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"" r f »tSS^«t3S2i5KSwM'w«* ♦rr^-aiMSSSscrtSsS •.«—-**»*«-**., * - »■• ku.i up by u gi'ueral rebellion. uimJ ilmt it* etudenU linva d^pvraed. Thu rttxiii then ere elated in iho followl ig, which we lake I ruin ihe Richmond Enquirer. “CHAHLuTTEevitXK, April 21, 184S. " 1 nm pained to any ilmt while | nm writing our ciiiluiw are armed nml equipped with ilio necessary ucUuulreiiienla to stipprnss a riot <.r rebellion among lb# student* at the University ut Virginia. I nm uniiii'urn,ed a* to tilt- cause oi' this < tnlncak, which ha, nxittcii Ibr the ln*t severui days. This morn, ing tile liigu slierifl*of llie county, Air. U. Ftcklin. ordered out the Jcll’erson Guards and the Mililin, to aid the magistrates in restoring order. Odturs ■fetter acquainted with the fuel* will probably send you uo account of it.” Tile saute paper add* that “ the latest accounts also absent on bosinuh*, and when ilia tiro got up into tiiut neighborhood, Mrs. 'I'rovtllo had the whole Inn<len on Iter own shoulders; At lllo very height of the danger she called all the prisoners who wera not ill the cells to the grate, and by name let all me vagrants out. That done, she set I be in to work to carry water up to the top, und litis only sa ved it, ns the root'was on fire several times. The fellows worked like horses, und us they met ite’d, we presume they received it discharge. I lad the jail caught, we have no duulx snme of the ptisoners would Imvu been burned, nml very probably the Court house too; at all events it would have been greatly injured. $3011,000 would have been it largo bill lor lids county ut this lime. Fur saving till this, praise is due to the ludv nftliu SiiunfT. •up to Monday night,stale that the students had all , From Late EultornAN Papers.—The income ‘left the college, and that every thing was insubur- j „, x |,i,| |, a ,l ns third reading in the British 1J nou oi ‘nation and confusion. j L, or () s „„ jpg 5,1, 0 f April. Its passage was pro. We further collect, from several sources. Ilmt I ceded by u long debate, in which Lortf Ashbur'011. Ilto rebellion arose trotn an attempt by 1 lie lucidly Monleagle, Marquis of Lnnsdowne. uad Lord lo repressoortuin flagrant disorders, ol which the I Brougham look pert. The latter, in the course ol Campus was made Iho scone by night. The Profes sots interfered to arrest them.un i were, in conse quence, assailed in their houses w ith stones. Up on litis, they no doubt culled in the magistracy ;— and this being set at deflance, the local militia was probably next summoned by them to quell the riot. One wuuld have thought that to llie youths of this sent of learfliiig.thc sad consequence of a much more limited disorder a few years since would have been admonition enough : a Professor of the greatest merit lull upon that occasion, assassinated by the hand of a wild and reckless boy, who sho. him in a drunken frolic. It is true that, in the Institution, the attempt orig inally to realize one of the philosophic ideas of its founder. Mr. Jefl'erson—that boys, as well as men, hud heretofore be 11 governed too much, and that the only discipline Inr them ought lo be an individual pledge of honor—bus set on font practices and n spirit tiiut may, by tlie sort uf local transmission which often continues tiller the abrogation of wlm. gave rise to it, have been the cause, in part at least, of tliis disgraceful event. But the main mover it; a thing so otitrtigous can have been nothing less than that wild spirit of insubordination »liiclt polit ical agencies are every day spreading wide nml more widely over the country, until the vurf boys scorn all control, nil authority. When “Annexation” is in the ascendant ; w hen “Dorrism” is more than countenanced hy one of tite Croat purlieu of the country ; end when “Anti- Rent ism” is organising itself, wlmt'cun lie expected but that tiro untamed youth should cntcli 'lt« flame uf such freedom ? It was but to call the Faculty “Algerines,"and the boy-insurrection was quite as legitimate as that of Rhode Island. Further—From the Baltimore Clipper, April 25. Disgraceful Ajfc.it—Riot at the University of Virginia.—We learn from the Richmond Star of yesterday, that a disgraceful rint lias occurred at the University of Virginia, growing out of some ill.fettling between tlio students and Professor W. E. Rogers. It appears there is a Culuthumpi- an Band of students attached to the institution, who made it a point to disturb the Faculty a.most nightly, uttd that Prof. Rogers and another of the Faculty openly denounced the proceeding, which cause their houses to he mobbed. Tliu College windows and doors were also broken open, and on Friday night last an attempt was made to blow up the old trees around the building. Tnis made it necessary for tho facility tor.nll the police, and flit, ally the military, and the University is now, says the Star, in the possession of live Hundred soldiers, (citizens.) The students have held 11 meeting and pledged themselves to restore order if tho military be withdrawn, but the Faculty say they require something more than pledges. Hon. W. C. Rives addressed the Faculty and Students Oil .Monday up- nit the subject. Most of tho students have left; the Faculty, it is understood, will resign ; und for the present tho College appears to he broken up. National Intelligencer. The Bowery theatre limned Again. INew York, April 20, The disagreeable duty of again, for tiie lourlli lime, announcing the to ai dosirueiio'i of the Bow ery Theatre by lire, devolves upon the New' York press this morning ; lout large edtlicu having, will; tilt its diversified and valuable properties and con tents, buen devoted to the flumes beta eett 6 and 8 last evening. The fire broke out about a quarter past five o’clock—one repurl said it, the carpenter's room, another in tin.' gas room—and In an almost incredible short space of lime had spread through and enveloped tlie enliro building. With a fury which it was beyond all human power to check, much less subdue, tho devouring element pursued its course of deal ruction till every combustible inch in and about the btitijinc bad beau reduced to aslv es and the greater part of tlte towering walls lay in pile* of rubbish. Whilst the terrific conflagration was raging, torrents of cinders were thrown from the burning mass, and scattered line hail nver tile, surrounding blocks. composed, principally, of old wooden andjltighly combust itrie hit.tilings.from which the occupants hastened with Ilnur I'unmuru in mo mentary expectation of seeing them a prey In fl tines. Happily, however bv the extraordinary and almost incredible exertions of the lire depart- ntent. the flames were prevented from i'.rossiiig,I5li zahelh street, and besides the them re, a lew ad. joining buildings only,on the B every uttJ Eliza- Detli'slrirel, were somewhat damaged. It is understood that the loss w ill fall principally on T-8. Hamblin and James R. Whiting. Toe funner probably, had invested, in stork and prop orllos, scarcely less than 803,000, while the latter had, we heurd, about 810.000 worth of stock.