Weekly Reveille, Volume 37, Number 28, Vevay, Switzerland County, 4 January 1855 — Page 2

j enjoy their benefactions, so the source of jour greatest, certainly our purest earthly j pleasures and joys, may be neglected, and through neglect rendered useless. A love j of country, Ibe objects of a laudable ambition, the accumulation of wealth, the I emancipation of bur race from the bondage of ignorance and error—in a word, the disenlbrahncnt of humanity. These with innumerable collateral cares, arc matters not (o bo disregarded. Ihit we arc not going to follow Ibis further; but will speak of the iutluenco of palcnial love upon the home interests of those who gather around the fire-side. And we may as well confess, that this side of heaven, there is no place where happiness can more easily be made abound, or the virtues be more profitably cultivated, than in the family circles of those who till the soil for a livelihood. Hero a kindly sympathy can run from heart to heart, and a cheerful interchange of friendly offices become the source of a thousand delights! Well would it be, if the heart of each parent could be like a fountain of living' waters, to send forth the pure .stream of love and friendship, to fertilize the gardens which were planted by (Jod, but which are too often rendered unproductive and desolate by those who have charge of them. lint our appeal is to the .selfishness of our reader. We can tell them that their own happiness, and that of their children, depends upon the exercise ot the home affections. By a process like this, they anil hind their children to the delights of home. To labor in this field is to subserve the highest purposes of our being, and to enjoy the richest reward of enlightened effort; and while thns engaged, why need wb care for the world, its cares or its frowns?

Laic ftbin Californio* . , Nr.w York Dec. 2Gi jGcorgo ]jv?r has arrived, wiih one ; million and a half ir» gold, and 2iM j.ansengerej ■ T Hp. S. steamer Princeton arrived at Kingston, Jam., Dec. 8,4nd was to leave on the I2th for AspimraH. The 17. S. steam-frigate Snsquehannalf arrived at Acapulco on the 9th of December, to sail on the 12th for Philadelphia, via Valparaiso and Rio Janeiro. Tbo U. S. sfaara-frigatc -Mississippi arrived at Benicia, red the departure of the’ Sonora (Dec. Ij from San Francisco. The steamship Snsqnchanna JJfl San Francisco far Now York on die' 25th. will touch at Rio Janeiro.

Tbe Itiol'DiOUs-Wiial dl their Future Tlic ropy pittas of thcjcountry flier Hiscrissing; the oqonjilous position Mormofls; anili especially tlm policy ( Uiat should be bdrstfikl by the’United Stages, should application be made for the admission of Utah as a member of the Confederacy. Generally the ground taken is, Uiat the Mormons should at once be made to yield obedience to the laws, and that the longer thiSjdnty is postponed, the, greater will be Uio difficulty* on (he part of the national anthonties. lt is now. conceded that the Mormons arc, inv the first place, polygamists; that iit consider themsclves salnlsiVr superior beings; and in the third, they are governed by stwallcd prophets or priests, the 1 chief of whom is Brigham ’Young. - Should such people, witji such principles, bo admttcJ into the Union?,- Or Jf admitted,, should they not be compelled, as a preliminary step/ to abolish the odious featrifps.oftheir system? But,. suppose■ that Brigham Young and the other elders an priests, seeing tills condition of affairs, should not apply for mV mission, should the MomionS bo allowed to .increase and ami fo form a peculiar Empire,' within the boondsry of the Republic/ And. this, in* deed, w the Question which the Govern* ment and people of tbe United States will be called upon, sooner or later/ to decide. The Charleston, J/rreury, wo, perceive, expresses the opinion that the Mormons have acqurcd the ."right td. possess the peculiar region of country that they occupy, and if they cannotenjoy its possession in common with the United States, thov have a right to enjoyit to thomselvcsJ' This is a novel- View of the interesting question, but one, we incline to the opin* ion, Uiat will not bcar tho tret of ihves* ligation; If tbe Mormons hniro any right to' establish such a government within the Republic, ether bands of adventurers would have a similar right, and in the course of time'we should find many .singular fanaticisms, combinations and dynasties, occupying important points in our territon’, and fomenting all sorts’ of mis* chief, ; *" ’

