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, 4 -n Ihta fter ctpid ,lN ttS d j l ljo aljwits lao exit.emen4irnd 4Qjvj. to..devotet.yuad S at commucationi left eel~du Francisco, and gave P ''res4snp ert . of the country, Since aye4been -constantly in the ningre on iave explored a considerable e i territory, and dug and washed re of carteloado of "auriferoms al durig ipy apprenticeship at the pick -a ivelv.witlout having my first con Regyiate~riall r110 'Id by..time and ox perlegg' o.I mnifr' life, in, California, one. indisfo uhy connected with severest Srdslinsexposuro and privations, only ca. d u -by those possessed of all ituiiitiv, muscles, unremittin1g pa Ac t indbstry, tid - an unconquerable N~erg4 V- 1led with all these, and Contin g004 ;ti, and inmind undisturbed by and one 'wonderful stories in 'M t ,P ofN'. the discovery of new rich Vhr and you, put afloat in a great bnojororty moistrfeies, by store-keepers, in the 'liopp f ,rating..populat ion to their particu ar, ' ', Of location--a person may general I a ;mwit imoderato success-say, av. ounce of gold per day. But for Amanbuihialified by want of knowledge of te "p nry and its mineral region, the vari ous nfedpls of detqcting deposits of gohd, wi4 )Pi Ieans of readily and successfully ex trctig 'it't it is only necessary for lum to ' ar his foot on -thie.hbres of California, in or4or tonalite'a-rapiti fortite, by diggincrin -te mii nr, is almost as preposterous as Don i6xotte's sturdy onset upon the windmill. s 1 true tiit, in a number-of instances 'W"n i&hiiies werd'tst discovered, sever al veryrith; deposits were found -it was a 4ietqgiifo&nonmral in Ifrb case-and th-it Sin lair, anda fev other persons, acquired an im mense anoun.t of gold in a short tinre, is also 'equally .rue. These facts were blazoned ~ orthby: ritarsfron California. the greater 0 portion of thoai, at tie t ime, having but limni ted means of information, and carried away by the excitenent created by the discovery of gold; Ih consequences were, overwrought anargly yilored descriptions, calculated to inflane ite public. mind, and awake the in herent.desire to oasily accumulate fortunes, which is inseparable Mom the nature of man. Thousands, prompted by motives of interest, d i'ely ppi~gsolely upon these statements, re linqlished lucrative business; sun ;ercd social ier; left the househ ohhmeith-stone, (hit herto only known to comfurt, and peace, and joy,) a place of mourning for-the absent; and um dertook a peril, us six months' voyage by sea, with al its 'discomforts nd privations, and ~~raved the.dainsrs'Wpeatilence on the Isth mus only to tit op their arrival inIiFranu cisco, instead of a comfortable asylum, and a realization of their fondest hopes, an almost total antbihil tioit of their air-built castls of yoalth nd future comfort; and many of lieni cuhu-ut t~le rude welcome of a sick kigd heart wiiig li earth, without the *h Intheir afflidteon, and to soot he to the sMarget's g, -weary ''That a vast athountof pure gold has been xtracted from the nJines, and dispatched to ii f tates, cingt be contradicted; is th t inthre. shighly .colored ff tll:i.mn).ense wealth of the im ~ of thfcounrythat.accompaUt each shipment of ore, it was not told, how man thu!nds-.fGcart-loads I rth it was A remove, nor ho. t ion.) n - C. Only the bright porti, ture as presenrt id, leaving far ini rona . tM b,. n 2iledI by time and JOU ..i1oTll 1~*s 'irA N (CA.r:P, Ncur11: For k, rican Riveor Novarlber :j0, 1849. sas. Br-:.Cen:-The first point of att the gold hunter. aifter having arris AFrancisco, is tire sacramrenito Rli .scretnento City: to reachi which, sri solihdraft ot'water are readily fou ,Ing fromn the mnajestic Bay of San Fr . esco. San:Pablo Bay' is entered, arid is bhurst upon.tire waniderer, a most breauti pitiare of naitumral scenerv, the ef'ect of whi however, at the time thai I passed it, (4th July last) was not a l.ttle miarred by jarchred up anid burnt over bills of pict ures~ jgrandeur which sentinel its shioresi; and d fted here anid there wvith, bands of horses, c.' Jtie, amnd deer, sporting tin all the wvildoess their uiStive freedon- (It is proper here to r unark that f rom June to Novenbier, scarcel drop of rain falls in California, wich accoui cr thme appearance of thre frills a lInde above ) Lea virig S;mn P'ablo. thre Straits Cargumez are entered; at thre head of wie i1tiitg confhrence with Suisurn llay, is the gr ofa city, (called so by chur/esy im the Calitio mia acceptation of tire Wr(d,) known as llen cra- lere is st-itioined a vessel-of-war arid dletachnoent of Unit ed States troops; thre mec comrposi mg which, notwuithstandninug t hey laad compratively idle life, during som, porton -of the year, run considerahb danger of annrihilation, during the sinmme)- b that curse of tire Sacrarmento-.the mryriads nmosquirttocs whrich cove'r tihe tulee rnrarshr that hine its bainks. Suisu'tn Day once croe ed, tire entrance to tire Saceranmento Itiv'er i opened; here