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From tkr Louurdlt Journal,
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A star Was firing on iha midnight sky,
And on it gar.rd a fithrr'* earnest eye,
ili« heart leaped gladly hi that star m»b highor,
And at it ro«e ttiol forth a draper fire,
flit heart (rap'd gladly, for beneath it* power,
A rtdldnas horn within Ihnt anxious hour;
}<• ««w it lining in in glorious strength,
I'roudly and brightly rising trll at length
bright start grow dim before its dazzling ray,
Filed, »• (hi y [•«!•'. beforn she coming day ;
I its lather’* heart hunt free from every enre,
And in its depth* was formed a thankful prayer,
i cl ere it passed hit lip a fearful sight
Shrouded hit joy in sorrow, dark nt night,
oer the bright star there pass’d u blackening
breath,
Winding its brightness with the hue of death ;
’i h«father’s heart grew sick with deadly pain,
Aud the quench'd star was never fired Hiram.
11.
" 1 have no; dream’d vainly,
Tho truth of (hie hour
Ifeveals to my spirit,
Ite prize and us power.
1 have not dream’d vainly,
Already hath thrilled
The heart of the world,
my whispering* filled.
** I have not dream'.! vainly,
'i Ik 1 Hood I have sown,
To a broad tree of glory
Already hath grown;
its green leave* hio o'ut ma,
J V fruits nrc around,
The guerdon I'vo sought for
Already t> found.
" I would not dream yntnly,
’Though now in its might,
Tho wing of my spirit,
3« paired for a flight,
Mure high and rnoro mighty,
i han yat it hath done,
’•V here the thought of a mortal,
H ath cover yet flown. i
4 I would not dream vainly,
Though now on my sight,
A hroad land i* swelling,
Unfading and blight;
Tub sweet land of beauty,
My kingdom shell be,
My thoughts mo the host
That shall battle for me."
111.
TK ’>■ in a lone of triumph, deep and wild,
Swelled tho proud promts* of that gifted child, j
And well he turned that prophecy to iru.li •
3nte time had touch’d the fre'hmis ol his youth,
♦d erail tho hind his deathless numbor* rolled,
♦Shedding their richness like n *tr«am of gold;
And Wording heads, and songs, and flowers, and I
teats,
"Were on its bosom borne, ’mid hnpaa and four*. ;
Thus onward, upward, soar’d his eagle lliglit,
'Till his proud distance pain’d the weary sight,
'When suddenly, hi* strain so deep and strong
"Was changed to the low breath of love’s sweet
sour;
| full, so sweet, *.) soul like was the lay
■His heart wrsored milling in its stream away.
,V ’
‘i her* was a heart more deep .and strong,
A woman’s head—mysterious and wild,
And to it* mighty spell that chill of song,
Bowed Ins piond spirit liko u lilllu child.
They were strange words which gave Ins passion I
birth,
Living and quick and visible they were,
And from his heart they went like spirits forth,
Offering Ins love, hi* life, his all to her.
flho listened coldly, and she coldly bow’d
Her haughty head, and touched hi* hunting i
brow,
And to the love so thrillingly avowed
Bhu joined her own, though with a chilling !
vow;
Yet in tho madness of his lovo he deemed
Himself most Most to win a smile from her, {
And her proud love tho richest blessing icrmed
That God himself on mortal might confer, I
V,
A dim light stole through window* closely veiled,
Where bleeding heart* drew in thuir anguished
breath,
And in then fearful desolation wailed
Around a bed of agony and death.
And o’er it bent in deep and voiceless woe
That spirit-sliicken hoy—that glorious one;
And sho wa* there, by death’s strong hand laid
low,
She by whose charms his worship had hoen
won.
it the parting pang of doomed lovo
U hi'h wrung (ruin her dim eyes those hurtl
ing tca.fi
If* h aught of earthly woo a power to move
The soul with fear and agony Ilka herjl
AV.n it the dread of death—the dark, the worm,
The waste of beauty in the loathsome tomb,
Which shook so fearfully her wasted form,
An.) made her deeply tnr.,o her ruining doom !
■With her last hour a revelation came,
Fraught with a chill more withering thau
death;
Her lover listened—and hit manly frame
Grew rigid—and he faintly gasped for breath—
*l never loved thee—twas my pride alone
That gave mo to thine arms, a sinful bride.
Oh ! that my heart might for its deed atone;
lire it was done—oh God ! that I had died !"
AVith these sad word* her spirit passed away,
So young, so fair, and yet so evil,hearted;
Hi* bruin grew wild and fevered from that day.
And from hia life tho glorious light departed.
J, F, V.
From Ike Missouri Saturday A’cu*
Vp nucl Dtnvu.
“I shall go up, up, up,
Ami you that! go down, doom, doum-a."
Ol I Hong.
Mr. E urron:—l take up my pen to pul down j
my idea* on the propriety of abolishing one ol j
tho word* which bead till* article from the lan- .
gouge—both being mo often used to express the
seme meaning From the time 1 first look up my
residence in this country, (for 1 am a foreigner.)
down to the present time. I have never seen tho
necessity of employing both winds, one of them
being all sufficient for the purpose ofconvetsa
tinn and correct expression. If I should compile
a dictionary, I should give the following delini'
tlons lo the two words:
*U r—doiun,
Dow jr up."
The following btief dialogue between a certain
editor and myself, will convince you of uiy cor
reetno-s.
Myself- I have called to pay up my subscrip
tk.ii. a* your terms require payment in advance
Most hippy to receive it—wo lile subscriber
who pay cash down, 'fhetu—there, fir, i* ato
ceipl up to the end of tho year.
(Here I tai l down the money, which lie pu
up, and draw ing a chair along side of mine, h
took down the poker, stirred up the lire, end th
dialogue proceeded.)
