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, 1859-01-15

We trans1sts from rlstAase de Suex the following
letter from the protector Of the Suex Canal, u. do
Lesseps:
PAa1A Dec = 1sso.
results which hastea tQ present to the Is 300
subscribers to tho stock to whom you viii ssnd
the next number Of your tsoun1l In France, the
subscription has exceeded ny expectation; il has
received its support from the public which, after
al. Il tho richest Of Ill capitalists The sub.crip-
tion here amounts to 220, 900 shares. Other cou1-
tries complete the capital required, md in few
days the Company will be constituted according
to the statute.
I think am not deceived when say that the
hrst stroke Of the pfckax which shall be struck
the line Of the Canal will be loudly re.echoed
throughout the world. It will be the signal Of an
immense m:ral and national progress, to which
tIibutor,
We shall not have to wait long for the result.
"9a!e Tue So 'sc11ptlon has been going on have
had the projects OF execution thoroughly e1aml-
ned in al their details, by men whose names gire
the highest authority to their deliberations send
you the record Of their sessions. They establish
me iact that In fesa than two years. and at an ex
Pena1sa.e nsa o. less mn $500 ooo. passage viii
1he Medlterranean and the Red Sea.
Ihis rapldlty OF execution wil be doubly satis-
factory, a., while It will soon VIGOROUSLY settle
the question Of opening the hthnus, it viii render
speedy enumeration 10 the capital engaged in the
| enterprise
| Such Is the state Of anAirs. It Is very definite
| and 1he simplest means only are necessity to the
progress Of the work. In proceeding to the exc.
cption Of my labor. I an supported by power
Which, hope, will not fail ne.
The sympathy Of the public has been extended
10 ne, not only because Of tho grandeur Of the
pnderstaEng. but especially becaase the public
mas oeen initiated into every phase Of tho enter
prise. Tbs work Of the Suez Canal viii continue
70 draw Its energy from the publicity Of all it:
| acts.
shall not depart from the rule which has give.
ne success thus far, and it Is with this disposition
that beg you to publish my letter. will adj
subscribers who may desire information; they ma
rest assured that every serious question will b
examined, whether it be addressed directly to ne
or the agents Of the Company in the Departments
or ont OF France. FERDINAND LIE LEssEps.
, 1859-01-15
mr.. Bright on Egyptian Gods.


The great retormer OF Eng, Mr. John Bright,
in his speeches, goes directly to the point. In
recent address at Glasgow, after beratlng
the aristocratie families for their misconduct in
the Foreign 0Fios, he made the following cam
parison:
=" Il is shocking thing to observe the evils
which nations live under, and the submissive
spirit with which they yield to them. / have
often compared, in my own mind, the people Of
England wi:h the people Of Egypt and the For
eign Office Of this country to tbe temples Of tha
E2yptians. (Lau2hter.] I am told by those
who pass up and down tho Nile that you per.
ceive on its banks temples with stately statues
and maaaive and lofty colunns-ssasues, each
one Of which would have appeared to hare ex.
hausted quarry in it, production. Ton have
further Tsss chambers, aud gloomy tortuoua
passages; and ZONE innermost recess, some
holy Of hoiies; in which, when you arrive At it,
you fud soue 1oathsome reptile which nation
rererenced and revered, and hawed itself dowu
10 Worship. In onr Foreign Office We have nc
massively constructed columns We have nj
statues, but we have mystery u profound; fol
in the innefmoss recasses We 6nd some mis-
erable intrigue, in the defence of which you,
fleets arc traveraing every ocean, your azmie,
arc perlshiug in every cline, aud the precious
blood Of our country's children Is squande eret
and regarded Is Ealue1ess."
, 1859-01-15
lola M0ptez in Ireland.