green verdure first greets ii vimion,a.nid by aind by. as you: ascend, rnobl oak trees, o' severarl dil'erernt varieties, ri! their ehppearance, decorated wirthfei.L massy pen-blossoms at their hbases. Thre cramnto is about 00 yards in width, a~ sudtable for navigation o' vesaels, drawr over twel"'n feet of water, :luring ithej part of ihi year. ,not a- 4: t u' .werCcon huonceo ulmen'rean 1ir with 'rt r about one hui nndred and eighty riles rrorn an Fran cico and eligibly situated to enaand tire wvhole t rade 6f thie entire valley or the Sacera muonto; bdr~iti the disadv:rmtage'of lying ripon level, lowv grounds, and in danger of inunda tion dpring the9 rainy seamsoin. When I handed there, was but one house in the city; at this timeo, ucprcely four months lapse, threre are several hlisidreds; and the streets filled with stores, and gambling hells, present a lively business appearance. F~romn Sacramnento, &coinmunmicatjonril rmay bo hrad with all the Cnorthrn mifnerd, by meanis of ex.Ueamns for h addage, and your own Joos for propelmenrt of yout own'corpus. Trhis Iict of thn "reality of thLie romanrce," to some of nrs who had boon Ay~ofnod nearly 'six months on board ship, Y.wlilt ior or pportunitica for exercise, was udde idviq no smnall,degree of ra. af%: a did, In the future, vis *fensn otaWdl n lisettd feet, anid ex. hatsteod t~ia1 It Dut as our rough-mfunuf tea~mter assu. 'wa'n~'4hp'~r. o, Jut back Stmengmfl o~pinhich w th hfriksiotni* ifpqd Ob'tidatC ~ tn aIt h diti- that hitd so 4 4 l~a s ~b~ port ot New Y6 h Wmot rdlag 'cortoah i the aa, u are .omnpod4.to iii atulast thirty mires from it.' , Beyond thu for several miles, the coun try is broken, and tle travealer riset by gen ti plateau of hills and nountains, to the foot range at the base of the great Sierra7 Nevo das'. The mountains are sparsely covered with several varieties of the oak, one of which is very beautiful, and resembles, at a distance, the appearenceof the apple'tree, and rolieved at short intervals wills yellow and, white pines, that increase in size and quality in pro. portion to the ascent of the river. Yours truly, J. D. B. FORENSIC DISPLAY. The SUPREME CoURT of the United Staes, during the present week, has been the arena of a most exciting and brilliant foren. sic struggle. The contest arose upon a case appealed from the Circuit Court of Georgia. It is known as the case of Shultz against the Bank of the Staie of Gect;ia, thotgh' there are other parties to it, and involves interests amounting to a million of dollars, or therea. bouts. The cause was opened for the plaintiffs by Gon. WADDY TUtoMrSoN, in an argument of great skill and power. He was followed by Mr. McA.I.ISTER, of Georgia, Mr. DA vis, of Alexandria, the ATTORNEY GENERAI., and the Hon. Jnnx SF.IGEANT, for the do. fendants. Senator BUTI.Et, of South Caro lina, and Mr. WEBSTER, yesterday concluded in beialf of the plaintilfh. So great an ar ray of legal ability has scarcely ever been marshalled upon a single cause. The case was called on Monday last, and, from the opening of Gen. THoumrsoN down to the power ful effort of Mr. WEBSTER, there was a suc. cession of masterly and brilliant effbrts. The court room was crowded during the whole tine of the delivery of these add ress. es. Though a censiderable portion of the time was occupied in discuseing, lewal points which have, for the most part, but litte interest for theI mass of public auditories, yet even these were invested with the attractiois of popular topics by the ability, adroitness, and conipre. hensive boldness with which they were hand led. There were few matters 01 fact immedi. ately before the court of a nature to sustain rhetorical episodes, but such as presented themselves were touched with consummate art. ,he cause had relation to the transuc tions, of Somi-quarter of a century gone; liti. gation was begun about the principal proper ty in dispute as long ago as 18'20. Whatev. er the rights of the parties may be, and how. everthe intervening pleadings may hr.ve been conineted, the closing scene was such a. might well resimate a protracted caussr hItigat, ho hahall been 1.1 t'ilhiatitly resenited, may be content wi the result. Great as the value of the subject of the suit is, it has evoked a passage at aras. which might almost c6peneate a contestant fur the loss of it -Reipuhlic. Regaita in Cgba-A Phila4iphia Tri. umpjrh.--The New Orleans licivune trans a~~LLo tie d Cuba, a pje did re gatta or seriso' trcs.m ~pc at that. port on tlw5 meedmg Sunay ce were eight boats satrted tor iJt irst match, one Spanish, oihe h.'Prench, rnanned by British seanienone e and the other four English. Thio distance rowed was two miles from the mole, and the match resulted in the prize; the Franch haat won seco and the (ioanthat'Ih-e''rsA~ not equal a second ma evening he.tween theA wasthne Frenchi boat manned tber Jlishmen, both, rowiing six oars inste T' mn of as at thme firsat timie. The Aime the proved the victor, leaving her r 0 ex- way asarn 'ii - :t boat bel ...i ~ to be riv unpih. J ~ ~ o the t the ~ ~ i the er is to her captn.rdb I toptfhat Knockingy en some timo mtuch any,-' 3 beent for aved!excitemnti at ltoche-r uimerest and ver sequence oif certain mi -.rk, in conI aIi by which, with the aid *ki aekinirs"' nid. <her revelations we muf-g rowni girls, l. .uand, anmd from d.