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f I CHARLOTTE : FRIDAY MORIUSG, Febrian , $55. Cll iKLOTTE lilMET.Mt"" Thlrsdav Fvenino, Feb. 8, IS56. Cottom A good deal coming iu, with an up ward tendency ; extremes range from 6 to 7j. Ftuca. Brisk ; we quote from S a 8.. Wheat. Little in market ; prime quality will readily oomraand 91.50. Corn. 80 a Sac. Meal. SO 85c Rye I.O0. Oats. 40 a 50c; slight decline. Peas 05c.; BOd dull. . r-ri imer The Legislature. We learn by private advioes that this body will terminate its session about the 15th inst, This has been an unusually long, as it has been in un usually important, session. VV'e will, in our next, endeavor to present a full list of all (he bills acted u(on, and we hope to have the pleasure at the same time ul" announcing the enrollment of the bill chartering the Wilming ton ii Charlotte Railroad. rrt-MCD Broaa Rail Bona We karn from a telegraph despatch to the Caivlinu Times, that the French liroad Railroad charter has finally passed both branches of the N. C. Legislature, and is now a law. Post Office Cbuuffcd. Marrisburg Post Office, in Mecklenburg county, has been changed to H srri' Stution on the line of the N. C. Railroad. i$ (O-Tha Hon. William II. Seward w as, on the 8ih inst., re-elected U.S. Senutor from New York for six years, from the 4ih of March next, by a Majority of twenty-two on joint ballot. Election of Directors. We learn from the Carolina Tunes that the annual election of the Hoard of Directors of the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad took place on the 7th inst. The following is the result : L G. Palmer, W. R. Robertson, W. W. Elms, C. J. Fox, Ino. A. Young, A. B. Davidson, A. B. Springs, Sam. McAliley, Jas. Pagan, J. S. Bouk night, Jno. Caldwell, AJex. R. Taylor. At the meeting of Directors, Mr. Palmer was chosen President. Wllailustoti and Charlotte Railroad, A telegraphic despatch from Raleigh, gives the agreeable information that the bill chattering the Wilmington and Charbtte Railroad Company has passed its third reading in the Senate by a vote of 29 to 15, and is now a law. Wilmington Herald, February Gih. ty A writer !n the Carolina Times says that the proportion of expenses to the receipts on the Charlotte & S. C. Railroad is very large, nearly 60 per cent.f the usual ratio is about one-half. From 183S to 1851, the highest per centage on the Georgia Railroad, was 47 per cent. ; and al though a few cases have occurred in the whole United States where the expenses have reached 00 per cent, of the whole receipts they have been exceptional and extraordinary. Dnguf rrcofypes. Mr, Wilkinson has opened in the Room former ly occupied by Dr. Wilde, a Daguerreian Gallery, where he is prepared to lake these beautiful pic tures. We have examined his specimens, and take pleasure in saying they are beautiful and life-like representations of " the human face di vine." This is an art which deserves encourage ment and we hope Mr. W's. patronage will jus tify him making his residence among us per manent. . Messrs. Scarr Ss Co., successors to Fisher 6i Ileinitsh, have increased largely their stock of Drugs aod Medicines, and have now one of the most complete and well supplied Drug Stores in the country. They have just received a very large and full assortment of Garden Seeds, fiom the celebrated Seed store of Messrs. Landreth, Philadelphia, aod as the time is fast approaching when they should be committed lo the " fruitful bosom of the earth," we would recommend those who desire a good variety of vegetables to call before they are all picked over. Mr. Scarr, the active man of the firm, is uii experienced and skllliul Apothecary, and whatever comes from his house may be relied upon, &Z7 It will be seen from a notice by the Presi dent, that ibe Agricultural Society will hold its next quarterly meeting, in this town, on Thursday too 22d inst. Our meetings have, heretofore, been so thinly attended, and so little interest man ifested, as to discourage the most sanguine. With a new year, and the light of the old be hind us, wo should turn over a new leaf, and, by combining, give an impetus to the diffusion of use ful Agricultural knowledge, and endeavor to create a just cod laudable emulation, which alone, will do great things towards introducing an improved system of husbandry and cause this spot to bloom and blossom like the rose. Agriculture is the nursing mother of the arts, and the planter the truest, most patriotic, and independent of the sons of men we wish we could say the most in telligent and best informed in his avocation. It is a great mistake to think that any body can make a good farmer. It requires more traits of character than most any other vocation. Indus try, energy, judgment, sad s mind well stored with practical knowledge are essentials ; the last can only be attained by experiments, and the read ing of such books as treat of the subject. We hope to have an ititeresiiug time at cur next meeting. J. W. Osborne, Esq., has been invited., and it his health will admit, will address