AS all England appears to be shaking in it's
shoes just now for foar OF being Americauizsd
BY Mr. Brighss speech, the leciures Of Lola
Montez in lTelend on the demoratixlng induen-
ces OF democratic institutions, will DO likely to
ind great favor with ali c!aases Of conserEA-
tives on the other side Of the Atlantic, for eve.
rJbody that knows anything to the discredis OF
this country, assure or an sstentiye hearing in
England.
William Pitt, when be wa1 prims minister,
ordered one Of Cobbett's anti,rspublican tracts
to be read Oh a certain Sunday morning from
the pulpit of every church in the United King
dom and lols's lecture may possibly have 4 sim
liar honor Cobbett had just returned from this
country, "a Lola has, and therefore WAS consld'
cred competent authority upon the political
workings Of republican priacipleA
But for Lola 10 lecture to tbs Irish On the sub.
ject of the United States. ia altogether work
Of supeteroeation, the million and half dollarl
that are annually sent scross the Atlantic by
the Beidgets and Pateieka who have fouad I
homo in this country to assist in bringing over
the relatives they have left behind, convey more
convincing proofs Of the realities Of freedom
than the wit and eloqueuce of thousand Lola's
could controvers, but some of Lola's facts
though they may shock the the sensibilities o.
governing classes in ireland, Mill be likely te
make tho lower orders more anxious thAu ever
to get this land Of equal rights.
, 1859-01-15
Sunday Sports in New Ysfk.

Ths Central Park was yesterday enlivened BY
an immense concourae Of Tisitoss. Among them
were quite number Of ladies', ali bent on sat1s-
flying tneir curiosity in viewing the performances
Of the skaters on the great sylvan water. or
rather ice. There wers shout dvs thousand
persons present, and among them large num-
her Of skaters, soma Of than showing Oft in
their various eroEutlons in fns atyle-one in
particular, Hollauder. attracting large num-
ber of skaters and Others, who continually fol-
lowed him to obaerse his graceful snd scientific
movements. Some others, and among them
dexterity II this most in7igorating aDd attr.c-
tire pastime. There were aho some English
skaters present, who gave evidence Of their
proficiency ia this fashionable snd popular Eng
ftsh pastime. The Central Park Police were,
~ usual, al alive to the necessity Of preserving
order amongst the immense throng; the roughs,
of vhom-as might be expected-there VA .
pretty good sprinkiing, being on thsir good be-
havior. Every preparation was readT in cass
Of accident from breaking ths ice, which z..vee q
crack occasionally, and scattered the crowd for
The time being.
, 1859-01-15
President Polk's Slaves on Trials..A
Negro Insurrection.

A
Negro 1nsurrection.
4 correspondent Of tho Memphis Arala0cAs
f1rnlshes the following accounts Of q novel slave
asiaa in TsilshAtehis Conntys
TIM case Of the State agt. Giles aud Emanuel,
alaves belonging to James &. Polk, Of Nashville,
was the last cnse Of importance upon the State
docket and ELECTED much discuS4ion from the
bar, and feeling from the community 1t lsrKe.
Tbs defendants xero charged With !" conspira.
CT TO mske inaur7ecton," m offence under our
Law punishable with DEATH The evidence show
ed that the ove1see1, = tinnid m&n, and afraid Of
the neKroee, w1t in the habit of calling upon
his associates to aasist him in correcting them :;
that upon ons Of such oceaaions, they resisted
him and his friends, and apparently with con-
certed purpofe.
mean "an armed assembly Of slA.es Of free-
holders, or both, hsving intended to resist or
subvert lawful authority" Tho indictment
having having been drawn under this s&atnte,
Judge Fisher, the counsel for The defendants,
contended with grsat force that it charged no
legal offence, because tho authority to be zesist-
ed or subvsrted must b governmental authori.
ty-that il, the power Of the State itself; that
the term 1awfnl suthorisy does not mean such
aud, although 4he law sanctions and regulAtea
this maRisteral authority, it il bat N authotity
derived from domestic re1atior-not tho urea.
turs Of the. lAw; but existing independently OF
it This view was not, however, sustained by
Judge Cothram, and the case was submitted
without argument to the jury, who found the
dessndaats "guiltT - charged" The casa
appealed; and, u the question to be determin-
Cd il one Of novelty and great importance. the
Bar look forward with much interest TO the d.
eision Of thu Appellate Court.
, 1859-01-15

