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ABEI7AL OB THE KIAGABA. N ew Y ork , Dec. 9—9 A. M. The Niagara arrived at Halifax at U o’clock Wednesday night, Bringing Liv erpool dates to the 26th. The Sritish war presents no new fea ture of striking importance. Opera tions in Europe have been suspended for a time, on account of the rise of the Danube. On the 7th, the British steamer Fairy, brought from Constantinople a new An glo-French note, but they refused to consider it. It §ras withdrawn, and a more comprehensive proposal prepared. If wa may believe Austrian state ments, the Czar has replied to the en- .quiry of Austria, that he will propose the terms of peace. The Sultan is said to be disposed to come to terms, but will not first retract. The present position of military af fairs is that Omar Pacha holds the strong positioii of Kalafat with 40,000 troops, and is fortifying himself in the strongest manner in the triangle be tween Kalafat andKrajovai, and Morai. The success of the Turks in Asia continue brilliant. The militia of Lansden, from Russia, have gone over to the Turks. The rumors of persecutions of Chris tians were false. The firm of Battazi have loaned the Porte 7,000,000 francs secured on E- ■gyptian tribute. T he L atest N ew s . —Constantinople letters of the 10th, show that the ope- 4‘ations at Oltenitza were a feigned at tack, intending to deceive‘Gortschak- ofif, as to Homer’s real intention. The plan succeeded, and Homer is .combin ing his troops to attack the division of •flen. Luder in Bess Arabia, and the Ot toman force in the Black sea is to as sist. The Porte has received from the En glish and French Ambassadors,, assur- .ances that in, case of need it may count on the co-operation of France and En gland, and it may send its fleet into the Black sea without fear of leaving the capital to danger or surprise. Y ie n n a , Nov. 21—^Noon. The Russians have received orders to assume the offensive across the Dan- ?uhe, and march towards Adrianople, if the Turks will let them. G rea t B r it a in . —Another Cabinet council was held on Wednesday. . The Turkish sympathy meeting was attended by 3000 persons, had taken ^lace at Glaseow. Kossuth had written a letter express ing his views.. F r a n c e .— The iron duties are to be further reduced in 1855. Rumor fixes the 29th Nov. as date of Coronation. The Council of State have raised 8,- -000,000 francs to pay Napoleon’s lega cy. U e m o c m t . Wednesday«Hecembei* 14, ISftS. OBITUAEY. GEEAT FIEE IN HEW YOBK- N ew Y ork , Dec. 10—2:30 p . m . A fire broke out about 1 o’clock this afternoon in Harper’s Printing and Bind ing establishment, in Cliff street, and is stili raging to an alarming extent. The large and extensive buildings of the Harpers are entirely destroyed thro’ to Pearl st. Very little of the contents were saved. Workmen and women in the upper sto ries jumped out of the windo ws. Some are injured. It is feared some have perished, as several hundreds were en gaged in the establishment. The fire is still raging and a tremen dous conflagration is expected. The whole block be'tween Cliff and Pearl sts., is already demolished, and the current of flame is fast extending southward. A building in Front - street, opposite the Fulton Market, has just caught from the flying cinders. A general alarm for the firemen in the whole city lo assist is no w ringing. Business in that portion of the city is suspended, stores shut up, and the great est excitement prevails. If the flames cannot be speedily checked, there can be no telling where they will be arrested.- It is already the largest fire that has occurred in this city for many years. Very .little wind; which is favorable. 6 O’CLOCK, P. M. The entire establishment of Harper & Bro.’s, comprising seven buildings, five stories high, on Pearl and Cliff sts., «nd several adjoining houses are ruins. . , The fire broke out about 1 o’clock, it is said, by the spontaneous explosion of a^camphene lamp. The hands, some 600 in number, had just returned from dinner, and all, with the exception of two girls, are reported to have escaped. The Harper’s are largely insured and the city companies will be heavy losers. The valuable stereotype plates are understood to be safe in the vaults. One girl jumped from the third story, But was not much hurt. - _ ^; The eld Walton House, and the blank Book factory of George T. Cooledge & Brothers#-are .among the buildings de stroyed. The Mansion House and Franklin Sq[uare Hotel are badly'burned in the upper Stories. , The fire is still raglijg, although ap parently somewhat under controfbf'the firemen. ‘Loss wiB doubtless^exceed §500,000, and indeed by some it is estimated as high as $1,000,090'.. ; .