The New York Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1855, Page 2

2 The Bank ef F: tm 1854. [From the Bankers? ( » Jame 23.) We now to lay before our readers our 2 wna) anslysis of the of Eogiand. in coatinus- thon of the one published laat year, No. 1,438, vol. 26. The information contaised in the movei tia affords but little that is inte- gesting 0 the casual observer, or to those whose views are confined to the surface of things which are @aily ocourring around them; butto the man who ean fora time withdraw himeeif from these pur- quits, and care! survey the mighty interesta which are involved in the operations or the Bank of d, the subject is fall of the most important ie y; nor tro we aware that toig importance hes ever asiumed a graver weight than during the year which we are aboat to in’ * ‘Two years since, the civilized world, and more eapecialiy the Repeptewd of it, was raised to the highest pitch of ex jon the enormons imfiox of ‘coll to these The of E>gland, which bad for many years previous only received some three or four millions per annum, suddenly became absolutely gorged with the golden treasure, and posi atone time upw: ‘of £22,000,000 sterling of the pri Under this re- markable chaoge the bank had powgr to {asus ite notes to the extent of £35,878 000, which left a morain, of unissued under the of reserve £14,244.000, the active circulition at that time being £23,379,600, and the minimam rate of dis:oaat for mercantile bil's only 2 per cen'- ‘Ae fe unnecessary for us to point out to our com. mercial and manofacturing readers the impetas which this gave to the irdustry of the country, for “7 have ay to have reoourse to their ledgera for 1851 and 1852 to’be fully sensible of the grest ehanges which tzok place; and it cannot be a matter which is unwortby of their considera- tien to inquire how far the 8 which we lay before them to dey may be regarded as the conse. uence of our mouctary system. We ars aware iat we have to deal with some who treat sn ex- amination of these facts with as mach indiffereace as it they bad not the slightest influence upon the Interests of the public, waile others r.osive them with a9 much submission as if they were some sa- qed ordinance of heaven; bat this is whol! unworthy of agres’ aud intelligent people; it fs bowing down toa Dagon which mo: , power, and embition have ses up. Touch it by the migic wandscf truth, justice, and reason, andlit crumbies to places before you. We trust, therefore. that our veaders will nct threw aside the array of tiguren that are here presented to them as unmeaning and uselees, nor treet with merece or indifference the hilosophy whic they unfold. Z We ena now proved to notice the principal ebsnges which o.curred in the bank operations in 1864. 1, 188UB DEPARTMENT, ks comparing the highest amoaat of isenes in 1954 with that of the previous year, in the sscond colama ef the table at page 83), it will be found that the ower cf issuing notes dimin‘shed considerably, the ighes’ and lowest amouuts for the three years being as followe:— * Highest. Date. Lowest. Date. 1852. .£35,578,765 July 10 £30,992,450 Jan. 3 1853... 34,014,000 Jan. 1 28,358,995 Oct. 22 3854... 29,523,620 Feb. 14 25,779,095 May 20 ‘These figures show that the fluctuation in the power of the bank to issue notes between July, 1852, and May, 1854, diminished to the extent of £10,099,060, or nea'ly JO per cent. Theee fluctuations are go- by the fluctuations in the gold d_principall; ibe issue dep: it, apd do not afford any me of the notes actually incirculation. The amount of notes in active circulation, given ts column 3, for 1854, when c: ed with the two previous years, fluctuated as under:— ‘Highest, Dae. Lowest. Dare, 1852, . £63,319, 765 July 10. £19,284590 Jan. 3. 1853.. 23,880,060 July 16. 20,077,860 Dec. 31. 1854,. 22,557,025 July 4. 19,039,065 Dec. 16, Bere we see that 1852 the active circulation was reduced ty £4,095,000 in about six mont 16; in 1853 it was reduced ebout £3,880,000; and at tha clogs of 1864, it had Cecreased £1, 840,995 below what {: was ip July, 1853, ‘The metailic asets in the issue department of the bank doring the year 1854 were conafteravly bolo v What they were in the two pects ears, and i1- deed lower than they had been the four prerious years in their extrems fluctuations; for on the 4th ef February the hightst amount was only £15,523,- 620, snd on the 20in of May it nai fallen to £11,779,- 095, the extreme ciminution of gold being £3,744,- $25. The folowing statement shows th? com arat tive fluctuati rs in gold coin and bullion for the five years ending 1854:— Highest. Date. Lowest. Date. 1850... £16,209,403 Mar. 16 O 1861... 16,784.875 Dee. 20 3852... 21,845,390 July 10 1853... 19,994,851 Jac. 1 Ee 1854... 15,623,620 Feb. 4 31,749,095 May 20 ‘These figures show that the metallic asacta of tho bask have not faiien to 20 low anamount for several ears; and this redacticn im the bullion has also te effect of reducing materially the proportion between the amount of bullion held and the paper im active circulation. In 1852, this proportion ad- vanced to 101 per cent egainat the notes ip. cireu'a- thon; in 1853, 1t fell to 907 per ces; and io 1854, 4 fel to 70 9 per cent, as the highest proportion of bullion to paper; showing beyond dispute that the Dark has no coxtro! whatever over the degree of convertibility which it is avle to maintain. fhe following figures show the fluctuating power of the bexk to maintain this converipility during the three years ending 1854:— PROPORTION OF BULLION TO NOTES IN CLROULATION IN ISSUR DEPARTMENT. Highest. Lowest. 1852, . 1011 perc.nt. SiS per cent. 3863. . 907 bs ee 1854,..... mo «“ 540 M we omit the small amount of gold and silver eein held in the banking department, we find that the nota in circulation which were more than cov- ered by bullion in 1852, had their metalic basis lessened a eee 29 per cent when at the highest point in 1854, and at the lowest puint of the metallic aaeets there was only 54 per cent of gold as the pasis; therefore 46 per cent were issued upon credit. To the unobeerving this change in tre ponies ef the metallic basis, which is msde the foundation tome of the isenes of the bank, may carry w'*) it ve litt'e nificance; but itis the mainapen wi guides al the secret operations of the bink machinery, because ita direc regard every od vance in the metallic proportion of its asssta 001i- pared with itsliabilities, with hope and eacourage- ment; while on the other hand it watches every decline, when it reachosa certain point, with sp- oeion and fear. T.ereforre the flactuatioas in metallic resources of the bank, a? givea in col- wan 5 of the table, are favorable or unfavorable as ‘they advance or recede. It way be seen that we have ratained the column im the issue department of the bank returns for s!i- ver bullion; but tce bank has reserved no part of fta metallic assets in silver since the 20th of Septem- ber, 1853, though the act of 1844 allows it to re‘ain &@ proportion not exceeding one fourth. 