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CENTRAL TEXIAN.
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1NDEIIS0N1~T£XAS7~"'
Friday Morning, June 20, 1856.
Kotic e.
The Rev. H. Pratt will, D. V., preach at the
Court House on the fifth Sunday, the 29th inst.
We are under obligations to our
cotemporaries of the Civilian for a semi-
weekly copy of that paper, containg the
proceedings of the Cincinnati Convention.
Conceiving that the public hare
ceased to feel an interest in the subject
upon which our correspondents "Piny
Woods," " Q in the corner," and '' Wild
Cat" have been writing, we decline publish-
ing anything further.
SET As we go to press the prospect for
an early raiu is much better than it has
been for weeks.
Thb Loan Bill.—In a conversation with
lion. G. W. G. Jowers, of Anderson county,
■who passed through this place a few days
since, we learn that the people in his sec-
tion of the State are almost unanimously in
favor of the passage of the Loan Bill.
A dastardly murder, says the
Brenham Enquirer, was committed upon
Mr. Wm. Route, near Chappell Hill, on the
night of the 7th inst. The unfortunate
victim was shot in his bed, by some un-
known person. He declared, before his
death that he was not aware that he had
an enemy in the world.
JS3T Col. Samuel Bugg, of Tennessee
recently wen I to Cincinnati, taking sereral
of his servants with him. lie offered the
Abolitionists not only every opportunity to
•teal them, but proposed to bet one thou-
sand dollars that they could not succeed in
enticing them away.
The negroes of South Carolina,
•ays an exchauge, are indignant at the
course of Senator Sumner, and say they
are g!ad Massa Brooks give him—scissors.
The shirt which Sumner had on
when caned by Brooks has been sent to
Boston for public exhibition. It is said to
bé very bloody. We would like to see
some portions of it. •
In the nominating convention at
Cincinnati, Mr. Pierce, it will be seen, held
on till his vote was reduced to three and a
half, before he had his name withdrawn.
Douglas had his withdrawn upon one
hundred and twenty-one votes.
Qlp" We learn from the Presbyterian
that a heavy storm of hail and rain fell at
Huntsville on the 13th inst. Much dam-
age was expected to the growing crops.
In this, section, our farmers are suffering
immensely for want of the aqueous element.
Early corn is much injured, and a few days'
continuance of the present dry weather
will certainly make the staff of life scarce
here next year.
Since the reception of those mu-
nificent presents of fifteen quarts of " some-
thing resembling egg-nogg," and about a
bushel of ripe plums, we really thought
the ladies had forgotten us. But on Mon-
day last we were agreeably disappointed
by the announcement that two of the good
creatures would pay us a visit in propria
persona. In a few moments from the re-
ception of 41 the news," our fair friends
actually did cross the threshold of our
sanctum, and stand in the august presence
of ourself and his typographical majesty,
our spirit of evil. Their visit made us
once more remember that we, too, were
human, and their presence, caused us to
apply "old iioew to the Texas Baptist with
a hearty good will that left eight-cylinder
steam presses " nowhar." Pi being spoken
of during the interesting conversation we
bad with them, we would willingly have
proffered them a share, but we imagined
that although they might think we were a
good printer, we were a very bad confec-
tioner.
The moral, reader, of all this is, that the
humanizing influence of such a visit is so
wonderfully astonishing that we hope they
may often give us a call.—Pressman pro
TEM.
The yellow fever was prevailing at St.
Domiugo at the latest dates. On the 12th
uh., Mr. Thomas H. Smith, mate of schoon-
er Bandel,of Frederick burg, died ; Chas. T
Lay ton, aged 18 years, a relative of the
Captain, died on the same day..
A large majority of the Ohio. delegates
elected to the Philadelphia Nigger Worship-
per Convention nre said to be in favor of
the nomination of Solomon P. Clin so for the
Presidency.
The Presidency; ,
The Presidential canvas has fairly opened, ¡
and two of America's most distinguished
sons lead the civic contest which is to ter-
minate in November next. We present to
our readers the following outline of the
history of Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Flimore,
gleaned from the New Orleans Picayune.
Mr. Buchai.an, the Democratic candidate,
is of humble parentage, and was born in
Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in the year
1792. He is a man of halo constitution,
and enjoys robust health. In early life he
received a good plain education, and stud-
ied the profession of law where ho has
since resided. He entered public life first
a3 a member of the Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture, in 1814.. Entered Congress as a rep-
resentative in 1820, and continued in this
position through the whole of Mr. Monroe's
Second term, the administration of Mr.
