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ASSiVAi* t W MYS liATEHi merchant ships from descending tjie river, which, for commemal .p'urpoMs ^dnly, they had ascended. If the>^as-- jsians opposp the de»tructio|,of the s^tockade, the frigates’bare‘crdera to im of the :Angh-IluS’ open fire aiid.patfsffc by fprcf^.TWs w OorresgovAence-AQoer- probably b%‘the first act of hosfemties, ta iliM ; The'Shumla; corriij^nd#ht^di| 4h® liondon.Tiroes, \btmareit 5 ^ , ^ y s i -»■' In the night, between the 1st and 2d :inst», the Russiaijs attacked in conaid- ^erabje force the battery of Omer Pacha at Potbaschi, Jn-order to check the passage of the Russian. yessfils on the ‘Danube* Four CQn|pen|es of Turks were iamediateJy ordered’ to attack them by Ibrahim Pa<*av::*ervingmnder‘ the orde.1? of•^^Iijattpka„ Pacha, who Commands the right*win^ of the Turk ish arniy in the Dobrutacha. The* objact of the Btt.8iian8 wa# to spike the cannon 'and destroy the works, but in this they were hindered by the yicinity of the Turkish attack,jio that after half ah Tiour’§ engagement they were all obliged to take to’ their. shi|K in order to avoid being driven into the Danube. In this affair the Turkish loss was 10 killed and 13 wounded.— Eighty'Eussian' dead Tiodies Were found in the morning, and aa many were drowned. The Russian' loss must haVe exceeded 190. ■ At Sistow an insignificant affair had taken place. * The Russians having at tempted to make themselves masters of an Island were repulsed, the Turks having lost one man; the Russian loss was also small. Advices from Constantinople state that 'the tripartite treaty betwe&n the Porte and* England and France was signed on the l^th ult, * It is stated ^tuat'England has asked that Gallipoli should ba fortified for the embarkation of her troops, The Mefus0l a f the Czar Ao poUdn' Stan Secret ^ ___ itares of ike ^Czaf to iHe FHnoh Empirowfor ffte Fariifion o f Turkey i N ew T ouk ^ April 8. The Europe ar4ved at her dock at* 4 P.M . . . Count Nesselrode has communicated to the English 'and NrenCh consuls that the Emperor will give no answer at all their joint-summons. * From the Paris Moijiteur [ol5cial,]^arch N apoleon ’S V iew op t ^ e IS bcket COKRESPOND.BNCE BET-tyEEN.RuSSIAiAND E n g l a n d .— -We. have published the documents respecting the o.rertures made to the English government, by Russia,^dtfring the first portion of .the last year. The views of the latter Power are now. confirmed^ by official proofs emanating from the Russian. Chancellerie, and fro|ti the private Cabinet of the Emperor Nicholas, and it is novv sufficiently demonstrated that the F r e n c h g o v e r n m e n t was justi fied in characterizing the demonstra tions made under the pretext of pro tecting the sanctuaries o f Palestine, as designs dangerous for Turkey and for Europe. It is mow k n o w n with what precision of language the English Cab inet refused to join with Russia in any attempt to make al partition of thaQt- to m a n 'e m p i r e , and it is n o t necessary for us to indicate which of the two governments has the advantage in this correspondence. ^ I f there be in the propositions thus repudiated by the England proofs of excessive hardihood, there are also in stances of forgetfulness which will ex cite surprise. The Emperor Of Russia remodels the* map of Europe • without mentioning Prussia, and without taking any account of Austria. It has, been seen in wbat terms that sovereign re plies to^the^ expressions of astonishment which the silence preserved, respecting the latter Power, inspired the English ministry. tt* bad,' indeed*, been asked what part A u s tria-b o ttld take w h e n R u s s ia ap p r o priates., to herself Moldavia, Walla- Ohia, Bulgaria Arid Servia, Equal, at ten t i o n .has been p a i d t o w h a t co n c e rn s Greece,* to which country tbO-Emperor Nicholas, interdicts not qnly,the-resto-*' ration of the' B y z a tiiie empire, but “ all extention of* tejMtory calculated to render it a powerful empire.” As to the Government of the Em- pero^:' Napoleon, there is but one Ob servation to make upon the studied en deavor of-Russia to leave it out of the question .in her plans of territorial re- modiiSCation—which is, that Rus'sia cam e back to .the French governfaient after having failed in Ldhdqn, and that France, in her turn, had to decline ad vances- more or less • direct,'’^WcB a^re not wRhoiit resemblance to thSse #hich were -nraacHrar rsngiancrr-^ ' O perations on the D anube .