Editor. How is your family. Mr. L'pdown
1 wai informal your lady was laid up with a ha.
cold.
Myself, Vea, sir. she wa* taken down ver
suddenly. At first 1 took up the idea it was noth
it»g serious; tint when 1 sent up to know if sh
would come ilawi to breakfast, shs said *he wj
to.i ill to sit TT/> « moment. When this iu'.elli
5 canes cimo down I jumped up sjii] »mU fjr «
( physician. He want down to hi* office, pul vj.
f >me medicine in a phial, end said she must dr.iit
i 11 "II up at a dote ; *o with a wry face or two, shr
il ttmgn. I wa» vp with her nearly all night
the next day she was so much hotter *ho got jr/
• i nrni c.iiiio down ft> dinner,
i Editor. \\ tdl lam right doxon ulad to hear
, slie u vp again 1 hope we nhall have the pleasure
j seeing her down at our house,
i Myself. What news have you from florid*
: ami tlio Canada* 1
Editor. I believe wo may conaitler it is all up
wish the Indians down in Florida; and in Cana
: da the liuutgar.ls, I think, will noon give up, and
' i lay i/«!m their arms.
Mysell. Any Congressional news ?
: Editor, The four Mississippi members have
1 j liecn sent home —l he people will now take up
j the mailer, and iho (wo silting members it is
j thoughi, must go down, Prentiss has shown
| himself a whole team fellow — his knock down
I arguments completely knocked up his opponents,
he laid il down to them in first rate atylej and
completely used them up.
| Myself. Well, I must ha up nnd doing.—
! Don’t forget to acrid my paper regularly.
i Editor. Depend upon it Sir—l have got your
j nama down. Your paper shall be pui up ia a
! Strong wrnp|ier and emit up to you with llio ut
| most regularity. Good morning.
Not wishing to take up 100 much of your vnl
liable paper, I lay daunt my pen for the present,
| scarcely believing you will think my up nnd down
noli.ins Wurth tending drrwn to the Compotitor to
Ik> sol up. Yours, Mr. Ediior. vp, down, nnd all
nvcf * Pkte/i Ueuowx.
Natural Wonders.
It is very surprising that two of the greatest
natural curiosities in (tic world are within iho
United Slates. and scarcely known to the best in
j formed ril geographers ami naturalists. 'J'his is
j a beautiful waterfall in Franklin county. Genre in;
j ,! B other a stupendous precipice in Pendleton
j district, South Carolina. i’hcy are both slightly
j meinioneil in the Into edition ol Morse's Geogra
; pE.v; hut not as they deserve. The Tuccoa Polls
1 nru much higher than iho falls of Niagara, Tne
column of waicr is propelled beautifully over a
perpendicular rock, and when llie stream is full il
j passes down without being broken. All thoprie
j malic effect seen at Niagara it umra'cs the spray
lat J cocoa. Ihe Table Mountain in Pendleton
- county, youth Carolina, t« an awful precipice of
J nine hundred feel. Many persons reside within
. five, S'jven, or lon miles of this grand spectacle,
j w * l ” have never curiosity oriasto enough to vis;;
I .E IB rlow . however, occasionally visited hy
i curious travellers, a.id smnetirnos men of science.
I' 'y *‘ ! w who haveoiifc cost a glimpse.n the al
- most honndlcst abyss can again exercise sudiciunl
i fortitude to approach the margin of tha chasm.
| Almost every one in looking over, involuntarily
tails to the ground scn-eliss, nerveless and help*
I Ic ' !, > anii would inevitably he precipitated mid
| da.lied to atoms, weio it not for measures nf can.
1 tu,n “'id security, that liavo always been doomed
i indispensable to a sale indulgence of the curiosity
ot the visitor or spectator. Every one in procee
j ding to the spot whence it is usual to gaze over
I the wonderful deep, has in his imagination a li
mitation gradmred by a reference to instances
with which his eyes has been fnm.lar, Put in a
moment, eternity, as it were, is presented to his
i astonished senses, and ho is instantly overwhelm
j c<l - His system is no longer subject to his voli.
; tioo or his reason, and lie fulls like a mass of pure
j water. Ho then icvivcs. and in a wild delirium
I surveys a scene which, lor a while, he is unable to
I define by description or imitation. How strange
i ii i B that J uc' o.i I* alls and the Puhlo Mountain
1 arc no more familiar to Americana! Either ol
| tham would distinguish an empiru or tiuio i- 1
j Europe. —New Haumpr,
\ Death of the Fior a Youth.
Beautiful is (hut seaso;, of life when we can say
... the langnagtiof Scripture: -Thou hast the
dcwol thy you'.h.” Hut of these flowers death
( Hois itinny. Ho places these flowers upon his
I bosom, "-id his form is changed to something less
■ lernlic than before. Wo (torn to gaze and shud-
I ; er not; for he carried on his arms the sweet
I blossom of its earthly hopes. Woslufllsce them
again blooming in a happier land.—Yes, death
j brings ws hack again to our friends. They are
waiting fur us. and \vc shall not ho long. They
have gone before us, nnd aio like the angels in
heaven. They stand upon (ho borders of the
grave, to welcome u. with the countenance of af
fection, which they were on earth,yet more love-
Iy> mme radiant, spiritual. Death has taken
thee, too, sweet sister, and ‘•thou hast the dew of
thy youth ’’ Ho baih placed i.'.'ec upon his bo
som, and his countenance wears a smi.i’- “Fhe
far country” seems nearer and the way lossdrea. ;',
tor thou hast gone before, passing so early to thy
rest, that May itself dies not more calmly. And
thou art there waiting to bid us welcome, when
we shall have done the work given us to do, and
shall go hence, to lie seen no more upon earth
Prof. Longfellow.
The straits of Magellan.
