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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1844)
- ■ . ~ L - II ...IIMBM .ii.mil [lm || ■ aßggg »p 111811 !■ II ■l| I I ~~~~1 —T~ USWW i rjl i I -A tel /w Ui z'X. ill '~ki rfcK 1 A ’ i fel 1.1 h* pl PIV H OLD SERIES, VOL. LVIIL THE CHRONICLE &SENTINEL IS FBBLTBHBD DAILY, THI-WBBKLY, AND WEEKLY BY J. W. & W. S. JONES. The Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel IB PUBLISHED AT Three Dollars per annum—or one subscriber two years, or two subscribers one year for S ’. Tri- Weekly paper, at Five Dollars per annum. ■ Daily paper, at Ten Dollars per annum. Cash System.—ln no case will an order for the paper be attended to, unless accompanied wttn the money; andin every instance when the 1 me for which any subscription may be paid, exp before the receipt of funds to renew the;subsci *■’ tion, the paper will be discontinued. Depreciated money received at its value in this city. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8. .“There i» a time for everything!” The condition ot an editor in this region, af ter the winding up ol an aciive political cam paigo, is something like that of Hie giver of a grea. feast, alter his guests have partaken freely ' of his stores, hacking and hewing out the nici titbits her* and there: he has an imposing quantity of remnants'and fragments, but pre cious little that woitd tempt the appetite of the gourmand— while he himself has gone to so mnch labor and pains in pieparing the repast for his friends that is just finished, that he has no very areal desire, at the moment j .ifii.' ■ ve.y gicai U'--..'-, ... Opp-; ' he is fain to serve up the best otTOrt may be left to him ol former provision for their entertainment! In just such a state are “ we,” the Editors, at this moment! Having kept up a pretty sharp search for facts bearing upon the late contest, so that from day to day we cou.d spread before our readers a plentiful least of political truth, at the same time that we felt bound in honor and jus tice to serve up to our adversaries late that per haps they did not relish quite as well as our friends did that provided forthem, we no\v feel like taking a little rest, after the stirring time we have had, so that our wits may be regularly and by degrees trained to the new condition of things to which they will no.i have to conform them selves, to a certain extent. Furthermore, our exchanges, from the north and from the south, come to us, about these times, charged to the brim with matters which, ! owever appropri ate and pertinent they may be to the condition oflhingsin their immediate regions, our readers, we know, could have no very great desire, at this time, to have a sample of their quality! In such a state ot affairs, we are forced to be content with the fragments which we can pick up, in this corner and in that, to make some thing of a decent showing daily, until quiet times shall again be had in our borders round about, when »« hope once more to go ahead as —res»l«rly as the old family clock, serving up to our friends, without stint in the measure, the best of the things which we can lay hands upon for their use! The field before us now, how ever, in which to glean, presents bin » slim ap pearance—but we will try to make the best of it until a new harvest comes round—for, as we said, when we started out, “there is a time for everything:” and having got round to the start ingpoint, we will stop and rest ourselves awhile before we again set out! Books by Mail.— The “ Waldie' System Re vived.—We have received from the publisher, Lloyd P. Siqith, of Philadelphia, a specimen number ot “ A Select Circulating Library for Town and Country,” to be issued weekly alter the first of January next, on the “ .Valdie” sys tem. The number betore us is a splendid spe cimen of typography, in quarto form, of sixteen ’■K-d fla I * ie editorial department will be for the first seven years the sole, editor of Wal die's Library,” the patrons of the new enterprize hsve a high guarantee of its value and future usefulness. TERMS. One copy $4 00 per annum. Three copies 10 00 “ “ Five copies 15 00 “ “ Ten copies 25 00 “ “ Politics in Pennsylvania. The following extract from a hand bill, which was left at every house, among the poorer clas ses of Philadelphia City and county, on the night before the election, will afford some evi dence of the means adopted to secure the vote of that Stele for Polk and Dallas. Comment upon such profligacy would indeed be superflu ous : “ Fellow-Citizens: The Democratic Commit tee of Superintendence tor the city of Philadel phia inclose you a ticket for the election on Fri day, the Ist ot November. The electors named in it are pledged to vote for James K. Polk of Tennessee as President, and George M. Dallas of Pennsylvania as Vice President of the United States. Let no circumstance prevent you from being at the polls EVERY VOTE IS IMPOR TANT. On your individual vote may depend the most serious results. As a Democrat and a Pennsylvanian let your vote be given for POLK and DALLAS.— They are the opponents of Clay and Frelinghuy sen. The former are candidates of Democracy’ —the latter are the candidates of Federalism. Are you friendly to the Protection of American Industry? Remember—the Records of Con gress prove hat it is to the votes of DEMO CRATS that the maintenance of that policy is due. The »ecords of Congress peace that Henry Clay did not vote for the Tariff of 181 G —nor of 1824 nor ofVdlU. In 1831 he directed all his efforts to reduce the Tariff of 1828. He voted for the Tariffot 1832 which LOWERED the PRE VIOUS PROTECTION. In 1833 he advo cated and voted for the Compromise Act, which CUT UP the whole POLICY of PROTEC TION. If you are FRIENDLY to AME RICAN Industry, in reality not in name, vote then against Clay, and for POLK and DAL LBS. By order of the Democratic Committee of Superintendence. October 31, 1844. Frigate Missouri.—The'failure of the seve —--t- ■■ i . mi wiecii ~i7F inry vc&st'i tram its position in the Bay of Gibraltar where it obstra*e»—.l l- ■ < i „ , 'fl h,<i lw enn»neatcdly no ticed in the English papers. The following article explains the mode adopted to raise it. It is from a correspondent of the Boston Allas. “ Il will be remembered that the U. S. steam frigate Missouri, after she took fire oil Gibraltar, sunk in fourand a halt fathoms of water. Two well knovn Englishmen, Messrs. Lovell & Marshall have been very successful in raising wrecks, and thev, with their subordinates, visit various ports for this purpose. These contrac tors recently engaged to raise the wreck of the Missouri, on condition that they should receive one half tfiy value of all the property recovered. Their proposition was accepted, and they com menced operations in August last. Their plan was to plank upthestea~-‘ lO high watermark, ’thusdamminv • ue 't'pter, and afterwards pump •the out j by so doing it was supposed the Steamer would naturally rise, and that she could then be easily taken ashore. A vnaiquan tity of timber was procured from Smyrna for this purpose, and after the planking was finish ed, which was done by means of diving-bells, a slow and laborious method, twenty-two pumps were fixed on the wreck. The Governor of Gibraltar kindly offered to the contractors six hundred men belonging to the garrison, to assist them at the pumps, and also loaned them five hundred water buckets for other purposes. It a scer tained by the diving-bell that the wreck had become firmly imbedded in a hard sand; after all the pumps had been workingone hour, he water within the planking had been reduced two feet, when the steamer righted a little but in -doing so a fresh leak was opened. The pumps were again actively worked, notwithstanding wn-m rn ° hs ! ac ? the final success of the ex- An’. he 7i? t?r was ’ b >’ extraordinary exermons, reduced five feet, but as the combin- P°«’ erol the pumps was not sufficient to make any further reduction, alter great efforts the project was finally abandoned. The con tractors, not at all discouraged, alter an experi mental outlay of fifteen thousand dollars are Determined to make one more trial, and for this purpose they have ordered enormous pumps to be constructed, of sixteen inches diameter and no doubt the raising of the wreck will yet be accomplished, through the spirited exertions of the contractors,” LATEST Fho E'UiLANp. ARRIVAL OF THE (A ■ 11 BI'.HNIA. St. ays ! ater. From V '/ Erprrss. The Steamer il . (.’apt. Kyrle, ar rived at Boston on Saturday evening at half past 12, with Liverpool dates to the 19th. She brings 106 passengers. The comtneicial neqj* is not of great interest. Cotton is quoted as a little heavy, with a ten dency so decline. Flour and grain in moderate request, at the rates of the previous week.. Mr. Daniel O’Connell has addressed a long epistle from his retreat at Derrynane to the Re peal Association, in which he dwells cmpliati cally upon the'federal project,and hints his par tially for it in contradistinction to Repeal. « Mr. Everett, the American Minister, who had been absent for some time on the. Cont inent, had returned to England. M'r. Clemson, the newly-appointed American Charge d’Afiaircs to Belgium, has arrived iu Brussels. The demand for Cotton, says Wilmer’s n Ti rnes, throughput, .thpweek - iis to 4J. These in J 3 of the lower prices of last year for the same quality. Some holders are wailing fur ther accounts, and others are pushing their stocks on the market, rather than await the issue ol another crop. The tendency of the market is ini favor of the buyer; the market, in fact, is looking down. The sales yesterday were be tween 4,000 and 5,000 bags. In the course of the week 1,200 Americans and 200 Surats have been taken on speculation; and 