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From the I-rhmus and south Pacinc.


Lady Franklin paid visit to Aspinwall on
Tuesday and spent the greater part Of the day
yesterday on shore.
This community was on Monday last cleo
triiied with news received 10y the British steam
or Lima, to the ell, ct that Mosquera had been
met about four leagues from the city Of Nciva,
on the plains of Coyote, and completely de
feated by General Joaquin PARIS.
A Lima letter Of Jan. I ith says -
As ! said in one of my last letters, Congress
has authorized the Executive to DECLARE war
against Bolivia in case all diplomatic ncgotia.
tions should fail aud to raise for this purpose
n loan of four millions of dollars. CAsrIILA has
sent for riiicd cannOns to Europe, and the other
day they received IA great cargo Of muskets.
bought by government agents in Europe, which
wero found here utterly worthless thas they
squandcr their money. But the war with Boil
Via las not commenced yet and the Bolivans
know very we'll that the Pcruvians are afraid
Of them.
General FLoEEs left here some time since for
Quito, where Congress is now in session. Dur
ing the session, President will bo appointed,
but who is to bc the choice has not transpircd.
Doubtless, MoHESA would hc selected but |
learn that hc has already declined, as he pre-
fcrs remaining Governor OF Guayaqui and
FLORFS would not accept, willingly, to con-
tiEuo CUmmaudor-in Chief Of the army. These
two, no doubt, will dictate who is 10 bo put in
the Presidential chair, aud they will thus con-
tinuc the virtual rulins, power of the country
There is considerable talk Of CAsrIIIA making
another attempt al invading Ecuador; but this
time he will he likely To receive warmer re-
CcptOn, and should he IN lcrtako such an cX-
petition, he is likely to meet with even less
success than previously.
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Criminal.

JouS BEApLY WAS DETECTED in the act N
stealing a valuable buffalo robe from horse, at
st. Louis, on Sunday night and was arrested.
A DISSENTING JUROR, at Machas, Me-, con-
sentcd to verdict out Of sympathy for sick
juror. The Judge discharged him, with .
sharp rcrrimasd, without pay.
A JEALOUS LOVER, named DuwoRrH, At
AT Alleghany, Pa, shot at his rival in tho ves-
tibuc OF church, on Sunday night; q bystand-
er Knocked aside his arm or he would have
killed the man who had ,upplantcd him, and
on whose arm the young lady was leaning.
a sTrr1p PRACTICAL JOKE was played at
Philadelphia on Thursday the Coroner was
notified to hold an inquest on the body Of an
unknown man, who had been frozen 20 death,
and several prominent citizens were informed
that the bouy Oi IA trend was lying at a certain
public house. On going there it was found 10
bc a man modelled in snow.
NrGRo rAMuY wErE NEARLY KtLLKD At
indianapolis, on SATURDAY, morning The pa
rents had bad headache from bad whiskay
drunk after night, and tried the fleets Of a dos,
of ChlorOfOrm; the children sccing tho effect,
took each dose, anil tho whole family ws
found inscnsihlc
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RIs, TEAKtE, WALLACE. and r. NJ. N, LrNN
ed the meeting. Resolutions Iwcrc pa,
sod denouncing the course Of q JvcrnOr H,CE,
in rcfusinl, to call a convention dcnNing hi
authority TO send delegates to Washington
also to make arrangements for clccting dele.
gates to the city convention, to elect delegate
to the state convention TO give expression Of
the views Of Maryland in the present crisis.
A letter, purportng to 10 from Mr.. IIS-
CoLS, declaring that JONI BRowS committed
no offence against the federal government
which mcritoi death, and that Mr.. LINCOLN
does not regard the DREp SCorr decision a,
binding upon the North, is in circulation In tho
South. II first appeared in the Chlrlc'ton .fer-
cu,y, and was evidently prepared to produce
effect in Virginia during the election.
