AMERICA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 469, 2 May 1857, Page 11

AMERICA.

TJje second session of the thirty f fp.urth.Congress, commenced'at Washington bnthe'lsV Deceiriber.' | :Th'e'ihess'%e-oiF'>PjJesHltenV':Pfer^e?iis 4 ilias;!- <fei>oken^. of by;the'' f- Bostoii; Lj .ouVi'lal 't^" The- J1 astr <';HiiiVual/ message of President PieYce* is-before :the! c6u"ntryJ> We congratulate :ur fellow! citizens ton thefactuhat, itjs the last.^bFroinrfa positively bad: President and. policy, we can hopej.iwrr.ajtran.sitiontto;.something ■' better-r;to .soiiieth.ing-,perhaps yyluchlwill. be-;On'ly negatively bad. Although President Piercejis;to be, succeeded by one who is virtually pledged to carry out and p 'rpetuate.his: f polie)vyet we may at least hope that that policy^wilTbe niitigated in its administration;! by a7Presidehti:who;i!whatever' Kis/pai-tyl pledges.? and j"responsibilities,f> certainly' : possesses more enlarged and .statesmanlike views, than thepre-.j gent ..iiioumben'ti'of ,the .execiitiye chair. We haye r been led to jexpect,' from tli'e' r coi'ifident intimations' «-liich!-!)ave•■■■Hee'n'?drbppe3^ by''tlVe;;W'asl)iiigt6ii' quid' nuncs that .the inessajre of the President would'eni-1 brace'a 1 defence !pfV;l)is:a<jmmjs'trative policy/ and a claim that- it'had beeVreii'dorsed liy'the'people in theu recent election. But we certainly.were' notiprepai;ed' for such an outbreak of pro-slavery: denunciatfon and: undignified; abuse as is: contained in .this -so-' called Presidential message. ;,[lf ;the document had been addressed to the Legislature of South^Carolina by the Governor-of-Hhat State, it'-wouldf hkv'e b.efn very pertinentj and-doubtless very sntisfa'ct.Sry./Biit* to cajlsuch a 'South-side, view of the leading ques- ' .tions which have agitated the, public uiind ! ai 1 P ii resi- i dent's :nessage;is a misyoiner. True to liis prejudices and instincts, General Pierce,..in retiring from office, is wiliing that1 tlVe'Lrahd of sectional should be-buru>ji.;Hl£e^ records ;iJ his administration, and be madejnde,lift!e>^.^:^v..'sq''>'( ■!,!!"•■);!. ft;;;" U '^'-:V.h'i U \Ji £ •?Tke,tollo>vihg?is an; intefesting : pa'ragraph from' the . of; J theT "'pM^T|fe|]|wds, during tiie j ;,.l,ast i -fiscal year,; ainounttor %-2,^71^8 .ajer'es "■;",J\ r..winch has been received;,,the, sum" [ot 'B*,B2l.*4l,iVdoliars';, ..Curing ijie'lsanie iperiod there' jiave! KeeiV lti'cated with' iniiitary'.sL'rii>. and. .|au'a.; 'wairaiits.'ancl; for, 1 other' purposes, 3jO,*Joo/230; 'tints* n^ak.iti^ ia;: total ; 3f),3'25; 108! acres;1' Oil the SOtl'i of■S'e'p'teiiilier- la's'r," surveys had' .l)!een'-:iriadefof';lS i ß7,B:;6"99'acres; 'a large; portion1 of" which is ready for*-market'.''i"i!'^j-.'i.j-s::;'i-:< .-".';< ;i\-T :.-'r oi