The following extract nf a Jotter from the jour
nul of nn ofliprr on board ih« United Stales ship
North Carolina, now in the Pacific, we copy from
the last number of the Army and Navy Chroni
cle.—The time is not far distant when the pas
sage totlio Pacific, by the doubling of Capo Horn,
will he almost totally neglected, and that by the
I Sinus of Magellan universally adopted. I am
i aware that this idea will be looked upon as chi
met ical; but how many thousands of things have
come to pass, and been rendered practicable,
which, at first, were scarcely thought of as pro'
blemalical. The passage through the Straits of
Magellan, averages (rotn three to five days, and is
perfectly safe; while that by the way of Cope
Horn, from Capo Virgins, on the cast, to Cape
Victoria, on the west sides o South America, is
; Iron. 15, 20, 25. 30, 35, nnd 40 days; and al
; though not dangerous, is any thing but pleasant.
I It is to me perfectly absurd to scud schooners,
: hr gs, and sloops to the Pacific, by the doublin'
jof Cape Horn. And after the passage through
the Straits of Magellan shall have become belter
i known, its absurdity will a| pear to uvery ono in
Us true light.
PaoaniSi's Fourth tSTntso.—ln order to
| refute the manyih.'ea and rumours relative to
I the occasion which Induced Iho calebrated
\ virtuoso to acquire such a wonderful power of
execution on the fourth string of the violin, an
ilnl an publication has lately given the foi
i loiVn‘. H f particulars, professedly in iho words
■ of the great master himself;—
i “At Lucca I always led the orchestra
■ whenever the reigning family attended the
opera. 1 was also frequently sent into (In.
Court circle, and I gave it grand concert
every fortnight. Tito Princess Eliz-i (Bacei
n t occhi, Napoleon's sister) alwuyv retired be
r fore the conclusion, because the harmonic
notes of my instrument affected her nttrvct
’ ton powerfully. A very amiable lady, w.liotr
1 had long since secretly adored, was frcqenj
ly present at these parties, nnd t soon per
ceived that a pleasing secret attracted her als.
( to me. Our mutual passion imperceptibly
u . gained strength. One day I promised m ttu
u , next concert to surprise her w.th a tmts.i-a
piece of gallantry, which should have a re
t lerence to the terms upon which we stood
,j Al the same time 1 caused the Court to In
apprized that I meant to preform a now com
ry position, with the title ol 'A Love Scene'
l{. General curiosity was excited; but what win
io the amazement of iho company when I en
as lored with a violin which had but two string!
h- I had left-inly the (J a.id the E string. Th
a latter was intended to exprew all tho iWlines
1‘ ot a young female; the former ,to imitate tha
k voice 6f a despairing lover. In this manner
r 1 executed a kind of impassioned dialogue,- in
’■ which the tenderest tones succeeded expres.
I' ssions of jealousy. At one time they were
caressing—at another, tearful accords, cries
r ot auger ts- of rapture,ot pain &of fecility. A
e reconciliation formed, tlie'clogejtlie lovers.more
enamoured than ever of each other, perform
ed a pus dc deux, which terminated in a bnl.
b ••ont tmdu. This Scone* Was highly applaud
. L ‘d. I say nothing of the delighted looks
j which the Indy ot my thoughts upon me.
Tue Princess Eluti, after loading me with
praises, said to me flatteringly, “You have
3 done the impossible on two strings; would
< t r, ot a single one he enough'lor your talent.” I
, promised immediately to make the trial. Tiiis
, idea fl rtered my imrgmat on and in a few
i weeks I composed for the fourth string a
, sonata entitled Napoleon, which I performed
1 on thetiS’.liof August, before a numerous aid
brilliant court. Tho success surpassed my
expectations. From that lime dales my pre
dilection (or the G string. People were never
r tired of glistening to my composition fur that
i string. As one keeps learning from day to
duy so I gradually attained; that proficiency
m which there ought now to be nothing as
tonishing.”
| _ UY EX PRESS MAIL*
I [from orn connEHPosDKXT.j
WASHINGTON, April 7th, 1838.
Mr PATTON, of Virginia, resigned his scat
in the House of Representative* today. Having
accepted the appointment of Councillor of Stale
to which he was recently elected by the General
Assembly of the --Old Dominion,” it appears to
have been rxpeccd that ho would micr upon
tbc duties of the oflico immediately. In cheer
ful compliance wiih the wishes of thovc who
conferred on him that dislingui»hed jjonor, lie
has thought proper to leave Congress. The
Speaker laid before the House a letter from the
honorable member announcing bis resignation.
On motion of Mr Drorngoolo, ii was ordered to
bo printed, and laid on the labli; and tbc Speaker
was directed lo inform Ihe Governor of Virginia
that a vacancy bad occurred in the representa
tion of ibo State.
Mr PATTON’S Distiict it is believed, is
sound lo the core, and will certainly return a !
member opposed lo the sub-Treasuiy project, and
nil its relations and censanguinitice—a conferva
live—if not a Whig.
Mi HAMER, o( Ohio, threw the trainband j
into great confusion lo day, by bringing forward J
a joint resolution directly adverse to that fero
cious and destructive spirit which has so long
■ar>
actuated the administration in their conduct to
wards the bunks. After referring to the deranged
condition of tho currency and exchange, the
commerce and general business of the country,
and lo the fact that some of the banks aro ma
king efforts to resume specie payment*; this re
markable resolution proposed to declare with alt
duo form and solemnity tho sense of tin Senate
and the House of Representative in Congress
assembled, to be that it is Tit* hutt ok tux
Gotkiinmest (mark that, the jiutt) to aid
thebmksin resuming, regaining the con(biee ro
of tho public, giving relief to the pcon an j
furnishing a sound and uniform cunincy,
I can give you no idea of'bo surprise this
movement crenird. The political associates of
the mover did not know what to make of it. Mr
Hamer is an important man in his parly. Ho
has more debating power than any administration
man in the House. His defection would be a
serious loss to them at this critical period. No
tiling was heard for a while but speculations as j
to Ids motives and designs.