— Besides, a number of other stockholders, repre senting about $ 15.000 have sull'rred. Thus wo miy set down the total loss at 8S5.000. Upon this we are led to believe that there is no insurance.— The American companies huve reftiscil to insure the theatre, we know ; and, upon tins account, ma ny of the former siuckltolders gra ually withdrew front their proprietorship, so that thu stock for 810,000 above mentioned is supposed to Imvu been purchased ut reduced prices. There is n report, however, thui insurance had bi'iot efl'ci'led in some E iglislt office, hut we consider this jmprobuble. Nothing ol uuy consequence, if any thing at all, was saved from the building, so that the company’s wardroue, as well us that belonging to the Theatre, was entirely consumed. The scene wits one of intense excitement. At tlte height of the fire every nvemio towards it wits crowded with men, women, and children. At the hack of the theatre,where the population is exceed, ingly dense, people were to bn seen in greut num ber* slriviim and rushing through the crowd with articles of furniture, beds, Inhles, and every thing rise tnoveahl# carrying them to places ol sufely.— The wind wus high, and Itttd the flames communi cated to the block on the other side of Elizabeth- ■Ireet.lltey would huve uo doubt swept olf the frame buildings und shells by which it is covered, like tin. der. Owing to tint pressing of tho immense crowd, the firemen were not able to worn us rendilv as was desirable, but ua it was did wonders, in keeping tlio devastating element within the build, ing where it originated.—Morning News. PtrrsBORO. — An idea of tho intense boat of the fire which desolated Pil'slinrgh may be interred from tlte fact that, in aume ol the iron stores noils were melted together, und large chain cable* con glomerated into one mass. We see it slated in llie Pittsburg Gazctlo that the Iraosportnlion business is going tot in tiiut city with gtont activity, having suffered no suspension, One of tlte papers contains the following account of 0 praiseworthy presence of mind and energy exhibited by a lady of that city : Tit# vary able government of the wife of the his speuclt stud- “Alllniiigh lie should not wish to see this 11 per. intinciit tax, still if uuy inisf'oittiiie should urine, il any breach of peace should take place, it would he satisfactory to think that the country would not be thrown back on tiie evils of the old funded sys tem. If the honor of tlte country sit old he assail ed—he cured not from what quarter the ttsstiull m the menace might proceed—then tiie country would willingly und cheerfully screw up the income lux to u tenth of the income, although it was now only as three in one hundred, lie looked forward w ith horror ami dismay to the possibility of peace being broken , bet. if that should uoforltiuntely be the ettse, lie should look forward w ith exulting coiili- rfuneo n.*i only lo iho capacity of thu country to en dure these additional burdens, but on '.Its ebuorfu 1 loyally and patriotism of the people unanimously us magnanimously lo undergo them. “And when he found that in some quarter of the world tiieie had, by some accident of fortune. In en lilted up front obscurity the most profound to a prominent position individuals, w ho had made it their first beast, upon emerging front dm kill's, i: to light, that all the might of nations is mere compar ative and rclalivo might, that unrighteousness ex- ultetii a people, that injustice and dishonesty tire tho best policy, tiiut the most sacred institutions o! a country, which ail men ought in cherish, are those which make one part of its population the slaves uud chattels of another; men who look up oil all public right as only to be considered with re* lerence to Convenience, and the payment of je-l debts, only a duty wlientlmt duty can be performed, without incommoding the parties who put ; actu ally holding that their business in the Government is to gratify and pander to the base sl {Missions ol 1I10 mob ilmt have lifted them up ; when he found there were men who if any day passed over ihoir heads without a refusal lo pay debts that were just lv due, any day without encroaching on tho right of nations as independent ns themselves, when he found such men complaining mat they had lo.-i n day ; then ho considered it extremely desirable that this country should have such a resoureivsueh a mighty resource ns tiie properly lax, which might he increased as occasion should demand, und bv the increase of which we could repel till insults preserve our riguis and maintain the honor of the nation. (Hear, hear.) "lie had the greatest confidence in the justice humanity and good sense ol the American people. (Hear.) He had us yet seen nothing to shake that Confidence or to weaken the ufFreiion which he fell for them ; and he hoped and trusted that the smii ments, which he hud seen with disgust, ami which ne should have seen with disdain, if lm hud thougot they were shared in by that great nuiion—he Imped that these feelings would lie repudiated hy them, if he might use an expression which of hue had been much misapplied, and that it would ho tile only led ing which limy would he disposed any longer to lerudiuie. (Hear and n laugh.)” Old Ironsides.