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Facts for the People.
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The follo wing police statistics demonstrate
truth of ihese observations:
HTATISTICS OF PAUPERISM, CRIME, AND DESTITUTION.
Jersey City Prison, for 1854.
Americans, -11
-Colored . ... . . 7
Foreigners,-r. J 043
Philadelphia Amis-House. ,
Americans..... ,. , 914
Foreigners. .. 2,407
The census ofUhe House Agent for the
month of December exhibits the following
results :
Americans.
Foreif ners.
.Colored ....
557 ,
1,745
143
Total number in the House 2,4C5
Police Statistics of Philadelphia.
Americans 443
Foreigners 1,509
Culifornia Police Statistics.
Americans.... 195
Foreigners 305
An examination of the hospital reports
and statistics exhibits too plainly the source
of much of the disease, which infects the
large seaboard towns and cities, and which
is from thence propagated throughout the
surrounding country. In PhiladelphfayNew
York, Boston, Baltimore, Norfolk, and
Xew -Orleans, which cities are heavily tax
ed lor the support and medical care of flis
di , . f
paupers, much the largest portion of
the patients are foreigners, many of, whom
are transferred directly from the immigrant
ships to the hospitals. Even in the cities,
those direful and pestilential diseases, ship
fever, yellow fever, and small pox, are al
most exclusively confined to the alleys,
lanes, and streets, and low, damp, filthy,
any illy-ventilated haunts, which are ex
clusively tenanted by foreigners. Scarcely
a day passes but that the journals announce
the arrival of an immigrant ship at some one
of these cities, laden with the maimed and
diseased carcasses of European paupers and
crimnals, which have been transported hith
crby European authorities, either in obedi
ence to their strict and rigid sanitary regu
lations, or as a measure of personal safety
and security.
The following is a letter addressed by
Mayor Wood, of New York, to the Presi
dent, in reference to the shipment of foreign
paupers and crimnals to the, port of New
York : 1
Mayor's Office, New York.
January 2, 1855.
His iExcellency Franklin Pierce,
President of the United Slates .
Dear Sir : There. can be no doubt that,
'for many years, this port has been made a
sort of penal colony for felons and pau
pers by the local authorities of several of
the continental European njations. The
desperate character of a portion of the people
arriving here from those countries, together
with the increase of crime and misery a
mong that class of our population, with oth-
. er tacts before us, prove, conclusively, that
such is the case.
It is unnecessary to refer to the. gross
wrong thus perpetrated upon this city. It
requres from me no allusion to the jeopardy
of our lives and property from this cause.
Men who, by a long career of crime; and
destitution, have learned to recognise no
laws, either civil or natural, cannot fail to
produce feelings of terror at their approach.
The inherent right of every community
to protect itself from dangers arising from
such immigration cannot be questioned,
Xew York has submitted to it long enough.
The disease and pauperism arriving .here al
most daily, from abroad, is, of itself a suf
ficient evil ; but when to it is added crime,
He must be permitted to remonstrate. We
ask the interference of the General Govern4
ment. As it is its duty to protect us from
forreigri aggression with ball and cannon, so
s its duty' to protect us against an enemv'
more insidious and destructive, though com-
lllir in n ll rt Vi or Cn-rm
I call your attention to this subiect. lioivM
mg it will receive from you that action
which its very great importance to the whole
country Aemands. 1 ; -I
am, very truly,' yours, :
Fernando -Woon, Jiff yor.
a nese convicts, crimnalst '.paurierst anfl
easef persons, .against the insidious
ana destructive innnpnrn"VnrJwbih' iKU
launch Democratic Mayorappalto the"
w V U 11 ? V V r w wmmmv
i icaiui iii jui .putbouuiit "f-i pcii,j3.u jjitracufc iiu iui ii lsiraiion is nerealtcr .to I
any political privileges in their native couOt becdmevthbigaritc Ikvr of futare.StatesX tfie T
We nor position, and by their "longcareer
of crime and destitution have learned to re-
cognise'Jhd laws, either civil or natural
and yet this saihe persons are by. - our :nre-1
sent!lavsientitled to the same political priF-
ileges (as the native-born. Is it just? la, it j
ricrht ? Many of tKem have been inmates, !
from ytititW, of jails penitentiaries, and pest j
houses. .What is to be done? The Presi
dent disregarded, this appeal ? he refused to
assist Mayor Wood, to avert , the importa-r J
tion of crime, paavensm, and. destitution.
