davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-05-27
BY RAILROAD DIRECT
To
II III u :" Il q IT.
"a Q - Fl 49,

Time between Wrshtn gton and w he cling
but IL Ia hoursI
Running time between Washington aud Ci,iein
nati 81 hoarsu
Through Tickets and Baggage Checks TO be ha d
in Washington
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-05-27

American Colonization Society.-At a recent
meeting OF the board of directors, the following
named appointments were made: Rev. r. r.
Gurley corresponding secretary, at an annual
salary Of $4,000; Rev William McLain, financial
secretary, salary $4,000; Rev M. Olcutt, travel
ling secretary, ST. 500, and his expenses paid and
Dr.. j. w. Lugenbeel, recording secretary, 81 500
per annum. The executive committee consists of
DR.. Harvey Lindsey, Hon. Elisha Whi.l!esey,
Joseph II. Bradley, esq, A. O. Dayton, esq, Rev.
George w. Samson, VIM. Gunton, esq, and w.
w Seaton ESQ
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17
Marine Affairs.

Rich FARE-The brig Harriet Ann, bound to this
city, put into Lewes Dell 18th instant, and reported
speaking the previous Friday the schooner Harriet
Neal also bound to this city from Para, entirely out OF
provisions and that the had been subsisting 70
the previous four days upon tallow The schooner
rived here safe and sound subsequently, but the captain
Jailed to report how this dainty Russian fare agreed
with them.
THR STEAMSHIP UNION, for Havre, sailed at noon yes
terday with 30 passengers The next steamer for Eu
rope will not be till the 27h when the Pacific sails 10
Liverpool.
DEATHS AT SEA.-The ship Saxon, arrived at New Or
leans 9th instant sailed from Havre with Sc passengers
On the passage, the 22d Of Ostober, Mrs. Anna NJ
Groton the captains wife, Of Concord Mass, died Of
cholera. On the 9th of the same month the mate
Joshua Keller of Portland, Me- died Of the same dis
ease; and on the 9th of November, John Frenzy,
an, of st. John, N b. died.
Loss OF TIE STEAMER WIN. PEyy.-Among the melan-
choly wrecks in the Black Sea vicinity during the
late gale the steamer VIM. Penn. She sailed from
this port last summer for the Mediterranean, and
chartered by the French to transport troops
and stores TO the Crmea. She was last reported at
Constantinople The following extract of letter from
Constantinople dated November H. contains all the
particulars that have come to hand =
Intelligence has just arrived that the Jena, French
line ofbete ship, Is ashore of the Castle OF Asia, in
the Dardanelles and that the William Penn, an Amer.
can steam transport chartered by the French and fu
you will probably have re. eived the by the last
mail from Gallpoli.
The W. p. was formerly packet between Boston and
Philadelphia, and was commanded by Captain John
Goldman OF Eoston She Is supposed to have been lost
in the Dardanelles.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17
Markets.

NEW ORLEANS Dec. TO, 1854.
The cotton market is dull and the tendency Of prices
downward. We report the sales to-day at 5000 bales
The sales of the week add 1000 bales The stock
hand is 600 bales and the increased receipts at this
port those of last year at this time amount to
II 900 bales Sugar has declined Nc per ID. The rates
for sterling exchange are without alteration.
MOBILE Dec. Is, 1854.
Our cotton market is dull, with declining tendency.
The sales Of the week foot up 5000 bales The sales
to-day amount to 600 bales We quote middling at
7Tc. Sc. Freights to Liverpool Nd. Sterling
change is selling at OK a "a per cent premium.
CHARLESTON Dec. Is, 1854.
There is complete panic in the cotton market here,
owing to the large failure Of the house Of Dun. Tho
sales to-day were ], 900 bales at irregular rates.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 16, 1854.
Hogs dull at - % Prime barrel lard is selling at
Shc per ID. For pork, 81 % per Dbl is asked
Eastern exchange is quoted at per cent premium.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 16, 1854.
The money market is unaltered. Stocks are dull;
FeadiDg 80; Morris Canal IL; Long Island Railroad L.
Pennsylvania Railroad 407S Pennsylvania 5s Sok.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17

