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Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

Liquor On the Sd ult., the Michigan
House empowered townships, by ;wo-third
vote of the electors to decide whether or not
liquor shall be sold; to elect Tin case they so
deeide) person to make sale of liquor for
medicinal and mechanical purposes. which
is to be supplied by tax to be raised for
that purpose, not exceeding one thousand
dollars in amount, and who is to keep re-
cord of the persons to whom he sells, and
the purpose for which it is called for.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

Democrats who have the good fortune to
hold Office under Wing Administration
are likely to comprehend the force Of the say
ing, that IA mans worst fees are sometimes
those Of hi own household" The Union
has pounccd upon them with savage vehcm-
ence 1t insinuates that the coming Presi-
dent will regard them as spies in the Dem
ocra;ic camp. and tells them beforehand that
they will be swept out without mercy. 1t
AYERS. inferentially that the circumstance of
being at present an incumbent of Office will
be construed into evidence of Democratic
infdeliiy, and. consequently. Of fitness for
condign punishment
Hash. Republic.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

A new steamship company has been or
ganized to open a route via Panama with
Australia, which will thus be brought with
in thirty days of New York. The first
ship of the line (the Golden Age) will leave
New York for Australia and return to Pan
anna. between which port and Australia she
will continue her regular trips. The capt.
tai of the company will be So 000.0 900, with
liberty to increase to S4.000,0GO.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

GoLD IN THE CHEROKEE NATIoN.-The
Cherokee Advocate of the 23d ult., says that
great excitement exists in the nation, occas-
ioned by the report of the discovery of gold
in large quantities upon Wild.Horse creek.
The amount of days labor is said to be
from ten to twelve dollars A number of
persons from Tahlequah, started for the
mines on the 2lst, and contemplate explor-
ing those parts of the nation where gold is
said to exist
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

FooD FOR THE GARoTE.-The New York
Times says it has information that seven
persons have been condemned to the garote
and now lie in one of the Habanese prisons.
awaiting the execution of their SENTENCE
Their names are: the Count of Pozos Dull
ces, DR.. Cassie, Juan Miranda. Luis Edu-
ardo Cristo, Joaquin Forum, and one Pinto
writer for the press. Their crime is po-
litical conspiracy. the nature and object of
which do not reach u.s. 1t is understood.
however, that the prisoners are to be trans
ferred to Spain. there to have their doom
executed or reversed, as may please her Ma
jesty.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09
THE PACIFIC RAIL ROAD COMPANY

The PACIFIC RAIL ROAD CoMpANY.-It
is stated that this company, now applying to
the New York Legislature for an act of in
corporation, have made arrangements with
Norris & Co., Of Philadelphia, to put up
works to manufacture motive power for their
road; and with Hewitt 4 Cooper, Of New
Jersey. to roll the iron, T. rail, at the Iron
mountain in Missouri Wells & Co., A. s.
DAWN & Co, with others. have contracted
to build 1000 miles of the road within "a
months, to be six foot guage and double
track. The company expect the govern
ment will loan them $4,000 per mile. If
50. the probability is, the road will be built
in less than five years . A-.U
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

USEFUL DIscovERY-The National In
telligcrcer' states that Lieut. Watson, of
the British Navy. has proposed a mixture of
caoutchouc and sawdust, under that name.
rs lining for the interior Of war vessels.
The inventor claims that. from the elasticityit
willimmediately collapse when penetrated BY
q ball. and thus prevent the entrance Of wa
ter. 1t also deadens conclusions and BY
its buoyancy will keep vessel afoat though
it should be riddled with shot, and moreover
will prevent loss of life by splinters.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09
California News.