TJiere is but one remedy CongressionariDr ten ;to Jlorida ; aothat, tinder th t"rni51
and" State legislation.
From ihe; foregoing we make the follow-
ing Reductions. , ; .. ; nvi
1. That, immigration, is the , source p
crime ,
2. That immigratiou is the source of
pauperism.
3. That immigration conduces to disease,
disorder and immorality.
. v It is a tax upon the property and busi.
ness pursuits of the native. Besides this,
they are bought up at elections, and control
mem, auu iiiuku noi, oxoousnea, ana mur
der. ' :
Fomerlv, the better class came. The old
Scotch merchant and Dutch farmer were
clever. They came with their substance
not only to adopt a country, but to help to
build it up. But they that come now come
to live upon the country.
It needs no comment. No more potent
argument could he urged in favor of the pre
sent " American Reformation.', Pauperism
and crime are the inevitable results of foreign,
immigration. Yet, to gratify demagogues5
and unprincipled partisan politicians, must
we continue, by Congressional legislation,
to encourage the importation of pauperism,
crime, and destitution ? ,No national pur
pose can be promoted, no republican insti
tution can be sustained, by such a course of
policy. Besides the direct result, there ate
many collateral influences, consequent up
on the unrestricted importatian of foreigners.
Foreign Immigration.
The immigration to this country was
From 1790 to 1810 120,000
" 1810 to 1820 114,000
" 1820 to 1830 203,979
" 1830 to 1840. 778,500
" 1840 to 1850.. ' 1,542,850
And statistics show that during the present
decade, from 1850 to 'I860, in regularly In
creasing ratio, nearly four millions of aliens
will probably be poured in upon us.
With this alarming decennial ratio of in
crease ; with the astonishing statistical facts
that nearly four-fifths of the beggary, two-
uiuuo vi puuuviiiii) auu lliuit llldil till CC
fifths of the crime, spring from our foreign no-
. . . I V... . .. o .
pulation; that more than half the public chan
ties, more than half the prisons, and alms
houses, more than half the police and the
, - uusi ii duuiiuisiruiii: i i iiiiuai malice, are
- . , 6 , . J"0"'
of their statesmen, and wise statesmanship
suggests, that National and State legislation
should interfere, to direct, ameliorate, and
control these elements, so far as it may be
done within the limits of the constitution. ,
The calculation in the Census (see Ab
stract, p. 30) is that if it increases as it has,
in 35 years from this time the population of
this country will exceed that of France,
England, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, and
Switzerland, all combined. And any one who:
will make the calculation will find that in
fifteen years the foreign will outnumber the
jiauve ponuiaiion. ine auaniiivr oi ine
immigration is therefore alarming.
IjUt the
quality is still more so.
In 1854, the number of foreign immigrants
was 500,000, of which 307,639 arrived at
the port of Nr-w York. The white popula-
tion of North Carolina is only a little over
500,000, so that enough come to settle a
State as populous as North Carolina a yearw
The following table exhibits the white
population of the State therein enumerated,
voeo nffAr0 ...c n tU0
HIIU tllV AULOO KJ I IKJ k I LL ki kill HULL 1 1WJ LU IU L kk k &
country, during the year 1854, above the re
spective populations of the several States ;
or, in other words, it demonstrates the a
larmiug fact that the foreign immigration of
1854 was more than sufficient to settle a
State as populous as any therein mention-
ed. The third column, headed the " ratioJ
of foreign immigration to the respective po-,
-pulation," shows the number of States, equ
al in the population to the State mentioned,
which might have been; settled by the im
migration of one single year.
A table comprising, the white population of
the States therein enumerated with the
foreign immigration of 1854, and showing
the excess of foreign immigrants for this
year above the respective population of
the several States :
States.
White popu
lation. Excess of
imigrants.
337,811
73,486
418,365
225,237
136,901
328.83 1
452,717
308,119
374,509
82,057 .
