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OLD SERIES, VOL. LIX.
THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
IS POStIS'IED DAILY, TUI-WEEKLY, AND WEEKLY
BY J*W. * W. S. JONES.
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FiUD.’.Y MORNI3SO; APRIL 4.
The Nxlkmal Intelligencer ol Tuesday Is
Irish : ttys ■ The ... rk of Proscri; lion is moving
< at ,1 Juggernpul, slowly, but crtl-
SrtfTUtfiiirM, bitt'not snfii-
1 ciently as&rtataedtb be published. A number
ot worthy and qualified Clerks have been re
moved in different Depart . ents; and it is said
that the new-comers have descended so low
as •vu-n to displace unoffending and faithful mes
sengers and servants in public offices to make
room for their needy followers.
Since the nbove was put in type, the removal
of William B. Lewis from the offi'e of Second
Audiior, to be succeeded by J. M. McCalla, of
Kentucky, has come to our certain knowledge.
Money.—The New York Commercial Ad
vertiser o! Saturday saysT The supply’ of money |
continues abundant, and there is every indica
tion that as summer approaches the rale of in
terest will decline.
It is said that arrangements have been made
for the immediate extension of the line of
Morse’s Magnetic Telegraph from Baltimore
to New York, by a private company'. A Tele
graphic line of eight wires, it is said, can be
erected between the two cities for s£loo,ooo. It
is added that A intis Kendall and Francis O. J.
Smith are the agenls tor the completion of the
work,—Mr. Kendall lor three fourths of ihe
right which was patented by Mr. Morse, the
inventor, and Mr. Smith for the remaining in
erest.
Charleston
Mercury of yesterday, says: “We announce
with regret the death at our estimable lellow
eiiizen, James Jervey, Esq., President of the
State Bank. He expired at one o’clock yester
day, after a long period of feeble health, though
.confined to bis house but a few days before his
death. Mr. Jervey had lived a life of much use
fulness, and was universally esteemed.”
IIo! port Oregon.—A company of emigrants
foi Oregon, front northern lowa and Illinois, are
to rendezvous at Bloomington, lowa Territory,
so as to start on the 7th ot next month. These
emigrants expect to j >in others at Independence,
Missouri, and then form a large company to
cross the mountains this.season.
Tnn GreatFootßace inN.Orleans.—The
“Be” of-Saturday morning says;—This qflair
_co:r);s (Sunday.) Siner the
postponement, the excitement has, if possible
' - increased. It iFt>np-»sible to form any idea of
thenumberof persons that will be in attendance,
but if what every body says be true, evety body
is going. The pedestrians are said to be doing
well, and more than one of’em has made extra
‘ preparation within the last week. Six at least
will start, and of them, Elworlh, Archer and
Giiderslecve, are the favorites. Our itnpres
sion is tliat Hall may be looked upon as a dan
gerous customer, but be is far behind, in the
opinions of the ‘knowing ones.’ We say
look out for him’’’
This is a great country, and N. Orleans some
thing of a place.
Fires.— The cloth-dressing factory' of Messrs.
Hunt, Rathbone&Co. in Greene county, N. Y.
iva., entirely consumed by fire on the 22d ult,
Loss $£5000; no insurance.
The specious brick observatory attached to
the College, al Williamstown, Mass., was de
stroyed by fire on the 25th ult. The college re
cords, much valued for their antiquity’, and
much philosophical apparatus were stored in the
vaults of the building, and very little of them
UlSHfe'ssaved, 'ihe private library of William
Pratt, Esq., was in part preserved, although
many, and probably a full half of the valuable
books it contained were totally destroyed or
much injured. This library had always been
open to the public. The fire was an act of in
cendiarinn.
A calico-printing factory at Dedham, Mass.,
ocLitpied by a Mr. Ashcroft, was, with most of
its contents, entirely consumed by fire on Friday
morning. Loss estimated at from $£15,000 to
$£16,000; insurance forsß,ooo.
Gambling in Nr.w York.—A New York pa
per stales that more than fifty gaining houses are
in active operation in that city, the most of them
being located in Park-row, Barclay-street, and
Broadway, below Canal-street; and that mote
than one thousand gamblers by profession arc
about the city and passing for respect
r able citizens.
During the present and next year the large
amount cf s£4 300,000 ol the New York State
dual debt becoinesdue; anifthere is no doubt
that it will be promptly paid.
■ On Saturday last, passengers were conveyed
from Boston to New York, byway of the Long
Island Rail Rond, in 9 hours and 55 minutes,
including all stops.
” , PouT.tnr.i: Gas Company.—An association
with this name is about lobe formed in New
York.. The plan is t > furnish to each consumer
n cylinder, warranted to contain 100 cubic feel
of gas, which is to be renewed in the same man
ner as soda cylinders, and which can be placed
in any cart of lite Itpttse desired, and managed
entirely at the wish ot the consumer, being al
together unconnected with any other cylinder,
and requiring only tubes to proceed from it to
the different parts of the house where the gas is
wanted. A capital of only $£20,000 is required
to put this company into successful action, and
it is promised that gas equal to that now ftir
by the ol<f companies wifi coxt but one
JjEYft the price per ,O ° cubic feet.
LostMonby Is. Wise, of-TchrTtipitculas
-1- * st reet,fiTTTfri his trunk on Thursday night, 1
the Missouri
ir we may jud?3 by ?o!towin- part*
ieXr-t- Tb-t say-
mo;- Totosxcc-o Plant has rezumed, af
ter li r.s:iecc--s.nl ait-ei»ri :o her »n
--gtifSL ’ A • ,4k j .
Ttrock Tsoag, which cli-l ctxnsiaerable damag
ro btr htill-’ She- was also run into toy the
steamer fatao, which carne.t away a portion of
her aHer-xrt»-»r<i. The Wapello xs reported tn be
/ait/ »•> ni fla'ulllJanJ. The waiver Bfllluon
I- below the bar oi this Island. The Iman
n ~fieJ to get over ihis obstruction, after dis
chaTzing a portion of her cargo. The Lexing--
»on is hard aground at the foot of Washington
1-lr.nd. Th-* JVimrod r.n«l lienry Ury are
- i.r. !at Smith’s landing. The Hjumsvitl
br.-.k-’ - 5 er tracer-wheel flange at Mount Pleasant,
but x\ iH proofed on her course up. Three feet
• ix inches water is reported on the bars, and
falling.
Chatham Agricultural Society.