- tromi the "spliril .'re iig friendis. (r' aim on to their lhv. flirough severail, ob: day after day chj der. Question~ - :ness them wouii tlrnmative or ne.~i - o' -med, and ana heknocks or soon~j . re directedI by such le.' &c ., as :h - li i* hou.e-flo'or, t-. >tbad beasnow ad i pecitied. Th'le a f it ahas ee rh . eploed after mn colons ii Mu t their eneand -anpuihe m have been written thatl an mvhe' ~th subtject. It seimis ta edi to conftat-i co~nmmiatee a appoint. to ain t he: r .h thle spirits and ascer. tof ii~tr m'I pupoe The first thmiig h, ie i.* t rnattee-men did was to ~ ,in \ Iui*f ladies. tie their pietti. rtaiad their anikle'a, pilacet thm i. u~i an ~imlholthi feet quite still. ni ii, the rudene's., t hat theimv refusedl a ) i < aomunication while mime lanies '' in m uramnce, and the coiniittee lbto -express the op)inion that if a jury v 11 couIld have been-r eiipmnnled on S ot, the stipernatuiralI appa rait us wold nen foundl concealed oin the persons~ of . estas Tui wil of thme .arquis d' Aligre, ~a very cre'tro- mdvdawh'idsmetm g mi Iaris, hias beeni sent to one "Cons.eel & 'at" by the Minister of the Interior. It ctins soiii very extraordin-ary provisions. T he amount of his property wais, at his4 deaithI valued at sixty mail lions of'iranes, but b-c-aime( considerably 'depreciated at the timec of the Ilate revo(ltion, aItlthough I it lias graiduilly in. Icreased again. According to law, half of thei Iproperty falls to his daughter, hi~s natimal heir. Amongst othier pecnliarists lie has 'left 5,000,000O francs to' the poori of thle idif. feredt parishes in which his landed est imiate is situated, someI ofi whomii will biecoime, inl contsequeceW, the richest indlividualI in t heir neighlborhood. M. d'Aligre had a fancy for hiding away in some of his residleiice inigots of gold and silver; some are suipposedl to hlave been lost, buit four have been found, estimated in the inventory as wvorthi 1,000,000) francs. Oiie of these wvas int the shap le of a stick about twveuty inches long-N. V. Nun. Tu'Im NEW WVArz.-Tfhe Parisian corres. pondonce of tha Courier des Etats Unis, des. crihes a now dance called the Scottivhi Waltz, which he says. is now all the rago ini Paris. His words are: i'This step, which is the favorite one of the English Queen, is a union of the waltz, polka, and redowa, a gentle balancing with alternate movements and repose, with pi rou etts and slides. It is less fatiguing than theo walt:, more animated than the polka, and more graceful than the redowa. It is, in a word, simple andl charming, a movement of exquisite grace and agility, and one which pa.. '.ens may allow thair childran to narticinae (Tacrleton.--Prices from 12 to 12 3-4 cents. AmterVle.-Prices from 10 1-2 to 11 1-2. Trum WEATHEn.-For. t?. last week we have had a- series of changes that have been as valuable as they were frequent. From hot to cold-from cold to h rt. At one time re. galed with the luxuriance of a summer day, and a a nother benumed with the cold of a December morn. Compronalse. Mr. CLAY concluded his speech on his compromise on the 6th, and alithough his eflort was masterly in respect of eloquence, and stinewhat in argument, yet we cannot take his theory as a correct one for the South. ie concedes too much, concedes the very essential principle which the South now stands on the defence for, lie affirms the Proviso, in a milder but not less obnoxious form, as far as the principle of the matter is concerned, and whilst it recievs no favor fron the South, it has very little more from the hobieaded and obstinato factionists at the North, and we hope and have every reason to believe, tihe compromise will fail in the Sen. ate. Yet another, it is hinted, will be brought before that body, one slightly enclined to do justice to our rights and one which the exe. gencies of the times may demand its pasange. It is, let the two sections suspend agitations on the subject, admit California as a State ac cording to her own constitution, formed by her present population awd to waive legisla tion over tihe remaining territories. Although there is very serious objections in admitting Californie, as a dangerous precedent, and her immense landed area and promiscuous float ing population, yet it is a compromise that should be looked upon and considered favora bly. It will crush present agitation and leave for future legislation a question doomed ever to be a stumbling hbwlk in ;hwwr foot-path of the South. But tihe Unmion mnust be pres orved, our n3 a fit lth 5ersent state of the Wdhw detnand it and co" '-'."i'n a'ie can sav" it, then v mhould we, not, on our I ar,yield a littl - s a consuma tion. One thin$ A alnost re. duced to it certi. lavery acts can pass Congr uthern votes so in her own hiaidsUQ' their destinies. On the 13th, the "Faewell Address" of W- hington was put. tip and sold at auction at PloIladeI lphia, to ther 1tev. Dr. Boardtnan, J-- t; tif u V h[livevrr, much we mw, r i r '. *.. -ument has passed into the possessi. 