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! 4hoN EMbNla of NEN. w ALkER-OHe OF ms Vessels
Selzed at Belize.-The last advices from General
w alker lett him en- route for Nicaragua with five
vessels. lie had left Ruatan on the 2lst of June
ana arrived at Cozumel, off the coast of Yucatan,
o9 the lst OF july where he remained till the 30th
OF July, and then set sail for Nicaragua The news
came by way of New Orleans. By letters received
on,s city and dated Belize Honduras July 28, it
appears tnat British war steamer was sent in pur-
suit Vi w alker, but did not succeed in canturinc
MN. Inc authorities, however, interfered with
some Oh 9s supplies, which on board of the
schooner Clifton, from New Orleans Tba Clifton
also brought twenty-fo filibusters who succaaded
in getting away to join the chief. These occurren-
ces took place about the middle of July, at which
| time W Wal&er was the coast of Yucatan The
following statement is given of the case of the Cliff
| ton:
The American schooner Clifton, Capt John Nc
Cormlck, Il days from New Orleans, for Ruatan,
arrived at this port the evening of the l4th inst
consigned to Messrs. j. McNabb & Co., with an as
sorted cargo and "a passengers. She entered on
Tue !oth instant and commenced discharging that
orin Si her cargo for this place. On the 18th,
having hnlshed discharging, and during the Cap
IAN IAN apsen ee on shore, she boarded by Gus
.onn houSe oIaGer, who, against the protest of the
nS entered ner noid and broke open two of
captain protested against the searching of his YES
sci, and asked for his clearance which was refused
unless he would allow the balance of his cargo
which was consigned to James Connor an English
merchant OF Ruatan, to be removed from his yes
sci, which he refused to do. The Colonial Secre-
| tary then gave him half an hour to get on board
NC 'ceoolJ W WHICH ne was followed DV custom
| mouse poat with lighter. On boarding him, the
officer demanded his cargo in transit and was again
| refused. The officer and his assistants then pro-
ceeded to break open the forward hatch and re-
| move the cargo, when the captain hauled down his
nag and surrendered his vessel, and left her with
his passengers and crew. The authorities removed
portion OF her cargo ashore, which, ON examna-
ton, proved to be % cases of cartridges belts
| and cartouche boxes. They then sent the capta;n
receipt to the effect that they had received from
MN so many cases, and offered him clearance for
| MS vessel. lie refused to accept of either and
| chartered on the following day small schooner
the Sprighty-and sent his passengers and crew to
huatan. The search and seizure made on the
ground of the goods being contraband munitions of
war.-N. T. Express, Aug Is.
| From the Richmond Dispatch Am H.
| NEGRO CONSPIRACY IN HALIFAX COUNTY-Four
Killed and Dangerously Wounded-One of the
most daring conspracies by negroes to murder n
white man that we have heard of, came to
| light in Halifax county, about fifteen miles from
Danville, on Wednesday or Thursday, for the par
| tlculars of which indebted to Conductor
| Cheatham, of the Richmond and Danville Rail-
| road.
Mr.. Samuel Harston, wealthy farmer in Hall
aH' mas an overseer on one of his plantations who
| ls strlct olsclpnarian, and of great firm
ness. On the day in question while the overseer
(Whose name we could not iearnl was sitting in his
once, SIX stout negro fellows employed on the farm
| called upon him, and after informing that party
OF negroes in the woods near by were preparing for
an insurrection, invited him to 90 with them and
witness the plan of operations. Not suspecting
|
ous to capture the ringeaders of the rebels if he
| should see them, he stepped into another ROOM
armed himself with five shooter, and then started
| OIL with the assassins, they not knowing that he
| was iully prepared Tor any emergency.
The negroes led the way until getting into the
| forest some distance, when they suddenly stopped
fronted him, and pointing to the hole said to him
| There, you id son of a BIB, is your grave
You have but fifteen minutes to make your peace
with God, or to land in hell" Quick as thought
| hiS Colt Iol
of the ruiians and shot the fifth one in
the abdomen, seeing which the sixth man took to his
| heels through the woods, and the overseer having
no other weapon, he escaped.
The impression prevails that the six negroes had
determined to murder the overseer because of some
| deserved punishment one or more of them had re-
ceived, and laid the above plan get him off in the
woods to effect their ends His presence of mind
in taking his pistol and his GOODNESS in the hour of
danger, when no white person was near to aid
him, doubtless saved him from horrid death.
Tue New POSTAGE STAMP.-The ninety-cent post
| age stamps so anxiously looked for by our mer-
chants, have been forwarded by the department.
and are now for sale at the Post-olIice. The CEN
| tire OF the stamp has representation of Washing
ton, taken from portrait executed at the time
when he resigned the command of the army, and
differs materially from all other ikenesses of him.