—En glish and French officers are now era- ploye'd by Qmer Pacha in arranging the dkails of the various projected opeta- tiorts. It is generally kriowri that the •f iirkisli troops now in the Bulgarian ^ r ts and fortresses on the* Black Sea,^ will march to Shumla in the, mqfith ot April, in order t o ‘make topm for the Anglo-French auxiliaries, whq <M their arrival, will, assemble somewHere near to Constantinople, and repose for a time from the fatigues of their voyage. None of the auxiliary troops will be sent;tp M e Danube, but'the reserve division,of the French, under the com mand of General Forez’’ will, perhaps, be posted to Eoumelia, t6 the south of JfeJken.,. Marshal St: Arnand’s quar termaster, with eight other English and French officers* is at Shuthla. Omer P a c h a h a d remov&d hi? head q u a r t e r s trorh S b u m la to R u s tc h u k , on th e 19 th o f M a r c h . . ' ■ Thera are ^several Americans in camp. ‘An English .letter writer says 'The Turkish camp is a perfect Babel of tongues. To almost all thd differefnt !races of Europe, Asia and Africa, must now be added Americans. Like all the auxaiawes of the Porte, the men from .the far West say that they have come with rifle, revolver and bowie knife, to defend the cause of civilization and hu manity against Russia, Jfeoent Russian bulletins announced that the Russian batteries had destroy ed the, Turkish” flotillas before Nico- poles and Rusteliak. Letters from the spot declare that the ships ha,d received little or no damage’ from the Russian ■tre. . ' Lord Raglan was expee|ed to afrive at Constantinople about- the 1st of April, so as to coincide as nearly as ppssiblb with the arrival of Marshal St. Afnaud. # A council extraordinary, whose duty i t is to p r o v i d e fo r th e w a n ts.,p f th e Turkish’army arid its auxiliaries; has ■been appointed. U is eorappsed o f the following pachas: Recbid, Mohamyd Roushdv Rifaat, - Riza, aild^ Achmet E t o . ^ ' , ' ■ ' i Ih Const'attL\nople a new corps of 20,000 men is to t>c formed,*^ under the SJame of the New Imperial Gu^rd.- ‘ Otoer PkeBaC in order to% teajcb- more bama»ity»4o hit troops, has'-TSfferpd a reward for every Russian prisoner 'tiie Siiltftn wilt place. borsff an(| mnlet a t the w | c e of the «xpe- q o « t^ttn o ^ e ; March Iff, atate i M t ^ rsjeam frigate ntft GaCon, had been fM t to force the gfeckml# wifoh tM Ruasiaot ^ tabiislifid a tthe ni«iftb of the P » n « ^ ' and wbieh. coEnplefo^y prevented tlit .drijt 55tmoEmt. * PABTICnLARlfrillCE. . ; ; . The cc^pattnership her^tofhjef ex itin g be- tween t l ^ un^em ^ n edin tbepnniing andpnb- iishing business %as this day dissolv^^-by mu tual consent. It therefore becomes necessary that all notes and accounts due them should be settled immediately. As all our friends must see the^istness o f this request, we hope they will call and settle and save us the trouble and expense of w'aiting upon them personally. ^ P ay ments may be made to either o f the undersign ed^ ‘Herkitner, March 15, 1854. ROBERT EARL, C. C. WlTHERStlNE brought in alive. \ . . ” Dispatches from Gonst^htihople state that the object b f Ge.i. Burgoy^eV re peat vrsit; to G»W|p©ii- plamits fortification a»an English naval sta^Oq. ®or the present,-however, f^illipolb is. cHiefly ifirntioifid M Ibs rerideaJtoiis Of BELIEF OF POST MA8IBBS. The following is the bill wblch'has been passed in The House of Represen tatives : An Act regulating the pay o f Deputy Post Masters, S ec . 1, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled. That in place of compensa tion now alioWed deputy post masters, the Post Master-gCneraHy be, and is hereby authorized to allow them com- ngiissioDS at the following rates, on the postage collected at their respective of fices in each quarter of the year, and in due proportion for any period less than a quarter, v iz; on any sum not exceed* iiig one hundred dollars, sixty per cent; but any post raster at'whose office thq mail,is to arrive regularly between the hours of 9 o’cloq^ at night and five o’ clock in. the moriiin]^, may be allowed seventy jpe^ cent on the first hundred’ dollafti. Oir any sura oVer and above one hundred'dollars, and not,exceeding four hundred dollars^ fifty per cent.-^-- Dri any sum oyer ^fid-sd^ve four hun dred :dollars, but.not^kceediflg twenty^' 3^r^!