1 1 .iate individ. uni, we cannot but comneid pr.jdenef of the Governr ent in not purcha it t such en:z r t r' the cue STurnUTE 'TO AMERICAN SKILL.-The Sul. "tan of Turkey has sent to Mr. SA&ItUE. Cou~r the inventor of the "revoilver" an elegant snuf'-box, set in diamonds, of the value of 01,300, designed as an evidence of the very high appreciation of his weapon entertained by Mehemed Ali Pacha Serosbi of the Army Cotrn WEA THnm.--A correspondent, of the Boston Atlas writes as follows, under date of Feb,. 6: * Colid we~ather at Ihth, New Ihampshire 9 o'clock A. .w.-Mlercury congealeid. "Thmermomete.rs standing fromn 31 to 4() below zero." CmnoT.-Trle Iume .Iouarnal publishes one of the N. Y. Sunday Tlimmes "Kalefornia Korresponidence" and creilits it to the Boston Post1, altho' the P'ost is a witty sheet, . stilj the T1ime#s leaves it. lly-the-tbye we have a .Mrs. Pavrtingtem,, in our townt amid Cne day will try anid chariunicle sonme of thme savings. Below will be found the result of the elec tion held on the 14th, for P'resident and Di. rectors oft thme So. Ca:. Raiil Roaid. Tlhwe eec tin or Mr. Cowrseni tio thle P'rieitial c'hair of the Cotampanwy, we idoubit not, will be high. ly benielicial to its inmteres~ts. I ie is wvell knownm as ai irenitlemcan of great energy anmd fi nanc ial ski, amwl undewr his supierintenud. ence, the road will no dhoubit lie greatly iim. provedl and that with a strict regard to econo. miy. Sov-rn Canori.mN RAi. ItOAD.--At an elect ion held yesterdaym, the followiang getme. menci were elected P'resiidenit and lDirctwors of the South Carolina Rail Roa'id Comnpanyi: I)irctlors. 11. (u~~Gornni, I.om 1vc \V. C . l)r wx ms, .(.arl rii. G;. A. 'lT m.'sor.'r, IAo~~ Src'i mi~~s iKEo-n Foridiy, ih Jams lwwr, wre iitrns conueil 01 0iiC 5w tI) o ~J(\VI. W. Puar.Egahi work of chuild~~ inN---ucOn .Friday tigh out, tes 8tim. the stCuemioa andGstrc Alsof eor, ieterpiksw~ ing ; ellwiien Rev.I~ frhe ~resuto acidyen ~-iVliarc lo'ls itor is sypod meansl icre byckin's aori. ry; bust that iher imstaystlyi diietlo ye w81 our thuaofhote re-buedin.-iatie in than at ACuiei the FIoerst onalrendionlDistictl -rimaot fornII Jacksond, Thedunietoo tbe heardfro (are waynier nvitae whicho Bti supped, wnl. ancrease Jacksonted mhjor wit itte golm chand Frani, aluer date o4f 31s Teemeray tatirpsml durnteda 14,fur lethosand,0 hose were lti that A onmer fthYesoa adpliia i It i .o i ber h* Wgarat h the views of a few enatars. He was vey at-. tentive to Mr. Balazs, and took some notes. Mr. JRaszex's argument was very able, and embraced all the points of Mr. CLAY's reoa lutions. The -t;orther inen do not regard it as conciliatory, -iit is: supppsed ithjt,- to morrow,'the President will send a message to both Houseswith the Constitution of Cali fornias, and documents illustrative of the con. ditiop, population, and resources of that re. gion, and a renewed recommendation of her admission as a State. The boundaries of California are fixed absolutely and without reservatioe, by her Constitution. There has been doubt ofthis, but a Senator has ofered to Phew me the proper documets on that ques tirn, which jttle it, and, ifh~e~bosppdries be. Chan d, the Constitutio 'must go bAck.. he California representatives" hipeak proudly or their country. One of them, Mr., WrGMT, is a Geologist and Mineralogist, and gives flattering views of.1he capacity of the gold rWgion for utpre and increased pro duct[veneed. Tl eire pecimnoas fgold quartz, golden sand, antiqlue pottery, centaining gold, cinnabar, &c., are very. interesting. They considered the country as remarkably valta. ble for cattle-raising, and vioeyardq. They say that the country willsusthin in ease and comfort, a populattin df ten million's. Ac. cording to their accounts, there is a range of mountains or hills running parallel to the Sierra Nevada,.of auriferots quarts, yielding, some two or three dollars worth of gold for every pound of reek. '"Timon of Ath"no" is beaten as a gold digger. The story dF-Alla. din and of Monte-Christi is more than realis. ed. Mr. Jarrmssex was charged with urg ing, as an argument in favor of the acquisitiop of Louisiana, the existence of a "salt :oti0 tain." But here are gold mountains. The Sieur La Salle, as is recorded by Henuipen, and others, intended after his discovery of the Mississippi, to push his inquiries into a region of golden prairie further west, and to force a convenient passage by land and rivers, to the "western ocean,' whereby the trade of Chi na and Japan.will be commanded. How wonderfully the visions of that bold and saga. cious