— I'm* otiicors on board this old ship, hound for llie East Indies huve macTh a delight- ltd trip, and a favorable and healthy pussage, up to the last dales, which have been duly given in tins paper. They write in fine spirits, und If we mi--, take not, some of tun journals which tho most in dustrious among them are keeping, ami of which we huve iucideiillally heard will furnish many in teresting and instructive details upon the return of the frigate, Tho good ship was leaving Zinzihar at the last accounts, ami we huve been permiiied to copy the following extract from a private letter bv one of the officers loa relative in this city, dated from that island : "Zinzihar contains n population of 130.000 souls > / •> % TV Col. King n Pat ft*. iVe, wen* certain, when utir dr*fn*£o1$Md fellow citizen, Col. King, took up hisjquurkmtf ut the French capiiol, us American (liuinler. that lip would nm Ort wanting, hi miy o f me courtesies and hospitalities which became the typpruMUiiniivu of our government ubroud. The following account is furnished, by tlio Paris corrfspontimii of tho Newark Advertiser, of a Ball given hy him, on the 22-I February lust, in honor of iho birth day of Washington, We are sorry to perceive that the Colonel has hern in had health during his residence in France. Wo hud heard so helme : Lu>tevening (Feb 24tli,) wns passed by most of the Ainorieun* in Paris m the sumo manner, as they have been nceiMmned to spend fit home tho anniversary of the birth day of WaHiingtuti. M r. King,our excellent .Minister ut the Conn ot France opened his house on ihi* occasion for the reception of tiie Americans in Paris, and Mich as were in* ten-sled in ilm we/fuieof America. This was iho first ball dial Ins health has permitted him to give this winter. I mink, since his arrival in tho country. Unfortunately, ihe change from tho dry und warm atmosphere of his own State to this constantly damp ami cold ciiy, pievcnis his seeing his countrymen so often ns hi* natural hospitality would dictate. At this time, how ever the Americans in Puns won? collected together Ibr dm first time, l found sov era! old acquaintances nml townsmen, who l in-n- gined tube still at home, where 1 had left diem. It »vas quite lute, lie i** eleven o’clock, when ! arrived, having boon detained by the breaking down of my hack. As l entered the spacious «pui lnirnis, and saw the graceful fortes in the mazes of the whirl- ing vvabz, I did not think the Americans were far behind the French either in beauty or any other respect. The only ornament to the rooms was a portrait of Washington, n copy by Htulv from iho celebrated original, belonging, I believe, hut nm nm sure, to Lord Lunsdowoo. It was at any ale a portiait to he of the incomparable Washington, and that was enough to arouse ail our patiiotic ar dor. li is strange how little the French know of this grout man. One of them, ou reading my in vitation, which stated that it was in honor of the? hiidt of Washington, veiy jnquisi'ively naked* '* Vashingion, Vashington, qui esl cel Vushi.igton, la ?” Here were fair examples of the grace and beau ty of the cities of N\*w York, Philadelphia. Host on . Charleston, New Ormans, as well as specimens ul nubility and sialion in the persons of the Princrt and Princess do Joinville, Duke de Mooipe osier,, the Austrian, Prussian ; and other represontaiivcs at this Court, ami many of the nobility of England and other cotiiiit ies, The news of tiie decease of iho brother of the British Ambassador prevented the attendance of Lord Cowley—1 had the honor of duncing Ihe Polka several times with a pretty, graceful, and animaied grand daughter of (Jen. LaFuyeltP. Tins pro ent Consul, Mr. WnMi* tho Ex-Consul, Mr. Draper, and their families worn among the guests. Mens. Guizot, whose* health w ould not u'low Imn to he there in person, ecu: Ins. regrets, stutiug his great respect for the memory ol live illustrious American patriot. An excellent table in mi ndjoinieg room loaded with every delicacy, allowed tho guests to refresh lH&mselves as liny w idled. Behind it the head servant of Mr. King directed his assistants, lie i« a tall intelligent negro, uud appears devotedly attached to hi* muster. I said to him one day. "I am very glad to see yoti.it looks to me so much like home.” "Ah yes,” but it is not homo ; i *hall he glad lo return.” Plus man, though free, and in a country where the blacks and whites are on an equal fuming, /.ml heatiiiful while women tire oc casionally seen promenading arm inarm with them in the streets, though gratified here with hav ing numerous while servants under his direction, still prefers his southern home with nil llie degra daiions to which lie is there exposed. At four o’, ciock the hull broke up, the orchestra play ing *11 tii Columbia/ The American Minister is about to exchange this house Ibr u smaller. His expenses, tliouu h giving lew dinner parties and no balls, amount j«*j scarcely leas than seventy dollars a day. Ti.e- wood biii ulone fora year is fourteen hundred dol lars! 1 was mi tiie point ol exclaiming, incre ase I ip salaries of the French and English umhass-a. dors, or else uhoILh their offices, win r» u sudden • bought checked my indignation. How many nr*o have saciifieed, und are sacrificing their ease, ami l am afraid in some cases, their consciences, too, at home, in order lo obtain these same costly but honorable offices abroad ! W0m.eans, Apri 1 25/ ^ (mow thbncayunk.) l ate tram Texas. By the airiv*) at. n late hour Lit night of thu steniiv shipjobn 8. APKiui, Capt. Lewi?* 73 hours from Gal veston, we arc in receipt of full tiles of Houston ftad Galveston papers. The President lias issued his proclamation enliven- ing Congress oil Monday, live I0tlt day of Juno next.— We learn from tho proclamation that ilie Government of the United States nas selected ilm first and second sections of (lie resolutions (Brown’s) as the basis lor co FUiiiin iting the proposed union. The euihu.siasui of the friends of Annexation is bearing dovvn all opposition. The people have taken th • measure in their own hands. At a meeting held in Washmgt»m county, strong resolutions were passed in favor of muiediaie annexation, "without reference to }<f proposed annexation; Aod, wherfcft*ih« Prtsideiit of th* United Bute* lias .