An article under this head appeared in the police in
telligence of the HERALD on Saturday, 18th inst
cusipg of selling diseased meat appeared at the
Jefferson Market to answer the charge; NO one
present to complain of but the vigant officer Elder,
by whom am said to have been arrested. am ready
to meet the charge and court investigation. only
beg leave to inform friends that the charge entire
unfounded and will show at the trial. the parties
preferring the charge be persuaded to bring it on
that reputation for honest dealing in Washington
Market, of thirteen years standing ia still unmpeach
able. would only add that resisted all efforts to in
duce to settle the matter preerrng rather to meet
the calumny than to pay to have it setted in that way
New York, Dec. 16, 1854. MOSES d. KIPP.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17


THE SOUTHERN MAIL-LATER FROM TExAS-GovERN-
Oh PEAsE AND THE MISSISSIPPI AND PACIFIC
RAILROAD.
BALTIMORE, Dec 49, 1854
By the arrival Of the Southern mail, late due,
we have received New Orleans papers Of Sunday,
tanning dates from Galveston Texas, to the 7th inst
Governor Pease had issued proclamation again Of
frng the contract TO construct the Mississippi and Pa
c6cRalroad to responsible bidders In his proclama
ton he states the contract entered into between him
self and Messrs Walker and King and Others for the
strucson Of the road had become null and void by the
failure Of the contractors to make the necessary deposit
of three hundred thousand dollars in gold silver evil
dences Of the debt of the State of Texas other good
par stocks He also recites the authority given him
Governor in such contract should be made with
any other company individuals for the construction
Of the said road and gives notice that proposals for the
purpose in accordance with the provisions Of the act Of
the legislature will be received at the Office of the
Secretary Of State, until the LIST of May next
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17
Fire at Troy.

Troy, Dec. 10, 1854.
FIRE occurred this morning in West Troy, destroying
four frame buildings occupied by Henry Cole clother
j. Foster boot and shoe dealer Jacob Cohen, clother
VIM Rouse, barber; James Morrison saloon; James Bull
lard, boots and shoes; Myers Gunsanburt clothers
The buildings were situated on the canal the
Of Union street, and we're owned by VIM Smith and
John Knowes, of Albany covered bridge across the
canal was also consumed The total loss is $4,000 but
is mostly covered by insurance.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17

MUGGLING-FIRE-DFATH OF A PHYSICIAN.
Boston, Dec. 16, 1854.
The Custom House authorities OF this city zed last
night about twelve hundred dollars worth Of segars
struggled into port by bark from Havana.
The depot of the Boston and Maine Railroad at Law
destroyed fire last evening The loss the
building is S. oO0-on freight not ye. ascertained The
depot also contained large amount of inward freight
including considers quantity Of -four, but the loss
will not fall upon the company.
DR.. Samuel Parkman eminent surgeon, died in this
city this morning.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17

THE gtrr RIDGE RAILROAD RISING OF THE ALA
BAMA RIVER.
COLUMBIA Is. CO., Dec. 16, 1854.
The House Of Representatives Of this State has passed
bill subscribing million of dollars to the Blue Ridge
railroad and guaranteeing million more
We learn from Mobile that the Alabama river il
rising.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17

The SuNBuRY AND ERIE RAnRoAD.-We have
received an invitation to be present at the open
ing of this road from Milton to Williamsport
This is 'nly the opening of the first section Of
the road which is designed to compete with the
Erie road in the Western travel and freighting
business. The Sunbury and Erie road is con
nected with Philadelphia by the Reading Rail-
road. Thence from Williamsport it will cross
the State and touch Erie by a nearer and more
direct route than that of the Erie Railroad
With this terminus all the Western roads,
through Indiana, Illinois and Michigan are con-
nected, Erie being the point where the trade
centres, and from which it is distributed. 1t
now comes from Erie to New York, but the OBJ
ject of the Sunkury and Erie road is to get
ZONE of this business for Philadelphia. After
the 18th instant, about fifteen miles of the
road will be open.
The celebration of the opening will take place
at Williamsport tomorrow; the participants
will leave Philadelphia early in the morning,
and the whole affair will be very interesting to
Philadelphians and Pennsylvania people gene
rally. The Sunbury and Erie Railroad is the
most extensive and important public improve
ment within her own borders that the Keystone
State has ever be en- engaged in.
Tire prospects Of the road are not SO brilliant
as they might be; and since the failure of the
movement to get a subscription from the city
Of Philadelphia, but very little progress has
been made upon it. It will be finished proba
bly,, but not for long time yet.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17
Explosion OF a Locomotive and Loss OF Life.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec IT, 1854.
Yesterday afternoon the engine Wisconsin, while draw
ing coal train on the Reading Railroad exploded
Manayunk tunnel instantly killing George Long, engineer
Of Baltimore John Lynch, fireman; and Charles Miller,
Of Dauphin county, and seriously injurng lad snd
passenger who resides Reading but whose names
could not ascertain. The engine which of Ross
Winan B Co. Is coal burners, is q complete wreck.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17