400 American, 800 Surats, and 100 Pernams, for export. The great demand lor Belgian Woollens by the American trade, fortranshipment lor China, has fixed the attention of the Netherland manu facturers upon the subject, in order to see whether, by shipping woollens themselves and getting tea in return lor them, which they, can sell in England, they may not do better. In the manufacturing districts business has been brisk. The spinners of several large cotton mills have obtained an advanced wages, to the amount of a penny a thousan 1 hanks, a suffi cient proof that trade is not only brisk but flour ishing. In Yorkshire the cloth halls have been do ng more business. The accounts from Leicester state that so dull an October has not been known for years. The money market continues buoyant, and the rage for new railway investments is as strong as ever. The probability is, that with a superabundance of money which cannot find profitable investment, the rage of speculation will continue. There has bee n an entire absence of demand, sajs the European Times, for any description of United States Securities, since our last publi caiion. No one sale has transpired, but at the same lime we must remark that there has been little stock offering in the market. Louis Phillippe had returned to France. On Friday the order ot the Garter was conferred upon his Majesty at Windsor Castle, amidst great pomp and magnificence. Tne Journal des Debats states that the infor mation communicated to the government, by the scientific committee which was charged to report on the practicability of a canal across the isthmus ot Panama, is satisfactory. Death, of the Duchess of Marlborough.---’We re gret to have lo announce the decease of the Duchess ot Marlborough, at Blenheim palace, on Saturday week. State of Trade. Lancashire, Thursday, October 17ih.—The state ot trade of Oldham is belter than it has been for several years. The spinners at seve ral cotton mills have this week got an advance of wages to the amount of a penny per thousand hanks. The masters and occupiers of mills at Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, Duckinfield and Newton Moor, have unanimously resolved to advance wages upwards of five per cent. I’he hatting branch in the same district is mo derately brisk, and wages are tolerably good. The gingham and nankeen trade at Radclifle is employment. The silk trade at Middleton, Manchester, Fallsworth, Leigh, and Ormskirk, although rather dull, is a little better than it was last week. The trade in the cotton and wool len n ills at Busy, Rochdale and Rosscndale is in a healthy stale. The trade in cotton facto ries in the same districts, and at Heywood, Ba cup, Tudtnorden. and vicinities, is very brisk, and factory hands are scarce. The operatives of every class of trade in the above districts ap pear in better circumstances than they have been lor several years past. Leicester.— The general cry is, that so flat an October has not been known tor years. AfawcAes/er.—There is no decided advance in general, but vet the prices may be called very firm, and even buoyant. The best kinds of printing cloth seem to have found their level; and now that buyers are of that opinion, the business doing ia that article is very great. The demand for yarns continues undiminished, and price, without the least change lor any export numbers. Yorkshire.— The was more business doing in the cloth halls of Leeds last week. Stocks con tinued low, and prices steady’. At Wakefield wool market, stocks were not much reduced, and prices remained stationary. At Bradford the amount of business done in the piece market was very limited. Several houses had ceased o light up, and others had stopped looms. The Welsh Iron Trade.— We learn that there is a retrogade movement again in the iron trade; audit is much feared that those proprietors who at the different works had advanced the wages of their men variously from 10 to 20 per cent., when the late revival'took place, will it the pre sent low price ot iron continues, be compelled again to reduce them. At Clydach, a great number of men are altogether out of employ, and, indeed, throughout the whole of Mon mouthshire and Breconshire there is a much to be deplored deficiency in the order books of the iron works. Ireland. Repeal Association.— At the usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association, on Monday last, a letter which occupies three mortal columns and a halt of the Dublin papers, was read from Mr. O’Connell. He labors to show throughout, that, in seeking tor the repeal, the Roman Catholics desire no civil or ecclesiasti cal ascendancy, and that the Irish Protestants ought not to retain any jealousy or apprehen sion on that score. He would tain conciliate them, therefore, and gain them over, by any means, to join his ranks. France and Algiers. A letter from Oran, of the 21st. ult. says—All seems to be quiet on the frontier, and we hear nothing more of Abd-el-Kader, who is still in Spain. Accounts from Madrid of the Bth ult., state though the public peace has not been disturbed, spiracreVjW(? 1 S o E.>®E! :^. ai !? d l Reports of con lished in some ot thejournals and contradicted in others. About 1 o’clock on the 10th, the Cortes were opened by her Majesty in person. The Queen, with her sister and the Queen Mother, left the palace shortly before that time, accompanied by her suite, and attended by various detachments of cavalry. The royal cortege passed through the principal streets ot Madrid to the Senate House, amidst the acclamations of the people. Her Majesty having ascended the throne, Mar shal Narvaez standing on her right, and M. Martinez de la Rosa on her left, read a most graciousspeech. Poland. The Silesian Gazette states from Poland, Oct. 1, that about twenty students had recently been arrested at Warsaw, on a charge ol being members ot a secret society. The younger of them, who were only from thirteen to fourteen years old, were it is added, sent into the inte rior of Russia, but the others were sent to the at my ol Circassia as common soldiers. Heath, lie I— We visited yesterday Mr. Colman s picture gallery in Broadway, ptincipally for the purpose of seeing an engrav ing of the ‘Deathof the Rev. John Wesley,” and wish we could transfer to paper the emo tions >te experienced as we gazed upon the scene pencilled faithfully before us. The mo ment selected by the artist for representation is that in which the holy and apostolic man, after some minutes of silent prayer or thought’, with clasped hands, uttered those memorable words which thrilled through the heartsot his weep ing friends —“ The best or all is God is with vs.” Standing at the foot of the bed and leaning forward to catch any further words that might fall from the lips’of the dying saint, is the Rev. Peard Dickenson, for nine years reader of the prayers at the City-road chapel, London. Be hind him, enveloped in a cloak, stands Dr. Whitehead, the triend and biographer ot Wes ley. Sitting near Mr. Dickenson is the venera ble Mather, with his ear trumpet raised to his ear, and near him is a youth—the son of the Rev. James Rogets—who is the lone survivor of the group. Ou the right of the bed, Mrs. Charles Wesley is kneeling in an agony d grid. At a little distance from the circle is seated a medi cal student, a pupil ol Dr. Whilehead. Ills head is resting on his hand as though musing and overpowered by the sanctity of the scene. On the left is Mrs. Esther Ann Rogers, look ing sorrows ully but calmly on the countenance ol Mr. Wesley. Behind her stands the taller figure of Miss Ritchie, afterward Mrs. Morti mer. On the right of Mrs. Rogers stands the Rev. Thomas Rankin, a supernumerary preach er, and on her left her husband, the Rev. James Rogers, Rev. James Creighton, John Horton, Esq., Mr. Wesley’s executor, his coun tenance indicating strong emotion, Rev. George Whitfield, Mr. Wesley’s book steward, Rev. Jonathan Edmondson, RoberlCarr Brakenbury, and others. .. The engraving is by W. O. Geller, from a ptkiting by M. Claxton, and when framed is 32 inches by 25. As a work of art it is admitable. Th* grouping of the figures, the characteristic expression'ivhich the artist has depicted, the grief of each, and above all, the calm, illumina ted though emaciated countenance ol the dying . man himself, stamp the production as at once a faithful portraiture and finished specimen of art. To the more opulent members ot that growing section of the Christian churdh to whom-the name and memory of Wesley must ever be dear, such a picture must be above price. 2V. Y. Com. Adv. Items of Indian News.—From the Arkansas Intelligencer of the 19th ult. we gather the fol lowing: It appearsthal the report of the is P tve learn that the Cherokee Council has elected some of their Circuit Judges, will elect *a Chief Justice, and then probablj’ adjourn un til the return of Mr. Ross—Mr. Lowry, 2d Chief being too ill to attend on the Council. The Chickasaw annuity will be paid some time in November. Tlie Choctaw annuity will be paid about the same time. The Creek annuity will be paid about the first ol Novem ber. The dead I ody of a Cherokee Indian, was found a few days since near Evansville, hang ing over a fence, with several wounds upon it, which appeared to be inflicted by a knile. He was no doubt murdered. Acommandof U. S. Dragoons passed through Van Buren a few days ago, on their route to Little Rock, having in charge two prisoners, who they were taking to the custody of the U. S. Marshall. One was Corporal Kinney, of the 6th U. S. Infantry, for killing Hardage a Creek Indian. The other was named Harvey Wyatt, a white man married to a Cherokee woman, who was detected in passing counterfeit gold in the neighborhood of Fort Gibson. The spuri ous pieces were $5 and $lO. Officer of Dragoons Dead.