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THE CRISIS,

The pas, week has been an important one
at Washington. II has witnessed The admis-
sion Of 1erds, Florida and Iowa into the
Union-tne prostitution of Executive patron.
age and Influence, to an extent never before
conceived of-and it records the disgraceful
surrender of the U. s. Senate to the rorrupt.
ing influences Of official plumber. Polk has
openly and urhesi'alingly said his Cabinet
and other appointments for Texas votes! and
Senators. have as ~si,amelessly and corruptly
sold their uotes on this question to secure
places for themselves, or plumber for their
friends, and thus has a foreign territory, a
land of slavery, been forced upon us, in open
violation of both the spirit and the letter of
the constitution. Let us talk no more Of
public virtue, patriotism, or the poor parch-
men,, that alone remains of our once glorious
Constitution.
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FROM SOUTH AMERICA.

We have files ofil,e Rio de Janeiro formal
TO the 81 Of january inclusive, for which We
are indebted 10 Gilpin's Exchange reading
room. The paper Of that date announces
the arrival of the U. S. frigsir Rnritan, from
Monte Viden, sailed on the Eth of December.
The city WIS bombarded on the 18th BY
General Orlhe. but M great harm was done.
II was reported that Orihc intended to make
IA general attack on the 10Th, but that day
passed over without any hostile movements.
The frigaie Congress sailed from Monte
Video for Rio on the same day with the
R%arilan. and was going into port when the
Mary Clinton Came out.
On the LIST of January the session of the
General Assembly was opened by the Em-
peror in person. who read a short speech from
the throne. 1t merely announced that the
failing health of The Princess Jannaria had
induced him to consent that she should pass
a year in Enrope-lliat quiet was restored
in the province of Alagnas-and that a spec
dy result of the like nature was confidently
hoped in reference to the province of RIO
Grande.
The Journal Of December 9Th chronicles
The appearance of the new comet.
The U. S. brig Bainhridge was at Rio on
the 4lh Of January Spectator.
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A TRUE PiCrURE.--The following pic
of y southern planter, rs w often find him,
is from the graphic PEN Of our friend Will
son, of the Planters Banner. There is a
druced signt more truth than poetry in it,
Bv and bye nnr planters will learn u little
guInp,ion, and then W. shall be happy to see
The picture reversed, but until then candor
romr"!s us to acknowledge It's correciness.--
~. o. Trcpic.
"Now for The picture Of the planter. III wouldn't
penchrs, nor q c,lf for any consideration. He is
ADORE that! lie raises cotton he does. He ride in
n SIX hun red dollar carriage. for which he is in debt.
HIS dn'"h es ihrum n piano that will never be paid
for. He buys corn which lIr coul raise ~ ten cents
a hnshel and pays sixty cents for il, after q per cent
ndvance tn his commission merchant. He could raise
his own tobacco. yet he paw SO n pound for I" Rich
mond srenl,d" He cou'd raise his "wn hogs-vei
he paironisas Cincinnati. The consequences are dis.
as'rous. Being u e possessor OF one staple. he iuciu.
aies with the mar ct Of that article. Tie takes the
y Prlre Curfcni"- he paws posinge-hc cobbles down
I've English news like n Cutmornnt. II he sells to-
dnv. he'll l0se-iherefcre he'll wait for e,,er ndvires
He is mixed up" in cotton, and is n gambler there.
IN. Meantime he wants money draf 8 on hi. factor
He wants cotton goods and clothes for his plantation.
that he could mike nj home. He orders them, and
feels large" The manufacturer, the insurer. the
shipper, the ~fr'igh'er, the drnymnn, the warehouse
man, the seller, and finally the commission merchant
all have n finger in the pie Of profits, and the proud
foolish planter pays them all. The yenr closes. and
he is "up to his eye-l rows in debi! This is the re-
sui of his not I" calculating" nor even gucssine tn,
ports a Camii'y; the other supports pride, IN il pr dC
gets n fall'h
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NEW AYRSHIRE.