The Savannah Republican says:—“ We give
place tothe following proceedings with plea
sure. The agriculturists ot the South seem
at last to be awaking W the importance of
concertos action as well as an improved system ol
culture. We scarcely open a paper from the
interior of the State without noticing evidences
ot the truth of this remark/ Their columns in
stead of being filled, as formerly, with dry de
tails of politics and unprofitable discussion of
abstract questions, now occasionally contain a
plain, practical, common sense article, upon
agriculture or some topic. Agricultu
ral Societies are being formed in counties
where intelligence predominates, nnd altogether
we are inclined to think that a more healthy
siateof public sentiment exists than formerly.—
“ ft is gratifying to know that Chatham is not
disposed to be left in the back ground in this
important movement, but as on many other oe.‘
easterns, is more disposed to lead than to follow"
The Society, whose proceedings will be found
below, wo trust may long live to dispense its
i not of th ■ county.
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L ■ AGIHCUt.'HIRAI. MEEI INC
At a meeting of a few of the planters of
Chatham and Effingham counties, at the Court
House in Savannah on the Ist instant, for the
purpose of forming an Agricultural Society,
Upon motion: Mr. Jno. Lewis was called to the
Chair, and G. P. Harrison requested to act as
Secretary.
After a few preliminary remarks from the
Chair, Mr. Geo. Kollock submitted a Constitu
tion and by-laws, for the government of said
Association. After some consultation thereon,
the following resolution was offered by Mr.
Wm. B. Hodgson, and passed unanimously:
Resolved, That a Committee of three be ap
pointed by the Cltair, to prepare the form and
articles of a constitution and by-laws lor the
government of an Agricultural Society to be
styled the “Agricultural Society ct Chatham
i and adjacent counties,” and to report the same
to an adjourned meeting, to be held on Thurs
day, the 10th day of April, al ll o’clock, A. M.,
at (he Court House in Savannah, and that said
Committee prepare an address to the citizens
and planters ol said counties.
Whereupon, the following gentlemen were
appointed said Committee: Geo. Kollock, Wm.
B. Hodgson, and Geo Glenn, Esqrs.
On. motion. R solved, That the proceedings of
this meeting be published in the (tapers of the
city, and that the planters feeling an interest in
the promotion of the cause of agriculture are in
vited to attend the adjourned meeting.
G. P. HARRISON, Secretary.
Hotißißi.R Incident.—The Arkansas Banner
relates the fact of a man who, from a too free
use of ardent spirits, fell into a state oi mania
a polu., and left the city. He was accidentally
discovered a few days afterwards, lying in the
mud, stupid, senseless, and almost lifeless. He
had trnawed all his fingers nnlil they itrcrc rate,
and had eaten off the fore and middle fingers of
each hand.
A NovelExpeuiment.—A Floating Theatre,
under the name ofthe “Temp.e of the Muses,”
has recently been built lor the purpose of visi
ting the towns along the Hudson, &c. The
company comprises Mrs. Timm, Mrs. Suther
land, Mrs. Frazey, and Miss Browne, (from
E gland,) and Messrs. Spear (from Boston)
and Sutherland, and others. The theatre is to
be lit w’ith gas, manufactured aboard, by Wm.
Driggs.
We have before us a receipt, says th®
Picayune, certainly more curious than anything
to be found in Mrs. Glass’ Cookery Book. It
is f rom a London paper, and we would recoin -
mend some afottr country friends to-trr-K, sub
stiiuting a terrapin for a lobster, which hap
lessly we have not. The object in view is “to
catch rabbits.”
“Take a large crab or lobster, and stick a
candle abl’-ut an inch long on his back, light it,
and then put him to the hole, over the inoutlt of
wblth spread a net. He will not crawl far be
fore the rabbit gets frightened, runs out, and is
caught in the net.”
Warrenton, Ga., April 2, 1815.
To the Editor ofthe Chronicle and Seidmel i
Dear . Sir :—On coming into town this
morning I was much surprised to see an article
in the tri - weekly Constitutionalist, from the attic
pen of my friend ol the Depot Literary. 1 must
confess, however, thal it exhibited a great deal
of ill humor, some bad taste, and not a little
want oflact, which he may find in the end will
not much enhance his profits. Il the good peo
ple of Warrenton prefer the more grave and
useful studies, to his light and unprofitable read
ing; it is no good reason why they should be
subjected to the effects of his potent ire, or held
upto public denunciation. I hope that, my
friend Holmes, will, for the future, learn a little
discretion as well as wisdom, and know that
when a community does not at first seem to ap
preciate his extraordinary the best poli
cy istosubmit in the true spirit ol Christian
meekness and to use conciliation rather than
invective and abuse. Moderation is the best
policy. But let me tell my literary friendofthe
Depot, if he is not aware ol the fact, that we
already have a very excellent school in this
place ; conducted by Mr. Hugh E. Morrow, a
gentleman of much moral worth, and excellent
attainments. Our literary friend also advertises
for a young man of known genins, possessing
the lact and ambition of Napoleon or Jackson,
to embark in the book trade, and publish a news
paper in the town ot Warrenton. To this my
only reply is, that if he can find such a Dei Do
nnm, we will receive it most kindly, be thank
fully grateful for the blessing, and treat him
with more kindness, courtesy and good feeling,
than has FeeiFMWAttjtested by my friend of
the Depot and medal memory. 1 am not fond
ot writing, it is irksome to me.
I therefore hope that my literary friend re
cover his equanimity of temper. But when a
gross and wanton insult is offered to she commu
nity in which I live, and from which I am in
the habit of receiving daily, many marksof kind
ness and affection, I shall always be ready tv
find spirit enough, heait and soul, body and
mind, to vindicate and hurl back any foul, false
and slanderous aspersions. For its population,
Warrenton is composed of as well educated, in
telligent and worthy people, as any in the Stale.
Veiliuin Sal. A hint to the wise is sufficient.
Cease, viper, you bite upon a file. E. T. L.
53* A transposing piano, which enables the
player to transpose a composition from whole
notes, is mentioned as a recent French inven
tion.
Incredulous.—The New-Bedford Register
affects to disbelieve the story, that the young
ladies of Cincinnati use pig tails for tooth
brushes.
Cefi respondence o/' the North
7 jN?£XT. York, f March
sure hunters, wbo never sufier a p>easatit tsao
batii to pass unbroken.
I 3 "A" 1 « S i.OX.Z t: - --
no news l»v the mail except
tbat tfoerc is no verc’-et yet in lise ca-c o-
voleidav lost all the Bnen'ev
..a-.irk--.x closes dnll, x. stlx x-icr-ej.