BY the arrival of the steamer Albatross
Capt. Mcneil, San Francisco dates to the
LIST inst have been received.
The Tennessee left San Francisco on the
LIST inst, having on board 81, ,43O,635 :
Among her passengers are Signor aud Sig
nora Biscaccianti, and J. NJ Goggen, Postal
agent. The total amount of gold exported
during the month of January was Sl,174,-
434.
The census returns for California give as
the total population Of the State. 224, ,435;
acres of land in cultivation, llO,14S; capital
invested in quartz mining S5,S7l, ,405, in
placer mining St.174,419, in other opera
tions S3,S51 ,623; for other purposes SAL
061 ,933.
The clipper ship Flying Fish had arrived
at San Francisco, after a passage of 80 days
from New York
The following resolution has been intro
duced in the California Legislature:
That the Committee on Federal Rela-
tions be instructed to prepare and report to
the Senate, at an early day. memorial to
Congress, asking, first for the immediate re-
peal of the act Of Congress entitled An act
20 ascertain and settle the private land claims
in the State of California approved March
3, 1851. Second. to pass an act comforting
power on the U. s. District Courts of this
State to ascertain and settle All Spanish and
Mexican land grants in this State. according
to the principles Of law and equity, and of
the treaty of Hidalgo. which acts shall, in its
principal provisions, be based upon and cor
respond TO the provisions of the acts to au.
thorize the e. S district courts in the States
of Florida, Louisiana, Missouri and Alabama
to hear and determine all applications for
the confirmation Of land grants within said
States
The news from the mining districts was
very favorable. Two Jumps Of pure gold
had been found in two days near Ophir-
one weighing 80 and the other 40 ounces.
The weather for week past had been
very favorable to mining operations, the
weather being dry and the water in the ra-
vines sufficient for all demands; consequent
ly the miners had improved the opportunity.
and the result of their labor had been amply
remunerated
The tunnel company at Douglass were
taking out from $500 to $4,000 A day. At
Carson's many were taking out three ounces
day.
The news Of the death of Mr.. Webster
was received at Honolulu with profound re-
gret. The shipping in the harbor, number
ing sixty-seyen, displayed their colors at
half-maSt
Great excitemcn. prevailed at ralaveras,
cansed by depredations committed By band
Of Mexican robbers, led by man named
joaquin, who had been concerned in the
murder Of four Americans Parties were
sent out against them, and two of the Mexi
cans captured, who were Immediately strung
up. So great was the excitement that bands
were organized to expel the whole Mexican
population from San Andreas and the forks of
the Calaveras. a meeting was held at
Double Springs and resolutions passed an
proving Of what had been done, and making
it the duty Of every American citizen, at all
events, to exterminate the Mexican race
from the country.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is.

LAND WARRANTs-We understand that
the proposition TO give 160 acres of land to
every officer and soldier who served either
on land or water in the war Of 1912. i
gaining friends daily in both houses Of Con-
grcss. The friends Of The measures argue
that if ever the recruits for Mexico who
were in service but week before the close
Of the Mexican war, received 160 acres, the
volunteers of 1912. who served three months,
are justly entitled TO the same bounty
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

CHINESE INDUsTRY-There is build
ing in San Francisco, of 100 feet front, 80
feet deep, and four stories high, all of solid
granite, which was put up in Canton, block
by block, by Chinese workmen; and the
blocks being all numbered, the building was
then taken down, conveyed to California,
and re-erected in San Francisco by the same
hands
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09
Il Hash. Republic.

The SPIEIr LAND-A merchant Of Bos-
ton, writing to a lady who is firm believer
in Spirit Rappings. inform her that he has
recently been on an excursion to the Spirit
Land. He brings the intelligence that Dam
iel Webster is in the third heaven, though
he does not state anything in relation To the
nature Of his employment there. lie also
says that Prof Webster. the murderer Of
Dr. Parkman, il in the first heaven. keep
ing tavern, and that DR. Parkman i board
ing out his bill with him
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

BUSINESS AT THE New YORK Posr Or
FIcE.-Ffty thousand letters were sent from
the New York Post Ohce on Saturday by
the California steamer. and between eighty
and ninety thousand newspapers, filling two
hundred and seventy-sevcn bags. The Bal
tic also took out 10000 letters on Saturday
from the New York Post Office Three
years ago, or some time after Mr. Brady
became postmaster. the number of letters
sent to California was about $4,000 month
Now the number is 100000 month, and
this bas been about the ratio of increase of
linen and things in New York for the three
or four years past. ~ Y Express, Tth.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

GoDEY's LADY's BooK-The Lady's
Book for March has been received. The
beauty of this favorite monthly increases as
it grows older and every successive issue adds
new interest to its pages The contents of
the present number will well repay perusal,
and the illustrations are appropriate and
well executed
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