2. THE BANKING DEPARSMENT. The chasges which take place in tho Issue de partment are presumed by the framers of the act by which it is governed, to operate without in any de- ee Interfering with the movements ia tae banking Sartment, but this is too paipadle aa error to o0- tain credehce amongst those who are practicaly eequainted with the working of the sysien. Tha bank 1s compeil(d to watch the propordo:s whion are continually oocurring between ive me‘allic assets and itefactive circulation w.th the greatest vigilance, and as it has no power to maintain & strict propor: a ite jasaes _ its _— : ia jose re, to 00 for any sally here by sestiictions in ae boukion department, either ia ‘the shape of discounts or In loans and advanoss, The highest amount of the “ rest” was on the 1st of Ape when {t stood at £3,757,576, sgainst £3,- = 7 bo hac of Ly ed wate abe vel denote an increase rosperity 0 the bank a8 a public 001 Ms s) Under the head of Public’ Deposite the highest amount was £8,291,903 om the 7th of January, against £11,400,033 on the 3lat of December of the ries font showing a reduction of upwards of Ser sidre ee mone cere OCCU! for the - téons made di ‘4 oan Je depontta tel in 1554 may Bo mre fel may a> counted for by the operation of two caoeamimaoae, was the scheme of Mr. Gladaton? principal stock of the Sonth Sea hg a of war. Tne f n and lowsit famoon’ for Highest Amount, Lowest Amn't, vie S9AATSIG £2,809 381 ies +» 11,409,933 1,849,658 "itis privsisdapcatia@apteg the early pecker a le dey the steadiness which jear € it the same the whole of 1852 and 3. em through neai!: ‘The following were the highest and lowest amounts im the three years : ighest Amount, Lowest Amn’t. £15,464,298 £9,371,117 14,933,197 10,607,922 so. 14140492 and other bills stood at theis niohone being £1 29 £1,232,329; and of Bicsinter’ being The total amount of the lisbilities of the it stood at 140.052 Fey dof Jane it was re ase of nearly ig 8 is dectine to the extent of nesrly bgt head of pode, and the remainder H é Z ‘ender the private _ The a amount of Government en. sities pel im the banking depattment was £14,893,2' cp the 7th of Jauuary, sgainst £15,044,330 1 the last week of the previous year; and the lowest amount 29,720,499" on the 17th of June, against £11,319,072 on the 22d of Ostober in the previous year. ie Under the head of other securities, which comprised commercial bills discounted, advances on bills, bonds, and other descriptions of se- curities, the amount was £16,912,943 on the 30th of September, agsirst £19,124,799 on the lst October, 1853. These figures show &® very great reduction in the commercial trapsactions of the bank in the latter year, and up to the present time a decrease under this head of about Z millions sterling; a fact of great significance in the commercial world. . ‘The reserve of notes during the year 1854 fell far below the point at which it declined in 1853, having been at £3,900,430 on the 6th of May, against £5,012,490 on the 15th of October in the previous year, from which date the rate of discount was raised to 5 per cest, and continued unt May, when it was raised to 5) per cent. With regard to the minimum rate ef discount, ‘we bave not to record so many changes as occurred Jn the previous year, but we have to notice a longer duration of a véry high rate than can be fouad in the previous history of the transactions of the bank during the last centers her rates may be found, as in 1847, bat between September, 1853, and April, 1855, the bask minimum rate was kept at 5 per cent for aixty-seven weeke, and for twelve weske at ot per cent, wnich produced to the bauk under the head of discounts alone, according t> offisiat returns, about half a million seeing, daring the fiat five montha of 1854. The minimnn ra'‘eof discount was continued at 5 per centin 1854, to May the ith, when it was raised to 54 per cent, and again reduced to'5 rer centon the 22 of August, The last column shows the total amount lion and coin in both departments to have fa'len off considerably in 1854, compared with the two previ- cus years, as may be seen by the followiug state ment of the bighest and lowest amounts:— Highest. Date. Lowest. Date, 1852. ..£21,232,138 Joly 10. ..£17,515,501 Jan. 10, 20,527,662 Jan. 14,960,206 Oct. 22. 16,286,166 Feb. 25. 2,513,969 May 30, 3. THE BULLION DEPARTMENT. The followirg statement shows the quantities of old and silver received aud delivered by the Bank the bullion department up to the close of 1854, ia continuation of that we pubjisbed last year, in weight.and in value :— old. 1852, 1853. 1854. Received. Ounces. Ounces. Ounces. Ist quarter. 1,081,959.75 1,084,467.14 1,017,842.79 oe 1,319,538.60 1,157,195.14 788,842.12 (Sad 1095,514.60 — 981,453.17 1, 480.23 “bh “ 1,318,644.20 1,720,801 12 985,75 Totals... 4,815,657.15 4,943,916.57 3,150.89 Gold 1853. 1854, Delivered. x Ounces, Ounces. Ast quarter 234,895.60 625,796.91 1,222 618.44 Cie 222,850.5% 558,287.35 694,916.98 3d a 197,452.10 1,059,715 36 685,251.18 4th =“ 559,609.65 1,372,240,06 633,471 32 Totals .. 1,214,707.80 3,616,039.67 6,257.92 Silver 1852. 1853. 1854, Receaved. Ounces. Ounces. Ounces. let quarter 5,070,962.25 4,944,888 44 2 i 6,683,720.20 — 5,670,580.55 2,015.61 ot 6,858,005.95 4,719,640.31 4th «“ 60 5,361,358.61 Totals . .21,646,036. Silver 1852. . Detivered. Ounces. Ounces. ist Quarter 5,0’ 38-25 4,938,533.84 f 2d 5,671. 377.60 5,889,945.99 K i 3a * 6,884,606.10 4,777,27169 4,945,597 40 4th “ 4,069,242.57 5,381,941.87 4,283,120.10 Totals... 