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wmsw dhwiiicu & OLD SERIES, VOL. L I'HE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL IS rU»USHBD DAILY, TRI-WEBKLY, AND WEEKLY, BY J. W. & W. S. JONES, The Weekly Chronicle & Senlines IB rOEUSHED AT Three Dollars per annum —or one subscriber tw years, or two subscribers one year for >5. TH- IFuuWy paper, at Five Dollars per nnnum. Daily paper, at "fen Dollars per annum. Cash System.—ln no case will an order for the paper be attended to, unless accompanied with the money; and in every instance when the time for which any subscription may be paid, expires before the receipt of funds to renew the subscrip tion, the paper will be discontinued. Depreciated money received at its value in this city. &uvunicie ano jbtntmei. AUGUSTA. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 28. Decision. We copy from the Constitutionalist of yes terday the following report of a la:o decision of Judge Hillyer, al the request of the author. ’ It is indeed a novelcase, but to onr mind thede ctaton is based upon correct prittcjples. for it appears to us that tbe Interior Court was tran scending its authority in assuming to discharge a prisoner who had been imprisoned by the or der of an acknowledged higher tribunal. The duty of tbe Sheriff in this ease was one of very delicate responsibility, and before executing the order of the Inferior Court he should have as certained his duty iu the premises, and have re fused to execute the older. This course, it is true, would have placed him in contempt of the Interior Court, and had they endeavored to pun ish him for the alledged ■ contempt, .he whole case would have been carrried up to the Supe rior Court, when he would have been certainly released. If, however, the repot t of the case shall serve to make Inferior Courts more cau tious in the discharge of their duties it will doubtless be productive of good. Clarksville, April 20, 1843. Me. Guieu:—As the late decision of nis Hon or, Judge Hillyer, on a Rule against the Sheriff of this county’ mav be of interest to 'he pub lic, and save innocent persons from sustaining loss, I am sure you will readily give it a place in your widely' circulated paper. Ihe facts ol the ease bn wnichthe rule was predicated are as follows:—S. had obtained a judgement against . H. for some 12 or #lslO. To elude the pay ment of the money, or having no means to pay it H. sought’to take the benefit ol the act for the relief of honest debtors. His re turn was controverted, and the jury on tri al, found aver. -4 fraud and concealment, on widen the late Judge Harris ordered H. to be confined in jail, until he should pay the money, or be otherwise discharged according to law. Twelve months since, H, was broug.it before the Justices of me Interior Court, by a writ of habeas corpus, and discharged. At the Octo ber I’erm, 8. proceeded to nold the Sheriff lia ble, under a Rule ; and at the late Term of the Court, the Rule was made absolute; and the Sheriff held liable for the amount of the debt. 1 will not now trouble either you or the public with the ingenious devices, protestations of sin cerity, Ac. Ac., on the part of certain Barris ters, (who, for the present, may be nameless,) by which the Court was satisfied ot having ju risdiction; but it may not be improper to state, that S. was fullv apprised that an etiort to re lease H. wot;ld be made, when it was made, and he left home without saying yea or nay. It was likewise known to nearly every member of the bar, and had even been a subject matter Os conversation before his Honor, and yet* no one thought prop r to drop a hint, even by inuendo, to protect the innocent Sheriff: We would not be miaundej srJM J udge, pugning the correctness ot hisdecisioti. We 1 have heard, it is true, that one dicision was t made in a similar case, in direct opposi- I tion, and know that some of the first legal c gentlemen in the State differ with him; but to y our mind, his decision was reached by a chain of arguments conclusive and irresistible.— ( Our only object is to call the attention ot the t Justices of the Inferior Courts aud Sheriffs , throughout the country, to the decision just I made by Judge Hillyer, to w .t: That the Sheriff . is bound to obev all orders or processes issuing : from the Superior Court, and if he does not, he < will be held responsible; that an order or process t from an inferior judiciary' when in collision I with an orderor processfromthcSuperiorCourt js a nullity; that the Justices ot the Inferior - Court, sitting as a Habeas Corpus Court, or t otherwise, have no power to review, rescind, or i in any wise interfere, with the acts of the Super- t ior Court; that the Inferior Court, if it travels i out of its jurisdiction, and injury thereby accrue l to anv one, the members of the Court arc indi- < vidgally liable. All this seems to be in accord- ; ance with common sense: it may be law: but I what is law iu Richmond, is not law in Haber- 1 sham; the Judge’s construction of law, makes i the law, and he enforces it. Does such a state i of things exist in any other portion of enlighten ed christendom ! JUSTICE. ( . Specie, in New Orleans. The amount of specie received in 'New .Or leans from the Ist Seplentter 1842, to the 22nd April inst., is $8,487,199. The Charleston Courier of. yesterday says : The ship Gordiner. (of Gardiner) Bradstreet, hence for Liverpool, arrived below at Bath,(Me.), 21st inst., in distress, having sprung a leak—' r will have :o discharge. . Launch —The Charleston Courier of yester day says:—Was launched yesterday from the ship yard of Mr. Wm. Kirkwood, a lighter 90 feet long, 18 feet wide, capable of carrying 1000 bales of Cotton, jnd when loaded, not drawing more than 2 feet water.. She is built for the rer ain navigation of the Wateree at all stages of he river. ' rj’The Federal Union has placed the name of Hon. John C. Calhoun at its Editorial head— he being the first choice of the Editors tor the next Presidency. , - . Ths Texas Mutineers.—The Picayune of Saturday the 22d inst. says:—We leant, from authority entitled to all credit, that Landois. Hudgins, Allen and Simpson, four of the Texan mutineers, were hung yesterday on boaid the Austin. Barrington and Keenan were sentenced to receive one bun Ircd lashes each, and Wil- ■ liams fifty. Chinese Arrrrupt.—Lieut. Murray, in his Doings in China, gives the following proof ofthe aptitude for civilization possessed by the Juve nile branches of the Celestials:—“The chiluren are very intelligent and sharp; they pick up English easy. Almost all the young black guards about this place could swear in rent good English.' Wearing Wkafons.—We have ever regar ded, says the Savannah Republican, the prac tice of wearing arms of any description in a civilized community, as being either boyish or cowardly—when not theMMer, it is too often the former. Most well-bred persons would sooner expose themselves to danger, than take the en cumbrance of a bowic knife, big enough for a butcher knife, and one ot Colt's revolving pis tols, weighing one or two pounds. Early Marriage—Mr. Cooly in noticing the customs of the present race ot Egyptians, says:—“lt is singular how very young the Egyp tian peasants marry. Nine or ten years for girls, and twelve or fifteen years for boys, is consider, ed a marriageble age. Both sexes have so lit tle objection to the conjugal state, that they get married as fast and as soon as possible." The Picayune says: Weall know how over sanguine politicians are apt to become in mak ing their estimates. A country editor, speak ing of the confidence of a Clay editor, who claims Arkansas for that gentleman at the next elections, remarks that confidence in politics is a good deal like confidence in eating sausages, but liable to the same disappointments and un t certainties. Be CARr.ft‘l. who you Marry.—Oneof the • United States Courts hasdecided that a Choc taw marriage, between a whitman and an In jjiian woman, is void; that a civilized man is in capable of contracting marriage with a savage; and that their odkpring is illigetimate and van- Wt inherit From the Aris Or/rins Picayune. Later from Mexico. On boaid the U. S sloop ot war V incennes Capt. Buchanan, arrived a few days since ai Pensacola, came passengers, Judge Hutchin son, and Messrs. Jones ai><l Maverick, three ot he San Antonio prisoners, recently released to Gen. Thompson by Santa Anna. 'Mr. Maver ick arrived in town yesterday. From him ano from our correspondents, we gather the follow ing interesting iutormation. Santa Anna was reported to be extremely un well with a fever on the 3d inst., the day on which Mr. Maverick left the city of Mexico.