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    ITAII SIITISEL:
ANDREW J. KHKV, EDITOR.
EliENSBURO, I' A.
Thursday, February 5, IS32.
jyj, 77 A "SL'XTIXEL," has much the largest
circulation of any paper published in this county
and at an adc-rtisiig sheet offers superior induce-
meats to merchants end business men generally.
Those d-sirous of making vse cl this medium for
extending their business, can do so by either sending
their ytotices direct, or through the fullou-iig agents.
John Crouse, Esq., Johnstoicn.
V. li. Palmer, Esq., JVetc York, rhiladd'hia,
and lialiiinore.
ICR PUESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
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OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Andrew J. Oz- nf SnmK.
been appointed Charge to Denmark.
Hon. Henry Clay is still Tery unwell at J
Washington. lie had however so far recovered ;
Hi to be able one day last week to ride out; ac
companied by Lis physician.
XiJ)1" It is stated that the Hon. Mr. Merrick,
late a Senator of the United States from Mary
land, is to succeed Lewis Cass, Jr., as Charge
d'Affaires to Koine.
f " Little Delaware," it appears, is at last
about to amend her Constitution. " A bill calling
a State Convention to amend the Constitution of
the State, has passed both branches of the Legis
lature. Selection of .State Treasurer.
The Hon. John M. Bickcl, the present able ;
and efficient State Treasurer, has been re-elected
to that office for the ensuing year. The two
Mouses of the State Legislature met in conven
tion on the 10th ult., and on the first ballot the
vote stood ns follows:
John M. Bickel
George Darsic
Thomas Fisher
William Clark
"st G9 votes.
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Chas. 15. Trego
Adjutant Ccneral.
Vic learn that Gov. Bigler has appointed Col.
James Keenan, of Greensburg, 'Westmoreland
county, Adjutant General for the State of Penn
isylvania. Col. Keenan at present holds the offices of
Register and Recorder for Westmoreland county,
and is said to be eminently qualified for the po
sition to which he has just been appointed, lie
was a Lieutenant in the Mexican war, and his
brave and gallant conduct while an officer in ac
tual service is a sure guarantee that lie will
honor the office of Adjutant General of Pennsyl
vania. Gov. Evossulli.
The great Magyar and suite left Pittsburg on
Saturday morning last, and arrived at Cleveland
about seven o'clock the same evening.' He was
welcomed by a speech from Mayor Cass, to
which he replied briefly, as he was very much
fatigued. The military paraded in large num
bers, and there was a brilliant torch-light pro
cession. It is said that during Kossuth's stay in Pitts
burg about 10.000 was raised fyr ' aid to llua
iTi.rv." Silver in Xcw .Mexico.
The Washington Intelligencer states that a
despatch has lately been received from an army
oilieer in New Mexico stating that rich silver
mines have been discovered on the public lands
in the vicinity of Fort Fillmore. The chief vein
is Jive inches wide at the surface, and is exposed
. from the summit of the mountain, 1500 feet high,
t the base over 1000 yards long. The one is
very ri.h.
Gov. Kossuil and Go. Bigler.
In travelling westward from Harrisburg, the
cars containing Gov. Kossuth and suite, and the
Legislative committee, were met at Tuscarora
by the train in which Gov. Bigler was going to
Ilarrisburff. By previous arruncemfnt tlio fnv
stopped in order to allow the opportunity for an
interview between Kossuth and Gov. B., who
entered the car and was introduced to Gov. K.,
. v. ho addressed hiin as follows:
?VJK:.J am kappy to have met with so much
kindness and sympathy from the State of Penn
sylvania, the people of which well deserve the
confidence bestowed upon them. I feel highly
h.mored to meet the Governor elect of this peo
ple, a:d to express my warm hopes that in the
hands of your excellency I will meet with the
sympathy and support so far as the interest and
welfare of the United States will permit of
that cause which I, in my humble capacity,
plead nctore the mighty and very generous peo
. pie of the United States.
(ior. Bigler in reply s:dd :
Sir: It requires no assurance on my part, I
presume, at this day, to satisfy you that you
have the sympathies of the American people.
