The New York Herald Newspaper, November 22, 1855, Page 2

2 NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 18565. are the} of the cession of | ‘The great Hotel du Louvre at Pacis consists of one enor- | worshoure inmates are so reduced in numbers, that the Items from Texas. The Irish Ald Soctetics, ONE DAY LATER FROM EUROPE. eae ee Pree ws pons fevr, the ada of eb avare rngocirly 18 guaeiione exe ¢ ing the consolideMana age MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE—THE GOVERNOR'S rt werine Se MEW ARE, ¥. J domains, value more than feet, longest. facing unions, for taxation. (From wark Advertiser, Nov. 20. miiions of florins, are over to the bank as mort- pales of ie Lonere, ane stend formingone sile | The Aicines states that many Swissgovernesses, | we nave Geiveston paper ta the 10th inst,, andafew | ,4. ‘mumber of Irishmen held a. egen- ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH STAR. | goce: the inscription will take place ly. The | of the Place du Palais Royal. these two sides ao | who lived with rich families in Russia, have returned to | gingr There is very little newn ing st Hall, in Canal streot, to organize an Irisla management of these domains Is to the bank, | areade runs with shops, in the style of the | Switzerland, those families having found themseives, on | “gy, Charles Morgue, fom tis port, arrived | Emigrant Society. Patrick ‘Kelly was appointed which will receive the net revenues of them. The State Royal; the other two sides are formed of shops, | account of the war, under the seme of reducing ther | 4+ Galveston on Friday evening last, port, , and called upon ® Capt. Butler, of New York, has a right to redeem an of theee mortgages by but without ‘any arcade. Above the of shops isan | establishments to s more economical rd. ‘The State ‘commenced its session in rho was present, to state the object of the aseciation. PRE TROUBLE WITH THE UNITED STATES. | cn equivaient sum in cach, of by substitacing “another | entreol, and above that, the rooms belonging to the hotel, | ‘The Journal de Frankfort states thata political journal | .."thenth inet’ A letter dete ros aan te Anetta read the prospectus of the association, which ans mortgage of equal value. The bank has a right, however, | four stories high, and comprising 800 apartments. The | in the Polish language is about to be published at Vi- | 116 Galveston Cicil — i » nounced that Ireland’s 0; to make an attem; ~— to eae Toortgages ua promptly as possible. There | building te entirely of stome, and bas cost £204,000; the | enna. | POnBaturdsy night the democratic and anti-Know No- | &t freedom had arrived, ni al sp a rua ea shall be organized for that purpose, under the Presidency | ground on which it {s situated, £187,601; and ‘tho fur- | It is said that 20,000 copies of the forthcoming vo'- ‘mremubera off both houses held a cone No- | men to resist oppresal INTERESTING NEWS FROM INDIA AND CHINA, | o/'tne Governor of the Bank, a commission named by the | nishing and capital for it on are estimated at | umes of Mr. Macaulay's Ilatory of England have been | tonmminate candidates for all the oflices whe meter, | Spd tyranny. The association, 1t appears, a s ke. &e. latter, and for whore guidance special instructions will £280,006; forming a total of £511,501. subscribed for. to Kaow Nothingism. The number of candidates | S@nized but three already numbers man; wg ° be drawn up, and their execution subjected to the sur- | It has just been intimated that the Lords of the Trea- Kom both partion wan‘large, and, witht sucktacomt” | members; in New York alone numbering three veillance provided by the statutes ofthe bank. If the | gury in Por to the following late offi ‘Trade with Venexucla. nation, would have taken up several days to organize, | 894 in lyn, Jersey City, and the adjacent places, ‘The steamship North Star, R. A. Wamack, Esq., com- | roduce of the sale of all these domains is not enough. to ‘of the ish’ Poor ‘Law Department the undermeu- [From the National Intelligencer.] [ach Louse mage its ows nontinstions, cad to in The soctety waa aivided wes at nei prietaetys pay off the debt of the State, the State will pay the re- | tioned annuities as com} mn for loss of office, viz. :— DECREE REGULATING COMMERCE BY TRANSIT. were all elected by the democrats and anti-Know No- | into two vic and military. The first was com- manding, left Havre on the evening of the 3d inat., arriv- | mainder in cash; but if the debt be paid off before alt the | Mr. arthur More, chief clerk and lately Assistant Secro- | J Tapzo Moxsaas, General in Chief, Presilent of tho | things, of men with families dependent upon them, and the ed off Cowes on the morning of the 4th; lett Cowes at 10 | domains are sold, those unsold revert to the State. rts lic af Venesuela, &:.:— In the House. Hamilton P. of Webb, was chosen of young men who were anxious and to takean P.M, and reached Quarantine at 2.4. M. yesterday. The North Star experienced the most terrific west- erly gales during nearly the entire passage. On the night et the 4th passed a steamship off Start Point—possibly the Union. On Monday, Nov. 12, at 4 P. M., (lat. 48 30, Jong, 40 15,) passed a steamship stearing east, with two stack pipes painted red—supposed to be the Hermann, ‘The North Star brings 350 tons of French goods and 117 passengers. By this arrival we have received the second edition of the London ‘imes of the 3a inst. We are consequently in possession of one day’s later news than that reseived by the Pacific, which arrived on Thursday morning last. We find nothing new in the ‘Zimes respecting the ‘threatened difficulty between Great Britain and the United States, The circular of Croskey & Co., of South- ‘ampton, however, contains the fellowing paragraph ‘The question of war between the United States and Great Britain has been a topic of conversation and discussion for the last ten days, though few belie in the actual realization of such @ direful event. An wi eertain apprebension is telt on all sides, nobody knows ‘what is going on, or where the first blow will fall, and even the absurd idea ofan American invasion of Ireland Ja gravely discussed at Lloyd’s and on ’Change. The reported quotations at the London Stock Exchange ‘at 11 o’clock, morning of the 3d inst., are—Consols for Money, 88 to 881;; do. for account (Dec. 6), 8844. ‘The Paris correspondent of the 7imes makes no allusion to the war question as regards the United States. ‘The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland had visited on the 24 jest, the public institutions of Belfast, His reception ‘was s brilliant one. Jn France an imperial decree had been published con- firming the promotion of fifty-seven persons belonging to the army in the East, to the rank of officers, and the no- mination of 572 to the honor of Knight of the Legion of Honor, as well as the grant of 1,284 military medals con- ferred by Marshal Pelessier. The list comprised per- sons of every grade from colonel down to private. The following is a condensed translation of a long (Rus- sian) letter, of the 19th inst., received by the Ost. Deutsche Post {com Odeeea:— By advices from Simpheropol we learn that there is a great movement in that city. Many of the inhabitants are moving tothe north, ‘and all the hospitals are being yemoved to erekop, Ni¢olaieif and Cherson.” The sick in those places are sent to Vossnersensk and Elizabeth-Grod, The prices of provisions at Simpheropol are enormous Since the cavalry action at Kongyll the enemy makes si ple excursions irom Eupatoria into the interior. The Ri sian corps of observution before Eupatoria consists 60,000 (r) men, 20,000 of whom are cavulry, Intelligent y military men are of opinion that an advance from Eupa- toria and Simpheropol and Baktshiserai would bs a bad move, unless the Allies had a powerful cavalry force and plenty of artillery at their disposal. ‘The opinion of the Anglo-French pross that Prince Gortschakoff is in critical position is positively ridiculous. His whole amy is now mobile, which naturally was not the case as Jong as he had to defend South Sebastopol.’ It is a mis- take to believe that Sebastopol was the ‘arsenal fron: which the whole army drew its madériel. Between the Jat of March and 15th of August, the fortress of Kiet? alone sent 2,700,000 bombs, grenades, and 48 Ib. and 95 T. balls to the Crimea. The State puid 5 roubles and 40 eopecks in silver for the transport of each pud (about 35 Ibs. Frglish) from Kieif to Sebastopol. During the last few days, the famous engineer Major General Todtleben has been here. The headquarters of the southern army are to be removed from (dessa to Nicolaicff. Genoral of Cavalry von Helfrecht will succeed General Luders here; hie staff arrived yesterday. Lieutenant General Gro- Im has left, with the Third Division of Light Horse, Koff. The commercial harbor of Oczakoff, which all ships coming from Nicolaief, Cherson, and Odéssa en tered, is of some importance. Aletter from Vienna of the 30th ult., in the Cassel Gazette, says:— Various rumors as to the probable covclusion of peace at.an carly period are current here; one there is, to the effect that the kings of Prussia and Wurtemberg have induced Russia to make concessions, and that Count Col- loredo, Austrian Minister at London, has, conveyed to Paris a note on the subject of the Russian propositions. Accounts from Vienna give the particulars of several agrarian disturbances near the Croatian capital. They ‘were supprested by the police. The Overland mail, with advices from Bombay to the $4 and Calcutta to the 224 of September, had reached London. Mr. H. V. Conolly, Collector of Malabar and Provisional Member of the Council of Madras, was mur- dered by a party of Moplahs, on the 11th. The invar- rection of the Senthals had not been quelled. The re. Higious quarrel at Oude was still active. ‘Shanghae dates are to the 7th September, but they con- tain no important political news. A large and heavily armed piratical fleet has been de stroyed, or dispersed, by Her Majesty’s brig Bittern, to She northward of Shanghae. Nineteen piratical vessels Ihave been destroyed. The Taoutae of Shanghae has issued a proclamation ordaining that from and after the Chinese new year @ebruary, 1866,) all dollars or foreign coins of the kind assayed at the Custom House, in the presence of th: Consuls, shall be taken at par with the old Carolus dol- lar, with reference to theirintrinsic purity and weight in silver. This is an important step towards doing away with the fictitious value of the Carolus dollar, but the authority of the Taoutae is limited to his district, ant the reformation of the currency must be « matter of time. We hear nothing of the rebels in the north. Prices of tea at Shanghae show a decline of 2 to 3 ts. per picul. The remaining stock and expected suppl ‘are of the inferior kinds. During the month four vessels had sailed for America. a Freights had declined. The passenger traflic between Shanghae, California and Port Philip has been almost en. tirely annihilated by the restrictive measures litely adopted against Chinese immigration, The United States steamer Powhatan, the sloop Van- dalia, and the United States sloop Macedonian, were at Sanghae. The Anglo-American War. [From the London Standard, Nov. i.) We should grieve at a war with our kinsmen at the other side of the Atlantic, but we should grieve without any mixture of fear for the result. As to any danger to be apprehended from a naval contest, it is a jest ; ‘the United States have no nawal J+ compe with one +f ‘And again, as to Canada. canada proved t for her own defence in the war of 1812, and the ive power offthe British North American Provine infinitely increased since that time. has There is ano- ther consideration that may chesk the belligerent spirit of the re yublicans of the New World. A war with Eng: land now would involve a war with France also, whereas im 1812 France was the zealous ally of the States, A wa with England would, in fact, hermetically close the Con tient of Europe against the commerce of the North American Republic. “But ome sage Jonathan will be dis- posed to say that the union of England with France is not like to be permanent. This, however, is a great erro England and France have found out, too late, alas! that hav» no conflicting interests—that, on the other hand fnteresta in the peace and prosperity of Europe i identical, The right of each mation to choose its own form of government and its own sovereign is now a settled print of public law. it is the prond tiie upon which Napoleon rests his authority—that great man, who knows that as she was the first nation to estab- lish the right of natlonal choice ot a sovereign, so she was the first to recognise in his favor ite exercise by the French people. Swagger as they may, the Unitad Stairs dare net go to war with England and. France unitet, these nations, commanding the sea, and havi invuinena- ble point of vantage in the occupation of . Nor ix this all. There is danger in the South aa well as in the Korth to quell the as:bition of the blustering republicans. ‘There are the slave States. If, according to the writers "pon natural law, the state of slavery is but a con- tinuance of the state of war—and there is no reason to Ss the be mange all the Southern States of the Inion the free citizens are greatly outnumbered by ene- sles, Woe to thove who thall tow into a flame the seaoel- very, for we tit, though smoul 5, lavery i still war. Tat it tbe Teale thereld be oo mad a4 to compel us to the use of all means of defence, « few black regiments mus tinent, and it is as eney as tt must be painful to tell what would be the effect of thetr presence amid a popula- thon of their kindred and color, held in severe, notte eall it cruel, slavery. by ® handfal of whites, These are com. erations which must occur 10 the Freat boty of the of the American people, thongh political agitators and political writers, ¢-valiant and pen-vatiant, as they always are, may look to obtain distinction by violent war! rations. Meanwhile, absurd, and, in the abstract, even unjust as we must think the interdict upon recruiting for the British servicein the territory of ‘= now independent State, though once a British depen dancy, we by no mans defend the violation of that in- terdict, if, indeed, it has been violated. The law of the republic forbidding the enlistment of soldiers for foreign service would, however, have a better face of justice had not the States constituted themselves the ral reel Pients of all emigrants or fugitives from their mative fountries. ‘The Bank of Vienna—Its Mortgage on the Government Domains, The Vienna Gazette of October 31 contains the two of publications which were looked for with a certain patience by the financial world. The first contains the arrangement agreed upon between the Minister of “fmance and the bank onthe subject of the domains of $ © State handed over to the latter; and the second, the « cree relative to the foupdation of a mortgage bank, The cecree relative to the establishment ef a Mortgage Bank contains the following clauses :— ‘The capital of the new bank shall be thirty-five mil. Mons in cash. It has a right to issue mot bonds for pap year wi t au ‘4 ment; the bank, however, may take them up nee hes come dve. The National Bank, with all its fortune, is a guarantee for the punctuel payment ‘of the capital and interest of these mortgages. consequence of this guarantee, all public foundations, wusteeships, &c., are authorised to invert their funds in these mortgages. ’The latter have moreover the advantage of q from hand wo band without the ent of any duty; may be discounted by the bank, or given as herpar bsg loans, but only to a certain amount to be hereaf er fixed. They may be quoted and sold at the Bourse. The most im- portant clause is contained in the first paragraph, which states that the Mortgage Bank is released, both for the present and for the future, from ali legal restrictions a4 to the rate of discount. By this regulation, not only are the revenues and the profits of this baok carried up a3 indefinite sum, but the first step is made towards a gen ugmentation of the rate. Above all, a severe iow is given to the existng usury laws, which will pro. bably be soon repealed. ‘The Rasen Nobility and the War—Privi- leges of the Body Confirmed. The following is the circular addressed by the new Rus- sian Minister of the Interlor to all the marshals of the nobility in the different governments of the empire. Al- though dated Sept. 9, it has only just been published in the Moscow @azetle:— In virtue ofa ukase of bis Imperial Majesty addressed to the Directin, te, I have beem named Minister of the Interior. accepted this momication with a feeling of profound veneration for our well beloved sove- reign, I cannot but feel proud that to the post of Minf ter of the Interior is added the high attribute of being the re- presentative, near his Majesty's throne, of the valiant ‘ustian nobility, always renowned for their devotedness to the imperial house, for their ardent love