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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-07-23

The LEGISLATURE Of WISCONSIN adjourned its session
on the 18th instant Among its last acts we're the de-
feat Of the Fulton Railroad bill by tie vote, and the
passage Of large number of appropriation bills The
Milwaukee Advertiser says that the State Treasury is
bankrupt there not being money enough left to pay the
members Of the Legislature moiey Of their per diem
To supply the deficit there must be another resort to
taxation.
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SAD AccfDEST-Two lost their lives, and q third
dangerously injured, in Charleston, Is. C ON the
18th instant by being buried underneath the walls of
building in course Of demolition. While they were
standing the osts Of the second story attempting to
pry out the northern ws large portion Of the southern
wall tumbled over upon them carrying them, with the
ruins down into the story beneath. The alarm was inn
meiately given and the most actveexerons were made
to exrcete the unfortunate from the superncum-
bent Of brick and mortar though the remainder
In little while the feess body Of one man
was taken out and second was 50 badly crushed to
cause death in few hours
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Brevet Capt. ELIAS K. KANE, of tie u. S. Army, died
at Beeye, Illinois, the eth instant in tie SIst year
Of his age He graduated at fcst Point il 1884, ard
since then has been attached 10 the Army. The Belle
vile Advocate says Of him
"Capt. l. passed through Mexico, under the command
CT Gen. TAYLoR with dsting shed honor 70 himself and
was breyetted Captain at tA close lie was captured
with Capt Thornton at the or4nnr Of the war when the
first blood was she'd and remained prisoner 2 few
weeks, when he exchanged He was at tie siege Of
Monterey, and stationed there during the battleo
Buena Vista. He came up with reinforcements from
Monterey to Buena Vista early the morning after the
battle, having been engaged With his commander, Gen
Marshall during the day Of Che battle, in guarding The
pass Of hinconada TO protect Gen. Tayors After
the war ne went with his family, wife and child in
the expedition non Carcgo so Santa &c, under Ccl
Washinrton. He thence ordered California whsre
nc aoteo as Vuarterfnaster for great part Of the peed
from lss to 1852 he discussed immense sums Of Gov
eminent money to the perfect satisfaction his superior.
at Washington. No complaint made Of any par
Of his conduct IN any trust that committed Il
his care. One Of the youngest oceTs in the army hc
stood among the highest in every quality ce the man q
honor, tho soldier, and the gentleman y
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COMMERCE or New YoRK.-During the first six months
of the present year twenyhree thousand vessels pass
ed in the day time, the lighthouse Staten Island at
the entrance to the harbor Of New York The largest
number recorded in any one day was two hundred and
eighyour vessels, and the smallest in the record is
nineteen, which the 18th Of June. This would
make about Fifty thousand vessels in the year. including
those passing in the night time which record kept
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SOLITARY VorAGER.-The. schooner Empire, Capt
Barker arrived at Boston Saturday from Daren, Ga
Daring the voyage all Of the crew, consisting Of two
sailors cook and boy, together with the mate died Of
Southern fever. The last man died on the 9th instant
since which time Capt Barker has been obliged to nay
gate the vessel and bring her into port alone lie him
self had been sick, but had recovered lie wds for sr
dgys alone on The ocean
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The city Of Richmond visited with another conda
grafton early on Friday morning by which $780, 900
worth Of property destroyed The three buildings
consumed we're used as tobacco manufactures and were
in possession Of Mr. James Riley, Messrs. w. R. Robin
son Co., and Messrs. HARDWOOD Blackburn The con-
tents Of two other tobacco houses were considerably
al
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Avornrh PACIFIC ROUTE sURvEY-H is stated in the
Missouri Democrat at st. Louis, that Col Fremont has
made preparations to start in November for winter ex
curson test the practcaby Of passage through the
mountains the central route in the season of SHOWS
The enterprise is entirely his own unconnected with any
Government aid and is another illustration Of that high
character for and energy for which he is dis
tnguishcd The Government survey Of the same route Is
entrusted to Can't Gunnison
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FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

