The New York Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1855, Page 2

266 ADDITIONAL FROM CALIFORNIA. THE STATE FINANCES, PASSENGER STATISTICS. “Ere RATES OF LABOR. PARTICULARS OF THE STORM, bier, den, &e. ‘The Finances of the State and the Condition of the Min: ot do. We take the following extracts from the Governor’s ‘That the Btate is sed of means amply fuflcient ‘to cover it liabilities and still retain a large sur- treasury to meet future exigencies, no one plus in candoubt who has examined into her vast resources; and it is therefore hoped that 7 will, at once, myture some plan for the liquidation o! the existing debt of the State, and, at an early day, bestow the attention, so wach required, to the consideration of pro 0 ¢f retrenchment in the expenditures of the Sta ment. Srare Frvances, Decewuar 20, 1854. Amount of 3 per cent bonds out- F measures te govern- standing. +$3,975 00 Interest on same 849 75 $9,824 75 Ameunt of 7 per cent bonds, 185: 294,000 00 “« “age ‘1863 389,500 00 Outstanding Comptroller's warran' 323,966 96 State prison bonds. . is 15,000 00 Interest on State prison bonds. 625 00 Interest on School Fund...... 92,405 44 Dae counties for school purposes Due counties for ho-pitals.. Total.. Deduct Foetal amount of civil indebtedness of the State Dec, 20, 1854, exclusive of School Fund, as exhibited by the report of the Womptroller of State Amount of the seve: in treasury of State’ property 18 0,603 79 $1,908,583 33 made by ‘the Board of State Land Commissioners, as reported oy ‘the Board on the 20th of December, 1894:— Getoder 20, 1853... December 28, 1853. Magus 17, 1663. c ; Ovtober 26, 18 et ‘Total amount of sales From whish cedact expe December 1, 1854... Net amount of sales .... 0.6.00 seeeeees Of the net amount of the sales made by the Commissioners, the sum of four hundred and seventy-one thousand two huaired and nine doliars aud sixty-three cents, soar 00 63,) has been paid into the State ary, and is ineluded in the above ex- hibit of ‘State Finances,”’ leaving still due ' the State, and to be hereafter applied in the redemption of her seven per cent bonds, Phe pum Of... 6... eceee eee cece eee ane BS) Balance of the 26 per cent due to the State from the city of San Francisco, on the vale of property made December 26, 1853, under the Water Lot act of Marca 28, 1851....., $i Awount due from wharves in the city of San Francisco, as reported by the Attorney- General...... , 60,991 47 $345,640 03 78,380 40 65,000 00 20,110 70 $550,441 10 Recapitulation. Awount of State indebtedness on tbe 20th @ay of Dec., 1854, exclusive of School Fund, as exhibited by the report of the Comptroller of State......... ; % From which deduct balance of proceeds of ‘sales heretofore mado, and which, by law, aro set apart for the redemption of out- standing seven per cent bonds......,.... 6 Leaving, as the tote] amouct of civil in 4ebtedness uvprovided for at this date, / the sum of..... ee eeeeeses * Brom this deduct the elimated amount of ‘a sale of State property, to take place on the 13tb of the present ‘mocth.......... ‘Total smount of PROVIGEA LOL... aces osno cdadea sees Mt may, therefore, rafely be assumed that 4 on the 18th of the present mouth, the en- tire indebtedness of the State, unprovided for, exclusive of the School Fund (464,- }) will not exceed the above stated bal- State indebtedness un- $1,908,583 33 559,441 10 1,819,142 23 «$1,284,142 23 anor, being the suw 07........ 4+. «$1,284,142 23 On the 20th of December, 1853, the amo 10% of the 3tate debt, civil and war, exclusive of the School Funi, was . 8,001,445 70 Total amount of State debt unp for, an above stated, st coves 1,284,142 23 ‘Total amount of re. ‘on of State inzebt- eoness since Deo. 20, 1533 seveve 1,717,393 47 —being four hundred ani thirty-thres thousaad oae hun- wenty-four cen’ unprovided fu @red and sixty one dollars 161 24) wor ‘han the pr: debtednesa of ibe State. ‘Tue Mines. Iam gratified to ve substantial wealth of the elosed, has been vastly augmented. ts ($433,- civil in- abled to inform you that the ate, during the year just Mining, agriculture fed commerce—the great interests of California—bave allheen greatly extended in their operations, developin; more ful'y than in any previous year, the varied and im- mense advantages and resources of the State. ; Throughout the mining regiom, extendiog about six | hundred miles in length—from Oregon line—end averaging not Jess than * Four Creeks to the forty-five miles in width, many highly important aud usefal im- provemonts have beeo made, especially in the # xcavation and construction of canalé and ditches of great lenzth, designed to supply with water, at all seasons o locations known as “iry diggings.’ By means of these canals and ditches, water 4 from the principal rivers ani distributed { the year is convey- over vast districts of mining country, enabling thousands of enter- Prising and industrious mon, diligently, and at all seasons of the year, to prosecute their labors, and ti 0 increase soy the amount of gold annually obtaine\. A Tiers’ Zprovementa, now 90 indispecsable to the rapid d cemplete development of our vast mineral resources, ia believed, can, and, it is boped, will be so managed accordance with the local mining laws by those having control, as to render them alike efficient in advancing the interests of labor and yielding just returns to vested. capital in- Heretofore, during the summ?r months, mnera lave ‘deen compe lle to abandon valuable claims—in fact, | whole districts of country—for the reason that sufficient water could not be obtaiued for mining purposes. But uring the past year much Las been done to overcome this grea’ obstacle, an now, by means of canals ani itches, water—the necessary, in fact iniispansable ele- ment in successful miniog—Is conveyed in abundance to ‘the door of the miner, and it is conf tently bel im future a large portion of our mining ieved that population will be evatled to pursue their labors profitably to