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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-09-18
ERUPTION OF MOUNT ETNA.

We learn from correspondent Malta that on the
night of the goth Of Angus Mount Etna became sud-
denly convulsed and magnificent eruption took place.
which has not been surpassed by any within the past
forty years.
An English party from Malta visiting Catania for the
tsd and afterwards the mountain happened to be
cendng it at the me and contrary to the advice Of the
guides, persisted in their journey, Notwithstanding the
premonitory signs Of the approaching event.
The party consisted of Capt Halett, r. ~, Mrs Hal
let the Misses Sankey the Hon. Lieut. Finch of the 6sth
Light Infantry, and Lieut. Ravenhi of the Royal Engi-
neers accompanied by their muleteers and the usual
Scian guides They took their departure late night
from Nicolos to reaching the summit of the
mountain by break in order to enjoy the grandeur
of the at that particular hour As they proceeded
the wind violently that the guides fearing
mishap, recommended them rerace their steps but
the intrepid party, unwilling be baked in their in
tentions persisted in proceeding Soon afterwards the
wind increased and the mountain began to shake like
giant arising from his sumber. All Of sudden, when
the party was in narrow pass, mules and riders male
and female, conductors and guides precipitaed
the ground by awful blast and lay rolling over and
over among cinders and ashes, whilst at spot called
Coloss hundred yards distant from the party
the mountain opened and burst out with terrific violence
the wind keeping pace and apparently struggling which
should roar the loudest Crawling under q projecting
block of lava the formation Of former eruption they
hudded together for protection from the percingy cold
blast and clouds of acutey sharp dust The eruption
menced at about 2 A. NJ.
The flames issued in widely-spread sheets from the
summit but by far the fearful eruption took place
at the foot Of the at spot called the Crater Coos
This explosion caused the mountain TO heave and rock
and the liquid lava flowed from the boiling gulf be-
neath--minor craters opening from time to time, and
forming grand junction from which huge masses we're
thrown up amidst fire and smoke.
Fortunately for the party the wind blew from them
towards the crater they must have been inevitably
sufocated by the sulpurous fumes and il was each
moment threatened TO be their last After daybreak
when another terrific explosion and outbreak shook the
lofty mountain its very centre the party left their re
treat and made their way with difficulty back to Ncoosi
For several days previously torrents of rain had de-
scended, and passengers from Messni by the French
steamer which arrived at Malta the morning Of the
25th report that the volcano st in activity during
the night Of the Oath.
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DISTRESSING 0ccUBREScE.-The Goldsborough IN C)
Republican relates distressing in that neigh
borhood which caused the death Of three persons the
wife and two daughters of Mr.. Joseph Farrell. On
Monday the 9th instant Mr. Farrell went out into his corn
field to superntend the fodder getting leaving his brandy
STILL which he had been running during the day. in charge
of his wife During his absence it became necessary to
empty the vessel into which the brandy from the
still, and Mrs and her daughter followed by her child
attempted to do So the young lady carrying q candle
enable them to see. Having empted the brandy into
barrel the young lady lifted up the funnel and said to
her mother she would touch the candle to IL TO the
brandy burn. At this moment the fumes of the brandy
were escaping from the bung Of the BARREL and the burn
ing drops falling into it from the funnel explosion
followed which heard throughout the neighborhood
Mr.. Farrell FASTENED from the field and found his wife
and children enveoped in flames The child died almost
instantyj the young lady at ten o'clock Wednesday
following and Mrs Farrell at four o'clock the same even
ing Mr.. Farrell also badly burnt while endeayer-
ing to e1tngush the flames.
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AN INDIAN FIGHT AND A ssTREATY OF PEACE y
IN OREGON