104,929
204,283
182.544
34.491
356,125
365.966
Ratio
of, &c.
3 "
Arkansas 162,180
Alabama .......... j 426,514
California , . 9 1,635
South' Carolina. , ... 275,563
Connecticut .... 363,099
Dele ware . . . . . . 71,169
FZorida 47,203
Iowa... 191,881
Louisiana .225,491
Maryland , 417,943
Michigan. .......... 395,07 1
Mississippi . . . . . '. 295,718
New Hampshire.', i . 3:7,456
New Jersey. ; . ... i 465,509
Rhode Island 143.875
Texas . . ...... 154,034
Vermont 2 13,402
i
5
1
1
7
10
3
2
1
X
1
1
5-6
1-3
1-5
1-3
2-3 !
1-2
, n
,as6,59sr
VV isconsin ' 04,756 r 195,244 .
Let us analyze this table. : The last Con
gress pnssed.au act for c the: orgrnization of i
the Territories of Kansas and. Nebraska.vinM
which it grauted the right to vole, to: ycry;j
immigrant who might settle in either ot said f
lerntones and gave to eachr settler-' a-cfir- ;
tain number of acres of land, as an indnc
ment t6 settle there
established, by land
Durnoean aesoota wm i
EederaLegisleture., AWac.
tori&s acqnirthe reqiite orlaiionVheyv
haya' nh't toajpply' Torahtf emani!"' aa:
missiori inttjithe 'ThftpnVn'iequaliTOtV
in with the other StatecBy;eferericfe to
the, :foreffoing .table, fiitrwilli beeen that
the foreign,, immigration of t5i4 was. sufficir j
em, iq nave settled tr.Tee States, equallo-Ar-.
karjas, thjee equal toTowa, three quaT'to
Texas; two to Louisiana, four to RhodVls
land,iite: to- California seven ; to Deleware,-
lmmigrdirits continue 'pouring in unoji' us at
thctjre-gent rae;Ve:i iriarve:iin' oeA
j-ear tenhew States applying for adniissldit
into the5 Uhion,' emitleilr;tdntheir'. tweritv
Senatora in the UnUed StatesSenate r and
yet this would be hui theSenatoriaV repre-J
Bpiuauuii ui owu,uuu loreigners. ntne, ra
tio of imrtiigratiort con tinues' to I S60 its" it"'
has been ince 4 850,- during the r ten year
from 1850 to 186a there ndll have
four millions of foirignersvintovihU -coun-J
eiehf
equal to Maryland -North Carolina, " South
arouiiui- corgia,,:iunigan;. xviississippi
t Vi.ii rkiauaiua,. new. llilllipsilire, UT
Nw Jersey. So the Senatorial reDresen-
tation of foreigners may reach one hundred
and sixty members of the United States Se
nate, and cannot be less than twenty in a
body composed now jjf but sixty-two mem
bers, representing thirty-one, State?. Is. npt
this a most startling jreyeiation ? Is it not
- - r- - , r . .
time we should heed the warning voice of
the immortal Washington ? " '"
- Against the insidious wiles of foreign
influence I conjure you to believe mer fellow-citizens
thej jealousy of. .a ..free people
ought to be constantly a wake"; since history
and experience prove that foreign influence
is one of the most baneful foes of a: republi
can; government. - - , . :': " nv.d n ? 7:
Thus spoke ;the father of-his Pount-rrr
And has not the. " future" reached .usnto
which the sagacious Jefferson referred when
he said : ' ' ' ' ' r'
44 1 hope we may find some means in fu
ture, of shielding. ourselves from foreign in
fluence, political, commercial, or in what
ever form it may be attempted. J can
scarcely withhold myself from joining in the
wish of Silas Deane, 4 that there, were an
ocean of fire between this and the old
world' , . .
Truly, indeed, have the prophetic words
of Washington been fulfilled- "foreign in-,t
Jluence is one of the most baneful foos of a
'
rWlca1 government.
'I'ho niiacHAn mill .
republican government. :
- The question will naturally occur to eve-
ry reader, is there.sufficient territorial area
which .max.ftu5.,?e settled by
Ihe present territorial arei is 1,723,821
square miles", or 1,103,245,440 acres of land,
Which is sufficient to form forty-six States
equal in size. to either Kentucky or Maine.