•elecicd the Jirs( fn4 Mcond section* of the rwsolu- lions ai such ba*ia, and notified this Government thereof. (Hero follow tho Rnaolutiona passed by thu United States Congrosa for tho Annexation of Texas. | And, whereas, the premises, requiring the aolemn deliberation and action of the Representatives of ihe people, form au extraordinary occasion fur convening tho Congress of tho Republic. Therefore, be ii known, that I ANSON JONES, President of tlio Republic of Texas, by virtue of llie power vested in me by tlio ConstUulion, do. by ih» ae presents, require that the Senators and Represent*, lives to Congress of this Republic, shall assemble in special session, at the Town of Washington, in the the wishes or conciirronco of any foreign or European Otnuy of Washington, ou Monday the sixteenth day oj power und calling ou tlio President to convene Con. gross immediately. The meeting also recommended lo the citizens <*f the Republic, in case the President did not convene Congress, to m**oj as soon as possible in Convention to ratify the Joint Resolutions and forma State Constitution Mr. E. Allen, Attorney Gen eral, who was present, objected to the lone ol the reso lutions- ' Mr. Scurry, in reply, intimated that the citi zens of the Republic might yet become blill more im patient of tlio delay of the President in convening Coil , gross, and adopt meat>ures much more violent tin*n I tliosu rectMiunnuLd in the resolutions. The resolutions ; were unanimously adopted. Gen. M. Hunt, Dr. J.C. Clmlmer*., Judge Ewing, R. \V. Williamson, J. B. i Wnkms, and other prominent gentlemen participated J in the proceedings. The President issued his procla* | mat ion mi ills following day. The Whirlwind Sweeps Onward.—From every Fee lion of the Republic (-ays the Houston Telegraph of Jane next ensuing, then and there to receive such com munications as maybe made to them, and in consult and determine on such measures as iheir wisdom may be deemed meet for tho welfare of Texas In testimony wh* roof, I have caused the Great Seal of the. Republic to he hereunto affixed. Done [l. s. j at the Town of Washington, this fifteenth day of April, in tho year of ouc Lord one ih'Uisaiul eight hundred and forty-five, and of tho Repub. iic the tent Ii. ANSON JONES. By the President: Abn’r. Allen. Acting Secretary of State. The Anticipated War* ! We have given up a considerable portion of our pa. ; per Jo day lo the "Opinions of ihe British Press,” und i additional news received by the Caledonia. Our rela tions with Great Britain are, to say the least, in a most the lOlli iusl.) we heard but the continued roarol plau i anom;l ! ulls a ,,j delicate position—iho result we believe, 3,18, ns tlio pcopW; assemble ill county after cauiity lo t m . tj „ tv „ f ,| l0 felly ai.U incapacity ol our present Chief testily llie,r approbation of tho terms of annexation ol- i Magistrate. iored by thu American government. I ho thunders ol j 'pin. excitement in the British Parliament, be it re- apphusc resound on every side. Iho wnirlw'ind ol membered, is based upon sotno remarks in Mr. Polk’s public opinion has swept down all opposing, and j Inaugural Address, in regard to th- Ore few* opponents of annexation have lurue l with dismay from the contest, if contests it could he called, when the j opponents of this great measure only looked around them once to survey the field, and cry "all is Ids’.” In Jasper and .T« fierson it is said there is scarcely one mm opposed to the measure. In Roberismn, only five or six. Jo the great counties ofS.m Augustine, Naeog. doilies and Moiigomery, it is estimat'd that the iinjur- i.y in favor of am.oxRiio., ex" e.-.J* two llmurand A-1 .i‘h.ms‘e 1 f f.Vr'i'h'.V mnm.Mii. and imagm".! t'lVat' lns °,"S a hole i.icnf Ilio c.ounlo s on Urn Brazos, Color- a(ldrUM was j,.,coded solely for iho people of Buncmbo. " aml C V .a.i;. uufe there .* freely a d,88e..lmo , lu;ly bo Ml down as Jolly No. 1, of his »dm:n,s!ra. voice except in Iho little hamlet of W ishmgton. Even 1 • •• question, then a subject of negotiation between the Representa. lives of the two Governments. The allusion was, to say the least, indelicate and ill-judged. Mr. IV, m his new position, was not able to divest himself of his old tricks—he had been so long accustomed to play tlie demagogue before thu "young Democracy” ol Tennes see—and to boast of the lessons ho would teach John Bu i oil h;s accession to power—that lie seems to have the officers ut government now declare that the torrent of public opiiion is TresistilLe, and they are bending bencat i it. We have learned with pleasure that the S-xrotary of the Treasury has siat< d that lie is in favor of annex it ion, and is willing to accept, the propositions of Mr. Brown. The Secretary of State, we are told, J has written hack lo the Prcsuhvnt and informed hnn that it is useless to delay the measure, and that the pop. ular enthusiasm is irresistible. Even the Washing ton Register is compelled to change its course and veer about to the popular current. It is now reported | ihat an ex ra session of Congress will be held on the ' 1st of June. Long before that time tho people in /each of the counties of the It public will have ex- I pressed their entire assent to tho terms offered by \ the American government. S.nco it i.s now admitted ky« very officer of the government ilia: it is impns* e to pri.'vent i ilm consume ‘a*ion of this greai 111-01 isure, why shon ild there bj any delay? Cannot (.’oiigresH act upon tins subject hy llie middle ot Mil! f as well a* on thn first of June 1 We have yet' confidence in tho Prt.sid< ..‘it that lie will not Earthquake in Mexico—The New Otic JJulIvlin ot tho 21st inst, ufter giving the N 1 from Mexico which appeared iu our paper of II urdny, says : "Since writing the nhove, wo have been kin t,l " ok ’" f •Ii» d »rk0st lino, some n.uiv.-M ..| l f„ rnis | lel , |, y u nu'ii'lmut ul ll.is oily, with the N Hindustan, Hilda few Arabs, who are lords of 'he Cruzannof tht-12'h .:oiilainii.u tin, soil. I 1 ~ 1 1 — - 1 : -* 1 J -' *' 1 coast of men of war. ••While engaged the other day in sketching the front of Inmuni’s palace, who should pop out limn behind un orange tree, but the chief of thu rnttchs ? lie was an Abhysiuinn slave, hut a hundsorne well, dressed young man, entirely different from my pre. conceived notions of a chief eunuch* 1 imagine you think ho wus an ugly old black rascal. lie was no such thing, but u smiling, courteous you jg mail, who sent a little nigger for fresh cocoa nuts, and cutting off the tops presented each ot ,R.Hn,Hnrlnfew Arabs, who are lords of the Cruzanoof theiS-h containing thu ncciv.ni of an I ho Sultan own. besides tlifo island, the Eu,t | nw j ui Earthquake w Inch desolated the city of M vx- of Africans far us Persia,and has a fleet of| icu oll 7lll "At llie moment we write,says tiie Siglo of the Bill, the iiihnbilanls of the capital of the reput .lit: are still under the influence ol* tho horrois e.