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MONDAY, JULY 21, 1856.
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES BUCHANAN,
OF PESSSTLVANIA.
FOR~VICE PRESIDENT,
J, C. BRECKENRIDGE,
•E KFuMl'CKY.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
f.kkctors for the state at large.
FRANK BOWDE3, W.B.SCBKKY.
COJTORF.SSrOA'AL
A.J. HOOD,
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
A. J. HAMILTON.
FOR COMPTROLLER.',
JAMES B. SHAW.
FOR TREASURER.
JAMES II. RAYMOND.
FOR ATTORJfEY OEJfERAL.
JAMES WILLIE.
Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing Ticket
for Coiin'y Officers.
For Chief Justice—T B. J. IIADLEY.
" County Clerk—Wll. R. BAKER.
" Sheriff-—JNO. R. GRIMES.
" Coroner—ANDREW DALY.
" County Treasurer—J AS. BERRY.
*' District Surveyor—SAM. C. WEST.
•• Assessor and Collector—R. BREWSTf R.
" County Commissioners—JNO. YIVEN,
S. A. CHAMBERS, S. HAGERMAN.
For Justices of the Peace, Beat No. 4.—S.
RICHARDSON, E. SIMLER.
Constable, Beat No. 4.—E. F. WILLIAMS*
D* We learn from private letters from
Austin that the River Bill passed on the 17th,
-and that the Loan Bill would certainly pass
next day..
O" Mr. William Hill, a resident of Wilcox
county, Alabama, arrived in our city on last
Wednesday week, and immediately took his
bed, stating that he had had diarrhcea for
h rre or four days before. Medical aid was
called in, but Mr. Hill expired on Friday
evening. Every attention was rendered the
deceased by the gentlemanly proprietor Of
the Fannin House, Mr. Dyer.
In his pockets were found a draft on New
Orleans for $1,400, and a letter of introduc-
tion to Messrs. Briggs & Yard, of Galveston.
He has a family in Wilcox, and, we believe,
fcume relations in Texas.
Axothcb Mi'tout.—The lamentable details
of one horrid murder are scarcely recited
before the public are shocked with the occur.'
rence of another still more harrowing. On last
Wednesday, a Mr. Perry, as we are informed,
rode np to where Mr. Moore was putting np
his fence and shot him down as if he had
l>uen a dog. Mr. Moore was a wealthy and
highly esteemed citizen of Colorado county.
We did not learn whether Peny was arrested,
but presume he was not.
United States Maoazise.—The first num
her, third volume, of this highly popular and
instinctive work has t>een sent ns by the en-
terprising publishers. Nearly all the papers
are embellished with handsome engravings.
Published by J. M. Emerson Co., New
York, at $2 per annnm.
Andbkw Fiji ale Institute.—We are in-
debted to Rev. C. H. Brooks for the first an-
nual catalogue of this flourishing Institution.
It already numbers some sixty-two students.
The following able and accomplished gen-
tlemen and ladies compose the faculty; Rev.
Tiiot. H. Ball, Rev. Josiph B. Pebey, Mrs.
Haruaext McSha.v, and Mrs. Roues B
Baker.
Cool.—A subscriber, who has been taking
the Victoria Advocate three years, sends the
editor the following complacent letter:
Messrs. Editors—Dear Sirs—I like very
much to read your paper; but 1 think I have
taken it long enough without making a pay-
ment, and you wifl confer a favor on me by
slopping niy paper, as it is wholly out of my
power to pay you at present.
Now if our brothers of the quill do not
feel proud of commendation from such a
diiintcrcsfed source, they must be hard to
please. We presume, of course, the postage
bad Wn paid, and that that had nothiug to
do with prompting the generous letter.
Mr. Fiilmorc's Albany Speech.
I.i our last issue we gave the speech of
Mr. Fillmore delivered at Albany, more as a
part of the history of the present campaign
than as a document calculated to affect the
c'aims of any of the prominent candidates
before the country. Virtually the race is be-
tween Buchanan and Fremont, an.1 the only
good which can arise from the discussion of
Mr. Fillmore's antecedents is, that Southern
men may know his position on the institu-
tions of the South and not aid the election of
Fremont, the Black Republican, by throw-
ing away their \otes on Fillmore, the Free-
soiler. Mr. Fillmore says:
"You all know that when I was called to
the executive chair, by a bereavement which
overwhelmed the nation with grief, that the
country was unfortunately agitated from one
end to the other upon the all-exciting sub-
ject of slavery. It was then, sir, that I felt
it my duty to rise above every sectional pre-
judice, and look to the welfare of the whole
nation. [Applause.] I was compelled to a
certain extent to overcome long cberish -d
prejudices, and disregard party claims.
[Great and prolonged applause. ]
I, is true the country was agitati d on the
subject of slaveiy when Mr. Fillmore took
the Presidential chair, but who was respon-
sible for that agitation1 Had not Mr. Fill-
more himself up to tliat time been one of the
most active partisans of Free-soil agitation ?
In 1838 be wrote the Erie letter in which he
stated that he was in favor of the reception
of Abolition petitions by Congress; opposed
to the annexation of Texas so long as slaves
were held thereiu; in favor of Congress ex-
ercising its power to abolish the slave trade
between the States, and in favor of tho'aboli-
tion of slavery in the District of Columbia.
Had Mr. Fillmore wished to see quiet reign
in the conniry, it is unnecessary to say that
be would have pursued an entirely different
course on all these subjects. But when he ac-
cidentally became President, he found it ne-
cessary to overcome, "to a certain extent,
these long cherished prejudices," and place
his signature to the compromise measures of
1S50. What were those measures ? One
was the admission of California as a free
State. This certainly did not interfere with
any of his prejudices against slavery. An-
other measure was the abolition of the slave
trade in the District of Columbia. Of course
that could not be obnoxious to his senti-
ments. But the organization of Territorial
governments for Utah and New Mexico.with-
out including the Wilmot Proviso, and the
bill for the execution of the fugitive slave law,
were the measures for the approval of which
he was compelled to overcome his "long
cherished prejudices.'"
"By the blessings of Divine Providence,
our efforts were crowned with signal suc-
cess, [chpers,] and when I left the Presiden-
tial chair the whole nation was prosperous
and contented, and our relations with all
foreign nations vere of the most amicable
kind. [Cheers.] The cloud that hung up-
on the horizon was dissipated."
No man knows better than Mr. Fillmore
that the fanatics of the North were not satis-
fied with the Compromise measures; that
the cry was immediately raised for the re-
peal of the fugitive slave law, and nearly
every election which took place subsequent-
ly turned upon that issue. How could such
a batch of measures settle the question, when
they did not even touch it. The North j
holds that Congress has the right to legislate
slavery out of the Territories, the South de-
nies that right. The compromise left it an
open question. Our nation is as prosperous
and contented now as it was at the close of
Mr. Fillmore's administration. The same
fanatics which are agitating the country
now were engaged in the same laudable pur-
suit then. Our relations with England have
becorie somewhat involved from the bung-
ling diplomacy of ilr. Fillmore's administra-
tion in regard to the Central America treaty,
but the administration of President Pierce,
is no more responsible for this than it is fur
the violation of our neutrality laws by the
same power. If our relations with "all the
nations of the earth and the balance of man
kind" are not of the most amicable nature, it
is their fault and not ours.
"Of the present administration I have
nothing to say, and can appreciate the diffi-
culties of administering this government,
and if the present Executive and his suppor-
ters have made a mistake, I hope God may
General Walker and Central
America.
This latter-day filibuster is becoming as
notorious for coups d'etat as Louis Napoleon.