the Asso ciation. This announcement, alooe, is enough to fill the bouse. Agricultural. Having been honored in my absence from the last meeting of the Mecklenburg Agricultural So ciety, by the election to ibe Presidency of said So ciety, I therefore request the members to meet in Charlotte, on Thursday, the 33d inst., at 11 o'clock. It is hoped and requested they will still farther honor me by a full and punctual attend ance on that day, at the hour appointed. They will meet in the Court House at the ringing of the bell. Shall it be any longer said of the time-hon-ored coun'y of old Mecklenburg, that they have attempted several times to get up an Agricultural Society, and always failed? I trow not. Let each and every member leave their respective homes with the intention of anend ing the meeting. et that be the main object that day, and punctu ally go into the meeting at the signal given. Those living in town, it is hoped, will also give their punctual attendance. If all will do so, and attend to it, the benefit to agricultural interests arising from it will be immense. Should the Sopiety prosper and succeed, as I hope it will, none will be more gratified than him you thpught proper to preside over you, and he w ill do all he can to pro mote its interests and prosperity. Other citizens are invited to come forward, enrol their names, and become members. A. Springs, President. Congress. On Wednesday, 31st ult., the President of the United States communicated to the Senate all the correspondence, instructions, &c, given by the Government to Commodore Perry in relation to the Jp m expedition. Mr. Bayard, ol Delaware, made a statement in refutation ol certain charges connected with the Presidential election of 1801, and contained in the " Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson," against the late Hon. James A. Bayard, father of the present Senator, authority As the Memoirs were published by the of Congress, Mr. Bayard deemed it have un official contradiction placed proper to among the annals of the country ; and perhaps a more eloquent tribute to the memory and public services of a distinguished statesman was never called forth, From a son this was to have been expected. But the vindication was not confined to him alone. Messrs. Pearce,Cass, Hunter, and Mason, whi'st approving the filial and just spirit in which the subject had been treated by Mr. Bay ard, highly eulogized the public services and mor al worth of his deceased parent, at the same time that they expressed their beliel that no one would more readily have corrected the misapprehensions, originating in the party excitement of the day, than Mr. Jefferson himself, if the testimony now adduced had been before him. The Senate then resumed the consideration of the army appropriation bill, the pending proposi tion being that of Mr. Shields employment ol three thousand teers. to which Mr. Hunter had to authorize the mounted volun offered a substi- tute. To this substitute Mr. Shields offered an amendment, the effect which would be to raise lour regiments of cavalry instead of the number proposed. Mr. Houston spoke at some length against the policy of making war upon the Indians. He was in favor of peace measures. Mr. Dodge and Mr. Mallory continued the debate in opposi tion to the position of Mr. Houston. The latter rejoined, and the discussion was continued until a late hour, but no vote was taken. In the House of Representatives a joint resolu tion was introduced by Mr. Rice proposing to dis approve and annul certain acts of the Minnesota Legislature incorporating Railroad companies. After some explanations the resolution was re ferred. This proposition is consistent with the recent action of the House in disapproving and annulling two other acts of the same Legislature. The House resumed the consideration of Ter ritorial business, in Committee of the Whole, when Mr. Richardson moved to strike out of the bill, authorizing the construction of a subterra nean railroad to the Pacific, the clause granting two millions of acres of the public lands, and re serving to the company only the right of way. This was done with the approbation of Mr. Far ley, the patron of the bill. Mr. Benton denounced the movement as sporting with legislation. Mr. Richardson rejoined, and, in order to prevent fur ther discussion on this bill, moved to strike out the enacting clause. This was agreed to, and the bill was reported with others to the House. Several bills providing for military roads, arse nals, public buildings, &c, in the Territories were favorably considered and finally passed. From Washington. Washington, Feb. 2, 1655. The defeat of the volunteers enlistment bill, which it was intended to tack to the regular army bill, by an overwhelming vote in the Senate, (there being but thirteen votes for it,) quiets that matter forever. Instead of the volunteers, a provision was made for additional regulars, Wijjch passed, and settled, in its turn, the bill for re-organ iz.TUI the regular army, and appointing nine additional brigadier