Daily national era., 1854-01-13

Lr. DAvIs.--We learn with deep regret that.
this gentleman is this afternoon believed TO be
beyond all hopes Of recovery, and in dying
condition. His mind has been very sound since
his return to consciousness, and 10 late as yea
terday evening. some OF his friends were en-. /.
couragcd by the indications given He then
spoke Of his worldly affairs, and gave nstruc-
tions respecting them in the clearest possible
manner But suppuration has taken place, and
he now has but little consciousness
NEBRAsKA, BENToN AND EvERErr.--The
correspondent z Qai vivc,a Of the New York
Tribune, says that 9 Col. Benton win oppose
Douglass Nebraska bill, in which Mr.. Douglas
seems to have conceived it to be his peculiar
mission 60 extend the erea Of Slavery" and
that it il understood here that Mr.. Everett
" dissented from its Pro-Slavery features in
Committee, and will oppose them in the Senate,
The same writer also says that "Senator
Houston will oppose the Nebraska bill on IN
dian, not African, ground. Eighteen treaties
have been made with the Indians, and this bill
violates all Of thcm. Senator Adams of Miss,
is Of the same opinion Southern members in
the House think that the bill is not sufficient
ly explicit, and that to make the matter sure,
the Missouri Compromise ought and should be
repealed
CANDIDATES FOR THE PREsIDENcY.--lt APP
pears TO be time to take noteof all the eligibles
brought before the public notice from time to
time. The New York Tribune, in Announcing
the election Of Mr.. Crittenden to the United
States Senate, says that Z No man will stand
higher in that body, and among Wings no man
will be more prominent for for the highest gifts
in their poi0tr 10 bestosun
10 Paid firemen are demanded in most Of
our cities--a force Of responsible men, capable
Of extinguishing fires, guarding property, and
preserving order The sooner we all come to
it the better.
PHONETIC cINsTRUcTIoN.--We learn from the
Cincinnati Type Of the Times, that Phonetic
instruction, as q means Of learning to read the
common print, has been introduced into the
Cincinnati House Of Refuge, through the inHu-
ence Of the Ohio State Agent, Mr.. c. s Royce.
A writer in the New York Daily Times la
ments the growing increase Of cases Of paral-
ysis, arising ont OF excessive mental exertion,
and ferventIy prays he may be delivered from
70 fearful malady. The Tribune thinks the
author is in no danger
Grace Greenwood's Little Pilgrim has al
ready five thousand subscribers.
The amount paid or due to vessels for freights
in San Francisco, during the single month Of
November was 1865, 557
Mecklenburg Schwerin has acceded to the
United States convention for the mutual deliv-
cry Of criminals from jastce.
ice one foot in thickness is being obtained at
Boston.
There are two hundred and thirty six and
half miles Of Croton water pipes in New York
city.
AWFUL WREcK-The China Mail, Of the
9Th Of October, mentions the arrival ut Hong
Kong Of the second mate and two of the pas
sengers Of the ship Lady Eveline, which, on
her voyage from that port to San Francisco,
was wrecked north Of Formosa, on one Of the
out islands Of the Loo Choo group. OF her
240 passengers, only 25 escaped. The survi-
vors got ashore, and were treated very kindly
by the natives, who enclosed a field and put up
house for them, gave them food, and after
treating them with much kindness, would ac-
cept Of no money. They were taken of by
the steamer Hermes, on the arrival Of which
vessel the captain Of the Lady Evelne made
the natives liberal presents Of goods.
The Concord IN. H. Independent Dsmoerst, :
Of yesterday, says:
Mr. Giddingss speech, on the Amistad Slave
claim, is one OF the ablcst ever made in Con-
gress. The old man eloquent riddles that
concern from stem TO stern. We shall publish
the entire speech next week.
FREDERICK DoUGLAfs--This eloquent ad-
vocate and representative Of despised and
oppressed race addressed an immense assem-
blage at Nashua week or two since, and with
the happiest effect. There are few better wfi-
tiers or more eloquent speakers in this country
than Frederick Douglass. We arc happy to
announce that he proposes to spend ten or
twelve days in New Hampshire, and that he
will speak in this city, Wednesday, January
25, week after next.--Concord Dem, Jan. ~.