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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-10-21
SOUTH CAROLINA.

It is announced by telegraph that there is probably
majority of the lower branch of the Legislature In favor
of giving the choice of Electors Of President and yic
President to the people, that question having been
what agitated in that State recently.
SouTH CAROLINA is the only State that has perseyere
IN nissruy making choiae Of her Presidential Ra.ss-.
by the Legislature Although always professedly De-
mocratc State she has during the last half Of hs
history supported the regular candidates of the pnEv
with much seadiness In the first nine Presidential cleo
tions she unanimously supported the Virginia candidates.
who, with the exception Of Mr. Jefferson in 1897
uniformly elected She voted for Gen. jackson when he
first candidate, and also on his first election Since
that date her vote has been four times given in oppc
ton to the successful candidate On Jacksons secon
election South Carolina threw away her vote Mr. Jeh
Floyd of Virginia. and when Mr. Van Buren, chosen,
Mr.. Mangum of North Carolina In the election Of
184l she however, united with the Democratic party i'm
support of Mr. Van Buren, when he defeated by Gem
Harrison and also in support of Gen. Cass, the DenD
cratic candidate in l845 when he defeated by Cen
Taylor She also gave her vote with the Democratic party
in the elections of Mr. Polk and Gen. Pierce. 1t
to be quite unmportant question: far it is likely
to have any effect the of the State in any future
election, whether the electors chosen by the peops
by the Legislature but it would be in
with the general popular feeling of the country that th
election should be made by the vote of the people,
tf# Boston Daily Advertiser
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Comparative Table efths crev on Board and Saved.

Among the passengers there sixty-one and
nineteen children not of whom is yet known to hay
been saved. The fact that all the seamen were saved
while the women and children suffered perish
justly considered disgraceul In commenting with just
indignation upon the mutnous and coWardly conduct of
the crew. the New York Express gives the following f
chile description Of the heroic conduct Of the brave
fellows lost in the Birkenhead:
The circumstances connected with the loss Of thEs
British steamer Birkenhead the coast Of Africa
many months SINCE still fresh in the memory Of an
The steamer struck hidden rock stove plank nj
the bows, and went to the bottom, believe, in half
hours time. There regiment Of troops on board
As soon as the alarm gven and it became apparent
that the ships fate sealed the roll Of the drum called
the soldiers to the upper deck That call WINS
promptly obeyed though every gallant heart there knew
that it was his death There they stood az
in battle array, motionless mass Of brave men-ner
who were men in deed. The ship every moment was
going down and down but there traitors no do
serters, there. The women and children were
got into the boats, and all, nearly ALL saved
There were boats for the troops but there panic
no banched pale, quivering lips among them. Down
went the ship and down that heroic band shoulder
to shoulder Men like these perish their bodies
may be given to the fishes of the sea- their memories
are, as they ought to be, immortal"
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SUGGESTIONS OF A NAVY OFFICER.
FoR THE NATIONAL ISTELLIeEScER.

FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENcER
From having had charge of o ship before was con-
hdent sailor and perhaps from having frequently escaped
shpwreck has caused me- when likely get in danger
to suggest to myself every imaginable form Of it. and to
60 through, mentally, every imaginable remedy.
IN case Of Eeet have imagined the using the hurricane
deekas nucleus for raft The hurricane deck Is built
like the top of stage strong and tight easily cut away
and an excellent float In the misfortune the Arctic
had that deck been cut away the boats being previously
lowered and mast and yards cut clear all Of which could
De done IN fifteen minutes every person might have been
saved few casts and life line with the debris from the
sunken ship, would have made SAFE perfectly SAFE raft
for all hands.
The covering of wheels should be life boats in
the English men-ofwar Had they been so on the Arctic
each one could have saved hundred persons.
think 1t pity that Capt LUCE with SO much sacri-
cing ZEAL much nobeness of SOUL did not sink by the
discharge Of his signal guns the traitors and deserters
who stole away his boats 1t would have been an example
for the future though perhaps of at the moment
BURLINGTON Nj Very respectfully
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TsRRIBLE RAvAGEs OF CHOLERA IN SIcIY.--The Phila-
delpha Inquirer has letter dated Messina September
I'd, which says:
This city has been afflicted in the most awful mns
5068 persons died from the 23d to 2Sh Of August
On the 18th there complete slaughter the general
terror increasing the number of victims Of the OE,
soldiers composing the garrison 1000 perished and
most all the police 1t is impossible describe the Desc
late appearance of the city Entire families have bcs
destroyed. OF the family Of Mr.. Ruggier Sandman
Consul composed of twelve persons, survives
The shops all closed and their occupants have either
fed or shut themselves up.
There not vehicles enough to carry the dead to-
the cemeteries, and the police obliged seek
wagons in the country. In few days $4,000 personR
have died The sick left without food medical
or the soace of clerical attendance in their dying
ments The physicians, well the druggists anal
priests all shamefuy took to flight Large numbers "a
galley prisoners, condemned to chains for life for capital
crimes pardoned condition Of burying the dead
Such spectacle has not been in any Italian city
since the plague Of the Middle Ages"
From subsequent letter Of September 10 see that
the Government had sent steamboat with physioans
druggists and priests provisions &c. and that the s
ease had begun to decline.
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THE GLoRIEs AND HORRORS OF WAR.

The news of the victories in the Crimea has
created great sensation in England 1t was sig
nalized by the ringing Of church BELLS the firing Of
cannon, &C.. and the whole nation seemed to be in
toxicated with delight when the Baltic sailed.
This says the New York Express, is the
golden side Of picture 1t has dark and bloody
reflection. But who is misanthrope enough to talk
of the groans of widows and orphans, or cast a
thought on the slaughtered thousands dead or
wounded in the trenches, talk thus in the midst
of Examinations and bonfres and cannon roaring
from the Tower Of London to Dumbarton Castle
Yes, Sebastopol has fallen Of that there
seems to be no rational doubt but it has fallen in
blood, stepped in human gore, and comes under the
Allied banners with nearly thirty thousand corpses
strewn all around and about its battlements. So
runs the record y
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WESTERN RAILROADS.

There many important links of road in progress
that it almost defes the closest observer keep
with them. There is in existence ssNorth Missouri
Railroad starting at St. Louis. At meeting Of the
directors report was made and resolutions adopted in
conformity thereto:
That in their opinion it is the interest of the North
Missouri Railroad Company to extend said road into the
State Of Iowa. in the direction Of Fort Desmoines at the
earliest practicable period.
That they have ascerained from reliable that
the Fort Madison, Keosauqua and Bloomfield Railroad
will prove when completed most valuable auxiliary
the North Missouri Railroad located is through the
richest and most populous portions of Iowa. Bloom
field in Davis county, and looking ultimately con-
nexon with the Missouri river through the southern tier
Of counties in Iowa.
That the eastern terminus Of the road being at Fort
Madison, Of the most prosperous and enterprising
towns on the Upper Mississippi and being above the
rapids Of that river and at of the best crossings Of
the same, it will furnish, in connection with the North
Missouri Railroad reliable, certain and speedy
mode Of communication between the southern portion Of
Iowa and St Louis than the Mississippi river
That the large amount of public and private sub
scrpons along the route Of the Fort Madison Railroad
the character of the country and population through
which the road will pass, and the energy with which its
construction being pressed render the ultimate
petion Of the same certain"
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KoszTA CASE IN CoURT.-In the United States Cir
cult Court at Philadelphia last week OLIVER BYnsE was
sued alien for debt of $780, He did deny the
indebtedness, tut alleged that he citizen of Uni
ted States and should therefore have been sued in the
State Courts. He formerly subject Of the Queen
Of Great Britain and had declared his intention of be-
coming citizen of the United States. His first paper
had bsen taken out but he had not completed his
ralzabn He claimed to be citizen under the ruling
Of the Secretary of State in the affair Of Martin Koszta
the Hungarian The question before the court and jury
to determine whether the defendant citizen or not
1t is the first time the question has been raised any Of
courts since the decision of the Secretary Of State in
the affair Of the Hungarian. Verdict for plaintiff the
law in the case to be argued before the court motion
for q new trial.
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WRETCHED OCCUPATION.