Entering Nicaragua with 50 or 60 desperate
adventurers, he boldly assails Granada, mas-
ters the city and takes virtual possession of
the Government. Like Alexander of old,
when diplomats were not, he soon tires of
attempting to loose the gordian knot of State
difficulties by ordinary processes, and severs
it with his sword. Corral was intractable,
and Corral was shot. The Transit Compa-
ny became refractory, their contract was an-
nulled and their property confiscated and
seized. The Costa Ricans took np arms jind
—had to lay them dowu again. Patricio
Rivas, nominal President, has been kept in
his position by Walker until the latter thinks
automatons are no longer necessary, and Pa-
tricio is declared a traitor! It is evident
that Walker has played secoud fiddle to the
"greasers" thus long with vtry ill grace. Is
not Nicaragua an independent sovereign
State, recognized as such by Uncle Sam,
and why should "Uncle Billy," who made
her so, any lengi r, even in appearance, oc
cupy a secondary position in her councils ?
We won't pretend to question his extreme
love for Nicaragua any more than we will
that of a candidate for the people (God bless
their souls!) before election, but we are
somewhat amazed at his modesty and for
bearance. To think of all the hardships
and privations he has undergone to serve
Nicaragua, and then for Rivas to run away
and leave him to assume all the responsibil-
ity of the Government—it's to bad! Rivas
should die the death oj a traitor! Ei Nicara
guense, a paper every way worthy of ere.
dence, and so thoroughly patriotic that it
takes its name from the country and uses the
native language—even El Nicaraguense
thinks Uncle Billy an ill-used man, for from
certain statements in the paper it would seem
that the ingratitude and baseness of the peo-
ple is so great that they even accuse Wal-
ker and his associates of trying to take for-
cible possession of the Government! Such
graceless wretches ought to be ashamed of
themselves, and tiny couldn't blame Gen.
Walker if he should take it into his head to go
off and leave tliem without that Democratic
Government which he has promised to es-
tablish !
Walker is a bold man, and nothiug we
hear of him astoui -hes us. He evidently has
the heart to execute, whether he has the
head to plan or not; but we fear his execu-
tive proclivities will always have him in hot
water. To establish American influence on
the Isthmus is the desire of the whole Amer-
ican people, and would be an advantage to
the civilized world. Walker was in a fair
way to bring about such a result, but he ha«
now almost entirely isolated himself from
the natives of the country, and loses that
moral influence which attached to his enter-
prize from the seeming good faith subsisting
between him and the democratistas.
We learn, says the Galveston News,
that there are u< w doe, at this port, some
five or six of our New York and Boston pack-
ets, which have already been on the passage
from thirty to forty days. This long deter-
tion is very uausul, and is probably attribu-
table to our long continued Westerly winds.
Amonir others which have been so delayed,
are the barks Island City, and Nueces, both
loaded with iron for the Houston railroad.
With the present more favorably winds they
are looked for daily.
D* Col. Tbos. H. Benton comes out heart
and soul for Bnck and Breck, and is going
to run for Governor of Missouri on the Cin-
cinnati Platform. It is also said that John
M. Clayton, Secretary of State under Gen.
Taylor, has cut loose from the isms and de-
clared himself in favor of the Democratic
nominees.
Texas Cattl*.—Mr. Van Predelles, of
East Liberty, says the Galvexton News, in-
forms us that nine droves of beef cattle have
crossed the lower Trinity since the 4th of
May, numbering altogether 2042 head. They
are taken to Louisiana, for the New Orleans
market.
D* Maj. Seott informs us that, owing to
there beins; no bids sent in to the Department
for carrying the mails In the new counties,
that he was unable to have service put on.
He also informs us that the Department will
receive bills for temporary service to the 1st
July, A. D. 1857, on the following routes :
From Alton, Denton Co., to Taylorsville,
Wise Co.
From Dallas tia Cirdsville and Weather ford,
to Belknap, Young Co.
From Meridian, Bosque Co.. to Stcphens-
ville, Era'b Co.
Fr. m Meridian to the county fite of Coman-
che Co.
Fr-'iri Fredricksburg eta Llano to San Saba,
San Saba Co.
From Burnet Court House to Lampassas,
Lampassa* Co.
From Sutenlall to Kerrville, Kerr Co , and
fi.om the nearest Postofiice to tfie conntv
sites of all organized counties nn«uppliit[.
The bids should be accompanied with the
names of all proposed intermediate Post-
oifices, and names of suitable persons for
masters. Bids f<«-service should be sent
in immediately, and in the form prescribed
by law. All post masters cau give the re-
quisite form and information.
Sad End ok Two Students.—The Central
Texian of July 4th, contains the following
announcement:
Samuel Williams, a youth, from Choctaw
county, Alabama, died in the county jail of
this county on yesterday. He was arrested
«:id tried at the la t lenn of the District
Court of hfin comity, on a charge of mur-
der. was found guilty of manslaughter, and
wn« sentenced to ten year-' hard labor in the
penitentiary. The ca-e was taken to the
Supreme Court, and he was confined in the
jail of this county pending the judicial pro-
ceedings. He died of wounds received in
the fight with the youth whom he killed.
Grand Rally in Walker.
We learn from the Item that one of the
largest and most enthusiastic meetings ever
witnessed in Walker assembled at Hunts-
ville on the 8th inst., to ratify the nomina-
tions of the Cincinnati Convention. We are
informed by a gentleman who was present
on the occasion that there were upwards of
1,500 in the procession. A beautiful flag,
of costly material, tastefully gotten up by
the ladies of Huntsville, and bearing in gold-
en letters the names of "Buchanan and
Breckenridge," and on the streamers the
mottoes, "The Constitution and the Unior,"
and "Democracy the guardian of civil and
religious Liberty," was presented to the De-
mocracy of Walker in a thriling address by
the beautiful aud accomplished Miss#Imo-
gene Hamilton, of Huntsville. Mr. Joseph
A. Smither received the flag on the pa-1 of
the Democracy, and iesponded in an elo-
quent and appropriate address.
Col. A. P. Wiley then introduced to the
vast assemblage our fellow townsman, Fran-
cis R. Lubbock, Esq., who delivered one of
his soul-stiriug addresses, tearing into shreds
forgive them as I do. [Loud and prolonged j ,]|e miscrabie batch of words put before the
cheers] But if there be tlio-e who have- , , . „ ,
brought those calamities upon the country for j l>t'"l,'e as l"e "American Platform, and
selfish or ambitious obiec's, it is your duty, ' thoroughly exposing the hypocritical prac-
fellow-citizens, to hold them to a strict re-{ tices of the party
spofibility."
In the bill for the organization of territori-1 0,1 the inclusion of Mr. Lubbock's re-
al governments for Utah and New Mexico i n,arks' the assemblage repaired to the din-
nothing is said about the question of slavery, J I,er ,able8' where oue of the ra,,st varied aud
except that the Territories are allowed to ' sumptuous repasts, which our friend of the
claim admission into the Union with or | Item says it has ever been his lot to behold,
without it. The same principle is distinct-! was sPread ^fore the multitude.
ly euuncia ed in the Kansas Bill—nothing \ After dinner C-il. A. P. Wiley was called
more, and nothing less. With what degree to the stand and addressed the people on the
of candor then, can Mr. Fillmore charge the : merits of the respective parties, vindicating
frieuds of the Kansas act with disturbing j the political career of Mr. Buchanan, expos-
tbe Missouri Compromise for ambitious pur- j ing the trickeiy of Know-Nothingism and
poses, when by the very measures which he i the kindred isms of the day, aud urging up-
lands as having given peace to the country, I on the the Democracy the impnrtanc of mov-
the Missouri Compromise Wus totally abro- | ing in solid phalanx to the polls and voting
gated ? ] for the party nominations from President
^ hen the Territory purchased of Texas down to Constable. A series of resolutions
in 1-50 was incorporated with New Mexico, j in commendation of the platform and candi-
the following clause was inserted in the bill j dates of the Cincinnati Convention was then
providing for their government: : unanimously passed, when the procession
"That when admitted as a State, the said • was again formed and marched to the pub-
Territory, or any portion of the same,^hall | ,; where it was dismissed by the
be received into the Union with or without' q * 11 aismissea oy ine
slaveiy, as their constitution may prescribe | Marshals amid rounds of applause and the
at the time of its adoptiou." I most enthusiastic demonstrations.