* ' DI?' Tfae Ontario A^fessenger' states that there came, to C)anandaigua by ex press, a package done np fp wood, ad dressed t o / ‘Miss Hckiey, East Bioomfi^d, Ontario ‘county, N,, It, It proved to he a genuine JV^ripb stjeep, present from Alonzo L. Bingham, s)f West Cornwall, Vt. The sheep, or package—for it was either, or both— j(j(?aanamad.«Katy Dhrli»g,»» as a re- yhenArance of the pleasure enjoyed in hearing the fair donee ®mg the popular jiongdf that pam®, wbile^a .member of th^J^Ataphiocs.?^ The sbeep ,js said to worth $300^ . II : It is our painful duty to record the death of Dr. H arvey W. D oolittle , who died in this village on Thursday, the 8th instant, aged 65 years. He had been quite feeble and disabled for the past three years, from the effects of paralysis, which finally produced his death. The funeral services were per formed at the Reformed Dutch Church, on the Sabbath, by Rev. C. S. Mead, as sisted by Rev. Mr. Lamb and Rev. Mr- Stark. The text was taken from Rev elations 19th chapter and 9th verse.— The large concourse of people at the fu neral from this and the neighboring towns, was an evidence of the high es timation in which the deceased was held. We believe that the deceased was born in the town of Canajoharie, Montgome ry County, and while yet young, with his parents, became a resident of this county. He completed his A.cademi( education at the Fairfield Academy, and studied his profession with *i)r. Barrel in this village. On the decease of Dr., F. be commenced the practice of his profession in this village, and continued it for about 40 years, until disabled, as we have above mentioned, with,a skill, devotion and success rarely surpassed or equalled. At the bed-side of the sick, he was always kind, sympathising urbane and attentive, and no night was so dark and no w e a ther so bad but that he cheerfully and promptly obeyed the calls of the sick and the alBicted, the poor as well as the rich. His social and cheerful disposition often awakened hope in the desponding, and spread the rain-bow of promise over the darkness of the future. Indeed most of the pres ent generation, in this vicinity, have grown up under his medical qare. In his profession he enjoyed the respect and confidence of his professional breth ren, and was regarded as the father of the medical profession in this County. As a citizen, be was high-minded and hon orable in ail his transactions, and his voice and his influence were always on, the side of morality and religion. He is gone; but a thousand pleasant memo ries cluster around his name, and he will not soon be forgotten in the com munity which w’as the theater of his usefulness. MESSAGE. We laid the first aAnual Message of ' President Pierce before pur readbrs in •qur last number. It is an interesting document and deserves to be carefully perused by every American citizpn.— It presents a lively picture of the pros perity, growth and destiny of our coun try. It breathes a spirit of honesty and patriotism throughout and its doctrines are Democratic. But we must say that it is not characterized by thebold- . , CAHAIi TOLLS AHB TBABE. The following table, says the Albany Argus, exhibits the amount of toils col lected on all the State Canals * during the fourth week in November, and the aggregate amount up tothp 30th of Hp-, vember, for a series of years:— 4th week in Nov. Total to Nov. 30. $21,707 $2,754,46! ness and vigor we expected. THE BAIL BQAD WAS AT EEIE. For some reason the citizens of Erie, Pa„ have become enraged at the Rail Road passing through that city. Du'^ ring several days of last-week they turned out by hundreds, tore dowii sev eral brfdges, and tpre up the Rail Road track for Several miles. The proceed ings were disgraceful and should be vis ited with the severest penalties of the law*. The following from the N. York Herald is,the most recent account we have seen. On the night of the 9th inst., when the Western train arrived at Harbor