TEE ESCAPE OF MISS BuNKLEY--We print ia
to-day's paper note from the young lady
who recently escaped from the Roman Catholic
seminary at Emmetsburg, Nd, in answer to the
letter from the Lady Superior. We trust that
Miss Bunkley will prepare for the press full
and correct statement of the whole affair, and
thus settle the vexed question.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17
Naval Intelligence.

The following is list of the officers of the ship-owar
Falmouth attached to the Home squadron She was to
Thompson Danah Shaw; First Lieutenant, Samuel r.
Knox Purser, Francis B. Stockholm Second Lieutenant
Francis Winslow; Third Lieutenant John Wilkinson;
Surgeon, j. Brownlee; Fourth Lieutenant Abner Read;
Assistant Surgeon Michael O'Hara Acting Master Thos
W. Brcadhead; Passed Mdshipman, George E. Belknap;
Clerk to Commander, j. r. woolson; Boatswain Francis
A. Oliver Gunner, James A. Lleston; Carpenter, Geo.
Wisner; Salmaker, John J. Stanford.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17

CINCINNATI Dec. 16, 1s54.
The trial of Arrson, the alleged murderer of the ALI
sons at the hospital in this city, last winter is stin in
progress The evidence is all in and counsel
summing up to-day The will probably 60 to the
jury Monday. The triM excites much interest here
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17
T He LA TEST NE w g.
BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TEl5GRApHs.


Opinion Of Judge Dean on Naturalization.
PoUGHKEErsrR, Dec. Id, 1854.
Judge Dean Of the suprem Court in this place, haze
forbidden his clerk take proofs Of citizenship and
grant naturalization papers, and has directed that all
those who wish to become citizens hereafter must ap
ply the Court After hearing the proofs from num-
bers Of applicants to-day, he rejected of them
He has given written opinion. holding that admitting
alien to the rights Of citizenship is judicial act and
requires an examination by the Conrt in each case.
Know Nothing Candidate for Governor In
Virginia.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 16, 1854.
The American Organ, the Know Nothing paper
at Washington says the Know Nothngs Of Virginia will
make an independent nomination for Governor in that
State.
We have no mail this evening south Of Richmond.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17

The election OF United States Senator il made impera
tive upon Legislature in Wisconsin, In the same man
ner that II is in rennsy vana by statute which hxes
particular day the third Monday Of January next pre-
ceding the expiration Of the term Of the outgoing
Senator.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17

THE HARD TMEs-THE OPERA.-Hints are
thrown out by several of the musical journals
to the effect that tie italian Opera is in great
distress for want Of proper support. So lament
able an occurrence may well give rise to pub
lie sorrow. 1t Is absolutely heartrending to
think that artists of the calibre Of Mario and
Grid are neglected in so highly polished and
fashionable community as this Some, who
take deep interest not only in the prosperity
of these singers but in the character of the city
for musical taste, are agitating for scheme to
repair the past, and rouse the public to exer-
tiOns for the future. Such plan merits dni-
versal encouragement. A committee Of expe-
rienced men should be named to consider Of the
matter, and shout be instructed to devise some
method whereby the people Of New York should
be forced to atten the opera on the regular
days, and afford fair harvest to the great per-
formers. With pro er exertions, there can be
no doubt of the success of such scheme. An
ADDRESS, now, similar in style and conception
to those radically put forth by the Munich
pal Reform Committee, and calling upon the
people Of New York to provide Themselves with
white gloves, new hats, d the other elements
Of fashionable attire, and to purchase, each man,
SO many tickets week for the italian Opera,
might have q salutary effect. At all. events.
something can be done either in this way or
in another; and the committee should be ap-
pointed forthwith.
When its labors are over, and the opera
managers, and Mario and Grisi are provided
for and content, the same committee might de-
vote few moments attention to another
though obviously minor-case of distress. We
allude to the eighteen to twenty thousand la
borers and mechanics who are now idle and
furnishing in the streets Of New York. As the
winter creeps on, with coal 81 and So ton
and -four $12 barrel-double the rates these
articles commanded eighteen months ago; and
as wages fall, and work becomes scarcer and
scarcer, the misery to be endured by certain
classes in New York can hardly be described
There is absolute starvation in prospect for
many actual deaths from want of food and
want Of warmth. Nor can this prospect now be
averted. The suffering must be undergone.
When. therefore, the compassionate and ex-
perier ced men who are concerned about the
fate Of the italian Opera shall have so arranged
matters as to ensure handsome profits to the
owners and lessees of that edifce, and to the
performers engaged therein, we trust they may
devote their remaining energy to this other
class of sufferers. Bread and fires are small
matters of course in comparison with operas,
tenors, and splendid tolettes but after all, the
poor cannot live without them. 1t would be
an unparalleled affliction to the city to recon-
pense unsuitably snch performers as Grisi and
Mario; but will it not be to their honor to let
thousands of their countrymen starve. Let
the committee meet and act promptly, for no
time is to lie lost
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17
Arrival, or tho Marion Mt Charleston.