The first prisoner OF war Lieutenant JAMES
4. JouEIT, arrived at Washington yesterday,
and reported himself to Secretary TorCKY.
IicutCnaut JoUE1T is attached to the steamer
Crusader, now in tho Gulf, but was tomporiri.
ly employed on the Wyandottc. lie went
ashore al Pensacola, and was Immediately sciH-
cd ~ a prisoner, but released on parole of honor
not to bear arms against the state Of Florida,
aud passport was furnished him.
On Wednesday, highly respectable citizen
OF Jefferson county, quito feroCious iirc-catcr.
came into this city to make arrangements for
Ni'itinl; the South on business. le applied to
the Mayor and obt aimed from that funct tonary
passport, with certificate that no lives in
Jefferson that he is a slave owner, and that ho
il friend of thJ iUlh. As "a reason why he
wished such pas Iort and certificate, h. stated
that some Of his righhors. who have recently
visited the South, were 40 ANNOYED and bclcyii-
ed by vigilance committees that hr could not
venture tn (" without first taking precautions
against oublc.-LoUiSriRe Journal.
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Fort TuylOr.

The Rochester idrertiscr gives the following
description Of the positi,n Of Fort Taylor;
Key West, NJ on which 1t is situated, Is one Of
the most si,ity Of the Pine Islands IN the chain
known as the Florida Keys, 60 miles southwest
nom Cape Sable, slout the came ii stance from the
Tortugas, and about 100 n. N. Il. from Havana. IL
is about six miles long and two broad, and at NJ
point more than twelve fifteen feet above the
level Of the sea. Key West CITY, the settlement on
the island, has population Of about 1900. The
haibor II very fine one, accessible through several
channels 10y vessels drawing twenty y-two feet Of wa.
ter MS The R,D 10 The best entydire 10 The Gulf ~
MIico, and therefore strongly fortified. Fort Tay.
lor IN the principal work o defence. IL is built on
m artificial island, the same Fort Sumter a,
Charleston, within the main entrance 10 the hai bor
IL cost IL lJO,UOO-muro than either Furt sumter or
Fort Pckcns. The barracks large aud conlmo.
dous buildings, iorming three sides of qundrun.
Re, the apcnng facing the sea. Tnore is well
arranged marine hurptal, u custom house, u court
house, and ether public buildings.
The uih'er In command Of Font Tny'or Ia Capt.
BIAsSAS, 1t Artillery, whose wife Il will bn r,cul
lectcd 81 my,teriously d,sIppe,red after crossing
ffom New York tp staten Island "n ferry lon
several years ago. CAPT u, Is native of the DIS.
tfict oi Columbia, aud las been In the army twJnty
N1aTs
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Tho Rus-Inn Treaty with Chinn.

TuE London Times thus describes the advan.
tages which Russia gains by the treaty which
she has just concluded with China:
lfthe frontier line which IL settles be traced upon
very good map, We shall fad that II takes very
thick reel Cf the west and northeast of Chin, t.
uH g ina is the oyster which by sword We
oItn; t. the Russians Cnina seems 10 present itself
ruder the image ~ an OrtOn, which peel 10y peel
they pupose by themse yes 10 deyour. They nov
ly this treaty push forward their frontier line
sldernby within the provinces lying at the EOt OF
the mountains of Central Asia, aud they advance
very close even to the dcnsely pcnped portion u
the country, Hut their great advance Is
upon the northeast, where they have actually
boundary At the mouth Of tic Amoor, haVc taken
In the whole Of the shores Of the Gulf ~ rtary,
bringing out their frontier line into tho Sea Of D..
ran. OF course the great desire of Russia u 10
creep south to get scapurts which would give her
free outlets 10 the world, ard which are not for
hall the year blocked up with ice. Now, NJ the
mouth of the river Thou men, 10y enlarg,sg the
already eNisting town oi Hwan-chun, they will have
q port direct ycpIpste t. lIakOdad, aud com msni
ing the islands rf Jalnn. A very slight knowledge
one who hears that the Russian frontio- limo is
brought d VII south tC the river rhou.IniciL that
Russia with isvsl station at that point must be
practically master uf inIan.