Congressional Proceedings. *, Was!hxotox, Doc. 27. communication frotnj the; Secretary of War was received relative,; to the improvement ct lh6 Bock River* Rapids. / ■ I g Mf. Badger moved that the Senate adjourn till Friday. He hoped the Senate would adjourn till Friday, and from then till Tuesday. 3tr. "Wright sublnittAl a resolution relative to harbor improvements in New Jersey. • . j . Mr. Fish moved that the Committee ' on Foreign Rclatiotfs be directed to in*, [quire whethcr any, arid vVllrtt cdnijttrisation should be paid to, Commodore M; 0, Periy, for services in relation to the trfaty with Japan.’ , f : The Seriate, "without transacting any further business, adjourned .till. Friday, when they null adjourn till Tncsdny'ncxt. Doe. 29. , Sexate—The " annual • appropriation hills from thollousc of . Die -post-office and army came inland were refereed to the committee on Firiance. .

{.'jK-eU) Com'ijwn.lfiifc of tlu’ . LETTER PROM XVASIIIXOTOX. AVa3Iungtov, Dee. 26, 1854,;? Mmra. AViVors;—Since my most important act of Congress ipthe passage of a bill for the relief of’the heirs of Baron DeKalb, that gallant old German soldier who fell fighting for Ariierican liberty at the battle of Camden, S. C., during tbe Revolutionary war. In the Senate tins ■ measure was ably supported by Mr. Clayton, of’Dell, os well as other Senators, who are charged with entertaming ‘"Know Nothing*' principles, In be House,, the; Hon. Homy May, of Md., made oik? of the happiest and most eloquent spccchcs-in support of tliis hill, that I ever listened to. Ho related m words of thrilling power (ho sen - ices of that bravo old man*, how lie fought, and how he died, in upholding the banner of freedom.. Suffice it to say, that but few votes were rccunlcd against the passage of the bill,"and those who did fimlwlicrcwithm tlieir hearts to vote against it, very, modestly arose in their scats and denied, that in doing so, they were governed by the prin* triples attribnlcil to the ."Know Noth* mgs.” The last few days of the House lias been devoted to "business pertaining to the District of Columbia almost exeln* sively. Both Houses adjourned on Friday, over to Tuesday. Butlittlo will bo done by either. House until after New Year day. 1 r..

Tluroflco of the Remur ll oft the comer of Mala «dJ Ferry jtrveO, Kcoml ifory— ertraixe on Main | The term* of thl* paper aro one «lollar per anna m~, In atlvanfe; no now mix fiber will bu entcre<l on our took* uuUl payment I* ma>K>; oM salxribcrii not paying in adrance, will betharyeil $1,50. Town enb-erfben having the paper ddlr ere J lo them by the carrier are charged 93 ceuu extra, per annum, which mtul be paid In aUranec." I£7* Any person proeorinjr ns ten mhreriber*, will* ten Jo Ham, wlU bo entitled to a copy of the paper one yearprati*. ' TTP-AH tetter* pertaining lo lbs btulnesa as wHI as the editorial department of thil paper. should bo directed to the Editor*, post-paid. JD* Single copies. In wrappers, five cents.

, On ,thc 26th, an appliratiop waetnadc to (he Judge of the TVdfth for a writ of halea$ corpus to discharge certain Russian prisoners km the Silfca. The point insisted 'upon-11?' counsel in making the application, «cincd to be that the prisoners could not' her retained on hoard the Sitka, as she * was a’merchant vessel, and also that she had count here from an .English port. The Sitka' was a Ilnssian-American vessel, captured ncarPctropavlowski and brought to San Francisco hy her captors after remaining some days in the harbor of Vancouver.

The News. —We may safely' say that the news is vague and uninteresting from Europe, if we except the late stand taken by Austria; In favor of the Allies, there is absolutely nothing new. Sevastopol is not yet taken, and from the last accounts it docs not seem probable that it will soon be taken.; The loss of the thirty-two transports by lire. Allies, has-been a very serious check upon their operations in that quarter of the Globe; besides tbc loss of several other vessels of a superior kind, accompanied with the loss of stores, clothing and munitions of war: The loss of nine hundred tons of gun-powder is a serious affair at the present time. With regard to tho new Alliance formed by Austria, there are many, and widely different opinions entertained; in different places,~itnd by observers from different points of observation; among the most plausablcin oar opinion is, that she lias been compelled to act, and she consequently acto with the All^ France and England are at war with jRossia, os Allies and defenders of Turkey.

