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[From the Chicago Democrat.]
Council Bluffs, Oct. 15, 1838
Western Indians—A Little Sioux liirl
Burnt at the Stake by the Pawnees. —
The Sioux and Pawnees, only 100 miles
from here, arc in constant hostility.—
This war lias continued for about 200
years. So the indians here (the Potlawa
tamies) says. The Pawnees in a war ex
pedition into the Sioux country last Febru
ary, took prisoner a Sioux Girl only 11
years old whom they kept about two
months, until corn planting, and fattened
her as they would a hog. They then de
termined to make a sacrifice of her.—
This they kept to themselves. Two days
before the sacrifice, a council of eighty of
the warriors and head men of the nation
met to see whether they would accept the
offers of two traders of the American fur
company who offered them valuable pre
sents if they would release her to (hem, so
that they might let her return home. But
all would not do. A majority of the coun
cil was for a sacrifice, of course those in
favor of her release could do nothing. At
the breaking up of the council, the prison
er was brought out and accompanied by
the whole council, was led from house to
house: when they gave her a small hilict
of wood and a little paint which she hand
ed to the warrior next to her, and he
passed it on to the next until every wig
wam had contributed some wood and
some paint. On the 22d of April she was
led out to be sacrificed, hut not until she
came upon the ground did she conjecture
her fate. They had chosen the place be
tween two trees which grew within five |
feet ot each other. They then made her
ascend the three bars tied across from(
tree to tree, her feet resting on the bars
below, where a slow fire kindled beneath!
would just reach her feet. Two warriors
llien mounted the bars, and there, stand- j
ing one on each side of her, held fire un
der her arm pits until she was almost dead, j
Then at a given signal they all shot ar
rows into her body so thick that hardly a
pin could be placed between them. The'
arrows were immediately taken from her 1
flesh and it was all cut from her hones in !
pieces not larger than half a dollar, and
putin baskets. All this was done before j
she was quite dead. Then the principal J
chief took a piece of the flesh and squeez-'
ed it until a drop of blood fell upon
the corn that was just planted, and this j
was done to nil they had in the ground. j
This is the way they treat prisoners of
war out here. The foregoing was told me !
by a trader of {indisputable veracity, who 1
was on the ground at the time. In June!
last, the narrator’s wife’s brother was taken i
prisoner by the Sioux and treated'in the j
same manner.
I have visited the Otocs, 8 miles from
here, and have been forcibly struck with
their superstitious burials of the dead.—
W lieu n warrior of note dies, they kill one
of the best liorses of the nation on bis
grave and then cut off bis tail and tie it to
a pole 15 feet high and there leave it.—
They believe the spirit of the horse will
serve the spirit of the warrior in the next
world.
New Orleans, Jan. 19.
of the Merchants Exchange.]
Vera Cruz, Dec. 31st, 1838.
As the Mexican government has not
ratified the capitulation of 28th tilt, tlit*
French admiral will not permit the land
ing of cargoes and it appears that the .Mex
icans are determined to act in the same
manner, I therefore fear that all the ves
sels and their cargoes which have arrived
and are to arrive (rom your port and Ha
vana, will he under the necessity of re
turning. A fleet of 12 sail of English
vessels of war are in sight, some of them
very large.
Mexico, Dec. 27th.
The Mexican government has refused to
permit vessels to laud their cargoes at
Vera Cruz: another humbug to commerce,
the whole country is going to the devil.
A letter of 4th inst. from Vera Cruz
states that a Spanish ship and brig from
Havana, had arrived and were ordered
out of port, and on their way to Sacriticios
got ashore and were lost. Several ves
sels from N. Orleans had arrived at Sac
rificios. There are 14 English vessels
of war at anchor, and the English and
French admirals are on the best of terms.
The postmaster general recommends that
increased postage be charged on newspa
pers, according to their size, supposing
that it might reduce the size of the sheets,
and thus diminish the weight of the mails.
He has also submitted to the House, a pro
position to alter the present tariff of post
ages, so that it shall correspond with the
Coin of the U./.'3ed States. The following
scale lias been submitted to the Commit
tee, as calculated to produce very nearly
the desired result, viz:
30 miles and under, 5 cente.
