Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 30 March 1854 — Page 2

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THE JOURNAL.

1 1

Thursday morning, March

JOUMAL.

He will take subscription*,

receive money, and give receipts.

TO ANDREW J. SNYDER.

DEAR SIR:—In

addressing you a few

arch angel, that 1 might adequately

portray the evils of that unhallowed

of temperance and in fa\or of rum

selling, than any other man within

the limits of our county \ou pos-

sess more than other men the gov-

err.ing power of the anti-temperance

the manufacture, sale and use of in-

toxicating liquors as a beverage

would be a democratic measure, be-

conduce to the physical, social and

those whose appetites for intoxicating

drinks now have controlling power

over them. You and those acting in

blessing to society and the world.— I

This you must admit is a clear and

plain statement of the question to

bility to treat it in a manner com- neighborhood follow the intoxicameusurate with its importance. ting drinks manufactured beneath Would that 1 had the powers of an |y

organization. I am fully awaie too j^

ucation has been adverse to the course

you now pursue, and that the earnest

pleadings of your now sainted lather

never to engage in a business calcu-

lated to plant a stigma on your own character or injure your fellow men,

have not died away, but still linger

about the chambers of your heart,

whisperingin tones never to be hush-1

ed o=r forgotten and condemning the

liquor traffic as a stigma on the char-

acter of all engaged therein, and

What then is the point at issue be-

tween us? I and all temperance

men contend that a law prohibiting

Pause, sir, for a few moments, di-

vest yourself of excitement and look

calmly on the history of this traffic'of

in our own country,—go to the halls of our National Legislature and see what have been its effects upon our honored statesmen, see how many of the noble and the great have sunk beneath its- turbid waters never again to arifle go to our large cities and witness its ravages among the rich, whose sons and daughter are dragged down to poverty, wretchedness and deep disgrace witness the unfathomed depths of filth, misery and crime into which hundreds and thousands have been plunged, by the use of intoxicating drinks, listen to the disgusting bachanalian revels,tho horrid blasphemies, the blended sounds of oaths, blackguardism, and debauch, look upon human beings reeking with all that is loathsome, debasing and immoral, fee them with hopes crushed, intellect dethroned, bodies sinking beneath wasting disease, behold families once peaceful and happy now drinking the last dregs of the cup of bitterness in a word, gaze upon the workings of hell on earth, then reflect thai thet-e are the legitimate results of the liquor traffic, and when such reflections are passing through your mind, let conscience decide whether or not you can be just to your fellow man, Joet to your country, just to yourself and to your God and continue in the business. contemplating the .evil?

wrought by this nefarious traffic in our national councils, and in the larger cities, then turn to the history of

CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA. our own State, and what there will ——rzr--r^r^'1

zrrr—•-trr: I you find as the legitimate results of

30, 1854. I the traffic hut moral disease, wretch I edness, the destruction of health

OGPWM. P. RAMEY, is an au- happiness, hopes and life itself but thorized Agent for the MONTGOMERY come

ore nearly home, yea even to

Monl county and

an( ie

thoughts on the subject now moving (hose w!hose hopes were bright and more deeply than any other the minds

UO ant

of the people of our State, I do so you to a candid and faithful examiunder the fuil conviction of my ina-j

0ur 0VVn

I 1

ent, wielding a far greater and more gnawing appetite for strong drink effective influence against the cause I

exer 3

ar(

echoes ro

regar

cause it would bring the greatest good vour speeches at various places to the greatest number, that it would jyQU

moral well being of each and eserj deranged from the use of individual, and more especially to

concert with you oppose this law as «.,

fraught with evil, contend that

ron

Lunatic

If then the

which none can object, ......

recorded facts of history, the latvs ol! -l?

health and life, the moral law ami the

laws of God sanction this traffic and

prove it a blessing, theu are you

tiffed in your present course, but if by an appeal to those facts and laws it can be shown that the liquor traffic is but a deep, a dark, and perpetual evil, then are you bound by all the sacred realities and relations ol life, and the far more solemn anticipations of eternity to abandon the traffic at once and forever, and give your influence to the, cause of Temperance.