\ci ted by the earthquake of yesterday, the disastrous vf tents of w iiicii we are stiil imperfectly acquain ted with. “Yesterday nt 52 minutes past three o’clock* P. M., the osc'vilatioi s began, slight nt first and ti' eti stronger. I no direction of the motion nppearcc! to North and Somh. Ii lasted about two minutes. — with about a pint of the most cool and refreshing! ^ * ,e shocks were terrible, nothing like them was beverage contained in them. You would haw* f,V(>r experienceM beiore, and the condition of t m been amused with our dinner at tlio Sultan’s tin* I buildings loo .surely proves tho absence ol all ex- other day. It was literally a feed iu presence of aggorution. his Highness, und the Court* asof course the M »-j “We were by clmnce upon the great square at liometuns could not eat with infidels. 'Hie table | the time, und w« witnessed n spectacle not easily was completely cover with vivunds—three g .nts j | 0 ,gotten. Iu an iustaiit the multitude, but a n .o- rotisted whole, were surrounded by the most Inr- ! meut previous liaiupiil and listless were upon their baric profusion of fruits, fowls, preserves, flit ers, j knees praying ;o the Aunigh'.y and counting w n.ii nuxiuiy the shocks wInch threatened to convert il.o most Denutifut city in tlie New World into u vast theatre of rums. custard, rice. &c. all cooked after the Arab fash ion ; no winoof course, but goblets of rose water. Tho feast wound up with some delicious Mucha coffee, sweetened with sugar candy, followed bv a goblet of cocoa-nut milk. We were waited on by Abyssiniun eunuchs, arrayed in tho most ariental The chains surrounding the portico wore viole nt. ly agitated ; the 11 »gs of the pavement yawned i siyf*. ouch dressed in while tiirh.m and while mule "' e " H b * 1 " <'0«"»t' uli y. *'•« bnihlinp.- nml I,.ft, ml with a superb dagger .luck in the bull ; thu uMrhi.-i ! h , c ”. -! C l! loukud on and smiledbenignunlly.—Boston Trans cript. Freak of Fashion !—Greut demand for Coffee Bags.— We must tell our tenders, a. we are Imunil lo give them all llie news, but we beseech id'them never lo mention it again, that il has recently been discovered in this ami a neighboring city. Ilia! enf. fee bags aye, thn very coarsest sort of bark coffee hags—are excellent substitutes fur bustles—they stick mil so beautifully,ns lo bo the very thing— the long sought desideratum, for remedying that particular n.ilurul defect in thu female form divine, discovered posterior to tlio time when the made notion prevailed, that ‘'beauty unadorned was n- dorned the m ist,’’which neither ling, of bran, nor toe, norcnllou. nor feathers could ever eflccl ; und nur fashionable ladies are now coming to regnrd them us an indispensable nrlicle of dress ! The result is, that there has been a rise upon the uriicle in our inarknt of nt least fifty per cent. We found out the secret when we commenced packing up tlio Laws. Coflce bags bad been used fir tliis purpose from time immemorial; and on application to our merchants for it supply of them, guess our surprise, when we pumped out of them the astounding truth, that they had all been monopolised hy the ladies ns tin article of dress, for tho purpose of completing ihe heauiv and wn.p like proportions of their fig ores. From what we sec uf their ellVcls in li.i- iino, and from the swelling specimens of fashion which appear In tlio Inst Columbian Mognzino, we cannot tell how long it will be before tlio dimen .ions of the dress of a fashionable Indy will bn so extended a* to preclude the possibility of getting within fpatking distance of her '.—Raleigh Star. which crowns the sun mil of the cathedral viliru ted with astonishing rapidity. At 50 minutes pa.si 3 die movement hud ceased. “Ii is impossible yet lo ascertain the extent o r destruction. Noi n house or door hot bears the marks of this terrible calamity. Many of them are cmcked and greatly injured, others are lott er- ing.und others entirely fallen; San Lorenzo. La Misericordin. Tunipnnte, Xnpo and Nictoriit streets and the Grand street have particularly suffered.— The aqueducts were broken in several p uces. T he bridge of Texontlalu Is demolished- The hospi ml of St. L izurus is in mins, and the churches of S an Lorenzo and Sim Ferdinand greatly ii jured. The magnificent chapel of Saint Teresa no longer o.x- ist. At the first shock, the cupola, a building of as. Imiishiog strength und great beiuly, fell, ami was soon followed by tlie vault beneath the tabernacle, and the ttiberuucle itself. “Fortunately all these in a church an much fre quented, succeeded iu escaping. At eight o’clock last evening, seiontcen persons hud been taken lrmn tlte ruins of other buildings, and carried to the Hospital. “ At three-quarters pnst six. and a quarter past seven, two more shocks were felt. They wure, however, slight, und occasioned nothing but a tem porary renewal of terror. “The authorities did overy thing that zeal nnct humanity could suggest, locarry It dp to the victim, mid restore tiie aqueducts which furnish water to tho city." The whole story may be true; but our prirai* opinion is, that it looks rather “fishy." rosnrt nt this crisis to any procrastinating policy to i tl t ’ it tin* measure. Th • dm is < a-u. It is 'he decree ' ol' destiny that this great w. rk shall bo ConHUiriniHt. ed ; and tho puny hand oi’ nun might as well be uplifted to turn back the clouds as to turn back | public opinions on Hus question. Wu rejoice that i the Pros d»»nt and Cabinet have d-'Merniined to curry t out the iv ill of the pr Dpio. All parties can not unite \ with cordiality in advancing this great measure. Tin* people will art with tiie government and the govern ment wfll act with tho people. Ii.moony, order and good feelings wi I prevail on every side, and we will have the proud satisfaction that we shall return as a band of brothers to our "fatuep.-land.” It was rumored nttlio seat of Govt rmnent that com munications had been received from Gen. Arista, b\ way ot Corpus Christ and Bexar, convoying assurances that the new government of Mexico is disposed to treat with T-xas upon the basis of Iudepondanc.e, Siui.lar despatches we learn wore received from Vera Cruz bv the Eurydico. It is- rumored also that the despatches for thu* purpose were sent back to Vera Cruz hy a Bri tish vessel. So says the Houston Star ol lOtlnnst. Tin* Hi n. Aslibel Smith, who passed through tins c»ty some u.u days since. Ins been reappointed Chairge d*Affaires of tiie Republic of Texas in France and England, ai.d was proceeding lo assume the duti.-s of Ins "office. 