North Carolina Newspapers

THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. WILMIS QTON, N. C FRIDAY, SEPT. IT, 1838. Bgk, Judge Breese, former Senator from Illinois, con tradicts the report that he has resigned his candidacy or declined to ran in opposition to Douglas. On the con trary he denounces the course of the latter as disorgan izing, etc. Judge Breese sustains the Administration. Before Mr. Douglas' Freeport avowals on the doctrine of Squatterism, we should hare desired his success, be lieving him correct in principle, even although somewhat factious and disorganizing in policy with reference to Kansas. Now, we look anxiously for such a movement on the part of the true Democrats of Hlinoi3 as will vin dicate their position, even if it fails of achieving any higher measure of success. There is a something connected with this matter of Judge Douglas that goes farther to vindicate the sound ness and independence of the Democratic pres3 of the South than any mere wordy professions. At first, when the canvass commenced in Illinois, the Democratic press of the South, and most of the leading Democratic poli ticians in the same section, were anxious for Mr. Dou glas' success, especially in opposition to his competitor, Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Douglas had done efficient service for Democracy Mr. Lincoln was, and had been, an avowed abolitionist. Mr. Douglas was believed to be right in prin ciple, although his policy had been calculated to pro mote divisions. The question upon which the rupture had occurred was believed to have passed from the active arena, and ceased to be a living issue. Under these circumstances, no subserviency to the real or supposed wishes of the Executive influenced the ex pressions or positions of the Southern Democracy to wards Mr. Douglas. The denunciations of the quasi official paper, the Union, passed unheeded, if, indeed, they were not resented as impertinent. Mr. Douglas himself, however, chooses to avow senti ments and opinions directly opposed to those for which the Democracy of the South contend. Directly opposed to the position of the Administration ; directly opposed to the principles of the true Democratic party of the country ; directly at issue with the principles enunciated by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision. The altered attitude of the South shows by what influence it is swayed, whether by principle or by patronage. What supposed personal antagonism with parties in power could not effect in months, a distinct avowal of a settled error in principle does immediately. It is true that the Senatorial contest in Illinois is a matter which, strictly sneaking, concerns only the peo ple of that State ; but circumstances have given to this matter a character which does primarily belong to it. Mr. Douglas' moves arc made with reference to a na tional stake, although confined at present to the restric ted theatre of a State contest. He is not without par tizans at the South, among those who look to his eleva tion as the best means of securing their own. We might indicate some of these even in our own State, but we leave it to time to show. There be not wauting " Doug las Democrats " in Virginia. There are Douglas or gans in New Orleans and in Washington City per sonal; organs of Douglas organs whose devotion will be bhaken by no change of front on the part of their chief. The really sound and independent Democratic presses of the South look at this matter with reference to its bearing upon the fortunes of the Democratic par ty, not of Mr. Douglas or Mr. Buchanan. In this light they can no longer leel any interest in Mr. Douglas' success or defeat in Illinois. His movements arc now simply Douglas movements, and without any interest to us as Democrats. JS It is rumored that Charles Dickens is coming over to this country to try and mak3 money by reading his own compositions, like Mickey Free who sang his own songs, lie has been doing so in England for some time past, and perhaps the thing has lost its novelty, and no longer draws houses, or perhaps again, the recent sep aration between him and his wife has chilled the English public towards him ; at any rate he finds it necessary to shift the scene for a while, and come to America. Mr. Dickens visited America once before, and was the occasion of a display of donkeyism almost equal to that made over the Atlantic Cable. The class of snobs, toad-eaters, small sonnettcrs, parvenues and poetasters, made themselves conspicuous as usual. Mr. Dickens went home and represented meanness, toadyism, insolence, uncleanncss, as the general character istics of American society. Let any man read Martin Chuzzlewit, and ask himself if he thinks there can be a civilized people or country on earth as mean and miserable as Mr. Dickens represents the United States to be. How Mr. D. can think of a gain trusting his blessed cockney bones and his blessed cockney body and gizzard over this side of the water, is more than we can understand. There are some men to whom the exhibition of kindness, or courtesy, appears to be a mortal offence who always make it a point to return evil for good. It is painful to find that the possessors of the gift of fine words are too often gifted in no other way. It is but a few weeks since Walter Savage Landor was mulcted in large damages for a brutal and malicious system of libel and defamation against a respectable lady, and one with whose family he had been on terms of the most familiar friendship. Yet Landor is over eighty three years old a genius and a poet of high rank. Mr. Dickens affects great manliness and geniality in his writings, yet snarls at and maligns those whose greatest fault was mistaking him for a gen tleman separates from his wife when both had passed middle life, and parades his private grief before the public. The people of Ireland made a somewhat similar mistake aoout a man named 'j hackaray. lie visited that coun try, and they took him for a gentleman, not for a spy upon their social life or the privacy of their homes. Mr. " Chawles Yellowplusb," like a flunkey as he was went to Grub Street and made a book caricaturing every thing Irish, and has since hated every liying thing that haila from that unfortunate island. As like as not the New Yorkers will idolize Dickens again. It is fashionable to be English and un-American now since the cable fuss. The Atlantle Telegraph Company. We propose as a motto for the seal of the