CnARfEsToN Dec TO- 1904.
The steamship Marion, fr m New York, arrived at,
this port this afternoon at three o'clock with all on
board weh
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17
Total :. ...s:5s Total 49,.

ALABAMA RACES.
MornE Dec. 6, distributing and pacing; mile heats;
entrance $3.50. Sweepstake.
H. Buckleys s. g. Zachary Taylor, (pacer). Il
Trip Smiths .. g. Gov. Dorr, (trotter) ........2
Geo. Moreys 6. Barney, (trotter). ......... dis.
Time g: 07-307-309k
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17

graduate William Smith O'Drien on his good
fortune in having escaped honorably from Van
Dieman's Land, and returned to Europe. Ap-
pended to the address calling the meeting to-
gether were s.veral American names-s1ch as
Mayor Westervelt, Mayor elect Wooo, John
Van Buren, and VIM. G. Bryant, Hor q. Gree
ley and Henry J. R ymond, Distric A. orney
Shepard and Collector sdfeld, Judge Beebe
and Chauncey Burr, End others of the same
class and character. With the excepfal OF
poor Mayor Westervelt, who presided, the
American participa ors in the movement con.
tented themselves with signing the requis.tion,
and left the ranting to the pure Hooded Celts.
Are there any people who, in the face of this,
still wonder tbat the Know Nothing movement
should have succeeded as it has
That exiles who have found safe refuge in
this country should sympathise with those
among their companions who are still in TO-
reign lands, is but natural and if they did so
in private and modest way, no one would
make the smallest objection. But instead of
this, public meeting is held, blazoned forth
impudently as an act Of the people of New
York, and an opportunity is afforded to par.
eel Of corrupt party politicians to catch at the
Irish vote. Such people as the mayor aud
Office holders under the administration, small
newspaper editors and candidates for all sorts
of public plumber, eagerly embrace the chance
Of bringing their names before the public, and
securing, as they fancy, the Irish vote for the
next election. II is this sort of thing which
has disgssted the people of this country with
Iaturalized foreigners and caused the Know No
thing movement. If the Irish exiles were sensible
men, they would reject corrupt proffers Of
friendship from native politicians. They would
say 10 Mr.. Wood, you want to pay us for elect
ng you Mayor; to Mr.. Greeley, you want us
to buy the Tribune; to Mr.. Raymond, you
mean to thank us for making you Lieutenant
Governor; to Mr.. Shepard, you are looking
out for the District Attorney chip at the next
election; to Mr.. Re field, you intend TO make
your bargain in 1856 as the leader of the Irish
party; to Mr.. Burr, you want to be somebody;
to John Van Buren,, you have an eye to the next
Presidential canvass, when the Irish vote may be
useful. Instesd seeing or saying this, the
Irish receives the politicians with open arms,
and afford them every fac ty for carrying out
their corrupt schemes This sort of thing has
been carried on for twenty years, and has been
the chiefcause of the corruption which prevails
at our elections
Its day may now be considered as over. The
Know Nothing movement is only in its infancy
but it has already mastered the greater part OF
the country, and resi- accessions are daily
strengthening its ranks All the old leaders
are falling in, one By one, under the native
American banner; and with prudence and skill
there cannot be a question but its over will
soon be irresistible. The rognes who truckle
to foreign exiles without caring buttoo fol-
| them or their cause, will then fad perhaps thai
honesty would have beeo The best Iolicy.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17
The Tu.r.
LOUISIANA RACES,