— a was expected, immediately on his tecuvery, •f not before, that he would resort to extraordin ary means to recruit the finances of the coun try. The Vincennes left Vet a Cruz on the 9th inst. The day before, an extr: ordinary courier had arrived from tlic city ofMexico with important despatches. A vessel had been chartered im mediately, at a high price, to convey these tlfis . atches to Campeachy. It was supposed they :iad some reterence to the movements of Coni. Moore's squadron. Droves of riitreZitti/nry volunteers were daily being escorted under strong guards to the city of Mexico, tied in couples. Un arriving, they ale immediately put under drill masters, and converted into soldiers as fast as possible. The rumor is, that Santa Anna, finding he cannot whip the Yucatecos, intends sending an army ol 35,000 men to that province and fairly eat the inhabitants natof “kwiy and heimv" or jn otb, er words use up their supplies and starve them into submission. The news in relation to the Tpxan prisoners, in the main, is gloomy enough, especially as regards those retaken, who belonged to Col. Fishdr’s command. The order to decimate the number retaken, (165,) we are fearful has been carried into effect near Matamoras. The report is that 17 were shot. We have heard it stated that of this number, youßg Crittenden came near being one. For tunately, however. the eutter Woodbury brought an order lot his release in season to save his life. The Vincennes touched at Tampico on the 13th inst., with the expectation of finding him there : but he had left three days before fol the city of Mexico. Not a doubt can be enter tained of his safety. We have been unable to learn the names ot those shot. Col. Fisher, Gen. Green, Capt. Reese, and Messrs. Shephard, Van Ness and Hancock had arrived at Perote, together with such of the men as accompanied them, some eighteen in all.— Fisher and Green are chained together, with heavier irons than the rest, and are compelled to work with the other prisoners carrying sand, Ac. A young brother of Capt. Reese has been released to Gen. Thompson. Col. Fisher, with four of his officers, were a bout a mile in advance when the attack upon the guard at Salado commenced. Dr. Bren ham and Messrs. Lyons, Rice and Higginson, were killed dead on the spot —poor Fitzgerald was mortally wounded, but survived some two or three days. During this time, utterly unable to stand, he was carried in a cart and treated in the most inhuman manner bj' the officer of the guard, Cant. Posas. It is even said that he was dragged from the cart betlire yet dead, but expi red shortly after and was buried by his com rades. In the attack upon the guard, some thir ty of the Mexicans were killed. All describe the attempt to esca: e, when so far in the coun try, as insane and desperate to the greatest de gree. Dr. Booker, one ol the San Antonio prison ers, and a brave and meritorious man, was acci dentally killed at Perote, about the Ist inst., by a drunken Mexican soldier. The latter point ed his gun with the intention of shooting one of his own officers; but untorn .lately, the ball hxlged in the breast of Dr. 8., who survived but a few days. It was’ currently reported that Santa Anna was soon to release Messis. Colquhoun, Brad .ey, Peterson, Truhart and Van Ness—all tak en at San Anton o. General Tomei is cer tainly interesting himself powerfully lor the lat ter. Antonio Navarro is still confined at the Acor dado, city of Mexico. He is in good health and spirits, and is confident of being soon released. It may be recollected that Mr. N. was one of the commissioners of the Texan Santa Fe ex pedition, and the only one not released. .. J.ilm and Wils.ni Riddle, and Capt. O’Phe lan, all'oniiem -taken at San AntoßTo, liaTe been released through the intercession of the' British Minister. The latter was a great triend ofthe unfortunate Fitzgerald, and served three years with him in Spain under Gen. Evans. A report is current at the city ofMexico, that Capt. Elliott, the British Charge to Texas, has recently written a letter to Santa Anna, in which he has stated, at the express request of President Houston, that the latter hopes that Santa Anna will treat the Mier prisoners with all clemency, hut that they crossed the Dio Grande contrary to his (Houston’s) orders! For the sake of humanity, we trust this rumormay not prove true. It would be virtually signing the death warrant of these brave men, in case Santa Anna wanted an excuse for shooting them—Fisher, Green and all. Gen. Somervell, who had com mand ofthe expedition at the time Fisher sepa rated from the main body, has stated, under nis own signature, that the latter had his full leave for acting as he did—in fact that it was by his otders. No w. if Houston has really sent such a message as the one we have mentioned above to Santa Anna, he has stamped himself a cold blooded, heartless fiend, and deserving the exe cration of mankind at large. We again hope 'that it may prove untrue. From the -Veir Orleans Tropic. The Texas Mutineers. Below we publish a letter from Commodore Moore, written just before the departure of the Texian squadron from the Balize, suit ofthe Court Martial held on the ship Aus tip, the details of which were published in the city papers.—lt will be seen that four of the mu tineers have been sentenced to death. Three to be flogged, and one discharged. The Commo dore states in the following letter that he will carry btft the sentences ofthe Court Martial in these dases, in a few days. We are itsf. posses sirnof information that induces us-Ut. believe that the terrible penalty of the law they viola-: ted, has already been paid by these-ftiiser abfe men. Eandois, Hudgins, Allen and Simp son. undoubtedly expiated their offences, yester day noon, at the yard-arm of the ship Austin. These men were patiently tried, and no doubt of their participation in the murder of Lieut. Ful ler is entertained by those.whfiheaidittoevidenca presented to the Court. The fearful example of their execution, so justly ordered wißexercise a most beneficial effect in preserving the disci pline ot the Navy of Texas. Texas Sloop of War Austin, 1 OffN. E. Pass of Mississippi River. :• April 18,1843. ) To the Editors of the. Tropic. Herewith 1 forward you the sentences ofthe Courts Martial convened on board this ship, at New Orleans. No. 1. Frederick Shepherd— swtguil'y. No. 2. Antonio Landois—guilty of all the chargesand specifications, and sentenced suffer death, ituanimously. No. 3. James Hudgins—guilty of all the charggs and specifications and sentencedto sutler death il animoitsly. N<>. 1. Wm Harrington—sentencedtoreceive <ra<’A«»rfr*/la.siKs on the bare back. No, 5. Isaac Allen—guilty ofthe Ist atid 3d charges, and sentenced to suffer death, unani mously. Nov 6. John W. Williams—guilty of the 3d charge and sentenced to receive fifty lashes, but recommended to mercy. Nq. 7. Edward Keenan—guilty of the 3d charge, and sentenced to receiv'd one hundred lashes. ' No. 8. William Simpson—guilty and sen tenced to suffer death—three members for the sentence of death, one member for the sentence and recommendation to mercy, and one member for the sentence to receive one hundred, lashes with The cats. The following was the ratihgof the respective men oh board the San Antonios: No. 1. Frederick Shepherd-443eaman. No. 2. Antonio Landois—Manne. No. 3. James Hudgins—Seaman. No. 1. Win. Barrington—Seaman.- No. 5. Isaac Allen—Seaman. No. 6. John W. Williams—Seaman. No. 7. Edward Keenan—Cook. No. 8. William Simpson—Cant. Marines. I have numliered the men in the order that they were tried. By the evidence presented to the Court, a regularly concerted plan had been forming, for some time, to seize this ship and the schooners San Antonio and San Bernard, (the only vessels at sea) and run them into Vera Cruz. 1 have thought it best to give you this information, as in the course of human events we might all go to the bottom. 1 enclose you a copy of the charges against' Frederick Shepherd arid Antonio Landois, all the rest are the same as those against Landois. The sentence of the Court in the case of Mid shipman R. H. Clements, will require the action* ofthe Presided! of Texas—the others I will car ry out in a few days myselt. We sail first for Galveston, where I contem plate stopping for a few houts, when I will sail direct to attack the squadron off the coast ot Yu catan Yours truly, The Cabinet. —A letter from Washington says;—“On the first of May, Mr. Upshur walks into the State Department, and Mr. Cushing in to that ofthe Navy. Mr. Webster retires to his : farm at Marshfield." D’Hon. Edward J. Black, says the Wash ington News, is out in the Constitutionalist, against the useful and interesting report of the 1 Commissioner of Patents, from which we have heretofore made extensive extracts; he says it is 1 pison, and that he don’t want to see it insidious ly administered to Mr. Guieu and others of his constituents, without giving some notice of it. Mr. Guieu don’t coincide exactly tn opinion with the Honorable Ned. and says of the report as a toper says of his Whiskey, “if it is pison it’s dem good.” What a perfect Don Quixotte is this Honor aele Mr. Black! How acutely does he find out enemies in wind-mills and flocks of sheep, and how valoiottsly does he attack them! Perils or our Gallant Navy.—Within little more than a year, we have lost two fine sloops of war, the Peacock and the Concord, the captain, purser and one seaman of the latter drowned. The Flying Fish, tender to the ex ploring squadron has never been heard from.— The Saratoga, anew sloop, was recently dis masted, and only saved with all her crew, by ex traordinary seamanship on the part oflieroffi ccrs. The Vincennes, sloop oi war. has re c»aul_, Been ;«t»r>re isi r(je Wc-ir indies. Cum- Janodore Tbfli, Captain John Gallagher, and Commanders Ralph. Voorhees, and Boream, have been dropped from the rcll of our little na vy, by the command of Him who ends al! crui zes.—A. Y. Sun. CiiESAPEAKr. and Onto Canal.—The Bal timore Patriot says.-—We are glad to beableto state, on good authority, that, alter an official examination of the whole lineoftheChesapeake and Ohio Canal, tbe damages iixmi the recent freshet w ill not much, ifat all. euceed 915,000. It is probable that there wasmore waterflowing in the channel ofthe Potomac in this rise than in any other within the memory of man. The injury will not require more than two weeks for their repair. Canada.