^:ff^^^ur~buhd'red dollars, fifteen per cent. On the amount of postage on letters and , packages re ceive^ at a distributing office* for distri bution, 12^ per cent commission may be allowed. Every post master whose compensation shall uotexceed five hun dred dollars in one quarter, shall be al lowed one cent on every free letter de livered out of his office, except such as are for the post master himself. .But the sp e c ia l allo w a n c e now made bylaw to the post masters at New Orleans and Washington city,'shairnot otherwise be either increased or diminished. Each post master who shall be required to keep a register of the arrival and de parture of the mails shall be allowed ten cents, for each .monthly return which he makes to the Post Master General. Each post master may be allowed two mills for the delivery from his office to a subscriber of each newspaper not chargeable wit|i postage: Provided, That to any post master of any dis tributing _ or separating post office, whose commissions may be reduced be low the amount, allowed at his office for-the year ending the 30th day of June, 1851, the Post Master General shall be authorized in his discretion to allow such additional compensation as he may deem, proper, suph compensa tion to date, and be allowed from the SOth day of March, 1853: Provided, further, That the commissions and al lowances authorized by this act shall be'subject to the provisions' of the for ty-first section of the Act entitled \ An Act to reduce into one the several Acts establishing and regulating the Post Of fice Department.” And ail acts or parts of acts inconsistept with the provisions of this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. And-this act to take effect and be in force.'frora and after the com mencement of the^next fiscal quarter af ter its passage., ^ ] T h e J avan SQUAD,RON.^The W a s h in g to n S t a r co n t r a d i c t s tb g re p o r t t h a t Commodore.Perry!? squadro.n has been recalled. It §ays: ^ ; We have, every reason to believe that long since, on notify ing the Gove/nment of his promise to return this spring to T^pan to’receive the answetof the Em peror to ouf proposals, the Comrapdoye was inatructed to comply'with that-en- gagement with all the ships under bis ^•ioramand that Could be spared from tbe^ GhiRese-Sears; and then totdfeturn home with all his vessels except, a steamer eloops of war, Which aro to re- mata'iiKtfisf quarter as the U-, CUBAB AGGBEBSIOHS. It..appears that we are soon to. have a complete history of tho. various out rages coniraitted by Spanish subjects and the authorities in C u ^ , upon citi- zens* of the United Stales.', I n , compli ance with a resolution of the House of' Representatives, the correspondence on the numerous cases of Cuban aggres sion, is to be laid' before Congress, in full. It is represented to be very vo luminous, and may therefore be expect ed to embrace all the particulars in re lation to ths subject. . We have every Reason to , suppose that this correspondence wifi show a worse aspect to affairs than the public generally imagine. The internal ad ministration of Cuba is well known to have been for a long series of years, incoriceivably corrupt as it has been horribly oppressive. The authorities, from highest to lowest official, with scarcely an. exception, have scrupled at no means whereby they could g^in gold. The slightest pretexts for arrest and imprisonment, have been sufficient to involve! innocent men, whose only of fence was that they had money coveted by the officials. In some cases,, entire fortunes have been wrested, while in the multitude of them, it has been con venient to extort fines merely, from one to a hundred doubjoons. In short, ev ery imaginable opportunity to gratify their avaricious desires, is eagerly seiz ed upon, whether afforded by bribes to wink, at smuggling, or by seizure under pretence of tiolation of law- Certain as it is that the most horri ble outrsfes are cooimittqd upon the inhabitantspf Cuba by Spanish officials, either from motiyes of cupidity-.or re venge, it may be reasonably expected that American citizens could not^escapo ■visitations 6f Cuban atrocity and ma\ several charitable and penitentiary e?- tabUshmentsIn the city of New York; Jtasluriderstood that the session wjllbe ;^roldnged foc’a few days after the us ual session of one hundred days shall have expired, as there is a large amount of unfinished business—some of it of considerable public importance—yef to be perfected. P ickpockets .—J. G- Cramer, of Rus sia, in this County, who was waiting for tfie departure of the Oswego train, re cently, at Syracuse, b«J his pocket pick ed in the crowd standing around the depot.^ A pocket-book was taken, con taining about $235 in.bills. The rogue wasmot discovered.' hoie A ,, the! JiiSfic, tohching » t Sen points in trie usuai<.