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THE GREAT STORM AT THE SOUTH.

Special Dispatch 70 The N. \. Tribune
NEw.ORLEAss, Saturday, Aug l6 1856.
The recent storm the IN ,st terrible ever expert
enced in this locality. 1t commenced on Sunday, at
4 am, and continued almost uninterup;edly for
nearly three days.
A number of vessee, in addition to the Manila
have been wrecked and it is feared that all on board
have pershed. Others are reported ashore, but as
yet We have no particulars of their condition.
The Nautilus, it is thought, went down with
any warning, and all on board undoubtedly, shared
her fate there no vessel in the vicinity at the
time. She was under command of Capt. Thompson
The names Of her passengers have not ye. been re.
ceved.
The loss of this vessel with others reported wrecked
will swell the list of dead to nearly three hundred
souls.
OF those on board the Manila, all perished except
the captain second mate and one man.
The cotton crop in this State not believed to have
materially suffered, but from the Mississippi coast
gloomy accounts anticipated.
To the cis,ed Press:
NEw.ORLEASs, Monday, Aug. 16
Capt Talbot of tue steamship LOUISIANA reports
the lOss Of the ship Manila, from Bordeaux for New
Orleans off Timbalier lsanc. Her cargo, valuable
one consisted of wines and brandles, and is mostly
lost Capt Rogers had his leg broken. The Manila
was owned iu Bath, Me.
Sne ubt nave OeeL Oh Lh5 lsidnu 40 ut thc ptrioO
OF the gale. No insurance on the vessel at New
Orleans
Capt. Talbot also reports seeing the doors and the
BOBBY hatch of the steamer Nautilus, also the bodies Of
several addressed persons, supposed to be passen-
gers by that vessel.
Several vessels from the Lake ashore, snd many
others here oberw re damaged.
Grand Callion Island escaped uninjurei.
The gale was very destructive to crops in southern
1t usana but it is believed 1t was Lot severely felt at
Galveston.
The National InteHipencer publishes private dis
patch to +. j. Hart, President of the New Orleans
ano Texas Steamship Company which states hat the
Perseverance not damaged 10 the recent storm.
The Nautilus left Galveston on the Friday evening
previous to the storm, with thirty passengers, $50, 900
In specie, and a large number of cattle.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-19
THE ACCIDENT TO THE STEAMSHIP
ARABIA.
HALIFAX. Monday, August /

HALIFAX, MONDAY, august IL, tooo'
The Arabia struck Oh Blond Rock, on which tnere
was above sixteen feet of water; the ship craving
twenty one feet going at full speed. Struck her bow
on the rock. She then rose, and slid over the rock,
striking first at the bow; then under The boilers; then
under the naDmast. The survey of the divers was
moi made public: but have learned that they found
the false keel the msin keel aud the CARDBOARD gone as
far aft ss the foremas which is far af as they sur
veyed A Boston sbipbuilder, VINO examined the
Arabia here, tbnks that, when she struck hIS' she
stove in the lower part of her STEM her keel aud dead
woods forward ano the fore ends of her bottom pank
ing then rising the rock she crushed her keel aud
tore il off smooth TO the ioors. The olvers stuffed
large qusnties of oakum into the bow out Hde olk-
heso of cotton and oakum was built. inside the shp
was making eighteen uns Of water an hour when sue
sailed on Saturday. About half of her Liverpool
passengers stopped here. More would have ieit al
the last moment, but 'ouo mol ge, GA, tue; uss"so
II il the general opinion here that the ship vas dn'
etawortby when she sailed. Prayers were ra'd IN the
cLurches Yesterday for her safe passage to Liverpool
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-19
XXXIVTH co N G. r E S s
FIRST SESSION.
CONGRESS ADJOURNED AT NOON.
THE ARMY BILL FAILED.

