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From IheNew York Tribune.
THE TWO GRAVES.
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'BT 1US3 LOUISE OUVIA HUNTER.
"Bpside tho pleasant sunny shore
' 'Which yonder Indian river 1 ives,
- 'There rest in calm aud deep repose
'.Two "Warriors in their grass-grown graves.
Above one littlo mound where spring
The island-blossoms brightand rare, x
. A stately monumental fane
Records his dueds who slumbers there.
- Therecn is traced how oft he stood"
Tho foremost on the battle-heath,
Eor bowed, save in that last affray
oThe contest with tho Conqueror Death.!
- -?So,rrray each passing traveler learn
-. rj,'e triumps of that Warrior dead," -'
"Who with his band, the brave and strong,
Victorious through each conflict sped.
fcSo, too, each passer-by may kuow;--rtf-As
musingly they linger near, -j.
How freely an admiring world
h5"5 A tribute to his fame could rear. -j, -
. Jnsl'where this mighty river winds, -
Round jondor,dell to force its way,
A1 mossy knoll gleam forth to view
."Half-hidden by the flashing spray. ,
There, also, 'aeaih that knoll to rent
- ''"3ils laid a-Warnor bold and true ;
Jtightbrave and loyal was that heart, ,
And glory's radieucr was his due. " "
'Yet no memorial marks the spot,
- ., And few the hearts that rnouraed'tbal loss;
But ah! he son ght not world renown, "
" 'jnie'faithfub'WarTior of his Cross !
4-j Ti serve the 'Lord of Hosts,- afar,
He left bis childhood'slorely homo
His kindred's gaze hw early haunt
u 3$o raoro to meet no more to roam.
With soul of more than martial 'fiie, " S-
The banner of his faith he bore,
' f And kept at bay tach threatening foe
Till Death proclaimed his mission o'er.
-- '-But-though above his tomb is raised
. ' lNo costly muuumental pile,
" There just as sweetly bad aud bloom v-
'The flowers of the Indian, Isle ! 4
. Whilo he who with impartial love s
- ' ' Those blossoms o'er both "graves halh strewn
AVJU with impartial justice greet
Xiauu r aiiiuj ai iiic iiuuguicuL .uivui .
Abstract of the .President's Message.
j? ' Baltimoke, Wednesday, Dec. 24.
"The following w a synopsis of the President's Mess-
- agCfipublitbed at the olfico of tho Republic, Wash-
ington, Dec. 24.
Mfi"Ml lie first mt-fcsago of President Taylor, of which
.wejgive afuil synopsis, was trauinvtted to the Senate
vand House of Representatives to-day. It commen-
ces by congratulating Congress on assembling to pass
- laws for an em'pirecf freetnou, after sixty year's ex-
perience have dispelled the fears and disproved the
predictions of those who regarded the experiment of
Republican government with distrust o- ill-will.
Upon Congress will dejend the maintenance of , the
work -which was performed liy thobo who have gone
before us. We are at pace with all the world, says
the message, and though thodesiroy.ng Angel, during
tho past year, visited large portions of the country
with desolation, yet il Almighty fias at length bUy
ed his arm. Lf the abundance of the fruits of the
: earth, and in the enjoyment of amicab'e relations
with the nations of the world, wo have reasons to give
thanks to Him who rules the destinies -of mankind,
and blesses those who acknowledge his power-
The message then proceeds to treat of our relations
.with foreign powers. With Great Britain we are on
- the most amicable terms, and from the amendment
made in her Majesty s laws, involving a like change
in our own, mutual benefits and advantages are ex-
pected to flow. A slight interruption of our diplomat-
icrelations with. France has terminated with the re
eeptiono'four MinUter to represent the United States
in tht Republic
Tn this country allusion lias been made to the de-
- tention of th&German war steamer which was being
fitted np in the harbor of New York, in contravention
of oar neautral obligations. The correspondence on
tnat subject accompanies the message, from which it
will be seen thatthe parties interested properly regard-
ed the coarse adopted bythis Go eminent as the only
consistent and true one.
Although a Minister was appointed to represent the
"nited States to the German Empire, and a .Minister
representing that Empire was received here, yet no
snch Govrrnment as that of the German Empire has
been definitely established. Our Minister therefore
has been recalled, after instructions had been given
him to transfer iho archives of tho American Lega-
tion at Frankfort to the American Legation at Berlin.
The suppression of the expedition against Cuba, and
thedemaud for the restitution of Rey, alledged to have
.been kidnapped ou our shores, are briefly noticed.
'The President announces that although the crew
' charged with the Btipposfd abductiou are, if guilty,
justly odious, yet no law has been passed by Congress
for the punishment of such an offence. The oxpedi-
" cney of supplying the deficiency is recommended.
The Executive has studiously avoided any inter-
""fereuce in the civil wars ofEurope. During tho cou-
t .flict, however, betwpon Anstria uad Hungary, there
; ""appeared a prospect, though faint, that the "atler would
secure her independence, and an agent then in Eu-
rope, was empowered to declare to the Magyar patri-
dts the readiness of this Government promptly to re-
cogn'rzei their indepsndence if they coald achieve It.
TnHhis'case the United States did not interfere, but
periodical from the office, or removing, and leaving it uticaued
for is priaifazit evidence of intentional fraud !