money wss wanted very soon. Dwight haa
gradually elbowed the Directors out Of "e
way in the management Of afaafs, ana PIC
cured the election Of three OF his once
clerks, and daguer1eotypiss IN New YORK.
and perhaps one or two other men
Of straw. to the office Of Directors This
BODY corporate and polite, voted second
mortgage for 81, 100000, upon which the
money yas soon forthcoming; and shortly
before the completion Of the road 10 joliet
ps;cht and his clerks and the daguerreotype
nan raised the wind again BY third mort
pace. at ten per cent interest, for 81 ,0o0, 900,
dated March l, 1854 Extensive lots OF these
promises to pay, can be found In the families
| Of farmerr tradesmen, college professors,
clergymen, widows, school teachers, Oyster
| men. etc.. in aud about New Hayen, where
| thew were as infectious as the itch. The in
tercst On the bonds continued to be paid till
the bottom fell ont in 1856, when general
suspension took place {the details of which VIC
know nothing of and Mr. Sight's Directors
| executed lease Of the road for twenty one
wears to Hamilton Spencer. By the terms OF
the lease Mr.. Spencer WIS to provide Tor the
interest On the bonds, expend certain
molnt annually on the road, and pay
nominal rental to the Company
| At the same time, an assignment Of the
fee Of the road vas made to certain third
parties 10 pay floating debt Of large
nmouut-some 100000, if VIC Eecollee1
richtly-in sixty days from date. The 5000,
600 WIS not forthcoming within the tint
specified and WAS probably not expected 10 be
The aszignees therefore sold The fee, vhateye!
that was, at auction, and it YVES bid off BY
Gov. Mattesou and one or two associates, fol
$4,000.
This brings our ndvices down to the poEi
ton stated in the prcfaee Of this article, Th'
relations subsi6ting between Gov. Matteso1
aud Mr. Spencer, who seem to have diEcren
tenurcs on the road, are not known to th
public. The first and second mortgage bond
holders who have received nothing since tn
EXECUTION Of the lease to Spencer, hare beel
li.igating with Matteson Tor possession OF th
road for about two years. A settlement va
made some weeks ago, the terms of whicl
| have not been made public. The last NOV
| On the board was the strike Of the employee
for their back wages, and no one can safel..
predict tue next.
, 1859-01-15


The Grown oint, Ind. Rtyisttr gl.ss the fol-
loving account of sharp operation praeticed
BY citizen Of that county (Porter) not long ago,
which may giro merchants Ea1utary "eye.
opener"
L man who il widely known among our citi-
zens went into Porter county some time in the
year 1857, and purchased four hundred acres Of
s.emp land. psyinE about the eatesipg priee.
4l.25 per acre, making $500 He then came 10
this county and sold tho land to man who ia
not worth anything fur q. 400, taking his paper
-four 1000 notes-for the aame, secured By
mortgage on the land These notes rere given
in November, 1857, aud 1900 Was endorsed on
ohe Of them. leaving 5000 to be paid. With
these notes secured By mortgage, in biz pocket,
he goes to Chicago and trades them to Crane 4
Bro. for stoct Of clothing.
In due time, when tbe notes metured, tbs
holder came ont to get his money. On present
. VERY long face. informed him that the times
wers very hard and money scarce, that it would
b impossible for him 10 raise it, and he would
bs obliged TO let him foreclose the mortgage
The Chicago gentleman makes inquiries ahoat
town, md axcertsins tho ecandAloua fact that u
Bher1ft's sale the 400 acres Of land might possi-
bly, bring 400 or $500, and thst he could not get
anything ont Of the maker Of the nn&ea; hence
he could easily a9ure up biz profit in The traas.
action = tolloxs: For IS. 900 worth Of clothing
received $6. ooo in swamp lands; losa, &5. 500.
The prohts to ths other party foot up little d1f.
ferent. Bought 1900 worth Of clothing, for
which paid $500 in swamp land snd 400 10 Ket
notss to trade On total, $500; profit Is, 100.
'1he tr1t party in tho trs4sartion pad to tho
second about $500 or 400 for his four no.es Of
81 800 each, with &4oo endorsed On ons Of them.
, 1859-01-15
eHl8ceIi<XueOaE8 Items.

