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f Sv'j'cet to the dtcisU-n of (he J:i,ucra'.!c Curt
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FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
HEXRY S. MUTT.
lu'jtct to lit d 'iion of the Dem ocratic Cn fratfrn
CCT'Tfce Message of the President of the Unite-el
5 ates has clicked much commendation from the
prejudiced of all parties. It is an ably written
locurnent, and refers to the various interest? of
he country in a very clear and satisfactory man
or. It is very gratifying to know that cur rcla
ions with the various foreign powers are of an
,micablc character. The great interests of Ag
icuUurc and Commerce are flourishing beyond
recedent. The receipts in the- Treasury are
,nite large and a vast surplus rcvinuc has aceu
lulatctl in the dificront departments of the pub
ic money. It has become the settled policy of
he Government to limit the receipts in the treas
,ry to something like what may be needed to
icet thecuFrent expenses, and to edict this ch
id the Secretary of the Treasury recommends
hat various articles which elo not come in coui
rtition with the productions of this country, and
hich arc now subject to a heavy duty, be per
.itted hereafter to come in free. If Congress act
pon the recommendations of the Secrets ry, and
.lopt the policy' indicated by him, there will be
o danger hereafte r of a vast surplus accumula
ng in the vaults of the Treasury. la 1830 there
as a heavy surplus revenue, and nearly an ca
.c session of Congress was occupied in devijing
cans of disposing cf it. The subject was a very
inoying one and gave rise to much acrimonious
ibatc. The surplus wo parcelled out among
he States at last, and was of a very little advan
ige to any of them. The States ought not to
ecomc pensioners on the bounty of the General
iovernmcnt. .Nor she, the alrnoncr to scatter
er surplus accumulations among them.
Tlie Futlic Printing.
An effort is now being made to induce the
cgislature of Pennsylvania at the approaching
jssion to pass a law authorizing the publication
f the laws by the newspapers of the Comtnon
.'ealih. We highly approve of this project, and have no
jubt its adoption would meet the cordial appro
ation of the people of the State. A knowlcelgc
f the current legislation of Pennsylvania is not
ufilcicntly disseminated among iho people of the
tate. . The present mode of publishing and dis
.ibuting the ublic laws does not meet the exi
;encies of tho people, nor impart to them an car-
knowledge of those .enactments, by wliich
heir elearost interests arc effected. This state
i" things should not be allowed to continue.
7hile an ignorance of the law excuscth no man
.-ho may transgress it, yet in a free land it is the
ght of tha people to know what wrong legisla
tion has been practised on them by the public
rvant.4.
As it is, in ?onie of tho counties of the State,
ashuigton for instance, the pamphlet laws have
ot been received for tho last session. This ele
ty in their transmission is altogether unpaidon
ble ; wenmst presume there is similar direlec
ion in reference to othe-r counties. Cut whether
r not our proposition to publish the laws by the
ewspapers wouhl meet the public wants, and
ive the constituents some chance of knowing
JW far their rights are invaded by the trench
it legislation at Ilarrisburg.
The Homestead Bill, reported in Congress,
few elays ago, bj Mr. Dawson, provides that a
.y person who is the head of a fainily,and a citizen
f tho United States, shall be entitled to enf er, free
f cost, one quarter section of vacant and uuapro
iriated public land?, or a quantitj- equal thereto,
toiaftVVVHJWfeT'-'and after
"ho same shall have been surveyed. Five years'
2sidcnce is required upon said land, after the
ate of entry, before a patent shall issue therefor,
nd the land is to be exempt from all liabiliy for
ny debt contracted prior to the issuing of tho
itent. Reside-nU of any Srate or Territory, not
aturalized, are to bo placeel upon tho same foot
lg ascitizeus, provided they have Hied their deela
ation of intention, and shall become citizens l c
oro the insurance of the patent. No individual
3 to be permitted to make more than one entry,
ind exitsing pre-emption rights arc to be in no
way interfered with.
Peuna. Rail Ecad.
: Passengers will be taken through to New York
from Pittsburg, via the Pennsylvania Rail Read,
and the New Jersey roads, on and after the 12ih
of January next, at tho exceedingly low rate of
80,50. -
Tho mountain derision of tho Roael will be
opened cn the 10th of January. The fare will
then bo reduced to eight dollars, and time for
conveying passengers through on the express
train will then be only twelve hours. -
IH7" In another column will be found an inter
ring Utter from Mr. Win. B.