100 miles and over 30, 10 cents.
200 miles and over 100, 15 cents.
400 miles .and over 200, 20 cents.
Over 460 males, 25 cents.
'Phis would be a small reduction, say
from I to 3 cents on a letter; according to
distance.
Caroline Augusta Chase, and saveti
hundred and thirty five other ladies, in
Eyuii, have petitioned the Legislature for
the privilege of marrying bfilfck husbands.
1 his is rather a cut at the white Lynn
beaux—or perhaps some of these ladies
despair of having a white offer, and so
are willing to try ,h eMoned race.—[Bos
to* l ost. 1 ■
[From the Boston Post ]
The Liuiitnino Telegraph. —An As
sociation has been started in New-York
and Philadelphia to establish a line of the
Electro Magnetic Telegraph, invented
by Professor Morse, between these two
cities. The distance the wire is to be
laid is 100 miles. The Association are
to pay Professor Morse 8200 per mile, or
820,000 for the exclusive right of estab
lishing the Telegraph from Washington
to New-York. The expense ot laying
the wires is estimated at ¥520 per mile,
I amounting to 852,000, w inch with tne
purchase of the right, will make the whole
cost $72,000; keeping the Telegraph in
operation, which will require two managers
at each end, and contingencies is put
down at 810,000 per annum,
j Professor Morse estimates the power
of the Telegraph equal to communicate
45 letters per minute, or 32,400 per day,
w hich at one cent a letter for postage would
j yield $138,000 per annum, deducting
one half the year, or $59,000, if but one
fourth the capacity is employed. The
average number of letters in the ordinary
words of the English language, is seven.
Thus a telegraph communication of ten
words would cost seventy cents. A cap
ital of 72,000, is to he raised in shares of
sloo—the work" to he commenced next
June, and completed by December, 1839.
The route need not lie straight or level,
and the wire may follow the course of a
Rail Road, or divernge without affecting
tlics communication.
The plan is to communicate electric
shocks, in other words, to set lightning
to running an express, along the wires
which are to be so contrived as that tlie |
instant the shock is given at one cud, the j
wires will indicate on a cord at the other !
end; the letters corresponding to the de
sired intelligence. The application of the
electric fluid to such a purpose is a high
ly scientific invention, and it may be
destined to work grea changes in the
despatches of intelligence. Os course it
mils! be very much wanted, as the go
ahead propensities of this age are al
ready weary of the slow progress of Lo
comotives, at only twenty miles or thirty
miles an hour, but the difficulty will be
preserving the line of electric communi
cation along the wires. We opine that
after all the Seinaplioric Telegraph des
patch, brought to such perfection by our
worthy townsman Capt. Barker, will bo
found much more practicable and effi
cient, than riding a post on a streak of
lightning.
Harrisburg, (Pa.,) Jan. 18.
More Disorder in the lit pri st illative
lfall. —We learn that the evening, when
the result of the special < lection in Cum
berland, Franklin, and Adams was ascer
tained, Mr. Pray, from the county of Phi
ladelphia mounted the clerk’s stand, and
proclaimed in aloud voice, that he had
! “glorious news for the Democratic party.”
Me then announced the result of the
I election, upon which the Hall resounded
with the shouts of Van Btircn members
and spectators present. llovv long arc
the friends of law and order to be
subjected to the mortifying spectacle of
| having the Capitol made the theatre of
scenes like these?—[Pennsylvania Intelli
gencer.
It was stated that Judge Wilkerson,
who was engaged in the late affray at
Louisville, visited that city for tlie pur
pose of consumating a marriage contract.
—The following notice which we find in
a Kentucky paper, shows that the unfor
tunate affray did not alienate the affec
tions of the fair one.—[Baltimore Paper.
Married, ln Bardstown, Ivy, on
Thursday evening, the 3d inst., Judge
Wilkerson, of Mississippi, to Miss Eliza
Crozier, of the former place.
The main papers appear to be very well
satisfied with the proposition said to have
been proffered l>y the British Government,
to make the river St. John the boundarv
between that State and New Brunswick.