4 COOP RuI1 IF hEPf.-lhe ponce oi Nen
orleans nave ehke1ca lhto mutual ss ieetoeut ~
to drink IN coaee nouse nor PauLce pA1-1oou
uuf1n5 Inc present 5ea"
Tor4L DErRAE1Tr.-one Of the persons tnloRn
from tie cars Ut the iate osas1e. nedl Gos1uo1s'
oi lady passenger Oh s'oVs
RErEALEp.-The Florida Legislature has re-
peaed the law providing fur the Incarceration Of
free negro sliiors willie their vessels a1o III port
South Carolina, We believe, IS now the only sta'o
that las s1ehan enactment on her statute oooA'
A GIGANTIC SMUGGLING CAsE-The Tri'u:i~t
Tne number Of counts alleged against them Is 6l0,
the earliest .Jattnc from l849, Tue proceedings
comprise 0 O10 different documents. None Of the
cnstu,n- lou;e officials arc amoug the accused.
WoxEs.s R1Gurs-Accorling to a statement
in tue Stockholm dftonbad, the authorities OF the
old University town Of Upsal have granted elec-
tive franchises to so women owning real estlte,
aud to 81 doing business on their own account.
The representative that their votes assist in cleo
ting will sit in the House OF BQrghers, OF AeI"
chants.
n--pr.r or nr,xrus tro~ b-o doc1,ror,
snn ~ seca,s;nn and hv deaths. that the Ga.
cass;nne ~ m,les eyceodpd thos, ~ females anil
that The deaths Of the latter preponderate; that
the operation Of the former cause occasions
larrer prouorIon Of females in the Society than
OF males. aud tat the marriages and the ratio Of
the fecundity arc less than in the general popula.
ton.
rah vi. oT,ar nrom;s;1r anather nr roa"nnr cir.
NV, 7tancss ana ,rn+ad IN n,ii;ate ;s connct n
clergyman, who told him il vas go wrong that he
didn't know OF anything Ike 1t. ~ Sou DO not,
] do" rays Hodges ut is like your leaving poor
parish fora rich oue.''
, 1859-01-15

The fact that very eminent men are seldom
represented, after generation Or two. in d.
rect line, has frequently been observed, Pope,
johnson, Goldsmith, and many others Of TINT
time were unmarried. Edmnnd Burke died
nearly heart-hroten, after he had Lost his only
son. Pitt was q bachelor, but Fox, married
man, had no child. Byron was represented only
in the female line, by
"Ad.. sole daughter Of ny house aud heat"
MooEe's children ali died before himself.
Scott left two sons. One died unmarried, and
the other had no children By his union with
Miss Jobson, the heiress Of Lohore. The only
one Of Scotts children who had Issue WA his
eldest daughter, Mira Lockhark Her dau2h-
ter, wife Of Mr. Hope Scott, died about six
weekB ago, leaving son ard two daughters.
One Of the daughters died about month ago,
and the son, only year and q bali Old, b,
died within the laat three Heeka One litto girl
is all DOW remaininx to hear what Sir Waiter
Scott foudlY hoped would be the long honors oi
the house Of Ahbotta{ord.
Thackersy's children ase daughters On the
other hand, Tom Hood left son aud daughter
bis sou, distinguished 81 author and artist, ID
about taking holy orders in the Church Of Eng
land, and tha daughter, Mrs BFoderip, is vile
Of Clergyman Visrsei il childieas. Dickens
as he lately told the operatives Of Coventry,
| when thanking them for q present Of gold
watch, has seven sons- BY the Way, N Eng
lish paper tells the following amusing anecdote
| In the window Of the library, No. 2l2 Rue De
/ Rivoli, Paris, there has Aialy been exhibited
an engraved po.trAis Of Mi. Charles Dickens
| With beard, q Ia snptrs1ls. sitting At desi
in atboughtful position, and wiring. The police
proprietor in very angry terms 10 take The en-
grazing ous of the window. 1Afy ni'tosE Hr.
Diek<nt portrait for q eaticatuy4 IF tie En-
peror !-INsrd Prexs
, 1859-01-15
Our WILMINGTON LETTER.
from cur bMn ConeHpondeutl'

