The New York Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1859, Page 2

a day of 1 the people of ta DANIEL F. TIEMANN, Mafor of lng And ved York, Jo hereby earnestly recommend to our woe olny the observance of int day for worship and praise to ‘God for all the great a1 maoifold blessings He has vid a our ety and {is inhabi- erode eo rovidegce oa our cy and ti nha ‘the past pleaiene th and have neon suumph ram the Fa Reet, dits of the earth, and have been exempt from 4 ity bi of pestilence, and our city bas t 7 . but the day set apart by (et Sagiteate f tho ‘aie about we Puli oa ta end thanksgiving. I would slso re- tabor and employment Geetitute kod needy with our worship and praise. Hostimouy whereo! Thave berenpto set ray hand aid cauped the Mayoralty seal of the elty of New. York to be Aflixed this nineteenth day of November, in we year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and dity-nine. MOMANIEL P. FIEMANN, Mayor, ‘Tho boys in the institution at Randall's Island are to hhave a good time during the day. In the forenoon they ‘will have exercises in their echool room, in which a num- ber of the Governors and their friends will participate. Aftor that the boys are to have a first rato dinner of tur- key and other et ceteras, for which he Tea Governors appropriated the sum of $100. The same Board also ap- Propriated $50 to pay for an extra dinner for the lamates of the Lunatic Asylum. Donation visits will be received atthe Home of the Friendless, No. $2 East Thirticth and No. 29 East Thirty- ninth street; also at the Colored Orphan Asylum, in Fifth avenue, between Forty-third and Forty-fourth streets, At the former establishment three hundred children will go through with exercises, aud at five o'clock P. M. will of the bouuty sent to them by the charitable. At the latter ment entertaining exercises by tho children will be given at two o’clock P. M. ‘The managers of the Five Points House of Industry intend to give Thavkegiving dinner to their household and the outside children who attend the day school, including also their parents. Those who feel interested in the in- stitution would do well w cail there to-day. The fremen of this city and Brooklyn are to have a grand playing tournament at the corner of Weet Broad- way and Frauklin street, in which the force of the respec- tive machines will be tested id Mons. De Lave, the rival of Blondin, of Niagara fame, will make two grand agcensions across Webawken Heights on a rope one thousaudfect loug and one hundred and Bfty fect high At the Union Course, Long Flora Temple will have a trouivg stallion Ethan Allen. Both Religious exerci wit! be following named churche: tans, Vaion square, the i sermon on ‘The Gra titud the Peacéful and Success! the fam with the celebrated will go m harneas. eld during the day at the At the Church of the Puri- be Cheever will preach a to God for the Example of mancipation of the Staves of ‘the West Indies, and the = of Duty for ourselves in the present most solemn junc ¢ Nation.’ ‘At four o'clock P. M., services will be held in the Cros- by street Jewish synagogue, and at ten o'clock A. M vices will be held in the Jewish “Temple Emanuel, ‘Twelfth street. Services will also be held at Dr. Chapin’s church, in Broadway ; St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church,’ in Fourth avenue; at the Methodist Episcopal church, coraer of Bedford and Morton streets; Beecher'’s church, in Brooklyn, and the Presbyteriau church, in Thirteenth street. ‘The congregations of Drs. Bellows and Osgood will hold their Thanksgiving service together this yeas, as usual. It takes pl in the Church of the Messiah, 728 Broad- way, at eleven o'clock A. M. Sermon by Dr. Osgood. THE OPERA AND THEATRES. Extra programmes are anuoauced at the places of public ammusement to-night. ‘The theatres present va- Tied and aitractive bills. ne Academy of Music there will bo a matinée, at which, in addition to the principal artists of the Opera, Madame’ Anna Bishop will siog. In the evening the délu! of Miss Adelina Patti will take place. It is an event worthy of special attention. At the Palace Garden Music Hall there will be a grand mousical fustival, in which many of the very best artists, ‘Vocal and instrumental, will assist. Mr. and Mrs. Drayton will bring oat a new opera, Nothing Venture Nothing Have.” At the Theatre Fran fii the “Dems-Monde” witl be played for the secoud time in THE PROCLAMATIONS OF GOVERNORS OF STATES. We give below some extracts from the proclamations of the different Governors. That of the Governor of New ‘York will be found in full. BY GOVERNOR EDWIN D. MORGAN, OF NEW YORK. The gathered harvest and the hues of autarnn admonish us that another year is drawing toa close. To Us, a a State aud a nation, it bas been # year of countless blessings. The labors of the hnsbandman have been most abundantly rewarded. Commerce and manufactures are NEW YORK HERALD general Thanks. | out all generations; for the poor, the sick, the “andotied and the oppressed ; for the effusion of pure and unde! religion—tho only safeguard of our liderties—aud above all let our supplicutions ascend that vach of us may foally be led by penitence, and faith in the merits of the Divine Redeemer, to enjoy the bictsed consummation of the Christian’ Wenly reat. BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM PACKER, OF PENNSYL- 'ANTA. ‘The blessings youchsafed by a kiad Providence through tho past year demand our grateful recognition, aud again call tor the sacrifice of thanksgiving and praise. Under the protection of a governmeut that secures to all equal rights, we have pursued ummolested the various avoca- tions of life with more than usual prosperity. The earth, under the labors of the husbandman, las yielded her in- crease, and our barns and storehouses are crowded with the fruits of the harvest. We have not only been pre- served from the ravages of the pestilence, but the past hag been a year dis for heaith in our large cities and throughout all our rural districts. Our country bas been rved in peace, Our bomes have been the abodes uillity, and’ blessings innumerable have reund. our domestic hearths. Our various schools and seminaries of learning are diffusing through- out our community a higher intelligence, and imparting to our youth nobler aspirations. The institutions of our holy ‘religion aro wel Sustained, and under ite pure and genial influence the spirit of unity and love, the earnest of Yet better days, is most happily developed. ‘To God, the reat and the good, wo arc indebted for all, and to Him fer praise be rendered. BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM H, GIST, OF SOUTH CARO- Lina. Whereas it becometh a religious people at all times to acknowledge the hand of Providence, and to recognize of events, And whereas the past season bas been particularly distinguished by the smiles of a merciful Benefactor, who bas exempted our beloved State from storm and pestilence, ‘, ree le with signal prosperity—now, therefore, I, Wil- Yam H. Gist, Governor of the ‘Sato of South Carolina, y by these presents, set apart Thi , the 24th day November, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and I do earnestly request the citizens of this Commonwealth to abstain from worldly avocations on that day, aod the reverend the clergy of all denominations to iuvoke their respective congregations to assemble and offer their ac- knowledgments to Almighty Gud for the goodness aud mercies which have been so abundantly vouchsafed to us as a people. BY GOVERNOR BERIAH MAG@FFIN, OF KENTUCKY. Anotber abundant barvest hag been gathered another year of multiplied blessings is fast drawing to a close. The jabors of the farmer, the mechanic, the manufacturer and the merchant, the professional man and the man of science, have been abundantly rewarded; commerce has revived, de has improved, and thritt is apparent everywhere whout the land. Neither war uor restileuce nor fa. aillicted us. Peace, plenty and health have bless- ed u free, prosperous and happy people. Providence has showered His blessings upon us as individuals, as a State, aganation. We shoulda return to Him the homage of grateful hearts. Io the eager pursuit of pleasure, fortune, or of fame—in the excitement of our daily pations—in the multiferm purscits of life, we are too apt to forget Him trom whom these bountics come, Ac- knowledging no sovereign but Him, let us recognise tue venerable custom cf the “Jewish Feast of Weeks ap- pointed by Jehovah for bis chosen peopl For the es- tabishment and