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MISCELLANY. THE NOBLE S^H. OS, MERIT REWARDED. • Yo u are tot prinioniou, Henry,’ said Mr. D. to cue of hi. clnks, they were together in th counting room one morning ; • give me leave to nay you do nut drew sufficiently genteel to appear a. a cleik in a fa*U ■ oi,aide store.’ Hemy'a face was atitTusid with a deep tilusb, ami in spite of hia eflaila to suppress n, a tear trembled on his mauly cheek. • Did I not know that your salary was sufficient to provide more genteel ha biliments,’ continued Mr. D , • l would increase n.’ • My salary is sufficient, amyly sufficient, an,’ replied Henry, in a voice choked wuh emotion; but will, that proud independence of leeling of which poveity had not U eii able to d.vest him. Hia employer noticed his ugttahon and immediately changed the subject. Mr. D. was a man of iiiiiaeuse wealth and ample benevolence —he was a widower, and had hut une child, u Jaughld, who was the pi tile id his declining years. Ml.e was not as beautiful as an angel, or as peifecl as Venus ; hut flic goodness, the innocence, the intelli gence ol her countenance ! and you had hut to become b< •juaintej w ith, to aJuure, to love her, Much was Caroline Delaney when Heniy first became acquainted wuh her. Mo womlei that he soon woishiped at her shrine; no wonder that he soon loved her wnh a deep und devoted alfeclion; and, reaJer, had you kuuwri him, you would nut have wundeied that loe waasoon teturned, for their souls were congenial, cast in virtue's purest mould, Henry was the very aoul ol honor, un i although be perceived with pleasure that he was nut indifferent lu Carolina, still he fell thst ho must conquer the passion that warmed his hosuni. • 1 must not endeavor to win her young and artless heart,’ thought he. ‘I am pennylrss, und cannut expect (hat her lailtcr would ever consent to our union —he has ever treutfd me with kindness, and I will nut be un grateful.’ Thus he reasoned ; thus he heroically en deavored to subdue what he considered an ill luted pas sion. Caroline had many suitors, and some who were fully worthy of her; but she refused all their over tures with a decisive dimness. Her lather wondered at her conduct, yet would mu thwart her inclinations. Me was in the decline us life, and wished to see her happily settled ete lie quilted the slage of eiislence. — it was not long ere he suspected that young Henry was the cause nl her indilleretice to others, the evident plessure she took in hearing him praised; the blush that oversprecd their cheeks whenever then eyes met. all reived to convince the old genilcinan who had not forgotten that he was once young himself—thai they felt more than common interest m each other's welfare. He forebore nuking any remarks on (lie auh rect. but was noi so displeased at the supposition as the penny less lleurv w ould have imagined. Heruy had now been about one year in his employ. Mr. 1), knew nothing ul his family, but his strict in tegrity, his nieptoacltsble mom's, and Ins pleusuig matin r, all conspired to make him raietbn him highly. He was proud , I H< ary, ami wished linn to ap|iear in dress as well as ns any one. lit- hid often won-'ered at ihe scanlinoss nl his wardrobe, f r though he dress ed with the most scrupulous regard to neitures, his cllin hes were almost lh<eadbare. Mr. D. did no think that Itns proceeded bom a niggarly disposition, and he determined to broach the subject, and if possi ascertain the cause. This he did lu the manner above related. Moon afict this conversation took place, Mr. D. left home on business. As he was returning and riding through a beauiilu! little village, he ilhghted at the door of a collage, and requested a drink. The mis tfr-ss, w ilt an ea-e end politeness which convinced him j she hid not always been the humble cottager, invited turn In el.t r. He accepted the invitation, arid here a scene ol poveity and neatnsas presented itself such as he never had belore witnessed. The furniture, which consisted nl nothing more than was absolutely neces sary, was so exquisitely clean it gave charms to pov erty, and cast an air of comfort all around. A vener able looking old man. who had not aeeuted to notice Mr. D , sat leaning on hia slaffi his clothes were clean and whole, but so patched you could have scarcely told wrhich was the original piece. •This ta your lather. I presume,’ said Mr. D. ad dressing the mistress us the house. > It ia, air.’ • He seems to be quite aged.’ • tie is m his eigniy-thiid year; and has sutvived all bis childieo excepting myself.’ • Yiiu have seen belter days ?’ > 1 have ; my husband was wealthy, hut false friends ruined him ; he endorsed notes to a great amount, which stripped us of nearly all out properly, and one misfortune lollowed another, until w-e were reduced to complete poverty. My husband did not long survive his loie.es, and two of my children soon lollowed him.’ • Have you any reinaiiting children V • 1 have one, who is my only support. My health is so feeble that I cannot do much, and my futhei being blind needs great attention. My son ranc-als from my knowledge tlte amount of his a ilaiv, hut 1 am cnit ttneed he seud- me nearly all if not the whole of it.’ j • Then he is not at home wnh you f • Mo, sir. ho is clerk lor a merchant in Mew York.’! • Clerk for s merchant lit Mew York ! pray what is your son’s name V •Henry VV—— • Henry \V !’ reiterated Mr D., • why he is rny clerk : 1 left him at my house not a fortnight since,’ Here followed a succession of enquiries, which en anxiety an 1 solicitude that none but a mother can feei; to all us which, Mr. D. replied satisfactorily. • You know our Henry ?’ sad the old man. raising i h - bead trom Ins staff • Well, sir, then you know as : worthy a lad as ever lived. Cod bless It in for the ! goodness to his poor old grandfather.’ he added, in a tremulous voice, while the tears ran down hts clietks • He is a worthy fellow, to he sure,’ said Mr, D. rising and placing a well lilted purse into the bands of 1 the old man, ‘he is a worthy fallow, and shall not want for friends.’ • Nobl* hoy,’ said he mentally, as he was riding Inisurely along, ruminating on hia late interview ; -no- < tile boy, he shall not want for wealth to enable him to ‘ distribute happim ss. I believe be loves my girl, and 1 il he does he shall have her and n.y properly into the bargain.’ Filled with this project, and determined if possible lo ascertain the true spirit us their leeltngs towards : etch other, been ereJ the bieakfssl room the morning alls- his arrival at bouts. •So Henry is about to leave us oud go lu England to try hit fortune,’ he carelesily üb-erved. • Henry about to lea*c us !’ said Caroline, dropping I thn work she held in her bands; • about lo leave us and go to E ngl.r id.’ ft tic added hi a (one which evinced ihe great*!! inte cal. • To be sura. end what if he it, rhild V • Nothing. .ir, nothin*, only I (bought we ahoatd be ! rather lonesome.’ she replied, turning away to hide the tears aha could nol suppress. • Ted me, Caroline,’ said Mr. D., tenderly embracing ! fttei, • tell me* do you lute Henry 1 You know 1 wish ! your happineaa, my child; I have ever treated you ! with kindness, and you never hid any thing from your father unnl n<w.’ • Neither will I now,’ she replied, hiding her fare in hia bosom. *1 do most sincerely esteem him ; but do not for world* tell hi o so, for he never said u wua re- j turned.’ < 1 will snor. find that out, and without telling him too,’ replied the lather, leaving the room. • Henry,’ said he, a be entered the counting house, • yon expect lo visit the country shortly, do you not !* • Yea, sir, in shoot lour weeks.’ •if it will not be too inconvenient,’ rejoined Mr. D., •I should like 16 have you deter it a week or two long er.’ • ft will be no inconvenience, air, and if it will oblige you. I will tvait with pleasure.’ •It will certainly oblige me* for Carolina ia to be married in about five weeks, and 1 would not mis* hav ing you attend the wedding ’ •Caroline to tie married, air.’said Henry*starting at if by an electrical shocks * Caroline to be married! tail pofteitdeV •To be aura ilia, but what is there wonderful in that V Nothing, air* it • rather sudden, rather unexpected, that’s all ’ • Ilia rather sudden, te he sure,’ replied Mr. D , bul I am an old man and wuh to see her nave a protector; and as the man of her choice ta well worthy of her, I see no use m waiting any longer, and am very glad you mn stay to tha wedding.’ • I cannot, air, indeed I cannot,* replied Henry, for gttuog what he had previously aiul. • You cannot ’ rejoined Mr. 1)., why you just said you would.’ • Yen, air, but business requires my presence in the country, and 1 must go.’ • But you said it would put you to no inconvenience, that you would wait with pleasure.* • Command me in any thing else, sir, hut in this re spect I cannot oblige you,’ aaid Henry, ruing und walking the lloor with rapid strides. Poor fellow, ho had thought his passion subdued; hut when he saw that Caroline was so soon, so irre coverably ( become anolhei’a.tho latent spark hurst forth into an uneitmguiahable flame; and ho found it in vain lo endeavor to conceal Ilia emotion. The old gentleman regarded him with a look of earnestness— * Now, Henry,’ said he, * tell ine Irankly, do you not love my gill V •I will beciiidid with you, ir,’ replied Henry, con scious that hu agitation had betrayed him, * had I the fortune such as she menu, as you, sir. have a right to eipuot, I tfhould think myself the happiest us men, could I gain her love.’ • Then she is yours, cried the delighted old man.— ‘ Nay nut a word about property, my boy, true worth is leiter than lichen; I waft only trying you, Henry, and Caroline will never be married tu any other man than yourself.’ The transition from despair to happiness wav great. For a moment Henry remained silent, but his looks spoke volumes. At last— • I acorn to deceive you, sir,’ said he, * I am poorer than what you suppose—l have a mother and a grand father who aie— ’ •I know it, I know it all,’ said Mr. D., interrupting him; *1 know the reason of your pursimony, as it is called, und honor you for it; it was that which first put it into my head to give you Caroline, so she shall he you'ft. and Cod bless you both !’ Shortly after this conversation, Henry avowed his love to Caroline, soliciting her hand, and it is needless to say that he did not solicit in vain. Caroline would have defeired their union until the succeeding spring, but her sillier was inexorable! He supposed he would own one fjlsehood, he said, und they would willingly nave him shoulder two; but it was too much and he would notendme it. He <>ad told Henry she was go ing to he married m five weeks, and be would not for feit his woid ; • but pt-ihups,’ added he, apparently re calling himself, and turning to Henry, •peihaps we shall have to defer it after all, (or you have important business in ihe country annul that lime.’ •Be merciful, si.,’ said Hemy, smiling. 4 1 did not wish lo be witness to the sacnfice of my own hap piness.’ • 1 am merciful,* replied the old gentleman ; 4 and for that reason would not wish to put you to the in convenience of claying. Y~tu said that you would willingly oblige me, but you could not, indeed you could not.’ • You hive been young, sir,’ said Henry. • I know it,’ replied he laughing heartily, 4 hut I am afiaid too many of us old folks forget it, — however, it you can postpone your journey, 1 suppose we must ha v e a wedding.’ We have only to add, that the friends of Henry were sent for, and that blest with the filial love of Henry and Caroline, the old people passed the rest of tbeir days in peace und happiness. DISAIIt ANTAIJLS OF A lIoMKLI Wlf*. YoU CBll’t gel along in the world with a homely wife. She’ll spend hall her time in looking in the glass, and turn and twist, and brush and fix, till she gets completely vexed with her own ugliness, and then she ll go right of) and spunk the baby. Mie’ll never be pleased with herself, and that’s the j reason why she’ll be always helling or scolding at somebody or other. She'll be quanelling with all the | pietty girts in the neighborhood. And then she must have so many finger-rings, ear ! jewel*, flounces and ostrich featheit —so much all fired expensive, flaring finery, to make her look nny way nice at all, that no reasonable man can stand it. The glaring colors and fl ashy dress patterns recently brought into market, wete gotten up especially lor ihe benefit of ugly women, to draw the attention of men from their fucea tu their frock a. We never see one of ihe.se gaudy dresses in the streets without involuntarily shuddering and helirig an un ontrullakle apprehension of meeting one of Mhakspeur's •* shrivelled shrews” or a *• made up” figure, •ruaioeiited with at least one glass eve. s 6try tooth, and a tongue hung upon a pivot, lo illustrate the principle of perpetual motion. Never marry an ugly wifi unless you are a universal genius or h ive ala ge capital, for tfyou huv’nt gut the** pew ter” you will have to be painter, jeweller , colico print er and furbelow maker general, and get little but squall jr and scratches for your pains —in other words, a Sani’l Vslier says,you will be in u perfect caZ-egury. Punch. ““OMESTIC. Poi.kkhy IllcsrraTsii. — A correspondent of the j N, O. Delta, gives the toll wiug capital illustration of the conduct ot lhe present administration towards the brave and gallant Louiaiunons. He says : • I once happened to he standing by the side of a lock on the Trie Canal—the lock had been filled for the purpose of admitting a boat which at some half a mile distant was docending—a rich man, but a poor devil and a bad swimmer, accidently fell in. Great was his terror and great hts exertion to save hia miserable life, • For God’s sake,’ he ciied, ‘help me out!