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New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-30

Green peas from the South have been in town some
time Strawberries, very large and fine, made their
debut Gu Tuesday morning.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-30
,PnlC PORTRAITS ANn

GALLERY OF PHOToGRAPHiC PORTRAITS AND
MNiArvsrs On FAsrxL wsrss CoLoRs "A cope a
feG oh Atss u the tighes tseat employed fos tho -
zooe.s No Pcu'- allowed the Gsefy ssess
Ieicuy -ati.fsieTy Miniatures soi Portraits m.ss frSa
ossuetre0tl pes ~ deoeAscd Per-oas
New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-30

Tot,l f5s... .72lCpeC sO5AOOOo si,ToGOo 3Ssoo 60
TALLow quiet q for T. the srot, ard ~ for t..
lsst three tbs Of tbs year
TEl-At The public sseS Yesterday Of 2 s rtE, ther.
little dTostioD TO buy snd only % sold By private con
tr-e' little doing. Common Congou % 4 n.
1K-Enelsh firm lS fpr Blocks. lSf Bss AID lsoi for
Retired Straits lS4I a 49, Berca lSsI dlJ7.
AAFRIcAS STOCKS without much business o. vsris
ton quotations. There ia d. cation to press ssesi bat
stLeIts small
New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-30
NEwYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY. April. 80. 1885,

thD IN oerssnd common Pig N ioi; sp. ib .c.-cs
HthfI htf"i.o fst st Petersburg Clean ebsI "a Va
s ~ tt- e. sve'os col f52 1871 e5f TO- flr
mo Jv1L: o. 81 bs oferer haf soIS It .by, g.
tsisf; 'ow 20 couuou a9 sia9i leI mid 70 src5 q,
2 ltfo it u. ard fer IS lCL
ltoAIle1e u demand Wel,h; 1no'e 2. 2,
~ ~ Be-. 50 - 7is Y iuD IN . in va, /.
O. "a ~ L India Hooers very firm.
LAttb e,ntr ue- duB, V'h further decins ir pa
'o,. ,st o. C.'eu''s hsvirg been rsce low s' No
tuyeIt iof avA. Import III week goa a from C.!cT.
LhsfED tfgEs-Fore DE- C. rsions In demand NJ
oh ~ hsrr.b a. q fi0 S. Botnn IN 6ass s!a
'Lt-fith cr.i. AID mining dong; Sperm el22r Ia
LIVE u limited ceusrd. ard pics easi-r: G.li-o y,
hssEt tiU SO hslhary fl5des6; LfSsEEp Ia, daen
ts,i; Coca NvT % a. /; PALM 90 Gfff.
hIher orr doing. ard Erivrfiy 200 Is 90 bsg
nave teen 900 eL'say itm al fr low nit. :, wbiIs
Be al Cf5 90 hss inky Asdras ct aacon tn. d.ssei
solo al 7I6; tousd tor sht in Gfsi
EK-ILsIe IS fair inquiry for the low aud mid qua
me eie seL!ee ard teld Tor hsher prices EIrEaTE
SCrA- q fttt bsgs ofered about half sld HANS.
NHALERokE-Nohine doing quotations nominal.
bUM-ln more maid; go purchs Demerars s0ld At a3
Ifoof for good brown. ard 2ta15 for fsVcrit- marks
che Iee~t nd Isnd 2lGsi2 and 10 Bengal II al prn
prices fd cso. PeppeT1he sound e iS5
Httbar -od e. SD sId 2t5 haas SinEaps white I'd 17l
CoVe-S% bsRs Zr Eler sold from Sd "a - Ma
spd u cr,e. Euin.ss partly sold the frrsr st la2 the
suehRTht Dsrtet opened fatty a, fully sd decline bat Ia
the att tvo buyes have forward freely and
sauued rth frrner eppesrsnce OF West India ths
bsNe teen 2o bds sid only Is roo bags MuritiD and Ben
ga have sn oered ct auction ard mostly cold 800 b1x-s
Hsvs ctOn brought al G4i for brown. 3e d1tT ani
boss brown saihs sold AZ So 20 boxes ~ he
foT e1ror ct Gdf for No Y and IS 5 dutyl 500
clsy ed hsIs at 81 500 bass nsuru. from q a Is
sId scel Of eS boxes HvaLa (No 1917 bound dr3ct for
Trieste, 81 fost, insured The Nsthsrl ,nds rsdias
COUpsIy lave s6vertsed pu'e sse Of S3li9 baskets aud
mats Java, 10 be bo'd ct Rotterdam the 18Th of msy
New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-30