above Com pany the well-known quotation, " Dumn vivimus, viva mus," which, we admit, is a slight variation from the original, and may be freely translated, " We're dumb now, and are likely to stay so." From all appearances this motto would not be so in appropriate. Something is evidently wrong, and never was right. "Things isn't working," and there have been no messages through since the big fuss in New York, and the messages sent then were mainly guessed at. No results have yet been obtained at all satisfacto ry, or which if known beforehand would have justified the laying of the Cable. The people are getting uneasy and want a new excite ment. Perhaps the breaking of the cable would be a sort of relief to the dullness of the times. The complete iailure of the affair would be a fitting finale to the mis erable twaddle that exalted C. W. Field above Colum bus, Washington, Franklin and John Smith, and made the cable of more importance than the discovery of America, the settlement of the first colony, the Inde pendence of America, or the discovery of the true char acter of electrical phenomena. County Court. Court on Tuesday forenoon was TBainly engaged in the transaction of County business, eceiving the report of the Finance Committee, and tak ng the renewal of the official bonds of the Sheriff, Clerk, tc Quite Change of Weather. We have a delightful North East wind this morning, and, as an inevitable consequence, we, the present writer, feel crabbed enough to bite a ten-penny nail in two, or perform any other little feat, characteristic of a pleasant eccentricity of temperament. Luckily, we have no ten- penny nails at hand. Perhaps there may be something amusing or interest- ing in the local news of the town or country, or in the events of the world at large, as brought to us through the mails. At a loss to know what to put in the paper, somebody told us to put in our friends. Now, it may be that, with the wind in another direction, we have crt frfcnA, h.,t t nrPmt with th- wind fmm the N. East, we don't think we have a friend in the world, and don't expect ever to have any. Up in the Court House they are convicting people of lit tle peccadilloes of one kind and another ; jc'ly little as saults and batteries occasional commercial intercourse with colored persons in the spiritual lines, etc., etc. Thank providence, we are not on any jury, for we would go for hangnation in all cases, and no benefit of clergy. Last night it tried hard to get up an equinoxical gale, but did not quite succeed. They say it is " brewing hope it will put hops enough in it. If it would only postpone its efforts for a short time it would be a decided advantage to the rice planters. Upon the whole, we think there is every prospect for an abundant crop of agues and fevers of all sorts, except the remittant remittances never come in these times. , .1 1 We cannot exactly say whether, these are the mel- ancholy days, the saddest of the year," referred to by Mr. William C. Bryant, poet, editor and Free Soiler, but if the days are not melancholy, the peop.s are, and have a perfect right to be. If we hear of any person having stabbed himself with a door-post, him there He fclin(1 tnem directing him to go to Bos we will set it down as justifiable homicide. If anybody ton, and he kept on his course, arriving below this port kills us good, we will not say a word about it after it is all over. Daily Journal, ItAth inst. " . j , , . The Gale. It seems to us that the admirers of a good, stout, double-jointed equinoctial gale, have no rea- 0f the Court at Jackson, called for the purpose of express son to complain. We had it last night in thunder, ing their regret for the loss of David Reid, Esq., who lightning, rain, wind, &c. The blow did not last many departed this life, on the 27th August, 1858, the Hon. horn's, to be sure ; but it paid attention to its business while it did keep at it. Indeed, we hardly recollect to have listened to or felt much higher wind than we had last night. Tcday everything looks as bright as a new pin, and the sun shines out apparently unconscious of the bobbery that has been kicked up in his absence. We have not yet heard of any damage done by the blow, although we suppose that some must have been done. The rice, we fear, has been somewhat injured.- The great storm of last year bkw down all the infirm trees about town, and consequently few if any have gone this time. Daily Journal, 16th inst. Things In General. It is stated in all the northern papers, on the authori ty of Washington City correspondents, that Hon. W arrcn Winslow declines the Sardinian mission. This is undoubtedly correct, but not official. The Jefferson, Missouri, Examiner says that severa Mormon trains have passed camp Scott 011 their way to the States. They are principally composed of women of English and Scotch birth. They are tired of Mormon- ism, and unauimous in their denunciations of Brigham Young. If the women all go, Mormonism will become unpopular. Egg It is stated that Mr. Forsyth, our Minister to Mexico, will not return to the United States till Octo ber, on account of unfinished business and the prevalence of yellow fever at Vera Cruz. JSgSenator Benjamin, of Louisiana, has declined the mission to Spain. JE Gov. Denver has resigned the Governorship of the Territory of Kansas. New Haven, ut. A spirited election was Held in New Haven on the ldth mst. tor Assessors and mem bers of the Board of Relief. The Democrats succeeded by 80 majority. The election in Maine for State officers aud members of Congress took place on the 14th inst. A very large vote is reported to have been polled. In the towns heard from, Smith, the Democratic candidate for Gover nor, gains 2,350 votes. The Republican majority in the State last year was 13,000. It is hardly possible for the Democrats to carry the Governor at this time. They have gained several members of the Legislature and probably one member of Congress. In most of the districts the vote for members of Congress run about even with the vote for Governor. In the third district, Johnson, the democratic candidate is probably elected, vice Abbott, republican. In the sixth district Hon Stephen J. oster, ( republican; is re-eieciea, anu in tne . -w- 1 ill 1 il fifth district Hon. Israel Washburn, Jr., is also re-elect- ed by a large majority, m, cjv.mmoro mnnWiMn ia elected to Congress in the first Congressional district. Personal. We had the pleasure yesterday of meet ing our Senator