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INTERESTING FROM MEXICO. The brig Kridgma, whiph arrived last, evening from LagiiTla, (says the New Or-, lean* Bee of the Ist inst.) which she left <*n«the*i6th December, brings interest mg intelligence derived from the British bar- j que JTetit, from Sacrificios, then at Lngn , ea. From this source we learn that the , town of Vera Cruz has been taken by the ' French after bombardment. The Mexican General Arista was taken prisoner by the French, and General Santa Anna was so previously wounded as to render necessary the amputation of a leg. The Mexican government, not willing to recognize the treaty entered into be tween Admiral Baudin and General Itia con, and having declared war upon the French Government, General Santa Anna placed himself at the head of ,'>ooo men, aud entered VeraCrnz in spite of the trea ty. Admiral Baudin having learned that Santa Anna was advancing towards the city, sent a number of boats filled with troops, with orders to spike the cannon of the batteries at Vera Cruz. While they were engaged in this labor, the .Mexicans came upon them, and slaughtered a con siderable number of officers and soldiers. The French were compelled to retreat to wards the squadron, which opened a heavy fire upon the town, dislodged the Mexicans, and took possession of Vera Cruz. Wfi ( have been unable to ascertain the exact loss on either side. We subjoin an extract from a letter which a commercial house | has had the kindness to place in our hands. [Extract.] Laguna de Terming*, Dec. 13th, 1838. By the arrival of the British barque Pe ru, from Sacrificios, I have learned that Gen. Santa Anna arrived at V. Cruz with •>OOO men, anti the French that were on the shore spiking the guns of the batteries had to retreat to their boats after losing several horses and men. ft appears the terms of the capitulation with the comman der pfSan Juan de Ulloa were, that the French should keep possession of the cas tle, and the Mexicans of Vera Cruz until the decision of the King of France was learned, but the blockade was to be raised immediately; but it is said that the Mexi can government has disapproved of the capitulation, and declared war against France. I believe it, as the garrison of Vera Cruz was not to exceed 1000 men, and as soon as the French learned that Santa Anna was coming, they Innded on the morning of the 3d about ll o’clock, to spike the guns, and the vessels commenc ed throwing bombs into the barracks to dislodge the troops. It is also true that Santa Anna drove the French into their boats and he received a severe wound in the engagement, and has since had his leg amputated. General Arista is a prisoner of the French. TEXAS. Houston papers to the 12th instant hare been received at New Orleans by the steam packet Cuba from Galveston. On the 10th instant General Mirabeau Bonapmrte LaMar was inaugurated Pres*- ident of the Republic of Texas., His in augural address is published in the Hous ton Register of the 12th, from which it appears that the new President is decided ly adverse to any annexation of Texas with the Unite*!. States. He acknowledges that the majority of the people are in favor <>t it; that Congress inhibited the with drawal of the proposition then pending at Washington, yet he declares that on a most mature consideration he has never been able to perceive the policy of the pro posed connection, nor to discover in it any advantage either civil, political or commercial which could possibly result to Texas.—[Baltimore American. FROM FLORIDA. By the steamer Isis, Capt. Pearson, we have received from a correspondent the following information, dated, Garey’s Feßry, Jan. 2,1839. Dear Sir. By the Tampa express which catne in last night, we learn that there are upwards of 200 Indians in at Fort Brooke. As soon as Captain Aber crombie arrives, the emigration will com mence. His arrival is shortly expected. Report says that there is a large body of Indians in the Ocklewaha swamp, “full of fight.” Col. Twiggs, and staff, leave to day for Silver Spring, twelve miles from Fort Butler, and if favored, may hope to indulge in the anticipated engagement with the Indians. The probability now is, that such an event will soon take place, should such be the case, you will be ap prised of it, by the earliest opportunity. The Tallahassee Floridian of Dec. 29, says, Gen. Taylor with one company of Dragoons-and tWs?c-£ ‘W 2nd iwfa-'tsy, mounted, arrived at Fort Frank Brook, at Deadmau’s Bay, on the t&h inst., and will scour that section Os she country to the Suwanee with his troops and the dis posable force that can be furnished at that post. It is reported that in addition to Tiger Tail and bis band, the Micasu kies have also crossed the Suwaliee. 