generals. Time has so far advanced that there is no other way of legislating than by tacking amendments to the regular appropriation bills. It is now a well ascertained fact that the admin- isfrntinn hn givpn up fill idon of irrritnrml nggrnn- rlizement, and events seem to favor their deter mination. The Sandwich Island are about to be sandwiched by love and matrimony. Tho young king, who might have laughed dovn the sugges tions of crazy consul Miller, is not insensible to the charms of an English woman, and is about to pour his orison into her lap. Love is a more pow erful agent than diplomacy, and as Lord Bacon says, goes by 'contrast.' Great presidential preparations are now making in this city, to be commenced by a general sacri fice of suspected persons, and promotion of the faithful. Soup houses are to be opened for the disappointed. The great pen with which Sam wrote his auto graph yesterday was not plucked from the bird of Jove, but was taken from the tail of the great American condor a bird strong enough to carry off an Indian boy, and carry him in flight with him to the highest cliff. The deaih ol our worthy ex-mayor Maury, who had been lingering since Sunday last, has cast a deep gloom over our community. Mr. Maury was entirely a self-made man, kind and charita ble iu his disposition, and emphatically and with out ostentation the friend of the poor. His right hand never knew what his left hand did. Hun dreds whom be has benefitted deplore his loss. He leaves a wife and twelve small children. Peace be to bis ashes. It is said that an intimate friend of" Alvarado " Hunter, intimates that the cashiered hero will shortly embark for St. Petersburg, to offer bis services to the Czar of Russia ns a commander in his navy. He will go out with testimonial for gallantry and efficiency from one of the highest officers of our navy, and it is even said that he v i,l take a letter of recommendation dqm the Pre sident himself. LATE FOREIGN XEffS, Ifetvs by the Africa. Boston. February 1,1855. The steamer Afri ca, from Liverpool, via Halifax, did not arrive up at her wharf qntil 8$ o'clock this morning. Her mails, therefore, will not reach Baltimore until to-morrow evening. The foreign files contain a few add it tonal items. China and India. The India nnd China mail had reached England, bringing Calcutta datps to December 13, and Canton, November 25. The Calcutta money market had advanced money was more valuable. Trade was dull. Sir John Bonner hr d returned from the north of China without reaching Pekin. He and other foreign plenipotentiaries were stopped by com missioners from the imperial court, who proposed that they should meet at Shanghai in December, and discuss a revision of existing treaties. The rebels had captured a large part of the im perial squadron, and there was quite a panic at Canton in consequence. At Shanghai trade was improving, and a good business was doing in silk at adyanced rates. Teas were a little cheaper. From India we learn that the Nepaulese army was to march through the Knglish territories to attack the Grand Lama. Buenos Ayres. Dates from Buenos Ayresto Decembers had been received in England. Busi ness was at a stand still. The invasion of Novem ber 5 had paralyzed everything, and the govern ment was hesitating between peace and war policy. No hope was entertained of a long continuance of pence while Urquiza remained President ol the Argentine Confederation. From the Crimea, A letter in the Pays, rrom Constantinople, dated January o, nvs a column of riflemen had taken possession of Cn mara, near Balaklavn, after driving out tie Rus sians who occupied it. The enemy experienced severe losses and wpre completely put to rout. The loss of the Russians at Sebastopol and the neighborhood during the last days of December are estimated at more than 6,000 men. The London Times, in a leading article, draws a most deplorable picture of the army in tseCrime. At the beginning of January the army cojld muster oijly 14,000 bayonets. The artillery anc engineers had been reduced in the same proportion, and the cavalry in fact no longer existed. The deaths amounted to 60 per day, and the number disabled by fatigue and sickness amounted to 1,000 per week. This ratio, the Times thinks, is rapidly or. the increase, and it is computed that out of the 14,000 men nominally fit for service, only 2,000 are in good health. The army was an army of invalids at the beginning of the month, aod the Or mea winter had not fully set in. The Times comes to the conclusion that unless some extraordinary stroke of good fortune inter venes, England is about to lose its only army, an agent of so much pride, so much deep affection, so much tender solicitude, and asks if the nation is prepared for this disaster. Letters from Odessa to the 6th of January state that hard frosts, equal to 10 degrees below freezing point, had brought the roads into a fit state for ihe conveyance of troops and munitions of war to Perekop. Russia and Austria, The Boulogne Gazette published advices from Berlin