JnilgaTaompson, of Indiana, decided recently, ."That -where
nhirnhnrtn mieriadical failed to notifv the editorto discern
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theT'Government sympathised witli the teeiingsortlie
1 nation enlisted in the cause of a bravo people who
i "made d .gallant, though fruitless enort to oejreo.
rf .r Our claims upon Portugal have been too Jong post-
ponealby that people, aud tlxo Message hints that
there's a .pWibility of exhausting the rcsonrces of
., . . diplomacy without obtaining redress, in which case
the mslter will be submitted to Congress for other and
i grarer.action. -
1 With Russia, Austria, Prussia, Sweeden, Denmark,
elcetc.; ourrelations are, as usual, amicable. Our
I Charge tcRome, acting under instructions from the
I last Administration, has not yet fell himself aulhoriz-
led by the stability of the revolutionary governments
Which have succeeded one another, to present his cre-
Idoutialsto any one of them.
I The policy of cultivating thfrkindest relations with
fclexico.and the faithful observance of the treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo, are strongly insited on. A. cor-
respondence is referred to in relation to the Protocol
H io tbedrealy- signed at Queretaro. -The fact is also
mentioned that the U. S. Commissioner for rnnning
the boundary between this country and Mexico, was
delayed, in reaching San Diego by unforeseen difficul-
ties, until shortly after the time appointed by the
treaty, and soino progress has beeu made in the work.
The expenses in organizing the Commission have
greatly reduced the funds appropriated. For that
reason, aud the great length of the line to run, liberal
provision will have to bo made. It is recommended
that the United States bo authorized to employ coun-
:el to assist tho Commission appointed to adjust the
claims of our citizens upon Mexico. Our Charge to
New Grenada has been instructed to bring to the
notice of the government tho inefficiency of tho means
employed in transporting mail across the Isthmus of
Panama, according to postal convention of iVlarch,
1844. In tho civil wars of Venezuela our citizens
have suffered wrongs which the termination of hostili-
ties will enable that Government to examine a nd re-
dress. The exlentiou of the co ist of tho United States
upon the Pacific has imparted new interests to our
intercourse with the Republics of South America. It
s desirable that these relations be strengthened and in-
creased. The United States, as the leading Repub-
lic of America, is tho natural ally and friend of the
other American Republics, and should be disposed to
mediate and assist them in the event of collision with
European nations. A convention for the satisfaction
of American claims upon Brazil, has been negotiat-
ed. Congress is earnestly invited to the consideration
oftlie'BXfetiugrtBrwsToFtua'Buppressiou orlholaver
trade. Amendments are suggested, which it is hoped
will more effectually suppress it, aud prevent the
frauds committed upon our flag in evadiug the penal-
ties of the Statute. There being no prospect of the
union of the Central States of Amend, negotiations
have been. opened with them severally. A contract
having been made by tho United Slates citizens with
Nicaragua, to construct an inter oceanic ship canal,
our Charge has ben instructed to negotiate a treaty
with that State, both governments to protect those en-
eaffed irathe work. All other nations have been in
vited by.Nicaragua to enter into the Fame stipulations
with her.
Tho work so constructed and guaranteed will be a
bond a peace amongst the nations, that no foreign
maritime power should allowed to hold property near
the canal soas to command its commerce, or other-
wise obstruct a highway which should be dedicated to
the common uses of mankind. The several routes
across the Isthmus of Panama and Tehuantcpec are
recommended to the serious. consid eration of Congress.
Tho President has reason to hope that the railroad to
Panajna will be completed under the protection of an
existing treaty with Grenadi. The position of the
Sandwich Islands, with reference to the territory of
the Unittjil' .Slates, the success of our citizens who
Iiavo repaired to thorn to Christianize and convert in-
habitants, and the uses mado of them Ty our ships,
whale vessels, and other sea-going craft, combine to
render thsir destiny peculiarly interesting. The Pre-
bideut desires the independence of thee islands; but in
no event could he bo indifferent to their passing into
the hands of any other power.
Receipts" into the treasury for the fiscal year, ending
on the 30th Juno last, wore from all sources including
treasury notes, fifty nine millions six hundred andsix-ty-lhrve
thousand ninety seven dollars, (59,833,097) ;
the expenditures, of all kinds were fifty-seven millions
six hundred thirty-one thousand six hundred and thirty-seven'
dollars, (57.031,037.) For the details of
these receipts and expenditures, the Message refers
Congress to the report of the Socretary, in which a
probablo deficit of five millions eight hundred and
twenty-eight thousand one hundred and twenty-one
dollars, 5,828J121) for the fiscal year ending 30lh
June,1850jthefurt'ier deficit often millions five hun-
dredaud fifty-seven thousand two hundred aud ninety
two dollars (10,557; 292.) the succeeding year, are
fully explained. The deficits are referred to the ex-
traordinary expenses of the war with Mexico, and the
purchase of California and New Mexico, aud a loan
is recommended to cover tliem. The President recom-
mends an adjustment of the tariff, upon a basis which
will augment the revenue, and at the same timo af-
ford proper encouragement to domestic Industry. Tb.3
right and duty of Congress to placo home labor on a
sure footing, by encouraging manufactures and other
branches of industry, are distinctly asserted ; and in
this connection specific, duties are recommended in
the place of the present system of ad vahrem duties.