'Phis report is doubted. If any number of Indians are in that section their trail must be discovered, and we hope some Since tike attack of tlie wagons on the Magnolia road We have anticipated a rep etition of the scene of last w inter, but the judicious arrangement of the troops bv Col.. Green ou this frontier, has intim idated the savages and kept them beyond the settlements. Geo, Taylor hasauthor ised the purchase of one hundred htKses, m addition to those already in service to be divided among the several posts. This ; mounted force will be sufficient to follow t any patty of maVßbdert Who may Venture , to attack the settlements, and can be con l centrated at short notice for any emer gency. Commodore Elliot. —Among the doc uments connected with the Pennsylvania conspiracy, as published by order of the 1 House, we find a correspondence between 1 Commodore Elliot and the Secretary of , the Navy. The commodore under date of the Kith instant, wrote to Mr. Panld ing ! from Harrisburg; stating that he rendered himself there under the proclamation of his Excellency the Governor, and making at the same time the following proposi tion: • “I reached Harrisburg at 7 o’clock, ac companied bv Passed .Midshipman Charles Robinson; waited on the Governor, stated to him my presence under his proclama tion, in readiness to assist him in counsel, ior in any way he might require my ser vices; that 1 should remain in town till quiet was re-established; in the mean time, 1 mould endeavor, Ay miring trith the partisans, to appear one, and restore confidence with others .” To this letter, w ith the most commend able promptitude, Mr. Paulding forthwith dispatched the follow ing tart reply and se vere reproof: Navv Department, Dec. 12, 1838. Sin: Your communication informing the Department "that under the procla mation of the Governor of Pennsylvania,” j you had proceeded from Carlisle to Har risburg, for the purpose of "assisting him in counsel, or in any other way lie might require your services,” lias been received. Tlie Department do not perceive that the proclamation of Governor Ritner has any reference whatever to the officers of the Navy of the United States; nor does it think you have acted with due discre tion in thus mingling in the conflicts of State authorities, in relation to disputed points properly appertaining to themselves and not requiring or authorizing the intervention of any officer, naval or mili tary, of the United States. You will, therefore, on the receipt of: this order, leave Harrisburg forthwith, 'and, together with Midshipman Robinson j return to Carlisle, reporting your arrival I at that place, and strictly abstaining from all interference in civil conflicts, until I otherwise directed by this Department. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. K. PAULDING. | Com. Jesse D. Elliot, ! U. S. Navy, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, j Commodore Elliot in a communication I published in the National Intelligencer of j j yesterday, corrects a missprint in the above j 1 letter; be states bis language was that he (“would endeavor by mixing with the par tisans to appease one,” instead of “appear J one.” The past season of low waters in the j Western rivers has been marked by an unusual number of steamboat losses. The following list of disasters is furnish !ed in a Cincinnati paper, but it is believ- I ed not to comprise all that have occurred. [When to these losses are added those j which have arisen to the Western tncr | chants in not receiving their goods bought for the late fall trade, and also those con nected w ith the disappointments of tra ders who could not send produce to mark et on account of the protracted period of the navigation by ice—it will he found , that the Western States have experienced j a season of general and serious disadvan | tage: i Steamboat accidents on the Western Waters during the past season. jThcßolla, sunk. “ Czar, “ raised. " Clinton, “ " Platte, " " Logansport," | ” Belle of Missouri, sunk. I " Dart, " j " Ashley, “ ! " Gov. Dodge, " “ Washington, " " Gen. Brown, blown up. “ Augusta, “ j “ Motto, sunk. “ Chiliicothe, " Corinthian, “ “ Cumanclte, ' ! " Renown, “ i " Norfolk, I “ Mississippi, “ A new Nose.