The Russians hy the fourth article Of their treaty,
obtain that "on the whole frontier line established
ly the present treaty trade, free Of all duty or re-
striCtinn4. is established between the subjects oC
the two States and the local authorities are hound
To give special protection 20 such trade aud g. those
who exercise ~"
The new treaty pru,iiCs alsn that Russian NOR
chants, even In com rui,s ~ twu hundred, nav
truNcl VA ChDH ou commercial buIIess vita IA
httler passport N1r Russian ccrtif A.,
wherever they va these Russian merchants are To-
Catiy the Russian law about them, and tho Chinese
l'ynI authvritI7 are bound To respect the righ's
and " enforce the obligations Of Russian subject.
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The following is the Ordinance Of Sccc, ion,
adopted by the Louisiana Convention
uIuISANCE
To dIaSuivc the union lctNr,n the state ur INusi-
ana and utu'r stat'S unitsi with her, under the
compact cn'i'led "rhc Constitution uf Tire United
States Of America"
We, the people oftbe state Of Louisiana, In Con-
vCuttun assembled, dc IL Cne and ord ain, aud IL 1.
hereby declared and ordlIn' 4, that the Cr,linlnco
passed hy 4" IN Convention, Cn the 22d November,
A. ID. lsll, Whereby the e. nstItuton at the United
States ni AmrriC' aud the amendments ot said
Constitutions were adrItcd, and all laws and ordi-
pances hy which the state ut Louisiana le,atue n
member Of the Federal Un.un, he, and the came lfe
hereby repealed and lhiu,btCd; and that the non
now suhsstinH between l. uiAanN and other states,
under the name Of " rne nited States OF America
Ia hereby dissolved.
We dn further declare and or,lan tia, tue state
Of Louisiana hereby resumes AL rights and powCrs
hereto ore Delegated /, the G"vernmcnt of the
United States "l America that her citizens are
absolved FROM all allegiance u said Goyrrnm mt
and that she is IN full pos ,sun and exercise Of all
those III hts Of sovereignty which appertain u q
free AMI independent gate.
We de- further dcclarc and ortlain that all rights
acquired and vested under the Constitution of tho
United States, any act oi Congress, treaty,
under any law uf this State and not incOmp BILE
with ths ordinance, shall Iema IN In fbrue AMI have
the saIne effect, If this ordinance had not been
Iass,d.
The following resolution was also adopted sup
Elemental to the ordinance:
II sOlrci, That wc the people Of the State Of Lnui
ssra, recognize the right of the free navigation OF
the Mississippi river and its tributaries by all
friendly states bordering thereon, and also recog-
nize the right Of eress and ingress of the mouths
th. ssissirpi 10y all friendly states and powers,
and we do hereby declare Willingness 10 enter
into any stpnlations " guarantee the exercise OF
laga
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Foreign Items.

SERVANT STARVED TO DEArn.-Mr. X.
ID. MITCHELL, retired naval surgeon, living
in Henley, England, has been comitted for trial
for starving bis female ser, ant, named CLARK.
to death. She was removed from his residence
to the woIkhouse in II state Of horrid iilth, and
50 reduced hy starvation that, though "a years
old, she weighed only 30 pounds.
TnE EFFECT or IUE INTENSELY cold weather
upon the lions and tigers in the London Zoolo-
Eical Gardens has been very severe. Tho
magnificent Nuban lien, which has been ll
years IN the Gardens was found dead in tho
morning, having been perfectly we'll the after
noon before; pOs,mortcm examination show
Ell that he died all olut'ly Of cold. His mate
gave birth two havs after 20 still-hOn cub,
accelerated hy grief for the loss of her mate.
notwithstanding the great care taken, thero
has been u large morlali v among tropical birds,
monkeys and antelope. The hppOpotami arc
the only tropical animals which have been un-
affected by tLe cold.