preservation, then, of our free iustitu- tutions; for the preservation of our lives ani health; for our tranquillity, prosperity and happiness; for our gene- Tal thrift aud ‘the untold blessings we enjoy as a State and a people—I, Beriah Magoffin, Governor of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, do hereby appoiut and set apart ‘Thursday, the 24th day of November next, ag a day of ‘Thanksgiving and Praise to Almighty God, and recommend its appropriate observance by ail the citizens of the Com- monwealth. BY GOVERNOR MOSES WISNER, OF MICHIGAN, Another year has passed, and the many blessings it bronght in its various seasons admovith us of our de- pendence upon the Author of uM good for the enjoyments of this life Let us, therefore, humble ourselves aud give thanks to Him who has averted war, pestilence and famine from our midst, and has filled our gravaries with more tham we deserve, and blessed our State and nation above all other nations of the earth. I do, therefore, ap- point Thursday, the 24th day of November next, as aday of thar&ksgiving and praise to the God of Heaven for his many blessings, and I invite all persons on shat day to abstain from their usual avocations, and join in giving thanks to our Heavenly Father for the may favors wo are daily receiving at His hands. BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM H. BISSELL, OF ILLINOIS. The flightof ancther year, freighted with its manifold blessing, should admonish us anew of our continued de- pendence upon the Great Ruler ef the universe. Though the past year has not been one of unalloyed happiuess to our citizens, yet its blessings have been so numerous, 80 emphatic and distinct, that our hearts should yield spontancously the most devout and cheerful gratitude to that Being from whose bounty all these blessings flow. During the year now about departing we have enjoyed peace, Plenty, good health and a fair measure of general Prosperity; and that, for these and other mercies, we may show ourselves duly grateful to the Great Author of our being, Irecommend that Thursday, 24th day of November, Fecoveriug from the great prostration into which the late Fevulsion bad thrown them. The pestilence, so much dreaded at our principal seaport, lias been happily avert- ed, and heaith has reigned within our Vorders. While ‘vast multitudes in foreign lands have been summoned from their homes to engage in bloody conilict or to stand in battle array, we have been permitted, in the providence of God, to continue in the enjoyment of freedom and self- government, and to parsue, amid the pleasures and com- forts of our own firesides, our unexampied career of peace and prosperity. These abd the uanumbered other boun- ties which have bedn showered upon us a people und as individuals, should serve to remind us that the homage of grateful beste is duc to Him from whom these mercies flow. I do, therefore, in humble reverence, appoint ‘Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of November pext, as a day of gencral thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God; and I invite ail persons toabstain on that day from their usval avocations, and to unite in public declarations of their gratitude to our Heavenly Father, the Author and Giver of every Diessing. EDWIN D. MORGAN. BY GOVERNOR LOT M. MORRILL, OF MAINE. As the season of the time-honored Thanksgiving festi- ‘val approaches, proclaiming the close of another year full of the blessings of an All Bounteous Providence, religion and patriotism evjoin the duty of public demonstrations of ‘atitude and praige to Almighty God, the Creator and eserver of the universe and the merciful Benefactor of man. For covstant care and favor to us as a people, in the establishment, growth and developement of repub- lican institutions, securing to all the enjoyment of equal privileges and personal righis, is due the homage of loyal and thankful hearts. For life and health, sunshine and showers, the plentiful feuits of the earth, for social tran- quillity and domestic happiness, the means of universal education, religious instruction and consolation, it becomes. all to unite in fervent expressions of praise and thanks- giving to the Author and Giver of ail good. I do, there- fore, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in re- ‘verence to an established and venerated usage, designate ‘Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of November next, as a day of public thanksgiving and praise; and J recommend its observance by the people of the State, that, abstaining from all secular employments, they assomble according to their religious customs, an 1 render unto the Heavenly Barent, the source from'whence flows all our manifold ‘blessings, the worship of grateful and obedient hearts, forgetting not at his altar, the cause of the poor, the ne- Blected and the oppressed; and supplicating a continuance Of the divine favor, as christians and patriots, let us uni- tedly implore that an inextinguishable love of civil and religious liberty may be kept alive in the hearts of the ple,an ardent devotion to the independence of the and the perpetuity of the Federal Union; and above all, thata generous philanthrophy, imbued with thespirit of Christianity, may pervade all classes, and incite all to the duty of cheerful and full obedience to the divine precepts of the great Christian Master; and so may our beloved Commonweaith be permitted to advance in thé new era of soeial and political progress, see violence and wrong every- where retreating, and witness the prevalence of a genu- ine civilization. BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM, OF CON- NECTICUT. ‘The ingathering of abundant harvests, the continuance of general health and peace, and the preservation of our civil and religious liberty, remind us of our obligations to God, and of a custom early established by which our fathers publicly manifested their gratitude to him. For the purpose of ‘perpetuating @ practice go eminently pro- per, hereby recommend the ig oo of this Commonwealth {to recall the manifold temporal blessings with which God thas crowned the labor of their hands, and the spiritual | blessings which they have received through the riches of bis grace; and on Thuraday, the twenty-fourth day of No- Nember next, gather around the festal board, make dis- Aribution from ‘their abundance to supply the necessities ‘of the poor, and in public assemblies offer with faith such ‘BY GOVERNOR THOS. G. TURNER, OP RHODE ISLAND. We have been favored with a season of unusual health. labors of the husbandman have been crowned with ‘While other nations ha the untold horrors of ar, our favored tend ‘has enjoyed raise to Almighty God, as | instant, be set apart as a day of general Shanksgiving and prayer. | For a day let [us lay aside all secular aliurs, and unite in giving praise and thanksgiving t» Almight; ie te te enjoy. mi ee BY GOVERNOR ASHDEL P. WILLARD, OF INDIANA. ‘The inhabitants of Indiana have had rarely an occasion to be more thankful to God for the favors he has bestow- No fom than during on Pha Crime peeee less luring any one in proportion to the popu- Iation,) "Health has been secused to them; industry has atno been excelled; peace has prevailed during their labors; an abundant harvest has been their reward. It is INTERESTING FROM CADIFORNIA. ‘We have the overland mail, with San Francisco dates to the 28th ultimo, ‘Two convicted murderers, named Elder and Jenkins, are to be banged, in terms of their sentence, at Quincy, Plumas county, on the 29:h of October. On the 25th of November, Miguel Marquis, convicted of the murder of Andrew Lester, at Oukland, on the 4th of July last, will be executed in the jail of Alameda county. Bajy Birch wag arrested in Sacramento fer playing with his minstrels on Sunday, thereby violating the law to pro- hibit barbarous and noisy amusements on tho Sabbath. ‘Mo was tried before a jury, who brought in a vemdict of “not guilty” without leaving their seats. Blain d’Orimont, son of the distinguished Dutch Gene- rol of that name, died on the 24th October, at the French hospital, and was interred at the Mission Cemetery. OUR SAN FRANOISCO CORKESPONDENCE- ‘San Francisco, Oct. 28, 1859. Stockton Contribution to Washington Monument—French Im- portation of Silkworm Eggs from China—Respite of 4 Comvict— Ancther Elopement—Orimes and Incidents—Mr; Broderick’s Successor in the Senate—Mahmnelan Wit- nesses—Fires—Markds— Deaths and Marriages, fc. A block of granite taken from a quarry in the vicinity of Knight's Ferry, San Joaquin county, and designed to occupy a place in the Washington monument, is to be for” warded immediately to its destination, It bears the fol- lowing inscription:—Tihe citizens of Stockton, San Joa- quin county, California—a tribute of respect to the Father of our Country, George Washington—1859.”’ ‘The French bark Mgrie, which arrived here on the 22d inst. from Shanghae, brought one hundred boxes of Chinese silkworm eggs. They are to be sent to France. Last yeara single case of eggs “arrived in this city and ‘went east in the same manner. ‘The Governor has respited Pedro Ybarra, who was to have been hung last Friday at Mokelumne Hill, until the 4th of November next, ia order to allow him to appeal to the Supreme Court Another elopement by the steamer of the 20th inst. has come to light. John Lovatt, an actor, went off with Mrs. Schaffer, the wife of an engineer now absent on his ship. They took passage under assumed names. Lyman Ross bas been discharged from his debts in Sacramento, On the 18th of October, at Sepulveda’s Canon, about eighteen miles from Los Angeles, James Pratt was shot by James Connelly and died soon afterwards. To Loe Angeles, on the 16th, a Frenchman named Alexis, and a Sonorian wamed Manuel Ruez, were killed by a man named Endebis, from Texas, David Hyland was found guilty, in Marysville, on the Ath inst.,of murder in the second degree. It ‘appears that alittle child, the illegitimate offspring of Hyiand’s wife, came to its death by the brutal treatment received at his hands. Jacob Levi, tried at Tehama, on a charge of arson (capi- tal), for setting fire to that town, was acquitted last week, On the first trial the jury failed to agree. On the 26th inst.,a man named William Luther, who came from Nevada on a visit to this city, was mortally wounded, and died the following day under the following circumstances, Luther was talking with some friends on the corner of Leidesdorff street, when two men hurriedly came out of a small house in the neighborhood and grap- pled with each other. Luther stepped forward to sepa- rate them at the moment when one of them, John Dor- ringer, fired a pistol, the contents of which entered the abdomen of Luther. The man who was struggling with Dorringer is named Simon Lipp. Both men are now in rison. Ppiaia a’Drimont, son of the distinguished Dutch Gene- ral of that name, died on the 24th inst., at the French hospital, in this city. He came to California several years. since, with the hope of bettering his fortunes, his father heving died leaving him in poverty: Boing unable to speak English, and having but a limited circlo of ac- quaintances and little business capacity, he was upsuc- cessful, and was finally 80 much reduced as to becomo a charity inmate of the above fostitution, where he died of hernia. M. Hertemann, who had formerly given him employment, and the Rey. Abbe Blaive, extended to him the last earthly succors. Bf. A. Gaudonniere pronounced a few appropriate words over the body prior to its com- mitment to the grave. The Grand Jury of San Diego county was in session last week, and requiring the attendance of M. Manasgee, an Israelite, before them as a witness, tho Sheriff was des- patched for him. Manassee at the time was in the syna- gogue, it being the Day of Atonement. He refused to come. An attachment was issued and the contumacious Jew brought by force and against the opposition of his fellow worshippers. Manassee when before the Grand Jury refused to answer, and he was committed to prison. A similar case occurred in this city afew weeks ago, when a fine of $250, was imposed on the absent juror, which he has since aid. ‘The overland mail from St, Louis, with dates to October , arrived in this city yesterday morning at an early our. ‘A live chimney-sweep has made his appearance in our streets, and with his ebony countenance, appliances of the trade, bag of soot and peculiar cry, attracts much at- tention. It is not likely the business will be very lively, but the prospects are that the business in the line cau support one of the craft. Dennis Dunn, Sheriff of Tehama county, committed suicide on the 26th inst. by jumping overboard from the the duty of every believer in God to return his thanks for these blessings. I, Ashbel P. Willard, Governor of the State of Indiana, do hereby appoint and ‘set apart Thurs- day, the 24th of November next, as a day of thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God, and recommend its appropri. ate observance by the citizens of the State. BY GOVERNOR ALEXANDER W. RANDALL, OF WS- CONSIN. Another year, with its varied experiences and vicissi- tudes, has nearly gone, the seed time and harvest have passed away, and the produets of the earth, more abund- ant and excellent in many respects than Fee have been ex in. Our State bas been favored by an overruling ovidence with exemption’ from peace, or any Poems |, and the and financial dis- tess, which our land has so long suffered, seems to be approaching an end. As a State we have been free from evil disturbances, and men have gone about their by spe cyeeleebreerp om Gmymreee 4s a nation, too, we have been exempted from the scenes of blood which have been the result in other lands of the shock of con- tending hosts. Itis right that we should, as a people, ren- der the tribute of our thanks to the Author of all good, for the establishment and continuance'of our free institu- tions, for the general health and prosperity of our people, for the blessings of peace, for the privileges of free educa: tion, and freedom to worship God according to the dictates of conscience, and for all the unnumbered blessings, indi- vidual and national, go bountifully showered upon us, ‘Therefore, im accordance with the time honored usage, I do hereby recommend to the people of Wisconsin that they observe Thursday, the 24th day of November next, ag a day of ving, and that, abstaining from their secular vocations on that day, they unite in their several localities in grateful praise to Almighty God, for his con- stant care and abundant mercies. BY GOVERNOR M. 8. PERRY, OF FLORIDA. reas, itis right and proper for States as well as indtyiduals to return thanks to Almighty God for his man- ifold blessings and mercies; and whereas, the 4th Thurs- day in November has been, by usage and custom, adopt- ed by moet of the States of the Union as a day of Thanks- giving; and in order that said day may be observed with uniformity throughout the United States : therefor, I, Madisen 8. Perry, do by this, my pu proclamation, set aside Thursday, the 24th day of November, as a day of public thanksgiving, and respectfully ask the clergy of all religious denominations 4% open’ their houses of worsbip, and deliver addresses suited to such an occa- sion, and request the good people of tle State to lay aside their usual avocations and join in the religious exercises of the day. BY GOVERNOR SAM. MEDARY, OF KANSAS. “ The sere and yeliow leaf’’ admouishgs us that another year is drawing toaclose. The bounteous harvests are chiefly gathered, and the homes of our citizens are being em- bellished with the rich blessings that flow from “ seed time and barvest.”’ Indust in our new Territory, just she into life and civilization, has everywhere been amply re: warded by sun: and shower?’ Peace and safety have entered quiet reigas supreme over our £00" s¢ manifold blessings, Tet ue return hanks to Him who knows all things, rules al! things, and without whose protecting arm all human effort must fail, and chaos return te darken the world. BY JAMES G. BERRET, MAYOR OF WASHINGTON cCiTY, Twenty-six States have already designated a day of thanksgiving snd prayer, and it seems peculiarly becom- tog that the capital of the Union should imitate a moral full of civil and ‘religivun i Mborty. For theas and blessings we are indebted to our Heavenly Father, and_it is proper that we, as a people, s! ic nae . 