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Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
Arrival Of the Africa.
New York, Dec. Ii

NEW IORh, Dec. II.
FOREIGN MARKErs.-No change in the
Havre cotton market.
American stock market advanced and ac-
tive. Manchester trade satisfactory
ENGLAND.-The increased estimates for
the army and navy are 100000.
Lord Clairicardc gave notice in the
House of Lords Of motion affirming free
trade policy. Lord Derby acquiesced
The land and artillery, as well as the
marine service, are to be increased.
A contract for Ship Canal at the 18th
mus Of Darien has been signed in London
to be 80 feet deep at low tide, with locks
400 feet
A Bennington House has received orders
to coin 400 tons copper for the French En-
pire.
FEANcE.-Louis Napoleon was proclaim
ed Emperor on the I'd inst, and acknowl-
edged the honor in speech, in the course
Of which he said:
"While l take the title of Napoleon ILL.,
not only acknowledge the Governments
that have preceded me, but | inherit in
manner that which they did, good or bad
Ny reign does not date from 1875; it
dates from this very moment. Receive my
oath that viii spare nothing to secure the
prosperity OF the country; and, while main
tanning peace, will make no concession
of the honor and dignity of France
The Emperor marriage is postponed till
May.
Among the other acts of the Emperor
was the pardoning of political convicts.
Generals ST. Arnaud, Magnim and de
Castellani, were appointed Marshals of
France
The Prafect of the Seine proclaimed the
Empire at the Hotel &c Vile, amid deaf
ening cheers for the Emperor, who made a
triumphal entry into Paris.
The Empire was to be proclaimed in all
the Departments on Sunday
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
The Congressional Apportion.
Eselt EssIE,

The following bill. dividing the State into
two Congressional Districts, has passed both
Houses of the General Assembly:
AN ACT to divide the State of Arkansas
into two Congressional Districts.
Sec. l. Be at enacted 6y tie General
Assenbly Of the Sta5e Of arkansas, That
until the next apportionment of Representa-
tives in the Congress Of the United States,
the State of Arkansas shall be divided into
two Congressional districts, agreeable to the
provisions Of the Act of Congress, passed
during the session Of 1851
Sec. 2. Be at further enacted, That the
first District shall be composed of the follow
ing counties, to wit: Benton, Conway, Crit
tenden, Crawford, Carroll, Fulton, Franklin,
Green, Independence, lard johnson, jack
sor:. Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Mississip-
pi, Newton, White, Poinsett, Pope, Ran
dolph. Searcy. st. Francis, Phillips, Van
l}uren and Washington, and shall elect one
Representative to Congress.
Sec. 3. Be 1t further enacted, That the
second District shall be composed Of the
counties of Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chi
cot, Clark, Desha, Dallas, Drew, Hampstead,
Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lafayette, Montgom-
cry, Ouachita, Columbia, Pike, Polk, Pu-
laski, Monroe. Prairie, Saline, Sewer, Un-
ion. Sebastian, Scott, Yell, Perry and Cal
houn, and shall elect one Representative to
the Congress Of the United States.
See, 4. Be 1t further enacted, That, on
the first Monday in August, 1858, and every
two years thereafter, there shall be an elec-
ha1l o-oh r II
counties, in each Of the Congressional Dis
tricts of this State, as established by this act,
for the election Of Representative to the Con-
gress of the United States-which election
shall be opened, held, and in all respects
conducted, as the law provides, for holding
and conducting. general elections in this
State.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
The Mails---Agaira,

We have had no Eastern paper mail since
Wednesday night last. Failures have be-
come so frequent of late, that regular arri-
vals for few weeks in succession, are SUBJ
jects of congratulation. Mail facilities in
Arkansas, at best, are nothing to brag of,
and when they become so regularly irregu-
lar as on the route between this place and
Little Rock, they are altogether valueless
The paper mail due here on Friday night
three canvass sacks, as we learn from the
Little Rock Post bill-was left On the road,
although the stage came through with full
load Of passengers. Why the mail was left
unless it was to make room for passengers
and freight, we cannot conjecture. On
Sunday night again. when we had every
reason to anticipate the forthcoming of our
back rations, the stage came through, but
the mail still remained on the road, where
it yet remains. When we shall get it is a
matter for the future to decide, probably
when the stage comes along empty. and the
driver happens to recollect that it is his du-
ty to bring the mail How long We are ex-
pected to suffer under this kind Of negli-
gence we cannot tell We have borne with
it long and patiently, and we now ask, and
have right to demand, OF those whose du-
| ty it is to investigate these matters, that the
evil be remedied. We presume the P. o. De-
partment has been regularly informed Of SIM
liar failures and the causes, and if it is not the
duty of that department to apply the neces-
sary corrective, we would like to know
where the remedy exists. If the present
arrangement is the best they can furnish
that portion of the country dependent upon
this route for their mail communications, we
would much prefer that they abandon it to
private enterprise
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
Return of lady FrankGin's Screw
Discovery Vessel Isabel.