The annual election 10 this Safe takes
place on the llih inst, when a Governor,
four Members of Congress, State Council
lors, (6ve,) Senate (lwelve,) and IA House of
REPRESENTATIVES, are to be chosen. An ex-
crllcnl Mig State Ticket is in the field,
headed BY Gen. ANTHONY Colby, Of New
London, for Governor, and such is the I'M
popularity winch Gov. Steele has conirived
To incur, that Colby might be elected il the
Wings would all do their duty-which one
third Of them will be very careful not TO do.
They are content to wonder why the people
pcrmi, such misgovernmen,, withou, putting
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

We understand the Governor has appointed
Professor CHARLES B, ADAMS of Middleburv
College, To be State Geoluais', under the act
providing for a Geological Survey of This Stale.
We are gra'lfed that Mr. Adams is thus placed
in a position in which his vigorous mind, his en-.
thusias'Ic devotion to the natural sciences. and
his energy and perseverance NAV be
made available in this important survey. II he
shall, as we hope he viii, employ as his assis.
tan's, working men like himself, we may hope
Il" sec a good and thorough survey of the State
within The three years contemplated in the law,
and at an expense not exceeding its appropria.
ton.
II Is understood that an arrangement has been
Vade, by which The counsel aud advice, and
nersonal attention in Vermont, OF DR.. Hitchcock,
President of Amherst College, and late Geolo.
glsf at Massachusetts, are secured in connection
with this survey. SO far as may be necessary to
give 10 il the benefit Of his ample experience in
conducting geological surveys.- Galary.
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I FROM CHINA,

Two fas, sailing ships, the Oneida, Capt.
Trip, aud Ann Mckim, Capt. Vasmer, ar.
rived at New York on Monday. Feb. 24'h.
with advires from Canton to the 2Oth Of
November. They have TINS made the pas.
sage in less than one hundred days.
TIL" C'lrs'ials oppose the progress Of the
English in their emp re-, in every way
They appear really to hate them.
The negotiations between the French and
Chinese continued.
There does no, appear TO be any news of
particular importance.
Ii is stated that the market for green teas
opened at a much higher point this season
than last.
The American frigate Brandvwine was 10
leave for home on the 20lh Of Dec, ria the
Pacific Islands and Valparaiso. The sloop
of war ST. Louis sailed on the 7th Now, also
for home.
The ship Paragon, Capt. Curtis, of New
York, from Manila for Canton, with rice,
was lost between the former place and Annoy.
Capt. c., wife, and crew, took to their boats,
and were picked up in three days after, bya
Chinese fsling-hoa'. They were compel.
led TO pay 5000 before the rascals would re-
lease thcm. When on board the fishing
boat, they had to protect VIVA, li,i'c property
they had saved with drawn knives. They
suffered much by til" shipwreck, but suffered
still more while in the hands Of those who
rescued them.
W. rcgre, to learn tina, Capt. Eagle, of
the Valparaiso. died snon after his arrival at
Macao. The Y. is IN charge Of the mate.
The ship tlowqna, Capt. Palmer, of this
port, was attacked by pirates in the Chinese
sea. They were driven of by a few shot,
Pirates seem to abound in that part of the
world. An opium schooner, commanded by
an Englishman, with a Lascar crew, was
captured by a Chinese rover, and the En-
glisllman tossed into The sea.-AtIas.
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"Faihoms deep my letter lies;
or lis lines is finder made"