not your

memory crowded with most melanjcholy instances of families ruined, lives destroyed, innocence crushed

veil of infamy drawn over

And again let me urge

nat on 0f tjje

history of your own

roof, witness their effects

jjje health and happiness of

traffic of which you are an able and fpiends are there not some, yea quite efficient advocate. I have been in-

your own neighbors and

num er whose

duced to address you from a knovvl-1 faltering steps, indicate a rapid deedge of the fact that you are, at pres-

c]*me 0 vjtal

trembling limbs and

powers, over whom

supreme control, whose minds

are ru no( an( v}10

stand trembling

the crumbling brink of a drunk-

S rave

Are there not instances

0 ence

committed by men under

the influence of lhese drinka com

e{ Up0n

that you possess a mind capable °f jamijies? Ah, sir, these are facts appreciating argument, that your ed-

whjch

their own wives and

your honesty and candor will

j. a

acta

men 3

ec]ge of these facta

us ness

rom

0ur

blighting curse on the communit) at 'earnestly plead with you to desist from large.

contradict, facts

sophistry can obliterate,

which stand as eternal monu-

to the accursed influence of

that traffic which you so earnestly and so ardently advocate. Can you

philanthropist, a patriot, a

friend of iuman ty

with a lull knowl-

continue such a

for the gains which accrue

Does not your judgment,

reason, your conscience plead,

business whence issue waters so

dftrk and turbid Upon this

YO ce 0

trumpet tones

Alpine heights. To dis-

jt ju be at the peril of your

mmor a

interests.

h"ave adm tte

that at least four-

teen persons in our State

some mem er

lhe

annually

drjuk and are confined in the

Asylum. Were you certain

jhftt this dread

wQuld yQU) darp you cont nue

manufacture, sale and use of intoxi- lives destroyed by its use were week's time in examining the multieating drinks is a benefit to man, aj

certain that yoLi,. 0vvn

woU nm0

Qwn

)ife

or brother

on th(J oodj aUari cou|[ y0Uj d(1,:S

in,

Intending to continue my remarks for a few weeks, I remain Very Truly,

T. W.

of advertisements.

[J^rMonsieur R. J.

[tjF'Mr.

Letter from the Editor.

NEW YORK,

March

DEAR JERRY

MARCH

subject

history rings out in

]oUd

clear as ever

calamity would falljderful artist, the Veiled Head, were

of your own fam- all gone, which detracted much from

FRY.

(£rThe Circuit Court is now in session,

the most important case before wnich is that

James" Gardiner, charged with the niur-

der of a Mr. Davenport, in Covington The examination of witnesses occupied two days. The case will be argued to-day. Mr. \oorhees prosecuting and Mr. E. A. Hannegan defending. The prisoner is a young man some 22 or 23 years of age.

O^T'The letter of Mr. NATHAN CRAWFORD, of Iowa, to his friends in this county, which was handed us for publication, a few days since, is unavoidably crowded out this week, but shall appear in our next.

——The advertisements of Smith, Stilwell & Allen, F. H. Fry, and Galey & Scott, will be given in next week's Journal. Since the arrival of their goods, they say, they have not had time

attend to the writing

FINK,

the pro

found and erudite orator of Whiskeydom, is the man who said "that if Gen. Washington had had his dues he-

would have been hung I"* Comment unnecessary.

LIPSCOMB,a

man question.

whiskey orator,

remarked on Saturday last, that the Montgomery Journal and Locomotive, were beneath the notice of a gentle

Q^PVaf. John Campbell has laid on our table some valuable works from the Publishing House of A. S. Barnes &> Co., of New York, which will be noticed nvorc particularly next week.^

00, 1854.

:—On Thursday the

7th of March, we left Philadelphia, and proceeded, via the Camden and Amboy Railroad to the latter place, where we took steamboat and came up the Bay to this great commercial emporium. With an aching head and that feeling of loneliness which every stranger feels in a large city, we have retired to seek the kindly influence of "tired nature's sweet restorer," but the continual gong-like sound of the fire bells, the clear ringing tones of the engine bells as the fire companies are rushing to the burning buildings, the heavy tread of moving thousands, have driven sleep from our eyes and slumber from our eye lids.