The overwhelming reverses which the passage OF
the Nebraska law has brought upon the Administra-
ton party in the nonsaveholding States have set the
Washington Union to calculating the chances Of
the continuance Of the Federal Union" This is a
wretched business for any journal, but worse than
all for the official journal and organ Of the Govern
ment. Blighted ambition has driven many man
to treason but we entreat our official neighbor to
leave all calculations of the value of the Union and
all specuations upon the nature Of the events which
are destroy it. if they shall occur, to nvete-
rate auliiers and abolitionists who "pant for the
dissolution Of the Union the hart panteth for the
water brooks" We hold it little less than treason
even to s@imagine the death Of the Union"
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NArIoNAL CATTLE SHOW IN OHIO.

The United States Agricultural Society will hold Ma
tiona Show Of Cattle open to general competition,
the 25th 26h, and 9th days of this month"; at Spring
field in the State of Ohio Six thousand dollars will be
awarded in premiums several of which larger than
have ever been offered by any Agricultural Society in
this country Among these notice the following Five
hundred dollars for the best bull and five hefers,
of year upwards, from any herd; three hun
bred dollars for the best Durham bull two hundred
dollars for the best Durham Other large premiums
offered in the respective breeds The judges in the
various classes have been selected with great Ex
tensye preparations have been made at Springfield for
the accommodation of strangers The principal railroads
have also arranged to take stock free of charge and
sengers at ha price On stock the freight must be paid
the passage out and the certificate of the
tary of the show that the animals have been exhibited
and have not been sold exchanged the money paid
transportation will be refunded and they returned
to the point from which they started.
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VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

The State Central Committee of the Democratic party
at Richmond have fixed upon Saunton the place and
the Both Of November the time for holding their Con-
yention Nominations are to be made for Governor,
and Attorney General and the
Enquirer states that the nominees will be backed by the
moral force Of the Democratic party Of the State soemny
represented at Staunton" No doubt they feel solemn
enough just but there is time cheer up after hear
ing from the elections to take place next month in Ii
nois Michigan, Wisconsin New York, New Jersey and
Massachusetts.
The Virginia Convention to be held thus early
six months before the election in that Sate order to
give the Democracy time strike down false doctrines
and error whether boldly avowed by their old enemies
or sought secretly be engendered by those who fear
the light Of day." Is it not surprising that with the
STATED preaching" Of the doctrines of 1889 for fifty
i've years, in the most solemn and impressive manner
there should yet be herecs the fear of them in the
Old Dominion And still more that there should be any
apprehension that the disnrbers of the peace will
be able to shake the Democratic battlements?
The Enquirer" is evidently in favor of Mr. WISE for
the Office Of Governor and the Examiner" is for Mr.
LEAKE.
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REDUCTION OF POSTAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES
VICTORIA SOUTH AUSTRALIA, &c.