Norman have been realized. There was a passage at arms, yesterday, between Mr. Butler and Mr. Hale. Hale' is a guerrilla chief-a lawless bandit-pos sessed of fire and daring enough to renler him dangerous. Bit Mr. Butler only speakb. the sentiments of Hale's own part of the country, when he calls him a fanatic or a ma. niac. The Hause has passed a bill, allowing the sum of 1,-225,NJ0 for the expenses of enllecting the revenue for the latter half. of 4he present fiscal year; besides giving the -ievtary power to fix the compensation of revenue otlicers in California and Oregon.. This will answer every purpose. The Sec-. retary of the Interior gave a hall and supper last night. The humber present was five hundred. WASHING TON, FEB. 13. Yestesday was another day of deep inter. est in the Senate. The chief matter was the discussion of the question of referencoof the California Conutitutinn,.and:it involved, inci. dental y, the gree. testion of the <ay There were a number rVsitions--to refer itt thei mtniti~e mrtories, which no hasjurisdictIon otr o. ' Bill-me' refer it, t witalvl otiegsja UCtny took occasioni to express his viemEin0 favor of a reference, and of the admission of California. I may hero state that he made clear, as he always does. his plan of prcecd ing. lHe wished to settle all the questions pending before the country in relation to slavery and the territories; and his mode of operating was, after the adloptions af hi. Res. olutions, modified as they might he by the Senate, to send those requiring legislaition to appropriate Committees, to be wrought into Bis. lie supposed that the California Bill would not pass till after some two or three months, aind that tihe other Bills wvould be maitured and ready for ultimate action at the same tune. Mr. Foote, whlo has devoted as much atten iion to this subject as any one, and more par ticiutary to the California question, as to which lie is as well-inuformecd as any one, and rather better, inasmuch as he is' the only person here who has peraeied all the debates and proceedings of thme California Conven tion and other documents brought here by Mr. Ross Brown, for p)ublicatmon, gave his views, at length- Mr. Foote bears intimate relations to the subject, being a personael friend of D~r. Gwin, who is is family physi cian, saved his life, and, as a politic ian, also caused his election to the Sonate. Iast year also, Mr. Foote took measures, after meeting Mr. Douglas, before the late sesseiers, to in. duco him to bring forward a Bill to admit California into the Uniio-i, and to settle the Territorial question before they would be. come ai subject or ill feeling and'agitation. Mr. Foote veheumently and vigorously op. posed the admission of Cahmfornia ahead of all other meaisures, and leaving all other questions unsettled. Herein is the great qIuestion of the session. It shook the Senate, to-day. Mr. Benton proposes instructions to the Committee to report a Bill to admit Califor nia immediately, and indlependently of all other measures ! Hie will, hereafter, speak on the subject. His great fiuiht is to be made um this question, lie is opposedl to any change of the boundlries fixed by California. Mr. CuAY mado a vigorous and very elo quont speech in vinicamtion of his porition-mo which ef1ert lie wvas incited by soei' reinurks of Mr. FooTE, aind others onit of thme Senmatm, ini reganl to the allegiance which, Sonators from sulaveholmlding States owe'd to the S'outh. lie wa much excited, when ho exclaimed that lie know no South to which lhe owed alegtance, and no sovereignty, except the Union and the State of Kentucky, which lhad a clalim on his allogiance. As to any existing or contemplla ted Southenrn Confederacy, he know nothing -hto did not belong to it, and never woul. Ile gaive Senatora to utder.tande that lie wvoul hold( themi to termas of recipirocal courtesy, andi that lie woul resent remiaks made on his couirse, as a Southern man, no matter from whomu the~y might como. Ie stated, proudly, that, Iast nighlt, hie received the Resolutions of thme Kentucky Ileisaure, conhially approvinug of his courso, and they were not prompted by him. Mr. Buitler took the floor, and will give his views to-day. Mr. Calhioun is quite unable, at present, to attend the Senate. AN AMERICAN CARDNA.