ROMAN SrATIsTiCs.-Oniciald documents just
Published at Rome supply the following sta
tistcs respecting that city for the year 1860: -
''Thc number Of parish churches is stated to bo
81; families "a 7Os; bishops, %; priests, Az;
monks aud friaTs $3.50; nuns, 2 2O31; students
IN ecclesiastical scminarics and colleges sa6;
residents In the apostolic palaces sSi. The
total number Of inhabitants in 1860 was 1884,
Oi0, of whom 06,293 were males, and 81, 1855
females, showing an increase Of l.i6i on tho
preceding year. The ratio Of births to tho
whole population was I to 2s; OF deaths, I to
-; Of marriages, to l29. Tho Jewish pop
ulatiOn which is not included in the above,
numbers i,i6S persons, of whom 2,2iS ara
males, and 2,220 females"
CELEsTIAL IGSoRASCE.-Afte Prince KUNa,
next brother to the traditional "brother Of
the Sun and Moon, had signed the treaty with
Great Britain, he paid a visit to Lord ELGN,
attired in satin robe, with the Imperial dra-
gOn embroidered in gold on the skirt and
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therefue aiming. nut we labor under greater
deficiency than the want Of AIMS. MS Mi Tdp
~ brad. The State Of Georgia has not now grain
enough within her limits TO feed her p,pul riun
and domestic anitnas until the gathering VI
the mex, crop. II is presumed that the res,
Of the Cotton States are in similar con-
dition. Last year we obtained our supplies
fom the Northwest. II may lie that our cur
rency will be in condition TO prevent this supply
except At tuinous sacrifices. II may be that we shall
be cut of from IT altogether. This Is probable,
unless these auipliea are immeii iately procured.
We are presenting In Georgia, nj this moment, the
snor a"us spectacle of people having upsards ut
tw,uty mill ons OF duap worth Of the sarth's pr,.
ducts for sale, yet requiring large proportion Of
bfe, which also the products Of the soil II we
were 10 write until do hmsday in advocacy Of mix
ed hushandry, could MT utter language ~ forc-
BILE as that which Is uttered by the presen, crisis.
We atypriscd. Wsdrs caught u,,pre7,arsi W.
horc much 10 sc, nobody 10 bug, and lne 70 cat and
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Miscellaneous Items.

II Is RIroRrED THAT Mr.. and Mrs. BURCH
are to come together again, and that II was ON
that account that further prosecution was
abandoned. Mr.. CORNING 10 said TO have ae-
quiesced in the arrangement, 1t being sstisfac-
tory to Mrs. BURCH.
CRIES OF "MuRpERl |" "MURpER !" at the
General Post Office, Warrington on Thursday.
attracted the clerks to negro laborcr.' A rat,
N search of dinner, had erap led into tAs lin
ing OF his coat. ,'oEa aiag
Az EAGER SPORTSMAN saw upon the Back
Bay, Mass, while IL miles from hoWe, what
he thought to be a flock Of Wild ducks he
immediately drove home tn got aagsR on re-
turning, he crept forwsrd 70 the waters sighted
his game, and fired into a lets Of pests, which
had been set to mark boundary hps.
THE SNOW Is 50 pEEr, near psdham, Me-, that
deer are easily approached, and large hdmbsrs
have been killed two hunters captured .
young ons sliSS lsstwcsk.
Rev. nR. PoRIxA, Chslssa, (Tspp, has dis
covered that Superior quality Of 90 can be
made sf cotton SEED, with the sddfdoh d lit
tie resin. HIS church and dwsliny ssSs lit uc
with Il At q triaiAg cost. The gas.u ,Rssparcd
by simple process.
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southern Items.