' bnsioess in bitls
rhewßek.and not the least change in the quota-
Cotton closed firtxt v.-iih. good business doing
For export to England.
POLITICAL--’ 1 Polly, my tlenr.” sav« Mrs
Snabs, I’m al you, roy daughter.
XVUy do you go out at nights without any r? en ~
ileman to attend you? You will soon estab
lish your character forever as a real nigrhr,
xra fleer.’*
’• Whv, mother, didn’t father say lomr ago
that it Po k should be elected there would be n
more protection, and I think we may as well
accommodate ourselves to this state of things
first as last.
Prom Ihe N. O. Tropic.
l.afer from Texas.
The iinesteamshipNev.’ york,Capt. Wright,
arrived kere yesterday, in 10 hours from Galves
ton, bringing papets to the 22<l inst. The news
is of little interest except as it refers to Annexa
tion. The Hon. David 8. Kauffman has been
appointed Charge d’Affaires to this cour.try.
Mr. K. was formerly a member of the Texan
Senate, and is an out-and-out Annexationist.
' The first intelligence of the passage ofthe
resolutions (or the admission of Texas; reached
Galveston on lite 17th inst., via. Matagorda.
Immediately upon the arrival ofthe intelligence,
all the vessels in the hurbqr, says the “ News,"
displayed the Star Spangled Banner and the
Lone Star floating in unison from their masts.
On the 18th, a meeting of the citizens ot Gal
veston was held, Gen. Memucan Hunt in the
Chair, at which a series of resolutions were
passed, expressing the belief that the people ot
Texas would “hail with joy the responsive in
vitation of the American people” to form part
of the Union; congratulating the people on the
consummation of rite measure; thanking Gen.
Jacksan, John *l’ylcr,f “ that bold and honest pa
triot;" John C. Calhoun, “ whose gigantra in
tellect is or.lv equalled by the purity of his pa
rt iotisin Messrs. Walker, C. Ingersoll,
Bibb, -Buchanan, XVbrx'bnry, DqMta», M«r-
*■, hair
themselves l y i|.rh o.lvocAey of Annexation ;
recommending to the President of Texas “the
propriety of speedily calling a special session of
Congress, for the purpose ot psceriaining the
will of the people in regtfrd to the joint resolu
tions,” and “ with the further purpose of anting
upon this important-subject by a convention ot
the people of Texas, according to the provisions
of the Constitution”—and lastly, recommending
to the people “Ihe propriety cf their immediate
ly convening in their respective counties, de
claring their sentiments, and indicating such
preliminary steps as they may deem necessary
and expedient.” The resolutions were passed
unanimously, and the meeting adjourned, after
expressing a request that the friends of Annexa
tion in the city would make an illumination on
Saturday evening, the 22d inst. The News,
speaking of the Annexation measure as passed
by our Congress, says:
“It will now be expected that every man in
Texas will speedily make up his mind and de
clare his sentiments upon the proposed measure
of annexation. Although the Joint Resolutions
which have just received the sanction of the U.
S. Government, do not embrace all the provis
ions or give us that ample and complete justice
which we could desire,yet they present tons no
important or solid ground of objection. We
certainly could not expect the government of the
United States to leave us our lands and yet as
sume the payment of ottrnaiionnl debt; nor in
deed could we expect that government to as
sume our debt on any terms, while the amount
of it has never been ascertained by our own
government, but is left to vague and indefinite
conjecture; so that in the United Statesit has
been represented by men, supposed to be well
informed upon such matters, to vary from fifty
to one hundred millions I And in regard to our
public lands, the showing by this governments
still more indefinite and conjectural. Su much
so, that our best informed citizens differ widely
in regard to the amount of our vacant territory.
Upon the subject, therefore, of our government
liabilities and unappropriated public lands, all
we could expect at this time was, that they
should both be left entirely to our disposition ;
and this accordingly lias been done. The ques
tion of boundary, every Texan will be glad to
have settled bj’ the United States. 11 the Uni
ted States could be supposed to have an inte
rest in this matter adverse to our own—if we
could be permitted to make the preposterous as
sumption that that government will have a dis
position to narrow down and circumscribe her
own limits, and enlarge those ol Mex co, lor
the purpose of doing injustice to the citizens of
Texas, then, indeed, we may object to this pro
vision ol the joint resolutions.”
The Civilian, in the ibllowiog remarks on
the same subject, does not evince a disposition
at all favotab'e, eitherto Col. Benton's orto Mr.
Brown’s plan, although, if anything, the former
appears to be regarded as the most endurable :
ll, us scems to be fated, Texas is '.c Heroine..
a part of the UniteffStates, and the modes in
volved in these resolutions present the only
means ot effecting the measure, we think Mr.
Benton’s part of the resolutions, exceptionable
as we regard his plan, offers terms neither so
revolting to the pride nor repugnant to the in
terests oi Texas, as are contained in the origij
nal resolutions ofthe House.
“Under Mr. Brown’s plan, Texas has no
voice except a simple assent. The Unfed
States impose conditions, and we accept them,
not even venturing to look the gift horse in the
mouth. They lake, without reward or com
pensation, all our public property and improve
ments, naval and military implements and mu
nitions of every kind, in the acquisition of
which our public debt has been created, as well
asour import duties, the only means we have
ever found thus far for the support ofthe Go
vernment, and leave us to pay tl e reckoning—
only giving Texas “ the lands lying within its
limits,” while the right to determine those li
mits is reserved to the United States.
“ By Mr. Benton’s proposition, there is some
prospect of an equivalent of some sort, for what
we give, in something to be received. Texas
is at least to be consulted as to “ th® terms and
conditions of such admission and is put up. n
a footing at least as respectable as that of the
various Indian tribes with whom the United
Slates are in the habit of treating.”
In respect to Ihe disposition of President
Jones upon the question, it is thought a favor
able indication that he should have appointed
the Hon. David S. Kauffman, an ardent friend ol
Annexation, as Charge d’Affaires to the United
Slates. The Houston Telegraph, in speaking
to this point, says:
“We find that an impression is gaining
ground that President Jones is opposed to An
nexation, and the Washington Register is re
garded as uttering his sentiments upon this sub
ject. We, however, have reason to believe that
the articles in the Register are published entirely
independent of him and without his assentor dis
sent, as he troubles himself very little about the
affairs of either of the editors at Washington.
vVe have “information on which we can rely”
'hat he is a warm friend of Annexation, and dis
posed to make any honorable sacrifice to ob
tain it.”