Si pes.
For the Democrat and Sentinel.
Belfast, Ireland, Dee. 8, 1353.
" Everything earthly has an end," says the
c!d adage, and, thank Providence, I have found
that of my journey. Here I am, comfortably
seated in a good room-, in a good Hotel, in the
creates t cemmcrcial city in Ireland, and I rm
i free to confess tSat my fust impressions of this
j inland are very favorable. Never yet have I seen
j a more picturesque ir.oro fi-rtik more love'y
! (vrr.try thr.n that portion of the " Green Isle "
through which I have journeyed ; and I can well
j ed to her why it is that, no matter how much
fortune may favor them and providence smile
upon them, they can never forget " eld Ireland."
Our trip was pleasant and speedy. On the
Colli of November, we .sailed ficm New York in
the Steamship Pacific, (as good a vessel as ever
plowed the Atlantic,) anil arrived at Liverpool on
-'K! morning of Wednesday the 17th of December,
having accomplished the voyage in ten days and
sixteen hours. Throughout the whulo period of
our sea-faring the weather was pleasant, and but
once did ' old Ncp" show his temper. That was
en Saturday the Gd ult. For a time lha sea ran
high, and the waves rolled over our ship, but,
owing to the fact that I was slightly sea sick, I
diel not witness the grandeur c f the scene.
Speaking of f ea sickness reminds me that, as
you, readers, live " high and dry," you knew
nothing about what I mean. "Well, I will ex
plain as near as I can from Tny experience, what
the affection is like. Imagine, then, the feelings
of an individual suffering with a violent head -ache
and a burning fever, after having ttken about
half-a-dozen emetics, and then multiply all these
sensations, (which, by the way, you will Con
clude are not pleasant,) by ten, ?.Tid you will ar
rive at a tolerably correct idea of what this dread
ed disease is like. All this, however, will not
serve to give you a full opinion, lor you m.er.t
bear in mind th:t a sca siek individual receives
no sympathy. No. not a whit. His best frienelj
will laugh !.t him; and the mo-t consoling thought
he can have is that he will yet have a chance to
laugh at them. During the continuance of the
horrid plague, von forget all fear, and feel and
I express pti niter meliiterence to iate. lou wenu
just as soon be in a storm as a calm just be as
willing to sink as swim.
It is amusing to watch the approaches of this
sickness. Although like tho measles, " every
body Ins it once," yet no one will ackait th;t
they fei in symptoms, or dreed its attacks.
You meet your friend in the morning, inquire as
to health, and are told that he uevcr felt tetter.
A tier a while see him Talking with f-hurried
step, and carefully avoiding everyone likely to
speak to him. Tl'. i co-inUnanco elongates, the
corners cf h'3 mouth slightly Lwit:.-h, and its
lt!l v?" with him, deciJ.-dly. Speak lo him
then, an 1 you catch U. Wii'a cuut.-., net loud
1 ut deep, yea we ix-fjrred to a wanu clter., and
yc-i might si well attempt to stop the paddk'-
whctls as ali-iy Ins wrath.
Or shins company wag pleasant, and time
flew rapidly. AVc break.".tetci at 8, had lunch
at 1-2, dined at 4 and took tea iiw S in t!i3 evening.
The intermeeliaia hom-s were occupied wi'.h prom
enr.din j, talking, singing and euere an 1 wLL'it
playing. A r.umlercf ii;VI-s were Oil board,
and although none of them would hive servcl
fur a raodel of venua, yet they wcie good looking
and agreeable. They were light hem led aud so
ciable, and the voyage would have been far more
tedious without them.
The Hia.ier.lino portion of cur passenger list
wt.s composed of eery p-cit3 of tba ger.x; homo,
from every clinic. Amerku, Suglk-h, fpanish,
Gcrma.!, Turk and Swir;s, wen thers, an 1 pre
sented an array M inn-resting as well could be
found, h'ome smo'.'cd, soni'j drank, Mane swore,
sonic dnene'cd, aut sot jo "did nothing." The ma
jority of them were P. B.'s and as I parted with
them with the thought that never on earth could
we meet again, I did -o with regret.
