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

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caster on Saturday, for the first time since bis
arrival at Wheatlaud. The Express saws he
stopped at his old friend Michael's, and had a
familiar chat with a number of his old friends
and citizens who CHANGED to drop ill., The con.
versation turning generally on the financial
crisis
The Tallahassee Sentinel of the 22d instant
reports the prevalence of the yellow fever al
Key West. Many cases had occurred, and one
death. DIR. Jackson Maxwell and his lady and
child are lying low. The origin of the disease
Is attributed to admitting seamen from Aspin.
wall to the hospital.
The National htelltgencer says of the new
description of white lily, of African origin, that
ut has the delightful peculiarly of high de.
gree OF fragrancy, particularly in the morning,
the odor being somewhat like vanilla. The
botanists here are puzzled, though very much
pleased with it."
The Convention on getting up Southern
school-books is a failure. On the 18th Nav.
not one of their committee met according to
appointment in Columbia, South Carolina. A
gentleman OF New Orleans, who sent up the
manuscript of a textbook for their examina.
ton, had it returned to him by the Postmaster
at Columbia, with the words, that "not man
or dog was there"
Kelly Lowe, pastor of the African church.
Augusta, Ca, was originally slave, but his
people bought him some years ago, and las
IONS Adrocdte says) "he is their servant
pecuniarily as well as spiritually" They al
low him salary of from $500 to 81 900 per
annum.
The tonnage of Milwaukee now amounts to
nearly 10000 tons, and includes all classes of
lake craft. The total value of merchandise
imported during the year 1856 was S28, 600, 900
ana the value of the exports was over
$Io,O0o,OOO. The dutiable goods entered at
TINS port will amount, for the present year, to
over $l,80O,OOO, and the duties collected will
nearly reach 100000.
A most magnificent and interesting work is
now being issued at Paris, a complete map of
the heavens, so far as our knowledge goes,
prepared under the auspices of the Imperial
Observatory. 1t is to consist of sixty.fi
plates, each one of which indicates the position
of 25,525 stars of the third magnitude, or
i,659,l25 In all. The eighteenth plate, now
finished, was recently presented to the Acade-
my of Sciences by NJ. Leverrier, where il ex.
cited immense admiration.
A correspondent of the Petersburgh Express.
writing on board the steamer Roanoke. at
Portsmouth, Va, says: "To my surprise, the
Roanoke took on here about three hundred
bundles of paper, all manufactured in North
Carolina, and shipped to the port of New York
r,a Portsmouth. But the strangest idea con.
nected with this tranaction is the fact, that the
most OF 1T is sold to and consumed by Greeley,
IN printing that freedom-shrieking sheet, the
Tribune"
The London Times had a very savage leader.
not long since, ridculing the appointment of
Sir W. Codrington to be the companion of the
Prince of Wales on his Continental travels,
when his services were needed in India Some
days afterwards letter was forwarded to the
Times, by way of reply, in which the General
expressed his perfect readiness to serve in In.
dia if his services should be needed there. The
only comment of the Times upon this letter is
this: We trust it is no part of the gallant Gen
erals duty in his new Office to instruct his Royal
pupil, the Prince of Wales, in the correct use
of the English language"
The President has signed the proclamation
for the sale of about two millions and half of
acres OF public lands in California, and upward
OF 100000 acres in Missouri and in the unloca.
ted tracts in the Sioux half breed reservation
on Lake Pepin, Minnesota. The sales in Cali.
tornia will take place in May, and in Missouri
and in Minnesota in March next
The New York Post says it is reported that
negotiations are going on between the Boston
Submarine Armor Company and the under
writers of the Central America, to raise her
hull, which is supposed to lie in about twenty
eight fathoms water. The specie in her alone
| would furnish ample inducement for the ex.
pertinent, if her position can be accurately
fixed and that it can, is probable, from the
fact that Capt. Herndon was reported to have
| given her position to the vessel which refused
to come to his relief. Should the work be I'M
dertaken promptly, there is thought to be rea.
sonable chances of success.
The stewardess of the lost steamer was a
stout negro woman. She had collected the
| money thrown away by the passengers, it was
supposed, and buckled it around her body.
The weight OF this money was the cause of her
death, when she was hoisted into the Marine,
where she died from having too much gold
about her loins.
1t is oft en- asked whether the report is true
that Louis Napoleon once paid visit to this
country. The following is from New York
paper of April 3, 1887: 4l
Prince Bondparte. - This distinguished
young Frenchmsn has arrived, and taken ND
his residence at the Aston House. Broadway
will be all alive to-day to get a peep at him.
The question among the bellies is, who's to have
him p"
The Wheeling HteUigencer and WellsJurg
Herald are vigorously and ably pushing for
ward the free-labor cause in Western Virginia
The Lnteligencer has published a series of art-
cles showing the policy of introducing white
labor.
Speaking of the AntiSlavery movement in
Missouri, the Herald says:
| "a similar state of feeling may spring up
any day in Western Virginia, and when it once
starts it will grow with the increase of an ava
lanche, every successive movement giving it
weight and momentum. The popular mind is
ripening for such movement The parallel is
fair one between st. Louis and Missouri, and
Wheeling and Western Virginia. Missouri is
destined to be a free State, and however i'm
it is morally certain that Virginia, intensely
in her ,oake, or split, sooner or later"
A correspondent of the Panama Star and
Herald, writing from Callao, under date of
August IL, says:
"On Saturday last, an armed boat was sent
on board the American ship John Milton, by
order of the captain of the port, and forcibly
took out three of the crew, and brought them
on shore; and again, on the same day, by the
same authority, four others we're taken from the
Morning Glory, assigning no other reason than
that of might. The commanders of these ships
have laid their case before Mr.. Clay, our Min
lister. He has demanded that the men be
placed on board their ships again, and an
apology made for the insult to our flag"