We cannot answer the query contained in the
following paragraph, not being interested in the
value of Texas Bonds. Some ot our patriots,
who are deep in Texas money matters, can
probably enlighten our cotemporary of the Ci
vilian, who seeks for the information.
“ No advance has taken place at New Orleans
in the rates of the old Bonds and Promissory
Notes of Texas, it. consequence ot the passage
ot the Annexation resolutions by the United
States Senate. We cannot account for Ihis.
Annexation is to enhance greatly the value ol
Texas lands; the Government obligations al
luded to will pay for lands at the r .te of 82 ot
their face per acre, yet they can be had at four
teen cents on the dollar—twenty-eight cents an
acre for Texas lands, with Texas annexed, .and
,no buyers. How is this?"
The Civilian declares its belief that those land
holders who supposed annexation would give a
newjmpettts to speculation, will be disappointed,
and tamarks that it cannot be expected that bu
siness and practical men in the United Sta'es
will rejee l valuable investments in the large
cities ol tl-e Union for the sake ot speculating
“in wild lai.ls, where the supply is almost inex
haustible, and the demand, lor actual cultivation,
is not likely to t ach it for many generations.”
The manner in whicli the Texan Tariff is
evaded by the traders on the Sabine, is thus ex
plained by the Civilian.—j
“ It appears thal Messrs. ; Clapp& Austin have
moved their large mercantile establishment
across the Sabine, on tin: United States side, op
posite Sabine Tow n. Tbtey have a terry free to
all Texas to whom they oflfer then jrooj- --uLoiit
cheaper than anv merchant i.n ihe
Ibal'siniilar stores orc scAt'ered Iron. Use s.-ab.oe
Town to Bed Kivr r, just rhe troonda rv. w ,'h
a capital probablv Io iho auroio.t ol rr J<<O (S-
■L.s
-Nfavx- il.e me-rcoiv in/tne tbermrtme.er Ixa- i.->r
beeD'below n ri nsr the presen
nmouxiL ot Lixae cletox x .-a I ton, snrhicb in-
HeXi* the ‘-i’Jsan aut r ATXt"
OtiniM lo (lidoio. I i
The News menlukns vhat General Avista has
lately sent despatched to ihe Texan Government,
byway of Corpus Christi, whereupon the Hou->-
i/»n Telegraph remarks ;
These «?es P are quife simflar
to those that Arista sAr.t some years since to the
President, requesting Amr government to co-ope
rate with him in att Expedition against the <_o
tnanches. These Indians have lately become
so troublesome to settlements ou
AUGUSTA, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL (0, 1845.
the Rio Grande, that they are anxious to exter
minate the tribe. This they cannot effect with
out the aid of the Texan government, as any
large Mexican force would be immediately at
tacked by our western rangers, it it should be
found east ot the Nueces. The settlers of Cor
pus Christi would be desirous that an expedition
of this kind should be aided by our government,
for the Comanche Chiefs residing west of the
Colorado have manifested great hostility to that
post, and one of the Delaware Indians, named
Shaw, who has visited the western lodges of
those Indians, has brought information that the
Comanches are determined to destroy that post,
before they unite w ith Payayueit, to conclude a
general treaty of peace wit', our government.
Col. Kinney and his party are w'eil aware ot
their intentions, and he keeps n close watch on
their movements. His spies are out watching
the large party of Comanches that has recently
been seen marching towards the Rio Grande.”
Agricultural prospects ate thus noliccd bj' the
Civilian:
“ From all parts of the country we have she
most favorable accounts of the prospects of our
farmers. It is nearly three weeks sjnee the corn
came op, and there js now no probability of its
being cut oil by frosts or freshets in the riverit.
A large portion of the cotton crop is already
. ■■■”" ix.‘.; . ..i.Ltn.c it. excellent
order to secure a good stand. From all we can
learn,our farmers tire planting even more largely
in cotton this year than heretofore, notwithstand
ing the discouraging prices.”
We learn from the Tel graph tLat a portion
of the citizens of Montgomery county, and also
a portion ofthe citizens of Milam county, have
determined to repudiate their taxes, and have
given notice to the sheriffs that they will resist
by force every attempt made to collect the direct
taxes. The Telegraph saysthat ‘.here are many
palliating circumstances which these people
may plead in justification ot their conduct, one
ot which is that “the example of repudiation,
has been act by the Government itself, and it
has no right to complain that its example is
followed by the private citizens.” A most ex
cellent reason truly. So, among the blessings
which annexation is to confer on the people of
the United States, one, and a very prominent
one, it appears, is an addition to the body of
repudiators, whose doings in Mississippi and
other States have gained for them an unenviable
reputation and have been branded with the re
probation of ail honest men.
The Telegraph says that several ofthe plant
ers of Gonzales qourity have recently cotnmen
cedjhe culture ot tobacco, and thus far they have
been quite successful.
The accounts from Corpus Christi are very
warlike. It appears that for s >me time past
there has been very little trade at that place,
which the settlers did not know how to account
for until la'cly, when a report was brought in
by two men Irom the Rio Grande that a large
body of Indians were on the frontier of Mexico,
committing depredations. One account slates
that they had already visited many of the
Mexican towns, and carried off an immense
quantity of plunder and many prisoners.—
Another account says thatthree Mexicans, citi
zens of St. Antonio, were killed by a party ol 20
Indians, supposed to be Comanches, about 40
miles from that place. The latest intelligence
from Corpus Christi is given in the following
paragraph from the Galveston News ol the 22d
instant. By the next arrival, we shall proba
bly hear of a hard fight.
“ The revenue cutter Alert, Captain Symplon,
arrived on Monday Irom Corpus Christi. We
learn that the party ot Indians, of whose pas
sage down the countrj' we have before had
intelligence, are encamped within fifteen or
twenty miles of Corpus Christi, and are pro
nounced to be a body of Comanches, men,
women and children, and numbering in all per
haps 2009 or 2500. Captain Hays, with his
company, was at the rancho when the cutter
sailed, the whole force there numbering about
170 men. Monday last was the day set to go
out to give the Indians battle. Should out
people receive no material reinforcement, a hard
fight may be expected, as there are probably
some four hundred warriorsamong the Indians,
while the squawsand young ones are not back
ward in lending a hand in an emergency. The
Texans are lully armed with Colt’s repeaters,
witliout stopping to reload, besides other arms
ofthe best description. They are nearly all
men who have seen, and distinguished them
selves in this kind of service, and are a match
tor many times their own number of any tribe
of Indians known in Texas. Should a fight be
had, they will give a good account of them
selves.”'