Aiuotiget those of my native Slate, so far as I
h ive personally heard them expressed, I am
well aware that they nro with you aud your
o.u-.c, I trust the time is not far distant when
t lis sympathy will become to your prostrate
country, something far more important than
sympathy. The sympathy which you are ex-
iting here for the cause of your country, Itrast,
will soon become practical aid to the glorious
can e which you represent. Whether, sir, in
the capacity of the executive officer of this State
r the humble cit'uen, you will have'lntr warmest
lctlicgB, an-L, if God spares my life, any aid that
lean give.
AMES
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iiuuiiii i aw
Cambria Kntire.
Wo sec by the rejiorts of the proceedings of
the Legislature, that efforts are being made to
dismember Cambria County. It is a mystery to
us why any sauc, sensible man should wish to
divide this Comity, now one of the smallest in
the State. Let us reason the case, .calmly and
eooly. First, iu point of population, we are
not entitled to a single member of the Legisla
ture, so we cannot be too much crowded; and,
in point of territory, nny common man can
v.alk "to the seat of justice in six hours, from the
farthest part of the County. And on what
grounds they can ask the division we cannot
for the life of us sec.
Wc are not jealous of the growth and pros
perity of Johnstown. On the contrary wc wish
it all success; but we unhesitatingly condemn
i all attempts at division, and would advise the
member who has this project in charge to attend
to the affairs of his own County.
, .legislative.
We have not yet received any news very im
portant from Harrisburg. The time of both
Houses has been occupied pretty much in the
consideration of bills entirely of a local or pri
v.-ite nature.
Is the Senate Gen. Packer has introduced a
bill to repeal the 4th and Cth Sections of the
Kidnnrninsr law of 1817. The attention of that
hodv h;i nlsa lipen nml f nlrr nn in tla '''"
sion of the bill relative to the Snnbury and Erie
Railroad. This is an important bill, which au-
thorizes corporations of all kinds to subscribe to
the stock of the road. An amendment offered by
Gen. Packer has been adopted, which provides
for submitting the question of subscription by
counties, &c, to a vote of the people. This,
however, is about to be re-considered.
The House, on Saturday last, passed a reso
lution calling upon the Canal Hoard for informa
tion relative to the expenses of the Portage Rail
road, with an estimate of the additional expense
and time required to complete that portion of
the work necessary to avoid the use of the In
clined ri mes Nos. 2 ami 3 with a continuous
road to the foot of No. 4.
A committee has also been appointed to visit
the Portage Road and examine its present con
dition. Mr. Blair, of Centre county, has introduced a
bill to prevent the immigration of negroes and
mulattoes into this State. This bill will be
found on our first page, and it is thought may
pass.
A number of bills for the re-charter of old
banks, as well as for some new ones have been
reported in both Houses, but we do not much
fear a paper currency being increased with Gov.
Bigler at the helm of State.
Tlie Alproiriation Hill.
We hope that the present Legislature will not
adopt the rules of the preceding ones, by lea
ving this important bill to the hurry and bustle
of the last daj' of the session. The committee
of ways and means is generally selected from
among the best and soundest men ef that body;
aud, although this is the case, still there should
be time allowed the Legislature itself to inves
tigate the Appropriation Rill in all its parts.
At the present time it is very important that
this bill should be reported early, as large sums
will, and ought to be, appropriated to the com
pletion of the North Branch Canal, and also
for finishing the Road to avoid the Planes on
the Portage Rail Road, so as to allow the mem
bers to make provisions to spend the money
judiciously and wisely.
Wc have too much private legislation; and
wc are decidedly of the opinion that less of
that, and more attention to the interests of the
State would be the legitimate business of our
State Legislatures.
.
Anol tier County for SSuthatian.
Chester county, at her Convention on Tuesday
last, unanimously instructed her delegates to
vote fur Buchanan delegates to Baltimore. The
delegates to Harrisburg are Andrew Murphy,
John Gilfillan and Major M'Veogli.
Governor Hitler's First Veto.