—do have mercy ! I Hh sank, and rose sputteiing and drowning; a stal wart fellow upon tho bank plunged marid brought him lo shore. The poor devil was saved, and tho reward . demanded, when the rich-poor hall drowned rat thrust 1 his hands in his pockets and replied— 4 My IrienJ, you did render me some service —l acknowledge it—it *hall be paid lor. You can earn a dollar a day—ten cents an hour—working ten hours—you have worked for me altogether about half an hour—l owe you five cents: the jickel you have on, you owe me fifty cents for—l tore the sleeve off in getting up —yet that’s worth fif teen cents, and five are twenty—you owe me thirty cents —bsnd over.” 44 Buch has been and is the conduct of the United States m relidiou to the Louisiana Volunteeis! They I | allow each private s2l for his services and charge him j $29.50 for the shabby and miserable rags which he re- j ceived! To carry the simile further is unnecessary.” j ■4iMMs A ROW AMONG THE VOLUNTEERS. The following letter liom ihe Camp of the Dullimnre j volunteers, on ihe Rio Grando. details a Mate of affairs | that we .hould believe lo ha unfounded, were it not j that ae.etal Itiiera ol a similar purport have alao been received in thia city. The particulaiH mentioned are, we believe, nearly all Ualtiinoieana : —Baltimore Clip■ \ per. Camp Belknap, August 2,1846. Our battalion t. joined to one from Ohio, which lormi a regiment, and tin. in connection with two oilier res- j iuientß from Ohio, compriaea a brigade. Theie are al- ( ho regiments ftotn Alabama, Georgia and Tenne.aec, quarleted un a high blull of land, from which wo can are tbouaanda of tenia, and hear the drum, beating the reveille. Yesterday, Lafayette Hands, Andtew Metleer and I Horne of our Iroya went over to Dante, and returned in ! rattier high spirit*. Aa they were returning home, | eome one gave Andrew Metleer a catfish. which Col. , Mitchell ol Ohio, who ta Colonel of the whole brigade, claimed aa hia own, and ordered three of hia men to take it from him. On the men aeixtng him, in compli-1 ance with the ordere of their rotnmander, Metleer drear a daggar and atabhed two of them. Col. Micbell then roahed on Melleer with drawn award and tnrt'cird aev. - eral aevere gaahea on hia heud, from the elVecla of winch he fell aa if dead. Lafayette Haoda then orized the Colonel, wreeled hie aword from him. and chaaed nun with n lor .ome dialanre around ihe camp, until another awoid wa. handed him. when they had a regular aword laaling aoma minutee. until Ihe ColoneTa aword broke, and he again ran, finally oeeaping to hia own | quarters. He then gave immediate order, for hi. men to turn out, armed with ball cartridge, when our Cap t on gave aimilir or,lore, and marched the Ctlcsepeakee down to meet them When we arrived, Captain Stuart, who, in the ah arne* of Colonel Wataon, la commanding officer, or deled out the battalion, and we were all full of fijht, and I verily believe that our 600 Baltimoreans could have whipped ihe whole 2500 Ohioan. Dan Well, had taken dead aim at the Colonel, and would have blown him eky high, had it not have been for Charles Ehrmnn, who struck hi. mu.ket. The Colonel claim ed the command of the whole brigade, amt ordered ua to our camp, which order we were compelled to obey. Colonel W atson wa. at B.uita, where we immediate ly sent after him, and on his arrival started for the camp of Col. Mitchell, to demand an explanation of bit con duct. On hia arrival there, however, he wa. told that the Col. had started for Matamora* to report to Gen. Taylor, but Col. W ataon ia now after him, and 1 do not know how the apree will end. expenses if Legislation, —lt hat of late become a aort of custom —one, however, •• more honored in the breach than in the observance”—for members of the House of liepiesentativee to vote thr'nselvea rerlxiri valuable books. The following extract from the Wash ington Correspondence of the Mew York Evening Dost lelules to this practice : The fact is that the co.t of the books approptioled 1 by each now membei of Congress uu-ler the resolution 1 legalizing Ihe plunder, is just #566, The whole num ber of new member, is one huudied an ! eight, anil tho sum “realized” by this very sagacious “linanoial opera- \ tiun,” is $61,128 Several of the old members of thia ‘ Congress, who were new members of the last, refused lo take Ihe plunder under a similar resolution of that Congress, but these were only exceptions. Suppose two hundred and twenty members of tho present House look their books under the operation of the two reso lutions within ihe three year. I i-t past,then the amount thus ahstiacled from Ihe public treasury has been #124 521). These bonks are of a character that a menilier ol Congress looks at perhaps two or three times in ihe course of hia life—a diplom itist, a bonk worm, or a book maker, somewhat ofiener. Ido not answer lor the assertion 1 , hut it is said, and Senator Benton says it, that thay are very often meiely passed into the hands o’ a bookseller of this place, who sells them toithe Con gress! mnl printing establishment from which they orig inally issued, by the proprietors of w hich they are a gain furni-hed to the House, as wanted under the rcs olutiona biennially-passed anil to be passed. I have heard it said, by a person who bail made some enquiry, thrtt thia bookseller would thia year make $20,000 in lhi* reputable line of traffic. A lax public opinion has tolerated this misappropriation °l the public I unde, Tl i a natural offshoot of the system of book-making by Congress, which again proceeds from ‘he aynlem of appointing official printers. 1 hat ia now to he done iiwhv with, and I hope we *hall never acaio hear of the printing of 60 000 copies of a patent report of 1-200 pages, or of 4.5,000 reports of an exploring lieutenant in the army, or of the distribution ol $125,000 worth of book* to members of Congress. HEX. GAINES.—Tha Washington Union o Monday evening contain.