21,705,064 62 20,787,699 39 19,976,484.20 The above statements converted into their equi- valent money value at 77s. 94. per ounce tor gold, and at 6ad. per cunce for silver, give the fol- Jowing results :— Gold received. Gold delivered. £18,720 867 £4,722 176, 19,219,475 14,057,364 15,523,374 12,192,202 Saver received. Silver delivered. -£5,591,892 £5,607,141 5,846,588 « 5,370,159 . 5,162,056 5,160,591 w that the quantity of gold rectived into the Bank during the year 1654 was 950,766 cuncés less than in 1853, which is equiva- lent to £3,696,101 sterling, st-77a. 9d. per ounc:. The receipts of silyer during the year were leas sy 712,035 ounces, which, at 62d. par ounce, is equivalent to £143,942 sterling. ‘These returze, it must be observed, do not form apy ne part of the operations uuder the Bark charter, bat represent the deposiis and deliveries ot gold and silver on merchants’ accouat. For it. may be seen tha’ although silver to upwards of five millions in amount was deposi‘ed in the vaults of the Bank, it formed no part of the metallic asset of the Bank in its weekly returas, as they appeared in the London Gaze/te, Another Catholic Vonvent Case. {From the Chicago Tribune, Juiy 29.) Yesterday afternoon a singular case was brought beiore his Honor, Judge Manierre, st his chambers. ‘The circumstances are theee:—Some time ago Mary F. Parker, # young lady, daughter of one of the moet respectabie citizens of place, was peated by her father inthe Roman Catholic convent here, fcr the pi of education. Her fatasr, a few weeks since, went East, and a friend of the young lady, anderstendiog that she was confined agains’ her will, and that she wished to be libsrated, ap- plied for a writ of habeas corpus in her behalr, ee was granted. The followiag is a copyof the writ: Slate of IVinois, county of Cook, s.—=The people of the State of Iumoijs to Siater De Sales, one of the sisters of the Roman Catholic Convent, otherwise ‘‘sistere of Mer- cy,” so called, and to anid convent and ‘Sisters of Mer- 0 called, of the city of Chicago:— Ye command you that you bring the body of Mary F. Parker before me, George Manierre, Judge of ths Cook County Cireult Court, at my chambers, at the Court House, in eaid county, on Wednesday, ths 18th day of July, at2o’clock P. MM., of said day, and there wake retufn of thie writ, cetting forth the cause of such de- tention, sto being ‘illegally restrained of her liberty by You, ad is represeatea. G0, MANTERRE, Judge of Cook County Circuit Court. B. W. Tracy, E+q., appeared for the respoutent, oa Hervey, and L. F. Bingham, Eaq,, tor the appellant xhe parties appeared in court by and in person sbout two o'clock. Lae respoadant, the Mosher Superior of the zonvent, was habited tn the usual costume of the order of which sho iso member. The plaintiff ts @ young lady of aout 17 Ls) of ege, handsome sppesrance, aad of lady- ike demeanor, Soe was dccssad io a brows slik dees and bine manti la, ant wore a thick veil over @ portion of her face, watch obacared, in » great ie her feature. we of the counsel for the appellant remarked that the appsliant appeared to be onder the impres sion that she was nos ad liberty to converse with her counsel. —_ Mr. Tracy said that he had advised the respon: dent to pot allow the appellant to hod any oom verse with any one bat herself (the respondent) theic attorneys and himself. Phe court informed the appellant that s1e was at perfect itberty to oon verse with bor omnsel, either ta or out of the hearing of the Lady Superior. The young isdy ap; t> remain uuier coa- strarnt, but conversed with her counsel for afew mo- ments without removing from tie neigab»rhood of the Lady Superior, Mr. Tracy read the return of ths respondeat to the writ, which set forth that the said Mary B. Parker was placed in the convent of tae Sistera of Mercy Ree father, Jokn Parker, some nine woeks Piss pt pe Be hedge tA ary, for parpose of being eda at eat convent; that she has since remained there, uore- strained of her liberty and by her own iree wil; thet her father is now absent from the Scste of Minois, and thas her mother is dead. The Court then took ths young ledy aside, and conversed for some time wita her. Tne Court thea stated that Mies Parker, although on some ascounts unwilling to remain ja the convent, was not wiilin, to leave it until father returned to tho city, and that ehe was not the fear ot resurntog thit ser; that aa the wit of habsas corpus had bsen issued solely for the benefit of the young ledy, aad as she det to avail herself of the liberty asked for therein, the Court would msrely state that ehe was at il to go where she pleased. Mise bp the respondent then pri to- ther, an young lady returned with the Lady Bi rior to the convent. 2 counsel for the ‘oat stated that they were prepared with authorities and evidencs to sustain the that the ag lady was ilie- gally ined and deprived of ber liberty; bat the course wisely by her rendered it unae- cessary for them to produce eitser. REMARKADLE Mag ea Be Warans.—There is Prescots, port, which ar- ‘ ten beoes st fos as oe }) Matanzas, Copen- Hambarg, and Pa the same position Rearly eight years, and atnce it was firet ‘flea bw fa aot x iene thee fifty galion? ip it.—Boston Adver. 1855. ie Interesting Foreign Items. Whn the aduirais went on shore at Anspa the scene of destruc Was presenied to their view was unequs! as the Rasaians had de‘er- mined to nothing to fall into their hands. The fortifications which surround the teen blown up at different poit €normous breaches were oa id surrounded by with guts oe, wom here and there wi cha, were an on greund, The largest breach was opened on tea side, in the disection of the landing place, T! admirals and their staff entered rt Naren guns lining the a the platforms burnt, and ah broken facacee tel park of artillery contaia- ed an immense quanti! shells, grenades, » cannonballs, mal bombs, and near the fore were strewn nomerous projectiles. It was evident that immense warlike been accumulated in the place, The racks, magazines, guard- houses private dwellings were tel, bY Py. tie empty. objectatoo cumbersome to be removes been broken and rendered w1 le. Tae roofs were stil burning, and the four wails, black- ened by the smoke, alone remained standing. Tae churches bad been iit eee the inscriptions on the t:mbs defaced, they should afford any information; the two large bells of the cathedral were smashed to pieces, and the religious basao- relievos which adorned their external sidea de- stroyed with tte