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, 1853-10-22

FOREIGN NEws.-Our foreign news on
the last page, especially that relating to
Austria and China will be found deeply in
teresting. As regards the quarrel between
Turkey and Russia, all accounts agree that
the matter has now reached a crisis, and
that the question Of peace or war will be de-
cided in a very few days. The present po-
silion of the case is this: Austria, England,
France and Turkey have proposed an uli-
matum to Russia for the settlement Of the
pending difficulties 10 this ulIimatum
an answer is expected by the 10Th or 12th
of the present month, August. If Nicho-
las accepts that ultimatum, bis troops must
be Immediately Withdrawn from the princi-
palities, and the conference at Vienna, pur.
suing its arrangements, will conclude tTea-
ty 10 protect Turkey in all time coming. If
the Gar refuses the ultimatum of the four
powers, or evades a reply, which will be con.
sidered equivalent to refusing, the allied
fleets will be ordered to the Bosphorus, if
no further, and active measures will be taken
by France and England 10 maintain the in
tegrity of their ally. In the meantime the
Car has advanced a portion Of his forces
from Moldavia to Wallachia. The former
province has declared her independence Of
the Porte, and will hereafter, by Nicholas
orders, pay tribute 10 Russia instead Of Tur-
key. This last movement of tho Gar has
apparently opened the eyes OF the British
Ministry, and if we may place reliance on
the expression of their opinion, and tho i'm
piled assent Of France, the refusal Of Russia
TO recedo fIom her position in regard to the
Provinces, will be followed by ordering the
combined fleets 10 Constanlinoplo.-[B Boston
Journal
, 1853-10-22

WHEAT BY THE RAILRoAD.-The first
considerable shipment Of wheat by the Pa
cifc Railroad, was received on Thursday.
It was from jefferson county, aud grown by
Mr.. L. d. VoTAw. It consisted of one
hundred and forty-two sacks, and was sold
at the depot for cighly-three cents. 1t was
hauled 10 the station at the Meramec river,
and there shipped on the cars, delivered in
ST. Louis, and sold by the owner in half an
hour. Our farmers will thus be able to see
the saving of time, teams and men, which
the Railroad carries with it wherever II j.
buit.-ISt, Louis republican.
, 1853-10-22

England is impraCticable let them write
"a book TO substantiate their opinions by
"scicnco or by experience, if they dare -
the humiliation of the author of the work on
ocean steam navigation will lie theirs.
When the Pacific Railroad is built, Of
course telegraph will go with it, and then
when the magic wire is laid under the great
sea, We will be enabled to give, each morn
ing, news from the shores Of the Pacific and
from the European capitals. The magma
ton is startled and staggered at the posi-
bility of such consummation. Yet we
are not indulging in crazy, feverish specu-
lation, but sober and legitimate deduction
Eom facts.
Lieut. Beale, writing 10 Col Benton from
the far West, recently, describes a curious
pillar, sugar loaf in shape, Of solid rock,
three hundred feet high, and visible for
twelve miles, situated on the Huerfano riv-
cr, and called the Hucrfano Butte. The
imagination of {" the man who was thirty
years a Senator" kindlcs at this picture,
and he says:
"That Huerlano Butte solid rock, 800
feet high, sugar loaf form, visible twelve
miles: that column built by the hands Of
Nature to receive a statue of Columbus
pointing 10 the West and saying to the
magic car as ii flies along, " That is the
road TO Indiaw
The idea impaired by those words is ma
jestic. 1t brings up long train of august
historic figures :-CoLUMBUs adventurously
seeking the Indies and finding New World,
and in vain hunting a passage for his ships
along the Atlantic coast, still thinking Of the
Indies, and dying at last without finding the
road, though strong in the faith that he was
right. Other nayigators by sailing thou
sands of miles over tempcstuous seas and
doubling frozen and stormy cape, reached
the calm waters that stretched to the In
dies. Now, from the Huerlano Butte, says
Benton, the statue of Columbus is to point
out the road to Indir as the locomotive
rushcs by. Show US anything grander in
poetry
And where are we 10 stop? Who shall
say that after a time, when the Pacifc's
shores are populous with Anglo-Saxons,
and " Young China" holding aloit the
Christian Bible, shall become a nation full
of exuberant life, Shat a submarine tele-
graph will not be extended across the Pa
cifc, and the " ends of tho earth " brought
together, and the world of men hurried on
TO their destiny, with fresh impetus that
prophets only have anticipated IL Cincin-
nal Commercial.
, 1853-10-22
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, 1853-10-22

