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

showed his delight by drinking freely Of the
costly wines set before him, and his gratitude
by playing at faro. In an hours time he had
lost $4,000. This was on Wednesday night.
Thursday morning the losing gentleman awoke
with severe headache, and to the conscious
ness that he had fooEshly lost what he 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 1000. 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, we'll
prscticed in trailing negroes. 1t will be recol-
lected, that in q 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 blood-hounds, imported for
that purpose from Cuba. Those hopes were
disappointed; but perhaps these domestic dogs
may prove more eficient.-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.
They number ten thousand four hundred unfor.
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 fortytwo
Chinese, who were sold by first hands to others,
and by them to sub contractors for labor, real
izing 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 conEived at the traffic. Sew
eral sugar. estate overseers had been murdered
by the Chinese, five of whom were executed.
The Buffalo Express of the 8th instant states
that in number of cases, lately tried in the
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 so instructed the Jury,
who rendered q 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
any principle until passed upon by the Court
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 afost
The receipts of -four on one day las. week
were 80 900 barrels enough to last railroad
quite while.
The auditor of the bank department of In.
diana reports that only one bank established
under the free banking law has suspended
the Tippecanoe bank There are ten banks
now winding up and redeeming their circua
ton at par. The securities pledged for the
redemption of the bank notes Include State
of Indiana, Sl,22l ,529; State of Virginia
Sl9l, 900; State of Missouri, $420, 900; miscel,
laneous, $l0l 900; total, 81, 933, 529.
Earl Fizwilliam, 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 a few years ago. The
second son of the Earl has an income of
ESQ, 900, while the heir of the coronet is linn
tied to a rental of Sl50,0OO, instead of the
G200,0 900 per annum, upon which his father
supported the dignity of his great northern name.
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, Mon. %.
Bath, Me-, Dec. 1.-THE attempted suicide
| of Mr.. Slade, member of an important firm
| in Boston, caused much excitement. He came
here from Boston on q visit, in hopes of recov-
| ering his health. which was much impaired by
the financial diff culties of his house. Since his
| arrival, he has had several attacks of insanity,
| in one of which, recurring yesterday when left
alone in q room, he seized q 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 sne
cies 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 steam
fair in her tail, was running at the rate Of ten
or twelve knots an hour, when, says a passen
ger, q huge whale raised to blow within a half
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-fash-
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 sufc ient depth to be out of reach of the
ships keel. When the fish rose, the water for
some distance around was crimsoned with It's
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 not
killed, for it was seen making its way toward
the land some moments after.-Sacrament
Union.
General Walker, who it will be recollected
took his departure from Mobile bay on the 18Th
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