; Mr..Cooper presented j sundry memorials, one of which was in reference to an expalitlari to the Arctic Seas. ; Mr. Fish introduced a bill to rcmlt certain penalties to merchant vessels in rela tirin to passengers. ’ , ; A special report from Mr. Schoolcraft upon Indian matters was received and rcfcrrcd to iho committee on Indian Affairs. * Aftcrwhich the Senate adjourned until tbit! 2d .of January’, i v * . Houae.— from the Committed on Territories, reported back, with amendments, thnSenste bill, auUiorizlng tlie construction of the subterranean line of telegraph from the Mississippi or MbsBouri.nvor to the Tocific Cccan. 'Referred to ‘the committee on«the Whole. , ' Tlio. act- for. settling private land claims in California was referred to the Committee on racificLanda, V ; . Tlio, Housewentinto Committee of the whole ou the - Army Appropriation bill. * •

The pilot-boat Dancing Feather has returned from the wreck of the Yankee Blade,*, having succeeded in recovering four boxes of treasure, containing'870,000, She has been absent about five weeks, She took down divers, with all the necessary submarine apparatus for the purpose erf recovering the lost treasure, Tte weather, it seems, had been very un* favorable for die undertaking, the divers firelliig it. extremely difKcnlt to carry on their oj«rations on account of the extraonllnary licavy swell injuring die armor very much against the racks at tlio bottom. Jfa portion of (lie lihll remains. The machinery is still there. A brass cannon was seen on the hoUom. hHt thoy were unable to get it. . It is a yen* valuable oner and it is .said it was exhibited ntllic grrat chlnbilion In New York, and eost ongirially $1,150. 'The fifth anniversary of the 8an Fran-' cisco Bible Society was held on Monday evening, Tlic Society during tlic past year have circulated o,’8l2 biblesand tes(anrente. - ‘ On Wednomay, A d o'clock, P. M. f Mr, v ’‘dw " Western Wrtlkor/' c-omificnccd the task of walking one hfihdml-and-one consecutive hours, arid aceomidisM die feat with great credit to himself,' This ts.thegreatcst feat (A Ihekind c*n record. The value of the taxable property of San Francisco county is SS.Vjftlij-lTh.OO,

Wo have the ‘ "Hollidays” now upon upon us, with all their bright and cheer* fnl nccompaniamcuts. The show-win-dows of the Merchants, Bookstores, Con* fectioncre and Toy-shops, arc dressed out in their most: gaudy and attractive apparel. The old are buying gifts for tlieir grand children; the.middle aged, for tlieir parents, tlieir children, and for each, other. The boys arc running riot with their boisterous talking and play, accompanied by a continuous explosion of “thoolen crarJvrr,” while tlio little - girls, with tlieir dolls and trinkets are tripping along, foil of gladsome glee, their faces covered with bright smiles of happiness and .innocence.' Christmas, day was a delightful one, more like the genial month of May than bleak December; the ; streets and avenues of the Metropolis of our country were thronged with a continual stream of its gay and glittering thousands—all was joy and > hilarity; the "happy Christmas” greeting resounded from all sides, and one would have thought that there was no sorrow, nor suffering, throughout thodly’s limits. ' While I was wandering along the broad and fashionable avenue which leads from the Presidential Mansion to the Capitol, looking upon the living mass of joyful and happy beings which thronged by me, my eye caught a glimpse of a black strip depending from the doorknob of a splendid mansion. 1 stopped—it [was a bit of crape, admonishing the passer-hy that death had invad&l the inr? cle of that family: that their joy and happiness was turned to sorrow and mourning. I made enquiry of a boy at the door-step, who it was; he replied that it ; was his "youug mistress,” a young and beautiful lady of wealth and accomplishment. She , was called , suddenly away, never to return. I thought of the contrast, in the feelings of that family, with those of the throngs which passed by their mansion. I inwardly prayed that their sorrow and monrmng might "not bo as those without hope,” As,I continued my wolfc, I could not hut think of that signal of death, and how lightly it was regarded by tils passers by, how few noticed it, fewer paid any altea* tion to it. Occasionally some one remarked, "some one dead there,” nnd hnrried on in his gayhess and glee.. What a compound of sorrow and joy is how few pass tlirough it without tasting both iU admixtures! Yet it seems noc* cssary that we should bo subjected to our share of sorrow in order that we may enjoy the pleasurcsof life the more, just as we enjoy the genial warmth and beanty of a bright spring day, after snflering the ills of a dark, dreary, cold and bleak winter. Diox.. ■

