The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-12-17

Thursday morning the losing gentleman awoke
with severe headache, and to the conscious
ness that he had fooliehly lost what be could i'll
afford to lose. He called upon the superin-
tendent of police, and his money was recov-
cred but the name of the Southern gentleman
and the locality of the gambling house and the
name OF the proprietor are suppressed.
The Florida war, which has now been car
ried on at intervals fer twenty years or more,
at a vast expense both of money and lives, is
| about to be renewed, upon almost as large a
scale as ever. The total population of the Sem
inoles, which never exceeded 1000 or 5000. at
the utmost, negroes included, is now reduced
to about as many hundreds; but the difficulty
of catching them or killing them is rather sg.
gravated than lessened by this 6iminution of
their numbers. Besides large force of United
States troops employed in the service, some
two thousand Florida volunteers have been
called into the field, and fresh campaign is
about to commence. In addition to the other
forces to be employed in these operations, we
learn that Gen. Carter 1--WE suppose of the Flor.
ida volunteers) has brought with him from
Tallahassee to Tampa Bay some fine dogs, well
prscticed in trailing negroes. 1t will be recol.
lected, that in former campaign against the
| Seminoles, great hopes were entertained of the
| services to be rendered, if not in worrying the
Indians, at least in the way of finding them
| by certain packs of lood-hounds, imported for
| that purpose from Cuba. Those hopes were
| disappointed; but perhaps these domestic dogs
may prove more efhcient.-N. Y. Tribune.
| The slave trade was never more Furnishing
than at present. Advices from Havana to the
lst instant state that four cargoes of negroes
| had been landed on the island within ten days.
Thov nhart nd
| Inmates, and three of the vessels which brought
| them were built, and are it is thought owned,
| in Massachusetts. The French had placed
large steam propeller in the coolie trade, and
landed from her eight hundred and forty-two
Chinese, who were sold by first hands to others,
| and by them to sub-contractors, for labor, real
izing q profit for each party. Each specula
tor made about $3.50 profit per head, and the
full price for Chinaman with hair uncut) was
$420.75. The authorities in the different ports
of entry openly consived at the traffic. Sew
eral sugar estate overseers had been murdered
by the Chinese, five of whom were executed.
The Buffalo Express of the Sch instant states
that in a number of cases, lately tried in the
Supreme Court in that city, the question was
raised |" whether paper payable below, as it is
called-that is in New York, and discounted
here's usurious or not ? That the court held
in the affirmative, and 80 instructed the Jury,
who rendered verdict accordingly. In other
words, it was held that the loan of money to
be repaid at place other than the place of the
loan where the parties resided and did business,
| the money being worth more at the place of
payment than at the place of loan, was usu.
rious and void. The principle on which the
decision turned is not established in this State,
| and we presume that the case will not settle
MI hyt ho
of Appeals"
| The Buffalo Commercial states that at present
| all the roads leading from that point are crowd
ed to the utmost capacity with freight, and
there is every prospect of an unexampled freight
business for the winter. The depots are crowd,
ed beyond their capacity, and much of the
large receipts of -four and grain of last week
is still unhoused. Some of it is still ahost
The receipts of -four on one day last week
were 81 600 barrels enough to last railroad
quite while.
The auditor of the bank department of In.
diana reports that only one bank establishes
under the free banking law has suspended
the Tippecanoe bank. There are ten banks
now winding up and redeeming their circuls-
ton at par. The securities pledged for the
redemption of the bank notes include State
Of Indiana, Sl22l,529; State of Virgins,
SI9l, 900; State of Missouri, $420, 900; misceI-
lsneous, SOL 900; total, 81, 933,529.
Earl Fitzwilliam, the great Wing peer, who
died in the summer of 1857, has left estates
that produce an income of 100000 sterling to
his youngest son, who made himself pleasantly
known in this country few years ago. The
second son of the Earl has an income of
100000, while the heir of the coronet is linz
tied to rental of fl50,000, instead of the
100000 per annum, upon which his father
supported the dignity of his great northern nam e.
We learn, incidentally, that the artillery sta.
toned at Fort Smelling have received marching
orders, their ultimate destination being Utah.
We suppose that since the Indians are very
quiet, and generally upon the reservation, the
force at Fort Ridgely will also be reduced, and
probably have marching orders for Utah.-&.
Paul Pioneer, NoU. 20.
Bath, Me-, Dec. 1.-THE attempted suicide
of Mr.. Slade, a member of an important firm
in Boston, caused much excitement. he cane
here from Boston on o visit, in hopes of recsv-
ering his health. which was much impaired By
the financial difficulties of his house. Since bis
arrival, he has had several attacks of insanity,
in one of which, recurring yesterday when left
alone in room, he seized a razor, and attempt.
ed to cut his throat. When discovered he was
very weak from the loss of blood. HIS life is
in great peril. At eleven o'clock to-day, be
was still alive, and hopes are entertained that
he will recover.
On the last trip of the steamer Columbia
from Oregon, an unusual number of the spe
ces of whale known as " humpbsck we're OBJ
served sporting in the neighborbood of Hum
boldt Bay, as only monsters of the deep can
sport. The steamer, with wind and stesm
fair in her tail, was running at the rate Of ten
or twelve knots an hour, when, says passen
ger, q huge whale raised to blow within a hall
a rod of the ships prov, it's body lying at right
angles with her course of sailing. Full thirty
feet of the monsters back must have been ex
posed, and all were expecting an old-tash-
toned
"Crash the cruel coulter passed out thro thy cell,
when Mr. Fish sank almost like lead, but not
quick enough to save his bacon" for he was
not at sufficient depth to be out of reach of the
ships keel. When the fish rose, the water fol
some distance around was crimsoned with liz
blood. Though with diminished force, the ship
struck with great violence, turning the monster
completely on its beam ends, in which position
it came to the surface, on the laboard side, and
Just in time to receive another severe thump
from the steamers paddle. But it was mol
| RlllcO, LOT IL WAS sctu ITO way tO"dEu
the land some moments after.-iSacrament
Union.
j General Walker, who it will be recolIeeted
took his departure from Mobile bay on the t3;t
ult. in the steamship Fashion, landed at Pents
, Arenas, in Nicaragua, on the 25th November
with one hundred and fifty men.
Not the slightest attempt was made to proven
the landing, and in fact the purpose of the ex
petition appeared to have not even been guessed