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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-12

NnsceHaneous and D1sass~ra
The cusard steamer ALPS, Capt Ingls sailed yesterday
Liverpool with full freight List.
Tho British seamsr NEW YoRx, Can't Craig ss,led yes
day r Glasgow, with nineteen cabin passenger ana AM
the third cabin.
gHr new BAHPsHRx-Joaes' Beach, April e-Tns r
New Hampshire still lies head on, with II feet water n
hod. We have removed the sails and some an all articles
Of schrs and have anchors cables all ready 70
down. but the sea breahug too much about shlp and
cannot board her TO morrow morning weather perm9
shal get the anchors down. and some cargo 70 DE ri
The ship keeps her shape 30 far.
sMir Ez1Y rAR.IAx, Parker; which cleared At New I'd
March 5st for FORT Lepreaux NIB and ashore
Point Lepresux NIB Al ship Ct 10 register b
Sons valued at $4,000 and supposed be insured 1t
Eastward.
BRIG CRAWFORD from Neuvas. recently sunk in the b
raised on Friday by Bishops boom derrick and &c, do
at Red Hook Point Brooklyn.
ScHR THEODORE RAYMoND-A telegraph despatch from NJ
nipgton NC, ssys5chr Theodore Raymond from CIeuf1
gos for new York with and moasses here in sre
Ia charge of the mate the captain having been washed
board on the Bahama Banks
scHR STEPHEN TABER will proceed to Port Jefferson III
where she viii be taken upon the marine railway the
pose repairing the damages sustained while ashore on
JUDITH Der false keel and forefoot gone he nss
ceived other injuries.
The following table gives summary Of the vessels In
harbors of New YORK, boston Baltimore, Charleston
vannan, Mobile and New Oreans At the last accounts "a
EACH NEW YORK.
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4 Cool viliian.

The Boston Trsvelter states that during q
visit Of the Committee of the Legislature on
Prisons to the Massachusetts State Prison,
on Wednesday, Carter, the murderer Of the
late warden, was taken out Of his cell into
the passage-way for the purpose Of giving
the committee better opportunity Of judg-
ing Of bis mental and physical condition.
Carter was hsndcuffed at the time, and while
in, the presece Of the committee he took q
piece Of spoon handle from under bis sieve
and with il man, ged to unlock his cufs. and
free his hands. nearly % quick % It could
be done By another with the proper key.
The committee manifested their sstonish-
ment at the act, and the prisoner observed
il, cooly remarked. with an oath, Yop don't
suppose I'm fool enough 70 sleep with them
.things On me, do youl" sas
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GoeaOr,e.

The Wheeling Daily 7ymes relates tie
following: A gentleman informs Us that fos
some time past his coal pile has been grow
ing "smaIl BY degrees and beautifully less !.
He suspected ueighbor Of purloining Ii,
but his feeling Of dslicacy would not per.
nit him to accuse the party Ii I'D open man.
ner. But ashe hsd mads no contract "to
keep the city in COAL" be fel, that some.
thing must be done to prevent the sstonish.
ing falling Of IN his bin. Accordingly be
took large lump of tho article, drilled .
hole in II, filled the hole with powder and
placed the chunk upon the top or the pile.
About six hours after this No heard ! great
explosion next door, snd looking In that di.
fsction,he saw that bis neighbcf,s house was
minus lie windows and the entire premises
blackened with soos. He notes Il q rather
remarksble that since this occurrence his
coal boIds opt much better ibse formerly.
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On Monday night last, i've men, convict
ed of murder and sentenced for life to the
Michisaa State Prison, at Jackson, made
their escape.
Handbills have been issued offering re.
ward Of 81 zoe for their arrest and seturn,
or 82Oo fer any one of them. They are de.
Gabriel Lappan il forty years old, light
complexioH, FIVE feet three inches and hall
high, a scar in india ink on the right haad,
and stout. built. James Hitchcock, thirty
six years old, Eve feet six inches high, two
scars on Left fore6nger, left little finger
crooked, scar on left wrist, stoaibailt.--
Samuel Ullum, forty ave years Of sge, Eve
feet seven iaches and a half high, two toes
Of each foet, aext the big toe, grown togeth
er, and stost built. John NJ Reynolds, left
arm crooked, scar on buck Of right wrist,
scar over left eye, on back Of left thumb,
and large scar on right nstep, thirty years
old. six feet half inch high. Fred. Haynes,
thirty years old, five feet ten inches and q
quarter high, scar on right leg, no other
marks. fa al rs @ t3H ~r
Haynes brutally killed an invalid girl for
the sake ofher jeweiry, and Lappan- poison.
ed bis own wife. These are the kind OF
men that falsely judging philanthropy would
not hang. but would merely imprison for
life, thereby giving them chance TO es.
cape and sgaia prowl among the living,
with oil their viciousnoss and murderous
propensities in full force.
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ResigEaaliOn.