THE BOURBON AMONG Us."-The Cour-
rier des Etats Unis, an able French Jour-
nal in New York, after column review Of
the article in Putnam upon the lost Dauph-
in, says:
I'm short, multitude Of circumstances
unite to confirm our confidence in him (Mr.
Williams) and to give to history, not indeed
positive character, but some singular prob
ability.
The Rev. Mr.. Williams is now in New
York city. where he attracts no little attcn-
tion.
1t is an editors duty always to tell the
truth WASH Union
All, but that's a specific duty, and you
know that the Democrats are opposed to spe.
si6s duties.-Low Journal.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

SUNK-The Steamer Sun on her
downward trip, about two weeks since, with
a full load of cotton, sunk in Twelve-mile
Bayou. The boat and the greater portion
of the cargo are total loss The cargo,
we understand. was fully covered by insu-
rance.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

The third Monday of May next, has been
suggested as a suitable time for holding a
convention of the Editors and Publishers
in this State, as proposed by the Fort Smith
Herald. Where shall the convention as
semble?
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

~ A memorandum on the Post-bill,
from TIE Postmaster at Van Buren to the
Postmaster at Little Rock, states that the
Camanche Indians had made an attack upon
Fort Arbuekle The result is not stated.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

Great excitement exists among real estate
holders in Mobile in consequence Of large
number of suits of ejectment brought against
them for alleged defective titles. Property
of over $4,000, ,000. value, is involved.
Low Journal
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

% The Senate passed bill on the 23d
ult., allowing Judge Sharkey, or any Judge
of the T. S. Court, to administer the oath of
Office to Mr. KING, as Vice President, at
Havana. or Key West.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

The merchants of New York are about
presenting Lieut. MAuRY with suitable
testimonial for the great benefits he has
rendered to science, navigation, and COM
commerce.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

SILvER-The Boston Transcript says
the public accounts do not give much inior-
nation in regard to the extraordinary activ-
ity now prevailing in the numerous rich sill
But from the private advices recently re-
ceived in this country, and sent to parties
abroad, it is gathered that the number has
been augmented in various places, and such
has been the success of their labors thus far,
and such the promise at both the old and
Few deposites, that there is about to be an
influx of silver among US, to such an extent
as will produce the greatest surprise in all
the monetary circles throughout the world.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

New GooDs-Messrs BELLER & STuAR T
are opening general assortment of New
GooDs at the old stand of W. & NJ. Moss.
See advertisement.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

The name of the Post Office, STEWARDS
SPRINGS, in Polk county. has been changed
to ELDR1DeE.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

The PAcIFIc RourE rE-Professor Sill
man, in a recent lecture. referred to the
Pacific Railroad, as proof Of the great adj
vance Of scientific information and enter
prise Of late days. He referred, incident
ally, to the scholastic traveller, Baron Won
Humboldt. who. when in this country. show
ed him a map of America, on which he had
traced out a line OF communication between
the United States and Mexico, and it was
exactly identical with the plan Of the Pa
ci6c Railroad "A letter which had been
received from the Baron, declaring bis faith
in the scheme, was exhibited By the lectur-
er. and the audience eagerly inspected the
autograph Of the greatest scholar Of the ace.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

~ The PRESIDENT elect arrived at
Washington City, on the night of the 2lst
ult, and took lodgings at Wizards Hotel.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09
Arrival Of the Arabia.
New YoRK. Feb. %, D. m.