If Congress, in its wisdom, should continue the Sub-
treasury, importantmodifications are nrged in the ex-
isting laws. To encourage agriculture, the establish-
ment of an agricultural bure.iu, to be connected with
tlie HomeDpartmont, is recommended. In, the fail-
ure of Congress to establish civil government of Cali-
fornia, the peoplo of that territory have adopted a form
of government to suit themselves. Should their con-
stitution be conformably to the requirements of llhe
j constitution of the United States, the President will re
commend it to the favorable consideration of Congress.
The people of New Mexico are also expected to pre-
sent themselves for admission into the Union, with a
republican form of government. Tho President re-
commends Congress to await the action of the people
of those lerrritories, and thus avoid dangerous topics,
fraught with excitement and danger, and which threat-
en a formation of parties upon sectional considerations.
Congress recommended to adopt laws legalizing the
collection of revenue in California, made before tho
arrival of the United States collectors there.
A party has been sent ou to make a survey
of the coast of California and Oregon, and se-
lect locations for lighthouses, etc. Additional
laws are needed for the extension of our Indian
system over our new possessions. The estab-
lishment of a Branch Mint in California is re-
commended, and also the organization of a Board
to examine into the validity of titles in New
Mexico and California. A Geological and Min-
eralogical survey of the territory is likewise ur-
ged upon the attention of Congress. The pro-
ceedings of a convention lately held at St. Louis
and Memphis, -with reference to the construc-
tion of a railroad from the Mississippi river to
the Pacific Ocean, will be brought to the notice
of Congress, and a careful reconnoisance of the
several routes proposed is recommended as a
preliminary measure to any more decided spe-
cific action on the part of Congress. Early ap-
propriations for coast and harborimprovements,
already begun, aud tho construction of those
for which estimates have been submitted are
recommended. Some increase to the military
force has been made necessary by the extension
of our frontier by the acquisition of New Mexi-
co and California, and the obligations incurred
by treaty to Mexico. A mode of relief from the'
embarrassment occasioned by brevet and staff
commissions is proposed by the Secretary of
War. A plan for the retired and disabled offi-
cers, and superannuated and wounded soldiers,
is recommended. TEe'report of the Secretary
of the Navy, accompanying the message, is re-
ferred to for a full and satisfactory account of
the operations of that branch of the service. At-!
tention is invited to the subject of re-organizing
the various grade of officers, and the adoption
of a list of disabled officers. The consideration
of Congress is called to the view3 of the Secre-
tary in regard to war steamers and the opera-
tions of the contract system for transportation
of the mails. Exertions have been made to ex-
ecute the law extending the postoffico and mail
accommodations to Oregon and California, which
have not been fully successful, owing to the lim-
itted provision of the act, and obvious cause
peculiar to the condition of these territories.
A farther reduction on letter postage is reri
ommended. If the correspondence of the country
were relieved from the burden of the frankin '
privilege, tho President is confident that a uni
form rate of five cents per letter, regardless t .
distance, might be safely adopted. Since tht
commencement of the last session of Congress,
ajjostal arrangement has been made jvith Greaij
Britain, and though the attempt to extend tb p
system to France has not been successful, tb-jj
purpose has not been abandoned. The Board c )
Census has made the necessary arrangemen! 5
for taking the census, and tho passage of a lai
carrying into effect the provision of tho Const ,
tution upon that subject is recommeded.
The District of Columbia is recommended to
to the liberal and fostering care of Coneresii
Ti,..,inen;iAi.r.n.i, ri i j. i T , r
xnu uciUDoiiuuicu u ui tnauuormna;e oranci
cs of the Government confining itself strictly ,
itsappropriate sphere, is stronelv ujscd. with"
recommendation of such measures as in his opir !
ion mtj uuuuurjr requires, x ne action or tn
Executive in matterg of legislation h prrfor
men omy wnes. onis aro presented to him t
HOUSTON, THURSDAY,
approval, and the independence of Congress of
Executive dictation is asserted as tho only sure
means of giving proper dignity to the represen-
tative body making the elector in fact, as well
as in theory, a. component part of the sovereign
authority, as tho representative should bo res-
ponsible only to his constituents.
The veto should not be interposed to 6tifie the ex
pression of the public will except, to prevent encroach-
ments of the legislative power and check hasty or un-
constitutional legislation. The message closesby in-
culcating a veneration forthe Union, which for more
than half a century has stood unshaken, while king-
doms and empire-, have fallen. The patriots who
framed it havo gone to the grave, yet it remains the
proudest monument to their momory, and tho object
of affection with every oue worthy to beer the
American name. A dissolution of the Union is to be
deprecated as tho worst calamity to the human race,
for upon its preservation depends the happ'uess of tho
present generation and those that are to come after
hs. The Presideut concludes by pledging himself to
tho nation, that whatever danger may asail tho Un-
ion, he will stand by it and maintain it in its integrity
to tho full extent of the obligation imposed, and the
power conforrod on him by the Constitution.
FItANCEAND ITS AFRICAN POSSESSIONS.
The captaro of the celebrated Arab chief Ab-del-Kader
by tho French, and his close confine-
ment since, in violation of the terms of his cap-
itulation, are generally supposed to have given
to that nation the quiet possession of its con
quests in Africa. This is very far from being
the fact. At this very moment the forces of
.trance are kept in complete check bv a mere
handful of Arabs in the province ofConstan-
tine. Wo find in the Paris Siecle an interes
ting letter, evidently from an intelligent and
well informed correspondent, dated near Zaat-
cha, October 2Gth.