Creek a fewjmiles west of Erie, it was compelled to stop, in consequence of the railroad bridge being «on fire and fast tending to destruOtion. Upon in vestigation the passengers found that for the' distance of seven miles the traek had been torn completely up, and the rails and sleepers dragged for Some distance from the line of the road, and at each crossing of the turnpike the ground had been ploughed up and scraped off, so as to materially alter the grade. Immense trains of cars bad col lected on each side o f the tow n , .unable to proceed, in consequence of the dep- radations,, above mentioned, and the mails and other articles which had been entrusted to the company, to convey between Buffalo and Cleveland, were detained at this point. The passengers of the train above mentioned, when they ascertained how matters stood in the locality where they \vere thus pre vented from pursuing their journey, called an indignation meeting and pass ed a series of resolutions, which severe- .condemned the authorities and Citi- :hs of Erie, for their lawless'proceed ings and called upon, tjfe government to put a stop to the-depraHation's, which, if allo wed to proceed, must end in some frightful catastreophe. ’ THE GREAT EIEE. In our columns will he found a brief account of the great^fire in New York^ The destruction of the great book and publishing establishnient of Harper ■ ■& Brothers is the most to be lamented.-— The loss of this firm alone is estimated at §800,000, «mly §250,000 of which is covered by insurance. There were 600 persons in the building when the fire broke out, engaged in tKe Various departments of the publishing business, and it was with much difficulty that many of them were rescued from the flames. §250,000 worth of sheets in the folding room, bound, trimmed and ready for the covers were consumed. It is said that 1000 people are. thrdwn out of employment by the fire. The fire is supposed to have originate ii in the engine room of the Harper estab lishment by the explosion of camphene or alcohol where these liquids Were be ing used for washing rollers. The following in reference to the fire we copy from the N. Y, JEferaU: By no means considered by Jsome the least item, in the history of this great conflagration was the destruction of the new manuscripts of embryo Walter Scotts and Byrons, and historians, the flrst appearance of which before the public eye was looked forward to by their anxious authors, as the birth of their immortality^. Who can say how many nev? Harriet Beecher Stowes, or unfledged aspirants for literary fame, had an anticipated future of continUaJ sunshine suddenly turned into dark and dismal night, clouded and overcast by the columns of smoke which went np from Harper’s ruins. , -. . : Who can say how many of these manuscripts were the result-of sleepless nights and years of temple-scratching for ideas, and which, wh^u completed, received the full admiration of, a t least; their writers, and which were hanfl.ed in to the publishers with an, ,^ir that said, “Just let, that oncci come before the-public, and, I trust, I shall not long live unknovyii.” , When we oonsider these blighted hopes,, the would-be great men obscured, thp airy, cas[1iles, vanished, the literature consuni'^d, the amount of property destroyed, the num bers thrown out of employment,/he| -Walton, “ another reyplutionary, hero' gone,” and reflect that all this, came dromT setting, off a gifl of. camphepe, how i IJaturally comes up .thp^ words, “. behold, how greajf a matter a l|ttJe fire Mpdlelh,/ .It has. been a iong.4inje Tsinpea copfbgration such as dhisdn?!^! and may it ,he.a longer,/jme. her! lore Recalled npop’ jtp record spefl: Atfentida is requested to the aif-J vertf^e’ment ’df ^Drs-.-\GALh Theii trifl visit this[,placei prafcssiop^I* oe the of thi^ For the Herkimer Csunty Democrat. ; • HOEnctriTirEE. 3,634,850 3.245,662 3,258,889 3,250,083 3,827,760 3,101,724 1846 .................. $2.1,707 1847 24,665 1848 .................. *20.821 1849 ............................ ............................ ............................ 62.487 1850.; .............. 61.029 1...* ....... 3e;274' 1 8 5 2 . . . ---------- 31,098 1853 .................. 55,916 The following comparative statement shows on what description of freight the aggregate increase (§93,832) has ac crued*. i 1852. 