Now it is well known to Mr. Fillmoiv and , jg evident that old Walker, hitherto one
every body else that the slice purchased of ( cf the strong-holds of Sam, has purged her-
Texas is North of 36 : 30. So that in tjie ! gelf of the contaminating influences of that
passage of the Nebraska^ Bill Mr. Dongla\s j "odorous" individual. Three cheers for the
and Pres t. Pierce were simply lollowing ii\ j glorious consummation!
the footsteps of their predecessors, Messrs. J
Fillmore, Clay and Webster. }
u-/ The H'in'*vii]e Item says that Arthur
Miiidleluu, E-q., former lii>trict Attorney,
J.au a communication read at a meeting on
J;i : Iiies.lay, withdrawing his name lruin
the Know \fallings.
Di: mi <>f the Hon. Tiios. II. Bavlt, or
LVa.—In the Senate, on the 27th ult., a mes-
Jsiiire was received from, the Hon announc-
ing > lie death of the Hon. Thos. II. Bavly, of
' irfc-inia. Among the Senators whodelivered
i-iiln^iunis on the deceased was Mr. Seward,
i-f >.e\v i .i k. wh.i -jM.ice in exalted terms ot
cw-ni'i-, abili v tmU pr;rio:ism of the d"
We heartily agree with Mr Fillmore in
his condemnation of the Black Republicans
and their candidate, and we accord him all
praise for the very emphatic manner in
which he deprecates the occurrence of any
act which would impair the safety of the
Union. But it is owing to the Blacks th: t
Dismissed and Cashiered.—According to
the sentence of a General Court Martial, says
the Nueces Valley, convened at Santa Fe,
New Mexico, of which Col. Thos. Fauutle-
roy was President, Capt. E. P. Scammon, of
the Topographical Engineer Corp?, has been
dismissed the service. Lieut. E. A. Morri-
son, 3d Regt. Infantry, has been cashiered.
Mr. Fillmore's prospects for another term at j The President confirmed said sentence, to
the Mi bite House are so slim, and we cauno>
expect him to be in an amiable mood to-
w arils such men.
Mum ! In tlic Word.
Our readers are aware that a
of proscriptive Know-Nothings waited upon
Col. Fremont in New York to interrogate
liiin respecting his opinions with regard to
the principles of that anti-American faction
They a/e aware that the report was made
lliat he declared that his sympathies were
with them warmly and strongly. This,
jHilicy <1< m.-intK-d, should be contradicted,
and a denial was duly made by the Commit-
tee: that Mr. Fremont "made any pledges."
I pon this the Xew York Sun remarks as
follows :
Mr. Fremont possible may have given no
pledges, but he most certainly (if our infor-
mation l>e corn,t*.) made some prettv stronif
</. durations. Quite number of the* Mass.-i
ehllsetts delegation waited upon hiln, and
as v*eItarn he did m« .t un<-qiiivoi-allv de-
clare that he sympathised with the princi-
ples of the American party, mid that if lie
received the nomination of this Convention
he would accept ii without regard to the
Philadelphia Convention; and that, if elected,
he would not appoint foreigners to office.
The Peniisylvau in says Mr. Fren ont is
wil,ing to make strong declarations, buthe
is unwilling to have his opinnjon- published.
He is willing to strike hands with the partv
who would proscribe all of foreign birth,
but thinks it bad policy that the fact should
be known. Every person of common under,
standing knows that if he had not made
satisfactory declarations to the Know-Notfl-
ings, Uiey would never have givin hini so
large a vote as they did in their Convention
as their candidate for the Presidency.
take effect from June 4th, 1856.
Drunkenness on duty, etc.
Charge
ILr It is said that the States of Delaware
^laryland, Virginia and Kentucky were rep-
delegation j rust'nte,l ,,1C Philadelphia Black Republi-
can Convention. The neighbors of the Vir-
ginia delegate have given him notice that
they can dispense with his company, and it
is to be hoped that those of the other States
will be served likewise.
Jj" U i- h am thai Joe Hate. Ls- L-tt:
niiittd ;.j bail at liishmund.
New Cotton. —Mr. II. D. Taylor has
handed us a sample of the first bale new
cotton, received on the l'Jth. It is from
the plantation of Mr. J. C. Wallis, Wash-
ington County. The staple is very long
and would readily command in this mark-
et 10 cents.
The same gentleman is entitled to the
credit of having brought the fir^t bale to
market last year. It Wis received hereon
the 2d of August. The present will doubt-
less be several weeks in advance of any
other. Hurrah for old Washington !
.m* Let the South remember lhat Millard
Fillmore did not leave a single Freesoiler in
ottiee. And let them remember nl-o that
Franklin Pierce, lie-sides appointing numer-
ous FreesoiUrs to office himself, cut off
itroiison's head because he refused to
Freesoilers under him—Confederate.
Of course
iippomt
did.
..Hie
leave
they went out when he did ; but there were
nu n of that ilk before he Wei t out. Vide
Tom C'orwin, irhn would have "welcomed our
brave troops in Mexico to a bloody grave
made by hospitable hands ;" aud xrhn did
welcome to his breeches pocket a snug little
amount under the Galphin regime. Vide
John Collamer. the present lilaek Republican
Arrival of the Daniei Webster.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FKOJI
NICARAGUA.
FLIGHT OF PRESIDENT RIVAS AND
HIS CABINET.
Dissolution of tlie late Provisional
Government.
GcKcr.il Walker Elected
President.
THE REPUBLIC OF SALVADOR IN FAVOR
OF WALKER.
LATER FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
The steamship Daniel Webster arrived at
New Orleans, on the 12th inst., bringing
the following highly interesting intelligence
from Central America.
U. S. mail steamship Daniel Webster,
Captain Henry Churchill, arrived at San
Juan on the 2!)th June with thirty-six pas-
sengers. There were at auchor in the har-
bor H. B. M. ship Eurydiceand U. S. sloop
of-war Cyane. Left San Juan same day
and arrived at Aspinwa'.l on the 30th with
Carolinian passengers aud mails.
The George Law from New York, arrived
early next morning, February 14th, with 350
passengers, who with our own, took the 9
o'clock train for Panama, and sailed the
same evening on the steamtr Golden Age
for San Francisco, all quiet on the Isthmus,
the route perfectly healthy. Commodore
Caldwin has concluded his examination of
witnesses in thePanamariot and fo. warded
dispatches to the United States by the steam-
er Geo. Law; 350 passengers, mails and 700,-
000 treasure, reached Aspiuwall on the eve-
ning of the Fourth of July from California,
per steamer Sonora and will take on board
the George Law and Daniel Webster—both
ships left early next morning. There were
in the barber at Aspiuwall, brigs Golden
Lead and Free State.
The election for President of Nicaragua
took place on 24th June. So far as heard
from, Gen. Walker had a large majority of
the popular vote—the official return from
Virgin Bay was Walker 79, Jerez 6. iiala-
zar 1—from San Juan del Sul Walker 89,
Jerez 4. In Rivas and St. George the vote
was unanimous for Walker; there cau be no
doubt of the election of Gen. Walker by a
large majority. .