themselves, and to the increased prosperity of the State, throaghou| all seasons of the year. r appreciated by those of our citizens who have thea in former years for want of water to f ist sections of the country. ‘This is w desideratum properly been com- orsake the ‘rom the increased facilities a(forded by improvemeats in machinery, mich advancement has also been mad? ia | obtaining gold embedde! in quartz rock. Large aad well constructed mills have been erected in v: the State, and immense quantities of the extracted fi the numerous veins of auri which pe ate the hills of California Improvements suggested by past experience ec nts greatly diminished the labor heretofore rene: 2 separatiug the gold from sand and rook. ious parts of ious metal ferous quartz in the im. 2 by the river, placer and gulch miner have red neces . Indeed, in fre have every reasom £0 congratulate ourselves on the ymany and varied improvements in all departments of ‘mining operations; facilitating as they do the extraction ef gold, developing the inexhaustible mineral resources ‘of the State, and opening ao and enterprise of our citize it ‘to the already unparalleled wealtn of Califor From a portion of the mining counties I @nabled to obtain information ia relation to ia larged field to the ind: ha well as adding vast ‘ols. have been vestments meade in canals, ditches and quartz machiaery, as fol- jows — OPERATIONS IN QuART2. . Expenses $299,870 2 19,200 140,000 119,392 140,000 213, 166 $652,128 Receipis. $716,000 54,000 499,000 412,000 $1,671,000 «» Total. aN) These Wigston companies have bree in ‘successful ope- jon durtag the past year, and the above figures, ob- sedyapon eatefal inqutry, may be regarded as nearly ree! i proper here also to state that fourteen other com four in Sitkiyou and Klamath, two in Nevada, one in Sierra, two in Placer, one ia Tuolumne dn Mariposa—have also been in successful oper @oing quite as weil during the above referred to, but as no retu « from them they are not Includod a have bee the svove. panies, if is understod, alt and Ditches. Miles ‘tion to the above, in the # there ingquite a number of a few months will be tly to the general prosper! your as the o aod four Tati od Bo a rex r par? of vhe yoa: perations io thy commence very flattering prospects of success. Canals Value . $330,009 369,000 400,000 298,000 339,000 409,000 117,000 ae ty of the inthe amount of gold bullion exported ‘and the Ajlqntic States, as egbibived by mani t the Custom House, Francisco, during the Jeare 1868and 1804:— me. 1858, Ist q 2a * do, 8d do, 4th de, Total... 448 93 494,873. 44 Temiak ban cubes od” aenucticen the product ef the State of Calitordia, shipped from San Francisco during making » at cents perlb....,.. $750,000 ‘a8 before si is to be found in more o- less abundance throughout @ district of country six hundred miles in length by forty-five in width. It is found in varied quantities, from the surface to the bed-rock, which is sometimes enly reached at a depth of two hun- By means of these extensive and valua‘le improve- ments, water sufficient for mining purposes will be gradually distributed over the entire mining region, and millions of acres not now known certainly to possess gold, will be found to abound with the glittering ore. ‘Actual observation, and the experience ‘of the past, have satisfied me that fifty years ce, when most of those now prominent on the stage of action, shall havo wed away, it will be said that mining operations in Eulvforma bave but fairly commenced. Arrivals and Departures of Passengers by Sea ‘during 1854. [From the San Francisco Prices Current, Dec. 30.) During the year now closed, 41,199 males arrived, an1 21,989 left—leaving a balance in our favor of 19,210 males, At the same time, while 7,112 females arrived, only 1,033 left—leaving a balance in our favor of 6,079. The statistics of children show total arrivals during the yoar of 1,826, and departures of 486—leaving a balance in our favor of 1,340. A gratifying featuré in these results is that while the departure of males is 50.per cent of the arrivals, that of females is only about 14 per cent, and that of children only about 26 per cent—the general conclusion to be deduced from whic! the de- sirable fact of a gradual tendency towar equaliza- tion of males and fe in our comaunity. It may be remarked, also, that by tar the greater part of the gain of our female population, and tne entire gain of Gur population in, children, is from the Atlantic States and Europe—which cansot’ be said of the gain in oar male population, for two-thirds of which we are indebt- ed to Chiva. Summing ep the above figures we finda total arrival during 1854 of 50,137 eouls, aod a total departare of 23,508—leaving a balance in our favor of 26,629 souls. For abeut two-thirds of this gain we are indebted to the first half of the year, and for the remaining third ° the last six months, as will appear from the following table:— FIRST SIX MONTHS, Arrived—Males.. 23,771 Left—Males... 10,980 Gain of males ——— 12,791 Arrived—Fensules 4,602 Left—Femalee. 567 Gain of fem: — 3,935 Arrived—Cbildren , 928 Left—Children . . 240 Gain of children —— 688 Total gain from Janusry to June.......+++++ 11,414 LAST SIX MONTHS, Arrived—Males : : 17,428 ‘009 Arrived—Children Left—Children ....,.. Gain of children , Total gain from July to December. Making a total gain during 1854 of... But while we have cause for rejoi he many favorable conclusions to be deduced from the above given figures, it would be useless to igaore one fact w.th regard to the gain of our male populatien, which is not quite so desirable as we could wish. We find that the number of Chinamen arrived duriog the year was 15,178, and of Chinawomen 906, while 2,313 Chinamen and’17 Chinvwomen only departel, leaving an incresse in California 0? 12,865 Chinimen aud 889 Chinawomen—tn all, 13,754 Chineve. ‘The iotal excess of males ‘elt in California by the year 1854 was, as we have sail above, 19,210, of which, there- fore, 6,915 only came from the “Atlantic States and Europe. Rates of Labor in San Franelsco, Jan, 3, 19355. Blacksmiths, prday, $606 Harness makers. Do. helpers..