The New York Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1856, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1856. 3 AFFAIRS OF INDIA AND ASIA MINOR. Capture and Annexation of Herat by | the Persians. "Phe Shah Playing into the Hands of the (zar. The British Trembling for the Safety of Their Indian Possessions. SHB CIVIL WAR IN OUDE. Maughter of the Mohammedan Troops of the Moulavie, The Indian Legislature Asserting its In- dependence. WNTERESTING DETAILS OF THE FALL OF KARS, a, &o., ao. ANNEXATION OF HERAT TO PERSIA. We (the Delhi Gacaie) have received from our Cabul ecrrespondent the following report of the circumstances Herat is said to have been taken:—There is tedly circulated, but bets have t people and courtiers, jerat have fallen into the It is said te Yar Mahomed, Khan of Herat, had been lately addicted to the exceszive ‘ase of liqnor. He was dey and night drunk. His per- sonal foilo ers, tinding him the prey of fatal sensualities, took advantage of his dissipation, and began to worry tne respectable, plunder the rich and violate the females of Every one in town and country, except nards, sent the agent upon his gov- lyneaty, and re- Jease the inhabitants trom the cruelties of the son of Yar Mahomed Men of all grades wished for a revoin- tion, which might make things better. Fara Khan and the ‘Aimak chiefs did also solicit his Majesty to secure Herat, and save the creatures of God trom being ground So the King consented, aod encouraged the schemes of his people to annex Herat under waich ® report not only re; Deen made on its tut amon) that the city and country ‘of the Persians by a well man: ed plot. ‘that Mahomed Sued Khan, son of the ‘their neighbor: @ few hundreds of bis immediate personal petitions to the Shah of Persia, and entrea ‘of his Majesty, stationed in Herat, to ernment to annex Herat to the Kajar Kbaa. under the will of oppression. when every thing was ready there. Tt was the court of Va" mikes a day, an turn. He was al hersemen. Sometimes he went in the cirection of Farsh, but generally towards Ghooryan, on the road to Mushid, the Persian capital of Khorasan, This snare ho bed Deen spreading for sorae time past. and » regular commu- nication had been kep' up between the conspirators, vo the perfect dece pric sottish Chief of Herat. A cf the late Hejee Fearoz-ooddeen, Sadozaee, relative of Shah Shooja ool inoolk, (ho is to this day ra- membered with blessings on his soul,) has been a pen- afoner of the Persion government, und lately stationed am Sungbust, between Mushid and Ghooryan, to awe and check the plundering ‘Toorkmans from ravaging that part of Khorassan. He volunteered his ser vioss to the Governor of Mushid, and, Of Persia, by appointment, during his afternoon ride, near Ghooryan, and came with nd:on of the late Shahzahah Hoje Feeroz-ood-deen. followers despatched the guard and took possoasion of the gate themselves, on which his cavalry entered the and information was forwarded by means ot the | thers, one ot the youngest of whom was Dost Mahomed. etty, cavalry guard, which were left on the roud to Sungbust, | ofthe B the custom of the Persian Envoy, stationed in aed Sued Khan of Herat, to go every a ride of not less than twenty or thirty mils return about 10 P.M. to his residence city.’ The gate was every night opened on his re- ire Marea Ee stat one hundred aczom- panied by about 4.000 cavalry, joined the agent im to Heras. It was after the first quarier of the night had passed. The gates, as usual, were opened ‘or the Persian Envoy, who was followed immediately by the Prince, uamely, the inh goverament in Persia only a question of Herat is the key of Northern Indw. Any first ower in possession of that iortress cam pour an time. rate army through Affghanistan toto the valley of Peshawar; | thy’ might be astaoked hy she oucnntaineers, they might lowe their baggege an tcl a artillery (t the: tid arrives ana it ie their azrival rather thea thelr Strength that we have eause to dread. The restless Mus- sulwans of the North would hail with delight anything them excitement anda of mas- supremacy. It is true the invaders would be annibi- lated before they had crossed the Indus, but in the snte- rim we might have Northern India to recomquer. Such are the views which I know to be current among men who deserve a hearing, and who will have no small in determining’ the policy to be ultimstely means of preventing such a result is obviously to compel the Shab to resign is conquest. This coercion can be exercised without difficulty. We have sufficient men, guns, and ‘on the Bombay side to throws force of 15,000 men into Bushire in six weexs from the issue of ‘the order. The Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay army is active, experiencec, and comparatively young. Toa force so compored and so led the Shah has literal'y no- thing to oppose. He has xo infantry who would cross ‘bayonets with the Fepoys, no cavalry whom Colonel Ja- and his Semde horse would not ride down Hike corn. ‘He must yield, as he yielded before, and give back Herat to its chyef, a man who performs for Central Asia the funstion performed by the Suitan in Europe, viz: hoiding # city too important io be trusted to avy one with power to employ its capabilities. Our Persian diplomacy. as ‘ou are gware. is not directed from Calcutta. If it were, ussia would soon cease to exercise such paramount in- fluence st Teberan. But I cannot think that even the British government will view unmoved an occurrence whieh may one day place the keys of Central Asis in the hands of the Emperor of Russia. IMPORTANCE OF THE SHAB'S VICTORY. [Correspondence of the London Times. Bomnay, Dec 3, 1855. A report which reached Bombay just after I iast wrote, and which was at first received throughout India with ineredulity. stands now folly confirmed; andit may be announced as a fact that Herat has been captured and annexes by the Persians. There was a time, eighteen years ago, when a riwalar attempt on the part of the reignirg Shah, maée under the influence of Russian di- plomacy and his own lust of conquest, was thought by the rulers of India to be of sufficient importance to war- rant an armed interference in the affairs of Central Asia, and the presence of a British force im the defiles ot Aff- ghanistan. Then the tidings of the fall of Herat were daily leoked for, and with the g-avest anticipstions. But—as in these days, ond against » more formidable enemy, at Silistria and Kars—the piace was saved by British energy and skill, and the public attention, long riveted on iis gallant defence, was turned to observe, first, the success and then ‘the over ing dis asters of the English army of occupation. The fear of an invasion of Indis, then so prevalent, has long since been allayed by a eaimer view of tho difficul- ties that must attend it; nor at this juncture, when the Czar has s¢ much on his hands in Western Asia aud Eastern Europe, is it likely to be revived. The news. therefore, that Herat has falien into the nands of its old enemy, will probably at the present cay meet with little attention in England. Yet, as indicating the designs of Persio—whether with or wi:hout Russian prompting— vgainst a country of which th chic? has lately become our ally, it is not unworthy of notice; and I shall pro- ceed to give you the accounts of the event that have reached us from €abul, premising such facts in the situa- tion and history of the town as may make the conoection of its rulers, with Dost Mahomed on tne one hani and Per-ia on the other, more intelligible. Herat is situate in a fine open plain, just within the western boundary of Afghanistan. In & strategical point of view its position is interesting and remarkable. By it lies the only route from the north- ‘west to the frontiers of India, practicable for any army ot formidable strength, and attended by a well appointed train of artillery. Hence the town bas been desig. nated the gate of India. At the commencement of the for: part of the Afghan empire of Zeeman Snah, grandson of that Ahmed Shah who broke the Mahratta rat the bloody battie of Paniput, in 1761. The royal mily beionged to the tribe of the suddozyes, whose ri- vals in the State were the great clan of the Baraezyes, with, at their head, Futieh Kban anu his twenty bro- Futteh Knan became Wauzeer, and proved the Maire du at a distance of halfa ‘‘fursukh’’ (two miles) from each | Palais of the Rot faméant, Shah Zeeman. It is the old other. asking for an advance and reinforcements. While this was doing on the part of the Shabzudah, whom some call Prince Yusnf, Mahomed Saeed Khan shot his servant for interrupting his enjoyment of his | | tioned the country amcng thegselves, Dost Mahomed, | whose abilities had raised him to the foremost placs | among the brethren, obtaining Cabul aa his