PURsUIr OF KNOWLEDGE D DIFFI-
cULTIEs.-Perhaps few more striking exam.
pies Of this are given than that Of a Young
American who has recently been attracting
much attention by a series of lectures on
Shakespeare and his plays. We allude to
HENRY NORMAN IlUDsoN, a native of Corn
wall, W.. who, though "born in poverty and
bred in orphanagr," has by dint of r%eso'ute
application and natural strength of mind con-
,r,ved to attain en,inence in a path struck GU
and pursued without aid, ~~a solely in reli-
ance upon his own genius and industry
The Boston Transcript gives a narrative OF
Mr.. Iludson's pursuit to the present time,
from which we abridge the following:
In youth Mr.. Hudson was sent to learn The black
smiths trade, oil which he labored TIL the age o.
eighteen. The individual with whom he passed lhos'
Important years of his life entirely neglected his rdu
cation and afforded him scarcely The means of comfort
Under such circumstances, the young apprentice wa'
Transferred from the shop of The blacksmith 10 that o
a coachmaker. To which new occupation he applied
himself diligently fur year. more-thrse years as ap
prentice and one as llurneymnn.
Up 10 this time the Advantages which he ENJOYED
for Improving his intellectual cspacl les we've yer,
slight. and by no means satisfactory 10 one who ha'
even an ordinary degree Of mental gifts. He had 70
some lime felt The want of al education, and al lengil
resolved 10 Obtain i; preparing himself for a coileri
ate career. he entered the University in Mlddlehury
W., adjoining his native town, and graduated there II
lao.
After his graduation. Mr.. II. went South 10 cngae
ms n teacher. He spent one year IN Kentucky an
subsequently iva wears in Huntsville, Alabama an
while occupied in this liiile retired town, he wrote f.
his own or ''ificaiion and for the purpose of occupy
ing m ever restless mind, his lectures on Shakespeare
A. ffs, they were read before q lew personsin Hunt
vile, some nf whom we've discriminating eanush I
appreciate their beanries and 10 ln'uce Mr.; H., TO 'r
his fortunes ms n bona fde lecturer. Thinking q
compass his desire of discharsing his Collee
deb's sooner by this course than BY, conlinn
ing ms a teacher, he went To Mobile, during III
winter Of 1891, and delivered his >hakesperlan dis
courses before an audience sufficiently iage to defra
his expenses. He now Eel; encouraged to vlsi
larg-r city and he ace rdlnsly went To C'ncInna'
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NH' U TsHSl STNIeVHII .
To OLIVER s. HoLpES, Esq, Sec'y.
FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC CORES
PONDENCE.

The follow ing corre,pondence, which we
copy from the New York Express. cannot
fail to he highly interesting 10 our rcadrrs.-
Our Secretary of State, J"uN c. CALHOUN,
is coming to b. considered, all the world over,
as the great champion of the right OF man TO
hold his fellow man in bondage.
The Express says-We have received a
report of correspondence between the State
Department, at Washington. and Mr.. Eve
re,i, our Minister to England, in reference
to seven fugitive criminals, who, il is alleged,
committed robbery. arson and murder, in
East Florida, aud afterwards escaped to
Nassau, New Providence. Their surrender
is rlaimed by the General Government, I'M
der the following provision Of the Washing.
ton treaty.
at is agreed that TIE United Sra'es and Her Brit.
annie Majesty shall, upon mutual requisliiuns b,
them. or Their ministers. officers, or authorities. res
per'ively made, deliver up 10 justice all persons who
being charged with the crime Of murder, or assault
with intent 10 comm murder, or piracy, or arson
or robbery. or forgery. or niteiance of forged papers
commnled within the jnrlsdic' ion of either, shall seek
an as.lun. OF shall be found within The territories o
the other"
The facts Of the case, as stated in a leiiel
of Mr.. Calhoun 10 Mr.. Everett, are as fol
lows:
The Grand Jury Of The Iudri,l District, after fl
investigation, returned bills Of Indictment; nanins
en.h of Them, fr robbery. n question: was made, II
due form. by The Secretary Of Slate, through the Brit
ISL Minister Al Washington. and transmitted To III
Marshall OF that portion Of the territory, who wn
q hl,"rizrd 10 receive the criminals. He repaire
to Nassau; AMI, on april, alton, the Governor q
the nhanas is ned his reqnl iiion 10 the I ht
Justice Of Inc Colony, who, acting with The Assoria'
Judy $, IL open Court, refused IN deliver up To Jnstic
the fupi'ives. on the ground that the evidence was No
such ms wns required hv the act 4 Parliament fo
1 living up criminals, fugitive, from justice, in ceriai
cases. This Court re'nor ed, in delivering lis opinior
that an Indictment, p.rss, can never bt received a
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where he gave two courses with much the same sue.
cess rs at the South.
He was now urged by some gentlemen Of Boston,
whom he met in Cincinnati. 10 make n visit TO the
Athens of American He ollowed their advice,
and his success has surpassed even his most sangnine
expectation, while il has nfnreed him the means, 10 a
great extent. ofliqnidaling his pecuniary engagements.
Al me commencenIehi ot 0ls W Iege me- MIR. HUI
son snys, he finally resolved "to make Just Ms much
Of him elf as nos lille - and his subsequent course
shows that thus lar he has moi lost sight Of his de-
termination. lie is now preparing for une Of the
lectures until he shall have procured the means of de-
fraying his old arrears and Of prosecuting his future
stud es.
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APPLES FOR CmNA.-Charles yelling.
ton, of West Cambridge, Mass, near Bos.
ton, has sold $500 barrels of winter apples
from his orchard the past autumn Orilese
500 were packed for the Canton, China,
market-each apple being selected. and roll
led M in paper, like Sicily oranges.
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New foRx, No. 6 Easi 10Th street,
Eel ruary l2ih. laj5