III .. .Np
", "o'''" V'"' ~" 81! W. "'' ''o"''
10 mako INT IolloWllS extract iram private
from, n, .x,o,s;,o smear rI,rtor !, I Io,;sio,,
~, "
Inc ie''or Is ua''d jan i':-
We are AL going 10 tho Devil rs fast MS pos
siblc. If Old Buch has not the nerve, hope
Old ABE will have, To put down secession. |
consider this country lost and ruined. Our
property is yaluclcss. No moncy--no price for
our little crops. see nothing hut ruin for the
future. Had Old Buck had the nerve OF
JACKSON, and sent u fleet to Charleston in the
first instance, all would have been well.
The RESIGNATION Of officers from tbs Last
states TO secede is many times less than those
of south Carolininns. While over dozen of
the latter have left the service, hardly an ave
race of four have RESIGNED from each of IN,
others. or course. the West Point and Anna
polis gentlemen are not included in this esti-
mate as tbov had mayer dome active dutv-
IN. AIN,d,eriMe RecorLr tbus staica tn,
account between Georria and the United
Statcs'
The limited Statcs to Georgia. DIR.
For NJ Oo0 OOO nrres of the nnbIic
domain in the common terrific
ries nj 10 cents ts..,.,..... SlG. 600 900
For shares Of other public pToperty. 20 900 900
Total shares Of Georgia ...... s3G, 900, 900
CIV Fort Pulaski and other
r. q nroperty i'm Georpia. hiph
estimate ,,...''.. Al, 900, 900
Balance due Georgia. ......., go, 900, 900
The other day an agent Of the New York Il
Erie Railroad COMPANY was puttinp up one of
the finely Illuminated cards Of the road in tho
office of the ST. Charles Hotel New Orleans,
when a fire-eater came up, saving: "The
New York and Erie Railroad Yes! Through
broad guage route! Yes! Let's see, I think
New York gave about fifty thousand majority
for LlScoLS," saving which he gave the card
two or three kicks Of course destroying it. The
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renssccl,, progress rapidly At Washington City
and tits aid tina, .he will bs ready for sea in few
weeks. Their. Is an impression that she will he
equipped and sent 10 the Gulf Cd Mexico very soon.
The Pensacola has been over two years in coarse Of
constructon, although she has never been 70 sea.
"old Ircnsides" is in perfect battle trim "a the
Annapolis Aesdemy. our corr,spondeut on board
writes ths! the battery Of the vessel has been over
hauled, and considerably improved.
Gentlemen on slu'drons removed frona the i'm.
ne late s,ene Of the national crisis do not appear
10 lie much Affected by the designations Of their
ieiows. One epauleted official writing from the
Pacific ssys: I'VE have couutrymen serving In the
snies of fraaco and Italy, with whose PEI pie they
have few i,e elings in common. suppose the United
s.atss Is foreign power, have we not q right t.
tHrn honest money from II, not to speak Of the
TN, tnorl,s that urge us 10 do IL ?"
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Tho London Times at tho conclusion Of an
editorial review of the South Carolina Dccli-
ration Of Causes says:
There is not much use In reasoning at the present
time with south Caruinl. Were shI more amenA-
be to reason she would MT he In the position in
WI ch he finds herself
Hut what matters all ihsy Not single obi &C.
ton that we have ventur,d To make could be made
In the Republic Of SOUTH Carolina, thus pciously
taking her place among the nations of the world.
without law, without Justice, without delay shs is
treGding in tho Iath that loads u the downfall OF
nations and tn. miss ol families. Tss hollow
ness Of her cause IL beneath all the pomp Of
her laburel d'nuncRton, and surely " her, II 10
amy community OF modern days, may 6e applied the
word al ths Hebrew Prophet-"A wonderful and
horrible thing IL committed In tho land. The Pro
h'ts prophecy falsely. and my people love n have
il No."
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The French Fleet Before 1.neta.