share. | corner of their o\d empire sione remained to the fallen | suddozye race. | neld, in spite of the Barukzyes,by Shah Mehomed, a bro- and the Shahzadah Yusaf | Z wive, by reporting that the enemy was in the city. horliy after the citizens who wore jofaed ia the plot guided the Sbehzadah to the bridge and gate of the Arg citadel. Mahomed Saeed Kban soon, ‘being almost io the hands of his enemy, rove from bis lethargy and ordeze1 acharge, but it wa: too late for any effectual defence. He became a State prisoner, instadled himself chicf on the part of Persia, Some say | that the captive bes been biinde’—most say he has been | it) death, and the others dercrive his being sent to fushid. This is cre ucccunt. The other report is as follows :—That for four days the Aimaks, and Kuzees, and Junsheidess were plundering under the very we Persians. Mahomed Saer wave himself and the citiz ns trou starva gates, on which the Shsbzadah with the Persian agent entered the city, imprisoned the chief, and took poases- sion of the treasury and A: which escorted the Shahzrdab stationed at Moosuilah, near shrine. about one mile and a bait from took piace in the dead of the aight, without much sacci ezifice of life. in comparison to what occurred during tue siege by the late Mahomed Shab. Shahzedah Yusuf has cansed the coin to be fhe prayer recited in the pulpit in the mosq Fean, After the name of Nasir Oodden Shut venge for the gruelties of the late Yar Manomed Khan, haeill treated the females aad cependen's of ihe Ala Kozaee household. ‘Thovgh these reports come from Candabar and Toor- Sintan, and have given real coacern to the Ameer in eump, yet ontil the news is brought by the Cabal mes- pengers direct sll this is treated with doubis, The Ameer the Sungbust, are h holy has ordered bis heavy guns to go with him to Candahar; | ‘but the well informes suy that oe will never g the limits of his own kingdom. ‘Oue of the courtiers said to the Amesr that the Per- veyoud sians have now taken Herat, and canat any me sabver him or the Candahar chief, if they like. His alliance witn the Britieb will avail him nothing in that case, the hanes of the When the report of Herat falling | neer will undoudt- Persians turns out finally true, the edly apply to the British govermm-»* for pecuniary ay miltary nid; andi: that country 1) annexed to the Kiajar realm, the Candahar chief will mare himself a dependant and ally of that Power. The Deputor Governor of Bulkh sends a pet Ameer, saying that the (begs. th Herat faliing into the hands of vaee, supported by the force of Persia, and of abusing Mahomed Saeed’s ladies (one ot them being the niece of the Ameer), bave shown ly a refractory disposition im resceet of paying the just reverses. Hie has, he says, ished some ol them, by mounting him on an ass and proclaiming him ignominiousiy, but it has availed no- thing. The Ameer, in reply, said that Mahomed Afzul Kban shonld no longer be ent from the seat of his authority, and that it was a great crisis for him to have | on on | disturbance at Bulkh on one side and the inva the other—nawely, Herat and Candahar. It ia observaole that our Cabul friend speaks of the eptars of Herat by Persia as a case of “annexing” iy: ‘The Bombay Gadte in commenting on the above in telligence says :— Herat was long considered the key of India, and we are wurprised that our government should have been so in @ifferent to the interests of the empire in that quarter. There can be but ifttle doubt that although Persia is lly, she is virtually hand and glove with olds the reins‘of power wich a weak and tke whole of nominally our and onsteady han: towards the vide of the Muscovite. treaties and negotiations with of England and Fra upon as an ally, the capture of Herat would be attend led with no immediate danger; bu’ the turning of the scales by a single hair might at any moment cause a Russo-Persian army to be concentrated within the frontiers of British India. obvious that it eppears the limit of forbearance has been reached. The discussion as v» the possibility of a Rus. sia invasion of India from the Caepian may now be laid aside, If Persian army can reach Fierat, a Perman army, officered by Russians, can also reach it, and the most hardened satirists of Russo-phobia would scarcely view such s contingency withou! # qual Wo, like them, have no dread of Rustian inva: Any army which forced or bribed its way through the passes of the Suleiman would but fall into a lake of of the armed force now coiled up in thy in six weeks, be concentrated tn the v and it is amply nable number 0 Punjab might, invaders. would give hove to every diuaf- the leas cieattrous. It ¥ cted interest in the empire; it would ronse the expir- form the d, above fig zeal of the Mussulmn population; it woud B sis for a hundred dangerous intrigues: it wo: tend to prolong that armed expectaacy—tha restless uncertainty—which is ia a degree ins z uld materially check every effurt for improvement very not in ‘India Cinage goer 80 additional impor- because, happen what might, the force in the Pan- xr” i Mfhtes are fait Gedaotions grom the facts, it may perhaps be questioned whether the time has not arrived for putting a stop to the advance of she 18 completely at onr Russia, already embarrassed, can afford her no ‘We have no need to bury our troops mid the paaves of the Suleiman range, or in the valleys @ b could not be withdrawn. Persia. Fer the moment, active arnistance. of Affghanistan. The sea is an open path, and we can seach Persia by sea. A force of fifteen thousand men ence present in the Galf, could dictate their own terms to the monarchy. The Shah must yi Berat as he yielded it once before, under the penalty ofa war, which ‘would not leave him one of the greatest potentates of Asis. Dost yn terme elnded, which stipulated the allfnce to be off reas only regret that the accept the terms propo: hhad he refused, Herat might « of its anctont owner. DREAD OF RUSSIAN INVASION. [Correspondence of London Times.] Cavcutra, Nov. 22, 1855, It is, Tam informed. a fact that Herat has been taken | Situated m It is also a fact that some of the most | ; F sar-sighted pollticiaos in India consider the interference | region, which wil ty the Persians. | story of Asiatic dynasties. The Kiog of Herat, at the instigation of the no resouree to joa, opened the The Persian troops this | niary and | aheadah Yusuf Sodo- | government, which induced the British Mini | his dla, | known ; | visable to become one of the Mirzas of | sion, which pori ion offered likewise consid + nobility lean While eutering iato joni potentiaries his arms were, at the same time, co-operating with those of Russia against the princes of Central Asia. Could Persia ba depended | This latter objected to nave desliogs with the inte- vests of her nobility have bound her to Russia, and es which open up the highway to the Indeed, this tact seems so | for bi Phe winole vy of Peshawur, sufieient to account for any imagi- But the moral effect created by the presenoe of the Russian army would be none m our tenure of the country, and which if increased , alarmed ai fis sdvanose which making eastward, has marched from his capi al wile namenope army fo ning the (oad frontier, also written to tue Indian government pope tom acy with the treaty recentiy con. sive aod defensive, so that weshall be involved in spite of our. Hon. Mr. Murray agreed the Courtof Ieheran, as, i have been in the hands | to Bak | the power and reputation fell, but in the struggies that ensued with his family Fatteh Khun was barbarously murdered. Finatly, ho vever, the Barukzye rothers remained triumphant,,and by 1823 nad perti- One Tnis was the city anc territory of Herat, his son, Prince Kamran, Tne latter is father, and was ruling Herat with one Yar Mahomed for his Wuzeer, when, in 1937, the Persian army appeared before the town. — Inspirited by the courage and example of Lieutenant Eldred Pottin- ger. of the Bombay Artery, the place su-tained a ten ronthe’ siege, which ended in the retreat of the Persians. Shsh Kamran remained in possession until his death, | when the Wuzeer Yar Mahomed, long the virtual, became the actoal ruil er to bis son whom it hae beon just wrested. The news of the fall of Heat reached Dost Mahomed in the shape of rumors from Turkistan and Candahar, and s said to have given him consilersble wuessiness. tion of power m Afghanistan by one of the Sud- dozve ‘amily can ha: duy tail to be displessing to him, and and at hts decease transmitted his pow- fahoraed Said Kosa, the chief trom | of the designs ct Persia be seems to have entertained suspicions for some time. We are told that some months | ago be cpened communications with Mahomed Said, { wan ¢ hun to beware of his neigh¥or, and offering him, ould require it, assistance, both military and pa- ,eren though he should have to procare it from , the English. The chief of Herat, however, cated, treated with scorn both advice and offer, an4 iy insulted the messenger, who narrowly escaped with his life. ibe Ameer, naturally incensed, left bimt>}' fate; | and now that the event he anticipated has hap.cud, he lands ot Persia will be strengtheced oy the | homage ot his brother at Candahar. At that city the jpt to which I aliuded tn a former letter of Mahomed p of the late chief Kohun Dil Khan, to exelade uncle, Rahum Oi Khan, had senior by some years to Dost Mahomed, has expelled his nephaw and remaias in quiet jon. The Ameer’s chance of acquiring Candahar poss | is theretore gone for the present; and. with the Persians prersing bim in the west, and the prospect of his bro- ther failing him in the south, it eeers not uolikely that he may apply to his new allies for Whether, if such | a request be made, circumstances will allow of aud juati- | fy « compiiance wi ENGLAND'S CAUSE OF QUARKEL WITH THE SHAE. | ith its terms, seems but little provable. [Correspondence ot the London Times.