^'«cino™«'*^» |a*«»<«ied to fefuro u^^rlaiid wi|h as littj* delay as ponibl#; H # 'i^ » » d f - kakp Applied aaccostfuRr permission so to do- * Tlie bitt autboHziflg the building' nf^sil. i i i f iilriif m m i sfoans frigates, g W l C a s i i i i t d ^ y thf rmUenU erned their conduct toward their own subjects a s ‘to'\our citizens, and each have' been alike made victims where oppression has promised profit with reasbnable prospect of immunity from dangerous consequences. This proclivity- to rascality in^ Cuba is but little appreciated in the United States, as the facts are not generally known, and it is this uflacquaintance, therefore, with dffairs in- that down trodden colony, which will' render the public mind open to that surprise which we anticipate from the publication of the correspondence alluded to. O sw e g o a n d T so y R a i l -R oad , At a m e e tin g of th e D i r e c t o r s of th i s Company, held at Syracuse, on the 6th inst.,: the following gentlemen were elected officers of the Company; ' Fresident—L. B. Crocker,‘‘-Oswego. V. Pres’t—E. Wells, Johnstown. Treasurer—^Delos DeWolf,’ OswegO. Secretary—L. Babcock, Oswego. The Articles of Association have been filed in th e office of the- S e c r e t a r y of S ta t e , th e re q u isite sum h a v in g been p a i d in. ■ - - ^ Ho ! FOR N ew Y ork . —^The People’s Line of Steamers, the “ Hendrik Hud son” and “ Isaac Newton,” are 'now making regular trips on the Hudson River, between Albany and New ^ork» These boats have, during the past sea son,* been thoroughly overhauled, re- planked, re-furnished and painted,* and are in as good order as when they first made their appearance on the Hudsqn. •They are commanded by their former popular .and g e n tlem a n ly C o m m a n d e rs, peck a n d S t. J o h n , a n d w e assu r e ' ,ktl w h o m a y h a v e o c c a s ion to t a k e a p l e a s ure or business trip to New York, .that they cannht'do better than take passage In the “ People’s Line.” N ew M usic .— ;We have been favored by I he Publisher, H orace 'VyATERS, 333 Broadway, Ne'W Yprk, with several new and beautiful pieces of Sheet Mu sic. * Any piece of Music desired mdy bp ordered from Mr. Waters’ exterisxve rMusieal lEIstablishtnettt, and the* p'erson jafedering wilL receive the same, by mail, free of postage. ^ ,BuieiDE.*^We are'-iiffbrroed that-Mr. Peteg: Wood, 6f the fo*»n of (xermiiri _______ __ Flatte,'committed amcidff by hanging pjnitM.gt.tes, iitaielf. , 0 ft the 4th tost, H . ,w.s r \ - * '• highly respectable citizen, and' wri*hear no cause assigned for his putting art end to his life. He was a single man, aged 46 year?, O ^ Bpth Houses of the'Legislature adjourned on -Friday to meet again on ^ V - ^ JL a tat is \.>vt i va v Monday; for the purpose of visiting the ^einnafi Gazette gives the following U. S. CKNSus.-Any suggestions which may be induced by an examination of the tables of the United States Census for this Coiinty should bo forwarded at an early day, to Mr, De Bow, Superin tendent of the Census Office at Wash ington, with a view to the correctness of other publications from that office. IT?“ Our thanks are due to Hon. B ishop P erkins , Member o f C o n g ress fo r th i s D i s t r i c t , fo r v a lu a b le p u b lic Documents on various occasions. . lC7“ The “Maine Liquor Law” in Wisconsin seems to be laid on the shelf for.the season. The Conference ^Com-- mittees of the Senate and House cannot agree upon the bill. The'Sen ate committee insisted upon a clause to submit it to the people, and the House committee will not agree to any such clause, contending that it would be un constitutional—therefore making the whole bill a nulity. 01?“ The State Paper Bill has passed both Houses, and only awaits the sig nature of the Governor to become a law. The State Register, the organ of the Silver Greys, is particularly severe upon the Seward Whigs for this act, characterizing it as U barefaced scheme to bestow a needless gratuity .of some $30,000 per year on the Evening fo'i nal, and to sustain “ the decaying po tentiality of a party organ.” \The Reg ister concludes its tfrticle'as follows: “ The Whig party is an honest party albeit there may be^ in its ranks, men who are not the\roost perfect in the count of new engines of-d§structioii, -which will be brought into requisition by the present Eunopeon war. He says: “-The new invention for the more rapid destruction of human being's, which the war is bringing to light, es pecially in England, will surpass all ex pectations. The arsenals of England have for a long time been closed to vis itors, even to members of Parliament, while these new and terrible machines were being constructed and experimen)t- ed upon, andjjo knowledge of their ex-’ istence even was permitted until called, forth by actual service. Many years ago the Euglish Gevernraent had a pro position before them to adopt Wagner’s floating gun,' and hesitated. A mem ber of Parliament exclaimed : “ He de mands but j 3300,000, and yet you hes itate ! Hasten to buy this machine, declare war against France, and you will detroy her marine in*^a few day? time!” No attention was paid to this apostrophe at the time in France, and apparently none in England. But this terrible invention, of which the public has ceased to talk, and which was even ridiculed at the time, has been matur ing in concealment in the arsenals of Woolwich, and is now ready to go out on its work of destruction. “ The Count Lavalette, captain of military marine in France, who knew the construction of this gun, it is said made endeavors to have it adopted by the minister of marine under Louis PhUIippe. : It is simply a long Congreve gun, which glides along on the water in a straight line till it strikes the vessel at which it is directed, when it thrusts into its sides its iron head, containing two pounds of fulminating powder of matter of int^fity. It will mitted to stand as a source of endless jeering and reproach by- the enemies of the party or source of mortification to its friends.” T rinity C hurch , N. Y.—The annual income of this society is $80,367 70‘— There are debts and liabilities amount ing to $572,448, on which a yearly in terest is to be paid of $35,562. This leaves an actual net income or profit to the church of $45^405 6k'. T he M ilwaukee F ugitive S lave C ase . —S, M. Booth, the Editor of the Free Democrat, At Milwaukee, Wiscon sin, after a protracted examination, and a mass of testimony taken, has been held to bail in the sum of $2,000, to ap pear at th'eUnitftiStates District Court, at Madison, in tbit State, in July next, to answer to the*charge of resisting the, “ f ugitiye Slave Law,” and inciting a mob to break* opep the Milwaukee jailj and rescue an alHiged ftigitive slave from the United States Marshal. R onkonkoma ' ' L ake , ' L. Il —A shares in the WiHage Lots a^ Rose vale, near this celebrated lake. One share, for only $15, s e izes a liomestead for a man and his falnily during life. For shares, apply to J. S. Hays, Local Agent, Herkimer, Or tO Charles Wood, 208 Broadway, N. X-’r ----- ------------ - ■ 0^’“ The kno w - N o th iiJg s havestarted a newspaper at Washington to be called the American Eagle. B, C. Wright and J. C. Dennison, Esqs., are its editors. The object is stated to secure,, the ad ministration of g o v e r n m e n t ex c lu siv e ly i n th e hands of natives as well as the enjoyment.of public offi.ces with all their emoluments. ' Hops.r~The demand for this article in the-New York market h'as consider ably improved At the iatl decline. The sales of 130 bales# orthb crop.qf 1853, are reported, at 25a30. cents, jAnd 50 bales,^growth of *1852, at 20c,^caah.—^ The market for , the week’ closed qtiite Arm. J- The Lutheran population in the world is .estimated at 42,250,000# of which 25,000,000-are found In the land pf Luther, 5,000,000 in Prussi^ 3,000,- 000 in Sweden, and 1,000,900: in the While in America tKe^proporlion of persdns who gd soine kiiidis oile in ffve, ia Ru»iAit is one in two hundred and twenty ! NEW DESTBUCXIVE ENGINES OF WAB- The Paris correspondent of the Cin- LATES FBOM CALIFOBNIA, The steamer George Law. Capt. Mc Gowan, arrived-at New York on Sun day. morning- from Aspinwall, whbnce mercury. . __ reservoir, it explodes, blowing a hole in the vessel ten or twelve feet in diame ter, which it is impossible for them to close up as they do the round holes made by cannon halls. “ In admitting that the Russian fleets shall retire under the inapproachable fortresses of Cronstadt and Sebastopol, they cannot be in safety from this ter rible Congreve gun, which carries to almost any distance within reach of the aim, and far beyond the reach of any other gun. It cannot be\ prevented from passing through the most contract ed straits where ships pass. “ The submarine boats are so per fected at this moment, that they can reach and attach a burner to an ene my’s ship without running the least danger. Experiments are also being made with an asphyxiating ball, which does not kill, but which paralizes an entire crew for several hours, or until they are made prisoners. Tbey are embarking into a large number of ex plosive burning balls, which explode in v a r i a b ly when they strike, even in the body of a horse, for they inflame at the moment of discharge from a gun, and fly, burning like sm a ll