President Rivas, and Minister of War,
Jerez, left Leon on the 12th June, and made
their appearance at Chinendego, where they
collected six hundred natives, calling in all
the outposts of the country. From the same
place, Gen. Jerez ordered the American
troops to eyacuate Leon, which order was
obeyed by Walker's men, and the President
and Jerez returned to Leou;)but of the 600,
only 120 arrived at Leon, the rest deserted
on the march. On the arrival at Leon, the
Patriots were called by the alarm-hells and
guns; out of 1500, only forty made their ap-
pearance. Gen. Walker declared Rivas and
his ;party traitors. The following distin-
guished persons, and many more, have
proved true to Gen Walker with renewed as-
surances of their preference and attachment
to the General aud his Government; Minis-
ter Scote, Minister Salinas, Governor of
Leon Escobar, Gen. Ballestero, Gen. Pineda,
Gen. Carrascasa, Gen. Chitou, Col. Mendez
and Olina. The Chamorisla party, is said
to have deotsitod the entire vote for Gun.
Walker.
[From the Panama Star of the 4th]
Important from Costa Rica and Nicar-
agua.
By an arrival from Punta Arenas yester-
day, we have dates from Costa Rica to the
12th of June.
The cholera was fast disappearing from
the country.
A very strong revolution had broken out
against the Government, and there appeared
a probability that President Mora would be
taken out and shot by the insurgents. The
revolution has been brought about by a party
of the Costa Ricans who were opposed to
the invasion of Nicaragua by the Mora array.
Business was entirely at a stand still in
Punta Arenas, provisions scarce aud high,
and the prospects very poor.
A British vessel of war was in port.
By the same arrival we learn that the
2000 troops which left Guatamala to invade
Walker, had been prevented from crossing
the territory of Salvador, the latter State be-
ing opposed to the invasion. The impres-
sion of our infonnant is that Walker pur-
poses making an early attack on Costa Rica,
aud that he will succeed, having a very
strong force at present. His headquarters
nsw is Virgin Bay.
[From the Nicaraguense, June 21.]
l'uuicio Rivas and his Cabinet have de-
serted—bag aud baggage ! Last week we
published fr< m the pen of his Excellency a
proclamation of the most intensely patriotic
de-Tip'.ion. Three days afterwards he fled,
frightened at his own guilty conscience!
We Lrna'he freer! The treason which all
expected has transpired, and the Govern-
ment hn.c iso further necessity to divide its
counsels triili those in whom it has no con-
fidence !
On Wednesday, the 11th day of June,
Gen. Walker left Leon,after a most affecting
pariing with h s Excellency at the barrier.
At thi« lime Leon was guarded by uative
soldiers. The Americans interfered with
nothing, that the city might feel perfectly
safe under the guardianship of troops drawn
from its own vicinity. The day after Gen.
Walker left, Col. Escobar, commander of the
native garrison, informed Col. Bruno N atz-
mer, that the native force was not sufficient
to keep guard, and requested a detail of
Americans. Compliance was signified, aud
an American soldier stationed at the Prin-
cipal, or Government House. Senor Salizar,
Minister of War, thereupon mounted his
horse and rode down to the barriers bare-
headed, where he informed the rabble, in
an official harangue, that the Americans had
seized the Principal, and were about to mur-
der the President and his Cabinet.
In his speech he also took occasion to ad-
vise the people that the Americans were go
ing to burn down the churches and destroy
the religion of the country. A great excite-
ment was the result, during which the Pre-
sident and his advisers took flight for Chi-
nandega. The Americans in the meantime
were innocent in knowledge of what was
proceeding, aud although they knew there
was a hubbub about something, they very
naturally thought it was some public day
among the people, when they had a right to
be excited.
Don Patricio Riva«, President of the Re-
public Don Sebastian Salinas, Secretary of
State; Don Maximo Jerez, Secretary of War,
and Don Francisco Baca, Minister of Public
Credit, all fled to Chinandega, leaving Don
Fermin Ferrer, the only true and loyal Demo-
crat connected with the late Administration,
in this city.
From Chinandega, Don Maximo Jerez, in
his capacity as Minister of War, seut word
to Realejo to suspend the public work of
fortifyiug that place, and directed that the
place be dismantled of its present arma-
ment. Orders were also sent to Col. Natz-
lner, in command at Leon, to withdraw his
sentry from the Principal, aud allow each of
the two towers of the Cathedial to be gar-
risoned by fifty soldiers of the country. The
frontier pickets were all called in, and a
very general order carried out to leave the
State open to the rmy of invasion, which
was known to be advancing on Leon. The
President expresssed great fear of his life,
and stated that the above regulations were
necessary for his safety.
The order sent to Col. Natziner was not
obeyed until it was submitted to Gen. Wal-
ker, who immediately ordered the American
commander in Leon to comply with the
mandates oi the Minister of War; and fur
ther, to withdraw with his whole force from
that city
At the time Gen. Walker gave the .above
command, he was in Nagarote. at the head
of 250 troops, marching on Le'on; but after
giving the order, he stopped at Managua
until the Rifle Battalion, under Lieut. Col.
Anderson, arrived, when he left for Granada,
accompanied by the Rangers.
President Rivas aud his Cabinet, with the
exception of Don F'crmiu Ferrer, are now in
Leon; but the Commander will have no
further communication with them. They
are known to have made propositions to the
enemies of the country, inviting them io in-
vade Nicaragua, and Gen. Walker intends to
leave them with their new friends.
After the flight of the President from Leon,
the people of that city became uneasy at
the speech of Senor Salizar, and anxiously
inquired of the Fathers of the Church if there
was any truth in the statement that the
Americans intended to destroy the religion of
the land. The Vicar of Leon, a good and
faithful man, instantly denied the calumny,
and ordered all the priests to declareou Sun-
day that the report was untrue. The peo
pie again became reconciled, and the revul-
sion sets strongly against President Rivas
and his advisers.
df:ckee.
W illiam IV'/Mt. (lent al in-Chief of the Army
of Nicaragua, considiring :
That, bv the treaty of the 23d of October
la«t, Don I'atricio liivas was named as the
Provisional President of the Republic, and
-illat the power with which he was mve-ted
Ivas nn emanation of the p overs conferred
me b_v the Supreme Governim nt as Kx
March last, he delegated to me all the pow
ers which had been entrusted to him to
maintain order in the Eastern and Southern
Departments of the Republic, and to guard
in each against foreign invasion, proclaim-
ing from that time martial law :
That the Provisional President appointed
as Minister of Hacienda Licenciate Don Fer-
min Ferrer, Commissioner in the Depart
inents referred to, with all proper powers to
aid me in my administration on suitable oc
oasions:
That the Provisional President, Don Pa-
tricio Rivas, betraying his duties to the pre-
judice of the rights and well-being of the
Government, has absconded to Chinandega,
with the object to disarm all the frontier of
the West and deliver tlie country to the
forces of Carrera, who have invaded it; for
which object he has commissioned Mr. Ma-
riano Salizar:
That, on thel-lth of the month, Mr. Rivas
issued a decree which repeals a decree
which was issued four days previous, by
which the people of Nicaragua are to choose
a successor to him in office :
That, by the treaty of the 23d of October,
it was explicitly guaranteed by the two
contending Generals that the Provisional
Presidents should maintain peace and order
in the Republic, and that Don Patricio Rivas
not only has endeavored to excite anarchy
within, but has called the enemies without
to invade the same.
In order to preserve the integrity of the
Republic and the sacred duty to save the
country from anarchy, I have deemed it prop-
er to decree and do decree:
I. The Commissioner of the Government
and Minister of the Hacienda, Don Fermin
Ferrer, is appointed Provisional President of
this Republic, until the people shall elect a
President, in obedience to the orders of the
decree of the 10th inst., which is iu full
force aud virtue.
II. In consequence, all the acts and de-
crees issued by older of Don Patricio Rivas,
since the lltli inst., are null and void, in
consequence of his desertion of all'the trusts
confided to him by virtue of the treaty of the
23d of October aforesaid.
III. The civil or military authorities of
this Republic who lend obedience to Mr.