';?;•.. T^fe^bjojne.cl „c()r,respoudejice,.vappeaj'ed .in" the t *^.M4ssoufi JBeinoeriiV ) '" December' T." :' :. ■ "S1:-.>L •^^TEii:¥tl(Bf;|CANSAS.,^ „ _ .... . '■'■■■'■-'■ "Use \ri& oF.FRK'ii;-^t^'y.E :PuisoNEßs;:;; -.. . " Frankli;;, KMiißasf^NovemiieVs^, 1856. " Last JSa^turdajk' ri eve\yji|f thirty Vonfc^risp^ners" efcaped'froih;the prisbn aiWTe'cVnvi'seh,'by ■ cutting two holes,. ,t.hr,p.ujjh . the ,- walls, jAyitli; a_ni.usliet < baypnef, usedjn.tlie cells a'.'cki.id'lestick.,, Theybad ireien confined;tliere nearly a week'Jguardecl.by a company.' of Uiiiied:Sta¥es'iiifimtry:.' ■Colbn'eljHeiiryT.!-Tit'us ' of' L'ecomptp't'r is about/to leave, tlie territory with a' hundred inen"'ior Niciiriigua,' to1 assist;'" President Walker."' "He say's; after'1 central "Arn'eijc'av is 'all rijiht,'-'he"...■iiitends^oi.Jig-''over into'.^Cubav to \ revolii-' : tionize' that-jisland, ;ind:"ralntit for,;th& South,-'and; the ir'outh alone. Colo'iel T. has been a fillibusterall Ins .life; andiwisin jCulia undec-ftli.e, uulortun'ate Lopez.',; lle ; sent v \Va]ker-,the/fir,st;jCompany.pt-' men; ever sent from the Siatfs. , Ife^catne to.; Kansas. about the same time Colonel Bur ford aid, an!'ever since lie has been' r ixl«ntiii?■ d,,'f^i^ii the troubles; a pro-tlavery man' throughout;''"'gooii looking;^ a n'ativ'etof'New' J Ybik.;; emigrattfd' to Elorida! ktftjje' age of tweiuy-oue ;:inarrie(l : a;!rich [SpijtheVn lady, j owns slaves, and loyesjnotoriety.../Charles/Hays,, the allegedriiuirder^r .of. David,Buffuni, ijhas.,been released oii a vvrit of habeas corpus, issued by J^udge Lecompte. The Gov^riior'siibn'nts 'quietly to: tlie Chief Justjc.e, niuVfinds himself unable to do 'any-. thing'ih the premises.";'■'..;''{. " Chicago, VVe'd'iVesday; l3'ecen'iber'S,! -']iS'sjßf

'■"■• We'li.aVe"Kansas dates tp^ the ?6th Npveniber. Governor Geary intends retnkiiig the prisoners^who recently escaped JVoni-j' Lecpinpton', > if they can be fmind. The Grand Jury ha,ve found bills of.iiidjctment agaisist several pro-slavery men;: A riieetjug had been fheld i h icon sequence, and; Survey or— Gfenaval:GalhQun; ,' chairman, had denputiced Gbverifbr; Geary, and _ l.ii's ; c,oiii;ts. A ;,law.jui,d 7 : order convention is to.be held ,at Leavetiworth, ; on r thelstinstanti, .Coliniel; Titus giy.es notijcef^to ;ajl, persons dt'siringtp KP,tQ Nicaragua," to reiidf?vons, a,t St. Louis o:i. tlit' lOthinstiCnt, troin whtiice'a freej passage will'lie fiirmslifiil to thtin'.' .After t;'ie\sdt-j tlement of CeptralAmericaij'aftairs, the;|>urppse.'is' to'atteUd to Cuba.?' ;'/; I _'i."'. -•-:->.;'.:-■.:■?■>..■■- r \>j-.<::./...

■■-■ ■ :--\-7 !:.; CALIFORNIA. , ; H:v/>v:, -.'■y; ,/The. Live, Yiijikee arrived .yesterday* from* San Francifcco, having Jett that port* on the lSth.Jar.ua.ry» ,;^y l''is arrival, we have received three.weeks' later hews. \ ''" ''J '' .•■■•=••■•■ ' -..-■.. The early J^imiiry papers publish some i'nterestißg'iufor'mati(>V>' ill ustr;itive -of the progress of the; i State durinjr tin; year 1856, from w!;ieh;ifappeurs* thati Califiornia,| witti" ji.li 11s] uatiirSil, -sulyanrages, has made little lie;HVway..in_popiiJHtion throuKliout that period.,.. r .Xl)*e total: arrivals wVre 1^8,255, a-rainst which theTepai-iurcs minibered 22,903, leaving au