elect, Hon. Wm. S. Ashe, after his re turn from Europe. He sailed from Boston on the 28th of July. His trip seems to have agreed with him, as he appears to be in the enjoyment of fine health and spirits. He visited England on business connected with the Wilmington and Weldon R. R. Co., of which he is President. We are pleased to learn that he has been able to arrange satisfactorily the matters which he had in charge. We also see in town Major Gilmore, and Wm. McL. McKoy, Esq., the former the Senator, and the latter one of the Representatives from Cumberland and Harnett also, several other friends from Fayetteville. Daily Journal, 16th inst. Inspectors of Timber mid Lumber. At an election held on Tuesday to fill the vacancy in the Inspectors of Timber and Lumber, occasioned by the death of T. F. Robeson, Esq., the County Court increased the number by the addition of two, and elected the following gentlemen : J. W. Monroe, H. W. Groves - iy and E. Turlington. Pearl Fevkr in Kansas. rearl muscles abound in Walnut and Whitewater rivers in Hunter county, Kan sas, and the people are much excited, thinking that they are all about to realize fortunes. Accounts given by travellers from the Atlantic cities, say that upon an average the pearls are worth about five dollars a peck. Very like Kansas. The Rice Crop. The harvest for the above grain commenced on some fields in this vicinity about ten days since, and we are informed by one of the largest planters, (T. D. Meares, Esq.,) that the crop on the Cape Fear is larger than for some years past. The grain is fully matureiTand prom ises to be of excellent quality, unless a storm comes to injure that which is cut. The birds are very plenty and doing considerable damage. Yellow Fever in Charleston. The published re ports of the number of deaths in Charleston, for the week ending 11th inst., is as follows : From yellow fe ver, 103 ; other diseases, 25. This shows that the deaths from the fever are on the increase. J6 The Africans from the Echo aie reported as dy ing off at the rate of four to six a day. How long would it take for them all to die off? Wouldn't some smaller vessel than the Niagara do to carry the balance over to Africa ? The Raleigh Standard follows the Fayetteville Observer into the error about Mr. Reid's having repre sented New Hanover in the Legislature. We have al ready corrected this in the Journal. B,The Moore's Creek Monument has arrived per Schr. Wm. L. Springs, from Phil., and arrangements are being made for sending it to the Battle Ground. Capt. Townsend, the alleged commander ot the Slaver " Echo." or " Putnam," has been taken to Bos- ton, and was brought before Commissioner Loring on Thursday last, for preliminary examination. The facts of his capture having been stated in evidence by Lt. Maffit, of the Brig Dolphin, Capt. T. was remanded to jail until the 21st inst, when a further examination will be had The Boston Journal has the following paragraph in explanation why Capt. T. was not sent to Charleston for trial : Our community will be taken somewhat by surprise on leanng that the Captain of the slave brig Putnam, or Echo, who it was reported had been sent to Charles- ton, is actually confined in jail in this city, and his ex amination has been commenced before the United States Commissioners' Court. It is stated in the New York Tribune that Lieutenant Maffit's intention to transfer the Captain of the slaver Echo to Charleston, for which purpose be was at the trouble of putting: into New York, was defeated by the refusal of the commander of he had no warrant for his detention. Lieutenant Maf fit was thus obliged to take the slaver Captain on to this city. We are inclined to tmnk there is a mistake in tne statement that the Commander of the Sabine refused to take the slaver Captain. He would have no option in the matter if ordered by Government. The following are the facts, as we learn them from a private source : Lieutenant Maffit, alter taking the Captain on board an(j putting a crew on board his prize, started for Key West, where he found orders directing him to proceed to Boston He sent for the United States District Attorney, 10 give 111s unsuner miu ms cusiuuy, out uiai. th . He the United States Marshal to take charge of him. He hesi- tated at first, and, after consultation declined. Lieuten- ant Maffit then proceeded on his way to Boston with "s primer He put mto .ho ,Q e d at on Thursday. Tribute of Respect. Jackson, Tennessee, Sept. C, 1858. meetinr of tte members of the bar and officers Morrill and John J. Brooks appointed Secretaries Wm. H. Stephens, Esq., then offered the following resolutions which were unamiously adopted, viz : Having heard of the death of David Eeid, Esq., a member of this bar, and believing that it is due to his memory that we should bear public testimony to his worth and to the high estimation in which he was held ; therefore. Resolved, That in the decease of Mr. Reid, the Pro fession has lost an able, enlightened, and most upright member ; and the community, a highly valued and pub lic spirited citizen. Resolved, That we tender to the immediate iamily of the deceased, and to his large circle of worthy relatives, our most sincere condolence with them in their bereave ment. Resolved, That Samuel McClanahan, Esq., be reques ted to present these resolutions to the Circuit Court now m session, with a request that the same be spread on its minutes. Resolved, That the Editors of the " West Tennessee Whig" be requested to publish these proceedings, and that the newspapers at Wilmington and Fayetteville, North Carolina, be requested to copy them ; and, that the Secretaries furnish a manuscript copy to the family of the deceased. MILTON BROWN, Ch'n Jno. M. Morrill, ) John J. Brooks, f Sec'ys. Arrival of the Star of the "West. New York, Sept. 12th. The steamship Star of the West has arrived at this port from Aspinwall, with San Francisco dates to the 20th ult. She brings $1,700,000 in specie. Financial alhurs 111 California arc easy beyond any thing heretofore known. The collections arc highly sat isfactory, and money is going begging at 1 per cent on mercantile securities. Intelligence from Nicaragua states that Col. Canty had attempted to seize Punta Arenas in the name of Costa Kica. lie was opposed by the British Consul at Greytown and the British naval omcers, who proposed annexing Punta Arenas to the Musquito territory. Col. Canty lelt for Aspinwall. The business portion of Greytown, Dorado county, had