of this conn try, and who at the’ present moment show themselyos animated by the most patriotic sentiments. Our angust sovereign has ordered me to protect inyiolably the rights which have been conferred on the nobility by his august predecessors. I consider myself happy in being able to transmit this high favor of the Kmperor through you to all the nobility; and it is particularly agreeable ‘to me to be able to assure you that from a strong convic- tion with which my heart is deeply penetrated, [havo always considered the body of the nobility as the faivhful ally of the sovereign power and the firm support of the country. In this conviction I expect that you will zealously execute all the designs ot the government, and cordially co-operate im the arrangements made by the superior au- thorities of your province. Lconsequengly hope that be- tween them and you no other rivalry will exist than that which tends fo the same object—the pnblic good. You ere well aware of what great importance to the rervice ix the choice of individuals in the elections of the body of the nobility; what sacred duties are imposed on them, and how clovely the exe:ution oi those duties on their partis allied to the repose and wellare of pctyate indivi. juals. It is therefore sincerely lo be desired ‘hat the seler- tion for public employment should fall, not on intictluals who merely bear the name of nobles, but on those wko, from their intellectual capacities ant ir moral qualities realty merit their high distinction of nobility. $8. LANSKOT. ASt. Petersburg letter in the Hamburg ews remarks as follows on the above document:— The publication of this let:er appears to confirm reports that have from time to time crossed the frontiers of Rus. sia and been whispered about, that the war is very un- popular with the nobles, who’ have to bear all the The result ia stated to have been the formation ong coalition; and although this has not yet, per- baps, assumed the form of a conspiracy, it may neverthe- less have induced the Czar to issue the above declaration as a sort of concession to an influential and numerous or- der, whose ostensible ground of complaint was that the Emperor, on coming to the throne, had neglected to con- firm the privileges of the nobility, which was invariably done by his predecessors. This {s generally considered here the solution of the declaration, oth minealled or. Miscellaneous Foreign Items. ‘The plates of a large number of the most popular en- gravings were destroyed lately in London by their pro- prietor, Mr. Boys, of Oxford street, for the purpose of en- ancing the value of the existing impressions in posses- sion of subscribers. The works of art referred to are, Perbans, the best known and most, popular steel engrav- Inge which ever existed, and which have been published by the present Lord Mayor, when he carried on the busi- ness of a printseller and pudlisher, and the original cost of engraving and copyright, &., of which has been little short of £30,000, ‘They consisted of the celebrated ‘Wa- terloo Banquet,” painted by W. Salter, and eggraved in Mue by W. Grearbach; the “Christening of the Princess Royal,’ painted by C.'R, Leslie, engraved by H. T. Ryall; “The Queen Receiving the Sactament,” painted by U. R. aslo, engraved by Samuel Cousins, tis pla'e cost £3,000 engraving “nd 42,000 the copyright. The following, from paintings from. sir E, Landsecr, viz.i—Shoeing—the Smith's Forge,” large and small plates, by C. G. Lewis;”” ‘The Sanctuary,” large and small plates, also engraved The splendid subject, ‘The Return from Hawk- wved by 8. Cousins: ‘Crossing the Bridge,’ en graved by J, T. Willmore: “The Deer Stalker's Retura,” by C, G. Lewis; “Christ Weeping over Jerusalem,” painted by Sir C. Eastlake, engraved by 8. Cousins; and “The Three Hunters,” by Landseer, engraved by 0. G. Lewis, The steels Of these magnificen’ p!xtes were in the first instance destroyed by disfiguring uc ony ings, under the superintendenee of Mr. Boys, ut '<for~ treet, their present proprietor, and Messrs. Dixon & Koss, the printers, of the Hampatesd road, who have taken’ the whole of the impressions from them for distribution among the public, The plates were subsequently cat to pieces by machinery, and were exhibited, nailed to boards on a surface of white cloth, at the Albion, On the 20th September, in virtue of a right conferred on France by the capitulations of 1740, the national fi was solemnly hoisted on the residonee of the French Consul in Jerusalem, in presence of Kiamil Pacha, the Governor of Palestine, and the civil and military autho: rities, and salated by twenty-one guns from the fortress of David. On the same day the French Consul was pre- sent in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, at the 7b Deum, sung successively by tle clergy of all the Chris- tian communities, Special prayers were offered up by each for the Emperor. Kiamfi Pacha, as well as Colonel Moustafa Bey, the military commandant, were present in full uniform, The church was filled by a great num- ber of people, and those ussenibled on the outside testi- fied their joy by the discharge of firearms. The regular troops took part in the /éte, and rendered military honors tothe French Consul. “Kiamil. Pacha and Colonel Moua- tafa Bey afterwards called on M. de Barriere to offer their congratulations, and he was also visited by the ents of the foreign powers, and all the heads of the Christian clergy. Public rejolcings were kept up suc- cexstvely for three days for the taking of Sebastopol, and prayers were offered up in all the churches, the moses and the synagogues, There were also salutes of artil- lery, fireworks, and illuminatiens, and the enthusivem was general. Table No. 59 in the finance accounts of the Unitei Kingdom shows the number of new vessels built durin the last three years, in the various parts of the kingdom and plantation In the years ending 6h January, —-1853 — _—1864.—, —1855.—— Vests, Tons, Vests. Tons, Vesls. Tons. 553 123,082 611 150,150 581 134,301 31 41,960 163 60,826 138 53,120 2% 2450 24 2,605 539,512 30 2,088 32 4,007 28 4,761 . 677 158,880 152,550 513 119,166 + 1,419 369,304 1,553 959,788 1,443 320,860 The monthly retarn of desertions from the army and navy of England, and the militia, have been made up for October, and exhivit a gross total of 648. The returns to the War Office com) 860 from the regular army—o! there 12 are from the Household Infantry; 23 from the Royal Artillery and Royal Sappers and Miners; 29 from cavalry regiments; 7 from the Kast India Company’s troops; and the balance from infantry regiments of the line, the Land Transport and Medical Staff corps, and the Foreign Legion. ‘The returns from the militia show that there have been no fewer than 266 defaulters from that branch of the service, and those received at the Admi- ralty from her Majesty’s ships in commission contain the names of 17 deserters, two stragglers, and one man dis- charged with disgrace from the Royal Navy. The conflict which has sprung up between the heredi- tary Prince of Denmark and the ministers, on account of the refusal of the former to accept the new constitution, is far from being terminated. A Copenhagen journal, the Berlinske Tidende, hints that in case the Prince per- sists tn his refusal, he may perhaps be deprived of his rights to the crown. The negotiations now pending, and which are being carried on by the Minister of Finance, rest on new basis. - The Prince is no longer required to accept completely the fundamental law; ail that is asked of him is bis promise to work no in it hereafter, unless in # constitutional manner. The Hamburg Cor- respondent is of opinion that, notwithstanding these con- cessions, the two parties will not be able to come ton good understanding. A letter from Bucharest gives the number of troops in the several Turkish fortresses whieh can be made availa Die in the event of war breaking out cn the Danube. From this it 9) that the town of Varna is at present garrizoned Turks and 600 Frenchmen, Schumla by 800 Turks, Silistria by 5000, and Rutschak by 1500. About 15,000 Turkish troops are collected at Baltachik and Kustendje; these latter are, however, intended to be conveyed to Asia. Provisions have become exceeding: ly dear. The high roads of Bulgaria have become so in- secure that it is impossible to travel from Rutachuk to Varna, except by the Turkish port. The cost of a horse for the abcve named distance is 500 piasters, which however, includes the pay for the service of a well-arm man, whore company, in places, is