This little vessel, which left the shores Of
England in July last, has made an extraor-
dinary voyage into the Arctic regions. and
by the aid Of q small auxiliary steam en-
g;ne has been enabled to penetrate beyond
the furthest point Of Bafiin and Bylot, hay
ing passed through Smith Sound (or Strait,
as it now proves to be thirty-siX miles wide)
into great open sea, the land on either side
Of the strait tending to the eastward and
nor:h-wcstward, with nothing before them
but boundless sea as Ear as the eye could
range. Such is the main feature OF the
news brought by Capt Inglefeld IT, NJ,
one of the most important discoveries yet
made in those regions
The Isabel, in going up the east coast of
Bafiin's Bay looked into Whale Sound, and
ran some twenty-five miles UP, and there
found nothing but an open sea, upon the
east. She visited the reported scene Of the
massacre Of the crews Of the Erebus and
Terror, and found some harmless natives,
who had never seen Europeans. At one or
two other spots she also found natives not
hitherto ovisited-all inofensive. good-humor-
ed people, robust il health Quitting Smith
Sound, after gazing at this wonderful sight
of an open sea, and seeing no indication Cd
any Of the hoadlands of Franklin having gone
through, Capt Inglefeld returned down to
the West side Of Baflin's Bay, looking into
Stones Sound and thence through Barrow
Straits. and communicated with Capt. Pull
len, at Beechy Islands on the 9TH Septem-
Der at which time Wellington Channel was
clear as far as the eye could reach.
Strong gales, and the young ice rapidly
forming, rendered any further investigation
Of the west coast Ito the southward at least
of the Hecla and Griper shoal9 wholly out
of the question. Thus, in four months. has
this little vessel done more than the most
sanguine in Arctic matters could possibly
have anticipated, and heartily viii the conn
try rejoice at the success which has attend
ell Capt. Ingleiield ard his gallant and ad-
venturous baud of officers and seamen-
amongst whom are numbered. Abernethy,
DR.. Sutherland Mason, &C., all of whom
were ont on the last vuyagc-tho two latter
with the gallant Capt Penny when he made
his discoveries up the Wellington Channel
Nothing but steamer could do anything up
there, and what q steamer has BY this time
done, Sir Edward Belcher and Commander
Sherrard Osborn, Of the Pioneer, viii here
after tell Us
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
Am Era Cor the vFest---A Warming
to Memphis and Arkansas.
The HORSE that has

$40 muscles to weary, no breast to decay,
No bones to be laid on the SHELF
has at length reached the Mississippi. and is
now dashing out upon the prairies of the
West. On the morning of the I'd Decem-
ber-'the day Of Austerlitz and the Emaire'
he was harnessed for the first time on
the sunset-side of the "Great River" and
started forth upon the Pacific Railway
A few miles of the so-called Pacific
Railway have been finished. Thirty or
forty miles we believe, are under contract
all of which. the St. Louis Republican in
forms us, viii be completed and in operation
in few weeks
The people Of St. Louis justly regard
this event-this 'harnessing of the steed
that never tires at st. Louis-though but
''the beginning of the end" as an era for
the mighty West, and especially for the
already great and powerful and growing
city Of St Louis
It IS also q STRONG TRUMP CARD IN tire
ercitin- game Gtat as being mar g1l,1yeo1
for the EASTERN TERMINUS Of tie MisiS-
sippj and Pacifc Raikaoay.
In this view, all of our readers in the
Southwest have a strong interest in the op-
Grafton OF our Missouri friends.
Let the South, especially Tennessee.
Mississippi, ARKANSAS, and Texas, look to
it!
The game may be lost and won, while
we are talking about making beginning.
Eag. f. Eng.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
CONGR ESSTONAL.
WASHINGTON. Dec 16