Adams, and two years of General Jackson's
first terra. He was a warm and earnest
supporter of Gen. Jackson in his contest
for the Presidency, and 'was appointed by
the old hero as Minister to Russia in 1831.
He resided at that court for three years.
On his return he was elected to the United
States Senate for an unexpired term, re-
elected for a full term, and again for another,
during which he resigned to accept the
position of Secretary of State under Mr.
Polk. The. defeat of the Democratic party
in 1848, by General Taylor, withdrew Mr.
Mr. Buchanan, in 1849, entirely from pub-
lic life for the first time since his election
to the House of Representatives in 1820.
On the restoration of the Democratic party
to power in 1852, he was appointed Minis-
ter to England by Mr. Pierce, has but re-
cently returned to his native land, and is
now the candidate of the great Democratic
party for the Presidency.
Mr. Fillmore, his competitor, is also of
humble parentage, and was born in 1800,
in Cayuga county, New York. Owing to
the humble circumstances of his family,
his early education was imperfect. He was
first apprenticed to a wool carder, and
during the four years thus employed
sought every opportunity to supply the
defects of his education. At the age of
nineteen he entered the office of Judire
Wood, of Cayuga, and in 1824 commenced
the practice of law at Aurora. In 1830
he removed to Buffalo, having, the previ-
ous year, been elected to the Legislature.
In 1832 he entered Congress. At the close
of his term in 1835, he «applied himself
assiduously to the practice of his profes-
sion, when he was called again to Congress
in 1839. He was successively elected to the
26th and 27th Congress, and grew in repu-
tation as a man of talent. In 1844 he
accepted the. Whig nomination for Gov-
ernor of New York, but shared in the
general defeat of his party. In 1844 there
was a change of administration, and he was
elected Comptroller, which office he lesign-
ed to run as the Whig candidate for the
Vice-Presidency, upon the ticket with
General Taylor. The election and subse-
quent death of Taylor, inducted him into
the Presidential chair in July, 1850.
Such is a brief outline of the political
life of the two standard-bearers. Both are
gentlemen of much experience, and both
have, in every State of the Union, enthu-
siastic supporters. In Texas, our own
State, Mr. Buchanan's star should be in
the ascendant, at least we think so. When
we were begging to be annexed, he was
our friend. Mr. Fillmore was disposed to
spurn us from the old homestead, and
turned a deaf ear to our application. At a
later period, too, when accident had made
him President, he treated Texas as if she
were a poor step-chiid, troubled with scabies.
and to her earnest entreaties for protection
against the Indians, turned coldly away,
and accused the authorities and peopie of
our State of uttering untruths in regard to
our just complaints. Mr. Fillmore did
these things, and yet there are those in
Texas who would have us lick the hand that
smote us in our day of direst need. Free-
men of the State, are you prepared to do
this ?
Civil war, of a Guerilla character,
continues to rajje in Kansas.
From Nicaragua.—The steamship Daniel
Webster, from Aspinwal on the 4th and
San Juan ou the 5th arrived at New Orleans
on 11th:
The report of the detention of the steam-
er Orizaba and the blockade of the port of
San Juan by English men-of-war, was pre-
mature, as nothing of the kind took place
or was intended. This information was
gained by personal inquiry. The Minnie
Shaffer's passengers,' 120, together with
those of the Webster, 50, embarked together
next day after their arrival, and weut up
San Juan river unmolested-
Barnum has declined the series of bene-
fits rendered him by a number of promi-
nent citizens of New York, to secure a fu-
ture home to his family. He says :
While favored with health, I feel compe-
tent to earn an honest livelihood for myself
and family. More than this I shall certain-
ly never attempt, with such a load of debt
suspended in terrorem over me. While I
earnestly thank you, therefore for your gen-
erous consideration, gentlemen, I trust you
will appreciate my desire to live unhumilia-
ted by a sense of dependence.
There aro a dozen bouses in New York
whiph cost *150,000 each.
For the Centra! Texian.
Graluitiefl to Ocean Steamers.
