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EBENSBURG.
THURSDAY MORNING::::::::NOVEMBER 2.
THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The numerous accounts .of Fairs, held all
over the country, as they have come to us in
oar exchanges, have raised the inquiry, what
has become of oca Agricultural society ?
From the spirit manifested about one year ago
we were led to believe that something was
about to be done, in earnest, towards the
highly laudable project of developing and ex
hibiting the resources of our country. The
time, however, has come and passed away
when Cambria was to have been represented
in the list of Agricultural Fairs, and instead
of the advancement of the enterprise an en
tire Eilence seems to prevail on the subject.
In looking over the list of Premiums dis
tributed at the recent Blair County exhibi
tion we find that some of our citizens have
been successful competitors and we are sorry
that more of our products were not submitted
to the consideration of the committees at
Ilollidaysburg. If we cannot establish a
creditable society as soon as is desirable, let
us as least show our entire approval of these
interesting and useful associations by joining
with our liberal neighbors who have gener
ously extended the field of competition to all
the counties in the state
"We have felt, in common, with the people
of the land, the severity of a droughty season,
and have no doubt this has been the principal
hindrance in our movements towards more
results of an encouraging and progressive
kind. .
' Providence permitting, we will be on hand
some of these days to do our share in what
ever pertains to the spirit of the age. We may
not be the most agricultural County in the
state, but for minerals, manufactures, and
live stock, including the best breed of babies,
we still pretend to some superiority.
As Usual.
We happened to be in Ilollidaysburg the
morning after the thirty-first day of October,
or Ilallow-eve, and found in the higgelty-pig-elty
appearance of things "here and there and
all over every where," that the boys are still
about.
Numerous antiquarian explanations have
been attempted of the origin of this nights
rites and ceremonies, but hardly any two
agree, and we don't see of what utility it would
be to know the truth of the matter. It is a
custom to celebrate this eve as well establish
ed, as the most time honored eccentricities of
the common law. It is well understood that
this day, and its veraciois birth story could
do it no honor, nor give it any better sanction
than it now possesses. It means the time to
pull cabbage, or have it pulled for you ; to
have your doors battered, unless you choose
to watch the threshold with gun and cudgel
all nightlong, and incur th epithet of " old
fogy." It means to have your signs stolen,
reversed, exchanged; jour store boxes, wag
ons, vehicles, 4c., operated upon by a kind
of mysterious -whirlwind in which all Know
Nothings take a hand It means, in short,
to take the hobbles off the devil, and leave him
to one nights 'enjoyment in the shape of a
thundering bender, in which he finds more
friends to help him, than he ever counted on
in this upper sanctuary.
On arriving home we were informed, that
all the form had been strictly carried out here,
as we had witnessed elsewhere and concluded
that Ilallow-eve like house cleaning, is a ne
cessary evil.
. We must admit however, that we have as
gentlemanly a set of young sky-larks in our
borough, as we could well ask for In all the
comedy of errors, there does not appear to
have been a single trace of anything like ma
licious mischief or wanton injury perpetrated.
S& B. P. Thompson, with Ilallowell &
Co., Philadelphia, never forgets his friends;
such a hat as he sent us can be better dream
ed of than described. Indeed if Ben wears
that kind himself, he can have no trouble in
getting a wife, which we consider the svmum
bonum of a young man's attainments. .We
are pleased to know that Ben does a fine busi
ness for his employers, partly on account of
his numerous acquaintances, but mainly on
account of his personal ability as a salesman.
Long may he Wave.
07We call the attention of our readers to the
advertisement of the ''American Artists' Union."
It is hoped that every true friend of fine arts will
support the "Union," and we can assure them
that there is no hum bug about it.
CTMiss Maria Magchan, Summit villc, has just
received a large stock of Dry Goods ; Groceries;
Hardware, Hats and Caps, &c, which she will
ml at tee lowest prices. Seeadvcrtinncnt.
E7"Waxtei An owner for a trunk, which
was left, by mistake, with Cel. P. Shiels, at Lo
rflto. See advertisement.
I 3T Messrs. Rodger & Jones have recived
a Fplcndid stock 'of new Goods. Give them
a call, and see for roureelves.
Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania.
