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Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

REcoNCILIATIoN-It will doubtless be
gratifying to all the world, land the rest of
mankind" to know that the cyerasse in the
Democratic party in this State, has been clos
ed, and that union and harmony prevails.
Yes, the two belligerent wings of locofoco-
dom in Arkansas, have met, buried the TOM
ahawk, kissed and made friends, and those
who but short time since, were belabor-
ing each other in real Donneybrook- fair
style, barring the shilalahs, are now as low
ing and affectionate as kittens on a hearth.
A caucus OF the Democratic members of the
legislature are entitled to the credit of this
amicable adjustment of old difficulties and
by virtue OF resolution adopted bv the
caucus, the Editors of the Democratic Press
In this State, are requested to cease their
examinations and re-criminations-to give
up all vituperation, and for the common
cause, to adopt courteous bearing towards
each other; and to give united support to
all the nominees for office, that may be put
forth under the auspices of the united De-
mocracy.
This is excellent advice, and we hope in
following it, they will attempt something for
the good of the State, as well as for the pro-
motion of the interests of the party. Ar
kansas, under Democratic regime, is in not
a very plethoric condition, and we trust that
instead of a further application of the leech-
ing process, still reducing the system, that
she may be stimulated, by wholesome and
judicious legislation. into something like
convalesence. ere her constitution is so ire
trievably injured as to leave her without any
recuperative energy. The right kind of
treatment would soon restore her to health
and vigor, Notwithstanding she has several
times came near fzzling out, from the too
frequent administration of quack nostrums.
To get her again properly upon her pegs, let
the at,aited Democracy see to it, that she has
skillful and experienced physicians
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26
From the Memphis Whig.1
Arrival Of tho America-Onc week
Later from Europe.
New York, Jan. 10.

New York, Jan. 10.
The steamship America arrived at Hall
fax at noon yesterday. bringing Liverpool
dates to the 25th Dec.
CoTToN.-The sales for the week we're
$4,000 bales. of which spectators took O.
900, and exporters 1000. The quotations
are the same as by the Asia; Fair Orleans
6 1-Sd., middling do. 5 sd
The British Ministry had formally re-
signed. Lord Aberdeen had been appoint
ed Prime Minister with the concurrence Of
Lords Lansdown, Russell and Palmerston.
France was politically quiet. The other
news is mimportant.
The news from France, by the America,
relates solely to the movements of the En-
peror. Overtures of Cancellation have been
made, which the Cavaignac party refused
Abd-el-Kader sailed for Turkey on the 2lst
December
The Empire was proclaimed on board the
ship Tagus on the 18th, and the flag saluted
by the American and English war-ships.
The receipts of gold from Australia
amount to fifteen millions per annum
Sydney has been declared a free port
New YORK, Jan. T.
FRANcE-A decree has been issued no
minating Ex-King Jerome and his sons
lineal heirs to the throne, as adopted issues
of Napoleon; also that Senators be paid pen
| sions
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

TIE FLooD AT LoUIsvILLE-The de
struction as related in the Louisville papers
has been immense. The food is represent
cd to be equal to that of 1S47. The river
had risen during "a hours feet 7 inches,
and was continuing rising in the same ratio.
The front streets were submerged, and the
sufferings of families residing on the line of
the river were very great. The losses in
cured by the rolling mills and bagging fac
tories were very serious. Shipping Port is
overhowed, and SO is Portland. At New
Albany very great losses were anticipated
from the consequences of back water At
Shawneetown. it was apprehended that there
would be loss Of vast quantities of pork
that had accumulated there.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

NABDED-Capt. J. N. Cummings, well
known in this latitude, charged with par
ticipation in the burning in January Of last
year, Of the steamer Martha Washington.
of which he was Captain, was arrested
as we learn from the Natchitoches Chron-
icle, at Grand Ecore on the 1st instant,
by a L. S. Marshal from Ohio. He was
taken from the Natchitoches jail on the fol-
lowing day for New Orleans, thence to Co.
lumbus Ohio, where he is to be tried in
April next. About twenty lives were lost
by the buring of the boat which we mention
ed soon after. Facts have come to light,
which show combined system of fraud On
the part of the officers in procuring heavy
insurances on goods and merchandise which
were falsely represented to have been ship
ped on the boat. 1t is to be hoped that the
guilty will be brought to punishment equal
to the magnitude of the crimes committed.
Shrereport (La.) Gazette.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26
Revolutionary Documents.