'Plie office ol Secretary ot State, made va. cant by tbi* 5 appointment, will he taken by tho IIoii; Eb nezor Allen, now Attorney General. Information had reached Galveston of the total loss of the sloop "II. L. Kinney.** In attempting to enter the Pass" Cavallo with a head wind and heavy sea, she ran upon Pelican Island, and so >u became so imbedded in tiie quick-sand tiiut all attempt to got her off were unavailing. A party of Indians, supposed to have been Creeks or Cherokee* trmii the United State*, lato : y attacked a settlement in tho Cio-s Timbers, and in tlio skirmish which ensued an old gentleman named Underwood, his son and a boy named Price, were killed. Several In- tiians a'so were killed. I The (.teamer "Lady Byran” Ins boon raised from I tlio bed "I the Bruzos river, and is expected to ply [ once mure upon that stream. (from THE BULLETIN. OF SAM F. DATE. | j President Jones h .d issued a pvoc.aov.it,on appoint* . ing the Congress to meet on tho Sixteenth day of June. t ioconsider theresolu!tons of the U. S. Congress for I tlir Annexation of Texas ; previous t > which, judging 1 liom thn alacrity with which the British war vessels ] s HI with despatches from Vera Cruz to Galveston and j rice versa, it is expected the propositions ut tho | can Government and its ally or allies will appear m }some tangible shape*. The sentiments ol the Texan nation can ho best gleaned by a perns tl of the resolu tions passed at a meeting held ut the town of Brouhan , 1 hi Washington County—which were carried, although the lion. E ienez^r Allen, Attorney General of the j Republic and acting Secretary ol State, spoke in dib- j approbnt.en of the aaino. "/?« *7 Unsolved, That, this meeting approves of the ^ Annexation ot Texas to the United Stales on the basis I of the joint resoiutiuus passed by the Congress of that country. "Be il Rcsnhcd,Tint the Executive be requested to use all means' wtlun h;s power, to effect llie annexation ot j Texas to the United Slate*, upon th • basis of tne joint resolution atonsa.d, with the u’most promptness. *Be it iic&olred, That inasmuch as the Government oJ the (Jni’ed Slates has given its ultimatum ou tins subject, that secresy on the part ol the Executive tends only to embarrass tins subject,* without producing any beneficial effect. "Be it Resolved, That if the President of the R»*pu tio». Whether lie wnl he s.tuple enough to persist m it remains to be seen. All the Democratic papers re ceived yesterday, with the exception of the Globe, per haps not taken their cue proper.y, speak of the matter in an evidently sundiii’d tone. They seem »o regard it wit ii about ihe same indifference toat they did the pull mg of Mr. l J, s nose by Henry A. Wise—as a matter of course—a tiling lo have been expected 'They talk calmly and composed.y about Hip pacific relations which have subsisted between the two Governments for thirty years. They imagine that because it is to be the inter cst. of boil) countries lo avoid a war, therclore u will be avoided. Tins miy be the case. But the Globe, uow the recognised organ of the new administration, puis on a bolder free, and giving a review of the news, coil eludes thus : ‘•Ours is not now the office to advise the President, much less to speak hi< counsels. But we sincerely dt*. dare the wish noil the belief that every patriots heart cud hand in the Union will be lifted high in support of Ins resoltu on, it he shall meet that of England as it should be met. A< the great rival which hast’vice foil, ed her power, the handily mistress ol Asia and Eti- rope has r< solved that Hie United State* shall now en- counter lu r accumulated forces or succumb. May the Government of our country take tho high resolve of Rome, and duty the immense means of our modern Car thage, although under the direction of the greatest po. Iitical and military sagacity and experience that ever presided over h**r councils. If we have preserved the virtues wo inherited, a third punic war will ho as fatal to the modern as it was to tho ancient mistress of the There is one feature of this quest on which we have not seen alluded to iu any of our exchanges except the Boston Advertiser. It is this. Oregon is not really tlio question at issue, though it is evidently for some se cret purpose made so hy tho British Government. When the quest oil in regard to taking possession was pending before Congress, there was some cause of com plaint—but after it had failed m that body—after even the resolution to terminate the joint occupancy had fal- leu, and Congress had adjourned, it seems rat her singu lar that Sir Robert Peel ami the Ministry should have so seriously regarded the expression of Mr. Polk as in dicative of the policy of this country. It looks as if their card h id been already selected, a* if they were determined 10 play it at all hazards. It looks an* if they were resolved upon a rupture for some other cause, mid were only making tins the pretext for the outbreak. Such a view of tlio subject is calculated to excite seri ous apprehensions as to Iho future. The tone of the parliamentary speeches and of the British Press, may be regarded as equivocal—as half temperate and half insolent—as intended to provoke a difficulty, mid vet cautiously so worded as to place the anus on our shoul ders. In foreign countries their position will bo re garded as haugiity and overbearing; and what i6 worse, we fear thn rebuke of the American President will be looked upon as deservedly severe. Whatever may be the result, we trust that the American people may bo able to draw a lesson of wisdon from it — that they may more clearly see the necessity of placing men of pru dence, of capacity, and nerve, at the head of affairs. The language of Hie demagogue is not suite t to the inouili ol the high Executive fuuct ormry—it is not »ho recognized medium of communication between the di plomatic representatives of sovereign powers. 