~ Not to lie in the rear OF the times,
horse in North Carolina has turned out
magnificent mouslache. The animal be.
longs TO DR.. James of Sailsburgh. The
moustacho is described as being as neat
one as can be found under the nose Of any
dandy in the country. The hair is about
an inch in length, situated just under the
noslril, and branches out beautifully from
the centre. The color is that of the usual
moustaehe of the dandy-namely, q cross
between bay and a sorrcl. He is splen-
did specimen OF his race, out and-oui, and
is the observed of all observers.
, 1853-10-22
COIIOsaI Enterprises and IDEAS.

These are times eminent for large achicv-
menis and vast speculations. The human
mind has grown in comprehension, and its
energies have quickcned, until old impossi-
bilities are easy tasks. The two mighticst
enterprises now before the world-and they
are the mightiest that the imagination has
yet conceived-are A TELEGRAPH ACROSS
THE ATLANTIC and a RAILROAD ACROSS
THIS CoN1INENT. That neither is imprac-
iicable, and that few years will witness
the construction of 10th, VIC consider re-
duced TO an absolute certainty.
The present Administration is, 10 appear
ance', grasping at the Pacific Railroad as lis
grand Object. This is wise, for if the road
is constructed within the next four years,
or ifOnly large portion of the work is per-
formed and provision made for its compile
ton, the Administration of PIERCE will be
one Of the most memorable in the history
Of the Government, and it will, in the
brightest ages that are rising Hpon the
world, be far more glorious than if distin-
guished by the most triumphant wars. 1t
would indeed BE- the merest folly for the
Administration 10 let slip this more than
golden opportunity, for it is only at inter-
walls Of centuries that such a marvellous
chance for usefulness and Immortality is
given. But the Government porceives its
ticket TO fame, and is moving right on to
secure the magnificent prize. The Wash
ington Union has settled the constitutional
points involved with mastery adroitness and
POWer-while two influential members Of
the Cabinet have spoken favorabs,opinions,
inPlain words and with emphasis.
A Submarine Telegraph, as everybody
knows, connects England and France, cross
ing the Strait from Dover 10 Calias-dis-
lance twenty-five milcs-and has worked
admirably for two years. y wire has also
been laid sixty miles, across the Irish Chan
nel, connecting IIollyhead and Howih.-
Those lines demonstrate the rracticabiliiy
ol longer ones, and the idea Of stretching 0
wire across the Atlantic, is being earnestly
asllated by business men, and companies
haVe been formed, and offers made 10 carry
out the project, at the mention of which
amazement is not now excited, as it is very
nearly reduced to a question of dollars and
cents Il will require a certain number oi
Ions Of wire, enclosed in gutta percha
which will cost q certain sum-then, per.
maps, an enormous steamship must be con-
"'ueted for the purpose of stretching it
nothing more. The questionis, will ii pay
Il has not been long since scientific gen,
ueman wrole book, "scienliGc book
proving, with tolcrable conclusiveness, tha
snip could not be driven by steam acros
As Atlantic. The book was hardly pub.
Hshed before ship came rushing over The
va at the rate of three hundred miles pei
oay-driven by steam - and the book wa
remembered only TO be ridiculed. SonS
persons are now conlending that a Subma.
'ne Telegraph connecting Ameri.a will
, 1853-10-22

ANOTHER CuBA ExrEDITIoN.-The N.
Y. Herald has the following paragraph;
An organization has been on foot for sew
oral months in this country, with the
ayowed object of attempting a fresh inva-
sion and conquest of Cuba. We have rea-
son to believe that it is SO far complete that
four thousand men have actually been enP
rolled and are ready to set sail at any mo-
ment for tho Island A leader has been
chosen, and We fancy the public will be in
clined to compliment the "Fillibusters" on
their choice, when we add that he.is one Of
the most distinguished officers Of the MsXi-
can war.
, 1853-10-22