SENATE.-Mr. Chase introduced bill
ceding all the unsold public lands in Ohio
to the State. Mr.. Gwin gave notice that
he would introduce bill to remit duties on
certain goods destroyed by fire in California.
The resolution to confer the title Of Lieut..
General on Gen, Scott was taken I'D, and
subsequently postponed The Kentucky
election case was also taken up, when Mr..
Hale advocated Mr.. Dixon's claim and was
followed by Mr.. Toucy against it. Mcssrs.
Miller and Davis both advocated Dixon's
claim. when Mr.. Douglas obtained the floor,
and the Senate adjourned until Monday.
HoUsE.-The House went into Commit
tee of the Whole on the Presidents Mes
sage and discussed the proposition to refer
all that portion relating to the tariff to a
special committee, which was adopted
Jones amendment, providing bill be re-
ported in favor Of al ualorim duties, and
that present duties be reduced with view
to collect no more revenue than shall be re-
quired by the economical administration of
the Government, passed BY the following vote
yeas 81, nays So Other propositions were
then made, but were lost, when the House
adjourned.
EVENING SEssIoN-Several private bills
were passed; also the Senate bill amenda-
tory to act appropriating monies for Mexi-
can survey, when the House adjourned IN
til Monday.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

A PRED-cTIoN.-An officer connected
with Sir Edward Belcher's Expedition, wri-
ting from Davis Strait, under date of June
9th, makes this prediction in relation to
Sir John Franklin: II am one of those
who have returned twice from an unsuccess-
full search of the missing navigators. I am
among those who have been blamed for not
doing our duty, by men who, whatever may be
their claims to science, are about as compe-
tent to discuss Arctic subjects as [ am to
deliver a lecture on conchology, science of
which I do not know even the technical
terms. But, in conclusion, mark what l
say! Bells will ring, and bonfres will blaze
from Lands End to John-o'- -Groat's 's-on
the return Of Belcher's Expedition"
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
Popss1ation of the Globe.

The population OF the globe is supposed
to be less than one thousand millions-937,-
100000. \ French writer abiding to the
subject, says:
IF all mankind were collected in one
place. every four individuals occupying
square metre, the whole might be contained
in field ten miles square Thus general
ly. speaking, the population of country
might be packed without much squeezing
in its capital. But the mean idea this gives
Us of the number of the human race, is
counter balanced by its capability of exten-
SION The world is said to contain of
productive land 100000 square miles of
middausy quality, each capable of support
ing two hundred inhabitants and six mil
lions Of a better quality, capable of SD pport-
ing Ave hundred persons. According to
this calculation, the population of the new
world, as peace and civilization advance,
may attain to the extent of 1000, ,000, 900
If we suppose the surface of the old world
double that of America, (and notwithstand-
ing the comparative poverty OF the land
this calculation may be accepted, if we say
nothing of Australia and the various. archi-
pelagoes, )-it would support 100000 900 :;
and thus the aggregate population of the
entire globe might amount to II 900 ,000,-
600, twelve times the present number.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
EZae Capt. General OF Cuba and
PEzrser SzEREein.

The New York Herald publishes the fol-
lowing translation of an order issued by the
Captain General of Cuba to the Captain of
the Port of Havana and published in the
Havana Dld1io of the 1st inst, in relation
to the recent difficulty with Purser SMITH
and Withdrawing all opposition to Mr..
Smiths going ashore on the island and to
the entrance of the steamer Crescent City
into the harbor of Havana:
ellis eXcellency, the Minister PIeniDo-
tentlary of her majesty at Washington, has
forwarded me a note directed to him on the
18th inst, by the honorable Secretary of
State of the United States. accompanied b1,
an affidavit in due form Of law, to the effect
that the purser of the Crescent City, Mr..
William Smith, was in every respect guilt
less OF the charges preferred against him
with respect to his having been the bearer
of news and communications libelIing the
government of this Island, and that he had
never taken any part, direct or indirect,
against the security Of the same, or offensive
to the authorities thereof.
"This step having annulled the cause
which prompted my determination of Sep
tember 4th last past, with regard to that in
dividual and the vessel on board of which he
is employed, you will see that in future no
objection be made to the entrance of the
said steamer.
"God preserve us many years.
VALENTINE CANEDO.
To the Captain of this Port"
HAVANA, Nov. 20, 1852.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