quite indi«pensabdle. Measures of great severity have been ordered by the Crar against nobles who continue to reside abroad. In Livonia = entates of fe! gg sare, Foe placed under guardianship, all lr term , mission has not expired. ta to.» coramunieation lately made to the authorities, Emperor is deter- mined to put an end to the mania of absenteeism on the part of the Russian nobles. In case of any landowner re- maining abroad without leave, the tribumale will the estates, amd render sn account of the revenues to inlese circumstances Seward to ib longer delay veing grantea, tary, 28 years’ service; maximum salary, a ee an- num; annuity sanctioned, £350. Mr. inson, architect, 16, years’ service; salary, £500 per anaum; annuity sanctioned, £300. Mr McMullen, architect's assistant, 16 years’ service; valary, £160’ per annum; Annuity Sanctioned, (by minute of the Treasury, ) £37 108. Mr. Charles 1 27 genre’ wervice, genera! clerk and lately cashier; salary, £415 per annum; annul'y sanctioned, ‘Acircular, printed at Vienna, estimates the Turkish and allied forces at 300,000 men, without including the Turkish army of men on the banks of the Danub«. ‘These trocps are distr buted nearly as follows :—At Ba- toum, under Omar Pasha, 45,000 men; at Kara, under Vassit and Williams, ;at Erseroum, under Vely and Hafiz, 12,000; at’ Trebizonde, under Selim, 8,000; in the Crimea, the main bocy of the allied army on the two banks of the (chernaya and on the Tchouliou, 95,000; at Eupatoris, under Gene-al d’Allonville, 60,000; at Kertch, 16,000; at’ Kinburn, 12,000; on their way'to reinfores the landing corps at the mouth of the Dnieper, 25,000; at Sebastopol, 8,000; lastly, the reverve in the camp of Maslak, 10,006, By an Fnglish parliamentary return just issued, it ap pears that te amount raised by all the railway companies in Ki ‘by shares and on loan, to Docom. dor, 1858, was £273 624,616; and that the smount s0 raised in 1864, was £12,744,278; making the total amount raised by shares and loans, to December, 1854, the im- mense eum of £286,068,794. By another part of the sam» return it appears that, in the cage of no less than 2,389 miles of the line authorised (and for making which capita! tothe extent of millions sterling had been appropriat- ed by Parliament,) the powers for the compulsory pur- chase of land had been allowed to expire, previous to Ulst December, 1854, without the exercise of such powers. J.D. Barron, clerk of Dungarvon, Poor Law Union, in Treland, bas been dlrmissed from office for embezzling the union funds and forimmorality. Kev. Heary Bart Roman Catholic chaplain of Mullingar Workhouse, re signed his office to the Commissioners on account of the reduction of his salary by them trom £75 to £60 a year. The master, Mr. Joyce, of Mountbellow Union Work house, has ‘been dismissed by the Commissioners, the matron, schoolmaster, and schoolmiatress have been sas- pended, and the weaver removed from his place, in con- sequence of a series of wranglings amongst "hose officers. The clerk of this union has also been called on to res!» 1. The Rev. Dr. Vaughan, incumbent of St. Matthew's Brixton, (a wealthy and romowhat aristocratic sub-dis- trict of the large metropolitan parish of Lambeth, Lon don,) bas been at feud with his parishioners for some time past, and a commi tee was appcinted to investigate certain charges publicly made against him. (On Monday evening the committee made their report, which was to the effect that 1) had discovered many instances of 1! legal burials in the district churchyard, of illegal fees being charged, and of falsified entries in the register book and they recommended that legal proceedings should be aken, ‘The International Scientife Commission appointed to examine the project for cutting through the Isthmus of Suez, assembled in Paris on the 30th ult., and decided on leaving Marseilles in a few days for Ezypt, accompanied by M. Ferdinand de Lesseps and M. Barthelemy St. ilaire. ‘hey will proceed from Cairo to Suez, and make ® con plete survey of the Isthmus, and will then embark at Peluse and survey the Gulf, and follow all the coast of Feypt from Gaza to Alexandria. The Viceroy of Egypt hax made every arrangement for facilitating these ope. rations. The censtruction of a solid bridge, imstead of the bridge of boats, across the Rhine at Cologne appears to have given fresh life to the plans for erecting a similar bridge a: Strasburg, so as to connect permanently the two benks of the river at, that sot. Fie French com. any of the Strasburg and Nancy line has petitioned the french geverment to make application to the Germanic Diet and the Baden government for leave to build this bridge, In consequence of this demand, the Freach gov ernment has submitted to that of Baden the plan of a fixed bridge between Straebarg and Kehl. The Military Gazette of Vienna says :—General Moura viel! may be reproached with not having taken proper preliminary measures in his attack against Kars. Up to Roptember 29, the Russians ‘had not inished their paral lel, nor were the 3€-pounder batterios in the trenches complete. The exsault was not ushered in by a canaon- ade, the General having resolved to take <ars by sur- prise, He also changed his plans when four Generals had already fallen; lastly, he did not deploy a sufficient num- ber of troops, and did not send up is reserves until the chief attack had been repelled. The duty on tobacco, in New South Wales, is to be in: creared to the extent of fitty per cent. ; upon the other articles ot the present tariff. the increase is 100 per cent., wih the exception of dried fruits, on which the present duty is 344. per Ib., and this it 18 proposed to raise ta 2 Upon talt, the duty is put at 28, per cwt.; on vinegar, 1: per gallon ; on soap, 4s. per ewt. ; on candles, 2d. per lb. ; on timber, in bulk ‘or sawn, 2s. ‘per 106 cubic feet ; on rhingles and Iaths, 2s. per 1000. ‘The estimated receipts from the customs under the proposed rate of charges, aro £679,060, A notice has been issued from the Post Office in Lon- don, stating that the postage of a letter not exceeding haif an ounce in weight, py to Canada and for: warded through the United States, is 8d., when con veyed by British packet, and 1s. 2d. if sent by a United States packet. Letters weighing more than half an ounce will be charged proportionately. Unpaid letters will bo sent by a cheaper route, unless specially addressed °« By United States.”’ Prepaid let:ers will be forwarded by the route indicated by the postage paid on them, Private James Salmon, of the 934 Highlanders wa. tried on the 6th ultimo, in the Crimea, for deserting from the trenches with ‘intent to go over to the enemy.”” He was found guilty and sentenced to be shot, but the com mander of the forces commuted the sentence to penal servitude for life, entirely from consideration of the goo! and faithful conduct of the reeiment, and of the army t) which he belonged , and of which he has been so unwor: thy a wember, ‘The Wexfo:d Independent (Ireland) says: We under stand that the humble hero who bore and held in fn nis death-graxp the colors of England at Alma, his predeces sors having been shot down, was a brave sou of our coun try—Philips—from near Ballycenew. Latters of inquiry are in town for asister, as to the disposal of £1,000 amony the immediate heirs of our gallant countryman. The award is made by the order of our gracious sovereign, ano this enhances the prize. Inhabitants of Cork, Irelan3, have got up a potllivs to the Lord Lieutenant, in favor of * inviting # par; of the Bal ic fleet to winter in Cork harbor,” for the reason thus given: there are over 1200 sailors’ wives, besises other claimants on the men employed on brard these vos- sels residing within the immediate vicinity of this ses ort. There is £40¢0 paid quarterly from Cork custom house, and £2400 from Haulbowline, to the relatives of sailors belonging to the fleet. The Bombay (E. 1.) papers record a drought such a has not been experienced for many years, and a famine or at least a great scarcity, seems to be inevitable. Th Bombay 2¥ex says that even if rain should fall it we a only aggravate the evil by adjing sickness to scarcity rotiing the crops already ripening, aodards that drough' and consequent famine, when it does happen, extend: enera ly to ail the Presidencies, put the present year ws been an exception. We learn by successive numbers of a Calcutta (East In. die, mercantile publication, that the quantity of whea’ shipped from that port for Great Brita during the month ending