Having stopped with Mr. Miller, the polite and gentlemanly proprietor of the Clinton Hotel, very near to Barnum'8 Museum, we spent the evening until ten o'clock in wandering through this building and examining the ten thousand curiosities with which it is adorned. There are specimens of almost every animal, fowl and insect, preserved in life-like appearance, and arranged as no other genius than that of Barnum's could have done. In passing from room to room we unexpectedly entered the amphitheatre, in which a large audience had assembled to witness the performance of the Old Brewery, the scene of which is laid in that hole of abominations the Five Points of New York. There were many scenes very laughable, some very humiliating, no good acting aa we conceived. The performance wound up with a large number of the children of the Five Points, well dressed, collected into a sabbath school and all singing a hymn of praise to the great author of being.

8th.—After wandering this

morning for two or three hours admiring the grand and beautiful buildings which adorn Broadway, we took an omnibus and in half an hour found ourself standing at the door of the far-famed Crystal Pal ice In a few moments we had entered the building' deeply disappointed from a knowledge of the fact that some of the greatest attractions had been removed. Thorwalsden's Statuary, the group of Apostles, Powers' Greek Slave and other statues of that won-

it? tho pleasure we had anticipated, but

YoU ndmit that families are ruined still there is enough to occupy a

WoulJ no[ your feeI.

Ks Fatheri

Brother, Friend, re-

volt at such a course Let the re-

sponse

come from your heart and not

from the dictates of worldly gain Then seek not to inflict upon others those dark and fearful troubles from which you would shrink with instinctive horror. "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you."

family farioua specimens of genius and of

ng the number, that art which yet adorn the Palace. I he

that of a beloved building itself is the perfection of

would be the sacrifice symetrical proportion and architectural beauty, and will amply repay for the time and expense in visiting it.—

The gallery of paintings still makes a respectable show, containing many very beautiful and valuable paintings from the hands of very distinguished artists. So far as we are capable of judging the Dusseldorf paintings deserve the high enconiums bestowed upon them, yet many others to the inexperienced eye would doubtless possess more attractions and appear to wear a more beautiful finish. To examine carefully the hundreds of good paintings that adorn the extensive gallery would require many days, and lovers of the beautiful could visit them with increasing pleasure for months in succession. Many of the most gorgeous and splendid fabrics have been removed, yet the collection is sufficiently great to repay visitors, especially from the West. The display of agricultural implements confers great honor on our own nation, and would doubtless amply indemnify our farming community for a trip to the city and a thorough examination of the various instruments there to be seen.

But our readers have known much of this exhibition, and we sEall only mention one other object of interest we do not remember to have seen noticed, one calculated to excite the risibilities of all, but more especially pleasing to youth. If we remember aright, there is in the Spanish department the person of the veritable

Gu]]iver ying as]eep in tho

man. They were not it seems be neath his no,ice-ergo hei8nogentle-!*e.t and abdomen some are looking a fact which few will call in d"*'" from the gMy height, fearful of falling and being dashed to pieces,

scaling ladders, tightly fastening the monster to the blades of grass many are running to and fro on his body, his face, his legs and arms, performing feats as wonderful and daring as did lhe French army when scaling the Alps under the command of Bonaparte. But notwithstanding this military parade, the mustering of belligerent hosts, the old man Gulliver sleeps on as quietly as if fanned by lethean gales. When looking upon this picture we had to stop and laugh right out.

This evening in company with two friends we spent a few moments in wandering through that plague spot of the city, that den of iniquity, that stigma on the Empire State, the Five Points of New York—and if there is a man in the wide, wide world, who can witness the dark depths of dea vi a re he wrought by means of intoxicating drinks, and then oppose a prohibitory law, we can only say, tho Lord have mercy on him. Though wickedness and debauchery are rank and rife as ever cursed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, yet through the kind and beneficent influence of Rev. Mr. Pease and the Ladies Mission, hundreds of wretched and vagabond children are redeemed from their rags, filth and misery and made comfortable and happy. God speed them in their noble work, 'tis the united cause of temperance and Christianity. The Rev. Mr. Pease is an exceedingly plain man, endowed with indomitable energy and his soul burns with holy ardor in the prosecution of his business. Where, where on earth is there a whiskey-maker, or rumseller who would undergo such privations in such a cause Echo answers where. [TO R.E CONTINUED

OQ^GALEY & SCOTT

DCJ^F.

are now receiv

ing their new assortment of Spring and Summer Goods,- Ready Made Clothing, &c., &c., selected with great care and special reference to this market. Their stock is complete, composed of most excellent goods and offered on the fairest terms.