By some means an unauthorized statement
has found its way into the papers, that the
Governor had set apart Thursday, the 30th of
November, as a day of Thanksgiving and
Praise to Almighty God, in this Common
wealth. It is an error. The fourth T hurt
Jay in November, being the 23d of the
month, has been the .customary day of
Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania, for many
years, and the usual Proclamation of the
Governor setting apart that day we publish in
another column.
The Know-Nothing Order.
There is no reason to doubt that among the
order of Know Nothings there are many hon
est and patriotic men, who have joined the or
der from the belief that it offered the means
of reforming the corruptions and eradicating
the occasional baseness of our politics. It is
well known that the original scheme of the so
ciety was not to set up candidates of its own
for office, but to select from those nominated
by the various political parties such men as
should really possess the highest qualifications
of character and talent, aud elect them It is
true that an unjust proscription of foreign
born citizens, simply because foreign-born,
was a part of the plan, but we are willing to
presumo that a great portion of the Know
Nothings were governed by an honest and
zealous desire for the public good. And as
long as the order seemed to adhere to this pol
icy, it not only gained victories at the local
elections, - but carried with it a certain moral
influence, growing out of its apparent inde
pendence, and its freedom from personal and
selfish aims. ' '
But now all this is changed , says the New
York Tribune, and we see the order unblush-
ingly standing forth, not as the corrector of
the old political parties, but as a new party.
It now sets up its own candidates, and such
candidates ! The pitiful tricks, the base in
trigues, the gross impositions on the masses,
which have notoriously marked . the recent
management of the order, and which only
form a part of the policy all along contempla
ted by its leaders, have never been surpassed.
If the order had a single respectable trait be
fore, it has none now. It has sunk below
contempt, and has not only committed politi
cal suicide, but has done it in the least decent
and creditable manner. No man of honesty
and self-respect can longer maintain any con
nection with it, or receive with any feeling
but scorn and disjrast the command to vote
for the candidates it has been used to put in
nomination. Aotional Argus.
Revenue of the State.
We clip from the money article of the Phil
adelphia Ledger, the subjoined statement of
the receipts from the several divisions of the
public works for nine months of the fiscal
year, ine ledger says.
oometime ago we published a statement
showing the ' receipts from each line of the
Public Works of the State, for eight months
of the fiscal years 1853 and 1854, and we now
add the month of August for .the same years.
On some of the lines there will be a heavy
fall business, which will increase the cross
amount of revenue for the year very consider
ably.
Main Line, $979,800 Si $800,257 76
Delaware Division, 129,238 44 123,702 96
North and West Br'ch 181,417 09 107,416 77
$1,290,456 44$1,311,374 40
If wo adopt the mode of estimating the pro
portion of the sum paid last year by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company to the State for
the use of the Portage road, the receipts for
the Main Line will be increased to the sum of
1,427,171 62, or an excessof 136,715 18
over the Eum received the last year. The re
ceipts from the Delaware Division are large
as compared with last year, and whether this
circumstance will tend to defeat a sale of the
Work we cannot tell. There are circumstan
ces connected with the Delaware Division
which are favorable to a sale, which no doubt
will be considered by the Legislature. The
Lehigh Valley Railroad will be finished the
coming season, which will enable all the ship
pers of coal in the upper waters of the Lehigh
to take their coal to New York without tran
shipment. This will reduce the business of
the Canal to that furnished by the Lehigh
Navigation Company alone. The Canal, too,
we apprehend, will soon, if not now, require
a large expenditure of money to put it in good
order "
Promotions in the Army.
On the 4th of August, Congress passed an act
authorizing the promotion of non-commissioned
officers in the army, and the War Department
has just issued an order, dated on the 4th inst.,
directing how the selections from the raaks shall
be made. One-fourth of the vacancies occurring
annually are to be filled from the non-commissioned
grades. The regulations provide for promo
tions as a reward for meritorious services ; but in
time of peace opportunities to render such services
are rare, and the qualifications required of the
candidates are such that few in the ranks can
hope for the desired elevation. Each candidate
must be nhvsicallv sound, and of food moral
habits, and likewise pass muster before a board of
o Uicers in arithmetic, geometry, geography, astro
nomy, history, the constitution and government
of our country, and the general principles which
regulate internal intercourse.