The belter opinion appeared to bo that the
proceeding was his own, and not suggested, ad - j
vised or concurred in by the administration. It .
seemed dead enough that ho hud no concert with
any considerable number of bis parliians and al
lies, for tho general astonishment was obvious
and sincere, and some of them denounced him
, -ing resolved to fly the track and making
as liJ- ° .. . . .
as Lis lust step. 1 his is cons
this movemu.’*- „ ,
. , “He intends to bait said
servatism, cried one. -
, ... •• -xclaimed a third,
another. “Ho is easing oil l
" *- another
Mr GARLAND, ofLoui.iana, -
-n
attempt to procure the adoption of his resolu,-'I’- 1 ’-- ,
lor inquiring into the expediency of making a ]
general reduction in the expenditures for differ- 1
cnl branches of lha public service, but the pro- J
fussing sticklers for rciicnchmcnl defeated the 1
proposition.
The resolution offered some days ago by Mr
Hopkins of Virginia, proposing a divorce be
tween (lie Government and the newspaper press,
and that tho printing required by Congress and
the Executive Department, bo performed by per
sons not connected with any public Journal, was
taken up for a sliotl time, and Mr Bond, ol
Ohio, continued his remarks i i support of banks.
Tho House then went into Committee of the
Whole, Mr Corwin, of Ohio, in the Chair, and
resumed the consideration of Mr Whittlesey’s
bill for eslab ishing a Bo ird of Commissioners lo
examino and decide on claims against the United
Stales.
The House adjourned without coming to any
decision.
’ Mr HAMER'S resolution will be called up on
I Monday. M.
-1 From the N O. Cou ier April 6.
. Lntest from Mexico.
s Tito brig Comet, capt. Dickinson, arrived
this morning from Tampico, whence she
;t sailed on the i.’7ih till, brings §tl'J,7ld in specie
o §4OO of which is in peculliuns, consigned to
■' Schmidt & Werner. 11. Gralhn, A. Cliategni
rl er, L. Dusac, M. tie L Zirdi & co, Cucuilu,
i- Lupeyre i co. J. Cioaby J. W. Z icliane &.
i- co. M. L-rpuz, J Stifl, J. Robert <k co. and.
c John A. Merle &. co.
-s By the Comet, the Mercliants's Exchange
r. received copious tiles ol papers from ihe city
; of Mexico, for the loan of which we are
■- ,;idehic-d to the secretary of that institution
o The, contain nothing of interest to the Am
y menu reader, being occupied exclusively
v with tiie loc.:l concerns of the country, such
>1 as proclamations, discussions on ilieir system
-of government, and the French nidemn.ty,
I. w inch they believe to be oppressive and un
v just, and are therefore unwilling to liquidate.
| Mexico, by her dissections and bad govern.
merits. is at the mercy of all nations. France
is lias claims against her, the payment of which
)■ site will insist on at the point of the bayonet;
fs so has the United States. Texas bus a cove
li tous eye on some of h*r it rntories. and on tbe
s first fovortblL ftpponumly wii] he
r-3 self of frontier* are thrcaKßed by
r innumerable hlprdes of savages, who of
n the succour thA-will receive from tltHhx
* ianB, w r °b a *ld iay waste her outer*Ktle
b ments. buch, iln a few words, is
s tion of Mexico. I She is cncompasseßiy a
i thousand dangeis, and yet her pcopi®are
; divided amongst whemselves, and doitVl as
- much or more lowI„ r d the destruction o»ir
- country as it enemies. W
* , An acrostic on tlVe name of General ■ur
-5 *ca appears in the IvLitional, in which fedl ra
* I son an,i the Alamo,Vwhere so many ofl ,ie
* brave Tex.ans periled, are con.picuotfly
; inserted in capitals. \ 1
! ! mt J r( ler of theae unfortunate men V n
1 i cold blood, would haveUeen a ccplial crin| e
* m any civilized countrA; but in Mexico it I 8
. regarded as a glorious (*ip. *1
From Vera Cruz-'Wc brig Montevideo!
arrived io day, also brink, about §15,000!
■in A ,V r oo’i r A S , CV ? y H"‘ et "lien sl.el
March. TIL U. S. sloop oil
ar;V.tdicswasto 8»ilol lhe next day for
Ihe coast of Texas. A p\ rt „f the French I
, squadron departed on theUiy previous
i destination unknown. \ r
[From Ib, NewTrhnn, PtcXune, ~April C.]
Texas. \ 1 1
Yesterday we hadno less lhaL fl „ flrrivali 1
fro.nTexas-vtz: 1 he Pilgrim, J lai „ y . Vun Hu
■ on, Ontario and Virgil. They l\ ring no npwf>
A passenger reported yesterday ihu t a g,e„tcan. '
nonadmg had been heard off Vela\ 6CO; t , u , it j,
not confirmed by any of die officers 0 j f ar „„ wo ,
■ can learn. ’ ,
Since putting the above in type, t), e lin v £, n . '
j presario has arrived, having left G.ilv ttgton |I)C 1
31st. No newsuf the Mexican fleet. The ore- *
! sumption is, that they have not got ovt r t ) 10 i
occasioned by the blowing off of the 0 0 Juml.i»’s
steam, and that they are rushing back \’cia e
Cnizna fust ns the wind will diive them i
'Mic Ftancis Amy and me San Jacin* 0 (, avp <
also arrived, making eight vessels from ’] > ew ' jn i
one day. Allbougli these last two are fro,,, jj a . v
tugorda, yet even that lar down there is no nOW6 y
of the blockiding squadron.