.sn We see BY the telegrsphic dispatches that
t9o Of the members Of Congress, whom the
I Investigating Committee charged with bri-
sbery, hve resigned their seats. They were
a wiseiin doing 30, for whether the House
would expel them or 'aut, they are csademn-
: ed BY the people, and will never recover
.afrom the odium Which they have won. We
hshope further investigations will be made
s 1t In time our halls Of legislation were puri-
fed, and an example made Of those who are
guilty Of bribery.
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Later from California.

New YORK, February 2S.--The Illisois
arrived last evening with California mails pe
The 9th. She connected at the Isthmus with
the Sonora, which brought down about sev.
enteen hundred thousand dollars The hulk
was transferred to the Illinois; the exact
amount E9' suited.
The Committee Of the Legislature have
reported one hundred and twenty. four thou.
sand dollars Ds taken, from the treseuyv.
The Frearurer accounted for the disaRpear
ance by exhibiting bond on the Paei6s En-.
press Company, payable next July, to pay
the interest on the State debt. The vaiii.ty
OF the bond is questioned. He did not &C.
knowledge the receipt Of money, and the
treasurer has been called on to give addition,
al security for the money In his keeping. a
proposition has been nude 10 inpeack him
before the Legislature.
A meeting Of the citizens OF Mariposa hSsS
resolved to resist Fremont's claim. 'sss'@
The MaFaposa Tract bill is before the
Senate, providing for the working in grants
made before the treaty of Gauda !ope Hedai.
go, will, il passed, enable the Mariposs set.
tiers to defeat Fremont's claim. $50 .@ife.
Iowa Hill, iD Placer county, was DESTROYED
by fire. Loss $l500Oe. '-91'Yas 20
The Mexican bandits were devastinR tho
Southern counties, and numbering the. ina
habitants. The Sheriff of Los ASeslos and
three constables went to protect the people.
and were murdered. ~'Fs A"s ~
The Legislature has appropriated i've
thousand dollars to assist to exterminsse The
robbers. ..t, ,.,,g. ..s...a,..,.., 80
The recent earthquake caused the sreuna
TO open ten feet wide, and many miles in
length In the Southern parts Of The Stase.h =
One hundred men sailed from San van.
cisco on the 2lst for San Diego, intended To
60 thence overland to Sonora. ss,,ysa vas
BUSINESS in San Francisco continued dull.
There was no Improvement 10 prices. The
mines are yielding largely, except In the
North. which was blockadedabg snow. sgG
Receipts at San Francisco were good.
being go per cent. greater than the preceding
fortnight, af'" '''7
Kilman 4 Co, dry goods merch ,hts, have
filled; liabilities about 100000. ~ a st9T
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A Natural CURIOSITY.

Wesa q tooth . dny Of two since, of an
animal or reptile Of the inastadon or saurian
character which would have been a feast 70
.those who delight 70 examine the evidences
Of huge antiquity. The tooth. weighed
nearly six pounds. and was found upon the
isrm OF Mr. Love, Of Hubbard, Trumbull
county, some eight or ten feet below the
surface ef the earth, BY some men who were
engaged in opening . coal mine. Some
parts Of Il had become perfectly sound and
10 the naturafstats. According to the the,
ofy Of some geoiosists, this tooti, has been
inbeddsdin the aaEth for period Of nearly
ipur thousand years. Canfed Sentrsel. :
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The Adm mission Of Minnesota.

