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ARTICLE xxxIv.
II is further provided that In the event OF the four
commissioner thus chosen, not being able to agree
upon the selection of the fifth, the State and the
company shall then choose three individuals, out
of which number they shall select one TO act as
such fifth commissioner; but should they disagree
in such selection then the choice shall be made out
of said number by lot.
ARTICLE xxxv.
After the period of the eightyhve years, herein
granted 10 the company, shall have expired, the
company shall surrender To the State the canal or
roads and its dependencies revenues and privileges,
free from all indemnity, for the capital which may
have been invested in the said work But 1t Is new
ertheless stipulated that the company shall receive
fifteen per cent annually out Of the net profits OF
the canal for the period of ten years after such sur
render provided the cost of the shall be less
than twenty millions of dollars but should the cost
be twenty millions of dollars more, then the com
pany shall receive said fifteen per cent. for the pc
riod of twenty years after such surrender
ARTICLE xxxvI.
Ii is expressly stipulated the part of the State
of Nicaragua, that the vessels, products manuiac-
lures and citizens of all nations shall be permitted
10 pass upon the proposed canal through the terri
torty of the State, subject TO other or higher du-
ties charges taxes, than shall be imposed upon
those of the United States; provided always, such
nations shall first enter into such treaty, slpula
tions and guarantees respecting said canal as may
hereafter be entered into between the State OF Mica
ragua and the United States
II is finally stipulated, that this contract and the
rights and privileges which it confers, shall be
held inalienabe by the individuals composing the
company herein named, and their associates
and that il shall never, in whole or part, be
transferred or assigned to any other company, nor
in any way become dependent upon or connected
with any other company, whatever may be the OBJ
jects of the same.
ARTICLE xxxvIu
The present contract shall be ratified by the leg
sature of the State in the shortest possible period,
and on the part of -- shall be ratified imme-
diatey after, agent of the company which he
represents in virtue of the powers conferred on him
TO this effect.
In testimony of which, we, the respective COM
missoners, have signed and sealed the present con
tract, in riphcate in the city of Leon, in the State
Of Nicaragua, the twenty seventh day OF August,
in the year of Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty nine.
HERMENEGILDA ZEPEDA, t.. ST.
GREGORIO JUARES, L. ST.
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Not only are the Canadas showing dis
content towards the mother country, says
the New York San, but the people of all
the British North American provinces evi-
dence the same spirit. The editor OF the
.Nrimich Gleaner speaks from a personal
observation among the people of Nova
Scotia and the settlements bordering ON
the Gulf shore, from the Shediac to the
Restigotiche, regarding the general dissat-
isfaction he found to exist The lumber
traffic has become entirely Improbable,
and such are the necessities of the people,
that they are fast leaving the provinces to
seek subsistence in the States, and else
where, so that the villages, in many in
stances, are being rapidly depopulated.
The following well-considered remarks
on this subject we copy from the Boston
Transcript:
''The deep dissatisfaction existing at the
present time throughout all the British
American provinces seems to point one
way-to union with the United States.
We are well aware that this will be bit
ter alternative to many of our brethren
over the border. Association with the
military aristocracy and the transient emf
grants of higher class from England, has
kept up the fanaticism of loyalty and the
sentiment of social repugnance towards
our republican institutions. But these il
lusions are giving way before the exhorta-
tons OF self-interest and better practical
acquaintance with our institutions.
"But, when the pear is ripe, it will fall
of itself We need not leap over our
neighbours fence to shake the tree. The
policy of our Government is plainly one of
simple passiveness. We may be sure that
while General Taylor is President there
will be no undetermined intrigue for the
accomplishment, by indirect means, of
what we do not venture to do openly; no
'leers of invitation but an honest, intre-
pd front, without guile, without conceal
ment If the population Of Canada wish
severance from the mother country, they
will accomplish it without our aid Eng
land already seems to look forward to that
event as one that must come, sooner or
later; and experience viii havetaught her,
when the hour strikes, that resistance on
her part will be the extreme of folly In
the mean while, any movement on our
part, inconsistent with our frank faith to-
wards the British government, would but
leopard and retard the cause of North
American republicansm.