FROM THE PORTLAND 6 OREGOSIAN' OF AUGUsT l.
We learn from persons Just in from Rogue river that
regular pitched battle fought few days ago near
Table Rock between large party of Indians and the
Whites The difficulty grew out Of determination on
the part Of Sa, the war chief to get possession of
little child of DR. Ambrose formerly Of Vancouver and
upon refusal of Dr. A. to comply with his wishes the
chief demanded three beef cattle be given him. or the
Doctor must leave the valley whereupon the Doctor made
the miners at Jacksonville acquainted with the facts and
his situation, who Immediately formed company Of
marched down to Big Bar and sent for the
chief to have talk and make treaty The chief came
but declined to enter into any terms and for
parley until the next day. with the understanding that
In case he did not with his warriors by ten
o'clock the whites might consider it declaration Of
war The chief came over but nothing definite could be
arranged with him, and after returning sent over party
Of his warriors The whites made prisoners of these
dams hostages for the good faith Of SAM the chief
the whites and was about to shoot when the sudden
OF miner killed the Indian instantly. regular engage
ment Immediately followed this event. which lasted about
half an hour and which resulted in the whites killing all
but three or four of the Indians engaged in the
After this party of whites numbering about forty men
marched Evanss ferry attacked party Indians
encamped there killed eleven and captured three of the
chiefs family The day two white men and Click
atat Indian who had wandered from the camp were sur
rounded by some two hundred Indians The Clickatat
was shot through the body but is now recovering The
three escaped, after killing several Of the cred skins
mat night the whites under the cover of the darkness
surrounded the whole band Of Indians in their encamp
men and on the approach of daylight made their
ance The Indians, finding themselves completely sur
rounded threw away their arms and upon their knees
begged for quarters. The miners complied and they
were all marched over to the Indian agency when Judge
SKINNER made treaty of peace which was signed by all
the chiefs
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The Rum AND ASrI-RUN WAR, in Massachusetts, is as
fierce as The Boston papers have daily records Of
collisions in consequence of enforcing the AntiLquor
Law and Of outrages committed upon the persons and
property Of its advocates The witnesses in any suit are
subjected to assaults and ndgnites from mobs but they
generally make the perpetrators suffer by bringing them
before magistrate This violence does not deter the
practice Of giving information Of violations of the liquor
law it rather increases the zeal of the friends Of that
measures and individual publicly advertses in the
newspapers that he is ready to be "spy and inform
er Tor any person who will furnish him with legal evil
denee OF violation Of the law The houses of Mr. Edwin
Draper and Mr.. Lewis Thayer, advocates Of the law,
were both visited at Worcester Saturday night and
these gentlemen inquired for. Each received severe
oow supposed frsm stone going into their parlors
in both instances
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NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
Tie Maine Election

PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER lin two hundred towns the
vote for Governor stands HUBBARD Temperance Demo-
crat, 29,174; CHANDLER, Anti, 16, 1884, CROSBY whie
2o6l4; majority against Hubbard 1904 The Senate
stands: Wings IA, Democrats 8, no choice 8. House
Wings 81, Democrats a. The vacancies in the Senate
are hued by the vote of the two Houses in joint con-
vention.
We have the following returns for Congress compared
with the election of 84s when the Democrats had 1871
plurality upon the Congressional vote:
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER
SECURITY TO HUMAN LIFE.

Among the brief debates which sometimes spring
up the close of session in the Senate the fol-
lowing, on the Great Steamboat Bill, evinces calm
resolve and steadiness of purpose in response to the
appeals Of humanity. The collision of minds in de-
bate, with the vote which followed it. show that the
Senate, whstrespectfu to the rights of the minority,
is also disposed carefully to protect, by the neces-
sary legislation, the lives and limbs of the People
and the interests of property.
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JOHN WILLIAMS the negro whose wife was hung al
Richmond Va last Friday for the murder Of Mrs VIM
ston and daughter was tried for the same offence on
Tuesday found guilty, and sentenced to be executed
the ia OF October An excited crowd present in the
courtroom, who loudly applauded the verdict Mr. Win
SION was called 70 the stand and gave in his evidence
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Inc fh@nix Cotton Factory, about sixteen miles from
Baltimore the Gunpowder Falls was sold at auction
on Tuesday for S2S,650 Mr.. George slothmer the
purchaser
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? upon the Congressional vote !:

These returns comprise about one-half the State In
the fourth and fifth districts Democratic candidates
ram and the vote of both is included the above table,
The vote polled is large.
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ihese Teturns comprise ABOUT one-haf the state In
the fourth and fifth districts two Democratic candidates
ram and the vote of both is included in the above table,
The vote polled is large.
Gen. Scott at Harrisburg.
HARRISBURG, SEPTEMBER 16.-Gen. Scorr arrived here
to-day from Baltimore and dined at the Railroad Hotel
Gov BOILER and the Heads Of the Departments and a
large number Of citizens called upon him The General
thanked them in few pertinent remarks for the kind Mt
ention paid him At two o'clock be took the cars for
Pittsburgh, where he makes brief stay Notwithstond
ing that his visit unexpected and that about sir
hundred Wings had left this neghborhood for the meet
ing at Lancaster there was very large gathering to
greet the old hero Of hundred battles and lond and
long were the enthusiastic cheers with which thew well
coined him to the capital of the old Keystone State
arrest Of Aati-Reaters.
ALBANY, SEPTEMBER 17.-Nine Anti-Renters have been
on suspicion of being engaged in the recent out
rage on Shaws premises
The Baltimore Market
BALTIMORE, SEPTEMBER 17-Busness continues steady
tnough oreadsuffs are dull Sales to-day Of only 300
Dds Howard street at $4.lS more than which cannot
be had; some offer only $4l2J City Mills held at 81 25
rye hour "a Corn meal $3.50 per Dbl Grain dull.
Sales Of red wheat at So 90; white do 90 100; white
corn 62 So yellow 81 g. Oats 80 a. Rye 65
20; Glover seed S5 1925 Timothy seed advanced to
s8 1926 per bushel. Flaxseed 1926. Provisions
dull sales small prices unchanged Groceries steady.
Rio coffee 81 9a whiskey "a 242 to rs in hhds and
bills Tobacco continues very firm sales of 400
hhds Md and 800 Ohio full prices Of last week. with
an improving tendency. Demand active. The weeks
inspections are 089 hhds Md and $50 do Ohio in all
1880 hhds. The stock market firm. Prices steady.
Money very easy Banks discount freely.
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CALIFORNIA DESERT.

From letter of member of the Mexican Boun-
Diary Commission to the Providence Journal we
take the following extracts descriptive of portion
of the desert country through which they travelled
Weekly national intelligencer., 1852-06-19

The PRESIDENT of the Senate laid before the body the
following communication from the Treasury Department.
which read, referred the Committee Commerce
and ordered to be printed:
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trate here It's trade and commerce and make this the To-
Of the gold and silver Of the world put their veto
upon this proposition In conclusion, In accordance with
his promise he renewed the demand for the previous
question.
The demand for the previous question seconded.
Mr.. HOUSTON, exercising the privilege allowed the
member reporting the under consideration, re-
piled to the remarks of Mr.. BnooKs oontending that
hst gentleman in his statement of facts wholly in
correct, according to the examination he Mr. H. had
given the subject according to the statement Of the Sec
retary Of the Treasury, and according to the report Of
Senator HUNTER who had given this subject very tho
rough ad extraordinary Investigation. He also contend
ed that seigniorage charged in Great Britain.
The House bing very thin, motion made 10 ad-
journ wAirh was lost.
MIR. MARSHALL, of California, said that he wished to
state bsialf Of himself and colleague that they der
sired the qusson to be taken upon the amendments,
to the action Of the House upon the bill at its
next meeting They Of course were opposed to the
amendment IN reference to seigniorage and willing
and anxious that it should be voted down but they hoped
the House would take such action the bill
its consideration when the House shonld next meet.
Several slight amendments, reported by the Committee
of Ways and Means, were then adopted when
The question wasstated to be the amendment charg
ing seigniorage'
Mr.. OLDS, for aie purpose of keeping the bill before
the House, moved reconsider the ordering the
main question.
And then the Hoase adjourned to Friday.
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THE CHINESE In CALIFORNIA.