hammer. It was on the bth of June the Raseian troops, armed with hammers, began their work of destruction. On the following day ay set the town on fire, and left 10 the direction of the west, carrying with them their wives, children, ard valuable property. Having crcesed the Bugour, they blew up the over the mouth of that river, within a quarter of s mile of the place. A seties of lectures is being given in Londen on the subject ot “The Prodigality of Vice” in Eogland. At a recent meeting in Concert Hall, the Rey. H. 8. Brown made the following remarks :—‘‘ It was cal- culated that £20,000,000 annually was drawn from the weak, foolish and vicicus to support those dens of iofamy, brothels, where the body ani soul of hu- mau pees disposed of as if they were #0 many cattle. Of this "large. sum for the whole country, £10,000,000 is allotied to London, and £500,000 to Liverpool. Talk of the expense of emanct the slaves, end of the dreadful war expenditare, with these facts before us? Why, the thivg is monstrous tothink of, and refiscts sirapgely upon us asa na- tiop, that, while our charitable and religions socie- ties sre languishing for support, we should thus be recklesely throwing avay anvually such incredible sums cf money in Vicious indulgence. We find th’, out of the amount spent in.London, £2,000,000 goes to the wretched women, while the remaining £8,000,000 is swallowed up by the brothel keepers. Here is an as'ounding fact. Tae poor creatures w10 barter their bodies and eouls for lucre are che ted out of their earnings, ard held in a siate o’ thrale 1m such as we, in free and bappy England, ana actually living among them, cam form no concep'ion of. Five yesra is the maximum of their vicious career, and if we take 2,000 as the number known to the polica in Liverpool, we find thet in five years 9 generation of immortal belnga ste sacrificed to the lustful pas- sions, or one victim immolated daily. An English Parliamentary account shows that the ross total revenues of all the presidencies of India year 1852-’53 amounted to £26,938,005, and the total paymenta out of income to £6,560,759. The ‘oss to’al receipts of the prea Bengal in '8£2-'53 emourted to £10,545,132, and the payments to £2,356,850; the gross revenues of the Eastern settlements smounted to £71,120, and the psyments to £9,440; the revenues cf the Territories ceded by the Burmeee, including the annexed Provinces of Pegue and Martaban, amounted to £206,506, and the psy ments to £62 389; the gross revenue) of the Northwestern Provinces amounted to £6,948,707, and the total payments to £1 266,081; the groea re- venues of the Panjab. and trans Indus territory am<cunted to £1,165,022, and the total payments to £251,795; the gress revenues of the siecererd of Madsas amounted to £4,996,401, end the total pay- menta to £1,258,162; tae gross revenues of the Bom. bay preety srocunted to £4,447,765, avd the total pay ments to £1,588,666; the revenues of amounted to £241,551, and the payments to £121,520; the revenues of Sittata amounted to £258,796, and the payments to £174,542. The to’ | income of the revenue of India in the year ended tne 30th of April, 1853, after deducting re-osyments, allowances and drawbacks, amounted to £26,821,038, and the paymen’s to £26,396,781, leaving au excess of income . over expenditure to the amount ot £424,257. The re’ pub:i: revenue in the same year amounted to £20,351,279, and the total amount of casb balances in the treasuries of Ind aon the 30th of April, 1853, amounted te £14,428 314. A billhas been brought into the British Parlis ment to alterand emerd the laws regulating the medical fession in the United Kingdom. Tho bill provides for the election from time to time of a medical courcti, the members to be chosen by the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons in Engiand, Jrelend and-Edinburg, the faculty of Physicians aud Burgeons of Sg ad and tre Universities of Ox: ford, Cambridge, oadon, burg, G'sagow, Abar deen, St. Ancrew’s, Dabtin, and the Qifeen’s Univer sity, Ireland. To this council sre to be ad’ed eight ersons, to be nominated by the Secretary of State for the Home I artment, four of whom are t2 re: present England, two Scotland, aod two Irelani, atd eight representative members, to be elected Br those whose names sppeer im the last printed mod! cal register, to be published under authority of tho bil. The time and place of meeting of this council are to reat with the Secretary of State, while its duties will be confined to providing properly qaali fied examiners, ani a register of persons wo ars competent to practisc either as physicians or sur- os. None bat registered persona will be entitled recover their fees and charges; unrezistered practitioners will be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and ptrsons faleely pretending to be registered wi i be liable to a fine not exceeding £20, nor lese taso &. The British transport stip Sir Robert Sale was towed .into Portsmouth harbor on July 24, t2 dis charge s peculiar governm:ntal cargo, consisting of 235 tan bate of bad rum, aud sbont fifty tons of robbish suitable for “ fiewood,” and what is dss cribed in the enip’s papers a8 150 casks of “ kitchea stuf.” The pur kase cf this rum was mgde and the abipments effected in the first instance at Trieste, in the fall ofthe ear 1854, and went to the seat of war, where its quality and influences were speedily de- veloped; the sesmea and troogs rejected it aa unfi: for buman consumption; it was then shipped in the transports Firefly aud Rzjah, and bandied abort an- til trenehipped ss condemned and rej: sted into the transport Bombay at Constantinople, whenc> it was carried to Malta (by the Bombsy) and there tran. shipped into the Sir R-bert Sale for carriage to Portemcoth. A lot more of the same noxious flaid wae Jacded at Balsklava in bo oped casks, and drawn by the Naval Brigade, but the sailors would noi drink it. This stuff, with ita original freight, cas’ of warehousing, shipping, reshipping, avd transship- ping, together with toe coat of the time aud delay of the various transports Inmbered with it, will cos; about £3 per gallon, upon a mederate calcalation. The crainary receipts of Austrian finance for the year 1854 amecun' to 245 millions of florins, being about eight millions more than the previous ear. The ordi: expenditure of the