Three Wacoes were recently killed near Bas
trop. They are supposed to have belonged to a
large party that recently made a foray upon that
section of country.
Corn was selling in Houston on the 12th inst.
at s£l per bushel.
Just before the New York left Galveston, a
British man-01-war entered that port, bearing
despatches to Capt. Elliot, British Envoy, from
his Government. It xvas said that this vessel
had a vast amount of money on board, and that
the despatches contained instructions to Capt.
Elliot to offer to guaranty the national inde
pendence of Texas, provided the annexation
resolutions are rejected. It was lurther report
ed that the French Government had also offered
the same guaranty on the same conditions.—
Private advices assure us that when these pro.
positions were made known in Galveston, the
people snapped their fingers, saying “ the foreign
ers were too late.”
Capt. Elliot set out for the capital immedi
ately after receiving bis despatches—M. Sa
ligny, the French Charge, was already there.
A fat boy.—A child eight years old, weigh
ing 177 pounds, is exhibiting in Petersburg, Vir
ginia. He is a native of Orange Co., N. Caro
lina.
How to Pack a Carfet-Bao.—Punch gives
the following directions for packing a carpet
bag:—
The bag should be packed by placing the
clean linen in first, including the frilled shirts;
after which, stuff in the coat and boots; gar
nish with shaving tackle, and ram down with
hair-brush. lithe packing is not then success
ful, insert your fool into the bag and fiercely
pull at the handles. It doesnot matter abo«t
the carpet-bag being wide open at both sides, so
as it is closed with a padlock in the middle.
Firs.—About 12 o'clock yesterday, a fire
broke ont in the drying-house ot the New Or
leans Sugar Refinery, at the corner of Pearl and
Delord streets, owned by Messis. F. M. Weld &
Co. There was an abundance of water in the
neighborhood, and the firemen, with their ac
customed alacrity, were quickly at the spot.
They succeeded in preventing the fire from
spreading to any other part ofthe works; so that
the drying-room and its contents only have been
consumed. The loss of properly is estimated at
88900; the destruction to the building at sf3ooo.
There are insurances for $35,000 on the es
tablishment with the New York Mutual Insu
rance Company, with the Western Marine, and
with the Ocean Companies - Pic. 29(/t uZZ.
' l-'rmnlhe Savannah Republican.
Remarks on the History of Cotton*
Messrs. Editors-.- Although the general .at
tention has only recently been directed to the
culture and manufacturing ot Cutton, the plant
and its uselulness have been known front a
very early period. As far as our knowledge
goes. Cotton was first cultivated in Egypt, and
was cart ied by the Phoenicians thence to Greece,
Malta, Sicilia, Italy and Spain. At the lime
of Herodotus, Cotton was already imported into
Greece from East India. The ancients called
Cotton Byrrus, Xylon and Gossiptum.—-
(Pltnius Hist. Nat. xtx. t.) Their light stuffs
were principally made ol Cottou raised and
manufactured iu the island ol Tros; and as well
among the Greeks as the Roman-, the female
sex made use ofthemfor their clothing. Men
who used Cotton stuffs for their dress w.cte
deemed effeminate. Claudianus (in Eutrop. t.)
rfives us a description ol several siutis ol
CJolton not unlike our calicoes ar.d chmizss.—
in tlxe Carpus Juris of Jusonxanus (I. e L>-
dc ct fi-.f«tcomria i tsie-) Cotton is called
(wooden Krom the S s ih
to ihe 14th century, paper of Cotton was very
ca- e Ta“‘the century, the Cotcor.«>a»ix-
ractureisv-wWishud already' a -F
Kolomna io lu.lv- In the K’aclr r x “
the Year I"7 10, t-v ttxere a uxer
cl*n.ut. oi JVran, in Sw- i: zerlarxcl- Ine gjJL-t
o“ tbzk
ii part of Rnssia.'but the easiness oi produc-iou,
and titanufuctnri.ig, and the c.xeap
hc-s of ihe article, have now given the prece
dence to Cotton. How long ihis will last, re
(ten. 6tii3 is an oi tftscoye/y
ahtl itivdntmn, and no one can tell how soon
even C.. Won mav Ore driven Irani rbe .Markets
of tne world by some fabric boi’c more cheap
an l easy ol prohuciion. »■
AlullunL Sr, P„rro. — An inreresring fact—rhe
existence ol' cellular cavities in the lungs
which has been denied by many anatomists, has
just been demonstrated bv M. Rochoux, of the
Academy ot Medicine. ’M. Rochouxestimates
the number of these microspic cavities at 600,-
000.000, divided into 17,790 groups.
SAT URDA Y A I’ll IL 3
’ -1' k•. . - .'O t .t4- • ■ •
trict, eonrposedofthe4* jt rt'cs of Franklin anil
Elbert, have .Singleton W. Allen,
Esq., of Elbert, as tlr£b<kßd|date for the Senate,
at the next general
5,-y Extract of a less- received in Savanna!.,
dated Macon, April; 1845: “It is thought
slock wilt not exco i d
12,000 bales at the qt this week, of which
two Norifwtr 1> »,er“ &■' l .
ijctl over 50 bales psOfc' coming in.”
i Jjf . ~
Acqi'ittal ofJSvjK■ _ asch.—The Picayune
of the 30th ult., says' talfiovt 3 o’clock yes
terday morning th • H F. H. H.-’-l -h w
■ ■; ■•’ e> the j'-itgr i'fefy teti'.-
-■ ■ c. wh.w,. diet -c- gbrmtcn .
.a half, when they Court with a
verdict ol “ Not
c aarge against >-
The Columbus Enqcirer -kjvs: —We under
stand that the early whet.t in above
hire, lias been seriously injured by the late cold
spell of weather. This is truly unfortunate, as
the fly had already done the crops much injury.
The last English papers state that Railroad
projects continued to be submitted to the Bnard
of Trade for their approval, preparatorj' to going
to Parliament. In many so sanguine were the
parties of success that a high premium was
paid for the shares even before it was known
whether they would be approved or rejected. In
one case especially, that ot the London and
York project, consisting of 60,000 shares, the
premium was £2O per cent., equal to about
$£6,000,000, although dependent for any value
wholly upon the decision to be made bv Parlia
ment. In another the announcement of the re
port cf the Board of Trade produced an imme
diate effect on the price to the extent'of four
hundred thousand pounds.