INTENSE HEAT.-During the past fort
night the weather has been Changoable, al
ternating between extreme heat and heavy
rains. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday
last the heat in this city was more intense
than ever before experienced, the thrrmom-
eter ranging from 90 to over los degrees.
Some ten or twelve persons died in this city
in the course Of tho three days, from the ef-
fecis Of the heat. In New York the NOR
tality from the heat was truly awful. Du-
ring the three days there were nearly ftro
hundred and fifty deatAs-onc hundred ol
which occurred on Sunday. The extreme
heat seems TO have been general over the
country. AS far east as Halifax, We have
the record Of deaths from this cause and
from the White Mountains our accounts
state that the stage horses were dying from
the heat. Following tho heat of Saturday
and Sunday We had terrific thunder storms,
which did much damage to property in va
rious portions of New England. The past
two days we have had a northeast storm
during which great quantity Of rain has
fallen. As on effect ol this great quantity
Of rain and hot weather, we have accounts OF
the alarming spread of the potato rot thro'-
out all sections Of the country. II the ro.
ports which we have received are correct,
the loss by the rot will be more extensive
than in any preceding year. Boston Jour.
, 1853-10-22


TIE Burmese WAR.--The British ar
mics in the East Indies have never met
with moro than one irretrievable defeat,
and that was in the Afgan war but for
midable enemy has now come forward in
the Burmese nation, which will require all
the British East India power to subdue
The English papers themselves acknowl-
edge that the Burmese are better soldiers
than any yet encountered in India, not cx-
cepting the Sikhs, or even the AGshans
themselves.
One Burmese chief, Mecan-toon, has
successfully defeated two expeditions sent
against him; and although subsequently, dis
lodged from a stronghold which he offend
cd with 5000 men, It was only after a very
severe loss on the side of the British. He
succeeded, with two sons, in paking his
escape to Ava, where he was received with
distinction by the r2igning prince, and will
probably be made commander of the Bur
mese forces The plan Of the Burmese !:
not TO hazard the fate Of the kingdom in a
pitched battle, but TO exhaust the British
forces by cutting off their supplies, driving
IN their out-posts, and destroying piece.
meal. Up TO the present time the British
have not succeeded in projecting or cxecu,
hng any decisive operation against the enc
my whilst the enemy have undoubtedly
gained courage, experience and a more for
midable leader by the British delay.
, 1853-10-22

h-5- Some one, we know not who, very
shrewdly defines money to be an article
admirably alnpIcd for taking stain out Of
character.
, 1853-10-22

10 We have often heard that men lave
been known to make fortunes by attending
to their own business and leaving other
peoples alone. Pity that mole do not try
The experiment. If they did not make
money by the operation, they would at least
command moro repcct, which would be
sOm-lhing rlincd.
, 1853-10-22
The Dead.

How beautiful is the memory Of The dead
What holy thing it is in the human art,
and what chastoning influence it sheds
upon human life 3! How it subducs all the
harshness that grows within us in the daily
inteacourse with the world How it molts
our kindness, and softens our pride, kindling
our deepest love and waking our highest
aspirations Is there one who has moi
somo loved friend gone into the eternal
world with whom he delights to live again
in memory? Does he not love to sit down
in the hushed and tranquil hours of exist
encc, and call around him the face, the
form, so familiar and chcrished-lo look
into the eyes that mirrored moi more clearly
his own face than the soul which he loves
10 listen 10 the tones which were once
melody in his car and have echoed softly in
his heart since they were hushcd 10 his
senses Is there spirit to which heaven
is not brought nearer, by holding some kin
dred soul How friends follow 10 the
happy dwelling place Of the dead, till we
find at length that they who love US on the
heavenly shore are more than they who
dwell among US : Every year witnesses
the departure Of some one whom we knew
and loved and when we recall the names
Of all who have been dear to us in life, how
many of them We see passed into that city
which is imperishable !
The blessed dead how free from stain
is our love for them The earthly taint Of
our affections is buried with that which was
coruptible, and the divine flames in its pu-
rily illumcs our breasts. We have now no
fears of losing them. They are fixed forms
etcrnally in the mansions prepared for our
reunion. We shall find them waiting for
us in their garments Of beauty. The glori-
Gus dead how revcrently we speak theiT
names Our hearts are sanctifiod by their
words which we remember. How wise
they have become by the the undying foun-
tlins of pleasure The immortal dead !
how unchanged is their love for us How
tendcrly they look down upon US, and how
closely they surround us How earnestly
they rebuke the evil of our lives.
Let them talk pleasantly Of the dead, as
those who no longer pursue the neeting, but
have graspcd and secured the real. With
them The fear and the longing, the hope and
the terror, and the pain arc passed the
fruilion of life has begun. How unkind,
that when we put away their bodies, we
should cease the utterancc OF their names
The tender hearted dead, who SO struggle
in tho starting from us. Why should we
speak Of them in awe, and remember them
only with signing? Very dear were they
when hand clasped hand, and heart respond
ed to heart, why less dear since grown
worthy higher love than ours, and their
perfected souls might receive even our ado
ration by their hearlh-sido, and by the
grave side, in solitude and amid the multi
tude. Think choerGully and speak lovingly
of the deai.-[EcleCtic.
TIE BURMESE WAR.--The British ar
mics in the East Indies have never met
, 1853-10-22