Adopting either as the basis, one represent
ing the slavci States, the other the free States,
the danger to the' settled and established in
stitutions of either class of States is appa
rent to every reflecting mind ; arid judging
from the present ratio of foreign immi
gration, ;whicli is 500,000 per year who
is there who will deny that these dangers
may:not Overwhelm us during the present
decennial period ? ' But this is not all! 'In
tlifi AAii pflo rif tVto oncmnrr A tro troora no rrrtr
; acquire possessions equal in extent to those
j j a r e :
' Statnc Animl altlin n If rr, n.T-Tnina
States, equal either to Kentucky , or Maine,
we may have doubled that number, and vail
inhabited bv foreign ers.
1 t . .: ,.. - r ;f .'"hi
A Cariosity. Otis Manchester of this
city, "exhibited 'to ns 'yesterday a stalk of
! wheat of singular appearance and history.
j It will be remembered that some years since
j 'ePf,s kernels of wheat in tjie
iorias OI c.loin wnicn enveiopea an r.gypuan.
' iviummv, was maue, wnicn must nave
i ,lnmmv.! was mane, which must have re--
. ' . .
mained there f at least four thousand years;
These kernels were brought to this country,
and planted on Long Island. The specimen
here presented is the growth of that ancient
seed. The stalk is remarkably large' and
smgulai-Iy shaped- being ' nearly conical
The kernels are almost round, and wholy
dissimilar in shape and appearance to any.
grainve have secn.-rrltica Herald.
Col.' S eaton in London A London let
ter of the 21st ult. , says;. - - -
41 Colonel Seaton, of Washington, is here,
and though over seventy, is running about
London" with the zeal and!" activity ' of a-
! couHy house of a Yankee iob, nearLon-
young- man ot twentv; iie went to tne
don, lately, and bagged a dozen .brace of
patridges in a few hours. A man must haw
slotit legs, as well as editorial experience,'
to go through such exercise at 75.
Singular, Suicide. An EJnglish music
teacher, who called' himself Professor
B. Grange, was found'in a dying condition
at his lodgings,' in Trenton N. , on Fri
day, last, and soon-after expired. - He had a
h large amount pf clothing", music books med
ical books, a treatise on botany, and a bible
i from all of which as well a large ' breast-.
pin, some name had been tcarefullr erased.
He left a fa w lines addressed to the- land
lord enclosing st .T week?s;;re0t, and directing
his effects, to be sold to nay exoenses ; the
! residue, if' anr' to be given to some dis-.
7 negro in Boston , had, seyere attack of
rheumatism, whichT finally settled in 'his
fdt.!',Hc'b'ath"ed;'t l&tid fubbedv At? and
swathed ir;btitir to norpose,-' Finally teais
mg away the oanaagesi -oe astueic ir xuaiana
soon i exercise an. abso'lide'control orm-
try, euougn iu seme eignvy taeSi equav
to ' Florida, thirty-two equal 'toV IfHoie Is-"
land, sixteen equMlto' JifluisiatiaXor '
'(,TlieheeraWer u
PmiadElhi!4; Oclbfcer "Wife"
vi.riii fjitvatv .iv-s..
Ilv . if -. optmom tnis
tijiojtiTof- Janef Johnson, to -viashthe Iwritof
habeas corpus in the caseofPassnioreAVilui
Srr.crr. .7..,t-Ui tVl1' V!V U ." 1
tv. TtfJVWS "C1, JV."a74 statues
in the Cobrt,and the hiatter nttrerv withr
out i jusdicliort? ir: i&x si t-n.
Inexiopiiuo,if thexaurtl isrverrielabor
ate, reviewing, the whole ease and re-affirm-J
ing.the former onisioni Ju r is. asserted that l?e Pnca 7slans '-'detiits1iK' cruelties
right of prActiced on' the." Chineselaborers employ
transit, of esand everf other species 'of edin ;the export of guano, unaerhoauthor
property, thrtouh tentory where Jvslaverv is- " r 5 " .: -. - - - - -
eegnuHnheTIobtrary. prm lty of fT rPnSible -to he i govern-
watt S3nciioneo,!the Jtinie mifflit comewhea
L'. .i. 1 r t ! . ' " I
H S99nM rV9u?ial3a, -beri?? of -Carolina,
and the, rum of Ne w, England' would be
i restiicted frbm!4raffsportat"ibh wTthoiit'the
maintained that: the Federal -ponstitutioh rep
cognised slaves, as, property, :and upto483o1
- I i i r. -r J . . Kl r
it, xisied in the,.. thirteen -original, States.