II.

]and of

the Lilliputians a thousand of these little men perfectly formed are around the sleeping giant, by means of immense ladders resting against his sides, some of them have mounted upon his person, and stand in utter amazement at the vast extent of his

one is wandering about on his little finger endeavoring to tie it with hie thread-like cables hundreds ot others are around in,all directions with ropes and chorda and cables, and

FRY'S

stock of Spring

and Summer Goods is now nearly complete, composed of that variety of substantial, plain and elegant material demanded by the tastes of our community. He has also on hand a large and complete assortment of iron, nails, &c., of superior quality.

OCT See the advertisement of J. P. CAMPBELL, who is always fully up to the times in every thing pertaining to his business. His stock of Goods this spring is large, varied and of elegant quanity, selected with that taste for which he is remarkable.

NEW GOODS.—David Wertheim has just returned and is receiving a full and spiendid assortment of spring and summer Goods, Ready Made Clothing, and all other articles pertaining to his business, which he offers on the most reasonable terms. His advertisement came in too late for insertion this week, but will be given in the next.

Q^rThe Whigs of Detroit have carried the day in their Municipal Election. Cause, unpopularity of the Nebraska Bill.

SM ITH, STILWELL & .ALLEN, are now in full blast, a large and fine stock of Goods, bought at head quarters- They have a rich and varied assortment which cannot fail to please the good citizens of this noble county.

GREAT FIRE AT BIRMINGHAM. PITTSBURGH,

March 27.—A fire broke

out yesterday afternoon in the packing house of Johnson's Glass Works, in Birmingham, opposite this city and favored by a strong wind and want of water, and fire spread with great rapidity, and was very destructive—raging for several hours, and was finally only arrested by blowing up several bouses. Upwards of one hundred houses arid stores are in ruins, and fully two hundred families left houseless. Between Grosvenor and McKee stseets 40 buildings were burned and the burning shingles were carried by the wind to Bradford street and sixty dwellings and stores were destroyed on that and Denman streets.

The loss is variously estimated at from one to two hundred thousand dollars, about one-third of which is covered by insurance. Johnson's loss is estimated at $12,000. Among the buildings ^destroyed is Gregg's lead factory.

THE ENGLISH QUARTER OF GRAIN.—•

There is some misapprehension existing, as ly the quantity of grain contained in an English Quarter. It is eight bushels, but not eight Wincheschester bushels, which is our measure. The Quarter contains eight Imperial, bushels. The Winchester bushel, which was the standard in England up to 1826 contains 2,150,4 cubic inches, while the Imperial bushel which has been the standard since, contains 2,218,192 cubic inches. An English Quarter, therefore, is equal to about 8 1-4 of our bushels. Ihis is a fact worth remembering, by any man in the grain market,

The Iniquity Throttled!—Nebraska in Committee of the Whole!—All Hail! It is with no ordinary emotions of gratitude and gladness that we announce the stunning blow given to the Nebraska bill in the People's House yesterday. The bill having just been reported by Col. Richardson of Illinois from the majority of the Committee on the Territories, with recommendation that it do pass, Mr. Cutting of this City (Hard) moved its reference to a Committe of the Whole House on the State of the Union.— Col. Richardson remonstrated against this as equivalent to a defeat of the bill but the House ordered the reference by a vote of 110 to 95, (29 absent or not voting.) The Yeas and Nays on this important vote are as follows:

YEAS.

Maine Benson, Farley, Fuller, Mayall, Israel Washburn—5. New Hampshire—Kittredge, Morrison—2.

Massachusetts—Applelon, Banks, Crocker,

DE WITT,

Dickinson, Ed

munds, Goodrich, Upham, Walley, Tappan, Wentworth—10. Rhode Island—Thos. Davis, Thurston—2.

Connecticut- Belcher, Pratt, Seymour— 3. Vermont—Meacham, Sabin, Tracy —3.