CHINA,--The Boston Journal has the fol.
lowing from q circular, dated Shanghae,
May 81:
"Hayins reference 10 our last circular ad-
vices, it gives us pleasure 10 revise, in some
measure, the opinions passed of the charac-
ter Of the insurgents and their leaders in this
quarter Of the empire. Translations of their
books since made, lead to the hope that they
are in truth religious reformers, that express
sions which were supposed to signify BIAS
phcmous pretensions were merely used in
the usual Chinese sense Of spiritual relation
ship, and that their errors and exccsscs, are
tho result Of intense enthusiasm, which car
ries them beyond the preccpts of their
teachers.
"They profess q sort Of Jewish dcscrip-
ton of Christianity, inculcating very high
standard ofmoraliiy, but drawing the great
er part of their precepts from the Old Tes-
lament. 1t must be allowed, however, that
they have been guilty Of much cruelty and
unnecessary bloodshed, nor do they show
much tact or management in enlisling the
people in their cause. This change in the
character of our information would nccos-
sarily affect our opinion as to the result Of
the struggle, even without the news now
coming in from all parts of the Empire, Of
fresh Instructions. The fall of the old dy-
nasty is now hardly a matter of doubt.
"With a body of religious enthusiasts,
part of whose creed is war 10 the death, in
the heart Of the country, and engaging all
the feeble energies of the government, and
instructions under other banners in nearly
every province south of tho Yellow River,
il cannot long survive.
"The ultimate result is a question only 10
be decided by time but the superior or
ganizalion, poor as it is, Of the Christian
rebels, and their more determined spirit,
may justly give US some hope that in the
end they may prevail over their competi-
tors for empire. They still remain in pos
session Of Nankin and Chru Ceangfoo. and
beyond some skirmishes with the Chinese
foreign ships, in which they are uniformly
successful, nothing new has occurred. tls
much 10 be feared that the country is rap
idly approaching a state Of anarchy, a con
ditlon Of things the most detrimental to trade,
and we are obliged further to confirm our
previous remarks upon the prospects for
business. Imports will be to a great extent
unsalcable, and the amount ofproduco bso't
to market must be largely curlailed. The
U. S. ship "Plymoulli" leaves tomorrow,
10 join Commodore Perry at Japan, and
American interests in China remain entire
ly undeGended at this critical period.
, 1853-10-22

EJ- Nature loves novelty almost as
much as other people. Every frcsh star
has a new direction given to it
, 1853-10-22

THE FISHERY QUESTION. The Boston
Journal says: "rhe fishery question is still
il process Of negotiation. Considerable
amusement has been created the past week
BY the notification of the government that
an American company, including several
prominent bankers in Washington and New
York, claim the exclusive right TO all the
fisheries now in controversy between the
United States and England, under title de-
rived from the Earl OF Stirling, and that the
claimants intend testing the lgality Of their
claim by fitting out vessel and despatch
ing her to the grounds claimed exclusively
by Great Britain. Lord Stirling is now in
Washington on business connected with this
matter The whole matter is generally re-
garded as a magnificent humbug.
, 1853-10-22

bEr He who SONS brambles must mol 50
larc footed
, 1853-10-22
Political Intelligence.