.The, saiid "Wtlfiamsori's' djityj then as rjov,
was to rirodtice'J'ane JbhhsOrind her chil
dren; ifthe petitioner 'were led to abide-
the actjon of the. court, she. would have-.the
right to. ,e heard ; but .being without the ju
risdiction of the reccords of, the court can
not1 be opened for a strahger. 1 -
On the tjonclusibrt bf the readin of the
opinibn of thercqurV JohniCadwalade i
member of the bar, not engaged in . the case .
m order , to remove a,, false , impression from
the public mind, said that, from his reccpl
lection of the circumstances attending the
commitment, fit Jgs-mqre -Wjlliamspny for
contempt, the proposition was . made to,-a-mend
the return to the yrit, when . Judge
Kane replied : "I will1 not receive ' an a
mendment nov'btit will be prepared lo re
ceive it -when the reccord has been' com
pleted .No such motion was subsequently
made, and thepubliQ.jimpression tliat. per-
mission to amend was" refused. is not war-
anted bv the facts."
' Judge Kane replied that the reccollection
of Mr, O. was correct. He had been pfe
pared to receiye. a supplimentary;. return
from the. counsel, but none has been offer
ed." ; ' ' c ;-' i
Mr. Cad walader suggested that ah addi
tion be made to the opinion of the court,
embracing the remarks, of. a member of the
bar not engaged in the case, and the. reply
of the Judge. He 3j:asindurcd to make
the suggestion. by the best feelings. to wards
a worthy, but mistaken. man, hoping.that it
might lead to the adoption of a course that
will end in his liberatron. K''""
The Judge consented tor the proposition
of Mr. Cad walader to embody.' his -remarks
and the answer pf theeourtto tliemso as to
complete the reccord. . . !
John M. Readv.couiisel for the petitioner,
j the opiniQnf lh ,-ourn-but it had failed to
convince him that the petitioner and hex
,u;uron woro nnt f tho mninont tu'"
said thatjie had listened with- attention ?tb
children were not free the moment they
touched Pennsylvania soil. - : Ti''
a The Image of his Father.-Oii the birth
day of the. seventh child, all the womeri
camejto see the dear in font i and to congrat
ulate the parents on the happy event. Oun
friend anticipated the visit and instead of
having the child prepared lor it,, made the
servant bring in a sucking pig, anddress it
up. in swadling clothes, and covering up (its
face, he laid it in the. place the real child
.should have occupied. Trre ladies were
introduced into the apartment, and gently
approached the bed ; the coverings were
turned down, and a portion of the face of
the grunter was exposed.
4, Bless my soul ! said, one of the ladies,
4 what a remarkable child."'
So very interesting.said a second.-
And so good natured ! ' observed the
third as she commenced toying with it.
4 And how very much like his father-remarked
the fourth.
vThey were all immediately struck, with
the observation, and exclaimed: .
'The very image of his father ! ' -:
Thp' flattered parent rushed tout of the
room, eo&vulsed with laughter, leaving the
old wpmen to discover their mistake.
A Fight St6pped by a Dog- Twn men
got into a fight yesterday, on , Sugar .Alleys
east of Third street, when a large dog rush
e'd'out of a house near by, and made a furi
ous demonstration towards the combatants,
who immediately, seperated, and decamped
in opposite directions. Ooe of the men be
ing closely followed by the dog, was oblig
ed to take reffuge in a shed ; and although:
he succeeded in closing the door against the
animal, he was compelled to remain there
until its owner came to his relief.
Ohio Statesmen,
A Paclflc Kail Road.
Xbe Pfew York Swi, says: A substanq
al and decided step has.Ve learn, been tak-
en in tne ainxuon u. a,r vy ...w.