Employing Females in Stores.—A Cincin
nati paper says that “the employment of
females in stores is becoming common as a
mailer of policy there; the only unjustness in it
is, that the prettiest, only are employed, while
the more unfortunate in this particular arc left
to the household affairs. Pretty lady clerks
make excellent sales-Ttuu.”
Trial of “Big Thunder.”—The jury in
this case against the leader of the Anti-Renters
were unable to make a verdict, and were dis
charged.
Melancholy Accident.—The Charleston
Mercury of yesterday says:—The only son of
Mrs. Mary L. You of this city, a promising
boy, betweenß and 9 years ofage, was drowned
on Wednesday evening in a public well in
Meeting street, corner ofSt. Michaels Alley.
A Great Petition.—There is a bill before
the New-York Legislature restricting the sale of
liquor, which has been amended so as to exempt
the city of New-York from its operation. A
great temperance meeting was consequently held
in tha: city r.n Friday last, and a petition with
25,000 signatures prepared and to Albany
against th»proposedexempti<>n. Larg'delega
tions from both the tavern-keei-tc - and teinper
atir-emen have also been s»“t u, Albany.
The house of Alexander M Lcan, at Char
lottetown, Prince Edward Island, recently took
lire, and three of his daughters who slept in one
bed, perished in the flames. The other inmates
of the house escaped with the utmost difficulty.
U. 8. Treasury.—The official statement of
the condition oi the Treasury on the 21ih ult.
shows that the amount on deposite in the seve
ral Banks and Mints, standing to the credit of
the U. S. Treasurer, was $£6,796,401.82. The
amount ofdrafts previously drawn, but not yet
paid, though payable, was $£1,047,637.70—which
makes the amount on deposite, subject to draft,
$£5,758,778.33. The public moneys on deposite
in some of the Government depositories were as
follows:
Merchants’Bank, Boston, Mass. 233.526 19
Bank ofState of N. York, N. Y. 121,782 35
Mechanics’ Bank, N. Y. 140,372 99
Bank of Commerce, N. York, N. Y. 240,580 17
Bank of America, N. York, N. Y. 22.8,3*7 48
American Exchangeßank, N. York 225,161 75
Merchants’ Bank.'N. York, N. Y. 216.831 09
North River Bank, N. York, N.Y. 144,00000
Philadelphia Bank, 144,56.8 78
Bank of Commerce, Philadelphia 56,946 03
Chesapeake Bank, Baltimore, Nd. 103 60S 93
Bank of Baltimore. Baltimore, Md. 97,15464
Bankof Washington, Wash’n, D. C. 1-22,824 60
Bnnkof Metropolis, Wash’n, D.C. 669,89760
Patriotic Bank, Washington, D C. 128,718 49
Corcoran & Riggs, Washin’ton, D.C.382,733 97
Francis Dodge, Georgetown, D. C. 50,000 L 0
Man-traps.—Over the garden fence of a la
dies’ seminary, in the neighborhood ot London,
there is painted in large characters—
" Man traps set on these premises."
A wag, who was passing, chalked beneath the
notice—“ Vir Gins ’’ Whereupon he was taken
before a magistrate by a police officer. Being
put upon his defence tor thus defacing the wall
of a respectable establishment, he argued “that
Pir was the Latin for Man, and Gin the English
for Trap; ergo, that Virgin was only another
word for Alan trap; though the fact might be
that it was a highly inappropriate term, and
ought not to be used.” The magi were posed,
and the man was sent about his business, with a
hint to beware lest he should be caught in his
own description of trap, as he might expect no
mercy if he were.
53" The Boston Post furnishes the following
epigram on a dandy:—
A dandy is a chap that v.-ould
He a young lady if he could ;
But as he can’t, does att he can
To show the world he's .tai a man.
Cobb County Agricultural Society.
Pursuant to a previous notice, a large and
very respectable portion ofthe citizens of Cobb
assembled at tbe Court House in Marietta, on the
25th ult., with the view ot organizing an Agri
cultural Association.
On motion, Hardy Pace and James Lemon,
Esq’s., were called lo the chair, and Andrew J.
Hansell, Esq., requested to act as Secretary.
The meeting was first addressed by Hun.
John A. Jones, a delegate tothe Convention
about lu assemble in tbe city ol Milledgeville
and ca route to that point, in a highly interesting
speech. H. R. Foot, Esq., was next called out,
who ably discussed the propriety ol an efficient
organization of such a society, and the impera
tive necessity of an agricultural education. Jas.
Lemon, Esq., one of the Chairmen, made an
appeal to bis fellow fanners oi Cobb. '
Col. Chas. F. M. Garnett, from the Commit
tee to draft a constitution, «&c., reported a.
stitution, uhichwasunaniiuooslyatajpted. I tie
eorxstitation xvas. then by aAtxuxx.taer ol o«x
citizens; and on molioii ol Got. Garjjeii, -he
Society then proceeded to the election c-i its
oirict is for the present year. On couatiag out
the bal‘o»js, it appeared that tbe n z -
vs-ere uu-*rn.n 1 y -rtiosicxi -
Wiliiain E’- 'Yotiogr, * rea.surcr.
AinircwJ. ££atx:~vi;, eta» _y-
inoitoh., AdeMiveei, ZE" is at JAlaj- Wm. Te
be and is l. e .et»v appointed «ror
“tc to tkc ra oproncr-.in- ult oral Oon -* co -
T*- 1.1 -n :the «_-sLv ol Nlilledwef.: ■-.or.
- rc-crzl
our Societ-V in tbathodi', osrhich was uixan.--nous
] V o'n motion the Society then adjourned, sub
ject U, the can of rhe executge
JAS. UEMOiX,
Ci/f'T.. I
Tur. Bu.TicTaxr.-: -A letter from Coper
haeen says u.al io IST2, lieJ>o ..jberof ships
li.al passed the Sound was 13.900; m loiU.they
increased to 14,000: and, In 1544. rmonn i ’ .o
17 332. Dn the period Irom 1833 lo 1839,
the total was 65,408, making an average of 13,-
071 per annum ; while Irom 1810 to 1841. tre
number increased to 76,631, or-att annual ave
rage ot 15,326. Comprising the passage ot lire
Belt during the last year, the trade of the North
, Sea and the Baltic has employed 22,000 vessels. .
Trom the Commrrciol'iAdverhser, 31st nil.
Later from Eurojte.
The packet ship Louis Philippe, Castoff, ar
rived this morning from Havre, whence she
sailed on the Bth of March. We have been fa
vored by Captain Castoff with Havre papers of
the Bth, and Paris of the evening of the 7th.