This together with the hill making appropriations for the General l\«t Office was subsequently reported to the House. There Was ftq debate upon them, . Mr, .MctJougal wished to amend the armyhili, by appropriating $20,000 Ter the purpose of. demonstrating how far camels ctttr be employe! for transporting over descrt8, ,but tlie Speaker ruled the amendment tobe out- of order, cm the ground, that lire law docs not authorize such appropriations, ; ; v, .. (1 Mr. Bcntou madc ‘an im.'flcctiial effort to amend thc biil dcmaiKling iVt Office appropriations, ,so ns - to authorize the Post master General to contract for carry* ing the mails from .Indapchdcnce to Sun Francisco in coaches, wajpms,'and sleighs/ contractors to open thcrcads, and charge a moderate toll. for travelers. Both bills passed. ,v : . Mr. McDougal. presented Col. Fremont's report," describing his, explorations, which was ordered to. be printed. Mr. Noble introduced a bill; making appropriations tor continuing* thVpuhlic works at Monroe, Michigan; and moved that it bo'referred to .the Committee on Commerce. ;: : V. Mr. Haven, thought that the House should instruct the Committee to report 140 Mils,, the number pfitciiis in the river and Imrbbr bill, vetoed by the President. Ife knew of no N olIior way to obtain the reasons why tlio Prcsident vetood that bill.,', ’'. .. , •. ’y i : . Mr. Campbell was opposed to so many, bills/ There should Iw a general bill for river and harbor they her ihg of a national importance.. > Mr, Canfield imid the Constitution required the President to give.bis reasons for the veto, J He thought it but coorto-. ous to the President tqdclayaclion/in ohlcr .that his views might bo placed on UicJonmid. . ■. ,;'j * •- p . Mr. Babcock wished to know the reasons of llw gcptlinaon for .desiring ,lhc promised. vic\vs.; \ '■ '-y} .: f Mr. Baylyexprcsscd.sprprtec >ht the views ' taken' byMr. Haven. -Messrs, Washburn «u.d Bayly continued ijic . debate upon the point of the President being .bound by .the Constitution to give his reasons for the veto. Mr. Woslibura introduced hills for.the erection of public buildings in.Kansas, and providing the conslruction of roads and bridges, and improring.riveisin that Territory, and for a geological survey, and tocxccpt certain lauds from sale or preemption, .and to .cstahlUh : post-roads. Referred.' House adjourned.' *

Austria enters the Alliance, yet it seems : that she enters with France and 'England only,lcaying Turkey to stand alone, or perhaps in the final winding up of the war, to he divided between the three Allied powers. ' . - . .. By the .arrival of the George Law, we have nothing of any importance, .unless it is the recovery of a portion of the trcasmo which was lost by Uie jinking of Utu Yankee Blade. •" ■ ; ■ From Washington, wo have nothing that is of special interest; the letter, from oar correspondent: will be read with interest . ; : ■ v •'

£3~ Send , in your names, friends.— We still liavc room for a few more. Wc are never so busy as to prevent ns from attending to you. Wc wish all our friends whose time of subscription will expire in a short time to renew. There arc some clubs in different parts of the county, which it would give «s great pleasure to sec renewed, with ns many new names as yon may see proper to add to the present list. Wc publish a paper for the therefore you need not be bashful about banding in your names. These Christmas times arc ns propitious os any that you can hope for, or reasonably expect.