From him we learn tha"t the French army
had been laying close seige to Zaatcha for sev-
eral weeks. This place is situated in the midst
of a desert, and its position is, in consequence,
very formidable. The resistance of its inhabi
tants is unsurpassed in courage and patriotic
devotion in the annals of the world. Thetown
stands in tho. midst of a thick forest of date
trees, is surrounded by a high and strong wall
of brick, flanked by towers, and on the outside
is still further strengthened by a deep fosse fil-
led with water and six yards wide. Tho entire
space within, surrounding the central village, is
cut upinto gardens with high walls, and each
house is of a complete battlement. Two thou-
sand foot soldiers, equipped by the Arab chief
Oulid-Nail, havo established themselves in this
stronghold, to carry on their holy but desperate
warfare.
Against this niero handful, the entire French
army, with four field pieces and fourteen howJ
itzers, had thus far been able to make no im-
pression. '-Since the famous siege of Constan-
tine," writes our authority, "our troops have
had no military operation that presented such
formidable difficulties, or cost the lives of so
many of our bravest soldiers." '-AH that mili-
tary skill and genius can do in the arrange-
ment of the necessary works for a regular seige
in the establishment of regular platforms of
artillery," he continues, -'has been done accor
ding to the best rules of the art of siege, but up
to this moment'all that we have done has been
utterly in vain. Our last attack took place this
very day. A battalion of the 43d crossed a small
marsh to gain a breach that had been made,
but suffered everything. The bravery of our
troops, their enthusiastic ardor, were not equal
to the difficulties of the undertaking. More
than thirty of our officers are at this moment
korsde combat; and the number of sub-officers,
corporals and privates, killed and wounded, ex-
ceeds four hundred.
The French, in thephrenzy of their despera-
tion, propose to cut down one by one the whole-
forest of date trees, which forms this rich atfid
fruitful oasi3, affording tho entire support of
thousands and thousands of the natives, in or-
der that they may capture Zaatcha, and Le-
chana, which itsheltere. and raze both cities to
the ground ! This is to be done to punish the
Arabs for the two crimes of courage and patri-
otism. It is to be done, too, by liberal Chris-
tian France Boston Atlas.
.Land for the Magyar. The German Reform-
er, of the 10th of November says:
"The fate of the Hungarian exiles that are
are now in JHamburgh, was decided through the
direct mediation of tho American Ambassador
in London; Klapka has selected, in five different
parts of the United States, a large space of land
where he will establish an Hungarian colony.
The price of the land is very moderate. The
ex-governor of the city of Comorn, Ojazy, will
leave for America on the 15th of November, in
company with a geometer, who will select tho
finest and most advantageous country, and will
immediately proceed to its division. Tho other
Magyars, and Klapka himself, will sail for New
York, on board of tho ship Franklin."
We think, says the Baltimore Argus, it would
redound much to the credit of the Government
if Congress ware to pass abill at its present ses-
sion, appropriating a tract of public land to
these exiled patriots. It would have a tendency
to cheer them and those of their countrymen
who may bo left behind, by letting them know
that there is ono government beneath the
bright sun that sympathizes with them, and
sljows its sympathy by its public acts.
Henry Clay visited tho extensive jewelry
establishment of Messers. Peckham & Rumrill,
17 John street. New York, about 12 o'clock on
Wednesday, for the purpose, as we learn, of
procuring some trinket or other; and he had no
sooner cnteredit than the hands got wind of it,
and they came from every part of the building,
to tho number of about 290, to greet him, and
to give him a shake of his hand. In a few mo-
ments they decided to present the "Sage of
Ashland, with some testimonials of regard for
his labors in the cause of protection to home in-
dustry. He had shown himself the friend of
the mechanic, and they wished him to know
that he was not forgotten, or his services unap-
preciated. Tho token they selected was a
massive gold chain, which one of the journey-
men presented to Mr. Clay, there and then, in a
neat and appropriate speech, to which the great
statesman replied, seemingly much affected by
this unexpected mark of esteem The hands
then gave him three cheers, and they were
heartily given and caught up. and repeated by
the crowd which had by this time collected out-
side the establishment. Mr. C. seemed highly
gratified with his reception, and the jour no
less so to receive him. Brooklyn Daily Adv.
Depth of the Ocean. Capt James Ross found
15,00 feet, west of Cape Good Hope, which is
the height of Mt. Blanco, and he sounded with
the plummet 25,400 feet, or 27, 600 English
feet, without touching bottom, west of St Hel-
ena. Dr. Young assigns to tho Atlantic a depth
of a league: that is, 13,400 feet: and to the Pa-
cific Ocean a league and a third, or about 18.-
000 feet.
Certain inland seas, liko tho Mediterranean
and Caribbean, have greater depth than would
be expected from their proximity to the land
and seem to be sunken basins, the form of
which is connected with tho volcanic phenomena
of which they are the seat. Tho narrowest
part of the Strait of Gibraltar is not more than
060 feet below the surface ; but a little farther
toward the east, the depth falls suddenly to
3000 feet and at the out! of 'he f f "r;'rn"n
and of the fsicrra Nevada, a depth of 5400 feot
JANUARY 10, 1850.
has been ascertained. The eastern part of the
Mediterranean is of less depth.
ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS.
In pursuance, says the Republic, of the joint reso-
lution of Jauuary 7, 1846, which makeB it the duty
of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause the esti-
mates of appropriations, which he is by law required
to prepare and submit to Congress, to be printed, and
copies of the same to be delivered to the Clerk of the
House of Representatives in time for distribution at the
commencement of each session, estimates of additiou-
l al appropriations required for the service of (the fiscal
year, ending J uue dti,18ol), and for the fiscal year
ending Juue 30, 1851, were yesterday placed on the
tables of the members of the House. From this vol-
ume we extract the summary of tho additional appro-
priates required for 185U, and the summary of the
appropriations for 1851 :
Ireaswry Department, ?
November 16, 1849. J
Sm: Agreeably to the joint resolution of Con-
gress of the 7th Jauuary, 1846, I have the honor to
ransmit, for the information of the House of Repre-
sentatives, printed estimates of additional appropria-
tions proposed to bo made for the service of the fiscal
year ending the 30th Juue, 1850,
amounting to .. 1G?6,S5L47
ah oi wnicn is on account ot tno civ-
il list, foreign intercourse, and miscel-
laneous, including expenses of col
lecting revenue from customs aud
lands, from 1st Jauuary to 30th Juno, .
1850.
To the estimate is added a statement
showing
The indefinite appropriations for the
service of the three last quarters of
the fiscal year ending the 30th June,
1850, made by former acts of-Congress,
of a permaneut character,
amounting to 4,539,458 81
. Viz:
Civil list, foreign inter-
course, and miscel-
laneous, $583,580 41
Pensions, 255,000 00
Interest, & c . , public
debt, and treasury
notes, 3,700,878 40
$6,236,310 28
I am, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
W. M. MEREDITH,-
Secretary of the Treasury.
Hon. Speaker
of the House of 'Representatives.
n Treasury Department, )
November 16, 1849. J '
Sir: Agreeably to thejdfut resolution of Congress
of the 7th January, 1846, 1 have the honor to trans-
mit, for the information of Ihe House Of Representa-
tives, priuted estimates of the appropriations proposed
to be mado for tho fiscal year ending June 30, 1851,
amounting to 33,1,97,152 15
Viz:
Civil list, foreign intercourse and mis-
cellaneous, including payment to ba
mada to Mexico under tho 12th arti-
cle of the treaty, expenses of collect-
ing the revenue from customs and
iands, census of 1850, public build-
ings, and expenses of
courts, 12,812,480 29
Army proper, &c, 5,866,137 00
Military Acad'y, . 199,298 47
Fortifications, ordinance,
&c, 1,647,446 00
Internal improvements, '
surveya, and light
houses,
Indian department,
1,164,080 00
998,739 17
1,433,893 00
S-,575,078 22
Pensions,
Naval establishment,
To the estimates are
added statements
showing
1. The appropriations
for the fiscal year,
ending the 30th June,
1851, made by former
acts of Congress, of a
permaneut character,,
amounting to
Viz:
Civil list, foreign inter-
course aud miscella-
neous, Anniug and equipping
tho militia,
Civilization of Indians,
Pensions,
Interest ou public debt,
Purchaseo f stock of the
loan of 1847,
5,643,410 24
724,560 14
200,000 00
10,000 00
473,000 00
3,742,951 13
492,898 97
2. The existing appropri-
ations, which will be
required to be expend-
ed in the fiscal year
ending the 30th June,
1851, amounting to
Viz:
Civil list, foreign inter-
course aud miscella-
neous, Army proper, &c,
Fortifications, ordnance,
&c,
Internal improvements,
surveys, &.c,
Indian department,
Pensions,
Naval establishment,
5,656,530 24
472,519 21
2,230,747 97
1GS.000 00
83,123 38
903,971 36
20,117 00
1,778,051 42
$44,996 092 73
3. There is also to be added to the esti-
mates a stntement of the several ap-
propriations, which will bo carried to
the surplus fuud, amounting to $502,170 02
Accompanying tho estimates are sundry papers
furnished ty the Treasury, War, Navy, and Iuterior
Departments, containing references to acts of Con-
gress, &c, on whirl the estimates are founded.
I am, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
W. M. MEREDITH,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Hon. Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
From the African Repository.
THAT NEW RACE OF MEN. f
The "Kingdom of Bare," where those tali ?
men ue, mentioned in our last numcir, is
situated on the Nile, near Iho Equator.
Meheiuet Ali's explorers ascended th. Nile
to lat. 4 c 42 E. long. 31 ? 3h, where
their progress was arrested by a lidge of gneiss
crossing the stream from east to west. Ten
or fifteen days, journey to the east, they were
told, was a largo country called Beni, boun-
ded on the south btr a branch of the Nile ; but
where the expedition stopped, tho country
was called Bare. Even if both names are
substantially one, the whole country must lie
on the western slope of the great mountain
range which separates the Valley of the Nile
from the coast of the Indian Ocean. Infor-
mation obtained in Bare rendors it nca-ly
certain, that the source of th Nile is south
of the Equator. Farther south, on the same
great slope, facing the west, is tho great em-
pire, as it has been called, of the Mono-moe-zi,
or Mouumusji, for some account of which,
see Af. Hop., for January, 1847. Later in-
vestigation1, however, show that the country
of the Mono-moczi, and its great lake Zam-
bezi, or the N'yassi, must be carried some
two i- th I " s fvM t to north.
thau that aru-lc represents; that the source j
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p.i.vnrLisaa
t of the Nile is to be sought in their country,
' and not improbably in that lake; of which,
perhaps, more may be said at another time.