New York Bennet, Carpenter, Chase,Cutting, Fenton, Flagler, Hastings, Haven, Hugh«s,

T. Jones,

Mattison, Maurice, Morgan, Murray, Wm. M. Oliver, Peck, Peckham, Bishop Perkins, Prindle, Sage, Simmons, GERRIT SMITH,

Pennsylvania Chandler, Curtis, Dick, Everhart, Gamble, Grow, Hiester, McGulloch, Middieswarth, David Ritchie, Russell, Straub, Ttrout, White 14

Ohio--Z?a//, Bliss, Campbell, Cornrin, Edgerton, Ellison,

Michigan—Noble, Hestor L. Ste-vens--2. Wisconsin—Eastman, Macv, Wells —3.

SOUTHERN STATES.:

Tennessee—Bugg, Cullam, Etheridge.—3. Mary land Franklin. Louisiana—T. G.Hunt. North Carolina— Puryesxr. Kentucky—It. H. Stanton. Missouri—THOMAS H. BENTON.

Total 109: classified as follows: Whigs (in Il&l.) from Free States 41: Do. from Slave States 6. Democrats from Free States, 54: Slave ditto, 2. Free Soilers proper from Free States, (in

SMALL CAPS.)

NAYS.

Maine—McDonald. Ne w- Ham psh re— IT 1 bbard. Connecticut—Ingersoll. Massachusetts, none. Vermont, none. Rhode Island, none. New-York—Mike Walsh. New Jersey, none. Pennsylvania—Dawson, Florence, J. Glancy, Jones, Kurtz, McNair, Packer, Robbins, Henrick B. Wright —8.

Ohio—-Disney, Lindsley, Olds, Shannon—4. Indiana—John G. Davis, Dunham, English, Hendricks, Smith Miller—5.

Illinois—James Allen, Willis Allen, Richardson—3. Michigan—Clark.

Wisconsin—none. California—--Latham, McDougall

[Total from Free States---not one Whig] Dela ware---Riddle.

Maryland—Hamilton, Shower, Vansant-3. Virginia---Thomas H. Bayly, Bocock, Caskie, Faulkner, Goode, Kidwell. Letcher, McMullen, Millison, Powell, Wm. Smith—11.

North Carolina—Ashe, Clingman, Craige, Kerr, Rogers, Ruffin, Shaw-7. South Carolina—Aiken, Boyce, Brooks, Keitt, McQueen, Orr—6.

Georgia—Chastain, Colquitt, Dent, Reese, James L. Seward---5. Alabama-—Abercrombie, Cobb, Dowdell, Sampson W. Harris, Houston, Phillips, Wm. R. Smith—8.

Mississippi—

Barksdale, Wiley P.

Harris, Singleton, Daniel B. Wright —4. Louisiana—Roland Jones, Perkins—2.

Iventuckey—Breckinridge, Cox, Elliott, Ewiog, Grey, Hill, Pres/on—7. Tennessee—Churchvvell, Geo. W. Jones, Ready, Sam. A. Smith, Fred P. Stanton, Zollicoffer—7.

Missouri-- &ruthers, John lev, Mordecai Oliver, Phelps-Arkansas—-Greenwood, —2.

G. Mil--4. Warren

Florida—Maxwell. Texas—George W. Smythe. Total from Slave States 97, of whom 10 (in Italics) are said to have supported Gen. Scott tor President. Messrs. Abercombie of Ala. and riesse of Ga. were also formerly Whigs, but opposed Gen. Scott in 1852.

ABSENT,

OR NOT VOTING

New England States—none. New York— Cummings, Tweed, Walker, Dean, Rowe, Lyon—6.

New Jersey—Stratton. Pennsylvania—Bridges, Drum, IIowc---3.

Ohio—Sapp. Indiana—none. lllinois-^-nonf. Michigan—David Stuart. Wisconsin—none. Iowa—Cock. California—none.

Total from Free States—13. Maryland—May, Soilers—2. Virginia—Edmundson, Snodgrass —2.

Georgia—D. J. Bailey, Hillyer, A. H. Stephens. Misssissippi—W. S. Barry.

Louisiana---Dunbar. Missouri—Lamb, Lindley. Iventuckey Chrisman, [Boyd

(Speaker) silent]. Tennessee—Thos. Barry vacancy].