186S. necreape, Incr. On np freight mer chandize, ■ $813,987 $875,910 $61,933 On down do, from , other States, 1.203,804 1,276,323 $17,481 ' On down freight ’ ftom this state, 093.933 1,043,323^ 49 390 $3\ $3,105 606 $17,481 $111,3 g Er S eriofs AcciDENT.-rOn Sunday af ternoon, Mr. Matthew Harter, a respec table resident of this town, went on to his hay-mow to throw down some hay. It seems that he had two forks oP the mow and he slid one down, with the handle foremost,. leaving the tines-to wards him, and the end of the handle on the floor,, He then threw down some hay over the fork, and then in sliding off of the mow he came in con tact with the tines of the fork, one of which penetrated his body, nearly the whole length, and was broken off in hrs body. He pulled the broken piece out and started for his house and fainted on the way and was found insehsible. The injury is considered by his physicians as a very serious and dangerous one. M iraculous E scape . — On Friday last .as the afternoon Emigrant, traip was going west through this village, Mr. Jacob Secknor, a highly respectable far mer of Columbia, was crossing the Rail Road with his team and waggon on his W/ay towards Mohawk. . The engine struck his wagon, broke it in pieces, killed one horse and badly injured the other, and carried Mr. Secknor, with one horse, from 90 to 80 rods op the cojv catcher, and what is very remark able he was not injured In the least.— The team at the time of the collision was somewhat frightened, and Mr. Secknor^s’ attention to the team and the lioise of the waggon prevented him from,seeing or hewing the train,’ It is said that Miv S. during the entire transaction retained his presence of mind in a remarkable degree. His es- Cipe is truly , wonderful. G hittenango BANK.->-4t an election for Directors of the Chittenango Bank, held at thesir Banking-Huuse on Thurs day, theffir$t day of December, 1853, .the ibyowing gentlemen > Wbf® unani mously elected Directors for the ensuing y e a r G e o r g e Crouse, George Grant, Dl H. Hasbadh, John. Knowles, John H. Campbell, Oeorge E. , Downer, John Crouse, James Grouse, George K. Ehl- ler, Daniri'.S-tewart, Wm. E. Lansing, Hiram Brown, Daniel GatCsr. At k subsequent meeting, George Crouse was chosen President, George Gr^nt, Vice President, and D. H. Ras- bahb, Cashier, for the comipg year, ' ' Thn Directors have declared a Semi annual dividend of 7 per cent, payalbte on of January next..-: C hange shpuld-haj^ ;amiouftce4 before that Orlando Squires, Esq., is no longer the editor o f the Hei^- P eteeson ’ s M a g azine .— The Janu ary number of this publication has reached us. It contains one hundred pages—our beautiful mezzotint en graving entitled “ The Thunder Storm” —•one splendid line •engraving entitled “ Rebecca a t the well”—a magnificent colored, Fashion PJate, and some four or five full page illustrations. There are soine forty contributors to the present number, among, whom we re cognize some of the best writers of the day. ^ Peterson has made a good begin ning for the new year, and his motto is still excelsior. Remember the price is but §2,00 per annum—“ cheap as dirt ” T he E uropean W ar . —This war is Still progessing without the probability of a speedy termination. The Turks have thus far done well. They have ma.de a valient stand against the “ Rus sian Bear” and deserve and will have the sympathy of the whole world. The most recent information from Eu rope leads us to believe that England and France will not .remain, inactive, but that they Will soon try something besides diplomacy, to compel Russia to respect and obey the laws of nations and to leave undisturbed the European Balance of Power. . - tica. Mr. A, tiur bjB§t wishes-us a-niember of the editorial fra- , , , , . p tWty.';Wh Mr hoVWer,tha^^ to tfavel’t' In hia bnrilcs will* the indomitable “ Tenth Le^ion/v/ -• 01?“ We oalUhe attention of our read ers to a valuable article in our columns, on the cultivation of the Pear. It is from the pen of a highly respectable citizen of the southern part of our coun ty, and we commend its practical and common sense suggestions to the farm ers and horticulturists of our county. I?