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Ma CaLHovs.-The Courier and Enquirer learns
that this distinguished statesman has devoted the
past summer Ia the preparation Of treatise on the
Elementary Principles Of Government and the
Constitution Of the United States which, il is prob
able, viii BE- published by the Harpers in connexion
with an edition Of his Speeches, Reports &c, which
discuss constitutional questions. This work will
be- looked for with much interest by the public; and
ifMr Calhoun treats the subject he is capable of
doing. without rehnements or distractions, it will
prove available acquisition TO the political tera-
turr Of the country
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The Savannah Republican of the 9th
inst. contains full returns of the election
in that State for Senators, and nearly all
the returns for the lower House The
following is the result as shown by the
Republican:
owe publish this morning the full list
of Senators, by which it will be seen that
there are % Democrats, % Wings, and
independent Democrats elected by aid of
Wing votes. If these two gentlemen
should vote with the Wings, land a. they
received more Wing than Democratic votes
we can see no reason why they should
not, the Wings will have one majority in
the Senate.
''To the House there are already elect
ed, including Richardson, (Whig,) report
ed by the Athens Wing to be elected in
Walton county, 81 Wings and 90 Demo
Gratis. There remain to be heard from
Appling, Camden, Dade, Montgomery,
Tatnall, Union and Wayne counties, which
last year elected 2 Wings and 8 Demo
Gratis; these added would make 90 Whigs
and % Democrats. The majority on joint
ballot will probably be Democratic, as we
have no reason to suppose the Wings can
gain another member TO give tie in the
House."
As there is a number Of Judges TO be
elected by the Legislature, the present
Wing incumbents will have TO give place
TO their political opponents.
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Emigrants to California must bear IN
mind that ssall is not gold that glitiers."
A correspondent of one Of the New York
papers, writing from San francisco, says;
81 am sorry TO say that brass filings are intro
duced pretty freely and somewhat successful
They appear to be colored by the magnetic battery
but to the touch are easily discovered. Neserthe-
less in large quantities, twenty per cent could be
introduced with little risk; but woe To the man who
is caught at ito
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PERIoDicALs.-The Rnickebocker, for October
has been lying on our table for several days II is
an unusually rich number The EDITORS Cousin,
Is as spicy as ever; and the Bunk um Flagstaff and
independent Echo" displays it, attachment 10 the
principles Of IS" in manner which Father
Rtchio would do well TO initiate
We have also received No. 253 of LiftePs Lipiur
Age, containing it, usual attractive variety of ar
uclcs.
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AMERICAN COLONIZATION SocrsTy-A meo,oriai
has been prepared for presentation to the Ohio
Legislature, praying for grant of $1,000 year
Tor ten years, 10 be devoted 10 the removal of ne
grocs 10 Lberia. The memorial states that the
society has had within its offer thousand slaves
ON condition that il shall bear the expenses Of their
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FIVE Miles OF LOADED WAooNs.-On THURSDAY
OF this week the receipts of wheat in this CITY, an
near as can be estimated, were, say 81 900 bushels
allowing ~ bushels TO be brought by each wagon
and $50 wagons were required to bring this guam
tity. The receipts offlour and other kinds of pro-
duce were also heavy; allowing LIS teams loaded
with other produce besides wheat, and we have a
total of 100 which is doubtless within the true num-
Der; allow space of As feet for each team, and we
have procession of five miles of wagons, laden
with the produce Of the soil, coming into our city in
one daY.-MiItpaukix GnzetLs - -
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The Onondara D,moc,ot he.e.ch... -.

