Natchez Daily Courier from Natchez, Mississippi • Page 3

TIATr.Y OFFICIAL PAPER FOR THE CITY OFM K- The Norwich fConn.) Coiifier sj that, from Splendid Improvement. The new atore. built for MnrrU Ttallnwfllt A Co-Phila From the Rio Grande. Some Mexicans arrived at San Antonio on the 27th The Dastern War. We have private information from St.

Petersbnrjr of the most positive nature, and of incontestible truthfulness, brought by the Pacific, which throws some light on the contemplated Eastern drama. The Russian disposable forces on the Danube at the beginning of hostilities amounted to no more than men. Onlv a single army-corps, that of Gen. Danueuberg, originally crossed the Pruth.f General I.uders with another corps remained in Bessarabia, and near Odessa, in order to bo able to send re-enforcements both to Asia and the Principalities. The corps under Osten-Sacken was cantoned still further north hi the Ukraiue.

Each urmy-corps numbers 50,00 men, and seldom more. Deducting the thousands in hospital, and the detachments occupying the fortified places in the Principalities, Gon-hakoft could scarcely depose of us many as 35,000 to oppose tht attacks of Omer Pacha. Nobody in St. Petersburg imagined that ojen hostilities would so soon begins The declarorion of war by the Sultan, as well as the almost immediate crossing of 1 he Danube, took the Russians both in Bucharest and St, Petersbm-g wholly unawares. The Czar and his councillor believed to the last that bullying- Turkey and her supporters would suffice to bend them to his demands.

Now, Nicholas is taught better and is exceedingly dissatisfied with Menchikoff. The Emperor never seriously wished for war, and does not now wish it, though he says that he will never submit to be dictated to by England and France. It is, therefore, impossible to foresee what will be the inlluence in St. Petersburg of the recent military and diplomatic events. The excitement in Russia, and above all in Moscow, the heart of the Empire, whose pulsations act powerfully on the masses of the people through the whole coun developments recently made, it is probable that A.

T. forger carried away with him from that city not less than from $30,000 to $40,000. It is believed he has gone, to South America, as he wa known a short time before he left, to be examining charts and making inquiries as to the best mode of reaching certain points in that dire Ction. VST The Neapolitan Government has violated treaties, by the expulsion from the kingdom of Naples of a British subject and an' American citizen. The new English case is that of Mr.

Baggio, a British Ionian, who has longcarried on business in Naples as contractor for public conveyances. On his returning lately fro'tn Leghorn, where he had been on business, the Neapolitan consul refused to bis passport. He applied to the embassy at Naples, but the claim on hi behalf waa formally refused, on the ground, that during his travels, he communicated 4with geesiu England and Fiance. The matter has been referred to the English Foreign Office. The American aggrieved is Mr.

James Cai bone, who ed a landing at Messina, although the United States Consul offered every guarantee for his conduct while transacting business in Sicily. Mr. Carbone has been compelled to return to America without accomplishing the commercial objects which drew httrf la Mes Probate Sale. BY order of the Tro-bate Court of Adams county, at the November term thereof, 1853, the undersigned will sell at public outcry, on a credit of six mouths, the purchaser giving bond with approved security, all the personal property as per inventory and appraisement of the fate Samuel Baird, deceased, consisting of Saddlts, xnuies, Harness ieamer, and other Saddlerv Materials, Wagon, etc. The sale to take place on Satur-day, the 7th day of January next, 1854, between the nours presenneo oy law, at the store of said deceased near the corner of Commerce and Franklin streets, in Natchez.

M. E. W. BAIIM) Arlm'x. jano-ts WM.

II. FORBES, Adm'r. Take Particular Notice. tST" The above sale is further adi ed until THIS DAY, the 13th at 12 o'clock, si. E.

W. UAIHD, Administratrix. WM- FOUBES, Administrator. Notches, Jan. 13,1354 1 1 tiCaT lllC 1 alllWAY lOT Ihft f'uiifllinror Irar thii JUIAHAM'S WEEKLYPAPEII, i ne run Sttturdau Eetnlng Thirty thousand copies start tbe first number.

Subscrip- ions "2 in advance, received by J. M. BENBROOK, -jnl Opposite L.M. Patterson's Auction Store. Mansion House, Xalcbcz.

"IXESSttS. C. R. STEWART rc- 1L spectfully announce to their mends and the public that they have tarken this old favorite renova ted it to some extent. The Ladies' Depart ment is newly tin wished, both parlor and dining-room.

he under.sierned will leave nothing undone tocoru- fort those who may call on them. janr-lt U. Li. -STKWAKT Co. IN SEl'TEMBEl, I lest One box Pllt Ollt by the Dalmau" at the Quarantine rrouml.