p o n g x & v ^ ! When the fire attains this chests and other inflammable material, as easily-and as surely as if they were to fall ill a stubble-field. “ They are furnisbing two small steamboats of a singular appearance, which will carry only two enormous Faixhau guns, placed on the forepart of the vessel. The walls of these little vessels have a thickness of six feet, made of oak, standing upright. and this covered with a mattrass of cotton sub stance, a foot and a half‘thick, which is impenetrable to a bullet, and this a- gain covered with a sheeting of iron and lead. Its prow has the angular form of a cuirass, intended to turn bullets; Ithe roof or deck is covered in the same way, so as to allow the bombs to glide into the sea, without doing damage, ‘ “ The fire-ship, very heavy, and\ a bad sailer, will be towed and let loose at the proper moment, to approach near the enemy’s vessels, either when at an chor or lying to. which it will attack fore and aft with bombs thrown be; tween wind and water, and sprinkling the ship with a shower of Grecian fire. One of these burners, taking by surprise a fleet of vessels in a calm, could with ease destroy the whole fleet, and yet it only requires the labor of ten determin ed men to operate it. “ The peace society have agitated the que'stion in England of how far a nation is justified in employing other and more destructive methods in war tlian those employed by the enemy. Admiral Napier has replied to these propositions -with irony : ‘ If you fear to hurt the enemy, put into your guns balls of cotton, and into your cannoq cakes of rice!’ “ The English fleet is largely provi ded with balloons, intended to carry in flammable materials to scatter over towns, villages, and fleets, when the wind favors such operetions. \ Another invention, still more terri ble than all the rest, but of which 'the construction has not yet been made known, except to a very small n u m b e r of persons, is about to -Be sent out to destroy the Russians. All theseinven tions are highly curious and interesting in the history of-the war, but rather afflicting for humanity.’’ • P rospects of the W heat 'C sov .— We have recently conversed with some highly ..intelligent farmers residing in this vicinity—among tben| the venera ble Judge Sibleyi of Rush, than' whom ihere is. not a more observingJonan. in 'Genesee Valley-^rand all concur tb^t the growing wheat has wintered safely, and at present premises a geod return. It wat -feared that the recent‘seyere weather, after that of a mild character in the early part of.March, might serious ly afieet the young wheat ; but we are assured that it has passed safely through the nrdea!. For .the blessing of Provi dence thus dispensed, we may be grate ful, but all dai^er is not yet passed— without aconlinuence of IBsAlniles for four months to come, we way' sec a plentiful harvest.— UriiVn. LEGISLATIVE SUMKARY- W ednesday , April 5. S enate — ^A large' number of billsi were reported, and some important she sailed on’the 31st ult. She brings bills passed—or were ordered to a third) $803,569.in treasure on frieght, five reading; hundred and eight passengers, and the * , H ouse —The House was engaged California mails of the 16th ult. j morning, afternoon and evening in the The steamer Star of the West, from third reading of bills. San Juan March 31st, also arrived at T hursday , April 6, New York on the afternoon of the same S enate —Bills reported: To repeal day, bringing $671,489 in specie. ihe Canal law of 1851. Creating the W alker ’ s E xpedition .— The Alta County of Schuyler. Relative to the California, of the 15th ult., copies from Sachet’s Harbor and Saratoga railway, the San Diego Herald, of the 11th, To incorporate the Tract Society of the some interesting news from Lower Cal- Methodist Episcopal Church, ifornia t j The hill designating a State Paper Frederick Emery, Secretary of State was passed. A resolution for a U. S. of the new republic, was arrested at Mint at Brooklyn was laid over. The San Diego on Wednesday last, by the Northern River Improvement bills were order of Capt. Dornin, and be with Se- ordered to a third reading. Progress nor Cordova, arrived in the Columbus. * was had on the bill aiding the Westera Two others from the ranks bad deser- House of Refuge, ted and made good their escape to San 1 Afternoon —Western Hodle of Re- Diego, I iuge bill-passed. Bill appointing com- The utmost dissatisfaction prevails missioners to select site for a new asy- among those remaining with Walker, lum for Lunatics, ordered to a third and it is the impression that the