'The Young Hickory has been in office not vet two months, and yet we find him with three quasi wars upon lu* hand*. Mexico, England and Br-iz I, htp all standing on tne alert, ready to pounce upon u* at a moment's warning. Surely it we may judge from present appear ances, we are lo have a stormy tune of it. One thing in the matter is to he deeply regretted, viz: that the country has been preeipitaL d upon the verge of a war by the very party vv hose policy has tended to unfit us lor meeting the foe on any thing like equal terms. With a navy half manned and equipped, and an army almost disbanded, with our harbor and river defences ul lei ly neglected, wo can hope only for disaster in the early part ol the conflict, should it come. The effect of this English news upon Mexico will be electrical. It will, in ail probability drive her at once from her pre sent attitude into one of open hostility. olution "licit Resolved, 'That in the opinion of this meeting it is the duly of the President of tins Republic, to con Mimmate the measure of Annexation to the United [ S ares. Without reference to the wishes of concurrence * of any foreign or European power. 'The Houston Morning Smr lias the following intel ligence winch is significantly hinted at in the above resolutions. "We learn that our government lias recently receiv ed communications from G n. Arista, by way of Corpus Clinsti and Bexar.conveying assurrances that the new Government of Mexico is disposed to treat with Texas upon the basis of Independence Sumlar despatches, we learn were received from Vera Cruz by tho Eury dice about a fortnight since, anJ it is rumored that the British Minister in Mexico, will soon induce the Mexican government to presmit definite proposition* lor tho adjustment of all difficulties between the two countries. It is rumored also, that our government has answered th* so communications, and Hie dispatch es for this purpose wore sent back to Vera Cruz by a Bril iff Ii vessel. It is expected that the final pro. positions of the Mexican government will be receiv ed here about tho middle of June, or by tho first of !Ty." The following i* tlio proclamation of President An- sun Junes calling an extra mauling uf Congress .* By the President of the Republic of Texas. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, since the close of Iho last session of Cmtl'K'sH, a Joint Resolution respecting the Annexa tion of Texas to the United States, hat by (heir Cun-. Cress been adopted, authorizing the President of the | I total you Important vJtfgu uevr* tin. morion. '. oceiptuf winch yr.tordsy ev.uipg |, v the W f,j‘ ruin, threw Hie city mtu so unusual state of • ithvuyh tiie ulusuqj uf Wall stroot for the day d any m,infestations yi that quarter. You wUt ■itiiplete accounts of every tiling ot interest in ,r 'iiiglish pa pur* 1 rend you. * Tho nature of our rotation* w ith Groat Britain bp o asfiuino a momentous importance, and tlio nt-vit' •aived by the Caledonia was like a soda powder tbro^ nto a glass of wafer. The Texas question in vitli comparative indifference in England ; but u te ci •gou business threatens somewhat loudly. , r * reo that in the debate on (Ins subject m the iJny^Jj Commons flit? Minister took unusual pain* fo pi^ c J i Government in a calm and dignified aspect, and caret l iy ch ared the way before nim a* if deliberately r , a 0 L j on serious and earnest action, in view n cl . r i 4 j D . , oo probable contingencies. Indeed, ilm Ihii^j,®®} he Brenner is significant enough, and the mannsr ■ winch it was received (with a’burst of applnusc'h " les of the House) sufficiently indicates tl„. J* both sides i mg with which they wnl be met, should any ately arrive. *1 feel it,” says Sir Robert lVr|,‘-j • t my imperative duty, on the part of the Briiigf, (\ eminent lo statu, in langHago the most temperate but*' • he same tune the most decided, that wu consider a* have rights respecting line territory of Oregon w| l are clear and irresiafalde. * * * * If'ourngS! are invaded, we *ue resolved—and we are picpanJlu maintain them.” The spirit of an article in u Je v:' (which I send you) tallies exactly with this—coal,oS determined—no blunter—mat oid John Bull perppnj ularly; and when 1 add that ihe steamer warning a d*iy in order to forward tins debate, hy tlieexiireug der of the Governments ami that Colton inmiediatelt rose and shares fell—you will be enabled to form your opinions. } The iimnediare ground of this new language on th* part of the Briiish Government, is the tone ", ttl . President Folk referred lo thn subject of Oregon i n !,„ message, while the negotiations with the Br.tish M .ster was st.i!l going ou. The excresHion* in q ie mp ^ sage are regarded in thu light ol an uisuit; and it , llU| J be confessed that, not to allude to thu intrinsic n^,. of the controversy respecting Oregon, the |>(miiion u which our Government is placed at this Moment ttri . strongly of humiliation. You will also find an interesting debate on the right of search, which questum begins in assume a iflweanj more interesting aspect. The policy of »S r Hubert however, oil tins point as well as regarding Tcxat, : .dently conciliatory—far too much so for E.rd 1*,^ ston and hi* party who loudly denounce tlm •• Guisoi concession*,” as they formerly did thu M A«libun«nc* pituUnions.” Sir Robert Peeldeniul ilia* the ngt t search was *>'f!peiided, but admitted that the Jj uc m Broglie mid Dr. Lushiiigton were engaged ui a router* once winch wa* likely to terminate iu some arrange, meut quite as efficacious ns the present. I ii consequence of the Oregon debate, and therviDD. ‘oms of approaching trouldcs, the Liverpool Cotlonu kot improved in feeling, and left off at full price*, a speculative action to some extent. Cotton was much the same at. tho close of tho week ending April 4. The market, had not, however, been uniformly steady, k lie early part of the week it was yielding, and price?of Vmericau lower. After it was ascertained ihatilw steamer had been detained by the Government the ef. loot on the market was immediate, and the fullrurrene* of the previous week was restored, with a larged'iimd for Ihe trad*? and for speculate n. At the close,bun. ocas whs well kept up, though without much excite, merit. 'The sales of the week were 50.450 bafos,of which 95U0 were on *[>•*(• ul.ition, and 2150 for export, Under the da»o ol April 5, noon, the rnirk-t wan qiiffit, oartly owing to llie trade having supplied tlisiiwelru freely, and partly on account of llie addttii.ua)du?ei imposed upon manufactured goods at Ca1cuit:«, The sale* ou the 4th were B0U0 hale*, and on the 5 Ii being Saturday, they were less. The quo! at inns for fair, were Up’ands 4{ Now Orleans and Alabama 4.J.I. The private letters were not delivered at ourPoMOf. fice last evening, much lo the nimoyance of tlinmer. chan’*. The news will probably bring tip our Colon market to day. Our Slock market is rapidly recovering it* firmiiPM; but the foreign news will be likely to beat it down again. 