the ith of September, was no less than 127 884 maunds, or 22,664 quarters, at the rate of 601 to the bushel; and we understand that, at the «ite of tue latest accounts, shipments were still geing on with con siderable activity, and at rates which promised a hand- some profit to the exporters. A great billiard match, for £200 a side, was played be- tween Mr. John Roberts, of Manchester, and Mr. Starke an American, in the end of October, in the Linw od Gal lery, Leicester square, London. The gawe (English) was ployed 3,000 up, 1,500 points to be given to Starke. The match was won by Mr. Starke. There was some admira. ble play, Mr. Roderta making forty-three red hazards iu succession, During the year ending the lst of July, 1856, tore were within the Edinburg police bounds ftiy-four on°98 of housebreaking, thirty-seven of which took place ducig the night. The value cf the Property stolen is estim. ed at £80. There were ten robberies, all by night, excepuing one, the money or articles stolen being valued at £19 and there were 2,847 cases of simple theft, the pro,.cty stolen being valued at £360, The direction which the Cherbourg (France) line is to take between Valognes and Cherbourg, has just been fixed. The Hne wi | follow the basin ot the Divette, croys the valley of the Roule, and have its terminus on the yue canal and Commercial dock. cing near Martinvast, where there will be a station, is to cross the height of Octeville, aud to reach the military port by the hills above La Pole. An Arab manuscript, entitled ‘Luminous Document on the Exploits of the Hadaite Dynasty” (El Adilla en- Nou. vania fi Mefarckh xt Doula el. Hasria,) as just been coveréd in an Arab I'brary st Constantine, in It ia of the middle of the fifteenth century, and is stated to be of considerable historical value. The author of it is one Ion-Chemma, who ie held in high esteem by his learned countrymen. Major Owen, R. E., of the Engli:h army, who duri the siege of Sebaxtopol lost his right leg in the trenches, and who had the honor of staying two days on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle, is on the eve of leading to the hymenial altar Mise Cubitt, daughter of sir Will Cubitt. at he Tecollested ae te _fellant, Major then captain) was one of the als connected Gith'the Great Exhibition of 1851, in London, ‘The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has memorialised the First Lord of the Treasury about the operation of Peel’s Act of 1844, pri at {ts action may be sus- nded so far as respects Bank being restricted in its issue of notes beyond the £14,000,000 to the amount of bullion tt holds. A trial, trip ieee, ty sine on tes railway Crom Cra- cow to Bembica, ‘iJ longing to Aus- tris, This line, which, after leavii ‘Crowe, passes through Pochina and Tarnow, before ari ring at Bemba, was declared by the government authorities to be m satisfactorily executed, The Sardinian government has jast approved of the convention of Au 81, 1853, for the excavation of a Menouve, and made a communi- tunnel under the Col 4 tation to the Federst Counell of Switzerland to that ef fect, ‘The cantons of Vaud and Valais have, in conse- quence, been invited to commence the work. Pauperistn has decreased to such a say cZicus in the sovih od woot ot Intland, in most of and the Authorized by legislative decree of the 4th May, of the present year, for the purpose of regulating the transi: commerce with New Granuds until s convention on thi subject shall be entered into with that State. DECREE. Art. 1. The transit commerce with New Granada shall through the ports of Maracaibo ani Foreign merchandize declared in transitage for New Granada shail be subject nelther to import, transit nor any other duty for the benefit of the treasury. ‘Art. 3, The consignee, agent or shipper of merchan- dive thus destined for eliher of the two New Granadian rts above designated shall, in conformity with the ws in that case made and provided, enter upon thei: manifests the destination either for re-exportation to or consumption in New Granada, as these regulations pre- to Seo. 2. It is to be observed that in case of re-export tion or for consumption in New Granada, the form. Bec. by the custom house laws must be compliei Sec. 4. preroribes tions for the custom house offi. cers, respecting their duties as regards transit merchua dise. See. 5. Within three menths from the date of ware housing the merchandise it must be officially made knowo whether they are intended for consumption or in transit for Venezuela, In the former case—that is, for consump tion in Venezuela—they will be subject toa duty: of on per cent per month, agreeably to the value assigaed by the invoice as first presented. If, however, they shoul be destined for New Granada, they will be lable to a daty of two per cent per month, according to the same valu tion, besides the duties prescribed by Art. 34 of the law for the regulation of the Custom Houses. Art. 6 relates to the manner and form in which thes: peyments are to be made. ‘Art. 7. Same as above. Art. 8, provides that if fhe merchandise deposited fu: transitoge shall not be withdrawn and the duties satisfie: within three months, then it shall be lawful for th: custom-house officers havivg cognizance ofsuch matter to offer such goods at public auction, and from the pro- ceeds of the sale to first liquidate duties due there wih costs, and to hand the balance over to the parti interes i Art, 9. The consignee, agent, or shipper of all mer chandise destined for New Granada, shall present to th proper custom house officer an invoice, containing ai! the particular marks, letters or sigas by’ which his carg nated, so that, on examination by the proper o! ficer, whether the chief coilector or any of his s1bord! nates, said merchandise can at ouce ne recognized identified, and in order that the said chief collector any of bis subordinates may suffice at the bottom (pid) 0! each page his matk or sign, by which such merchandir- tay be known and properly entered in the custom hous register. “Art. 10. Within six months from the clearancs of auc’: merchandise from Venenuela, the party interested ins resent to the custom house officer at Maracaibo o: Gindad Bolivar, on the case may be, a. certificate from New Granadian custom house officer, vised by the Vene zuclan Censul, or, in the absence of that officer, by com tent authority’ to that effect, that such merchandia: End passed through the custom’ house of that republic and was duly entered on its books. Art. 11. At the expiration of six months, as pre scribed in the foregoing article, merchandise entere | for transit to New Granada shall be considered as intro duced for Venezuela consumption, and shall be treate accordingly. Art 12. Merchandise and protuce which shall enter the republic for consumption through the custom house o fen Antonio del ‘Tuchira, shall be subject to the sam rules that govern, the other custom houses of the {State of which the officers at that port will take proper nv ce. Art, 18, The Secretary of Foreign Relations will ope:: a correspondence wita the government of New Granada to the end that he may obtain duly certified coples of all in voices to that republic from the Venezuela custom houses and he shall, in like manner, forward to the proper office of that country copies of ail despatches from the custo: houses of this republic. Art. 14 relates to the organization of the requisit« guards on the frontier. Art. 15. With regard to merchandise already introduce } and entered for transitage for New Granada, three month . all be allowed from the date of this decree for its tr shipment to New Granada, after which period such mer chandise shall be considered us destined for home con- sumption, and will pay eorresyonding duties. # # Given at Caracas, this 10th day of August, 1855. The Trial of Ex Postmaster Kendall in New Orlea [From the New Orleans Picayune, Nov. 18.) . Crecurr Court,—Before Judges Campbell and M: Caleb.—The trial of W. G. Kendall, late postmaster «i this city, on the charge of iaking out and appropriating the contente of a letter ($500 Bill on the Citizens? Ban’ of this city,) addressed to W. W. Mitchell, of this city by S. N. Hite, at Galveston, Texas, on the &th of Febru ary last, commenced yesterday. U. 8. District Attorney MeCey, Ieaae Morse, Attorney General of Louisiana, ai ©. Roseliue, Esq., appeared foc the prorecu'ion; and Ra: dall Hunt and 1 igur appeared for the accused. The following are the names of the jurors: Richard Nugent, M. Musson, H. 8, Buckner, E G. rs, C. M Waterman, H. T, Lonsdale, R. B. Sumner, F. Peele, J H Stauffer, G. M. Pinckard, 8. Wolffe, George Urquhart G. M. Pinckard was appointed foreman. J.B. Root, tbe Galveston postmaster, was the first witnees called for the prosecution. He «tated that a fiv. hundred dollar bill was enclosed in a letter by Mr. Hite in his presence, at the Galveston Post office; that the let- ter wi Hrectea to W. W. Mitchell, at New Orleans, regutered; and tha’ the letter thus directed and se: was enck sed in an envelope and addressed to W. G. Ken dall, Postmaster, New Orleans. 