Singular Proceedings In a ’ Kdnian Catliollc church in Jer- • • SCjrCIty.-* - .. . • • *.••••; • Wo havb already mentioned the differcnoca detween Father Kelley the priest of St Peter’s Chuich, J in Jersey, City, and thc : officers of the Montgomery > Guards, the former having,: on 'several ’ occasions, denounced the: latter from the altar for alleged violations of the church regulations. Wo learn that on Sanday, at "last prayers,”, Oapt Farrell, of the Guards, entered his pew in Bt Peters, from .which ho lin'd bfccn 'previously for* hidden by the priest,' Father J, Kclty. This'act was tlie cause of much excitement. The priest appeared before tbo altar, and addressing the congregation stated that ho would not proceed with the services nfatil pew No. 81 (Capt. Farrell’s) was vacated. The Captain hesitated to remove, but at the urgent solid 1 tudo of some of the congregation, he finally talked: out of his pew, at which, most; of the membera of tho congregation and members of the Guanf, of which ho is commander, became highly-excited, and insisted on his returning and hiking possession of his pew—Tlio captain was prevailed Upon to re-enter tho pew, but tlio priest stiM persisting in his determination not to proceed with the services until the pow was vacated, tlie Captain finally yielded his post ami retired, —Sew York Time*: . . •' -

. JVcu’s Items. . ' WAfilUNT.TOX, Dec! 27. ■ OTIjit I.Vent of tins morning says tint two English frigates were in - the port of Grcjlmvn, Ivicoragna, cn the Oth inst. :. XtfvV YofiK Dee. 27 Hie Evening 1’ost of to day announces ill* death of the celebrated Thomas W. Dorr, of Rhode. Island. Jfc diet] this morning after n long and gainful illness. Tint Pacific is detained <m account of the heavy fog, awl it Is doubtful if she will he able to leave to day. She has 105 passengers, including Lord Klgin. * llufiTox, Dee. 27.

In. New York, from present indications, the money market is somewhat better. In other eastern cities! the money market Is thought' to W easier. Since the rise in the Ohio River business seems to have revived to a' considerable extent, and, at our landing now thcro aro somc indications of business rand life,-which during the low water.eonld not'ho truthfully said. * . v

Complaints. —Our subscribers at the Bennington Post Office complain that they do not receive the Reveille regu larly from the office. Tlio paper goes out there every Thursday, and the Bennington Post Master must be the cause of the delay. Tho P. 51. has no right to lend ont papers.

Death of E.vGovhror Moreiiead.— This distinguished citizen of our sister State, died at his residence in Covington, Ky., on Thursday last. His remains were conveyed to tho Stale Cemetery at Frankfort, for interment, on Monday.

Christmas has gone, ami. wo have been ushered'into the first of a new year. In many respects this has been »n eventful year,,one which will long he remembered for tho many and stirring events which have transpired within one short year. At the present, onr country can boast an unparalleled degree of prosperity, although we have been visited with one of the severest droutlis that has been known in this country. The old world is convulsed from center to circumference by internal and external dissensions—wars are raging with terrific madness, and disease, with all its concomitants, is making sad havoc with the poor and needy. The oppressed are the greatest sufferers in such struggles as now engage the most powerful nations of the world; the poor soldier driven from one dime to another, and for what: merely to satisfy the ambition of a ruler. While such is the portion of the larger share of the human' family, we in free America are blessed with many privileges which they are strangers; yet we sometimes murmur at our hanl fate, blest as we are with tho greatest freedom of any people. With a climate to suit every product, with the noblest inland seas 'which lie. beneath tho azure skies, with tho largest and most beautiful rivers that find a home in any land, the loftiest mountains and the fairest plains, which any people can boast, should wo not he content to live in pcaco and harmony with one another.

Tnforijiatmn lias l»ccn received’ I lint tiro .steamship Win. Penn, previously reported washed in the Black Sea, safe in Constantinople. ; A private letter from Jlr. -Behan, U, F. Consul at Mt. Sinai, gives, frig] itful accounts of the ravages of the cholera in the city, the population haviugtiecn reduced by death ami emigration to less 'than'f)0,000.... No less than 20,00t) persons died between Aug. 22d.ohd Fc|itember lOlli. ■

(fir Just take notice and see if the man who advertises lus goods docs not always sell the cheapest. The verry object of Ins advertising is to make quick sales and small profits. Try them and sco for yourselves.