The people of Bare, therefore, and the Mo-no-moezi,
inhabit the same western slope
which is a very gentle slope of the same
mountain range, and their boundaries cannot
be more than 200 or 300 miles apart. The
article in the Repository for Jan., 1847, just
referred to, locates the Mere-mongao, (a
people perhaps still more civilized J on the
north-east of the Mono-mcozl, in abont lat.
3 deg. S., long. 35 deg. E. This, making
the necessary correction in the latitude,
would place tfyem directly south of Bcrri. It
seems probable that tha people of Bane, of
Bern, the Mere-mongao and the Mono-moe-zi,
are of the same race, and nearly the same
degree of civilization; for which, see the ac-
count of the latter already ,referred to.
As to their stature, there is reason to sup-
pose it rather large. In 1839, the Rev, E.
Burgess, American missionary at Ahmednug-
Jtgur; India while-on' his way tohfs- mission
stopped at Zanzibar, for the purpose of col-
lecting information concerning the people of
that part oi Africa : and through the kindness
of R. P. Waters, Esq., American Consul,
he enjoyed unusual facilities'. He was made
acquainted with several of the Monomoezi,
then at Zanzibar, and among others, with one
who was said to be heir apparent to the throne.
He was told that a majority of the men-are
over six feet high. Of four whom he measur-
ed, the average height was five feet ten inch-
es. The tallest was almost six feet. The
account adds : "Many of his countrymen
were taller than himself, some even a whole
head. The same was represented to be true
of the other tribes. Yet, as I saw none of
such a remarkable stature at Zanzibar, the
0 matter, I conclude, must have been oversta-
ted." The 'Mono-moezi appeared to Mr.
Burgess more cnterprssing, more intelligent,
and on the whole, more interesting, than the
other tribes, and were said to be the richest
in that part of Africa. It does not appear
that he saw or Iisard any thins of the Mero-
mongao, or the people of Bare. From th.'se
facts compared with the article of Jan. 1847,
already referred to, the reader may form a
probable conjecture as to the civilization of
the Kingdom of Bare, and the size of its in-
habitants. SOMETHING' NEW.
The Republic states that a gentleman from
New York, now in Washington city, propos-
es to connect the President's house, and the
Capitol, and the several departments, with
gutta perclia speaking-tubes, laid under
ground, and to guarantee that ordinary con-
versation can be carried between these remote
points with as much fidelity as if the different
parties were in the same room.
LIVE FOR SOMETHING.
Thousands of men breathe, move and live,
pass off the stage of life and are heard of no
moro. Why ? They did not aparticle 'of
good in the world ; and none were blest by
them, none could point to them as the instru-
ments of their redemption; not a. line they
wrote, not a word they spoko could be recall-
ed, and so they perished, their light went out
in darkness, and they were not remembered
more than the insects of yesterday. Will you
thus live and die, Oman immortal? Live
for something. Do good and leave behind
you a monument of virtue, that the storm of
time can never destroy. Write your name
by kindness, love, and mercy, on the hearts
of the thousands you come in contact with
year by year, and you will never be forgotten.
No ; your name, your deeds, will be as legible
on the hearts you leave behind, as the stars
on the brow of evening. Good deeds will
shine as brightly on the earth as the stars of
Heaven . Chalmers.
Depth of the Ocean. Capt. James Ros3 found
15,000 feet west of Cape Good Hope, which is the
height of Mt. Blanc ; and he sounded with tho plum-
met 25,400 feet, or 27,600 Euglish feet, without
touching bottom, west of St. Helena. Dr. Yonug as-
signs to the Atlantic a depth of a league ; that is,
13,400 feet ; and to the Pacific Ocean a league and a
thrid, or about 18,000 feet. Cert tin inland seas, like
the Mediterranean and Carribbean, have greater
depths than would be expected from their proximity
to the laud ; and seem to be sunken basins, thev form
of which is connoctod with the volcanic phenomena of
which they are the seat. The narrowest part of the
Strait ot Gibralter is not more than 960 feet below
the surface; but a little further towards tho east, the
depth falls suddenly to 3000 feet; and at the south of
the Coast of Spain and of the Sierra Nevada, a depth
of 5400 feet has been ascertained. The eastern part
of the Mediterranean is of less depth.
An Early Pioneer. A sketch of Edward Drinker
of Philadelphia, who, it was said, saw greater revolu-
tions than auy other man that was ever born, was
published in the Peiladelphia Gazette of Apnl 20, 1783.
There aro a good m tny Edward Drinkers now-a-days.
The sketch is as follows:
"EJwurd Drinker was born in a cottage, in 1680,
on the spot where the city of Philadelphia now stand,
which was iuh ibited at tlu tunc of hib birth by Indians
aud a few Swells and Hollanders. He ofteii talked
of picking blackberries and catching wild rabbits where
this populous city is now seated. He remembered Will-
iam Peun arriving there his second time, aud used to
point out the spot where the cabin stood iu which Mr.