New YORK, Feb. 70, p. m.
The Arabia has arrived with dates to the
18th.
An insurrection occurred at Milan on
the 9th and Sth. The Austrians say the re-
volt was quelled and three hundred patriots
killed. The patriots attacked the barracks.
and it is said massacred the garrison. The
dispatch Of the 9Th says that order was en-
tirely restored Proclamations of Kossuth
and Mazzini were posted, and the latter has
gone to Switzerland to watch the course Of
events. Many arrests preceded the revolt.
but accounts are very vague. Risings are
looked for elsewhere.
Austria and France are sending troops to
Lombarcy and Rome respectively.
The English Parliament met on Tuesday.
and discussed the programme of business.
The Protectonist Society is dissolved. The
convention between Chill and Great Britain
is ratified
A dispatch announces the arrival Of the
India mail, from Calcutta and Bombay
Pegu has been formally annexed to the
British territory.
A second dispatch from India says that if
the Burmese monarch will not give up Pc
gu and the provinces peaceably, the British
will take Ava and disthrone him.
One hundred and twenty rebels have been
hung in China.
Omar Pacha offers good terms to the
Montegrans if they will surrender
The conflict at Milan was sharp and brief:
the insurgents were mostly without fire.
arms
BY telegraphic dispatch to London, of
the 18th. it is reported that tranquility is
restored. Three persons of those arrested
had been shot. The citizens took no part
in the affair
PARIS, Wednesday y.--Government has
dispatches Of the Sth, announcing the entire
suppression Of the Milan instruction.
Turin and Piedmont we're tranquil
The following dispatch was received at
hours 90 minutes, a. m, of the ninth, by
submarine telegraph, from the British min
lister at Berne for transmission to the minis
ter of Foreign Affairs at London. a tele-
graphic dispatch from Belingon of the Sth
inst, announces that the gates Of Milan
were shut and it was supposed the insurrec-
tion, which had been suppressed, had re-
commenced, A proclamation from Mazzini
was placardcd. Another statement says
that the Austrians in the arsenal were mas
sacred. The insurrection broke out stimuli
tanecusly in three parts of the city.
Arrests and domiciary visits were the
order Of the day in Milan.
Great agitation prevailed at Pisa, Lucca,
and elsewhere
At Turin the Sandman ministry met
in haste in consequence Of a communication
from the Austrian consul.
COMMERCIAL.
Liverpool-Cotton. sales OF the week So
900 bales n. Orleans fair I'D. Specu-
lators toook 10000 and exporters 5000
bales. Flour. Western Canal 26s. Ohio
27s. Corn, yellow, 33s Lard COS Money
market langud.
LONDON, ii p. M
Cotton steady, but the market closed in
animate. Breadstuffs quiet; Wheat and
Flour firmly sustained.
Wright, Gaudy & Co., quote Cotton
slightly lower since the sailing of the Amer
lea.
The Manchester market was easier; bu-
siness limited, and prices had slightly ad-
vanced.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

In Hanover, no army officer is allowed to
marry unless he can settle six hundred tha-
lers year upon his intended, over and above
his pay Second lieutenants are not allowed
to marry at all Much the same regulation
exists il Bavaria.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

DUNGEON RocK-A short time since a
cutlas was found in the bowels Of the above
rock in Lynn, nearly fifty feet below the
surface of the rock. This has encouraged
Mr. Marble, the gentleman who is engaged
in blasting there in search of treasures in a
cavern, supposed to have been the lurking
place of horde of pirates in the olden
times From the hollow sound of the drill
it i presumed that he has nearly found it.
Boston Chronicle
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

~ Hon. WIN. X. SEBASTIAN will ac.
cept our thanks for public documents.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

10 Our thanks are due friend at
Camden for late New Orleans dates.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09
Whig District Convention.

We notice, in the "Whig" of the 24th ult.,
an article urging the Importance and neces-
sity of holding conventions in the two Con-
gressional districts of this State, for the pur-
pose of nominating candidates for Congress,
and efecting more thorough organization
of the Whig. party. We entertain no OBJ
jections to the suggestions of the "Whig, %
but is there not yet ample time for the con-
sideration of the subject There is now
before the people, question, which We hold
to be of more Importance to the whole peo-
pie of this State, than all the political con-
conventions that ever assembled within her
borders.-we allude to the question of call.
ing an extra session of the Legislature,
to make the necessary arrangements for
commencing the work of Internal Improve
ment. under the provisions of the act of Con-
gress donating lands to this State for that
purpose. We are fully satisfied that the
State would be greatly benefited by a change
of policy, and we yet hope to see the peo-
pie so decide, but at present, we do not see
the necessity for hurrying candidates into
the field. There is ample time. in our opin-
ion, after the meeting of the proposed Dem
ocratic Convention at the Hot Springs. AS
regards the place of meeting, the most GEN.
trial. and convenient of access, in the district,
should be selected So far as we are con-
cerned, we shall be satisfied with any time,
after the meeting of the Hot Spring Con-
vention, and with any central point, upon
which our contemporaries may agree.
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09

CENTRAL RAILROAD FEELING AT MEN,
PHIs.-The following extract of letter
from gentleman at Memphis to the Editors
of the Gazette & Democrat" shows the in
terest that is felt by the citizens and capital
lists of Memphis in the success of the Cen
trail Railroad project. The Editors learn
that large sums of money have been already
promised to the Central road, by an associa-
tion of the property holders and business
men of that city. One would subscribe
$4,000, in cash, and give the ferry privi-
lege, valued at $4,000. and forty acres of
land in the suburbs Of the city. for depot.
Sundry donations of land on the Arkansas
side, have been offered. Such feeling
augurs success:
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09
"MEMpHIs, Feb. &c, 1858.