Par.ifie on the Texas Route. ' It isf know
that the Siate f Texas gave, with the char
ter of- the Western Texas Railroad, the.
magnificent grant, of 1 0,400 :acres of. land
for every mile ?f the road constructed. This
amount xi. land, of great lertuity ana goou
o-eneral advantages, is sufliicient of, its self
to'build'tii'e road and put it in worXing. or
der. unqer inese iavoraoiecireuuiwucc
the 'Western Texas Company contracted;
anu Slgneu on oaiuruay leisi aii nipcuitiii.
with "responsible men in Ohio and Texas for
the boUstructionf the first section E of the
road. i It runs in -the partly settled country:
between the TrinitTiand 'Red. Rivers, and
is to be" ready fdrlheTilsorr or befofe the J
first of AuoTisrnext; ' - v-,-
r There j$ pp better.definitionj of , ff old- fo-
gies': than , theri famous i saying .with.w'hiebi
Napoleon chit-joffthe fBourbons: Ma l-ncy
neveri
earn.anvinmg anu-iuy'"VTcriuigofc
, A New Slave Trade Opened.,
JV.f PP?ars jfrom" a.parUamentary4paper?,
presented tp,lhe- House vof jlds;" entitled
59pOidencEMpofir' the subject of4min i-
gratior fromChina' thaFanew slave trade.
ls growingup in the world, and it must be
confessed, -under British" auspicest .t'TJie :
revelation ! -is frightful AVmmKirom
certain sninmastpw: latAlv n nm. f.n.
certauV; sP1PmasleJslatelr " "Wn$l from
- cu,: xuac uwununaie men are
. j i ' , f --.l . 4
rcprest;nieuu) oe carrieu irom iinna to the
Cliihchas for the roost part, if not exclusive
ly, on board of British vessels :
No sooner are they landed from the
5 ""1 ' WfS
Diaced over thpm brjtstrfiin" armn.l iit
a lash of four plaits of cow hide, laid up in l
. . - ..MIUU, MilllVU miii I
mane tonuiot-' what seamen call "rnnrifl
sennet,"; five -feet in length and -an in inch"
and a half in diameter, taperinff. to a point.
During the forenoons for regular, ollences. j
(.or such-as the .overseers please, to term
sucJi,)-this, instrument is npt much used,
but at about 4 o'clock in tljg afternoon,
many, of the weakest '.had not performed
thoir taskwork, the hdatswain': freely Hised
to start "those behind to bring the days Su
pervision to a close. - ' ,
The slightest resistance was punished
by a 'Bogging little short of murder, as ma
lt r melancholy occasions we have witnessed
bciiig nearer than we. tlesired The first
six to twelve cuts stifled the most agonising
cries that rang through the fieet-i-crics we j
heard day-by day but only then knew the
tle;full amount of ;SulTering that called them,
forth. There was no tying up, the nearest.
Chinaman being. compelled, by a cut of the
lash,,,to lay hold of an arm or a leg, and
stretch the miserable sufferer on his stom
ach, on the guano. The mere weight alone
oftheiasH made their bodies shake, black
ening ths flesh at every blow--bsfdes cut
ting like a sabre ; and when a'eonvulsive
movement took: places a subordinate placed
his boot on the shoulder to keep the quiver
ing body down.
4 wo dozen made them breathless, and
when rejeasedj after, tbirtyr nine lashes they'd
seemed slowly to stagger off, reeled and.felU
anu were carried on to the hospital ; in
most cases, if they recovered," commuted
suicide, for ho Tinman heart, unless elevated
by-Christian training, could, after undergoing-"'
so'' cruel an infliction, ever hare more
than two t feelings that is, death to5 those
suffered from, or to himself. Accordingly,
during our stay there, many sprang overthe
cliffs -many , buried themselvess alive in. the
guano,-; aivd ..many hid itliemselyes in the ca
ves to starva; tp-death ; their dead hedies
floating all, around in numbers. In one in
stance two,, emboldened by pity shown
them by a. ship-master, hid themselves on
board his vessel, one. of whom survives and
is now in this country."
murder and Suicide.