state rose m 286 millions of florins in 1853 to 378 millions Jast year, showing a surplus expenditure of 92 inil- lions. The total annual deficiency ross from 56 millions in 1853 to 140 millions in 1854, chiefly in comseqatece of the enormous expenses of the army, and especislly of the lass levy of 95,000 men. Tae ordinary expences of the army cost 117 millions of florins, together with 91 miliions of extraordinary expenses, moking a total of 208 millions of fiorins, or near‘y 21 million pouste sterling. The late re Cuction of the army is calculated to bring down the annual deticiency to its former level. As | ng 2s the Austrian army was on the war footing, it cost & million of florins (£100,000) every day, Not very lovg sgo an exprecs train drew up at a Tailway station at uo great from the borders of Scotiand, and a gentleman “bearded like the rd,” scoompanied & nob.e looking Isdy, left a fires class carnage and entered the refresiment som. Jost at toat moment, a native, who had bea pa, ing his devotions with too grea’ fervor at the ehrine of the jolly god, was industrioasly emancipating an effe veacing dr ht from a flask he held in his hatd, ard either tho’ or rere mg loox- the cork towards the of the ing travel ho jerked aside to avoid the missile. “Ob! there's a fellow to stand fire,” exclaimed the spirituous hero, “You wouldn’t do for the Crimes.” ia cee nearer tous six hun who java, to whom the teunt was addressed. 4 A letter from an officer high in command in the French army at the Crimea hes ths following: —I have five hours before Malakoff, upon a torn by bomb shots, in the midst of the horrii mati! Corpses of our heroic sidiers, picusly collesting these precious remains for burial. Amon; oe von the happ!- , “living. I with much emotion that I grasped eat those unfortanatcs who had passed two days and two o eurroanded by the of 1! pe Ta the tre of the pa a e onwy injared. In conseqnemce, some modiicstion NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 24, hss been made on that order to the effect that mas: ters of fishing versela having at least three years’ service, and who have for four consecutize years been in commard cf such vessels, will be exempt from the levy. Sicce the war with Russia « new kind of domestic fowl bas been introduced into Eogland from the Bick Sea, and is likely to prove a formidable rival to the Shanghai and large, es tne barn-door fowl, ie crested, and has feathered legs; generally all white or black— when the letter, of a raven hue, and glosey. ‘This bird is pugnacious, and ite movements are very po Its evi meet Liperes is, how- x ment of the feathers. These are very few, and do not project as in other birds, but drop down and close to the #0 that the crestare apusere tis it scarcely has the appearance of a bird. and when its is erect Diplomstic relatiope with Sardinia are about to be completed by the Porte, in consideration assistance whica King Victor A to the cause of Turkey and her allies. Formerly Sees wee only two Guinn mary oh in Leg rope, and until very only four diplomatis| two with the rank of Ambassador, were with the taek of representing the Sultan in Europe. Belgium snd Holland have been honored with sence of Ottoman Ministers, and since the arrival of a Sardinian: force in the East, the Smt of Turin has = in Me ciate nea clair vor, ,On many grounds, and es; at the Ottomen Miniater at Vienna is no longer iu a suit- oe position to represent the views of Porte in taly. The following is an abstract of the number of Cfiicers of the British army who were killed in action or who died daring the year 1854 :—Field marshal, 1; generals, 12; lieutenant-generals, 15; mejor en are 15, telgathere genes, 4; colonels, 27; utensnt—col , 32; majors, 29; captains, 126; Meutenasts, 173; cornets and ensigns, 38; pe 3 ters, 17; adjutents, 2; mArtermaners, 25. Of these there were killed or died of wounds received th sotion: — General, 1; jere- » 2; colonel, 1; liea- tenatt-colonels, 0; ors, 7; captains, tenants, 36; cornets, ensigns, &c., 9. The Russian General de Borg transmitted the following telegraphic despatch from Heisingfors to ptt get the the 224 of. Jane:—At Ln o 8 M0! an enemy's frigate approache the batteries of the isle of handham, ana opened fire. Our batteries replied with success,.desiroyed a sloop which preceded the frigate, makin s.und- ipge, avd pecnee a sbell ard several balls in the trigate herself. In this affair we had a soldier of the 25th crew of marines killed, and four men slightly wounded. We can state, in the most positive terms, that the condition of affairs wittin the walls of Sebastopol is deplorable in theextreme. We are asaured that in addition to the enormous mortality which has occar- red through cholera and other diseases, nearly ove half the garrison are urfis for service through sick- noe Raph cuine Sane Sse farther mention e deepest deapor 98 taken eee of the minds of the troo} with regard to their being able to hold out much longer. In a work called “The Island Empire,” published some time ago, there appeared an account of aa cotogenarian gardener of the late Emperor Napo- Jeon, stil livizg on the Island of Elba. One of first acts of Count Walewski has been to inform the suthor of the work that the French Consul at Porto Ferrejo had been directed to eopaly the wants of the old man, and to make his days easy. Amorg the veesels of Admiral Bain’s squadron 42; heo- that lately ente! port of Kiel was the Hawk, which was re asoneof the Danish ships of war teken by Nelson on the bombardment of Copen- hegen, in 1867. The discovery was scstcely wel- come to the Danes, who still remember with pain the peculiar circumstances under which their flee: was taken or destroyed by the English at that epocd. Mr. Willes, the new En; sont | appointed in the place cf Mr. Justice , is the son ofthe late Dr. Wiles, of Cork, waa educated in Trinity College, Dublin, and is the second Irishman whe, with'n the last few yesrs, has been elevated to the English bench, the other being Baron Martin, son-in-law of Chiet Baron Pollock. From the Qsterreischische Corresponden: we learn that 800 recruita for the English army have ar- rived at Beyrout from Uamascus. They committed great excesses in Hebou, where 9 of them were kill- ed and 32 wounded. The governor of Jerusalem dispstched a body of troops, with nine pieces of