Rivas in these matters; natives or foreign-
ers who may render to him any kind of aid
by loans or mercantile contracts, shall be
considered as traitors to that country, and
punished according to martial laws.
IV. Let this be communicated to whom
it may concern, and published in all the
towns of this Republic
Doue at Granada on the 20th day of June
1856. WILLIAM WALKER.
Address of General Walker to tlie
People of Nicaragua.
I came to Nicaragua to secure its peace
and prosperity. With this view I signed
the treaty of the 23a of October last, and as-
sisted to uphold the Government organized
under its provisions.
But the Government, far from aiding me
to carry out the agreement of that treaty, has
thrown obstacles in the way and ha3 ended
by endeavoring to stir up civil strife within
the Republic. Strange as it may appear,
the late Rivas Administration has attempted
to create troubles, and difficulties, ana war,
between the people and the Americans they
have invited hither.
It was not enough that the Americans
should endure the pestilence at Granada for
the purpose of consolidating the late Provi-
sional Government, and receive no compen-
sation for the services they rendered at the
expense of so much suffering and so much
death. It was not enough that they should
pour out their blood at Rivas, in order to
maintain the peace and honor of the State,
and then have the Government refuse to
provide them with the bare necessaries of
life. Ingratitude was not sufficient to satis-
fy the craving for infamy which consumed
the vitals of Government,and treason became
necessary in order to furnish fresh food to
the appetite for obloquy and contempt. They
seek to repay their debt to the Americans,
by exciting the people against their benefac-
tors.
It is thus manifested that the late Provi-
sional Government has not only failed to
fulfill its promises to the Americans and its
duties to the people, but is guilty of the
euormous crime of instigating its citizens to
civil war. And to aid it in these objects, it
has coalesced with the armed and declared
enemies of the Republic.
In addition, the Government lias attempt-
ed to prolong its existance by taking from
the people the privilege of electing their own
rulers. And as if farther to mark its hatred
for freedom, it has banished from the State
a Cuban patriot, who despairing for the pre-
sent of his own country, had sought in this
land the honor of using his sword in defence
of liberty and progress.
With such accumulated crimes—conspir-
ing against the people it was bound to pro-
tect—the late Provisional Government is no
longer worthy of existence. In tlie name of
the people I have, therefore, declared its
dissolution, and have organized a Provisio-
nal Government until the nation exercises its
natural right of electing its own rulers.
WILLIAM WALKER.
Granada, June 20,1S56.
Address of Gen. Walker to the
Army*
Soldiers! Since you have been in Nicara-
gua, you have endured privations and passed
through dangers, not only without murmurs,
but even with cheerfulness. Veterans might
bo proud of the prowess you have exhibited ;
alia patriots fighting for homes and firesides
have seldom shown more self-denial than
you have in the service of a foreign Govern-
ment ; and you have done all without having,
as yet, received any compensation for what
you have undergone.
It is true that the country has just emerged
from a disastrous civil war, and therefore we
did not expect it to pay promptly the obli-
gations it contracted ; but we nad a right to
expect, at least, gratitude for our services.
Far from receiving even this reward, the late
Provisional Government has attempted to
excite the prejudices of the people against
their benefactors.
A Government thus bankrupt in credit,
faith and honor, has no title to the confidence
or respect ol brave soldiers. Duty to our-
selves as well as to the nation, requires us to
construct a new administration, which will
more faithfully execute the objects of its
creation. I have, therefoie, organized a new
Provisional Government, until the people
can select their own rulers, when, it is to be
hoped, we will have an Administration more
mindful of its duties, and more jealous of
the honor of the State.
WILLIAM WALKER.
Granada, June 20,1856.
Arhival op Material Aid to Walker.—
The following extract is taken from a private
letter received in New Orleans :
" Sax Jua.v del Norte, July 4,1856.
"The steamer Orizaba arrived here on the J
morning of the 3d with sixty men, aud six j
hundred Sharpe's rifles, besides a large
amount of ammunition and provisions for
Walker."
From JTew Grenada.
[.From the Panama Star, 4th inst.]
The Election.—The elections for Govern-
or of the State came off on Sunday. They
were conducted iu the most orderly manner,
and concluded without any disturbance.
The votes from the districts of Panama,Gor-
gona. Colon, and Guatau were as follows :
M. M. Diaz, 569 ; B. Calvo,285 ; Jiisto Aro-
semena, 42 ; T. C. Mosquera, 2 ; Antonio
Carranza, 1;—Total, b99. It will be prob-
ably two weeks before the votes from all the
departments are received.
Important from Hogota.
Gorernor Fabrega to be suspended and tried by
the Supreme Court at Bogota, as tcell as the
other parties implicated u-tth him in the massa-
cre of the. 15 th of April last.
The Executive Power has this day passed
a law creating Antioqui into a Federal State
on the same basis as tliat of Paua\ia.
Great sensation lies been produced here by
the occurrences at Panama on the 15tb of
April, and here, generally, blame is attrib-
uted to the authorities of the State, who l>e-
ing able to avail themselves of the law, omit-
ted to arrest, as we are told, until the suc-
ceeding day (up to the present time—Editors
Star and Herald) the persons engaged in the
to have
eminent at Bogota the necessity of suitable
reparation for the outrages committed on
Americans at Panama on the 15th of April
last.
CALIFORNIA NEAYS.
[From the Alta California, JuncSO.]
Throughout the State the people have en-
dorsed the various actions of the San Fran-
cisco Vigilance Committee, and in most parts
there has been, aud is now, more excitement
than in this city since the shooting of Mr.
King aud the execution of his murderer.
Reports fioin the mining region are re-
markably favorable, and the prospect of im
mense yields are constantly looking lairer.
No extraordinary discoveries have been made,
but wherever the gold is being taken from
the known diggings, the fact is made more
evident that it is inexhaustible almost every-
where iu California.
Agricultural pursuits arc in a prosperous
condition. The crops of wheat aud other
grains promise v ell, and all other produc s
are as abundant as the farmer could desire.
Farm labor is in demand, and the markets
are over full of all the luxuries native to this
productive soil.
The interior towns are active, the various
routes of travel are thronged, and there are
fiequent accessions to the fanning districts.
In Sacramento, Stockton and other promi-
nent cities, large meetings have been held to
endorse the proceedings of, and sympathize
with, the people's reform organization of San
Francisco; aud in the mines aud mountain
villages the same enthusiasm prevails.
Great Excitement in San Francisco
On the 4th of June Gov. Johnson issued a
proclamation, declaring the city of San Fran-
cisco in a state of insurrection, aud calling
upon all persons subject to military duty in
the third, fourth and fifth military districts,
to hold themselves iu readiness to do warlike
service, under orders of the Commander-in-
Chief, and his generals of lesser rank.
This, and the accompanying documents,
was received by the whole State with indig-
nation. To those who had correctly estima-
ted the objects, past and future, of the Com-
mittee, Gubernatorial interference seemed
uncalled for, especially inasmuch as Gov.
Johuson witheld his proclamation until
long after there appeared any necessity for
its issuance.
Some proceeded to enroll themselves as
directed, but nearly all such were friends
and associates of the wretches punished by
the Committee.
Many of the organized military companies
disbanded, surrendered their arms, and pos-
itively refused to engage in any attack on the
people. Meauwhile the Committee opened
their books for recording, and thousands
hurried to join the organization
Large quantities of arms kept coming until
six thousaud muskets, thirty pieces of can-
non, many small arms, and abundant aramu
nitiou aud infantry accoutrements were ga-
thered to the rooms of the Committee.
A regular system of militaiy discipline
was established, strong guards were mount-
ed, and the whole fortress divided into ten
regiments, all composed of the best men of
the city.