The- box is about 9 feet long, and contains the toi and bottom rail for an iron orave yard fence. The box may. have been ta ken to a store in the city, or been carried by the boat np the river. LjanlZ' WM. II.

FOX. Auction. Watches, Jewelry, and Fancy Goods. BY E. LEWIS TO-DAY, at Iialf past 10 o'clock, and to be continued evry day and eve ning during the week English double and single case Gold Levers; Detached do.

superfine Magic Watches and Independent Second Silver Levers and Lepines; Gold.vest, guard, fob and chateHin Chains Lockets of all sizes Engraved do4 bO styles Brooches; Jlracelets Ear Drop; CeralSets Rings; Collar and Sleeve Buttons; Shirt Studs; Diamonds; CuuT Tins; fccarr rms, Also A large stock of Plated and Gilt Jewelry, Guns, Dressing Cases, Cutlery, Threads, Needles, Soapr, Razor Strops, Kazors, Envelopes, Portmonies, Scissors. The above goods are new and ordered for positive sale. The trade are invited to examine. All goods warranted as represented or no sale. tnl2 E.

LEWIS, Anctioneer. Carpenter and Builder TSTAN IFOKTH respectfully announ- ces to his friends and the public, that he fs -fv at all times prepared for ma rag contracts for BUILDINGS, and tvery description of work in tbe line of his profession. Having for several years been in tbe employ of Thomas Rose, as a builder, he is now desirous of undertaking contracts for himself. lie can be seen at his residence, where he solicits orders. at the cornerof High and Rankin streets.

Natches, Jan. 12, IS54 ly Proposals for building a new Orphan a asyium hi jtaicnez, WILL I3E RECEIVED at the office of J. Hewett, Wall street, Natchez, until 12 on Saturday, the lllh day of February next, where the elevation, draivings, working plans and specifica tions, can ue examined. Those proposing, may offer for the entire comnle- tion of the building, or for any one or more of the several mechanical departments thereof. J.

HEWETT. U. PENDLETON, mmittee. Natchez, Jan. 12, 1 Executor's Sale.

ON SATURDAY, 14th January next, at 12 o'clock, will be sold at the Auction Room frnntinor one hundred and sixty feet on Wall street, tnilnn hundred and eighty-six feet eight inches on High st. TERMS Twelve months credit, the ing note with approved personal securitv, and mortgage on the property. THOMAS HENDERSON decl5-dwts Kxrrutnr Law Notice. HEWETT, Attorney at Lw, at his old office on Wall street, Southwest of the Courthouse, in Natchez, still continues the practice of his profession. l-nit For Rent, 7 A TERM OF YEARS, my briclc -t.

i uit on ine corner or jeirerann ann mm. streets. It ia now doing a good retail Grocery business. I will sell the Btock on hand cheap, and on reasonable terms. There is a fine Bake-House attacked ta the store.

NICHOLAS O. noxi.rv. Natches, Jan. 11, 1S54 Dolbear's Writing and Book-Keeping ACADEMY, 1 TN THE MASONIC HALL, street, JL NATCHKK. willbekent impn thoontlr rfir.

New Classes will begin every MONDAY. jt-Persons froai the country can commence at SJXs anytime. A Those who hare paid for a full course of lessons, can resume their Lessons, free of charge, at any tim. Dolbear's Premium Gold Pens, a new kind, for sale at his room. Also, Dolbear's Steel Pens and Dolbear's Science of Penmanship.

u' J' janll Commission andfiForwardicj JOSEPH MOGRIDGE, late Megrile St McFant,) No. 33 Commercial, below Pine street. ST.LOUIS, MO. Consignments and commissions will meet' with prompt and personal attention, and liberal advances will be riven when required, on Consignments or bills of lading in hand Ordersor Vis purchase of Lead, and other produce, will be filled at the lowest possible prices. The receiving and forwarding of merchandise and rs duce will meet with especial care and dispatch tbe lowest rates of freight will always be procured.

'ami tw tnmcrf. arw! ilraiin a miioli nu.n!ki. 13- nail A Morgan, J. M. Buck anieias Miller, Fhiladelphi Josiah Lee A Baltimore Son A Boston T.

TwicheU cuams, new urieans. I have an open policy of insurance, which win cover a3 or when endorsed on bills of lading before, or at tfcVtl. Khinmnr KH nine Of 7 lewer perns 11s 01 iaaing befon pOFFEE COFFEE 1-100 tzzl cf Rio Coffee sacks Havana 0 pockets C1I Jt do 15 aeks Mocha do. Juat recetTed tor iie7 JanlO CARTWWailT 4V rcnirUAS. ot It.