1t will be seen by the following proceed
ings in the United States Senate, which W.
take from the Washington Union of tht
26th ult., that that body has rsceded from
its amendment to the Minnesota Bill, which
amendment restricted the right of suffrage
to citixens of the United States, instead o.
giving il to inhabitants Of the Territory
who were permanent residents and had Civ.
en- evidence Of their intention to becom,
citizens. On the question of reconsideriug
the amendment, the vote stood:
"Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Bell Of New
Hampshire, Bigler. Bright, Cass, Cellamer,
Dodge, Douglas, Durkee, Fsssenden, Fitch,
Foot, Foster, Green, Hale, Harlan, james,
johnson, Jones Of Iowa, Nourse, Pugh, Sc.
bastian, Stuart. Seward. Toombs, Toucey,
Trumbull, Wade, Weller, Wilson and Yu.
lee--3l. o1g
"Nays-Messrs. Adams, Bsyard. Bell of
Tennessee, Benjamin, Biggs, Brodhead,
Brown, Butler, Clay, Crittenden, Evans,
Fish, Fitzpatrick, Geyer, Cwin, Houston,
Hunter. Jones of Tennessee, Mason, Pratt,
Reid, Rusk, Slidell and Thomson of Ken.
tucky-24. ...-.....-.....
"The question then REQUIRED on the adop.
tion Of the amendment. A long discussion
ensued, in which Messrs. Biggs, Brown,
Bell Of Tennessee, Crittenden and others
participated; when the amendment was re.
jected-yeas a. nays 80. The bill was
then read third time and passed, in the
form in which it came from the House of
Representatives-yeas 81, nays o."
We presume that early in the next ses
sion of Congress the new and fourishing
State Of Minnesota will be duly represented
by Senators and Representatives, and be
sovereign State of the Confederacy. Ore
yon is treading hard ON her footsteps, and
Kansas and Nebraska will soon be follow.
ng in the same direction. westward the
star Of empire takes its way"
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II appears. FROM what we can learn from
reliable authority, that the present members
af the Legislature, although drawing pay for
seven days services, do not average more
than four days Of actual service. They have
pretty full sessions Of the Legislature during
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri.
day; and Friday night or Saturday morning
they betake themselves home, whence they
return Monday afternoon or Monday night.
All do not do it, of course; but large mum.
d, Der do. Il this not cutting it little too fat!
Is it the way to hurry up legislation' The
Republican part of the Legislature, espec.
tally, promised the people, when they be.
sought their suffrages, to set examples that
should be worthy the imitation of future Leg.
islatures. Are we to understand that this
. conduct Of theirs is 10 be regarded as worthy
Sof imitation hereafter! ..-......
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Diplomatic Squabbic al COMStnm-
tiMOpic.

A most unseemly dispute is reported 10
have recently taken place at Constantine.
pie between the British Ambassador. Lurd
StrHtford de Redclffe, and the British Com.
missioner,'or the Reorganization of the Dan.
ubian Principalities, Sir Henry Bulwer. !,
appears that instructions were sent to Lord
Strotford to confer with Sir Henry on all
matters connected with the special mission
OF the latter, and to communicate to him n n
the correspondence on the subject, and all
the otiiclal documents relating to it. Lord
Stratford, whose haughtiness is os well
known rs his ability and patriotism are uni.
versally conceded, could not brook the pres.
ence of coadigtor Of Sir Henry's rank and
influence, and refused to hold any inter.
course with him. The day at last arrived
when the mixed conference of Ambassador
and Commissioners took place. Sir Henry,
at the outset of the proceedings, with sar .
castle pollteness, asked for. information of
what had taken place, presented his instru, /.
tIons, and stated that he was in utter ieno.
rance OF everything which ought 10 have
been communicated to him. Lord Stratford.
It ls said, then "rose in q storm and said he
did rot come there to enter into personal
questions; and that il Sir Henry continued
ne should take his hat and leave the room >,
The Ambassador was furious; s'his look, his
gestures, his angry tones, bis Indecorous az
Pressions were such" it is represented, ..as
have never been seen In our times in a di.
piomatic or even popular assembly," and
the Commissioner "sat calm and collected.
still further aggrayating his opponent by hjs
polite and cutting replies" The Turks
looked on in amazement; the other repre-
sen'atlyes were delighted at the display, !"
and after some good natured efforts 70 al.
Pease the strife, the conference adjourned
without having transacted any business.
How Lord Clarendon means to adi,st the
difficulty, whether by recalling the angry
Viscount, or the cool KniIht Of the BAH,
or meditatiDg between them, is not known: !:
but, In, the meantime, the incident afforded
no little amQsepent in foreign circles. IL
l. supposed that Lord Stratford will resign
rather than yield. He who, to imp press ne
Turks with due sense of his power ana
importance purposely kept the Greo, pa.
disha waiting for half On hour at an Official
audience, will never submit to be wursted
by an inferior in rank; and il he be not per :,
mitsed to arrange the entire Eastern dues.
fion alone--which he seems TO consider nj.
Prescriptive rght--be will reljre In disgusta
ratner thaH suffer defeat where BIZ, su uprsma,
ey has never been questioned. ~.
H
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Artest Of am fmpostor.