The following is the explanation given by
the Noaitcnr:
:" The object Of sending the squadron Of
evoluions before Gaeta was to prevent King
fEANcis | finding himself suddenly invested
by land and by sea in the fortress to which no
had withdrawn. The Emperor wished to show
amark Of sympathy toa Prince cruelty tried by
fortune but His Majesty, truo to the prnci-
pie Of non-intervcntion which has been the sole
guide to his conduct towards Italy since
the Peace Of NIllafranc,, did not pretend
to assume an active part in political
strug- lc l'y prolongating itself beyond tho
provisions whicn gave rise to II, this demoustra-
ton naturally assumed = different character.
The presence of our hlg, destined solely to
cover the retreat Of his Sicilau Majesty under
conditions Of nature to shield his dignity.
became looked upon as an eucoura cement to ra-
sistanCe, and assumed tho shape Of material
support. Hence incidents soon occurred which
imposed on the Commander in. Chief Of tho
squadron the obligation Of reminding the Nca-
politanS, ~ well as the Picdmontcsc, of the part
Of strict neutrality prescribed to him, and
which IL was almost impossible for him to main
tam. II WIS the more important for the Gov
crnment Of the Emperor not to accept the res
possibility Of such "a position. aS frank aud re-
iteratcd declarations did not allow of any mis-
Interpretation Of his intentions. Since the
end Of October, in fact; Vicc.Admiral do
IINAN was Instructed to inform King
FRANCIS II. that our vessels could not
remain indefinitely before Gacta ~ passive
spectators of u struggle which would onl, lead
to greater cffuson of blood. The same in-
timation was made repeatedly to His Siciliin
Majesty, whose courage h Il So completely saved
his honor in the case. Meantime, the circun.
stances We have alluded to have assumed more
serious aspect. aud, wishing To Concilistr tho
requirements of policy Of neutrality with tho
first idea which induced him to procure for
King FRAN'Is IL. tho means Of free dcpar-
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Cotton by Railroad nnd River 10 the North
| We find in the PH,burg Journal tho sub

joined
Nearly all the immense trade hitherto car
ried ON through New Orleans, and via Memphis,
Chattanooga and Charleston or Savannah, Is
now rapidly running northwara, and finding
it's way to the seaboard via Cincinnati, Pitts
burg AID Baltimore. Pittsburg is ready to
do her part in the vast trade that IL thus forced
upon her A large fleet Of steamers is prepar.
ing to do this carrying trade already begun.
There Is also regular Pittsburg and Memphis
line Of boats established. The Kenton, Capt.
CRooKs, and the Citizen, Capt. SmoUsE, will
carry from 1900 to 1000 bales Of cotton. We
perceive that all the available boats are already
taken up at Memphis. A Memphis paper Of
the 10Th SAYS:
There was a perfect fleet Of Cincinnati and
Pittsburg boats yesterday. The departures were
the Lady Franklin, with 1.0ll bales; the Ari-
zOna, with 1850 bales and 500 bbls. mOlasses I;
the Wenona, with 1000 bales, and the Izetta
with LIZ bales cotton.
The same issue Of the same paper remarks:
There has been general change in regard
TO the direction in which the cotton is being
shipped from this point. Two days ago and the
New Orleans packets were being loaded to their
guards, and their capacity tested to the utmost
Now, we learn by prominent steamboat man,
their prospects for continued large trips are
slim, while there are from nine to ten thousand
bales Of cotton awaiting shipment for the Ohio
river. On Saturday, 400 bales for the Ohio
river, and no shipments for New Orleans."
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Calanlities.

NouSa MNS WAS Aeon ESrNtLY ROT
snNEp. by takin arsenic, IN mistake for ,alt.
at st, Louis, on Monday night.
A RRsrrCrAnLr MAN wAs 40 roou a. to Ie
unable to bury hi ccad chill L. at st. Louis, on
Monday. TIE police went round their boats
and collected sl7.jO for him.
TnE NOTION OF A FLUID ,Mr was acci-
denially kno, kcd ofl in the hand Of u Young girl
at Fall River, Mass, on Monday evening; thu
fluid ran down her arms and persons, and burnt
her severely; sho lies in very prccMious state.