been destroyed by hre at a loss ot 1 00,000. The African Agent. Washington, Sept. 12. Thos. Rainey, of N. York, has been appointed special Agent to transier tne cap tured Africans to the authorities ot .Liberia. From New Grenada and Peiu The Affair ut San Juan del Siu. New York, Sept. 12, P. M. The following further details may be added to the news by the late arrival : The New Grenadian Congress assembled on the 1st, and elected the liberal candidates for officers General Cas tilla was chosen president. In Peru the election passed off more quietly than was anticipated, although riots occurred in which several were killed. Captain Kellv. of the frigate Saranac. ordered armed l. A . . launches ashore at San Juan del Sur for the purpose 0 releasing two Americans who had been falsely impris- oned there, but the natives released them before the launches arrived. mi a lt . , 11 11 me lonowing is an account ot the attempted seizure of Punto Arenas by the Costa Ricans : About the middle ot August the Costa Rican government sent force to Greytown to take possession of Scott's proper ty there, and to claim the right to Punta Arenas, but the commander of the British ship of war Leopard re fused to allow Col. Canty, the Costa liican representa tive, to interfere with what was claimed to be the prop erty ot the American Co., and Mr. Green, the British consul, contested Canty's rignt, or that of Costa Rica, to claim Punta Arenas, insisting that it belonged to the Mosquito territory. The whole affair called forth quite a correspondence, the result ot which was that the com mander of the Leopard and Mr. Green both sustained their position for the present and the Costa Ricans had withdrawn their pretensions to the claims advanced The Fever nt New Orleans. New Orleans, Sept. 11. The vellow fever in the city is increasing again. The deaths during the twenty four hours to noon yesterday numbered eighty-hve, being equal to the worst day of the season. In the hospital however, there is a decrease, the total deaths in the twenty-tour hours to six this evening being but twelve -a decrease ot eight from b riday. TVcw York Statement of Cotton Crop. Augusta, Sept. 14. The New York statement the Cotton Crop is 3,114,000 bales. Exported 2,590,- 500. Home consumption 59o,500. The F. X W. Railroad. This work is progressing gradually but surely. On Thursday afternoon last, ourself in company with up wards of 200 other passengers, took a pleasure trip on the cars from the Depot up town, down to the River and then to the terminus which is about 8 miles from the River, and returned to town. Mr. Saunders and others deserve credit for the handsome manner in which they have thus far constructed the Road. It was the most pleasant ride we have ever had on a Railroad, (and we have been 011 a good many North of this.) We have heard a general satisfaction expressed respecting it by the whole crowd. The contractors are busily engaged in carrying on the work , and the iron will soon be laid down to Manches ter, boing about 4Vo miles from the terminus, where it is already laid down. Fay. Carolinian, 11th inst. The Atlantic Telegraph. Who Controls lt ? The electrician, De Santy, has sent another remarkabl and mysterious dispatch from Trinity Bay, in regard to the ocean cable. The Philadelphia Press, referring to it, says : He gives assurance to the Agent of the Associated Press that there are only temporary difficulties of an electrical nature in the way of the working of the cable. Beyond this, he says, he declines to make any statement. This is all right, if the agent of the New York Associated Press is to control the electrical movements of the cable ; but it is a direct insult to the common sense of the com mercial men of the country, if they are expected to coun tenance and support such a gigantic monopoly. It would be well enough for electrician De Santy, in his next dispatch from Trinity Bay, to inform us whether the ocean cable has been laid for the benefit of a few in dividuals or the whole public. The same journal observes : A telegraph despatch from New York informs us that about $5,000 have been subscribed for procuring testi timonials to Cyrus W. Field, Captain Hudson, Messrs. Everett, Woodhonse and others engaged in laying the Atlantic cable. This is all proper if "and others" in cludes the hardy American and British tars. i Four Dan Later from Europe Arrival of the van- derbllt. New York, Sept. 13. The American steamer Van derbilt, from Havre and Southampton on the 1st in stant, arrived here last night with Liverpool advices of the same date. She brings 355 passengers. The general news is not of strirring importance. The Queen had returned to England. Nearly 1,500,000 in gold were on the way from Australia. Twelve vessels had been wrecked on the English coast, but the crews and passengers, with one excepticn, were saved. Mr. Morphy, the American chess-player, had played eight games blindfolded at one time, at the Birmingham Chess Congress, wining all but one. Messrs. Rudolph, J ung & Co., silk merchants in Paris, have suspended. Their liabilities are very large. The late Turkish ministry has been ousted and a new one appointed. Austria. The Austrian government had addressed a circular to its agents respecting the navigation of the Danube. The imperial government had become alarmed at the peremptory refusal of the plenipotentiaries at the Paris conference to submit to the arrangements made by Austria lor counteracting the treaty of Paris. Bavaria A letter from Munich, of the 24th, says The marriage of the Duches Helena, of Bavaria, sister of the Empress of Austria, with the hereditary Prince of Tour and Tascis, was celebrated to-day at the castle of Passenhofen. Australia. The Victoria Parliament stood ad lourned to the lUth ot August, and will meet early in October. The import trade is dull, but not unhealthy. The ex ports in the six month exceeded the imports by 385,- (00. Ihe wool market was unchanged. Tallow in moderate demand, .exchange oanks buy at one per cent, discount and sell at par. In October railway de bentures will begin to be transmitted, not exceeding 150,000 per month. India. A despatch from Malta, dated August 29th, says : Sir Hope Grant lelt Lucknow on the 20th July to relieve Maun Singh and to capture Fyzabad. The Rajpoo rebels, after plundering Tonnk, had fled towards he Chumbul, pursued by Colonel Holmes Roberts. I Bombay import market was active. The following despatch was received at the .Last