\ The Rome Sentinel informs us that the Board of Directors of the Wa tertown & Rome Railroad Company, have prohibited 4he sale of intoxicating drinks in any eating-houses or other buildings under the control of the Com pany, or on the premises of the Com pany. _____________________ The Reports of the Post Master General, Secretary of War, Navy &c.,, are two lengthy for our columns. We will not publish abstracts from them as the substance of them is embodied in the Message. A ccident .— On Mohday, Mrs. Gay lord Griffen,-of this town, fell from an embankment near her residence and broke her leg. She laid, in a helpless condition, after the accident, for two or three hours, before she was discovered. A N ew I rish P a p e r . —It is stated that tie Irish Refugees, Mitchell and Meagher intend to publish an Irish pa per in New York. That will be a pa per vi^orth reading. Now is THE tim e FOR A H ome ,— The shares in the Village Lots at Lakeland, L. L,-are now offered for §15 only^-r Each'share will entitle the holder to 4 villagd lots, or a tract of land of from 2 to 20- acres. Apply to J. S. Hays, jLiO* cal Agent, Herkimer. • A rthur ’ s IJoMk M a g a z in e .— W e call attention to the -advertisement of this work in our columns. The Maga zine is, all that is Claimed for it in the advertisement and we commend it to our readers. , ■ 01?“ We are happy to announce that our friend Dean Burgess, Esq., has.been appointed- P, M. at Winfield in this .county. . r H ealth o p >$ he BLQN. GEkRiT S m ith . —A letter in the Oneida'Telegraph, da-, ted Philadelphia, Nov. 29, from the Hon. Gerrifc Smith, leads to the impression that he will resign his seat in Congress. He says at present he is disqualified for reading, writing of public speaking. *He '< dom'ot intend to/resiga iny office! immediately. I presumd’that my con- ^ituents Would prefer to my holding to -it for a month nr twe longer, , in thd ex pectation that during thisi. limh ^ my health may either be so improved, ai^ to mildw me t<s engage^ in the duties Cf my .'ofiice, or so ifaueb worse/ as to make it la^ obrious duty to resign it. ■ “^Excuse my brevity. The sensations T he P ea r — C ultivation , & o ,— The unusually high prices that have been' paid; for Pears, the past season, has caused the enquiry to he made, “ why do not people raise Pears and sure enough, why do they not ? The pear tree flourishes in the County of Herki mer equal to the apple, and indeed we seem to be almost entirely clear from the disease called the “ Blight,” ^ p rev alent in'many localities, and yet the few pear trees growing in out County are almost exclusively raised in the pri vate gardens of persons owning village lots and. small places in the back towns. The, pear is a m o s t delicious fruU for ■the desert, and the^ finest kinds sell from §10 to §15 per barrel, while ap ples are sold for §1 to §1,50 per barrel, and yet the expense of raising is but lit tle more than the apple. The stocks for pear trees should be raised from the seed. Sprouts or suck ers never make good trees. From two to three years old they may be budded or grafted, and by proper management they will begin to bear in three or four years after. The best time for trans planting trees is in autumn, as soon as the leaves are off. The eartji settles, around the roots, and in spring they usually grow sooner and better than spring transplanting. Care should be taken to preserve all the roots entire j if any are bruised or br.,okenthey should be cut off smoothly, and in all cases the tap root should be cut off. Care should be taken to reduce the top in propor tion to the loss of roots, else the tree will not grow vigorously. The pear tree will usually grow on any good farming land, yet it is much improved iii tfQ.e and in fruit by special manures as they are called. Iron is a good manure for the pear, but a little is sufficient; pieces of worthless old iron may be laid around the tree, or the refuse from the Blacksmith’s forge may be used when iron is wanting in the soil. Bone dust is an excellent manure for the pear and should be used in all cases either in dust, broke, or pounded, as it makes the tree grow more vigorous and also improves the quality of the fruit. Wood or coal ashes are good manures for the pear tree, also soap-suds. The pear tree needs but little prun ing. Some may be necessary to give them form, and old stinted trees may be improved by it. Dwarf trees are raised by grafting or budding the pear on quince stocks. The