stating that in diplomatic circles doubt was entertained thai Rus sia and Austria would come to an agreement in the freedom of the Danube and a cessation of the Russian protec'orate over the Principalities. Austria has gained her object, about which she was really interested. Accounts from VVeimar slate that the Austrian government had signified to the princes of the Zoll-Verein States that after the pacific declaration of Russia it appears not to be advisable to proceed with the mobilization of the military. The contingent of the Germanic States was the question before the Diet. Monetary Affairs. The London Times' city article of Friday says : The English funds have to-day not recovered irom the unfavorable reac tion of yesterday, and have been inanimate, at a further slight decline. No particular cause is as signed for the prevailing heaviness, and in the absence of any foreign intelligence. Recent ru mors of impending changes in the Cabinet con tinue to be circulated, although generally sup posed, for the present at least, to be withou: foundation. The last accounts from tho Paris Bourse show a decline of . Private advices from St. Petersburg to the 11th describe a great alteration in the political atmos phere the tone of public feeling being quite pacific. A large business had been transacted in tallow. Effect of ii Bold Foreign Policy. The influence of a bold and vigorous foreign policy, and the effect of such heioic exploits as the rescue of Koszta by Captain Ingraham, in secu ring respect to Americans abroad, are made the subject of a brief but pointed article in a late num ber ol the New York Sun. "An incident," says the Sun, "illustrative of this influence, is reported to have occurred recently at Leghorn. A young American travelling in Europe happened to per mit himself to talk freely in a cafe to some Aus trian soldiers, contrasting the prosperity enjoyed under republican freedom in the United States, with the condition of the people under Austrian, rule. The soldiers, or some ol the spies who fre quent every place of public resort in the Austrian dominions, roported ihn young man's language to the authorities, and he was arrested and thrown into prison. He was afterwards carried before a court-martial and tried, and convicted of attempt ing to seduce the soldiers of his Imperial Majesty to desert their duty. He was condemned to be shot. The American Consul at Leghorn, hearing of the affair, promptly interfered to obtain a stay of proceedings, but for a time all his remonstran ces were made in vain. He continued urging his plea, till at last the Military Commandant asked, What end the Consul in view in demanding a stay of proceeo'Wigs V The Consul replied that he An ticipated the urrival of Commodore Stringham and Captain Ingraham, with their vessels, in a day or two, and he would be glad to have those officers present at the execution.' The Commandart changed countenance, and dismissed the Consul saying he would thiuk of it. The Consul was astonished the next morning to see the young man entering his office, at liber ty. He had been discharged from prison with a reprimand, and a notice lo leave the Austrian do minions, given by the commandant in person, wlio was at pains to impress on him at the same time thut his iiberaiion was not in any respect due to the threats about the visit of the American fleet, but a consideration for 'his extreme youth and consequent indiscretion.' Thus, if Koszta was only an "inchoate citizen," the protection extend ed to him proved the safety of a "full native." A few examples of energy, like that displayed in the Koszta case, would save our citizens, visiting foreign countries for business or pleasure, many annoyances, and teach despotic powers that an American citizen could not be made the victim of their suspicions nnd vengeful spirit with impunity. Washington Sentinel. The young oian who caught a lady's rye has been rsa afed lo return it. f From the Sent of War. Contrast between the aspect of the English and French c;unps. Chersontsus, where most of the merchant ships land, is the nearest point to the l French camp. Here everything has an appear- I jincH of frfi mill pnmlnrl. On pvprv sd rhp French have laid down paved roads, along which, despite ihe unfavorable mud of the Crimea, they transport with the greatest ease th'-ir guns and provisions, and march w ithout difficulty from one point to another. Thiir huts and tents stand in regular rows, and at the entrance of each street there are signposts to indicate the way. A strict cump police is established, and prevents the accu mulation of dirt and rubbish. Between the tents innumerable baking ovens are erected some of stone, others portable in which fresh bread is being continually baked, so thut the French sol dier is not obliged, like the English soldier, to content himself with biscuits which engender scurvy. Wi:hout awaiting the providence of their gov ernment, they have erected warm huts, from wood collected and partially taken from demolished Tartar huts, and the smoke of their