Of all the useless drains upon the United
States treasury, none has grown so rapidly
in amount as the annual appropriations to
sustain ocean steamship «ompanies. Why
or wherefore it should be charged to our
navy has never yet been explained. So far
as increasing.that arm ot' th.c national de-
fense, to all intents, it might, with the same
I ropriety, hare been charged to the inoon.
The Post Master General's report frankly
and ably exposes the gratuities paid these
companies, and the pernicious effects at-
tending this profligate expenditure of the
public moneys.
It states that since their organization by
special acts of Congress, in 1849 and 1850,
some of these companies have had their
compensations iucreased from one to two
hundred per cent., they not performing any
additional service for the extra pay.
Such has been the insensate folly to
squander money upon ocean steamers, that
sea routes, through New Granada, have
been preferred, by Congress, to a shorter
land route exclusively within our own ter-
ritory.
For example, there is annually paid to
(he New York and California steamers
about three-quarters of a million of dollars,
for carrying the mail, semi-mcnthly, via
the Isthmus of Panama, while a daily mail
could" be dispatched through Texas in half
of the time, and for one-third of the money
that is now paid to sea steamers, for a semi-
monthly service. It would be supposed
that this leak upon the treasury would be
instantly stopped, and that the less expens-
ive and more expeditious land route sub-
stituted.
The New York and California steamers
have managed to have their compensation
increased some two hundred per cent., for
tlie identical service they contracted to
perform, in 1849, for one-third of the
money they now receive.
This company are receiving upwards of
two thousand dollars a day. This immense
bonus is added to the stockholders'dividend,
and most effectually enables them to sus-
tain an odious monopoly against all com-
petition.
Apprehensions may well be entertained
respecting these wasteful expenditures,
whic h are increasing with a frightful rapid-
itv. Aud it is to be hoped that every press
in the country will aid in suppressing this
extravagance, which only requires to be
made known to attract universal condem-
nation.
The Post Master General, in his report,
justly remarks : " Whatever were the views
of Congress in granting these increased
compensations, I cannot but regard the
continuance of them as a mere gratuity,
destroying all competition on important
routes, and like all such appropriations,
attended with the most pernicious influ-
ences."
The tax-payers should take this matter
into serious consideration, and instruct their
representatives in Congress to urge the less
expensive and more rapid land route
through Texas upon tLe attention of the
people of the United States. w. l. h.
For the Central Texian.
' TflingS I Do n't tito To See.
Dear Texian: There are many things
that I see that I do not like. I disapprove
of the present practice of too many churches
and indivividuals, of puffing the ministry,
like so many blooded animals. Pick up
almost any religious newspaper, and you are
sure to find several putfs of ministers,
wherein their pedigrees are given in full to
the world. They are noble animals—real
sons of thunder. Ahle defenders of the
truth, before whom the advocates of error
have to quail—uen of gigantic intellect,
and in literary attainments have no equals.
I have often been wofully disappointed and
mortified when I have had an opportunity
of testing the speed and bottom of these
blooded animals. I have been-forced to the
conclusion that they were not more than
thirty-second cousins to Solomon. There
has been a sad mistake made by some one.
Their names have been put to the pedigree
of some one else. They are in Saul's armor.
There is a marked discrepency between
them and their pedigree. They do not fill
the bill. I object to this, in the first place,
because it is an injury to the individuals
themselves. They never meet the expecta-
tions that are raised by these puffs. People
go away disgusted with the pretentions of
the man. It will take years to remove the
prejudice thus raised against the minister.
This every sensible man knows to be true,
and should frown down the pernicious prac-
tice. I object to it in the second place,
because it is wholly unnecessary. So far as
my knowledge extends, the certificate of
ordination and letter of recommendation, is
all the passport that any minister needs.
More than this is dis<nistin<r. If Í see five
O O
or six pages of any book filled up with cer-
tificates of recommendation, 1 take it for
granted that it has no merits of its own to
relj upon to recommend it to the public.
Just so I regard the minister that has to be"
puffed through the world. I once knew a
minister to be very much mortified when
he settled in a new place, because the pas-
tor of the church did not get up and read
out his credentials and his pedigree, as given
in the newspapers, to the congregation. I
thought then, and still think, that the pastor
displayed a great deal of prudence in not
reading his puffs, for really I could not dis-
cover that the minister displayed any gift
but one, that of "continuance." If there
ever was a man blessed with the gift of
continuance, he was the man. He seldom
let his congregregations down short of from
two to three hours. There was neither
Alpha nor Omega to his harangues. Agreea-
ble to his pedigree I took it for granted that
he had answered to the wrong name.