As I said before wo lane'.e-d at Liverpool on
Wednesday morning, and found the city a dirty,
foggy, muddy, ovcr-cro.rded miserable looking
place. The street were ciowtkd -.villi poor cabs
and drays drawn by till pooiv.- horses, rnd
tlironged by filthy, hulj'rkd, vulga men, wo
men, a p. el children. I sa-.v rao'. misory tmd
wretchedness there iu the u'tx homs I remain-.-u
i:i ;t. than I have seen in my whole li'".- in the
ci'.i.-s of the I. luted States, i fro. huninirs arc
not tole eiomparcd in point of architectui-l beau
ty ith those of our own country, and there is
not a street in the city but what is a labyrinth.
Her docks arc a curiosity, crev,-Jed as they are
with thou -ands of vessels of every description
from CTery land ; but notwithstanding her com
mercial greatness and wealth, I would sooner,
ten thousand times sooner, live in any town iu
Pennsylvania than in her most gorgeous palace
"Ve left Liverpool at 4 o'clock, P. M., and pro
ceeded by railway to Fleetwood, a trading town
situated on the Irish channel. The road we trav'
elled passed through a manufacturing country.
and the scenery upon it was beautiful. Numer
ous towns and villages were scattered through the
country,
and the high chimneys and buzzing
loonies bespoke the occupation cf the inhabitants
Occasionally a farm was seen, hearing every cvi-
... jinnijr nm mgii tMniivatioti 7 et no
where did we see such broad plains anel extended
forests as those which break the monotony ef
railway travel in America.
At Fleetwood we took passage on a steamboat
direct for Belfast, but as it was night, wc saw
nothing cf the coasts we skirted, or the Isle of
Man which we passed, and only found ourselves
on deck in the morning to catch in the distance
the glimmering lights which marked the termi
nation of our journey. Never was I happier than
when the host rounded thepeirof the harbor,
and when I stepd on shore I felt that nothing
could again so thrill Ciy heart save only the con
sciousness that tho soil beneath my feet was
that of my native land. For near two weeks we
had been journeying on M'ilh nought but the
" elark blue sky above us end the daik blue
waves beneath," and the sight of a resting place
was calculated to inspire pleasurable emotions,
even though that resting place was four thousand
miles from home. . - . ,
I am pleased with Belfast. It is a large city,
and has a very extensive commercial trade the
third in the British empire. Her harbor was,
last year, visited by five thousand vessels, and
her exports amounted to about thirty' millions of
dollars. Tho manufacture of linen is the princi
pal occupation, but as I havo not been long
enough hero to become familiar with her mimiuac-
tories, I shall defer a description of them for a fu
ture letter.
, This portion of Ireland is broken and moun
tainous, but the hills which surround the city
are cultivated to their summits, and are green
and fertile looking. All is novel all is interest
ing, and I feel like enjoying the novelty.
I shall write a more interesting letter after I
have been longer in this country, and shall en
deavor to jot down everything that will amuse
my readers. Fo-r the present, then,
Good bye.
W. B. S.
Eiir.NSnuKG, Dec. 20, 1853.
Messrs. Enrrons : During the second week
of our recent court, a gentleman handed me that
weeks issue of tho " Blair County Yv'hig," in
which the Editor charged me indirectly with be
ing the auth.or cf an article which appeared iu an
" Extra Alkgbanian " of this place in October
last, for the publication of which Col. John Piper
prosecuted the Editors for libel. In as much as
the prosecution had been disposed of at the time
I saw the article referred to, I did not deem it
necessary to take any notice of the Editor's un
founded and uncalled for insinuation nor would
I now trouble you with this brief communica
tion were it not, that on Tuesdsy hut, I heard
for the iirst time, that some of Cob Piper's friends
in this place, imputed to me the authorship of a
communication which appeared in the ' Allegha
nian" of the Cist inst., entitled " From, the Pyr
amids.' I most emphatically deny tht truth cf
both charges. I never saw the first article until
I read it in the " Extra" two days before the last;
Election. I never saw the second article referred
to, until it was published in the " Alkghauian,"
and never even read it entirely through until last
Saturday morning, when it became a subject of
conversation betweeu two gentlemen inmy office,
from one of whom I received a copy of the paper
and for the first time read the entire communi
cation. I will also add for the benefi of those
who have seen proper gr atuitously to charge me
with being the author either of editorials or com
munications for the : Alleghanian," that I never
wrote one line for that paper, except three noti
ces two in reference to the auditing of adminis
tration accounts and the third for the sale of Real
Estate. Respectfully,
JOHN S. R11EY.
fJanta Ansa as Dictator---What will fce
ILo Result?