catnop, to protect the population. A return compiled by the Shipping Gazette shows thet the number of veasela wrecked 2m the month of June emounted to 83. In the previous month o May 98 vessels were lost ; in Apri], 109; March 149; February, 164; and in January, 238. Sir Obarles Parry bas sert in snother eatimate of £650,000 for sdditional works to the two hones of Pajliament in Lonéon. The sum already ex ended amounts to two and a half millions sterling; that is, Couble his original estimate. i. A return has been made to the Huss of Commons ofa ibis ee with the British authorities in Portugal, showing to what extent,and in what min- ner, port wine is adulterated on the spot where it ia produced. The mural monument, subscribed for by the mem bers of the Oxford circuit, and scul) rhage to the memory of the late Mr. Justice Talfourd, been placed in the Crown Court, Stafford, against tke wall between the two galleries. Attem: Assassination at Hamiliten, Onio. itrageous Conduet of a Priest The Times of the 20th iost., farnishes {he following pariicalars of an infamous affair which has produced a great excitement at Hamilton, Onis. Some months ago, Mr. Getz, who keeps a grocery end dry goods store on the corner of High and Second streets, in Hamilton, becaine a membse of the Independent Order of Gdd Feliows, S36 priest having control of the German Catholic con- regation to which Mr. Getz was attached, ordcred to withdraw from the Odd Fellows or suffer ex. communication trom the church. Mr. Getz pre- ‘ferred excommunication, though, as he has con: siderable property, we believe he has never been el 4 Ned. “Hore recently, the same priest, through a third , endeavored to get a douation trom Mra. Gotz the German Catho‘ic charch building in Hamil- ton, which has just been completed. ‘he lady re fused to give anything, :tatinr, that Mke her hue- band, the was losing all attachment for the fa!ih. Heasing of this, the priest called personally on Mre. Getz, and from time to time, by thresta 6nd other meare, endeavored to abuse her mind againat her buskdud. Last week he tried to persuade her to give bim eaough of her husbavd’s money to carpet certain portions of the church, and also insisted that it wes her —_ to leave her husband, assuring her that if whe did so she would glorify Christianity, and by law receive the half of his wealth. Friday of Jasi week Mra, (iatz informed her buaband cf the conduc’ of the prisst, and begued to be secured from any further intrusion. On Sa‘ur- day Mr. Getz met the fe on the street apd forvid him ever entering his house sgain. Tae priest bs came very moch eoraged at what be thought was the endacity of Mr. Getz, and among. othsr things told him he “would settle his case before the week was oat.’ About 10 o’clock Saturday night, William Fretch- ling, clerk for Mr. Getz, left the store and went to 3.8 residence, which fronts on Secoad street, in the rear of the store. As be was about entering the gate two men sprang from a place of conces'ment, and with clubs felled him to the ground. They appeared to discover their mistake the moment thoy struck the first blow, for they drop; their clubs and rev. There is but little doubt that they iatend- Breen ores Pera as cret ere for iB artracn attention by bis moans, when he was catried into the house. He ia atill oliaae precarious sita- ation, his recovery being doubtful. The clobs were afterwards found in the’, ateway. Tae: ate Taurderous sticks of greaa beech wood, evident- . I Tire jetz’a position being known, this attempt at Kittle doubt that he was the intended victim caused quite an excitement the next day or two his ontrymen Hamilton. The ‘ree. Srerrrecedy ek, drys eee Eee tie wrt of his entire con. gregaticn, however, by th the Protestants int g aut 338828 2 T Jocomotive falling among the dry leavee and combustt- bles. Our Cincinnat? Correspondence, Cincinnati, July 18, 1855. Trip from New York—The Oentral Railroad— Scenery on the Route—The Wheat and Other Crops—Harvesting— Political Review—Abolition- ismand Know Nothingism—Mr. Chase’s Chances jor Governor. Having occasion a few days atnce to come to the Queen City , I concluded to try the Southern route, ipstead o: coming by the Erie or the New York Centrai Raliroad. Consequently at Baltimore I took the cars on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for ‘Wheeling. Some ten years since I had passed over this road when it was completed as far'as Cumber- land, and theace by stage on the old National road. ‘The vivid impressions of the beautiful and sublims scenery were still fresh in memory, end as we all at times desire to revisit the home of our childhood or the scenes of early days, a0 longed I to again feast my eyes with a view of the lofty peaks, the regged cliffs, the dashing waterfalls and the thou- sand beautifal landecapes one can see in crossing the Alleghanies andthe Biue Ridge. As we dashed on through vales, the wide spreading fields of gold- en harveat seemed to rejoice in their own treasures; across streams sparkling in the sunlight, up or through hills and mountains, each one would em- brace us witha cool and delicious breeze. Such seenery, on & route nearly free from the annoyances of dust, with good company such as I hed, and gentlemanly conductors, ever ready to point the traveller to the besutifdl aud -aub- lime, cannot fail to make the tourist not only fee] that his journey is rable, but a real source of enjoyment, From Ci ‘and to Wheellug ths road gaps through a section of country never be- fore men by these mortal eyes, and, if possible, is far more grand and sublime than the eastern section. There are some very heavy grades upon the weatern part of this road—one, seven‘een miles in length, and a part of it at the rate of one hundred feet grade to the mile. Eogines of sufficient power to easily matage twenty two freight cars, folly loaded, have been pu} on the road, aud in a few hours we passed some eight or ten of theze freight trains, ing in all come two bundred car loads, and clearly show. ing that this great thoroughfare is doing an im- mepse business. The time occupied in passing over this road, in coming to the West, la a few hous more than that by the Erie road; but any one wao bas @ desire to behold tho beauties of mountain acenery, will be ampiy rewarded by taking this route. It is generally admitted to be the