of the first meetings they attempted to ad- dress, for the peper above quoted remarks :— ‘Some time s, the peopl of Look repudiated the action of the le rabble, sotwit! ting Lowry was present and ad¢reased them. Bat this did not answer, and.so the Erie i: fluence called another meeting on Sat- last in the same place, not to express the rea) sentiments of the citizens, but to repudiate the action of the first meeting But one side is to be heard, and those boo Ae bark at the nod of the Erie rowdies sre inter- ested.” That meeting was held—the officers and committees chosen, as the Constituion remarks, “early and for a pur- ”' ‘The meeting thus organized, procerded to draft terolytions, As usual, they were of the same ts with meetings held by the afcressid agitators. The mee:- ing’s pr ceecinga were reported as follows in the city pa- re Foxe drennes were made by M B. Lowry, James D. Dan- jep. G. W. Catler, and M. Teller, when the resclutions were demanded and penoad by 6. large majority. The othe: cic e organized the adjourament of the meeting, but »hat they did we do not know. Such {a the equitable method of evading an unveloome truth. No argument, no reference to existing public ont nion sbroad no allusion to the recent ¢ecisien of the U. 3. Circuit Court, bar any effect on those who have beea thus far engeged in atirring up the public mind ‘ As well die for an old she¢p asa lamb, ’’ is their avowed motte. To the ite «that the oppose self. interest, im their yw, far more it to the foe) ing im various cities, aa to their conduct, they re Py, that the facts in the case are not known to ut Krians, for any one knowing the facts in the case will join Erie! And as a general argument, 9 cable to the pot br pitd ote pane mene r = for “ ment, the 0 replies to every’ —"* Money | - road |! Go'd!!! bs y In the courts, however, jgatice is about being done, ‘The injunction granted against the city has the followin, paregraphs, which are weil worthy the consideration ary citizen :— ‘Assuming that cur opinion of the company's conduct will be on final hearing what we ¢: it to be when we refused the epacial injunction to the wes'ern road, and that our deorse will be in sccordance therewith, the precise shape cf it is not by any means settled; and the people of Erie bave no right to anticipate it. ‘If the citizens of Erie are wronged and havé no way of getting justice besides the course 6f taking it with ir own strong hands. then the law ie in disgrace. Tf the ae tribupals have stil) the power to ly them, it is folly for them to resort to measnres which nothing but the sheerest necessity cam ever excuse.’’ Substantial aid has beer ex, from the Executive, but as har well been ae Governor of Pennsyl: nia will hardly risk bis reputation by stepping into the arena at Erie, ard thereby become the mark for derision all over the land.” Be 1s he has fact to the people here that he cannot sustain in the viola- tion of the injunctions of the United States ‘The results of this action of the people are just what might have been expected. The circulation ef the Banks are ret to them. and they cannot get it out again. So seriously has it effected the principal one that the di- rectors have concluded not to attempt circulatiog their notes, and come down to a “ she’ bid Business men who formerly have in good standing, have travelled far and near with thelr paper, and returned with it in their pockets—capitalists will have nothing to do with them, OPINIONS AT ERIB. We extract the following from a loading article ia the Bie — E Bre be come te ara. tare “The arseult on Savannah was to be made on the right of the Bricsh ‘ines. Two columns, one F ench and the other Am+ricen. perticuler recoubt. In the rear of the columns the whole American and Frerch. waa tobe stationed uader nd of Count Pulaski. Shooltl, as was oconfi- the redonbta be esrried, and the way trepid leacer w.s with these united troops ter the place, rdin hand, and to carry garriso: Evtaing ‘och corpa of attack. Wishing to mp, ant suppoxing b tt m to be euffsiently firm, he marche directly tbrough it The enemy had been in- formed of bis plun by spies, They knew the intended point of attack, and the cirection in which the approach of the asvailants wou's be made. Acoorciogly. they col- lead all thetr foros where it would be required, at the first alarm op n~i # tremendous ani deadly fire. Pulaski, impatient to know when be was te act, deter- mined, after securing his cavelyy under cover as well as tte ground would admit, to go forward himself, and called to