'Flic Albion, British paper, of this city,
is however of opinion that no such propo
sition lias been made. The next packet
will probably make the matter certain,
one way or the other.—[Jour. Coin.
The Boston Journal states that the con
tinuance of the Eastern Rail road from
Salem to Newburyport, is all tinder con
tract, and that more than three hundred
men are already at work. It will be re
collected that the road from Boston to Sa
i k ni is complete, and is found much more
favorable than was anticipated. It is con
fidently stated that the whole cost of the
road from Boston to Newburyport w ill not
exceed 81,390,000, and from thence to
Portsmouth, N. H. a distance, we think of
about 22 miles, the cost wiii fie less than
8350,000, making 81,050,000 for a road
of GO miles. The whole length of the
Rail road parses through a populous part
of Massachusetts, and in the vicinity of
several very large and flourishing inanu
i-iCturing establishments. The enterprise
of the east is taking the lead in several
similar works; we hope our citizens will
not lag, for the projects now before them,
in our State, are of v ast importance.
Army Movements.— Three companies of
the 3d Artillery under Major Childs, Capt.
Davidson and Lieut. Mock, will proceed to
take post on the coast south of St Augustine.
Major Childs and Lieut. Mock at Fori Pierce,
and Captain Davidson at Fort Lauder«lalc,
Key fliskaen. Captain L. J. Beall’s company
2d Dragoons, proceeds to Traders Hill, & Capt. I
Winder’s to Fort King and Mtcanopv. No
news from Tampa Bay, of Indians coming in,
matters are pretty much "in statu quo.' —[Sav.
Georgian.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
Spain. —The Paris correspondent of
the New York American thus speaks of
the Spaniards in their present disgraceful
and destructive war.
The Spaniards revile, plunder, pursue
and butcher each other; ravage and de- j
populate their own country; sustain no
government nor claim on the throne, to
any real effect or consummation. They |
fight under different titles and banners, j
but their motives, dispositions and acts, 1
are not distinguishable in a degree to j
justify, for the cause of liberty, humanity,!
internal or external welfare, the least pre-j
ference between the infuriated parties —
Christinists and Carlists seem to be alike j
in every point. The reciprocity of rancor,:
vindictiveness, evil, good or bad fortune, j
is perfect. Their victories and defeats,]
blunders and excesses, are all balanced, as
if by invariable design. Thousands per
ish monthly in battles and seiges; squad
rons of Carlists threaten Madrid at one ,
season; armies of Christinists march into
and out of the capital; Madrid is relieved;
the Government soon trembles again, fear
ing equally the Carlist maurauders and
the city mob; cabinets are dissolved, re-;
composed; every Minister and General is
merely ad interim. Be the vicisitudc
what it may, the denouement of the whole:
contest always appears indefinitely remote.
Central America. —By tlie arrival of
the brig Patsy Biount, Captain Pederson,
from Belize, sailed December 20th, we
have the Belize Advertiser of the Sth and
15t h.
The latter gives some details of the civ
il war raging in Guatimala. General M or
azan bad had several conflicts with the
insurgents under Carrera, at Chiquimuli
lia, and dispersed them. A priest and
friar, with two other persons, had been
tried and shot. The priest Lobos, who
was in the councils of Carrera, had re
quested a conference with General Mora
znn—probably to liegociatc for a cessa
tion of hostilities.
Capt. Pederson reports that the federa-j
tion of Central America lias fallen to:
pieces, each state declaring itself indepen
dent. The state of Honduras, however,'
was divided, some of the counties at!her-i
ing to the general federation. The gov-'
eminent of Honduras had issued a decree, ]
declaring itself independent, and assuming ]
the receipt of customs at the different
ports. To this th-r ports of Truxillo had
acceded, hut Omoa had refused and de
clared itself in favor of general govern
ment.