from cur b*n Correspondent.
WAsa1aoTox, jan 10. lsse.
There il conaidersbla discussion among our
tisnds of both Houses, - to shs proper course
10 BE- pursued respecting Oregon. NO positive
resolutions were adopted At the csnous Of Err
day night. but ths general opinion OF the mem.
bers appeared to b. that the bill Of admission
ought to be opposed, unless An amendment be
appended, removing restrictions upon the sd-
mission Of kansax. The result IL likely to ba
that MI. Green will submit such an amendment,
and tbst it will receive the full Republican par.
ty vote, but that members will. after that. vote
upon the bill according to thsir individual opin-
ions. As the Democrats have the power, and
are committed to The Oregon bill, because they
expect to get two Pro-Slsvery Senators, Ne
shall BE- saved from any embarrassment on this
seore. Oregon will be admitted, enveloped in
cloak Of tbs hlAckeat kind Of Democracy; aud
then ths proeess og her experimentation will
begin.
Robles, lste Minister here from Mexico, has
got to The head Of the Government in that coun-
TT. That event will not promote the scheme
OF annexing the Northern States Of the Repo5.
liz to shis union. Rob1es is q mouarchist, and
is equally opposed to tho Church party and to
The Liberals. He ia in faTor Of himself first,
and next Of the army. He il anxious to form
compromise with 1aurez, lesder Of the constl-
tutlonsliats; but good judges Of Mexican at-
| fairs think the plsn entirely imprscsicabls He
will 70 On, if seated In power, to complete the
forfeiture Of the Church property, to secnlarize
| its tenporalltiea Perhaps he is assured Of Eu-
ropean support, In any case, it il believed that
be will resist ths policy Of the disneuberment
of Mexico.
| The immediate deficit of the Treasury IL esti-
mated at serenteen millions Of dollars, and the
amount Of extraordinary means necessary to be
provided at this session OF Congreas, thirty mil
lions Of dollars.
The great California land case lately argued
before the Supreme court, BY Senator Critic u
den, r. J. Walker, and B. F. Butler, Of Masss
chusetts. is one Of the most important ever ad
Indicated. It il entitled the People rs. Suttsr
It involses, as stated the title to the whole city
Of Sacramento, and the value Of the "rancho'
may be estimated At twenty millions Of dollars
The practical revival of the slave'trade By
Gsorgia, does not meet tho strong opposition
expected. Tho dealers in the domestic article
resident in MARYLAND, Virginia, and the othe1
States Of the northern tier, are evidently afrail
Of any discussion; for what argument can b
urged against The foreign trade, which does Nc
apply with double force to the domestic traffic
Now tha. the subject is agitated. there Is sus
picion Of the possible suppression Of both traf
I
, 1859-01-15
L New Atlantic Telegraph Scheme.
lFsom tbs N. 7. uut1.1

4 neW great Oce1n Telegraph Compauy haS
been established for the purpose OF connecting
Great British with America, BY means of Mr.
AEan's system Of submarine wires, the primary
object Of course is to establish direct coulmu.
nicstiou between London and New York, By =
line from the Lsud's End to Halifa1. the chief
naval station of British North America, u well
a. the inlet to al teIegrsphie lines OF conuuni-
cation, not only Of Tho Cansdas, bat Of tho
United States generally, hereafter. Tho Com
pany intimate that branch line may b. carried
by Bermuda to Jamaica, aud thenes By connect
Ing lines to the other Went India Islanda, the
ceut.al States Of America and the Brazila. BY
this, independent routes starting from tha
Lands End, the cost Of N average messagc b.
tween London and halifax, will not exceed so
ahillingu, - it avoids all the delays and hearJ
charges consequent On forming working agree-
ments with other companies, she sea ronte pro
posed il also very good, one though on the av-
eraRs, deeper shzn that scsoss which tho Allan
tic Gable has been laid, sud We fasf may now
saY, lost - we'll
, 1859-01-15