On Thursday Governor Bigler sent to the
Senate a veto of a bill supplementary to the act
incorporating the Hanover Branch Rail Road.
The main object of the bill was not exceptiona
ble, but it seems to have been drawn in a loose
and careless mauuer, which might have con
ferred on the company powers highly objection
able. No limit appeared to have been fixed to
the bonds that the company were to issue, and
a construction might have been placed upon it
that would have given tin be bonds the charac
ter of a currency.
In looking into this matter and endeavoring
by every means iu his power, to arrest legisla
tion that will prevent improper paper issues,
Ouvurnfi- lliglttv will rouJcr au important ser
vice to the people of Pennsylvania. He is op
posed to Governor Johnston's scheme of free
banking, opposed to the chartering of banks
without proper restrictions, and to every move
ment that has a tendency to viciate our cur
rency; and in all these matters his efforts will
meet the hearty approval of the people.
At various periods in our history the people
of Pennsylvania have suffered so intolerably by
paper swindles, that they are exceedingly sen
sitive on this subject, and it will be highly grati
fying to them to know that the "new Governor
will spare no effort to keep our currency as near
the real specie standard as possible. Union.
Explanation ofCount Casimir Bat
tliyauys Letter.
The DemokraiUehtr Volkcrbund, published in
New York, states that Mr. Hubner, the Austrian
Minister at Paris, has received orders from Yi.
eiiiia to extcud the assurance of pardon to Hun
garian refugees who shall publicly assail Kossuth,
and that these orders expressly mention Count
Casimir Batthyauy. AVith such a pardon he of
course receive bai-k his large estates, which had
been confiscated. ; This explains the Count's let
ter to. the London Time?, and accounts for the
utter contradiction of. hi previous actions and
opinion' which it couiaiiiK.: .
Gov. JSisler's Inaugural.
The Public Ledger, good authority on ques
tions of finance, currency and political economy
in general, thus endorses the sentiments tnd
opinions expressed in the Inaugural Address of
Governor Bigler:, :
" The .inaugural address of Gov. Bigler is a
death-knell in Pennsylvania to the speculators
in banking. He is in favor of a specie basis,
and opposed to correspondingly increasing the
paperssues with nny increase of the aggregate
stock of coin. There can. therefore he no
"free banking" in Pennsylvania with his as
sent, during his administration; nor will he fa
vor any legislation that will tend to expand the
currency, because the stock of coin may be
increased, lie truly considers the purpose of
a circulating medium to be a matter of conve
nience to tho people, and should be of just such
an cmount'os the transactions of wholesome
business may require, and no more. If the
coin increases, there is the less necessity for
paper. Ihese are Bound sentiments'," and if
carried out, will give us a currency of the best
character, and at the same time protect us from
th ose ruinous fluctuations those contractions
and expansions which, while they benefit the
few, carry loss and ruin to the many. He re
bukes gently though forcibly those gentlemen
who are continually clamoring for protection,
advocating an increase of banking and a larger
flow of paper money. lie shows what we have
often stated, that a redundant currency enhan
ces nominal values, and to a greater or less ex
tent nullifies any reasonable amount of protec
tion that our federal laws may enact for the
purpose. Instead of asking for more banks
and more paper money, the manufacturers aud
those persons who sympathise with their demand
for protection against foreign competition, to be
consistent, aud to render the discrimination in
our revenue laws in favor of domestic manu
factures most efficient, should be the advocates
of a steady, uniform and appreciated currency.
The more ' currency is depreciated the greater
nominal amount it takes to manufacture a yard
of cloth or to make a ton of iron, aud the more
do the makers of the cloth and the iron have to
give for the food on which they live, and the
raiment which they wear. In our home trans
actions, the result i3 pretty much the same,
whether the curruncy is cheap or dear. But it
so happens that the business of the country is
not w holly a domestic one. Wo trade with other
nations, and of some wc buy more than we sell,
and the difference has to be made up in moiey;
and our creditors iu such cases always discrim
inate, in our mixed currency, in favor of the
coin, rejecting the paper. So, that too nuch
paper works a double evil it prevents tho do
mestic manufacturer from producing as chtaply
as his foreign rival, and thereby makes an out
let for our coin, which still more depreciates
the currency, and, to the extent of the depreci
ation, further incapacitates the manufaciurer
from producing at such prices as will eiable
him to hold command of even his own market.