chimnies curl up pleasantly in the air. Under these circum stances there is much more joviality in the French than in the English or Turkish camp. The men talk, tell tales, sing and work merrily. The clothing of officers and men is as clean as if they were simply doing hard garrison duty. The Zouaves amuse the camp by stealing out individu ally, climbing the Russian outworks, and planting French flags upon them. The Russians are bam boozled, as at night fires are lighted upon quite ; solitary spots, upon which they fire away as hard as they can. General Caqrobert, despite his wounds, is to be seen daily in the carnp, but ben. Bosquet is the favorite of the men. The Tur kish camp, which is next to the French offers a miserable aspect; dirt, torn tents, uniforms which can scarcely be recognised as uniforms, and sjI diers that can scarcely be taken for soldiers. Nevertheless they squat down quietly in the mud, and smoke their pipes complacently. We have already said so much respecting the English camps, that we shall only give the description ol our friend in a few words. On the whole, it is the contrast of the French camp, there are no roads, if we except one made recently to convey the terrible mortars. On all sides, between the torn tents, dead cattle, horses and oxen are rotting, and no one thinks of remo ving tho pest-bringing carcasses Officers and men are so bad off for clothes that they may be placed on a par with the Turks. The officer does not give himself the slightest trouble in the world about the fate of the private, his food, dress, or shelter ; he leavs all that to the care of the com missariat. Lord Raglan lives in his house, and for days together is not visible. The wooden huts sent from England lie disjectra membra in the water, and will lie there useless until the nails for putting them together arrive out. My friend, who is a merchant, htd the opportunity of making some characteristic observations among others, that the Englishmen always asked for btandy and champagne, while the Frenchmen asked for needles and thread. Before every English bureau he observed emp ty casks and broken champagne and brandy bot tles. The inhabitants of the villages which lie scattered between Sebastople and Bidaklava, at first the friends, have become, in consequence of probably necessary" severe treatment, the bitter ajtemies of the allies, so that they are feared as spies, and not one of them is allowed to leave his hut withoutescort. My informant also had a close view of the besieged fortress. He declares there not the slightest indication of a breach, and that the walls of Sebastopol appear intact and unap proachable. To his question, "When will Se bastopol be taken ?" a Zouave replied, '-When there are three Thursdays in one week.' Des pite this reply the whole camp is eager for the assault. General Canrobert never rides through the camp without being followed by cries of "L'assaut, mon General? from all quarters. The ladies of the expedition. Of all the ladies who accompanied cr joined the expeditionary ar my only one remains, namely, Mrs. Duberly.wife of the paymaster of the 11th Hussars, who is quartered at Balaklava, and with whom she may occasionally be,seen riding or walking. The as pect of this lady is now grave, though she was in England very fond of the gaieties of life. Many of the wives left at Malta, Therapia, Pera, &c, have been made widows by war and climate. This reminds mo of an affecting anecdote that was related to me by a witness to it Concerning a youthful dragoon officer's death. He was fear fully wounded in the cavalry action, and lay un horsed and deeply groaning, when he requested some one near him not to conceive that he was groaning from any want of pluck, but that the pain wpc so intense he really could not help it that he knew he was dying, and begged that a lock of his hair might at once be cut off and sent, with his love, to his mother. This was done, and was the last that was seen of him alive. There was at that critical moment no time for further parley. The Session of Congress. But a litile more than three weeks time remains to the present Congress. When that time expires it will be functus officio.. A new, and we fear that, so lar as the House is concerned, a very wayward Congress will succeed. Every element that ever entered into politics, every ism that has ever been sprung upon the country, and every vagary nnd every fanaticism, will huvc ihuir re presentatives in the new Congress. They will no doubt run riot at first. Such sentiments, such doc trines and such heresies as now shock the ears of members, will, no doubt, then become as familiar as household words. There will be a great con flict of opinion and a total want of homogenious ness of character. The brawling Demagogue, the furious Abolitionist, the insidious Free Soiler, and the loud-mouthed Know-nothing, taking ad vantage of the opportunities afforded them to ad dress the nation from this central point, will ex hibit a constant struggle for the floor. Happily for the country some of