NECTICUT

John J. Taylor, Wal-

bridge, Westbrook, Wheeler—26. New Jersey Lilly, Pennington, Skelton, Vail—4.

and

GIDDINGS,

Green, Aaron Harlan, Harrison, Johnson, Nichols. Thomas L. Ritchie, Andrew Stuart, John

Taylor,

WADE—

14. Indiana—Chamberlain, Eddy, Andrew J. Harlan, Lane, Mace, Parker

Illinois—BUsell, Knox, Norton, E. B. IT''ashbv.rne, Jno. Wentworth, latcs 6.

[One

Texas—Bell. Absent from Slave States, 16—in all, 29. —"The snake," it will be seen, is "scotched, not "killed." We cannot expect any such vote from this State on the Maine Question, nor may we calculate with safety on the votes against the bill of all the Southern Members who have voted it into Committee while the absentees, if present and voting, would weigh heavily against us. But the monster has received a staggering blow, which can and must be followed up with energy till the last breath is beaten out of his carcass. Let Public Meetings be mutiplied on every side, and memorials flow into Congress from every quarter. The bill cannot be got out of Committee under lour weeks, and meantime

CON

RHODE ISLAND

will speak

out. Let no muscle be relaxed until the last vestige of danger is dissipated, until the last demagogue is convinced that to attempt to bueak compacts for the benefit of Slavery, and turn over to Bondage an empire long consecrated to Freedom, ia very far off the road to the Presidency. One month more of effort, and the triumph will be complete.—N. Y. Tribune.

Arrival of the Pacific at New York.

SANDY HOOK,

NEW YORK,

5 P. M.—The Pa

cific passed here at 5 o'clock and her news telegraphed for the Associate press in advance of all others.

March 23, P. M.—The

Pacific has arrived with dates to the 8th. The Africa arrived out on the 7th instant

The Clipper ship lightning arrived at Liverpool in 13 days from Boston. No battles have taken place on the Danube, except two columns of Russians, which attacked each other in the dark through mistake for Turks, and some hundreds were killed before the error was discovered.

Small skirmishes go on between the Turks and the Russians. We have nothing from Asia or from the fleets.

The Greek insurrection has almost been checked and is no longer considered formidable.

The U. S,Minister at Constantinople has presented his credentials to the Sultan, and made an address assuring the Sultan of the sympathy of the people of the United States

The British Chancelcr of tho Exchequer, propose to double the income tax, and the French Minister of Finance proposes to.borrow 250,000000 francs to meet the expenses of the wa".

The war preparations go on in England. The first division of the fleet for the Baltic was to sail in a day or two It consisted „of Admiral Correy's squadron.

The French government advertises 100 ships to embark troops and stores at Marseilles for the East.

The Earl of Londonderry is dead. More difficulties haw. occurred at Preston with the operatives.

Messrs. Deckon & Co., Qf Glassgo w, have failed. Liabilitie/200,000 pounds sterling.

Mr. Soule is reported to be in high favor with her Majesty the Queen of Spain.

The Spain insurrection has been suppressed. Portugal is quiet.

Austria still slightly wavers. Prussia has prohibited the export of grain from Odessa and the sea ot Azof. This announcement strengthened the English grain markets.

St. Petersburg letters state that the prohibition of the export of breadstuffs does not extend to vessels loading orladened.

PARIS,

March 7.—3's closed at 67

3 1-2's at 94 30. The London Morning Herald in a third Edition, Wednesday, states that Ivalafat had fallen* and the garrisoned massacreed.

The ship Robert Kelly went ashore on Orkion bank, Ireland. All of the passengers saved.

The Herald's statement that a messenger had arrived, and was immediotely closeted with the Queen, and that he brought the announcement about Kalafat, &c., is believed to be utterly false.

CONSTANTINOPLE,

Feb. 25. Persia

remains neutral, but is fortifying the Turkish frontier. -The Affgans are attacking the Kingdom of Candopar.

Persia has offered her mediaton. The Khan of Khiva has taken refuge in Bokhasa, and summoned the neighboring natives to take part in the struggle against tae Russians.

