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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-02
ARREST OF CAPTAIN HoLLINs.

It has already been mentioned in telegraph despatch
that Capt HoLLISs, who commanded the United States
Cyane at the late destruction of Greytown,
had been arrested in the city of New York at the suit Of
merchant whose goods and other property at Greytown
had been destroyed.
The sui, was Instituted in the Superior Court and
order was obtained from Judge OAKLEg holding Capt.
HoLLNs to bail in the Of $4,000 The Collector Of
the port sub-Treasurer and Naval Officer became his
bail, and he was discharged.
Capt. HoILIss forwarded telegraphic despatch to
Washington stating the and asking for instructions
The of the is not known The captain had
however just returned to New York from Washington,
and is stated that whilst here he informed that all
his official acts received the approval Of the Government
barrassment The following is the affidavit upon which
he was arrested:
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY or NEW YORK
Calvin Dwand against George ~ Hoilias.-Caivin Du.
rand, plaintiff 10 the above action being duly
sworn, doth depose and say, that he is merchant re-
siding and doing business in the city of New York. and
for years last past he has traded largely with
sons at various places in the State of Nicaragua and
tculary at town strated at the mouth OF the river San
juan and called the city Of San Juan del Eorte OF Grey
town. that on or about the thirteenth day of Jaly last
deponent had large quantities Of goods, wares anf mer
chandise which were wholly his property, stored in
said city Of San Juan del Norte or Grey
town. to the value Of fourteen thousand dollars which
bsfore menoned that on OF about the day last mem
tloned, dsRonent was the owner of Rape q
It4q x4t49 3keus1nd Qouar WMIci ~ ha1 Aatk
4 ~ n an u San Juan del Norte, o. GysytSwh
ifo 6ity IA New York, and had caused to be erected
tho 6d city Of San Juan del Norte, or Greytown and
storehouse for the deposte Of merchandise be-
longing this dponent that sbout the said thr-
teenth day Of July the said George Hons then being
commander in the Navy Of the United States ordered
and directed said city Of San Juan del Nore or Grey
town. be bombarded and the same was bombarded for
more than three hours and after such bcbardmen he
ordered the be fred and in pursuance Of such
order the same set FIRE to- and the house and goods
OF this deponent were consumed, whereby this depo-
nent sustained damage to the amount Of twenty thou
sand dollars besides the profits which this deponent
would have made from the sale of such goods had the
same been sod that this firing Of the said city or town
done in time Of peace and the goods and house Of
this deponent wrongfuly injured and destroyed
while the same was used and occupied in lawful trade
that the said George N Holins at the time Of the
firing Of said city or town. and since has been, re-
sident Of the State Of Florida this deponent Is IN
formed and believes Further this deponent saith not
Sworn before me on she 22d day Of August, 1854.
JAMES HYATT, Com. Of Deeds
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THE SAN JAcINTo.

Again the whole. country has to deplore the
abandonment or delay Of mission OF great public
interest in consequence of defects in the machinery
of national ship. The following paragraph, copied
from the Boston Courier of Saturday, explains the
condition Of the war steamer lately repaired and
equipped at Philadelphia:
The SAN JAcIsroThe survey this ship establishes
two curious facts which may show the beauty Of the Gov
ernment contract system First that the fracture Of the
bedpate was in the original castingi and secondly,
that the defect known to the contractors, who
deavored to remedy it by patching The ship 1t ap-
pears might have proceeded her cruise but the
ders Of the Navy Department required her to return
whenever any defect should be discovered in the engine
this is considered only trial trip TO test the
gnes and verify the contract The contractors were not
to be paid for their work until after satisfactory trial
Of six months actual service II is ntmated that to
the machinery and replace the bedpate 1t will cost
them about 12 GOO This Of they viii be required
slways possible -.s " avoid iaarss
and Government foundes whers the defective work
would be rejected it would be of little consequence but
private contracorsare startled at the expense Of work
ing their metal over and thus resort to every expedent
in the way Of patching conceal their failures. When
the steam-frgate Powhatan being equipped it
discovered that one Of her immense cylinders honey
com5ed and the holes filed in with composition
bling IRON Fortunately so serious defect was detected
in time but what commentary on the honesty Of con-
tractors We again repeat that there seems to be
shops, where competent mechanics employed upon
fair day-wages Let us practicable divorce
the navy from thsrunous and dsgraceful system Of job
bng which has made naval steamers the opprobru
Of the nation
The Government will doubtless soon become con-
vncedNthat the system which has SO long prevailed
of squandering the naval appropriations at various
points, with the view Of maintaining political supre
macy, is but wretched and fruitless policy, and
can never yield aught but vexation and disgrace
To avoid repetition Of the failures in our steam
ships which have Of late been so often endured, it
would perhaps be wisest for the Government to
create, under the direction of its own officers, an
engine factory, which would be free from the opera
ton of the various causes which retard the progress
Of work in private establishments Under such an
arrangement there could be no interest adverse to
the selection Of any other than the best materials
and the employment Of the highest skill for the
construction Of the Government work.
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THE DROUGHT AND rrs EFFECTS.