the good old leaven will be left. Though at first it may per haps, be overrun by the new elements, which, like new wine, lack vent, it will, we doubt not, in a short time contrast so favorably with them as to gain for itself a new and increased esteem from the country. More than this, while we cannot hope lo see it leaven the whole mass ; while we cannot expect to see it reclaiming the reckless, and purifying the corrupt, we do hope lo see it ex erting a benign, a conservative and a restraining influence. There is another thing to which we look hope fully tho excesses of the motly and heterogene ous opposition that the next House of Represen tatives will present. These excesses and there will be no preventing them will disgust and sicken the people. They will sensibly feel the difference between the present and the next Con gress. It becomes the present Congress to dispose pro fitably, for the country and th Democratic party of the limited time remaining to it. By talking little, and working diligently it may dispatch a great deal of important business, which if left to the mischtv.ous opposition that will prevail in the next body, would be sadly abused. Washington Sentinel. The Senaloraliip. The election of Henry Wilson Senator by the House of Representatives may create great as tonishment, bot it ought to create no surprise.--It is an event which has been predicted from the known predominance of freesoilism in the lodges of this State. It was this predominance which compelled the know-nothing gubernatorial candi date to write his freesoil anti fugitive slave law letter, and that required of him so much freesoil ism in his inaugural, and it is this element that now commands the election of the foremost free soiler and anti-Nebraska man in the State to the great post of senator. Freesoilism worked hard to get control of the lodges, and it works adroitly in laying hold ol the substantial reward. Thousands, we have reason to believe, joined the order, and. worked, with it, in the tacit under standing that the old slavery question was to be put away, and that the order was to be a national institution. How much does this election look like nationality ? Can there be picked out in the whole commonwealth a person who has spoken and written and managed more downright free soilism than Henry Wilson? Can there be found a more decided opponent of the compromise mea sures of 1850? Can there be found a politician who will go further than he will go in pushing on the anti-slavery cause, and who is more strongly pledged to this course? What, however, has this well known fact avail ed to check the purposes of the dominant majori ty in the lodges? This majority are deadly hos tile to the compromise measures, and their object is to repeal them, at whatever cost, and no man who was not wjth them at heart, no man who they could not explicitly trust, could have beer elected by the House. The deceived portion of the order may Gry out with astonishment "This is not the entertainment to which we were invited" but it will do no good. They have parted with tljejr notes, and this is their satisfaction. The letters published yesterday between Mes srs. Hall and Wilson, are the most adroit specimens of political correspondence we have seen for a long time. In his letter the senatorial candidate takes back nothing of the past, alters not an iota his position, but leaves all his abolition vows as strong and as binding as ever, and if hi- goes to the Senate, he will go there ready to fulfil all his former pledges. Indeed he regards the Know nothing movement as auspicious to the friends of freedom, namely, the anti-slavery cause. It is said that the Senate will undoubtedly con cur in this choice of Gen. Wilson. Then Massa chusetts wil be before the nation in almost a9 thoroughly a sectional altitude as it is possiote ior 'SI f . her to be, unless she should iu luture array her self in rebellion against the government. Such a position is to be deeply lamented by every friend to the constilution and every supporter ol the Union. In the next Congress her delegation in bo'h branches will be nearly unanimously freesoil. Not therefore to her counsels not to her influ ence will it be owing that peaop will continue to prevail throughout our country. Should this ac tion be imitated in other States, there is nothing more certain than that our land will be plunged into the deepest and most deplorable agitation. For such measures as the freesoilers are ready for so unconstitutional are they could not be triumphant in Congress without open resistance being made to them by one half the States of this Union. Boston Post. Interesting from the Gila. From the Los Ar.gelos Star we loarn that Capt. R. Sackett arrived at that place on Wednesday, after three months' absence on a prospecting lour on the Gila. He brings with him some beautiful specimens of copper ore, upon which appear, in no small quantities, pure virgin gold, and a great deal of gold fused with copper. The red speci mens are composed of the red oxide of copper, which