—The question conceniingthe remo val of the seat of Government of Canada from Kingston to Montreal, has been set at test by Sir Charles Metcalfe, the new Governor, who states ’xplieitly that he has no instructions to remove it. D’ Ona ofthe papers state that the Bosk n la dies are holding lemonade parties. A large punch bowl ot water is provided, which is sweetened by the young ladies all placing their lips to the brim. The old maids then look into it and the lemonade is “Jone did.” The Washington News of Thursday,' the 27th inst., says:—ln the regulation of the sea sons this year, Spring seems to have been omit ed. We have passed from Winter to- Summer without any intermediate slate. The heat for the last tew days has not been inferior tofa|t ordinarily experienced in Summer, (the tWr mometer ranging frem 85 to 90 degrees,) and tbe earth has become parched and dry. Vege tation has advanced rapidly, but it is now suf fering with drought. Farmerslookglooiny axid talk desponoingiy about theijrerops, which must suffer exceedingly unless rain tails soon. We hope their present apprehensions ofa bad crop year, may not be realized. A severe winter, it is said, is always followed by a productive summer; if this be true, we may expect a more favorable season than pres ent appearances seem to portend. Commercial Treaty with New Grenada.— gentleman just arrived*here l iToni ! cn we learn that on the 24th of March last, the Hon. Leon De Pombo wap appointed a Com* missioner on behall of the Republic of New Grenada, to form a Commercial Treaty with Mr. Blackford, the U. S. Minister at Bogota, Our informant was the bearer of despatches to the Secretary ot State. Small Pox. The Columbus Argus of the 26th inst. says- It appears from the Report of the <Sity Physi cian that this disease is now confined, to the Hos pital. It is much to be hoped that the cases now there, will be the last. If there.'be any in the city who have hitherto, from,negli genes or oth er cause, failed to be vaccinnated, they ought to attend to it. Columbus, April 25. Hon. Jacob I. Moses, Moydr*. Sir:—l am happy to have it in my power to state.that there is at this time, n® case of Small Pox Within the limits of the city. The only remaining cases are at the Hospit al; and we have evfry reason to hope, that in three weeks more, the disease w ill totally disap pear. W. 8. CHIPLEY, ■City Physician. Small I’ox In Newberry. The Columbia South Carolinian says':—We learn from a respectable citizen of Newberry, about two Weeks ago, that nine cases of small pox hgd occuned in that District—all negroes, trpm Charleston; that nine of them had termina tedin death; and that the citizens, in their alarm, had‘prevented th« physicians from attending tti,?iil, by warning them that they would not em- thi-ih again, if they did so. We scarcely know which are most reprehensible, in such ca ses, the physicians, or they wh<» deprive the Af flicted ot their aid, by such warnings. It is the ■duly ot the former, to incur tjie risks incident to j olession they nave vpluntarily, assumed, a’nd disregarded all such warnings; arid any one who does not, should bedisitouuteiianced by all lest he deal by them, in affliction, as he has done by others either front fear of disease, or of loss of practice. Small Pox in Columbia Soath Carolina. I'he Carolinian says:—Drs. Wells, Fair and Boatwt i:;ht, state what is generally known here, that about 15 or 20 days ago, a lad” who had had the disease mildly in Charleston, and was re covering, was taken on board a boat from Charle ton about 50 miles below, and brought up ano lodged in a house between here and Granby: that two negroes belonging to the boat took ti e disease after their arrival, and were •juickly removed to the Sand-hills; that lour cases 1 d since occurred in the family where the lad was lodged'between’fifere and Granby, which ! tve been eaiefullv guarded from all communication ; that no case has occurred in this place, e:. :< pt the two mentioned as removed to the Sand-hills; and that there is not now the least apprehension ofthe disease in the town, or the least danger, or cause tor alarm, to those dis posed to visit it. From, the New Orleans Courier. Latestfroin Yucatan. Captain Lauder, of the brig Spy, arrived this morning, fromLernla, Whence She sailed on the night ol the 16th instant, reports having left the Guadaloupe, steamboat; Mexican and Polliac, gun brigs, at that port; also, tbe schr. Cassius, of Gloucester, Mass., which was to leave the next day for New Orleans. There was a report that the city’ of Merida had been taken by the Mexicans— but not official. The following is an extract ot a letter, re ceived in this city, tram the American Consul, dated— Tampico, April 13, 1843. Every tenth man, out of the number of Tex ian prisoners, have been shot by order ol Santa Anna—say sixteen out of 160. Our port has been again closed. There are several merchant men in port now, and the Authorities have de cided to freight the number required for the transportation of troops to Campeachy. But yes terday* I was officially advised that vessels of mv nation were allowed to depart. Every thing looks dull and gloomy. There is no knowing what will he the late of the residue ofthe Tex ian prisoners. From Pensacola.—Arrival of President . Bovt rat that Place.—A correspondent of tbe Mobile Herald, writing from Pensacola on Sunday last, announces the arrival there on that morning ot the British sloop of war Magnet, ' with Ex-President Boyer on board, who, it will . be remembered, lately abdicated the Ma gistracy of the Government of Hayti. Salutes were interchanged by the U. S. ship Independ- I ence and from the guns of the Navy Yard with the Magnet, as she came to anchor off the Fort. The correspondent adds—" While I am wri ting, two ships have appeared in the offing, sup posed to be the Marion and Vincennes, as they i are both hourly expected. The Independence 5 sails to-day or to-morrow on a cruise in the Gulf, and it is said the whole of the Home Squadron now here ate under sailing orders.— s The French corvette La Brilliante will sail in a few days." | AUGUSTA, GA THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1813. From the Rallimore Amer icon. Guocri.aturial Itenedutre. The Southern mail ofSatuivlay brought a re ort ofa rencontre between Gov. McDowell o Ziiginia, and Gov. Thomas of Maryland,ai taunton, Va. There is a family difficulty be tween these persons, growing out ot tbe separa tum ol Gov. Thomas from his wife, who is the daughter of Gov. McDowell. The rumor ot ue rencontre at,Staunton is variously reporte. . t’he Richmond Star furnishes the following ac count : ‘ Ave have the particulars from a correspon dent, of a fight that occurred at Staunton on Tuesday last, between Gov. McDowell and Gov. Thomas of Maryland. Gov. Thomas reached that place in the Valley stage about 11 o’clock, atuluiw. McDowell in the C harlottesville stage, about an hour afterwards. They put up at the same hotel, and met there, but uid nbt speak— both designing to take the Lexington stage, — When the stage came up, Guv. McDowell han ded his lady into the stage, and he was also in the act of entering when he observed Thomas at his side, and demanded where he was going, to which tie replied—“in the stage.” This he was assured he should not do, and from words they proceeded to blows, Gov. McDowell em ploying his umbrella with marked effect upon his adversary. The bystanders then interfered, and the battle u asstopped—Goyernor'l bomtLs <l»H>tei'M»t«heha'YTi<»t-re»eit‘dtifatl' plav. By tbe persuasion oflrienus, Gov. McDowell with lus lady, took a private conveyance to Lexington, Gov. T. continuing in the stage. It was anti cipated that another “scene” would occur al Lexington, from which place news was anx iously expected. The affair has caused great talk and excitement at Staunton.” From lily Orleans Picayune. Still Later from Yucatan. By a vessel arrived yesterday w e have dates from Yucatan two or three days later than be fore received. The accounts are still contradictory to a de gree, but from what we can gather -we are of the opinion that the Yucatecos are still in the as cendant, and in a fairway to drive the Mexi cans from their soil. The steamer G uaitaloupe and a brig are block ading Sisal. The Montezumaand city of Dub lin steamers, one brig and one schooner, are at Lerma. The Mexican schooner of war Tetan, with a crew ot thirty men, came into Caiiijxraetiy on the Bth. The crew had mutinied, landed their captain on the coast and sailed from Campea chy, to surrender the vessel to the authorities. The Mexican steamer Montezuma had board ed the brig Energy, the captain of which was taken ou board the former hut was afterwards released. The report is that the steamer has only 3f)inftti on board, Englishmen, who being badly provisioned and worse paid, threaten to leave thaservice and take the M. along with them as security. They* were out of fuel and not in a situation to do effective service. With the exception of this steamer, the other Mexi can vessels were manned with natives of the country. They are dispersed along the coast, anti cannot be brought to combined action. Capt. Boylan, the new commander of the Yucatan gunboats, appears to be doing active service from all accounts. He had already cap tured several small crall.belonging to the Mexi cans. We are of the opinion that he has Capt. Wheelwright, a brave and meritorious officer, along with him, although we do not know that such is the case. From the Courier of last evening wc copy the following letter, handed the editor of that journal by a friend: “Gen. Pedro de Ampudia arrived on the 9th of April at Lerma, the place in which is station ed theMexic; n Quarter Master General. Gen. A. immediately tookthe command of the Mex ican army. Not a doubt exists but Merida will be taken possession of by the Mexicans under the comiimnd of Gen. Pena on the 11th inst.