CAPrUrx OF PIcKPooEETs.-A gang Of p.ckpockets
a. Yesterday nerus sos tae tess' once a. ne p
Il IL Ee anal h. search Ot a. Vpp5
Its TO practice their syoca)1 several Pi ieeaas1 "a ci
z- crs-- attendance the dspps sui ~tch7f toc
,n of IL sanE Finally three u tie rosas- e,sf
'he and rDelv pa<sios b-t~eet ssni>fnin
Ids kis c0upany extracted wsi@t c'ola neg
$50 IA sud ~ hand from tne pcse, o. t1s
-rsr bysf.rier 0o,esvei The theft ard rset sn 1.fm
setssrt var Geson Reserve corps and d ni
usd edae cuneec 'hr rascss zEd sezsi tara
tsm Ine i0uld the door iof car S.Sf ne
t@f rad crcprsd The pis0I their nzrs, - Joan
LEWIS s4o. CIsby 2ld Morris Lew zne veto loeEsd up
New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-30
Ne sis Broadway. eeruss Of Leo1srd-s
AivN tiseu,ert
tAdvertisemsnt

AMBRoTyPEs - Single and Double Glass, at
BEADr's No $50 Brosd~sy A rare bOvesty IA Art
New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-30

RorBERY oS TgE FIVE PoIsra-A nsn na'rei
p, r..idrz IL i- eOai,ry bat stopping temporarily ~
Fr,rb. Hotel lev DEhts siscs oto tie d-n o.
tbr. the Five POHt- WHERE ne va trussef
rr ip-.rsee aud tb.1 ro.bed " ESQ rnosy "a sof IN
Cseer butr ls'e OF th- Lave, Poes Court, ye-,esfJ
r-..c the. o the of thsf oe.,y nsnct S,rJ
euh Kse Yovns and A.y Bsnss sa.eton ef esiss be
tb;.vf They ts5ea bfors Juses osbon E tae Lower
Pclics Car. arc lock q ~ for ersnns;ion-
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13

Mrs. Scoffey and four daughters, of Cali
fornia, S2,O5O, and G.. w. Ingersoll, of
Ohio, $50.
The storage passengers, it is said, have
generally refused to make known their losses
until they see what action our government
will take in the matter.
It is stated that only one lady and two
children were killed. Mitchell Bettern, of
Vermont, who was killed. was robbed of
$4,000.
Among the wounded not mentioned yes
terday were Joseph NJ. Parker, Bangor,
Me-, cut with a machete on the head-skull
fractured, and a stab in the loins; A. w.
Selover, Providence, r. l., shot through the
lungs with musket ball; A. Lante, Swane
Strong, Maine, shot in the shoulder with a
musket ball, which passed down into the
kidneys; Patrick j. O'Niel San Francisco,
gun shot through the body, and cash on
the head with machete; Nathan Preble
Hancock county, Ohio, cut in the face very
badly with machete.
One account says that but few of the
natives were killed, while another states that
about 40 of them fell. A correspondent
writes that an attempt having been made to
get the passengers who were in the vicinity
of the station on board the little steamer
the natives formed guard at the beach,
and stripped men, women, and children as
they approached, taking the women's rings
from their fingers and ears and their pins
from their cuffs and bosoms.
The treasure brought down by the Cortez
was not landed before the riot, and was thus
saved. At the Ocean House and the Pacific
Hotel all the baggage was scattered and
more money taken in proportion because
many of the inmates of those houses were
returning Califormans. There was among
these also large amount of valuable bag
gage, consisting Of jewelry, trinkets, Grape
shawls, &c.
The next morning the rioters, being
wearied, and many of them drunk, lay in
the huts and boats asleep, and order was
partially restored. The Cortez passengers
were hurried off early to Aspinwall, whence
they embarked on the 18th on the steamer
Philadelphia.
The British consul was active in assist
ing the American consul and others in re-
storing order.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13