The Augusta Chronclo and Sentinel of
the 17th instant, says: “There has been
an unexampled scarcity of money here for
some weeks past, owing to a disagreement
among the Banks as to the mode of mak
ing settlements witli each other. They
have almost ceased discounting, except
to renew running paper. It is to be re
gretted, that in the midst of the business
season, at a time when no class of citi
zens exhibit a disposition to run upon the
Banks, or to press them, and when their
vaults are plentifully stored with coin,
that any causes, in which the community
arc not interested, should create such a
pressure upon the business of the city. It
is, indeed, as much a matter of surprise
as regret. Banks, although ow ned by indi
viduals, were created by public authority
with an implied understanding that they
were to benefit the public as well as their
owners. Upon the faith of that under
standing the public roly upon the Banks
to furnish a currency adequate to the bu
siness of the country; and if for any petty
rivalships and disputes among themselves,
they disappoint that reliance, they incur
a heavy responsibility, which will perhaps
not be forgotten in the day of reckoning.
We h ave been favored with the perusal
of a letter from Mr. Howard, the Agent
of the State to procure from the public
officer in Loudon, documents illustrative
of the early history of Georgia. In addi
tion to the documents of interest found
by this gentleman in the State Paper Office,
of which there have been former accounts,
Mr. Howard, upon an examination of the
office of the Board of Trade, has found
papers more interesting and important, if
possible, than those Hitherto discovered.
These papers consist of eleven volumes fo
lio, containing records from 1743 to 1780.
They contain among other matter, a
number of interesting documents relating
to the Indians; the correspondence of Gov
ernors Reynolds, Ellis and Wright; many
interesting letters from Mr. Habersham,
and others; the Journal of the Assembly
in 1780, »scc.
Mr. Howard says that the papers already
found, with those At-home, “will afford as
valuable materials for history, as arc pos
sessed by any State in the Union.” He
further states, that he is rapidly progress
ing in the accomplishment of tUe object of
his agency. —[Milledgeviile Recorder.
The following Toast was given by E.
1 Richardson, President of the Philadelphia
Typographical Society, at their late an
nual meeting:
The Evils of Rum. —lt gets into our
heads, throws us off our feet puts us out
of register and sorts, batters our forms,
makes us to see ** s on a cloudy night,
causes us to mal& a wrong use of our
CT 5 * sand knock down the standing
matter of others, brings us to +Us points
with our best friends, reduces us to the
condition of floor pi, gets us into the
wrong bor, brings us before the bar, attd
prematurely puts a period to our exist
ence.
FROM THE OKEFINOKE.
The following letter from Gen. Charles
Floid, to the Governor of this State, will be
read with interest. Gov. Gilmer has issued ;
an order calling, for volunteers, to supply the |
place of the troops now under command of;
Gen. Floyd, whose term of service is about to!
expire.
Head Quarters, Okefinokeii District, ]
Camp Hope, January 4th, 1839.
Sir: —Since my last communication to'
your Excellency, of December 7th, every
exertion lias been made to bring the ene-!
my to battle, without success. They have!
fled before my detachments, leaving their
clothing, cooking utensils, &c., without
firing a gun; and have either gone to Flor
ida or are so securely hid that they have
escaped the most active movements from
various points, both inside and outside
the swamp. By their signs they have
been greatly distressed by hunger—and
their whole number does not exceed 35
or 40, including women and children.—
The smallness of their number, their
wolf-like habits, and the extent and num
erous biding places of the swamp, have
enabled them to evade us. On the night
of the 12th December, a small party of
them, pressed by hunger, sneaked from j
the Okefinokee in the night, and stole,
some provisions from a deserted house]
near its border. They were immediately
pursued, but scattered so that their trail j
was lost. Its direction, as far as it could
be followed, led towards the St. Marys riv-j
er: and it was the opinion of all my guides ;
and trailers, men well acquainted with In
dian habits, that they had crossed into]
Florida. Hoping to overtake them, I en- :
tered Florida at the head of Captain;
North’s Company and a small detachment
of the Georgia Regiment, under Lieut.
Newbern, and examined the St. Marys to
its source, (Ocean pond) but saw no signs’.
At the same time I had several parties I
searching in and round the Okefinokee.