— The death of Gen. Guadaloiipe Victoria, of the Independent army, at Perote, is announced.” The intelligence; says the editor of the Cou rier, is highly important, and we are disposed, on account of the respectability of the source from which we have derived it, to place in it the utmost reliance. Nevertheless, «e have a miention of this event. Just beiore the departure of the Rosario, in formation was received at Campeachy, of the total discomfiture of the Mexican army, intend ed for the invasion of the interior ot Yucatan. The fai ts of the case, as we have been enabled to gather them from the most reliable sources, are as follows: Gen. Lemus, the traitor, formerly in com mand of the Yucatan forces, had been placed at the head of the troops, 2,000 in number, and landed at Telchac, for the subjugation ot Yuca tan. Telchac is a small village on the North ern coast of Yucatan, 160 miles from Campea chy, and 30 miles from Merida. It was pre sumed that Lemus was so well acquainted with the country, that he would experience but little difficulty in making his way to the interior, al though it was well known that Gen. Llergo, with 2,500 Yucatecos. hastily gathered together, had determined to oppose his advance. Ail proper preparations having been made, Lemus took up his line of march from Telchac towards Me rida. The road, it seems, was a strange one, skirted on each side with low swampy ground. Llergo, with his force, retreated, until the Mex icans had advanced to a small village 18 miles from Merida, where he attacked the enemy most unexpectedly, in front and in rear, with extraordinary vigor. The Mexicans, tor a short period, defended themselves with unusual. bravery, and were slaughtered in large numbers. More than four hundred fell on the field, and the balance took refuge in a stone church, and such other buildings as promised protection.— The loss of the Yucatecos was comparatively quite small. About the time the Rosario left Campeachy, the report reached that place, that beyond all doubt the entire Mexican force would be anni hilated, as allchanee of retreat had been cutoff, and their situation in every particular was most perilous. The news from the fleet is likewise quite in teresting. The schooner Sisaleana, mounting tour guns, had been surrendered to the Campe chanos. was manned with 37 ■ men, who with the officers, the Captain alone exepted, de termined to desert from tlie Mexicans. The Captain was put ashore, and the schooner was delivered to Capt. Roylan by the Lieutenant. At Laguna, a few days previous to the sail ing ol the Rosario, 22 ofthe crew of the schoon er Eagle deserted, and desertions from all the vessels were most frequent. The steamship Regenerador, in a sad condition, leaking badly, had sailed lor Vera Cruz, in company with four ofthe transports. The Montezuma andsehoou er Eagle were ;:t Telchac. waiting the result of the invasion of Yucatan. The steamship Gua daloupe, and the brigs Yucateco and Campe chano, were at Lerma. The Guadaloupe, is described to be in a most desperate state, hav ing a crew of only 31 men, ten ol them sailors. But five of the original crew of Englishmen had remained on board of her. she luui lei civeiL three balls trom the gun-boats—one i 4 them struck tue main-mast, the second damaged the fore-mast, an.l the third lodged in the stern. The schooner Two Sons, formerly of this port, has been purchased by Gov. Mendez and added to the Yucatan naval force. The whole Mexican fleet is described to be in a most mis erable condition, and has been - probably totally disheartened by the defeat of the Mexicans in the interior. Their fate will be sealed on the arrival of Com. Moore. An Apology.—The editor ol the Rochester Bulletin, in speaking of the various apologies effered by persons for want of interest in their journals, says in regard to himself and his pa per, that the mails are regular, his business is not pressing, and the only excuse he has to of fer is, that he is in jail! He announces that he shall be happy to receive the calls of his friends at his place of residence, from 9 a. m. til! 5 v. m. Mr. Everett and the China Embassy.— The Boston Atlas of Saturday has the follow ing paragraph: Embassy to China.—Letters received in this city by the family connections of the Hon. Ed ward Everett, American Minister to England, state, that he had received intelligence of his appointment to the Embassy to China but a short time previously to the sailing of the steamer— and that, as the proposition was entirely unex pected by hiai, and as it came to luki about the same time with the disastrous riots and troubles in Canton, he thought proper to take a longer time than would elapse previously to the sail ing of the Steamer, to determine upon accepting or declining the proffered embassy. ' Electrical Phenomenon.—Protessor S. F. B. Morse, in a letter in Silliman’s Journal of Science, states that he and Professor Fisher have discovered that several currents ot electri city will pass upon the same wire without inter ference, either in the same direction, or in oppo site directions. In the same journal is an ac count of a shower of shooting stars, resemb ling the meteoric display of November, 1833, which was seen in the neighborhood of Win chester. Virginia, on the 22d of August, 1842, between 1 and 2 o’clock in the day time. They appeared to proceed from a j oint near the sun, and to shoot in every direction, many apparent ly falliogtowards the earth. SATURDAY. JIOM.W. APRIL 29. Valuable Work.— Harper & Bro kers have laid on outOw Pa't 3 ot Brande’s Encyclopedia ol Scicfi6(j»it* r “ture and Art, a work that deserves to ÜBT the hand of every American. It is tor saH’in Thuma.' Richards. a-S.’A. .l-iL Mi simßßlon out tabie a dou ble sheet «xlra Brotlwrißjjpalhan, containing “Anseltno, the Grand Matfr of the Secret Ot def’—from the Italian ofijfldier. JCrThe case of the HflSp l Catholic Priest, Wienzu-pffin, a horri hle outrage on Mrs. up for trial in the Evansville (la.) Court, lately.— The Jury could not agri® fjKeinS for his con viction and one for acqjfiyff- The Jury were out 24 hours. He Ms appearadee at the next term <4 the iCireuft Court, in the sum of 94,00(1. . Mutiny .-.t Sea,—T®Hßwetoka, of New York, McLarren, on th'sHßjytfrom Liverpool bound to New Orleans J&fo’itrf St. Thomas on on the sth inst. with her-in a state of mu tiny; so me of the ring put info the fott io be sent the ship was to sail th® Tiext da? for li#i'<S4Sied port. Godfrey Pope, who was indicted at Louis ville, for the killing of Mr. Bliss, was acquitted by the jury on the 15th. The Cineinnaii Daily Chronicle of the 17th says that the evidence on the trial, made both the character of Bliss, and the circumstances ofthe homicide, very differ ent from what they were understood to be by the public. It appeared, that from the first Bliss had expected an attack, that he was armed with a six barreled pistol; that it was raised to fire; and that, in fine—the killing appeared to the Jury, in the nature of self-defence. The Newbern (N. C.) Spectator of the 22d inst. says:—“We are gratified to be able to an nounce to the citizens of the district that the Hqfl, Edward Stanly has accepted the nomina tion of the Convention, and is now a candidate for election to the next Congress.” Ala Convention of the Whigs of the 9th Con gressional District of North Carolina, held in Edenton on the 17:h day of April, 1843, Ken neth Rayner, the late distinguished Representa tive ol a pan of that district, was nominated as the Whig candidate to represent the district in Congress. Mammoth Steamboat.—lt is stated in the New York papers that Mr. Burden, a most in genious and enterprising citizen of Troy, in ♦hat State, “is about to construct a steamboat to run between the alxive two cities, to be 600 feet long. She is expected to make the trip from N. 5 ork to Troy, 160 miles, in 5 hours!” To be Tried.—Mr. Cooke, who shot Mr. Gardner at Norfolk, has been held to bail in the sum of SIO,OOO, to take his trial before the Su perior Court in June. The official returns ofthe recent election in Connecticut, show that Cleveland lacks just 97 votes of being elected Governor, andeach oneof the candidates for State officers lack not far from the satne number of votes of an election. It makes, howevvr, but very little difference, for the Loco Focos have large majorities in both branches of the Legislature, and will of course elect just such officers as please them.—N*. I*. Cour, q- Eng. Marine Disaster.—The Br. ship Douglass, Capt. Brewster, at this port from Taverpool, while coming into the harbor, on Thursday af ternoon, got qn the south breaker, where the Salt. 600 sacks<rf t!„,. when she floated ofo with the change of tide, without damage.— Saranpoh Republican of Sat urday. Shipwrec k.—We learn from Captain Smith, ofthe schooner Princess, arrived yesterday, from Neuvitas, the Danish brig Jason, from Copenha gen, for Havana, was lostonthe 14th March, six miles to the eastward of Neuvitas entrance. The Jason was a new brig, of 400 tons, and on her first voyage. Crew saved—vessel and cargo totally lost.