The Cleveland Herald Of Thursday, the Oath, says:
GA friend Of oars from Portage county gives us sad
and dscouragng account Of the burning country around
us. Sun and fire doing work Of destruction which
is carrying panic in its wake Miles of the soil are on
FIRE in Portage and Summit counties; green trees seem
to burn as readily as dry ones the surface earth is con-
sumed the depth Of foot and danger to of the
villages is apprehsnded, for there is not water enough
in the wells to supply the daily wants.
GA spark from passing locomotive will set field in
blaze and the fire sweeps along like racehorse 1n
the valleys the smoke is constant and at night dense
to be nearly suocating and without speedy rain to
check this disaster not only crops but buildings will fall
before the flames FIRE is raging short distance this
side of Panesvle and already has spread over mile
in extent Of the forest"
The Cumberland Journal of last Friday 25th has the
following:
sThe water in the streams of this region has seldom
been low the present time In 1880 the drought
excessive but hardly equal to that of this year All
the saw and Touring mills this side Of the Aeghanies
have stopped for the Of water The Potomac Is
stream at all; it is literally licked up by the hea: At
every ford above and below this place for many miles it
can be passed 'dryshodi and Wills creek and Town
creek is almost like thread The canal also, which
ought to be at oil times full Of water is more like
empty ditch than any thing else"
The editor Of the Louisville Journal after travelling
from St. Louis to Chicago, and thence south to Louis
ville Ky( the conclusion that ia the great
cofn-growng States Of Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio I-
nos Arkansas and Missouri the crop this
will fall short half the average yield In portions Of
Illinois and Missouri it is thought the crop viii not be
onehiri large usual and in the neigborhood Of the
Ohio river It is regarded nearly total failure.
gentleman in Edwardsville, (.l writing to friend
in Louisville, Ky, says:
!" It is now two months and two days since we have
had rain, sowing slight shower on the goth June,
amounting to nothing. have never before seen i'm
fields of burnt up, wted twisted up, cooked
parched and yet il don't rain think may safely say
from what have seeu the corn crop viii be deficient
seventy to seventyfseper cent in oil southern Illinois
The Connecticut river is in many places low that it
is fordable. In many places in New Hampshire and
Vermont the farmers hurrying off their cattle to
market By railroad, to what flesh they hare.
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hands Gin the language of the Union) "to reopen