The late advices from Mexico state that Santa
Anna has been j;roc! limed Dictator for ten years :
and this, too, in conformity with what would
seem to be, popular opinion. It was ako believ
ed that tho Empire would to re-establishcil, snd
that still another step wou'-d be taken by the
Dictator towards supreme pow---r. A correspon
dent of the New Orleans licnyune states that on
the 1st iusl., a pieparatory preclu,matiou was is
sued. It was uttered from the palace with a
great display of military fro m every part of the
city, to ouiel any outbreak that might be expec
ted, but neither tho troeps nor the police could
r&jlndn souie dozens of men aud boys from pas
Ling through the streets and making various cla
mors. The effect of all tin's is yet to be seen.
We regard the movement as full of danger to the
Dictator. Tho following proclamation was issued
by the Governor of the Federal District:
G jvernmetit of the District of Mexico :
The will of the nation having manifested itself
in an unequivocal manner, through tho petitions
which, originating iu the department of Jalisco,
were afterwards gotten up in the most important
St;ites of the Republic, inviting the illustrious
1 Gen. Santa Anna to conunue in the exercise of
the supreme power delegated to him by the peo
ple for their own safety, I havethought proper to
fulfill a patriotic duty, and which is commanded
by tho oifice which I fill, in regulating the ardent
and spontaneous wishes which animate every
class ef our population, as well as the garrison of
the Capital.
Having calleel together this day the Governor
Council aud a largo number of the mo.st distin
guished citizens of this city, we resolved to ad
here to the vote of Jalisco, and to state that tho
Capital did the same.
Fellow citizens, the fluttering hopes which the
people entertained when they entrusted to one of
their most illustrious sons all the powers neces
sary to re-organize the country, ouldsoon van
ish away if the term of thoc powers was not ex
tended. It is therefore necessary- to extend it,
and by tho will of God and the people, the inde
pendence and future prosperity of our country
will forevxr be established.
ANTONIO DREZ DE BONILLA.
Mexico. 1st December, 1853.
' A picture of Santa Anna was carried trium
phantly through the streets of Mexico on that
elay, and the Governor issued a second proclama
mation inviting the citizens to illuminate their
houses during three days.
The Diario Official states that great rejeicings
took place at the capital on the occasion above
referred to.
The Mexicans arc certainly a strange people.
Never was popular inconstancy mora signally
mautrtratox -elm" in m'J case' Of "v-rt.i
sv, tre was an outcast and an exne;
and now lie is in the enjoyment of almost supreme
power. But the end is not yet. The Empire
will soon be re-established, and then we may
look for new pronunciamentos, and possibly the
tragedy' of Iturbido re-enacted.
C0KGRES3 FIRST SSS3I0N
Wasuixgtok, Dec. C7
Sexatb Mr. Seward introduced a bill provi
ding for the construction of a military and pos
tal railroad through the territory of the United
States, lying between the Atlantic States and
California.. Referred to the Committee on Post
Ounces.
It provides for the construction of a first class
double track - railroad through the territory.
North of 40 degrees parallel of North latitude,
front the same point in the Western boundary of
one of the Atlantic States to the Eastern bounda
ry of California, the location and routes to be fix
ed within one year of the date of the contract
fur the construction of the road; the public land
necessary for the width of the road to be ceded
to the company during its existence; the road to
be commenced within eighteen months from the
elate of the contract and be completed within live
years; one-fifth to be completed annually. Im
mediately after the passage of the Act, tho Sec
retary of War is to advertiso for proposals for tho
construction of said road, and ehall contract with
each company whose proposals shall be deemed
most advantageous to the United Slates; the U
nited States; to be bound to pay such sum as
may be lowest in amount. Any proposal, either
in money or in five per cent, stock, the company
to deposit, at the time of contracting, wMi the
Treasurer of the Uniteel States, five millions in
money or in United Slates cr Slate stock, as se
curity for the performance of the contract, the
company to receivo interest on such deposit.
When the war is completed to the satisfaction of
the Secretary of War, these stocks thus deposited
arc-to be surrendered to the Company; the read
to be fully equip eel in five years, anel the compa
ny to enjoy their own use foi -fifty yearslhe-profits
and the emoluments of the road; but the mails,
munitions of war, and troops are to 1 c transport
ed at rates to be determined by the United Slates
Government, but Congress is to have the right to
reduce, at any time, the toils aud fares passen
gers anil freight' but always lo allow ten percent,
on the actual investment of the company, the a
mount expended, with ten per cent, interest.