— Charleston Courier. Mail Contract.—We understand that the . contract for carrying the Mail between the North and South is closed, and that there will be no change in the present a frangement by which the Mail between Charleston and the Northern cities is transported by the Wi'niington boats.— Char. Patriot Commander Mackenzie.—The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette says: We understand that Commodore Read, and Capt. Gwinn, have received notice to appear be fore Commissioners in that city, and testify as to the vote given on the verdict of the Court Martial in the case if Commander Mackenzie. We hear it stated that John M. Read, Esq. is the Commissioner fir taking the depositions. The Philadelphia American says that these depositions are reqifred in consequence of a criminal process insituted by Commander Ma ckenzie against the ditors of the N. Y. Journal of Commerce for a libel. From the N. O. 'Propio */' the 25th. Another Steamioat Disaster.— We regret to learn that the neivsteamer Harry of the W est, Capt. Van Houten,while on her first trip from this city to St. Lour, collapsed’a flue on Wed nesday last, a lew niles above Commerce, by which accident sone eight or ten ofthe firemen and deck hands wee killed or badly scalded. Not one of the pasengers, so ar as we can learn, was injured. The Grey Eagle towed the Harry ofthe Westtp to Memphis, where she wasto makerepairandtheii proceed to St. Louis. Our informant, Gait. Dugan, thinks she has sus tained but slight iijury, and will soon be in run ningtrim again. We earnestly wish her better success next titni; for her popular and gentle manly com mandr, from no want of prudence or attention, has ecently met with several acci dents tn the proscution of his business. Since writing jie above we have received the Memphis Enqtyer of the 20th inst., giving ■'BTOI-'-ttrU-pnA'.iCfars/MAheALaaUii:lt s-ems that the ia.. : fonbeen taking in wood, am! had onamoi! r.r ■ qantity of steam at the time. In shevingotttlim the shore, the larboard wheel got foul of the bak, tiltingthe boat over at a considerable ang-, and throwing the water out ofthe boilets on bat side. The first revolution after she rightedjhe second larboard boilet col lapsed both flues,he steam escaping towards the bow, and tearingip the hurricane deck in a strip about two let wide forward of the social hall. There is n other damage done to the boat The few secondtduringwhich the wheel was foul of the banlceems to have heated the flues to such a degree tat with the return ofthe boat to its natural positin, the steam generated with the rapidity oi a unpowderexplosion. We are’pleasi to learn that the loss of life was not so greaas we have stated above. The Enquirer says: By this accidet one fireman was killed; two cabin passenger(P. B. Sherwin, ofN. Y .and A. Fitzgerald, )me deck passenger, and the mate of the bet considerably bruised. The latter has his 1; broken, and one of the cab in passengers islightly scalded. A cabin pas senger named Ir. J. Smith of Yazoo, Miss., one deck handnd two free colored men, who had been emplt'ed as cooks, are missing and are supposed tbe lost. Mr. Smith has a horse at one of ottr lery stables, and is known to sev eral of our citens. These are all the persons injured or los There were about thuty pas sengers on bud.' Stiambot kplosio*.'.—The N. Y. Tribune of the 25th i s: —The steambeat Mohegan, Capt. Wolse left this city yesterday afternoon on her usualoute for Stonington, with about 170 passenge; but just as she arrived opposite Hurlgate ones her starboard boilers burst and blew a portiuof her upper works into the river. Three of theinds were scalded, some of them rather severe. One of the passengers jump ed overboardtit was rescued, so that no lives were lost. Us is certainly a most fortunate and narrow tape. JJ’A mart Springfield, 0., thus announces himself as candidate for constable. He is certainly a hdid man. “Philip ißarnet, locofoeo—has a wife and thirteen cllren —poor—afraid to steal—too lazy to wvtt-and would like to b« elected con stable.’' MONDAY MORNING, MAY 1. The Klection. In consequence of the number ot our friends whose names have been announced for the office ot Tax Collector of the county we have hereto fore avoided any reference to the subject. But as this objection is now almost entirely removed, there being hut two Whig candidates and one ot them Watkins, acknowledged on all hands to be much the siroitgesf, we should be wanting tn our duty to onr cause not to urge the Whigs to go to the polls and east their votes for the strong est man. It is alone by the observance of this policy that the Whigs can expect to maintain their supremacy in the county, and if by their refusal to adopt it, an opponent be successful, they may expect that the power and influence which they thus confer, by their omission to dis charge an important duty, wil! be used to their prejudice. It is perfect folly in a government like ours — where parlies are so divided on great questions of jxilicy—to talk of the impropriety of deter mining elections for county officers, without re gard to the political tenets of the candidates. It we are honest in tbe maintenance ot the prin ciples we profess; it is o4r duly to’use all hono rable means to secure their triumph; and one ofthe most imjHirtiint steps to the accomplish ment of such an object, is the exclusion from office, power and influence of those opposed to us in principle. There is no truth more clear ly demonstrated than that, wherever office is bestowed, power and influence is given to the individual; and ih proportion as the office is im portant, is that influence less or greater, and will be used tor or against, us as our friends or oji ponents are the successful eomjietitors. We need not enlarge upon a subject, the truth of our reasoning, upon whieh, is s® palpable to the mind of every reflecting man; and we therefore conclude, by ntging upon the Whigsol Rich mond to go to the polls, and be certain todepos ite your votes for the man who thinks and acts with you upon the great questions which are now agitating the public mind.—Let no Whig stay away from the polls who can possibly at tend ; it will require but a few minutes from the calls of your business, and those few min utes should be cheerfully devoted to the main tenance of your principles. Virginia Election. ■ We have but few returns, as we have ac counts only up to Friday evening, the day after the election. The gerrymandering of the Rich mond district has doubtless beaten Mr Botts by a very small majority—which may be regarded quite a triumph on the part ofthe Whigsof the district, when it is reflected with what odds they entered the contest. We learn from a passenger, that old Albemarle has returned two sterling Whigs tothe Legislature in the place ofthe Lo cos who represented her the last session. This augurswell—and we shall not besurprised if the Whigs have achieved a signal victory in the old dominion. At a meeting of the Whigs of Richmond County, convened at the City Hall this day, his Honor Judge Beale was called to the Chair, and J. G. Dunlap appointed Secretary. The following resolution offered by Col. Gould » as adopted : Resolved, That the Chair appoint a commit tee of nine to nominate, to this meeting four Del egates to represent the Whigs ot Richmond County, in tbe Convention for nominating Gov ernor, to be holden at Milledgeville in J nite next. Wm. T. Gould, C. B. Hitt. A. J. Miller, J. C. Sneak, A. G. Bull,' M. F. Boibclair, E. W. Cot. Lin. Robt. Ci.arxf., J. Foster, Who, after having retired a short time, re ported the names of Geo. W. Crawford, Porter Fleming, Alex. C. Walker, T. W. Miller, as delegates, with the following resolution : Resolved, that il any vacancy occur in the delegation the remaining delegates be author ized to,fill it. The resolution was unanimously adopted. On motion: Resdliscd, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Chronicle & Sentinel. Idjourned. W. P. BEALE, Chair’ll, J. G. Dunlap, Scc’y. April 29, 1843. Marriage Extraordinary,—There are few ot our readers in this city or in any of tlie princi pal towns in the country, who have not seen the famous united brothers, the Siamese twins. They have been residing for several j'ears past in North Carolina, where they purchased a plantation. We had not heard of them for a long time, when we received a letter yesterday from a corespondent in North Carolina, inform ing us that they had entered! nto a state of double blessedness. Our correspondent says: “On Thursday, April 13th, were married at Wilkes Co. N. C., by Elder Colbv Sparks, ofthe Baptist Church, Messrs. Chang and Eng, the Siamese twin brothers, to Misses Sarah and Ad elaide, slaughters of Mr. David Yeates of Wilkes Co. N. C.” Whetherthe happy quadruple, start ed on a journey to pass the Honeymoon, or re mained at home, we are not informed. Seriously however, the or creatures calling themselves such, who perpetrated this marriage, and AZA;*Colby Sparks, who consent ed to perpetrate this piece ot Beastiality, should have been ducked in the nearest Horse-pond and then drummed out of the country. If our Lynch-law could be defended, it would have been in this case, if the infamous women and equally infamous Elder Sparks, had been hung up to the sign posts of the town in which this outrage upon the decencies of life was permit ted to be perpetrated under cloak of the marriage vows.—.V Y. Cour. Enq. Another Steamer Lost.