A Mail Robber in Custody P. H. Den
nis, Esq., Deputy . United States Marshal of
Uhio, arrived in this city last Wednesday
night, having in charge a notorious robber,
namod George Swayze, indicted by the Grand
J ury of the United States District Court, of
this District, for robbing the mail. Swayze
belonged to a gang of the most adroit villains
that evei infested Pennsylvania. In conjunc
tion with two others he planned and executed
a daring mail robbery, nearly two years aero.
for which two of the gang were convicted and
sentenced. Swayze fled into Ohio, but was
so hotly pursued by the officers of justice, that
he actually committed a larceny m Trumbull
county, for the purpose of getting out of the
reach of the officers. lie succeeded In get
ting into the Penitentiary at Columbus, where
in he was incarcerated until last Wednesday.
when, on the expiration of his sentence, the
papers were already with Dennis, to take him
to the scenes of his former rascality. Pitts
burg Post.
5T" It is stated that Mr. Curry, the pre
sent Secretary for Oregon, will be Governor
of that Territory. The Governors of Nebras
ka and Utah are not decided.
We lay before our readers the Official vote
for Governor, Supreme Judge, Canal Com
missioner, and the Prohibitory Liquor Law
They are correct Our desire would be to
change the figures if it could be done ; it is
a hard dose to take we have taken it and
worked it off to the best advantage.
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
OFFICIAL RETURNS COMPLETE.
Vote for Governor and Canal Commissioner.
Governor Canal Commis'r.
W. . D. W. D.
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Adams, 2124 2086 'll53 8052
Allegheny, 10377 6115 4627 10191
Armstrong, 2689 1949 811 8580
Beaver, 2233 - 1458 1236. 2319
Bedford, 2157 2019 1562 2609
Berks, 6143 8493 2375 11225
Blair, 2706 1513 720 8303
Bradford, 4811 2369 2020 4598
Bucks, 5498 6089 2870 7717
Butler, 2955 2381 1613 8576
Cambria, 1627 1739 1174 1940
Carbon, 1056 1227 247 1950
Centre, 2774 2113 39l 4481
Chester, 6544 4412 8715 7181
Clarion, 2015 2173 139 8994
Clearfield, 1188 1448 ... 882 2086
Clinton,- " 1497 935 816 2077
Columbia, 1399 2180 415 3018
Crawford, 3696 2687 1667 4235
Cumberland, 8157 2581 11J5 4636
Dauphin, '4061 2224 1506 4658
Delaware, " 2292 1556 1528 . 2304
Elk, 401 864 4 - 708
Erie, 3637 2526 1875 8364
Fayette, 8488 2440 101 5346
Forest, (not organized,)
Franklin, 8579 . 2799 1600 4847
Fulton, 705 876 830 1202
Greene, 1746 2006 215 8219
Iftntingdon, 2614 1500 624 3315
Indiana, 8161 . 1264 1416 2416
Jefferson, 1559 988 128 2243
Juniata, 1170 1176. 791 1542
Lancaster, 10962 4699 6596 10441
Lawrence, 2576 994 .- 1611 1896
Lebanon, 2636 1751 1463 2875
Lehigh, 8094 8026 . 1740 4342 '
Luzerne, 4884 4368 962 8012-
Lycoming 2799 2269 291 4639
M'Kean, 405 602 275 490
Mercer, 8034 2550 1531 8317
Mifflin, 1630 1287 625 2245
Monroe, 625 1917 178 2179
Montgomery, 5144 5559 3280 7235
Montour, 767 976 297 1350
Northampton, 8417 3685 675 6185
Northumberland 2121 2182 737 3084
Perry, 2121 1412 150 3364
Pbil'aCity&Co,28817 24936 11593 40693
Pike, - 207 624 100 676
Potter. 748 656 475 858
Schuylkill,. 4252 6388 1005 8390
Somerset, 2756- 1268 2345 . 1506
Susquehanna, 2819 2126 1068 S524
Sulivan, 329 417 83 619
Tioga, 2448 1489 771 2763
Union, 2881 .1913 2082 2504
Venango, 1679 1466 260 2683
Warren, 1400 1118 727 1543
Washington, 4276 8457 2000 6487
Wayne, 1408 1877 355 2600
Westmoreland, 8773 3803 1159 6221
Wyoming, 1174 893 218 1710
York, 4777 4707 1104 7771
Total, 204008 167001 83331 274074
The number of votes cast for Bradford, 1503.
For Spicer, 1244.
Pollock's majority over Bigler, 37,007.
Mott's majority over Darsie, 190,743.
Vet tor Supreme Judge.