1, therefore, recommend to my | fellow: the State, that they abstain on | ‘bis day from all unneceseary labor; shops and other places of business be closed, and Rowe, ‘with one accord, ble in their to acknow! el, and for the influences of the Holy Spirit, which are ‘designed to lead us in the way of Hableowenes, Wie Prepare for the festivities and enjoyment of this time- honored occasion, let us not forget the divine injunction, “Thon sRalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” ‘BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM A. NEWELL, OF NEW JERSEY. metic al Ue ae et ime vest have abundant fruits of the year, with its hopes and its memo- ies, have been gathered up. He hath net withdrawn from. 1us the protection and benellcence vouchsated to our fore- fathers, but hath remembered us algo, in His lo kind- ness. Our civiland religious institutions—founded upon principles of equality—have exempted us from the evils of intolerance, anarchy and tyranny ; our commercialand + Industrial pursuits have been prosperous and 1; the means for our iytellectual and moral and religas cul’ ture have been greatly ang enjoyed re- Aations of, tranquillity and peace with the nations of the earth, and unwonted health has prevailed in all our borders. Thanks and praise for these and innumerable other blessings of a kindred character, are enjoined upon ‘us by the most impressive considerations of patriotism, and most solemn obligations of religion. 1 do there- fore, under a sincere eense of ¢ nd in accordance with’ a time honored u Set apart Thursday, the twenty fourth day of November next, as a day cf thanks- apd praise: an » recommend to the of New Jersey, that forsaking and forgetting all ‘ares of life, they meet in thicir eolomn assemblies. there, ia mancer and form approved by their conaci unite with each other, and Ir fellow citizens of other States, In giving thank offer and praise to Almighty God for all temporal and taal gilts; aud with our thanks let us mingle our fervent prayers Of these benefactions to us, and to our pox example which precept and practice have in a manner sanctioned among our cherished usages. Impressed with the propriety of this duty, I recommend Tharsday, the ‘2th inst.,to be set apart for that purpose. This usage of appropriating a secular day to return thanks for the manifold blessings dispensed to us is most fitting at a time when this community has so much reason to be grateful for the blessings of health and prosperity, and for the protection vouchsafed by a merciful Providence, since our prayers were offered on a similar occasion. As & means of giving due solemnity to the aay, I recommend | that business be suspended, and all places of worship opened, £0 that our suppiiéations may ascend with a united voice and heart to the throne of Divine Grace, ask- | ing forgiveness for our sing, and beseeching an extension of that merciful care by which our institutions have been Strengthened, and our poople baye become prosperous and Lappy. TELEGRAPHIC. Barnxore, Nov. 23, 1859, To-morrow will be generally observed here as Thanks- giving Day. From present indications all business will-be Suspended. The newspapers will all suspend publication. Punanenrma, Nov. 28, 1859, The observance of Thanksgiving Day will be genera here. All the newspapers will suspend publication ex cept the Ledger. Avovara, Nov. 23, 1859, Thanksgiving Day wili be thoroughly observed here, No newspapers will be published, ———$ A paragraph in the London United Service Gazette, whic! stated that Lady Franklin had presented the Fox Voce tain McClintock, is contradicted by a Dublin paper, which says:— With reference to the paragragh which appeared in’ our publication of yesterday, copied from the Unitet Service of stating that Lady Franklin had presented the Fox to’ Captain McClintock, in. ac knowledgment of his services, we are now authSrized to state that although Lady Franklin did, fh tho kindest and most generous manner, press upon Captain Mclntock the acceptance of the Fox, both before his departare and since hig return home, yet from the first ho positively do ctined to accept this munificent gift from a lady who haz already expehded #0 much of her private resources in the accomplishment of a great national duty.’ A supplementary credit of 500,900 franes has been uch Minister of the Interior for secret steamer Sam Soule when within a few miles of Colusa, Duno was deran; it the time. He was a native of St. Catherine, Canada West, and aged about twenty nino years. Ho was master of the Masonic lodge at Tehama, APPOINTMENT OF UNITED STATES SENATOR. Governor Weller bas appointed H. P. Haun, of Yuba county, to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate caused by the death of Mr. Broderick. The new ap- pointee bas held several important offices’ in California. He has been County Judge for four years, and occupied a seatin the Senate. He is a native of Kentucky, and enjoys in Marysville, his place of residence, the repnta- tion of an bonorable and upright gentleman.’ In 1867 he was a candidate before the Democratic State Conven- tion for Governor, and has maintained a position of consi- derable influence in the northera part of the State in the democratic ranks. It was peep supposed that Sam- uel J, Hensley, President of the California Steam Naviga- fron Company, would receive the appointment, and conse- quently the announcement of Judge Haun being the so- lection of the Governor has taken the public by surprise. ‘The fact thit he has not been prominent as a politician is in bis favor. The people are so dissatisfied with Gwin that a new man, known to be honest and capable, and who will operate as a check on him, gives general satisfaction. Judge Haus leaves here by the steamer of November 5. RIGHTS OF MAHOMEDANS AS WITNESSES. We have a statute in California which disqualifies ne- groes, Indians and Chinese from giving testimony in our courts in cases where the rights of white men are in any way involved. Abouta year since a murder was com- mitted in Stockton, for which Jacob Elyea was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to be hung. ‘An appeal was taken to our court of Jast regortfrom the judgment, on the ground that one Martin, @ native of Turkey, and a Mabomedan, was allowed to testify against the prisoner. The error, for such it was claimed to be under the statute excluding Indians, &c., from the witness box, was disposed of by the Supreme Court in the following lan- guage:— It {is claimed that Martin was incompetent under the pro- piHlons of oor statute precluding pegroes and Indians from les tifying elther for or against a white person. ‘Ihe onjection to his competency is based upon his color, and the fact A native of Turkey and wes born of Turkish parents Its in- cumbent upon the party alleging a disability of this character to prove it by clear and indubitable evicence. This, we con- ceive, has not been done in the presentonse. The iadicivm of coior cannot be relied upon as an infallible test of competency under the statute. It may be a suflicient test in many cases, but only when it is so decided as to leave no donbt of the particular race to which the witness belongs. Ifa negro ould offer to be sworn, he could be rejected upon the sole evidence of his color, £0 with an Indian, and so with persons of mixed blood who are obvious!y withia the rule of exclu- sion. Butthe color is a mere fact to be recetved in evidence 4s tending to establish the cone! usion of competeucy or incmmn- tency, and if alone it is suflicient for that purpose, nothing ‘urther is required. ‘The subjects emb1 in the decision of this Court in the e+e of the People vs. Hall 4 Cal. $99), must be regarced 98 res judicata, but we cannot presume that all persovs baving tawny pking and dark complexions are withia the principle of that decision. ‘The atatute ftslf, after daciar- ing that no Diack or miatto person, or Indian, dence, Ac , provides that persons having one-eig! negro blood, shall Le deemed mulattoes, and persons having cue bait of indian blood shall be deemed Tndians; thus render. {ng impeasible the adoption of any rule of exclusion upon. the baeis of mere color. We have in this case the additional facta of the birthplace and parentage of the witness. But these facts, if material at all, are rather against than for the defend- ant; for. although the population of Turkey is made up, in some degree, of several distinct typex of the human race, the Cauenesian largely predominates, and constitutes the controll ing element ‘The judgment of the District Court is affirmed, and a day ordered to be fixed on which Elyra is to suffer death. A grizzly bear, weighing about 800 pounds, was killed on the 221 October, near Turner's Ferry. Grizzlies, re- marks the Argus of’ that town, are frequently seen in the vicinity of Turner's, and occasionally do much damage to thestock in the peighborhood. APPOINTMENT OF A SRNATOR TO FILL THE PLACE OF BRODERICK. Judge H. P. Haun, of Marysville, has been appointed by Governor Weiler United States Senator, to Gil the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Broderick. The Marys- ville Democrat says that Judge Haun will start for Wash- bg in the steamer of the 5th of