The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-04-22
THE NATIONAL ERA: WASHINGTON d. G. APRIL 22, 1858
GENERAL SUMMARY.

GENERAL SUMMARY. asIy
The Washington correspondent of the Rhila.
detphta Inquirer sass:l'' ieafn thns although
Col. Benton went through the usual fosmali-
ties OF making will, he neverthelsss died very
poor. The creditors of his estate PRE- nat like
~, however, to press their olsins unPleasantly,
and, If q project on foot in references tod GER
tain disposition of his latest iisefAfy labors lie
successfully carried out, his debts win proba-
bly, be paid in full. Every one who had busi.
ne@ dealings with him speaks IN the, strongest
terms of his Spartan sense of honor and faith.
fulness to his engagements and one secret Of
his late indefatigable labors lies in the fact Of
his extreme anxiety to cancel every pecuniary
obligation before his decease, 80, : -
81. Louis, April l4-Frightfal consequen.
ces are likely to ensue from the present Hood
along the Lower Mississippi, which ia now
higher at some places than was ever known.
From the accession of the combined foods &C.
cruing from the upper rivers, the Mississippi
Is rising from st. Paul down to this point. The
Missouri and Illinois rivers are both high, and
rising, and all their tributaries are at food
height. These high waters are 1occasioned by
heavy rains, extending through the whole w est.
ern and Northwestern country, and are not the
usual spring mountain rise.a Should that follow
before the present food subsidies, the whole
lower country will doubtless be inundated. 81
The London Times has description of a
splendid new hall--the St. James,s Hall
opened for the first time and, after ohrouicline
the brilliancy of the frat night-the effect on
the red, blue, and gold ceiling of the star burn.
ers, the arch, &c-winds up by saying > "a
most curious American circular piano, ip which
OIL the hammers are made to play round q
perfect cylinder, is exhibited in the concert
reom." '.a' 1a" nia 5A-too,a I
Miss Louisa Lander, of Salem, Massachusetts,
now in Rome, and the only female pupil of the
lamented Crawford, is lady of much ability
andis making bust Of her townsman, Mr.. Haw
thorne. who is also in Rome, and a. has reHei
of Rev. Mr.. Mountford Her principal work
thus far is statue of |" Evangelne. 20 A
Mr.. Buhler, of West Batot, Rouge,s La, now
owns the watch which the Emperor of Russia
PRESENTED to Captain Rogers, of the steamship
Savannah, when he was at st. Petersburg, in
1879, with that steamer, the first that ever
crossed the Atlantic. The watch is of gold,
three times as big as common watches, and an
excellent me-keeper. ,r.,,r.-s.f ,,.I...- I.
Rev. Theodore Parker has lately sipnifed to
his congregation that q reduction of his salary
would not be disagreeable to him. Last year
the amount raised was from sixteen hundred to
twenty-five hundred dollars. AT meeting of
the society, it was unanimously voted that there
should be no diminution of the yearly stipend OF
their Minister, and that his usual summer va.
cation should be extended one nonth. !
The Russian naval expedition under Count
Potiatin, which was last summer commissioned
TO make explorations between the mouth of the
AMOR and the Japanese and Chinese seas, re-
ports having discovered on the coast of Man.
chooria, opposite the Island of Madsmai, lies.
SOL two harbors, capable of affording protec.
ton at all seasons to the largest fleets in the
world. They were named st. Vladimir and st.
Olga. A river which empties into one of these
harbors was named Avvacum, after the inter.
prefer to the expedition, a priest, who was for
many years attached to the mission in Pekin.
At Nangasaki, Potiatin negotiated q supple.
mentary treaty with the Japanese, which al
lows, among other privileges, the residence in
Japan of Russian consul, with his family.
The expedition was, at last accounts, In the
Chinese waters, watching the progress of events
before Canton. .--[, .s.t
The ex-Rev. George W. StovalI, convicted at
New Orleans for the murder of Mary Durand,
was executed on the 9th instant, all efforts to
induce the Governor to commute the sentence
having failed. The criminal made q speech
from the scaffold, acknowledging his guilt, and
expressing his willingness to suffer the penalty.
During his remarks, he said
snow, gentlemen, must tell you that /
have not been brought to this end because /
did not know better. was raised in -
county, Va, by respectable parents, and re-
ceived pious education. Indeed, / may say
occupied q respectable position in society.
But fell, and for the last fifteen years have
been led captive by the devil, at his will, and
now, by an ignoble death, / am about to re.
ceive the wages of sin. / have even held the
position of q minister of the gospel and was
beloved and respected as such; but this only
shows the height from which have fallen, and
from which all are liable to fall if they yield
to their baser feelings.
For ten years past, have followed the
path of ruin in New Orleans, and here a mis-.
fortune happened me which darkened all my
future life, but to which do not wish more
particularly to refer. ] intend to cast blame
on no one but myself After wards went to
Nicaragua, but, being forced to return again,
gave loose rein to my vile propensities, and in
due course of time became the murderer that
l am to-day" s.5,.....,....., ssr.
The latest dates from Bermuda report con.
Injury to the potato crop in exposed
parts of the island, from recent heavy south.
erly gale. The quantity of that esculent plant
ed this year does not equal that of last year.
Turks Island sdvices of March Oath state
that provisions were plentiful, and that. an
abundant supply of salt was on hand. The
home Government has refused the application
of the people on Turks Island for an alteration
in their Constitution. op 81 s5t,iIIfs.re.
The New Orleans True Delta, of the 9Th in
slant, has news from British Honduras to the
18th ultimo. Great alarm and excitement pre-.
vailed, in conse quence of the capture of the
city Of Beccalor by the Yucatan Indians, and
the massacre of some of the inhabitants. As
it was feared that the ssvages would extend
their marauding into the towns of the British
colony, troops had been sent mp the Bio Honda
TO protect the settlements. aata as
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The ship Sunny South has arrived at New
Y ork, having on board several passengers of
the ship John Gilpin. The latter weasel, while
on the voyage from Honolulu for New Bedford,
and when off Cape Horn, on the 29th of Janu.
sry Last, at two o'clock in the morning, during
3 heavy gale, struck q sunken iceberg, and
sprung leak The leak gained rapidly in spite
Of al exertions to keep the ship free by pump
ing, and on the 30th she had thirteen feet Of
water in the hold. At this critical juncture,
and just az the ships company were preparing
10 abandon the vessel, the Britah ship Here.
tordshire hove in sight, and subsequently res
,ued the passengers and crew, forty Eve in
number. The Herefordshire pnt into .Bahis,
where portion Of the Gilpin's passengers were
transferred to the brig Hurricane Bird, which
has arrived at Baltimore. The balance of the
and part of the crew left Bahia in
he Hsrefordshire, for Cork, and On the voyage
fell in with the Sunny South, which took them