The new Governor wisely directs attention to
this Important feature of our mixed currency;
and as the manufacturers are generally armaig
the loudest of the clamorers for more banking
facilities, we trust they may be induced to look
into the inconsistency of their conduct, nd,
should they fail to reach the same conclusions
to which the Governor has arrived, they will at
least have respect for his opinions, and not seek
to make him as inconsistent as thdnselvcs, by
inluciug him to part from his present purpse.
Tho Governor truly says, " there is no more
dangerous political heresy taught in our land
than that the prosperity of the country is to be
created l y its legislation. A just policy can
only guard and protect the legitimate means of
production from special privileges the devices
of the cunning and the wicked. The people
should rely on their own individual efforts,
rather than the mere measures of government
for success." This is as wholesome as true.
Gov. Bigler, like the estimable Shunk, is in
favor of the individual liability on corporators
to the fullest extent."
destruction of tlie State B Souse at
Columbus, Olilo.
Colu.mlus, Ohio, Feb. 1. The old State House
was completely destroyed by fire this morning.
The fire broke out in the Senate Chamber about
-i o'clock, and before the flames could be reached
the heat had become so intense as to drive the
firemen and others to such a distance as to ren-
ler all efforts to save th building unavailing.
The desk of the Clerk of the House -was saved,
together with most of the valuable papers of the
body, but everything else was destroyed.
The Legislature will probably adjourn after
the reception of Gov. Kossuth, w ho is expected
here on Wednesday. The Odcon (Neill's) Hall,
or tho Supreme Court room will probably be
used for the meeting of the Legislature until
other arrangements are made.
Later f'roni Mexico.
B.ALTiMoiu:, Jan. 31. The New Orleans p:;pcrs
to the 2 1th were received this morning, bringing
dates from the City of Mexico, to the 28th De
cember. They represent the country generally
as quiet. The members of the new Congress
were gradually .arriving at the Capital. The
session was to commence on thc2d of January.
M. Ramirex would most likely be chosen Presi
dent of the Senate, and M. Puesta, of the House.
President Arista assisted at a grand bull fight
at the Capital on the 21st December, during
which a serious row occurred between the Mexi
cans and the Spaniards. President Arista was
among the foremost iu hissing the latter. The
riot was quelled without serious results.
Several revolutionary movements had occurred
in different . portions of the country. One had
taken place on the Isthmus of Tehauntepec,
headed by ex-Gov. Ortiz, but all had been put
down, though not without some fighting.
II was reported in the City of Mexico, that the
house of Mcintosh was about suspending; but
the report is contradicted. -Messrs. Graniis &
Co., have arranged with their creditor,.
Keimblicaii tendencies in England.
A powerful movement is now in progress in
England to extend the suffrage. To be a voter
in that country, a man must either occupy a
house at a rent of, ten pounds, or own land pro
ilucinjr' forty -shillings a year. Societies have
been formed called " Freehold Land Societies,"
for the purpose of purchasing estates and selling
them out again in lots of the required value, t
mechanics and others, at prime cost. . The idea
was originated by a Mr. James Taylor, four
years ago. The first meeting consisted of him
self and one other person, whose united capital
amounted to tiro shillings sterling. Says the
Weekly London Times:
"At this moment there are upwards of one
hundred societies in England and Wales, con
taining 43,000 members, who r have subscribed
for C5,000 shares. They have purchased one
hundred and fifty estates, and created no less
tnan ireeholds. I be immense sum of
400.000 has been actually paid up, and the
subscriptions exceed 2,000,000. In the year
just closed the fourth since the project was set
in motion there has been a large increase of
members, and the money actually l'eceived
amounts nearly to a quarter of a million sterling.