The color OF the ground is blue, presenting any,
thing but handsome appearance. As these stamps
are to be affixed to foreign letters only, we NAV
suppose that they will not elicit very high enco-
MUM upon our style of engraving. The stamps
now in use are ofthe following denominations one
three, five, ten twelve twenty four thirty and nine
ty cents The amounts that are generally paid on
foreign letters not covered by the above are-ff-
teen, twenty-seven and ffty-four cents for which
combination of the stamps now supplied will suf-
iice.-Ne,o York Post
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILRoAD.-This road is now
completed past the county line into Carroll county,
and the cars run regularly to Finksburg station
connecting with every passenger train on the n. G.
railroad, at the Relay House. From the Reister-
town to the Fnksburg stations tAe grade is s4 feet
to the mile, passing from the summit east of Refs
terstown down the hill to the Patapsco On this
section there was much heavy cutting, generally
earth, some of it so feet deep. strong force is
now engaged in laying track some two miles west
OF finksburg, and the timber for the first bridge
| over the Patapsco is on the ground The road is
finally located through the city of Westminster,
crossing the turnpike near the Catholic church,
| A splendid new passenger has Just been put
upon the road, which, for ease Of riding, cannot be
surpassed nywhere.-BditimOre County Advocate.
Census OF THE TowNs IN CECIL CoUNrY-The sub
joined hgures will show the population of Elkton,
Chesapeake city, and North East in 1850 and in
1860, with the increase in each ten years. Port
DE posit not yet received.
| ELKTON. CHESAPEAKE CITY. NORTH EAST.
1850, 1,i57 i,i7 so, SO ass as so, SS 9SS 9SS
| In noticing the increase of population in Chesa-
peake city in 1850, we remarked that if the town
increased in the ratio, for the next decade it
it has more than dOne.-CecH Wing.
The AMERICAN STEAM PLow.-Mr j. w. Fawkes,
the inventor of the steam plow, who in the
city few days ago, stated, while visiting the
Poly ytechnic College, here, that his experiments
with the light wrought iron machine made for him
by Miles Greenwood of Cincinnati, had resulted
vary satisfactorily. They were performed in Cham
pagne county, Illinois, and consisted, among Others
| in running the machine nine mile stretch over
the prairie, in hauling trains of wagons loaded
with grain, in driving threshng and other
chlnery, and in plowing under sod on which the
prairie grass standing, thick and luxuriant
four feet in height.-PhH Ledger, Aug. Is.
SEA ISLAND CoTToN CRoPs-The Charleston Ner-
curry has received the following note:
1t is truly distressing to the condition of our
long cotton crops, Most of our Sea Island plant
planted very fine cotton thi year. induced to do
so from the high prices obtained last year for that
description of cotton, and think there is nothing
to save them from very short yield. The plant
| in most cases is diseased from bottom to top [
have not the Island crop, but am informed
that on all the islands (where the planters plant
mostly fne) it much worse than it is on the main
bordering those islands.
PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NAsuvnLE-Hence-
forth the city of Nashville, Tenn, like all the Ell
terprising cities of the UniOn s'to have her fires
extinguished by the power of steam, under the
management of paid fire department. The de-
partment is to consist of five engines, two of which
are now in service. The chief engineer is to re-
ceive 81 900 per annum, and company engineers
$500 each, the pipemen 5000, and all other
Ders 94UU year.
DEATH OF THE NEAREST MALE RELATIVE OF AARON
| BURR.-The Saratoga Ne,os has the following obit-
uary announcement:
| Mr.. Charles Burr died at his residence in this
village Tuesday evening. The nheritor of
wealth. he was of an eccentric disposition, and for
years preferred committee appointed by the courts
to take charge of his wealth. Generous and up
right, he was generally respected. His age was
about 20 years.
In his recent speech against Lord Palmerstons
ortifcation bill, Mr. Bright stated that Mr.. Whit
worth told him only the evening before that with
his gun he could throw a she'll of seventy pounds
full of molten lead six miles, and even farther but
six miles certainly. With such engines of destruc-
ton, Mr. Bright held Notifications next to use
| less
1t is now believed that Albert G. Stevens, watch
man of the Girard Bank, Philadelphia, died from
natural causes. He subject to strokes of vertigo
and it is the opinion of the physicians that he fell
on the street from this cause, and struck his head
which caused a wound making it appear as if he
was murdered.
Mrs. John Brown, says the Portsmouth IN.
H. Chronicle, during thunder storm was killed
by lightning while on her knees at prayer She
had Just make the remark that if the Lord wished
to take them she knew of nothing better to be do
ing than to be at prayer.
| The Charleston Is. C. papers are making n loud