India House : The fugitive rebels from Gwailor, after making a de monstration against Boondee on the 19th July, attemped to cross the Banddos, but failed. On the 13th they were menacing both Beehore and Bughore. The Neemuch orce had prepared to move out on the 1st August for he purpose ot co-operation with Holmes column, winch was last heard of at Boondee. The rebels are in considerable force, their number be ing estimated at 4,000 or 5,000 fighting men, with five guns. Their leaders are Tantia Topee, Yedial, and oth ers. A small force from Abmedabad, under Major Brines, lad been pushed forward to Timaoune, (?) with instruc tions to march on Kheirwarra, if necessary. Ihe bawunt Dessaees have ollered to submit to the Portuguese government. The amnesty purporting to have been issued by the governor-general, and published in the Bombay overland papers of the 19th July, has been officially declared to be an entire fabrication. China. Ihe Pans Momteur con taingjhe following : Tien Sin, June 19, 1858. The wishes of the Emperor have been fulfilled in Chi- na. J hat vast empire is thrown open to Christianity, and nearly the whole of it to the commerce and industry of the West. Our diplomatic agents will be allowed to reside temporarily at Pekin. Our missionaries will be admitted everywhere. A Chinese envoy will be sent to i'aris. 1 lie murderer of the missionary Chappedelaine is to be punished ; it will be announced m the Pekin Gazette. 1 he laws against Christianity are to be re voked. All the engagements are taken and in part se cured (consignes) under the seal of the imperial commis sioners. France and England obtain the most ample concessions From Washington. Washington, Sept. 13. Judge Bowlin, U. S. Min ister to Paraguay, arrived here this morning, and for a short time thereafter had an interview with Mr. Cass, at the State Department. Ihe President is carefully considering the remaining cases of the officers which were reported upon the late naval courts of inquiry. Whatever aid he is receiving from the Secretary of the Navy, Attorney General and the Commissioner ot Patents in the laborious examina tion of the records and documents is merely intended to facilitate the arrangement of all the facts. The decision m each case will be the result ot the President's own unbiassed judgment. The Indian bureau has no official intelligence whatev er by the last California mail concerning Indian rela tions on the Pacific, an omission on the part of the agents which occasions much disappointment, and for which the Commissioner cannot account. The agents for months past have failed to keep the bureau advised of events in that quarter. The President has appointed Andrew Jackson Smith, of Texas, consul at Lagussa, and James F. Maguire, consul at Melbourne, who is a resident merchant there, vice Mr. Barr, deceased. Capt. Pleasanton will accompany General Harney to the Pacific. Sir William Gore Ouseley's mission to Central Ameri ca is, in part, to negotiate a treaty with Nicaragua. The Nayy Department is officially advised of the ar rival of the frigates Savannah and Saratoga at San Juan del Norte, and the departure of the sloop of war Plymouth, on the 1st instant, for Vera Cruz, to bring home Minister Forsyth. Captain Rich, of the marines, has been detached from the steamer Is lagara, that the charge of violating the New York quarantine laws, in connection with Ray lompKins, may be investigated by a court ot inquiry. Lieutenant Ileywood takes Capt. Rich's place on board of that vessel. A board, consisting of Chief Engineers Archibald, Wood, Hunt and Martin, to examine the bids for con structing the engines and machinery of the new sloops ot war, met at the JN avy Department this morning. Later from Havana Arrival of the Steamer Daniel Webster. New York, Sept. 13. The steamer Daniel Webster, from Havana, with dates to the 8th, and 100,000 in specie, has arrived. A Dutch ship had arrived there with 378 coolies, af ter losing 200 on the passage. Sugars were held firm at 11 rials for Dutch standard, No. 12. Molasses was very quiet at 5 rials for-clayed The health of Havana was much better. Counterfeit Plate. An officer of the Merchants' Bank, of this place, has placed upon our desk a Bank Note Plate which was manufactured for the purpose of putting in circulation Counterfeit $50 Notes on that in stitution. Ihe plate was thrown into the Ohio River, at or near Cincinnati some time last Spring, by a gang of Counterfeiters who had been detected and were close ly pursued. During the summer, the water getting low, this, with others, was taken from the river, and the one before us was forwarded to the Bank by express. "The officers of the Bank say the counterfeit is a very sorry one, so should any impressions from the plate be in cir- cuiaiion 11 win require dui nine scrutiny to distinguish tnem irom tne genuine ones. Ohio and Kentucky seem to be more generally blest with these scoundrels than any other States in the Union. JSewbern Daily Progress. Paraguay. The Buenos Ayres Commercial Times of July 10th mentions that the Ship Rio Blanco was in the roadstead having on board sixteen young Paraguayans, on their waj tu xugiauu iu jearu uie usemi sciences, Ship-bUllding, A:c. in relation to the anaira ot Paraguay, the Times says : " The finances of the Paraguayan Government are in a most satisfactory state, the receipts considerably ex- j: u iu.,. j , . . . , cccumy me t-Aptuuiiure, auu uu national debts retard the progress of public improvement One of the largest foundries in South America is established at Asuncion Two steamers are on the stocks, and three have already been launched, the Ipora and Salto de Guayra being two of the finest boats on the river. A railwav is about to be laid down between the capital and the town of Villa Rica, the materials for which are all at hand. Every thing speaks of progress, and if the dispute with the United States shall be .peacefully terminated, we have no doubt that the young Republic will soon be come one of the most important of the South Ameri can nations." Tue Weight qf a Million in Gold. We are in debted to a gentleman who worthily occupies a promi nent position at the United States Mint in this city, for the following reply to the question" what is the weight of a million of dollars in gold ?" " The weight of one milium of dollars of United States currency in gold is 53,750 troy ounces." This makes 4479 pounds 2 ounces or nearly two tons and a quarter, reckoning 2000 pounds