Peun and his friends were accommodated on tiieir
arrival. The lift of thwaged citizen is mark -a wiih
circumstances w'i c'i never bnfel any indiv.iiuat : for
he saw greater i-v r.U than any other man, at least
since the Patriarchs. lie saw tho same spot ol rats .
iu the course of his life, cut ered with u ood anil bnhi s,
Ihe receptaclos of wild bf-a-.'.-. and birds ofpry, alter-
wards become fie seat of ireat city, not only the first
iu wealth uu 1 arts in Am- tea, hat equalled but by
few iu Eutopf ; he saw great und regular -lr'ets
where he had often pursued h ires and wild rabbit-. ;
ne saw fine churches rise upou morasses, where he
used to heir nothing but the croaking ot frogs; reat
wharves aud warohoase- whore he had so ofteii been
tho Indi iu savages dr iw meir fish from the river; aud
that river afterwards full of great ships trora all tho
world, which in his youth h.id nothing bigger than an
Indian cauo : and on tho spot where ho had gathered
huckleberry ho saw thpir magnificent city hall erec-
ted, and tlrat Hall filled with legislators atoaUhiug
the world with their wisdom and virtue. He aNo saw
tho first treaty ratified between tho United Powers ot
America and tho most powerful Prince of Europe, with
all tho formality of parchment and seals, and ou tho
aatne spot where he once saw Wm. Ponn ratify his
first aud last treaty with the Indians. And to con.
elude, ho saw Ihe beginning and the end of the Brit-
ish Empire in Pennsylvania. He had been the sub-
ject of mauy crowned heads ; but wheu he heard of
tho many oppressive and unconstitutional acts pisseij
in Britain, he bought them all and gave them to hi I
great grand-ons to make kitesof ; and embracing thd
liberty and independence of his country in his with-
ered arms, and triumphing in the last year of his lifo
in the saltation of his country, ho died on the 7th of
November, 16S2, aged 103 years."
lnfl'iencr of Elertririti on the Human Body. A
fr !) 1 'iac liaudfd to the Baitiinc.e C. pper the f.IId-.v-inj
iutrxlmgartial
NO. 3. WHOLE WOS3. .
"Dr. Pallas, physlcian-iu-chief to tho Freuch troops,'
at the Military Hospital at Oroa, has. published a vol-
ume of 350 pages on tho Influence of Electricity on the
Human Body, and on the effect of electric isolation aa
a curative application in many diseases; He is con-
vinced thatthagreat olectric currents which exist ei-
ther in the atmosphere or on the earth, take an ac-
tive part in the production of diseases in general, and
especially in those of hot climates ;and lhat by modi-
fyiug the activity of these currents, which are always
penetrating the human body it will be possible to di
miiilsh, if not actually to destroy, the causes of the ea
aerao-ep.demic diseases of Algena. Satisned that his
theory is correct he made the followinir trials r Ho had
two beds constructed, whose legs rested cirglassnear- Al-
ly a foot in thickness,. bo that, they were completely,' .
iusulatod in reference to Ihe-ground. To one of tho' -bdd-posts
a chain was attached, with a glass handle "
at the free extremity, so that the bed might bo com-
pletely insulated, or placed in'communication with
tho ground'al will. The first trial of the effects o'f fn' r
sulation was in the case of two patients suffering very
soverely from an aggravated form of "dysentery..
They were removed to these beds at noon, and in three
hours time there was a marked amelioration of their '
symptoms. One of thorn improved so rapidly from'
tho time he was insulated, that iu five days he wasux
a state of convalescence The other patient recoy? s
ereifroiy-tbe period of his insolation, but not so rapVrr '
idly. It is worthy of rema'rStriat the pulse becama
slower from the moment of insulation. Many other
ca.es of different diseases are detailed, in which ben-.
efit seems to havo accrued from this modo of prac
tice.
The Washington correspondent of the Bdlimorar-
Stm says: - -
The result of the proceedings of the caucuses whXclu-
were held last night, are such as to justify the follow
ing conclusions, to wit: ' 7
1st. That Mr. W'inthrop cannot be chosen-Speaker
2d. That no Northern Whig can bo- chosen. "s -
3d. That Mr. Howell Cobb cannot be chosen, f V.
4th. That the Administration cannot secure the
organization of the House, and is prostrate and help
less.
5th. That no member from a slaveholding Stale-
can be chosen Speaker. "
6th. That a compromise nw3t be made by taking .
some Northern Democrat as Spoaker, or none car '
be chosen. ,",
7th. Thai even the Union itself is greatlyifendan-VW
gored by the present and prospective state of thfngss"
The withdrawal of eight Southern Whigs from the-
sapport of Mr. Winthrop on slavery grounds, and
their formal deraind lor a. guaranty from their Nor-
thern friendi against aggression on Southern rights
and interests, have presented, iu a new and unpromis-
ing aspect, tho relations between the North, and tho -
South. " . -
On tho other hand, nothing like unanimity or tiar-.
many prevails in the Democratic ranks.
THE PARKMAN CASE- ' 'S.
More Developments Dr. ParJcman OB-tlJSubjcct '
of Crime and Insanity--- '
The Boston Traveler, ccramwitfngo& Ihe atroj ,-
cio.is murder of Dr. Parkmah says, in reference tolhe-
accused : ? "
'2"So faras wo are admitted fo feelthe moral pnlse of
me community on this subject, it beats -healthfully ;
and, as circamatauces gather force against' the suspec-
ted individual, the disposition to weigh facts with the
utmost caution and iniulgeuce becomes stronger and.
more, general. It is more iu sorrow than fu anger that"
his case is now regarded ; aud the Christian sympathy,
which a correspon Jpnt invokes, is not lacking. " . .