— Lieutenant M. Bowman, of the first Regiment of U. S. Dra goons, died at Little Rock on the Bth ult. of apo plexy. Lieut. B. had served many years upon that frontier; was favorably known to the in habitants generally, and highly esteemed'by those who knew him well.— Pic. Mexico.—By the arrival ol the barque Ana huac, Capt. Wilson, we have received our regu lar files of Mexican papers from Vera C'uz, Mexico, San Luis, Potosi, Oaxaco, Tacubaya, Jalisco, Tamaulipas, and Chihuahua. We translate a lew items of news not before published in the United States. Seventy-six persons were killed by the falling of buildings and other causes, during the late hurricane at Matamoras. A very rich and large silver mine has been discoveied at Batspilas. Two foreigners wert robbed and assassinated in the Municipality of Ayo, in July last. Their names were unknown. In the clotnes of one ol them was a draft of 8500 drawn by P. Fort & Co. of Mexico, on Messrs. FI. J. Bloom & Co., ol Jalisco, in favorol Albert Ischverpicky. A patent for a newly discovered machine for mixing quicksilver with the precious metals has been granted at Mexico. It is intended chiefly tor silver mines. Don Francisco de P. Lopez, commander of the Mexican naval forces against Yucatan, has been found not guilty of the charges made a gainst him, of permitting the Texans to enter the port of Campeachy in 1843. Santa Ana married his late wife in 1825. She was then called Donna Ines, and was four teen years old. He was brigadiergeneral in the Mexican army at the time. Steam saws are about being introduced in Mexico by Mr. L. S. Horgous. He has obtain- Alexander Tasierre was the name of the Frenchman who was so barbarously treated at Mazatlan. One part of their horrid work was to make him kneel and kiss the feet of a negro servant. In this position they gave him two hundred blows. The first cause was a scuffle between him and two musicians. The thirtieth anniversary ot the expulsion of the Spaniards from Mexico, was celebrated thtoughout the Republic, on the 11th of Septem ber last. Ou Sunday the 29th of September there was a grand balloon ascension at Mexico, by Ber liner. The French Society at Mexico have raised by subscription $723, fbrthe sufferers by the hurricane at Matamoras. Bones in the Desert.—The accustomed route (M. Dumas says) is marked by a white line of bleached bonesextending to the horizon. This extraordinary circumstance, it may well be supposed, aroused all my attention. I called to Bechara, who, however, did not wait for my question, for he at once read my dasire in my obvious astonishment. “Thedromedary,”said he, coming to my side, and commencing the story, without preface, “ is not so troublesome and importunate an animal as a horse. He continues his course without stopping, without eating, without drinking, nothing about him be trays sickness, hunger, or exlihustion. The Arab, who can hear from such a distance the roar of a lion, the neigh of a horse, or the noise of men, hears nothing from his haghin, but its quickened or lengthened respiration; it never utters a complaint or a groan. But when na ture is vanquished by suffering; when priva tions have exhausted its strength; when lite is ebbing, the dromedary kneels down, stretches out its neck and closes its eyes. Its master then knows that all isover. Hedismounts, and without an attempt to make it rise—lor he knows the honesty of its nature, and never suspects it of deception or laziness—he removes the saddle and places it on the back ol another dromedary and departs, abandoning the one that is no long er able to accompany him. When night ap proaches, the jackals and hyenas attrac cd by the scent, come up and attack the animal till no thing is left but the skeleton. We are now on the highway from Cairo and Mecca ; twice a year the caravans go and re turn by this route; and these bones are so nume rous ar.d so constantly replenished, thht the tem pests of the desert can never entirely disperse them; these bones which, without a guide, would lead you to the oases, the wells and the fountains, where the Arab finds shade and water, and would end by conducting you to the tomb ot the prophet: these bones are those ol dromeda ries which perish in the desert. If you look at tentrveiy yOrrwnr see some pones smaller in size, and of a different conformation. These, too, are the wrecks of wearied bodies, that have found repose before they reached the goal. They are lhe bones of believers who desire to obey the ( . that a jj [jjg faithful shall, once in their lives, perform inis m»i v and who, having been too long deterred from undertaking it by car's or pleasures, commence their pilgrimage so late on earth, that they are obliged to finish it in Heaven. Add to these some stupid Turk or bloated sleep ing when he ought to have his ey-s open, has fallen and broken his neck; give the plague its share, which often decimate a caravan, and the simoon, which often destroys one, and you will readily see that these funeral guide-posts are planted with sufficient frequency to preserve the road in good order, and to point out to the chil dren the route pursued by their fathers.”— Huinzc Jours on Sinai, by Al. Dumas. Trinidad and Cienfuegos.—We copy the following from the Caraccas Liberal ol October 7.— Phil. U. S. Gaz. We have heard t> day fearful accounts ofthe ravagesof the late gale on the south side of the Island of Cuba. At Trinidad, and in its neighborhood, the gale was peculiarly severe, fairly uprooting the cane plant in many instances, ahd in nearly all, de stroyed utterly the plaintain corn and coffee plants. The losscomespeculiarly hard at this time, upon lhe planter, as the crops at best were but indifferent, owing to the drought of the past winter and spring. The coming sugar crop of th t vicinity, cannot, it is said, be even one half ot that ot the past year. At Cienluegos and its neighborhood, the gale though very severe,has not, we learn, caused the same amount of damage to the other crops, as at Trinidad—neither had the cane crop been as severely injured. Learning is Clergymen.—A learned clergy man in Maine was accosted in lhe following manner, by an illiterate preacher, who despised education: “Sir, you have been to college, I suppose ?” ‘ Yessir, was the reply “fam thankful,” rejoined the former, “tha f he Lord has opened my mouth to preach without any learning.” “A ■y milar event,” replied the latter, “ took place in Balaam s lime, but such things are of rare oc currence at lhe present day. AUGUSTA, GA., THURSDAY OWNING, NOVEMBER 14, 1844. SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9 Bounty on British Goods.— During the discussions pending the late Presidential elec tion, it was asserted by the Whig journals, that the British government, in order to repre.s the building up ot manufactures in the United States, previous to the war of 1812, p l cut large sums, in the slia; c of bounties,, io the im porters into this country ot British goods, and that if the tariff were to be materially reduced, the same policy would be again pursued by that government to break down our manufacturers, and thus secure this market for her own people once more. This assertion was roundly contradict td by the locofoco free tiade papers, notwithstanding Mr. Benjamin Marshall of New-York, one of the largest importers of British dry goods into the United States, declared that lor many years, the house with Which he was connected, had been paid Wrge sums in this way. To prove conclusively, however, that such, was the course ol the English government, a corres pondent of the Boston Atlas furnishes the.lullow ing extract from a speech in the House of fcosS tnons, i.A I Frofri Ims 'ft win be seen that the sum paid out in bounties by the British Government, was upwards of 84,620,000. And the writer of the communication alleges that he himself had re ceived many thousands of dollars of this very bounty, as theoriginal invoices would show; and further, that he could name twenty importers of British goods, then in Boston, who had re ceived from two to twenty thousand dollars a year, when this bounty was allowed, in proof of his position. The matter is a curious one, and is tyorthv of deep consideration at the present time particu larly. The market of the United States is es sential, and very essential, to the British manu facturer, whatever the “free trade” advocates allege to the contrary; but more particularly is it essential to the English cotton spinners, that there should be no factories in the United States to enter into competition with them in other markets. What policy, therefore, will be pur sued hereafter, by the English governmeat, aided by the anti-tariffites here, to gel rid of American competition, time will determine. In the mean while, we refer our readers to the extract below, to prove to them, that the locofoco editors and orators, in denying the position assumed by the Whigs, were not, as is ever the case with them, governed by truth; at the same time that we ask them, new that the heat and excitement of the election is over, to examine coolly and candidly the tariff policy, that they may hereafter act understandingly in reference to it. Mr. Vansittart said— “ The first article he had to propose was in deed one which appeared to him liable to very little objection—for, in fact, it was a tax which would fall upon nobody—(a laugh.) Gentle men may smile, but il it was in other respects unobjectionable, he trusted il would not be cen sured on that account. His proposition was to discontinue the bounty on the exportation ot printed goods. This bounty had grown from a veiy small charge to a very large one, amount ing, upon an average of the last three