The Onondaga Democrat beseeches its friends To
drop the use Of the terms Gree Soi'' and Gree
Sellers" Having abandoned principle, it is not
surprising that the Barnburners deprecate the use
OF any term which reminds them of their base be-
trayal OF freedom for the hope of mess of pottage
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Zinc ORE.-The Little Rock (Arkansas) Demo
Graf states that, at many of the shafts sunk at the
mines that place, large deposites of zinc are
found. Upwards of $4,000 pounds have already
been thrown out, but, owing the difficulty of re-
ducing it, is of very little value to the company.
They would dispose of it at very low price. Lead
ore is also found in abundance
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There is screw loose ia Chemung, and
another in Cortland, New York. In each
Of those counties the Barnburners and
Hunkers have been unable, as yet, to
agree upon a ticket
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Rev. Cyrus A. WILSON, OF Little Rock,
Arkansas, lied at that place on the 22d
ultimo, after weeks severe illness. He
was Receiver OF Public Moneys, which
Office he held at the time OF his death.
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Canal Across the I.thrn u..

We publish at length, this morning, the
contract recently made by a company Of
American citizens with the government
of Nicaragua, for connecting the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans by ship canal. The
magnitude of the contemplated work, and
the vastness of the interests to be sub
served by it, will procure for the docu,
ment itself such general and careful peru
sal as to render an abstract Of its specif-
cations labor of supererogation. 1t will
be seen that the canal touches the ocean
on the Atlantic side, at point claimed by
Great Britain to be within the territory OF
the Mosquito King, for whom, and through
whom, rights and jurisdiction are set up
adverse to the possession and sovereignty
Of Nicaragua.
Besides the obstruction threatened to
the progress of the work by the pretended
title Of the King of Mosquito to portion
of the territory through which it must
pass, it would appear, from the following
correspondence, which we find translated
in the New York Courier and Enquirer,
that the British consul at Guatemala has
trumped up an objection to the right OF
Nicaragua to do what she pleases with her
own. We publish this correspondence
as evincing the determined stand Ia
ken by Nicaragua against the usurpation
of her territory on the Mosquito coast.
The letters of the British consul are spe-
cimens of bullying which might find adj
mirers in Tom Crib or the Upton Slasher.
To the principal Secretary Of the State Of Nicaragua.
GUATEMALA, June IL, Is49.
Sir Having seen in the Courier of the isfhnlis of
Nicaragua, of the 9Th May last copy of the CON
tract lately entered into between this Government
and Mr.. Brown, Of New York, 10 run a canal along
the river San Juan, consider it prudent to inform
your government that the government of her ma
jesty, out of consideration to those Englishmen TO
whom debts are due in Central America, will OBJ
ject to any arrangement which tends to any other
object than satisfying the English holders of the diff
ferent bonds of the State Of Nicaragua which in
common with those of the other States of Central
America being hypothecated, by the federal CON
tract, to the fulflmen OF that debt. II the credi-
tors of Nicaragua in consideration of their Difficult
ties, have not exacted the punctual accomplishment
of this compromise this indulgence is no reason
why Nicaragua should destne for another object
than the payment Of its debts the rents which have
been specially assigned for the liquidation OF the
debt, and which belong TO the English creditors-I
therefore desire that the government OF Nicaragua
bear in mind that the payment of this bond debt,
and that the right owned by Reid Irving, must be
provided for by whatever foreign company the gov
ernment may choose to make arrangements with TO
form canal along the San Juan river, or to estab-
of the State for without this stipulation, whatever
sales the State may apply to this enterprise, will be
legally reclaimed by the English tenants.
have the honor, &c,
IL 4 In
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contemporary suggests that Captain Kidd
planted his money in California; and the soil in the
mines being very fertile, IL took spread
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HENRy II. STASros, formerly conspicuous All
olitonist in this State, one of the chief actor
in the transfer of the Bsrnburners 20 the Hunker-
in New York and has already entered upon hi. re-.
ward, having been nominated for Senator bv A.,
q Democratic" party Of Yates Seneca, and Tomn.
kins counties Springfield Mas. Gsrsft,
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GoIso BAox.-Thc ship Washington Irving
ssed from Boston for Liverpool last Saturday with
one hundred aud nifty 10 two hundred Storage
passengers, mostly Iri-hmen, returning 10 their
old home
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HERMAN MELVILLE, the author, has sailed for
Europe; il is his intention to travel about for
twelvemonth.