EEAR STA IL am. this morning. favored with your
note, informing me that The Young Mems Henry
Clay Association of The City and County Of M,
YORK, nave none me The honor of electng me an hon.
orarv member OF Their Association.
WhIle ! receive, with the highest ptniifca rion. the
announcement. made IN your communication. 4 know
not ~ what terms hehIing The occasion, and exptes-
slseo l my avn sen'mtnis, ! can convey to yolr As.
soclaton The grateful sense | %onterlrIn of This rene !,
ed instance Of It's respect and kin mess. II /. pe,n.
lnrlv gratifying to me- tn be thus placed in so hoIlofn.
bic = relation with an Association. with whose princi-
pies 81 cordially sympalhizr. and whose patriotc
spur and noble bearing have b,en matter of so hioh.
so Just, and so general commentator, as have been
those OF the Henry G ay A. ASSOCIATION Of The Civ and
County of Ncw-York.
In iins eranh'ntlon, TOO. the highest pnhlic consl l.
frauons mInale with private sentiment. In The pre.
sent po / ion. ms well in the pnsi cour,e and conduc,
ri The Wing Young Men of New York. there is much
not only To rxciie present communication, but 10 fl
the Future with encouragement and hope. In your
continued Association, under n name characteristic of
yfnr Principles, rs vel as in The position inLen. and
NerlaraIInns Ut purposes recently nut forth, there i.
furnl he'd the mo gratifying evidence Of n noble de
ierminoilon. on the part of The Wing Young Men nj
New York. to continue Ia cherish and sustain ,he
great Pnllncnl Principles advocated Nv rhat -1fs,ino.
rushed Patriot. in whose name Won are ns.ocia,ed :
These are 'rne Principles ri The Wing Party. and n,
we believe, essentially necessary Ia The hiehesr homo,
nni welfare Of our Country. In this eleynt,d mr.
pose. and honorable course, you will he cheered h,
the assurance OF receiving, from the enlightened anf
The good every where, m entire, cordial and unnuoli
hrd approval Of your noble and patriotic deIermina,inn
j. The un'oaked-for result of lbe great Polincal con
test out ~ which we have recently come. in The nm
Expected defeat which rs /, pieai Political portv az.
h've s"isr-d m. 'ha' contest; aud IN Ihr gloom
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J. c. CALHorS. Esq,
Secretary Of Siaie.
REFLECTIONS OVER THE FIRE.

We have been called, ediioriallv, 10 scissor out n
eresl many fires, both small ani great, and have done
50 with cool philosophy, not rejecting how much, 10
some one man, the litilc paragraph would most as
suredly mean. The late con- lete and summary
burning up Of our office, licked up clean as il was by
the red fumes, IN a few hours, Ia. taught us n les,on
on this head. Aside from aN-puc<Tisry loss, how
great is the suffering produced by n FIVE! A hundred
little articles. OF no use TO any one save the owner,
things that people would louk at, day after day, and
see nolhing in. that we ourselves have contemplated
with cool Indifference, now that they are irrevucahlv
destroyed, come up IN The shape of "reminiscences, and
seem ms il they had been worth their weight in god.
We would not indulge IN unnecessary sentiment,
but even the old desk NJ which we sat, The pnnderous
inks,and, the FAM lar faces of files Of correspondence,
the choice collection of painprlcts, the unfinished es-
say, the charts by which we s,cer"i-ran they all
have vanished, never more 10 he seen? Truly v"ur
fire makes clean work. ami is Of 4 executive officers
super-eminent. Perhaps that last oh ice batch ufle,-
,crs may be somewhere On file we are almost tempt
cd To cry, "Devil find IL up" PJh! il is a mere
clnder, now some
"Faihoms deep my letter lies;
OF lis lines is finder made"
No Arabian tale can cradle n wilder fiction. or show
better how altogether illuspry HE Is. Those solid
walls of brick. those steep and difficult stars, the
swinging dnors, the Snnctum. scene of many n deep
political drama, of MANY a pnrhcIlr tale, utterly Whit
fed out, as one summary snrils nut n sprrmacetl on
retiring for the night. And Ill perfectly true.
One always has some private satisfaction, in his
own par,ic,l 'r misery. Con der what n night II was
that burnt ns ont, that we were conquered blythe tie
menis, went up IN fumes herhrhiiv on The widest,
windt--f, siormiest niaht these dozen years, not by
any fault of human enterprise, bu, fairly conquered by
stress Of weaIhrr there was a great flourish al trum'
pets. At all events.
And consider above all hat Salnmander safe how
after all, the fire, asssIelby the elements, only came
pff second best. not being able Ia reduce that safe ini,
nsh's That ia The streak OF sunshine through The
4 u wrraihs Of smoke. the combat 1f human ingenu
H. ngains, the desperate encounter of h., scrthin (.
hanf Rut thnap hnpta and w hsfpt's nirfupnnrk-
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LETTER FROM MR.. BRADISH.
From the New York Tribune.