— We learn from the Medi ! cal and surgical Journal of Boston that Dr. J. M. Warren, of that city, has been a second time successful at manufacturing a nose from *he integuments of the fore -1 head. The patient was a young lady re *Siding iif Maine, who through the ignor ance of a quack doctor in trying to demol ish a pimple, completely destroyed her nose. Her visage being thus rendered un j seemly, she applied to Dr. Warren for as sistance. She bore the rbinoplastic oper ation without flinching, which was per formed ou the 17th ult. Every thing has worked kindly, the new nose knit by the first intention, and the norstrils and w’itigs are well turned, and promise to go on im proving in appearance.—Cour. &. Enq. The New York Star says—"An unin terrupted line of rail road from this city ■ to Washington w ill now, we rejoice to an , nouncc, be opened to the public about Jan. I: the link from Jersey City to New Bruns wick, and onto Trenton, being entirely completed. The whole route from Wash ington will thus be made in seventeen j hours: the mail leaving the morning and j arriving before midnight.' 1 BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. [ [Correipondence of the Boston Morning Poet.] A BOAT RACE. Cincinnati, Nov. 29, 1838. — 1 believe 1 must give a short account of a regatta, or boat race, that took place'at Louisville on the I9th of the present month it having caused a good deal of interest among the young men along the river, f bad my ac count from a who felt • [ proud of the achievement, and hence, per haps, the young men of Louisville may give a somew hat different account, i The Gipscy Boat Club, of Louisville, publicly offered, in the newspapers, a bet of five hundred dollars, that they could heat any Club who might choose to take the bet, from the “Head of the Hollow to Blue Water,” that is, from Pittsburgh to the ocean. The Glaucus Club, of Pittsburgh, composed of youngsters, accepted the chal lenge, and descended the river to make the trial. Each boat had eight men. The Ken tuckians, I am told, were strong athletic men; the Pennsylvanians were young,- small, and slender; none older than twen ty-one. The shore, houses, and steamboats, j were covered with people of both soxes and all ages. Twenty thousand spectators were waiting to see the race. The Ken tuckians felt that their “fate was hanging on a pin hook.” The officers of all the steamboats bet high on Old Kentuck.— The signal of departure was given—the boatmen plied the oars—shouts from the anxious crowd boomed along the shores— tlie outer distance was accomplished—the "buoy” reached and turned—the Gipsey, Old Kentuck’s favorite, still ahead—from that point down to the goal the Glaucus struck a ‘bee hive’ sweeping along in the full current —Gipsey selected the eddy water. The race was close, and the re sult doubtful until near the close, when young Anshautz, the coxswain of the Glaucus, said, "Now, my lads, bend to your oars!” They did; aud .gained the race by half a boat's length. It is said that thirty thousand dollars were lost and won on this race. Distance rowed, four and a half miles—time, twenty-one min utes and a half. The Kentuckians proffer ed anew bet. The Pittsburg lads said, "Gentlemen, we have met you and beat you—come to the ‘Head of the Hollow’ and we will Such is a picture of the sports of the West. The bloody affray at Louisville.*— The ; murderous affray at Louisville, of which mention was made in our last, has, as might have been expected, created a great degree of excitement among the people ■of that city. The Louisville Journal of the 18th inst. j sa y s — I Judge Wilkinson, Dr. Wilkjnson, and Mr. Murdough, who took part in the bloody affray at the Galt House on Saturday even ing, were taken from the jail, yesterday morning amidst a very large concourse of people and carried before the Examining j Court. The examination, however, at the j solicitation of the prisoners, was deferred till tomorrow. Judge Wilkinson spoke ; for a considerable time in behalf of him self and his fellow prisoners, earnestly de precating violence on the part of the mul titude. The prisoners were then remand ed to jail. Mr. Rothwell, who fell in the affray, was buried yesterday, his body being fol lowed to the grave by the military, the fire companies, and an immense procession of citizens. There was evidently a pow er j fill excitement amid the assembled throng [ —almost too powerful to be repressed. The same paper of the 19th states that ! efforts had been made to excite public feel ing to the prejudice of the prisoners, and the editor earnestly deprecates the com mission of violence against them. He says: —‘‘Let justice be done according to the guarantees of the constitution and the law. He who encourages or even hints at an appeal to any other tribunal, deserves to be branded as an enemy to society.” In the Journal of the 20th we find the following paragraph: The persons who are in custody for the ' affray at the Galt House, are to be brought i before tlie Examining Court to day.