Smyser, Black, Baird.
Adams, 914 1952 1343
Allegheny, 4313 - 5351 5705
Armstrong, '783 1932 1663
Beaver, 1107 1460 1290
Bedford, 1228 2053 836
Berks, 2474 8256 2794
Blair, 487 1445 2205
Bradford, 2014 2701 1885
Bucks, . 2818 5148 2666
Butler, 1556 2374 1189
Cambria, 761 1705 810
Carbon, 231 . 1229 784
Centre, 349 2133 2341
Chester, 3726 4564 2670
Clarion, 95 2103 1981
Clearfield, 382 1391 900
Clinton, 305 948 1149
Columbia, 431 2147 720
Crawford, " 1660 '2609 1744
Cumberland, 1068 2651 2018
Dauphin, 1401 2292 2553
Delaware, 1379 1581
Elk, 1 344 373
Erie, 1494 2389 1694
Fayette, 73 2354 3377
Franklin. 1457 2761 2114
Fulton, 308 877 387
Greene, 204 1972 1325
Huntingdon, 585 1416 1997
Indiana, 1356 1223 1140
Jefferson, ' 120 945 1447
Juniata, 814 1176 359
Lancaster, 5676 4738 5564
Lawrence, 1566- 996 902
Lebanon, 1401 1590 1209
Lehigb, ' - 1725 3092 1251
Luzerne, 1030 4297 3573
Lycoming, 260 2274 2440
McKean, 284 469 30
Mercer, 1541 2513 851
Mifflin, 641 1292 940
Monroe, 213 1894 223
Montgomery, 3140 5530 1954
Montour, . 295 948 388
Northampton, 679 3785 2242
Northumberland, 806 2185 945
Perry, 143 1462 " 1893
Philadelphia, 5872 24446 "' 22104
Pike, 88 631 51
Potter, 460 639 224
Schuylkill. 896 5377 3451
Somerset, 1406 1451 1118
Susquehanna 1059 2133 1398
Sullivan, 114 407 160
Tioga, " 782 1402 1474
Union, 2010 1842 " 707
Venango, 285 1413 1259
Warren, 722 1048 543
Washington; 1831 3509 2322
Wayne, 515 1769 709
Westmoreland, 1069 3927 "2433
Wyoming, - 237 857 765
York, 731 4612 4044
73,571 167,010 120,596
. Black's majority over Baird, 46,414.
Black lees than Baird and Smyser united.
27,157.
Law
Against.
2584
4053
1711
1089
2361
10599
1143
1672
5879
2299
1325
1072
1871
3830
1567
872
. 730
1933
2135
3210
3448
1593
307
1501
1407
3241
832
1782
1294
1294
1015
909
8969
737
2784
4733
1889
481
1846
982
1718
5789
735
5093
2280
1939
20570
458
550
5658
1642
1525
349
1576
2614
832
975
2572
868
3236
339
5904
163,510
158,342
5,168
Adams, 1236
Allegheny, 10032
Armstrong, JMSZ
Beaver, 1955
Bedford, 1252
Berks, 2612
Blair, 2253
Bradford, 4353
Bucks, 3778
Butler, ' 2301
Cambria, 1292
Carbon, 658
Centre 2438
Chester 5508
Clarion, 2148
Clearfield, ' 1235
Clinton, - 1141
Columbia. 1037
Crawford, 2994
Cumberland, 2326
Dauphin, 2476
Delaware, 1722-
Elk, 282
Erie, 2767
Fayette, 3493
Franklin, 2539
Fulton, 426
Greene, 1186
Huntingdon, 2169
Indiana, 2169
Jefferson, 1285
Juniata, 1140 .
Lancaster, 5536
Lawrence, - 2359
Lebanon, 1091
Lehigh, 776
Luzerne, . 4283
Lycoming, 2309
McKean, ,, 415
Mercer, 2985
Mifflin, 1398
Monroe, 574
Montgomery, 3819
Montour - 773
Northampton, 1411
Northumberland, 1524
Perry, 1297
Philadelphia; " 25330
Pike, 252.
Potter, 613
Schuylkill, 2762
Somerset, 1740
Susquehanna, 2640
suiuvan, zyy
Tioga, 2041
Union, 1440
Venango, 1836
Warren, 1273
Washington, 4276
Wayne, . 1603
Westmoreland, 3346
Wyoming, 1191
York, 2336
158,342
Majority against Prohibition.