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SEBASTIAN SALINAS.
To the Principal Secretary Of The Supreme Governms,l
Of the State gf Nicaragua.
LEoN, Guatemala, } Jul,

LEON, jury 10, lofSs
Sin II was my intention TO attempt anew, by
means of friendly representation, TO convince
your government Of the impolcy and injustice Of
leaning in your public papers towards the attacks
fomented against the British government, exciting
odum and III will against the subjects finer majesty
the Queen who reside peacefully and inofensvely in
the State of Nicaragua, in business OF legitimate
character; but the gubernstorial decree of the 18th
June last which received yesterday, is sufficient
ly conclusive and positive in its expressions for
longer to doubt of the hostile intentions of Ncara-
qua towards Great Britain nothing is left for me
to do but to inform the government of II. b. NJ of
this insulting and unmcritcd proceeding. shall
nevertheless, not allow this opportunity 10 pass
without declaring, ss now do explicitly and for.
mally, 10 your government, that the Queen Of Great
Britain has decided 10 sustain the rights Of The Mos
quito King and, IN consequence, ,ohatspn act may
BE- done against him ,cin infaIibiy draw dorm on,
Nicaragua The most severe chasfisemenL Before CON
GLIDING this note, deem it proper to inform the
government of Nicaragua that ] approve Of the
means taken by the vice-consul Manning in favor
of some French citizens who fled TO him, demand
ing protect ton in the lamenable state of public sf
fairs in Nicaragua; and have also 10 communi-
cate 70 yo,i for the information OF the Director OF
the State, that the government OF Nicaragua will
be held responsible 10 that OF her majesty the
Queen for whatever prejudice British subjects may
suffer in person or property during the convulsions
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HdFt IIt HOrIOI ~NsJ
FREDERIC CHATFIELD.
TANswER.l
MINISTRY OF FoREIGs AFFAIRS, !
LEoN, August 2, lS49.

LEON, August z, lo9S.
Mr.. Consul General of n. b. NJ, Fredc ChagieLd
acquainted the Supreme Director of this State
with your communication of the 18th June last, in
which you mention the Brown contract, because
you believe that il affects the interests of British
subjects holders Of bonds against the State by by
pothecation. Neither that contract, nor any other
made with any person persons, can touch, d.
recty or indirectly the interests to which you re-
fer. Nicaragua can ALLEVIATE, without restriction
whatever, its possessions and territories, either TO
establish interior traffic or 10 conduct the great
enterprise Of the canal If those alterations do not
furnish her with necessarics sufficient TO pay her
debts the result will fall upon her in its full force
The Supreme Director desires that you notice that
these observations tend TO contravene the principle
of the non-nterventon of one government in the
affairs of another, and that they may injure the
friendly relations sustained until now with the gov
eminent of her British majesty.
am, with the greatest pleasure, your obsequious
and obedicnt servant,
SEBASTIAN SALINAS
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ARTICLE xxxIiL

IN case any dispute or controversy shall arise
during the existence Of this contract between the
STATE aud the company, the same shall be deter.
mined by reference 10 FIVE commissioners 10 be
chosen IN the following manner: two 70 be named
on The part Of the State, two named by the comps-
ny, and The fifth " be selected by the four others
appointed, who shall hear and determine the mat
ters IN controversy, and decide upon the same;
which decision Of the said commissioners shall BE-
hnsl and without appeal and binding upon both
the State and the company
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The State binds itself facilitate and aid, in
every possible way the engineers, contractors, en-
ployees and lsbOrers, who may be employed in the
explorations and surveys Of the route, and in the
construction Of the works Of the canal and 10 this
end stpuates that all citizens Of the country who
may be SO employed by the company, shall be free
and exempt from all civil military service of
the State Whatsoever; bat 70 entitlc them, however
10 the night Of exemption from such military scr.