-The President of Mexico annomnees, in his message, that Pius IX. in order to manifest Ibis gratitudle for the lively interest taken in his welfare by the high functionaries of the republic and its ecclesiastics, has signified his desire to con. Ifer upon some Mexican bibhnp the dignity of cardinal. A pontifical agent Is expected at Mexico, and if this cardinal is made, hie will be the first dignitary of that sort on this con, tinent. ude ctp4sa. Thre hunted ofpi shaesof all kinds were found in one categepr.Mnrlybr. Jllinois, on Christmas, wn4 wef pl tsdei Bostx Tuesde Feb2-)U The ateanbo bhodo sd la was lst a on her voyagp front New York to On Francisec6.' Nine of the Passengers and thrt or the crew escapod in a beat and were' taket on hoord of the schooner Mary Wise,of Thom aston, Capt. - Crcket, frotih Now York, for St Johns, P11. R. i'om which they were transfrrpi to tho whaling bark Richiunepd, whlh c v at Providence yhsterday morning. - The remaining passengers and arew-32 If numbbr, were loft on honrd the boat,' whilc was in a sinking condition, and It is feared tha they were lost, although they had one boat and were cutting away the upper deck to make a raft when last son. Thrte more were drowned in attempting tc reach tho boat. One of jhem was supposedt be Mr. Showster, who had placed I& wife it the boat and failed to securo his own safety it it. When the mion arrived on board the schoon. er thnre was a brig in sight about four 'miles to the leeward. Ii is possible that they may hav seen the wreck, or that the crew of thc stramnboit imay havo reached her on the ral which they worit naking. There is also hope in the t'act that tho spot is in the track of ves. .ols fron thu Wpst lIndies an4 the Gulf o1 Mexico. - The lllow ing account of the disnster fur. nished the -Trareller by the second mate, whc arrived in Richmond on Fridny: At 3 o'clock 1'. M. on the 25th of Januar th pilot l-f1. us outside of Sandy Hook, wit i wind southeiast and a smooth sea, which con. timuied until Saturday afternoon,*at which time the winu hauled south and blew a gale until Sundiay inrning-during which time the shil worked badly. At 12 M. althoug-ih the wind was lighter, still there wnsa very heavy sea running, whicl stained her so much that we wore obliged to throw overlbord 60 or 70 tons of coal from het deck to lighten her. , During thn afternoon, when thn sea had gone down, sle went along qujite comfortnble, until about 4 o'clock P. M. when the wind hauled to the south-west, and blew a gale, so that we were obliged to keep her belore the wind. The sea continuod to incease and the ship In. ioring very heavily until Monday, 10 o'clock in the morning, lat. 34 30, Ion. 71, at which tino the hog brace parted, causing the hog frmne to work so as to throw the engine out of line, so that it would not work, the pumps stop ping with dh enginio-sbe now made water ILst. I1er deck planks also ltttnd jiut abaft of the engine. On sounding her we found there was alnost five feet of water in the hold. IInvin r intemka~wdw benI. vy tona struck her rud der which h r pyhen I ropogIt'oving her whiji all hmds laid all to :ocure the wheel The patengersiin attempuing to latnch a small boat, contrary to orders, got it stovo tn. der the guard of the sh'p, leaving only two boats on board-one of which. was immediate ly lautnched and hauled utidor the hows of the ship, where twelve person, including myself, got into her and shoved off' clear of the ship, when I made an atidmupt to Iay the boat along side, and to get in.sonic more passengers, but there was so much dangerof staving the boat ihat tIe Captain saidKeCp her clear," at which tim, he :t'u thle qla'f'on hoan, thirty two in all, was e 6i, cttting away ie apper-deck for a bl for th boat to t, 'Wth ship someUie b at w cdm aei eaedt very faat. We wvrp'inta boaCren , a cold rein until dhfllghit, 'ifbhn we suaw a sc(hoonerT to the leewtanl of us, Teachefd it, and wvere taken on botmil whemre we remained until Friday, Feb. 1st, one o' clock, P. M. ivhan~ we wveret spoken by thet bark Richmond, of Provi dceci, Capt. N4wifl, who took us on board, as the schar. hiary WVise was bonnd to Porto Rico. The followving is a list ofthe pa~sengers, &c. on board the Rhode Island wvhen she left New. York: Cnpt. ('eh-hv. Afr. Aill, first ale., Thonman tlowsu-a, Joihn Thaoijen and two namen unknown Nenin Eli Jacksoein. fir,-t enrineer; Il iinc~ietls' meren,l do; Wme II Tlasler. third do.; Ihenry Amnen lirennian; l)avidl Rloin, eo; S anirtn do; Wm [iliah. dio; t):ei,-t I'neewiin. do; William fInrk, ede: t'e'ier P'eterson, dea Wm I'ret, fir.: seeward; t~auid Ilodgee. eecond ateward; Peter Ml. Prewten, sce,nd~ cootk; cinria Trnias, utewarics; Jan, I toflinan, dli; r,. Preston, ito. Triose reuenaed by glh,- boat were lle.ainmin Boyd, ,r-conei mate; [ichber teeyil. e,..-ne-n; Cluirlee Thompson, dto John Sheppanl. do; Wmn. Sweeny, firemnan; Jte David, do: 11. Jlankins, do; Itobt. lloyleat, Iat cook, und~ Saml. iDoyles, nistant di. I'isen~egrrs le/? ten loanrl.--.Mr. Shewser. Sir. BIelows, Mir. titIlan, air. Forsyth, Mir. Pohie, Jo1m i.y l'atrick Ir.tP (we namren not camkno. R~rsolentg lear the Aoez.-Mira Shieweter, Wmn. tteetiher. Wme Sen:ih. [e~ manler,.tande ehe n~ ae not intiured. E.e. Tril,.J Iirro S-rATrrA Mi4Tr.-Thie report oh the I)irector of the .\int cotin~is a statemnent of the entire coinaage of uthe Umnited States to the, elose or the vpear l'449: Ne~w Orleanen - - 37. tO3.795 27.'.59,2 i3 ('he:erltete - - - :564.t37 2%.6 To'taul ialain...-.-.-.-.-.-.