French soldiers discovered fighting under
the Costa Rican flag shows that there are
other fllibusters besides Walker and his
followersi
Whilst we deprecate war, and still hope
that better counsels may prevail, that pub
lie sentiment in England viii be powerful
enough to correct the insidious policy of her
Ministry, it is quite possible that Central
America may become the Crimea of this
Continent" in which event we should not
be without our gain; inasmuch as contest
with a foreign foe would at once cement
the bonds of our Union, and rivet together
sections of the country whose fastenings
have not only loosed. but well nigh rusted
in twain, by canker that has been cher
Ished rather than remedially extirpated.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13
GEN. wALKER---COSTA RIGA
ENGLAND

The intercepted correspondence, captur-
ed by Gen. Walker, between the Costa Ri
can and the British Governments, puts a
new phase on Central American affairs, and
must tend greatly to exasperate an already
excited feeling against the intriguing policy
of England. In utter disregard of our neu-
trality laws, and in violation of the spirit of
the Monroe doctrine, England is engaged
in most covert attempt at colonizing still
further on American soil.
The correspondence is published at
length, in the new York Herald, and shows
that Lord Clarendon freely offered 1000
smooth bore muskets to the Costa Rcans
at a certain price, but as Wallerstein, the
agent of the last named government OBJ
serves, with much sang froid, NOTHING IS
SAID ABOUT THE TINE OF PAYMENT ,''-
This can mean nothing else than that Eng
land never meant to demand any payment
for them, but to that extent purchase the
good will of the Costa Ricans, in order that
she might the more successfully carry on
her vile schemes of intrigue against the pol
icy and government of the United States.
Wallerstein tells Gen. Mora, in his cor
respondence, of the 'affable manner in
which Lord Clarendon spoke'' to him, and
of his manifestations of sympathy and
friendship for Costa Rica," clearly indicat-
ing the true, the interested feeling of the
British government. We make an extract
from Wallerstein's letter, dated London,
Feb. 90, 1856, to Gen. Mora, the comman-
dant of the Costa Rican forces:
''When l was telling Lord Clarendon
that Costa Rica already had an army of 300
men on the frontier of Nicaragua he was
much pleased, and said that was the right
STEP" and am persuaded that my having
made that insinuation is one of the reasons
for giving US the muskets. The questions
pending between this country and the I'm
tied States are very complicated, but there
will be no war, for this reason, that the
gentlemen in the great republic observe that
although the British nation do not boast or
say much on the subject, they are deter
mined to punish the Yankees very severely
for the least insult to the national honor
To the eyes of the whole world-of this
country in particular-a war between the
two nations would be one of the worst of
evils; but to Central America the case
would be very different, as Walker and his
associates would soon be kicked out of Nj
caragua."
Coupled with this we have the intelligence
that an English feet will be Immediately
sent to the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
These dispatches show the temper of the
British Ministry in terms of unequivocal i'm
port, and give the lie to all the canting
friendshipit has professed from time to time,
fully exemplfying the force of the stop
thief proverb. Whilst the British Ministry
have been railing and charging our govern
ment with unfriendly feelings, they have
been secretly at work, and the more to be
denounced because of their sneaking, covert
and thief like stealth. The British and
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13
DISAPPOINTMENT AT PEACE.

The London Morning Chronicle says:
The English have came out of the struggle
with vague but irritating notion that they
have not given any one sound thrashing,
and that all the millions spent upon their
naval and military preparations have been
so much money absolutely thrown away"
The London Sun of the l4th ult., has long
exhibition of the btterest spleen on the sub
ject. The Morning Herald of the same
date says: 1--WE have expended our millions
for nothing; not even to be indemni6ed for
the expenses of the war;" The French are
amused at the ''groans of the Britons."-
They have reason to be satisfied with their
share of glory, but at what cost of human
life has it been achieved! The French loss
of men is estimated at hundred and thirty
thousand, not including the terrible NOR
tality in the last three months from typhus
fever and other camp diseases.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13

STEAM POWER ECLIPsED.-The London
Morning Chronicle announces an important
discovery. 1t is stated that a great expert
ment was recently tried at Vincennes in the
presence of General Lahitte and the officers
of the fort. The secret of compressing and
governing electricity is at length discovered,
and the power may, therefore, now be con-
sidered as the sole motor henceforward to
be used. A small mortar was fired by the
inventor at the rate of a hundred shots
minute-without flashing, smoke or noise.
The same power can, it seems, be adapted
to every system of mechanical invention,
and is destined to supersede steam, requir
ing neither machinery nor combustion. A
vessel propelled by this power is said to
skim the water like bird, and to fear neither
storm nor hurricane. The inventor has
already petitioned for a line of steamers
from L'Orient to Norfolk, in the United
States, which passage he promises to ac-
complish in eight and forty hours!"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13
MARTYRS OF THE "A