— Once more we appeal to our fellow citizens [ not to disgrace the soil of Kenutucky by mob violence. Let every virtuous citizen and every officer of the law unite in a de termination to preserve order and to put down promptly and energetically the first ; movememt towards interfering with the regular execution of the law. The laws must be enforced. They will be enforced. Nop.th Eastern Boundary. —The ed itor of the New Y ork Courier and Enquir jer has seen a letter by the Gladiator, d.;> j ed London, the 19th November, to a high ly respectable gentlemen of New York; which says, j "lain enabled to assure you from a source which may be relied on, that a I new convention in relation to the North eastern Boundary, was concluded yester day by our Minister and this Government, , which will probably be forwarded to the (United States by the Gladiator.” j [From the Boston Transcript.] j Safe Arrival out or the “Great Western.” —The Backwoodsman pub lished at Grafton, Illinois, announces the safe arrival at Bluffdale, in that county, of the ark on w heels, built l>y Mr. Fessenden, of our neighboring town of Dorchester, i for the purpose of conveying himself and —nine in number—to Illinois.— iThis ark, or omnibus, is seventeen feet long, ten feet high, about six feet wide, I and contains accommodations for cooking, j washing, sleeping, and every convenience an emigrating family could desire. The interior contains a space of 1020 cubic , feet. On its rout it excited universal at [ tention, and hundreds examined the “mov ' >ng house.” In passing through Morgan | county, the Governor of the State visited Mr. Fessenden and his family, and named his locomotive dwelling “The Great Wes tern,” by which name it was distinguished until it arrived at Bluffdale, the end of its journey, where Mr. Fessenden, having found no want of good permanent houses, has laid his land-ship up in ordinary. Let it be carefully preserved, and a century hence, the multiplied descendants of Mr. F. will probably take pride in exhibiting it to their friends as a noble specimen of the Y'ankee notions of “the olden time.” The following is a copy of the letter to which Mr. Adams made reference on Monday, in the House of Representatives. No account was taken upon it, and some of the members pronounced it a quiz: Montgomery, (Ala.) Dec. 19. J. (i. Adams: Sir: In looking over the proceedings of congress I observed that you have introduced your fantastics again by trying to impeact thccaricter and hon er of our Minister to England, Mr. Stev enson. M. S. is a relative of mine one who I hold dear to me and shall call you to account when I get to wasington 1 think and so does the country that Mr. S. was condisending to much to notice supt a prince of devels, such as I consider you, | and on arriving in metropolis I shall shoot [ you the first time you rise make any re marks about my friend M. S. So soon as M. C. Ferry returns to the U. S. you will die certain, you are better suted for a cell in the mad house, then a seat in one ! of the highest places on earth, I am a sea ! faring man myself and would to my god ware I premitted to see you in the act of speaking disrespectfully of my friend’s if you mention their nams no explanation will satisfy me only to take your life and that I shall dou in the presence of the as sembled wisdom of the world, 1 expect to fight a duel in the D. C. of Columbia be j for the session is ended, if you open your bread trap about that mode of settling I affair I shall be as much induced to assau as on most any thing els I shall be in Wasington by the 2d January, 1839. B. J. CONRALD. Lynchburg, Dec. 20. Dr eadkul Fire. A letter from E. [ M’Gavock, Esq., Post-Master, Wythe Court House, to the Editors of the Virgini |an says:—“l stop the mail to inform you i that one third of our town is in ashes.— [The fire broke out about 4 o’clock this | morning. We are in great confusion.— 1 Many of the citizens are without houses (to which to take their families. The loss I cannot be estimated. Comparitively, it is greater than that which resulted from the [ fires in New York and Charleston.” The value of the real estate in a large number of the counties of North Caroli i na is said to have been tripled in two years j in consequence of the prosecution of the | works of internal improvements within | her borders.