SEA ISLAND CoTToN.-In very able ar
ticle on the cotton plant. by Isaac Groom
Esq, in the American Cotton planter, an
able new magazine, edited by DR.. Cloud, of
Montgomery, Ala, it is stated that the first
seed Of the Sea Island long staple cotton was
sent from the Bahamas to some gentleman
in Georgia in 1856, and the first expert
ments were made with it on the Sea Islands
near the mouth Of the Savannah river. The
plants did not bear the first year, but the
winter proving mild, the rattoons bore fruit
the year following, and thus become accli-
mated. The original seed came from Persia.
The successful growth of this worldwide
famous kind of cotton is confined to string
of islands stretching from Georgetown. in
South Carolina, to the st. Mary's river in
Georgia, a distance Of nearly 200 miles in
cludinga belt Of coast not over 10 miles
wide.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

COLUMBIA CoUNTT.-As many Of our
readers are doubtless anxious to see the
provisions of the bill which recently passed
both houses of our Legislature, and received
the Governors signature, establishing the
new county Of COLUMBIA, out Of portions of
the counties Of Hampstead, Lafayette, Qua
chita and Union,-we publish it in full in
our columns to-day
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

HOUSES FOR THE VICE president AND
CABINEr.-The Secretary of the Interior, in
his report, refers to the propriety of an appro-
priation by Congress- Of a sum sufficient to
erect and furnish suitable houses for the ac-
commodation of the Vice President of the
United States and the members Of the Cab
met.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

~ 4 destructive FIRE occurred at Lou
isville Kentucky, on the night of the 18th
ult., which destroyed eleven brick houses
on the corner Of third and Water streets.
the property of Mr.. Samuel R. Page. The
total loss is estimated at S4O,000,-insur-
ance $1,000
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
WASEHEN NGTON:

20 Red River continues in good boating
order-since our last, several boats arrived
at Fulton. A new Steamer, called the
PRESTON. intended for the upper Red river
trade, passed up few days since.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

% Gov. Conway has issued his procla-
nation offering a reward of 5000, for the
apprehension and delivery to the Sheriff of
Jefferson county, of Henry A. WASHING
TON. who recently murdered Ne1oton J.
Hudson, at Pine Bluff.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

@ The Hon. ". r. KING, owing to
continued indisposition, resigned the Presi-
dency of the u S. Senate, on the Goth ult.
Senator Atchison of Missouri was selected
to fill his place.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

DEATH OF FANNY WR1GHT-MADAM
D'ARUsMoNT, better known by her maiden
name, FANNY WRIGHT" died at her resi-
dence in Cincinnati on Monday evening the
18th ult. Her death is said to have been
occasioned by fall which she received some
months ago. The Louisville Journrl, re-
fcrring to the death Of Madam D 'Arusmont,
says:-"She was a woman Of powerful in
tellect, great requirements, singular bold
ness Of thought and extraordinary elo.
quence, and we believe that she entertained
sincere and earnest desire to promote the
true interests Of the world, but she had
wrong views of religion and OF the most i'm
portant institutions of civilized society, and
all her labors tended to mischief and not to
good"
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

STEWART, of New York, it is said, sells
eight millions Of dollars worth of dry-goods
a year, at a profit Of six hundred thousand
dollars. Large as his business is, it contin-
ues to increase with rapidity from season to
season.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
To TAKE FRESH PAINT OUT OF A CoAT.

Take Immediately piece of cloth, and rub
the wrong side of it on the paint spot If
no other cloth is at hand, part of the inside
of the coat-skirt will do. This simple appli-
cation will generally remove the paint when
quite fresh. Otherwise rub some ether on
the spot with your finger
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

The GREAT WEsT.-What now consti-
tutes the States of Illinois, Indiana and
Wisconsin, having twenty-three Represent
ativeB and Six Senators in Congress, was,
not many years since, one Congressional
District; and the delegate who then repre-
sented all this territory is yet living.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

Mr.. CAREY, who recently left the Balti-
more American and connected himself
with the New Orleans Crescent, we regret
to learn, died suddenly of congeStive chill,
in New Orleans, on the 14th inst.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

The monthly statement Of the Philadel.
phia Mint shows the receipts Of gold for
November to have been s7,26O,OOO: The
coinage Si,99O,543. The total receipts for
the past eleven mOnthsarc set down atS47..
699,S5i.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