a recent examination of the papers Of
Gen Knox, left in his old mansion house !,
Thomastown, Maine, has brought to light
mass Of interesting and valuable revolution.
airy documents, which have never been made
public. Gen. Knox, as is well known was
honored with the special friendship and con-
tidence Of Washington, who kept I'D with
him frequent and familiar correspondence
for many years OF the fruits Of this cor
respondencc, more than fifty Of Washing
toms letters have now, for the first TINA
been discovered; in which the various little
details Of his private life. as well rs The
great affairs Of the nation, arc freely noticed
Besides these. there are a proportionate
number Of letters from Lafayette, Baron
Steuben. Lord Stirling Gems Lincoln
Greene, Wayne, Heath and Gates, Major
Shaw, and other distinguished Revolutionary
heroes These letters, though they have
lain among the rubbish Of the attic, in the
old family mansion-house. for half a centu-
~, are generally in very good state Of
preservation and perfectly lcgible. and NAV
yet prove Of essential value to the biographer
and historian.
These Interesting relics have fallen into
the hands Of persons who appreciate their
value-the only remaining daughter and
grandchildren Of Gen. Knox.
We may add that, besides the mass Of let
ters alluded to above, many other interest
inc documents were discovered among Gen
knox's old papers; for example, what ap-
pears to have been the original draft Of the
articles Of capitulation Of CORVALLIS at
Yorktown, containing the original signatures
Of CORVALLIS, as commander of the land
forces, and Thomas Symmonds, A. command
CT Of the British naval forces in York River.
Boston ITarelcr.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

The N. Y. Courier says:-''At no period
since the coup d'etat of Napoleon, twelve
months ago, have the affairs of Europe COM
manded so general and so close attention as
at present. All Europe is under an unde-
Gncd and yet underiable apprehension that
its peaceful relations, which have been pre-
served essentially unimpaired for thirty-sev-
en- years are soon to be broken up. This
is all held to depend upon the will of a sim
gle man. and that man is universally dis
trusted. No reliance whatever is reposed
in the professions Of Louis Napoleon, and
great Importance is consequently attached
to the slightest indications of his future pol.
icy"
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26
A correspondent Of the Boston Herald
I, Ill. .La colInuipr.

A correspondent Of the Boston Herald
tells the following:
About twenty years ago yonng man left
Providence to seek His fortune in the wide,
wide world" He visited London, where he
succeeded in obtaining an engagement in a
mercantile house He labored diligently
and faithfully, and remained abroad. A
brother visited him some time since, and
this was the first Of his family he has seen
during all this period. About seven weeks
ago the senior partner Of the house in which
he was engaged died, and left him the snug
little sum Of 100000 sterling, or $3.50
000 The fortunate legatee has mother
and other relatives residing in Providence.
Manfred hopes that young New Englanders
will not rush to London with the expecta-
ton Of meeting with similar success. Ex-
amples like these are rare indeed How
many" he asks, "will now grasp the hand Of
Alpheus Billings and bid him welcome home,
who were he to return without wealth,-the
poor boy he was when he left.-would hard
" notice. perhaps not know him at all
But 50 wags this changing world The old
and homcly adage j. a true now A. It ever
was, Money makes the mare go.'
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26
IN. o. Bulletin.

DREADFUL EARTHQUAKE IN CHTHA-In
late number Of the Pekin Gazette there
appears M account Of terrible earthquake
that occurred few months ago in the pro
vince Of kan->rh. in the northwest cf China.
The governor Of the province Of Shookinran
state. III memorial to the Emperor. that
tile shocks commenced in the city Of Chung
wei and it ncighborhood On the 26th Of May
last, and were repeated many times during
4 space Of fifteen days from that date The
devastation and los Of life caused was fright
full Upwards Of three hundred persons
we're killed, more than four hundred serious
" injured, and several thousand houses de-
stroyed. The public offices, granaries, pris-
ons, and also the ramparts Of the city were
thrown down These calamities having re-
duccd the people to state Of the utmost
want and distress. the Emperor ordered i'm
mediate assistance to be rendered to the suf-
ferers, and their payment Of the land tax for
the present year to be remitted.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