—The steamer To mochichi, Capt. Otway, that has been plying for some time past between Mobile and New Orleans, via the Mississippi, was snagged and sunken Saturday night last, about 15 iniles be fow.Ni w Orleans. She bad but just left that city to: Mobile. Her treight consisted of :n ■ following articles, which, it is supposed, togeth er with the boat, will be a total loss: 14 hhds. 1 tierce and 4 bbls sugar, 30 bbls whiskey, 136 do flour, 700 pieces bagging, and 168 coils rope, &c. The accident occurred a little before nine o’clocjc, and was occasioned by running too cloose upon a point projecting in the river, which could not be seen in season to be avoided in the thick haze or mist which had just come on. While under full speed she struck a log, that was fast at one end on the shore, and so large was the breach made in her bottom, and so tremendous was the crash, tiiat she sunk in less than three minutes. The most painful cir cumstance attending this catastrophe, is the supposed loss of one of the passengers, thought to be Mr. Reed, of Montgomery in this State. The last that was seen of him, he was busy iti carrying some bags of specie belonging to him, and throwing them into the stern boat. It is supposed that after getting his monev safely de posited. as bethought he got in himself, and as it was lashed firmly to the stern of the main ves sel, he probably sunk with it and was lost. The bowof the boat was so near the shore that the balance of the passengers made their escape by climbing over from the forecastle on to the logs that were near. The bow ofthe boat was also as well secured as could be to the shore by a cable and the anchor and chain. She sunk stem foremost, and in a depth of 50 or 60 feet of wa ter at the end. We learn from Captain Clarke, who, together with Mr. Southwick of this city,’ was a passenger at the time of the accident, that although the next morning the boat was held to the shore by the fastenings, it wasthought the current of the river, which was on the rise, would soon sweep her entirely away.— Mobile Advertiser of 25/A. Fires in Madison Parish.—The Richmond (La.) Compiler of the 19th inst., states that Mr. Compton’s cotton gin, on Walnut Bayou, was burnt oh the 12th inst. Also, the gin, of Dr. Lawson, and the corn crib and some 2<X)O bar rels of corn of H. P. Morancy, Esq. Likewise the cotton house and forty bales of cotton of Mr. McDaniel, on the Teti'saw. and other build ings in the neighborhood. These deplorable accidents occurred from setting fire to the cane and timber, in clearing up the ground, and the wind rising, it spread beyond human control. A great quantity ot fencing has been consumed throughout the’parish. Herkshire Hogs. We have tlie pleasure again of inviting th attention of those of our citizens who like t. look at fine stock, to a recent importation ot eigb line Berkshire Hogs, by our enterprising frien. Col. John Bonner, which may be seen at th< Ware House of Messrs. Adams &. Hopkim Two of these, "Ontario" md "Eady Huttleston, were imported by the Messrs. Brentnail ol Net York from the farm of the celebrated Englisl stock raiser Siday Haws, of England, and an the finest specimens of the Berkshire* we havi ever seen. Indeed, the whole lot are very su perior, and are well worthy the attention of ou citizens. Call and see them. Intemperanceand Crime iu New York. An official report of some interest to legisla tors and philanthropists, was recently submitte. tothe New York Legislature. It relates to th convictions in that State, throughout the ye; 1842. We avail ourselves of its prominen facta as condensed by the editor of the Roche ter Democrat. During the year alluded to. there were 1602 convictions in the variouscoi/r/. of record in tbe State. Os this number then were 1491 males and 111 females. The punisb ments were by fine in 670 cases. State prison 539. County prison, 244. Fine and imprison inent, 60. House of refuge, 52. Dapths, 5. Sentence suspended in 31 cases, andiin 1 niM a new rriß* w#s ordered Os the 5 sentenced t;’ death, 3 were executed, 1 commuted to impris onment, and 1 committed suicide. Os the 1602, 100 were colored jiersons, and 2 Indians. The reports show the following results as to their habits in the use of ardent spirits: Temperate6so Intemjierate, or occasionally 50... .559 Unknownß2 The number ol convictions in courts of special sessions, is set down at 2741, of which 2355 were males, and 386 females. For petit larceny, 1561 Assault and battery, 1048. In these courts, the convictions have been as follows the three last years: 18402680 18413054 18422741 Os the last number, theii habits are classed thus: Intemperate, or occasionally so.. .62G Temperate6o3 Unknownlo6 We subjoin a synopsis of the number of con victions in the courts of record for the last thir teen years: 1839 1059 1837 1091 1831 956 1838 1086 1832 966 1839 1118 1833 1113 1810 1343 1834 869 1841 1515 1835 1076 1812 1602 1836 963 The crimes of those convicted in 1842, in courts Os record, may be classed as follows: Offences against projiertysol Forgery 66 Selling’ liquor without license 128 Riot 6l Trespass 23 Keeping disorderly houses 4 Gambling house keepersll Horse racings Nuisance .12 Perjury .9 Publishing obscene papersß Selling lottery’ tickss Bigamy 9 Usury.. 2 Ofthe 1336 persons convicted by the courts of special sessions ofthe cities, there were Bakersll Blacksmiths.. .24 Boatmen3s Butcherslo Carpenters 23 Laborers 247 Marines3l Masonsl7 Sailors 33 Seamstresses.. .16 Servants 26 Shoemakers.... 27 Spinsters4l Stonecutters... 10 Tailors2B Printers 6 “Gentlemen,” of no occupation 583 A useful lesson may be drawn from this ta ble. A trade or profession is a very good pre ventive against crime.— Bick. Rev. Fire.—A destructive fire occurred at Mays ville, Ky., on the 18th instant in the livery sta blt: ofOtho H. Davis, which saon communicated io* i rdw of three-story brielF houses belonging to Messrs. Henry & Peter Lee, and occupiedbv Messrs Cutter &Gray, grocers, Messrs-Collins &. Brown as a printing office of the Maysville Eagle, Joseph Frank, tinner, and Richard H. Lee, cetton store. The toss is supposed to be s2s,ooo—insurance about $16,000. Ten horses were burnt. ffF The amount of business at the New York Custom-House on Monday was larger than for a year or two. The amount of duties paid was over SIOO,OOO. Manufacture of Silk in the Auburn Prison, New York. As the subject of manufacturing Silk in one ofthe New York State Prisons, hasbeenamat ter of some interest to the public a year or two past, it will assuredly be acceptible to our read ers to learn how the establishment is progress ing. In the New York Tribune, of Feb. 10th, 1843, we find a complete report of the superin tendent, by- H. Polhemus Esq., tothe inspectors ofthe prison. Werenotthedocumentsolengthy’ we would be pleased to lay the whole of it beiore onr readers, but as it is, we must let ex tracts suffice. The manufacture of Silk was commenced on the 20th of May 1841, at the suggestion ol the Governor. Two convicts, without experience, were put to the work on a small twisting ma chine. At the end ot six months machinery was built in the prison, and eight convicts add ed to the two operatives. During the year 1842 a steam engine was employed in the establish ment, and some forty hands gave themselves to the work. From the 20th ot May, 1841, to tie Ist of Feb. 18-13, the manufactured articles a mounted to 812.763 26. The agent says he has “no hesitation in declaring, that the business nlay be conveniently enlarged, during the pre sent year so as to increase the force employed to I<M> hands with an increase of profits exceed ing 40 per cent and that it may be so extended as ultimately to employ all the convict labor.” “The agent, therefore, feels himself authoriz ed to congratulate the inspectors on the success ful introduction of a new, most interesting and most useful department of industry, which can be rendered at least as profitable as other modes of employing the convicts.” This, we have no idea is an exaggerated re port tor speculative purposes; for the agent on ly affirms that this business will as well repay' for the labor as other employments. This is all we want. We desire so see no patent plans to wealth, but let it be fully understood that leed ingsilk worms, and reeling cocoons wil) pay as well as either mechanical or agricultural em ployments, and manymaybeinducedtoembark in this vocation. This is the time ofthe year to put out orchards and make other arrangements i.v, the silk culture, and we ask our friends not to despair—si I k will be grown and manufactu red in the United States beyond doubt. T. F. The Tomb of Lafayette.—ln a small pri vate cemetery in Paris lie the remains of the only one whose name is as familiar, and whose memory is cherished as fondly in America as it is in France. Over the tomb of Lafay’ette is no imposing monument; nothing butaplain marble slab marks the spot. The members of his fami ly are all buried here. And without this small inclosure, one can read the names of many oth ers of the most noble and illustrious men of the last century. But the graves ol all are simple and unostentatious. A Glorious English Bull.