} Constatrvorte, Dec 24, 1855. You heard some time ago that differences have ariven between the British mission in Persia and the Persian ‘ter to etrike The particulars of this affair wece then not now they are. The British miasion has two kinds ot native employés, called Mirzas, one for all written communicstions and tne of ‘notes and memoranca, the other for verbal ong, messages, kc. Last year one of these lat e competitors. He {s married to one of the cumerous daugaters of the one hundred and fifty sons of Shah Fetch Ali, and his wie enjoys on tha’ account « pension of 6,000 piastres. ‘The lady was rather strong minded for a Persian woman, and bad sown intrigues among the European part of the ecmmunity, in consequence of waich the couple had res- son to fear the loss of their pension. Under these clrcunsstances the husband thought it ad- he British mis- bly superior eraolument to the irregularly paid 6,000 piastres to his He was appointed and presented to the Grand Vivier. an who had been employed in various services, evon of ® menial cha- racter in the palace, and who was, besides, irom his un- serupulousness, a dangerous porson to intrust wita avy communication between the Persian Government and the British mission, In consequenee, however, of eubsequent representations the British mission did not imsist. Some time after the mon and his wife, protesting that their lives were endangered, took advantage of the right ofasylum which all European missions in the Fast so conveniently afford, and took refuge in the palace of the missicn. ‘tthe thing was referred to Englund, and the government sent out instructions to get an assurance frou the Persian government that the man should not be injured. The Persian government was quite ready to give an asaurance of this kind privately to the mission, and promised to leave the man quiet; but it would not give any written declaration, as it was afraid that the man would use it own purposes. which was not at all improbable from his character. Then the English Minister, carrylog out literally his instructions, structs his flag. It seems scarcely credible that such premises led to such results, and that a petty personal affair could be taken up on such high grounds. The affair is excected to be soon arranged, but no news has as yet errived of its being settled. ENGLAND'# DOMINION IN THE EAST—RELATIONS OF PERSIA WITH RUSSIA. [From the London Times, Jan. 8-] * ‘ * * * 6 Herat has been taken by the Persians. The name o this city, which lies on the road from the Caspian to the Indus, bas been for many years familar to Indian poli- ticiuns. Lying om the northeastern trontio: of Persia, its Sulten, though independent, must always be inflaenc ed by his more powerful neighbor The tate of this cit, would be nothing to us, if we believed that Persia itaelf was a Power free and unconstraine’. Bot the sitaation of the second great Mahomedan monarchy must give disquiet even to the most sanguine pelitician. ‘The re- ligious feud which divides the 'ersians from the Tarka on the one side, and from the Affghans and Indian Mahome- dans on the other, ix well known. It is also noto- rious that the Persian monarchy is fooble and o rupt even beyond the usual degradation of the Kast. Russia bas understood how to turn to acount both the prejudices and venality of the Persian Court, Although Persia has bad wany wars with her pow neighbor, and has been plundered of more thaa he Shah looks t , bat with a kind of increase of the Rassan naval f contested by Persia in days gone by. but sue ie no more. The detence of her Tren olution rte which Russia is now making for caucasian provinces are. we 4 not, aided by the Court of Teheran to the full lim ‘Astrabad, om the Perslan coast, hu an station, end may be considered possession of the Czar. All the Persi will be used to carry #hell and powd The recent fail of Kan = will, he Persian ite na caravans, a their | present century Herat and its teritory | absence of det of th | thans perithed on and It became necessary to till up lis place. A | | man named Midza Hashim was among the fall of Sebastopel. This is the moment we hear of a successful attach on & Bulwark of cur emptre by a potentate who obeys only the insigatious of ou ecemy. Now, there is no need of hasty action uncer tue influence of unfounded alarm. A murch from the Volga to the Indus was looked upom asa dream by 980° sible men long before this war began, snd the resulta of the present contest have dispelied any foars that were pased on the su greatpess of resources, and the power of that empire for foreign conquest. It is, perhaps, ratber a fortuna‘e coincidence which draws the attention of the British people to Persian subser- viency aud intrigue at « time when sll the relations ve- tween Russia aud the civilized world are in a state of trapsition. The from the neutrality which he affected; he has an act which, justly or not, the Czar locks on a3 & benefit to himselt snd a biow th British domination; but it may prove that in choosing this moment of action the Cvar and his vassal Ne ro bed wish ii portunity of dealin e have, if we it, an of iB shortly with this ignorant Ps vacillaving State. We may, while the question of the Kast is debated by Burcpe, fix for oucselves the fu- ture relations of Central Asia, t an end to even the wildst of Russian ambition or ccn- tinental ill will. Pei has now shown herself to be actively the instrument of a Power unfriendly to us. It is therefore within our just rights to interfere with moderation of tone, but determinetion of purpose. It has, perbaps, been a misfortune that hitherto Persia has been treated with racher too directly by the British Gabi- net. The concerns of Centre! Asis have been dependant on ihe Foreign office, whose criefs ani agents are little acquainted with Fastern notions, and are only indirectly in with the g:vernment which wields the and readiest force. It seems tous that British diy in Persia sheula be directed rather from Cal- outta bosch, ‘Sees ‘The territory me Shah be- longs politically to the rame territory as Affghanistan, or the Punjab betore the conquest. The Persian knows on- ly two great potentater—Russia_and the Governor Gene- ral. In any case, however, it is to the Indian government that we must look should the remonstrances of our re- presentative reqs support. Governer General wields a power which as yet has never been fally tested. ‘The armies of the three Presidencies are reckoned b; hundreds of thousands of men. The port of Bombay is within a fortnight’s sail of the Persian shores. Means of sea transport exist sufficient for the rapid conveyance of troops by a mation which bas absolute command of the Fastern waters. Ina short time Bushire might be oscu- pied by a force which would at least cause Persia to pause. Ii is certainly the case that the southern pro- vinces which border cn the Gulf are cf iittle value, and are ber) Ba ga by the Persian Court. Bushire is separated trom Teberan by a difficult count ‘thialy in- habited by a race which the Persian sovere' nobles disdain, Were Russia able to give any assistance to ber vaseal, we believe that something more than the oceupation of Bushire would be necessary to give. weight to our representationr. But, a8 things are, itis prooa- ble that any sign of power and determination on our part would be sufficient to make the Court of Teneran relapse into at least the semblance of neutraity, and to make substantial reraration by restoriag “the gate of India” toan independent sovereign. Toe present Sulien of Herat is said to be a drunkard enu o coward, and it would be advisable ihat so important a charge should be committed to sbler hands, If not strong enough to stand alone, it might