CIIUCNICLE AND SEN TIN
AVftIJSTA. *
Tlmrsday Morning. April IS. k t
'Pile iticlimond Enquirer of April 2, says . t
Messrs. James T Soutter, Joseph T Ally n, mij |
1 John S .Milson, have gone from Norfolk to Au,
f
giuia, ns rhe Delegates of the Borough to the t
: Commercial Convention. The Noifolk Herald i i
I of Friday stales, that a movement has already
I been made in the “commercial circle, which
I poinia to immcdiaio action. Our Merchants
mad» up yesterday, by contribution among ibera
selves, in a few hours, a tango of cotton for a ship
to bo sent to Liverpool, and the proceeds to bo J '
returned in merchandize. There is a spirit an - ’
promise in this effort, which wo look upe , . a
11 with
peculiar pleasure. Wo bail it as tb' ~
~ , , , , , - "atbingerof
* blighter day than baa yet da*"-
. ,nr o upon ua. If
followed up with Juo per' , ,
, * - evc .ranco and energy,
there can bo no doulo ol , , „ '
. - successful result.
.. .■ Aj ‘ oll, '-r Indian War.
Thn \ r*
* ■ ’ ■ rica J’ une of the 15th inst, says;
slip ,rom the Si. Louis Argus, dated March 9'
atr/ics, upon the aulhoiiiy of a gentleman from
] Fort Leavenworth, that there is some prospect of
' an Indian war upon our western border. It is
said that the Osagcs hav# about one thousand
i wm riots embodied, and that they have been ac
tively engaged in making preparations for war
throughout the wittier. Ii appears probable that
the lato Irritating conduct of tho Usages was in
tended to provoke art attack from the scltlera, sot
the purpose o( making that an excuse for a gene*
ral attack in return,
Upon receipt of intelligence that the Usages
I had embodied their ivaniurs, two companies o*
, U S troops, under tho command of Capl. Sumner
| left Fort Leavenworth for the Osage territory, and
j “her proceeding some distance on their march,
oiders were despatched to the fort for reinforce,
ments.
Sales of Specie at the Stock Exchange, N Y.
on Ihofithwero as follows: American gold 1 a
1 j per rent premium. Sales of §7OO in Treasury
notes at and of §B,BOO al jf premium.
Sales at Philadelphia on the 6(1)—§850 drafts
on New York, at 103 J; C shares United States
Bank at 117 g. ,
i ~ ->»3 of the Steam eh Swu.—lnformation ]
I , 'his city, says the N O Picayune of i
I has reachcu . , , ,
, „ , , tho steamboat Swan, in
, the 6th,of the loss ’ i
H weather, she was
crossing Lake Übicot, in roug..
’■ struck by a heavy sea and bilged anu * Url k in
deep water. Three hundred hogsheads of sugs.'
on board at the time of the accident, were of '
course totally lost. No lives Inst.
j The Baltimore Gazelle and the Baltimore Pa. 1
triot have been uniied under the title of the Bal- 1
limoro Patriot and Commercial Gazelle.
Tho Boston papers mention the death of Hon. J
William M. Richardson, chief justice of tho So. I
* preme Court of New Hampshire. Judge Rich- !
’ ardson was appointed to the office in 1816.
i 1
1 Mr. Harman Hendricks, of New York, i
President of the Man batten Fire Insurance j
t , Company, died on the ‘dd inst. al his residence |
No. 61 Greenwich street. He has left a large
v estate, cstirnat dat mote than §1,000,000.
j Specie—One house in the city ot New
j York, has §102,400 specie, on Doard the Or
j bit, from Jamicin, and §32,000 on board the
j i Henry, from St. Thomas. The Orbit has
b I other large sums.
U COMMUNICATED.
The Hydro Oxygeu Gas Microscope.
b i’o those who delight in witnessing the won. |
derful productions oi nature, and of patronizing
a p eaaing, morsl and insiruciivo exhibilion
„ wo suggest be following remark-, which arise
y on viewing the extraordinary powers of this in,
e strument, in magnifying those minuter objects
which are invisible to the unassisted vision of
' man. This fine instrument is well calculated to
J
inspire the observer with lofty ideas of him who
|( created nothing in vain, but who in forming
■ , such fine materials, assigned to each its proper
functions (or sustaining animal life. Even the
circulation of t!ie blood, and the operation of
* the organ of respiration may be seen in ihe myr
c iads of insects, exhibited in a single drop of wit
. I let . The various lenses of the eye of a common
, j bousejfly, the beautiful colours of various wings i
r> tof miiiut- ins* els—the sections of wood—chrvs
Ulizstlor. of suits, <Jcc. dec. trt brough jr# fMU
, Tiiitor of the exhibition with sigh
and precision ! rent
These wonders nre thus more r n>i ra i]y
impressed upon the mind of the youn b j| e
they ore calculated to generate In the In, 0 f pj t |
others, a desire for abetter acquaintan j,|, j of n
tho book ot curiosities which nature «nf. ]() Ken
its votaries. We need not say more to. c V UL
that this Microscope merits the attention,
enlightened public. We advise all to avail t, ), e3!
selves soon of this opportunity, as the propri gen
intends leaving in a few days for the “far Wet) “ ,b<
— ' vrav
Virginia.—The Stale election in Virgil 1
will take place on the last Thursday of Apr flCtl
and the Legislature then chosen will elect aq,' a ,
U. S. Senator. The term for which Mr. RivESf t
was elected expires in March, 1P39. , c
i pi
I Maryland Legislature —This body fin- a
I aly closed ns session, at two o’clock, P. M. on f
li tie dOth nit. I he number of Acts passed was
1365, and of ID solutions 79.
m Among the Acts passed was one providing i
(¥’ r 'be payment in specie, or its equivalent ■
Aiherliere or in Europe, of the interest, due,
o li the Internal Improvement Loan.