* the proceed*^" 1 a °d opinion of tho Court of Inquiry in the case oflHen. (aiiks. and the subsequent action of the War uepartment un der the instructions of the President til the U. Stales. We observe by the journal of the Court that each act of the gallant old soldier was invostig .ted separately ; , and whilst the major portion of his conduct i approv ed, seveia! nrfs are declared to he without warrant. — The Coort close their opinion in these word#: Having now reported their finding ind opinion, tho rourt recommend to the favorable feonsiderutinn of tha President the good and patriotic motives, and the pub lic zeal, by which, as the court believe. General Gaines was actuated in all the-e trans-idinns. and therefore they recommend that no further proceedings be had in the case.” i The Orders of the War Department, w hich wo en- I nex, fthow tho several acts disapproved of. There .ire very few. we presume, who will not be glad to learn I that hll further proceedings against Gen. G. have been dispensed with ; War Dx part mint. Aug. 18, 1846. The proceedings of the Court of Inquiry in the fore going case have been laid before the President and I carefully examined. It is seen that the court have found that several at the acts of Brevet Major General Gaines “were not au thorized l>v his instructions or by law ; and that he ha* I violated orders That for the calls made bv him “for volunteers after the IGthofMay when he knew of the victories of [Gen eral] Taylor, the court cannot find any necessity at the time—any authority in his instructions, or any w ar rant of law That in mustering into the service at Mobil* certain general and staff officers, after he was relieved from his command by instructions from the War Department, | “the court are of opinion that he transcended his au thoritv and violated hia orders.” The President views with deep regret the exercise | of this assumed authority on the part of the late com mander of the western division ; and while he is dis posed to give every consideration to the circumstances which may tend to qualify or mitigate his conduct he can see nothing in them which would justify him for | withholding the expression of his decided disapproba- J lion of theiriegular and unauthorized proceedings of that officer. But in consideration of the recommends | tion of the court, and concurring with them in their j opinion of the “good and patriotic motives and the ptih } lie zeal by which he was actuated,” the President di rects that further proceedings in the case of Brevet ’ .Major Genera! Gaines he dispensed with. The President cannot dismiss the case without invit j ing the serious attention of the army to the grave sub ject which has been presented for hia consideration and decision. The officers belonging lo tbe military ser vice are known to be devoted to the public interest Their zeal, gallantry and skill have long been establish ed Tbe country duly appreciates their value, but un remitted care should le taken to abstain from any act l which mav tend to impair their high character. And w hat ao likely to derogate from this ns the ocaumption of important executive or ministerial authority by a military commander, or the disregard of hia orders 1 The exercise of nuthoritv not possessed nor delegat ed— the non-obKeivance of insliuctiona, or the expendi ture of the public treasuie. not w arranted bv law nor justified by imperious necessity, cannot be disregarded. A just responsibility of all in authority makes it a pub lic duty of imperative obligation to observe and strictly enfoice the law and the rules of tho service. By order of the President: W. 1,. MARCY. Secretary of War. The court of inquiry, of which Brevet Brigadier General 11. Brady is president, is hereby dissolved. By order: R JONES, Adjutant General. Kentucky Election. — Full return* of the members elect to the General Assembly of Kentucky sh v the following result: In the B*nite 26 Whig* and 12 De mocrats ; in the House of Rcp ehentativc 63 Whigs and .37 Democrats; being xn increase over tbe Whig majority of last year of eight—a refcult very creditable to old Ksktuckt. The Season at the South. —The New Orleans Trop ic of the 15:h instant says that Louisiana, Alalum* arid M isMHHppi have been flooded with heavy and conlinu-1 ous rains, and adds— The consequences upon the growing crops will be severely destructive. The aimy worm and the caterpil lar follow on after rains, and complete the min the fiisl begun. The lime for picking cotton is unusually late. Between tbe fifteenth and twentieth o! July last year, the planters entered the field with their whole force Up tt> the present time —a month later—probably not a cotton field present* lair picking. The sugar-cane is sulTermg terribly , it has nol looked well throughout the season—but the continued rains will injure it J*e yond calculation, and uniat make the coming crop a i light one. How far unfavorable signs will effect 1 the price of collon remains to be seen ; hut that the Ciup will tall short theie cannot be a djubt, Aa Arti-Tariff Arcumkrt.—Mf Walker tbe j Secretary of the Treasury, gravtly informs Congress in one of hie official documents, that the price of goods, is enhanced in propiirtinn, us the duty is i.icreused, arid proceeds lu prove it m this manoei“The duly on coarse cottons is 9 cents per yaiU, the price here from 5 to 10 cents, and yet the pool man pays 9 ecu is more than be would if the duty were taken off.” Thai is, if be now pays ten cent* for a yard of cloth he wi-uld have to pay but one cent if the duly were taken off Cloth worth five cents a yard Ive might, but for the duly, obtain for nothing, and receive four cents back tor change Palladium. The scene in the magnetic telegraph office in Haiti- ! more during the prevalence of (he storm of Friday af- | 1 ternoon i* rpr ranted to have been fearfully sublime ■ The electric fluid wuh which the clouds woie charged 1 took complete possession of the magnetic telegraph | lines, rendering tticm entirely unmanageable lu tile hands of the operators. The lightning could he seen | continually playing around the instrument!, and at one * tune a ball of fire apparently several inches in circum ferencf, came in on (be Washington wires and explo ded with h loud report. One of the operator* had a narrow escape at thin turns as he ju*l had hi* hand raised to touch the instrument when the fluid came in. The Pettish Tariff. —The Canadian* are rrj >icini over trie passage ol the new Taiiff. The Montreal Courier say* : “ A* Englishmen, we >f course, are pleased that the Tanll is abolished, as taken in conjunction with our abolition of the corn law*, it will open an immense mar ket tor us, hut if we were Americans we should certain ly he Tanll men.” In iiirmingliarn, Sheffield nnJ Leed*. we have no doubt the news, which carried dismay and terror to so many American bosoms, was received with shouts ol 1 joy. indeed it runnol he otherwise. Letters have been received from operatives in Cogland, (we are told by the N. V. Courier and Enquirer,) in which they state that •• lh*ir employer* had promised, if the Amer ican Tariff bill psssed, to ruse llie wages of the men one penny per yard.” It will necessarily, then fore, be joyful tidings to them. Can any thing more dearly show the iniquity of the law, than it* effect to reduce the wages of American laborer*, while it increases the wages of those in Great Britain! Could the British Parliament have adopted a system better calculated to promote the comfort of its own people, or to strike down the prosperity of ours!