MARTYRS OF THE REvoLUTIoN.-A cor
respondent of New York journal, refer
ing to the movement cf Southern ladies for
the purchase of Mount Vernon, recon-
mends to the people of New York an enter
prise which appeals more directly to the
citizens of that State and city. He states
that near Hudson Avenue, Brooklyn, is
little piece of ground, faced by stone
wall, and crowned by rotten wooden build
ing, bepeath which repose the bodies of ele-
ven thousand men, martyrs of America dur
ing the Revolution. It is where the famous
Jersey Prison Ship was anchored during
the War. The writer calls upon the ladies
of New Y York to lead the way in a move
ment for removing these bones to sepul
che worthy of such great sacrifices and of
the mighty name of America.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13
AN ENrERPRISING NEGRO.

Negroes generally have not the capacity
or industry to acquire wealth, under any
circumstances, bond or free. Occasionally,
however, as in all general rules, we find an
exception. A correspondent (W. H. Bow
cry of the Saturday Evening Post, says:
II have readin your paper All account of a
free negro in one of the free States, who,
by his industry, had accumulated several
thousand dollars worth of property, and
raised a large family. Reading this reminds
me of case in South Carolina, which de-
serves notice. A negro man, by name Will
liam Ellison, was bound out by his master
to a gin-wright, in Winnsborough, S. C..
During the time of his apprenticeship he
was allowed, by his master, to do extra
work; and from his industry and economy
he laid up sufficient money to purchase his
freedom from his master. About thirty
years ago, he came to Statesburg, Sumter
District, S. c., and commenced gin max
ing and repairing, and in a short time he
was able to purchase his wife and children.
And the last time l was in South Carolina,
in the year 1S45, William Ellison owned
40 or 50 negroes, (among them Is or 20
workmen,) a large cotton plantation, and
owns nearly half of the town of Statesburg;
and expect by this time (if he is living) he
is worth eighty to one hundred thousand
dollars. William Ellison is respected by
all classes of citizens, and is honorable in
all his dealings.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13

= In 1860, the population of the United
States, will be equal to that of Great Britain.
30.040,00O souls. In 1900 that of Great
Britain numbered three times our popula-
ton; but in 1900, if this world of ours lasts
SO long, the relative proportion will be ex-
actly reversed. Nothing like tho growth
of Young America!
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13

Eg~ Mrs. Jerusha Palmer, for many years
publisher of the Mount Holly IN. J.) Mir
ror, and mother of V. B. Palmer, Esq, of
Philadelphia, died in Mount Holly on Satur-
day night. She was 80 years of age, and
was, with one exception, the oldest resident
of Mount Holly.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13

JENNY LIND AND BARNUM.-Jenny Lind
has written private letter to lady of Phi
ladelphia, in which she deeply sympathises
with Barnum in his financial troubles, as
cribes to him the most noble qualities, and
expresses her intention of placing sum of
money at his disposal.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13
SPIRITUALTSM

The Newberryport Herald says: The
Spiritual Rapping phenomena are creating
quite sensation in the south part of this
county. In Lynn they are said to be re-
ceived, as from the spirits of the dead, by
majority of the people of that city. At
a lecture on the subject, in Marblehead,
by Allen Putnam, Esq, of Rcxbury, 700
persons were present, and that was all the
house would hold. In Salem this spiritual
theory has been so extensively embraced
by some of the most sober-minded and
learned men-including quite number of
professional gentlemen-that it has become
a matter of serious disturbance in religious
circles; the clergy of the evangelical de-
nominations are awakening to it's preva-
lence and church action is being had on the
matter.
1t is not surprising that people capable
of being infatuated with the miserable hum
buggery of Spirit Rapping, should be anti
slavery fanatics.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13

- Hon. p. Soule lectured in New Or
leans on Monday night last, on events now
transpiring in Central America.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13

IRANIsTAN DEsERTED.--A correspon-
dent of the Springfield (Mass.) American,
who has just been to Iranistan, the late
palace seat of P. T. Barnum. says: "a
visit to Iranstan, where Barnum lived so
lately in all his glory, affords an excellent
text for sermon on the mutability of all
mundane affairs. The grounds are neg
lected; the hothouse has received no more
care this winter than enough to- keep the
plants from freezing-the fountains have
forgotten to play-the flowers are coming
out amid heaps of leaves and rubbish, which
have not been cleared away, and rail bars
the entrance to the deserted palace, whose
fgurative latch string always used to be out.
The robins and sparrows hold undisputed
possession of the grounds. Aladdin has lost
his palace for time.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13