Mr. Slidell introduced bills for the improve
ment of the mouth of the Mississippi, anel al.-o
bills for the establishment of a Navy Yard near
New Orleans.
A message was received from the House an
nouncing the death of the Hon. B. Campbell, of
Tenn. Mr. Jones pronounced an obituary eulogy,
and the usual resolutions were adopted, w heu the
Senate adjourned.
IIofSK. Mr. Smith of Tenn., announced the
death of his colleague, Hon Brook ins Campbell,
which took place in Washington yesterday, after
a long and severe illness. Mr. Carothe-rs like
wise passed ane-loquent eulegy on the deceased.
Resolutions were then passed t attend the fur.tr
al to morrow at noon. The House then a!journ
eel. ARRIVAL OF THE AIuERIGA.
Eoveu Days Later frcn Ecrcfe.
Halifax, Thursday, Dec. C2, 1S53.
The steamship America, Capt. I.ang, frcci
Liverpool on Saturday afternoon, Dec. llbrrivcd
at this port at 8i o'clock this morning. She
brings 51 passengers, and a partial freight.
The steamer Hermann sailed from Southamp
ton on the afternoon of the 7th Dec, with u full
cargo and 150 passengers.
The Collins steamer Pacific arrived tt Liver
pool on Wednesday morning, Dec. 7, at 6 o -clock.
When the Hermann left Bremeihavcn ice was
closing the river.
The America's news is not very exciting.
Whhrcgaid lo the Eastern question, it is certain
that the Four Powers have resumed their joint
action in favor of pi ace, and that they have rec
ognized, by a forraal protocal, the paramount im
portance of preserving the present territorial ar
rangements of Europe. On this basis, measures
have been taken to hold a joint conference, which
is to be open to the representatives of Russia and
Turkey, thus making a conference of six com
missioners. As ye t. nothing further has trans
pired touching this matter. The proposition,
however, is eagerly grasped at by the Russian
partisans, but is unfavorably loi'ked upon by
the liberal press and party, who think that Tur
key ha3 a right to claim something more than the
mere stat-is tpu wte bvHum. They insist that the
present opportunity should be seized to obtain
the free navigation of the Danube and Black Sea,
and tho abandonment of all Russian claims
ogf inst Turkey.
In the absence cf any symptom that tho Czar
will abate his pretensions cr the Sultau recede,
not much prospect presently appears of a fettle
raent.
THE -LATEST.
Viexn'a, Friday Evening. Bucharest advices
to the 5th and Kalefat to the Sd, bring nothing
new.
Gen. Osten Saekcn cannot reach Moldavia be
fore the end tV the month.
The Cabinet Messenger" with the proposal cf
the powers to the Porte, did not leave till Wednes
day, tho 7 th inst.
Ab;li Pasha has entered Georgia, and his army
is marching on Tints.
Sir Edmund Lyons arrived at .Constantinople
on the 2oth of November.
The. Morning Pos,' says it is believed that Aus
tria and Prussia have so far committed them
selves to the views cf the Western Powers, that
in the event of a collisieui with Russia the Ger
man Powers will at least remain completely
neutral. 'The Post expresses, with-regret, its opinion
that a war between the Western powers and
Russia, confined iu all probability to the Black
Sea aud the Turkish territories, seems inevitable.
St. PETETtsiit'nr;, 1st Dec. The recent severe
frost has been suddenly followed by mild weather
and rain.
Odessa, Nov. 23. A very active business has
of late been going ou in wheat, but a frost has
set in, and the port is now frozen up.
Paris, Friday. Tho article in The Moniteur
maile a favorable impression, and the funds rose
. . rrv vni9t
. ... -7 i i . ri-. " '
Tof CSc, 4i per cents 102f 15c.
ILv-VBunan. The report of the Money Market
is favorablo. Rate ofrliscount 3i a 3 pe-i- ceut.
By Sttb-JLirinc Tchgrcfh.
Two companies of Wailachiau militia have de
serted with important information to Omer Pas
ha. Their report is that tho Russian army is
very inefficient from sickness and disaffection.
A small Turkish steamer, the Mejeelia, was
capturetl by a Russian ship, but the Turkish fri
gate coming up, attached the Russian vessel and
retook the steamer, and as night came on both
vessels drew oft
THE TURKISH WAR.
Constantinople papers of the 21th state that
the Turkish Government refused to submit to a
three months' armistice demaneletl by England.