hands Gin the language Of the Union) "t reopen
the slavery agitation"
II will be rccollected that when California was
presented for admission into the Union as State
the "vexed question of slavery was again intro
duced, and the Southern members were very indig-
nant that the Northern scould not diyide Nth them.
At u meeting of the Southern members o, the
House of Representatives in August, 1850, whilst
the bill for the admission of California was pending,
the following, amongst other resolutions, were
adopted
Re:oseed That in the event Of the non slayehoding
States obecng thus to put the fe liberty and proper
ty Of American citizens under American laws viii
s upon dpision Of the country the line of $50 3
with distinct recognition and protection of property in
slaves.
Resososd That we win not vote for the admission Of
California unless the southern boundary be restricted the
parable, of3so 30< north latitude
In the SENATE, on the 10Th of August, 1850,
Mr.. CLEMENS presented the proceedings Of public
meeting held at Cahaha in Dallas aar,..J, Alabama,
approving the address oe the Nashville Convention,
and ~rging the adoption Of the Missouri Compro-
mise line Of thirysix degrees thirty minutes north
latitude the only just and proper basis for the
settlement Of the slavery question
| But, further; ten Southern and Western Sena-
tors, in 1850, put in their protest against the ad-
mission Of California as free State without con-
tinutng the line Of $50 80 to the Pacific. They
were: Messrs. Mason and Hunter, of Virginia !;
Messrs Butler and Barnwell, Of South Carolina
Mr.. Turney, of Tennessee; Mr.. Soule of Louisiana;
Mr.. Davis Of Mississippi; Mr.. Atchison, Of Missou-
ri; and Messrs. Morton and Yulee, Of Florida.
They objected, among other reasons:
Because all the propositions have been rejected which
have been made to obtain either recognition Of rights
Of the saveholding States to enjoyment Of oil
the territory of the United States, to fair duisioa
that territory between the saveholdng and non slayehod
ing States of the Union every effort having failed which
has been made obtain fair division Of the territory
proposed to be brought in as the State Of California
It may well be asked if these strict constructions
lists insisted upon this line Of $50 30 in 1850, how
did it become not only unconstitutional in 1854 but
4 "infamous {"
And, to render the history complete, let it not be
forgotten that euery Southern Senator, Mr.. Call
HoUN included, voted for this very restrictive line
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RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF TUaKIsH yicroRY.-The In
val;de, Russian paper in giving detailed account Of
the battle Of Gurgsvo which has been rumpeed forth to
the world great Turkish victory says that the action
in consequences Of the landing Of the Turks upon the
Island Of Makan that the Turks were several times re-
pulsed with great loss, and that while retreatng they
played upon by their artillery in orier TO drive
them back to the fight According to this account hs
result Of the battle adverse to the Turks who are
said to have lost Eve thousand men, while the Rus
slams lost less than fvs hundred The subsequent re-
OF the Russians in consequence Of previous
ders to that effect Neither Russian nsr Turkish ao
counts are to be fully depended on.
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CHOLERA In BARpADoEs continued it's ravages up to
the latest accounts particularly vruent in the
this disease in the country parishes and 5000 in ST.
Michaes The whole population Of the island does not
exceed 1876 600.
private letter in the Aspinwa Courier Of August
18th says that cholera extending its ravages through
the Island Of Grenada sparing neither age SEX
rank The total Of deaths reported up to July 25th
1000 in population Of less than $4,000 souls Advces
from st. Lucia and Grenada state that the cholera has
made it appearance there and creating great alarm
The I4th instant had been set apart day Of fasting
humiliation, and prayer.
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We see it stated in the Boston Post that in the
British House of Lords on the 11th instant Lord
CLARENDON laid on the table q despatch from the
British Consul General at Havana describing the
measures adopted BY the Government Of Cuba TO
put down the slave trade, On which occasion Lord
CLARENDON took the opportunity Of denying re-
port circulated in the United States that Great Bri
tain had ever contemplated intended to African
ize Cuba or to establish black Republic there.
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EXPORT OF SPECIE FROM NEW YORK.