acoompany him one of the captains of his Le; who is yet living, but far advacced ceeded cnly to ssmall distance w! havoc procuced in tte swamp by the hostile batteries. D’Estaing himself was grievously wounded. Aware of the fetal effects which such « disaster was likely to jue on the spirits of tue Frecch soldiers and hoping that his on to ence would re animate them, Pulaski rus! Be roane of disorder and bloo¢shed. In his attempt to Re ae tlre ~~ ® 4 esis. be shot in the u; o t , and the officer who accom pevled Bim ‘was, while on his way bact, wound- ed by a musket ball. The enterprise upot Savannah was stencone by the allied army. The Americans and French having witnessed each other's zeal and courage, and sequitting each otber o” ary intentional share in this dissstrovs result, separated in perfeet harmony. Couvt D’Fstaing re embarked his troops and artillery, and Pulssk'. with his wounded offic+r, waa conveyed on doard the United States brig thi to 92 roued to Charleston. They :emained some deys in the Sevennsh river, and during thet time the most ssilfcl surgeons in the French fleet attenced on Count Palaski. It waa found mporsible toestablish suppuration, and ganstene was the consequence. Just as the Wasp got out of the river, Pulaski breathed bis jast, and t'e corpse imme li ately became 00 offensive thet his officer wae compelled, rg reluctantly, to consign to a watery grave all that was left upon earth of his beloved and honored com- menter where the two streets ‘west, come like the letter Y. At this point there is s constant stream of wagons coming in and going out; conseqnently there is great danger from ita, both by night and dsy; thus: comtitating, in the of every ixtelligent man, a:most ‘snd ble poleanee. They also const over two im- portent streets iv such @ way that one a covered carriage cculd not and under the other « los of hay wa: inthe same situation These our city ceuscils de- claied a vuisence, and ordered the company to abate them The company did not do it, conseq rently the couzeils did, Im Herborercek the company took posses- rio of ot lesat eighty rods of the public bigheas, iaa thickly rettled meighborhood, and built their read’ upon itagsip+t the protest and remoratrance of the Road Com mis-ievert of that township [his bas beam a grisrous puirance, and was worse daily Ofcen and often ie slong this eighty rode have been called up ht to help teams across the track, while horses @ Sway, and ‘‘smash ups’’ have been of almost ly occurrepoe. The peosle quietly submitted to this tate of things until the company took up their track, and then the Road Commissioners forbid to relay it. The company paid mo heed to the order, but relaid it, and Commissioners teok it up. ‘The compas: relaid ita third and a fourth time, and again the Rea Gomamis- vanes fiticea baa right escaping citizen base right ‘ Isngusge; it is emphatic and to the point. Itoovers the grouno of Harbor Creek: tirely, and shows that wi the have been atused as rioters, outisws, and moboorats, su: ctarges should and ought to rest upon the shoulders of their arcailants, OPINIONS IN PHILADELPHIA. {from the Philacelphis North American, Jan. 10.) An ixvasion of the corporate rights of the citizens of Erie, Pennsylvania, an company which has persisted ageinst, or at least without, be authority, in runaing a railw: the streets of that town, has grown to be the scurce of a serious popular excitement and much persoral vielerce. Were there difficulties confined in their consequences to the locality and parties immodi- ately Lebar Ba should not deem it to take The parrative goes on to describe the funeral hovors thet were paid to Pulaski by the corporation and military of Charleston; the procession, in which “tne beautiful horse that Pulaski rode when he received his mortal wound was led. with all bis accoutrements armor, and dress which he then wore,” the whcle consluding ‘ at the church, where an ek quent and impressive discourse ‘was delivered by the chsp! of the army.’” It shoud be borne in mind that all of this is from the pen of an honorable old soldier—an oeuler witness througtout of the aad story from begineing to en¢—and higher testimony oovle searcely be requi ir, Loarnestiy hope my motive for writing this atate- ment, if not apprecsated, will at least escape misson- struction. The aim of every inquiry, whether in science or history should be tre th ; and every citisen ought to con: sider it incumbent on him to eid aod promulgate it when it concerns tbe history of his country, that portion of it more essecially embraced by the war of the Revolution. 