a Washington letter in the n Y. Ex-
press says
The Resolution adopted in the House,
calling on the President for information as
to claim, but the Treasury. is hit at the
Measures, Weighcrs,' and Gaugers' claim
Of some SS50,000 on the Treasury.
These officers, running back to 1872, I
believe claim all the fees they received as
their pay, without any reference to the limit
Of 81 l.500, which, they say, i repealed.
The Attorney General, Mr. Crittenden,
has given opinions twice in their favor, that
they arc entitled to the claim; but the Sec
retary of the Treasury hesitates.
The President has given an emphatic
opinion against the claim, but adds that in
legal matters the opinion Of the Law officer
Of the Government is to have weight with
the Treasury, not that Of the Executive to
ovcrrule him.
The claim is from Ss5O,OOO to $1,000
600, and this sum. if paid, will 90 princi-
pally to Boston and New York. Mr.. STAN
tons resolution, however, will probably put
stop to it.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

THE New GRINNELL ARCTIC ExpEDI-
T1oN-Dr. Kane has been officially appoin-
ted to the command of the new expedition
which, by the liberality Of Mr.. H. Grinnell
and Mr.. Peabody, is to be despatched to the
Arctic regions He is also charged with
duties of scientific character 1t is an
nounced also that Lieut.. Page, under in
structions from the Secretary of the Navy,
is preparing for an exploration of the Plata
and Paraguay. The expedition to Japan is
also furnished with the requisites for scien-
tiic investigation. The United States will
thus be simultaneously conducting philosoph-
ical researches in the Eastern seas, in Africa,
in South America, and in the polar regions.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

INSURANCE COMPANY BANKs.-It is said
that the Legislature passed, and the Govern
or has signed three bills, chartering three
companies-one at Camden, one at Van
Buren, and one at Osceola-all under the
name Of insurance companies but in re-
ality possessing banking privileges; and it is
stated that orders have already been sent to
Cincinnati for engraved bills for their is
sues
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

Gen Pierce, the President elect, few
days since, received suspicious looking
box per Chensy's Express from the West
Supposing, from his exalted position. that
some wicked Wing or ''fanatical aboitionist'
might be plotting for hi- destruction, lie re-
ry naturally regarded this as an Internal
machine, intended to land him in glory be-
fore his time. Not feeling any great parti-
ality for such an apothcosis, he ordered
this new Pandoras box to be slowed away
in the barn, ''unsigbt, unseen. and strictly
forbade any one to 20 near it. Thus it re-
mained some days, until one Sunday. when
nobody was at home save Mr. W., the Gen
erals boarding master, who, being exercised
thereto BY courageous laudable curiosity,
determined to solve the internal mystery"
Accordingly se;zing long handled axe and
placing himself at rational distance. he
hurd the iron weapon with full fury into
the box After waiting in brcathlcss ex-
pectation for the machine" to explode, Mr..
w. approached it and discovered (horyibikc
aictu.O two brace of remarkably fat ducks
and haunch Of venison, sent 10 the Prc>i-
dent elect BY an admiring friend il Cincin-
natl. with'a note accompanying, desiring TO be
remembered in the division Of the spoils !.
We need only add that the only thing infer
nal" about the machine" was m inircOrous
smeIl-for which the reverend disciple Of
hii Holiness was in no way responsible.
Baltimore PatriOt.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

SWISS Block FOR THE WASHINGTON
MoNuMENT.-John Syz, Swiss Consul a.
Philadelphia, cncloses to the Hon Edward
Everett. Secretary Of State, q communication
from NJ. DE- Purrer. President Of the Swiss
Federal Council, announcing that 4 block
Of granite has been quarried in the Alps Of
the Bernese Oberland for the Washington
Monument, which will shortly be shipped
from Rotterdam for Baltimore. 1t bears
this inscription: TO the memory Of Wash
ington the Free Swiss Confederation
MDCCCLII."
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

GREAT SPEcULArIoS-After the great
fire at Sacramento, Cal. several men char
tered steamboat and left for San Francis
CO. They stopped the steamer out in the
bay, and went ashore in small boat-no
one else being permitted to land for several
hours They made large purchases, inclu-
ding all the lumber they could Get hold Of,
and when the steamer landed and the news
of the fire at Sacramento became known.
the lumber in the hands Of the spectators
went up to Sl00 per thousand; -four adranc-
ed from S45 to $50 per barrel. and other
provisions in proportion
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26
SLAVE CAsE-IMpoETANr DECISION.