We have received papers from the Cape of Good Hope
to the 2Sth Of May The country beginning to
cover from the effects Of the two years war; and wool
and other produce going forward England in large
quantities On the celebration Of the anniversary Of the
Queens birth, at Cape Town, three thousand school chill
dren paraded the streets The Cape Town papers say
that while in England and Wales the ratio Of children
educated Is one in eight and half in Cape Town it is
one in six.
The alleged gold discoveries in Natal had turned out to
De mistake. Certain returned Australians, who had
purchased what they took to be gold field were indus
riousiy digging, but had not yet found any nuggets
II is said that the specimens found were SO minute that
sneeze Of the finder caused them to disappear
AT Graham's Town there had been feelings Of HOSTILE
y to the new Constitution expressed on account Of ea
ousy Of Cape Town, which is made the capital
Sir George Clarke has arrived at Cape Town having
been appointed by the Government as commissioner to
settle the affairs Of the Orange River sovereignty and
also, with Gen. Cathcart and Mr. Owen to settle the mat
ter Of the eastern frontier This matter Of boundary be-
tween the civilized settlements and the barbarous tribes
Of Southern Africa is like to be matter Of some cons
derabe trouble to the English Government The South
African Advertiser says:
Along an open frontier FIVE or six Hundred miles in
extent the colony touches the territories Of not less than
seven or eight African chiefs with all Of whom we have
had nexpicabe connexions in peace and inconclusiye
guilty among all these potentaes and to protect the
inhabitants Of the thinly peopled districts from being
cverrun any moment in case Of misunderstanding"
Boston Traveller.
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The cost Of ell this to the consumers is not less than
one hundred millions Of dollars year. me yearly con-
sumption Of coffee in the United States is "a ID per head
Eve times more than in Great Britain It is thought that
the introduction of coffee has conduced to the promotion
Of sobriey and that the enormous sums expended IN
this commodity would without 1t be thrown away in buy
ing Intoxicating drinks
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-07-23

LieutenanColonel NATHAN BOONE of the ID Dragons,
has resigned his resignation taking effect on the 10Th
instant lie is Of Ash Grove, Missouri, where he has
been confined by sickness for time The condition
Of bis health caused his resignation.
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Something like forty bills of indictments have been
found by the Grand Jury Of the United States Circuit
Court in Michigan against parties engaged in depredae
upon the Government timber lands.
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PRESIDENT PIERCE AND GENERAL ScoTr-It is said that
10 the Crystal Palace last Thursday when President
PIERCE met Gen. scorT he shook him warmly by the
hand and said, Ah General never expected to meet
Won on the same playorm.p
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SCARCITY OF CoRS.-The citizens Of Augusta, Georgia.
have called meeting for the lst Of August for the pur
pose Of preventing scarcity Of corn by laying in gene
raj stock from which all who wish will draw at prices
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from giving way of ring-bot board the London,
belonging to the British navy the cable few round with
such force as to kill Lieut.. Chapman and six men, who
we're sitting down to dinner, and wounded nine others
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SCIENTIFIC CONVENTIONS.

Lieutenant NJ F. MAURY, Superintendent of the
American Observatory, leaves town this morning,
we learn en- route for Europe, to attend the Scien-
tifc Convention which is to be held in Brussels
next month, under appointment and authority Of
the Naval Powers Of Europe, to agree upon some
uniform plan of observations, &c. connected with
our dstin guished countryman's Wind and Current
Charts After the Convention closes, we under
stand, il is part of Lieut.. MAURYs GRAND abroad
to visit the celebrated Observatory at St. Peters
burgh for scientific purposes He goes out under
the authority and at the expense of our Govern
ment, and we sincerely glad to see it recognis
ing the Importance of science and community. Of
interest in scientific objects with the rest of the
world by approving and insttuting this commission
There is another international Scientific Conven-
ton to assemble in Brussels this year, which also
originated with one Of our countrymen when he was
abroad a year or two ago; we mean Mr.. KENNEDY,
late Superintendent Of the Census and the Con-
vention is one of Statists, appointed by various
Governments Of Europe, for statistical Investigations
and uniformity Of statistical works in different coun
tries. This assembly of Swans is to be held in
September. 1t is to be regretted that the intell
gent citizen in whose suggestion this Convention
originated will not be authorized to represent
country in it, We have seen recent letter from
Baron QUETELET, one Of the most distinguished
scientific men Of Europe and President of the Royal
Academy Of Belgium, in which the labors Of Mr.
KENNEDY, in connection with our own statistics and
his contributions to the Institutions of Belgium,
are highly complimented, and he urged to attend
the Brussels Congress NJ QUETELET writes that
the Congress promises to be a brilliant one, from
the number of distinguished persons who will at
tend it. We published some time since a pro-
gramme of the subjects to be discussed at this meet
ing, as set forth by the Central Board Of Statistics
of Belgium, and they certainly embrace questions
Of magnitude and great interest to all enlightened
nations. As we have said, with Mr.. KENNEDY
originated the important questions which this Ma
tonal Congress meets to discuss and the objects to
be consulnmated; and it may be added that his
views were seconded by the administration of Mr..
FILLMORE, and met with the ready concurrence Of
those officially connected with the various European
Governments to whom they were presented.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-07-23