upon assay gives seventy -five per cent, of pure copper, and for every one hundred pounds of ore one ounce and a half of pure gold. There is also a small ingredient of silver, the exact pro portion of which has not been ascertained. Capt. Sackett procured these specimens at a point about forty miles distant from the Gila river, and about eighty miles from ForfYiima, on the Colorado. He left there a week ago last Tuesday, coming in by the way of Vallecita, Agua Caliente, and Te mecula. Previous to his departure they had en countered no hostile Indians, in fact they had never seen an Indian while there. He left about twenty men at the mine, who are employed in building houses, &c, preparatory to commencing work in earnest. In the immediate vicinity of the mines there is but little grass and water enough, however, for domestic purposes. Their locality is unquestionably upon American soil, being at least thirty miles inside the boundary fixed by our late purchase of the State of Sonora, and in the immediate vicinity ol that rich mineral country, concerning which much has been said, but little known. It is estimated by Capt. Sackett, whose knowledge of that country and its resources makes his statements perfectly reliable, that copper can be taken from these mines, smelted and delivered in New York at an expense of ten cents per lb., and this, too, with a moderate investment of capi tal. Congressional. Washington, Feb. 6. The Senate discussed the French Spoliation Bill, but no difinite uction was had. The bill ap propriating $300,000 for the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi was passed. The House, alter debalina the Consular Rill, went into committee on tho Texas Creditors' Bil1, but adjourned without action. The treaty with Mexico, establishing the doc trine that free ships make free goods, was sent, into the Senate to-day, United States Mediation Rejected. It is well known that the most earnest advocates ol mediation by our Government between the Eu ropean belligerents are most friendly disposed towards England. The reward they obtain for their labors may be seen from the following ex tract of an article on the subject in the London Daily. News : 'Why is the mediation to be offered now? Why not sooner ? If offered when Russia first urged it s unjust claims upon Turkey, the mediation of America' might have averted from the unof fending Danubian Principalities the curse of two successive occupations by foreign armies. Offered now that Sebastopol is tottering to its fall, and the Czar in effect, suing for peace, the mediation can only benefit Russia, whose lawless ambition pro voked the war. The offer of mediation is so un haopily timed that it must, of necessity, improve the position of Russia, and deteriorate that of France and England A regard to truth and to the hoaor and interests of -our own country, compels us, at the same time, frankly to declare that this proposed mediation is urged by a pretty strong party in the United States in pure hostility to England." Mw Pacland Rum tor Sevastopol Ths Middlesex (Mass.) Journal says; 'We learn fsom good authority, that Trull Brothers, distillers, are now engaged in filling for this ' native juice ' logo to the CrUnea. They get 45 cents per gal- Ion, and boast of making twelve hundred dollars a week. Think of that ! in these hard times. ' Extraordinary Balloon Ascension by a Lady, and .Miraculous Escape. We announced a few days ago that Miss Louisa Bradley ascended in a balloon at Easton, Pa., on the 25th inst., nd that he made a miraculous escape from death. It appears she filled the balloon with gas from ono -of the main streets, that it was made of old silk and that she knew very little about the business she hod undertaken. 4'he balloon ascended ut first about 20 feet, when she made a short address to the crowd of people, it then roso gently, still held by the rope, until she was one hundred feet from the groifnd, when she cut the cord, and the balloon rose perpendicularly, with great velocity, until she had reached a mile, or a mile and a quar ter. A spectator says : When she reached this height she states that the balloon, which was not entirely filled when it left the earth, expanded, until the gas began to escape at the seams, and became very offensive to her. She had been so absorbed by the enchanting prospect spread out beneath her, which she says was magnificent beyond the power of language to describe, that she had not noticed the balloon . The escape of gas alarmed her, and she pulled tho valve rope, bot permitted but little gas to escape, as she was afraid she would fall into the Delaware, which was directly beneath her. In a few moments' after this the balloon collapsed, and to our horror and alarm, we saw her fall with frightful rapidity for the distance of six hundred or seven hundred feet, her progress then being checked, Irom what cause we below could not see, although we then observed that she was descending quite slowly. It seems that when the balloon burst it was torn inio ribands, except