November. San Francieco Times says of the new Senator:—Of Judge Haun's qualifications for the position we know very little. He is a Iswyer of ordinary ability, a native of Kentucky, and is intensely Southern in all political ideas. ie has the reputation of being a sharp, shrewd politician. Some suppose that the Governor has done well in appointing him, for the reason that he {s competent to look after Dr. Gwin, and is not particularly friendly to him. The Reces of the State generally would care etd little whether the seat were filled by appointment or not, were it not that they fecl the necessity of some one in the Senate to checkmate Dr. Gwin in case he should atiempt any of bis characteristic frauds upon the govern- ment and people. Judge Haun can do this, and he can alo vote with the administration; and we suppose that is all he will be expected to do. And now the tussle for the vacant seat may be said to be fairly begun. Governor Weller hag unquestionably appointed Haun with reference to himself as the successor, and whatever influence the latter may have in the Legislature will in gratitude be thrown for bis excellency. Against him there are about a dozen candidates, the most formidable of whom are John Nugent and J. W. Denver. They both enjoy the confidence of James Buchanan ,a fact little to their credit. Nugent has the most intellect and individuality of character, while Denver {is “ huge thighed,” heavy alike in body, head and heels. Hoe is, howeves, to-day. the most for- midable competitor for the Senatorship of Governor Wel- Jer in the fleld, having more strength of his own among the members ‘elect of the Lngisiature than any other of the legion. J.P. Hoge, R, Augustus Thompson, 8. W. Inge, B.F. Washington, J. A. McDougall, A. C. Peachy, Frederick Billings, T. J: Honley, David 8, Terry, Calhoun Perham and Thomas Hayes, all seem to think that they have especial claims on the party, and in one way or another to be deserving of the much coveted pr The Marysville Kepree saysie-Judge Haun | of Scott county, Kentucky. He read law at the Transy1- vavia Univeraity, and M4 Bintted. to tho bar of Kaa: tucky in 1839. Ho was elected w the office of County Attorney of his native county. In 1845 he removed to Clinton county, Iowa, and in 1846 was elected as a dole- gate from Anat County fo the Constitutional Convention that amed the which was d that year by the people. He came with his family overland to this Btate in 1849, and located in this city in January, 1850, when it was but a little camp of tents, Hy was clected the firet County Judge of this county in the spring of 1850, and filled the office with honor to himself and to the entire eatisfaction of the people. At the expiration of his term of service he retired upon a farm upon the Yuba river, where he has been since engaged in agricultural pur- suits. Ste |. A company of three or four xicans commenced Peers on “tailings” for the silver, and for some time from to $400 day,» Pea bout two mene tate ‘Walsh took one ton of claim had in the meantime been divided into two to each of the orginal . $6,500 and McLaughim his Mr. Hughes has with hima mass of silver mixed with gold, weighit g 47 ounces, ‘valued at $2 per ounce. bar was obtained from one arroba, or 25 pounds of the tailings before spoken of. Could this be taken as a fair sample of the whole, it would icdicate the astonishing re- sult ofa mass of refused dirt, from which the gold had beed extracted by the ordinary process, worth four dollars tothepound, The ledge in the Comstock claim has two leads of gold and one of silver ore. The gold rock has been proved by the ordinary test to be worth from $500 to $2,500 per ton, The silver lead consists of the black metal, Which is stated to produce $5,000 to the ton, in the proportion of 46 of silver to4 of gold. The gold leads are from five to nine feet thick, and the dip of the gold bear- ing rock is about 80 degrees, or nearly perpendicular, The entire ledge is. between 15 and 20 feet wide. The silver vein is from 6 to 24 inches wide, The deposits are at Virginia town, which is twenty miles from Carson Valley, fifteen from Carson City, and about 160 miles from Sacramento. There is a ledge of gold rock near Washoe lake which is said to have yiclded $2,100 in gold to the ton. More than twenty other veins have been opened in the vicinity, and are now in the process of developement. It is thought that they extend all the way from Honey lake to Walker river. ‘The prospectings generally reveal gold on the surface; the silver appears eight or ten feet bo- low. The most magnificeat deposit of gold ever dis- covered, in this continent or in the world, is represented to have been opened at Gold Hill, in a canon, or rather valley, one and a balf milo from Virginia town. The hill is isolated from the mountain spurs, to which it probably once belonged, and is properly a mound, about 60 feet high, 6,000 fect long by 2,000 feet wide. It is tra- versed by veins of auriferous quartz, partly decom- posed, yielding from $500 to $2,600. to the ton. This enormous mass of wealth was discovered by a whiskey drinking character trom Virgiuia, in honor of whom the neighboring village has been named. It is computed that this fortunate person has expended within two months eight for ten thousand dollars in the purchase of his — fluid, for the consumption of himself and his friends, There are now eighteen arastras in operation in Vir- ginia town, and eight or nine at Gold Hill. ‘The nearest timber suitable for lumbering purposes is fifteen miles from the mines, and the miles which can be relied upon for a supply are twenty-five miles distant. ‘The price of lumber at Virginia town is $50 per M. The habits of the people are necessarily nomadic and sporadic. ‘They live in tents—as many of them as can secure that accommodation; those who cannot, sleep in tacks. ‘Whgn meals can be had, they are furnished at the rea- sonable prico of 75c. each. ‘About eighty tons of silver have already been sent to San Francisco, or is on the way hither; aud Mr. Hughes passed almost a hundred teams going out with provisions and general supplies. The price of freight has been raised to 10c. per lb., or $200 per ton, from Placerville; but the silver ore is brought this way for half that rate. The rush to the mines is so great that a daily line has been arranged. On the day on which he arrived at Placerville six full stage loads of passengers had been en- gaged for the next trip. Mr. Hughes states that ten feet claims are selling at from $2,500 to $3,000 each. ARMY INTELLIGENCE Company A, Sixth infantry, Capt. Flint, arrived in Sa. cramento Sunday evening. They left yesterday for Be- nicia, Capt. Flint states that bis command has suffered severely from chill and fever, and are now all sick. The Military Dey ment of California has been divided into districts as follows:— No. 1. City of San Francisco, Benicia Barracks, Presidio, San Francisco—Major G. H. Ringgold, Paymaster. ® No. 2. Forts §Umpqua, Terwoia, Humboldt, Gaston, Crook, Weller, and the camp at Antelope Creek, Major, Hi’ ard, Paymaster. No. 3. Forts Tejon, San Diego, Mohave and Yuma, r Woods, Paymaster. fompany &, Sixth infantry, under command of Licut. D. D. Ciaric, has been ordered to Fort Yuma, from San Bernardino. Capt. Hancock, A. Q."M., supplies the trans- portation. A train offwagons left Los Angeles on the 28th ult., for San Bernardino, on this service. ‘The detachment of thé First Dragoons, under command of Major Carlton, bave left San Buenaventura and returned to Fort Tejon. FIRE AT YREKA—LOSSES. Afire broke out this morning, Oct. 23, at about eight o'clock, in a bake adjoining the City Hotel, and spread with great lity, burning everything on both sides of Miner street, from Oregon to Pine, and destroyin, all tho houses on on street back to ‘the residense of A. Witherell. The be ascertained ‘Adams, $1,500; owing 1s the loss,as near as can :<L. Horn, Gity Hotel, $7,000; Moses Mary A. St. Clair, $4,000; L.’ Autenreith, $3,000; A.’ Witherili, $3,000; Wm. Ersmark, $1,000; H” Otto, $1,500; A. Stewart, $2,000; Western stables, $2/000; Robert Fluger, $2,000; Josephine Wolf, $1,500; Livingston & Co., $8,000; 8. Welzel, $1,000; C. Hoellin, $8,000; Ra- none & Hanford, $1,000; Jacob °, $600; other par- ties, $6,000. Every China house of ill fame is burned.