— Richmond Whig. WHERE THE COAL Is 10 COME FROM. We learn that the barques Attica, Hehion and Al bers have all been charted in London, where they are now discharging, to proceed to Piclou, and take a lull load of coal for Borton. These are all large vessel**, of 300 so 400 ton*, anil they will bring heavy cargoes. The deep waters of our eastern coast will alow our largest class of vessel# to take coal, and hence they con bring it at a lower tale from Nuva Scotia than lbs smaller ones c.n from Rich mond and Phiiadi Iphia. This is hut the continuance by larger vessels of a business which ha* been carried on. to some extent, lor many year*. The Nov* Scotia coal ha* been regular ly brought lo Bimloii for a long time for the supply of the Cunard steamers, and for manufacturing purposes. For four years past this importation has been in the face of a protective duty. After the first of December next the import of .Vova Scotia coal will greatly in crease, to the detriment of the coal mines of Pennsyl vania, Maryland ami Virginia —a result the more to be regretted, as the excellent bituminous coala of tin* hitter States were but just coming lulo free use.— Tori land Advert i.sc r. From the St. Louis Republican, August 20. Aews From Santa kV. INDEPENDENCE. AUG. 13 181 b. We are in possession to-day ot further news from the prairies. Our townsman. Mr. Samuel Rail-ton, has just returned from iSjnla IV, after an unprecedented trip of eighty days. Jie, in company with Messrs. Weick, Blumner and others, left here with their goods in May, mid arrived in B,ml* Fe, making a journey of fony days. After completing their arrangements, a hiii ill comp my, coupling of Messrs. Ratlslon and Hill ot our place, and Mr. Hutchinson and John McKuight, from Chihuahua, stalled in. and are now here, tu thir ty-seven and iy from fchuita Fe. Previously to Mr. RalLlouV depnrtue there was u good deal of excitement created by tl> numerous rt poits in circulation respecting our troops. Expresses hail been sent out in every direction by the Governor , and private citizens, to ascertain their truth, but many i of them, after being out two or three day*, returned { having learned nothing satisfactory. 1 The whole country is in a state of alarm. Farmers adjoining Santa Fe are dnvmg their stock into the mountains, securing their possession*, and pulling themselves in a position that they cun he out of barms way at a moment’* warning. Provender ol every dcs i cription is exceedingly scarce, (theie inn having been a r un fat nearly three months,) the, vegetation is near ly exhausted. Our informant thinks the troops will have some difficulty in securing enough for ihe nisiu i tenance of th ir animals even for a mouth. Provisions must of necessity also be very hard to get ; and unless some other me -ins of securing them be found i out than such a* was anticipated p * -viotia to their de parture, they will be in a very ind way th $ winter. It was pretty certainly known before they left, that there would not be even a show t light on the part of the I Mexicans, unless a very sin ill force was sent aione at ’ first, for me assertion ot the Governor was m. ie, and word sent to Gen. Kearney by out informants to that effect; and he further say* that if a respectable force comes upon him, he shall immediately ah muon the country and remove south of the Ru del Nono The common people, and especially the Puebl* In dians are averse to lighting the Americans; for an or der for volunteers from the Governor met with no re ponse from them *t all, and he has now not more than three hundred soldiers in Santa Fe, miserably clad and , poorly fed. Neither were any soldiers to be had below, for Chihuahua bad not nor could uwt furnish any, and Mr. McKuight says that theie is no probability of any being gotten there. Some of the traders had arrived at Santa Fe, but no buninesa being done, they had gone below. Speyer* had brought out all the Governor’s wagons and good*, and oilier small lots of goods from traders, and gone on. Mr. Wm. McKuight, V\ ebb and Doane had also gone. Gen Kearney and all the troops and trader* hail passed up the Arkansas to Bent * Fort.— The company of Armijo*, going out from here, were met ot differeut point*, progressing slowly. Mr. Wil liam Magoffin at or near Arkansas; Samuel Magoffin, a little nearer, this way, and Gentry and others at (Coun cil Grove, anJ some others, still this side. Almost every day provision wagons were *een upon the road, wending their way aloug ; carcasses ot hor*es, oxen and bullalo were strewed slung at intervals. — The great scarcity of water so frequently spoken of, proves to be a fabrication. On this side of the Arkan- j there is gras* and water in sufficient abundance tor all that have gone or may go out. Col. Price’s regiment w.* met, just getting fairly in the plains, about two or three days ride from the Fort. This is all the news I can gather for you now—there will he an express to the g irrison to-day or to-morrow; he ought to have been there before, hut his animals broke down. Through him, probably, you will hear more particularly. ANOTHER FATAL S IE AM BOAT ACCIDENT On Sunday afternoon a fearful accident occuried on hoard the steamship Palmetto, as she was about leaving Soulh-eirect wharf, Philadelphia, on an excursion to Gray’s Ferry with 200 passungera. The Chronicle says • A plate got loose and fell out of the bottom of tbs boiler, jut over the furnace, and the hoi water pouring out. instantly generated a dense volume of steam and gas, front contact with the furnace. One of the firemen, a young man about twenty-five years of age, named Lewi* Flynn, was instantly killed by in haling the ate nn. He wis in the fire room at the time, and was in the act of hying the depth of the boiler.