The Alta California states that the first Chinese emf
grants to Caforna arrived in San Francisco from Hong
Kong the month of February 1848-two and
Butfour arrived during succeeding twelve months
On the lst of February lS49 there about fyfour
Cinnamon and one Chinese woman in California ; on the
1st of January 1850 there 7S9 and two women
and during the early part of that about three hum
dred departed for the Chincha Islands On the lst of
January, 1851, there in California 4,01S and
women; and the 1st Of January, 1852, there
1920 Since that time they have increased to nearly
12,0OO all of them except being men and boys
The number expected to arrive during the remainder Of
this year is from seven to ten thousand.
In view of these facts the Alta California says that
there necessity for the hue and cry which has
raised relative to this particular class of foreigners The
French and Spanish American population in that country
both exceed the Chinese very largely and fears
danger misfortune from their excessive numbers.
As regards the industrious and peaceabe habits of the
Chnese the San Francisco correspondent of the New
York Courier writes follows which comedies with oil
other accounts which we have had of them
They certainly make valuable class of citizens. Out
of twelve thousand more who now in California
have yet to the first drunkard gambler pauper
There has not been single arrest among them for any
crime There has not been application ut any hospital
They never fight or get up disturbance, except when
extrenched upon by their dsordery Christian neghbors
instances have even gotten up handsome subscrp
tons for the Church The crimes they are accused Of
are in fact the offspring Of their virtues Thus
they considered Improbable residents because they
spend money in the country and carry away with them
all the proceeds Of their abors Their provisions
drawn almost wholly from China, and vice is
among them they Of not patrons Of the saloons
and drinking houses 1t is therefore claimed that they
mpoversh the country This may be true to the extent
Of their nett profits which withdrawn from stock
Of mineral wealth. (but not from the crculaton while
the probable average per Of this amount far
less than that Withdrawn by most other foreign miners
But on the other hand must take into view the CON-
mercal privileges which rapidly developing them
selves in our favor in China ITSELF The trade in Chinese
manufactures already constitutes distinct and important
feature markets. and has than doubled within
six months The returning emgrants generally invest
their gains in goods with which they return to us to esa
bish regular business thus giving employment to our
shipping, and increasing revenue. Much has been
said and written on both sides Of the question but from
present appearances think the reaction win be in favor
Of the Ceestias." .A a H
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FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS

BY the Illinois we have dies Of Honolulu papers TO the
24th Of April-only forty mine days old
The session of the Hawaiian Parliament opened in
the stone church at Honolulu the 18th of April with
abundant eeremonals, which fully reported in the
Poynesian.
The opening speech Of the King sets forth that the
foreign relations of the island of friendly character
except far regards France from the Government of
which response had been received yet to the propo
sons made the part Of Hawaii In relation to the
invasion Of the Islands from California which so much
has been said in the newspapers, the King remarked
The peace Of my kingdom has been threatened with
invasion Of private adventurers fromCafornia An
appeal was made to the United States Commissioner which
being promptly acted on by Captain Gardner OF the Uni
ted States ship Fandala, tranquzd the public mind
have taken some measures to create military force,
the training OF which Capt Gardner has been pleased
rerSder important assistance Such force has been
considered indispensable enable protect efficiently
the lives and property Of all who live under dominion
1t viii be for you to provide the means Of maintaining
such force permanently that the very defenceless-
ness Of nay kingdom may not invite the evdsposed to
invade it."
Among the proceedings sf the two branches Of the
Legislature likely be of interest in this sectoo
nstice the following
In the House Of MOBILES theeomrsitee o three appoint
ed By the last Parament had reporsed considerations
under discussion the advces been
amended in some important respects at the suggestion Of
Mr. Willy, Mnister Of Eoreiga Asrs, who ayowed him.
self in favor of constitution assnilatng in principle
with that Of Great Britain,
In the House of Representatives, resolution had been
adopted expressing the dsappr0ba the House upon
the reports in circuaop abroad the effect that the
people Of that kingdom desirousof coming under the
American Government and sailing fcr inquiry the
source from which such re3opts had emGnated II
A severe shock Of earthquake was experienced at
Hio the night Of the 4th Of April and the 18th
new eruption of tie volcano commenced about three
miles to the northwest Of ae oneoported in February
The damage BY that epupsn it appears not large
as anticipated the lava passing uninhabied
district and not meeang in discourse either villages
cultivated land.-4N r. Co1sosereiR Aaoertser.
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RATLRoAns rN swfrzfatAND.