$3 6004 Miliera (two geai Shipemiths .... Engineers (stationary Do. nelpe engines) ......,.3 80 a6 Locksmiths. Bookbinders.......6.005 8 Coppersmiths . Book folders . Fansmiths .. Cartinea ... railing maker Brass founcers Gas Gitera..... ° Lapi'aries, Boiler makers and 1 Brickma\ers, per inath and fount..... 60a 90 Brickmouiders Beick barners Lime bucaers Maticesamake Hostiers ... 5 joiners , Waiters (in hotels).40a 60 Ship car; COOKS. eee eevee ee 75 @ 150 Boat builders Deck hands (river nav). 60 Caulkers... o% 209 Carriage’ Wheelwrig Pile driver: Coopera...... socvee 5 House and sigo painters 6 ens’ wages. Sailmakers veee 6 Mates... Riggers 6 Servant gi Stevedores 6 Mill sywy: | Granite dres 7 Mili plane Marble cutters 8 Lumberm:n Marble polishers. 4 Bakers, Freestone cutters . 7 Barbers sees ey 000125 Stone masons 7 Batchers aad siaugh- Ballast cutters... 3 _ terera...........798 100 Bricklayers... 8 Upholsterers, | paper- Hodmen . 4 hangers, &...,.75 0109 Plasterers, Porters in stores... » Shoemaker: Draymen, per weo Hatters, Pr.nters, $1 25 per Pump and block makers 5 Particulars of the Storm In {From the Alta California, Jan, 3.) The storm of Sunday night was unusually severe, ro- sembling in its intensity some of the oli-fashioned northers which the early residents so graphically de- seribe, The gale arose shortly after miinight, and be- tween that time and four o’cloek it produced more de- struction than any of the previous others which have ited this o Tho aggregate of damage is very material, although individual losses ave not large. Oa Monday morning the evidenses of the storm were svat tered allabout town, in the ehape of signs and awninzs, and not unfrejuently the entire roofing of some dwelling house or etore 2 The roof of the “O'd° Kentucky House,’ a public house foot of Wasbington street, was awept ent'rely off and landed in the mildle of the strest, wifere it re- mained all day, as complete a barricade as could have been made, Conriderable damage was dons to the roof of the steam saw mill opposite the ‘House,’’ and also to the roofing of several buildings foot of Jackson street. ‘A portion of the roof of St. Mary’s cathedral was blown away, and parties interested estimate the damago to the building at $1,000. On California street, near Powell, the house of Mr. Parker (Nicolls, Parker & Co.), was much injured. The roof was taken of, the chim neys blown down, and but one room in the house re- mained ina condition to afford the family shelter from the storm Mr. Goddard’s large frame building on Clay street, near Taylor, was unroofed, and otherwiss injured from the severe’ racking it received, The iobabitents of three small cortages adjoining, fearing Mr. Goddard’s house would fall andcrush them, took to the streets, and there remained until the storm abated. Among other buildings or leas Jamaged we notive a new house corner of Jones and Washington streets, which has lost its roof, the houre of Capt Haynes, cor: ner of Sacramento and Taylor streets, chimasy blown over; and the house of Mrs, Cohen, in the same vicinity. A large house at the corner of Tyler and Jackson streets, is also considerably damaged. We noticed two buildings which bad beon removed from their foundations—one was a large building near the toll house, and was occupied as a gr ery store: the other was near Rincon Point. A houvwon Riley street, ‘@ymolished. Fortunately, ems, or $50 per week. near Jones, was completel; the occupants were warned, and escaped without tojary. At the Mission, many of the oaks were uprooted, and we learn that one dwelling house was razed to the ground. ‘The Empire Warehouse lost a portion of the roof, but was repaired in season to prevent any damage to the merchandise. A brick building at North Beach tambied dowa during the gale, as well as a woodea cottage on Vallejo street, corner of Masou. In hundreds of instances, windows aud doors were diown in, and houses flooded with the rain, but in a0 instance have we beard of any injury to lim». ‘The damage to the shipping was not very great, owing | to the fact that from the direction of the wind toe har- | bor and piers were tered from its full force; but ol! | sea captains, men experience on this coast de: | that had as strong # gale blowa from the north, o | from the northeast, no wharf in the city could ha withstood it. The bark Ala, at California street wharf, got adrift shortly after the commencement of the gale, and camo in collision with the ship Herald, carrying away foretop- mastand bo: i, amd receiving some other damage about the bows. At Folsom street wharf, the storeships and other vea- sels were mush chafed, and the brigs Wo! ant Jaao were conviderably damaged, The brig Plover broke frou her moorings, and drifted up the bay until she brougut be the Rassian ship Kamscha‘ka, ship Saperior dragged ber anchors and went up the bay upwards of two wiles. -The ahip May Flower wa.1 storeship Gold Bunter dragged from the flat and brought up ia the channel, without receiving any ma terial damage. The storeship Hartland also got adeift, and was brought to off Rincon Point. The streets have been somewhat damaged, particular. ly those recently filled in. The Street Commissioner es- timates the damage to streets and cisterns at $10,000, and that ft will require that sum to place the streets in the same condition as they were before the storm. Bratal Treatment of « Chitd. [From the San Francisco Time), Jan. i We briefly mentioned yesterday the arrest of a min named Phi and his wife for bratal treatment towards the daughter of the woman. The details of the case aq fore the Recorder are Ce So dlagest 0 i) S decent person with thelr species. | woman's name was formerly Rey, aod upon her appli. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FA&BRUARY 4, 1855. of Courts she scceseded eng trers fom hor left with ™ » neat Pualips. Bhe ‘and boa on street, near [par gee ny Rae Riley, a 7 interesting, hand- some and . 