The afflictions of the bereaved family," as wejearn.
from good authority, are reduced to comparative' ih- .
significance in their vivid sense of the prefoundar ca- -x
lamity, which now shrouds the fate of others j and in.
a sincore, though, we trust, not a morbid charity rs ex- v "J
perienced by the public generally forthe party resting -
under the suspicion of; crime J
Should the general suspicion unhappily provettrae'wf
what a lesson to tho intellectual prido of man will' the r"
tragedy convey! What a rebuke to that educational
system, which would elevate in public esteem the
knowledge of the head above the wisdom of the heart!
Here is a man, it will be said, connected with the first
Institut'on of learningin the land, who, with all his
scionco and all his cultivated tastes for literature and
art, possessed not the safeguard against evil, which,,
the veriest child, who has been taught to lisp thetlrd"iSRr
prayer, carries with him iutohisdaily walks LTtioughT
all the treasures of human knowledge are in our pos-
session, wh&t beggars we are, without, the faith com--pared
with which, all those treasures are but vanity
and vexation of spirit I"
Under the advice of tho proper legal officer, tho
Coroner of Boston has decided that the Coroner's In-
quest into the case must be kept private. In ordinary-
cases he said he was disposed to give all the facts at- ,
tending such cases to the public
The case was of an extraordinary character, aud
the evidence was to be derived from widely diversified
sources. Unlike the cases of York and Goods, it did
not depend npou a few tangible facts lying within the- .
compass of a limited locality onen to the nublic. rn- : '
vate papers affecting different parties would haver.tojie ;
examined, and the private affairs of many persons jt J
might have to be disclosed, in order to trace np cirA"
cmnstance. There were documents of various kinds
to be read, relating wholly to private transactions. .
Thus, therefore, dure would probably be but few dis- J",
tinctive facts to be reported, and by publish a,' them f
one by qne day after day, as they disconnectedly cam
ou great injury might be done to the person now dc-
cused, and perhaps to some other person or .persona
not directly accused or suspected- Ho know that
some of Dr. Webster's friends believed that such a
mod3 of publication might be injurious to him, and he '"
would again say that some of Dr. Parkman's friend
had a strong desire that the examination should be
private. He had, therefore, reluctantly come to the
conclusion, thatthe ends of public justice and the pub-
lic welfare wouldbe best consulted by a private exam-
ination, and he accordingly decided that the reporters
could not be allowed to be present.
It is said that over sixty wituesscs have. been sum-
moned. Tne Boston Mail, of Thursday, speaks of the fol
lowing discoveries having been made at Professor
Webster's house :
Owing to information, obtained, it is said by some,
person eaaploycd at the jail overhearing a conversation
between Professor Webster and his counsel, officers
Clapp and Hopkins were despatched last evening to
make a general examination of the house of the pro-"
fessor at Cambridge.
Mrs. Webster received them politely, and interposed
no objection to the search. On opening ProH Wis
private desk thoy discovered beneath a quantity of oth-
er papers, the identical note for S487, lohi ch Pro
fejsor Webster has stated he look up on the Friday
thai ur. Jfarinnan teas last seen to enter tne-mea-
cut Cjllege. So fir as the finding of this note is con-v;
rer.ied, it only corroborate' what Prof. WcbsterhasT
-t-ued in regard to taking it np. But a furthersearch
produced evideii' e of a more startling description
A'so, aiuther note payable to Dr. Parkman, for
$2400, daiedin 1817, and becoming due in 1851 i
The note was secured by mortgage- We could not,
learn the mouth or the dav of the month the note was
dated, but tho fact that a uote for tho above sum ruu, ?
ii ng five years and payable iu 1851, was yesterday ..
d.covered among Prof. Webster's papers, is true and -
beyond questiou. Tho back of this last named note" "v
contained numerous 'endorsements, but to what
amount, or whether sufficient to cover the face of it
we have not been able to learn. Another statement
is, that the note was fully liquidated by the endorse-,
moats on the back and that the uote for $487 was tho
only demand which Dr. Parkman held against the"
accused on the day he mysteriously disappeared.
During last week several checks, drawn by Dr.
Webster, on the Cambridge Bank, wore presented at
the counter of that iustitution for payment, but tho
teller's invariable answer was, "Mr. Webster, has no.,
money here, nor has he had for some timo." Wo A
were shown a check'yesterday, drawn in favor of Mr.
Cummiugs, blacksmith, in Cambridge street, for $9
15, that was refused some ten years since.
Professor Webster's Counsel. Wo understand
that in addition to tho Hon. F. Dexter. B-R. Curtis
and E. D. Sohier, Esqrs., have been retained aacouu-
sel by Prof. Webster. We understand that important
discoveries have been mads among the papers of the
accused.
Furneral of Dr. Parkman. Tho funeral services C
over tho remains of the late Dr. Parkman, were
snlomuized this, morning, at his residence in Walnut-
street, by the Rev. Dr. Peabody. Tho services as
ms-ht as sjpposcd under the circumstances, were
strictly priYt,ncu but lbs imcaodiat family bin
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