The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-11-27
VOL. x.

ed part of what was formerly the Conpec,;o,.
Reserve, the aggregate would be l5,5Os. IT.,
southern tier of counties in New York Sta
go for Fremont in the same style as our port
ern tier, including majority for every CON-.
from the Cattskill to Lake Erie.
INTERESTING FROM BRAzlL.-A letter in II.
New York Herald, dated Rio, October Ia Ia |
says: ="
% :" The stock Of coffee is increasing. OWN,
the 6neness of the weather, which enabled ~ -.
ers to send in large supplies. The orders S.o".
France, Belgium, and England, are larga I on9
but few vessels are loading for the United S,.,a
You will not be little surprised when ,sn |
you that emigration is rapidly increasn, h.
the Government is well aware of its pFaa, "a
vantages, and have succeeded in attract;ns ~
attention of European settlers. The FrsnI
and Portuguese are increasing rapidly. and u.
English, Irish, and Scotch, are coming in III
sands, and settling on the finest lands in n.
world. Brazil will assume a proud posfos
among the nations very soon."
NORTHERN MAN NOT ALLOWED tn T,~u
NORTHERN PAPERS IN GEoRGIA.-Maoon -,
Oct. 30 presume you have received rrT
note before now, wishing you to send me Won.
paper; but the political excitement is so ores,
and so much jealousy and prejudice prevail
here against the Northern people, that thew do
not suffer paper or document to be amons
them, that Is not in accordance with their own
Uews-not even speeches made in Congress,
setting forth different views from their own
My native place is within short distance Of
your own, where the sentiment is very different
L have lived here most eleven years, and 4 ca,
tell you of ways and doings, and the spirit thai
exists, that are not generally known by tboss
that never lived in the slave States. | wish
you to withhold the papers, and not send them
until further orders from me.
Springfield Republican.
FAILURE OF THE LANCASTER (PAO B,vr
Lancaster, Noo. lo.-A notice is posted on The
Lancaster Bank door this morning. stain,
that, "the run having been made and notes
being refused by the Philadelphia banks The
officers deem it impossible to meet the liabi;.
ties as presented, and are compelled to cosa
the bank. Note-holders are advised not n
sacrifice the same, as the assets are supnosa5
to be sufficient to meet the circulation and ds.
posts. The statement of its condition will
be made known as soon as a complete examine.
ton Of the condition of the bank is reported
H. RATHBURN, Cashier"
The suspension of the bank occasions pen.
eral surprise, as the ability of the bank to meet
the liabilities was generally conceded YESTERDAY.
MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR or Arkansas
The Legislature of Arkansas met on the 4tb
instant, and received the annual message Of
Governor Conway. 1t is devoted entirely n
State affairs. The State finances are in good
condition. A balance of 1924, l25, in gold and
silver, remains in the treasury. The Governor
reports the State as rapidly growing in popula
ton and wealth. In 1852, the assessment of
taxable property amounted to $42,9OOO8O
that of 1856 is S70,758, QUESTIONING an in.
crease in four years of S27,859, 1884, or nearly
seventy per cent. and he anticipates that, with
prudence, skill, and economy, the State will be
able, by the time the bonds given by her fall
due, to pay them in full, without oppressive
taxation.
A MUYIFICENT DONATION. - II has been
stated, and confirmed by Chicago paper, that
the Central Illinois Railroad Company has been
able to realize enough from the grant of public
land by Congress to build its road at an ex.
pense of twenty-five millions Of dollars, and
there is still land enough left to produce the
sum of twenty millions of dollars, if sold at the
market value. This is beginning to excite at.
tention in the old States and Congress will
probably be asked to make an equitable disri.
button of the remainder Of the public domain
GEORGE W. JOHNSON, one of the large sugar
planters on the Mississippi, below New Orleans,
who died recently, has left an estate valued at
not less than S7,000,00 He has by his will
msnumitted all his slaves, two hundred in mum.
Der. They are all to be sent to Liberia in four
years from his death, and each one is to be
furnished with $50.
A difficulty occurred at q schoolhouse in
Simpson county (Ky.) on Tuesday week. be.
tween two boys; one about twenty years Of age
whose name is Hogan, and the other about
sixteen years of age, whose name is White
White and Hogan made bet on the election,
White being Democrat and Hogan Know
Nothing. A dispute arose between them, and
White cut Hogan in the head with an axe, from
the effects of which he died that night. White
is under arrest.
THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.-A telegraphic
despatch from st. Johns Newfoundland, dated
the 18th instant, states that the weather there
for some days back has been exceedingly wet,
but that the land line of upwards of four hun.
dred miles works well, and that no difficulty
whatever has been experienced with the sub.
marine cable which connects the island with
Nova Scotia.
Deeds Of manumission of five negroes were
yesterday recorded in the Probate Court, by
Solomon w. Stewart, of De Soto county, Mis-.
sissippi. There are on an average between two
and three hundred slaves manumitted every
year in this city, by masters from the South.
Gin. Com. Of the 9Th.
The new electric light recently patented by
the American inventor in England, and yield
ing the most intense and beautiful illumination
yet attained by science, will, it is stated, be
used on board the steamship Adriatic. Those
who have investigated this important discovery
assert that, under favorable circumstances, the
electric light can be seen at distance of forty
miles.
The SEARCH AFTER THE MISSING PAssEY
GERS OF THE STEAMER LYoNNAIsE.-HOlmes'
Hole, Nov. 19. The steamer Marion put in
here to-day, without having obtained any tidings
of the steamer Lyonnaise or her passengers.
She has cruised off Nantucket Shoals since
Monday, and spoke three vessels without OBJ
tanning any intelligence. She experienced
heavy gales during the whole time. She has
gone again on another cruise TO the south
ward of Nantucket.
SLAVE TROUBLES IN MIssOURL-The NetO
Madrid Mo- Times says:
"a number of prominent citizens Of this
county have called meeting, TO be held at the
in this city, on this day, for the
purpose of determining the best course TO be
adopted, to suppress a supposed instruction
of the negroes in this and the adjoining coun-
ties. This move was put on foot after Informs
ton having been received that the negroes oil
this county, together with those of Obion coun'
ty, Tennessee, have concocted and are media
ting general insurrection, to take place on
the 25th of December"