The money article Of the Journal Of Commerce
states the exports of specie from, that port for the
week ending Goth August at sl,374,74S. Total
since 1st January, S23, ,656637 same time in 1852,
sl3, ,763, ,567; same time in 1853, sl7,476,554.
The exports Of this year show heavy increase.
The amount Of merchandise exported from the
port of New York to foreign ports from January lst
to 26th August is stated at s43, 547, l62-an in
crease since last year of more than six millions The
foreign goods imported at New York since lst JAN
uary amount to $3.50, ,549, ,493
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NATIONAL CATTLE SHo~.-A great National cattle Show
is be held under the auspices Of the United States
Agricultural Society, (os which the Hon. MARSHALL
WILDER is the Presdent to take place at Springfield,
Ohio on the 25th Of October and continue three days.
will Of course be Of the greatest exhibitions Of the
kind ever witnessed in this country The large amount
in the shape Of premiums for the best cattle
&c., 10 offered, and the competitors will not be few
bids fair to be great meeting of farmers and others
interested from every State os the Union drawing
pie together after the fashion Of Western barbecue.
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The ARMr.-The New York.Express states that not
fourth Of the present rank and file Of the United
States army Americans, while about threefourths
Of those in service Germans and Irish Among the
recent eniistments in that city two soldiers that
served years in the French army a Rome in the
Russian army and In various Of the Governments Of Eu
rope The American service Is generally preferred to
any other by those who have carried muskets both in Eu-
rope and here 1t among the anomalies Of races and
governments that twothirds Of those born and bred
abroad should be employed do the fighting Of the Uni
tod States
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THE wEEkLY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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reduction Of 20 per cent onefh Of the full charge
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duction Of 25 per cent Tor onefourth of the full charg
10 any who win order and pay for, at time ten
OF more copies
No being kept this paper it will not be sent
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longer than the time for which 1t is 50 paid
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TEXAN MrSRRaLs-The editors of the State Gazette
have been shown specimens Of ironore, COAL and lead
found by Gen. Johnston while travelling the latitude
Of 800 The coal is said to be equally ne specimen
Of camel coal In the Governors office and taksn
from the mine at Petersburg, Va The coa-bed is be-
eved be quite extensive The iron appears to be
very pure and sbounds n large quantities n the north
and northwestern portions Of the State There is in the
Governors Office 6ne specimen Of lead embedded in
quarts rock, found near I'll Psso
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The Union" says that q the Wings are procur-
"ing endorsements Of their Congressman from Free
!" soiIers. CHARLES SUMNER has written his name
/" on the back of Mr. ELIOT" Will the Union"
say what party it was that endorsed Mr.. SUMNER,
and "backed' him, when he was sent to the Uni
ted States Senate?
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-02

EDWARD JoY NORRIS has been nominated for
Congress by the Wings Of the First District OF
Philadelphia, making the third candidate now IN
the field for that district
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SrxpHEs SIMPSON died in Philadelphia few days ago.
he was period Of his life an editor and gained
considerable celebrity political writer especially BY
his essays against the United States Bank the
ture Of Brutus" publshed in Dusne's Aurora.
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Owing the great decrease Of cholera in the city New
York the Board of Health have resolved discontinue the
daily reports from the hospitals.
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20h says There is no mistake about good crops here
Early is made and the is very favorable fol
late corn"
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WILL IT EVER RAIN /?