SENATE. WAsHISGToN, Aug. ls, 1885,
The CHAIR submitted message from the Pres-
dent in aDswer to the resolution calling for COL FIRE.
mots accounts of his receipts aud disbursements as
an officer of the Government.
T Senate then passed several private bills.
II report of the Committee of Conference on the
Civil bill, was agreed to by both Houses 1t gives
$3.50 600 for the Washington Aqueduct and settles the
Ba' iInOre Pos Office controversy by appropnating
$500 00O providing for the selection OF site by COM
misson, ard retcnding the Exchange building con
tract. The provsO thst the construction OF all public
buildings except for defensive purposes shall be under
civil superinter dence, was stricken out.
The bill for the Establishment of Naval Depot az
Brunsw.ck, Georgia, was then received from the
House aud postponed I'll next session
M TOOMBS, from the Committee of Conference
on the Army Bill reported they were unable to agree
H. moved that the Senate adhere TO ts disagreement,
and notify the House thereof He thought there wis
no chance of agreement and was willing to let the
cons, quences rest where they belong. go
Mr.. CLAYTON wanted 10 leave the door open until
the las, moment II was yet possible there would be
agreement. So long as there was the sllghtest
hope of that result he wanted to use conchatioH, and
hoped the word " insist" would be substituted FOR
adhere"
Mr.. MASON was willing to adhere, for he saw no
chance Of an agreement. He was In favor OF meeting
the en,niy on the tbreshhOld.
Mr.. SEWARD though that must be iguratve Ian
guage for the enemy of whom the Senator from Nir-
gins Mason spoke was the House of Representative
coordinate branch OF tie National Legislature aud
that body ~as IN no sense an enemy OF the senate.
from Virginia that public sentiment in his opinion
the friend Of constitutional law and the principles
On which our government is founded.
Mr.. HALE referred to the freedom of the English
House of Commons by which the sovereign is held IN
check, and thought if the House of Representatives.
was coefeed into submission might as well give up
the experiment Of free government.
Mr. CLAYTON said # the bll was lost the army
must be dhbanded as they coun not be paid and fed
In that case would be the duty of the President to
call an extra session nmt distely
Nv ! gcoD Cd "a -,
lei be the Senate insist" lie said the argument
held OUT was that the army must b. disbanded il the
bill failed. Let be d. banded but keep the Cons
tuition FOR the protection Of tho people.
The motion 10 sist was agreed to by 80 against H.
Mr. BELL TENN, with reference to the repor. of
the Committee on Naval Affairs 10 the case Of Lieut.
Bartlett which has been understood to ref .ct upon
that Rentemans character stated that It not the
int. ion Of tho Cummuet 10 express any opinion pro
or cop but merely TO spread before the country the
.vdetce in Li- B6rtietts ~ case in an impartial man
uer without drawing cOncurons.
TIE senate then agreed to extend the session till
O'Clock, seven only voting IN the negative
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-19

AMARvELLoUs BIRTH-A cOlored man named Geo.
Grant residing the tow path in this city, relates
to us a marvellous OF the birth of chicken at
bis bouse, seems almost too strange for belief He
says that bis wife found hens egg floating upon the
water, in the canal her house, and supposng it
to be rotten che placed it in the nest Of Of her
bers intending to keep it as a nest egg but after
using it once for that purpose she took om the nest
ind placed ON shelf on the eide of the house not
the fire. Tho egg laid the shelf for five days.
End at the expiration of that time a fine healthy
chicken was hatched out. The chicken lives, and 70
any Of them and likely to thrive tbose hstched
cut in d natural way. Mrs. Grant positively ASSERT ,
that the egg was not under the hen more hsn mites
twerty mnu'es nor was it near the fire. or expose
TO any unusual heat. Mr.. Grant and his wife o 70
humble but truthful people, and there NO reason 70
doubt tie truth Of this singular statement.
How TO KILL CiTERPMLARs.--Af farmer in Ma ~
ohusets ssys that he has found the Of nos sses
very effeetua in destroying caterplsrs; that yhen
they in the nest he has smeared It over witt mo-
asses, and that have ever escaped from it, that
hey cannot travel over limb where the moaS has
ouched and that it does net IN any way inJ' ire the
zee; and that upon the whole he likes bette than
ghted torches tunpowder soap suds, whale II, soap,
or the thumb an finger
letter Of July 4, from Egsot, in Norws y, in the
Augsbayg Gazette says: 1.-The temPers els extra
% Ordinary cold for the season. Lass n the ther.
mometer was so low that ID some ~Sans the pots-
" toes were frozen in the grouhdi days ago it
sroved part of the day On the mgnts' the Tbele-
A." marie the cold has been 80 severe 10 Al cows aud
% sbasn have persisted. The snow WI " foot deem
:. ,bsrs On the LIT July the Axet ses .mer was nrr
- vented from leaving harstad oy am ow storm
a CoLoRED GENUS "A youpg eolo ed man ns,,ed
H.. a ssye of John L. Hammond es ~ Anasani,
Nd recently planned AID built nan s,samboa,'
aud few days since made trial TIP with al. nsssn
ceTs attaining q speed of seven lie. an bosy snd
working scBirsbly He thinks he viii soon -. .he
to make important improyemen'sins leambo epeines.
I's'0 nah News, Als. Is
PIG FEE IN THE Du Lux CAsy.-Ms. Fenie
Of his city, who recently establish ed bis in
the counts Of New ok and se lred props fry le by
bis mother to the value Of $40 1,000 had as1eed 10
pay attorney Messrs. Chas and Bal of tEs ci,y,
weLty Ier CEN in case they ainod the SUIT for bm.
Cor seq1eitly they pecketd tae snug Am of ego OOo.
BROOKS BousD FOR NrwPoRr.- Letters az ar
irving here to-day sddr. ssed to The Hon Pre.,oo
&" $ Brooks, Ocean House, Newr lst" So il seems
hat Ieooubtsbe gentleman doe. not fear 10 tnvel in
,Le snemys county, provr Iod BuhDgsIs s lot
CD lis trWk. Evening vliiror.
CIRCULATING ABoIrIos DocrAEhTs - John Du-
berV las been arrested at Columbus. Mississippi.
chs eed with circulating the speechts Of Seosto's
Sy or and Seward aTolg slaves. rhe punis sbmt -
On conviction, is ten years IN the peniF ntisry.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-19
NEWS FROM HAVANA.