CorrEE-There are about dozen species Of the genus
to which coffee belongs but all Of them inhabitants
Of tropical countries The co6ea ara6a alone is cult
waited, and yields the article known in commerce. The
following is estimate of the coffee produced in every
mart Of the world ut the present time:
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The number Of regisered-.visiters at the New York
Crystal Palace Monday 6,227 exclusive of some
thousands who in business connected with the
exhibition.
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Tie Hon. NEIL s. BROWN, Of Tennessee, late Minister
Plenipotontiary from the United States to the Court of
Russia, Mrs Commodore Hull, and the Princess MURAr
came passengers from Europe in the steamer Franklin
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despatch dated vcksburg, July ls says the tresse
work over the Pearl river fell last night The bridge
referred to not the connected with the vicksbure
railroad.
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FAILURE OF UNITED STATES STEAMsHIPs.--The United
bites Government appears to be unfortunate with
| steamships The Princeton, at Portsmouth,
l. II is said to be an utter failure. On her late pas
re from Norfolk she beaten fortyeight hours by
Fulton. The San Jacinto, lying at Philadelphia is
soin disabled and almost worthless condition sur
has been made upon her engines and the report sent
Washington is of such nature that new pair will
I've to be constructed The machinery in her is repre-
hted being faulty in plan and deficient in pow
that the San Jacino be effectively used The
hchinery built by Messrs Merrck Son, of Phia-
phia after plans prepared for the Department by
the engineers attached to the navy, who her late
hise it is said became dsheartened at her failure
BIT he deserted his post leaving his assistant to bring
home 1t is remarkable that, while with engines and
esels built through private enterprise there is no such
prd fall poor Uncle Sam should pay double price for
Iortions Of steamships such the San Jacinto and
Observation-Disclosures Sum-
A communication, which appears in another CO
mn, from naval engineer, accounts sufficiently,
Irhaps, for the slowness of the Princeton on her
Usage to Portsmouth; still, from the multiplicity
facts which are reported in the papers and the
fneral concurrence of opinion respecting the de-
ctiyeness and great inferority Of the machinery Of
nr war steamers, there must be great fault some
shere; and we have strong impression, founded
IN general principles, not from any professional
knowledge, that the fault is in the system pre-
eribed by law, and therefore lies at the door Of
congress That body some time ago committed the
error of requiring that the fabrication of steam ma
phinery for our public ships should be let to the
lowest bidder whether competent and reliable or
the contracting bureau has no authority
to inquire, and is left no discretion to exercise.
This system is practised by no sensible man in his
private affairs, and is followed by no wise Govern.
ment. Experience has long proven, and every new
experiment only confirms the fact that it is not only
The dearest plan but is always attended by dangers
and losses to the Government service Of higher
importance than mere money But Congress rarely
listens to 50 safe counsellor as experience, even its
own; it therefore adopted the householder plan,
long since exploded every where else, and the con-
sequence has been one disaster and disgrace to our
steam marine after another, until it has become the
of the public, even of those whom
The system was probably adopted to conciate. This,
too, while the Government possessed and still pos
sesses in its own dock yards, the most complete ma
chinery, the most skilful mechanics, and all the
means and appliances to boot, for constructing en-
gnes equal to any in the world But for the sake
of momentary popularity, we presume, this sys-
tenn, plausible but hollow, has been adopted by
Congress- at the risk Of every steamship semitic sea-
the hazard Of the lives of their crews, and almost
certain detriment to the public service.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-07-23
THE DEMOCRACY OF NEW YORK.