whole reading. Bill authorizing loans of the affair will break up with a general fight bank fund was. ordered to a third read- Pending discussion on Trinity Church property question. Adj. H ouse — A reso lu tio n of th e Canal Board recommending reductions in the bill on certain articles carried on the Canal, was agreed to. The bill to au thorize -the continuing in use of co partnership names by firms engaged in . foreign trade was passed. Also, bill to authorize the town of Oxford to sub scribe to railway sto c k . A lso, to per mit to w n s to subscribe to the stock of the Troy and Oswego railway. Afternoon —Bill amending the free school law of 1849 was ordered to'a third reading; Pending motion to re consider, Recess. F riday , April 7. S enate —Remonstrances against any alteration in the police law ; against any railway in Broadway, N. Y. Ob jection was made against forwarding Brooklyn consolidation bill. A bill Was reported to amend the charter of the New York and \Virginia steam naviga tion company. The Saratoga and Sack- etts Harbor railway bill was consider ed in committee and then made a spe cial order for Tuesday, with the liquor prohibitory submission bill. - H ouse —Bills for the relief of Hobart Free College and Hamilton College were ordered to a third reading; also the bill for the relief of certain owners of water power in Rochester. The bill for taking the nest State census was reported complete. O ’* The new Comet can-now be seen every evening, soon after dark, in the western Heavens. A correspondent of the Boston Trav eller, writing from' the Cambridge Ob servatory, April 3d, says: “ The comet, now so conspicuous in the evening n e a r th e w e s tern horizon, as seen through the great refractor at Cambridge, presents a blazing nucleus aaaiTa tail which may -be-'*raced lo-tha extent often degrees. The tail is curved towards the north, and has a strongly defined*outline about the head and on the south side ; but this outline is traced with difficulty on the north side. Near and following the nucleus, there is a narrow lane of open dark space. Judg ing from a rough estimate of this com- - et’s rate and direction of motion, it was probably seen here as early as we cquld have seen it, viz; on the 29th wit— Three observations of its position are required', as the data necessary for de termining the elements of its orbit, one of which has been obtained at Cam bridge.’’^ An astr'briomci*seridstotbe Nantuck^ et Inquirer the following account of the new co m e t; “ A beautiful comet, with a bright, well-defined nucleus and train, was ob served this evening in the western twi light and near* the northern border of the zodieal light. It so much resem bles the comet of the 8th month (Au gust) last, and its apparent relative po- jsition to the sun is so similar to that when first seen, that it might well be taken for the same. The train is slight ly curved convex to the south, and the position of the nucleus, as deduced from the time and amplitude of its sitting without the aid of instruments, nearly corresponds with the 17th degree of right ascension, an<J the 18th degree of north-declination.” •niatll t n e luomcTat o f >xplosiqn.,. „Wheri six teen the'hanxhs i n they may apply fire to'Irie^ammunition {.{jg Squirrel Creek diggings. Mr. E. B. Jackson informs us that his company among themselves. Bloodshed is evitable, Whether by themselves or in the event of an encounter with the Mexican troops now in pursuit. Monday last was the day sot by Wal ker for a general assembly of all the neighborhood, and .those whp^ did' not come in were to be punished by a con fiscation of their property. The con dition the people is truly lament able. The greater portion of the male p o p u latio n have been obliged to leav e their families. The “ liberators” have taken away what provisions they had, so that if before long the filibusters do not leave that miserable country, many of the families will starve. M in in g I ntellig e n c e . —The Mari posa Chronicle contains the following items; We understand that diggings of more than ordinary richness have recently been discovered in the town of Carson, about four miles from this place. Mi ners have gone to work in the principal street, and are realizing from $15 to $20 per day to the hand. A Mexican mining in Bear Yalley, last Saturday took from his claim a specimen of pure gold weighing fully three pounds. Over five hundred ounces of gold dust has been sent from this place to San Francisco during the present week. One house remitted 300 ounces. The claim of Messrs. Reynolds & Co., worked