— The steersman, on bearing of the accident, ran down into the loom and found him perfectly dead, but usllio steam was too dense tor him to remain theie more than a minute, he w obliged to leave hirn there. The chief engineer, William Fraley, had hi* face, neck and hands, uwfullv scalded. He belong* to Jersey City, N. J., where he has a wife and children. The second engineer, Richard Taylor, was also severely scalded a bout the neck, breast, arms, and bands. One of hi* hands was badly torn by *orue of the machinery. He is a young man, and also from Jersey City. He was taken to the Hospital. L**wis Flynn, the young man who wa* killed, was mamed only a fev months ago, and ha* left his wile in New York. One of the fi men. whose name we could not learn, was slightly scalded about the chin, hut his injuries weie nothing of moment. ‘The Palmetto is a New ¥ oik steamer, ! and formerly plied as a packet between that port and Charleston, 8. C. She is commanded by Capt. Clin*’ tan Sand, formally of this port. The Palmetiu va* one of (he three steamer* chartered by the United St*- • tea Government for the u*c of the Army. Senntor WoaroU of Florida. This gentleman attracted no little attention, during the late session of Congress, by his independence of party. This trait was particularly displayed in the pro of the controversy between Messrs. Webster an I logersoll—the latter of whom he excoriated with very great and deserved severity. We now learn, from (he Wahiugton correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot,! I that, in consequence of Mr. Wescntt’n manly course nn i ; that occasion, * large number of distinguished gentle, j i men, of both political parties, in Boston, add*eased him | a very flittering and complimentaiy letter, to which Mr. Wescott his replied in a manner entirely chirac terfolic. “Hr has no mercy for those blind devotees •f party, whether calling themselves Whigs or Dem ocrats, who scruple not, for party end*, to traduce and vilify the reputation and public character of the truly great men ot our country. The correspondence will •if course be published.” MEXICAN NEWS. Arrival op Sawta Anita. The British bug of war Dating artived off the Bnl'Zt la*t evening, ftom Vera Cruz, and two of her officers came up to town this morning with a mad uud des patches. The steamer Arab arrived off Vera Cruz on the 16th in*t , wnh Mania Anna on board. He immediately j placed himself at the head of (he movement in that de- i psrtment. The Department of Puebla and M< xico have declared for Banii An.iM.a'jd Paredes has hhe inly been iken prisoner. The ievull at the capital was headed by Gen* nl Bla*. Before Bama Anna left Havana he took letter* from Gen. Campbell to Commodore Conner, and avowed himself, in rrjily to inquiries as to his intentions, a* follows: *• It the people ol my country are for wai, I then I hqi with them ; but I would pretei peace.” News had been received in Mexico that Monterey, in California, had been *’ z*d by one of the vessels ol ibe Pacific squadron. Another account saV* that all California has yielded in the Americans.— Picayune. ADDITIONAL MEXICAN NEWS. Correspondence of the ILratdand Tribune . U. S. Princeton. ~i Off Vera Crz, 14tb Aug. 1846. 5 Gentlemen —Mexico at present so without a govern -1 merit, consequently in a belter stale than it has been Il r years, If it could remain so there wcuhl be a nat ural recovery, but u few days will see another “Chief,” (would not rascal he a better name.) at the head of a(- lair*, when probably there will be a bombastic speech ami h continuation of ihe war. President Paredes is deposed and said to be in prison. Town and country ! have declared tor Banta Anna who is expected in the ►■learner now entering Vers Cruz. A few minutes will tell us, a* the guns of San Juan de U loft will welcome the man who they would have destioyeda tew ago. It mstleis hut little who they have at their head; their head arnJ tail must be well whipped be foie they will come to terms. The Navy cannot act with effect without itie aid of about 2,500 soldier* ; then we could make u clean sweep. The bottle or battles here must be fought on shore; their bars prevent our ship* from spnroa-hmg their towns. | The squadrou went to Alvarado a few days ago. but j (lie current caused by the heavy rains was too strong i for the boats to land the seamen. This ship took her position, but the Cumberland and Potomac did nol gel : within shot ; in fad it .vus not neco**ry a* their boats could not land. Th# squadron could knock the batter ies of Alvarado down at any moment. Then Jack must foot it to do the rest. The vessels here are the , same a-* when I last wn> o you, except the addition ot gun boats Bonita arid Petrel, and to-day the utriva-l of j Ilia schr. Flirt. We have continued rain*, hot weath er, Home cases of scurvy —no fever and general good health in the squadorn. Yours truly. P. B.—As I close, Sail Jaan de lllloft is now salut ing, I su| pus - Santa Anna has arrived. From the. Richmond Republican . A CHAPTER OF CRIMEA. Epes, trk Muhdkmeh, suspected or having kil led hi* own son, ms Mother-in-law, and also a ! Kentucky drover. —Since the fact has been eslab -1 lislied beyond the shadow of a doubt, that Epes, who ! is now at large, is guilty of murdering F. Adolphu*; ; Muir, late of D uwiddie county, he has also been strong •y uspeewd of havt.jg caused the death of several cHh * er prisons hi ihe same county —and among tne nurn- j | her his owu son and the mother, or mother-in-law of | i Mrs. Epes. A few years since an elderly lady —then mi inmate, if we understand correctly, ol Epes* house, i was taken suddenly ill aud died. At the death of this I lady, it steins, a large esiate was likely to tall into ihe , | bands t Epes. as guardian of his children, who were !to be ihe heirs ol (heir deceased relative. During the . I brief sickness of the lady, Epes was known to have ad- j | tmuiSleied a dose ol medicine, or someth.ng which he j i>tofessed would give relief \o her. The doso ha • been j given but a short tune, when *he continued to grow . ’ worse, and soon expired. Nothing was thought, at , the time of the sudden death of the lidy—her fri nds | i not dreaming for a moment that *tte had been unfairly , j dealt with, fi is only since the developement in the [ j Muir case, that suspicion has been excited towards ] • Epes, in regvrd to her death. It has been only a few | j years, too, since a son of E ’* aa* killed, as leported ‘ a*, the time of bis death, by