NV ORLEANS, Frday, Aug. 10, 300.
The steamship Philadelphia, from New.York via
Havana has arrive below, after q somewhat lengthy
passage
She tports the fever still very bad at Havana
and o her parts of the Island but the number of
deaths daily could not he ascertained AL the chip
ping that could co 80 had left port.
There was much excitement with reference to the
revolution in Spain, and further particulars were
awaited with deep anxiety.
BusiLess matters were rather quiet.
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Joseph l.. Smith, esq one of the CSy Co nollssion-
ers ct Philadelphia died yesterday morning in the
qoth year u lis age. His complaint was astb IA,
under whith he has been sufferng for some 'iNe,
though he wac we'll enough to ride out on hoy Vseback
the csy prrvit Us 20 lis death
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-19


The conHagration at Belize, Honduras, heretofore
reported occurred on the 18th of July. Nearly the
wo]e north side of the town laid in ashe,. The
bridge was partly burned and the large building on
the south side called the Usher House destroyed.
Over $500 900 worth of property was consumed.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-19
THE YELLOW FEVER AT CHARLESTON.

CHARLKsTON :. G., Monday, Aug IS, Ieob.
The Board of Health reports new csses Of yellow
fever or deaths therefro in the past IS hours. The
board will not axe another report unless The disease
should again make its appearance.
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house or REPRESENTATIVES,.

Mr.. ACKER, elected 10 supply the vacancy occi-
sorod b. the doah Of Mr.. Miller Of Missouri, was
sworn in.
The SPEAKER laid before the Hons n letter from
NJ. RICHARDSON, Of Illinois, saying be had resIgocd his
seat.
Mr. EVANS Of Texas a-kCd ard obtained Leave 20
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-19
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

PORTLAND, Monday, August lS, 1856.
on Saturday The Cumberland train OF cars run over
q w0gon, Instantly killing two htl- guls and ia'aly
njuriIg boy, all children Of Mr.. fork, d Falmouth.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-19
POLITICAL ITEMS,