These papers cdntaip Londondates to the 6th
of March.
Captain Castoff made the run to the Banks in
nine and a h.-.l(days—since that time there have
been light winds Irom the West.
The struggle between Count Moule and M.
Guizot was renewed in the Chamber of Peers,
on the stb, the subject of discussion being the
secret service money; but the interest of their
debate fell greatly short of that excited on the
next day, when General Cubieres, former Min
ister of War, made a sharp attack on the Min
istry, which elicited from Marshal Boult a very
severe reply.
I Thu Marshal charged the General with hy
pocrisy—with professions of devotion to the
Ministry, put forth in the hope and tor the sake
of obtaining office—and with gross negligence,
to say the least, in his administration of the
War Depatintent.
Tlr' re’OHidrT <?ubier"s i rcpresenteiUTti"
have been very spirited and effective; and
Messrs. Guizot and Duchatel are said to have
been much disturbed, both by it and by the re
marks of Alarshal Boult.
Tnis was immediately followed by a conflict
between the Marquis De Boissy and General
Colbert. The latter interrupted De Boissy in
his speech, and was sharply ordered to hold his
tongue; to which he retorted by calling the
Marquis an rll-bred fellow.
De Boissy threw out a hint of satisfaction
elsewhere, and a scene of great confusion en
sued. There were cries ot “turn him out;” the
Chamber directed the president to call De Boissy
to order, and the agitation continued until the
adjournment. No vole was taken on the secret
service bill.
After the adjournment, the president sent for
Messieurs De Boissy, Colbert and General
Gourgard, who had been involved in the affair
between the other two, and required them to
make such explanations and pledges as would
prevent a duel'.
In the Chamber of Deputiesthere was nothing
of general interest except the reading of a propo
sition for the conversion ot the five per cents,
to the presentation of which all the bureaux (or
committees) had assented. The Chamber bad
not taken it up for debate.
The Paris Presse says thal the Minister ofthe
Marine is preparing to bring in a bill lor a new
organization of the transatlantic steam packets.
I'he Revue d: Pins says that a naval re-in
torcemenl will be sent immediately to the
Pacific; and adds that it vrill be accompanied
bj' a scientific commission, charged with a
minute examination ol the rocks, reefsand other
dangers aiming the Polynesian islands.
The Minister of Finance and tbe King are
said to oppose the project for the conversion of
the five per cents.
The services at lite Church ol Saint Roch, on
the 3d of March, were suddenly interrupted by
the explosion ot a petard, which some person
had attached to otic of the doors, so that when
the door was opened it should be discharged.
Fortunately no person was seriously injured.
A storm has broken out iu the National As
sembly of Sweden, which may have serious
consequences. In this Assembly four states or
classes ol the people are represented—the peas
ants, the burgesses, the clergy, and the nobles.
The first three of these stales have passed a law
dividing Ihe property of a deceased person equal
lv among his children, but the nobles oppose it.
With the royal sanction, however, the billlnay
become a law, notwithstanding its rejection by
the nobles; and these have therefore petitioned
the King not to sign the bill. The vote in favor
ot the petition was 173 lo 72. The matter has
excited deep and angry the
country. »
In the British House of Commons, on thestlt
Sir Robert Peel declared that United States su
gar would be admitted under the same advan
tages of the reciprocity treaties as the sugar of
Java and Manilla.
The London Times of March 4th gives an ac- [
count of a destructive Pre on the nreu)isfis,;d
4/ttrtttt.i! rrtanvrts vntF oOulu
Sea merchants, near Greenwich. The main
factory,a large building overlooking the Thames,
was destroyed, with Ihe exception of the bare
walls, which fell down during the day by the
force of the wind. In this building was a large
deposit of manufactured goods. The origin of
the fire is unknown. The total loss issupposed
to be from £40.000 to £SO 000, while she insu
rance does not exceed £6,000. Two hundred
and fifty workmen are thrown out of employ
ment by the calamity.
M. Chevallier’s thermometer was lower yes
terday morning at 6 o’clock, than it was at the
same hour on Wednesday, being 7 9-10lhs be
low the freezing point ol the Centigrade scale,
17) Fahrenheit; butat 12o’clock had got above
what it was the day before, being at3Centigrade,
26) Fahrenheit. — Paris paper, March 1.
Switzerland.—-The Diet has declared itself in
permanent session, with a view to be able to
repress all disorderly movements in the coun
try. At Fribourg the Jesuits had published a
bonk full of calumnies, entitled Radicalism in
1841-5, which served only to augment the irri
tation of parties. The town was filled with
troops of the Landsturne, who were constantly
arriving, and left after having been passed in
review.
During the session ot the Diet on the 27th of
February, Balle-Ville declared against the au
thority ofthe diet, under the federal compact,
to expel the Jesuits, maintaining that the mat
ter was a subject of Cantonal sovereignty. The
same view was held by Appenzel Exterior and
Bale Campagne, who pronounced in favor ot the
Jesuits.
Havre Cotton Market, March B.—The
transactions in cotton were very animated yes
terd.av during all the day. The sales amounted
t0325S bales. Prices were very firmly main
tained, and lor some description there was a
tendency to advance.
This morning there is not so much doing, as
there is not a great deal remaining on sale, es
pecially from first hands. In arranging the quo
tations, dealers have put up the quotations ot
U. States descriptions 1 centime. The stock in
all hands is computed at 60,000 bales.
Interesting Discovery.—A most extraor
dinary and interesting discovery has been com
municated to the public, through the Philadel
phia Journal of Belles Lettres. Judge McKen
non, ot Indiana county, Pa., visited Uxamal at
the time Mr. Stephens was there, preparing his
I last book. He brought from thence two speci
mens ot thesupposed stones composing the front
ofthe building called the Governor’s House.
The whole was veneered with these apparently
carved stones, six or eight inches square on the
front, and fifteen inches deep. The walls faced
with these specimens were five or six f et thick,
and were ot stones of the country. The sur
face of these veneering stone appeared to be ele
gantly Carved in different figures, such as were
represented in Btephens’s and Gatherwood’s
drawings. One brought by the Judge, contained
a figure in the form of a cross, the angles very
sharp, the other, a flower with petals, ami a
small rosette in the centre. These were shone
to a stone-cutter in the western pail of Pennsyl
vania. who, suspecting they were of composi
tion and not stone, analysed the ■ übstanee, and
found that they consisted of a composition hi
therto unknown to us, and ot the most remarka
ble" tenacity and durability, having stood tbe hu
tnidcliuiate ol Yucatan fur unknown ceu uries.