Reader, I think that you would have come
to the same conclusion if you had been tor-
tured as I have been.
This practice is not alone confined to the
ministry. Deaeons and private members
are puffed. They are far in advance of
Zacharia and Elizabeth, Pliebe and Pfescilla
in every good word and work. They settle
down in some new field, and post up their
pedigrees or puff, and thereby sound their
trumpet to collect around them their admir-
ing dupes. Alas! how often is it the case
that thosefmodels of christian perfection arc
the most idolatrous and contentious mem-
bers of the church. They must be looked
uploand consulted upon every thing that
is connected with the church and State.
Their word and opinions must have the
sanctity of the laws of heaven and the im-
mutibility of the laws of the Meedes and
Pe:sians. Let the church dare to have the
presumption to think and speak for itself—
vote down any measure that they may
advocate, a:id they are at once seized with
a " buck ague." Call on them for funds, and
they-are sure to act the part of Annanias
and Sapphira. They had no hand in
creating the debts of the church. They
were living in another State at the time the
liabilities of the church were created. They
have contributed largely to the upbuilding
of the cause of Christ. They have built1
meeting houses. Contributed largely to the
cause of missions, and in fact, their heart
aud purse have ever been open to the cause
of humanity " where I come frotti." They
do not think that they now ought to con-
tribute anything to the cause of Christ.
Thex^iave not been consulted upon the sub-
ject. They object to being taxed without
representation. Any one, from their action,
would take it for granted that they had got
the wrong pedigree—that by some misfor-
tune or other they had got hold of the
pedigree of " Old Sister Phebe." Their
pedfigpae ddes not-fit them. They do -Wot
fill the bill. Consequently they are lowered
in tl.e estimation of their brethren and they
sustain loss. For this I protest against this
disgusting practice of puffing ministers and
others.
There are many more things that I do n't
like, that I may tell you about some day.
Until then, adieu. Isaac.
District C urt.—On Monday the criminal
docket was taken up. Austin Burnett was
indicted for cattle stealing. The jury found
him gilty of petit larceny, the penalty for
which is confinement in the penitentiary for
one year. Burnett filed a motion for a new
trial.
John K. Hyde, the murderer of Charles
Butler, received sentence of death yesterday.
He partially admitted the killing of Butler,
but stated that he was accused of killing
men of whom he knew nothing, and that
prejudice in this case was against him. The
charge of Judge Gray was quite affecting,
explaining to the prisoner the nature of the
evidence and the enormity of the crime.
When the sentence was pronounced on him,
the Judge, together with nearly the whole
assembly, were deeply affected—some to
tears, but the prisoner evinced but little
emotion, lie has a haggard and emaciated
appearance, and is very weak from sickness
and long confinement. On Friday, the 11th
of July, he will suffer the penalty of the law
under the gallows.
Jo. Bates, indicted for the murder of Sock
Davis, who has been for some length of time
at large, returned on Monday and gave him-
self into custody. His counsels have ap-
plied for a change of venue, and the trial
will probably bo moved to Fort Bend
county.—Telegraph.
Civil War in Kansas.
The St. Louis Republican, of the 6th inst.,
mftke&jtbe following just aud spirited conj-
mfents upon the news from Kansas:
From extras issued f.om the offices of the
Kansas Enterprise and Lexington Express,
it will be seen that Kansas is now the
theatre of civil wai. The abolitionists have
at last forced this bloody result, and by
rapine and murder instigated by Abolition
appeals from such men as Greeley and the
Rev. Mr. Beecher, they have at last brought
about a state of things they desired, ai.d the
slaughter in Kansas will smell gracious in
their nostrils. Tho most ultra Abolitionists
have no hesitation in declaring for a disolu-
tion of the Union as the only means of ac-
complishing, and that speedily too, the
overthrow of the domestic institutions of
the South. This is the legitimate result of
the counsels of such sheets as the Tribune
and its compeers, and the teachings of such
preachers as Beecher.