The Governor of Utah.
The commission under which Brigham
Young held the office of Governor of Utah,
expired on the 29th ult., and as it is alleged
that for the last two years he virtually refused
to recognize the government of the United
States, having forwarded neither copies- of the
territorial laws nor the accounts of the expen
ditures of the public appropriations, it is ap
prehended by some that there will be a terri
ble commotion in " Mormon-dom," should he
not bo reappointed Young himself, in an
address to the Mormons in March last, said :
"We have got a territorial government,
and I am and will be the Governor, and no
power can hinder it, until the Lord Almighty
says, Brigham you need not be Governor
any longer and then I am willing to yield to
another."
He goes on in the same address to declare
that neither President Pierce nor any other
President could remove him, and intimates
pretty strongly that Judge Lynch would be in
waiting for any one coming there under pre
tence of having authority to assume the office
of Governor. This is pretty bold talk ; but
Brigham Young, like many others before him,
will learn, should the President not deem it
compatible with the public interest to appoint
him, that the "laws must be obeyed" despite
the braggadocia and united opposition of a few
zealots. Bait. Sun
Public Lands. The sales of public land
this year will exceed 6,000,000 acres; a
larger quantity thau has been sold any one
year for fifteen or eighteen years.
Presidency of the Senate.
The Washington Star suggests the name
of Senator Busk, of Texas, as President pro
tern, of the Senate in view of the prevalent
opinion that the Hon. Senator Atchison of
Missouri, will, not be in Washington during
the coming session of Congress. His term
expires on the 4th of March next, and his
determination to remain in Missouri during
the winter, is the better to enable him to at
tend to his share of his contest with Colonel
Benton. Argus
United States and Dominica.
The report is that the ratifications between the
United States and Dominica has been defeated
through the English and French officials there.
It is said the British Consul, Sir Bobert Thorn-
burg," told the members of Congreas not to treat
with the United States, or England 'and France
would set the Haytien negroes upon them or
rather he said the negro army was forty thousand
strong, and would not leave a drop of white blood
on the island, if European influence did not hold
them back. So Congress adjourned without con
firming the treaty, being frightened out of their
property by England and France. The Baltimere
Patriot sa a:
"The United States ought to establish political
prestige in Spanish America which would give
our citizens protection and our merchants a pre
ference. As it is, England and France seem to
have taken both the island and main under their
control, and to have excluded our citizens from a
fair participation in the. advantages of a trade
which shouid be open to the whole commercial
world." - '
, Baltimore dates of Oct. 18., state thai the
yellow fever has again assumed a violent form
at Augusta, va.
. Prohibitory Liquor
For.
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
PENNSYLVANIA 63.
In the Name and by the Authority the Com
monweaUh of I'enn-sytvania.
WILLIAM BIGLER,
GOVERNOR OF THE SAID COMMONWEALTH.
l. s.l A PROCLAMATION.
FeUow Citizens : A Bincere belief in the
existence of God, and a just conception of His
attributes lie at the foundation of true relig
ion and civilized society. The free declara
tion of this belief becomes a Christian people.
This Almighty and Benificent God has
greatly blessed the Commonwealth and her
inhabitants during the year that has just clo
sed. An humble acknowledgement of his good
ness and' mercy, and an open manifestation of
gratitude to Him, is an act of homage emi
nently becoming a people so highly favored.
j.ne Diessmg oi peace lie has oestowea up
on us. Uur relations with all other Mates
are most amicable, and the tumult of internal
strife has not been heard in our midst. All
the great interests of the people have been em
inently prosperous, except only the agricultu
ral, which, in parts of the State, has suffered
from the drought.
With the exception of a few communities
which claim our sympathies, the blessings of
health have prevailed. Our institutions of
government have been perpetuated, and civil
and religious liberty enjoyed by the people
The cause of Education and Christianity has
been advanced the arts and sciences have
progressed, and the moral and physical condi
tion of the country been improved.
The devastations of war which are now so
sorely afflicting the people of Europe the des
olations of famine and the ravages of pesti
lence, have not been permitted to invade our
favored Commonwealth.