On the refusal, the English Minister had five
hours audience of the Sultan, and an extraoreli-
nary meeting of tho Divan was forwith summon
ed. At an entertainment to the English and French
Admirals, given on board the Turkish war ship
Mahamoudi, these officers were presenteel to the
Sultan, and Ambassador Stratford made a speech
in which the promised aiel of Britain was coupled
with a strong recommendation to conclude an hon
orable peace.
The Sultan replied that he desired pcaco if
Turkish honor and his sovereign rights were re
spected ; but not otherwise. .
Meanwhilo wc hear of more Turkish victories
in Asia.
The Russians, after three sanguinary engage
ments, have been driven back from RolJis, and
the fortresses cf Safia. and Akistan have been ta
ken by assault by Selira Paha.
The Russian bad . attacked the entrenched
camp at Bayazid, but were beaten back. The
Russians ako failed iu their last attempt to re
take the f'crtre. s ef Si. Nicholas.
In the direction of Akc-ha, cn the 4th, an en
gagement of magnitude was fought, and the Rus
sians were defeated, leaving several hunJi J dead
and wounded on the field.
The Tin ks have alio taken AkLubz-kh, a Rus
sian city in Georgia.
So hard pressed are the Ri.s-ians in A: la, that
likOOO men which I.a-1 been ba - lily .- ;-.it l- re
lieve that part ol'Geiiertd Lmkr's cor ; thai, cc
copied Gr.hi.1z ai d I brail, are oider-.u to i :-i.rch
back into Be-siai:ib?a, suppo-ed to La- e- connec
tion with the con a .u. plated opt rati.yji.; to relic', e
the hard pressed Jones in the Caucasus. On tl e
line cf the Danube no new movement of impor
tance have been made. The weather at the ki?i
advices was again mild and the river falling.
The Turks hold Kulefat only ou the no.-.h Unk,
and are fortify iug it. They hold also the Island
of Moknana, opposite Gieuigevo.
The Turkish division of the f!--ct ordered to
cridsc iu the Bl' ck Sea returned e n t!je IL'th lo
the E'-phorus anel resumed j.osIik.a L.-fv
Bujukd-(..
The Turks arc brim full if exultation, the spir
its .f the '. t ic and unuy Liug alike ckUd to
the highest j itch.
ThcTuikiih a: my couii.mc-3 pltti-fuliy f ur p'.i
cd w i-h provisions, leaving unopened t M:; gi
zmos at Warn a. They ure paid regularly a'ad
have an abudance ttf e-io'.lung
-.hoes.
The R-a.s.iai.s continue to sucr y i. -:::
sickness.
Some American-;, n irr.ts not ivcn, had j-n-ed
the Turkish camp.
Six hundred Circasaians have assemble 1 at Con
stantinople to form a legi- :i under l;r L.
They will be conveyed, with the Polish L;gkn,
iu steamers cfthe allied !tts.
The c-i-ld recently drawn f;-cm I.'T.d-.-u by U-
Czar is sent to Vienna,
leiiii
eT
tai.c. to the army..
A Russian iuaniiV- to permits r.ct:tr.! vest's
still lokr..-l grain at Ga'.atz, provided they hold
no oinuiUiiicatioa wl.h the Turkish side of the
river. The Rus.-ian Cei-.cri! Uruzc'.fhas been rcmo-ve-I
from the command in Moldavia, and is suc
ceeded by Goichakoff. Thij is absurd and errone
ous. Gorchako-i" has commanded there fix.u tLe
first. ;-'. T, i'. J
The Patriarch cf Constantinople has rcc nested
permission t" acccmpany the Sultan to Ike army,
to prove that the Greek Church prefers Turkish t "
Russian prof e-'lien.
A dispatch frc-M I)e'grad of the l;h Sc-v.
says that the recent e iiUion i-ctwen the Tnjk."
and Sen ians was les important than tt first
stated, only 50 being killed.
Cattaho, Nov. 25. Encounters l.nve occur
red between the Montenegrins and Turks, wi.Ii
loss of life on both sides.
Vienn a, Due 0. Ti e P.usmn troops iu Link
Wallachia have retired before Isir.iel Pacha's re
newed demonstrations.
Gen. FUhbsck, in command at Ki :jova, m or
dered to unite his f.-rcts with Danac-r.btrg at Bu
charest. A Ij.Li4 0.
Arrival cf tho Pacific.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Ni.-,v Y,-?.s, Dec. 27.
The Pacific arrived at New Yerk at 1 o'clock.