Missouri legislature. - , Whig. Platform. . : The Senate was organized Dec. 25th, by the election of McOrncfdn, anti-Benton. The house chose Newland, Speaker, twenty Benton man voting for him. The Whigs adopted the following platform: .. Jfaoleed; That the- Whig members of the General Assembly owe it to themselves and lhdcf constitucnls. na citizens of a slave. State, to .discountenance in every way, the efforts of the Free Sotlcre’ and Abolitiom'sta. io continue the agitation of the. slaveiy'question,' inC engross or ont of it, and that they will not vote for any person for Spoakcr oftLo House of Beprc8cntali>'es, or Senator.in Congress, who who is not known to be of these views and plcdgcd/to stislain them.: ’ . •' ■■ -J&solvedf jThot -we: will , vote for no man for is : not in favor ofjho blil .passed, at tbo lost session ot Cbhgressj known;as| tho Nebraska hil I,; and who will\hot* with all his inflnonoixt opposoa repeal ofthat bill,- particnIarIy;tlio section section which repeals tho Missouri Compromiso, and that part of tholbill .Which provides for the rendition of fugitive slaves. On Una platform every Whig in Missouri - can stand, 1 and it will govern tho election of their Beprosentatire in the Lcgislathre.

. V. fiiitcr, froth ('nbn. AAfVnl of llie Umpire.Clljv Y.onrt, Empire City has arrived with 1a{e Havana, dates,.. ;; , V, „ ; examination of J/icasla^; chaigctl with filibustering frit. Giracoa, was progressing. - In his declaration .be nnhesi' tati owed Ins purpose was t& librntion Jof his * connliymcn from thtf Spanwh yoke.- ; f .* . * Capt Hawkins, of , the schooner CTiaS/ T.Smith, hasbocncitod to appear and answer the charge of’dandcstinely' bringing arms, tp the island!:' The new act of dip Tcgistrntion'ofslaycs has bora-promulgated. It isfsiud it will be of great service to importers. Several caigoes hod Jatcly been, lauded. : All the port! of (ho island have lately jt&iycd.lHuvy armaments, from. Europe-

The Eastern War—Pence. 'flic London correspondent of the New York Times, [said to Ire Kossuth,] has the following mlercsting paragraphs in his lust letter:

Engl and. is on the point of concluding a dishonorable peace, or of divesting the war, or even that particle of seeming liberalism with which it has been invested until now. There are strong reasons for belie ring that the new year will open upon a new Congress in Vienna. All signs point in that direction, and one of these signs, and not the least, though the last, is the resolution of Mr. Gladstone not to ask for a loan. ■ There is money enough in tho treasury to conclude a “little war,” although there ho none to prosecute a grand one to a glorious and really profitable issue: This new treaty is nothing, sir, hut a conspiracy of allied and alarmed diplomacy to make peace at any price. Tlio immediate result, the first fruit of this fresh move of diplomacy is to he this: hostilities will he suffered to slacken and to ceaso gradually; on both sides, until they may bo -suspended quite. Winter will bo a reason, at all events a pretext, to excuse inactivity, talking all tho while the jargon of war. Once hostilities suspended, and perhaps an armistice concluded. negotiations will be driven to such a promising point of mutual reconciliation, ! that, though the ultimate agreement should not actually be reached, it will bo deemeq impolitic to renew, in the face of such good understanding, a campaign fraught with such terrible eventualities, and made to spoil tho whole, wch of peaceful dispositions.

Destruction. oi the IHnn'chcstcr „ Print* Works by Firo—Los? $100,000. Frotidekce, Dec. 22. * Thodothprintingcstablishmcnti known as tlio'Manchcstcr Print Works,, situated in Srmthfiold, owned principally by and under the control of Theodore Schroedcr, Esq.,-was entirely consumed yesterday evening. 1 The tire broke out about about ?■; o’clock, while the works were 1 ighled up and'in running order, and although the, force pumps were in excellent condition and immediately brought into requisition, such was the intensity of the cold, and combustible materials in the process of printing, that all efforts to subdue the flames proved entirely 5 The main buildings, containing thomachinery, the packing-room, tha ;boiler-hOiaso, the gcCr-houso, ■ and raising; rooin/ two dryshods, and the office oh ‘cotinting-room, were entirely consumed. The books and papers of. the concern wore all saved, but m a, charred condition.

Big Dinner—Infernal Machine* . . ’ New York, Dee. 23. The dinner of the New England Society, at the Astor House, last night, was a brilliant affair. Moses H. Grinnelpresided, Senator Seward was .the roost prominent of the speakers, and in.;tho course of his • remarks ho administered some hard hits to the Know-Nothings; An infernal machine exploded last night about seven o’clock, in the pocketbook factory, of Solomon Spitzer & Co., but beyond some slight damage to the. building it did no harm.