We a"e requested to Call attention TO the meAtins
OF ID. SIKH Naid Fremont Club, of Brooklyn. at ths
oorn4i OF Butler .Id Court streets, this evening.
The Fourth Wcr6 tBiooklyn) Fremont and Day
ton Club neets ths evening az the Bro kiyn Mn
liessrs Brown Tl:on ara Col. Snow will address the
meeting.
-Gsp. John n Purvianoe, a leading Democrat Of
Rutlcr G. uufy, Pa, and brother of the H. 5 a
Purviance member oi Congress from thu. District Is
out for Ere tmont.
Robert l.. Martin. prominent merchant Of Phila
delpha ard an O!d.I.ine Wig, Is on the s.unp for
Fremont.
-7he JoInsfo,rn Pa Tribnne disappointed and
"chsgrned ut the action of the American State Con-
veption recently held at Harrisburg, has dropped
"tbe nsmes Of Fillmore and ID, nelson and will throw
lis fuence favor of the most likely TO defeat
Buchanan.
1t is sad that all but one Of the two hundred min.
ters in attendance at the annual session Of the Oneida
Conference held at Nor wich, are for Fremont.
SO desperate have become the prospects Of NJ.
Buchanan Of carrying Pennsy lvana, that he has per-
sepsly entered tie arena Of small politics aud made
hie claim for a share u the municipal offices 10 Pha-
lacephis for the purpose Of bes,o9ing them on ti4
triepdr Ii il said that the Register Of Water Rer-
and many Of the Super isor we're appointed specially
at bis instance. philadelphia Times.
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punishment. Il appears from The testimony that
the bow for many months has exhibited symptoms
of insanity at the mere 'Intion Of the name Of the
defendant; that his mir d has become impaired and
his memory raine1 from the effects Of the beating
There was an immense gathering OF the New
Hampshire democracy at Concord yesterday. Go.
vernon Cobb, of Georgia, General Lane, of Oregon,
Colonel Weller of California Colonel Orr, of South
Carolina, and many other Generals and Colonies were
present, and made speeches. But we fear that the
Granite State is thoroughly mpregnated with the
heresy of black republicanism as to render its re-
demption an impossibility
The extreme inclemency of the weather yesterday
materially interfered with all kinds of ont door
business There were indications that the siege Of
King Frost was about being raised, but the thaw
offered nearly as much interruption to commercial
pursuits the previous barricade of and ice.
The sales Of cotton reached about 1000 $500 bales
part in transitu the market closing firm. Flour
was heavy and common grades of State were dull at
81 so, and round hoop Ohio sold at $s. Wheat was
quiet, and quotations nominal. Corn sold at SAC.
for Jersey yellow delivered and at sic. from store;
Southern yellow was scarce; white was at about
S5c. Pork was rather SITTER with sales at SIS "a a
&c. and small lots at SIC II, the asking price. COT
fee and sugars were quiet, sales being checked by
in freights, without change of moment in rates
About 10 900 bushels of rye were shipped for Bre
men at private terms.
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SOMETHING WRoNG ABOUT Tive perceive
that the trial Of Lessrs. Hall, Male, Lyster
Walters, Farnsworth and others, indicted tor
attempting to colonize Nicaragua, has beers.
further postponed till the April term Of the
Circuit Court. Meanwhile the defendants are
put to great personal inconvenience. They
were arrested on the oath Of December, and
they will have to wait four months for their
trials. 1t is stated in well informed quarters
that the government does not really intend to
try the cases at all. 1t is also stated by the
defendants that they have asked for . trial
over and over again. The United States is now
Furnishing them before they have been found
guilty of any overt act. Some Of them are to-
tally destitute. and cannot get employment
with criminal Indictment hanging over their
heads. They have right to speedy trial,
and we cannot but think that the United
States District Attorney has carried the mat
ter far enough. 1t is no longer law and JUS
tice. 1t is mean and petty persecution. Give.
the men their trials or discharge them upon
their own recognizances.
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xxw yoRx nxRALD-EDIrIoN FOR EUROPE.

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me mail steamship Fulton, Capt. Wo.ton, viii leave
tAAs port tomorrow, at noon, for southampton and
Havre.
Chs European mails win close In this city at half past
~ a'ciOcx this morning.
The AsrsAiD (printsd in Engish ard French) viii be
prsshed at ten O'Clock in the morning Single COPIES
In wrappers, ei1pence
Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition Of
pa Ms in Europe
L0xoos-Am. European Express Co., II and 10 Cornh
RARW- do. do. Place de Il Bourse
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NE contents Of the European edition Of the Herald
VII embrace received by mail and telegraph 1T
ss ees during the previous week. and to the hour Of
DuhsNRtCp.
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Marine Court.
SAM" suED FOR HIS REvrrs.

