The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-10-01

time sales to sixty days.
Advices from Albany mention a run upon
the Savings Department by the small depos.
itors. There is no pressure elsewhere, and
the bill holders and banks there are quiet and
confident.
LIEUT.. Gen. Scott and Gen. Pillow.
Lieut.. Gen. Winfield Scott is out in a card
in reply to the recent letter of Gen. Pillow.
The latter had charged that, during the war
with Mexico, Mr.. Trist, by agreement, engaged
to pay to Gen. Santa Anna cash in hand, as
earnest money, ten thousand dollars" to induce
him to entertain negotiations for peace and
that subsequently Mr.. Trist told him (Gen. P.)
/" that Gen. Scott had furnished him (Mr. IT,
the money, and that he (Mr. T. had paid the
ten thousand dollars" To this Gen. Scott re.
spends, very emphatically, as follows:
I" Being morally certain that Mr.. Trist never
made such declaration, it is almost useless to
say that never turned over a dollar to him
for such or any other purpose whatever, and am
very sure that Mr.. Trist had not q dollar of
public money in his possession while in Mexi.
CO, and never more than sufficed for his very
moderate expenses in his private purse; and
certify on honor that never, at any time, paid
to Gen. Santa Anna, or caused to be paid to
him, or to another, for his use or benefit, one
dollar or more, on any account or In any way
whatever. President Santa Anna was at the
time, as now worth millions, and had, in that
office, the irresponsible control of all the Pc
cuniary means of his country. 1t is hardly
probable, therefore, that he would have stopped
to pick up sack of ten thousand dollars in
gold, if he had accidentally stumbled upon one
in a private walk"
General Scott in some further remarks,
speaks highly of Mr.. Trist, for his quiet, un-
nht ii I'D xuhn
negotiated a most important treaty under sig
nal disadvantage.
Wreck and Loss of Life.
Captain johnson, of the ship Eliza, from
Liverpool, which arrived at New York on
Saturday, had on board the first officer of the
brig Nancy, William C. White, and his brother,
Thomas White, whom he had taken from the
foremast-head of the Nancy, in latitude $50 s.,
longitude 600, On the 10th instant. The re-
mainder of the crew, and captain, (seven in
NUMBER had persisted. The Nancy was owned
in Halifax, and commanded by Captain Grant.
She sailed from Halifax on the lth instant for
Porto Rico, and was capsized on the 18th. Mr..
White says that when the brig capsized it was
blowing perfect gale, and that he never saw
Captain Grant or any of the crew after the dis.
aster. Mr.. White and his brother first sought
refuge in the maintop, but wnile there the
mainmast was carried away. After considera-
BILE difficulty, they gained the foremasthead, to
which they chung for three days, and were
nearly exhausted when taken off the wreck by
Captain johnson.
Sorghum Sugar.
One of the finest samples of sugar we have
seen, says the Austin (Texas) Gazette, is a
sample made from the Sorghum cane, by Mr.
Studor, near Austin. 1t is one of fine grain
and color, and would command the highest
price in New Orleans. We have also seen a
sample of his strip made from Sorghum also,
which is a very superior article. Mr.. Studor
has been highly successful. We expect that
his experiment has no superior in the State
Miss Harriet Martineau,
In letter to the London Ne,os, refutes the
story that the father of Miss Bronte was dis.
pleased with Mrs. Gaskell's memoir of that
lady. The Duke of Devonshire recently paid
a visit to the Rev. P. Bronte, as a proof of his
grace's estimation of the venerable incumbent,
and of the departed worth and genius of his
talented children.
1t is reported that negotiations are going on
between the Boston Submarine Armor Com
pany and the underwriters of the Central
America, to raise her hull, which is supposed
to lie in about 28 fatboms water. The specie
in her alone would furnish ample inducement
for the experiment, if her position can be accu.
rately fixed, and that it can is probable, from the
fact that Captain Herndon was reported to have
given her position to the vessel which refused
to come to his relief.
The Last Vessel from the Wreck of the Central
Am erica-No More Lives Saved.
RooJoo Cont Tho ,,roto-:o...
known schooner which passed under the stern
of the lost steamer Central America on the
evening of the wreck, and regarding which
mention has been made in several statements
of the passengers, proves to have been the
schooner Ell Dorado, Captain Stone. She ar
rived at this port this afternoon and the Captain
makes the following report " On the 18th inst,
in LAT. 20 40, long. 78 20, experienced terrible
hurricane, during the prevalence of which she
lost her mainsail. On the 18th, at half.past 6
2. NJ, in lat Il Is, long. II 10, spoke the
steamer Central America, the wind at the time
blowing gale We laid under her lee until
9 30, the following morning. Her lights disap-
peared at 45 minutes after the previous even
ing. Wore ship and run as near as possible to
the spot, but saw nothing of the wreck or the
passengers, either from the deck or aloft"
1t had been hoped that this schooner, the
lights of which had still been seen by some of the
rescued after the wreck, had succeeded in pick
ing up some of the unfortunate passengers
but she neither brings any, nor did she see any
thing of them or the vessel on the morning
following the distressing calamity. The pain
full inference is, therefore, that the remainder
of the passengers, officers, and crew, will never
be heard from more
English View of Mormon Affairs.
The London Times appears to take lively
interest in the proceedings of the United States
Government in reference to the Mormons of
Utah. 1t assumes that the President has re-
solved " to break up the community at Utah.
meaning, probably, at Great Salt Lake city
and adds:
"There will be great difficulties, owing to
the weakness Of the Federal Government, halt
OF ,chOSe force IS reported TO hare deserted al.
ready. But the new President is a resolute
man when he has undertaken thing, and we
hope the days of this abomination are now
counted. We certainly ought to wish for this,
for 1t must be confessed that we are q good
deal concerned in the growth of Mormonism.
1t is fact that the majority of the communi-
ty-Mr. Carvalho says nine.tenths-are Eng
lsh, Scotch, and Welsh. How is this Who
is responsible for this? What have our ortho-
dox parish priests been doing, and what have
our orthodox dissenting ministers been doing,
that their own congregations have been the
feeders of such an enormity as this?
1t Is very poor consolation, but perhaps
it is some little consolation, to find that, with
respect to our own people, fanaticism has had
more to do with the current to this wretchsd
delusion than vice. 1t would, indeed, be dread.
fal to think that so many thousands of our
men, and especially our women, had designed
ly, and with their eyes open, Joined system of