tree never grows to a large size, but they bear sooner, and the fruit is usual ly larger and of better quality. Some of our best kinds are excellent on dwarf trees, while they are inferior oi^stand- ard trees, and rice versa. The Duchess De Angouleme, Beurre Die], Van Mons Leon Le Clerc, and Louise Bon De Jer sey, do not flourish well except on Dwarfs,- and in fact are almost worth less on standard trees, while the Seekel, (wbich.is considered the standard of ex cellence) does not do well on the quince. The Bartlett also, does much the best worked on the pear stocks and should be worked on no other. The Madeline, Bloodgood.White Doyenne, or Virgaiieu, Swan’s Orange, and Winter Nellis, do equally well on the pear or quince stock. In grafting or budding on the pear stocks, scions should be cut from stand ard trees, as those cut from dwarf trees will not grow well at first ; they will soon become stinted and in a few years perish. Some experiments have been made in grafting the pear on the thorn bush, mountain ash, and apple tree, but all have failed, and they are rejected by all fruit growers. Care should be taken not to set pear trees too deep in the ground, else the lower roots will decay .and seriously injure if not destroy the tree. An erroneous practice has pre vailed in training pear trees too high> in cutting off the lower branches and running them up six or eightfeet before the limbs are allowed to branch out.- It is touch better to have them branch out near the ground, as the trunk will be kept shaded, which is necessary.- They will bear much sooner, trained in this way, and the fruit is gathered much more conveniently. Thorough and constant tillage is ne cessary, especially for young trees, and root crops planted among the trees are much better for them than any kind of grain. The pear in its original state •was austere ^nd useless for the desert; gradual improvements have-been made, so that it is now rich, melting, and de licious. Some kinds ripen in July and AUgiist, olhefs in Autumn, and several 'fine ones,in winter, and a few in spring. ‘,}fe may have them In all sea sops of the year. i ' Good fruit is a great luxury in Which ^#e may freely indulge with advanf:age as to heaUli and pleasure, j Xheyadfla ,-chaym 1p pomM Hfo, affqrding a delight-* fulJfcreat to friefids,' and to children a constant ahd harmless feast, besides re- turning large profits to the fcultivator; FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTBICT. I n S upreme C ourt —Fifth: Judicial District.-^It is ordered that the Gener al aufl Special Terms of the Supreme Court, Circuit Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, in the Fifth Judi- cial District, be held in the years 1854 and 1855 at the times and places fol lowing, to w it; General Terms. 1st Monday of January at Utica. do. do April do OsVego. do do July do Watertown, do do October do Syracuse. Ciciiit Courts, Courts of Oyer and Terminer and Special Terms. ONEIDA. 1st Mon. after 1st) 1854- Tue^. m March,! Rome, Pratt. U tica, ----- - ‘ 1st Mon. in June, Utica, Huhhard, Rome, Pratt 3d Mon. in October, Rome, HERKIMER. - Utica, Allen 1st Monday in May, Pratt. LasrMbhday in August, ---- lay in December, Pratt. Mb! 3d Monduj m i . LEWIS. 3d Tuesday in May, Hubbard.- 3d Tuesday in Nov., ——f- ONONDAGA. 2d Monday in Feb., Hubbard, iday in Jun< 2d Monday in J une, - 4th Monday in Oct., Pratt. OSWEGO. 3d Mon. of Feb. at Oswego, ----- Pratt. 3d Mon. of June at Oswego, Pratt. Hubbard. 2d Mon. of Nov. at Riehjand, Hubbard. Allen. ‘ JEFFERSON. 3d Monday of April, Allen. Hubbar’d. Monday of Mon. of Sept., Pratt. 2d Mon. of D e c., Hubbard. It is further ordered that additional special terras be held at Oswego, Wa tertown, Utica and Syracuse, by the Justices residing in those places re spectively, at the times hereinafter named, except when such Justices shall be engaged inJiolding courts elsewhere, Oswego, on the 3d Monday of Janua ry, May and. September. Watertown, on the 3d Monday of February, June and October. Utica, on the 3d Monday® of March, July and November. Syracuse, on the 3d Monday of April, August and December. Dated October 1 Itb, 1853. PHILO GRIDLEY, W F, ALLEN. F. W. HUBBARD, DANIEL PRATT. HAVIGATION OF THE AMAZON. in my swimming head make it nasm^Ij ta^k forme tO'ivMtewcn sa8hori ajlet'l and why shoulddhc cultivatloiii^fR^^ railroad, is u o t v f 36^60; A T reaty E ffected with B razil ,— The N. Y. Courier & Enquirer, of yes terday, has the following important in telligence : “ Major Bennett, who was appointed by President Pie.rce U. S. Consul to Bahia, Brazil, returned home in the British ship Talbot, Captain Atkins, which-arrived at this port yesterday.