—ln one ot our English exchanges, (the largest London news paper of the 11th ult.) we find the following paragraphs, over whicii we have had a hearty laugh, viz:—“An important decision ofthe Su preme Court'in Arkansas Upright, is reported tn the New Orleans Bulletin, of 2d ult., from which paper we take the following extract: “Arkansas Upright I —The Supreme Court of Arkansas, in delivering their opinion in the case of Conway and others, erpo.rte, as trustees ofthe Real Estate Bank, upon an application fora writ ol manrlam/us, say, “should the assets of the corporation prove insufficient to pay its creditors, then the state is responsible for what ever amount, &c., The English editor says:— “This decision ofthe Supreme Court is the more important, as by the constitution of the United States, the judiciary have the power to prevent the execution of any’ law contrary to the Consti tution.” This “Arkansas Upright" must be a queer State! The Supreme Court of “Arkansas Up right” being synonymous with the Supreme Court of the United States, is rich. —A’. Y. Sun. A Bank Riot.— It was rumored in St. Louis on the 12th inst., that a design was on foot to mob the Bank of Illinois, at Shawneetown. — Some 400 persons were concerned, and were to meet in Shawneetown on a certain evening.— Only 50 of them arrived. The number being insufficient, they thought it prudent to defer the undertaking to a futureday. Mr. P., one ofthe Bank’s agents, considered the Hauk in dangei; he became alarmed, and drew the specie for the amount he had—2o cent;on the dollar—and re ceived certificates for the balance, and left for forther west. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 2. ItaiTKoaU Cons ent lon. We are quite pleased to hear trom the n, otmtry that the stockholders generally alon, lie line of the Georgia Rail Road design ai mdingthe Convention in this city, and to avai hemselves of the opportunity which the liber; c zurtesy ol the Board of Directors has extends .<> them to bring their families down. This i. s it should be—the stockholders should not on y all attend, but they should give themselve; mple time to examine satisfactorily the very ble maimer in which the affairs of the cotnpa ty have been conducted. While in this lauda ;le work, their families will be forming new ac quaintances and associations—they will becorlii satisfied of the propriety of visiting ths city oft ener and sending to it for a larger portion o. heir supplies than they now do, and the com nnnity of interests between the planters and oui merchants will be more closely established, thi esult of which will be beneficial to both par ies. Apart however from the business char cterof the trip on the part of the stockholder, hey will be quite compensated for an abssnee ,f several days from, home, by a ride in thCi 'plcfiifd new ]«RscnsM’ car '‘DruATtrtr;" whicF; lias been recently finished in a style of such rare aste and beauty at the car factory of the com ;>any, underthe management of William M. Hight. This is the most supetb passenger car w.e have ever seen on any Rail Road, either at the North or South, and we think that too much pra.se cannot be bestowed on the builder Mr. Hight, for the handsome display of architectu ral skill and taste ‘which he has exhibited in its construction and finish. Columbae Trials. We learn that the Governor has appointed James Claiidnsr, Jr., the Attorney General of the State, to prosecute the persons implicated in the late robbery at Columbus. Mr. G. lias accepted the appointment and will repair im mediately to Columbus to enter upon the duties at the sitting ofthe Superior Court, which com mences on Monday next. The Mail Contract. We learn from the Charleston Patriot and from individuals just returned trom Washing ton city that the great Southern mail under the new contracts will be transported by tlie old route via Wilmington, Charleston this city and Madi son. By the “new schedule,” the Wilmington boats will be allowed three hours more time to perform their trip than now, which it is thought will give them ample time in ordinary weather to deliver the mail regula 1y and in proper time for the cars ou the Charleston Rail Road, which will wait till 9 o’clock A. M. The mail will be due at Hamburg at 7P. M., rather an unJa vorable hour for us, as it will give us the ma.'l two or three hours later than we now receive it, a circumstance which will gtreatly increase the arduous character of our labors, in the issue of a morning paper. We will mot however com plain if the new arrangement shall secure great er regularity in the reception o f the mail, a mat ter which we consider of greater importance than speed or the hour of its arrival. The new ar rangement will go into operation the Ist of July next. More Cheap literature. We are indebted to S. A. Holmes, for No. 4 of the New York Mirror, Blackwood’s Maga zine, and an extra New World, containing “The Man ofthe People,” a tale by C. C. Rosinberg. I—itS-A uießlfog of the Whig and Elate Rig'ffjs party of Seri ven county, held at Jacksonboro*) on the 26th April, 1813, nominated Thomas H. Bums, Jr., Solomon C. Bryan, Esq. and Cuyler W. Young, Esq. Delegates to the Convention to be held in Milledgeville for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Governor of the State of Georgia. JAS. ROBERTS, Ch’n. Rhode IsLA.ND.-The government of this State, under the new constitution, will be organized at Newport on Tuesday, the 2d of May. Hail Storm.—We learn that atremendous Hail storm was experienced in the tower part of Pulaski county on Wednesdav tjje 12th inst. The hail tell so heavy, as to tearoffthe shingles of a number of house’s—and in such quantities that a great deal was remaining on the ground the Sunday following. Owing to the backward ness of the Spring, the cotton and com was not generally up, or the injury would have been im mense. We have not heard how far the storm extended.— Macon Telegraph, 25th inst. Later from Texas.—The steamship Nep tune Capt. Rollins, arrived last evening from Galveston, bringing dates to the 23d inst. We cannot find a single item of news in our papers worth recording. The Neptune saw no thing of Com. Moore, and the probability istfeat he sailed for the Mexican coast direct. ’ ~ Nothing further is said of the escape of the Mier prisoners in any ofthe Texas papers. The 21st of April, the anniversary of the bat tle of San Jacinto, was celebrated with becom ing respect at Galveston. A report is current that a body of men are as sembling at Bastrop anti Gonzales, with t’he in tention of making a foray within the Mexican territory. If they make prisoners ofthe priests and heavy property holders, takethemfrerm their families and bring them to Texas, they si .’ill not only dotheir country but their countrymen in confinement signal service. Mr. Webster. The Philadelphia correspondent ofthe Balti more Patriot says: “Letters received in this city to-day state that such arrangements have been made as to induce the Hon. Daniel Webqtor io remain at Washington and occupy his present position of Secretary of State—at least .for some months to come. This circumstance will pro bably prevent any present change in the Cabi net. Great Load over a Railway.—The fact stated below from a London paper, of a large load drawn over a German Railway, equals it it does not exceed any thing ofthe kind ever per formt l in this country. The road, we learn is finisht ;o miles, and was established mainly to supply the city of Vienna from a particular district, with beeves. The Baron Rotbrschild solicited of the Emperoi, the privilege off con structing and extending the road, and subscribed $7,090,000 for the object. “A letter from Vienna states that the Mino taur, one of the locomotives on the Emperor Fer dinand’s railroad, lately drew from Brumn to Vienna a train of 63 wagons laden to the ex tent 0f350 English tons, which, with the weight of the carriages, made an aggregate of 600 tons, This task was performed at the rate of a bout 8 or 9 miles an hour.” Asparagus. We have long been satisfied that the practice, almost universal, of cutting this delicious gar den vegetable below the ground, was improper, and we are therefore pleased to lay before our readers the following article which so fully sus tains our views, with the hope that the horti culturists of our city will test its value. Cutting zYsfaragus.—l stumbled accidental ly. and from carelessness, several years since upon the plan of cutting Asparagus, which 1 ha ve since recommended very highly; which is not to cut it below the ground, as usual, but to allow it to grow trom fifteen inches to two or three feet long, and cut off’ about one fool of the top. Bv doing so, almost the whole will be equally tender and well flavored; while in the old way, only an inch or two is eatable. It is a fact, that Asparagus does not become tender un til it turns green. I always thought it a poor vegetable, until I culliiatej it, and gathered it as-above: and now I find it one of the best. I think also, that there is a great deal more luss, (pardon the word, as unclassicai, but very ex pressive.) made about the cultivation of Aspar agus, than there is any need for. I would say, make beds three feet apart, as if tor cotton, lav your roots about eighteen inches apart in the alley, haul the bed back upon them, coverthem well with fresh stable or other strong manure, immediately and every year; and if tliey are planted early in the winter, you may cut them twelve or fourteen months ‘after. They may not poss'bly be as large as candles, but none the less palatable for that, nor bear any tne worse for it—at least I have m t found it so. If you , live on a sea-island, and can make a bed” in i salt land, you will find it thrive to your sati«> faction; and if you live in the interior, empty I all refuse-salt and salt substances upon vourbed i as its specific I VOL. VII.