01 about 14 of Oa See ae ty ie sone Pullipe waite to compel her to te with » drunken man and woman w! were at the houso, She very refused. Phil- yy enraged, seised her, after brutally sf avusing carried her into the barroom where there were some four or five men, and throwing up ber clothing, struck a number of blows upon her ex- rson. pel 4 In the meantime the woman who calls herself the mother of the girl, was hunting for a cowhide to assist in the outrage: Mortided, ashamed and wretched, the poor girl d for help, and a young man present start- Sceserddeting ie wetibe; Sorasboarjant erertert vestigating the matter, he at to ares! the door and ieehecet to poms and Phillips drew his pistol, when the loud whistle of Mr. Lane brought bors ‘to his aid. They burst a the door and secured the offenders. It ber, threatened to strip her and and doubtless would have lashed her down if help had houkinrs by. a cowhide: Iv eppiases alan that toe young shoulders by a cowhide. It ap; gi had been frequently knocked down, beaten abe ‘ace, dragged about by the hair, both by Phillips and the woman. Hye wat alsoin the habit of using the most shameful and opprobrious epithets toward the girl, and often compelled her mother to whip her Both Phil- fe and his well matched partner were put under bonds of $5,000 each for their further appearance. The French Men-of-War at San Franclaco. The French corvette La Moselle, and British frigate Pique, had arrived at San Francisco. The La Moselle carries twenty guns and one hundred and ninety-four men. The following is a list of her officers: — Commandant, Lieut. Bellard; Passed Midshipmen, Messrs, De Moreh de la Marck, Guerin Drivevrer, De Ber: thron, and Savy; Purser, Mr. Griffon du Bellay; Surgeon, : Ls Cleve; Burgeon, (third class.) Me, first class, ) ucret; Midshipmen, Messrs, De Launay, Bertrand, Gau- tier, Henriais, Fourrieur, and Acting Midshipman Dre- breufl; Commodore’s Staff, Commodore Page, (Chief of Division,) late Imperial Commissioner at the Society Inlands;’ Flag Lieutenant, Lieut, Desaur; Aid-de-Camp, Passed Midehipman Brio. The following are the officers of the Pique:— Six Fredecick W. E. Nicolson, Bart., Oaptain; Alleyne Bland, Senior Lieutensnt; Edmund 8. Grove, Lieutenant, Robinson, Lieutenant; Weorge L. Carr, Master; Rev. Thomas Davis, Chaplain; Thomas Nelson, M. D., Surgeon; James B. Hay, Paymaster; , G. MeUalinm! First Lieutenant, R. M.: William H. Clements, Firat Lieutenant, R M.; Wm. H. Crinell, Asst. Surgeon. G. R. Fitzgerald, Mate; James B. McAvoy, Clerk, (passed) 5 Charles Ross Forrest, Midshipman; G. Y. R Rathrap, Midshipman; J. @. J. Hammer, Midshipman; E. H. stan- ten, Acting Clerk; John B, Warren, Master’s Assistant. Miscellancous. INQUESTS IN BAN FRANCISCO. The coroner of San Francisco reports taat during the year 1804 he held inquests on the following ca: anzing. Drowning Interns! injarie Knife wounds Pistol shot wo! Suicide , i Scaldin; ul Exposure. 7 mba OA ne Peep Bewt Ficnts in San Dr —From the following notice, which we find in ths San Diego Herald of the 80th Dec., we should judge that the ridiculous custom of bull fighting wos being crosdsd out by more intellectual amusements; and when that towao becomes thoroughly Americanized, such brutal exhibitions will no doubt te forgotten :—The past three weeks have been devoted, al- most exclusively, by the citizens of San Diego, to amuse- ments, Bull fightieg was the first on the carpet. For a whole week, the approaches to the public plaza were fenced uP, and a dozen tame bulls, with their horns sawed olf, were chased round the enclosure by white and black Aombres on horseback, and oceayonally a drancen soldier or “greasar”’ on foot. The ouly damage dons to “aman or beast”? was one drunken fellow getting kicked over in endeavoriog to hold a bull by the tail. Tue Cocos Istaxo lkeasune Hoxt.—We jeara that very encouragiog accounts have been received from the oifi- cers of toe vessel and otuers sent out to search for the treasoie supposed to have been buried by the piratical crew on Cocos Island, ‘ a long time ago.” It is stated that there is every reason to believe that the hidden money will bo foand. It is, we believe, aa historical jact that pirates did seize a large amount of treasare in the viciuity of the island; and it i+ a supposed fact that they buried it somewhere cluse to where they took it, Suppcsing both facts to be facts, we have no doubt that the morey may be had by staging for it; butit may be a question whetver or not the parties concerned might get moore mouey by less digging in any of the hills of Cali- foroia.—Aiza California, Jan. 8. Somernixe Curtous.—We fiad the following advertise- ment in the San Francisco papers. There is a mystery avout it deeper than the secrets of Kaow Nothingism: M, Re C—3OL B. Oo. In consequence of the death of Kamebameba No. 3, member trom the Sandwich Islands, a meeting of the Club will be held this evening, at 8 o'clock, at tae Cnam- bers of the ‘Annual Orator.”? An autosiogzsp ay of tne “Old Kanaka,”? written by himself, contaiaiog bis oxpo- rience up to about four minutes previous to hb’ willbe read by ‘‘one of the Missionarirs”” the Club for thia occasion only, at an imme About a pound and a half of feathers belonging will de distributed celebrated ‘Robe of State,” during the evening, in ' accorlance with the last wishes of the King, who eloquently re- marked, as his spirit was about to wisg its way to ‘parts unknowns,” ‘Around them scatter pleaty of teathers.”” Alexander Likolio’s proposal for membership, eiursed by the delegate from the Fejees, together wita rroommendatioos from the foreign and domestic Con- ‘aad several otuer distinguis sed citizens, will be sab- Also, a paper containing bis real seati meats in relation to annexation, which bas been kindly placed at the disposal of the Club by Phineas T. Barnum, Exq., will be read, and may possibly be pn Mished in sn extra on Sunday morniog. The delegation of Rochester Knockers will be on hand, and are communion of rpir ta may be anticipated. By order of the Committee FOREIGN RELATIOF3. on the death of Election of a beth rc} The election of aclergyman to preach the sermon before the Legislature of 1856, says the Boston Courier of the ps ant, was attended by @ good dea! of excitement triotic devotion to men in the House of Repre- 8 yester lay. ir. Scattering hal votes from of the chamber, and it will be seen that his Holiness Pius IX. bas an agent in the House, who had the audacity to cast an open ballot for the Rt. Rev. John B Fitzpatrick, ‘Roman Catholic Bishop of Bos- ton.’ Let there be a committee of inquiry to Reset out this dieguised emissary of the Pope. ‘The tickets cireu- lated were, in inany instances, quite unique. Here is ‘a specimen:— ecoocceccoooccocoscoo cc asoe ° ° “GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH’? {American flag.) PREACHER OF KLUCTION SERMON, REV. OTIS A. SKINNER, OF BosToN, eocoon eoocce 200000000000000000000000000 The American flag did not save Mr. Skinner, as the Rey. Mr. Seeley, of Springdeld, a Congrogationalist, was elected on the second ballot. Messrs. Denham of New Bedford, Brown of Tolland, Slack ot Boston, Jones of Salem, and Brown of Fitsh- burg, were i og Acommittee to receive, sort and count the votes. They re Whole number of votes Or Azariah Eldridge of New Bedford Theodore Parker of Boston John Pike of Rowley..... Re’ Hopkins OF Williamatown .. y Joseph Adbot John Todd, 3D. No one having the requisite number, roceeded to ballot, with the following result:— .H. Seeley, of Springfield Otis A. Skinner, of Bostor Asarinh Eldridge. | William J, | Joba P | Daniel ©. itidy & &. Sweetzer. Emory Porter W. 8, Studley. Hiram ©. Brown, The Rev. Mr. Seeloy the Speaker having been requested to notify him of the fact, the House adjourned, ENFORCEMENT OF TH w Liquor Law ix Cin crxvati.—The first case he county of the enforce- ment of the new liquor law was the arraignment of Her- man Snyder and Henry Fant, on pine morping, be- fore Magixtrate Davis, of Colrain township, for sel'ing ita ad were each fined $60 and costs, sent to dungeon of the twenty days, to be fed on bread and water. In the afternoon an unsuccessful effort was made to release them on ® writ of habeas corpus before one of the Common Pleas courts.—Cin. Gazette, Feb, 1. Commence oF Bostox.—The total number of arrivals at Boston for the Leirect hen gy pet was 372—87 foreiga and 286 coast! the same period in 1854. decrease is principally in coast vensela. The total number of clearances was 272 foreign and 163 eons foreign and 203 coastwise ia 1064. AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. Our Paris Cerrespon dence. Pants, Jan. 18, 1855. Pierrot and Columbine—The Grippe—The Parlors of Parts—M. Thiers’ Parties—The Gramblers in French Sociedy—Dr.Veron and the Countle Morny, M. Delangle and M. Hebert— Wax Figures at the Twileries— The Academy—M. Guizot, M. Berry- er, Duc de Broglie, M.de Falloux, and Napoieon IIL Societé des Lettres—Evmigr ation, §c. Pierrot and Columbine were, of course, at the masked ball at the Italian Opera last night. The ball was even more brillant than it was last week. Bat they admired it leas, and did not enjoy it at all. They danced but onee. After listening allent!y to a few of the old quadrilles of Musard, forever famous in the annals of choregraphy, and to his new quad: rilles suggested by pieces now in vogue, such as “ VEtoil du Nord” and “Il Trovatore,” our couple prowled dolefally about a while, arm in arm, and vhen, hastening to the vestry, wrapped themselves vp warmly, and went away. Where? Nottodrink champegne at the Maison d’Or, the House of Gold— but to drink ptisan at home. Did you notice how Columbine coughed, and that Pierret blew his nose so often and #0 hard as to blow off all the pearl powder that had whitened it? Flaripg angrily out of his demure face, it looked like ated flannel shirt stickixg cut of the snow. Pierrot and Columbine, alas! have both got the gripps. Bo bas almost everybody else in Paris. Since the mercury has fallen all sorta of degrees below zero, scarcely a bedside table in town has lacked, either at bight or at morning, ite pitcher of hot pt!san. Ptisan, reader, is the English name, which (like me, perhaps, you had forgotten,) belongs to a dec2ction of barley, licorie, dog tooth, (sometimes,) and other ingrediente, suppored by us to be an exclusive- ly French panacea, under the name of tisane, for “the ile that flesh is heir to,” in general, and the grippe in particular. For years past the Parisians have been as ascut- tomed to the visits of Madame La Grippe as they used to be to the visite of Lord Brougham. Indeed, if ‘sunny France,” to justify ita traiitional title, did not boast of a few weeks of fice weather every year, they might have become as accastomed to her as to apy other permanent resident here—to the Princess De Lieven, (before the war with Rassia broke out,) to the Duke of Branswick, to the Per- sian Batrap, with his omnipresent head dress; to the American who used to dine daily at the Rocher de lancal, and now lifts his hat reverentielly when- ever he passes in the rac Mon‘orgueil the side of that renowned old restaurant—to the woman with a fi'd'e and two wooden legs on the Boulevard des Italiens- to the cholera, or, in fine, asy other fix ture of this great capital. As it is, Madame La Gripze contents herself with passing the winter in Paris; ana if you pass it hsre alas, you can scarcely mise forming her acquaiatance, Hep) ily, you may form more agreeable acquaint ances, if the jealous old hag dea not confine you to hag bedroom and her ptisan; for in winter the par- jor doors of Paris ars throwa open, invising those to enter who wish to, to perpetnate, or only toatudy, the traditions of Franc. socie;y—that strange, brilliant product of civitization. The spiendid bails atthe Talleries, at tha Hotol Vile, at toe Palats