be aunexed to the Afigban dominion by a treaty :o whioh Kogland should be a contracting Power. It would be well wat, now an occasion has arisen, the whole question of Can- tral Asia should be considered and discussed. We have gone to war to insure the peace of the world by the in tegrity of the Ottoman State: there can be no harm that we should also demand that the domination ot the Czar should cease to be extended at the expenre of Persia, and even of the Central Asiatic despotism, They deserve litue at our hands, and it ia not for their sakes that we interfere, but for the sake of general peace and the prin- ciple of restetance to lawless power. We trust soon to see the earnest remonstrances of the British Ministe: supported by the fuli authority of the new Governor General, and by the whole of that military organization ef which the world has heard so much. THE CIVIL WAR IN OUDE-—SLAUGHTER OF THE MA- HOMEDAN TROOPS OF THE MOULAVIE. [Caleutta (Nev. 22) Correspondence of London Times.) ‘the ecllision so long expected in Oude has occurred at Jast. Atthe date of my last letter Ameer Alee, the fana- tic Moulav e, lay encamped, with about 3,000 foliowers, at Daryabad. This place lies between Lucknow and the great temple of dunooman, about thirty-five miles from each. The royal troops, some 12,000 in number, were peta ty farther down the road, between the Moulavie and the temple. In this attitude they remained for about ten days, the Moulavie unwilling’ to stir without reinforcements, and the King’s officers fetvered by the finite instcuctions from Lucknow. Mean- while every kind of intrigue was put into motion. The Heutenant of the disunct, a biter partisan of the Moulavie, endeavored to secure him a rescript from Luchnow, authorizing him to build a mosque upon the site of the Bindoo temple. For himseif he plundered she King’s treasury to supply the fanatics with food. The Durbar, om the other hand, though sympathizing with the Muesuimans, dreaded the indoor, who are known to be in Quae the more power- ful of the two. It dreaded «till more any ocsurrence which would offer en excure for British interteceace, and between its conflicting apprehensions lost all sense of self respect. Orders were issued one day to he recalled the next. The Moulavie was threatened with death, He wus implored to yicit Lucknow. He was to be slain wherever be coul3 be found. He was to be caressed as the yindicator of an outrage¢ frith. _ Ai lerg b the vacislatfon gave way; the danger of Bri- tish interference overeame even fanaticisin, and Captain Barlow conveyed to the camp the order for the slaughter ef the Moulavie. It was more earily issued than ob=yed. ‘The Muxsulwans in the King’s service were knowa t) be Gisaffected, and it was be.ieved would at the firat snot go over to the enemy. The artillerymen were still more deep- ly implicated, and it was probable that tne order to ad- vance would be answered by a universal mutiny. Fortu- nately, Captain Barlow understood his position aud his men. Slowly and quietly the Hindoos of his regiment were separated from their comrades. A few guns—tx, | bebeve—were intrusted 10 Hindoo gunoers. The Massul- man gupners were Cerpatches on different errands, aud at Jant Captain Bariow had adout five companies on whom be could rely. The supplies of focd graniea hy treachery were prremptorily stopped, and at last, on the 7th of No- vember, the Mouiavie, urged on by the cries of hia men, terminated the sitnsticg. By a forced march he gaines @ pot in advance of Captain Barlow, and streamed alcpg the road to the great temple. Leaving all the Mussulmans bebicd them, Cactaia Barlow corps started in pursuic. They cvertook tre Mahome- Gans some veven wiles in acvence, and the eng:gement commenced with ® shower of grape. Ameer Al © fell wounded at the first discharge, bu: hia Pathans, mad with fanaticism, charged, sword in hand, stramut up to the muzzles of the guns. While the day was still doabt- ful, they were attacked from bebind. The Hindoo Zemin- dars, all along the road, hod assembled their retainers, ana ‘appeered at the critical moment in overwhelming force. ‘The Pathacs saw the day was lost, but they had come for death in the cause of Islain, and they aied, fighting shoulder to shoulder, round the guns. The King’s alu: sulman troops, enreged et the manner in which they had been checkmated by Captain Baclow, drew their swords id his picked on their Hindoo comrades, and the tumult was only sup- pressed by an order dispersing the regiments to differant and distant stations. I mustnot torget one ineident of the engagement, It illustrates the passionate zeal of the two parties even better than the death of the J’athans. Museulman gonner accompanied Capt. Barlow. ali alore, he refused to fire on his co-religionists, aud One Thoagh wax sabred on ibe syot, About 240 Hindoos and 90) Pa- .¢ fie ‘According to iny letters from Lucknow, the danger is not yet over. The fallen are regarded as martyrs, and the ditch into which the bodies were throwa 14 siyled the “Martyr's Grace.” ‘The Prime Minister has been threaton- ec with death, the entries at hisgate have been cut down, and an outbreak is considered possible ia Lucknow it-elf. The revenue bas fallen to notbiog. The Husdar are afraid to employ force for its colleation, and ‘ais year it will reach xeareely £500,000; and out of these 30 Is:4, 80,000 “soldiers,” as the rabble are styled, hare to oe paid. Daryabad is utteriy desolate. Every house has been unrocfed, every hoard of grain taxen away, every woman subjected to the insalts of the King’s forces. The end of all this cannot be far distant, anc the troops are accumulating at Cawnpore. As this is the frontier stn tion, the assemblage of an army of 16,000 men, iu- cluding three Furopean regiments, is considered proof positive that ulterior measures are intended. As I informed you would be the case, martial law has heen at length declared in the Santal districts. The rea- nons Jor this step will, of course, not ve explaiced until we have a Santal blue book; it fs, however, understood that Colonel Low yielded first; he was followed by Messrs. Grant and Peacook, and on the 10th instant the pro- clamution appeared. ‘The Suntals, itis expected, will yield, and it «iM then be necessary fr the Legislature to act, before tuey oan be punished as they dererve. They have not, uiwever, yielded yet, and according to the Inter: accounts, teaat the proclamation asa brutum fulmen, like the menace which eecompanied the former offer of pardon. Brigadier Lloyd, however, i# advancing down the Grant fruak road, and additional troops are on their march fom the northwest. ‘The irregular cavalry will soon :«'tle the business, Savages pever face horsemen, and whoa pur- sued by the troops they must cross valleys where the cavalry can act. I must correet one popular mistake. The Santals are not men of the hills. They hold the val loys at the foot, and ure aetested by the hill men. In- deed, bad a reward deen offered for thelr heats at the bee gioning of the revolt, nots 4antat would hove oeen lelt alive. Of course, no such poriey will de adopt hatred of the mountaineers will always pre tals from taking refege in the hills ot the San- There has as yet been no engagement, and no offer of suomunsion. The sentence of which 1 spoke ta my last bas et denn romulgated, nor will i b: 4 Dal- ouste restares energy to The DECLARATION OF MARTIAL ote A DISTRICTS. he Caicutta Gaztie of the i0ub of December ina the following p-celarnation bea; Whereas certain persons of the tride of Santals and others, inbabitanta of {he Rajmabal Hills ofthe Damun-i- Koh, and of certain percunnaha in the distr ets of Baau- pore, Moorshedabad, and Beerbhoom, and owing’ al- jance to the British government, are, anitor come tm past have been, m open reveiiion against, the authority of thegovernment; and whereas soon after the first out- break of the said rebellion a proclamation waa iasued offering a free parcon to all who should come io and sab- mut within a period of ten Jaye, excep: ringiesders and persons convicted of murder, notwithstanding which ac ot clemency the great body of the rebel have not availed themselves of the offer of mercy thus bod cat, bat ean- tinue in rebeilion;—wherefore 1! has become necessary, for the speady and effectual auppregsion of thie rebellion, that advantage should be waken of the seis to com. menoe systematic opera'‘ous st Che rebels, for whieh porpose itis expedient Uiat martial law shoald be clared, and that the foactions of the ordia:ry criminal courte of jndicatare should be partially ec .panded in the raid district It is bereby proclaimed and notified that the Liente- pant Governor of Bengal, in the exercise of ‘he onthority given tohim by Regulation ¥. of 1804, «nd with the as sent and concurrence ef the