SLAVE CAsE-IMPoETANT DECISION.
The Supreme Court Of the United States
recently decided as follows:
!. That under and in virtue Of the Con-
stitution Of the United States, the owner Of
slave is clothed with the entire authority,
in every State in the Uuion to seize and re-
capture his slave wherever he can do it
without illegal violence or breach Of the
peace.
? That the government is clothed with
appropriate authority and functions to en-
force the delivery on claim Of the owner,
and has properly exercised it in the act Of
Congress Of 18th February, 1898.
3. That any State law or regulation which
interrupts, impedes, limits embarrasses, de-
lays, or postpones the right of the owner to
the immediate possession Of the slave, and
Immediate command of his services, is void.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

MEMPHIS AND THE RECLAIMED LANDS IN
ARKANsAs.-The reclaimed lands in Ar
kansas, from levying the Mississippi, are
enough for small State or principality.--
The work done opposite Memphis presents
a new and fertile country of large extent, to
give future growth to that already flourish
ing city More than four millions of acres
have been reclaimed, and the work done this
season. and yet to be done, will give entire
security, says the Memphis Enquirer, to the
whole coast, from the Missouri line to Hell
ena
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

THE ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF ART.
We have received the first number of new
monthly periodical bearing this title, pub
lished by Alexander Montgomery, No. II
Spruce street, New York, at So per annum,
in advance. The engravings in the number
before us are well executed, and the work
bears the impress of merit.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

AWARD OF LOUIS NAPOLEON IN THE
PORTUGUESE DIFFIcULrY.-The n. York
Herald learns by private letter that Louis
Napoleon, to whom was referred, as arbiter,
the claim made by our government against
Portugal, for inGemnifcation for the loss Of
the privatecr Gen. Armstrong, has decided
against the claim and in favor of Portu-
gal
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

Prosperity OF THE SoUTH.-The New
Orleans Bulletin says that the present con-
dition of the planters of the South, in a
pecuniary sense, is infinitely more favora-
BILE than at any time within the last ten or
fifteen years As general thing, abun-
dant crops of every description have reward
ed the farmer, and plenty, if not profusion,
of al the necessaries, to say nothing Of the
dispensable luxuries of life, may be found
throughout the length and breadth Of the
ahvsholding States,
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

The Evansville Qndiana) Journal tells
the hardest story Of new invention, that
We have seen. X says somebody in that
neighborhood has been engaged during the
last two years. perfecting an instrument to
enable the sight 10 penetrate through the hu-
man body, and has already brought the work
10 2 point that guarantees him ultimate sue
cess. Flesh, viewed through this telescope
j. rendered transparent a. glass. and has
pink tingc lie turned bis mind to this pro
ject nineteen years ago, since which time be
has given it almost constant thought.
LOu- DEM 2Sth UEf
As soon rs the instrument i perfected,
We desire to see it applied to that portion If
the body nearest the heart Of those male and
female obolititnists Of the North who weep
over the fancied wrongs Of the burly. fat and
happy negro slave, yet who cannot see. or
find time to prevent and relieve such horri-
bic sufferingS, ending in horrible death, As
the following. described II the Philadelphia
Ledger, of the 25th ult:
IA married woman was found in her room.
in the village Of Lansingburg, quite dead, On
"Wednesday morning When discovered.
the body was found in a sitting posture
against the wall, end the room presented the
appearance Of the most atject want She
bad two small children; one Of them, little
boy three years old, was found in the bed;
the other, an infant Of fifteen months was
four.d lying upon the floor. almost dead, it,
life only being preserved by the warmth
communicated to its body BY dog, which
had kept its midnight vigil, lying close by
and partly across the infant sleepcr's vital
parts"
There's picture for You. Mrs. STOWE
no, not picture-an awful, shocking re-
akify. Find anything approximating 70 the
horrors. above rccited, in the annals Of South
ern savcry, and you may write "Uncle
Toms till doomsday, without awakening an
echo Of complaint from tie South
NJ o. Bulletin.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26
Steamboat Explosion.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. z

The steamer John Simonds collapsed her
fues to-day, while rounding out from Port
land
II Is stated that no persons were scalded
By the explosion. Six fremen are missing
supposed to have been killed The fues
Of four boilers collapsed, and the after heads
Of the boilers were blown out. The steam
er Falcon has towed the wreck to New AL
banv
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