We are authorized to say that hereafter the single rs
OF letter postage between the United States and Nsy
South Wales Victoria and South Australia, either BIZ
packet or by private ship, Va England will be Ss CENTS
instead Of 45 cents, prepayment required.
French transit rate Of ten cents the quarter ouncs
must be added in the of all letters to or from said
colonies which may be specially addressed pia Hon
seiRss."
The same reduction to aS cents the single viii
tend to all letters directed Van Diemans Land which
are sent BY the Australian Mail Packets well as 10
letters Tor New Zealand specially addressed sva MOI
bourne or "via Sidney !" and to letters for Western
Australia addressed to go by the "Direct Australasia
Packet"
The single rate ON letters by private ship direct ss
Ne0 York IS iive cents, prepayment required
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THE Hon CHARLES AUGUSTUS MURRAY has recently
been appointed Envoy and Ambassador Extraordinary to
Persia Office Of very great responsibility and impor
tsnce this juncture of affairs in the East Since shs
time of the appointment of Sir John Malcolm the dncs
of the place have been of nature so delicate ans
embarrassing Mr. Murray formerly held place in TIM
Queens household, and subsequently he Consna-
General to Egypt He is comparatively young man iar
post Of such magnitude that to which he is now
signed and the circumstance shows the very high esf
mate which Ministers place upon abilities and discretion
II he acquits himself successfully at Delhi no viii un
doubtedly be made a Peer on his return.
Buffalo Com 4ds.
Mr. MURRAY is net very young and is highly connect
ed He is nephew of the late Duke of HAMILTON, ana
is grandson Of the Colonial Governor of Virginia. Enf
OF DuSMoRr He spent one two years in this eosnty
some fifteen or eighteen years ago. visited the Far w
wrote book Of travels in the United States "by an Eng
iish gentleman" and author Of story of Indian
life called, think, the Prairie Bird" His frank ana
winning manners and high qualities gained him many
friends during his soourn in Washington InteSl
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OHIO AND INDIANA.

There is no longer any doubt that an entire Anti
Nebraska delegation has been elected to Congress
from the State of ONO. This delegation consists
of twenty-one members, and no member of it has
been elected by less than $500 majority, whilst
several have 1000, one or two 5000, and one not
less than 1000 majority These majorities are un-
precedented. The majority for the State ticket as
far as ascertained exceeds seventy thousand votes,
leaving twelve counties to be heard from, which
win probably increase it to seSenty-fve or eighty
thousand
INDIANA is entitled to eleven Representatives in
Congress. Nine Anti-Nebraska men and one De
mocrat known to be elected leaving one district
to be ascertained with the chances in favor of the
Democratic candidate. In the State Legislature the
opposition will have large majority, which will en-
able them to elect United States Senator.
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made the following pledge:
'Resolred That we onoe more declare our adherence
to the doctrines Of the Baltimore platform of 1852 which
lie at the foundation Of every Democratic struggle
State nation and in support Of which the last great
national victory one." M
The main plank in the Baltimore platform was the fol-
lowing:
Resolpsd That the Democratic party will resist all
attempts at renewing in Congress Of it, the agi
tston Of the slavery question under whatever shape
color the attempt may be made
Instead Of resisting all such attempts the Democracy
joyfuy seconded the very first agitation and produced
"chaos and dark night wiere all had previously been
sunshine and peace.
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NORTH CAROLINA STATE STocKs-To-morrow is the
day for the purchase Of in bonds running thirty
years. issued by the State Of North Carolina for the
structon of the North Carolina Railroad. The "old
North State is proverbal for her probiy and good
faith that there scarcely be any difficulty in dispos
ing Of all the bonds offered for this object
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THE Iowa LEGIsLATuRE.It is already known that the
AntiNebraska members largely in the majority in
the lower house of the Iowa Legislature, but it has
been asserted that the Senate is tied has one Locooco
majority Late Iowa papers correct this last error The
Dubuque Observer states that the Wing candidate in the
Polk Senatorial district has the certificate which gives
an Ant-Nebraska majority Of and the Burlington
Hawk Eye mentions the return of Wing Senator from
California who it supposed would be absent So that
the majority will be on the Wing side
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LIsErIA.-Late accounts from this African Republic
say that the culture and manufacture Of sugar the St.
fauis river was rapidly increasing. Fine large
neids were to be seen in every direction and during
current season it was thought that fifty sugar farms
would be laid out Some Of the new sugar already land
90 at Monrova is said to be Of fine quality Beef was
very scarce at Monroys, in consequence of the cattle
trains from the interior having been by native
chiefs and the cattle stolen This having attracted the
attention Of the Government measures were being adopt
ed to protect the trade and punish the robbers
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NAvAL--The st. Louis corvette was at Naples on the
22d September about to sail for Cvita Veccha. The
officers expected to be able to visit Rome The cholera
had prevailed alarming extent at Palermo and other
ports visited by the st. Louis but had abaed sufficiently
to allow landing at Naples The ST. Louis is expected
back at spezzia by the first of November The officers
and crew were in fine health.
The U. s. ship Marion left Monrovia about the end Of
July for Jsrgos
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The late veneraed Dr. SHARP himself an Enelshmanl
was reported to have made the following remark during
nus last and only visit to his native country to some one
VINO spoke sghtingy Of the statesmanshp Of America
." you can point to succession Of as talented and
vrtuous soveregns Of England you find in the eleven
men who havefed consecutvely the Presidential chair
Of the United States, then will yield" There was no
reply 70 this.
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Sir EDMUND HEAD, late Governor Of New Brunswick
and appointed Governor General Of Canada to succeed
Lord EIGrs at New York Monday, on his way to
this city, where he win remain for few days. He is
accompanied by Mr.. DnunMosD, Attorney General for
Canada East.
The Journal Of Commerce says that " Lord ELaIN viii
return to England the Reciprocity and Fishery
treaty shall be carried into effect and win probably be
appointed GovcrnorGenera Of India 1t also said that
further reward for his civil and diplomatic services
Lord ELars will be created o Duke"
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VETERAN APPLE TREE.-Moses Stebbins, Of South
Express says planted about hundred years ago
1t is eighteen feet in circumference near the surface
the ground and nearly fifteen feet yard above
its spreading branches Of about seventy feet
in diameter, and bears sweet apple called the belly
bound.n
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DEATH OF REVOLUTIONARY PArRror.-0ne Of the few
remaining participants in the American Revolution closed
his earthly career last week. DR.. WILLIAM HALE Of
Hollis IN H. died on Tuesday at the advanced age Of
years The subject Of this notice joined the
American army in 1777. He was then q medical student,
though but fifteen years Of age He continued in the ar
my connected with the medical staff three years. For
tvothirds Of century he esteemed physician in
his native place.
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JAMES PoLLooK, aged about 80, who occasionally as
sisted the hoster at F. McKeowns hotel Philadelphia
met with awful death Saturday afternoon from the
bite of vicious horse. He had been warned 20
the horse butt contrary to this advice he went into
head when the animal made sudden attack upon him.
He threw his head back to avoid injury his face when
the horse seized him by the throat and completely
cred his wndppe Before medical aid could be procured
he q corpse
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FREE TRADE DOCTRINES IN FRANCE.