only to each ton-Philadelphia Enquirer. Tastings of Punch. The ladies must look at the exquisite engraving in Punch, called " Common Objects at the Sea Side gen erally found on the rocks at low water." It shows how beauty seems, from a certain point of view. The Fiddle in the Field. The band of the 47th was sent to the Crystal Palace the'other day to play popular music, in order that the public might judge of its excel lence. No military band can have a fair chance with people accustomed to a complete orchestra, owing 10 the want of violins. Why should this want exist ? A rifle bullet would no more effectually silence a fiddle than it would a bagpipe, and a cannon shot would respect the former instrument as much as a trumpet. We can un derstand why the piono should not be included in a mil itary band, unless the band were that of a regiment of horse artillery, and could have one mounted on wheels ; but we cannot account for the exclusion of the violin, which, if made of metal, might serve the performer for a shield, whilst the stick, pointed at the end, would answer the purpose of a spear. Atlantic Cable. It is asked, whether some honors should not be conferred, in celebration of the laying down of the Atlantic cable ! Wiscount Williams says that the fittest memorial of the achievement would be the giving of a peerage to Alderman Wire. Clerical Boredom. The Abbe Domenech, in his rec ord of priestly experiences in Texas, describes how he drove his errant congregation from his garden into his church by letting a wild boar loose in his garden. Our incumbents too often prefer the opposite course, and drive the congregation from the church into the garden, by letting loose a tame bore into the church The Real Milky Way. The projected tx legraph from Alderney to Cowes. A Great Hardship. The Mersey stuck fast " with Leviathan like obstinacy" on the first day that they attempted to launch her. The description or the failure says " There is little doubt there is not ' cant ' enough for the vessel to slide down the ways." The neglect is too bad, when the Derby government have such a large stock of it on hand. For instance, a little of the " cant " that was indulged in so bountifully about the Jews unchristianizing the house of commons might have been advantageously applied to this pur pose ; or why not have invited the Bishop of Oxford to have volunteered his valuable services? A few oily words from Soapy Sam, and the obstacle would have been removed in a minute. In any talking match, we will back his saponaceous reverence to win in a cant-er. Punchius Sum, non (Edipus. The real Sphynx would certainly have dashed out its brains in puzzledom at the following riddle. Mr. Punch was " seized " last week in Paris in consequence of his presenting a mag nificent engraving of his imperial majesty as the French Sphynx. Then, after twenty-four hours, Mr. Punch was released. The riddle is Why was he seized if he was to be let go again ? He offers a complete set of his works to any one who will solve this profound mystery. Important Resolution. At a large meeting held last week at a fashionable watering place, the following res olution was put and carried without a single dissentient. We must not omit to state that the meeting in question had been called " on the sands," at the pressing request of several young ladies of distinction, and more or less beautiful, whose indignation had been moved to take this unusual step at seeing their legitimate rights most un warrantably invaded by those who could establish no kind ot lair claim to them. This is the resolution : " Resolved, That the use of the round hat be hence forth discontinued by every young lady who has any pre tensions to taste, since the prevailing and questionable habit of elderly ladies, who are certainly old enough to know better, and who will persist in wearing it, has had the unhappy effect of bringing it into general disrepute, ana vuiganziug 11 10 me extent or covering 11 witn nothing short of universal laughter and popular abuse." M hat to do with the Leviathan. Many ingenious contrivances have been suggested, but we like our own recommendation the best. We propose that she be maintained as a kind of sewer vessel for the purification of the metropolis. Let the whole of the sewage 5f this dirty London be emptied into her many holds ; and, when all of them are full, let her sail with her cargo right out to sea', and discharge it in the middle of the ocean, where no human nostrils are likely to be offended with it. In the discussion between Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Douglas Mr. Lincoln asked Mr. Douglas this question : " Can the power of a United States territory, in any lawful way, agaiflst the wishes of any citizens of the U. btates, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the form ation of a State constitution ?" The answer to this interrogatory (says the Pennsyl anian) necessarily brought up the doctrines enunciated in the Kansas Nebraska bill, in the Cincinnati platform, ana aiso in tne decision 01 tne supreme court 01 tne U . States in the case of Dred Scott. To the support of all these doctrines Senator Douglas was pledged in the most solemn and binding manner. Over and over again, du ring the past session of Congress, and before the people of Illinois had he iterated and reiterated his devotion to the principles involved in the above cases. They had been the burden of all his harangues. But now came the pinching point. He saw the meaning of Mr. Lin coin's question, and taking the stand at once, he boldly and unhesitatingly changes his position and backs squarely off the doctrines of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, the Cincinnati platform and the Dred Scott decision. Read the Senator's own words. There is no mistaking their meaning : " The next question Mr. Lincoln propounded to me is, ' Can the people of a territory exclude slavery from their limits by any fair means before it comes into the Union as a state ? I answer emphatically, as Mr. Lin coln has heard me answer a hundred times, on every stump in Illinois, that in my opinion the people of a territory can by lawful means exclude slavery before it comes in as a state. No matter what may be the decision of the supreme court on that abstract question, still the right of the people to make it a slave or a free territory, is perfect and complete under the Nebraska bill. In this connection I will notice the charge that he has