8. N. Hite testified that he enclosed a $500 bill on the Citizens’ Bank in a letter addres:ed to W. W. Mitchell, «/ this city, and mailed it at Galvesten on the 8th of Febru ary last. A $600 note was shown witness, which, upou inspection, he recognized as the one he enclosed. His ¢ itnexs’s) name was written across the face of the n note was one which witness took with him from New Or! 8, and he mailed to Dr. Mitchell the day after ho reached Galveston. While aboard the steamer Louisiana witnese deposited the money with the purser, Tho money belonged to witness. Dr. Mitchell was called to the stand, and testified that in February last he sent three negroes by Hite to Texas ‘0 Ve fold, and that he was in daily expectation of a remit tance from Ilite as a part of oes of the sale, and went to the general delivery of the Post office in this city daily, and wes much surprised that he recei mupication from Hite. After Hite’s return he met bim and Hite asked him if he had received $500 feom him e national On learning that the money had not been received, Hi proposed that they should go and see the postmaste . Kendall, ‘They called upon the postmaster, taking with them Mr. Woodlief does not recollect. Mr. Whitman, special agent of the Post Office Depart ment, wae also present at the interview. On exami tion & receipt was found for the letter in question, ing the signature of W, W. Mitchell, which, howey wiiness pronounced to be a forgery. The receipt was on a notice which purported to have been issued from th: Post «ffice, but which witness had never received. [This receipt was protuced in evidence and bears the marks of having been sent by carrier to 13 Caronde street, which it appeared was not the residence of Mitouct! atthe time; then returned, markea “not found,” aod placed in the general delivery. Witnens received a subsequent notice at the general de- livery, and some time after brought suit sgainst Kone ."! for the amount of the lost money. Witness considers the money enclosed was his own—the proceeds of the sale of his slaves. Mesers. Whitman (special agent) and Woodruff testi fied that they were present when Hite and Mitehell came toree Kendall about the lost money. When \I'tchell and some one else, whom witness denied the signature to the receipt, it was vy all parties that another notice thould be ineued on decoy which was accordingly done. This notice, it appeared as taken ou: of the general delivery by Mitchell hint self. Two numbers of the Picayune containing the list of 4 vertised letters for two successive Saturdays, *he Lith and 18th of February last, when according to ‘the dates of the first notice ixeued, the said notice ought to hi.c been in the General delivery, and consequently to have been advertised, were offered in evidence to show that it was not advertised on those days. Mr. Hay a ofticec'e:k, tented that he thought the signature W. W. Mitchell to the receipt was in the handwriting of Mr. Kendall. Mr. Phillips testified that he took letter out of the Post office ., the attorney of Wtehell, Grubvevuratiy’ to the litters, tasted Dr. aubsequrnt re institading wuit against’ xSndait bor the recovery of the lost money, which enclosed the $500 note in court, seoompaniod merely by & memorandum that the note was of no use to any one yt Mitchell. Mr. Rousseau, cashier ot the Citizens’ Bank, testified to the genuineness of the note _. court, [It 1s proper to state im this connec'ion that the bill in court bore evidence of an attempt having been made to erase or remove the endorsement made upon {' by Mr. Hite.) Mr, Carroll testified as to his familiarity with the handwriting of Dr. Mitchell’s and that he did not believe at the signature to the Post office receipt was in Mitchell’s writing. ‘The case was here closed on the part of the prosecn- tion, ‘Tax Piains.—We learn from the St. Louis Re publican, that scientific men are now exploring the plains or prairies between the Mlasiaalppt and the Rocky Moun ina, and the Etenaie st anabandance of con! ‘at @ eeaall outlay of money and ing it potion Pe ieeeiag. srt wud, au the 1 im we and t! ee at tithctory. I coe instance, ‘near the greesed, evidently underlying the whole of that immense country. ion of this dis covery will at once be aj it. If rivers can no be by these , water sufiicient be obtained for all the purposes tion, and thus materials Tu the Senate, James F. Johnson, of Travis, was elected Secretary. ‘The votes go to show that there are certainly 22 demo- crats in the Senate, to 11 Know Ne and those whose position is not fully known; while House stands about 60 democrats to 22 or 23 Know Nothiogs, and 4 or 5 unknown. ‘Another letter to the Civilian, dated Austin, Nov. 7, rai ‘the two Houses have spent to-day in joint session, in electing # Public Printer and in counting the votes ‘for by to Contes rasatved id ‘read yesterday id mestage was an and is pronounced an ablo document. “4 The Senate has elected Rev. Mr. Wesson, of the Metho- dist church, Chaplain; the House clects to-morrow. MESSAGE OF THE GOVEKNOR OF TEXAS, We have received in the Galveston Civilian extra, a copy of the message of Governor Pease to the Legislature of Texas, Iv is chiefly devoted to the local matters of the State, “Some of the toples are, however, of general ta- est, ‘The Governor is in favor of the acceptance by the Le- gielasuro of the act of the last Congress for the aijust- mevt of the Texas debt, notwithstanding the result ot the late election, which shows about 2,200 vores He reasons that as only 25,000 of the 45,000 votes polled expressed any opinion on the subject, so small a majori- Fisoe iat Oe public opinion, and ought not to ex- ercise any influence on the action of the Legislature. He recapitulates the well known story of the Texas debt, the scaling process, and the construction at the United States Treasury of the boundary bill of 1860, with she ap: propriation therein, and comes to the conclusion that the question can never be settled under us laws, and that this is acceptable to the creditors, honorable to the State, and respectful in its terms, and he argues that it is for the interest of the State to ‘accept it, He therefore recommends the passage of such a law as will give it of- teet concurrently with another law appropriating out of the amount to bereceived under its provisions, such sum as will be sufficient to pay those creditors whose pro rata will be lows than what Texas admits to be due. the differ. ence between their pro rata and what is admitted, he esti- mates at about $118,001 42, This debt being settled, the Governor describes Texas to be in a better financial condition than any other State of the Union, She had in the Treasury $1,592,742 78 on the first day of the present month, besides the school fund of over two millions of dollars. In addition to this, she will re- ceive under the act of Congress before referred to, the sum ot $179,163 93, alter making up the deficiency be- tween what is due to a portion of our creditors, and the amount they will receive under that act. She has also a public demain, the value of which can scarcely be estimated, ‘The value of her taxable property is increasing with astonishing rapidity. The increase from 1853 to 1864 was about twenty-seven per cent, and from 1864 to 1855 about seventeen per cent. He recommends a reduction of the State tax, and a re- liance upon the State taxes to meet the expenses of gov- ernment, which have for four years been met by the pro- ceeds of the U. 8, bonds, derived from the boundary set- tlement, and that the bonds shall be husbanded for some Purpores of general utility. school fund of the State amounts to $124,000, In addition each county has a grant of four leagues of land for school purposes, which the Governor advises should, by amendment cf’ the constitution, be vested in the State, to be administered as a State fund, He is in favor of a State University, a State asylum for lunatics, and an institution for the deaf and dumb, A large part of the