She brings Liverpool elates to the 1 Ith.
A tremendous naval I attic was fought of Sin
ope in w hich the Russians sunk thirteen Turki.-.h
ships. The news is of thrilling interest, an 1 has
created immense excitement. It ii considered
the greatest naval battle since the Navarino has
lias licen fought. The loss ef life was terrii'e.
wiih the total destruction of twenty-cue snips ci"
war.
On tho 30th cf November the entire Russian
fleet from Sevastopd, under admiral Macncr.ofT.
of twenty-four sail, appeared off the Turkish har
bor, wl.cro vice admiral Osmand Bey lay villi
Id Turkish sail. The battle immediately com
menced, and the shore batteries being i f no use,
the Russians forced the Ilaibor. The Tuiks
fought like devils and would not surrender. V ith
the most desperate bravery they fought until :u
ship after another was sunk, blown up, burned
or destroyed, amounting to seven Turkish frig
ates, two corvettes, one steamer and three trans
ports ; and several thousand men perished. Os
mand the Turkish vice-admiral was taken pris
soner ; each Turkish ship, besides the crew, had
800 troops on the way to Cirea.-Ma ; there was
also a large amount of money. The fleet was all
lost. The Turks burned or sunk seven Russian
ships, two line of battle, three frigates, and two
i,,,-.- " '--" one nour
The remainder cfthe Russian ;leet is so shatter
ed that it could scarcely reach St-hastapol.
All Europe is in excitement, and the opinion is
that the European war can no longer be avoided.
The Turks continued to gain advantage in A
sia on the line of the Danube. No movements
are reported.
Another account says that six Russian ships
of the line only were in the engagement, sustain
ing fire from live land batteries as well as from
the Turkish fleet. They attempted lo take the
Turkish flag ship, w ith the Admiral and Vice
Admiral, into Sevastopol, but sho sunk, and the
prisoners were transferred to the Russian ves
sels. Prince Machenoff left Odessa immediately for
St. Petersburg.
; Vienna accounts say that an armistice is prob
able.
Turkey consents to the neutrality of Scrvia.
Saata Anna Declared Dictator.
By a late arrival at New Orleans, intelligence
is received that Santa Anna has been declared
Dictator of Mexico for the term often years with
great unanimity.
It is further stated that Gen. Gadsden, our
Minister to Mexico, is on his way to Washington,
with a treaty he lias negotiated w iih Sauta Anna
for the purchase of Durango, Sonora, Sinalva,&c,
and a Eottlenient to all diflicultiea with that country.
MET S AND KISCELLAKY.
Co.vriitifATioxs. The confirmation of Mr. Ma
son, is Minister to France ; Mr. Seymour, a$
Minister to China, is officially announced.
Daniel Benjamin, for a long time a resi
dent cf Washington, Warren county, N. J., hvA
a soldier of the- Revolution, died Nov. 21th, at tl.
advence-d age of l5 years. Ilis funeral was at
tended by a large concourse of people, and an e.-,-c-A't
of military.
IT' The unwise attack of Mr. Mitchell, the
li i-h pal riot, upon Secretary Marcy, has draw n
out :t bitter tfrliede from the Albany Atlas, Oih-t-r
journal.- also c.ndeinu the course of Mr. Mitch
ell. r.-y. 'pj,e lYt-.-ident l. officially recognized
('.' ii a vy C Iceman a.-; Consul for the Republic ef
thlii, at the port cf Philadelphia.
I u: lee n thou -and and ninety-eight pc-r-.se'iis
:re now te-;ei-. ing pensions in the several
Slates from lb: Usii't-.l States Government under
the ariou.-: a ts i.-ued since 1818.
E7The Middle-town (Md.) Whig Ear?, thai,
community has 1-cen lisile-dbya .singular dis
ease; which bali'.es the medical faculty. It is
that of sore eyes, appearing to be contageous,
whole families Incoming a!!!ii-ted with it.
is s lid that the skull cf Voltaire has
Ix-cn recently exhumed and examined; and it is
proven, not only that lis head was small, but
ii U bad the organ cf veneration devclot ed
to a very extraordinary degree.
SrNi.rr.r axd Euin Railp.oad. It is under
stood thit the City Councils have informally
ti greed to make a subscription of 2,000,000 to
their stock of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Ccmr-any. The suljeet will probably be dispo
sal cf by CounciL to-night.