M. ratterson, the house and lot belonging to the estate of Mrs. Sarah Robinson, deceased, now oc cupied by uavid Kav, beinsr a corner lot b. rage Eacori, Strlesiu, Chouteau Dot Eta? 9-' P- Newcomb W. B.

Reynolds, LoulaV-Ellis A Morton, Cincinnati Strader A GorWn, doUoJeaJk Fraxer, do Springer J. W. Batter ATro D. Leech A Wm. Holmes A flo.

a A' Morgan, B. Cobmm I. Stow A Marcb, New To A. O. Varwll A rr uww a.

to. Commiln delphia, by the heirs of tho late lteuben Haines, has uot been compieleo, and In point of oize ami elegance, aa well as in tin details of th Interior, is one cf the most exten-nivu and muguinceut places of businews in this country, if not In the world. Th front, which has been executed by Strother Son, is of uolid New Brunswick brown stone, through the whole thickness of tbe wall; the style of architecture is that known as the Italian Keoalssnnce of tUe A Ul COUtury The first htorv. which ia elevated two feet above tho pavement, rest inbU-8 an open arcntte, with sreues supporuu Djr jioinan Doric columns and largo Corinthian pilasters in tho corners, to recHve the arcbi- iraye stove, 'ine second story is in the Ionic order, and the third and fourth stories are in a free version of the Corinthian order, with arched windows between tbe col umns, ihetiftn story represents, in a measure, a large frieze, with euryatide figures, in place of brackets, to sup, port the heavy projecting cornice that crowns the building. lho interior of tbe store is no less ndniirable.

The front part of the building, one hundred and thirty-two feet deep, by twenty-six feet wide, is ornamented on both sides with ich Ionic pilasters, and a baudoino heavy cornice. The rear portion ends one hundred and seventy-one feet farther, by sixty-seven ieet in width, and forms a very striking features in the establishment. The ceiliug ot this vast room is about thirty feet high, with wide galleries on both bv columns of a ii.rht mid flnriil Corinthian style. Tbe columus that support the cornice of trie celling above, as also all tbe other delail of tbe in terior, are made to correspond in style, producing Jg a very ana nurmonious eiiect At the north end of the btiildinsr. Ca distance of upwards of three bundled feet from the trontd orson Market street.) Ida uouuie stair ay Parting irom the centre, and winding lijfht and leading to the galleries.

Jiio KkynglitK each contain but one pane of glass, measuring twelve feet by five feet, and are so constructed a to exclude all the direct rays of the sun, admitting only the pure northern light. The large basement room is well lighted by means of numerous ''deck lights" of around glass, set iu the floor of tho story immediately above it. The space under tho galleries on the west site is divided into departments for different kinds of good-, each ot which is to bo undi-r the care of a manager, producing thus, in all these subdivisions under one roof, tbe same attention. completeness ana method that would characterise as distinct bouses. many Iu the space under tbe east gallery is situated a1 an-j-n ot eight neat and commodious apartments, wliich will lie tit- ted up in an elegant manner as counting and sample rooms, One of these will be appropriated to the uie customers, the design being to make such persons feel at home by providing them a place where they may converse, write letters and otherwise employ themselves, without feeling that they are in the way interrupting the busi ness of the bouse.

Another similar apartment will be arranged as a reading room, and will be supplied with files of a number of leading commercial papers or this and other cities of the United States. All of tbe rooms on this range will be brilliantly lighted with gas, and several of them are furnished with speaking tubes communica ting with remote partsof the establishment. At th rear end of the first storv on the west side is loea- ted what is styled the receiving and examining room, in whirOi tin. to I he storewill be taken, own- I ed ttit inspected, and then distributed upon the shelves in the various sales-rooms, through a hatchway on the floor of ibis room the goods sold will be transferred into the large basement ball below, where they will be packed, coopered, marked and then taken up through another hatchway inside of the store door on i-ourtli street, ana thence despatched to the point of shipment, or to tbe railway freight depots. is arrangement for the receipt, un packing and packing of goods will obviate the necessity oocunvip.e the sidewalks irontnig the store with bales and boxes, and is a most valuable improvement, worthy of general-adoption.

At the north extremity of the building, elevated several above the level of the galleries, is a of apartments, comprising a spacious parlor and bed chamber, superbly fui uished, and having attached to them a clothes, a dressing, and awashingand bath room. These apartments are. intended for the occupation of two members of the firm, and by means ot a window cut in the south wall of the parlor, a view cf the entire extent of tbe vast trade saloons below may be commanded. 'rii i. iro i.litii-i will hi h.ittil lv tlin-p iinmi-msp fnr naces, placed underneath the cellars, and will be lighted by no less than four hundred and I weiity-uioe gas-burn- ers.