President’ in Counett, does hereby establich martial jaw in the following distriete— that is to say,— So much of the district of Bhangnipore as lies on the right bank of the river Ganges; So much of the district of Moorshedabad ae ties on the right bank s¢ the river Bhagiruttee, The districtof Bee-bboom, And Ubat the seid Lieutenant Governor does also suspend the functions of the orcinary ecrimmal courts of judivs- ture within the distejets wove described with respest to all persons, Santals and others, owivg allegiance to the British goverpment, ia uence of cheir either heviog been born or being resident withia its territories, ana un oer {ts protection, who after the ate of this proclama- icnand within the districts above shall be taken in arme in open bestlity to the mab gevermmse}, vy or sball be taken im the act of 0) of a:ma the authority of the eame, or shi taken in the actual commission of any vert act of rebellion against the State. And that the said Lieu’enans does also here- by Ciceet that all persons, Sartals and othare, owing alle- inance to the British government, who afler the date of this proclamation be taken ae Soreals, shall be. tried by court martial; aod iv 1a nereby notified that any person Crasher cer gor Fine Perr crimes by the fen ence of sueb court will be 5 ee ae eee 10, of 1804, to the immediate t ot deash. DECLARATION OF INDBPENDENCE BY THE INDIAN LEGISLATURE. [Correspondenee of the London Times.] Cavcutta, Nov. 22, 1855. Perhaps the most. im} it occurrence of the fort- night is the ‘declaration of it ce” on the part or the Indian Legislature. The Board of Control,’as 1 mentioned last mail, ordered the ialative Council to repeal certain clauses of act 8 of 1855, and to pass other clauses in conformity with their instructions, The Chief Justice reristed this dictation, but the recess which in- tervened prevented the Council as 8 body from express: ing its opinion. It has fulfilled the omission ani formal- ly refused to obey. Mr. Peacock, who acted as spokes- man on the occasion, declared that if such orders could be issued, no henorable man would continue to hold the appointment of member of Council. He refused, there- fore, even to bring im the i noel ry sertatn that the Council is legal ig strong hopes sre expressed that Parliament will refuse to support Mr. Smith in his attempt to override its own act. ques- tion excites some interest, and this not only from its in- Indians detest trinsic importance. Engtish inter- ference. Orders from home upon such subjects are usu- ally ridiculous, and sometimes most oppressive PARTICULARS OF THE FALL OF KARS—SCENES IN AND AROUND THE CITY. (Correspondence of London Ties. } Enamovm, Dec. 11, 1858, % * a * Seventy guns, on the other side, and 20,000 stand of arms were mace over to the Russians. The Nisu! ulern) & the number of 5,000, were take war. Rediff, or militia, and Bashi-Bazo missed, to go whither they wuld. inthe case of the latter, has been at gift. Our Siberian winter has set in along the loftier mountain ranger, and report speaks of 150 of these poor wretches being smothered together in a tippi, or snow storm, within the wild passes of the Suwanice-dagh. Numbers, too, have been frozen to death, and the vil- lages along the road from Kars are filled with thelr miser able comrades, who have sunk exhsusted upon the way. We see them sta in all day along the principal thoroughfare into the city, haggard and footsore, their countenances half idiotic trom cold, hunger and fatigue. ‘Their condition, even before leaving ‘Kars, was as wretched as could be, so much #0 (I quote word for word from an eyewitnese) that it was positively painful to atic ont of ose They wore ing about in a rec tions, groani iteously, wat the provision wa- Penge Sirk ae ti to edd to their , passed almost all day within their ken. Townspeople and solilers alike suffered ali the horrors of famine. The former crowded round the General as he rode out of his quarters, and prayed him, with all the eloquence of deapuir, to seek some treans of putting an end to their misery. Women foreed their way into his very rooms, and throwing their starving children at his feet, implered him rather to kill them at once than let them perish thus piecemeal for want of sustenance. The hospitals were crowded with sick; on the Thurs- day before the surrender eighty men died in one day. Many went mad or became iaiots from sheer hunger and bard work. Those who preserved a remnsnt of health, half starved as they were aad scarcely clothed, were oblig- ea to mount sentry almost every night up to the ancles in snow. Since the battle of the 20th there had been no apimal food to issue to the troops. Horses had indeed been Killed in the Genera\’s stables, secretly by night, but the mea} was rent to the hospitals for the sick. A pictance of bread or flour made into weak broth was ali that the working soldiers had to subsist upon. Discipline was al- most at an end. The soldiers had at ome time all but worshipped Gen. Williams. After the action, in par- ticular, they gathered round their gallant leader, only too happy, alter the Eastern fashion, vo touch the hem of hia garment in token of their sutmusion and respest, Now there same men refused to salute him—turned their eyes awey when they raw bim approach. Still, to the last, he hardened his heart in hope. Omer Parba had written to him, on bis arrival at Batoum, to hold out only anotber month, and he would be wish him. The Muchir here, 100, Selim Pasha, who had been sent from Constantinople to taxe the command, forwarded him a sinular despateh, informing him that he was a; the heai of a large and weil disciplined force, all ad ly equip- ped and eager forthe fight, and that he would lese no ‘time in marching to his relief. Thus deceived, the Gene- ral determined to hold out as long as a mouthful of food remained; and, in fact, the last biscuit was issued out of store on the very day of the capitulstion. At last, on finding out the truth that the Muchir hore at least had no intention of coming t> his sid, he called @ general council and proposed a sally. But the troops by this Lime were too exhausted even to march, far more to fight their way for days together over the mountains. We bad no cavalry, no artillery horses Mighting our wey, in short, at such odds, was out of the question, and a surrender was determined upon as the only remaining resource. The terms obtalned, as may easily be believed, were much mare favorable than the vanquished bad avy right to expect; and, allowing all credit to the generous forbearence of Mouravieff, no small praise must at the same thire be accorded to General Williams for having mensged matters so well under such difficult eiream- stences. The twotbings that he fett most anxious to settle well were the protestion of the inhabitants and che safety of his brave companions in arms, who might other- wiso’ bave paid a heavy penalty ‘for their doable devotedners to the esuse of European freedom. flix fixed determination on these points of houor was of an order which needs no praise of mine. He threatened, in fact, that unless his wishes in regard to them were acceded to, he would destroy the guns, blow up the works, and then leave the Russians wo do their worst. Fortunately he had to deal with » reason- able entmy, and the high minded sacrifice was averted), no leas by firmness on the one side than forbearance oa theotber. He had no difiiculty, as far as I ean ascertain, in settling matters as he wished. It was late before the Turkish troops were marched out of the town. Those of the Russians were drawn up with- out to receive them, and the victors presented arwa to the vanquished as they passed. ‘The higher prisoners were treated with the greats. kindness and consideration. The General, after he hd despatched the little business that remaioed on his hands, wes rent on the route to St. Petersburg 1a Mouravielf’s carriage and four, accompanied by Colonel Lake, Capt. Thomson, Mr. Churchill, his private secretary, and au English soldier rervant. Ail his Tarkish servants had ceserted him in their dread of an imprisonment in Kus- Ha; but. a8 some similar custom has always prevailed in the world, and can bardly be considered peeuliar to Par- key, after all there was not much to complvin of. Aa to himself, he was in health and spirits, looking for- ward to aspeedy release. At the time of our last intelligence the Russians had ure taken povreasion of Kars, and the town was in » state of sion, such as might be expected from its oceupstion by ® mixed army of wild Cossacks, Circas- sians and Kurds, with no small portion of a lars * diery—the hardest orinkers in the world. All our: plnis, however, attached to the Turkish army wo'o treated with the greatest consideration till their tins departure—M. Zohrab, for instance, on General Williaiis’ steff as interpreter, was lying ill of typhus at the tims of occupstion. On hesring the riot of the soldie.. b+ thovght it would be rafer to apply to the commandant for » guard; but the latter at once relieved nis fears hv assuring him that strict orders had been isaued to in- sure his not being molested, and that if anythtog hap- pened he should be applied to at once. Passports ware granted to the Hungarian officers in the Tarkish service with the [greatest readiness. Tne conduct of the It sans, indeed, throughout has been entirely irreproac: she ‘The weather on the hiils has been very inclement. 