1 commend wort heartily tbe effirts of the patriotis Geergian *:0 bas been +o seslourly striving o Nentify the rewaine of the renowned Palaski—a name that ex cites as ware a glow smoug our Southern people a+ any other tha is) ver uttered nd William Washiogton, who bum ec tbe pride of tom, st the battle of che Cowpens veie ew great cavalry officers, avd Southeru men. ely >t o horemenship b aliietradrions bet bave dewended to us from ‘hoe w)o saw Pularki in thore dare, oeth white and lack be wes the very ember iment of pow, energy, and gince wher rested ia bismdele Like the Pal-iias of Jy, bis ren antic vator seemed to horder on ‘hr fabaloas . + the beh lde ; while his sufferiogs for P land, en te—lWerslly he mistreso bis oul— te le wot hie forture Disexile ane the meone-of his Soath all cen tire to deepem the shade of maiaacholy thonght thet fo lows 1 @ rememirance of him. dis reme {s a# s howehol’ word among the cit’sens of Savan dab. end? * ie the rare merit of manifesting their gratitude op eli ocea ions by repeating and giving it perpetui'y, Ali boncr to them whose geusrous souls thus bencr the prave w ied im the cause of oconsiita tioral liberty, I am. sir. your obedient servant, JAMES LYNAH, of South Csrolina. The Burning of the Lafarge House. TO THE EDITUR OF THR HERALD. As it has been stated betty some of the papers that “our feciil ter to extingui-h fires are inadequate to the wents cf the city,’ we wish through your colamas to make the public acquainted with some of the :bdetacles the firemen Fave to contend with The fire that con- sumed the Metropolitan Heil and Lat House com- menoed in the rear, on Mercer atreet, and if we had not been preven ed by the interference of the Police of the Fifteenth ard. we wou'd bave directed cur -tream of water through the main entrapee to the Hallon Broad- way; and if we had gained au entrance throug that source, there ould have heen others to follow. We are confident had the force of the departme: t present at that time been brcvght to bear in that direction we coald have «te: ed the progress of the flames, or anybow would have bi ep arsiated very much in aaving some of the valna- nie property that was destroyed. In regard to the Po lice if they would pay more at ert om to the thieves and robbers tbat oan be seen at aii fires, they woold save more property an° gain more credit from us th: m by inter fering with the firemen, who know their duty bant HOS® COMPANY NO 11 Wanon Doce.—A petition has been presen'ed in the Virginia Legislature anki the ge of a lew the couaty court te limit tbe number of digs to each boneekeeper, and to pronibdit regroes, whether bond or free, from Reeping dogs ; and slso tol-vy @ tax oe son a jed to the use of the poor ote with sueh as msy be deemed most eftectual. Siturbeds ogainit Pulladelpha, there to |, disturl og fe, there is urgent why ‘he press bere should not be entirely silent upon the sulject. The facts of this lage he f have been ex plained ‘oo often, asd are too well rae es stood, to require them to be restated. Its moral bearings and equities, however, so far as the justifiestion of the inbabitasts of Erie is concerned. are not rightly estimated, nor was it to be expected that they would be either per- ceived or admitted by those who have been active in the stain of the outrage which originally provoked the hostilities. or by others who are remotely interested with them to have i: consummsted. Menor communi- ties consider all questions of this charact:r sccordiog to the point from which they view, or the relations in which they stand to them. If their sympathies are enlisted on one or the other ride of » contest, their anderstandiogs can rarely ciscera ths jectice which belongs to the cause of ap adverraty, whe they ‘ortify thelr owa, how- ever esti we of right, with every srgament that vanity Or Fupidity ean invent. + is not, «f course, surprising thet the pe-pls of New York, eho bave atiempte¢ for selfich ends of their owa We ecmomit with force au: viclen es grom injary agaiant ve citreus of a m ighdoring State, as well aa those who ve ide: tiled # tb them fp the advantages to be ceoured y Ofaos«f the wro.g, should be urtously iméigneat at ty revised gd frovtrates ic their purpose sod should roounce the ac # actor lathe most unmeasured nl, bownver anreasoaable iwg comm erersl Xeo meneenlth of Peon ia, ate delivered and adopted. Ail t! js kound and fury were notbing, aud might goon thout eur regard as the msre ebul'itions of local spleen spite which, wren