The murder of pro-slavery men will be
looked upon as the commencement of a
civil war, which they will hope to see re-
taliated, even at the sacrifice of those whom
they call their "friends. The blood of the
Abolitionists will be grateful to these Mo-
lochs of the North, suggesting to them a
land " rent by civil feuds," or, it may be",
''drenched in fraternal blood." There is
enough patriotism, however, in the land to
still the tempest which these wizards have
invoked. It is time that calls for the exer-
cise of the sound discretion of American
genius, and the highest and purest instincts
of the American heart. "They should and
will be rebuked by the conservative portion
of meu from every section of this Republic,
in a manner that will teach them that the
Union must be preserved, and send them
"shrieking" back again from the faggots
upon which they desire to impale the Con-
stitution.
Wo repeat it, the outrages in Kansas are
the legitimate fruits of the Abolition press
and pulpit, who have stirred up the worst
passions of a portion of their people against
another portion of the country, and done it
with a reckless or a willful knowledge of
the dangerous consequences. It is a time
that calls for a stern purpose as well as
moderation in our councils and resolves.
If the dispatches published are true, wo
may expect a retaliatory spirit; such out-
rages could bring forth no other result, aud
the parties are doubtless prepared and expect
to receive it. Mr. Pate, one of the parties
said to have been killed, was a correspon-
dent of this paper, aud was hemmed in by
a desperate and overwhelming force. Mr.
Donaldson, who was with him, was the Au-
ditor of the Territory, and not the U. S.
Marshal. The despatch also states that J.
M. Bernard is supposed to have been mur-
dered. Mr. B. was formerly a merchant in
this city, and has many friends here.
We can only hope that the news is not
true, or that it is greatly exaggerated, and
will wait for further developeinents and in-
formation.
The Cleveland Ledger says : " Accord-
ing to the best information which we have
been able to obtain, more than two hundred
and fifty slaves have. escaped from Virginia
and Kentucky during the month of Febru-
ary, 1855." j
Latest from the Cincinnati Convention.
, * BUCHANAN NOMINATED!
Ereckcnridgc for Viae-President t
Cincinnati, June 5.
The Convention proceeded to'ballot for
a candidate for President, with the follow-
ing result :
First Ballot.—James Buchanan, of Pcn-
sylvania, 1354-; Franklin Pierce, of New
Hampshire, 122£ ; Stephen A. Douglas, of
Illinois, 33, and Lewis Cass, of Michigan,
5.
Second ballot.—Buchanan, 159; Pierce
119£; Douglas 31^; Cass 5.
Third Ballot.—Buchanan 139£, Pierce
119, Douglas 39, Cass 5A.
Fourth Ballot.—Buchanan 141^, Pierce
119, Douglas 30, Cass 5 J.
Fifth Ballot.—Buchanan 1-10, Pierce
119£, Douglas 39, Cass 5¿.
Sixth Ballot.—Buchanan 155, Pierce
107£, Douglas 28, Cass 5i.
Seventh Ballot.—Buchanan 143£, Pierce
89, Douglas 58, Cass 5£.
Eighth Ballot.—Buchanan 147 J, Pierce
87, Douglas 5 6, Cas3 5£.
Ninth Ballot.—Buchanan 140, Pierce
86, Douglas 56, Cass 7.
Tenth Ballot.—Buchanan 150£, Pierce
80|-, Douglas 59^, Cass 7£.
Eleventh Ballot.—Buchanan 147^-,Pierce
80, Douglas 63, Cass 5£.
Twelfth Ballot.—Buchanan 14*9/Pierce
79, Douglas 63|, Cass 5£.
Thirteenth Ballot. — Buchanan 150,
Pierce 179, Douglas 03, Cass 5J-.
Fourteenth Ballot. — Buchanan 152£,
Pierce 76, Douglas 63, Cass 5J.
The Conveutiou adjourned at a quarter
before five.
Cincinnati, June 0.
The Convention re-assembled at ten
o'clock, and proceeded with the balloting
with the following result:
Fifteenth Ballot.—Buchanan 168^-,Pierce
3£, Douglas 118£, Cass 4£.
Pierce Withdraws.—At this juncture the
name of Frankin Pierce was withdrawn by
the Now Hampshire delegation.
Sixteenth Ballot.—Buchanan 168, Doug-
lea 121, Cass 6.
Douglas Withdraws.—At this stage of
the proceedings tho name of Stephei*>A.
Douglas was withdrawn by Mr. Richardson
of Illinois, who acted by authority from Mr.
Mr. Douglas.
Nomination of Buchanan.—James Buch-
anan was unanimously nominated on the
seventeenth ballot, receiving two hundred
and ninety-six votes.