The gas nxtures are exceedingly Dcautuui, ami fashioned alter elegant new designs. The arrangements for water and drainage are very superior. To afford some idea of the extent of the structure, we will state that it rc quires fourteen thousand square feet of roofing. The amount of gas to be consumed will bo very large, and as the main on Market street could not afford a sutlicient supply, it was found necessary to have a special main extend ed down to the store from Arch street. The area of ground covered by the building comprise? no b-ss than square ieet, and the surface occupied, iu eluding tbn basement and tbe floors of tbe galleries, amounts to upwards ot feet.

The whole struc ure reflects tho highest credit upon the architect, and upon tho contractor and builder; for wc have never seeu a building lor the purpose constructed in a more substantial and durable manner. In fact, there seems to be nothing left undone to combine strength and durabiliiy with tbe bcawty and ingenuity of the arrange ment. Iu fiue, the building, as one may judge from the above description, is onoof the most elegant and magnificent im provements in our eity. ine enterprise wnicn nas lea to tbe construction deserves tbe highest praise, and merits universal emulation. Such establishments, of which this ot Messrs.

Ilallowell Co. forms the initiative in l'hila delphia, have long been wauted here, and we shall hope to see springing up in every business quarter oi the metropo lis. A great good has been accomplished in supplying one bodsc ot a character correspondent to the growing com mercial importance of the city, and we are convinced that in the bands of the liberal and intelligent men who are at the head of it, its influence in extending the trade and raisinc the busiuess reputation of Philadelphia must be eminently valuable. The stock of the film, which will be most extensive and best of its kind in the eouutry, will con sist of silks, all descriptions of dress goods, of all fabrics. ribands, laces, embroideries, all sorts of "white gloves, hosiery, dress trimmings and fringes, shawls, cloaks and mantles, and all kinds of linens and furnish ing goods.

As regards the last mentioned class of articles, Philadelphiahashad no single house largely in the trade, and New York has but three or four. The supplies of Messrs. Ilallowell Co- will be fully equal in variety, quality and quantity to any demand, and persons seeking materials for fitting up dwellings, hotels, steamboats, Ac, will hereafter be able to purchase tnem here at the most ad vantageous prices, instead of going to another nark for the purpose. JTvrth American. Southern Iimbeii goixg obth.

I he great in crease in ship-building has caused the employment of a large fleet of vessels iu bringing oak and pine tim ber and plank from the southern to the northern States. In Yinrinia. North Carolina, Georgia and Florida, considerable tracts of timber land has been purchased by northern ship-builders, who have erec ted saw-mills, and prepare much of the timber they require near the spot where it is cut from the forest, aud then charter vessels to convey it to the ship-yards of the North. Great numbers of men from Maine are at the present time engaged in getting out thi3 timber and plank in all the Southern States named above, and a few are also in South Carohua. jjggr To show what the means of Spain are to de fend the Island of Cuba, we annex the following statement as to the Spanish navy.

By the recommendation of her present Minister of War, the Marquis of Molins, a law passed the Cortes, on October 9th, converting the ships of the line and frigates, and other vessels of her navy, into steamers, and in less than a year she will have 90 steamers. The following is a list o( what her navy will be Ships of the line. 90 guns. 6 screw steamers. Frigates 40 12 Corvettes.

23 12 Brigs and 15 14 Wheel steamers of from 200 to 300 horse power 40 Store ships, (steamers) 90 steamers. The approach to Cincinnati, by railroad, has been embarrassed by the mountain against which the city rests. This is being obviated by the con struction of a tunnel over ten thousand feet in length. It is progressing at either entrance, and by shafts from the summit at three points. The shafts reach some two hundred feet into the earth, from whence the blasting sounds like heavy but distant connon-ading.

The rock and earth are drawn up by steam power. Most of the operatives are Cornish miners. The tunnel wiil cost nearly a million of dollars, and is expected to be completed in sixteen months. Some sixteen or eighteen railroads, made and making, will probably; enter the eity through this tunnel. company lias purchased fourteen acres of land in the city for a depot, machine shop, car houses, Ac.

So that altogether it is a most important enterprise. Tbe Washington Star asserts that the California Steamship Company positively refused to delay the departure, of their last steamer for one day, in order to allow the Government an opportunity to send out important despatches relating to the capture and trial of California filibusters, jrgf MWe than sixty criminals have been executed in the United States during the year 1853, arid nine are now iu prison under sentence of death from the rancho of San Ignacio, forty miles below Laredo, They report, savs the N. O. Delta, that the Indians have lately crossed tbe Ricr Grande at the Passo de las Mugeres, some thirty miles below Laredo took down tie river, taking all the horses, and killing people for some forty miles iu that direction. Tliey then turned out to the ranch of San Antonio Viejo, passed up by the ato, Where they killed some citizens, and drove off all their animals." Stock is remarkably high and scarce.

