The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-08-20
GENERAL SUMMARY.

GENERAL SUMMARY.
The whole number of emigrants arriving at
the port of New York during the month ofJuly
was 27l92; being 10000 more than arrived
in July, 1856. Nearly one-half of the whole
number were from Liverpool, and only 4l5
were frstclass passengers. All but about 500
of these have already gone to the West, or will
go in few days. The number of vessels
bringing these emigrants was 83, of which
were steam propellers. The cheap passenger
business is fast being monopolzed by them,
and it is predicted they will, in five years, en-
gross pretty much the whole of that trade. AT
present, they are mostly foreign bottoms.
The new potato crop is causing some ankle
ty in Ireland. From all the midland counties,
the reports are decidedly favorable, both with
respect to the yield of the crop and the absence
of disease; and even from the interior portion
of the country. the accounts are comparatively
satisfactory. But there is said to be no doubt
whatever that the "rot" has appeared, in
marked and virulent form, throughout an ex-
tensive district along the coast of the south.
The accounts from other parts of the country
concur in representing the crop as healthy and
fourishing
Judge Robertson, of the county of West
chester, had occasion yesterday to pronounce
a colored child free, who had been brought into
this State from Savannah, where she was
member of large family of slaves. Her
grandfather sued out the writ of habeas corpus,
and the sister of her alleged owner was the
party in whose charge the little girl was at
Sing Sing, and who responded to the writ.
Since the l4th of April, the child, who is not yet
six years of age, has been in this State and
her mistress proposed to keep her here until
she herself returned to the South, a matter of
several years. Under this state of facts, the
Judge could not avoid at once granting dis
charge, although the girl was valued at $400,
on account of her light complexion, and was a
favorite of the ladies from Savannah. The
question of the guardianship of the child is
yet to be decided.-N T. Tribune, Aug. ID.
A correspondent of the Lowell Journal says,
in looking over list of the members of the
Twenty third Congress which commenced De-
cember 2, 1893, and closed March 2, 1885,
was somewhat surprised at the number of mem
bers who have filled high positions under our
Government. Six members of that Congress,
j. Q. Adams, (previous,) Tyler, Polk, Fillmore,
Pierce, and Buchanan, have occupied the Pres
idential chair. Five members, Messrs. Cal
houn Johnson, Tyler, Fillmore, and King, have
been Vice Presidents; and no less than eight
members, Messrs John Q Adams, Henry Clay,
John Forsyth. Daniel Webster, John G. Cal
houn, James Buchanan, John M. Clayton, and
Edward Everett, have filled the office of Secre-
tary of State. Thirty-two members have been
Governors of States, and twenty,three members
of the House have since served in the Senate.
The Liverpool Post, in its issue of July 20,
says: The arrival at this port, yesterday, of
the yacht Charter Oak, from New York, fur
nishes striking proof of what perseverance
can accomplish, and shows to us English the
sort of stuff our transatlantic cousins are made
of. The Charter Oak is little vessel, 43 feet
long, Is feet wide, feet 8 inches deep, and
measures % tons. She was built and rugged
by her captain and owner, Mr.. Webb, in Con-
necticut, and by him and one man brought
safely across the stormy Atlantic, in thirty
seven days. She started with the captain and
two men, but one of them was unfortunately
lost overheard the first day. To most men,
this would have been enough to frighten them
off their perilous enterprise; but our two I'M
daunted navigators, one of whom had never
been at sea before, were not to be frightened
Without chronometer, (for no one would
trust one IN 80 frail conveyance, and the cap
tain was too poor to buy one,) without chart
of the coast they were steering for, these two
men pursued their dangerous way, through
several storms. and reached Liverpool in the
time mentioned.
A deputation of gentlemen waited upon Lord
Palmerston, on the 18th of July at Cambridge
House, for the purpose of presenting memo
rial from the Committee of the British and
Foreign Anti Slavery Society. on the subject of
African immigration to the West Indies. His
Lordship received the deputaton with his usual
courtesy, and listened attentively to the memo
rial, and to the statements made in support of
it, after which, he entered at some length upon
the various points that had been touched upon,
assuring the deputation that her Msjestys Gov
eminent was quite alive to the serious danger
of an immigration from Africa degenerating
into anew kind of slsvetrade, and that no scheme
would be sanctioned which was likely to lead to
such an evil. IT..
The British fleets in the Chinese seas are
very powerful, consisting of l3 sailing vessels,
II steamers, and Z gunboats, mounting 463
guns, aud at last advices there were en- route
Il more steamers and ID sail vessels, mounting
$40 guns so that the force of Great Britain
on the coast of China, at the present time, is
something like go vessels, mounting 1873 guns,
besides transport, store, and hospital ships. 1t
is very clear that the British Government is in
earnest in its determination to purge the Chi
nese of their exclusveness, and, as far as PCS.
sble throw open their vest country to the trade
Of the world-which, Of course, must result
principally to the benefit of the two greatest
commercial nations, England and America.
The arrangements of the British admirals seem
to have permanent character, which leads to
the belief that their action will be more persist
ent than ever before.
Mr.. William s. Wetmore, of Newport, gave
grand fete champstre, on Monday, at his cha
teau-sur- mer, in honor of George Peabody, Esq.
The fete took place between the hours of and
p. NJ. Thirtytwo hundred invitations were
issued, and twenty-five hundred guests assem-
bled, among whom were Lords Hervey and
Althorpe, and other distinguished persons.
This fete is said to have cost Mr.. Wetmore
nearly ten thousand dollars.
The following taken from the English Board
of Trade returns, shows an increasing trade in
the manufacture of cotton goods: Cottons-
1855, 758,7l9,000 yards; 1856, 72l,2A7 ,01G !;
1857, $50, SIS, 400 ysr6s. Cotton yarn-l855,
81, 1920, 600 lbs.; 1855, 70,2l5,000 lbs. 1867,
7O,l77, 400 lbs. OF cottons, 22l, 100000 yards
were exported, this year, to the East Indies,
100000 to the United States, IS 100000 to
Brazil, 66,OO0,000 to Turkey, and $1,000, 900
to China. 0fthe cotton yarn, 22,OOO,OOO lbs.
went to the Hanse Towns, l3,5O0,0 900 to Hol
land, 8, 100000 to the British East Indies, and
100000 to Turkey.
ROYAL HAIRDRE.ssss ER.-Mr. Isodore, the
nc. coifeur, who receives $4,000 year
for dressing her Msjesty's hair twice day, had
gone to London in the morning, meaning to
return to Windsor in time for toilette, but, on
arriving at the station, was just five minutes
too late, and saw the train depart without him.
His horror was greet ha Enau hia want of