CCr" The report that Gov. Bigier had pardoned
Capic- and llmmos, cenvicttd cf the murder cf
Chri uoj hvr Sot-han, ii without . foundation.
This can be- n.kal on.
?Zr' The scLoJ property cf Clio ii voJutd
.;!. -.
The Oregon Spectator estimates tho popu-
lalloli 4 i.iC id i :iry t.w
rfJ'' The Whigs cf I.u:isylvania are to hold a
State Convention at Ilarrisburg, cn th.J 13th cf
M.trch, to nominate a candidate for Gcvtrtc-r,
eLc.
ZZ?" J're-.i-d-nt Young, c-f Utah, orders men,
women and children t go into the field to har
vest tht-ir grain, a:mtd w ith butcher-knives and
fire-arms. He says that almost every good ritle
In tho Terr Itcry Lss been traded away to the Ia-
Ct'At. !.-: r?..vcE. The use of ccal bus cf late
largely invreased in I ranee. High as the duties
have been, the impcrtaticn last year was cearly
ll.itty millien nr.lr.tals, an advance of several
miliii'iis p-.:a the- rectirts cfthe year before.
23r -id-'- mangled remains of a horse have be a
discovered tt-r.r CatlU.e, Pa. As it is a mystery,
ll-ul p!.iy to tho lide-r is suspe-cted.
The anrivcrsarips of the Birth of Wash
ington, and cf the Battle cf Buena Vista, are to
be celebrated at Cincinnati, on the 22d of Febru
ary. ZU Ilc-rr Dri-. st.'ch has recovered from the in
jury he received lVoni a tigtr'while performing
in Iho cig3 of the auliaal, in New York, last
week.
rjy The c?.ttle trade cf Texas is growing into
considerable importance. During the season,
forty thousand hf al e f bttves crossed the Neucc-s
at Beaumont, ou their way to New Orleans.
SIT The Swe-fdish Government l as decided on
a vast system cf railways, the execution of which
wiil be confided to an English company. The
government r-?.s formally interdicted the Mor
mons from puhlk-iy perfirmuig their woiship in
Norway.
2T7S. V. Townscnd, the S'arsaparilla man, ii
building a n.-idence in New York city which;
to c-.-st S12-'h(-00, and will be one cf the finest in
the c ity-. He has made an immense fortune fioui
the sale c-f his sursaparilla.
lv:-."mg a pretty girj " down south," a
yeutig gentleman asked her ' what made her so
sweet J" ." Oh," h.u rej-li-.-d, iu utter innocence,
" my fatlit-r is a sugar planter 1"
Zr 2. singer who ltd the psalm tunc at a mee
ting a short time since, finding thnt las conclu
ding word, which was Jacob, had not syllables
enough to fill up the music adequately, ended
thus :
" J-a-a-J-a-t-f l do riddle cob."
Ak I.vTCx-sr Native. The most decided case
of nativim we have heard of lately, is tht of a
person in Boston, who was asked to attend the
Pilgrim ball, at Plymouth, a few days since. II;
replied that he was not "going forty miles to at
tend a celebration in honor of the arrival of a sot
of foreigners." . . : . -
The Democracy of Tioga county met in
tho rv,,,,- tt.."- uu g ti on xne oth
inst., and after passing complimentary resolutions
to President Pierce, instructed the delegates to
the 8th of March Convention to support the nom
ination of Win. Bigier for Governor and Daniel
S. Sherwood for Canal Commissioner.
Ixiua Re-RBF.R ok Railwats. On the New
Jersey Central Railroad, they arc laying, for the
upace of two miles, india rubber sleepers under
the rails, expecting thus to relieve tho train of
those sudden jars which ruin the running gear so
speedily, do aw ay with very much of the noise,
and communicate a springy, elastic , motion to
the rider.
The Senate of Virginia, by a test vote, has
instructed tho committee on banks to report a
bill more effectually to suppress tho circulation
of small notes.
C7Tt is said thero are at present a large num
ber of applications for passports at the State De
partment at Wa.-hingtou, by Italian, PelisKand
Hungarian refugees. Numbers of them' antici
TatniS tgcneral war in Europe, desire to be
where they can take the part of their respective
countries.
FCr" The Rev. Theodore Tarker preached a ser
mon, last Sunday, we karn from tho Boston
Courier, showing that notwithstanding the in
crease of the population and the large foreign em
igration, there had leen a steady decrease of crimo
in Boston. . This is a gratifying and encouraging
fact.
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