None to be had near the frouiier The frequent irruptions of the Italians, the selling to Americans, and the late demand tor Animals from Santa Anna, are the causes producing the scarcity. Good mules are held at $40, and other stock iu proportion. Upon the arrival of Gen. Wool, it is said, the port of Cauutrgo will be re-opened, which will make the trade at this point, quite as profitable as heretofore The fall crops on the lower Rio Grande have turned out good. The supply of corn will auswer all demands.

There are three companies of U. S. troops at Ringgold Barracks, one company of Artillery, and two of Infantry. There are seven pieces of cannon of different calibres. These troops not being mounted, cannot operate against consequently this portion of the Rio Grande has no protection against their incursions.

A New Costititioxal Question. The intelligent Washington correspondent of the New York Times adverts to a new constitutional question which may arise in the Senate, as follows: "Judge Phelps, who was appointed by Governor Fail banks, of Vermont, to fill the vacancy in the Senate, caused by the death of Senator Upham, took his seat in the Senate to-day. Previous to taking his seat, he had a conversation with President Atchison, who told him that neither lienor the Secretary claimed any right to omit his nan in calling the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were not called to-day. Mr.

Phelp's commission reads thus: 'To serve until the action of the Legislature As the Legislature failed to elect, he claims that the seat is still his. This case is siti fenerU: It has no precedent. The opinion prevails that the claim cannot be substantia ted. The appropriate clause the Constitution reads as follows If vacancies happen, bv resignation or otherwise, during the recess of the Legislature of any State, the executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies. We are not aware, says the Washington Union, that any question has been, or will be, raised in the Senate as to the right of Judge Phelps to act as Sen ator under his Gubernatorial commission.

If his right is acquiesced in by Senators, the presumption will be that the present Senate construe the constitu tion to mean that the appointee of the Governor shall continue to serve until the Legislature shall choose his successor, instead of "'until the next meeting of the Legislature. Fi'KorK ix a Ckisis. For nearly a whole century, ho rope lias not been in such a position as the present. No such crisis has been witnessed, at all events, since the Fiench revolution of 171)2 and the disasters winch followed it on the Continent. Speculation runs riot on the consequences of the complications that are daily arising.

It is impossible to foresee, with any loieraoie degree oi accuracy, even the events ot a single week. One mail brings us news of war, the next prospects of peace, and a third intelligence more decidedly warlike than ever. Any day may witness the occurrence of incidents which may give an en tirelv new aspect to the whole atlair. Any steamer may be bearer of tidings of a revolution in France, of a popular outbreak in Hungary or Italy, of a do mestic tragedy at rf. 1 cersburg, ot tin; assassination of Napoleon HI, of the overthrow of the British min istry, orot a decisive batti either in the Principal! Asia, or on the Black Sea.

It is impossible to say that our next mails may not startle us with the intelligence that the Quadruple Alliance is broken up, and Austria and I russia haveopenlv taken sides with Russia; while, on the other hand, it would be rash to pronounce the entrance of the Baltic bv a Britisl and French or the landimr of thirty or forty thousand soldier ut Constantinople, to be impossibilities. Everything is possible. Each day brings with it some change each morrow contradicts yesterday. We, who have this advantage over our Transatlantic friends, that we receive several days news together the contradiction with the mis-statement, the antidote with the poison must prepare our minds tor misapprehension alter misapprehension correction alter correction, and a nnal issue such as perhaps no man dreams of. X.

Y. HeraU. A Female Husband. Previous to the sailing of one of the last steamers from London, a good lookiu elderly woman solicited the assistance of a police ma gistrate in the case of her daughter, a girl of seven teen, who she said had gone through the ceremony of marriage without being blessed with a husband. The corsle had gone to New York to spend the honey moon but it had turned out that the fair daughter who at the time of the nuptials supposed she was be-ins united to one of the other sex, had discovered to ler great surprise, that she had been married to a woman in male attrre, and the mother of three chil dren I What action is yet to be had in this extraor dinary case is yet to be seen.

Renewal of Colt's Patent. It is stated that the committee on patents in Congress have unanimously reported in favor of the extension of Samuel Coil's patent for seven years, reserving to the government of the United States the right to make and' manufac ture the repeating and revolving arms in all of their own armories for military and naval purposes. The reasons for granting it are stated to be, that tbe in ventor has not had the use of his patent in a profit able degree. Tue Late Storm. The late suow storm has proved to have been one of the severest that has visited the vicinity of Uoston for many years.

On every side we hear of its ravages. The railway companies had a severe time of it. All the tracks were impeded be yond anything in the history of the several roads. Many of the subcrban citizens who had gone to the city were unable to reach their houses the same The highways are also much blockaded. A Fool and his Monet.