APPALLING CATAsTRoPHE.-The new
suspension bridge over the falls of Mont
gomery above the Niagara Falls, gave way
on the morning of the Both ult. The whole
structure, with a man, woman, horse and
cart, were carried over the falls, and went
down the cataract distance of $50 feet.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13

y The Lynchburg Virginian records
the sale of number of servants there, on
Thursday, at the following high prices -
Shadrach, about 20 years old, 500; Sam
uel, S2,l24; Mac, $2,I10; Willis, $1,000;
Purnel, aged 25, SI,6lO; Peter, sl,4OO ;
Robin, Sl,250; Charles, $3.50; Jack, ST.
77O; Woodson, 81 ,32O; John Mac, SI,64O;
Pleasant, 81 800: Dice. Sl,275. The aver
age price is over 81 400 each, and the ag-
gregate amount, Sl9.825. They were all
bought by citizens of Lynchburg.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13

g The Wheeling Argus reports that g
small comet has been seen there, as well as
at Wilmington, N. c.. for several nights.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13
BARNUMISM.

Barnum, deprived of the fruits of his for
mer labors, by being out-witted by broth
er yankee clock vender, has put his wits to
work to ''raise the wind' once more. He.
has performed many wonders, but the grea-
test of all is his new enterprise. 1t consists
in nothing less than passing down the Ma
CARA cataract, in vessel constructed for
this purpose. This vessel is ball of gutta
percha, thirty feet in diameter, supported
in its interior by hoops, rings of steel, and
wood. Strings of gutta percha, coming
from four points of the rings, meet in the
to coat of mail of the same MATERIAL
This is SO fixed that a man buckled in it,
hangs, supported by the four strings, safe
in the middle of the ball. At the lower end
of the ball, where the lower part of the
mail is directed, some lead is put, so that
swimming in the water the head side will
be turned upwards. In this upper part
there is hole which may be opened by
the person in the interior. The ball is so
strong, as to sustain without danger the
shock of the fall. On account of its size
it cannot sink, nor can the person buckled
in the coat of mail suffer any harm from
the violence of the fall. AS soon as the
ball, after it's fall. has found its centre of
gravity. its inhabitant unbuckles himself,
opens the flap, and gets out of the hold,
waving the United States colors under the
applause of some $4,000 or 100000 spec
tators, whom Barnum intends to assemble,
one dollar each, upon the occasion of his
first performance. From every such per-
formance gain 100000 or $40, 900 is to be
counted on, since from all parts of the I'm
ion spectators will flock to the cataract of
Niagara. Barnum is about to make an ex-
pertinent with dog. Ifthat animal arrives
all right below, a n1gger will be engaged
for the next experiment. If fthat one arrives
equally safe, the Yankee undertakes the
first serious passage himself.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-13
ROBERT SHAW

! IENAKES this opportunity of informing the
/ = public generally, and all who intend going
to Kansas III particular, that he intends TO con-
Demoine courier., 1856-09-11
Tie Milk Maids.

BECKY, see the sunset glowing, as
Der the fields a radiance throwing,
Golden, pure and steady;
O., its beams illume my spirit,
(That's our cow-bell!--don'tyou hear il?
Get the milk pans readyD d.
Yes, dear sally, look and listen!
How the dew begins 10 glisten--
Hark! the night birds sonnet!
What balmy breeze is blowing
(Head the b.intle cow -she's going
Run-ill hold your bonnee)
BECKY, does the twilight hour,
BY its bland aad soothing power,
With sweet musings fill you?
Peace hangs round Us like a mantle
(Soh!now, sukey, come be genle!
Stop that kicking; will yor?) a
With music Garth is overlowing-
(lhere the hungry calves are owing!
How those tins do ratllel)
Bat 1 fAin woHld wander, SALLY,
To some green and quiet valley,
Minus horned cattle.
BECKY, lifc's a il~eeting honr;
Joy brings gr;ef-e'en cream viii sour
Yet, It's vain complai ing;
MoFtals now get milk and honey
Only by hard work and money!
(Sett the pans for strainlag)