the accidental discharge ot j I his gun, while he and tvs filher, W. Dmdridge Epes, ! were out hunting. The account of young Epes’death, from the lips of bis own father, being s > pDusable at me time, no one of course suspected foul play ; but now it seem*, that tha son was heir to some properly which the father wish'd to b ei i t his own posses ion. This circumstance, taken in connection with o.hers, 1-nvs* very little doubt .hat Epes is the murderer of hi* -►vii son. Nor J c* this nd the chapter of his ciimes! He is now suspected of having murdered a Drover, i who has neilhei been seen not heard from since he was known to have gone to Epes’ house, to collect of E. ! money fr a number ot hogs sold. This ha* been sev eral years ago, and, a* a pietty good evidence of *us picion being properly attached to Epes for disponing of the Kentucky drover, the skele on of a grown person i was lately, within a week or so, we believe, found in an leu Houe on tne farm upon which Epes formerly resided. Very IMsiiii Talk. None should be better able to form a true estimate i of the character of President Polk, than his own friends who elected him to office. The Whigs may ask ihe j question WHO 18 JaMEB K. POLK!—but they must look to the Democrat* for the answer—and here is lull and satislactary enou o h. The Ohio States man, the Loco Fucu Slate Paper at Columbus, talk* of Mr. I’olk aud his veto on the River and Harbor bill, after the following fashion : “The Message in which the President supports hi* views, is s shallow performance, vulgar in i< language, ihiiculou* for its false logic, and paltry as L. in alment of a thiK.s by some hair —plilting and wire-drawing schoolman of the Middle Ages, who. thought him sell a great man, because like all Ainail characters, he had misia en cunning for wisdom. It is, however, quite worthy the man who*e imbecility has beau 60 unhap pily displayed in hi* action on the Oregon question — lirst uttering b<>at*ot the loudest kind, and then sneak ing off’to cover when the enemy’* bay was faintly heaid in the distance. There is a remarkable similarity in ihe PieHidenl’s conduct on these two subjects. As be mouthed and raved about our “ clear and unquestlona- , hie” right to ihe w hole of Oiogon, like mini one of Nat Lee’s Uedl.unite heroes—lor wee an only cal! it mouth- I mg and raving, when the bathos ol the treaty is known to us, however much it pleased us at the tuna of in. utterance, because we believed it the languag -of earn estness and sincerity—so ha* he now veioed a bill sub* lUuulially recommended by himself, through the report of the Secretary of War, a high officer of hi* Cabinet. I', l* liue that the. dtfeuce has been set up for him, I tint the Secretary, though icportuig through the Pre-ideut, really loport* to Congress. Granted—-but this does not in the slightest degree alter the case. It lu* always men considered— at least it was in those days when it was thought that Home degree of profound siaieaman whtp whi necessary in governing a great nation that a Cabinet should .ipporione unit mu oolicy, hs speak ing the suniiment* of ihe patty who- jumcipb sit wa* appointed lo aid in carrying out. Whoever heaid ot a high Cabinet officer recommending to tfongrose, | through the President, n comae of conduct directly contrary to that ot the Picddaui hilnwfl, nnd actuxlly uccomp trued with the proper estimate# as to the cost 1 of currying it out—who ever heard of any thing of die [ kind, we Bk, before *hese day* of decep ton and pslpu- j He fraud ! A hat President with a decent poidoo of I self re*p**cl, ever practiced each small mt r i. ue ! It j* . new in the history of our country, and no d-mbt found i Ha origin and motive in the desire to deceive some j Members of Congress into the support of measure* which the Executive b ared mihgh not otherwise prove ‘ successful. At the great words about Ouvgon were \ i.'lowed by the emal'est possible actions, and were in* ’ tended only to gull honest men, so was the course of the President on the subject of improving harbon and riv ers favorable, only wiih tha da-ign of getting vote* for the new Tanfi Bill, the Administration not having fan . enouuh to (relieve that one ngutnou* measure coul 1 stand without practicing a Intle falsehood on another. We moat earnestly hope that the day is not coining when every true democrat will have, in bitternt™ of heart, to ask pardon of God and man for having aided in elevating to power, men who mistake treachery fo g.jd conduct , and paltry shifts for great statesman ship.” From the Georgia Journal. THE ROBBERS OF H ARRIS AND HANCOCK. As the following letter, from u much esteemed frii,j* gives some hccuuntol the false key** usee by the robber# who molr Messrs. Billiugftleii, VVattsuDd liuerry’a mol) ev, the inunr.’ i in which tliev were used, Ate., w* |, av *. conclud (i t< publish it. VVhut is here detailed only adds strength to the udvice we gave sometime sim e, to those who bad more money than they had immediate use for. We udvied them to loan it nut to someone upon good security, who could, ami would me it. n oi ” to ke**p it lying foie, and liable to be stolen when they could keep it from thieves, and benefit ih* ir neighbor hood *nd fellow-citizens generally. It is it) be ►eer |. o, bv tun l tter lhat the reports übout discloßures” |>e ing made, all turn cut to be false. Bparta, July 27ih, 1840. Dear Thvveatt—Our community ha* tell soma cu riosity as well us some interest in examining ihn H kele- I ion keys uud oilier implements taken by the people of Fort Gaines on the cm pi ii re of Dr. Roberts and John J cobs, who relieved Mr. Walts of thi* county, Mr. ftil lin/Men of Harris, nd Mr. Gnerry of gunner, of wine sin plus cash. With tin skeleton keys which are nnw iu this place you may unlock any small luck whutever if outs does not answer the puipose another will. Rut ihe most efficienl instrument is it wfrebem and wrapp'd will, thread to prevan! noise, with which any and every door locked with the kev left in the inside of the room in the lock, muy ho unlocked uud again lucked with dm stine facility as though you hud the key in your hand This instrument so so simple, so easy of construction, so effectual, aid doubilesk, so er-nerally understood by roiru ‘s. tli it honest men should be. cautioned never to lock a bed room, slorft room, or indeed any room and leave ih key in the door. We have received various in this place asking for inform itfon about dfoclostires said to have been tnade by tin* prisoner. No disclosure* have been made norig it prohnbie any will be mane; it so certain that there were tint t# engaged in taking Watt’s inonev. ‘J im entire amount stolen $. C >,5(W) —afon all taken from Mr. Gnerry, say all the bonds of Mr. BHlingslea nnd % large portion ol the gold taken from him were found on the persona urrefed. A* Mr. Biflingslea hud hern rob bed just one month liefoFe the arrest, it is possible fhes* two individuals only were concerned in that al*o. Very respectfully, Your ob’t sftrvaDl. Gen. Scott and ihe Mexican War.