message is devoted to the Pacific railroad and other internal improvements of the State. The Governor refers to the act passed at the last session for regulating and restraining the sale of spirituous li- quore, which has proved inoperative, and is very defec- tive. ’He is opposed to the enactment of n probibitory Jaw, but is in favor of @ ‘ judicious law” regulating the sale, The Governor details at length the reasons which grcmpted him to call out the mounted force unter Capt. Callahan; giveran account of the Andian depredations which made this imperative, and sustains in full the con- duct of Capt. Callahan, upon whom he bestows high p2r- sonal commendation, justifies his.crossing of the Rio Grande, and all his proceedings on the other side of the river. On the assurance of General Smith that mounte! rifle- men would be placed at proper points for the protection of the frontier, the Governor declined any Turther service of volunteers. He recommends an increase in the number of Judges of the Supreme Court, an increase of their salaries, and of the talaries of the District Judges, anda geological sur- vey of the Siate. There is not a word in the message on the subject of politics or federal affairs, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The great crowd has dispersed, and Austin now pre- sents about the usual degree of life and exeitement ut this stage of the session. 1¢ Galveston Civilian, of the 9th, furnishes the follow- ing intelligence :— ¢ State Gazette says that the official returns have been received from Orange, showing fourteen majority instead of fifty-two as for some time past, had been very generally conceded to be the returns. There is therefore no longer any doubt of the election of L. D. Evans as Repreventa- tive in Congress from the First district. Capt. Callahan was, at last accounts, at home and un well, but fully intending shortly to make another attemp« to punish the Indians for their depredations on the frontier. ‘The remainder of the iron nesestary to complete the Harrisburg read to Richmond, sixty-eight tons, arrived by the brig South, from New York. The Matagorda Chronicle says the ugar planters are turning out a fine article of sugar, with the promise of an abundant product. In the District Court of Robertson county, T. A. John- son, Jobn Johnson and Earle Brown have been’ tried for the murder of W. D. Miller, and acquitted. Court of Claims, Sarunpay, Nov. 17.—The Court met at 11 o’clock. The Judges were all present. In accordance with a prevfous agreement, the case of Samuel C. Reid and others (the privateer armstrong claim) was taken up. Samuel C, Reid, Jr., Eaq., of Phi- ladelphia, appeared in behaif of the claimants.” This is & claim “against the United States for indemnity for the destruction of the brig (General Armstrong Ly a British fleet, on the 27th of September, 1814, at the port of Fayal, in the neutral territory of Portugel. The indemnification which the United ‘States demanded of Portugal was acknowl to be just by that govern- ment until after its claim upon’ England had been satisfied in part. England refused to make satisfaction for the destruction of the privateer, after which Por- tugal would not acknowledge the claim; and the United Stater, during the administration of General Taylor, sen’ a fleet to Portugal, and made a peremptary demand for its payment. A treaty was afterwards made with Portu- gal, whereby the United States compromised the rights of the claimants. and, for ® bonus, agreed to refer the “Armstrong claim” to arbitration. Louis Napeleon who was selected as the umpire, decided adversely to the Getmante, and the claim is now urged against the United States on the ground that it has been negligently con. auetes by the government, that It was improperly sub- mitted to arbitration, and that the treaty was impro- perly and unekilfally framed, Mr. Reid ‘had not con- cluded bis remrrks when the Court adjourned. Moxpay, Nov. 19.—The Court met at 11 o'clock, in the room appropriated to the use of the Committee on Com- merce. The Judges were all present. Judge Scarborough delivered the opinion of the Court in the case of White and Sherwood. petitioners in thin case were messengers in the office of the Auditor for the Post office Department, and claim compensation for four years’ extra services, commencing on the Ist of Janvary, 1889, and ending on the Ist of January, 1843, at $100 8 year,” The Court, decided that, the peti:ion ts lective—Ist. In ne what or persons are owners ot the presto interestod therein. 5, Bo- cause the petition did hot seem to set forth any claim whatever, except one for interest. Until the petition is amended, the Court will refuse to order the taking of testimony. Jus Kearboro th atso delivered the opinion of the Court in the case of John Boyd, who claims ee 7” for extra services ren ase ity marshal in taking the census in Louisiana. The petition was decided to be defective, in stating the claim, and in omitting to state the action of Congress thereon, Ihe Court will not order the taking of testimony until the petition is amended. ‘The argument in the privateer Armstrong case (a1- fag Nits Bmw oe was Larne dh gre c. ‘eid, Jr., Esq., who not concluded remarks Adjourned. Brora, Murver 1m Missouri.—We learn from the Weston the particulars of a bratal murder committed in Nodaway cdunty, on the Jlet of October last. It appears that a gentleman by the name 803 of Rees Murray, had a difficulty pending between him- self, Henry Thornbill and George Johnson, all living near Marysvil’e, Nodaway county, and on Wed evening, October 31, the two latter met the said Murray, seated in a wagon drawn TF of oxen; a dispute ensue, in the course of which Murray called one of the other party a liar, Upon this both Thornhill and Johnson cischsrged the contents of their rifles into the Ros Murray, entering im the right thigh and left side. They then, assisted by LP ig 3 of the name of Size. more, took the breech their guns and beat him in the most unmereiful manner. Not satisfied with their hellish conduct, then set the vehicle on fire, in which lay, almost the said Murray; and yet not being satinfied, they set the prairie around on fire, per: haps to disguise from the seratiny ot the public outrage committed on Murr: Bu: the oxen, taken fright during the aff-ay, started off, and ran heuse of a neighbor. This alarm instit |, when the half dead Murray was dis:overed. His cl 4 Pad ‘on fire, and he was suffering from the wounds on his person. He died the next day, but before his death, swore that Thornhili, Johnson and Sizemore were his murderers, Thornhill and Johnson were ar. rested and lodged in jai), but Sizemore has not beem heard of since, Axornen Inpias BatTie.—The Platte Argus, th ‘the aving to the inst., notices a rumor derived from a ‘4 Jost fn from the Grasshoper, that ano has occurred between the forces in com- General Harney and the Sioux Indians. The informant professed to have receive! the intelligence from an express en route for Fort Leavenworth with the news and despatches. He learned nothing be- yond the mere report that # battle had taken ¢. active part in the struggle of Ireland for liberty. He continued his remarks at extolling the merits of the association, and said their acts were not cont to the laws of the United States in equi and dr for service; and when they were to ma the of God and nature were superior to the arbi- trary rules of government. Ireland would soon be liz America—a republic and an asylum for the down-troddem and oppre In conclusion, he stated that some six hi Irishmen had recently lef; New York for their native land, under the auspices of the association, and thousands of others will soon follow, A large number of Irishmen then affixed their names to the roll, and a considerable amount of money was sb: scribed. The following officers were elected for this city:— Patrick Kelly; Vice President, T. Baldwin; Secretary, Joseph Riley; arer, Franc!s Quin. Great enthusiasm prevailed, and the determination of the assemblage was evidently strongly fixed to render Treland any service she might demand at ne. not- = the anathema of the Cathotis arcle Opening of the Theatrical and Amusement Season in New Orleans. ‘The New Orleans papers inform us that the theatrical season in that city opened on the 12th inst. with bril- Mant prospects. On the 11th the steamer Michigan arrived from St. Louts, haying on board Den. De Bar and family, tog ith the following artists, attached to the comps of the Saint Charles theatre, viz :—Mra, Booth, Mr. Gladstone and lady, Mr. Farren and lady, Mr. Wright and lady, Mark Smith and lady, Mr. Waldauer and lady, Mr. Leonard and lady, Mr. Adolphe and lady, Mr. Noxon and lady, Mr. Phelps and incy, Mrs. Johnaton and two dangh- ters, Mr. Kelsy and lady, MM French and lady, Mr. Clark and lady, Goldon, Annan Rub, Studley, Chap Johnston, Mr. Brucciani, Messrs, Kost, 7 burg, Eberhart, Mra. Eterbart, Messrs. McUl son, Btredback, Ware, and Grinstead. There assengers onthe Michigan the following persons at~ Riched'to J. M. Field's thestrieal company ?