(Kr A monster lump of gold was taken out by a company of five, men, in Calvarez co., California, recently, weighing 1504- pounds; and valued at $38,916, ■ It was "found on tho 22d Nov.,' just as tho company was quitting work for tho day; they would not give any particulars in regard to where the claim is located, except that it was in the county above named. Tile company consists of four Americans and one Swiss. Mr. Perkins, [one of the company,-belongs to Lexington, Ky., and for the post two years, although ho lias labored hard, was very unsuccessful, never having had mom than two hundred dollars during that period.

iC*T Tho N. Y. correspondent of the Charleston Courier writes: The latest invention is a new washing machine now in operation at the Astor House. It is called the “great knuckle/' In tho card of the owner it is stated that this now machine “is saving from leu to fifteen girls a day” m tho Astor house. A viul-washing-machincman at tho CrystalPnkco offered a cup valued at 850 to any pccsou that could produce anything that would beat bis. The “great knuck-Ic-washing-machimj*’ man will gi.vo a cup valued at $500 to any one who will bring his machine to the Astor House and wash a dozen pieces while he is washing three dozen! He says that instead of using one pair of "knuckles,” as old eve commenced. with,” his machine is a combination of from two hundred to fifteen hundred. Gmat are the merits.of washing machines!

Within one short year there has risen a new political party, which seems to threaten, if it has not already effected thu total overthrow of all old parties. It has risen a a if by magic, till now its banner floats in trinmph from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans.

What the present year may bring forth lies enveloped in the distant future, which time alone can reveal. It is more than probable that perhaps other and inferior considerations have .caused mankind to underrate, if not totally disregard what may be termed home affections. These may ho the chief lights of our existence, without which gross darkness would cover thj people, and great sorrows would b come their inheritance. Yet as the sun which gives light by day, and the moon by night, are allowed to nm their course unnoticed and noblest by those who

How to got out of the Crimea nnd back to the abodes of diplomacy, that sits shivering with terror though revived to uiuiatnral vitality by the season of colds in thu Islu of Serpents? Tins will he tho great problem to bo sol ml, as a second step, in order that military ardor, discontent and impatience—all ingredients, in a word, that Imvo forced out the coup de main—might not frustrate tho work of statesmen. hil ns stop here in our perversions of the next attempts of diplomacy to secure that aitLcmum of Lord Aberdeen's address—a twenty years’ peace.

; Some thirty thousand pieces of goods, in various stages of finishing,' valued at over fifty thousand dollars, were either totally destroyed or materially damaged. A large amount' of drags was also consumed, the value of which has hot been ascertained. The total loss is estimated at about 8100,000. ' The insurance on the building, machinery,' copper drugs and packages of goods is$35,000. There is an’insurance On tho goods also in this city of 347;400;'and 21,900 in the cities of Hartford and Sp’Hrtgfiold: ' ”

Laic from Mexico. New OnLEixs, Dec. 25. The Orznba has arrived with Mexican dales to the 19th, . Two victories have been gained by Urn government troops over the insurgents. The latest accounts state that Alvarez was within eighteen leagues of the city of Mexico. Santa Anna was almost unanimously elected. .

AST The most of the,Lehnqucut Lands and Lots were disposed of on Monday,.

Sfcnmbont Inspectors Bcpori. .Boston, Dec, 29. The board of steamboat inspectors’ reported npon the collision of the steamships Canada and Ocean \Vavc. They cxhonoralcil the pilot and Captain of tho Canada/but revoked the license ofth'OiO two officers of tho Ocean Wave.

AST The river is now navigable for the largest class of boats.-

. Nbw York, Doc. 29. , The Orizaba arrived at New Orleans ou the 25th, bringing dates from Mexico to the 19th ult. Two victories were gained oyer tho insurgents by the government. The steamship Nautilus, reported lost, arrived at Tampico; Mexican war steamer Slurbndgc at Vera Cruz. 1 At latest accounts, Alvarez was within 18 leagues of the City of Mexico. - Santa ' Anna' is ■ almost unanimously elected President. J ‘: ~

£|e fUfoillf. ThuritUy, t t t i t Jnunary 4, 18SS.