LONDON,

March

8.—The

chronicle's

Vienna correspondent telegraphs that new proposals have- beeih received from the Czar, and that he offers to evacuate the Principalities the moment the preliminaries of peace,are

signed. The terms are not more favorable than the last overtures which wore rejected. A British courier bearing a summons for the evacuation ot the Province, is already on his way to St. Petersburg.

It is reported that the Russian Minister Manteuffel has offered bis,resignation to Victoria.

There was a review of the fleets on Saturday. Admiral Corry's division of the British fleet was to sail about the 8th of March for the Baltic.

The Auslrian Government has published an official document expressing their views on the difference between Russia and Turkey. It regrets the proposition sent by tho Western Powers were of such a nature as to leave hardly a hope of a favohable reply. But admit that their demands were just, and in accordance with the interest of Europe-.

Austria is prepared to meet the dangers which may accrue from ft great war in an adjoining country, and from the subversive tendencie* which may manifest themselves on the frontiers of the Empire during the continuance of the war.

BERLIN,

March 7.—The Prussian

Government rejects the suggestion of the fleets of the Western Powers into Prussian Ports.

Two Weeks Later from California.

ARRIVAL OF THE UNITED STATES.

WALKERS PARTY SCATTERED.

Cheering JSews from the Mines.

NEW ORLEANS.

March 24.—The

?teamer United States, with advices from California to the 1st inst., has arrived at this port.

By this arrival we have advices from Walker's expedition to Sonora to the 15th of February. The United States ships, Columbus and Portsmouth, arrived at Encenda on the 14th, upon which Walker spiked his guns and started for San Tomas, with 130 men and one field piece, leaving behind him the sick and wounded. Many of his troops had deserted, and those remaing were dispirited and abandoned all hopes of &nccesg.

The mining accounts from California are exceedingly favorable the yield of gold had largely increased, and all the miners were prospering.

An Indian from the interior, which had arrived at Panama, say Strains' pariy was killed by wild beasts. The story is not believed, but it is supposed the party was killed by the Indiiiiis.

The markets at San Francisco were (:cc«-edingly depressed and stagnant. Gullego Fiour was selling at $8.50 to $9.00 per brl Clear Pork at §19, and Mess at $16.

T. F. Meager is among the passengers by the United States. Additional News by the Pacific.

France and England are said to have decided to prevent any movement in Italy.

The loan of 250,030,000 francs has been unanimous])' authorized by the Legislature.

Advices from Madrid say there was a vague rumor there, of a misunderstanding between England and Spain, and the probable recall of the Spanish Minister at London.

McHenry reports no change in provisions, but says lard had further declined Is to 2s, without leading to any animation in the market.

Tallow quiet. Cloverseed dull and prices lower Nothing doing in rice and linseed cake.

Arrival of the Northern Ligbt.

NEW YORK,

March 25.—The North

ern Light, from San Juan, arrived this morning with 32 passengers and §700,000 to the Exchange Bank, §'220,000 to Duncan, Sherman &Co., $110,000 to Adams & Co., and $100, 000 to Wells, Fargo &, Co.

The Northern Light connected with the Sierra Nevada, which vessel loft San Francisco on the evening of the 1st. The N. L. was detained two days in consequence of the detention of the steamer Central America on the Lake by a severe gale.

The steamer J. L. Stephens took down to Panama only $400,000 oa freight.

We have no news of special importance to San Francisco. A Mexican was lynched in Mariposa county for the murder of Nathan Pratt, of Rhode Island.

A bill has passed the Oregon Legislature ordering a vote on ^the formation of a State Government.

We have Honolula dates to the 4th of Febuary. Annexation is still talked of. Trade was dull.

Intelligence from Lower California state that the fillibusters have nearly all left, and most who remained are suffering for provisions.

Louisana Firm to the Union.

NEW ORLEANS,

March

20.—The

braska resolutions introduced into the House of Representatives of this State, deprecating the agitation upon the slavery question, and declaring the compromises a finality, have been unanimously passed.

Distinguished Men Dead.

CHARLESTON,

March

22.—James,

.Sinker, a member of the South Carolina Legislature, is dead. We have also to announce tho death of Hon. Kerr Boyce, a much beloved and wealthy merchant ef this city. He leaves property valued at over a million of dollars*