About three weeks since a young man, a
stranger,who stated that his name was Au
burn, and that he was from Boston Massa
chusetts came to this city and sought andt
obtainecL work . at the. cabinet establishment
of ? Messrs. Binford &i Porter as a designer,
and carver. After working a few days,
and provding himself a first rate carver, and
earning thirty-eight dollars',' rhicliwere paid
himrhe rented a house on Main street near
Twenty-second street, and employed a car
penter to fit up the same for him for a gro
cery oyster'and drinking house. He also
employed a young man to assist him in the
grocery which was to have been opened tot
day. On Friday night last Auburn was ar
rested on a charge of . enticiug away and
harboring two negro men belonging to Jes
se Williams and James II. Grant, and who
had disappeared a few days previous. The
time of arrest was on Friday night last and
was effected by the police, who stationed
themselves around Auburn's house and
waited his return, whichf was af the late
hour mentioned. He resisted the officer
with pistol-and bowie-knife in hand, but
was overpowered and taken to the cage
On his way to prison he: drew from his
pocket a phial of strychnine, and drank a
portion of it, and -spit out a mouthful of it
in the face of the officers who had him' in
charge. Two physicians were immediate
ly, called -to' his relief, but he died from . the
effects of the strychnine about two hours af
ter swallowing it, and the ccronor held an
inquest over his body on Saturday morn
ing. The charge on which he was arrfest
e"d was satisfactorily established as follows;'
He had received about one hundred dollars1
fforo two' negro men, under a promise to
convey them to the Northland had con
cealedthem in the third story of 'his house,
, nri,nftmforv tn sendinff t hem away., .Une ol
the negroes having complained of being un-
W.elU he gave him what oe- said was a r dosa
of .medicine, but., which no , doubt--, was
st'rvchnine. as the rieerro died soon after tak
ing the dose. Auburn then dug a grave' in
er negro, hurried his murdered subject, first
cuUinlns hro'afi Tipping open his abdorn-
his cellar and with the assistance oi me oin
en, and honbly mutilatmg his body in otn-
er places. This wasdone, it is supposed
. r - .
to nrevent the negro from recovering from
tfie effects of the strychnine. These bloody l
scenes occu ring before theieyes of tlies oth
er negro, naturally produced. milch. llarra
and uneasiness in-his mind, consequently
he embraced-the first opportuntty: to escape
mym connnemeni, wnicn nem oy, apf
house' He then returned to. -mV master J
and revealed all he knew oHthls shocking, J
singular and horrible. transaction: -fit Is6be-3
liered Auburn was. in league with others en-
ffat-fdan the. mKinotsoiTunning. on, staves
bufvo accqrrjrpUcerhg,Te yet been detectcd.n
rAuburjwas a. .young tnan of genteel ap pesr
ance andUmanners,-randiiad capacities r.3 a
tarver-and engraver to iearn --tromf five to
eight dollars a ayi.He'gave as -a4rreasoa
for renting a house and opening! a-rroccrv.
the expected visit-of: his mother and sonri
of "her family -fromhe-North: to reside with .1
iSJrh'narerrPct: 15' '
''tti".vL ' - o ' ti' v
. Horrible Sacrafice of Lir- ox the .
of steam on the Western waters 1 there have
been thrrty-nine-thousahd six hundred and j.
seventy two lives lost ..by steamboat disast7
ters;-three hundred aiul "eighty , ono boats -and
cargoes vlost'i' and seventy, boals'sefi-t
ously'injured,arnounting in he aggregate to j
the cnbrmotissum of sixty-seven million? of.;
dollars It is" to be' hoped, that, this forth;
cbrhingorkvill Ki.ye the erTect of arrest
inthVtteiitfon dfihe Gbvernmeni to . the ;
importance of Western interests, so far as
our great rivers arid lakes are concerned.
'Cin: Times.
The Voice or John JAV.Hd the carn-i
estpatriot, John Jay, the first Chief, Justice,
of the United States, , lived to the present
homvit is highly probable that herwould
have been a prominent and an active mem-t
ber : of the . American -party ; fort says the.,
last number of the American Re riewr 44 he.
proposed that .no . Roman Catholic who
held that the Pope or his , priesthood had
power to anul oaths or even to grant abso-
lution from sin, should be admitted to civil'
rights.".. .