George J. Toombs, of Albany, N. while going over the Fulton street Brooklyn Ferry on Monday last week, jumped overboard to drown himself. After feeling the cold water, he screamed out that he wonld give five hundred dollars to anybody who would save him. A lad seven-teen years old, named Saturday Peters, (queer cognomen) took him at his word, unshipped one of the doors of the boat, which he suddenly threw over, and then jumped over himself.

He soon got Toombs upon the door, and they were both afterwards picked up. We understand, the money ($500) was promptly sent to young Peters. Sib, Joun Franklin not givex up. We are requested to contradict the statement which appeared in last Monday's Times, and which furnishes the ma-teri8lof a leading article in the same paper of yesterday's date. The Admiralty have not ordered Sir John Franklin's name to be struck off their books.

Such a measure could only be taken in the event of his death being reported, or all search proving fruitless for, so long as older captains are retained on the books, his age fsixty-seven) cannot be considered a disqualification. But no such report has been and even the searches now making by Belcher to the east, andCollinson to the west, are not yet concluded. Indeed, the latter, as we learn from the Am phi-trite, had not been heard ot by any one of the ship's sent to deposit provisions, Ac, last autumn, in his supposed homeward track. It is not tbe intention to 1 abandon Collison thus permanently without further searcu, anuin seeKing unu we may uupe aiso to discover some survivors of tvtj. -London, Dauy JSewa, ibth vlt.

tT'-The venerable Bishop Soule left Nashville on the 2Cth on his second visit to California, where he goes to further the interests of the Church, of which he is a highly esteemed and influential member, ATC IIEm MISSISSIPPI. FRIDAY, m. 13 183 1 The Lata City Clerk. Wo should be unjust to. our feelings did fail 1o express oar rejrret fit the failure tore-elect, by the Uoard of Selectmen, the late Clerk, Mr.

U. T. Venni-ottholz whose term of otiice has just expired not on account of any hostility to his successor, as from a. sincere conviction that any change Uheincumbehtof that office would resutt iu a loss to the 'icily. Thoroughly conversant with its duties, with the financial interestsof the city, and with its concerns, no fidelity the most exact, on the part of any new Clerk, no attention the most careful, can, for sonic brief period at least, make pood Mr.

Vonnigcrbol place Theouly fault we have ever heard assigned to Mr. was one springing from his own anxiety to serve the city the fault of an over-zealous care, which made him watch everything that concerned the city, with the same eager exactness that he would have exercised towards his own. Where he lost friends or made enemies, it was here that that resrvlt originated. Had he been less exacting as an officer, less careless of individual wishes, when they clashed with his convictions of what was due to the city, he might lmve gained in popularity, but the city might also have lost in the faithful discharge of the duties connected with the otliee. We had supposed that a new Board needed the aid of an experienced Clerk to assist them in the preparation of the City business; and that this feeling, apart from one of gratef ul remembrance of his faithful and unwearied services to the poor and needy during the recent epidemic, would have caused his retention in office.

The result has proved we were mistaken and while we express the confident hope and expectation that his successor will gladly follow the example which Mr. Vennigerholz basset, we esteem it a duty as it is a pleasure, to record au estimate of the services of the latter. His connection with theofiicelses bxjen a long one; honorable to himself, successful and advantageous to the city and if he may not havs made what in ordinary phrase would be called a popular clerk," he has the still more proud and gratifying recollection, that he has been a faithful, capable, and zealous officer, and has done for the city, what mere popu larity, without these other qualities, could never have accomplished. The Erie TIailiioad Riots. Meetings are being held all over the West, condemning the conduct of the riotous mobs at Erie, in tearing up rails, burning down bridges, thus obstructing the line of travel throughout a vast section of country.

One was held at Cincinnati on the night of the 20th which was presided over by Mayor Sntllbaker. Speeches were made by Gov. Corwin and other distinguished gentlemen, and resolutions expressing the sense of the meeting with regard to the conduct of the rioters and the action of Gov. Bigler were passed unanimously. One of the resolutions call the attention of the Federal Government to the lawless interruptions to commerce and the delay iu the transmit Kion of the mails, and requesting the Senators tmd Representatives from Ohio to give this matter prompt and serious consideration.

J3t7" la a narrative of travels on the Amazon-and Rio Negro, just published, Mr. Wallace describes an extraordinary tree, called the milk tree, which was one of the first wonders he saw near Para. The fruit is eatable, and full of a rich and' juicy pulp; but strangest or all is the vegetable milk which exudes-in abundance when the bark is cut. It has about the consistence of thick but for a very slight peculiar taste, could scarcely be distinguished from the genuine product of the cow. Mr.