" An imDOstor calling himself Capt. Chas.
Shores, who has been gathering funds for
1.-THE reliefOf Kansas sufferers, in this and
Z. other free States, was arrested in Milwau.
'kie, recently, after having successfully swim
e died the friends OF BLEEDING Kansas" out
sof pretty nice sum. He deserves. and we
Hope he will be alIe~ed, to finish his educa.
hon In On institution where the science of
\ weaving is taught,in the highest perfection.
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Suacrings Of - MAN on the Prai.
yiC


On the 18th of December young mar
named Mccormick, about eighteen years O
age, started from point on the Iowa Riv.
er four miles above Alden, to cross over IL
Wall Lake, distance Of twelve miles, with
an ox-team and sledIoad of provisions, fol
his hone. He had not proceeded far when
he was overiaken by one of those violen,
snow.storms and drifts, which have been SO
ntv this winter, and lost the road. After
wandering about all day in the binding and
drifting snow, he took the cattle IRON the
sled, in hopes they would find the way home,
but this failed. He then determined to leave
his cattle, and by his own efforts try and
find some human habtation. He accord.
ingly started, taking his dog and gun, but
the dog left him and went back to the sled,
and he hi pself became SO exhausted that he
threw away his grn. ,l3
Night soon set IN, and the tempest ragged
with undated violence, and giving himse n
up for lost he sunk down In the snow, never
expecting to rise again; but after resting n
short time, he made one more effort, and
looking round he found large snow bank.
In this bank he succeeded in making him.
self a kind of burrow, into which he crawl.
ed, and which, in good measure, screened
himself from the storm. Here he slept
comparatively comfortable till morning.
The storm continued the next day, and he
wandered about in bewildered state, and
during the long, stormy day, struggled des.
Perafely, without knowing whittier he was
going. 70 find settlement, but in vain; and
as night again spread her sable curtains oy.
er the desOlate waste, he sank down exhaus.
ted, benumbed, his limbs frozen, to die; but
about eight O'Clock in the evening he heard
the bsrking of o dog. This aroused him to
make a last effort for his life. but his frozen
limbs refused to do their office, and he was
compelled TO crawl on his hands and knees.
The dog kept running and barking before
him, and guiding his course by him, he
dragged himself along over two miles dis
tance, and reached house about two
O'Clock in the morning, having been on the
prairie forty.four hours without food or
drink. sf I#aIL
he was brought to Alden, where he now
lies In a low, emscated and critical state.--
One OF his legs has been amputated, and the
other haslitefaIly rotted off above the ankle.
and as soon as he Is able to undergo the ope.
ration it will be amputated.
Probably history does not record more
horrible suffering. or more desperate and
prolonged struggle for life than this young
man has undergone. Imagination cannot
conceive bis feelings while battling for life.
Or his feelings now, when he thinks, in ease
OF recovery, he will be left sdeformed and
helpless eripple.--Dsbaqus Herald, .FsJry-
cry l5. 'S' 's '4
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: .Dr. Kane Arctic Explorations.