by three hands, has for the last ten days yielded an average of be tween seven a^d eight ounces per day. Other claims on the same flat are paying remarkably well, B. F. McCone, foreman of the Eagle Company, informs us that they took out of their claims, located on Gold Point, $2,500. the proceeds of the work of twenty hands in four and a half days. -Miners are averaging from eight to are realizing about sixteen dollars per day to the hand. N ews from C ol . F remont ’ s P arty . —Mr. Babbitt, late Secretary of the Utah Territory, who arrived at San Francisco from San Diego ia the steam ship Goliah, on the way to Wa'shington, brings news of Col. Fremont’s party. It will be rem e m b e red that Fremont started nearly two naonths since to demonstrate the practicability of the C e n tr a l R a ilro a d rout© by trav e lin g it in winter. He took With him abpl^ twenty men. He reached the Rocky Mountains with little' difficulty, but af te r crossing near the Middle Park, his ■way was full of great trials. He started with little provisions, ex pecting that his party would kill suffi cient game for their sustenance, but they had suffered actual starvat&m.— Mr. Babbitt met the party, then' ftum- bering fourteen, on the 11th of Febru ary, above the Yogas of the Sant’a* Cla ra, near the line of New -Mexico; and about 400 miles directly east of San Francisco, but the co u n tr y is such t h a t h d will h a v e to t r a v e l a t l e a s t 4 0 0 m iles to re a c h th e S ie r r a Nevada. The par ty had lost seven men by death, of w h ich tw o cases w e r e asc r ib e d d ir e c tly to s t a r v a t io n , and the others to the con sequences of cold and unhealthy diet. Fremont was determined to continue on bis course and come in through Walker’s Pass. A portion of his in tended ro u t e is e n t i r e ly u n e x p lo red , an d th e ex p lo r a tio n a t t h i s tim e o f y e a r , with a p a t t y reduced by disease and suffering, is a rash undertaking. Fremont refused to accompany Mr. Babbitt down the Spanish trail to Los Angelo-s, which trip he might-have made with little difficulty. 'His men seemed 'determined to stick by him'and brave all dangers. P a r s o n E row n low , i n exposing a d e f a u ltin g subscriber who had “ fled to parts unknown,” owing him six dollars, uses t h e follow ing l a n g u a g e : . . “ Let him be published in every jour nal in e.vistence, until his defalcation is known; and upon the waves of the Euxine let his meanness be borne along with the shrieksfof the drownin’g Aus trians and the dying y^urks. And may the deep dyed ,waters of the' Danube bide his body from the eyd.of man, when the s ^ r e of the Cossack and the Turk shall have drunk deeply of his blood. And may the close of I854'nev- er permit the sun to shine upon another rascal, who may abscond in our debt, too mean and too dishonest even to write and promise to pay.” , 0-/'' The. aggregate value of private propertjdnLon«feiiisealeula,tedtobe,fu><> antt a'i quarter hiliiam dsllats. 17“ There is a man in this section who is said ,to have several, roots of a stump speech. He is looking For the key to a soap lock, ‘ *' ' \ A G rand S pectacle of M is EB y .” __The New Yorkr Courier and Enqui rer, in noticing th e v isit of the lieg isia - tu r e to. th e ch a r i t a b l e in s ti t u t i o n s of New York on Saturday, states that 6,000 paupers are constantly surported from the city treasury, b e s id e s supplies to our door poor, and exclusive of tite benefactions administered by the Com missioners of Emigration. New York Markets. N ew T oek , April 11, 1854. FLO'UR— Canadian quiet at 7 25; 7a7 25 for ordinary to straight state, r 7oas for mix ed to feijcy Middg'aiiand conrftnon to good Ohio. GRAIN—Wheat—There is little wheat offering and no sai^le 5 transpired. Eye 97al 06. r Je rsey; 4&a54 for state and i for found 5 Oats—44a46 for !Stem. Corn- 1—75 for found y ellow, 76 for a74 for mi.ted southern; ^VISIONS-—Pork— 14 5Gal4.62i 'for mess; 12 3 1 |a l2 37j for pfime. Beef—9 50 al2 for country m esss; 6 50a8 fpr city m ess; 20 for prime Lard 95a9|- Butter— lQal3 for Ohio; 14alS for state. Cheese 10al2. isDI DA F U L L E R , o f Baldwinsville. ^ „ In Utica, on the 1st inst 'hytheR e v . w . B Curtis, M r. RUFUS L. R O B I N S ^ of Am Hampton, N . H ., to Miss PADLIHE L \ ELL, of F rankfort, *N ■ Y. ' In this enceof hersonCoL Standish Rarrj% Mrs ONES BARRY, relect of Standi&h Barry, deceased, at the advanced ago o f S3 y ears. In the town o f Cotmnbia, on the Sth in s t., of consuption, Mrs. MARY .METCALF, wUe of Ail'cri .Mctciilf, kgo-l 34 year-.