—This is the experience of | New York, Pennsysvania, and indeed of every State which has been wise enough to promote the developement of its resources by Rail Roads and Canals. And so, too, i will it be of Maryland, when the latter re moves the impolitic restrictions which I clog the late grants in aid of her public works.—[Baltimore American. Puffs.— We have seen a great variety |of these compositions, but the following ; one, which is a copy of the paper accom panying "Dr. Beecher’s Bitters,” is the [ most remarkable specimen we remember i ever to have read:— "This new, and much admired bever age, is a luxury to the palate, and a cordial 'to the constitution. It enlivens the mind and invigorates the body. This extraordi ; nary compound, which has cost the study ;of years, in a chemical laboratory, com ! bines all the virtues of the ‘Matchless San -1 live,’ Swaim’s Panacea,’ and ‘ Evins’s Sublime Preparations of Camomile Flow ers.’ It will entirely supplant the use of Animal Magnetism and Phrenology, and will, without their aid, fully develope the faculties and secrets of the humau mind. In short, if taken in sufficient quantities, these Bitters will never fail to allay pain, ‘ wherever seated, and will be an admirable adjunct to the labors of the Statesman, Philosopher, Poet, and Lover.” * Howto gc,i-i ’Tis hot every In w ; ycr that can gain his suit, even w ith a show 'of argument on his side. The following j case, therefore, may be considered the more extraordinary, where there was not the slightest cause of action. A few days since a black fellow came running in breathless haste to the dwelling of a grocer, i whose store is in Pratt-street stating that in removing a hogshead of molasses at the store, it had bursted and covered Mr. from head to fool; and that he had been sent as fast as he could run to bring him another suit of clothes before he could ! move out of his tracks. The kind iady of ; the grocer did not w ish to see her husband so entirely “buried in sweets,” and with i becoming haste delivered to the supposed messenger anew suit throughout, with which the rogue decamped, pleased that his own viiiiany had furnished him with a valid excuse for disappearing in a hurry. [Transcript. THE LUMBER BUSINESS* No. I. [For the Brunswick Advocate.] Mt. Editor, 4 I propose to make a few statements through yoor paper, in regard to the natural wealth of this section of country ; also some remarks ia> regard to the improvements going on, or pro jected amongst us. Nothing can be of more service to the interest of any community, or the individuals of a community, than to have I laid before them foil and correct estimates of their own resources. But without laying claim to any merit for endeavouring to contribute a little to this end, I wish on the other hand to have iuiistinctly understood, that what I do is far from being intended to favor the schemes of any individual, or any fierce gigantic and vaulting speculator. So far I may succeed in promoting good objects. I shall expect and endeavor to show the benefits in common with others and no farther. As the lumbering business, is beginning to attract some attention in this section, and is destined to attract still more, I will make some statements in regard to that first—The lime has arrived when the timber between the Alatamaha and the St Mary’s River presents the greatest means we have of immediate and certain wealth. To show this let some of the circumstances in connexion therewith be nar rated. Between the St. Mary’s and Alatama ha there is not less than 2,000,000 acres of land, well timbered with the first quality of yellow and pitch pine; species of timber which are continually increasing in value and de mand. The greater part of this timber is ac cessible by water carriage, that is, by the St. Mary’s, Satilla, and Turtle Rivers, and nume rous creeks and coves that indent the coast. The facilities for obtaining some parts of it are unequalled in any part of the world. Never tlieless, owing to certain causes which I may hereafter speak of, there has been compara tively but a little of this timber cut. One cause, however, I will name now, is the great quantity of timber of similar species that has been cut on the Ogeechee, Savannah, and other rivers in South and North Carolinas. But the timber on those rivers, which was al ways inferior in value to the timber in this sec tion, has now become scarce, that is, at