1 have already mentioned that 159 soldiers were buried in a snowdrift. A caravan was swept down in the sam~ storm, and 10 men frozen to death. The load Jost valuable one, containing, however, a curious it jeeches. They form an impor'ant article of Pe port. “The val 1 ox lue of them is estimated at nearly £3,000. Competitors for the Carrying Trade of t @ West. According to the report of the Committee Stockholders of the James River and Kania Company, October, 1865, the several lines of traus. portation from the East to the West, competing for tue trade and travel of that region, are as follows:— ‘The Erie Canal, 364 miles in length, and before the eplargement, bering @ carrying capacity of 1,500,000 tons; cost $7,143,789. The Pennsylvania Canal, 395 milesin length, with a capacity of 1,000,000 tons; comings with its rail- road connections, $14,361,320. ‘is capacity ap- plies solely to the canal, that of the railroad con- nections not being over a sixth part of the canal. The James River and Kanawha Canal, when com- pleted, with a capacity of 2,929,680 tons, and being 483 mile: 3 estimated cost $15,000,000. ‘The rail competitors are:— ‘The New York and Erie Railroad, 472 miles long, connecting New York city with Lake Drie at Dun- kirk, and then connecting with the [ake Shore Railroad via Erie to Cleveland; cost up to 1853, $31,222,934, with a present capacity uot exveeding 760,000 tons. ‘The New York Central Railroad, from Albany to Bofialo, 340 miles, costing up to 1853, $30,560,483, with a capacity not greater than the Erie, of 750,000 tons. he Pennsylvania Railroad, 266 miles long, zon- necting Philadelphia with Pittsburg, and costing 17,168,405. . The Hempfield voad, connecting at Greensboro with the Pennsylvania Central, terminating at Wheeling, 764 miles in Jength, and costing about $4,000,000 for @ single track. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, from the city of Baltimore to Wheeling, a distance of 379 milea, and a capacity, it is believed, not exceeding 500,000 tons, cost $34,992,733. This road also connects with the Ohio at Parkersburg, by means of the North- western Virginia road. Distance from Parkersburg to Baltimore 394 miles. This branch road will have a capacity of 100,000 tons. The Covington and Ohio road, estimated cost £10,000,000, with a capacity of 200,000 tons; dis tance from Covington to Sandy, the western termi- nue, 224 miles, Dreem.”” ‘an agreeable a divertissement as one might conclude from its intrequency. the streets into anything like order, m ner, the Superintendent, would scoompl ish the task, but it seems among the unaccomplishab world, though he has a legion of men at work, endeavor- ing to make travel decen'. ofthe tiquor law, in the new law would be no ex; ed at least 844, plained of war convicted. The Ti t to tinker the Jaws so that offenders may be reach- ed, quiring that juries rhall regard all laws as constitutional until the Supreme Court shell have decided that they are not 80, ‘This ix expected to be passed now, and then the “rummies” are to be put to “the question,” with some chance of an anawer being ‘‘pressed” out of them. But fae propably persevere, even if they should be sub- returned to Concord, whence he terwards to the national capital. Governor of Kansas. The ap that would meet with universal favor. take. accepted she office, tham to the Constitutional Convention, of which body he ot intejlect and manner th: St diane until the last one is eject of property. you with hnaginary security, but Your families and interenta. ’ To this end we recommend that ruitable and convenient points be selected on the tine of Yeas Creek—organise into companies, or detach- menta, under competent leaders—erect * keep ont advance parties on scouting duty, till protection can be farnished you by the State an walk also recommend ail able bodied moa thronghout the country, whose clroumstances will admit to organize into companies and detachments, and take position on the lime above indicated in defence of the Tet one and all resolve that our eastern line of settlement shall rent on Peas Creek—that our settlers wil not {ll back, and we shall succeed in its defence, frontiers. Our Boston Correspondence. Boston, Jan. 19, 1966. The Condition of the Streets—Pauperism—-Viviations of the Liquor Law—A New Adjutant General—The Ele tion of Sheriffs— The Franklin Statute—New Hampshire —Mr. Wells at Manchester——Governor Baker ~Mr. Banks. The phrare to ‘‘ take one’s life in his hand,” was never | more unhappily illustrated than by the state of affairs in Boston atthis moment. You can’t walk in any direc- tion without finding yourself encompassed about with troubles. sembles the softest kind of salt, into which your legs sink from six to twenty-four inches, according to the circumstances of the case, and in which, when you chanee to fall, you are pretty sure to be smothered—for the time. Sleighs and other vehicles encompass you around on every side, front and rear, and on the flanks, Ieicles fall from eaves on your head, er whole heaps ef snow from roofs, clothing you for tne time like a vride, though not quite #0 gracefully. engoped in clearing off roofs or especial delight in cle upoa the heaas of pedestrians. men, in cutting up the ice on the sidewalks, seatter it about Uke grapeshot, making ‘a spread,’ to the infinite danger nt your eyes. Under pretence of “sprinkling the sidewax»» some ingenious shop boy litches a bushel of ashes over your person as you pass his coor, meditating on the monstrous nature of the humbug involved in the praises of early rising. There 1s not a square foot of the trottoir which has not its smooth piece of ice to trip you up, and very lucky you areif you do not happen to pitch head first into the window of some jeweller or croekery dealer, who will be fotud just no unreasonable as to expect you will pay for his broken glass and wares, as if your broken head ought to be re garded as a receipt in fall for the damage you he ve done. the streets are about two feet hgher than the sidewalks, ro that you must jump down upon the latter, considering their condition, is anything but a joke to gentlemen of = rheumatic turn, or whose hams happea tobea ‘The streets are full of a stuff that much re- Young men balconies take shovellieg the intrusive arti- Other young hich, ‘fle weaker than they were in those days whea “(went gipseying” and sang “Love's Young To ‘‘dump” into a ceilar ia by no means If there were any such thing as getting old friend Tur- je things of this Yociety tor the Prevention of Pauperiam report that during the quarter ending December 31, 1855, tho women who applied at its of 9,841, of whem only 180 were Americana or Protestants. Of the whole number ander, and 213 were between 15 and 18 years, ment was sound for 727 of these applicants. of male: 49 were found employment for employment were 7b were of the age of 19 yoars or mploy- ‘The number who applied was 246, of whom 139 were intnors; The number of complaints that were made of violation wton, in 1885, siuee the passage of in May last, were 84. i suppose that it eration to say that the law waa violat- times. Not one of the parties com- uature, however, is A bil has alr deen ri ported, peremptorily what Mrs. Gamp would call the “tortoise of , of Northampton, is understood to have ‘the Imposition.” Colonel Hawke received the appointment of Adjutant General, vice Stone, removed. The latter Governor Boutwell, and held the office under two coull- tion, two whig, and one Know Nothing administration, Colonel Hawkes was a Know Nothing Senator in 1855, but gentleman was appointed by e went over to the republicans jast fall, and it so he was left at home, and his party has done the hand- some thing by him. Tnsist upon a ‘restoration,’ because he has heen better provided for. is to be removed. be I’ suppose Gen. Devereux did not One of our papers denies thet Gen. Stone If whet I hear on the subject is true, the dominant party are about to got tid of ‘the pressure that bas been rought to bear upon its leaders for places of Sheriff, by baving resort to an ingenious dodge. By the last umenii- ments to the constitution Sheriff were placed among those officers who are to be elected for three years by the peop'e. 01 made next November, and hence it became a matter of some consequence to keep in, on the one part, and to got in, on the otber, the popular idea being that the oczu- pants of the office would have the best chance for suc- cerses. Great efforts have been mace to got in, and equally great ones to keep in. 1s that @ jaw is to be passed providing thut sheritis shall be chosen st the spring elections, when the towns make choice of their selectmen and otber oflieers. contemplated arrangements be carried out, the Governor would be saved from the unpleasant work of removiog some of bis old personal friends. the offices would then have to be filied under the old re- gime ft wou'd not be worth while to disturb tue gentle- men whore official life is +o disagreeable a spectacle to the Know Nothings. When tho candidates should bo plaeed before the people it would be tor them to deciie who should arrest and hang them of #8 line of removal, and between #0 lency probably gnds it hard to deciie. 