— We learn that Major Bennett sailed from this country some three months since for Rio Janeiro, authorized and instructed to endeavor to negotiate a treaty giving to this country the right of free navigation of the Amazon. He succeeded with some difficulty in effect ing this object, and we are happy to a‘nnounce, that owing to his energy and tact, he has obtained from the Brazil ian gqvernment a treaty conferring up on American citizens full and free right to navigate the Amazon within the territories of Brazil. As Peru has al ready conferred the same right, the navigation of that magnificent river, from its source to its mouth, is now open to the enterprize of our ccuntry- “ From Rio Janeiro Major Bennett went to Bahia, to enter upon the duties of his Consulate. Upon arriving in that city, he found • the number of American vessels touching or trading tbere;.tabe so;small, and the emolu ment of the office consequently so tri fling;, that his reasonable expectations were disappointed. The office fees Correspondence of the New York papers. AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. W ashington , Dec. 9. The War Department received advi ces, to-day from Capt. Morris, confirm atory of the previous accounts of the massacre of the Gunnison party. The Star says that Capt. Morris found the bodies so mutilated by wolves, that they coulfl not remove or bury them. Cap tain Gunnison was shot with fifteen ar rows, and Mr, Kearn, late draughtsman of the Topograpical Bureau, was shot through the heart with a rifle ball, and both his arms were torn off. Nothing but a watch guard was found upon his body. The foreign representatives present -in Washington, with their ladies paid * their respects to the President and his lady yesterday, which was the first, re ception Mrs, Pierce has participated in. ■ft is understood that the custom a ry public reception will be resumed at the White House next week. The vessels of the House Squadron have been ordered lo rendezvous at the Port of St. Thomas where they are to r-eceive future instructions. The Ful ton will sail from Norfolk in the course of a day or two, and the Albany with in a week. The Columbia is,,^already on her way thence. Secretary Cushing delivered a glow ing eulogy on the life and charncter of Hon, William R. King, late Vice Presi dent, in the Supreme Court to-day, and moved an adjournment. J, H. Young, Consul at Curacoa.has been ordered by telegraph to Washing ton. He spent several hours in the State Department to-day. What’s mo ving in that direction? A lbany and B inghamton R ail road . —In the Schoharie Sentinel of this week we find the following items in regard to the progress of the work The work upon the Albany and Susquehannah railroad is progressing steadily, and the voice of disfaction is nearly hushed. Several sections of the road have been underlet by the contractors.— Shanties are erected, and filled by the families of the hardy laborers, employ ed to work.upon the line. The ground has been broken at dif- 3rent points from the “ Summit Lev el,” (about five miles west from Rich- mondville,) eastward, as far as Quaker street, and the workmen will continue their operations through the winter. Mr. Prentice, the President of the company, (accompanied by Mr. Kirk wood, Chief Engineer,) recently passed over the route from Albany to Bing hamton, and we understand stated that he was agreeably surprised to find the route so feasible, and also with the general appearance of the country through which he passed. There is a mine of wealth ly ing between Albany and Bingham ton, and this road will make it availa ble, for heretofore it could not be brought In a few months we expect to see iron horse” running Ibrougb our T he C ase of J ohn H endrickson , J r ., AS IT NOW S ta n d s .