vice. they shall have been previously m the employ
81 the company for at least the period OF one month
The State also guarantees 20 all foreigners who may
b. employed on the work Of the canal the same
rights liberties, and privileges ~ are enjoyed by
the inhabitants Of the country, and also that they
hall not be rnolested or disturbed in their lsbors,
while thus employed, by any internal commOtiOns
or disorders Of the country; and, At the Same time,
that tbey shall b. free and exempt from all taxes,
duties or direct contributions whatsoever, during
the time they may be in the company employ.
ARTICLE XVI
The said company agrees 70 receive from the
STATE, az aborers pPOn The works oi The canal, any
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TIE TRADE OF THE UTTER LAKEs.-A glance at
the shipping list of the Buffalo Commercial Adrer-
ser of Monoay gives fair idea Of the extent OF tho
commerce Of the Lakes. That paper reported as
having arrived at Buffalo. from various ports the
upper Lakes from Saturday to Monday noon ID
steamer propellers bark briggs and 10 schooners
freghted with 200 900 bushels of wheat 10000 bushels
Of corn and "a 600 bbs OF equal to aggregate
OF half million bushels Of grain besides the usual
quantity OF provisions and lumber which accompanies
a fleet from the West.
or the mode In which these large receipts to be
disposed OF. the Commercial -4drertiser remarks -
The elevators nearly all full, and as near as we
get at it, there Ia not storage for over 3O0O or
$50 600 bushels Some 100 600 bushels have been sold
to arrive, and this quantity will 20 into beats The
balance will have to be provided for In some way or
other and as this break In the canal will detaiu boats
some three or four days forwardrs who are fortunate
enough to have boats here will obtain slight advance
in canal freight. v.71any .9rgus, June ..
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FIoops IN SyRlA.-A letter from Beirut in Syria,
published in the New England Puritan, gives the
following description Of the destruction caused by
floods Of rain in that country The past winter has
been unusually severe For seven weeks from the be-
ginning OF the new year the rainwith the exception
OF day. now and tben-has poured down in one
tinuous torrent. That you may idea OF the
storm, allow me to mention n few particulars. Many
OF the houses in Beirut have been pulled DOWN owing
TO the large assures that appeared In the walls that
il dangerous to live in them. Others that have
not been injured much, supported by props to
preye Mt their falling Among other buildings, the
Office Of the Greek Church has been deserted
"a no longer tenantable. At Nshr Beirut Ghadir and
eff Sheema great deal Of property has been destroy
ed nv floods In the rivers. In Wady Shahrur, there
ba We been several land slides Upwards of one hun
dred houses have fallen in the large village of Shuwei
INT which lies between kefr Sheema and the Ma
nv houses in other parts Of Lebanon have shared tho
same fate Near Sidon land slide pletey destroy
ed village buryins it is said, the inhabitants in its
ruius.
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avoid future defects and earnestly strive to approach
perfection at the last.
Would that God would inspire our hearts and souls
with scintilation Of his own heavenly wisdom that
when the last and closing oflfss brief and bitter
tragi. comedy shall come upon us,
Like the Roman in the capitol,
We may adjust N antle fall >"
and conclude the several parts allotted with the
constancy the hope and the faith true Christian
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The steamship lsthmus cleared at New Orleans,
on the 18th ult., tor Chagres, with the following
passengers
Mrs. Irene McCready, Mrs. f. Rust, Mr.. p M Scoof-
~ and lady Mr. William Greene and lady Messrs An
tonic Cobb, II. Hart J. S. Moore, Julien Gallard B. H.
Howell VIM. Corcoran, Robt BraSley.-Total 10.