put the annexed articles in type expressive of the uni
versal feeling:
WILL IT EVER RAIN
viii the rain never again. Will the sun always
come up with his great red burning face over the eastern
MUS marching up higher and higher into the sky, look
Ing straight down at midday and then sinking slowly
and suieny towards the west to go down like angry
giant leaving his hot breath steamng up uncooed from
the heated earth? Will he 60 thus day after day.
always blazing and blazing away; drying up the streams
leaving their channels to gsten in their mostuseess
whteness like the trails Of gigantic serpents along the
valeysf Shall the fountains to send their crystal
water bubbrg to the surface from away down in the
earths depths? Shall verdure leave the meadows and
the pastures and the foliage the trees wther aud die
Shall the fields put the grayness Of snowless winter
before the cold winds Of the north aud the frost freezes
out the principle of life from the vegetation that
them s--Atbany Register.
Dry, dry, dry,
From earth and brazen sky;
Devices heavens and without rain
Hot blasts sweeping DER the plain;
Vegetation withering, dying !
Man and beast for water sighing;
Dry, dry dry,
Is the universal cry.
Drouth drouth drouth
East and west, north and south
From all quarters comes the waing
OF the golden harvest failing;
Crops beyond resrscitaton;
Fields in utter desolation
Droutn, drOUtn, dr0utn,
Is the plant of every mouth
Haze, haze, haze,
Only meets our anxious gaze,
As we scan with prayerful eye
The long unpropitious sky
Now the hot sun breaking through,
Burning up the smoky dew,
With his reddened, fiery rays,
Disspates this eastern haze
Rain, rain, rain
Will it ever come again?
Watering the thirsty earth
Giving vegetation birth
Cooling down the fevered air;
Life diHusing every where!
Rain, rain, rain, ("
Will it ever come again? .~-.
Rain, rain, rain
Give, 0 Lord the latter rain
Let some little cloud arising
Fill the heavens all around,
Once again the earth baptizing
From the upper depths profound.
Ini season-aye, before it,
From the east or from the west,
North or south, grant our request!
Rain, rain, rain,
Send, 0 Lord, the latter rain!
SYRACUSE, AUGUST %.
But at four o'clock the clouds gathered in the west the
thunder pealed, the rain descended, and oil Nature
joiced again.
g Who is it that will doubt
The care Of Heaven; or think tn immortal
Pow'rs are slow, cause they take the privilege
To choose tt cir own time when they will sead their
Blessings down 7"
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PREsBrrRRIAH BeARD OF FoREraE MIssIoss.-The ad
Of this Board from the first to the seventeenth yea'
is from $45, 900 to $l74,o00.
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MOST WELCOME RELIEF.

Yesterday the sun still blazed the killing drouth got
drer the heat hotter and the parched earth and wither
ed vegetation seemed SO hopeless Of relief that had
put the annexed articles in type expressive Of the uni
yersal feeling
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-30
Cttrago.
BURWELL IL POWERS

BURWELII Il POWERS
Nj + r G II A Mt TAILORS,
AND DEALERS IN CENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
No. fremont Buildings, Dearborn Street,
CHICAGO, lLLINOls.
NTESSRS BURWELL 4 POWERS, respectfully o.
INl invite the attention Of gentlemen travelling n
IN the Northwest, well IS those residngin Mime.
sofa, to their complete and elegant sOrmen Of LII
GENTIEMEN'S FURNlSHING GOODS.
The largest and most tasteful selection the finest
French, English, German and American clothing stuns
will be kept constantly land Is the deeign Of
proprieors to sustain the reputation Of their
ment the Great Western Emporium of Fashion. Cen
tlencn leave with U.S. and have their orders
filed at any time in the fashionable styles Sang
visiting Chicago invited to examine
stock, at No I, fremont Buildings DeArbon street.
II. BCRwEII- Chicago;
June Cliff s.. A. POWERS Cleveland, O.
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General Conn fssiOn and Advertising
Agency.
CHARLES WOOLLETT,
CHICAGO, lLLIEOIS.

TTNO MERCANTILE Men, FARMERS and others la wing bus
Il in this city
respectfully announce intention to esta blish myself
permanently in the above business i'll this city,
my services to effect sales OF Produce purchases Of
chan!ise Lumber, &C. Commission together with any
business which rexurss personal attention. for which
experience OF over seventeen In active mercantile
pursuits and thorough knowledge Of the city trade
qualified me to effect the advantageous terms
thereby requetly obvating the
OF leaving home and bunness Hoping 10 be favored with
your commands trusting that this may lead
to TRANSACTIONS extensive md mutually beneficial
surng you of my best efforts in your behalf truly
yours CHAS. WOLIETT.
REFERS TO Ala. W. Kennedy z. B. Williams, ". Way
man. NJ L. Keith, A. H. Blacka, Esq, John Rogers, Esq
ii Frink Esq Lessrs. Augent& Ownes.
G.. HI. & l.. LAELIN,
PAPER COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND NANUFAC-
TUREKS AGENTS,
IFS South Water Street, Chicago, IHixnis.
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Looms Co.'S Domestic and Imported Cigars; Thomas c.
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