years, to the sum of -£3oß,ooo—a circumstance in one respect highly satisfactory, as it showed the great increase which had taken place in the ex portation ot these goods, but which also showed at once the necessity ot granting a bounty to en courage this exportation had ceased, and that a considerable resource might be derived from its suppression. The printed goods in question, from the improvement of the manufactures, and the extensive use ot machinery, could now be afforded much cheaper without. lhe .boPAly sislance. “ The present state of the world, with respect to commerce, was peculiarly favorable to the discontinuance ofthe bounty system. Wherever British manutactures were permitted to enter, their superiority was universally acknowledged; where they did not find their way, il was not on account of their dearness orinferior quality, but because they were excluded by rigorous prohi bitions. Whenever these might cease, the country might again expect to see the British manufactures spreading themselves over the continent, without the assistance of bounties. That which it was now proposed todiscontinue, amounted to no more than one half penny a yard on printed goods of the lowest quality, and three half pence a yard on printed goods of the highest; an amount much within the ordinary fluctuations ot price from accidental causes, and the loss of which could not operate as any discouragement to trade. To him, therefore, this proposition appeared free from all reasona ble objection. His task would have been easy, if he could have flattered himself that what he had still to propose was equally unobjectiona ble: but ofthe remainder of his plan, he could only’, as he said before, indulge the hope that in the choice ot evils he had selected the least.” gj’The late northeastern gale on Lake Erie, as was anticipated, done considerable damage to the shipping. Several vessels were driven on shore, but whether any lives were lost had not been ascertained at the last dates. The masters of all the vessels which have arrived at Buffalo since the storm, represent it as the worst they ever experienced on the lakes. It snowed so heavily duringthe gale, as almost totally to ob scure everything. O’ The N. Y. Courier and Enquirer states the number of persons naturalized in that city, from the Ist of October to the 3'l ol November, to be 2,300. In Baltimore the number naturalized in September and October was 972. Thirty three hundred voters made in two cities in sixty days. This fact is worth a thought at least. Q-The beauties of imprisonment for debt may be j udged of trom the fact, that an inquest was held, not long since, in the City of Dublim upon the body of an old man, named Grought, who had died in prison, where he had been incarcerated for eighteen months, because un able to pay a debt ol less than forty dollars ; American Gloves.—This article, we learn is manufactured to a very large extent at Johns town, Fulton county, N. Y. Two hundred males and fifteen hundred females are constant ly employed at their own houses. From three to four hundred tnonsauU palm aro ix-ado an nually, and sold to store keepers in the various cities and towns in the United Slates. Ten thousand dollas is paid annually for American sewing silk, which is made in Connecticut and one hundred thousand dollars is annually paid for dressed deer skins, for the above pur pose. O’ The N. Y. Commercial Advertiser gives the following extract from a piivate letter to a mercantile house in that city, from a correspon dent at Tepic, in Mexico : “A despatch has been received from the Bri tish Consul, at Upper California, in which he says as follows: “I have this moment received a courier from the frontier of the Sacraments informin'- me ot the arrival of a party of emizrants, part of a caravan that left the'United States last season for the Columbia. Those who have removed to the Oregon are preparing to leave for Cali fornia duringthe autumn, not liking the Ore gon.” O’ Members of Congress are already’ begin ning to congregate at Washington. For all the good that the country will reap from their acts, it would be better that they remained at home. Who struck Bill Patterson ? This ques tion, which has so long engaged the attention o lhe curious and inquiring, is thus solved by the Lincoln, (N. C.) Courier. Marriage Outright.— ln one of lhe uppercoun ties ot the Stale of North Carolina, a young fel low named Ben Sykes,' had courted a fair one for some years, but either was not ready or wil ling to put the question; she was fully willing —perhaps too willing—but he never came to the scratch. At last she got mad, and said she would marry Bill Patterson, if he ever courted her again. Bill, on hearing of this determiaa- lion, went once morenndii his claim; he was a scurvy fellow in so^ithings, and neither 'ma’am’ nor ‘dad’ was Wrig to it. So he se cretly goes to R-, get hillspse, end that night made oft tor a Gretna In theif road to happiness, however, wMAjuld they meet bu' Ben Sykes. He had gocEjnkling ot what was going on, and when he ffiwjem, he understood how the case lay. jjffW “Sally,” says he, “I ha£\>oled you, that’s a fact, and lam sorry for^zft at jf you still pre fer me to Bill Patterson, jlysay so, and 1 will give him a thrashing, tSIMQk license, and old Moody shall marry us tjj-iO.” The old love was ( or t h e new.— Ben gava Bill a thradjiKiok his gal, and (what he hated which cost him7s cents, and his plunder to Moody’s. The old sq«snot so well under stand how one man coi> of a license granted to another. aidhe did not himself understand law he did know, that unless he did it, *' e would catcli it too. This hint was Moody, who, without more ado, man and w i fe. Tui’. Book of sqhb Expedition. —The following forthcoming u American Book,’* Joumalof Btlle Le tires. We A’ a much usefulness, n e x - ™ 41. ant e Jsity, we baveap]£sg?/andhave been permitted to has been made at Pliilaaelph'ia in prfting the work. It will consist, first, ot five deiiy-quarto volumes of about five hundred pageseacb, il lustrated very supeibly with sxty-eijht steel plates, about forty-six steel vigiettes vorkedon the pages of letter press, and tw> handed wood cuts scattered through the wor\ with bur very large mapsand several smiler ones. This edition is ordered by Congres tor distribution to foreign Powers and a fetvliraries; it will be a very small one. “A second edition, (ifsschit may be called when both are simultaneously printed,) of octa vo size, will be publisher] ani will be under the control of Lea & Blaichard, of this city. The copy right ot this belgtgs to and has been secured by the author. Itf’ill contain the same illustrations, the whole are in a very forward state; nearly two rolumes of both edi tions are actually printed., From what we learn we should probably be sfe in stating our be lief that the whole will be Bady for publication in three months. More atention lias been gi ven to the mere “getting q>” of this work than to any other published in this country. It is purely, in all its parts, al American produc tion; the illustrations are Bghly creditable to our artists and draughtsmd, and may be class ed with the best that have apeared in Europe; a large portion ot these weiave seen. When we nib our critical pen ater the publication, we shall endeavor to convg to our readers a correct account of the literate execution. Great labor has undoubtedly beernestowed by author, artists, and the scientific gailemen attached to the Expedition, to make his a truly elegant work. We anticipate its rablication, in com mon with our countrymen; with considerable impatience.” Accident and loss or liie.—The Pensaco la correspondent of the N. 0. Picayune, gives the following account of an accident which occured in Pensacola Bay, «n the the 28th ult. About one o’clock, P. M, the U. S. ship Falmouth’s first cutter left lhe ship, at the navy yard, under sail, to come u[ to the city. The wind was so near ahead thatshe had to make a stretch over towards Deer Point, on Santa Rosa Island, to enable her to lay her course. When about lour or five miles from the ship, a sudden squall struck and instantly capsized her. There were seventeen persons—oflkers, seamen and boys—on board at the time, wko all clung to the bottom and gunwales as she was drifted by the i de and wind in the swollen and agitated waters of the bay. In vain they made every effort to signalize the ship; the atmosphere was hazy, and no quarter-master could have discovered their po sition, and their only hope was, thalsome pass ing vessel would rescue them from their peril ous situation; but hour after hour passed away, and they were still adrift in the open bay, until it was nme o’clock the cry of distress, tacked and ranged up along side of the drifting boat, aid with great difficulty succeeded in rescuing eight of the exhaused sufferers. Having no small boat, the schooner had to tack two or three tunes in taking them off, as the sea was rough and they could not keep the cutter alongside. The poor fellows, becoming impatient, let go lheir hold and at tempted to swim to the vessel, but sunk from exhaustion ; and, it pains me to add, that Lieut. Ferdinand Piper, Professor William S. Fox, four seamen and two boys were lost. It was at first supposed that five of the men were drown ed, but one lashed himself to a spar and drifted ashore on Santa Rosa. I have not yet heard the names ol the seamen and boys who were drowned. One officer, Midshipman Harris, son of Dr. Harris, ol the navy, and eight men survived. Sj’The papers to the north are sc absorbed with political matters, that if they had any news there they have not given it: therefore we must serve our readers in like manner. Crime and its consequences.