increase by immigration,! for Vthe year, pf 5,362. 1 l\!,s Jncr,ease all, took, plaice;,during, the,..first six jmotiths';' in fact.'our'reaaefs^fll be sufpnsed W leain .that the,six months,,ended December 31, slipwed an actual excess of departures over arrivals pf 927.' Tliis extraordinary fact elicits the following speculative. comments from:the f San Ffancis"co r Herald:—?To what cause, is, the. fact; that .instead/of jour pppulation.ibeing.hicreasedrduring'jhe last half o^':tnS;jy^ar» H-"as, actually,decreased by.about one tliqusandi;. to ;be .attributed l,. r Have the malicious stajeinents published oecasionaily by' igiipran tnews-; V?i>.% ,^ itc! I'S; ; ;in the' Eastern States/setting;forth .that bur*"|miries are giving but," operated upon the1 ;minds of emigrants with sueh'terrilile effect'diiriiig' ' this .^particulars portion of the' year,: just;. passed, :though,.never.' before much heeded ;,«aiid:have the ; same -statements, repubhsiied, here had the effectof ('driving from our shores prosperous.miners.-with.rich, jdeposits of the .precious > metals glittering before ■ their eyes ? Let r a portion of the people o^this city answer!. * "Some Uvontliis ago we called attention to rlie'fact 'thaf'the "State of California was being ;depopulated, and .supported the assertion with facts I and figures ; . but .the idea/ wks- scouted at, and the : accuracy'of t'lie figures doubted. For this" "correct Jness.of'ith'e data thenput- forward by us, we now j refer ftp the looks of; clie,Gustom House."

i The agricultural pi qduc- of California for 1856", we find thus estima'ted—3,:v6sJ2i6'biishels wheat, barley, ,96.1,870, r pats, ]6'5.,56|t ; corn, '; 721,018 potatoes. Those .returns showtd'anTiicrease lion' 'the 855; of SSO^S^'Wlieat-1-1,4371125 ! barley/ and'^B9,469 oatsV ;//': ? '-^ i-! .:.!.' \r-. •,;.'■ -.;; Journali'above qu'oted,'iJanuary 5,; says;—- ; ; " w Pyer a.hundred men' .went yesterday,; to ,link,their c fortunes „w.itii.: , G eneral,j^Valkei:, m "Nicaragiia v : They, appeared to be an able-bodied, 'Hardy-ld6kihg,' I set of ineii, who could bi'kve "any dangers,'and sur-'; 1 mbuhti!almd.<t"every^bbstacles-that-.'could oppose ] tliejiu '-Among the.huniber iv^s/.olU-Major'.'l'acker,: ' vvjip ipr-severaXyearsihaSibepiji on ; the police depart-?, nient of this city., He whs di,s,missed with; tlie otlier" : rne'mb'ers df''lie'pbli'ceias'tSveek'raiuV reVblvedfo 'go | to Nicaragua ani.' assist lii'th'e einaiicipiitidn of' that cjDuntfy'from the vtliralbbf barbarismand. bigpfry. '< 'I'ucker was .Bievet Major iu.theU. S. ,Rjfle, corps jj during.ih.e war... Most of t!)pse ( liying that, | j were inihat campaign remember liiniwiell." After, j the* wii.r'ehded his regiment'was ordered to' Oreg'on.----j andl a'rrvied'there and quartered "at-the Dalles, in' 'the' i suminervof 1851. He resigned, from the service, and .c;ime, : to,,.this city,. ; where ;after, being buffeted. !■ about by the fickle winds of dame; Fortune,, jie'iuaiia-, f ged [o get on .the.police department,' and retiiiiied-" i his p'osition'froin Mh'at time nVitil f!ie'was (iisch.ir»ed , by?^ltlle"«'present•■'•l6caK?adm^h^sfra'»iWlif^MThp■;Major, | has j seen -much; hard}fightiiig^both : iii itlif | Seinjnole, ; war in Florida,, and J.he late.,war with; Mexico., j lie ,was severely' VpmTd'ed! at. the battle of Cerro | Gordo, aiid liis age" and infirmities' liave incaijacita- : tedsUiim >forUie!active;a!id:;bustlirigy habits of life' J which are so.essenti.iily,requisitel to'acliieversuccess:. ; in almost any undertaking in this country..- The old I sold. ei^lias served,his;.cpi.tntry faithfully, andiiia-. he ; prosper and fare better in the new land,of his adbpi tioiu"; *'" ■ ";ir:;" i; -'■;";' !- 5' '-''-■' ''-}'''■'--"''■":::'.■■■