1 COMMUNICATED.
Tol B * llalc May® 1- of the City of Angustn.
(Jtii the day ot uUctiun lor Mayor and members '
of Common Council, it was assorted by run- (
t ,V (Jfrsonstbat in the event of your election, you ■ (
woull* «*'»'• lko ollicv in favor of some citizen, j
1,,.!!,A quablied for the discharge of its duties. !
Mii.cim“ lMc!l ,ime * anl informed that you do not
recogt*'*® such engagement. 1
jq,A, it must be evident to you, that as your j
eleclio* was principally secured by ihis arrangc
mcni il' s incunibent upon you lo state the facts
with die matter. Youi silence will .
imliiso l” an y lo suppose that you have been
willing I" run into o/Hce under pledges which
you are il ul now inclined lo fulfil. ;
1 One op the People, 1 ;
Mukdrl' ~° ur *°wn has again b'et\ the °
scene of Violence. A young man Na- ,
zareth All« n » al * apprentice to liie, carpentei’s e
business, ol 1 Sunauy las 1 , in a tit of intoxicti» a
lion, stabbada negro boy belonging' to Col. J.
J Chappell* "’id* » d.rk knife, immediately
through thel ' ie ‘ rl. It does not appear fro’ -
the evidence! fiven before the inquest tbs* i
boy gave hicV any provocation. Not •' tie i
aggravating fi»tute in this horrid it' ,l( t I
that the criinA was perpetrated ‘,;'’ s r; c ’ l ” n IS
in front of the\ Methodist c>- ~ *' llie b ‘ 4bba,h *
divine .crvice.y-CoW- . a,,d d ‘ mn lf
1 -** -Veto York IfcralJ.
\ 'JNICV MARKET.
\ \ Friday April fl.
T '".nhtrow (Saturday) being foreign bill day,
‘Ynango on Ent ,antl began lo be offered and in
quired after. Tis Bank of America came into
maVkct wiih a ct'rßiderablo offering of sterling
exchange, drawn By Aio Citiiens’ Bank of New
OrleVns. on coUort|hipmcms to Europe. 'l’hey ,
wc iitf rcd*at ToTWt i’ ut f eW buyers—private bills
malm quoted No business up to the
closlinil been donc^B'
T favorable •■•>|M* C of ciehangH is causing a ;
prodigiJ 11 * 11)11 u * of specie into this inn t. At ‘ 1
this liml’ i* 1H estimated that our city banks have
nearly Mp,500.000 on hand ; last month they had
52,740, a 6 '"— at) d it i» calculated dial before die
ICih of W a - V ' lhe ? nia*rench at least $5,000,000,
if not M.dfiO.OOO. jL-e contracts have been
made fo|)/ res * 1 imporßrof specie. Yesterday
nearly $3O?' dbb ' arr * v ®f here. The position of
die niaikel-!“ ,bo s'ato ot the exchanges—and the
groat influx *' ,IVO redoi' l ' specie this day lo 1-J
per cent pri lnium on r« nv York bank P»P p f
Our pap, r ar. d c ifl ulatlon are “.w nearly
equalized, . , ,
Our account s from Ali™**'; 110 thal <be
menlthe GovPnor is sat|* fiei ,hat .'he Umied
S ales Bank «!> not re.url B alon « with the New
York Banks, If will th %
Legisla.nre, revl'ingdie pr*F c ‘ of a l ®‘ ate l^“ n of
$8,0( 0,090 or $O.<JOO 008M as lle ln 183 ' 1 '
As the i*hilade|l>i a banttl w ' H ” ot u come
Convcnliop, it , highly *n bab! T « the message
will be forlhcomut next mV ' r * * ' aw
rious other [.roject are lalkeii ° u " a ,s 10
most probable. r . » .
ta n uve banks have
from Boston w leam (nM.
i • .. unless nccompa*
voted ,l‘nnexped, ai o esum« ks ~ .
nted with the Ph.lallphia l>a« eir ci , banks _
mg is the latest statr>«ni ot
H —March 31.
nosTUA associa^ 0 bankjßh ouewcfk, X 000
Specie. 1,2 1 nhrincmisc 22 (H'O
Gross tircnlatio. 2 OS6,(*- ( 2 *o,o-0
Deposiu», a.321.0A<1‘ 3 2,C00
a ‘At«' 0-Vlcere«.f* p,, bi 3(l> ; s 50,
The reduction of iV since ■ c ii 011 0 f ourrcn .
600,000 —an eontr,^a ie ,l muc h rm .
cy, which though it actual bank
liiirrassmmt. lias su far Stine
111 ptcies. The Suffolk Banks, have
and Leather Dealers’, au IVpPHBr the Boston
voted, “That it is inexpeiiriiiced nork and Phi
hanks to resume, unless thellantic, time.”
ladelphia banks resume al !)'l Eaglejiion, which
Thus ve go. 'The dank (ijiiporlanl in
meets next Tuesday, will be rff' ctv Ought
)(o ,'“suits than the meeting of if samel
1 hey not I:' h|ukl an open die Board
A heller feci.'.og bas been maniore il generally
lo day; and at the sedt'nd call, S.ongrlof which
advanced, particularly Plitd.'X. td She resig
were made at 92. This is osciiljpfcst nSI by some
nation of Mr. Uelofield; as il is-jJj'ocksBi,'iqhi dc*
that it may save the Bank Charter,alts ■(,';« sales
pression was evinced in U. S, Bank I ,'oHq.e ,v|,’e
were large, and closed at an «dvaoj; )U rßuicjneJ.
ning. We remark, also, that Spcß aB ff, .
while Treasury Notes have advance M. j I
Saturday, April BK.' l, U si- : 1
At the S ock Exchange this day, „ a j. I ,
ness has been duA and stocks haw 1 '
vanced, owing duiV less, to the infc£Jt J( j on j j
pects of the PbcniVlank. As lk RHMTlnioro I 1
emerges from the cVdsihal bung olk^^B|]i, ckg ( ,
seenri v and confider. lis felt in all -e of '
dales of Plienix have. en made at ari y I
3 per cent, on the ** of yesterdfjk 0 ) >
Bank tias also shade; lego 'ußp,,, 1
Del. and Hudson clWpjla an ]
cent, on yesterday's priiV Treasury n j
main firm. There is an ■r.jnce 0
a li per cent, on all the As to day.