\ The Union " of yesterday contains the resoiu-
ions adopted on Friday last by the Democratic
Republican State Committee of New York, declar-
Z By their attachment to and approval Of the Balti-
lore Democratic Platform and Of the Presidents
Inaugural Address, but does not inform its
hders that these resolutions, like similar series
IL the State Legislature, were passed by only one
tanch Of the Democratic party. The Albany Ar
hs Of Monday tells this part Of the story as follows
we publish to-day the official of the proceed
bgs Of the Democratic State Committee held in New York
ity pursuant to notice, on Friday last.
II sour teegraphic despatch published Saturday,
Yin have prepared readers for the leading incidents
the meeting the organization of the committee for the
st time since its establishment by the State Convention
be adoption Of resolutions cordially approving Of the
Principles and doctrines laid down in the Baltimore Plat
brm and repromulgated in the Presidents Inaugural
be approval Of the proposed constitutional amendments
he calling Of State Convention; and the secession Of
the only Freesoi or Baruburner members Of the commit
tee in attendance.
cit will be that because the State Committee pre-
erred to promulgae its the doctrines and prnc
bles Of the National Democracy proclaimed at Bat-
more and reiterated in the inaugural and to do this in
HE identical language Of the inaugural embodied in
he series Of resolutions introduced by Mr. D. B. TAYLOR
the Assembly and adopted by that body the Freesoi
embers of the committee following the lead Of the Free
Iii members Of the House. when brought to the test of
lite on them, shraak from The ordeal and left The room in
fitch the committee were assembled! The q
epettion, though smaller scale, Of the stampede
the Bufaloes in the Assembly, led off by the Speaker
short time bef0re and adds if possible significance
ID Importance to that memorable show Of heels, in
lad Of hands, the cardinal points Of faith and prac
,e with which the Democracy of the Union and the De-
scratic Administration stand identified before the
pntry.
The facts connected otherwise, eminently sug
stiye They speak for themselves Of the alienage,
heretofore of the Freeso faction in this State from all
Unity with the common brotherhood of the National
mocracy and form instructive lesson for the study
political doctors and teachers here and elsewhere"
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TROUBLES OF THE New York DEMocRAcY.-A
meeting of the Democratic State Committee of New
York was held at the Astor House on Friday even
ing at which resolutions were passed endorsing the
Baltimore Platform, affirming the constitutionality
of the Compromise Measures, and calling Conven-
ton in Syracuse on the 18th of September to non-
nate candidates for State officers. The Barnburn-
ers seeded in a body.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-07-23

The Hon SAMUEL APPLETON, ofBoston, who died q
few days ago. left viii dated February 90, 1851 and
codicl dated October g. 1852, and billion Of dollars
property. He leaves to his widot specific bequests
amounting in value to 100000. He makes fory-tvo
other requests nephews and others amount
ing in all to $4,000 more; amongvhieh may be
toned $1,000 g to his friend and pastor, Rev Ephran
Peabody, and 5000 to the servants living in his fan-
~ at his deeease, to be distributed among the in the
manner and according proportion be fixed upon by
his widow he then bequeaths II his executors manu-
featuring stocks Of the value Of o to be by them
distributed for scientific literary religious, Or charita-
bic purposes The residue he bucatLs to lis relatives
before named in proportions corresponding to the par
tieular sums previously given TINA.
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The British steam sloop-of-war Medea, from Hall
fax 18th instant, arrived at Boston on Saturday,
bringing the Hon. JOHN L. CHAMPION, the Eng
lish Minister to the United States, on his return
from Nova Scotia, whittier he went week or two
ago. as was reported for the purpose Of meeting Ad
miral Seymour, the British Admiral in command on
the Halifax station. Mr.. Champion left Boston on
Monday evening on his return to Washington.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-07-23

PUBLIC SPIRIT IN SAVANNAH, AND ITS RE-
sULTs-From official statements recently publish
ed we CLEAN the following interesting statistics,
showing what has been done by the city of Sayan-
nah IN the way or Paelio rraVements during the
last few years. and the effects produced thereby on
its own condition 49,
THAT city has subscribed and paid to the various
railroad companies in the State Of Georgia 49, 000
endorsed the bonds of another company to the amount Of
75 O0o and has also recently subscribed 81 100000 to
the Savannah and Pensacola railroad making aggre-
gate for railroads alone Of 81 000 Besides this she
has contributed $780, 900 for steamships $780, for
canal $780, 600 for gaswors $3.50 for waterworks,
and very recently 100000 for the improvement of her
harbor making entire aggregate for public improve
ments of SIS, 905, 000 This for city Of only twenty
thousand inhabitants speaks loudly for their public sp
r the effects Of which are follows: When the Central
Railroad commenced the population of Savannah
but about seven thousands it is twenty thousand
In the years 1871 and 1912 she shipped $40 bales of cot
ton 600 casks of RICE and % 900 feet Of lumber
During the years 1851 and 1852 she shipped 900 bales
Of cotton 5500 casks Of RICE and 49, 900 feet Of
lumber She has continuous railroad connexion with
the Tennessee line, distance Of five hundred miles, to
which two hundred miles will be added on the
pleton Of the Nashville and Chattanooga road
nexion with Knoxville, Tennessee as well as with Mem
pills. will be effected and another with the Mexican
gulf by the Grard road when she will be the terminus
Of nearly two thousand miles Of railroad"-Pia Gazette