Already the political effects of the movement are
felt in several districts ; and in the divisions of
counties near Birmingham, where there has been
mo. vi activity, it is ociicvcu mat tuuvv.. 1..J.,
pendent freeholds have been created to wrest
the representation from the hands of the great
; hitherto nominated the noble
rable gentlemen sur-posed by
magnates who have
lordhr.gs and honorable gentlemen supposed by
a constitutional fiction to be sent into the Com
mons House of Parliament by. the people at
large. If the same rate of progress be main
tained for a few years longer, the English coun
ties w ill be enfranchised, and the people will be
able to dictate reforms, instead of supplicating,
cap in hand, to a Lord John Russel, or sending
petitions to be deposited, unread and unheeded,
in the cellars of the House of Commons."
A leading person in the new movement is Mr.
Cobden, of Manchester. It has an opponent in
the Morning Chronicle, which objects to the
scheme on the ground that "a prime desidera
tum, in a poor man's investment, is convertibili
ty into cash without los3 of time or money,"
which desideratum an investment in land does
not possess.
Irlsli lxiles.
The Queen of Spain added an unfading laurel
to her administration, by the generous conduct
w hich she manifested towards those unfortunate
young men known as the "Cuban prisoners."
She released them, and sent them away 1 ejoicing.
It is also believed that Gov. Hunt, of New York,
will pardon Lopez, a young man and a subject
of Spain, now under sentence of death. This
is all exceedingly proper because the circum
stances in both cases justify the proceedings.
But what docs the Queen of England intend to
do for the Irish exiles and patriots. Will she
permit them to linger in ignoble imprisonment,
or restore them to their families and friends ?
How long must O'Brien, Meagher, and their
glorious compeers suffer imprisonment. This
is a question that the world has a right to ask,
and we are in hope that England will imitate the
merciful example of Spain.
We have welcomed the Hungarians. Congress
has received Kossuth and it now behooves that
same Congress to earn additional applause, by
procuring the release of the Irish patriots. Their
condition is peculiarly different from that of the
Cuban prisoners, for while they sought to esta
blish their native land on as proud an eminence
as its neighbors the " Fillibusters" invaded a
foreign country, and labored to provoke the se
dition of a people professedly peaceful and con
tented. O'Brien fought for his home and his
friends Meagher plead for his prostrate coun
try and his starving countrymen and all, for
national and humane reasons, prayed for the
emancipation of Ireland.
The time has really and truly come when
some "substantial" effort should be made in
behalf of the Irish exiles. This it seems, is the
propitious period, and England has now the
opportunity of emulating a sublime example,
which other nations have set her. Venn' an.
Extraordinary Immigration of Uie
CjJijJsU.s I'roni IJUtzsgury.
A people of mysterious origin, insensible to
all civilization, ami insensible to all religion,
after a repose of four hundred years, has once
more grasped the pilgrim's staff to go beyond
the reach of modern legislation, and seek for
itself a new country. Alarmed at the re-organization
of the Kingdom of Hungary by the usur
pations of the Austrian Government in that
country, where , they have so long enjoyed the
immunities of an uninterrupted freedom, they
have been for some time wandering in swarms,
aud in all directions throughout tho Austrian
monarchy, seeking an outlet into another more
friendly land. Accustomed, for centuries, in
Hungary to live apart from the rest of its popu
lation as unmolested dwellers in holes and caves,
earning the necessaries of life without much
exertion, they have found themselves narrowly
watched. Averse to, and inceused at this state
of surveillance, it has wrought them into an un
heard of st ate of excitement, and, to the desperate
resolve to leave forever their wonted hearths to
seek once more their ancient country from which
so many centuries ago they were driven by some
unknown power. To sco this people in their
present impulsive act of emigration is said to be
wonderful. Like the wild denizens of the forest,
enclosed on all sides, they seek au issue out of
the frontier pale of Europe, numbers have pene
trated on their pilgrimage as far as the Tyrol,
and even to Switzerland ; Bohemia and Austria
proper swarm with their hordes, and many have
penetrated southward across the Turkish fron
tiers. They speak of nothing but their new
country, where there are no frontiers, no pass
ports, and no gens d'armes. They say they
came from Egypt, and must now return thither.
nimiCs Hungary.
fsf M. Hulseman has gone to Havana.