—On the 20th September last there arrived in this cily two persons, Englishmen, who called their names Ellis; the eldest apparently about fifiy years of age, the other, not more than two orthree and twenty. They boarded at the Pavilon Hotel, passed off as being connected together by rela tionship, and associated with the gentlemen boarders ot the bouse. It now appears that their real names were Joseph Elder and Wm. Burgess, and that they were fugitivesfrom jus tice, in England. The younger man Burgess, was a Clerk in lhe Bank of Engand, and through his means a number of shales in the capital stock of the Bank, amounting t» between fony and fifty thousand dollars, were sold and transferred, the man Elder fraudulently repre senting himself as the owner of the stick. The parties made their escipe from Lotrlon, and landed from the steamerfrom Liverpod at Hali fax, and thence travelled through the Canadas to this city. On Thursday, R. Bond :nd John Forrester, the former another Clerk in the Bank, and the latter, one of the Mansion House Police, arrived in this city, hazing been on the track ol the fugitives for sone days, lit the after noon they arrested Elder at his boarding house in Federal street, and obtained information that Burgess was at Nahant. A party of officers proceeded to the Hotel, and one of them found the culprit, bat by some ex traordinary accident, he made bis escape from the person who arrested him,and fled. He was heard of from a cottage at Nihant, and a boat was yesterday missing from tie beach, and the conclusion is, that he either a«t out to sea, in the hope of being take'll up by avessel, or that he crossed over to lhe main larT. Yesterday morning, on opaing the cell of Elder, at the jail, he was fomd dead, having committed suicide in the nightly hanging him self. We learn he had investd his ill-gotten gains in slocks and treasury rotes, the certifi cates of which were found on lis person, when he was arrestsd, and that these with the money found In the room of Burgess, at Nahant, make up the sum received by them, except about three thousand dollars, which had unquestionably been spent.— Boston Atlas. Simple cure for the Croup.—We find in the Journal of Health the following simple remedy for this dangerous disease. Those who have passed nights of almost agony at the bed side of loved children--when death seemed con tending for another Golgotha, and have heard the husky rattle, as the dark demon ’.as stifling the infant breath, will treasure it up as an in valuable piece of information. If a child is taken with croup instantly apply cold water, ice water if possible, suddenly and freely to the neck and chest with a syonge—the breathing will almost instantly be relieved; so soon as possible let the sufferer drink as much as it can, then wipe it dry, cover it up warm, and soon a quiet slumber will relieve the parent’s anxiety, and lead the heart in thankfulness to lhe power which has given to the pure gushing fountain such medical qualities. Destructive Fire.—On Thursday, the 24th ult., the fine sugar house of Messrs. Joseph A. & F. A. Frere, of St. Mark Parish, in this State, together with about sixty-five hogsheads of sugar, was entirely destroyed by fire, which was communicated to the root by a spark from one of the chimneys. So rapidly did the flames spread, as we learn from the Planters’ Banner, that there was not even time to save the sugar in the purgery. The machinery was greatly damaged also. The works are said to have cost over 819,000, and there was no insurance; and what makes the disaster trebly serious, is the fact there are yet upwards of five hundred acresol cane standing, which may suffer from frost. A lisping, bashful sort of genius went to see his sweetheart one night, and being rather hard run for matter of conversation, said to her, after a long pause: “ Thally, did you ever thee aa owl? what (tithed bigeyes they get, haint they?” From the St. Donis Reveille. A Wet Day at the Tremont House. We heard a droll story, the other day, of the first visit ot a Western friend of ours to Boston, some years since. He had taken a “ run on” from New York to see Faneuil Hall, Bunker Hill, the common, &c. and knew no body in the city, or, if he did, on the “fail day,” of which we speak, it would have made little difference, for the rain poured down in torrents, and from bis room, in the upper part ot the Tremont House, he<beheld the drenched passengers, en deavoring to restrain way ward umbrellas, com pelling them across flooded intersections, while occasionally a buttoned up, wretched looking fiack w ould splash along, the horses like down ing cats, thedriverlike a resuscitated ditto. Out of another window he had an equally enlivening view of the old church yard, .with its moaning trees, and mouldering mqnumer.ts, from which he would again turn to the street in front, watch ing perhaps an occasional actor or actress— '‘little people”—in their dives along the passage leading to the Tremont theatre, with a “wonder” whether such draggletailed and shocking-bad riiatted individuals could possible have had any part in the spangled pageant of the night pre vious! But these mental resources could not last forever. He passed Lis chamber, rang for a eocktail, rang for cigars, rang for the papers, on each oc casion attended by ‘John,’ a tall, good looking, good humoreji Irishman, who appealed to un derstaqd hisC desolate situation, anil w&uß| day, sir, any fiftWr 'rtShe devil fly-away wid such weather, sky if sir, barrin’ that it would be a blessin’ to l.wn !’ &c : Suddenly, as in a fit of desperation, the prisoner flung himself down by a table, looked ‘John’ lull in the face, and exclaimed in a de termined tone — ‘ Bring me two bottles of champagne, here I’ The waiter regarded him with evident sur prise, and some little consternation: for, if ever discontent had expressed itself in suicidal ac cents, then had it spoken; and a landlord’s in quest over “one found dead drunk" was palpa bly presented to his mental vision. ‘ Is it two bottles you said, sir?’ ‘Two bottles, 1 said, and make haste about John took a few steps towards the door— found occasion to set a chair straight—stole a look back—and then, with an embarrassed “hem,” evidently interested, and determined, if possible, to recall tne harsh man to reason, he repeated— ‘ TYitn bottles, you said, sir?’ ‘ Two bottles, d—n you 1’ John looked wildly, threw up his eyes, and disappeared. Re-opening the door, however, immediately, and thrusting in one cheek, he took a glance with his ear, as it were, and, somewhat between desperation and remonstrance, ventured the final inquiry.— ‘ Not two at wanst, sir?’ A ruinous dent in the door, within an inch ol his head, made by a boot-jack, closed the matter, and the door also just as suddenly, John taking himselt down stairs in a state of considerable anxiety. He returned in due lime with a couple of bottles, placed them on the table before the im movable stranger, and, with a sort of puzzled expression looked in his face for further orders. ‘Now sit down, d—.n you, and drink one of them!’ ‘ Oh, Holy I Is it one of the bottles ?” He was cut short by his neighbor’s cork, which hit him in the eye, and, with the air ot a man yielding to preternatural influence, down he sat, in another moment, to be looking at a miniature likeness of his entertainer, through the bottom of a tumbler. They have always kept choice “brands” at the Tremont House, and a few glasses relieved John ol much of the awe with which he had regarded the weather-bound gentleman. The latter, smoking a cigar, drank away gravely, only, by a nod, now and then directing John’s attention to his bottle. The champagne waxed low, John waxed high; from respectful awe to ardent gratitude, mounting thence to fervent patriotism, flashing mirth, and even gushing song! His host was enlightened with regard to his (John’s) “respectable connexions at home;” assured that he wasn't, at the moment, speaking to “one of the clergy,” whence John eloquently launched forth upon the oratorical flood of Catholic claims and Dan O’Connell. The gentleman from the West was in the act ot pouring out the last scant glass, when John suddenly arose, rang the bell with great vigor, "jLS'tenWi?*, Te w rS necessary,’however, before one appeared, that “landing” being John’s own peculiar province; butat length two wondering faces were thntstinto the room, and John, with a tone of authority not to be resisted, cried out— “Two more bottles on ray account, d —nye, and be quick about it!” It was now the turn of the Western manto stare; but John wason his “ connexion at home,” and not to be interfered with. The wine came, and the waiters grinned, and John was glorious. The rainy day become one of rosy sunshine ; and when the hour brought together the small parly invited to dine with the stranger in Boston, they were delighted to hear that the said city was the greatest place in the whole country “ any how !” John took ourfriend under his especialcharge at dinner, and such tit bits as were selected for his enjoyment never before were even dreamt of; and upon his final departure, to say nothing of the “ Porterage” being refused, John, with a select few, appeared grinning at the depot, and gave “three cheers for the rale gentleman” as the train started. Fate of the Apostles.