During my absence the Indians, or some
evil-disposed white person, (as many
■ supposes with good reasons) burnt the de
serted house which the Indians plundered
]on the 12th December. I sent out imme
diately fresh detachments to follow if pos
sible the trail of the enemy, and bring
I them to action. They were absent sever
al days and returned without any material
■ discovery. Since then the troops, as here
tofore, have been constantly searching the,
Okefinokee, and scouring the surrounding"
] country. They have discovered a large
lake between Floyd’s Island and the Eas
j tern border of the swamp, which a detach-
I tnent under Lient. Col. Revill waded thro’,!
1 waist deep, in very cold weather, break-!
! ing the ice with poles. The troops have I
j endured great hardships, and are nearly
I exhausted by fatigue; yet I am glad to in
form your Excellency, that the severity of
their sufferings lias produced no unmanly
i complaint.
I cannot yet report positively to your
Excellency, that no Indians remain outlie I
soil of Georgia, although it is my belief,
from the late discovery of trails leading to
Florida, (near the Suwannee) and oilier
circumstances, that they have gone there.
If they are still in the Okefinokee, they
cannot remain there much longer without
discovery. Detachments are now search
ing the swamp from North to South. A
road for pack horses has been made
through the swamp from Fort Tattnall to
Fort Walker, 4 miles tinder the superin
tendence of Major Browning, of the Geor
gia Regiment. The smallness of my
forces, and the active field duties required,
have prevented me from constructing a
good road to Floyd’s Island and establish
ing a strong post there as 1 intended. The
five Companies of my Regiment (in ser
vice) amount only to 250 men; three Com- !
panics are yet wanted. All my arrange- i
ments to supply the deficiency have failed,
owing to the short-lived patriotism and
valour of numerous volunteers.
My command is rapidly diminishing,
and in a few weeks will be entirely out of
service. The Companies under Captains
Sweat and D. Miller, called into serv ice
by Gen. Taylor, were discharged on the
20tli December, their term of service hav
ing expired. Capt. North’s Company of
Florida Militia, which has been very use-:
ful to me, will be mustered out on the 12th 1
instant. Capt. Holton’s, of the Georgia !
Regiment, on the Kith.; the Companies mi- j
der Captains Lasseter, Newbern and!
Williams, on the 25th; and Capt. Tracy’s;
on the Ist February. None but a few j
regulars will remain—too few to garrison
the posts around the swamp, and afford
protection to the inhabitants, should the
Indians return to the Okefinokee when
the volunteers are disbanded. , [
I mentioned in a former letter to your;
Excellency, that at least 500 men should
be kept in service for the protection of
this part of Georgia while the war lasts in
Florida. That number may be sufficient
for defensive warfare, on the frontier; hut
to continue the explorations of the Okefi
nokee, establish posts inside the swamp,
and construct roads to them, and carry on
at the same time active offensive opera
tions against the enemy, 500 Infantry and
300 mounted men would be necessary.—
This force would be able to effect rapidly,
fully and permanently the objects desired.
It is large compared with the small num-!
her of the enemy; but it could beat, with
less difficulty, double its number of them,
who would bravely give battle, than it ;
could find a handful of skulking Indians
in the Okefinokee, or protect an exten
sive frontier from their midnight incur
sions. I would respectfully suggest, that
such force as your Excellency may dcctni
sufficient, should be prepared to take the
place of the Georgia Regiment, immediate
ly on its retiring from service; and that it
should be called out for six instead of
three months.
I send herewith a Map of the Okefino
kee, roughly drawn on .the field by Lient.
McLaue, Topographical Engineer of the
United States Army. The mean diame
ter of the swamp is between 35 and 40
miles. *
I am, with high respect,
Your Excellency’s ob’t serv’t,
CHARLES FLOYD,
Brig. Gen. Commanding (as Col.)
Okefinokee Dist.
His Excellency Geo. R. Gilmer, Gover
nor of Georgia.
Norfolk, Jan. 18. j
We have been politely favored with the
following extract of a letter, dated
U. S. Ship North Carolina, ) ]
£allao, Oct. 6th, 1838. )
“The Chilian army is encamped within
a few miles of this place, and daily expect 1
a battle, which will decide their fate. If]
they are beaten the Peruvians will not j
leave one of them alive; and if Santa Cruz !
is defeated, the Chilians will have posses
sion of the country.