Leavens ordered a man to tap some logs that had lain nearly a month in the yard. lie cut several notches in the bark with an axe; and in a minute the rich sap was running out in great quantities. It was collected in a basin, diluted with water, strained, and brought up at tea-time and at breakfast next morning. The peculiar flavor of the milk seemed rather to improve the quality of the tea, and gave it as good a color as rich cream in coffee it is equally good." The milk is also used for glue, and it is said to be as durable as that made use of by carpenters. MISSISSIPPI NEW3.

3f The Vicksburg Whig of the 10th inst. says-the Senatorial defeat will fall upon-Col. Davis' political prospects and hopes with a most chilling effect. His resignation of the office of Secretary of War, and installation into the Senate, has been looked to throughout the country as fixed facts since it has been know that Gov. Foote was defeated for the Senate, no one out of the State has spoken of any one else as Senator but Col Davis but now we thiuk that we, iu common with others, may claim a triumph for Gov.

Foote, because it is well known that next to lws- own success, he most desired the defeat of Col. Davis- We- Iiavo not received the proceedings of Saturday, but we learn from- Jackson-, that in the democratic caucus on Friday Brown received 38, and Davis 36 and in the Legislature on Saturday, Brown received 76 votas. Thirty-eight members who would not vote for Brown, distributed their votes as follows for II. S. Foote, 22 W.

L. Sharkey, 7 W. A. Lake, 3 A. IC.

McCIung, 2 F. Rogers, J. D. Freeman, 1 and J. A.

Quitman, I. Gor. Foote. We also learn by the Whig, that this distinguished gentleman resigned the office of Governor of the State of Mississippi on Friday last at 12 o'clock, and started the same evening to California, by way of Montgomery, and New York. expects to leave New York for the Golden State, by the first steamer after his arrival there.

He is known to be a lawyer of distinguished attainments and singular ability, aud we learn, goes with the brightest prospects of professional success. His family will remain here for a time, and be carries with him the best wishes of a host of friends, for un bounded prosperity iuthe State which he has chosen for a future residence. Col, Monroe has been elected State Senator from Lauderdale and Newton counties, to supply the vacancy caused by the resignation of Shields L. Hus- ney. He received about 100 majority above Gen.

W. H. Patton. rT The collection of volumes made by the veteran Place, just sold in Loudon br auction, was perhaps the most remarkable political library ever formed by a private individual. Mr.

Joseph Parke's purchased the entire collection of pulitical tracts, cuttings aud illustrations of the last 100 years history, all of them MS. catalogues. This portion, consisting upward of 3000 folio and octavo comprehended the secret history "of the Corresponding and Radical societies, the agitaiions" of 1831-2, the combination and machiuary committees of 1826-7, the National Corn-law League, the trades union societies, and other political movements," including the political trials and stale prosecutions of the last oentury, Mr, Place was dosirous that his own unique collections and those of Mr. Pai kes should be united, and ultimately, perhaps, recorded in the British Museum. try this is on the increase and of the most dangerous character, because it is religious, The wealthiest merchants of that capital are among the dissenters from the Orthodox Russian Church, and are generally not on good terms with the Gov eminent, but now they have offered to turnish niil- lioiiH of rubles to carrv on the holv war.

This ex ample will be followed by other cities and communities in the interior. On the other hand we are in formed-the Servians and Montenegrins are kept quiet as yet by the united exertions of Russia and Austria. If, however, no pacification should take place during the winter, Europe is really on the eve of a terrible conflagration. In such a case it is decided in the Imperial Councils to open a serious campaign, by stirring up all the elements of general discord. Paske-wiich will then be put at the head of the active army, numbering above 300,000 will march if he can directly on Constantinople Other corps tVelite, such as that of the Grenadiers and of the Guards, 130,000 in all, under the personal command of the Grand Dake Alexander, the heir apparent, will be drawn up in echelons between the theatre of war and Poland, which will be occupied by some 20,000 men of the Guards of the Interior, all of whom are veterans.

In Poland the peasantry take no interest in anything, and no chance exists there for a successful insurrection. Preparations on an extensive scale are now being made in the military colonics of cnralry near the borders of the Principalities, and the signal to rise will be given to the Montenegrinsand Servians when Mien services are wanted. As yet, however, the chances are about equal. With the spring we may see displayed the white Uagof peace or the blood-red flag of war. Should the.

latter be the case, Europe will bo parcipbd into two hostile camps, no power of the second or third order being able to remain neutral. How they will divide it is difficult to foresee precisely, but peace Will be nowhere. The first hostile acts will be marked by blockading the Baltic, the Euxine.and very likely the Mediterranean. The American will be the only neutral flag. Even Holland, Sweden, and the German free cities will soon be obliged to side with one or the othtr of the belligerents.