1t was supposed that the next clection would be But toe story now Should this For the brief time that ‘There are a number licants for euch place that is thought w be tn the ch worth his Excel- The Franklin Statue Committee had a full meeting on the evening of the 17th, at the house of their chatrinan, Hon. R. C. Winthrop. that the statue is so far completed as to allow the belief that it will be ready for delivery in the latter part of next August. An ject of a site for the statue was taken, atter ‘some discustion, and the majority jwere in favor of City Hall square, School street The wihject was referred vw the Executive Committee, with four others from the Genera) Committee. A tribute of respect was paid to the memory of the late Abbott Lawrence, by the passage ot a resolution, and the vacancy in the committee caused by his death, was filled. Mr. Winthrop entertained the committee, after the conclusion of their labor, with a sumptuous Fupper. {t appears. from # report made, informal yote on the sub- The Manchester Democrat, in the account which it gives of Sr. Wells’ speech, made there on, the evening of the 13th, say! ‘distinguished sons of New Hampshire,’ Mr. not name Frenvlin Pierce. He did not even indirectly allude to » single act of his administration Knowing from persoral acquaintanee the corrups and treacherous character of the man, he would not so degrade himself as to commend the individual or his acts, and be therefore maintained silence in regard to both.” These are bitter words. to the gh rrequently reforr fells did Governor Draper bas not gone to Washington, buf has AS and, sed CR le will, probabt; intment would be one In an account of Mr. Banks, purporting to be writtea by Colonel Fechosler, of the Crncianat! Gasdie, tant gen- le oun is said to be forty-four years old. this is a mis- ears old. epresentatives in the years 1849, ’50, °51 and ’62. He was Speaker of that body in 1851 ‘and 52. In 1850 he was clecied a Senator from Middlesex county, but never 1n 1853 he was delegate from Wal- was chosen President. He was nominated for Congress in 1850, but withdrew from the canvase, In 1852 he was chosen to Congress, at the second trial, by the abolition- iste, Two years later he was re-elected by the Know Notbings, which party then embraced about four-fifths of the free rollers. He was originally a machinist, and is emphatically the son of his own works. Tic began to figure in policios in 1840, and was one of the young men were attached to the lateMr. Rantoul. Béfore he en- tered the Legislature he at different times held office inthe Boston Custom House, under Mr. Rautoul, Mr. Williams and Governor Morton. At one time he studied the law, and proposed devoting himself to that most jealous of professions, Had he done #o, he must have soon to influence and opulence, as’ he has some peculiarities are always of great use in an advocate. But politics re led him astray, and his time and talents have been wasted on what a1 fitable pursuits. AL The Seminole War. PUBLIC MEETING IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. ‘A meeting oftke cftizens of Tampa was held on the Ma December last, at which the following resolutions and address in reiation to the recent attack of the Semi- nole Indians on the government troops was adopted:— ‘Whereas, this meeting did adjourn on yesterday, be- cause it wos the Sabbath, without your committee hav- ing sufficient time to prepare a full expression of their opinions ; they beg leave respectfally to submit the fol- lowing additional resolutions and address for the consid- eration of the meetin Resolved, petition the authorities of the general and State gove ments to adopt iramediately such means as may be ne- cestary to remove the remainder of the Seminoles to the West vithout dulag. Resolved, That we recommend that the people of this submit to no truee or compromise with these In- from our eountry. Resotved, That we recommend to the citizens of this connty to organize two or more compantes of volunteers and tender them to the proper anthorities, to be used for the protection of the frontiers and the prosecution of the war. Resolved, That the following address to the people of this cownty be adopted, and published in the Tampa Pe. ninsutay -— Ornivexs oF Hintanorovan County— The onprcvoked attack upon Lieut. Harteuff ’s com- Sewinole Indians, on the 20th inst., while in duty, assures us beyond doubt of the determined hostile and admonishes the frontier settlers to take immediate steps or measures for the safety of life and the protection numbers impress pace now to defend mand by the diecharge of a peaceable yurposes of the tribe, Let not their dimit federal govern: ments. We wo Mr. Banks was born at Waltham, on the 30th” January, 1816, and consequently is not yet quite forcy He represented Waltbam in our House of That we earnestly request the people of every county in this State to hold public meetings and defences, and ———— Our Fiorkin Cocrespondence, Jacksonvinry, Pla., Jon. 8, 1850. Delightful Weather—Fane on Christmas Day—Indio Massacres— Yachting —Siamboa Burned. Once more we behold a bright amd beautiful morning betokening & pleasant day, and glad are we thet natur has again put on smiles and sunny looks, instead « winds and storm clouds. We had a delightful Christmas as regerds weather. The thermometer stood at 78, an} fans were ured with a great degree of comfort. On th Thursday following it rained, and for eigat successiv, days we have had northeast winds, with rain, the su 9} showing himself but once or twice mesntime. So yo: f| may easily understand our joy at once more beboldin fair weather. The birds have again resumed thei [| song, vegetation is ¢tarting, wild flowers are springin [| up, farmers are ploughing their ground, and everythin; has the appearance of our own fragrant, ever welcom: month of June, ? ‘New Yeur's day passed off very quietly, with stead: rain; very much such # day, probably, as Christ mas in New Yors. Tnose who have —— to 5 hire them upon that day to the highest bidder, and on to witners their animated faces as they eall to one an other inthe street, or lisien to their merry negro jest: and witticisms, would imagine that care of trouble’ pn. themselves were total strangers. As for news I have bu little, except it be regar the Indians, who havi Lape commenced their hostilities in the vicinity of For ers. have before me on extra of the Adve rliser, printer at Alligator, distant about seventy miles from ‘this, in: northwesterly cirestion, which states that “‘an exploring party, under command of Lieutenant George L. Hari suff 24 Artillery. consisting of one sergeant, one corpo- ral, and seven privates, were rudienly attacked by » party of Seminoles at deylight on the 20th of December. while making & re-examination of the portion of the Big Cypress Swamp examined by the troops last winter. Seven men were maseacred, including Lieut. Hartsuff.’ {The report of the Lieutenant’s death has smee bern contradicted.] The public animals, some eighteen in number, were shot own. The Indian force amounted t ‘twenty-five or thirty warriors, Tue information wa: brought by private Hanna, of Company G, 24 Artillery one Of the party who escaped, and succeeded in reaching Fort Myers. nna was wounded io the abdomen, al though rot veriously. The extra promeds to sny:—‘‘Certainly there can nc longer remain a doubt upon the mind of the Scate autho Tiles as to the absolute necessity of an immediate ex pulsion of these savages from our Slate, aut we think jovernor Brown will not heritate to call out Generh! Johnson’s command. ana order them forthwith to the Indian frontier.” The Inéian country is some four o1 fivehunérso miles south from here, They o:cupy a por tion of tke country ‘entirely unexplored, and visit with summary measure: any attempts to gain in{srmati survey or etherwisg ts thar Heine em P9 The Florids Regatta Club held their first regatta on the 27th of December, with a tolerabie fair day, and good wind. Three row bouts were entered, and the ie number of yachts. Distance for bouts, seven- fate 0: a mile, with eight oars; time, five minutes and four se conds. The yacht and down the river about its ran ul fifteen wiles. The thae I did not leara; but they dic Prize, handsomely—Dr. Dell’s Lela winning the’ race. $100 and silver cup. The steamboat Seminole, running between Savannah; and some town upon the river, above this, took fi the wharf here, a iew nights since, and was cone with about two hundred bales of cotton, bagguge, & One person lost $1,200 in money, and barely escaped vit his life. Florida has no railroads, but two lines are in contempla- tion—one from this place’ to Alligator, to be called the Florida, Atlantic and Gult Central Railroad, and one| from Pensacola to some point in Georgia, to be culled the Pensacola ana Georgia Railroad. Contracts are_biing insued for both; but it will cost a struggle to get thetor- mer through Florida has no currency of her own, but uses mottly South Carolina and Georgia fanas. An exchange ofice or bank agency here discounts Northern funds at fom two to five per cent. The Hon. John A. Dix and fomily havo been rusticating for health at Magnolia, at Dr. Lenedict’s catablishment, I underetand that he has gone North, leaving his famiy, T received the Henan last week, looking as natural aa lite. WELAKA. The Wakemanite Prophectes, When the Grand Jury were in session in New Haven) a| few days since, considering the bill of indictment againrt Mrs. Wakeman, Miss Hersey and others, foe the mut derof Matthews, Miss Hersey wrote a letter to them, cautioning them “not to lenda helping hand to the spirit which 18 now reging against Jesus Christ.” She concludes that the time for destroying the world by fire is at band, and that the awful conflagration can only b put off by destroying “the man of sin,” That distin- guithed individual, who holds the slumbering voleances| in his hand, ix ‘Amos Hunt.” Of course he is rathei wicked, and has annoyed the “Messenger” (Mrs. Wake- man,) by throwing his evil genius all through her old bones ard arched skin. Miss Hersey pleads that 6hi: evidence shall not be taken against the “innocent.” Thi Pailadium says: Miss Hersey, whose eye has a corpse-like expression, broke cut into reproachful strains ut the condemnatios of aiilicted innocen:e, when told that true bill wa She moved her arm in deliby gestures, and spoke of the awiul injustice of confining innocent persons ‘within these gloomy prison walls,” while Amos Hunt was at large, and even allowed to go before the Grand Jary and tell his own story, and was believed. She was told that she and Mrs, Wakeman were invited to be present, and could have been it they de, sired it, and could have asked any of the witnesses any questions, She asid she did not so understand it, Sie had supposed that they would have been there only t de stared at, and in the way of having the bad spirits / wicked men thrown upon them, which distressed ther exceedingly. The Propbetese, Mrs. Wakeman, cried likea Mitle child, and spoke of the great cruelty of the proceedings. They were told that they were yet to be tried, and would have every opportunity to show their innocenee. ‘ Oh,” said dlies Hersey, putting her handon the shoulder of the Prophetess, “they lttie dream of whom they have here, and of what consequences may follow their proceedings.” The Prophetess continued to ery and rub ner eyes. and protest against such persecution. She asked if she could not goto her son’s in Bridgeport, and remain until the trial, and thought it very hard that she could not. About the time that Professor Silliman, Jr., searched tor the poison which Mre, Wekeman alleged to have been put in the cakes she ate, and which poison she said was put in them by Amoe Hunt, ‘the man of sin,” she stated to Siy that the nature of the poison Lad been revealed to her. The Professor told Sly that it would save him some trouble if she would reveal it tohim. She therefore sent by Sly a catalogue of the ingredients, which she said lunt had compounded for the purpose of throwing his enchantments over her. The medley r_gemsloiie us of the} witch scene in Macbeth. It is as follow®:~ ‘The brains of » man. ‘The cil of men’s bones. ‘The eyes of dogs. Hearts of dogs. ‘The brains ot cats. ‘The eyes of roosters. ' Garden basil. Topaz stone. copper, zine and platina, and certain por tions of common toad. African Colonizatio: {Correspondence of Commereiat Adv tines Wasmixcton, Jan, 18, 1866, The Coloniration Board adjourned its aunual sassion| late last night. Much and very important business was transacted. The officers have been newly organized, and now embrace a president, vice president, corresponding, recording. financial and travelling secretaries, The Hon. Wr. Latrobe, was elected President, ‘ey. R. R. Gurley, Corresponding Secretary. Rey. Wm. McLain, Finance Secretary; om Rev. Mr. Oreutt, Travelling Secretary. Dr. J. W. Lagerheel, Recording Secretary. ‘The salaries of the two first were fixed at $2,000 per annum, the other two $1,500 each. Under this new arrangement, it is believed, th» great plan will be more efficiently and successfully carried on. The newly apposuted gentiemen are all eminently quali- fied for posts, and universally known to the friends of African colonization. I am happy to communicate one iraportamt fact: Congress at ite last. seasion appro- priated $1,000 for the support of a Consul in Liberia. ‘This act is an official recognition of the Liberian re- public, and 80 considered here: and it iv earnestly hopad that Mr. Secretary Marcy will meet the wishes of thot- sands of his fellow citizens, by forthwith making the Eee appointment. The United States have provided for! ia support, now let us have the raan. We will soon have, too, a Yankee ship built in Maine, to carry him over to} Africa. Surely African colonization is on the advance, im spite of all opposition. PARTICULARS OF THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE ‘Tenge HAUTE AND Aron Rainoap, On yesterday morn- ing, as the A. M. freight train,coming to this city on the Terre Haute and Alton Railroad, had nearly arrived at Doraey’s station. about 15 miles from here, it met with 4 terrible accident, by the breaking of one of the wheéls af the truck supporting the locomotive, by which the engine was thrown from the track, the tender turned up- side down onthe other side of tha track, and five men killed by one ot the freight cars running up on the engine. ose On the engine at the time of the accident were con ductor Wyman of this city; Mr. King, the engineer; Wesley Davis, the fireman, ‘also of this city; John Mor- rison, an engineer from Dunkirk, New York, who had been employed by the hee WI and was going over the road for the first time; aod A. Ii. Bales and —— Doak, both from Decatur county, the, owners of the hogs which com posed tho freight of the train. Just previous to the smash Mr. Wyman, the conductor, observed the engine Jeaning to one side, and jumped off just in time to aave himself.—He received no injury whatever. Tne other five remained on the engine, four of whom were instantly killed, and the other, Mr. King, the engineer, lived three or four hours. As soon as the accident was knowa here, Superintendant Sargent tock out a special train, accom- panied Dra. Will , Metcalf and Allen, Mesers, War- ren and Corson, of this city, but. it arrivedjto lute too rend. or any aid to the engineer. He had passed to another world. Mr. St. John, the President of the company, 2140 arrivedat the soene of the disatar a short time after it oc curred. The relieftrain brought in the bodies in the atter- noon upon whom Goroner Pinckard proceeded to hold ao inquest whieh he adjoarned until this afternoon. The officers of the company have alsordered a searching in quiryto the causes which produced the accldent. Al thoughnot on the ground, we made diligens inquiry, aud coulanot find that enbodyt was to blame. It seems to be one of those accidents ‘which baille all human fore- sight —Alion Cowrier, Jan, 11 Frev Loversm IN ALABAMA. pete. the present version of the Alabama Legislature, rays the Selma Sen- tinel, there have been about one hundred cases of divorce granted, During the last session of the same body there wore about the dame number granted. Certainly therm oust be gromt dissatisfaction among husbands and wives in Alabama. Winston, we believe, has never as yet ¥e- toed one of these divorce bills, prevented probably from a foeling ot congeniality to all parties who want to be di- Forced. This is pretty fair free loveiam sanctioned by aw.