A strong breast-work of sand bags was
built in tlie night time, in front of the com-
mittee rooms ; a large bell was suspended on
the roof of their buildings, to give instant
alarm on the approach of dauger, and several
pieces of cannon were planted .on tlie adja-
cent roofs, so as to command each street
leading to the fortification.
While thesfe formidable prepatat'ons were
going forward, the Governor's officers and
the public journals in favor of annihilating
the committee, labored excessively to obtain
warriors, and succeeded in securing a ragged
few hundred additional to the tierce despe-
radoes who "flocked around the Constitution
and the Executive" immediately on the ap-
pearance of his proclamation.
The Governor was now made to believe,by
bis unprincipled advisers, that he could at
once suppress the "insurrection." Accor-
dingly, he went to Beniciato obtain arms and
Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA.
MOSQUITO NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED.
l liveepool cotton- market, "f,
The circular of tlie Brokers' Company of
Liverpool report tliat during the week, since
tlie departure of the Africa, the cotton market
had experienced an advance of from l-l(id.
to Igd. but principially upon the low-
er grades.
The sales of the week are reported to have
amounted to 80,000 bales, of which 15,000
bales were taken on speculation, and 13,000
by exporters.
The quotations are for fair Orleans 7d. ^3
lb; for Middling Orleans 6 5-16d; Fair Mo-
bile 6%d; Middling Mobile 6 3-16 to 6)^;
Fair Uplands 6%d. ^9 ft.
The stock of cotton on hand is calculated
at 700,000 bales.
BREADSTDFFS.
The Liverpool market is reported without
change since Tuesday. The weather being,
favorable for harvest prospects, prices incline
downwards, those for rice included.
provisions.
James McHcnry in his circular says with
respect to the Liverpool provision"market
that beef and pork were both dull.
Bacon, however, is reported at an advanc*
of from 6d. to Is. p. cwt., and lard at from
Is. to 2s. p. cwt.
money, consols, ac.
The London money market is reported
without change.
Consols are stated to have advanced Jjj
since last advices, the quotations at the close
on Saturday, the 5th inst., being given at
95^" ex dividend.
The market for American stocks was more
activc, and prices had advanced.
The bullion in the Bank of England had
decreased by £670,000 during the week, ac-
cording to the return published in the Lon
don Royal Gazette, cf Friday the 4th inst.
manchester trade.
A greater degree of activity than was pre
vailing at the time of the departure of the
Africa is reported to have been experienced
at Mahchester, and generally throughout the
manufacturing districts.
havre cottos market.
Prices in the Havre cotton maiket are re-
ported to have advanced.
Orleans is quoted at 95.
the various projectiles of war from the United
States Arsenal: but (ieu. Wool positively re-
fused to accommodate "his Excellency"—to
his great annoyance and chagrin.
While at Benicia, a committee of gentle-
men from San Francisco, but not members of
the Vigilance Committee, waited on the Gov-
ernor to endeavor to induce him to withdraw
his proclamation. This he would not do,
and in his reception of the committee forgot
that geutleiiiauly deportment is as creditable
to the public offiier as the private citizen.
He returned to Sacramento, much incensed
at Gen. Wool, and convinced of the myste-
rious fact that a "mob" had possession of
six thousand stand of arms and thirty pieces
of cannon, which they had obtained without
bloodshed, disturbance, or objection on tlie
part of the owners.
t n the 6th inst. it was deemed best by the
Vigilance Committee to dispose of their stock
of captured infamy, consisting of six noto-
rious individuals. Banishment was the sen-
| tence, and the culprits were marched to the
dock and shipped to other land?. The in
genious manner in which this business was
performed, the excitement attending and the
I rumors consequent, are recorded in other
columns.
The steamship Sierra Nevada, of the Nic-
aragua Transit Line, arrived on the 7th inst.,
bringing important news from Central Amer-
ica, and reported the re-opening of that
loute, which, it is understood, will be per-
manent, safe and speedy.
On the 9th inst., the Vigilancc Committee
issued an address to the people of the State.
Since the first shipment of rogues, the
Committee have instructed John Crowe, J.
W. Ragly, James Heunesey, William Ham-
ilton, Win., alias Jack Maguire, James Gus-
lck, Terrcnce Kelley, and John Lawler, to
leave the State of California, never to return,
on or before the 20th of June. They must
go!
Several additional arrests have been made,
and before the work of the Committee is
completed, the exports of knavety will have
far surpassed the imports.
At noon of the 15th, an immense mass
meeting was held of the frieuds of the Vig-
ilance Committee. Able addresses were de-
livered, and resolutions adopted. We have
given a full account of the proceedings, in-
cluding the speeches.
The Government forces have, as yet, made
no hostile movement, though they have gone
into camp near this city.
Business is dull and the city was never be-
fore so quiet aud orderly.
General News.
mosquito question.
Negotiations upon the Mosquito question
had been resinned between the British Gov-
ernment and Mr. Dallas, and it was general-
ly believed that they would be brought to a
final and satisfactoiy issue.
check to louis napoleon.
The committee of the French Corps Legis-
latif has recommended that the power to
grant pensions be refused to Louis Napoleon.
This is regarded as the most severe check his
Coverument has yet received.
spa1s.
The riots which had broken out in various
parts of Spain, we'e almost all quelled.
rassia.
Great preparations were being made at
Moscow for the approaching coronation of
the Czar.
another kaffir war expected,
It is reported from the Cape of Good Hope
that another Kaffir war is imminent.
greece.
It is stated in well informed circle? of
Paris and London, that France and England
are about to hold a conference for the pur-
pose of settling the affairs of Grecce.
Legislative.—The Civilian has received a
letter from Mr. Brown, dated Austin, July
13th, in which he says Mr. Potter has ar-
rived, hiving had a short but painful attack
of sickness in Bastrop, perhaps bUlious cliol-
ic. He has quite recovered. Judge Thomp-
son has considerably improved, but is still
confined to his bed.
The bill to incorporate the Galveston Is-
land University (Episcopalian) has passed
both Houses. The bill relating to wills has
also passed.
The Loan and River bills were calied op
ordered to be printed and will be considered
the coming week. No discussion has trans-
pired on either, except in private circle?.
My own opinion, drawn from this source, is,
that the Loan Bill will become a law, Lut
with important amendments. The mo.-t
casual observer «ees that there.is a decider1,
and perhaps an instructed majority agains.
the State system in any- form. Of this I can
sec no doubt. One of tlie warmest advocates
of the State system tells me that he shall vote
for the Loan Bill, amending it, if possibb ;
but says the people are overwhelmingly op'
posed to the system, and roads we must
have. • • . .
The action of the public meeting at the
Court- Honse in Galveston, oh'the slavery
question, so so<m as known here, produced
a universal feeling of satisfaction.
The weather continues hof and very drr
The Colorado is lower than for 20 years past
The crops around Aostiu and norm of tlie
Trinity are nearly ruined. Health is good,
though two or three members are Sick.
Significant.—The London Times in s r.- -
cent article on the relations between Gr -;.;
Britain and the United States, holds il
following language :
We beg to assure them that nobody n.
England takes a natural and spoataneo:;
interest in Central America. Nobody ht: ..
except some of the steadfast old officials L r
M. P.*8 of preternaturally business-like qual-
ities, have read, or can be induced to rea.i.
the blue books on the subject. The name .
obtruded upon us by the progress of U.-*
controversy are generally as strange an i
tinreal to us as those of tlie "Arabian Nigl.ts
Entertainments," or a book of travels in
Central Africa. The people of England, a-
the good citizens of Cincinnati may see from
the declaration of the Manchester" Chamber >
of Commerce, oud many other expressions of"
the popular feeling, have no wish to dei?\
the United States a "preponderance" iu mTc
adjustment of Central American questions,
so far 33 they are questions of interest aur
convenience, and do not compromise io nor.
duty and right. For our part, we rfan look
with great resignation, and even pleasure,
to the future day when theCTnited States may
embrace tlie whole continent between British
America and the Isthmus of Panama. We
could even go further; but it is not necessary,
nor do we see any likelihood of more. We
are willing to admit that the United States
have a fair right to expect an "ascendancy iu
the Gulf of Mexico," supposing affairs there
to be so unsettled as to require an "ascen-
dancy" of any sort, and to be in a natural
process of farther development.