— The following brief his tory ot the Fate of the Apostles we have never seen in a popular print till a day or two ago. It may be new to those whose reading has not been evangelical, to know that: St. Matthew is supposed to have suffered martyrdom, or was slain with a sword, at the city of Ethiopia. St. Mark .was dragged through the streets of Alexandria, in Egypt, till he expired. St. Luke was hanged upon an olive tree in Greece. St. John was put into a cauldron ot boiling oil at Rome, and escaped death! He afterwards died a natural death at Ephesus, in Asia. St. James the Great was beheaded at Jerusa lem. St. James the Less was thrown from a pinna cle or wing of the temple, and then beaten to death with a fuller’s club St. Philip was hanged up against a pillar, at Hierapolis, a city of Phrygia. St. Bartholomew was flayed alive by the com mand of a barbarous king. St. Andrew was bound to a cross, whence he preached unto the people till he expired. St. Thomas was run through the body with a lance at Coromandel, in the East Indies. St. Jude was shot to death with arrows. St. Simon Zealot was crucified in Persia. St. Mathias was first stoned and then behead ed. St. Barnabas was stoned to death by the Jews at Salania. St. Paul was beheaded at Rome, by the tyrant Nero. Figures will Sometimes Lie. The Macon Messenger says:—Among the many infamous tricks practised to cheat and de lude the ignorant, the following, which was used on the morning of the election, was per haps the most mean and contemptible. To suppose that any portion of our people could be made to believe that each of them was to re uwire 150 acres of Tex.s Land, it Polk was elected President, was an insutt wr-Htotr nnd.r standing, and yet we have no doubt, many a Democrat swallowed it as gospel truth. Os this we are not so much surprised, as we are of the shameless knavery of respectable men who connived at such fraud. READ, PAUSE AND REFLECT. WHIG CREED. A high Protective Tariff to aid the Northern Federalists, and enemies of the South To force us to sell our Cotton, and other Southern products cheap, and buy all manu factured articles at a dear price, To tax the poor man heavily. To tax the rich man lightly. To prostrate the South by refusing to admit into the Union any more Southern Stales. DEMOCRATIC CREED. Moderate duties for the support of the govern ment, so that the South may flourish and buy cheap iron, clothing, sugar, tea and coflee, and other necessaries of life. To increase the power of the South by the admission of new States. To acquire TEXAS, and distribute her rich lands to the people. The proportion of Georgia would be 1,291,- 480 acres. The proportion of this Congressional District would be 161,435 acres. The proportion of each county would be 8,968 acres. The proportion of each voter would be 150 acres. The Madison (Ga.) Miscellany says the same infamous hand All was extensively circu lated in the Cherokee country. A Strange Fancy.— A strange story is told of a hypochondriac of rank and fortune in Ireland, who fancies one of his legs of one religion and the other of another. He not unfrequentlv puts one of his unfortunate legs outside of the bed clothes to punish It for its religions errors. MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11. National Census. The National Intelligencer complains of the inaccuracy ot the statistics taken in connection with the Census of 1840. It is asserted, it says, by competent judges in such matters, that no general inteiences can be safely drawn from these tables.— Exchange paper. We do not at all wonder at this, when the many difficulties which stood in the way of arriv ing at accuiacy, are taken into consideration. There is our brother of the “East Alabamian” —better known as “the Chicken Man of Alaba ma,” from Florida to Maine—who has given to the Vorld sundry graphic sketches of the “hair-breadth ’scapes,” which he ran in “takin’ thejUHS'is!” We doubt not that the aforesaid “ Chicken Man” possessed alldue qualifications for his office. The trouble, in his case, was with “we the people 1” He could not get it “ through their hair,” no way he could fix it, why the folks at Washington—our excellent friends of the Intelligencer among the number— wished to know how many stockings were knit, or chickens hatched, upon the rich plantations on the banks of the Tallapoosa, and other noted to know ab:-'tiv‘HOW Oie “sovereigns” of Alabama wouldn’t “faterea sons upon compulsion,” and hence the difficul ties of the famous “ Chicken Man.” As was the case of our Alabama friend, so we doubt not was that of manv another capable officers employed in a like duty. But if the people were to blame in many instances, we are clearly of the opinion that the census takers were oftenerin fault than the people. It will be recollected that the census was taken under Mr. Van Buren's administration—an administration famous for suiting the office to the man, rather than the man to the office. With wisdom such as this, therefore, in selecting “ the officials,” it may reasonably be inferred that there were many deputy marshals who had not sense enough to take the census, however well they might know the road from the public treasury to their pock ets. A famous case we recollect; that of a cen sus taker who was appointed because he could speak German; the dispensers of the office very happily overlooking the fact that he could not speak English! Under all the circumstances of the case, we think the Editors of lhe Intelligencer are a little unreasonable in complaining that "the cen sus is not quite as good as it might be. That is not the way that most folks regard mat ters that occurred under the administration be fore mentioned. Reasonable people put on a solemn countenance, and as in duty bound, de voutly thank the Fates that things were no worse! and if our cotemporaries at Washington will take our advice, they will feel consoled by the self evidence ot the fact, that although the said census is not even fit togacss by, it is quite as good as could have been expected! Boilers and Boiler Iron.—From a speech lately made in Nsw York by Professor J. J. Mapes, we take the extract below. The testi mony which he bears to the excellence of Ame rican iron, compared with that of England, is entirely correct. But if there is that difference in the manner of constructing steamboat boilers in England and the United States which he speaks of, does it not afford an explanation of the fact, why there are so many more steamboat explosions in this country than in Britain? Do not the American boiler makers and steamboat owners place more confidence than is meet in. the ductility and toughness of American iron, and thereiure lake less cate than ought tu be taken in the building of the boilers, or in pro perly strengthening them by the “gallows frames,”described by-thc nuiLssui as lu ii.se in England? The fact is one worth an investi gation by those whose duty it is to see to such things: “ One word before we close on the improve ments in the manufacture of iron. The legisla ture of this State appropriated $5,000 to be ex pended in experiments for smelting our iron ores, the result of which is, that specimens were exhibited at the Fair of wrought iron made di rect from the ore at a single operation, without passing through the ordinary ordeal of pudding, &c., &c. The superior quality of American boilerplate-iron is part ofthe cause of the great er speed ot our steamboats. A boiler of the same size, weighing one third less and being one third stronger than one made of English iron. Its ductility is so great that it may be bent at a right angle or formed into a letter S, whose length shall be only four times the thick ness of the iron without cracking, and this by direct hammering when cold. In England they find it necessary, in consequence ofthe inferior quality of their boiler iron, to construct a gal lows frame of wrought iron similar to the frame of a house; to this the boiler plates are attach ed, the edges are butted together to support each other and to prevent the rivet holes burst ing out during the process of riveting. A separate row of rivets is in many cases requir ed for the edge of each plate, and these of suffi cient length to pass through both the plate and bar, when a right angle turn is required. An Los iron must first be formed and the boiler plate riveted to each of its edges. In this coun try no such frame is required, the sheets are lap ped over each other, the rivets passing through the edge of the two sheets. When a right angle or any other turns are required, they are obtain ed by merely bending the sheets.” Theatre. The excitement consequent upon the election, together with our engagements, prevented our attending the representation of the drama du ring the past week. On-ia.urday night, how ever, we dropped in to witness the debut Mr. Tones in the ‘ • Carpenter of Rouen,” and “ Black Eyed Susan, as well as to have a bird’s eye glance at the entire “corps theatrical,” and we teel especial pleasure in commending the ma nager’s efforts to the favorable consideration of the lovers of the drama. As a whole, the com pany is a very efficient one, some of whom are artists of decided merit; but we have not time to particularise, and must conclude by recommend ing to our theatre-going friends not to omit the opportunity to witness the representation of the “ Carpenter of Rouen.” Another Patriot gone.—Died at his resi dence in Morgan county, on the 28th ultimo, Matthew Cochran, aged nearly one hundred years. -He soldier of Lhe Revolution— one of the first settlers of Morgan county, and a worthy anl estimable citizen. He expressed himself ready and willing to die, and we trust he has exchanged a lite, worn down with the age of infirmity, for one that shall never end. O’The results ofthe elections for President, indicating, as they do, the probability of Polk’s election, play sad havoc with the prices of stocks. They go down, down, down, as Polk’s chances go up! Flow true is it, that as locofoco *sm triumphs, the prosperity of the country de clines: but as Whigism succeeds, the interests ofthe country advance. A letter from Havana, of a recent date, says—“ldo not believe the cane is so much in jured as many representit; but the loss of buil dings, which cannot be replaced, will cut short the sugar crop very much.” O’The New York Tribune states the value of foreign merchandize imported into that city, from Jan. 1 to Nov. 1, 1844, a period of ten months, to be $69,872,305: of which $59,863,- 6-15 were dutiable goods, and $10,008,660 not dutiable. The amount of duties received in October was $1,328,42ft _____ Revenue.