We have rarely read a paper which com.
mended obvious yet neglected truth more
foreibly 10 honest, earnest minds than the
following letter from Hon. LUTHER Bra
DISH, late Lieut.. Governor Of New York, to
tn" Young Mems Henry Clay Association.
Wings of the Union ! these are hut the words
il. which your W hearts we're seeking to
clolhe their spontaneous impulses and deter
mined resolutions. Commend them to yonr
neigIbors! See that they are every where
cherished and acted upon -
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THE

Mr. Everett, in a letter dated November
last, acknowledges The receipt Of Mr.. Cal.
lonn's despatch. from which the above ex-
tracts are made. On the 20lh Of November,
Mr.. Everett had an official interview with
Lord Aberdeen, at Argyle House. As this
letter is important, and the subject Interest,"
ing to all classes of our readers, we give the
full acconn, of this interview:
81 introduced The SUBJECT with a general statement
of the facts OF the case, ms set forth in your instructions
Just mentioned. ] called Lord Aherdeen's attention
Ia the argument by which the Judges At Nassau de-
frnded II o supposed requirements nj The statute of 6
and 7 Victoria, oh. rs; and to The inference naturally
10 be drawn from HER Language. observed TO him
that had been led, by various c%onsidera ion, TO donl'I
whether the Court. on this occasion. had rightly in
terpretcd the views OF her Maies,v's government.
That, # il were 81. ! was instructed strongly Ia
contest them hut iha,. beingdrsirous nf ascerIaininp
The principles adopted by her Mnjrsiy's government
on this su ject, without ,he delay incident to an elab-
crate discussion, ] had thought IL better d" bring the
qurs ion before him in his way, in the hope that he
would be able TO furnish me at once with a satisfacto.
ry explanation.
| then read 10 Lord Aberdeen that portion of youI
despatch tho. 99) in which The facts # The case nrt
related, and the inference naturally TO he drawn from
The language Of the court at Nassau is commented on
AS snoH Ms hnu uonf ms. LHh ApcIuftn "ustiS
ed that he found M difficulty in saying. that, of III,
extract from the opinion Of The court n Nassau giver
in your despatch, the only porIinn which he adopted
as the language of The government WINS The first part
in which il is stated that nm indictment is not, of il
self, (under the act Of Parliament fi carving the iren
" into rfrri.) sufficient ground for giving up a 'ugi
tive. Bur the same answer would have been given
her Majesty authorities, Ind the persons demanded
been free. The argument contained m the other lar
of the passage qu"tei in your instruction. wns no donh
intended 10 enforce The view taken bv the couli of III
rxpedienrv Of the provisions Of The statute; hut IN
answer to The applira'io ion was perfect without il an
he fli no hesitation in saying that the argument o
illustration Of the court was not adopted by him
Consequently, ms far as The government was concern
I'd. no inference like that dwelt upon IN your leite
should be drawn from il.
told HIM the notoi Ious fact that the ierhnirn
crime of murder wasihe same, in all parts of The Uni
ted State. and IN ENGLAND. lef' liile room for don'
that when the court sia,rd that 'whai mny constiiui
he crime Of murder in Florida. may be very far fion
doing 50 according TO The British laws, or even 'h
laws Of the northern States OF America thew mus
have alluded TO the case Of slaves, and have intends
TO shy ,lis, evidence which would establish q chnrs