$t6,182,400 Th'Ieruei e beeun receivedl at the iunnmts, oi (.alrmia goie, 80l~i ,b9:69. The depoIite' oft git aet ilhiladelphia was, in the yeacr 1847, $i:3.679,898, and at New Orleanets, $i6,253I,2&3. Thieese were princi. pallhy f riegnI coimn5. Thm'ecom:~atze hais been smial' during the yeaur 1l'8; because the Cohifornuia gold con. mosolarge ajporteona of silver as to require that the met as he seperated. Thr ncesa ry chaneeges in the laboxratoery have beena mnade andt perumtii, paymenL~ts wilI hereafter be made toe depstters. 'le dieoits at the fouer tmints duringr the y'ear l't49 were $14 l.tkoii,4G1;o'f which 812, 2-13, I75 were mi gold, anrd $2,:41,25j0 in sal Whlole coeinamge $1 1,1164,695 Comnposed ini gold, 80,tR01,1, aned 82,114,450 in silver. R.-moeral of lIorida india ns.-Gen. T wigga haes, it appears, tiia y pereivmled on the Floir. id lC h,<hans to con'sen t to emgae T1he fol. I ewmg are s:ude to be t he termts eof the ag'ree entt: (e til wearrior is to receive (b~eforc he ges n hIo ird thle ho It) $500O, each womtat 8 I ta0, eachl ueinbI 8 !ttt. 1iowlegs himnsell wi~l r,-caentelboltu t 1,ttt)0, an~d twoe or three sub-C(ihi e abouit $.5,tHIt eI ach. Thaey are te be piruved wee thl rettoins fo r one ye'ar af[tei t heir atrrival tt Arkanisas, an td to beo gularan. tied mt thte poessession1 of ther negroes. It ii estinted~tft that the whole cost ofl the removal willibe about $22,0tHI. S4AN Fue:rsco.-'lThe burnt district i San Franiscio wits beimg rebauilt with extra. ordhinary rap 1idityi. Th'Ie fire occurred ,en the 2Ith, tad oen lhe 2'8th several honte framtee had belaen erectedl. Two of them were wea. thner- oarded and shaingledl. The frame oi thae Exchaunge was uip, and was to be comple. ted, as per contract, in sixteen days, at a cosi of betweotn twventy-fiave and thirty thousan. dollatrs...the builder. forfeiting one hundret aend fifty dollar, a day for overy day bene that period. L~u)bor was bringing 0325a thuousand, A fire,.proof calico isrejw mad. for ebilte by immnersion tn phosphate of tpegnesia. J .will ignite by contact witl flame, bijt' thef 4ec will taot snread. Jt goa out immnaediaelt. which, rwe quote 11 om S0 pon ther ret the shore, etwn dopne of his paSsengrs, ueatse et ex etement, and threatened foa Produdmerious consequences. The, pasoe r, wio had been a .Wlzaing.4Ptain,. W 5 Wbu .va n. gupge towards aptam'at "iast struck him. ' Acufff& ensu 5dd id 'the mdee the Mexican guaed-g|we vo soldiers, armed with iei muskets and bayoneta, were ordered to disperse the niob collected, by the row In doing ihis, Captain Pearson received a severe blow from a bayonet over tihe left eye. "Mr. Win. L. Hobson, of the firm of Cross Hobson & Co., San. Francisco, received 'a thrust from a bayonet, which grazed his side and.'pierced his jacket. $eteril gcatlemien were'bocked down bythit.tRtidiers, apiinvere cruelly beaten on~hohead with;. & musket, until the blood covered his che6k and coat. The Anericins 'were unarmned; having left their weipons on board. iad not this llen the case a generai massacre must have enmu ed. As it was, propositions were made to re turn for pistols and attempt 'ie conquesto-f the town. The guard however, was at Jength withdrawn. "In this aff'air no blame can be attached to Captain Pearson who merely defended him self. 0lh justification of the Mexican cap tain in commmhnd of tiit, 9ard, f'or th'eir in terference, was thfit it w.IS done fr the pur pose of rescuing the captain of the ste-smer from violence. The ;guard, unfortunately, mistook him in the fracas for the assailant." The DAioTzn or LoRD NF.Lo-g.-We see it stated in some of our ekchAnges; that thE British Parliaimont has atjlast determined to bestow a emmll pension upon. this:;lady, who is the wife of an obscure clerg man, (Rev. Philo. Jones,) is the muther o nine children, isof dinexceptionalie character, and very poor. ier mother was the celebratedt Ladg 1I imilton, whose allurmemnts caused - Nelson to leave his wife, and ,whose inilu ence induced him to commit the gret a ime which is the darkest stain upon his chaiacter. We allude to the inurder of Caraccioli. Nelson's brother enjoyed the title and es. tate won by his valor, the la'ter amouting, we believe, to ono hundred thousand pounde. [lis si-oters, also received heavy .pensions from 'arlhamien!, after his death in the battle f Tramigar. N:'son himself wais buried in I 'a I's-a costly mnotnumont- -erected- to tPi.,t u~e his imemory-and lie continues, I o this d .; to be regarded by the English Nation wit lIN j pecies of admniration anount ng atmo.,t i idolatry. -Yet Is natural & lau hter- ily because she was suen ias usufrnd to languish in obscure pov. -rty, andi to bea%the consequences of those ins. i spIte of which her father was the idol >f the Nation! Tha appears to us a very itrange freak.of just, it jsstice it be. We cannot but rega. \'ho conluct of Nelson L Stha regard to his wilt ,,Il Ih' whole liaison C vith Lidy Ihmiltona, at.stnhin. But we 0 iubmit, that as the bh!g'?,r-l Entht dli4 tot think the less of hiu ..g>it. it Is rather d iard tht the whole Waigi I theirAindgn.K ion shouldhave fallen onl hm~.Vm)ipess and noffbdintg olfipring. The NArOLOW MOSEiT -i.