— District Attorney Colvin yesterday morning filed a judg ment record containing the proceedings had before the Court of Oyer and Ter miner, where he was tried, and the Su preme Court, where the motion for a new trial was argued and decided ad versely, affirming the judgment of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. The prisoner’s counsel will next .apply to one of.the Justices of the Supreme Court, on notice to the District Attor ney, for a writ of error and stay of pro ceedings, to remove the judgement, sentence and stay of exfeciition from the Suprethe Court to the Court of Appeals. This will put the final decision off for some time, hs the writ of error will not be returnable in the Court of Appeals before the first of January next, and it cannot be arguefl tintil the first Monday of March, 1854. ‘ Should the Court of Appeals decide against the prisoner, affirming the de cision of the Supreme Court and the Court of 0yer and TertninCr, the case will then go back to the Court of Cyer and Terminjer, when he will be re-sen tenced. There will be no Oyer and Termiiier, after the decision of the beautiful valley, drawing valuable loads of freight, and thousands of passengof^ who will desire to reach the city of Albany by the “ direct line” from the far west, via Dunkirk and Bingham ton. The President of the company, and the present Board bf Directors, are en ergetic business men, and are determin ed to prosecute the work to a success ful completion. _ (O* A letter writer, who sends jot tings forth from Cincinnati, tells the following story and that actually occur red in that city. A very amusing incident occurred on Walnut street the other dav, illustra tive of the natural instinct'of one sheep to follow another. A small drove paid the American Consal at that port\ was coming up^ the street and When amount to only §700 per annum, while j - ----- the British Consul receives a salary of §3000 per annum in addition to Ms fees. Under these, circumstances Ma jor Bennett decided to resign the office, and sailed from Bahia on the 9th of last month in the Talbot. He has in his possession the treaty which he has negotiated, and we understand will pro ceed at once to Washington to place the document before the President. It is unfortunate that one who has so ef fectually accomplished so great an ob ject, could not have remained to ad vance the future interests of the com merce of our country in Brazil.”' they arrived'opposite the Gibson House, the foremost made a rush to go into an alley, but a man suddenly coming out, somewhat frightened the sheep, and it, deviating slightly from the true course, darted into a fancy lamp store, followed by tile' whole flock. The crowd eager to witness the sport instantly blockaded the door, so -that-there were no mode of egress for the unceremonious visitors, and as said lamp store was too contrac ted to suit tfieir peculiar notions . and wishing to regain their liberty as .speed ily as possible,.they; saw no other means of escape but through the window.— One of them made a break, and leaped clear through the show window upon the pavement, demolishing in its pro gress glass-ware, china, &c„ with an alacrity truly praiseworthy. The crowd immediately fell back from the door, and allowed a free passage, hnt every sheep jumped through the hole in the window. 0 ^ A wifty. Nevv York correspondent of the Troy Whig, in speaking of the in tention to displace all of Judge Bron son’s appointees in the Custom House, immediately after the confirmation by the Senate of Mr. Redfield’s nomination, says that the Empire Club and Short Boys have.formed an association t.o se cure the places thus.vacated. He pr^c- diets that, “ in Jess,than three vveeka after Redfield’s confirpiation it will be found absolutely necessary to fornix every desk in the building wilh.two pe- lidemen andf a schoolmaster I” R emarka ' ble C a s ^ op L0NGEyiT*y.-»— An old free, colored man well known in Second District died very suddenly Tuesday Nov. 26th at No. 114 St. Phil ip street, a,t the advanced age of ep,e hundred.and ten yea^s. His na|n,e was Delany a native of Africa, Be w ^ in fuji.ppssession of his mental faculties. Court of Appeals, until June, i>nvnnot. This,: in tha event of a final decision LOronp • ' ....... ' ' ^A n E t H hjfian H ee c U l E s I-'^A n e ^ o 'itrvrtlr A '* \ ; i in Petersburgh, Vi%ltlia, took Up' arid K?’'The fare from New York lo Chi- toted” on his shoulder a hogshead -of ‘See* tobacco from’' the depot td fihe centre Avarehowso. |t weighed
