Washington sentinel., 1853-10-20

knew there was such proclamation in existence,
and where he went TO get IT, In Short ii is great
thing TO represent the London Tones in Paris. To
be able to say you are the Russian Ambassador is
one thing; to be forced to confess you the En-
voy from Venezuela is another; TO stand up and say
you are the correspondent Of the Times, is TO To-
cate yourself between the two, and rather nearer
the top than the foot of the column.
Interesting to Merchants.
CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES
RIO dc Jaaeiyo, august 81, 1853.
Merchants and owners of ships reading with
the ports of Brazil are earnestly requested TO be
very cautious in having every article shipped TO
any OF the ports in the Brazilian empire inserted
in the ships manifest; for however the bills Of lad
ing may accurately show everything imported,
yet if any goods be omitted from the manifest the
omitted article is forfeited, and the vessel in which
it is imported is liable to fine TO the government
equal to one-haf of the value of the confscated
goods. The forfeiture of the omitted article is
most rigidly enforced, although it may most mani
Jestty appear the omission has arisen from design
to do wrong. Two cases'of very striking char
acter have recently occurred here, in which the
forfeitures have been stringently enforced and in
one, fear, not only the loss of the goods but that
the fines may amount to the entire value of the
vessel. ROBERT G. SCOTT.
/ will thank the editors of the Intelligence
Washington city, and also of Hunts Merchants
Magazine and of the papers published in all our
commercial cities, 10 insert the above notice,
at least, in their respective papers. K. G. s.
Fire in the Woods in Michigan.-Our citi-
zens Judge something of the extent of the fire
in the woods in the vicinity of Detroit, by the
dense cloud of smoke which filled the whole at
mosphere this morning. 1t is said that thousands
of acres of meadow and woodland have been
burned over. In the town Of Greenfield several
dwellings and barns have been consumed and
crops destroyed and withered. The whole of the
"Bg Marsh" is burned over, and has been smoking
and blazing for week past. The dry weather
and total absence of rain for the last two months
has made everything as dry as powder-housen y
The fire is reported to be within four miles Of
Detroit, running towards Flat Rock. 1t has not
yet crossed the railroad but keeps southerly di-
rection. We hear of one man who succeeded
only in saving horse and buggy from his barn,
which, together with his house and contents, were
burned to ashes. This is only one case ont Of a
score of Others for several are in the same pre-
dicament. II we do not have rain soon, there is
no knowing where the fires will end. Cattle are
said to be wandering about the country in search
of food and water, and many splendid farms and
timbered lands utterly ruined. The smoke
and fog filled the air with such density this morn
ing, that a person could see but few feet ahead
Detroit Tribune, Oct. IA.
Arrival of the Jamestown.-The U. s. mail
steamship Jamestown Captain Parrish, arrived at
her wharf on Sunday evening about 5 o'clock. in
twenty-five hours from New York. She brought
one hundred and seventy-ive passengers and a
tnl cargo.
This fine steamer continues TO be universal
favorite, as the number of passengers evinces.
The weather was delightfully."- pleasant and clear
during the entire trip. The Jamestown passed the
steamship Marion, bound to Charleston, and the
Savannah steamer, both of which left New York
harbor at the same time with her, and left them
far hahi ind offan ftcn Ic IN
sengers on this steamer by her gentemanly com
Iaander, Captain Parrish, and the accomplished
purser, Mr.. w. o. Smith.
We are again laid obligations to her attentive
purser for New York papers in advance of the
mail.--NoyoM Beacon Of 1sth.
The Merry Bachelors Association.-We ac-
cidentally dropped into the Mechanics Institute
Hall on Friday night, and for moment two
imagined ourself in paradise among angels, until
we were informed that ii party given by an
association termed the Merry Bachelors The
ladies particularly struck our fancy, and we must
confess that we have rarely seen as many beauti-
ful women neatly and tastefully dressed and look
ing the embodiment of all that is pleasant sociabe
and agreeable, as we saw there. The gentlemen
were all poiteness and suavity; genteel and ac-
commodating and the whole affair was character
lied by the utmost harmony of feeling and socia-
bility. In fact, the party resembled a family
reunion. Those who are fortunate enough to
secure membership in this society are blessed in
Observation-Disclosures Columbian, Oct Z.
The Timber Desperados again.--Mr. Benia-
min Bagnal, of Milwaukee, was arrested some time
ago on charge of alleged depradations committed
on the government lands in Michigan. On Friday
evening week he was again arrested in Mlwau- :
kie, by United States Marshal Abeman, under
requisition founded on an indictment obtained
against him in the United States District Court of
Michigan, and conveyed on board the United
States steamer Michigan. The Michigan left inn
mediately afterwards. The arrest has occasioned
great deal Of excitement among the friends of
Mr.. Bagnal, and some of the Milwaukee papers
stigmatze the affair as an unmitigated outrage.
Frightfhl Ride.-A son of Mr. Wellman, of
Richland township, Rush county, Ind. on Friday
the 7th inst, met with frightful accident. Re-
turning from field in which he had been plough
ing, his horse became frightened and ran, and as
he was riding sideways, his foot being between
fhe harness and the horses side, he was thrown
off and dragged about two hundred yards, when he
struck against the corner Of fence with such force
TO knock two or three Of the panels of it down.
One of the rails driven an inch or two into
his body, making frightful wound. There is,
however, some hope entertained of his recovery.
LouisUiHe Times
Purchase Of locomotives We learn that the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company have Just
closed contract with Mr.. Ross Winans for the
purchase of thirty more of his mammoth coal-burn-
ing locomotives; making the whole power of the
Company nearly 200 efficient engines; being great
er Than that of any other road in the country. We
presume that the Objectionable feature of these en-
gnes, to which so many accidents have been at
tributed, will be remedied in the construction of
those under this new contract.
Madame Sontag had very narrow escape on
Friday last. Coming from Staten Island she slipped
dowr. between the fcrry-boat and the wharf, be-
fore the vessel was made fast, and would have
doubtless been crushed death but for the prompt
as sistance of the bystanders. As il was, she was
Considerably scratched and had 10 be carried to a
ncighboring apothecary shop. However, she sang
at a concert in Brooklyn the same night, but in
great pain
Death Of General Chllds, u. s. Ave re-
gret TO learn that Brevet Brigadier General Thos.
Childs, of the army of the United States, died at
Tampa Bay, Florida, of yellow fever on the sth
instant.