After the announcement of the nomina-
tion of Mr. Buchanan as the national Dem-
ocratb candidate for the Presidency, the
Convention adjourned (at twelve o'clock) to
reassemble at two o'clock.
Two O'Clock P. M.—The Pacific Rail-
road resolutions were again brought' up
and carried by a vote of 205 to 87. The
Convention then proceeded to the balloting
for Vice-President.
Mr. Meade, of Virginia, proposed Hon.
Lynn Boyd, of Kentucky.
Mr. Harris, of Illinois, proposed Gen.
John A. Quitman of Mississippi.
Colonel Lewis, of Louisian, proposed
Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, who, being
present, returned thauks and withdrew his
name.
Mr. Chapman nominated Senator Fitz-
patrick, of Alabama.
Mr. Brown, of Tennessee, nominated A.
V. Brown of that State.
A delegate from North Carolina, nomi-
nated Mr. Seldon, of Virginia. Mr. Seldon
declined the honor.
Mr. Avery, of North Carolina,nominated
Mr. Dobbins.
Tho Maine delegation nominated Mr.
Rusk, of Texas, who was withdrawn by Mr.
Pollock of that Stite.
On the first ballot, there being no choice,
the names of Brown and Boyd were with-
drawn, and the States of Deleware, Ten-
nessee and other States cast their votes for
Breckenridge, amidst much excHemeut.
Mississippi withdrew the name of General
Quitman and voted for Breckenridge.
The votes being counted, it was announc-
ed that Breckenridge was duly nominated
as the candidate for the Vice-Presidency.
Mr. Breckenridge returned thanks for
the high honor done him, in a brief and
pertinent speech.
The Closing of the Convention.—A vote
of thanks was unanimously accorded to
the President and other officers of the Con-
vention.
The Committee of Organization reported
the names of a committee to appoiut a
General Democratic Committee.
The same Committee also reported a
resolution naming Charleston as the place
of hojding the next Convention.
After further unimportant business, the
Convention adjourned sine die.
Farther from Nicaragua.—The Costa Ri-
cans lost nearly 800 men in the battle at
Rivas, and six hundred by disease. Walk-
er's loss in the fight is estimated at seveuty-
five men.
We take the following items /foui the
correspondence of the True Deita.
New recruits are expected daily, and so
soon as they arrive the army will march
for San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. It
will in all probability, be the final struggle,
and be assured that Nicaragua will do honor
to her name. She demands revenge for
the unjust invasion of her territory, and
until the capital of Costa Rica is razed to
the ground there will bo no peace.
At Granada considerable sickness has
prevailed among the troops, but, at last ac-
counts, tho sanitary condition of tho place
was improving.
Late news from the interior has just been
received from the official Bulletin at Leon,
in which the decrees of Guatemala and San
Salvador are published. The purport of
these documents are that they are raising,
and have probably on the line of march
now, 4,000 troops, against Nicaragua.
Honduras has granted them permission to
pass through her territory, and a'so sends
some 700 troops into the field. Something
must be in the wind there.
The largest water wheel in the'world is
at Troy, N. Y. Its power is equal to one
thousand horses. It drives machinery which
works up annually 10,000 tons of iron into
horres slices, spikes, nails, etc.
Four Bays Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF TH£ ERICSSON.
Yor^ June 12.
The steamship Ericsson, from Liverpool
on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 28,
has arrived at this port. Her advices are
four days later than that received by the
-Niagara.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Cotton.—The market was dull, with at
decline of 1-10 to £d. The sales of Mon-
day and Tuesday amounted to 85,000 bale#.
Orleans Middling is quoted at ; Up-
lands Middling 0 1-16.
May 28.—The sales to-day are estimated
at 6,000 bale", at unchanged prices. The
market closed steadier.
Advices from Manchester state that the
weather has been favorable.
Breadstufls show a slight decline gene-
rally.
Wheat.—The market is dull with a de-
cline of two pence.
Flour—Is dull and prices are a trifle
lower. Western Canal, .32a34s.; Ohio 35
a37s.
Corn.—Yellow and mixed are unchang-
ed, while white is a trifle lower.
General News.—A new Russian loan is
spoken of. . *
The Italian question still remaitfs unset-
tled. It is rennofed- that the Pope proposes
to call a congress of all «be* Italian sove-
reigns, with plenipotentiaries from Franc
and Austria, on the settlement of the diffi-
culties.