'There was a meeting at the Tabernacle last night i relation to the Pittsburg lire. John Joeuii Astui gavi $500. The weal her i* bright and glorious. Spring lias ope* ed upon us most deliciously. New Yodk, April 24, 1 q 45. 'The nows by the Caledonia did not appear to hart any very great effect on the Stock market yesterday.- Several description* declined slightly, but there wasM md eation ot a panic. The Cotton market wn* not active yesterday,tlienki reaching 1500 bales, with no market variation in price* Tlio full effect of thn Caledonia's nows, however,lot probably not transpired. The sales to day arc manly lor Liverpool. Buyers appear doubtful as iu tlniconti* uance of the upward feeling in England. Thequnti* turns yesterday, at the close of the market, wereaifvk lows : Upland* &. Fla. Molile&N.ft Inferior aj a 5 4.j a 5 Ordinary, 5] a 53 6j a 5} Middling, 5 h a 54 (i »(>.{ Middling fair, 6 a (i j 01 a lil Fair, f>i«o§ 7 »7j Good fair, 0i a 7 7.1 a 8 Fine, none ()" a 11 The sale* of the week ending March 29, were 17.0 To tiie Editors. Patent Office, April 24, 1845. Gentlemen i 1 notice in your paper of to-dnv au article in rclerenco to my roport, on which 1 wish in offer a tew suggestions. The crop of corn in TenuesKee is considered by the w riter of the letter mentioned m the urtiolo to he too large* lo respect to this, 1 would say that 1 nave tuiiy stated in preceding re pur is that mu es timate of iiieorojH was at first bused oil ihe census lie does not convene ; lie Congress on or before thn fourth ) of 1840, and the aim has been by the uid of such Monday in June next, we, a portion ot the people ol j data u» were to be procured to add or suhstrucl us Texas, recommend to the couiittct. Ilimugliout tlio R«* miiflit bo necessary,so ns toexliil.it, I'r nn year public, to meet as noun as prac,icabl*. at any point that j , (J ye|l a fajr vluw of lhe „ rMljve „, 0 inay be designed, in convention to r.itily said Joint Res- , . . to.. >. . olution ami n.nn a state constitution. | diffurcut products in each Stale. Lxacl accuracy could not bi exjieeted. nor is it of so much impor tance us to ascertuin how far the the country was furnished with tiie requisite supplies of llie most important fruits of the earth. Toe corn crop of Tennessee is well known to he large, and it is he. Ii, ved mat the past year was a very considerable udvauce on that of Ihe former years. The census crop for 1831) was neurly 45.OUU.000. Tile esii- mate for Ilmt of 1814, 01,000,000, an increase of only thirty five per cent, for. live years. With respect to tlio Tobacco crop of Marylnnd, a clerical error occured in transcribing the estim ates (or the table, by which the figures in the mill ionth pluce wore omitted. Tills was discovered and corrected in thegreuter number of copies, and no* lice of the fact published in the papers quite exten sively At the time. 'The error was of ilmt kind as corrected itself on the face of it, since scarcely any one could be supposed ignorant of the tact that Maryland is a large tobacco-growing Slate, and in Iho report itself u comparative estimate wus given iu respect to llie report of the previous year, which was over 20.000,000 pounds. You will do me the favor lo publish this, and I would also request oilier pupert in which those er. rots have been mentioned lo copy tlio same. Reaped fully, yours, H. L. ELLSWuRTH. Coinminiioncr of Patents. Nat. hit bale* ; do 5ili April. 15,000 ; do. I2di .\pr 10.00(1; do. 10th April, 7,500; suure to21»h Anri I, 4.500- A f * rived since 1st iust., 27,500 bale*. Ktiiorted wmo* time, 25 000 bales. Stock «>n liand mid on uliiphoaii not cleared, 50,000 bale*. Export from United Sut** to Great Britain since S -pt. 1, 928;930 1»hIr*—-ame * riod la*! year, C05.2J0—shjiio period in 1843.1.125.720- Total exports from the IJ. S. since S“pt. last, —same tune in 1841, 845 370—same time in 1843 b 400.624 Receinis at the principal ports of lhe Rij since Sept. In**. 2.090.470—vnrne tim- II. —same tunu 1843, 2,041 616. Freights are dull at 1 farthing for pquarcatnl 5 lbl for round. Litt'e was done yesterday in Foreign bills for die Western, and rates are dull. Sterling w Franc* 5, Oj a 5,25. The Great Western sails to day at 3 o’clock, beingdc* tainod until that hour for the purpose of carrying oil the Washington news by the Southern mail today. Fiske, who forged an endorsement on n draft nnl/fl* don, and was arrested on Sunday night, wn* dipcliarjw on habeas corpus, yesterdayi ami will probably try 1,1 off in the Western. The funeral of Alderman William* was attend** yesterday by a very largo concourse, proceeded by the Veruuu Lodge of Odd Fed lows, of winch he was an#®* ber. , 'The weather is cool and sunny, and the town 01 strangers. New York. April 25. A portion of the Pittsburgh Fire Commute'* evem g at »he Mayor’s office and romps red t Thu* far, upward* of $10,000 ha* been collected* is expected that the lull donation from New York * reach $25,000 'The Great Western sailed yesterday afternoon»p tushy at 3o’clock, but took out no later M**xiran Toxas new* than she would iiave do le had she** 1 the morning—the Southern mad having failed b*f Richmond. She had 144 passenger*. Mr. Bennett, of the Herald, was yesterday fined and costs lor a libel on Mr. Hunt, a counsellor *• The trial of Justice Drinker, of the Police commenced yesterday. The development* n ,ul look rattier startling. . Mr. Hutchinson’s gave their last Concert at bernaclo last evening- That immense building crammed to it* utmost capacity, over 5000 people probably in attendance. •#• We had a delicious rain storm last came down quite unexpectedly, but was none fit* welcome for that. Anderson is si ill drawing smashing houses ^ Park, and Booth goes along very steadily at Ik** House. . Tlio hill for calling n Slate Convention teamen Constitution ha* passed the Assembly and * doubtedly go through tho Senate. 'The que g "Convention or uo Convention” is to be voted torej people next November. The man supposed to be Webster tbe pir«t lurii* out to be a Mr. Veil, who w<»* in South A when the piracy on board tlio Sarah Lavinia vu* milted. - n There were some English 'order* for Cotton . market yesterday, and about 1500 bales change - without change in prices. The tendency, u any • * rather hi favor of the buyer, but it i* scarce/ Tho transaction* for Exchange by llie J arge, but llie market clo.ed wilh a plenluul •“Hr hi lie. Sterling W a 9J—Franc. 5.B6) • B.-&