Royal, at Princesa Matoilde’s, oud at the different ministers’, have tended torevive the passion for gorgeous display which distia- guished the Firs: Empire, althouga a more ssvere taate obvioasly reigns under the sesond. Bat tie mcs! ebowily furnished parlors of ths new régime, witn incredibly costly toilsttes, and dazzlicg impe- tia) coetames to boe:, have not a! ways supplied sha’ ibvisibe charm which used to make so many — of ae eerceniel, Bt Oe ee? of Lame pe, ani reactionary gaiosayers, o: t Hepabie, 80 attractive aad meuorabie, a9 coup d’écat cloed ali these. Some of them will Lever be reopened. Others, which until mow have been accessible only to intimates, admt vhis wiate: & wider circle of guesta, * Among the levier ix the parlor of M. Thiers, his- torisn of the Coveulate a’ TEapire and ex m\pister of Louis Phiippe. ‘ties at his house in tae Piece 8’. Georges ars aun 8 crowded a8 wheo he was more frequeatly up: at OR the wreel of 1crtane. That + bee! has revolved oftener for him tean Jor almoes sty other Frencaman, but be haa soma- how managed never te fall completely off. If ao were to fall cffnone would be su piised t> sea hin come don jike 6 cat,or his feet. At his firat party the diplcwati: c:rps were quite faily repreasated. The Pruseian Miniater was conszicously polite to the retirea statesman. Like bia royal master, Bson Von St prac ices the policy of trying to please ever ye Thien’ parlor is not the only one that hai lately bees reopened. I need not say that nearly every one of trese parlors is more 0: leas a ir, im almos* the original eense of the word. Bouder means to p.ut, ard of the people whom you meet ia these mocern boudeirs the women pout so pcettily, and the men gromble so wittily, tat you find their society more am: , to say the lesat, than thar of tameservers, w are content to forge’ their ancient predilections in or. er t» profit by tie exicting political system. Mere private grumblra msy sometimes do pot ublic service by checkiag the tencency to au Frersal apatsy which mast pre- ‘vail when a people is losing, voluntarily or involua- tarily, habite of attention to its owa affairs. The g)umblers form a useful minority under every im- perfect form of government. Here in France a grombler must beas dextrous as strong. He must Bot oaly bave the courage t) nerve him to oppo031- tion, but akili to disguise his most decisiva attacks, Bo F.ench wit bas learned to fabricate for inteliec: tual warfare blades 20 sharp their edges can hardly be ciscerned—poisoned arrows—in shor:, a whole arsenal of wea as murderous asthey sre p2- Hahed and teat . In the pariors to which I bave alluded, many a fact is impaled upon a pointed jest or rem, ist mig t ctheriize have been lost for the eurloat ty of future students of history. Spel ai continue to talk about thé deci- sion of M. Delaugle, in the case cf the sale of tae Constitutionnel Dr. Veron, and in favor of this lucky partner of the Cunt Le Mo-ny, whose rese1t nom)nation to the Presidency of tie Corps Legislatif would heve been awkwardly simulteueous with an x ag ‘eron, Be the onto elke the authori eine mee | M. Delavgle agaiost M. Delangle himself, and did no’ besi'ate, wore>ver, to quote a sizaiticaut pas gage from Dr. Veron’s Memories d’un Bourgeos de Paris, in which the do:tor moralizss on the fasility with which the rich and mighty sometimes escape the [oer ia 80 inevitable for poor offenders. |. Hébert, you remember, was so mich scandal- ized by losing his case, that he threatened to quit the bar. His wrath on the occasion brougt him, in epite of hia old sepopalal sn immense nun +f of New Year's ca:ds and calls—from the grum- e568. beth epee Tereat not a ro aman — about the mysterious illness Emperor, w' bas been aggravated by ene teenage cerem ries of the season. Toey add an incident of the reception of the 1st of Jan . At ths defile of visiters bs fore te throne, the Enveror stood, show! viaible fatigue and suffering. He spske t no one, his boiy eehed Deetty to - sela- 'y bending s! yaad m 20- toy + him majoteined a still more immoveable attitude. All were motioniess statues. Thos prescribes the ceremonial. Tae Eopire, say the gramblers, must have offerei some- what the aepect of a group of wax figures. At the moment when the learned societies we-e p ry member of the Institate whispered t) one his “ How I jong to touch, so as Ww see if all that is alive.” The members of the Institate do not lack op: orta- and the Institute is #233 itt ia li r i i H Distribution of the New French Loan—Expected Arrival at Marseilles of Prince Napoleon— Hope lessness of Peace—Deplorable Condition of the English Troops in the Crimea—Winter Gaieties im Paris—Children’s Baill at the British Embas- sy, He, Hee ‘The frost has set in rather severely. At midaight on Tuesday the thermometer of M. Cheva'ier,which was 32 deg. Fahrenheit, stood at six o’clock yester- dey morning at 23 deg., and at noon a+ 19 deg. Fah- renbeit, and to-day the weather is porceptibly colder. An enormous block of atone, intended for the sta- tue of Saint Jacques, which is to be ,placed on the ower of Saint Jacques la Bousheri¢é, was drawn along the Rue de Rivoli yesterday, bya team of eighteen horses. This stone was dressed out with flags and branches of laurel, and the quarrymen had drewn on it the figure of a crowned eagle,and placed on it all the tools used in its extraction, The Moniteur publishes to-day the particalars of the loan. Instead of five hundred millions—the sum demanded—the amount subscribed is two milliards one hundred and seventy-five m')lions of franca, or twenty thousand one bundred and seventy-five mil” lions of francs. 177,000 persons have taken part in this subscription. Tce amount is thus divided: — Rente, 3 per cents, 83,000,000. Rete, 44 per centa, 18,000,000. 