The Chicago. Alton and st. Louis Il. r.
and its Difficulties.
4 carefully written history Of the transac'
tiona, Ficissitudes, crises, and 60 forth, Of
the i1on-track reaching from Alton to Joliet
- statement Of facta extending to the
financial doings, 1aw suits, E2lee, lenses and
operations generally, from the incipiency Of
the old Alton and Sansamon Railroad, down
to tue late strike Of the employees would be
IN instructive, though not pleasant, narra-
tive. We are not in possession Of those facts
except in q general way, and are consequent
~ unable to present any well-consldered
views Of the case as between the parties late
~ operating the road and the holders Of its
bonds, or as between the same parties
and the employees; nor should VIC
wish willingly to influence public opin-
ion in advance of tue litigation com.
menced, or to be commenced, in the premises
Our understanding Of the present position Of
the road Is. that it is In the hands Of Ex-Gov.
Aatteson and one or two associatcs Tor was
in guch hands until the employees took pos.
session few days sincc)-that 1t is encuua.
bercd BY three mortgages for an aggregate
sum Of s4,5oo,ooo principal, and $So0ooo
interest on the came, due and uupaid-thn,
there was originally only about 100000 o.
stock, which has since been obliterated-anl
that the wages of the employees have moi
been paid for period of about eight months
1nr int ar In +ra t.,%
progressed to this point may .bc summed NJ
q follows:
The Alton d sangamon Railroad was com
menced in 1s49, md finished in the fall o'
1852. 1t WIS built with BONG Jfdt stock, and
had local board OF Directors who managed
all its concerns. After its completion tc
Springfield, We believe new charter WIS Oh
tained authorizing it, projection 10 Bloc m
4ngton, and contract let to Benjamin F.
Godfrey, OF Alton, for that purpose. Mr..
Godfrey. becoming embarrassed, or.choosipG
to retire from bis connection with the road
assigned his contract 10 Nj. Henry Dwight
OF New York, who conceived the project o1
continuing the road to Joliet, making con.
nection at that point with Chicago and tbe
East The Directors Of the road were easily
persuaded to join in this undertaking-prc
suming las was the fact) that Mr.. Dwight
extensive acquaintance IN New FORK au5
Connecticut, and his reputation as q moral
and religious broker, would enab1e him tt
negotiate bonds to the amount necessary II
, 1859-01-15

Tie House Of Representatives Of the 1lll-
nois Legislature passed resolution, on
Wednesday last, recommending the calling
Of Convention for framing New ConstItu-
tion. The resolution will probably be agreed
10 by the Senate. 10 that event, ut the next
general election (Sor., 1860 the people
will vote for or against the proposition
which, if carried, will compel the next Legis-
lature to pass Law calling auch Convention
and fixing the time and place Of meeting.
Nearly three years will elapse before the
Constitution can be put into operation The
vote in the House was almost unanimous!
, 1859-01-15
Brutal Assault on Lewis d. Campbell
His Life In Danger.

We s7s pained TO learn that hr. Campbell, e1-
Congressman, wa struck By some rui6an, and
serioualy If not fatally injured. while on his NY
from bis oifce to his residence On Tuesday
night Mr.. G. says that be iatt biz of6es be-
tween twelve and ona o'clock, sud was struck
by sorno ono who came up behind him. Il ~as
about three o'clock when he recovered his eon-
sciousness, and was able 70 rsseh home, hsT-
ing laid inseusible on the street for moro than
two hour1 Therc i ssvsrs wound in tbs
back Of his head-the skull beinE broken IN
aud ths bio. u supposed to havs been Rivsn
With dung ahot Mr.. G. IL in Tery critical
condition. A. intervals he corversss fAtionaliy,
but most of ths time hin mind WandafA A prin-
ter from DaJton-so says onr informaat-had
been arrested on suspicion OF being coneeeusd
in The xssau]t upon Ar. C4mpbotL