METARIE COURSE Tuesday, Lee. 5, 1S54-Jockey Club
purse, $40C-two mile heats
4. j. Wells CHI. C.. Lecomte by Boston, dam Reel
by Glencoe years old Observation-Disclosures.
A. Lecomte h Co.'s CHI. T. Gallatna, by Gallatin
dam Eliza Mills by @eviathan-3 years old 49,. 2
A. L. Bingamans CHI. 8. Joe Blackburn, by Glen
coe dam by Frank-4 years old. ...............
TINE.
First heat. 1:5s Second heat........ 155
1853 1:57K
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17


BOSTON, Dec. 16, 1854.
despatch received here from Halifax says that the
Governor Of Nova Scotia has in accordance with the
cent act Of the Legislature, issued proclamation
pealing the duties paid by American shpmasters
the various articles which properly under the pro-
visions Of the reciprocity treaty.
They also state that considerable irritation was beng
felt throughout the British provinces consequence Of
the delay in carrying out the provisions of the recpo
city treaty.
The St. John IN b. papers Of the 18th inst say that
the schooner Arrow, from Dgby IN. So for St. John
had been lost at-sea and it feared that all the
hands board, and number Of the passengers, had
persisted.
TIKI CANADIAN MINISTRY IN TROUBLE.
QUEBEC Dec To- 1854
In the Canadian Assembly at three O'Clock this
ing the ministry suffered sectional defeat being left In
minority Of six amongst the representatives from Lower
Canada the legislative councils amendments TO the
bill abolshng feudal tenure. They had, however,
jorty Of six in the whole House.
THE CANADIAN LEGIsLArURE-LoRD ELGN. ETC.
QuEnEc Dec. 16, 1854.
The recovered their sectional majority last
night in the House Of Paramert and carried the amend
ed feuda tenure abolition bill by majority Of twenty
one.
This evening, in both houses valedictory address
to Lord Egin passed. who win assent to the clergy
secularzaton, ieuda tenure abolition, and
other bills when Parliament will adjourn till February
next.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17

Boston, Dec. IL, 1854.
The failure Of the Glendon Iron Mill Company
nounced here to-day, and it afterwards
tanned that on Monday last the superintendent, Mr.
Brevoor who is well known in the cities Of New Yors
and Philadelphia, had left for parts unknown. On the
wednes lay following the company had received letter
from him. in which he state that he deaulter,
and added that it useless to pursue him, as b.
would not be taken alive. The defalcatou is estimated
at two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
The failure OF Messrs Cutler, Brodhead Clapp, ex
tensve stock and exchange brokers of this city doing
business in State street. announced to-day. Their
liabilities are not supposed to be very large.
There has been severe run upon the sProviient In
stituton for Savings in this city, to-day and in al
about one hundred thousand dollars were withdrawn
from it, principally by the Irish and German depostors
The bank, however,, is perfectly solvent. There
run, ALSO upon another bank principally by small bill
holders, owing to the circulation Of false of
trouble in its ancncial affairs
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17
RELIEF OF THE Pooh IN NEwARK, N. ia meet

RELIEF OF THE Pooh IN NEWARK, N. ia meet
Ing Of the Board Of Managers of the Newark Asso-
citation for Improving the Condition Of the Poor, vas
held last evening, and various matters IN relation to
the condition and objects Of the association were
discussed. The plan Of operations for the associa-
ticn were elaborated as follows:-The Ward Super
int ndeEts, together with the President, Secretary
and Treasurer TO constitute the Board Of Managers;
the Ward superinteDdsIts to act e collectors, to
prsticns FOR yisers to audit the accounts ana GER
tify them to the Treasurer and 70 ll vacancies in
the ward visters. Various appropriations we're or
de- ed for the various visites, and the Board sd-
jourped TO meet at the call Of the President. Too
much energy caunot be exeri ed BY the supsdn-
tends hts an others In making collections in order
to raise the 600 necessary 70 secure the 81 900
pledged by one of our liberal citizens. The de-
msDds on charity are every day be soming more i'm
Fortunate. Thousands of our mechanics have been
tbros an cut ofemployment, and the poor are begin
ming TO feel the rigor Of the season. Inslsmsnt
weather has already set In, and under the prevail
ing state Of Affairs great suffering must be exps-
rierced, unless hose Who are pleased With aban-
dance provide literally for the mere destitute
Necark advertiser, Dec. IL.