—Mra. Clair, two Misses St, Clair, Mr. Meyer and lady. The following is the personnel of the opera company at the Theatre D’Orleans:—M. Boudousquic, lessee and manager. MM. Fiot, stage manager; M. Choles, assist ant manager; Develle, scenic artist; Chaffary, libra rian ; St. yf, treasurer ; Dubois, prompter; Mariono, costumer, and Chevalon, machinist. | MM. ue Prevost, ‘Ist lender of the orchestra (opera); Curto, 2d leader of orchestra and music teacher; Léon Pres vost, leader of orchest drama and vaudeville. The performers engaged are MM. Rousseau de Lagrave, (grand opera) Ist tenor; Duluc, (grand opera) Ist tenor; uguste Laget, Ist tenor, (comic opera); Debrinay, tenor, (comic opera); Crambade, Ist baritone; Junca, Ast basse taille, (grand opera); Graat, 1st basse taille, (comic opera); Macure, 24 bame taille; Charles, Calson, t r in comedy and drama; Gustave Dedos, lat actor in vaudeville; Carrier, lst comic in comedy and opera; Dutasta, A. Chol, Mathieu, 1st comic in vaudeville. And MmesLoget Prenterre, 1+t prima donna; Cambier, 1st prima donna; Colson, 1st prima donna comic opera; Pré- vost Dulaurens, st prima donna and dugazon; Darmont, Ist artist (drama) ; Vezian, Int artist, (drama); Richer, coquettes and dugazon ; ' Beaudoin Bleye, 'dueana ; Gonthier, engonue ; together with a company of thirig chorus singers and thirty-five musicians in the orches- tra. The artists are now on their way to New Orleans itt the ship Guttenberg, which left Havre on the 25th Sops tember. The New Orleans Picayune of tho 13th inst. sys :— There was a great turn out last evening of the seekers of amusement, and all nt Sr open for their entertain- ment were fully attend St. Charles theatre, the “Old Drury” of New Orleans, opered last evening with the tragedy of the “ Gamostec,’> and the farce of the ‘‘Stage-Struck Tailor.” During the vacation and interregnum of amusements,.the house hag been very materially improved in all respe sts, and is now mcre worthy the patronage of a great city than at any previous time we can recal. The walls have been ro- fainted and refrerhed, the scenery re-brushed, and every. ‘ing considerably improved, The illustrious “ Chesley’® still presides over the outer entrance, and the veteram “Mae” bas charge of the interior. Mhe same corps of assistants aid within the dvors, The tragedy of the ‘«Gamester’’ was produced, with Mrs. Farren as Mra. Beverly, Mr. Pope as Mr. Beverly, Mark Smith as Jarvis, and Mrs, Leonard as Charlot ‘applause manifested its close was a sufficient Pi compani presentation. At the conclusion of the tragedy, Mr. Duflield appeared upon the stage ‘with a song,” and was greeted with ng common amount of applause. The farce of the ‘ Stage- Struck Tailor” sueceeved the previous performance, aad Mr. Mark Smith as Sir Matthew Scruggs, and Mr. DeBar as Tom Taps, brought down no incoumderable amount of popular commendation. Mra. Booth and Mrs. Bernar® were received with applause sulisieatly strong and hearty toassure them of the pleasant recollec ion, they left behind in years previous. Taking the first night's pe St. Charles as a gilterion of the re- mainder we feel confident that the préfent season will be & profitable one to the manager. The Southern House, at Armory Hall, was jam- med, literally, Before the overture was, over the t:ea- vurer was obliged to stop the sale of tickets. The Pelican people performed their pieces to a good house, and ta the fect ‘tance of the audience. Im fact, it was a gala night, and a merry opening of the gay season. Mersrs, Boudousqué and Ruffier have made arrai ments to give a series of masked society balls at the Or- leans theatre, with Lehmann’s orchestra, di the season; and the restaurant adjoining the theatre on ball nights is to be by Boudro. We are told that seve- heads of families have already started a subscription to give a ball and supper at the end of the ball season. A concert was to be given on the 14th instant at Od@ Fellows’ Hall, under the direction of Professor Curto, for the benefit of the Female Orphan Asylum. The bert amateur singers in the city would appear onthe occa- sion, and a choice brass band were to perform. The grand 7e Deum, which elicited so much admiration at the cathedral on a late occaston, was to be repeated. On the 14th inst, Mr. D. R. Frazier took his fiest rega- lar benefit at the Pelican theatre, and appeared in three of his most successful characters. yed Jacques ‘ol Strop, General Eombastes Furioso, and Jem Bugs, and gy supg the just now most ular comic of the day, Ovi fkines and his Dinah. Mr. Charles pi Rol Macaire, and all the rest of the company lent their aid im rendering the programme of the evening. “The Old Original Campbell Minstrells” gave their first entertainment for the present season, at the Armory Hall, on the 12th. There was an exceedingly good au- dience present, and everything passed off to the ascepta- tion of the public. Matt Peel, the manager, is a decided and approved favorite, known for some years and found to improve on acquaintance. New Patents Issued. List of patents issued from the United States Patent Office, for the week ending Nov. 20, 1855—each bearing that da Timothy Bafley, of Ballston Spa, N. Y., for improve~ ment in knittirg mrchines. nder Barnes, of Asitabula, 0., for improvement, in mop heads. G. W, Bigelow, of New Haven, Conn., for improvement in cutting teeth of gear wheels. J. Henry A. Blackmann, of Ronsdorf, Prussia, for im- provement in locks. Lewis §. Chichester, of New York, N. Y., for improve- ment in cotton gins. D. W. Clark, of Bridgeport, Conn., for improvement im double acting pumps, Edward Pierre Praissinet and Henri Emile Reboul, of Route d’Orleans, Montrouge, Paris, France, for ticket holders, Patented in France, Feb. 2, 1855. “Thon. Henderson, of Lowell, Mass., for machine for iting yarns clothe. Prtheodsre P. Howell and Noah F. Blanchard, of Newark, N. J., for improvement in treating leather for enamelling. 'D.'W. Hughes, of New London, Mo., for improved me- thod of attaching tops to seats of carriages. ‘A. A. Marcellus, of New York, N. ¥., for an improve- ment in potato diggers. Joseph McCord, of Philadelphia, Pa., for policemen’s ti rattles. Charles A. McEvoy, of Richmond, Va., for improve- ment in railrcad station indicators, John Phinn, of Rochester, N-Y., for improvement ira gun locks. ‘Wm, F. & Charles J. Provost, of Selma, Ala., for im- Provement in cotten, presses, Charles Rice, of Boston, Mass., and S. H. Whorp, of Roxbury, Mass, for improved machine for preparing lea- ther for the manufacture of boots and shoes. John Reily, of Hart Prairie, Wis., tor improvement ict barvesting machines, F. Noctte and A. Schmidt, of Brooklyn, N, Y., for im- proved marble sawing mi 5 M. W, St. John and Isaac Brown, of Leonarcsville, N. Y., for i roved street #1 machine. Gerard Blckels, of Brooklyn, ¥. Y.. tor improvement im coal sifters. Ge H. Thomas, of Kingston, Mass., for improved meth Edo ncipty Song) in evay ting pans, &o. Lewis Young, of New eee! wy foe nprovement im revolving measuring wheels. Hiram Carsley, ottLynn, Maas., assignor to himself and! ee of same place, for improvement in nut- scels Drew, of South Boston, Mass., to him- yelfand Solomon Gray, ofsame place, for improvement oO ton, Mass., assignor to himself and Louis , of Bos Lagarus Schell, of the same place, for Fiabkill Landing, |. Y.. as- Conn., for improve= Cornelius W. Van Vliet, signor to Charles Parker, Meriden, * ment in mills for grinding coffeo, &e. Fmanuel Harmon, of Washington, D.C., for improved envelo ¥. Ulickok, of Harriabarg, Ps., for improvement im "Dame oe Bens Wardwell wll, of Fall River, Maas., for de~ sign for stoves. Earraquaxe 1x Grong1a—The shock of an earth- quake wen reay distinetly felt on Saturday last, in the vicia~ ity of Villanow, Walker county, Georgia. The osciliat motion of the earth, north anc south, was very [- ing, but those who were standing at strona) ar tel Fumbig na tinctly, bat Y rumbling nolee, ap- pene to the south or southwest.-—JVor (5a) Tints, Nov. 8.