126,000 eubscribe-s are furniche3 by the depart- ments, whore subscriptions amount t> 177,000,000. From Paria, 1,398,000,000 france is derived from 51,000 subsoribera. In the Paris subscriptions are included thoze from foreign countries, of which England farnishes 150 millions, and an equal sum is also eupplied from other Eeropean countries, euch as Germany, B2l- gium, Sritzerisnd, &c. The subecriptions of 500 france of rente, and above that sum, amount to twenty-six millions for the Three per Cent, and thi:teen millions for the Four and a half, and thus form a capital of 836 mil- Tons, being 336 mildons above the required loan. The greates: animation prevailed at the Bourse Meerab et the Treasury having begun to pay back Ceposits paid py subscribers in excess of the loan, aid thus a iarge amount of casi was thrown on market in consequence of waat had been sold out by the purcbasers, and who wero now desirous Of reluvestang their money. This, hdded to the eoa- fidence inspised by the astonishing resources of the couutry, a3 shown by the a in which such an immenee sum has been subscribed, gave great booyancy tothe market, and caused a rather coneiderable rise in prices. General de Ricard, fire aide de camp to Priace Jerome, and D-. Hutin, first physician %o tre Hote! des Invalide + Paris yesterday morniag for Mar- ey tae arrival of Psince Napoleon from Soni tinople. Wi. Berean, Minister of Franoe, who had returned to Paris fromtoe Sinsh of France, where he had been spending some time for the bentrht of nis hesith, been ordered oy his medica! atvendanta to poses the winter at Hyeres, and will ar.ive there about the 20th. Prince Btisbey has received & note from the Eog- lish Coniul, in which be is :equiced to release nim: telf from the Protecto ate of Rassia. Tae French Consul is to deliver a simiiar note, Every ¢ey only more coofirms we ia the sound- bese of te information I have lately conveyed in mo: letters respecting the probabilities of ye. No hopes of | his kind ex'st he e, and the feelings of ex- ultation gererates by the euccesstul remuit of the na ticnal Joo# are of & vature which promises—sup- posing Raesia tobe desircus of patching no an ar- rapgement--the imp sit.on of terms waich would render her consert simost im; ible. Fravce, say ibe minieteris! orgens, has said by her treasure that which Ecgiend bae spoken by her press—uvani nous determination to prosecute the war. There sre par- ties, however, not represented in the public jour- ule, who declare Joudly that they should not be turprised if Eogiand were weakened in the firm: neesof he: alliance by the pza.e negotiatizas, though nothi: g should come cf them. Tne morbid dread of la perfide Albion is ready to instance its:lf on every oc: asion, and the knowledge of this isa powerful engine in the bavds of the Czar. Certain it is that something mast shortly bs done; either Eagland muet cease to take an active part in this etruggle, or @ totally new o-ganizativm mast take Every traveller, as weil as every officer who passes thrcugh Parie, on hie road from the East, more than confirms the most graphic aad often apparently high)y colored accounts of the deplorable siate of the lish army. [ raw an rina fe last ra who Geciared, ip the presence of those who would be eure to report his words to the Horse Guars, that no language was sufficiently strong to exaggerate the miserable wretchedness of that once fine srmy. In literal rags, covered with filth, tied up with bay bands, fed hke carrions sleeping in cold acd wet, and unsbeltered from the it blast—Gcd help them! he said. Of Lord Rs: there was but one opinion throughout—his utter incapacity. That while the feit gratefal for the exceeding good s.irit and effectual sid shown towards them bythe F.ench, the mora! effect waa depressing in the extreme, and far-seeing men look- edo ly on the humiliating comparigon that ‘Wes suggested by it. The Sey sexon stilt hangs fire, awaiting somo caure of public congratulation from the Esst. Tne Hotel de Ville ia to ahow off one of ite grand mani- c'pal featinties on tie 224, and Monsieur Billealt, the Minister of the Interior, has given a bal:; but the Imperial Palace utters no voice of invitation to its golcen bowers. The English Ambassador, Lord Crowiey, fluog open his id rooms to an infant may when the chiliren of some of the t Prem st French, English and American families wera ur dred. tothe number of some foar or five seeure invitations, but ; ains were take grestest anxiety was manifeste3 to mn that the lit- tle Meg ond snould not be overwhelmed or incomm>d- ed “4 e g eat le. The bali commenced at 8 o’clock ana continued till 1 o’clock in tha morning. The quadrilies were arranged a:cordiag to height of the children, each quadcille consisting of coupes. The magnificent rcoms— five in number— prevented all c owdicg, and the effect of these little fairies bounding slog, as joining hand in baud, they executed the fiaale, was ineosgrienty Ry leasing. “As they ruched fur@ard and cluste! emselves ther, their lit:Je voices seomieg, to ring in with tne music, and their ex- — il putian toilettes reflecting all the colors of , they really looked lixea splendid bou- net of che most charming flo t inclined to wers, in waich you plage and bury yourself. At 12 o'clock the supper room was flung open, and such choru: of fun snd isughter was never heard; some of the little mites could only just see the good things en the buffet, and made a vain effort tostretch their chins up so high,ani by and bye, therefore, these were to be seen with a plate of #0; savory before them, and « fork almost aa big aa thameelves in band, knee! on the carpeted flor, while with ey thas managed to guzzle into their little mou'hs the good things bel sre them. them looked pictures for Raphael. Thera were two little giris, about six or seven years old, of the Dachees de Bassano, that were the theme of beg b= Le rogues = ‘ j Lord Cowley—crdinarily an austere, grave man—tooroughly identified himself enh tis nae = and arranged qudrilles and d'stribated bone ein such @ manner as must have won ail their besarte. ‘Verily, children are the trne lords of creation, for itis they only who can with a look bring grave statesmen and cuaning diplomats to their oan level. * Bertie. ‘The Sound Dues. [Copenhagen Gonuens toa obpectans of London Newe.) VOL. XX. Jeers amounts to 0.44 100 of the whole. aleo be remembered that all shiss pewiag «he Souda count double in these statiati:al tabies, for they are counted for one when they go into the Baltic, aud sgain when they come out, so that the ac’aal num- ber of American shis passiog the Sound in 1853 Was but 48, ard in 1862 only 38. It Lope, fogs abe in the present early state of the ques! whieh is “‘iooming in the distance,” but oust seon be brougot under serious consideration, that your readers Ei av adequate ides of th rela’ interests of the maritime nations in general, make no apo for the following tables, with the pficr (i ae LIST OF THE SHIPS OF ALL NATIONS THAT PASSED THE SOUND IN THR YEARS 1852 AND 1853, 1853. two years. 