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Kr "Arrival of tlic Caliavba. '
New Obleans, October 4. The stearnv
er, Cahavba. has arrived, . with Havana
dates of the 1st inst. v - - .-.,:-... i :
Gen., Concha has paid the indemnity"
allowed -in the Black "-Warrior affair. He
seems to apprehend another fillibustering-'
expedition, as he has-ortlered the names
of all-machinists. 'doming from or going
to. the United States to be registered
periodically. ' '
The BlacU Warrior Indemnity.
-The - steamer Black Warrior,' which
arrived at New York on Thursday, from
Havana brough home 50, 000 from the
Spanish Government, as .an indemnity
to Mes
Nevy York, for - the detention of their
vessel, the .Black? Warrior, at, Havana,.
about 18 months ago It .will be remem
bered that ; the authorities! of i Havana
seized the ship for not complying with
a, port regulation, which-had been obso--lete
for a long time, but which theyhad
suddenly put in operation.. - " ''
Gev Arista. Among the papers of
Gen. Arista, who recently died while on
his way1 from' Lisbon to Paris, was his
will. It directs that his .heart be em
balmed1 and sent : tb'Mexico.'Hq left
nothing 'to his wife.' He . bequeathed
His property, to a relative and his person
al effects to a servant.
'Interesting Fact.- In airing a room
both the'upper and lower, parts. of the
windows should. be opened, as the heat
ed air, which, frora its lightness, always
ascends, will pass but of the top,and the
fresh cool air .come in at the bottom. -
, Another, Attempt to Assasjnate Loris
Napoi.eon.A correspondent of - the New
York Qourier, writing w from Paris, states,
that: Louis Napoleon-was fired, upon on the-;
night of the 20th,' by a cent-garde. The
scene was in one of the, halls of the palace-,
of St. Cloud, and the Emperor was wound
ed slightly in the'point of the shoulder. An;
inch lower and. it would lave been mortal.
The assassin was'iraihediately arrested.. It,
is said that Jip, was. ; bribed. , with 300,000
frances to cdrnmit. the crime by the: Orlean
ists. An investigation was immediately or-,
dereda.nd at the last date it was procced-
nnr-in cnn.at ..Wo 4l l Yt t l n fi T 1 1 f T C f
I kk ... J W W . . . . . S M..; .. V . . - "
the report in foreign. papers; though it must
have been prevalent at Paris,-as other cor
respondents of the American press mention
Heroism op a;Dog tn the Crimea.-
The following' account of theexploits of.
a dog in the. Crimea, which. we translate,
from the Gazette ,of; Triete, surpasses
everything, heretofore recorded of . the
devotion and bravery of this noble animal:
- "A great sensatioirhas beeri caused in
the' camp of the allies-byVthe -heroic-deeds
of a dog belonging' to CoLcMat-
mann, of the 73d; regiment of Ihe Line;
On tbe 1 6th of ;August; during thej bat-:
t(e of the"-f Tciiernaya the quadruped!
.broke. his chain, fought in ..the: ; ranks'or
the army, saved the -life of a'sergant arid
a soldier, and took three Russians pris-,
oners,: -A ball Btruclc his foot, but the
L wound only embittered the animal 1 the
more.' - He threw chimself upon a Rus-
j sian officer, flung him tat he ground, and
i'dracrffed him prisoner bv his coat collar
to the French. r Av physician :ha bound ;
j iht. wnimtf" knd-tbTmiiCfootftd - hero"
! . t " - j ,
up the wound, and the four-footed - hero
r- .'"i.-t ' tit; i.:;n V L-'IC-tt --1
is coiyaiescing. ne. wm prooauiy
ceivesbme mark:4of honor, as another ,
do i rTJthe 'English 'army had been , rei -vardcd,
with -a medal fbhHis deyoM9n I?. :
his master.-
-TJrli5 Palmef 6f JCommb!a;vS.&:C. has4
b-?a Jf d toM f PISf51
eL?X ixtfM iV??.ttev-- -M.r
Scott, of tbe:&rst. rEresbytenan Church,;
at;w Orl;ans,sat jJaryv of SGfipOi
per annum;; r.iir.Zis.
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