NORTH CAROLINA SENAToR.-We pub
lished few days ago, a telegraphic an
nouncement of the adjournment of the North
Carolina Legislature without electing U.
S. Senator to succeed Mr. MANGUM, whose
term expires on the 4th of March next
The Governor has no power to appoint under
the circumstances, and the consequence will
be that vacancy will exist in the States
Senatorial representation for the next two
years.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

Judge Curtis, of the U. S. Supreme Court
it is said, has given an opinion in that Court
now sitting at Washington, that the new
liquor law of Rhode Island, (like that of
Maine and Massachusetts, is unconstitution-
al-that is. it conflicts with the United
States Constitution
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

Dr. Howe has examined almost the entire
number of cases of idiocy known in Massa-
chusetts, and the result is, in all but four in
stances, he found the parents of those idiots
were either Incorporate, addicted to sensu-
al vices. scrofulous, predisposed to insanity,
or had intermarried with blood relations.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

TELEGRAPH TO RED RIVER AND TEXAS.
Messrs Smith & Ward, contractors for put
ting up telegraph wires under the Morse
patent, from New Orleans to Red River and
Texas, are now on Red River making pre-
parations to run the line to Alexandria,
Natchitoches and Shreveport 1t is expected
that the wires will be in working order, be-
tween that city and Shreveport in from
three to four months. 1t is the intention of
the contractors to carry the line from Shreve.
port into Texas.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

The number of death= in Philadelphia
during last year was 1925, less than one
half the number occurring in New York
According to the census os 1850 The ropu-
lation of Philadelphia i 4Os.7 Of New
York 5l5.5O7. The great disProportion in
the mortality is attributed principally. BY
the New York papers, to The large number
Of emigrants arriving at that port.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26
Arrival OF the Baltic.

New York, Jan. III.
The Liverpool cotton market was dull
Prices ruled in favor of the buyer. Sales
of 1000 bales for the last two DAYS, mostly
to the trade Fair Orleans, 6 Is. Middl-
ing, 5 II.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

DEAp.-The Shreveport Southwestern
Of the 9TH inst. says Mr. Alfred Harris
died on the night of the 1t. from the
wounds inflicted on him BY the bar-keeper
Of the steamer Pitser Miller. He was
thought to be out Of danger, but the sudden
changes Of the weather caused the wounds
to prove mortal. The editor is requested
to state that Mr.. Harris, did not shoot .he
bar ar-kceper.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

EThe trial of Bixby for killing Sim
mons, was concluded on Thursday night
and resulted in his being found guilty of
murder in the second degree. He was SEN
fenced to fifteen years imprisonment in the
Penitentiary.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

Some Of the Canada papers begin to feel
uneasy at the tide Of fugitive slaves and free
negroes which flows into that province It
seems that they bring neither wealth nor
industry to the country.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

The time of holding the Probate Court in
Sewer county has been changed to the LIST
Mondays after the fourth Mondays in JAN
uary, April. July and October
The Probate Court of Pike county will
hereafter be holden on the fourth Mondays
of January, April, July and October.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

~ Hon. S. Borland and Hon. W. X.
Sebastian, are entitled to our thanks for val.
liable public documents.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

Catharine Hays debut in California was
very fattering. The first choice of seats
was taken at premium of eleuen hundred
dollars
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26

Hon John Davis, one of the U. S. SEN
ators from Massachusetts,, declines re-elec-
tion and avows his intention to Withdraw
from the political arena.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26
Tremendous Explosion.
BosToN, Jan. 5.

One hundred and fifty kegs Of powder
exploded at the American Powder Mills to-
day. Three men were killed by the explo-
sion.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26
Death Of Senator Tpham.
BALTIMORE Jan ]

BALTIMORE, Jan II.
Senator Upham, Of Vermont. who had
been sick a few days. died in Washington,
At half-past 2 o'clock, to-day. The Senate,
On the announcement Of Mr.. Uphams death,
Immediately adjourned.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26
THE TELEGRAPH.
w HING ON:
WEDNEsDAY,::::JAN. &c. 1853.

20 Red River, since our last, has fallen
so low as to render navigation to Fulton diff
fcult. The recent rains, however, have
created rise in Little river. which may
cause resumption of navigation.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26
Trouble Among the Coalitionists.
Boston. Jan. !

There is great excitement existing here,
owing to the coalition democrats endcavorinc
to postpone filling the vacancies among U.
8. Senators.