— Sacramento Union. LOSSES BY THE FIRE AT COULTERVILLE. A friend supplies us with the following list of estimated losses occasioned by the fire at Coulterville, May well’s Creek, on the 20th October, the general particulars of which event have been already published in the Bulle- tin:—Shanfeld & Co., dry goods, $13,000; John M, Aiken, saloon, $6,000; John 0. ; $5,000; E. ‘Bossreen, $4,100; M. Dowd, $3,000; Jos. Bugnolia &Co., $2,500; Scott & Bro., $2,600; George Counts, $3,000; Mrs. Mora, $2,000; J. B, Green, $1,700; B. Francisco, $1,500; D. Cohen & Go., ,060; Dr. Thompson, $1,000; James Wilson, $800; Gel’ ley, $800; Cushman & Co, $600; Wiliam Davis, $500; M. Coben, $600; John Shoemaker, $500; W. H. Cuitin, $200; John Roney, $200; John R. Collins, $200. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT SONORA. Sonora, Oct. 26, 1859.—This morning, about 4 o’clock, a fire Co, foreig in a frame building on the corner below Richard's store, down town, and before the flainés could be subdued about a dozen houses, mostly small frame buildings, were burned, involving a loss of from $6,000 to $8,000. The following is a list of the losses:—C. Jacques, 8500; Soully, two houses, $1,200; James Eads, house and stock, $2,000; Donna Feliciana, $100; M. Conner, $1,000; Salvador Borda, two honsce» $2,000; C. Randall, $600: Carsten, bakery, $200; Madame Nicholas, damaged houso, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. MARRIED. ‘Wesritr—Partenson.—In San José, Oct. 20, by Rev. L. Hamilton, Thomas Wesbitt to Mary Ann Patterson. Frrovsox—Ruxy.—In Mooresville, Butte county, Oct. 14, Wm. Ferguson to Sarah Riley. Davis—Hatey.—At St. Louis, Sierra county, Oct. 14, Charles Davis to Mary Haley. Gorpoy—Prxknam.—At Folsom, Oct. 20, Alexander C. Gordon to Melissa D. Pinkham. ee = folk ae at the Stockton weet sypagogue, Oct. yy the Rev. Dr. Henry, Mr. Aaron Levy to Miss Exther Neumann, ) Hartixy—Excuisn.—In Sacramento, Oot. 25, H. H. Hart- ‘ley to Migs English, daughter of James 1. English, Raq. mARD— Bett.—In Todd’s Valley, Placer county, Oct, 18, Nelson Lombard to Jennie Bell. Betr—Casgy.—In Nevada, Oct. 25, Thomas Belt to Mrs, Ann Cagsin. Maccrre—Swirt.—In Grass Vailey, Oct. 23, by Father J. H. Dalton, Franklin T. Maguire to Miss Sarah Swift. Roer—Van Aste —In ramento, Oct. 28, Henry Rore to Sarah Van Alstine. Jonsstox—Maxuvry.—In Honey Lake, Carson Valley, BL. W. Johnston to Barbara F, Maxbury. ’ Mouxtais—Proni.—In Genoa, Carson Valley, Oct. 19, Joln Mountain to Margaret A. Brodie, Mau Paceco.—In Monterey, Oct. 25, by Rev. Father vamellas, Hon. Mariano Malarin to Isadora Pa- checo. : DIED. McNamee.—In San Francisco, Oct. 23, Ellen T., wife of mee, aged 26 years. In San Francizco, Oct. 22, John C. Dwyer, San Francisco, Oct. 3, May Walsh, aged3 years 2 monthi Surrrarp —In San Francisco, Oct. 24, Philllp Sheppard, @ native of Cork, Ireland, aged 40 years. Evirs.—In Sacramento, Oct. 19, B. W. Evita, recently 700, Mich. t Oak Run, Shasta county, Oct. 20,H. H. Hunt, aged 22 y Bursnam.—In Folsom, Oct. 16, Mrs, Burnham, an early settler in Folsom, Let2.—In Folsom, Sophia Lutz, aged 5 years. Mernpannan.—In &: onto, Oct. 22, Pamelin A. Men- denhail, aged 4 yeare. Morcan —In Los Angeles, Oct. 19, Mrs. Matilda W. Morgan, aged 22 years. Duxx.—in San Francisco, Oct. 26, Mary Ellen, only daugtAer of Julia aud James Dunn, a native of San Frai- cigeo, aged 5 years, 4 months and 6 days. Tsrnox —in San Francisco, Oct. 25, Catherine Byron, aged & years. Repriziy.—At the Cantrail Springs, Const Range, Oct, 10, Mies F. C, Redfield, of Nicolaus, Sutter county, aged 17 years and six months, formorly of Missouri, TnrockmorTon.—In San Francisco, Oct. 26, Harry ©, Throckmorton, son of Samuel R. and Susanna Throckmor ton, aged 10 years and 2 months. fon mprR.—In San Diego, Sept. 14, Wm. Schnieder, a native of Cumberland, Md., aged 30 years, , THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1850. How.skb.-In Sen Francisco, daughter of Patrick 04 Mary M. Gaztay. —] lay, wite of David M. Gazlay Bavm.—In eon of the prospects of holders. has hot been sufficient to be characterized as aotive, has there been an increased requirement from the co try to bring the jobbers into tho market except for cur- rent supplics. ilies have moved more ly than any other article, trangactions marking a slight in favor of holders, and a moderately austained advance. Coffee has also appreciated, and a firm market can be re- ported as ‘we wre, Cordage continues dull, Coal un- Soanred,, Cogent from late art Spots ye saves o revious res. In goeds nothivg has been re- ported from first hands; the Jobbing trade is fair at home cost rates. Sales of n fish have been hght, as well as those of const catch. In French is little doing. Im goods classei as fruits, bame are not inquired for, and rates nominal. Foreign. ferior grades; in mentees webride es; ‘we have Raw sugars are lower and heavy, while reflaed haveruied with a like tendency. Transactions in spirits have been limited; the market for American has been inactive and drooping; foreign are dull, though u: |. bay sults as last reported. French wines are still maintained at high prices, with no stock of cask claret in first hands; cases are firm, with sales ata full figure; in other kinds nothing of consequence has been done. Tho tures of trade are much the same as we last had occasion to note. The country demand still continues backward, and money comes in slowly. The arrivals that occurred still leave a large fleet due, and buyers operate on a very limited scale, under the apprehension that any moment a large acceession of supplies may reach port, from which there will be more goods offering, ia all probability, than can be readily placed. There seems little prospect that what is usually termed the fa'ltrade will acquire much vigor at any period during the present season, aud a drag- gine market is looked forward to, uatil euch time as stocks shall become reduced to something commensurate to jthe capacity of. the State for consumption. (From the San Francisco Herald, Oct. 27.] ‘The markets have been go unchanged from day to day, and 80 monotonous, that to say anything new,and have it correet, would be a very difficult matter; yet it is expect- ed of us, we sometimes think, to predict the markets for a long period in the future. ‘That we are more able tojudge corrcetly, a3 far as our information extends, than many dealers, who are swayed to some extent by ‘the circum: ‘stances surrounding them, we believe, for we have no special interest at stake, let the table of prices turn which way it may; and as far ‘as we are warranted by the cir- cumstances in forejadging the tendeucies, we shall have no hesitation in so doing, and give at the same time tho grounds upon which we may base our opinion. The markets are very dull, and there seems to have deen a general consultation to-day, for we have met mer- cbants on the wharves and on the corners, seemingly en- gaged in discussing something ina very confidential tone and manner. Our further comments tipon the produce market will be found connected with our sales reports be- low. De Ro & Eliridge, and Thos. J. Poulterer & Co., held their regular auction sales this morning, at neither of which were the sales very extensive or the prices ob- tained large, as will be seen by reference to auction sales. Fiovr.—200 qrs. superfine at $5 60, 35 bbls. Haxall Mills at $9; 260 balf sks. Geneseo extra at $6 50, 100 qrs. Yeoman Mills extra at $650, 100 qrs. North Beach sup. $5, 50 qrs. Clinton Mills extra, $6 75. ‘neat.—The markets to-day have been very dull, as usual, though the quantity sold is little more than double that of yesterday, and nearly half of the quantity reported is on private terms. The quantity sold; is near: sks. larger than the receipts, and at this small di nce daily, it will take a long time to empty the storchouses in the city. We report sales of 4,019 sks. as follows:—1,430 sks. in {our lots, sold on p. t.; 624 do., two lots, at 13;c.; 600 do. at 15(c.; 140 do. inferior at 134e.; 600 do. do. 11¢c. Barizy.—The eales of this article today have been several hundred sacks less than they were during any previous day this month,and yet the sales nearly double the day’s receipts. Ifeuch sales and receipts continue, we may incline to think the trade nearly over for the season at present prices, yet we are of opinion there is considerable yet in the country. We report the sale of 960 sacks only, but at prices which are a little better than posteraay’e quotations, in proportion to the quantity gold: sacks at $155; 450 do. at $1 5634; do. at $1 62},—the two last were choice brewing, the last extra do. ‘Oars.