The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-03-29
BRIEF SUMMARY.

The following articles being the growth and
produce oftbe provinces of Canada, Nova SEQ
tia New Brunswick, and Prince Edwards Isl
and, are now received into the United S ates
free of duty:
Grain, -four, and breadstufs of all X dds
animals of all kinds fresh, smoked, and llted
meats; cotton wool; seeds and vegetables un-
dried fruits; dried fruits fish of all kinds pro-
ducts of fish and all other creatures living in
the water; poultry, eggs hides, furs, sB;rs, or
tails, undressed; stone or marble In its crude
or unwrought state; slate butter, cheese, sallow,
lard; horns; manures; ores of metals of all kinds
| coal; pitch, tar, turpentine; ashes; timber and
lumber of all kinds, round, hewed, and sawed
manufactured in whole or in part; ire-wood,
plants. shrubs, and trees; pelts; wool; fish;
OIL; rice; broom-corn and bark; gypsum,
ground or unground; hewn or wrought Or un.
wrought burr or grindstones; dye-stuffs; fax,
hemp, and tow, manufactured; unmanufac-
tured tobacco; rags
HE Rev. JOHN F. Cook, colored minister
of this city, founder and pastor of the 18th street
Presbyterian Church, died at his residence a
few days since. He was held in high esteem
by all classes, and his death is a severe loss to
the colored people, to whose best intel Asts he
was devoted.
Mr.. SELLERS, OF MARYLAND, explai as that
he did not make any Anti-Slavery remarks in
the House last session-he simply Sid that
Slavery was curse an some sections, not to
the Slaoe, but to the master.'
MISSISSIPPI, according to the american Or
gan, contains 400 councils, and 10000 mem
bers Of the Know Nothings.
THE WING PRESS OF VIRGINIA is out quite
unanimously in support of the Know Nothing
nominations
Ex-GoyERSoE WAsHBURNE has been appoint
| ed Law-Lecturer at Harvard College, In place
Of Judge Loring.
Mr.. KNIGHT, a young man from hiladel-
phta, Acting Commercial Agent at Port au
Prince, Hayti, got into an altercatiCl lately
with merchant and his son, and re 'eived a
blow. Forthwith he complained to tn Empe-
ror, as if the United States in his pc son had
been assaulted, and the merchant and his son
were accordingly imprisoned and fined. Sou
louque was rather too eomplaisant.
FROM THE TRIBUNE we learn that NJ Caz-
neau, in February last, sent to the Government
of Dominica the treaty rejected by the Nation
al Representatives, allowing twenty four hours
to the President to sign it, and threatening a
bombardment, if he did not Captain Shaw,
commanding the American vessel of war there,
determined that the Government should be free
to act without compulsion, put to sea, and a
very dignified negative was returned to the
fierce Plenipotentiary.
The ELDoRADO CASE furnishes occasion to
the Washington Union for its usual cursing
and swearing where Spain is concer, ed. The
amount of it is, that while the isant of Cuba
was in state of alarm on account of he dread
ed approach Of the fibusters, the I'm. led States
mail steamship Eldorado, from Asp avail, ap-
preaching Havana in the night, VISA seen by
the Commander of the Spanish fril ate Pero-
lana, who, according to usage, fired shot to
bring her to, and this appearing to ] i'm to fail,
fired another shot over her wheel-hoase The
Eldorado then was brought to, an officer, sent
on board, examined her, and she was allowed to
proceed, having been detained As minutes.
THE STEAMER FALLS CITY, Capt. Sam Mason,
arrived in Cincinnati about Q o'clock, on Sat
urday night, from Wheeling, en- rdcae for St.
Louis, having on board sixteen Slaves, in Gus
tody of their owner. Several attempts were
made by citizens during the day to go aboard,
evening, Mr. II. b. Blakwel accompanied by
one of the Deputy Sherhs, came on board
armed with writ Of haJeds CORPUS, and de-
manded the slaves. But their own6r, at dark,
had very quietly conveyed them in yawl to
the Kentucky shore
There ought to be law making. the owners
and captain of boat liable in kdch cases
the idea of making Cincinnati II lnsit depot
in the domestic slave-trade is not Il be toera-
ted.
The UNITED STATES OFFICERS ir New York
are on the alert to enforce the neetrality laws
against persons said to be engaged in enlisting
recruits in that city for the English army in
the Crimea. The plan is to hire persons to 90
to Canada, and have them enlisted there.
THE BILL regulating the tenure of church
property, so as to have it held by trustees, for
the benefit of the church, passed the Senate OF
New York, by a vote of 26 to 4 !; and its pas
sage is confidently anticipated in the Assem-
bly,. A similar bill has already become law
in Michigan. The object is to prevent church
property from being held by hierarchy.
Col. KINNEY, it is said, although no longer
commander of the Central American Expe-
dition, maintains his determination to carry
out his plans in Central America.
CALIFORNIA MATTERS, according to sum-
ming up of the last California news by an
exchange, are not very hopeful:
"The three days batch of news from CaIifor-
MIA scarcely affords an item of interest, except
the progfess that was being made in regulating
the embarrassed affairs of the various bankers.
and in this but little of satisfactory nature had
been accomplished, further than the resumption
of payment by Messrs. Wells, Fargo, & Co.,
whose condition appears to be much irmer than
most of the other houses indeed, at so low an
ebb had the affairs of Messrs. Adams q Co. been
found that a petition for insolvency had actual
ly been filed, and although the published state
ments of liabilities and assets exhibited bal
ance of some one hundred thousand in favor of
the creditors, it was feared that forced reali-
cation of the assets, which would of course be-
come necessary, would not yield sufficient to
satisfy all claims. Messrs. Page Bacon, g. Co.
do not appear to have advanced much nearer
to resumption, still requiring a few DAYS to
complete their arrangements"