Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-02-18

gle at Preston between the factory employers and ope
ratiyes is drawing to close. At Hindley also and
Wgan the strikes have terminated. Strikes Of minor
importance have however occurred various places in
the western riding Of Yorkshire which, it is hoped, will
be adjusted This vexed question to be fast
drawing to a close.
The returns of the General Post Office for 1863 exhibit
the satisfactory result Of four hundred and eleven million
letters transmitted during the year. being increase
Of thiryone and half millions 1852 and an in
of Az per the entire number transmitted
in 1885, when the whole number of letters transmitted by
the post was only seventy six and half millions.
Business of all kinds is fourishing and soon the
proceedings in Parliament shall have furnished to the
public little further insight into the probable future,
think that matters viii jog pretty much in their
usual course The chances and the horrors Of
fearful to contemplate but unless the result should
much more disastrous than is vt present calculated upon
we 40 not think that there win be much change visible in
the aspect Of things at home.
Ekenchm "a NJ. MARxssr~s las at last succeeded in
diass-Ssing long soughtf the
Sthynx. This entrance leads into marble rooms
which supposed be connected by pas
sages with similar chambers in theadjacent pyramid
An agent is about to proceed from Paris to Turkey to
akea personal survey Of the real state Of the Ottoman
army particularly that of the Danube and the future
MOVEMENTS Of France to military aid viii be determin-
cd by the report
The expected coup detat has taken place at Madrid
Generals CoNcuA and ODoSNEL have been exled to the
Csnaries The designations Of q number OF Generals
have been accepted the Minister of Finance has also
left the Cabinet. -
The only news from Portugal is circumstance which
En- ali float in he Tap1ls
has suddenly left that stream receipt Of message BY
the Banshes steamer The destination Of Admiral Cor
RVS sauairon was unknown. The Banshee to pro-
ceed to tie Mediterranean With the exception of Pied
mont nc Italian State the present moment can, we
think hpe to escape another year without revolution
or foreign occupation.
As fr Rome, the people every day becoming more
reconded their French conquerors but they like them
best ecause they offensive to their noerant Priests
fer all say the Romans France is our only hope
Pivate letters from Stockholm state that will be very
difficult if not impossible for Sweden to maintain nec-
raty in case Of war; by of the extremely hostile
feeling that pervades the entire nation against Russia
Tie same letters state that the Danes apprehensve
the security of the island Of Bornhom the possession
If which the Russians covet exceedingly
JANUARY 27.-The news of the morning from Berlin is,
that the Czan considers the explanations given by France
and England with the announcement that their heets
about to enter the Black Sea- giving character of
neutrality to the position taken by those Powers But
as preliminary condition of all negotiations he requires
that this neutrality shall be directly declared in formal
This is the statement of the New Frussian
Gazette.
Three oc,ock.-A teegraphic despatch from Vienna Of
last evening says the financial world arms that very
good news has arrived from ST. Petersburgn this after
noon the 26th but it is not stated what it is At
Berlin also the feeling is gaining ground among those who
generally considered be the best informed that
there symptoms Of conciiatory spirit to DC
observed in much that emanaes from St. Petersburgh
at the present moment.
London Stock Exchange, o'cloek.-Consos for money
and for account 18th February 81 to 91 The inquire:
for American stocks this week have been numerous
and have led large general business, at advance
upon last weeks quotations .'. ~.
We clip from the Lafayette Courier the following
address of one of the Representatives i'll Congress
from Indiana to his constituents:
.WAsHINGToN, FEBRUARY ?, 1854.
question is now pending in Congress to repeal the
Missouri compromise act Of 1920 which restricts slavery
in what is called the Louisiana TERRITORY, acquired from
France by treaty Of 1903 north OF latitude 80 Deg %
min No move has been made in out of Congress, to
repeal this act its passage thrtyfour years ago.
until the present session Of Congress- repealed, it will
permit slavery to exist in country free, equal in
extent to ten States large Indiana the greater part
of II being susceptible told, of high cultivation
and improvement. The movement in my opinion, is q
violation Of pghted faith and enormous outrage upon
the rights of the people of tie nonsaveholding States
E slavery is introduced into this Territory it excludes
constituents from it. least those Of limited means for
no poor man desires to live in slave State and socially
and politically occupy higher position than slave.
have many conclusive reasons why will oppose with my
vote and all the influence have the repeal of the Mis-
souri, compromise act all of which will be made known
soon as opportunity offers in the House
nThis iomentous question did not enter into the coz
test for Congress when you elected me- 1t is new both
to YOU and me- have felt it due to you and myself to
indicate my fixed purposes. II they accord with your
wishes nothing will give more pleasure; if not, ad
wise me- and will resign, and thereby enable you to
elect one who will for repeal Of the compromise
referred to- | will never do it. DANIEL MACE"
There is an evidence Of manhood in the above which is
cutie refreshing in this age of degeneracy The Indian
apois Journal says of the above letter. We rejoice that
Indiana has at least Demo cratic member in Con-
gress who has the honesty to oppose violation Of
prhted faith and the independence to declare his
timents like freeman" So do we rejoice at it. and
hope Mr. MACE does not stand alone in his delegation.
Cincinnati Gazette
THE New YORK CAsALs.-The People Of the State of
New York required Wednesday to pronounce on
proposed amendment Of the Constitution Of that State
in relation to its canals The question TO be decided as
briefly stated by the Journal Of Commerce. was, Sha
the Constitution be amended to admit OF the appi-
cation Of the surplus of the canals by antepa
ton to their speedy completion and enlargement" Or,
in other words Shall the canals be permitted to en-