—Tha Na tional Intelligent e.i says : “We have just seen a letter from nn intelligent officer of the army, on the Lower Mfo- Mtssippi, to a friend in this city, which says Gen. .Scon’s culcnlations for opening the campaign against the inie lior of .Mexico, are considered in a high military quarter, u* already proved to he sound and judicious. The wri ter adds, that the Kentucky and Tennessee horse vol unteer*, supposed by Gen. 8. lo be indfopeusahle, are not likely to reach the Rro Grande before the middle ul | October next.” An Interesting Statement —The 46th Regiment, sta- I tinned at Laprairie. near Montreal, and which rendered I such effectual service in the recent fire at that place, I leave reminiscence* connected with them, of special in teie*t to everv American. The Montreal Courier, in speaking of the removal of this Regiment to Montreal, •ay a: “There has been for upwairfs of a ceniurv a Free-Ma son’s Lodge in the 4rith ; in this Lodge, George Wash ing toil was made a Mason, during the time the Regi ment was stationed in the Colonies before the outbreak j of the Revolutionary wnr. The Register of this l odge : contains Washington’s signature in hi* own hand writ i ing, and still possesses the Bible on which the great j man took the of initiation. The chest containing , the books and regalia of the Lodge w as captured by the > Americans during the war *nd token Jo W but when it was discovered w hat it contained it wusim- I mediately sent beck. It underwent a similar fate soma years after, being taken ky the French at Bt. Lucia. Ii wa-* then carried to Ihrrfo, and its contents being exam ; ined was immediately leturned to the Regiment by ilia 1 French nuthr.rities. We believe a detail of th**se fart# with the date* and full particulars is to be found in the Free-Mason’* Magazine of a few years back. m ■ — 1 smmm - ■ ,w m ■ ■■■ ■ MORNING STAR LODC3E. Thun.aston, August 23d, 1846. At n meet ng of the Brethren of Morning ! Star Lodge, held in Thomaston on Sunday, 1 August 23d, the following action vva* tak< n by i the Lodge, upon the ad announcement ol the death of our worthy and esteemed brother Ja'. J 11. Lowe, Esq. Through the inscrutable dispensation of an ; ali wist 1 Providence, our Iriend nnd brother ! James Rabun Lowe has been taken from us in : the midst of active usefulness, with a seeming’ | deceptive future that promised tint fruition ol ( whatever the noble and lrudahle efiorts of ge nius could accomplish. At 3 o’clock, this I good sabbath morning, ut the age of twenty lour years, eight mo ths and twenty six days,be’ was c tiled from I>v ng, doting friend 4, th*en dearments of home and tifteciionaio relntoes, to rest in the bo om of Ins l-oj. We speak the words of sober earnestness ad truth, and not of fulsome adulation, when we sav, that Georgia never produced a young nmn ol more • inflexible integiity of character; lhat of th* many we know a.id have known, perhaps few possessed in a greater degree tlios- qual tios and virtues calctjla ed to make him an orna ment to society, and the admiration of ave ry large circle of fr'ei.ds and acquaintances. We knew him from early boy hood lo the period of his lamented death, nnd can cheerfully andir - I}’ say, without Mifiering in the h asi a lo.ig un brokt-n friendship to bias our judgment, that we proved him and tried nim and found I) m honest and true; modest and reseived, aflable and clever, intelligent and brave, and geueious ; to a fault. ; But yesterday be was among us, with the rosi ate hues of health decking a smiling faco ami finished person, lhat presented a contour of which he might have well been proud, ‘to day the icy baud of death has blanched that cheek nnd manly form, and made them fit ten : ai ts of the dark shadowey chambers of th' s tomb. But yes'’ rday the (1 ishes of his genia*, sent from a mind stored with useful learning, an enlivening chain upon every tiling him, to day, line lightning upon ihe bosom of the cloud, they have disappeared nuJ gone for ever. But yesterday, a young and promising advocate in the profusion of the Law, today lhi.se lips are closed and his disembodied spir it stands in the | respnee of the Gieat Advocate of advocates. But yesterday the sweet and ’ gentle sounds of music stole softly upon our ear from his favorite instrument, undtnd-iy, j its notes are hushed, and he tiuios u Harp of richest melody, w here all is harmony nnd love. Med!'il skill, th* kind uttentiun of friend*, not th : patient resignation of the victim, could , avert the blow ol'llie fell destroyer. /iewtved ilierrfitre, Tll.l lliia lexltt” liuws lo the will °t Heaven u ill, ginfaui.d grief and tmuiiliutum, in (i.hp'? * bright uriininenl, n irue ami Piitlifu! U,oilier ammie u.- f |oln lii. labor, on e.rih loiliar refre.llinent pr*|).treH uiuier an A 1.1. silmxi KVI wlier* the great AltClliriiCT of iho VXKSK preauiea. ~ Meno/veil, Tltat we deeply and coodo.e - a fond fiiiber, mid sfleeiionue brother nd tints >ie rlo their no 1 bereivemenii, and Dangle Willi ibeira our (ear* 0 aoriow arui regret, for the irrep.rrable lo.a we ba>e* i suaimned in tile lo.a of our good brother. , lirsn/Drd. That we attend hia funeral this day in *i l J ’ to |>ay the laat debt which .. Mason, we ran distnarj®. 1 o'clork, P. M. i Rrsotv-d. Asa le.iitnonv and feeble tribute to tne I ory ot one we truly loved and ruapocied, we wear crape I the leli arm for iliirty day. . . • Jiri'itvrd, That a ropy nl tbe.e resolutions l- rurtu• - the presa for pobli-.lion. aSd a copy Iron.mined tu Ihe ui conaolate relativea of our friend and brother. , Tint wiitur of Hie subjiiined, saw the h°o) interred with Masonic honois in <’" r j Church yard, and has seen a larger fu er j I train ll ov he ru, and never saw so larg > nnu * j emu a i-ongiegnti.it;, where so few ‘ vs wot’ , not wet with teats of --iiiceic! ;ind ir mr udi re grot, for tlie dent': of th s estimated youug ll, ' in ’ “Light be the turf of tiiy !omb ! Mav it* vorduro like cmeriMsbe: nol he the Hhic!f>w of gloom, in ffidt re*nirij* us of th'*e flower* a.i. • evergreen tr*'* Vs; * r Hi.g from t it* spot of thy ret Bu* rto ‘ voreg# or yew let un see ; For why suuuld we ru.’Urn for the