“Callao is almost deserted. Provisions
are exceedingly high and scarce. Some
times we have no market.
“It is very probable that the affairs of
this country will keep us here a few
months longer than we expected, as the
Commodore thinks it would be better to
remain until affairs assume a more quiet
; aspect.
“Very few vessels arrive here from
Valparaiso on account of the Chilian fleet,
consequently we are deprived of all intell
igence from the United States.”
Benefit of Life Insurance. —A mer
chant of Baltimore who died a few days
ago, effected insurance on his life in March
last, at the agency in that city of the New
\ork Life Insurance and Trust Company,
for the sum of SSOOO, for which he paid
the annual premium of one hundred dol
lars. He also took out a policy with the
Baltimore Life Insurance Company, for
the same amount. lie paid to each office
an additional premium of fifty dollars for
the privilege of making a voyage to Asia
and back. He returned to Baltimore in
October, and died of the tpylius fever.—
By this timely act of prudence, involving
an expense of only three hundred dollars,
his family will, before the expiration of
this week, be put in possession of ten
thousand dollars.
The Republic of Hayti, about
which so much fuss was made the other
day in Congress—lias a population of 953-
235, nearly all blacks and mulattoes; 40,-
000 regular troops; and 113,000 military.
The President is elected by the Senate
for life, and receives an annual salary of
$40,000. Its Legislature is composed of
a Senate, elected every nine years from a
list presented by the President—and a
House of Representatives elected by the !
people every live years.—[Boston Post.
“A Muscovite noble, ’ as the Quoti
dienne states, “whose whole fortune con
sisted only of a few hundred square leagues
of barren lands at the foot of the Oral
Mountains, producing nothing but bears,
sables, and marten cats, the hunting of j
which afforued him his sole occupation
and amusement, has, it is said, lately dis
covered within his domains, two or three \
mines, containing gold of a purer quality,
and in greater abundance than even those
of Peru. With this accession of ine.x-i
haustible wealth, the modern Crosses re-;
solved to come into the gay regions of
France, to have the most magnificent ho
tel in Paris, with six boxes at the French
Opera, four at the Italian, and as many
at the Theatre Francais; to hire the cha
teau of Rambouillet as a sporting-box,
and to prevail upon the Civil List to grant
him the Palace of Fontainebleau as a sum
mer-residence. All these dreams of luxu
ry and enjoyment have been, however,
dissipated in a moment, by an order from
the Emperor Nicholas, that the wealthy
lord shall not leave his native land: his
Majesty being unwilling that the produce
of Russian mines should be dissipated in
a foreign country. Since the receipt of
this interdiction, their unfortunate owiver
languishes as if he were a prisoner, be
ing limited to the pleasure which St. Pe
terslmrgli, Moscow, Warsaw, and Tobolsk
can afford him, and the narrow coniines
of the Russian Empire!” |
"4 he Americans pay an outrageous price
for clothes. A London paper gives the
following prices there:—
“Dress coats, cut in the first style of
fashion, six dollars; superfine, from eight
to ten; frock coals, from seven to eight,
superfine, with velvet collar and silk fac
ing, ten dollars; trowsers, from one and a
half to two; fancy vests a like price. Pe
tersham great coats, from five to six doi- j
lars. An entire suit of clothes, eleven
dollars; of superfine Mack, thirteen dollars. |
The People’s Presb, of Augusta, has,
after a lingering illness, been numbered
among the things that are not; and as fa- j
vorably as we can speak of it, (although
we dislike to disparage the dead,) is, that
it had but few virtues that will live after
it. Like a buccauier, it showed false
colors, aud has only counterfeited their
character by a natural exit. It died of j
Van Burenisin and the Sub-Treasury.
[Macon Messenger.
FREE BANKING.
The following rules and regulations of the
Comptroller General and Commissioners of
the General Banking Law, have been adopted
and ordered to be published for the informa
tion of persons, wishing to commence the bus
iness of banking under the new law recently
adopted in this State.
Rule L Persons or associations in
tending to commence the business of
Banking, under said act, will be required
to deposite with the Comptroller and
Commissioners, funds for the procurement
of the printed bills intended for circula
tion as money, and for defraying other
; expenses to be incurred. (See sections
1 and 15.)