all points whdre it can be easily obtained and sent to market. To prove this to be the case, we need notice but one or two facts. With all the people’s experience and artificial facil ities on those rivers (which is a great consid eration) timber suitable to saw into boards and plank cannot be delivered at ship naviga tion short of $8 per thousand ; while timber of a much better quality can be delivered at the mouths of our creeks and rivers for $3 per thousand. This gives us in the process of manufacturing, an advantage of $5 per thous and. Add to this, (which we may do with propriety and certainty, over the lumber in the Carolinas) $3 more in the rates, and we have an advantage of $8 per thousand. Now-, one great cause of the increasing value of our timber, aside from the demand, is the discovery of steam power, and the great perfection to which it has of late been carried in its application to the sawing of lumber. It could easily be proved by certified facts, if it was necessary, that timber, round or square, can be manufactured into boards by steam power at a cost of not over $3 per thousand, including the interest on the money invested in mills. As in part proof of this, I will here make a statement or two Steam mills can be erected for S7OOO to a saw or gang of saws. One single saw or one gang of saws will cut, w hen properly attended, at least 5000 feet in 24 hours, which would be 130,000 feet per month, 1,500,000 feet a year. The num ber of hands necessary to attend a saw, or gang of saws, including engineers, is not over seven. Reckoning these at S4OO a year each, including board, and you have an expense for labor, of S2BOO Add to this S2OO for re pairs, and you have an expense of S3OOO. Add to this the interest of S7OOO, at eight per cent, and you have an annual outlay of $3560 ; divide this by the amount sawed in a year, (1248 m.) with a deduction of 20 per cent for contingences, and you have a cost of about $2,85 cts. per thousand for sawing. Add to this $3 per thousand for the cost of timber at the mill, and you have an expense or outlay of $5,85 cts. per thousand, or an an nual expense of about $7304. The interest on the small amount of capital necessary to carry on a mill after it is built, is hardly worth considering. Allowing in the next place, you sawed lumber to sell for sl2 per thousand at the head of ship navigation, (where mills should.always be placed to prevent lumber from being split dirted, lost, and otherwise injured by removal) which is below its present value, (it has been estimated by some at sls per rn.) and you have an annual gross amount from one saw, or one gang of saws, of $14,97(1, or a nett profit, on an investment of S7OOO, besides interest at eight per cent, of at least $7,670. Mills buifl? on a large scale, that is, with from three to six saws or gang of saws under one roof, the economy is much better, and the expense much less in proportion. Every part of well built steam mills will last ten years, and can then be rebuilt for about one half of the origi nal cost. As I said at first, there is between the rivers St Marys and Alatamaha at least two million acres of excellent timber lands. These will yield at least, at the first, cutting, 3000 feet to the acre, which, when manufac- j tured at $5 nett profit per thousand, (which is j less than the reasonable expectation under '».-*■ "W thMMMeatf*MP 3<of thing*) would afford a Jjj giinjif lljlj —iliiiu of dollar*. In ten a —c—dccap aould be obtained same Hud of nearly equal value. Such is die field, the advantages, and pros pect of the ImnberinglhMiMli In this section of country. I see by a late statement in the Eastern (Bangor) Republican, that the nett annual profits of the lumbering business in the State of Maine is five millions of dollars, including the standing timber. This statement is un questionably true. But unfortunately this im mense profit is mostly monopolised by the ow ners of the timber lands who hold them at from five to ten dollars per acre, and thestand ing timber at from three to five dollars per thousand. I see no better way to prevent this monopoly in oor section, than to throw early and correct light to the view of all, so that all can have an equal chance. RrrLtcTOK, THE ABOLITION QUESTION. We extract below, from the Correspond ence of the Charleston Courier, the most sen sible, rational and correct account of the pres ent state of parties upon this question, that we have yet seen: [Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.] Washington, Dec. 25. It has been supposed here, as I mentioned in my last, that the abolition question here was about coming to a crisis. Ido not think there is much room for the supposition. Ido not see it in the unity, either of the south or the north on the subject.