~ We invite attention to the card Of
DR.. FOSTER, Dental Surgeon, who has loca-
ted in this place.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

It appears BY the census that the con-
sumption ofspirituous and malt liquors in the
United States, reaches the enormous ouan.
tity Of eighty six million # gallons annual
ly-equal to six gallons to every adult per-
son.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

70 A new Post-ofice has been establish
ed at Millville, Lafayette county, and Thorn
as Brister appointed P IL
The Post, office at Caney. Ouachita coun-
ty. recently discontinued. has been re-estab-
Eshed. -
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

MISSISSIPPI SENAToR.-Gov. FooTE, of
Mississippi, has appointed B. n. KYNYoN,
Esq, of Jacinto, u. s. Senator, in the place
of the Hon. WALTER BRooKe whose term
viii expire on the 4th of March next
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

CHEAP.-Five thousand acres Of land To-
Gated in Morgan county Tennessee, were
sold recently at auction. in New York for
$175, cash.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

ACTION AGAINST THE New STEAMBOAT
LAw--It is well known to our readers that
a new law for steamboats, was passed durin y
the last session of Congress which law was
to take effect on January 1st 1853 We
understand By the ST. Louis Intelli rancer
chat a petition is foot in that city for the
Purpose of getting an extension of the time
appointed for this law to 60 into operation.
The reason offered is. that little or no pre-
paration has been made to meet the provi
sions of the law, in procuring the required
life boats, extra safety valves. Sc One or
two boats have made themselves ready to
meet the legal demands, the majority it is
stated, have not ) hence quite number of
captains, pilots and engineers have signed
the petition The real intention of the step
is to procure the repeal Of the statute
Congress will no doubt treat the petition
as it deserves; if it does not, and consents
to act upon and give it countenanee, then
it viii stain its character with a most repre-
hensible act Since the law was enacted
every steamboat company in our land has
had sufficient time to prepare for and meet
all its requirements. ScientDfe Inner.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

The Spaniards do not often pay hyperbol-
zeal compliments, but, one of their admired
writers; speaking, of lady's black ewes.
says they were In mourning for the mur-
ders they had committed,
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

TUNNELNG OF THE ALLEcuANr Noun
TANs-0ne Of the Tunnels Of the Ale
ghany Railroad, now constructing, is to be
3,67O feet in length. It's area at the widest
space within the lines of the masonry will
be about "a feet. and the spring Of tie arch
will be l6 feet from the crown Of the arch
The arch itself Of The Tunnel will be rath-
er Of an oval form, one Of the most beauti-
full curvatures which Comic Sections can af-
ford. The greater part Of the vast arched
excavation will be inlaid with strong and
substantial masonry. More than half the
masonry will be composed Of sandstone well
laid in hydraulic cement; and the remainder
will be hard burnt brick. This whole ma.
sonry will be 2 inches thick. The Tuu-
mel passes the Allegheny mountains in Su.
gar Run Gap, and Gesplrtly IN Blair and
partly in Cambria county. Taking into ac-
count the length of the Tunnel and its in
terror BREADTH and the quantity and solidity
of its masonry, it may be regarded as the
largest work of the kind in the United
States. About 400 men are employed upon
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
North Carolina Legislature.
LOUISVILLE, Dec 18th.
The North Carolina Legislature will ad-
;0,nn Az tLA 00l incl No G.ulhAr L0llAl.

jOurn On the I'd inst. No further ballots
have been made for Senator. Resolutions
passed appropriating 100000 to the New
Orleans Railroad.
A sale of four inches of land, on Main
street, Buffalo, was made lately. at 500
per inch
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
ONCE Home Mutual Insurance Company

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH ov ORLsiss City ID New Orleans
BE That on the 18th Of January 1855 before die
Justice
ally appeared Alexander Brother President James Wheeler
Secretary the Home Mutual
being duly according depoe
aecountsare Just and true and the Of %
company. A. BROTHER, President.
Jssss II. WHRxLEl, Secretary.
Sworn and bed before the January 1888
{. V. JONfk Second Justice Of the Peace
of the Parish of Orleans.
TT The Board Of Trustees dividend Of
cent the earned of the Company
Oecembe 81 1854 for which certificates will
the LIST OF March
The Company continues 10 Rivers
and loss damage BY Fire, premium.
Camp street. ALEXANDER BROTHER, President.
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