Perhaps the thunderer is beginning to ap-
preciate the pcrtinerce of the old maxim,
that "those who live in glass houses shouldn't
throw stones." American "ascendancy in
the Gulf of Mexico" is' so much less repre-
hensible than English conquest in India that
it is strange John Bull has not seen things
in their true light before.
!
The New York Mirror, speaking of the
nomination of James Buchanan tor the Pres-
idency, says fie is "riding the topmast wave
of the Eternal Democracy, which is ever
rising higher and higher, and, like the tides
of
"The Propontic s .
Knows no retiring ebl>."
The Mirror is an anti-Democratic paper,
and the above statement may therefore be re-
garded as a forced and reluctant confession
of truth that that journal cannot conceal.
/
Legislature.—We regret to learn from Mr.
Brown's correspondence, in the Civilian,
that Judge Thompson was too unwell to
take his seat on the 9th and 10th inst.
W. F. Weeks was elected Reporter of the
House.
A resolution to elect a chaplain was de-
feated.
We copy from Mr.Brown's letters the fol-
lowing items:
Mr. Brown introduced a joint resolution
instructing our delegation in Congress to
urge an appropriation by Congress for the
erection of a breakwater off Galveston bar;
also for building Federal courthouses iu
Austin, Brownsville and Tyler.
Also a resolution instructing the Commit-
tee on Federal relations to report a resolution
recommending additional mail routes, espe-
cially through tue new counties iu this
State.
Also the petition of 34 citizens of Galveston
county, asking a donation of land to Mrs.
Godfred Muller for having three children at
one birth and two at four previous births.
Mr Brown also introduced a bill grauting
land to the heirs of Benjamin Stouer, oue of
whom resides in Galveston.
1 think there is a majority of the House in
favor of the Senate's loan bill, with some
amendments, important ones too, which I
understand the friends of the bill are very
willing to concede. I regret that a preju-
dice prevails against Galveston, because as
it is said, continued effurts have been made
by some of her people, through the press and
otherwise, to dictate the course of State po
licy, and in a manner in which she is to be
the only recipient of State bounty. Recent
publications in the form of extras,"which
have been widely circulated among the
people, with dozens addressed to each indi-
vidual member, have stirred up thiS feeling
anew, to meet which we can only say that
the people of Galveston are not responsible
for the acts or publications of particular in-
dividuals.
robbery when it was their duty
stopped them at once.
These excesses tarnish the conduct of the
greater portion of the Panameons. It is said
that up to the present time the reclamations
amount to half a million of dollars.
The Executive Power, on account of the
acts of 15th of April, has solicited from the
Congress the power to suspend and firing to
judgement before the Supreme Court, the
Governor of the State of l'anama aud some
others. ^
It is said that a Commissioner "will be sent
from Bogota to Panama to examine minutely'
into the affair.
The Panameno states that the IT. S. Minis-!
ter at Bogota was preparing to come lu re in
accordance with instructions from his (Suv-j
eminent. This i< not correct, as he had not j
received any instructions from his Govern- i
inrnt at the time the mail left, nor could he I
for two or three weeks, oi perhaps a month
afterwards. 1
On the 31-.t of May tliepr
stitntion fur the Columbian
signed, in which g.atite
that no Columbian < an be
atre-
otf -
I-" Vol!
. The
Severe Drought.—The drought contin-
ues. Many of our corn crops are ruined.
We fear that the staff of life will be scarce
here another year, and that some of our peo-
ple will experience absolute want. In some
of the least favored portions of the county,
nearly all the blades on the corn stalks are
dead, and the crop is almost a total failure.
The cotton plant in such localities has. as
yet, attained but little size. Those who
planted early and plowed deep, will realize
something for their labor, but unless rain
falls soon, the lo>s iu the crops of our plan
ters will be immense, and must be severely
felt. The two preceding crops, owing to the
heavy winter rains and exceeding drought,
were not remunerative. Economy, a virtue
at all times, should be now most rigidly
practized, to lessen as much as possible the
pecuniary embarrassment which is already
great among
greater duiii
ARRIVAL OF STEAMSHIP NIAGARA.
Fnrther by the Canadian.
FOREIGN MARKETS.
The Britislt Government
■Sustained.
MR. HERBERT'S CASE.
New York, July 15.—The Cunard steam-
er Niagara has arrived at Halifax, with three
days later intelligence from Europe tliah
that brought by the Canadian.
FURTHER BT THE CANADIAN.
Quebec, July 15.—The sales for the busi-
ness days since the departure of the Africa
are reported, in the accounts brought by the
Canadian, to have amounted to 32,000 bales,
the market closing firm.
The quotations are for Fair Orleans 7d.
E>.; for Middling Orleans 6%d. [So we
read our dispatches, but they are not expli-
cit.—Eds. Pic.]
BREADSTTFFS.
The Liverpool bread-stuffs market is report-
ed very dull.
manchester trade.
Trade at Manchester aud in the manufac-
turing districts is reported satisfactory.
FREIGHTS.
Freights in the Liverpool market are re-
ported to be standing at last quotations.
PRODUCE MARKET.
Sugar is reported dull and declining in
the Liverpool market. [This is another case
lu which onr despatch is not e'ear, and may
be incorrectly read.—Eds. Pic.]
havre cotton market.
The Havre cotton market is reported
steady and active.
GENERAL NEWS.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT SUSTAINED.
The motion of censure on the British Gov-
ernment for their action in the enlistment
case was defeated by [a majority of] 194.
FROM WASHINGTON.
mr. Herbert's case.
Washington, July 15.—The jury on the
case of Mr. Herbert were discharged tb-day,
as they were unable to agree. It is stated
that they stood five for fiuding him guilty of
manslaughter, and seven for an acquittal.
Another trial is expected to commence to-
morrow.
_ In the House, a resolution censuring Mr.
Keitt for his connection with Mr. Brooks' as-
sault on Mr. Sumner, was adopted by 106 to
96. Mr. Edmundson was evculpated.
FROM WASHINGTON.
MR. BaOOKs' CASE IX COXGRESS.
Washington, July 14.—In the House, to-
day, the case of the Hon. Preston S. Brooks,
for assaulting Senator Sumner, was resumed.
A resolution, expressing disapprobation
of the assault, aud also of the use of language
in debate personally offensive to members of
Congress or to any State, was rejected by a
vote of 174 to 135.
A resolution, offered by the Hon. Howell
Cobb, of Georgia, declaring the House with-
out jurisdiction, was then put, and lost by a
vote of 145 against it and 66 in favor.
A resolution for the expulsion of Mr.
Brtioks was next put, but was not carried,
the vote—120 to 95—not giving the requisite
two-thirds majority.
Mr. Brooks then addressed the House in
a speech in which he announced that he
had forwarded his resignation to the Gov-
ernor of South Carolina; after which he re-
tired from the hall.
Washington, July 14.—The South Caro-
lina delegation threaten to resigu because a
majority of the House voted for the expul-
sion of Mr. Brooks, without regarding the
fact t! at it required a two-thirds vote to
carry it.
New tork. July 15.—The steam ship Bar-
celone, from Havre, arrived here to-day.
We have intelligence here to--jay that Gen.
Lane has arrived in Kansas, with several
hundred men.