-NO. 18. T e Comet, a sem by the capwin of a vew ei recently MTtvod at thia port frocn the Kmc ndiea, was ffir More brilliant in han it was ’.vith ua, The following is m •«- i act from his jMrnal : March 4th, lat. 17 46 south.—Star of the first i iiagnitude as bright as Venus. Measured the ail ; result 37 Iff above the star. Vertical.— .ost sight of the star in 12 north lat. 26th March. Mist sight of the tail in 16 north, 36th March. s we drew to the north, the tail canted to tbe i mth, and became more dim; when it first ap eared, nothing could have been more briUiaM. We had cloudy weather several nights peo> ) .’ious to our seeing tbe comet.— N. Y. Amer. I>Tho island of St. Dotningo is now quiet ly in the jxissessiott ofthe revolutionists.— Met au Prince, the capital, is hereafter to be called Port Republican. Great Speeb on tub Nobth Rivun.-v-Thr. steamboat South America, Cape. Brainard, maAe i ner passage front Albany on Wednesday es last L seek in 7 hours and HI minutes, over® miles the hour. j Ij-Seamstresses, in London, fcappeais, ir paid one penny and a half for snaking saUota’ ’ shirts. By working very hard "and finding her own needles,” she mar earn four and a half c*J Tin: price ol the dMMMt «w --;■ h . m tiiaf she C»n bi.) is five and A WWW*.— ~. A loafef bread is otte penny dearwitert fi*r whole day’s work. I. &An examination of the condition of tbe Bank of Illinois has been made by a Mr. David r Prickett, who was appointed the commissioner it to wind up the affairs ofthe bank. Upon enter h ing the vaults, instead of finding specie to tbe a rnount of $307 040, as reported by the cashier, r - Mr. Prickett found but SIBB,OOO, leaving a do i- ficit of $124,000, which the officers of the bank refuse to account for. Os course this deveiope mem produced great excitement at Shawnbe town. Junction or the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.—A London paper, in an article, show u ing the practicability of a ship canal across tbe if Isthmus ot Panama, at a cost of a million and* half sterling, proceeds to the question. Would it pay ? which it thus answers: Ten per cent. " interest on a million and a half would amount i- to jeiso,ooo per annum. Add to this, £26,000 s lor annual expenses on tlie canal—£l7s,ooo. The saving to the merchants and ships-owners ot Europe and America trading to tbe west coast of America, to Australasia, Oceana, and Easb rm Asia, would be very great. A month a. tbe least would be gained on the voyage; diminish d ing in that extent the wages of mariners, theec pehse of provisions, the interest on capital. The tear and wear of the ships would be less; tbe e expense of insurance would be diminished. AU e these advantages would be cheaply purchased by canal dues of 10s. per ton. At this rate, the passage of 358,000 tons of shipping along the n canal annually would yield the sum of £175,- o 000. ’ 11 Farly Buds.—A number of trees in Pena a Square are already in bud.— Phil. Inq. e The trees all over the city, and al) around il, , are in bud, and have been so ever since last h October. Not a branch spreads outward or up -11 wards, but bears upon it numerous buds, aU l_ swelling out towards blossom and leaf. It is .. these young buds, all swelling out towards bloa ” som and leaf. It is these young buds in autuasa, !, that throw the browned foliage from the branch, e They swell, and their increasing size presses ,f the footstalk upward, and releases its hold, and I.t shrinks to the frost, and in the first breeze, ’ fa.Us to the ground. The thing is in nature. ’The slight inaccuracy in the expression of our - n eighbor, il it is an error, isan error much more n fnequently made with reference to our children thiki to our trees. We mistake tbe time of the intellectual bud- V ding; and when we look to shape the leaf, or di rect Ihe blossom, 10l the fruit is formed, and we must trust to chance or to Providence lor the ripening. 1 ‘ln a little while,’ says the parent, ‘we mud begin t o take care ofthe manners and character of our child, and mould them to good;’ when s long si.ice the character was formed, and tbe course o. r life set, by the accidental influence of the nursery. It is not the spring that we must s seek new buds, but far back in early autumn. So not in letuldhood, but early mfency, moot <m> ’ watch the swelling buds of our infant minde. As in evening twilight we discover in the face : ofthe sky the token ofthe Weather for the rout ing day, so in our little ones, ere the intellectual 1 <'ay dawns, or shadows of infancy fly away, we 1 m’Ust look for the signs ol the coming times. -» ■ U. 8. Gazette. Correspondence ofthe Charleston Courier. , Florida, Madison Co , April 13. Tb «s season has been the most unpropitious onefo tplantingthatthec.iuntryhaseverknown, owing ku a succession of wet and cold weather. In fact, tve ha .*’e I>een deluged with rain, during the months of J >brury and March, and all our agriculti iral opera ’* ons have been retarded. I hope the? old adage W a Y be verified with us, that “a b asi beginning makes a good ending.” Like all the new States and Territories, our people are much in debt; ,^ ut if the most rigid system of economy and ind;'' str y can nd us of our indebtedness, I am sure he accom plished. Wer have a genial cl. '• nate an d fertile soil, and no population ou ean h are harder to avoid new debts and p. V °h! °O** > and if we had a sound currency, we ) should re turn to prosperity. The natural re’ Vurcasof the country, asyou well know, are almos, * htfsyd* less; we can rear every product that is ra. “> the United States, except wheat, and I tn<>.'h the Mediterranean wheat will succeed well he VC. Although we are so tar south, we have eon v paratively a healthy climate, especially in the pine lands, where fevers rarely occur, and these are contiguous to nearly two-thirds of all the hammock lands in the country. As a citizen of Florida, I deeply regret to see the repudiating resolutionsof the last legislature. 1 utterly abominate the whole doctrine, and I b«u lieve the day is not far distant when it will be as unpopular in this teiritory as in SouthCarolina Men in adversity often resort to shifts which would never occur to them in prosperity; it is a season of despondency, and they seize any expe dient for relief. Rely upon it Florida will yet pay her tends: she will be full able to do ft, and as one ol her citizens, I would rather be trebly taxed, than see her adopt the monstrous doctrine of repudiation. 1 believe her jieople will yet see the necessity of paying her public debt and as far as tnay, atone for the odium which rests upon her lor the late resolutions of the legisla ture. The last legislature passed an act for winding up and settling the conceins ofthe Union Bank that fertile source of ruin and misery pie. I have not seen the act, and therefore can not speak of its provisions. The war is con sidered at an end, and emigrants may now safe ly com* to us. Mr. Levy and Major Ward are canvassing the Territory for Delegate to Con gress, which most successfully I cannot say. Moral Courage. There is says the Savannah Republican, so much good sense in the following, from the jour naloj Commerce, that we give it a place. An Editor,it is true, is in a responsible position where he is watched ever; his acts and motives are ali scanned with rigid scrutiny, and as he can please but lew, he is of course, found fault with by the many. Happily, however, most Editors get used to being skinned and learn to view this advancement and retrocession ot colluding forces with composure. Let one thing be remembered, however. If Editors are in a position where they are seen by every one, vice versa, they can see every one. I They therefore see abundant meanness and skulking in some, the right kind of leeline in others. Above all. no Editor need be eighteen months in his chair, without having before him a catalogve.rn'.sowt of those u ho pretended to much moral aud physical courage, but areafraid to come out and take to themselves resftonLbditi' whieh they are ever willing to throw upon the shoulders of others. One learns a great deal of men, if only he is placed in exactly the right po sition to view them. r Moral Courage.—This is a choice comrnods ty, and ir> shared largely by most every individ ual, in his own estimation, while he isapt to con sider il sadly deficient in others. There is a feel ing very prevalent in the community, that edi tors especially are deficient in this estimable characteristic. Men wonder that editors are uot ready to run a tilt against every wind-mill with in their reach; also to ride every hobby, howev er spavined he may be, or however broken Ite ground. If there are ditches or stone walls u> be leaped, or pit-fa Ils to be crossed, the owner ot the aforesaid hammcl applies to the editor, as « matter ot course, to make, the experiment keeping his own precious self out of danger. It the editor breaks his neck in theattempt, the owner still remains unknown; but if he gels safe over, perchance the mysterious agent who tee used him as a catspaw, may eome forward and share the honotsof victory. 'Takeaefi.se, byway of illustration. A day or two since, we receiv ed an anonymous communication, to which was appended the following postcript: “P. S. And now, dear sirs, while w esteem you as passessing more moral courage than any other editors of tlie secular press in the Union, w>- question whether you have enough to give the above a place in your useful and widespread journal. We hope to tie disappointed, however by seeing it apfiear; for wickedness must be re« . aked, or we perish."