slowel fos vent, soon expend ermselvee and do no bart; bat it happens that the inter t Erie is & matter séoond in #0 New Yerk tothe oppor. them for subjecting this city to public disfavor abd odium When we first learned that Phils- delphia was chy sged by the preva of Ohicand the adjacent a with baring instigated the ellirens of Erie to the outbreak which bas ocovrred, it was very manifest to what cupni:g aud vigilant wit ve ware indebted for { genious sland+r It was only anotber trick of the t game whico waa pleyet last summer, when be rnbvervient ‘uprornpulous rivalry for the rior, distributed humireda of weamboats aed aileay trains of the ‘wovth and West. Intended t» prodace the belief amon: #1) merchant: end others coming Kast that the yellow fo- i re with destructive violence, while the well }nown to New York, was that, with the excep. afew canes of the disenne, coafined entirely to o tien so allsnd ontof the way | celity, the city never was buown wer joy ® higher condition o’ general health So in the pres a: ease, truth is shamelessly ancrifo-d to a p.iserasle avarice which / eeks its ends through the mean 1d be est traduction The very individusls who im 4 to ths community the bleme of inciting the hos tive ai Erie, are Coubties unprovided [with « single (-ct which would authorise the secasation. They oaa cl ard, we veoture to sy do net Ie. thir conselences, releve sbat they charge; bur it suits their interest to cele it, with the hope of gaining {t crecit elsewhere, aa! they even themerlves fement the evil passions out of «bich all these difficulties nave arinea, im order to ae the rcasico ‘oextem andairer gthem a popalar reproach Pep w tister metrop ltr To ecoomplich tiie xim mors effectnally the New York journale arr onceavoring to spread tae feeliog im refer + pee to aguestion of local right and interest to the ex ie of their road, the ns are in the wick pay endeav to pre Soe eenseeenes ree 's eir conduct, Our courts will do their ly all former diffig and recommend a muta- ally literal policy for the future. W. 5 pee citer trade” in pe pnd woos ws cae still The Pennsylvania gauge law was inter, nw apt of iralty towaran | ‘ork. and New Destructive Conflagration in Portland. IMMENSE L088 OF PROPERTY—OUSTOM HOUaH IN BUINS—POST OFFIOR AND UNITED 8TATRA COURT ROOM—PUBLIC BEADING ROOM DESTROYED —NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY'S COLLEQTION LOST) from the State of Maine, January 9 } ‘rom Our onion House, formerly celled the Exc! build. ing, is im ruins. The most destructive and dir fre ‘that has vistted our city for many years occurred between the hours of five and on Sunday morning, complete- ly destroying our noble Custom House and a vast amount of other veluabdle public and private property. It is im- le for ua to convey to our distant readers any idea extext of the lors. The inconvenieaces and de- the sy —— are, if eee ee ver pecuniary value of the pr:perty des , great aa that fs known to be. The bi itself waa one of finest public edifices of the country, and cannot be re d short of $800,000, Its priccipsl room was a fac in the Custom Honse of Boston, New York, or Philadelphia. In addition to the several offices conne:ted with the collectica of the customs, there waa in the seme build- ing, our city Post Office, the United States Court room, with the ffices of the bal of the United States, the Clerks of the United States Circuit the Atlaz tic Bank, the Comn ley’s book store, and the exte tions of the Nature! H story Society. Out of the building nothing was saved except a portioa of the cor tents of the Post Ofi da part of Balley’a books. except such matters as were secared by safes. The condition of these is not yet fully known, but the belief is that the large safe in the Castom House in the sesond story containing specie and valuable papers of the gov- ersment is unipjored The vault of the Atlantic Baak is not yet opsncd and its outer door is slightly spruag, #0 ‘that it will probably have te be forced. ‘The safes containing the records of the United States Courts have been examined and the records are all saved. oe Post Office was in a and the block in Post Office has removed into the old Custom House building in Fore atreet, and will shortly be in readiness for the transaction of businees at these nw qusrters. All the farniture of the Custom House and all its books and papers not im the safe, are burned It was imponsible to enter the Oastont Honse rooms, and every thing is gone except what the tafe contains, The Custcm House building was of granite, fronting 