Governor Kossuth's Suite
The following interesting account of the gcu-j
uemen composing uie buub ui o,.
oopy from the Pittsburgh 1 ost:
Mr. Francis Pulzsky was a opposition leader .
in the Hungarian Diet, then under Secretary o
State. At the aec of twenty-two, ho compiled
tho finmmowi.i rv..li nfterwnrds nccpted for
the Huncrnriiin K !nrilini. '" '
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- Being at Vienna during the treacherous inva
sion of Jcllachich, Kossuth forwarded to him the
, oen.l ,.f !. 1,,C(. 0.. Tniirt tn . c achlC
captured before the defeat of that denrai,
and,"
proving the connivance of the Imperial Ministry.
I- t- I- Al .1 tt. r. i J.icTVtl lirr.
1.1 puoiisniug tnese uocuuieui--, n .
li, M. 1 uizsky occasioned tue ouiurca i
enna. He has since been the Hungarian Rep
resentativc in England.
Mr. Paul Haijuik was member for Pesth
111 nuu-iiiu iit-i, -in'-i .."-
iu- ponce buperviMou m in-
Colonel Count Bcthlen is the lineal descendant; -.j at a3 jf ; a j,jzcn "J"
of the Princess cf Trar.svlvania, in suppertingj . ... , , ...
, r ' . A Y afdiiugton letter writer states tl.it v
whose cause asramst the House of Hapsburg, . , . . . , nai .
, Sclav is constantly receiving boxe ihJV.h
seventeen of Kossuth's ancestors formerly per-; , , . . ' iLim
t i , . r,, r. . i and packages of quack medicines, frcni ail r,-;
ished on the field, or by tho scaffold. Count; , 'i r-ns
J .... ' of the country, recommended for all i
Bethlen was much distinguished during the war! , . . t. ' .. Ir ,l" Str(s ail
0 i descriptions of diseases,
as a cavalrv officer. He suffers from, the effects j
of a pistol" shot, w hich traverse! his body, iu a j Jt is "rortod that the majority of tie p,!iticki
celebrated duel with one of the EstcrhaM S, r:'fuScc5 now in London intend to cn.e to Anieri
whom he killed upon the spot. j fa, and that the British Government has bea
Mr. Henningsen was aid-de-camp to General re'i"c'Sted by iorci,. Fworo t oliinSu
Zumalacarrcgue until that General was killed. to "Uuiu grants otl&na for the emigrants.
I "C TrrtC a3d Thshed the principal account
i lhat c? tcrwards took the command
Uie cavairy oi .Irragoii, at the battle ot ldar -uihk nse. An irirJi paper says, that if the lar. i
dc los Navarros, and defeated the Gienaukis of lords lo not specdiiy come to terms with t!t'r
the guard with au irregular force before the tenants, the emigration will be univen-A.
walls of Madrid. j Su.metiux.; Nkw. A Railroad track has
Mr. Henningsen having afterwards become i laid on the ice across the Susquehanna, at IblM'..
well acquainted with the Russian Empire, pub-; do Grace, so that cars crots over without w
lished the "Revelations cf Russia." White ; least detention. This is the first railroad, Z
Slave," " Eastern Europe," aud other works, believe, that has ever bctn constructed on i'u. h
which, together with the writings of David L'r- a foundation.
gubert, have been principally instrumental in .j,. ,i i ' t -i ,
. .. ,. 1 , 1 . J , . , Auieauf.il collision lately took place on w,
exposing the policy and me character oi the r. r-itd. ,-w i .j - , .
. . ' , . Li.pish railway, and the engineer through wlr
Russian Despotism. Mr. Henningsen was ai-!f.i't ; ,r,..,.,i , . .
1 c 1 tauit it occurred, after escaping most mirncu-
porated Commissarv' to supervise and conduct i sr, , t . , ..