Denmark is actively engaged in putting
her fleet in an effective condition.
Louis Napoleon has under consideration
a scheme for founding a territorial nobility
in Algiers.
Lord Elgin had moved, in the House of
Lords, for the despatches relative to send-
ing troops to Canada. A discussion ensued,
when Clarendon expressed good feeling to-
wards the United States, but declined to
recall Crampton. "'
Acceptance of Mr. Fillmore.—Washing-
ton June 12.—Mr. Fillmore's official accept-
ance of the nomination of the Philadel-
phia Convention, has been received.
He fully subscribes to the declaration of
principles of the Philadelphia National
Council, and refers to his past services in
the administration of the Government, as
an exemplification of his course in the
future, in case he should be elected.
Latest from Kansas.
Arrest of the Principal Citizens of Leaven-
worth—The Territory to be put under
Military Sarveilance.
We were favored, says the Missouri Dem-
ocrat, of the 2d, with an interview yester-
day afternoon with M. J. Parrot* Esq., of
Leavenworth, Kansas, who came down ou
the F. X. Aubry, which left Fort Leaven-
worth on Wednesday. Mr. Parrot informs
us that a day or two previous to his depart-
ure, about twenty men, armed with Uuited
States musket, under the command of Colo-
nel Wilkes, of South Carolina, drew up in
front of his office. On going out to as-
certain ihe reason of such a demonstration
Mr. Parrot was summarily arrested by Col.
Wilkes who declined to giv\j any other au-
thority for "the proceeding th'anr the u ordei«
of his superior officer." Mr. Parrot was
then marched to a warehouse used as an
armory, and there imprisoned for several
hours, when he was taken out by Whitfield
under a subpeeua to appear before the Com-
mittee of Investigation. When his testimony
was concludedjsome of his pro-slavery friends
hired a carriage, and took him to the Fort,
where he embarked on the Aubry for St.
Louis.
Mr. Parrot informs us that, at the date of
his departure, Leavenworth was surrounded
by a picket guard, and no one suffered to
enter or leave town. Wilkes had a list of
the principal citizens, and was going to ar-
rest them. He already had three persons
under arrest. This was the state of things
at Leavenworth when the F. X. Aubrv
passed down on Wednesday. It is stated
that the whole Territory is to ho placed un-
der military surveilance.
At Glasgow, on the down ward passage of
the Aubry, a man named Keeleu, from Nor-
walk, O., was put ashore at the instance of
Col. Brewerton, the correspondent of the
New York Herald, and some others, for ex-
pressing himself too freely with regard to
the assault upon Lawrence.
Mr. Parrot, who is one of the leading
lawyers of Kansas, was accompanied from
Leavenworth by M. J. Wade, Jr., Esq., of
Cincinnatti, Ohio.
From Mexico.—News from Verá Cruz to
the 8th inst., has been received in New Or-
leans. The New Spanish Minister had ar-
rived in Mexico, and a fleet of Spanish war
vessels was off the Mexican coast Spain
has claims on Mexico to the amount of five
millions and it is presumed that Vera Cruz
will ba blockaded if a settlement is not ef-
fected.
Gen. Alvarez has resigned his position
as General of Division tn the Army and
head of the nation. Coraonfort was ap-
pointed by Alvarez President substitute aud"
Congress ratified the appointment. The
question of Comonfort's authority puzzle*
Congress. Congress was busily engaged in
trying to patch up a permanent constitu-
tion in pursuance of the plan of Ayutia,
but making very slow progress. The in-
fluence of Comonfortis said to prevail with
it; but there were rumois of insurrection-
ary tendencies, and brewings of revolution
in the capital, and Comonfort had retired,
it is stated, with six thousand soldiers, from
the National Palace to the Villa of Tacu-
baoa-—how long to remain may depend up-
on contingencies.
Free State Emigrants returning from
Kansas.—There &eems to be quite a stam-
pede of the Free State men from K"nnan«
The St. Louis Republican of Friday last,
says:
The steamer David Tatum arrived last
night. The Tatum brought '¿own about
two hundred and sixty passengers, one third
of whom are Emigrant Aid refugees going
back home again, having enjoyed a sufficient
sight of the elephant. The Polar Star ar-
rived las night, having a larg? number of
the same kind of passengers on board.
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