From the Boston Journal.
The returns from the August elections in
the Southern States are YET incompl.te.-
The following are the latest adyiccs:
TENNEssEr.-Ch Charles Ready has proba
bly, been elected to Congress in the fifth dis
trict-a whig gain. This is counterbaanccd
however, by the election Of VIM. NJ. Chur-
chill over Horace Maynard in tie second
district. In district four, +. L. Gardenhirc,
democrat, is probably elected and in the
sixth district George w, Jones, democrat
no change. 1t is now thought that Edward
Nj. Yerger, whig, is elected in the tenth dis
lrict, over Frederick p Stanton, who was to
make so much money by his rc-elcctlon.
Yerger's majority is said to be 81. If this
is confirmed, there will be a net whig gain
Of one in the congressional delegation. 1t
Is supposed that the majority for johnson,
(dcm. for Governor, will not exceed 300.
The Legislature is probably whig.
MissoUEL-Ihe last delegation from Mis-
souri, consisted of three wings and two dem
ocrats, the Benton split in the democratic
ranks having favored the wings. A whig
loss at this election was counted upon, tho
1t is by no means certain. The State has
been rc-districted, and elects two more
members of Congress, so thatno comparison
OF the returns can now be made. FIom the
returns received, it is believed that c. f.
jackson, anti-Benton democrat, is elected in
the third district by a very close vote. S.
d. CaruIhers, whig is believed TO lie elected
in the seventh district by very small ma
jority.
ARKANsAS-A despatch from II lena,
Ark, states that Messrs. Greenwood aud
Warren, the democratic candidates for con-
gress in the first and second districts, are
elected. No change.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-04-30

MELANCHOLY SUICICE.-lt seldom falls TO our lot
to be Obliged to chronicle anything that has cause
us more sincere sorrow than the following suicide
committed in our city last evening. Mr.. Arthnr
QmLn, guiltler, long and well known in this city,
walked into Mr.. Jacob Zamones boarding house
on Market street between Fifth and Sixth, sal
down at the stove seemingly low in spirits He
talked some little time 10 persons who were sitting
around, among other things he said, .sboys, when
l atn dead bury me.' One of the party replied
jOcularly, Arthur, you aint lead yet; when you
are about to die, its time enough for you TO talk
So" AT the moment he stood up, and before any
one was aware OF what he was determined on
pulled pistol cut of his pocket put it to his head
and literally blew out his brains. He was immedi-
atey removed to Mrs. Healy's boa riding house
where he stopped, few doors from where the sad
affair took place. i'll expiring condition. Mr.
Quinn was universally esteemed by those who knew
him. be was whole Souled, warm hearted, gen.
erous lriShman, who, for some time past has dwelt
with much bitterness upon the manner in which he
was served by his late partner, Michael Dillon,
who, he said, swindled HIM out OF the .emnant of
h's hard earrings, and left him unceremoniously-
He was about thirty years of age.
Since the above we learn the unfortunate man has
expired. Coroner Green i'll mLdiately held an in
quest OIL The body. when verdict of ''came to his
death by the wound of pistol shot, inflicted with
his own Iand,'' was returned.-LouiSuiLe Times
Of Tuesday.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-04-30

The jury IN THE CASE OF MARY DELASY, (chur-
ged with the murder of Jacob Shawl which ret
Ted on Thursday night of last v eek 10 deliberate
upon verdict, sent note to Judge Mcclure on
Wednesday. stating that they stood eleven aga inst
one, and that one had declared Soemnly that he
would not alter his determination. They also as
ked the Court what would be the consequence in
case the jury should discharge themselves and sep
ara'e Judge Mcclure had them brought into
Court. and answered their int=rrogatories by say
ing that he would inict the Severest penalty of the
law upon them, if they separated without permits
SION from the Court. This we believe, is thirty
days or more OH bread and water, u:der the lock
and key OF the Jaor. They again retired, and will
no doubt remain out until the first Monday in June
next.-Pits. Dis.