j ;Tlfe ''Evening liuHetiri''}stktes\.the humberrof • dehths./in; San" Francisco; during, the ; year 185fj at j 13*6; which;are, thus pai;ticulai;ised :—" Consuinp- ; tion, ilie curse of America, has, as usual, the greater \ number^of vic.iiins, r r27 having died from that disi i ease/during the'jear:" ;Next' is ; croup,1 whicli'liHs ' sent to the grave' 102; i The deaths from.othese two. causes..faj-exceed>thpse:r i esulting. from ■aiw other two _ jdisor.ders, unjess, we , may class the stillborn infants imder a special head. The deaths .from didwniiig' have' jieen' 62 ! ' Of fevers,' the typhoidvariety lias-been'tnost'fatal.- Of infl iniatirns, those of; the bowelsiand luiigs. have carried, off moist; vie,---tinißj.< Tliere has bejp,ii; ; but.one death, front^smallpox during the year, t >yhich.indicates not only an extrnordinary paucity in the 'iuiihlier of persons afflicted with that disorder, Imt that it is riot equally! virulents here; as elsewhere.! There' have been 49 '■ suicides during the'period,.enibraced in the report; and; J5 .persons, killed or murdered.: The .small nyinber of the latter^, isnot the least singular of the rii'ahy' peculiar characteristics of the 'mortality report lor 1856-" ; ;:' ! ■'■'•! : ■■■"'' : r

; Form the: same journftl we .copy the following:— "'The'siibw about Shiista' is siix feet deep.' It is ; from iten to-ejeven feet, deep -.on Scott Mountain.I It-is said the Kail is about,,closed lip. Pack, trains ; will not,be able tp jnake a trij) over the road from .to Yrefca for five or six weeks." ' j Ther pending ' elections -w the ' United- Stales' ■ Senate fovmed the topic which excited more ipoliti- ■ cal;;inter.est..v.Mr. ; A. ; P. Chittenden seemed .the. { faVourjte candidate. _. , „....;-..• , ; J3oth in Sacramento and San Francisco, several ;s!iocks' of aii e;irthquake had been experienced. | :'Tli'e;f, Evening1 Bulletin.' 'January 9th; says't—'1 i' SeVeral shocksiof.an-.earthquake .were t'elt iit San j Fi;anci,s^p,!aati)ight,amJ this iiiiornin^.the principal • one occuring at a qu.art^r-pasteiglit o'clock thi? j morning. The shoclc seemed to' he liiucli "ihore j severe .in tlie'ldyyer flian; in Uheuppi-r part of the citAV; j.^lip,printers,o(-. the, ' Bulletin,' in the third slo'ry of a building on Merchant-street, being at

work at the lime,; feltntj,ie- v ljouse {trembling and .mpving., ,Qne ofthe.in 'grabbed *Eis" coat, to._run,;, Jariother was iri siichJ great tribulation'tHat'lie • could ■not finclhiis' hat'; M'he < fatnmaW,' thinking .tnere_ iw.as-np.cliarice for,;escape,~held on" to alpTHitiiig.easeJ^ •perfect,|y r resigned; to, his expected fate., - i: ( iii *ome of 3 jilie hardware stores in the lower.part .of; the ' : >,cityr. Uhere was a great clashing■aniong^tiie'LcTiocicjery.'-Vnd"'" 'tin pans. Several cljcks^werestoppedr fin'a hViise jon Second-street,'"a lady who'li'ad.lately armed Yon ;the Orizaba, said that the motion ;iif the; libuse ;resembled,that of the" ves'seT'at sea.- -An -'ironing : board*' five "feet - lofigj;'whicli hung up against-the jwall, vibrated to and fro several limes. The shock, ihowever,: was'hot ho!severe>as that onie .whi"ch;;ocjcurred last sprinur.and manyjpersonsrdid nptiholice ;it at all.' rP.erlia'ps some ; of pur readers Willrrjemember the eld proverb: ' The] pitcher. tiiat;.goes pft^n to the well,' etc. What' bßUveeiijfere. aii'di earthquake, it is hard to say \vbetjier,',,wppden pr\brick Jhouses- are.,the sajfest to "live in.'' ',' V' " ''" " i i"; i The papers before us contain the.usual number |of stabbing affiairs' and. '/difficulties!'' '; ; ' ,'f