—Among the southern members there are at least three distinct par ties to the abolition question as presented to Congress. There is one party opposed to the reception and discussion of petitions or propo sitions on the subject; there is another party in favor of reception, but against discussion \ there is anotlier party against reception, but in favor of discussion, when received. The whole number of votes agaius. reception and discus sion is, I believe, about thirty. The members from the non-slave holding states are very much divided in their opinions upon the sub ject The whole number of members of the House of Representatives in favor of legisla tion on the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia is eight. The quarrel in the House, at present, relates mainly to rules, and their construction. Mr. Bouldin, of Virginia, says, if the country must go to war, he wants to know what it is for. If he fights, he wants to fight about something more substantial than a question of order. Neither Congress nor the country has yet come to any issi/t on the question of abolition ; and the crisis talked of is not yet. The abolition question can come to no crisis, until it becomes more involved with politics; and until it becomes a geograph ical question, as the Missouri question was. It is barely possible that fanatical and politi cal abolitionism may make sufficient headway in a few years, to control the elections in the non-slave holding states. Then we may in deed, have an issue, and expect a crisis. But, even then, the war will be one of parties in the non-slaveholding states. The South will be less shaken by it than the North. The North must bear the blunt of the battle, and there is every reason to believe, that there the voice of the Union and the Constitution will be vic torious. Fire at Richmond, Va.—On the night of Saturday (29th ult.) Richmond was visited by one of the most extensive fires which ever occurred in it; and which destroyed the Eagle Hatel, and three large brick tenements. Some of the lodgers in the Hotel had but little time to escape, and some lost clothes, valuable papers, dec. The loss by this fire is said by the Compiler of Ist inst. to be not short of §160,000, upon which there is an insu rance, available to the amount of §63,- 000. The night was favorable. The wind being still and the houses and streets cov ered with snow. That paper says:—Among the sufferers was a lady who had put up on Saturday evening at the Eagle under the protection of Mr. Pope of Powhatan—a Miss Church ill. We learn that she was a teacher.— She had some §6OO or more in her trunk, which with her other valuables and entire wardrobe was consumed. Her loss is more than §IOOO. She had barely time to escape in undress, and walked across the street to the American Hotel bar«> footed on ice and snow, supported by the arm of a gentleman who was kind enough to lead her from out of a volume of smoke where perhaps she might have perished. We much regret the loss of property in the above fire, though it has destroyed a very large and very filthy tavern; and which has con stantly excited the indignation of the good citizens of Richmond, by being connected with a gambling houae of the worst descrip tion. ATTEMPT TO ROB THE UNION BANK. Charleston, Jan. 5. A most daring attempt was last night made to rob the Union Bank of this city. The rob ber got admittance during the day, into the Cellar, in which he concealed himself in a part of it used to deposit Coal, by surround ing his body with so large a mass of this sub stance as effectually to elude the observation of two of the officers’of the Bank who make a nightly examination of the cellar. An officer of the Bank was engaged writing therein until 11 o’clock. Subsequently to this the thief bored auger holes in the floor from his position in the cellar, and made a space in the flooring large enough to admit bis body. He then broke open nearly all the desks and drawers, abstracted from 70 to 80 dollars in money, be sides several articles of clothing, but not be ing able to penetrate to the vaults, this was the whole amount of his booty. He then must have deliberately opened one of the win dows of the Bank, looking into the street, and made his escape, closing the shutters .after him, and leaving his light extinghiahed on one of the decks.