most romantic 10ad in America, and my advice to all tourists ia, to take at least one ride over it. ‘All bueicees in ths great agricultural State is now very dull, except that of harvesting. The fields are aroening me aar the weight of unusually good crops. Better crops were néver raised than tacse of tig season. The wheat crop is now safe, and no- thirg but a long continued drought can prevent the corn crop from being as proportionally abun- dant asthe wheat. The high prices of provisions have induced every farmer to raise as much waest ard com as possible. A tieman from tne country told me this morning tha; in his own cunt, there were ten thousand more acres of corn plant than last year. If the other counties in the State have increased their eorn fields proportionetely, it will make a ce of some two or three mil- lion bushels in the corn crop alone. Waen wetake into consideration that all the Western States are alike aroused as tothe profi's of agricultaral pur- suite, we can begin to see how the warring miilions in Europe sre to be fed, and at lower rates tnan during the past Set I have been informed tnat the o! deliver, this fail, large quantities of wheat in thie city at one dollar per bushel, has been declined by deslers. Political excitement, like the weather, is getting up to fever heat. The nomination of Mr. Coase for Governor, hsa given sampant abolitionism a new impetus, and though he is considered by many to be the Jast man should be elevated to auch an office, on account of his ultra abolition sentiments, et, upless the eee, make a speedy and Jeaictous nomination, Salmon P. Chase will be the pext Governor of the Buckeye State. The repubii- cans contend thas the Know Nothings are ia duty bound to support ‘Mr. Chase, because nearly all the rest of the ticket is made up of thoss kuown to belong to the American party. ‘As the people are very conscientious in po! affairs, no doubt that this Wil, be sufficient to make most of the voters d> their duty. Bat many are so blind, self: willed and conservative, that they can see no good reason why they should be compeiled to support the nomixee of a convention in which their party had not a single bates man who has been aa open ene! to the ww Nothings, and a violent a>:- Utlonist. Yet I apprehend he is just the man for the masses in Ohio, for, to make a long story siort, there is but one political idea of any magnitade bere, and that is opposition to the farther exten- tion of slavery. It is uppermost, foremoat, first and pokes A ‘est comman: vor! ound to be chief sachem. ~! ad lhe Case of the Filibuster Bark Maguolle, in Mobite. (Frogs the Mobile Advertiser, J , before Hon. John ly 17 “Gayle! United States Jadge, July 16, 1855. “The cae ot the bark Meenoiy for a breach of the nentrality m8, Cl quer, ngs Usk store J. Req Eidos U. 8. District at y, read tke libe) of anform tion. G. Balley, Eeq., counsel for the claimants, read the exceptione filed to the sufficiency of the libel, which he evpported by an argument of some leagth. Mr. Requier followed in reply for the goverament. The Court reserved Padiceepe upon the prelimi- nary queetion and di d to proceed with the examipation of the case upon the merits, leaving the decision upon the ex eptions, for the fina) deter- mization of the cae Mr. Bailey then read the answer of Appleton Oak and Bidpey Oak Smith to the allegations in the hbel involving them, in which answer it was alleged among other things that the vease! sailed for a mar- ket, which they expected to tind in the goverament of Vexezuela. Mr. Requier thea proceeded to cail the wit- ne-tes ‘or the government as follows: — General Walter Smith, sworn—fhe steamship United Btates entered at the Custom House on tue 15th March last; she cleared trom New York on the 2d; have never seen the ; bad @ conrersa- tion with Captain Grabam; he said she cam» here to establisn a line of steamers to Texas; she isl this port on tre 20th March; there was also another ateamer called tke 8t. Lawrence, here, and 9 smali echconer named Emily Keith, Perry, master, ladeu with coal; she was ocnelgned to T. f&. Thompson in Mobile; don’t ktow of any euch person here; she left April 11th; thoee veesels were each of them ex- amined and watched while here. Duplicate man? feste are required by law in the clearance of vessels. Crost-exsmincd—The veesela cleared withou: any eur pic ion attaching sgainst them. E. Murry aworn— Am an officer of the Custom House; I saw and examiced the S: Lawrence sad the United States when here; the United States would carry from one to two hundred passengers; she had very little freight on board; was ou board ‘the Emily Keith; the United States was fitted for transporiation of armed men; could carry 1,000 men in cor janction with the St. Lawrence. J. Heasee sworn— Never was on board the Uaited Staves or St, Lawrence; never heard her cargo was for armed purposes. J. H. Lewia sworn—I have seen the clearence of the Magnolia in New York; she wae cleared ic bal- Jest and stores for St. Mary's, mone the s\eamer United States resched New York, port, within a week after the first of April; aorrourded by armed vesrels in the stream in tae t of New York, and was there on the lith of june last. Croee-¢ xemined- Saw the clearance of the bark Magnolia in New York Custom House; | am not an bed the Custom Houee; it was open to any one to see it. ~—- Lewis sworn—I was mate of the Magnolia when she left New York; Kops the log; [she log book sbown to witnees;] the veanel left Ne indies the baptaia apt SU ee; ween we came out, 85 » out, that sve was bound for 8+. Mary's, and log for that port; be told me that was & mistake; ran ashore on Loo Key; Sidney 0. Smith was thesupsr. cargo; he was the controling man; at Key West the coptein wae foed By the Collector fix having 30 maai- fest; when we left Key West we did not go in the di- Tect.on ot Mobile, bat towsrds Bt. Jos:ph’s Bay, nesr ea the wind would allow; had gond ner; arrived at St Joseph on Ist April; when I y e 1 was told I was on boar: Mory Avn; afterwards saw the name of i ve LY aceite Fie A | d Mr. 03 Seeae tom ee ai Mr. 8. O. Bmith told me Cubs soonld wonld belong the jod order; bad eight water-caal peng 900 fallout the allowance for each man isa a y Requier—I changed the log to the Magnolia, after finding out the name of the vessel. —— Craven examined—Left the Jaspre