The Paris Moniteur publishes second decree making
reduction Of the import duties established by previous
decree on foreign wines and alcohol The duty is
duced from fifty francs to fifteen francs the hectolitre
The occasion Of this reduction is the failure Of the
crop in the wine manufacturing districts Of France and
the measure adopted for the benefit of
is policy in singular contrast with that of the Maine
Law in this country, and one would suppose that its
effects mns be far from beneficial I'd the interests Of the
consuming classes in France. As might be expected,
London merchants have already taken advantage of the
admission of foreign spirits into France this low rate
OF duty to send thither for the first time supply Of
Jamaica rum, Irish gin, and Scotch whskey to be put
in competition with the native cognac and the wines of the
country. 1t may be doubted whether this reform will
prove favorable illustration Of the benefits of free trade
1t is said that the inhabitants Of the neghborng wine
growing provinces of Span where the product has been
abundant the present season. dissatisfied with the
ducement thus afforded to French spectators purchase
their wines and for reason quite unphosophical
that which induced the French Government encourage
the import In the districts where this exists
the consumers are probably much more than
the producers and they do not feel Unidentified for the
enhanced cost Of their beverage by the improved balance
Of trade between the two countries-Boston Daily Adp
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UNIVERSITY VIRoIsIA---The Charlottesville Advo-
cate thinks there win be not less than $50 students the
University Of Virginia this session This will be within
one hundred and fifty Of the number at Harvard the
crack university of the North This is going ahead with
. rush.