—There is little doing in the oat market, and for the few lots that change hands the prices are about the fame from day to day. The receipts continue to be very limited, though they were la! to-day than on any day during this month except the 17th (the Teceipts then were 4,727 sacks), since which time, with the exception of the 2istand 24th, the receipts have fallon short 1,000 sacks per day. We or 6" sales of 1,450 sacks, ag follows:—850 eacks at $1 65, do. at $1 70, 200 do. at $1 76. PotaTors—The receipts and sales have been rather more than the daily average, but the prices are yet no better than they were yesterday —$1 30 a $1 3734 bei a full price for the best lots of Bolinas and Bodegas, an Bays at $1 20a $125. Some lots of wormy pinkeyes and other sorts have been sold by jobbers at very low prices, .The total number of sacks reported to us to-day is 1,139, ins follow:—526 bags Bodega, in two lots, at $1 623¢: 143 do. Bay at $1 16, but inferior; 180 do. inferior Bodoga at Bears —Not asale reported, but they are still worth, ps lea white pea, 27¢c., and 8c. a 33¢c., and red or in CorN.—The receipts are very light and the salos still smaller. Of the 100 sacks in to-day, 77 sncks were gold immediately at 12¢c. Bray.—There is not enough in the market to make the trade in this article much of a business. The 444 sacks fon arrived to-day were sold on Front street at $20 per ion. Frurr—The apple trade is improving slightly. One house to-day has sold something over 100 bores OFegon, at 5c. a 6c., according to ern California apples may be quoted at 6c. a 8c. We also add asato of 60 boxes Los Angeles grapes at 8c. Hax—Tho rain last Sabbath did not have the effect to cauge much hay to be shipped, as has been the case in seasons passed, but by the time we have some few good rains, we apprehend prices will prevail which will induce a larger shipment than at present. Sales of 50 bales in- ferior at $16 50; 300 do. do., at $18 50. S413—17 tons Sandwich Islands rock, og the wharf, at folk Saltworks, $16 per ton; 2,000 Ibs.,in 6b. sacks, 3 at 83<c.; 1,000 do., in’10 Ib."do., at 18c. Corver—240 sacks, from second hands, Rio, at Lic. Caxpizs—760 boxes Grant’s at 1034c.; 600 do. sperm, 20c.; 1,000 do. Marcy’s at 19440. ‘Woor—One lot of 12 bales (2,000 Ibs.) that arrived to- day, which was not an extra quality, and uncleaned too, brought the large price, on the wharf, of 16c. ToRPENTINE—The market in this article has been some- thing, with a better fecling since Tuesday; 8,000 gal. lons sold to-day at $1, and we were advised this forenoon es offer of some advance had been made to furnish is. Verein se of 100 bbls. Monongahela, proof, for 35c. cash. Harpwark—1,000 kegs cut nails, of assorted sizes, sold at private terms. News From the Coast of Africa. AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA—UNITED STATES WAR VESSELS AT MONROVIA—TRADE—COFFEE CROP—SMALLPOX AT SIERRA LEONE, ETC. The brig Aun, Capt. Alexander, arrived this morning, after a passage of thirty-seven days from Monrovia. By this arrival we have a file of the Liberia Herald to the 5th of October, inclusive. The United States steamers Sumpter and“ Mystic had been at Monrovia, and left for Cape Palmas on the 12th of October. {From the Liberia Herald, Oct. 5.] As usual at this timo of the year, there is but little do- ing in the way of trade, if we except what is being done in the line of buying and gelling rice. There is an abun- dance of this article, which can be purchased at low rates. But unless there is palm ojl and camwood to be traded, the cry is trade is dull. * ‘This dulness will continue for at least a month longer, when the rice will be all gathered in and housod; then oif and wood will be stirring and continue to be the principal articles of trade till the time arrives for clearing of lands for farming. No inducements will influence the natives and the Americo-Liberians to forego their usual yearly farming operations for the eake of buying up camwood and palm oil. They have, in years past, suffered too se- verely in consequence of being led of by tho allurements of trade, and to the sacrifice of their farming interests, to be now guilty of the folly of deviating from that strict line of policy which prudence and a manly independence 80 plainly mark out for them. As for the farmers on the St. Paul’s, “the Syren may sing everso well,” the planting and the cultivation of the bn cane will goon uninterruptedly, Notwithstanding the fine saw mill of Messrs. Payne & Yates, at Marshall, is kept constantly employed, there is quite a demand in Liberia for almost every description of lumber, which cannot be supplied. ‘The ladies of Harper, Palmas, vied with cach other in marks of respect and of cordial welcome to his Excel- lency, President Benson, during his short but very grati- fying ‘visit to that place. ithin this month the super of an Amsterdam ves- reargo Sel bought up coffee at Grand Bassa, and paid specie for it, at from 16 to 18 cents per pound. From Sierra Leone we have received news of the death of the Hon. J. F. Smith, Colonial Secretary. He died of the smallpox. A correspondent of the Liberia Herald, living In Bassa county, says:—Peace and plenty prevail throughout the Basea country, and, with riers Sc of a few restless chiefs, of whom Prince Wee, of New Oess, isthe primo actor, our abor! affairs are much more ife than they have been for years. In fact, had {t not been for the Peaceable disposition of the aborigines toward the Amori. co-Liberians since the last military visitation that was mado to them, it would have beon imponsible for our poo ple to settle out on thelr farma in every direction ag’ they pave done ever since that littio bird (tho hard timos) sung in Liberia “root pig or die,” and the first complaint ha ie ean any person having been disturbed on his farm, In Belgium during tho first nino months of tho presont 3,696,600f. more than iy of ways and moans, and 448,278. more than ia the corresponding period of 1868. Ih the increased receipts for the preseht year, the Gagtoms duties wand for 746,000f, and tho raliwayt for Our Bucnos Ayres Correspondence. Bumxos Arnus, Sept, 26, 1859, Mr, Yancey in Bad Odor with the: Buenos Ayreans—Sharp £ oy" the Trituna—Mr. Yancey's Manifesto— State of Affairs tm Suction 2.74 Complaing of the Absence of an American Minister— Inte, "tenet Gnd Stability of the Bucnoe Ayrean Goverament—Ame td Sor 4 United States Consul—The Army, de., dc, ‘The Iribuna of Buenos Ayres, of the 21! Of Beptembeet Containg an article upon the official manifesto of Me, Yancey, the United States Minister to the Argentine Con- federation, from the able pen of the assistant editor, Sonor Bustamento, formerly Senator in Montevideo. This arti- cle charges Mr. Yancey with Partiality for the chief of Entre Rios, and argues that all the Teproaches which have been hitherto heaped upon him were all fully de- It says that opin Minister of the great ropublis ‘ancey should not havo consented, to become the subaltern of Urquiza, to do his will ang carry out his wishes. It Dlamos tho United Statos Minis- ter for culogising Urquiza, who was nothing better than = cutthroat, having at the battle of India Muerta cut the throats of eight hundred dered and ee darted: aot Cena Bevere on Mr. Yancey, and a document wi i partd to refute bis stalements, YS nad T also send you the manifesto of Mr. Yancey, which oc- oa you wilh aoe, slevon and a half columns of the Binmo, in order that you may seo with your own eyes ‘bat the remarks of Senator Bustamente aro well found- ed, fed not wih the Femolent idea that you oan afford te publish Tbe government at home does not seem to understan the true state of affairs as they actually exist here. Ther continue sending ministers—and such the Argentine Confederation, where we do not need because we have with them very little commerco, neglect to send one to Buenos Ayres, with whom we have @ larger commerce and much more important fotercste than we have with some European States where accom- ? and well paid ministers are kept, ‘The State of juenos Ayres, §i »2, has been de factoan jadapeadens government, ruling su extensive and well settled terri- tory, iu which all the forms of a constitutional govern- ment are in honest, legitimate aud successful operatior and there is ao reagon why an intelligent and sensible man, who knows how to hindle himsdlf, should not. be Bent hero te protect our varied ‘The compensation allowed for sident to‘nister in South America does not allow of the anpointment, as it ought to do, of a Buchanan, a Webster or a Cass, but it is suffl- cient to give us an intelligent gentleman of giot common Sepse. The democratic party is sufficiently rich in