*i—
JounxETMEN New OrleJ^Ll
Editor ptnnounccsi» iutn upon
most indefatigable class .fVell citizen*. I p
1 m.d, in allusion to their re#W|^-SjoiUion, *aya, j 1
! ' that he kij .wa one of ibcj^ 8 '’ h ? s * l 1,1 'y. LI " |
times acted ... Ui^cpaciT‘>f 3 )" "f.
! York, a boatman art ’he ” al ; | a f.J"' 1
I . . . a * JCI
j and a legislator in nl i eg vel t . V crv thing when !
they are nothing at
occasion requires i 1 Brought up to a pii>Tefisto l
which schools thr’Mclleel mid confets an exten- ~
sive knowledge ‘he world, they become iptali- “
lied for almost »'y situation where the mind is
called into aran. The aulhoiity just quoted docs
not exagge <c either capacity or versatility. s
We ki w one ol the ertdi who was, we believe, | v
brough'qi in theolficu of our comincntal friend ~|
Poulstl of Philadelphia. The narrow field in si
vvhia he found himself on gaining his liberty, si
prozd altogether too insignificant for the exercise | [j
ohis genius. He turned stage driver, and after- ) .
titds pedlar. We next knew hi n as a school ! fl)
■lcher at Salem, N. J. and subsequently as tho ' tc
Sptain of a duck-river sloop. This latter occu to
Ration soon lost, the charm of novelty, nod he 1
utned hit place at the pre»s. Here we loet
bt of him foretime; but out acquaintance wet
cwed in the summer of 1834 at Lewighurg,
•ginia, where wc found his Type-ship officia
ls as Methodist minister. After tbit bo gate
sons iiTpennmanship and portrait painting at
Ishurgh—practiced the Thomsonian system
medicine at Guernsey Ohio—edited a paper in
ntucky—superintended a female seminary at
uisville—and finally settled down a wettcrn
rner in the ‘’Salt River district." The !••»
heard of Type, was m the Legislature ofTca
sfcc, where he was employed in dissecting tha
aeral administration. —Our informant says that
ic way lie knocked Mr. Grundy’s folks into pt,
is a sin to Crockett.”
The history of this disciple of Gil Bias is char
lerislic of the trade in general. They are so
; most part an honest, noble minded, “devil
tv-care” set off.,Hows, who require but enough
this world's goods to supply their wants, and
■ generous too fault. Like tailors, it is a prin
>le with them to assist each other—and no reg
ir hied workman of good character is ever ob.
ed to heg for subsistence. As an evidence of
■ir capacity to rise, it is only necessary to men.
i that some of the most honorable posts in oar
ternment are filled by those who commenced
l - career as 1 journeymen Printers.’’— dW»
K-r.
n tint ace.—The following eloquent extract
'• *0 a speech delivered by a member of the lu,
on a bill to encourage dW
trnct. n f wolves, which, in sublimity ie j,
dom to surpassed :—‘Mr. Speaker : wolfj*
tlie mi ferocious animal that prowl t uar
r f! r " P ri « or runs al large in l'., e forests of In*
diana. fe c reps from his lu fkir) , pIIM it , h#
1 le U nV’ f Mmg r’« I P ‘*" ue «• >b«
offfe ‘ifc ISr- in
in ,11 I ; , un * e or bright Pbcubus ante*
de Sr oyed*! dCn nhu!t lillcn,ot P'g« »'•
SSiAry _ -- 9
CO 31 n ERCIAL. ~ ~
Tiua
F'iO' MaKIT . MAIVv-ll 31.
Vi mill'* * Uhk ‘-y ai4cu,: Gardes, Bacon fI;
Outs 30, 1 ° rk ’ ,IC * S ’ 41 4i ' - prime 10 00; Corn 45;
at In a" eK bound amount to 62,000 lbs.
sales ha re" hil* s '' e cipts hav* been considerable,and
c.xieiit q> 1,11 nude lor an vaslern market to sora*
at 4i » a e ' sale* of the weer, uniourit to 4434 bbl»
.0,
NEW oai.CASS MARKET, APRIL 6.
Cotton —1 hi>* bus been a'very dull week, tha
transactions aniouniing tc but. about five thou
sanu bales at prices ranging little if any from our
lust, it any change, a shadt advance, purchaser*
howevei evince no disposition to enter the mi ket
at prest nt to any exicm, n» freights still con’iuu*
high, and being without uni lamr accounts Irom
Liverpool, w Inch is llie great mart, and regu alor
of pr.ces.
’J he Exports are 416,162 bales, against 393,547
to llie san.e period Just s. aeon, making an excess of
52,9J5 bales which stand U.ui :
_ BALES.