D" The Yeas and Nays on the Tombs
aud Douglass bill in the Senate are as fol-
lows :
Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Bell of
Ten ii., Benjamin, Biggs, B'igler, Bright,
Broadhcad, Brown, Cass, Clay, Crittenden,
Douglass, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson, Jones
of Iowa, Mallory, Pratt, Pugh, Reid, Se-
bastian, Slidell, Stuart, Thompson of Ky.,
Toiubs, Toucey, Weller, Wright, Yulee—
Nays—Messrs/Bell of N. H., Collamer,
Dodge. Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster,
Hale, Seward, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson—
12. |
New Principle! Nsm Remedy!! No Poison:::
RHODES'
Fever & Ague Care,
Or Antidote to Malaria,
FOR THE PREVirnOI AKD tl'U Of
Fever and Ague, or Chill Fever; Dumb Ajpi*, st.il
other Intermittent and Remittent Fever*. *Uo of
Bilious Fevers, accompanied by Typhoid
Symptoms; Typhoid Fever. Yellow Fe-
ver, Ship and Jail Fever, General
Debility. Night Sweats, and all other dis-
ease which have a common origin iu
MALARIA OR MIASMA.
THESE DI^SASKS are common to many tncali -
ties of the United States, l>at wherever they pre-
vail, North, South, Kast, or West, they all equally
spring from the same miasmal caiue. The great va-
riety of symptoms and forms or disease is onia •
principally to difference in age, sex. constitution
and habits of the sufferers; bat as the cause is th-
same.they will all equally yield to a remedy that i .
competent to overcome or remove th«> cause.
By the laws of nature, every principle has in
posite; and for every disease, or cause of dl«a-
there is a re-agent, or in other words a specif.c re-
medy. Ail Malaria, whether arising from mar;', j.
stagnant water, decomposition of animal and w j;.
table matter, or even newly cleared lands, U ;fcl
same in character and effect; is a poison
in the atmosphere, causing disease to all who breiU
it. In accordance with those unalterable laws gc v
erning the unerring affinity subsisting between op
posites: there is in the preparation before us. offt: is
to the public.
THE NATURAL ANTIDOTE TO MALAKU,
which neutralises the poison whenever it comes in
contact with it, eren In the opep air, and when taken
internally completely purifies the system affected by
it of its baneful influence, and thus restores and
preserves health.
The remedy is believed to be entirely^ew, and
nnknown to any but the proprietor, who distinctly
claims the following extraordinary results from iu
use:
It will instantly cheek the ague in persons who
have suffered for any length of time, from «ae day
to twenty years, and by continuing its use, accord-
ing to the directionr, a radical cure will be effected ;
the patient continuing free from the complaint for
ever; unless subsequent exposure to malariasboutd
make its use again necessary.
In its operation upon the poison tn the system,
it will immediately relieve all the distressing symp-
toms of bilious or ague diseases, and whan the dis-
ease is cored it will entirely prevent the accession
of
OEJfERAL DEBILITY and JflOBT SWEATS
which so often follow the administration of other
medicines. The patient at once begins to recover
appetite aud strength, and continues to Improve
until restored to perfect health.
By its use Fever and Ague may be banished from
every family and class in the community; farmer*,
mechanics, and all laboring people may be nsin e
this article as a
PREVENTIVE,
and pursue their respective avocations in perfcct
safety from ague or biiiousattaeks daring the sickly
season, which is often to them the most valuable
part of the year.
Since the introduction of the CURE In every part
of the United States, its success has been so com-
plete and unvarying as to have folly proved these
assertions in favor of its extraordinary merit.
When these declarations were made, at the date
of its introduction, they seemed incredible to many,
even of the most candid minds, because all the re
sources of science had been taxed in vain to subdue
ague or bilious diseases; and what was still worse
for ague sufferers, all their remedies or treatment,
whether scientific or empirical, have been limited
to the use of poisonons or destructive drags, such
as Arsenic, Quinine. Mercury, tNUicine, Jtc. The
effects of these are sometimes worse than th* dis-
ease they subdue, and when such remedies fail, or
give only temporary relief, their poisonous effect*
are superadded to the poor sufferer's first complaint.
On this account ague sufferers should be particu-
larly careful about using any secret Fever and Ague
remedies, notwithstanding the makers or them uni-
formly assert they may be taken with perfect safety,
even when it is notoriously well known that their
potency depends solely upon destructive poi*on.
Now as a proof that the remedy is not only valna
bleon account of its power to cure diseases, but
that it is also
WORTHY OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE,
because of its
SINGULAR AND ENTIRE HARMLESSSEiS,
The following certificate from oue of the most cele
brated chemists in the United States has been ob-
tained., and a copy of it is attached to every bottle :
. N*w Yom, June 11.18S5.
"I have made a chemical examination of Rhodes*
Fever and Ague Cure, or Antidote to kaaia, and
have tested it for Arsenic, Mercury, Quinine and
Strychnine.bat have not found a particle of either
in it, nor have I found any substance in its compo-
sition thstwouid prove injurious to the constitution.
"JAMES it. CHILTON. M. D.. Chemist."
It is a stubborn fact, therefore, that this Remedy
is destined not only to relieve the human family
from malarious diseases, but to do an equally goo 1
work by preventing the taiing of other medicines
which do barm.
The entire absence of any baneful ingredient
makes this Remedy not more valuable as a Car*
than it is as a preventive.
No class of disease is so easily managed as the
?nc }*nt*er consideration, if the medicine be taken
in advance. This is owing lo the diseases being
produced^ by one and the same cause, and therefore
all. both residents and travelers, should protect
themselves by th e timely use of this preventive,
and not wait for the poison already lurking io their
veins to develope itself in a violent attack. Take
the cure as a preventive, aud so destroy the poison
before it does harm.
Fnli directions and advice as to diet and habits
of life prepared by a distinguished physician long
resident in a bilious climate now accompany each
bottle.
It will often be found necessary to precede this
medicine by a mild cathartic or anti-bilious purga-
tive. The very best tiling for general use is a mod-
erate dose of Castor Oil, the object of which is to
cleanse the stomach and free the biliary passages.
Remember that where this is necessary, or there is
costivene s, it must be taken or the operation of the
antidote will be seriously obstructed.
Only Cacnox.—In certain specified cases, pour
the contents of one or more bottles of the Cure in-
to shallow vessels, (dining plates,) and place them
in sk-epiug rooms ; for the vapor rising from the
medicine, and also the air wafted across, or cin u-
aijy
and which must be much
the ensuing vear.—Cnitral
"Con-
eran
fcuarai
Tex in n.
3 , Ah.
railroad
l"0
: -ixiy hands
irk, -"Hi'' >ix
Lavaca. Th
Lrrnd-d
work
.tn mil
nh's or more ol
I. conoids rin^ tlie hard
lated over the dregs of it, after the liquid is eva]><
rated, will counteract and destroy, to a degree coil
Ragged ORniAN Boy"—Fremont.— j monsurate with its exposure, the miasmata or poi.*-on
Anti Tone and i Containe(lin the apartment. This mode of exhit.it-
- ! inp the Cure should likewise be resorted to when
very young infants are exposed to malarious situa-
tions.
The bottles in which this medicine^s put up have
the words "Rhodes* Fever and Ague Cure*' Mown
in the glass, and on the outside wrapper is the name
of the medicine, (the copyright of which is secured)
and the signature of the proprietor. Tn*seprecau-
tions are adopted to prevent counterfeits and imi-
tations.
The reliance for ifs success is entirely upon ita
jits wherever introduced and used. Tnese
The
The Black Republican, and
A nt i-Foreigner party, have nominated for
President a slaveholder, and the «on of a
Frenchman. J. (J. Fremont repays the gen-
t rous and kind treatment which he, a poor
boy, received at the hands of the ladies of
t"outh Carolina, who found him a ragj< d or-
and piovided
lilian and sent him to sch
lor his couitort and rearing
whicl.
y joining
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