90 feet on Middle street, and extsndiag back 184 feet between ange and Lime streets, with two stories above the passage oo through the centre of the basement story, diviciog building into two Exchange street side of it, the corner toward was occupied bythe Atlantic Bank. North of this was the Postmaster’s private effice, next came the office of the United States Marshal, next that of the Clerk of the United States Circuit Court, aud then the of. of the Clerk of the United States District Court, bey: this was ® room occu by J. S. Bailey gtesi half Hep aarp oop story romt one oocu- id the rear one for & Newsroom. was the large reont Fquare in shy ox: g Board. A 3¢ ‘Akers’ statue cf Bepjawin was vate offi xe, and perished with ‘The mails in tame te the the top ofthe par- than the earer of pied all last week im the hearing cf the case of Myers va. the York and Camberland Railroad Theooart 333 Com pany, defo. referees, adjourned at balf-past 3 o'clock P.M. on Satu: day, in order to give the plaintiff and Lis counse! time to examine the books tee sae 1 Meners. John G Myers, F. 0. J. Smith, Gen. Fessenden, N. J. Herrick, and oth pied the court room for thir p George shaw, for t. Th lai ties, eld rvs ona e © maps, plans, pro! no e8, cn Seton tes compan} cond cn Saturda were all loft in the roem and are lost. The resords of the stock- holders, direotors, and treasurer, were taken from the room by Mr. Peverly, after 8 o'slock, and are therefore Preserved. It is impossible at the tima of our ress inden what papers bare been Jost ani what have | ete No fire had been made in Judge Ware’s room dariag the nt week. Miss Hapnsh Watts, who occupies the wooden building Bext above the Oustom House, fronting on Exchange street, gave the first alarm in the street Mr. A R. Jordan, night clerk {n the Post Office, waa aroused by the noi the fire, in season to give the alstm end save the contents of the Post Office The watchmen on duty on [mes night, Hi. Ritter, Hetherly Barstow, Daniel F. Gerte, mew Marks, Albert Huston, Wm. S Bracket!, Benjamin Sweetaer, Semuei Bond, ard Ephraim Moos. Mr. Barstow informs us thet he with two other wateh- men, and the bs nk watchman, wore at the frout pert of the Exchange soon a(er6 A M, and that be paesed u; Excharge street, to the watchhouse at 20 minutes past without noticing aay signs of Binoe the above was writ: learn that the Atlantis Bank safe wasopesed yeatercay aft and all its uciojured 7 Papers ant books were found to be y sprung, D.tom tate the brat 04 not melied s were Wa, outside dceor was foucd to be eligh ar po pert ‘Th: re wore seven safes or vavits in the building, in believed that all: fthem proved wortay of their trast, Amorg th OF properties destroyed wea, atocd the recorcs seocunte lodge Grand lx ge and Grand Encamoment F., which were kept in the Castom Has room by the Secretary, Mr. Kingsbury Mach pairs have been taxer to asce:tain tte facts cal- tulsted so a cow the origin of the fire and the :ta'ements of the watchmen and many others have been preserved. The govertinent wiil undoubtedly orcer a thoroagh im vestigation of the matter at ctoe, @ ceatruction «f Judge Ware's rare and valuable tery and of the coliec'ionto! the Natural Gia tory Pociety, are among "he things experiaily ragce ted The loss of the new Reading Room—so wnil filled upaad 89 comforteble withal, as a place of go: eral rnor;, is felt by the hole breiners community. Tre mot serious inoouventesce in alco felt for waat o¢ ® ruits ble room for the Uni'ed States Court anda the Post Office On he whole she entire pypulaiion of tho city feel themselves to ce sufferers by the dissator. The duilding ovst the United States goverement oriat- nally $149,000, and they have probably laid out $20 000 more for furniture and other improvements, sinse thotr parchass. Srmamnoat Boanap— Exeven Hoxpemp Baces ov Corton Dam no) ED. Th uy “4 Oapt. Berry, from this place to Apalschicola, with about eleven hun: éred bales of cotton, fire whens miles above the latter port, on Thureday morping la.t, and wes entirely conrvmed, cargo end sll Most of her cargo war he river below Colambas, and we Ieaca . Zoyhin of vur city. One negro of the captain himeel! very varrowly of the mate, ut lero thatno diame t.-— Columbus, (Ga-,) Ha- attaches to the officers of tie qnarer, Jap. & Viroista Higa Barpow.—On the 7th inst, a train of cart, with 100 ps rengers, pasew! over the Higa ori ge Pometiex ieee and bettem, oo the South This magn Seentatracvan 0 font above at half @miie io leogtn s, in every rampant, 8 wor ental wark