665, 3,393 16,48 3,487 12.28 2107 10.50 1875 9.70 2,095 9.07 1,202 5.55, 1,103 4.80 743 3.89 345 1.80 139 8 1.16 36 f 230 1.06 183 0.81 21,586 200 Average of the years...... Altbo2gb, as I said before, the tables for 1854 have not yet been publis'ed, they have been made up, and having been favored with a sight of them, I am enabled to give you the iulowing particalars:— The tota! number of ships that passed the Sound in 1854 was only 16,469, showing a ialling of 5,000 vessels a9 compaied wish the year before, aud 2,300 Jess then the average of the previozs ten Such result is not to be wondered at, and is the natural coneeqneace of the war and te blockade of the Rassian ports. (Che greatest falling off is in the nowber of British ships (2,600 or more than one- half), the Russians (1.052), tne Prussians (400), and t e Danish (300). ne numberof American was only 18, though figuring in the list for 36, as they cleared at Elsinore on entering the Baltic, and again on leaving it. According to the Danish budget for 1853-54, which is available fr our present consideration, as War was not thought of when it was fra xed, the re- venue from the Suund, Beit, and Hole‘sin Canal dnes idgee scat Bee Eats which about a million and a or are derived from the Sourd dues alcne. ame This sum divided amongst the sverage annual number of ships during the last ten peare (18,750,) wonld give the eum of £8 for each ship each way, Bat it must not be forgotten that about three quar- ters of the Sound dues falls on the cargo, not. quite che quarter on the sbip, and ae by far toe Dog part of the American navigation up the jaltic belongs to what is calied the car-ying trade, that is to say, carrying cargo for account of or Exglish merchaute, the whole bgt of the Sound cues the; fellon the Amerioans in 1852 wasthe petty sum of £192, £152 ia 1853, and only £72 in 1864. With such insignificant interests @, eet Ghaln of figh-bouses a nsougi be Sangerows pare cl Dp OUSES BI rou; of the channel, it cannct sericualy be that they will risk @ war with Denmark, or if that they must bave another and tive for @ hostile demonstration. ered may perhaps be found in nited States to mediate between oP ments, which however is not with sny serious consideration on either siie. But the sbove tables show us which tions resliy interested io the abolition of dues. It appears that England absorbs fourth of the whole Baltic trade, Nor: and § den together another quarter, and Pr and Hol- lsnd together a third quarter. If those governments therefore, were to come to an understanding subject amongst themselves, and thea make #1 to Denmark for the commuta‘ion id duee, there is certainly no reason to that such an offer would be rejected. Let that some influential and patriotic member found willing to bring the subject und inns and that tue Chambers in our principal por’s avd manut would support the demand for a revision, tually,the abolition ot thoss moat dues, there can be I't'le doubt of, a be taken ap with spirit by “1 te.’ Chevalier Wikoff and Lord Palmerston. [From Perth (Scotland) Northern Warder.} Lora Palmerston bas got himself into a scrape rer! to that in which ig em cutso a figure some time appears to have em- ple: d in the autumn of 1850 & seedy fellow known as ‘Ke Chevalier Wikoff or Nichoff, to make known United States OE dye amie 3 a H i Es Mojesty’s gov this forthe Secret Service Money, is would be actof mercy to them to cut off all sapplies sort in future. Wikoff is one of those talented tlemen, who perambulate tne world living on wits. A year or two ago, he Genoa of ® scandalous outrage tenced to fitteen months’ penal we find vag on ge ig Sa aics Peet ea suggeste?—how Spor. 8 exprestons of Opinion tne oa most unsuspected may bo due to gove: ae - ca ye oe any prevails, but why should goveremsnt = 2 Reedlesaly give fair ground for on. Our Wheeling Correspondence. Waeertna, Jan. 28, 1855. The State of the Weather—Travel Uninterrupted with the Wet— Baltimore and Ohio Railread and Central Okio Roilroad Injunction Case, §e. & E i) E H if i 3 bl Ait Lid ing chiefly of iron, nails and paper. Tte connection between the Central Ohio Railroad and the Baltimore and Ohio road is and will be kept Fen by their ferry boat, the Interchange, thus al- owing travellers to the great West the benefits and dvantages to be derived from the Southern route. We have had some heavy snow, and it is now freezing very hard. At an eiection held one week ago for city officers, the Know Nothings elected a May:r, City Sergeant “Tne Injunction, granted at the last altting of the —— Court cf tie State, against the Bai and Odio Boies hanes © connection with Central Onto Ralirosd, will, it is thougbt, not be en- forced. Sr, Leger, Political Intelligences WR, HILLYER DECLINES A RERLECTION, Hon. LA age = Lig a ghd gone ote ee ressional district of Georgia in mA nese! Congress, an written a letter to his constituents declining » re- election. REMOVAL OF A KNOW NOTHING POSTMASTER. The Boston Bee states that Mr. Silas Bruce hae been removed from the office of postmaster of Fes Townsend, Mase,, op suspicion of being a Know Nothing. in goles which we oy 4