' , , irem t.:e catastrophe, immediately, ia
the defence of Comorn, which surrenucrcd be-1 ft ,,f .,,,t i : .. ,i ...
I i.t ot uo.-paii, cut Jiif turoat and threw h:m-c'f
fore he could enter that fortress, lie was Gov. . into a lu.;riv,rii:g rivtr.
Kossuth's representative at Cui-stai-nii ji'le. I . ...
-vr i i . - i , I llIE "ASTiixcrox .MoM.ME.NT. It 15 stated i-
Mr. Massingberd is an English gt.iitk'm:.n, , .. , ., , T.. u
. - . , ? ,T- .1 ' i'-"tt-is from Col. Kimmell, of Maryland, written
originally m the navy, who vis.tcu Kossuth m' ... . . . .
his captivity in Asia, and
taincd him with his suit
r , TT . ,. ...
London, lie has thrown up his commission in
1
the Royal Horse Guards, (commomy cal.ed
blues) to devote himself to the cause of Hun
gary.
Later from tlie IUo Grande.
Baltimuiik, Jan. 31. We have advices from
Galveston to the lGth inst. The Indians were
committing great depredations in Western Texas.
Lieut. Burleson and five others, had been at
tacked by them, and had been forced to take
refuge in a chapparel, leaving behind them all
their mules and .3,000 in gold, which the In
dians seized and carried off. Other expeditions
had suffered to even a greater extent.
Caravajal and his forces were lurking about
the Rio Grande, secretly but actively re-info rcing
for another attack on Matamoras. The C. S.
District Attorney at Galveston, has been instruct
ed to commence prosecutions against all the
Americans concerned with Caravajal, for a vio
lation of the neutrality laws.
The Legislature of Texas has before it a rceo
lution nominating Gen. Houston for President.
Capt. Miller, an old citizen of Brownsville,
had been assassinated at Santa Rita.
The cold weather had killed large numbers of
cattle at MatasrorJa.
Tlie Forest Kivorcc. Case.
The Eorest divorco case, that has occupied i
H,o -ittontirm nf Xpw Vnvk- Prnirt f,-.r 111ftri,
than a month, has been brought to a close. Thelten and a-half millions; pork, four and a-quar-jury
found Mr. Forest guilty of infidelity to his j ter mi"'--3 ; tobacco, nine millions ; ice, o:.o
wife, granted her a divorce, and awarded her ! hundred nJ six thousand; books and maps, tne
three thousand dollars a inar for a support. This
to us seemed to be rather an extraordinary ver
dict, for so far as we read the evidence, we
thought that Mrs. Forest and the whole literary
clique that held their revels in Twenty-Second
street, might have been found guilty of almost
every kind of impropriety. WTe do not think
that our readers would be very highly edified
w ith the details of this most extraordinary legal
proceeding, where they seemed to try the char
acter of parties, witnesses and spectators, the
living and the dead, at the same time. We
shall therefore not extend our remarks farther
on the subject. Harrisburg Union.
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Gen. Foote ami tlie Secessionists.
The evening previous to his iuauguration, j
General Foote delivered a speech in the capitol
at Jackson, Mississippi, in which he defied the
Secessionists; and if the Legislature failed, as
it was rumored they would, to go into an elec
tion of United Senators, he gave fair notice that
he should appoint tw o Union Senators to fill the
vacant places, as he had the power to do; and
if they failed to elect to the six years' term,
commencing March 4, 1S53, he should call au
extra session of the Legislature in February
18-33, for that especial purpose ; and if they
then failed, he would take issue on the point
before tho people, and devote himself to the
canvass ! "1 have said it," said he, " and will
not take back one word. As sure as there is a
God in heaven, if living, I will staud to what I
have uttered!" . The response of the crowd was
most enthusiastic.
James Montgomery, the poet, a Sheffield
(Eng.) paper says, has read the notices of his
death, in the American papers, with their ac
companying eulogies, with much satisfaction,
and, what is more, read them without the aid of
glasses.
rs The Conslilulionelles Jllalt aus Euhmen
has a letter from Pesth, dated Dec. 20, stating!
that the report, which had been ia circulation,
that the mother of Kossuth had deceased, was
entirely erroneous.