''There is good deal of feeling here on
the subject of the grant of lands for Rail-
roads Several prominent and influential
gentlemen here are in favor of getting up a
public meeting, and sending to Little Rock
a special delegation, to wait on Gov. Con-
way and urge him to call special session
of the General Assembly. In my CONVERSE
tions with them, agreed to the propriety
of, and recomm ended, such course but |
acknowledge that | feel but little hope of its
doing any good. The course of the Ga
zette Il Democrat in respect to this question,
is approved here by all"
Washington telegraph., 1853-03-09
COMMERCIAL.

Liverpool-Cotton. sales Of the week so :
900 bales n Orleans fair 8 I'D Specu-
lators toook 10000 and exporters 5000
bales. Flour. Western Canal, 26s. Ohio
27s. Corn, yellow, 333s Lard Sos. Money
market languid.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-08

The f" MECHANIC SrATksmAs"- This is the very hap.
by and appropriate title given 10 Andrew Johnson by the
editor OF the Nashville Union. No man is better emit
lied 10 the appellaton than Mr. J. mechanic himself
he has been the workingnan'. true friend OF
cry calculated to advance the interests OF the la
boer he has been a steadfast champion Unlike many
who have sprung TO distinction from the humble walks
of life, he has been proud OF his orgin-as every
true should be-and might well have pointed il
one OF the beauties of under which every
citizen, however obscure. by energy, hontsy OF inen.
ton and perseverance, may aspire 10 eminencc Many
instances OF his sympathy for the laborer and his efforts
in his behalf might be given but for the present refer
ence 10 one subject will be sufficient The penentary
system in one two particulars ia OF the worst in
suits 10 tie mechanic that carried into effect
By the thief, the murderer the burglar. the inccn-
diary-in sbsrt, he who has committed the mos, revolt
ing crimes known TO human nature that are pun.
isbed by any penalty short Of capital placed posi-
ton in competition with honest mechanics after
the term OF confinement is closed No one man out OF
every one hundred who s incarccraed is ever reformed
No matter what his offence may have been, il il natural
for him TO consider the penalty dspropotoned to the
crime He is prone to believe that he is punished too Sc
veeIy which engendes spirit of misanthropy and de-
termination TO be revenged This feeling, his release
he the better able TO Crafty, because while prison he
was taught all the minute of respectable occu-
patton and he s thrown into the company OF hones,
work men, whose calngs brought into drsrepue
In come degree by The acts OF the felon Again; the
pcneniiay and docs have deleierous e6cc, upon
The prices Of labor, by executing work such price
would bring "bear-eyed tcanr upon honest citizen
These are OF The objections, and they are by no
means small, TO the present peniieniiary system They
were seen by Mr. Johnson while member Of The Ten
nes.ee legislature, and. with Homp'itude characteristic
of the man, he went TO work 10 remove this incubus
from the working masses. He spoke and acted one
who bad fh this egaized system OF degrading honest
labor --Foyetsp,ik Oburru.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-08

"THAr or POLITICIANS KNOWN A. FREE SOIL
rRs"-The Banner will please understand us rs deny
ing bat any soilers have been appointed 10 office
by General Pierce, and then IT will have no difficulty
with The paragraph il commented upon yesterday.
These barnburners were worse abolilionsts than
the great mass Of the wing party North. They
have the same right to repent that wings have Ii
part Of The mission OF the democracy polit-
cal sinners. Will good preacher object TO taking
man into the Christian church because he once a
sinner Why, that's The very sort OF people he is try
ing 10 save We wan, make the Compromise final
ity and 10 stop discussing IT, But how do this,
we insist that those who were free-soers shall
not help us TO sustain t' The worst, the danger.
ous politicians OF The county are those who still ag,ac
the slavery question for The sake of little party capital
Agitation is all the aboonists want, and southern poll
ticians who aid them do much harm as they do. We
will Join our neghbor OF the Banner in making war
upon any atiemp, TO bring INTO office shat ela, Of pot-
clans kno,on -soers," 1--WE quote from the Wash
ngton Republic y but when these will frankly re-.
their and help to maintain the compro-
mise, then we shall to upon them.
.Nashuiiie Union.