But God grant that they may not have occasion to make the choice Assuredly, a general war cannot lead to freedom anywhere. X. Y. Tiibaue. As a specimen of Bennett's occasicfttvV shoty at Prince John Van lhiren, we extract the following.

A Great Max in Israel- John Van Huren. Tn looking over the present party organizations in this city, we find that, though the old parties of are substantially broken up, they have something more at present than their usual city committees. The whigs keep their colors Hying bravely, though their late grand army has suffered the disasters of a Russian campaign. But, we have the Buffalo free soilers in full occupation of Tammany Hall, while the old line democrats have taken refuge in an obscure corner of the Stuvvesant Institute, up Broadway. Yes, while John Van Buren, John Cochrane, the Cambrelengs, the Purdys, and the Swackharners, have usurped the late party sanctum of St.

Tammany and the the old Sachems and the Old Guard are driven oft to hired lodgings. Such are the vicissitudes of party politics. What a change in the case of John Van Buren since 1848! What a remarkable, unexpected, and most extx-aordinary change! In the campaign of 1843 John was the very head and front the great apostle, prophet, and preacher of the Buffalo free soilers. Like a veritable Mahomet, he wandered about the country, preaching the abominations of slavery, and brandishing the old breeches of Marcy, to the astonishment of the old women of the rural districts. But John, in that campaign, steered clear of the Pewter Mug, and never once put his nose inside the doors of Tammany Hall.

He would come into the ark at some rieesoil gathering, for an Buren and Adams, crack a joke or two, and be off again, rvow behold mm. lie is the ureat Mogul ot lammany Hair theanointed champion of the spoils men around him while the old chiefs of the national democracy have been compelled to take up their quarters among the Egyptian antiquities of the Stuy- vesant institute. They nart sintered, and hungered, and endured may privatious for the sake of princi ples, and now absolute starvation stare3 tnem the faca as far as the spoils are concerned. A ell, John is a great mau in a certain way. lie can change his platform as readily as his old coat or his boots, and with the coolness ot a philosopher who knows that he is right all the time.

His conscience is easy and elastic, for whether among the abolitionists at Buffalo, or just from the kitchen Cabinet at Wash ington, John Van Buren is still the same; whether for principles or the spoils, he always-carries with 1 A 1 1 A mm tne air, ine oearing, ann ine expression oi an easy conscience and full stomach. Such a man finds no difficulty in standing on two or three platforms at the same time, or in changing from one to another. Sew York Herald. Boundary Line between Geoiigia axo Florida. Among the passengers who arrived here-yesterday bT the steamship Augusta, wras Judge Berrien, who recently went on to Washington to argue the question of boundary between Georgia and Florida.

It was only a short time since we stated that the two States, unable to come to any satisfactory agreement, had determined in a friendly way to submit the question of boundary to the decision of the Supreme Court. We learn from Judge Berrien that the case was not argued, because the-State of Florida, the complainant, was not ready to proceed. In cases of this kind, coming within the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, being controversies between sovereign States, great indulgence is extended. It would have been vain, therefore, to have resisted a continuance, and to have urged a dismissal of the bill. Besides, that would not have accomplished the wishes of Georgia, which are to have a final decision of the question on its merits.

Judge Berrien acquiesced, therefore, and did not resist the continuance, contenting himself with taking certain interlocutory orders calculated to expedite the cause. Savatinalt Jieul-lican, 4. Fire. Between 11 and 12 o'clock-last Tuesday night, the citizens of Clinton were aroused from their slumbers by the cry of fire. Upon proceeding to the place indicated by the light, it was lound to proceed from a small frame building on the south-west cor ner of the It had been untenanted tor a lonir time, and the fire was no doubt the work of an incendiary.

The flames were not extinguished until alt the bousesem the west side of the square, with the exception of the one on the south-east corner and next the Killian House, which was torn down, to gether with those on the street leading west from where the fare originated, as far as theClmton House, with the buildings back, were consumed. The Clin ton House was saved by almost superhuman exertions only, without a sufficiency of water or a fire engine. Too much praise cannot be awarded to some whom we saw working wun an energy mat anew noiauer ing until the Clinton House, and perhaps a large portion of of the town, was saved. The loss on the build inirs consumed, some ten or a dozen, was tritting, aad falls principally on Mr. M.

Harris, and the estates of Airs. KUIian and ltist. utmTOfb ci-aie ra per.PtC.Sl. "The report of (fie Commissioner of Pensions shows that it will require acres of land to satisfy the warrants already issued under the act of March 11, 1847, and 12,531,240 pores to satisfy those that have already issued the act of September 28ri850, and March making an aggregate oi acres 1 .1 ft XT- ..4 i 1 1 i i. tr-.