renewed against me about the Chase amendments. Now the Nebraska bill provided that the legislative power and authority of the said territory should extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the organic law and the constitution of the United States. It did not make any exception of slavery, but gave all the power that it was possible for congress to give, without violating the constitution, to the territorial legislature, with no ex ception on the subject of slavery at all. Hence that bill, in and by itself, gave to the people of the territory the full power and the full authority over the subject of slavery, negative and amrmative, to introduce or exclude so far as the constitution of the United States would permit. What more could Mr. Chase give by his amendment ? His amendment was to this effect, that the legislature shoud have the power to ex clude slavery." Suppression of the Slave Trade. It appears from a Parliamentary return, just issued, that in 1854 twelve ships, with 992 officers and men, were ensasred in the suppression of the slave trade on the west coast ol Alnca ; in 185o, twelve ships, with 1,082 officers and men; in 1856, thirteen ships, with 1,222 officers aud men ; in 1857, fifteen ships, with 1,424 officers and men. At the Cape of Good Uope : In 1854, four ships, with 475 officers and men ; in 1855, five ships, with 775 officers and men ; in 1856, three ships, with 760 officers n . .1 I lOSf? 11 1 ' ... ff uuu mcu , auu iu ioj(, mm; snips, witn otu omcers and men. North America and West Indies : In 1854, eleven ships, with 1,650 officers and men ; in 1855, twelve ships, with 2,466 officers and men ; in 1856, fourteen ships, with 2,843 officers and men ; and in 1857, nine ships, with 3,363 officers and men. On the southeast coast of America : In 1854, six ships, with 541 officers and men ; in 1855, six ships, with 905 officers and men ; in 1856, seven ships, with 1,200 officers and men ; and in 1857, six ships, with 1,335 officers and men. The total deaths on the four stations were forty-eight in 1854, fifty-two in 1855, one hundred and sixteen in 1856, and one hundred and forty-one in 1857. The numbers invalided were one hundred and thirty-six in 1854, one hundred and ninety-two in 1855, two hundred and one in 1856, and one hundred and seventy-nine in 1857. In slaves, for whom head-money was paid, were sixty two in 1854, none in 1855, nineteen in 1856, and three hundred and eighty-four in 1857. In none of the years was any head-money paid for dead slaves. National Intelligencer. Holyrood, the ancient roval Scottish Dalace. ia nnrtermin(y PTeai ieua.ii s, me puncy uein s i i- - , ' o-.o ng to restore, as far as possible, the exquisite proportions and tarta of this icterestinsr structure tne 01a arcnuecture. isoir magnificent decorations of parts of this interesting structure are displayed as thev have not been for & cAn.ritinn duuu 10 me case mrim orouneniai worK or yueen Mary s dial and Croft-an-Righ House. Of the latter it is said the broken turrets of this picturesque pile are being replaced, its bulg ing gables brought back to the perpendicular line, and its sunken roof renewed. Ancient windows that had been built up are being reopened, and every authentic antique feature replaced ; and when the works are completed it promises to be a very pleasing object in the little landscape garden in course of creation round the palace. o I. i . f 1 t 1 o - Remembrance. BY I3CILT BRONTE. Cold in the earth-the deep snow plied above thu. Par, far removed, cold in the dreary grave ! Have I forgot, my only love, to love thee, Severed at last by time's all-severing wave ? . Now, when alone, do my thoughts no longer Wpi. Over the mountains on that northern shore Resting their wings where heath and fern le'av., Thy noble heart for ever, ever more ? Cover Cold in the earth and fifteen wild Decembers From those brown hills have melted into sprini? Faithful, indeed, the spirit that remembers ' After snch years of change and suffering ! Sweet love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee While the world's tide ia bearing me along Other desires and other hopes beset me, ' Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong ! No later light has lightened up my heaven, No second morn has ever shown for me ; All my life's bliss from thy dear life was given All my life's bliss is in the grave with thee. ' But when the days of golden dreams had perished And even despair was powerless to destroy ' Then did I learn how existence could be cherished Strengthened and fed, without the aid of joy. 1 Then did 1 check the tears of useless passion-. Weaned my young soul from yearning after thine Sternly denied its burning wish to hasten Down to that tomb already more than mine. And, even yet, I dare not let it languish, Dare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain ; Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish, How could I seek the empty world again? BgThe Scientific American, in speaking of the cele bration in New York, on the occasion of the successful laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, contains tht following sensible remarks : In regard to the operations of the enterprise, manv superficial and incorrect statements have been put forth by various publications. No new invention of anv great consequence was involved in laying the cable - Submarine cables had been laid before, but they were'on a much smaller scale. The achievement derives its im portance from its greatness, as being the most gigantic effort ever made to extend telegraphic communications between distant continents. Whether the Atlantic Ca ble will ever realize all that has been expected from it by sanguine persons, remains to be demonstratedthus far it has not. Its operations have as yet, been of a ve ry puzzling and tedious character. On page 184, Vol XII., Scientific American, the nature of the subma rine cable as electrical conductor was explained. It was there stated to be a vast Leyden jar, and messages could not but travel very slow in it requiring about six se conds for each signal, and therefore incapable of trans mitting more than about half a column of news in twenty-four hours. As yet it has not come up to this figure ; and it has baffled all efforts to work successfully any of our common telegraphic instruments. The messages sent have been by slow " time signals," and many very incorrect and contradictory statements have been put forth by those