In the March, number of me Paris Revue des deux
Mondes fnda review by BoKsEr of Geneva, Of the
report Of Messrs. R. sTrrHEss5s and swINBuRSE rail-
roadsn Switzerland. napnesrs from the foowings
mary BY the reviewer that M system proposed by the
celebrated EngiSh engineer M Stephenson for switzer
land is the which introduced this country ON
the Pottsville and Sudbury ilroad, in Pennsylvania
about twenty years since TIE reviewer remarks.
Experience has proved that the meet powerful loco
motives produce result beyond the traction of their
weight ascens of As in ,0OOs that when the
rise nearly 25 900 they draw bat about
TONS whilst the gine would draw with greater
effort, three hundred tons level No useful result
then, be obtained from the locomotive engine
inclination approaching 25 in L0o0(or lS2 feet per
mile)
If the Alps be passed by railroads it can
only be by succession OF inclined planes,
z The system proposedby Mr. Stephenson fer the work.
ing of has inclined planes consists in causing his trains to-
descend by gravity and ascend by the assistance Of
oyoa reservoirs, which filed with the head
OF each inclined plane in order to give them weight
and which, being thus made Sufficiently heavy for the
purpose create in descending ascending motion Of the
returning trains OF merchandise travellers Once at
the foot of the pane the wagon reservoirs emped of
the water which they contain and then without difficulty
they taken back with the first ascending train which
presents itself TAe application Is ingenious Of
the principle Of seacting planes and has the sanction Of
experience.
RoBSsos introduced itin the United States on railroad
between Pottsvile and Sunbury in Pennsylvania mi
description Of the machinery and the manner Of
working the panss this work may be in the
and atlas Of the history Of Fays of Conusicaon IN the
United States, by Mr.. Michel Cheyalier There will be
found Also in this work the plan of very simple,
mical and effective contrivance with which Mr. Robinson
provided each of the planes in order moderate the
| Of heavily-loa descending trains
The work in Pennsyyana referred to by the reviewer
commenced under the auspices Of the late srrpHrs
GrRAKD with the view of bringing the extensive body Of
coal lands of the Mahanoy second coal field then own
ed by Mr. Grard, and afterwards devised by him tho
city Of Philadelphia into market and bis decease fell
into disuse and lapidation The great and increasing
demand for anthracite coal has lately attracted attention
to this work, and is gratifying to find the plan orig
nay adopted for it standing the test Of time and examin
aon and that it is recommended by the ablest eng
neer Of the age, under similar circumstances in Europe
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The GAMES CASE REvIyED.-An advertisement signed
by Mrs. MynA CLARKx GAINES, has appeared in one Of
the New Orleans papers under date Of May 10TH 1862
giving notice that she Is aboutto commence proceedings
in the probate court Of that cy for the recovery Of the
estate Of her father the late Daniel Clarke under the de-
wise made by him in 1919 nstiuting her as his egti-
mate and only daughter, his universal devisee; and
warming sh persons from purchssng my portions Of the
said estate s fo scquiring titles under the present
holders or purchasers.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,!

HUUCH
Mr. MOORE, of Louisiana, asked the unanimous con-
sent Of the House TO make D personal explanation
There being no objection7- s8 ss....sa,.. J, as.
Mr. MOORE said that in the course or the speech made
by she esntlsmAn from North Carolina Mr.. SrAsLY)
Saturday, that gentleman adyerted to certain meet-
ings held in this city by those who withdrew from the
ceisbrxtsd Wing csu6us At the ssnne time the gentle
Yn srsA ID An astsrnv4 10 get up third party; and
these assons were 50 connected together - to convey
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Mr.. RUSK, from the Committee on the Post Office and
Post Rosds, reperted bin providing for contract to
carry the mail some Southern port Of the United
States and the port OF Para on che rvcr Amaaon, or
other ports