—The total amount of revenue from customs received at this port from January Ist, 1814, is 820,581.715. The importations of Specie in October were $43,529. The imports in October show a de crease of $4,061,000, as compared with Septem ber, and the duties are about $700,000 below the average of the preceding ten months.—lW Y. 1 Tribune. ** Collision.—The steamboat Domain ran into the small steamboat Collier, on the Ohio River near Wheeling, on the Ist inst. which caused the Collier to sing in a very short time. One man was drowned. Havana.—By the arrival of the brig T. Street, a file of Havana papers up to the 26th ult., has been received at New Orleans. They contain nothing of special interest, beyond furnishing some additional details of the damage done by the recent hurricane. The country had suffer ed very severely and many crops had been .en tirely ruined. Provisions had been exceeding ly scarce, but supplies were beginning to pour in opportunely from the U. States. The Havana Diario de la Marina of the 06th ult. says, that, up to that date, #48,456 had been collected in that city for the relief ot the sufferers by the late hurricane. Curious Table.—A correspondent of the Na tional Intelligencer has formed a Table from the published census of 1840, containing many interesting facts. We take from it tha follow ing, showing the population jin each State, the number of Male White Citizens in each, over 21 years of age, that can read and write, and the relative number of the same represented by each Member of Congress: ' “——————' Mlle w/riia.jja reprexn- Census lover 21 years\ied by each Alutes. 1840 that can read member hf : MauachTILJ' Rhode Islui-ar; 108,830 25 052 Vermont, 291,948 68,703 ! JLI76 New-York, 2,428.921 Wft.l22 16,748 New-Jersey, 373,306 79,968 15,993 Pennsylvania. 1,724,033 369,622 15,401 Delaware, 78,085 11,262 11,262 Maryland, 470,019 70,665 11,777 Vireinia, 1,239,797 134,979 9,000 North Carolina, 753,419 72,026 South Carolina, 594,393 45,660 6,610 Georgia, 691,392 €9,535 8,692 Louisiana. 352,411 47,679 11(920 Ohio, 1,519.467 319,121 15,196 Indiana, 685,866 123,070 12,307 Illinois, 476,183 99,905 14,272 Kentucky, 779,828 107,981 10,798 Tennessee, 829,210 96,358 8,760 Missouri, 383,702 76,085 15/>l7 Mississippi, 375,654 39,233 9,808 Alabama; 59;1,756 61,5'29 8,790 Arkansas, 97,574 15,050 15,050 Michigan, 212,267 53,045 17,681 Total" I at the above, our readers will be able to learn the state of general intelli gence in each of the component parts of our Republic. Connecticut it appears leads the van in the great march of improvements; Massa chusetts follows closely upon her heels, as do the other New England and Middle States— giving altogether a noble commentary upon the j udieious and benevolent systems ot free schools, which are there sustained and fostered at the public expense. M ichigan is settled principal ly by New Englanders, hence she is already tar in advance of her older and more Southern sis ters. Next to her in the West, stand Ohio, Ar kansas and Missouri. In the South the propor tion who can read and write to each member of Congress, is less than 50 per cent, upon that ot the Middle an Eastern States, while at the foot ot the list stands South Carolina—a State that has nevertheless given to the country many very eminent and worthy statesmen. The condition of the South as represented in the above table is easily accounted for by the sparseness of her population and the difficulty ot organizing any efficientsystemofpublicinstruction. Thisalso renders education vastly more expensive to those who are disposed to enjoy its benefits, and hence the fact that it is not so universal at the South, while it must be generally conceded that a portion ol our people are as highly improved as any in the Union. It is matter of congratu lation that the last able and patriotic Legislature of Georgia not only redeemed the currency and character of the State, but passed a most saluta ry law upon this very subject—a law which if carried into operation by the properly constitut ed authorities, cannot fail to remedy the evils evidenced as above. We commend, then, this subject to the attention not only of the Judges of our Superior Courts, but of the people them selves in the respective counties, through whose energy and perseverance alone, after all, can ’his great good he accomplished.— Savannah RepiMican. The Swiss Bell-Ringers.—The following interesting description of these remarkable mu sicians is given by Mrs. Child, in a letter to the Boston Courier, written at New-York:— “ The performances of these bell-ringers is really very wonderful, and well worth hearing, as an exhibition of mechanical skill, and ac curacy of ear. When they first played at Niblo’s 1 closely watched the effect on the or as any in the country. They were visibly de lighted with the perfect precision ofthe perform ance. Yet the Companologians play not mere ly simple carillons, but elaborate and difficult music; the overture to Fra Diavolo, for in stance. If this were done by striking the bells it would be less surprising; to ring forty-two bells, with such precision, is certainly a mar vellous exploit. No wonder they are obliged to rehearse five hours a day to accomplish it.— The sound of their combined bellsis like a pow erful music-box, extremely sweet, liquid and melodious. A seat at a little distance is more agreeable than one very near; not only because the metallic sound is softened, but because the performers themselves appear too much like machines when viewed closely. A writer in one ot our papers jestingly undertook to prove that they were automata, and certainly if one of Maexel’s figures should be placed among them, in the same dress, it would not be so very easy to detect the counterfeit. This mechanical look attitude is the inevitable result of a long protracted habit of listening intently, in order to play each particular note in the right place. It scarcely admits of letting the music go deeper into their souls than the ear. If I were gifted with power to utter the music that struggles for ever within me, I could not submit to such re straint in the mode ol utterance. 1 should break all the bells in desperation. Four of these men began to practice their difficult art seven years ago. At first, they used but seven bells, but gradually increased the number to twenty-six. Their company now consists of seven, and they use forty-two bells, varying in size from a large cow bell to the smallest dinner-bell. They had these bells manufactured for them, and carefully attuned by scraping the metal. It took nine months of patient practice to attune them to a perfect con cert pitch. The clappers are upon a spring. A piece ot leather goes through the ball ol the tongue; the leather strikes the bell, and renders the tones more soft and sweet. They place the lore finger and thumb upon the sides of the bell, and thus obtain a steady hold, while they pre vent disturbing vibrations. The lowest bell is the lowest C of the treble cleft, and they run up three octaves and one fourth with all the semi-tones. Four of them play the air; the other similar to aguitaraccom panimentto a song. They thrill notes beauti fully. Every piece of music is arranged for them. Their instructor plays it for them on the piano, a bar at a time, as if he were teaching musical Spelling. Being unable to read music, they learn it altogether by the ear. But nature and art have made them so perfect in this mat ter, that one ot them cannot ring a false note without its being instantly detected by all the others. So correct are they in their tones, that a piano can be accurately attuned by them. Their memory too is wonderful. Any one of them can instantaneously tell the notes that are to be played for ten bars ahead. Their bells have to be changed frequently, often with as much rapidity as printers take up their types. Some times a bell that is at one end of the long table is needed at the other extremity, but they never forget to pass it along in season. Their skill and exactness seem almost equal to the chimers of Cambridge, in England, who rang a peal of 6600 changes, with such regular ity and harmony that in each thousand changes the time did not vary one-sixteenth of a minute, and lhe compass ofthe last thousand was exj actly equal to the first.” From the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer. The fuss making about the miserable traitor Dorr is one of the most egregioushumbugsever attempted in this country or any other, and well understood to be so by those who have any knowledge of the case. There is plenty of pal triness in the different branches of locofoeoism, but nothing quite so supremely paltry as the pre tence of sympathy for this wretched creature, Dorr. There is’nt a scintilla of it felt, but on the contrarv, the very men who are making most noise about him are the objects ot his most sovereign contempt, while their feelings towards him are those of hatred and disgust. 