interested, which are calculated to mis lead the public. Thus in the published statement of G. Saward, manager of the line in England, he asserts that the Queen's message to the President, consisting of ninety-nine words, was received in Newfoundland in sixty-seven seconds ; whereas we know, by the published statement of M. de Santy, manager at Newfoundland, it took about twenty-four hours. All the messages and they are but few in number which have been sent, have required a very long time in their transmission. With the very best known instruments messages will be very slow, and unless some new discovery is made to remove existing obstacles, the Atlantic Telegraph will be of ve ry little general benefit to the commercial people of the two continents. It will undoubtedly be a great nation al benefit for special purposes, but that will not meet the wants of the public. The instruments for operating the cable ought to have been adjusted and ir working order long ago. That this has not been done affords reasonable grounds for concluding that greater difficul ties have been experienced than were expected. Southern Corn Trade. We noticed a few days since the arrival of the schr. D. C. Hulse, of J. Sillo way & Co.'s line, from Wilmington, with a full cargo of wheat, remarking that it was the first cargo ever shipped here direct from that port. We notice the arrival yes terday of the brig John Freeman, in the Bame line, from Charleston, S. C, with 10,000 bushels corn, which, wc believe, is the first shipment, in anv quantity, from that port North ; other cargoes are following. The recent rail road facilities that have sprung up in the interior of Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Northern Mississippi, will have a tendency not only to increase transportation North by the way of our Atlantic cities, but incite the planters and farmers in these States to increase the cul tivation of Grain. The State of Kentucky ranks third in the production of wheat and corn and Tennessee fifth. In 1850 Kentucky produced of wheat 2,143,823 bushels ; corn, 58,672,591 bushels. Tennessee wheat, 1,619,386 bushels ; corn, 52,276,223 bushels. Ohio, the largest grain producing State, produced the same year wheat, 14,487,351 bushels ; corn, 59,078,695 showing but a small difference between Ohio and Kentucky, so far as the corn crop is considered, while Tennessee has advanced within the last decade to an equality with the other Western States. The great bulk of this trade hitherto has gone down the Mississippi to New Orleans, but the improved facilities offered by rail roads, both as to expense and time, must divert this immense trade from the Gulf and take it to the Atlantic seaports. New York, and even the city of Richmond, Va., are already reckoning on the advantages these new avenues of trade will open to them ; let Boston follow their example and obtain her share. There certainly is no good reason why Boston cannot be a grain and cotton exporting city as well as New York. Boston Traveler, 1th inst. A Long Concealed Murder Revealed. A dog recently brought a skull to his master, in the woods, near Detroit, Mich., and on investigation the body of a railroad conductor, named John Hackey, formerly of Georgia, was discovered. He must have been killed nearly a year ago. An Irishman, named Kennedy, is suspected of the murder, but he has escaped. The De troit Free Press says : " We have here a case which does not often occur. A man is murdered, robbed, and left in the woods, in the midst of a swamp. The murder remains a secret for nearly a year, and is finally revealed by a dog, which brings the skull of the murdered man to his master, hav ing gnawed it for his supper. The letters found reveal the name of the murdered man and the murderer, after the silence of months has rested upon the terrible deed. " The murderer is tracked from one extremity of the Union to the other, three times escapes as if by the in terposition of a supernatural aid, and still remains at liberty. The proofs that can be brought against him are overwhelming, and would result in his conviction if he could be found. The facts until now have been con fined to those first cognizant of them, but so long a time having elapsed, the propriety of making them public is no longer doubtful. The murderer is thought to be somewhere in the North, probably in Illinois or some other Western State." The Free Negro Nuisance. We see it stated that there are two agents or commissioners of the Emperor of Hayti now traveling in this country in order to in duce the free negro population of our country to emigrate to that island, and also to urge upon the merchants of New York and Boston the advantages which American commerce would derive from a line of packets between Port au Prince and those cities. With the first named object we sympathise most heartily. We hope, most earnestly, that they will be eminently successful in re lieving this country of that degraded portion of our population. The free negros are an insufferable and an abominable nuisance wherever they are allowed to exist. Several States have abated the whole Kangaroo tribe, and we hope others will follow tbeir example, Pennsyl vania among the rest more especially. We hope to see the time when there will be no negros in this country but such as have legal and constitutional guardians to restrain their insufferable arrogance and unblushing im pudence. We go for the emigration system, and we are ready to contribute our mite to the furtherance of the desired object. Pu7a. Pennsylvanian. Obstructions on tue Rail Road. We learn that frequently of late obstructions have been placed upon the track of the Western Railroad at various points be tween the Town Depot and the Summit, a few miles from Town. On Thursday last several of these were found on the trestle work (about 30 feet high) over the Mile Branch. Fortunately no damage has yet been done, the timely discovery of some ingeniously contrived fix it j ii? 1 . , 1 1 iiffi tures on the trestle having prevented some loss of l'le Hanerincr is too eood for the neoDle en?ajrcd in this sort ana consiaeraDie destruction or property. It is to be hoped that the guilty parties may be dis- ofbusines3. Fay. Observer, 13th, inst. Cable-Cable. The Atlantic cable Ain't a fable. . nn Bring forth several bottles of champagne and place tnem v the table. We intend to be slewed as Cain slew Abel, Till we can't stand, but must sit on our gable. . . (Here the rijnuter fainted.)