These manifold blessings are the gift of
God, and to Him pur most devout thanks
should be offered. Under the solemn con
victions of duty therefore, and in conformity
with the wishes of many good citizens, I,
William Bigler, Governor of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby appoint
THURSDAY, THE 2od DAT OF NOVEMBER NEXT,
as a day of general thanksgiving and praise
throughout the State, and earnestly tmplore
the people, that, setting aside all worldly pur
suits on that day, they unite in offering thanks
to Almighty God for his past goodness and
mercy, and beseech Him for a continuance of
hii blessings.
Given under my hand, and the Great Seal of
the State, at Harrisburg, this twenty-eighth
day of October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and
of the Commonwealth, the seventy-ninth..
By the Governor: C. A. Black,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Oct. 28th, 1854.
The Uscky Law Repealed in England.
The entire repeal of the Uusury Laws in
Great Britain has been accomplished at the
recent session of Parliament. The act by
which this was affected is known as ch. 90 17
and 18 Victoria, and is now in operation. It
is now lawful in Great Britain to loan money
at any rate of interest and on any description
of property, either real estate or othertcise.
Wrecks ia 1854,
The British Admiralty Regl&er of Wrecks for
1853 has been published. The "Life Boat Jour
nal" supplies the following summary of its con
tents:
"It is, as usual, a fearful list, numbering 832
disasters ; but it is gratifying to observe, so far as
loss of property is concerned, that the register of
1853 shows a very considerable decrease in the
number of wrecks and casualities as compared
with the preceding year, when 1,115 occurred.
"In the gales of February, March, April and
July, 1753, the numbers exceed those of the same
months in 1852, and the month of May in each
year produced the same amount ; but in all the
other months of 1853 the numbers fell much short
of those in the corresponding months.of the pre
vious year.
'This may be accounted for by the fact that
the gales of the winter months were less frequent
and of shorter duration, although they blew with
occasional violence. On the other hand, however,
the year 1853 records a loss of 989 lives, being 69
more than were lost in 1862, when the number,
so far as is known, was 620. This inc.eased num
ber in proportion to the number of wrecks was
caused by the great sacrifice of life which occurred
in two or three individual instances. Thus, the
loss of the Annie Jane shows SCO alone, that of
the Queen Victoria 83, .and of the Dalhousie 59
"There can be no doubt that these total num
bers for each year show considerably less than the
actual amount of loss of life which has occurred
on and around our coast, as there are no means at
command for ascertaining the number of those
whose vessels sail out of the port and are never
again heard of. . The lives of fishermen and other
be at men are undoubtedly also often lost without
any official returns being made of the same.
"The Admiralty Register of wrecks is compiled
principally from the coast guard returns, from
Lloyd's published list, from "The Shipping and
Mercantile Gazette," and from the official reports
of Lloyd's agents around the coast to the Admi
ralty. It is prepared by Commander J. V. Reed,
R. N., and although imperfect, as any such regis
ter must be, there is no doubt that it is the most
complete account of wrecks published.
"Annexed to the returns is a wreck chart, on
which a black spot marks the site of each wreck,
fire or collision, as far as can be ascertained.
The following is a summary of the Register :
"The wrecks on the coasts and in the seas cf
the Unite1. Kingdom in the year 1853 were 832,
which may thus be classed :
Totally wrecked - - - 869
Totally lost iu collision, - - 62
' Damaged seriously, and had to dis
charge, - - - - 886
Damaged seriously in collision, 25
"The number of casualities in each month
were : January, 106; February, 91; March, 52;
April, 78; May, 41; Jane, 26; July, 45; August,
83; September, 70; October, 96; November, 71 j
December, 123. Total, 832.
"Of these, 253 occurred on the East coast of
Great Britain; 76 on the south coast, and 180 on
the west coast; 81 wrecks took place on t he coasts
of Ireland; 6 were cast on shore at Sicily; 11 on
the Channel Islands ; 8 at Orkney and Shetland ;
and 12 at the Isle of Man ; the remaining 260
wrecks occurred in the surrounding seas.
The whole loss of lives during the year, as far
j as has been ascertained, amounts to 989."
' ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC-
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Nfw York, October 30.
The steamship Pacific has reached her dock.
with Liverpool dates to the 18th inst.
THE WAR
There is absolutely nothing exciting from
the Seat of War. The despatches, such as
they are, arc altogether conflicting, but it m
authentically reported that, up to the 9th
inst., nothing had been doDe.