Excess to British Ports 92,71>
Short to French ports SI 245
North Lurope 835
Covies and a market 50
Other Foreign i’orts, 4,941 37,071
Excess to Foreign Porls, 55,642
Short Coastwise 2,727
62,915
The total export* of last season, to the Ist of Oct.
amounted to 506,780 bales, we arc therefore only
short of that, at this lime 150,618 bales, and there
io now «.n bond, n*».l -hip board not cleared
about )21),U0.i; but a small pr0p.,..;,,,, ~(■ t i ie c ro p
of Tennessee and North Alabama, has ns yet come
in, w hat is remaining is estimated at near 100,000
bales, and thero is still a lair proportion [lor the sea
son] ol Louisiana, and Mississippi yet behind.
'1 lie stock now on sale does nut exce.d 15 to
20,1)60 bales, more may be offered should freights
come down, so as to enable holders to obtain full
) rices.
Sugar —The market has been dull throughout lh»
week, and a small decline has been suhniilted so.
We now quote nt 6 a diets —romniou 5 a si, infe
rior 4jn 5 cents. The best quality is becoming
scarce.
Mo lasses —There has been a good demand, »™l
sales readily effected on arrivals, we reduce our quo
tations to 2d a 3Uc. we i.owevtr hear of some being
offered ni 28 els
Flour —Large receipts has caused a reduction in
prices, and now quote at S 6 a 6i per bid wo hear
ol some sales under 6, but that is below the regular
niurkat price. <
Corn —We notice a slight decline in price, w»
now quote 50 a 55e. per bushel, there has been
some ales during the week under the lowest quo
tation.
Provisions —Prices remain without any material
change, Pork is becoming plenty, and ihe market
lor ad descriptions is dull, Bief still continues
scarce and commands high prices.
31 Alt INI: INTELLIGENCE.
SAVANNAH, April It.—Arrived, schr. Magnum Do
num,Smith, Ntw Orleans.
. V V* •;* 1,1 Sva. hr ship Charlotte, Fisher Llretpool; br
bark duel lam, Dcavit Liverpool.
Departed si amlioat Win .-cabrnoh Dubois, Chsrlft- i
ton; steamboat I-tends, Nock, ct Augustine; stsiinlsat /
Janus Adams,Chace, Charleston.
CHAULESION, April 11 . Arrived yesterday, iclif
Post Hay, vVixoiv, Norl.dk; s.hr iliamlywine, Kilim*
; I.) iiioiith, N C, steam p.icku North Carolina, Ke>uold»,
j W ilimngiun. ’
: Cluii.d, hr Ship Douglass, Hampton, London; ihip
ihonaas 1., mu tt, Hagtit, Livcrpoo.; line ship Niagara,
Hi slier, New Yoik; L‘ I. brig George, find, New Volk;
hng Acorn, hotvu, Portsmouth, (N ft,) sthr FraaUin,
btroug, New York.
'• vkl '"St u yu.erday, ship Harriett and Jessie, M'*
Kovvn, liavrs. sliijl Cabot, bummer, untbrlg Gealdola
ter. Herm-tt, Ha limore, sieam packet North C arolina,
Hoi ins, Wilmington, (N t .)
Rich e3lb ii oi h e hie s - snow de rs
dr Si H EAR have just received from N. York,
a large supply of l adies’ rich embroidered Capes
and Collars, < mhraeing a greal variety of styles and
oil of llie latest patterns; also Ladies’ embroidered
muslin and linen eamhrie Cuffs, and a large aupply
of net tile worked muslin Edgings ni d Inserting",
(somemi thin muslin,) to which they respectfully
invite the attention of the ladies. april 12
JAVANS’ CAMIHOBItLE AND
5-U YL APERIENT PlLLS.—ltemaiKa
hlt >’' flsc <>f ntule-Bhtumnlism, vvithan nffvclion of
the J„uugs —cured under the treatment of Dr lira.
Evans, 100 Chatham-sl. New York, 31E /lenjsmin
S Jarvis, 13 • entral-sr. Newatk, NJ , afflicted lor
lour years w.’ih severe paitu in all his joints, which
were always ji'creased'ms rfie slightest tttotdrf.lhe
tm giio preserveo a steady whitenegs; foes nf appe
tite, dizziness in his head, the bowels rommonly
very costive, the urin high colored, arid often pro
fuse sweating, im.al I ended hy relief? The above
symptoms were also intended with considerable dif
ficulty ni breathing, vv.'lh a sense nf lightness arms*
the chest, likewise a grot, t want es duo energy lS
nervous system. j
'l'he above gymp'oms were ynfircly rcroovedrAtia
a perfect cure effec. cd bv Dr \V ;r> Evans.
BENJ s .lARVI€,
To Dr U’m Eva-s.
City of Nm> York , s* I
janiin Win Jarvis being duly sworn, doth dd
soy, that t.e facts slated in the ahovo I
eertmß^i e » sub ei i'ed fiy him, are in nil respects I
true. BKNJ s JAKVIS. I
bworn nmiare me, thin 25th Novtmher, 1876. J
SAUL, Notary I’ublic, J
96 Nassau-street. I
Evans* Genuine Pills, fir .sal 11 , only by I
ANTONY 4- JIAINE.V, Agent*. I
_ i( 1 Ga. J
l. ED, horn the plania'i 9 " ■
es Baxter Jonnlain, in Washirgi o
y t z'® 1 ' eonntv, a gny horse, about five h Ml
high;'also, a lay mare, about l H
saute height, sirnyed off together
or 6th of March last; the h fK
lisa tienl in his forehead,about the roil ol '* . *
dso marked on the sides by 'ho saddle, an ■■
thonlders by the hurt ol the collar, he has |J
short anil wide forehead, more so than c '"L g j, # Kl
here are no particular marks on the m “ re '. i 9 B nit |H
i.vs a very long bushy tail and a small w ‘J/ MH
n lier lace. Tito subscriber offers 825 '
my person that will take them op and cor (v _ f : 3
o the plantation of Vkrn. Johnson, in du '
wo miles above Robertson s store. x , v Hv
april It w3t ALEX\NDF.Rg