en the 1st of April; she isa small modern-built steamer— not more than a quarter the size of the St. Lawrence; went through Joseph’s bay in her; was coast a between the bar and New Ozleaas; saw the ipenclie an, Fe 15s Mas hae we ane 1s in; Was in a A - nal, which we did not Tete reda ne ech nee John Forsyth, proposition made & line of steamers from Mr. Lewis called again Requier~The Amelia had been in port at Jozeph’s nineteen: cays previous to our arrival there, as her captain informed me. : —1 took Legod p J books from the cap- tain of the nolia; he resisted me; be held on to- them, and I pulled themawayfromhiw. At this etage of the case, the court aojourned till to morrow. ee ae Interesting from Northern Teras—Phe Indian. Country. [From the New Orleans Delta, July 16.) We are greatly indebted to Dr. Vollum, of the army, just dows from Fort Nps says the Aus- tin State Gazette of the 7th ingt., for late and in- teresting news from the northern trontier. The exertions of Mejor Netghbo:s seem to be happily crowazed with success. Twenty-three of Sowaco’s men bave come in ging a lester fron: him sueing for peace. It is ascertained that after their stampede, many pursued a course up the head waters of the Red river and the Brazoe, others took. to the Guadaloupe mountains, Tae sufferings from hunger and sickness have been very severe. The Indians ate up nearly all their horses and the whole of ca doge. Smallpox visited them and maie great havoc, : These Indisns are now in good condition for the agent to act upon—much better than if they bad been met by the troops and brought in fat. ‘Buffalo Hump is missing. He is supposed to have joined the northern Camanches, Major Neighbors 18 shill of opinion that they will floally come in. The Texss Camsnches are composed of the bands under Ketimsi, Sowaco, and Buffs idup, aed thes slg pha ephemera day 9 ag A who has already come in and is 5: Clear Fork of the Braz 6, band, and it contains nearly He is a white man in nearly sll his sentiments, sad rearons clearly ard powerft with his in showing their certain extin batore white race, if they were to continue to follow the buffalo for their support, ‘ The settler ent on Cicar Fork is progressing fine- ly. Buildian are going up, and land tor next year’s crop is be’ ploughed up. The Indiaas have ased their rifles and hung them up. are orking hard and show interest in pro’ Ng for permanent homes. be Bak not patie ol are 1g to Bie! _ jers in the world. zg ent isten miles below Fort Belknap, om the Brazos. Here are the Caddves, Wacos, Apnajacoes, Ionies and Kechies. They have certainly, at present, the finest crop of com now growing in Texas, and at Jast accounts were making great preparations tor the Green Corn Dance. ‘They have plenty of water mallons, ‘mask melons, pumphins, &c., and comfort and happiness besm from every face. These tribes have all been sccus; to raise corn, but they have been driven from place to place by the inroads of the whites, until some of them had despairingly abandoned the attempt to provide for themselvee, The Caddoes formeriy lived in Louis- isna, and have repeatedly had their corn felis teken from them. The Tonkaways bave agreed to come in, aud nf ®ve probably now at Fort Balknap. They are corn Ba , and have been moved abou! until ve got into Mexico. Bite slso Jean a ied eae pe — most mischievous and rascally bands in Tsxas, have dto come io. They stay about the Devil's iver and the Upper Rio Grange, and live upon Muscal, btless many Californis emigrants have been plundered and murdered by the band. Heretotore some complaints bave beer: made about the sgents now livin, the Indians, We are piaa Hearn that leighbors is bulldiag a some twenty miles south or }'ort Belknap, om and he intends permazently resi He is acti All wo Bade testified to the terms of the by Capt. Graham for establishin: Ym Moblie to Texas . y, Mr. Horni@iz Arvam ix New Ogteaxns—Apucrery 4xD Mvcrpgr.— Mr, Levi Smsiser, an oid and re- epecced citizen, who kept atin aud s2ppse ware manufactory in Of 8. Mary’s market, died about two months since, was buried by his friends without any suspicize of his having been murdered. A few days since his pegro woman pee yes toa Mr. Morenouse, in the Feurth district, told him that her master had died of arsenic and chloroform,séministered through the joint agency of her mistress, Mrs. Smelser, paramcur pamed Scott, and hersel’; and that Pereons, unconnected with the zant of and had connived at Scott wasa workman or E course sprung up between reaultirg in a desire to get Mr. 8. out of the way, and a echime of poisoning, to which the was made # party through promises of plenty of money, aud sent to California for sale Being resrfal of y, however, they her clcsely confined in the house; she became sati and conscience-stricken, and resolved to make & clear breast of i: the first oppor'uuity, waich ehe did upon casening, by going immadiately to Mr. Morebcvse snd ‘elliog him these paciiculars. She says that Mrs. Smelser and Soott procured the poi- ecu; thet Mrs. S. mixed the arsenic in a pitcher of water; that Mr. Soutt poured out a glassfal of it, and tbat she herseif Se is and gave is to her master, who was lying in bed, unsozpicions of wring; that afterwards, handkerchie’s, sata: in chloroform were Jaid over his faxs, sad that the other parties who were present severs\ times raised the hanokerchiels to see ic the victim was dead, and replsced them. The story would aeem almost teo horribie for belief, but A who was arrzsted and is now in prison, tells it with @ plausibility and a seeming rem jree that carnot be rejected. She told what druggist furnished the poison, aud gave Cap- tain M>ynsn the residue of arsevic fron porsening the pitcher of water. She also named a Lotary cn Camp street, before whom he: free papsrs bad been drawn up. the police bave been investi- ) bat o37e made no ther arrests aa yet, the difficulty being, we be- Keve, tre insofficiensy of s slave's confession $) im- plicate & whi son. was 3 Garmsn, 40 or 45 ee; his widow is on Irishwomea, bly younger; Scott is an Irisuman.— New Orleans Crescent, July 16, Charles oT a of Newark; A. Pennington, eq, Freehold by the evening Benator Tom" fi ciepantes the to the Pe "a River ac moath the river.— Monmouth, N. J. Bone 7 of Morristown, N J. total population of '2,663 1960, when the town had ¢,300