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laving left
aud twenty others a single village.
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save one uay in time, and consider
nl danjrer.
Gcu. Avezzana, the well-known Iuiiurj
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tiiis.
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-( .wnan-.w , mi uaugiuer ot Li"n
- - Fanny Morfogh, late "of Cork.
J Some gills, in kissing, purse up tlieir u.
in oS jf t'!K.y wcre aVll,t to rcrforiil JQ
j j ms i3 wrong ; Kissing is a luxni-v thpt
i ijc inuu:gea m wita "an nrietitc ,
ofj 1 emigration from Ireland, in spite of t!
of, unfavorabicness cf the season, continue, t. le
, ., . --'"'- i"i'cji3 in-utit'u two lianu-
ulsc;ue::t y enter- , . , - . , ,
... . i tome u.ocks of maiLle to be prepared fi.r tLc
in liis Luuse, in;,;- ,. , , r
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shortly to dispatch to this country,
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xsvms iJiauo wines to tne ixnuon OJobe, tLit
he has the certainty, founded upon facts which
have come under his personal knowledge, that
there exists between Louis Bonaparte, tlie Em
peror of Russia, and the Emperor of Austria, a
project of alliance, having for its aim the destruc
tion of the principle of liberty in Europe.
Another attempt has been made on the life of
Haynau, by setting fire to his house. He was
residing on his Hungarian estate. The affair
took place in the night, while the General w.-3
asleep in a detached building in the garden of
his chateau. He awoke in time to make Lis
escape, but not soon enough to prevent that of
the criminal.
The New York Times says the Hungarian Com
mittee of that city have devised a scheme fir
raising money for the proposed loan for Hung
ry, and they have decided to issue bonds. The
bonds will be in sums of one, five, ten, twenty,
fifty and a hundred dollars, each cne bearir.g
the signature of Kossuth, and made pavhble lv
the Government of Hungary, upon the tstabli.-h-ment
of a Republic.
The exports from the United States, for the
year ending June 20th, 1S51, amounted to otic
hundred and ninety-six and a-half millions of
dollars. The following arc some of the item.-::
cotton, one hundred and twelve millions
flour.
- -six mousanu ; apples, seven: -
one tnou?an-J.
Young Edgar Ney, son of the great and unfor
tunate Marshal, is now an Aid-de-camp to Louis
Napoleon, and the same post of honor was ac
corded to him in the inauguration procession,
as was awarded to his father when Napoleon
was crowned, to wit, the right-hand side cf ihs
President. This incident is regarded as an in
dication that the remains of Marshal Ney will
not be allowed much longer to repose in a plain
and unhonored grave.
The Pittsburg Gazette has been authorized to
deny the statement that the Sublime Porte has
protested against the return of Kossuth to Eng
land. When the United States first applied for
his liberation, the Sultan did not yield because
he believed that it was to be effected on condition
that Kossuth should go to America. The Sultaa
declared that he would protect Kossuth against
his enemies so long as he remained in his do
minions, and that when he left Turkey he should
be free to go where he pleased.
It is said that Commodore Terry is engaged
at Washington in fitting up an expedition to the
East Indies, and that on arriving there, he will
pay his respects to His Japanese Majesty. The
expedition, according to rumor, will embrace
three steamers, (the Mississippi, Princeton anl
the Susquehanna, the last of which sailed some
time since,) and several sailing vessels. The
object is to bring the Japanese into the comma11
brotherhood of mankind, and break up the mo
nopoly of the trade which the Dutch have so
long enjoyed.
We find in our German papers an account of
one Gen. Peyster, who is said to be now travel
ing in Europe on a mission from the Amcncafli
Government. His duty is to examine the porta
and fortifications of the countries of Euror6
At the last advices he was at Nice, in SarJiniar
which rdace he found so pleasant that he stat
there several days, though it has neither a fort
nor a harbor. We believe there was nothing
about this mission in the President's Message
or the Report cf . the Secretary of War.r-O
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