1 hey don t want him out of prison. They want him just where he is on more than one account, and they more especially want him where he is, as raw material for Locofoco capital. We know this to be the case, from personal knowledge, and one proof of the fact is furnished by the following extract from a recent number of the Providence Journal: “ Some weeks since,” says the Journal, “ a distinguished gentleman, who personally felt a sympathy for Dorr, but who detested his princi ples, made some exertion to procure his release. He found that the ‘Algerines’ entertained no feeling of vindictiveness against Dorr; they on ly wished to see the law vindicated and the State secured; and whenever the release of Dorr could be effected consistently with these, they were willing see him released. “ The same gentleman called upon Gov. Fen ner, and found him entertaining the same views —that he had no personal hostility towards Dorr, and that he desired nothing bat the publie se- VOL. VBI.-NO. 46. curtly. Encouraged by these manifestations of lenity on the part of the Algerines, he applied to Gen. Carpenter, and told him he had no doubt us the speedy release of Dorr. Gen. Carpenter did not receive the information with that degree ot satisfaction which he had expected, and anal ly, when he saw that the gentleman was in ear ties’, and appeared likely to accomplish nt* Qua ject, said:— 'Let Dorr alone; he is doing' xou enough for us where he is. We do not be released,’ or words to that effect. This is tne sentiment of the man who have made such ap peals to the public sympathy. They regar* Dorr as so much political capital; and his re lease is the very last thing they desire. Their whole conduct shows this. They are taking the very means to prolong his imprisonment, by creating a public excitement, and attempting to alarm the public mind with threats of violence. They do this for the very purpose of keeping Dorr where he is, and of having a pretext for crying ont ‘Algerine persecution." The Mmucan Fbioateb. —The New York Sun says:—“Captain Espino, wa learn, haare turned from Vera Crux, with the money tmeea sary to anablo the Mexican frigates, which have been repaired at this port, to proceed on thofr voyage. In connection with this sircumsuhee, we have already noticed a rumor that Cotk Moore, of Texas, is now in this oity, and inmdo capturing the Mexicans, but hew he is w io eoinplish this feat without ships, we are not pre pared to say. The Mexican frigates must uos r qe attacked in our waters.” Information has been receivedat thaii Depart, ment that the instalment due on the 30th of April and 30th of July last, under the tion between the United States and the Mexican Republic of the 30th of January, 1843, were paid by that Government on the 27th of August last. Late Jrom Chili.— We have news from Valpa raiso to the 10th ot August. On the 4th ot July the American citizens there celebrated the An. niversary of our National Independence with much spirit. An extensive conflagration oc curred on the Bth of July, by which damage wa* done to the amount of 860,000. Bulnes is still President of Chili, and his administration has been attended with much success. Peace ha* been perfectly preserved, since he came into of fice. He is liked very much, and the expira tion of this term will be regretted by all. A new port has been opened on the Island of Chl loe, called San Miguel. The increasedcall for timber is such that a large number of vessels are constantly in waiting for cargoes at Sap Carlos, and the government have therefore deem ed it expedient to open a new port. On the 19lh July there was at Valparaiso a smart shock of an earthquake, which lasted a few second*. Three Snaps.—Colonel Cummins, the In dian Agent, had a difficulty a ‘few weeks ago, with a Kansas Indian, whilstengaged in paying the annuity to the Caws. The Indian snapped a pistol at the Colonel, and the Colonel snapped in return his rifle and a double barrelled snot gun—all missed fire. The Indians then bore oft the Kansas warrior uninjured. The powder must have been wet, or they have shocking bad gun-locks in that part of the country. Death of Gov. Runnels. —The Brandon (Mississippi) Advocate says that Gen. H. G. Runnels, formerly Governor of that State, who emigrated to Texas about two years since, has met a violent death. Report says he was as sassinated by a band ol lawless pascals, who waylaid and shot him. It is said that Runnels and some other respectable gentlemen, were sent by the civil authorities to arrest a parcel of men who were committing various acts ot vio lence under the authority of “ Lynch,” or, as they styled themselves, “Regulators.” They, or a part of them, were secured and lodged in jail, and, as Runnels and his associates of law and order were returning home, they were fired on, and several others besides himself, killed. It was hoped that this report would prove un founded. An Irish Witness.—A witness was being examined by the barrister to show that he was a Roman Catholic, when the following colloquy The barrister bawled out at once—“ Tim, you're a Roman Catholic.” A. Am I, yer honor? Q.. What is your religion? A. The true religion. CL And what is the true religion? A. My religion. Q. And what is your religion? A. My mother’s religion. Q,. And what is your mother’s religion? -A- She luk whiskey in her tay, your honor. Q. (Very Solemnly.) What place of worship do you attend ? A. The most convanient, yer honor. Q. If you were likely to die, who should you send for ? A. The doctor, sure, yer honor. Q. Now, sir, wouldn't you send fora priest? A. Perhaps I would? get a messenger? Q. Well, what are your convictions ? A. My convictions are the same as my land lord’s. a. And what are his convictions? A. Why, sir, my landlord is pretty well con vinced that he shall not get his halt year’s rent, and I am pretty much of the same opinion myself. (Laughter.) a. (The barrister out of patience.) Now, sir, are you, or are you not a Roman Catholic? A. I am, sir. a. Why could you not say so at once? A. Because you never asked me. You told me I was, but did not ask me about it. A Sensible Remark Mr. Stuart, of the Charleston Mercury, in noticing the withdrawal of Mr. Yeadon from the Editorship of the Cou rier, says : “Any man who would be an Edi tor, when he could be anything else, has a most unnatural taste for aloes and rhubarb I” On Dit.—The Washington Standard says, Joel B. Sutherland is an applicant for the ap pointment of Ministerto Austria,and that the Hon. Robert J. Walker, Senator from Missis sippi, is anxious to be appointed one of th* Judges ofthe U. S. Supreme Court. The Mormons.—Advices received at St- Louis state that the Mormons who were en camped near Carthage had retired, that the dis guised Indians had also disappeared, and the Circuit Court was going on quietly with it* business. Commercial Usage.— Judge Oakley has deci ded, in the Superior Court of the State ofNew- York, the law to be that, where a commercial house does business pursuant to certain rules which it lays down for its government, and an other party deals with that house under a know ledge that such rules exist, he is amenable to them—also, that where a house receives an ac count current from another house abroad, and does not object to the charges within a reason able time, it is considered as accepting the ac count, and he is held by it. The Miracle of the Wig. —ln some in stances they [the Chinese] looked upon us as gods, in some as devils, in all as a very extraor dinary race. As an instance of this, I wil. here relate a most absurb story, which was told to me by an officer at Nankin, and which will go far to show the fear with which we were looked upon by this superstitious race. After my iriend had visited the Porcelain Tower, being some what fatigued, he stepped into a barber’s shop, and byway of employing his time, he desired the barber to shave his head. This gentleman wore a wig, but which, for the sake of coolness, he had placed in his pocket. This operation of shaving, so common in China, was speedilyand quickly executed, the barber seeming to be de lighted with the honor of shaving one of the il lustrious strangers. Previously to his leaving the shop, and while the man’s attention was calledin some other direction,my friend repla ced his wig upon his head, little thinking ofthe result of this simple process: no sooner, how ever, had the barber turned round and observed him, whom he had so lately cleared of every vestige of hair, suddenly covered with a most luxuriant growth, than taking one steady gaze at him to make sure he was not deceived, he let fall the razor, cleared his counter at a bound, and running madly through the crowfl which was speedily collected, cried ont thatlie was virited by the devil. No entreaties could induce him to return, until every Fanqui had left the neighbor hood—so palpable a miracle as this being, in his opinion, quite beyond the powers of all the gods or demons in the Bhuddist Calender. — Cuninghame’s Recollections. Steamboat Wit.—A friend, who never made a joke in his lite, but enjoyed the article hugely when manufactured by others, condescended to give us the following at second hand: Travelling lately on the North River, he over*, heard two ladies in an adjoining state-room, who kept incessanlly calling upon that indispensable Figaro, the “steward.” “ Steward,” called one in a smothered voice, as if ol intense suffering “ do come and open this window, or I shall die." The window was accordingly opened; but di rectly the other lady exclaimed, “ Steward, do come and shut this window, or I shall die.’ This, too, was obeyed, when the first order was repeated, followed by lhe other in the same terms: and this continued until things began to grow serious, and the poor steward commenc ed turning very red and perspiring with vex ation. At this moment a gentleman, who baa been a quiet observer of the scene, cried out in a loud voice, “ Steward, why’ don’t you wan upon the ladies there? Shut the window -till one of them is dead, and then open it and fiawn the ether.”--N. Y. Evening Mirror.