taiont, intelligence and respectability to enable us to have every: ae United States Ministers and Consuls of a fair mp. As yet there has been no engagement betwoom the opposing armies of Urquiza and Buenos Ayres, ‘Tho army of Buenos Ayres, well fed, well paid, and in good condition, and about 12,00 strong, is encamped about 180 miles to the north of this, and the army of Urquiza, about the same reported strength in numbers, but, not in such Good condition, though suit to be better officered, is em- camped about twenty miles further off. Bvenos Ayres, Sept. 27, 1859. Little Hopes of Peace from Foreign Intervenitom—The United States Slocp-of- War Bainbridge— Arrival of the Virginia Ann—General Lopes Going to the United States, dc. ‘The new offers of foreign aid are already coldly met. Mr. Thornton, the English Consul General at Montevideo, is accredited to a government not at all friendly to this. Monsieur Decour, the French Minister, isa brother in-law to one of Urquiza’s Senators. Brazil has already been es- teemed unfriendly to Buenos Ayres since the war of thirty years ago. Paraguay is considered too supremely Selfizh to negotiate after having so blutfed every friendly foreign approach to herself. Sp, as matters stand, there is a prospect of immediate trial of strength in battle. The two armies are about forty leagues apart, not far from being equal in numbers, and both profess perfect confi- dence in the result. Captain Woodhull, of the United States brig-of-war Bain- bridge, now lying at Rosario, met and corrected one of tho, petty but perpetual annoyances that occur in these wat rs. Two-sailors of the American bark Inman were upon shore having a merry time, but committing no of- fence. The Captain of the Port and the Chief of Police both being absent, some savage policemen, with swords and knives, went toarrest the sailors, to which they a little objected. They were knocked down with swords and dragged 4 the feet to the station. A signal of distress from the Inman called Captain Woodhull, with two armed boats, to the shore, and the Captain went with one un- armed officer, and finding the chief officers all gone, and seeing fierce looking men brandishing swords over ono who was prostrate, and holding knives to the. naked breast of the other, and seeing both the men bloody from ‘wounds made in the dragging, he snatched them fn a mo- ment, and he and bis associates su the armed boat. The valorous police, secing their prison- ers escaping, drew their swords and knives, and in a large body gave . Captain Woodhull sent the others on to the boat, drew hie sword, assumed the best ure for a fencing exercise, and bade them come on. ie crowd of police seeing a live Yankee with a drawn sword, kept a safe distance, and, when the sailors were safe in the boat, he tollowed them. The hundreds collected on the shore sent up deafening cheers for the Yankee captain, ana after the usual amount of bluster about their sovercignty, the government Aree ly a ~ the —— ~ a Chief ot Police, and amply apologized to Captai ‘oO and to the United Staves 2 Minister, sf ‘The Virginia Ann, Captain @. W. Gorham, arrived hore yesterday, Septeraber 26, from New York Juiy 23. General Lopez, son of the President of Paraguay, leaves his _week for the United States, as Commissioner under he Bowlin treaty. Our Nuevitas Correspondence. Nvgvrras, Nov. 9, 1859. 4 Slaver in Custody—Spanish Officers Bestirring Them- selves—Mortality of the Africans—Disposition of the As your correspondents at Havana keep you posted at the western, I will give you a few items from the east- ern part. Yesterday morning we were surprised by tho appearance of a Spanish war steamer towing @ very fine looking brig into the harbor, Ina few hours it was an- nounced that the towed vessel wasa slaver. I went to headquarters and acquired the following facts:—H. C. M.’s ‘steamer Blasco de Garay, Commander Rafael Corias ‘was on her way from Havana to Porto Rico, and when off Segua saw a brig which did not answer his flag, so Mr. Corias went to vessel, sent a boat’s crew on board and found a splendid vessel with 456 negroes, nearly all under twenty years of age. The captam died on the Voyage and some 150 negroes. The crew were sent te Havana. To-morrow the steamer starts on her journey, leaving the slaver here, and already the different authori- ties are quarreling as to who shall bave the disposition z Cred cargo as emancipados, and up to the present time it not setiled. Our next crop promises to be very large. Cane all through this district looks well y The Fatal Fight Between two Nashville Editors. [From the Nashville Banner, Nov. 19.] An unfortunate newspaper sgatroversy between Alleu A. Hall, editor of the Nashville’ News,an opposition paper, and George G. Poindexter, editor of the Union and Ame- rican, a democratic paper, which had assumed a personal character, terminated yomarca, morning in the death of Mr. Poindexter, at the hands of Mr..Hall. As ail the cir- cumstances connected with the affair will be sought for with avidity, and are lable to misrepresentation, we will endeavor to ae them correctly and suc- cinctly. The Union and American has recently pro- duced in its columns some extracts from the Nash- ville Republican of 1884, of which paper Mr. Hall was then editor, @ paragraph, published during- Mr. Hall’s absence in Washington Gity, which seemed to favor the idea of incorporrting in the State constitution, a Convention to revise which was about to meet, a provision for the gradual emancipation of slavery. Tho object of the reproduction of this paragraph was understood to be to make the impression that Mr. Hall entertained such son- timents now, and was therefore in a position to unite with the black republicans. Mr. Hall epelled this, and. charged the conductors of the Union with being ‘unscru- pulous” and guilty of ‘disreputable’ practices in their discussions. This brought out from Mr. Poindexter the following paragraph, which appeared in the edi colomns of the Umor of Thuredsy, mornin Oo aa “The charges and insinuations againat this er, con- tained in the leading editorial article in the Nashyille News of yesterday, are utterly destitute of truth. We cannot consent to carry on @ newspaper controversy with an editor who utters calumnies against a contemporary trusting to the supposed privileges of age to shield him from res] ibility.”? Mr. Jno. H. Hal ph. Mr. P. replied that he was, Whereupon Mr. Il denounced bim in the severest terms, which denunciation Mr. P. resented by attempting tostrike Mr. Hall. The two clinched, but’ wore ithme. diately rated, Mr. P. remarking in substance that the affair could be settled in a more appropriate place. During the morning Mr. Hall reeetved a note from Mr. Poindexter, and a correspondence followed, of the merits of which we are not sufllaiently apprized to be able te sate its substance. The difficulty, however, was still pending and unsettled, as we understand, on Thursday morning, when the following card appeared in the New of yesterday morning:— against the Union and American Jestablished by undeniable facts then 1 made no insinuations,” Penne ae Aseertion that I trust to the privileges of age to shield myself from responsibility. for any statements T make, is false and calumnious. He who made tho asser- tion trusts to the pistol to shield from exposure the mis- representations and falsehoods of the journal with which he is connected. That is the plain English of tho matter. The shield he bas selected will prove insufficient for bis purpose. I shall go on, as I havo begun, with a thorough exposure of all mis-statements, mi! tations and falsehoods which may appear in the and Amert- can, and which T may deem worthy of nation =fully abe and prepared to protect inst assaul punish the ‘Astailant. gestae cng EEN A. HALL. Farly yesterday morning Mr. Poindexter called, in com- pany with two friends, at the counting room of the News, ‘And asked for Mr. Hall. He was informed that that gen- tleman had not yet come down. Tao call was repeated, and Mr. Hall had not yet arrived. Soon after the #econ call, Mr. Hall camo in, and was immediately apprised of the fact that Mrs P. was seexing him. Mi A few moments after he was furthor apprised that Mr, P. was advancing towards his office from the corner of Deadorick street, Mr. Tall immediately took a position in front of bis door, and as Mr. P. advanoed he commanded him twice to «top in aloud voice, Mr, P. rather | Gani his pace, and al the second command made @ movemen| ag iftodraw a weapow. Thereupon Mr. Hall leyelled @