Rule 11. Bonds and mortgages intend
ied to be assigned to the Comptroller and
Commissioners, will be made to the per
; sons or associations applying for the bene-
I fit of the act, for an amount equal to the
i appraised value of the property, and bonds
! and mortgages made to other persons
than those applying, maybe transferred
ito such persons or associations, and by
i them assigned to the Comptroller and
! Commissioners; the bonds to be made
payable one day after date, bearing inter
est at the rate of six per cent, per annum.
The property mortgaged to be free of
! every incumbrance, and to be within this
! State. The Comptroller and Commission
j ers will deliver to the person or associa
tions applying, hills for circulation amount
ing to one half the appraised value of the
lands mortgaged, and for bonds and mort
! gages on town property and slaves an
j amount of bills equal to one fourth of
their value will be delivered.' (See sec
tions 7 and 6.)
Rule 111. The valuation of lands, town
property and slaves will be made by three
or more disinterested persons,to be appoint
edby the Comptroller and Commissioners,
lands to be valued independently of the
buildings thereon, and in all instances
the property to be appraised according to
its cash value; such appraisment to be
made under oath, endorsed oil, or nttch
ed to the mortgages, subscribed by the
valuing agents, and attested by a judicial
■ officer of this Slate. The Comptrollers
and Commissioners will exercise the right
to institute further enquiry as to the value
!if considered necessary. See section 8.)
Rule IV. The evidences of title to
property mortgaged, shall be submitted to
the Comptroller and Commissioners. In
regard to titles to personal property, proof
of possession and uncontested ownership
together with conveyances to the same,
if in existence, will be required.—ln any
case when property either real or person
al is vulued, the oath of the valuing agents
that they know of no lien, deficiency, or
depute as to the title; also, the oath of
the mortgager, that he knows of no de
fect or dispute in his title, and that he
has no knowledge of the existence of any
previous mortgage or lien on the proper
erty will be required. See section 8.)
Rule V. Certificates of the Clerks and
Magistrates of the several courts of the
counties and districts where the mortgag
er has resided for the last seven years, will
be required; showing that there were no
mortgages, other liens, or judgments, re
maining unsatisfied in said courts, or
eleswliere, within the knowledge, against
said mortgager at the time of the execu
tion of said mortgage. (See section 8.)
Rule VI. Mortgages must b*. record
ed in the county where the lands lie, and
also in the county where the mortgager
resides, and be so certified by the clerks
of the superior courts of such counties.
(See section 28.)
* Blank mortgage’s and bonds will be pre
pared and furnished, by the Commissioners,
on application.
[From the Louisianian.]
ENGLISH SQUADRON OFF VERA
CRUZ.
Rumors of various descriptions have
been in circulation relative to the British
government in sending a stout squadron
to the coast of Mexico. Some have sus
pected that the intention is to impede the
operations of the French squadron, and
others have regaded the measure as indi
cating approaching war between those
powers. We are assured that both of
these opinions are unfounded, and we de
rive this assurnneft from an authentic
source. It is ascertained that the greatest
harmony exists between the two squad
rons, and far from attempting to hinder
the French from obtaining satisfaction
from the Mexicans, the English fleet and
the diplomatic agents of England were
striving to obviate the«ohj*s»sS»*> of the
Mexican government to render justice to
the demands of France. We have reason
to expect that the rupture between the two
last named powers will be speedily and
amicably arranged.
Wisconsin Lead. —Governor Dodge in
his message, says that upward of ten mil
lions of pounds of lead are sent cast an
nually fronfltbe mines of Wisconsin. It
now goes by the way of New Orleans to
New York, but from the internal improv
ments now going on, in two years it will
pass through the lakes and down the Erie
canal.
St. Louis. —The annual value of ex
ports from St. Louis is estimated at two
millions of dollars. The shipments of lead
alone, are slated, to be equal to half a
million, and the furs 400,000 dollars in a
year. The aggregate valne of horses and
mules sent from Missouri into the cotton
growing States, during the past year, is
estimated at 150,000 dollars.