--'Tie' )eeomber, enbracs iotatit ofthe an versaT c a , l807.f[on upIde iwading f Wstphmaim;al 2, 18'0L 3. ie~w sromnd;Dee: ' tVthe ha4 oAuifer lits occurred; Dec. 4. t1 nra o n a- '1 qre4 Melr4l;--D'e. 110, 'rijs NaG I ion elected)!rpeident. of'France; Dec. I13, 1799, Najaoleon was enamed first Corsmi; b~ D~ec. 15, 1840, theiremaine of Napoleon ar. s rived im France; D'c. 10, 18~tm, N.apdeon. was divorced from Josephine; Dec. 17, I1,' MIaria Lou a, widow of Napoleon, dlied; Dec. 19, 1812, a':puleo:m returned to~ Paris from, Moscow; Dec. 20, 180(6, Napoleoni fouftht thme Russians at Garnovo.-N. 0. Picayune. AcconDwo to Senator Jlentoa, Texais has a gulf frounimer of nearly a thmousanid miles, a circumnfere~nce of about five thousand mmilest, and a surface of three hmundreud anti fifty thou sa-nd sqmuare mimles. She is large enough to make seven States of the first class ; and yet sihe iis now demnanding to beo mnade larger.--I Mr. IB-mton's bill prmoposes to reduce her at oncme with her consent, into a state of abomut 15.001) sqm- re males; and eventual~v, into t wo states of about 75,00J0 square mites each. [(N. Y. Sun. Min. Cusc~GMan, in a late speech, said a hundredl thousand mdollars wourthm of slaves run .iway from the State of Delaware every year. One of the United States Senators fromu D~el aware says half of the sum mentioned would be sufficient to purchase all thme slaves in the $tate.-Ib. 'TnEm whole qnantty of cotton go'lq madle in the Union is estimated at (6'!0,th,tX)0 yards, of whmichi about 8(0.tK00.000 yairds are exported, leaving 51,000,0(J fo~r home con PumIption, equal to about 3M yards fur every inhlabitant, great anmd small.--lb. ATI-ADOLITvtON Soct ETT.-lt is said that anm associat ion hast beena formed in New York, called ths Pro-Unionist and Anti.Ab olition Society, wh~ose object is the exposure of the endls and aims of fanaticisma, antd thme right of the $onmth anmd only time South, to manage its internal an'airs andl govermemnt;' anid to contrast the inequahmlty, amisery and poverty of free whites wath thme comnition of slaves. Rear Admiral Wornmley, of thme Br-tisth Navy, with his family, have taken up their residence at Newport, ft. I. A QUEEN ANNE's FAntan~o..-Antiqua. ries and Collectors of Coin, have placemd great value upon time farthings coined in the reign of thme English Queen Anntie, of which there are biut tharee knownt to be in existenm :. One, we believe is in the Enaglsh Mint; thme secondm in the Ilank of lihtlawl; anal the thtird was. sold at auction yesterdlay lay Mr. Benmjmini Moouney at 14 Platt streeit. This famrthiig was sold in London somei yeamrs rm'o, by Christie. thme fanmus auctioneer, .05(), It wass purchmased yesterday for $310t--ibd. ETThe Royal College of Chmemistry have declared the praictice of remnoving ice fromt time sidewalks, by sprinkling salt thmereon, highly detrimental to health. They samy it brings the immediate tem perature down to several below zero, and thmat thme maoisturo left by it is of suach a descr-iptioin that boots and shoes wvill retain it for several davas. TELF.oRAPH; Tiio~~o THE OCEAN.-Thet Scienititic American is auathorised to state that an extensive gutta percha mantfcturer of New York stands ready to lay down, atno guaranty its inte-ity for tenm )earu,.a line acroirs the Alatft of perfectly ipsutated wiry, enyered lithgi pqrcha for a sum t nte exceedtlr.JSWRo jr.te p~or toe mkentat th 'Ct Prisoti li- 1%*o York 1 duriii the year I0II was I8.01*. for01 - 'iiml. Si A 'Iumv,$ nU ohas rebut~ltf) 0l ~UCi ing III'e u$Ie or Itslt~a Sn O"T Fsii , Oj gor I oilp tin-, is w:,h.J 'byte been: muore Itelnto at I tivi Czir wvoud 44 door tr 'cu;ifrihl ad tilt f iN ~ P'* of decorattnk a' r~a~jwtA King de them. that tile W, r, ~ 'iiZ ho nd evori.A. wear thenmaiJ.Ai iiicd .ij England- anu:d-EupH 'r' ,-ierfuichersOg the hlk-1~ L n ihi citaloorue 0.- EPA 4rPe4~ lcy i ae~b 'elrgp yco~ irt.bcr formaryf~hsj 1hr verisrgajzttej as jjcfafIj4A $. ang W',ar. I CA rJ~IvtA,%iPOAT Q ins prepirc a- cot-,or asr"~ viiiip L po:. tile forigrpurois ybejjj ipon .1 cluster oigrapes.:, p ;or tnrpreventato fMnrr oaw.h roII mII.Ch lit ofic hand-u, i We Irm 'r ~ta pick atiti a-,p~ rnasure. 1k::thq midjie. iRu.rvPert , ire neen tmno.li 'h419 1110W chill tops .f the 1:ti 11010 toIhlia o?~e~ II~1 nterez4 has JI pu di F9 -is~ %vefi) themerf 'Ie Jcigreo fir' ryft rO iVid to i'qtiire. into tepo~~th vith the jisater of a !iece,&e v,44, ort.10 -,hat -they find,1t0knn,~ etne, that mavrringis 'offhi* j;jf4d 0irtnF 'itc4 by, dispetwatictin .n vt l~o Cotint i nw-~e o - ,' 130 Tha (&loujv ql j vi li, Countess 1 , tha I iu I loirfy ddTW.rent. asops and jiddu'doifily flt rticka; 'b' twenty: ~vidve at I Wo icea and Ai jelly. Wthp.1 do4#r' it. calla and pie - up a atorv ait ec6. rcss ifg ot he op;!% . e~ mie lintl.,_ AM In.. hetafrge.t ind far the ol~tviO Jrl1 agivan, Ly a. Lrh r4