The allies now number 90,000 men, and
they occupy a strong position south of Sebas
topol, and have all their siege apparatus lan
ded i
Menschikoff continues to hold the field north
of Sebastopol with 30,000 troops, and a sim -ilar
number is expected to reinforce him by
the 15th inst.
The latest accounts are that on the 9th
Gen Canrobert had ordered the Russian out
posts to be driven in on that day, and the bat- -teries
erected.
A detachment of 10,000 French troops are
to be immediately shipped from Marseilles to
the Crimea
It is confirmed that the Baltic fleet will re
turn home without further operations.
Th Arabia arrived at Liverpool at 7 o'clock
the evening of the 14th inst , and the Ot
tawa on the 16th.
he expected to open the fire in a few days
Private letters add that the attack on the
out-works was fixed for the 9th inst., and
that the allies' siege artillery had mostly
reached the camp.
On the 4th a cannonade took place between
some English steamers and the Quarantine
fort at Odessa. Nothing of importance re
sulted. A Vienna despatch says that a seeret trea
ty actually exists between the Czar and Rus
sia. RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF POLAND
There are various indications, little in them
selves, but amounting to something in the ag
gregate, that the courts of France and Eng
land have actually under" consideration the
practicability of re-establishing the kingdom
of Poland, as an independent power. Such a
stroke of policy, it is believed, is a favorite
project of Napoleon III, who hopes thereby
to cripple Russia's influence over the German
powers, and as the influence of Russia dimin
ishes, to build up that of France in its room.
SPAIN.
Despatches from Madrid to October 11th,
stato that the foreign refugees have received
orders to leave Madrid within eight days
Those only who can give good reasons for
their residence, or can offer security for their
good conduct will be allowed to remain.
CHINA.
Progress of the Insurreceiou The Japan Ex--
pedition Expedition against Sitka.
Letters from Hong Kong, of August 22d,
state that political affairs at Canton remained
in the same critical state, and disaffection was
spreading. The insurgents were in great
force in the surrounding country, and three
attempts were made to take the city, which,
however, failed. Ilonam, opposite Canton,
was threatened, and tho people are quietly
maturing for an open revolt against the Man
darin's authority. At Whampoa contribu
tions were forcibly levied. The river between
that place and Canton continued to be infes
ted with pirates, and trade could only be car
ried on under convoy of armed steamers.
The approaches to Whampoa, both by land
and water, were in possession of the insur
gents. . The transit of teas has been stopped by the
heavy exactions demanded, and inquiries for
goods having ceased, the business at Canton
had been limited to shipping off the teas that
were on the market An attempt had been
made to effect a compromise with the insur
gents, but unsuccessfully.
The village of Conloon, on the opposite side
of Hong Kong Bay, was taken possession of
on the night of the 18th August, by a band of
pirates. The neighborhood is occupied by
banditti.
Sir John Bowring, the British Commission
er, had visited Foo Choo, and had an inter
view with the Viceroy, and with the Chinese
authorities at Amoy.
Fighting was going on between the two
parties at Shanghai, but the Imperialists ap
pear to make little progress towards the re
capture of the city. Samqua, the late Idou
tai, had been ordered to Pekin to answer
some charge of the public censor Lau had
been appointed in his place.
Commissioner McLean, had arrived from
Shanghai, at Hong Kong. It was understood
that he would return there shortly with Sir
John Bowring, to settle the duty question,
and would attempt to trade up the Yang-tse-
Kiang. .
The news of the insurgents in the north, is
vprv scanty, and the impression was, that
they were meeting with reverses, and were on
the retreat.
The latest Pekin Gazette, dated June 28th,
contains nothing interesting.
All was quiet at Ningpo to Aug. 4th. At
Foo Chow, much activity was going on in tho
shipment of teas
A fire had destroyed one thousand houses
On the 18th all was quiet at Amoy, and
fair trade going on. There was no change in
political matter at Namod on the 8th of Au
gust, the insurgents being still around the
city.
Commodore Perry was to return home next
month (September). The American ship
Lady Pierce had arrived at Hong Kong after
visiting Jeddo and Somodi, at which place
she met with a favorable reception The U.
S ship Supply was at Canton. The British
Admiral Sterling remained at Shanghai,
awaiting the arrival of the French Admiral
Laguere, in the French Frigate Jeanne, of
Arc. On his arrival the united French and
English fleet were to proceed to Sitka to
attack the Russian ships and fort there.
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