the lower part or neck of iho balloon. So completely was the tipper part lorn to pieces, that large pieces of silk blew away, and the remainder hung down even below Ihe car. When she had fallen this distance Jhe neck of the balloon suddenly blew up, turning inside out, and catching against the net work, formed a parachute, which bore her safely to the ground. She cv.ma down in an op.m field, nnd so lightly did the car strike the earth that h. says ihere was not ths slightest jar. Too Proud to Beg. It is said thre are ihotj. ands of worthy citizens, men and women, in New Vork ns triers are, no doubt, hundreds in other places who are too proud to beg or let their cir cumstances be known, and are, thrfre, iUntlv p'ning in secret destitution. The Mirror says I ha pawn-shops only tell their sad story, nnd adds ; ' First go the luxuries the superfluous Turn:. ture the silvei uver spoons the snare clothing the I . ... i jewelry, even to the bridal ring; nnd then th bedding, the tables, ihe chairs, nnd so on through the whole inventory of articles that enn be dw. pensed with, while life is retained. To accom modate this inborn and innlionahl American pride, the pntvn-shops are provided wiih sf&s. so that trfo melancholy bartering may be done with, out exposing the poor victim of that peculiar in. stitution' to public shame. Tho amount of btlh ness nt these establishments within thn last three months exceeds all precedent. Watches, gold pencils, snd silver spoons have been pledged hv the bushel, and every nnmeable and unnameabU article of furniture and clothing. A friend of ours saw a poor woman at Simpson's one dav last week pawning her under -clothing to mine a shil ling to go to market with. Another had rut up her bed and mnde it inlo pillows which she had pawned for a similar purpose." ' Ramshackle." Mr. A, H. Stephens, f Georgia, furnishes this appellation to thn disriph of Know Nothingism. The term, mvi iho An gusta ConstUutiohalist, originated in North Cnro. lina. The Councils give directions to rank and file, through their officers, who to vote for. nnd they follow the lnd blind. This is like the habits of sheep, who implicitly follow thp old ram of the flock over a fence or down a well without stopping to think for themselves. This system rffeclunlly shackles the minds and free will of the voters. Hence the term Hamshackles. . PeitFETUAL HoKEYiioGN. The Allinny (New York) Knicke rb cker slates the following : The husbands in St. Li uis, Mitsouri, are models. The St. Louis papers compluin tbat married men sit in church with ih ir aims nio-t tenderly around ihtir wives, and suggest thut it distracts the attention of the lookers on from the preacher.' Fare to St. Louis $18. State line railroad in excellent order, Put on your bonnets, girls- American Ostriches in Iowa. The Minne sota Pioneer says that two specimens of the Ameri can ostrich, male and ftmule, were recently kil led near Fort des Moines, Iowa. They are de scribed as four and a half feet long, and five eet in height, with bill six inches long, straight and very sharp. They resemble in most points the ostrich of Africa. One thousand dollars hud been offered for them. Traiw Frozen. Tho train on the Chicago and Mississippi railroad with a large number of passengers and several members of the Lgisla. ture, was frozen up some time since on the prai rie, in snow some eight feel deep. The passen gers burned the cars, aud by robbing the cars of a consignment of oysters preserved ihemselve from starvation. By las: ncoounla they are sliil there. Relief, however, hayo been sent to them on Saturday n'glt, The people of California seem tube agitating the question of a division of th- State in earnest. T'n- t'ablornian snys : 'Our citizens have nt last taken hold of the question ol a division of ih Stale in earnest. Pe titions to ih Legislature for this ohj ct are b uig circulated throughout the lower counties, and ar comprising ihe names of nearly every responsible person in our seclion, furnishing a sure index of the strong unequivocal feeling in favor ol this measure indulged by our people.' It is said that General Gadsden, our Minister lo Mexico, has been negotiating for still greater territorial acquisitions to accommodate the South ern Pacific railroad, including the whole ol Chi huahua, Sonora and Lower California. Gov. Wright, of Indiana, expects on a visit to him, at Indianapolis, on the 22d of February, Governors Johnson, of Tennessee, Powell, of Ken tucky ; Medill, ol Ohio ; and Matteson, of Illi nois. Mr. Cobden, in a recent debate in Parliament up0n the war, remarked, There is no country, expect the United States, where you cannot per manently maintain a footing better than in rtus- si a. Worth Knowing. The application of towel' wrunsr out in hot water, to the forehead and tem ples, is a speedy and efficacious remedy for head- j 9cmi arising Irom neuraic jlttians. j " j Gen. Sam Houston, of Texas, and Gfo. L j of NewYsiw City, are talked of as candidates lot President and Vice President, on the Now IWh- I ing ticket. 0