erDr. Kane Arctic Explorations.
: The fate Of DR.. Kane, says the Pittsbure
Post, is another stroag argument against
the sailing Of any more Arctic expeditions
Hundreds Of lives have already been lost II
those northern voyages; and though the &C
counts of them are read with interest, nc
great real good has resulted from them tina,
team compensate for the valuable lives and
the large sums Of money they have cost.
The object Of the early voyages in those fro.
zen realms was to discover northwest pas.
sage between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. The discoveries made show beyond
doubt that no such passage valuable to
commerce exists. So far as that purpose
is concerned, then, any further Arctic exps.
iditions are useless, and would only lead to
the perifo human life without any benefit to
commerce. So far as they contribute to the
volume OF sclentiGc fact and knowledge they
tire almost equally barren of results. No
considerable numbers of the human family
dwell in those froEea and dreary realms;
and the condition of those who dwell there
Is apparently incapable of amelioraiton or
Improvement. To be born, eat the "blub.
iber" dflthe seal and whale, and die, is about
ahe sum total OF their existence and history.
And no expeditions" probably can ever
change their nature or fate.
We can see nothing In favor Of any more
Arctic explorations. The interests Of nei-
sher commerce, science or humanity can be
4sonesed by them. The lost in those seas
IRE lost forever. "A northwest passage
Would be useless If found. An "open polar
sea" may exist, but Of what nee to mani
Those frozen realms are worthless, and their
txp loration by land or sea Ss not worth the,
lives they hsye hitherto. and may hereafter
lost. L a8
These reflections are suggested by the
death of DR.. Kane. He was young, ambi.
tioas, fearless, scholar, sailor and gen.
tlemen. His brief career is matter OF ma.
tionai pride and regret. He has taken rank
with the great Arctic captains. He has di.
1idsd the honors Of thst heroism with the
honofed navigators OF England. His books
are the records of his deeds; and are writ.
ten with simplicity and good sense that
AIll commend for all time to come the schol.
ii, the adventurer and the hero. And yet the
saost marked and impressive result Of bis
adventure is--his death. That voyage, and
those two interesting volumes cost the life
ofa noble American; sud who can say in
wbst material respect aaankind is benefited
b Tie sacri6ce! We know not; unless It
Aisy satisfy the world that Arctic voyages.
nov pursued diligently for century and aI
half, hsve cost valuable lives enough.
And yet we read that an effort il to bel
fIAds 70 6t out another expedition to search
"a 81 John Franklin. He and his com
pehionS have been dead for years beyond
doubt Yet other bold naviga.ors and faith
faIe1sws mar yet be sacrificed in an pnaysil-
fnx ssaseh for thsisas Lost and dead. Let
= ulors Kanea be sssri6es4ja the hopeless
saesk gss /.
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A hind Of Kilkenny sas Aghi hes resent.
y been kicked us smone the Hack Repub
can lssdsrs At colnmbus. whilst they are
simply Aosoliag about "loeofoeo eorrupliOn, /"
they are remarkably sneeessful, not only q
our National, but also st our State Capitol,
in fasfeaias corruption Of the blaekest dye
upon the members and managers of the great
reform party. -4
The following correspondence which re-
Gently passed between two Of the leading
Black Republican chief speaks for itself:
From VIM. Schonler. editor Of the Okio
STATE journal, to Hiram GriswOld:
JOuREAL oFTIcE, Feb Is, 1857.
Hos. HIRAn GRIswoLD-Sir: | under
stand that in the Republican csueus last
evening. you stated in distinct terms that the
Ohio State Journal had been bought BY the
canal contractors, and that the editor was
also bought mp, and that nothing could ap.
pear in that paper that the contractors did
not agree should 60 in, or words to that sf.
feet. a 'ft
Presuming that you would not state de.
liberste falsehood, or wrong man without
just cause, demand OF you either reirac-
tioh Of your calumny or proof Of your as.
sertion.
e- Respectfully yours,
t.f WIN. SCHOULER,
Editor Of Ohio State Journal.
To which Hiram Griswold replies a. fol.
SENATE CHAMBER, Feb. Is, 1857.
WILLIAM ScHoULRR, Eso.-Sir: I have
received and herewith return your letter just
banded me. Whenever you will send one
proper either for gentleman to write or
another TO receive, you can be informed cor.
rectly as to what did say In the Repub Ican
caucus last evening, in relation to the Ohio
Stale Journal.
Yours, respectfully,
H. GRISWOLD.
After the receipt Of the above, the Jour.
nal walks into the affections Of Hiram with
savage ferocity. ......
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SIMPLE MANEERs.--The trial Of George
Knight, Tor the murder Of his wife, which is
going on In Z rural village ID Maine, excites
90 mach interest that a Tally pad Ell has been
started forthe purpose of'Tepoftihg II. The
courtroom has been crowded, chiefly by IA.
dies, who, both young and old, bring knitting;
crotchet and sewiRg-work with them, So
thetthe hall presents, aside from tho trial,
quite busy appearance.
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A CHAMsERMAID's IHSEREHcE. .--One Of
the elambermsids Of the New York Hotel,
who was attracted, 70 the room Of Mfs. Bates
wheaths Eobber was strangliag heron Fri.
day week, said she stood at the door some
tws Or three minutes without saying sny-
ibisg, thinking that IL was . single gssrrsl
bstsseep hGsbaad and scife- se m A !.
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We shall ley the Inaugural Message of
President Buchanan before our readers in
eur next issue. BY delaying the publication
Of the paper we could do so this week, but
experience has taught Us that it "dOn't pay"
for country newspapers to attempt to rival
their city contemporaries.
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DEAD LErTERs.--ln 1854 tho number Il
dead letters, exclusive Of foreign. was set
dewn ct, three million two hundred thou
sand; the whole number Of inlaud letters
now returned does not exceed three million,
although there has been large Increase in
the number Of letters circulated since 1854.
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O1rThs Governof Of Nsbrssks has vetoed
allbilIs passed By the Legislature chsrtsFing
new haDkss ss as 9si
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FThe Minhesota Legislature h occp,
pea win P'sns tor State esrgsassiion.
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RAvENNA, OHIO:
The InauguraI.

Thursday, march 5, 1887.