VcLO HIS REVELS.
We Understand that SONS rich Developments may be
expected N suit which has been commenced in the
Marine Court, By Mr.. William W. Bowes, who keeps
restaurant In Broadway, against Mr.. James W. Barker,
and twenyeght oil the committee Of the Know No
hng celebration at the Academy of Music on the 9Th or
annay last The suit Is for $500 supper furnished
70 the committee and their invited guests. rbe
Genes up next Saturday. AID ex.ie. NJ Il tneroe.
amongst the brethren.
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MrsDIGEcTED LETTERS TO CAsHrERs--It ap-
pears that there is kept at the New York Post
Office, under the supervision of Mr.. William B..
Taylor list of the cashiers of banks in the.
United States. When letters ar, found direct
ed to this city to cashiers who do not reside
here, this list is consulted, the error corrected
and the letter duly forwarded to its proper des-
tination. From an inspection of this list it ap-
pears that no less that 5s3 letters for cashiers,
have been Unsolicited to this city since Jan /.
1864, all of which were redirected and for
waIded to their proper address. WHAT COM
nentary on the cereleseness of correspondentsc
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THE THAw HAS CoME.--We made few re.
marks yesterday about the condition of the
streets. Our anticipations have been realized.
The heavy rain of yesterday has made our
public highways almost impossible. The con-
dition of Broadway is disgrace to the city
government, and we fear that the matter will
not be mended till private enterprise takes
hold Of it. We waited for some time to have
the streets around our buildings put into a :
decent condition, but finally had to turn out
our own force, when the work was done up.
handsomely Things are in such bad state
in the Street Department at present that we
do not suppose anything will be done, and we
therefore appeal to the citizens to keep their
cutters clear and sidewalks clean. Then, if
the Mayor does not do something for us, we
shall be obliged to make another call upon
Genin. Can't the Mayor give us short,
strong special message about the streets?
Local trade suffers severely from their woful
condition. 1t can't be worse in Timbuctoo.
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including Russia, and to terms for the accommo-
dation of the present differences between
France <and England) and Russia, which will
neither sacrifice the dignity nor the interests Of
the latter Power. They look to peace; peace
on actual conditions which shall utterly set
aside British pretensions and interests-that
shall shut the doors Of Europe against Pal
merston and his colaborers, and leave Napo
leon the power to rule without an alliance.
There are neither POLITICAL social or indus
trial ties to bind England and France together.
Their systems Of government are not wider
apart than their material and political for
tuner. The former can exercise only for
limited season, and that only on the basis of
some overruling necessity, any positive infu-
ence over the English mind, aud the reverse of
this is equally true. Peace, then, means the
fall Of England's great power over the CONT
mental States, and the substitution Of that Of
France. 1t means the abrogation Of the pre-
sent alliance, new deal Of the cards by the
diplomatic gamblers by changed partners; it
means, ultimately, friendship between France,
Prussia, Austria and Russia, the accommoda-
ton Of the Turkish dispute by division of the
sick Sultan's estates, giving England the sack,
and commanding her to sharp lookout for
her India possessions, and to take care hereaf-
ter of her commercial and political rivals in
the East. Peace, with such results will make
this an expensive war to England. Her victo-
ries Of the Crimea will have been more than
balanced by her defeats at Paris--her triumph
Of arms will be lost in the shameless failures
of her diplomacy. Meantime, she has an open
ing by which she may retrieve her fortunes by
building up the Mosquito King in Central
America. IF she has been outwitted in the
East, she may try her hand in the West. 1t
will be q good time for Palmerston to test
again the friendship Of British commerce
Russell and Golden and Gladstone, and all the
friends of trade and peace, will have an op-
portunity to prove their fealty to the interests
which sacrificed them on the alternative OF
war with Russia and alliance with France, or
alliance with Russia and war with France. 1t
will now be war with the United States, with
out either continental alliance or sympathy, or
retrocession, peace and submission
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GRANT THoRBuRN ON CoNGREss.-Thc follow
ing curious memorandum from that quaint
and loquacious octogenarian, Grant Thorburn,
ye find in the New Haven Coag;er.--


ASEepo1x oP AARON BrrR.--WLen he returned from
Europe, whittier he led after his duel with Hamilton he
Kept bis law ce ness my secd store in New York. Be-
ing u use 10 any party, he thrown aside like
withered branch. Mat thew H. Davis and Jacob Barker
alone stuck to L i'm in adversely. Conversing with hi
pbout the voting ia Congress ia 1901 Jefferson and
Burr had equal number Of votes for President ns
of the Spesker-Ioakers Of the present day) le
clsr their sitting permanent and having their beds see
up III the lobby and their food brought from tho hotels
and thus they continued eating and drink ing and m akng
merry, ard charging the sovereign people about fifty
thousand dollars per Day for the sport-Burr remarked
that at Ii at moment of disorder when the
Sthou. head With Eve hundred trusty soldiers he
self protector "lt tho, {" he continued that OH
cornwer drove out the English Parliament and de-
oared hmseR Prote:tcr 10 was thus that Napoleon BE-
naparte With coEpany OF grenadiers, drove out the
Council Of Five Hundred, prcclacing himself Emperor
II il thus said he, that al popular governments have
pershee and thus viii perish the American When we
look the eorgs Of Congress since the u ird Of Dece
Der last may fear the fulGment of Burrs protection
INV IIAvEy, Jan, 1856. GRANT TH0RBURN.
Wonder il the Washington Union, in its late
warnings to Congress Of an impending Execu
tive coup ddot. provided they did not hurry up
Speaker, had any reference to such coup as
that suggested by Aaron Burr! We believe
there are four or five hundred United States
marines in the barracks at Washington, subject
to the orders Of the President. Who knows
then, but that the venerable Grant Thorburn
may have bit the nail upon the hesdi Mr.,
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