This individual, Mr. Hull, imitated the aitifi
fk-ial stone successfully, ascertained its great
value to the arts, commenced a manufactory,
and is now engaged- in securing patents. Mr.
Hull makes also, from similar materials, a
wash for external walls, &c., which is impct
vious to waler and protection from fire, and for
this alone he was offered a very large sum.
Thus is the civilized world not only to be made
acquainted with a lost art, but is lo lie immense
ly L>e-iielstteJ. t>y at» invention <->t an inoporxanee
to =ociei-.-. of which we can yet form only a ccn
roeturc. ' Kir- IJ.u 1! asserts., tlxat He ea n oxana'ac
tix-c pillars arid columns ot ihi rna-erial, o* anj
reasonable ditnensioris- Oalvaiti.-rn i*: cmploy
c i in the pcpcess oi mauufactuie.
iV* “ Vck.' - F F ‘to a A rfim V s.c> v 1
c • ixxj.-xxc". - ~
itS of «Yltec t i
Uiiil cultrttc briojgps forth the per'umeJ La os
- •ms ol a sunnier clime- ’J- be joyousness of
7, vsrbie'li in ittuisv seems art evidence of
lit is Lzien fcmr the o.c; Lias.- o*'a deep and
iivinxr sprirv- ol tendev rses - wlxiclx lies txosAxrrea
'■ ’-X’Aerc are hixndreds old v.-o-.nen ttho live and
.iic x. irl. erxergies toot liaJU awad<erxed» ajxd ctoa
ractexs bet fxair developed. The oracle xv.th. n
• heir -outs is dumb, or only those umntel; igob.c
xvoa Js which re«i«ire the inier pretat «ou ot ttxe
oronhet voice of Love or sower ere they can
be fully understood. JEs.mim.ry.
Ptcv.- K & in/fufDcc is a.i jibcil much d I
that ildtlfes. in wltit lr wo .cn are so superior io I
t. : en. The latter, in ordinary affairs, al
ly adopt a very direct course. They confide in
strength rather than policy. Tney overlook
lesser means in ihe contemplation cf larger
ends. This, indeed, is partly to rbeir
position. Nature always gives additional re
sources where Ibe relation is that of the pursued
rather ihan the pursuer-®. Hence, the insight
into character—the talent for obseivation—the
skill in tracing motives and anticipating re
sults, which belong to women.—Tuclemau.
April v, /MS
Frmn the Apalachicola Advertiser of Ihe ‘Xdh -nil.
Fire in Apalachicola.
At about 1 o’c.ock, A. M. on Monday last,
our usuallyiquiel city was aroused by the ring
ing of the alarm bell, and long repeated cries of
‘fire!’ Hastily putting on our garments, we
hastened to the scene ol action, where we found
most of our citizens already assembled, ener
getically engaged in battling against the destruc
tive element. The house in which the fire
originated, as well as those around it, being very
old and of wood, the flames spread with fearful
rapidity, and in a very short' lime enveloped
the adjacent tenements, and threatened to lay
our entire city in ruins. Knowing that any ef
fort to save these buildings must of necessity
prove futile, the Fire Company, seconded gal
lantly by our citizens, bent their whole ener
gies to circumscribe utthin as narrow a limit
as possible, the ravages of the conflagration;
and in this tbej’ succeeded beyond our most
sanguine expectation. Only twelve or fifteen
houses were destroyed, and those were old and
comparatively valueless; and were it not for the
loss sustained by the occupants, who were ot
the poorer class, we shouldsay that our city had
sqlrtcelv !>■■■•» :t loser, bv.'jp awi.l»»».)Xm-Alwye
. ihtlaritable a« tinder, stufh-
ted near the centre of business, served as a con
tinual source or alarm.
The fire occurred in an unoccupied building
on Commerce street,between the ‘ Florida'and
the 1 Georgian and Alabama Houses,’ and be
fore any efficient aid could arrive, both these
were wrapped in the devouring element. The
wnd blew from the Southeast, carrying the
flames in the direction ol tbe Iron Foundry of
Messrs. Roberts, Alien & Co., and but for this
building being of brick, it would inevitably have
caught, and a great portion of our city would
necessarily have been destroyed; but irom this
fortunate fact, and by the untiring exertions of
our Fire Company and citizens generally, it
was preserved, and the conflagration checked
at that point.
The brick buildings of Dr. Baltzell, on the
Northeast, and tbe Drug Store of Drs. Meals
& Crawford on the Southeast corner of Com
merce and Chestnut streets, were in gieat dan
ger, and were only preserved by men standing
on the roofs and al the windows, with buckets
of water, extinguishing the fire whenever it ap
peared. Had either of these buildings become
involved in the conflagration, it would have been
almost impossible to have arrested its progress,
until all the business part of the city was con
sumed.
The beautiful divellings of Messrs. Brooks
and Raney, were also at one lime in great jeo
pardy, the latter actually having caught once or
twice, and was only preserved by the most
strenuous exertions.
Thus, though this accident terminated with so
little detriment to the community, it needed but
a slight change of circumstances to have made
it the most calamitous with which our city has
ever been visited.
The following is a list ol the buildings com
sumed, with such particulars as we have been
able to collect: ,
The ‘Georgia and Alabama House,’ situated
on the Northwest corner of Commerce and
Chestnut streets, occupied as a public house, by
Mr. Funk, and owned by John W. Rinaldi.—
Insurance s£looo.
House adjoining, on Commerce street, occu
pied as a boot and shoe shop, by Philip Lang,
and owned by John W. liinaldi. Insurance
«100.
House adjoining, occupied as a Dry Goods
store by Mr. Labala, and owned by.ll. Steb
bins of New York. No insurance.
Honse adjoining, unoccupied,—in which the
fire originated,—owned by Thps. Baltzell.
.Worth about s6oo—no insurance.
‘Florida House,’ owned and occupied by
John Larkin, asabar-rootn and boarding house.
Valued at s£Boo 8400 insurance.
House adjoining, owned and occupied by
Geo. Brown, as a bar room and boardinghouse.
Fully insured.
House adjoining the first mentioned, on Chest
nut street, recently occupied by Christopher
Gray, as a Dry Goods stole, owned by John W.
Rinaldi. Insurance s£2oo.
House adjoining, occupied as a bool and shoo
lettiSl3l' ’'lb’sit ra nce" s£2o(>.
House on Market street, owned by W. Petry,
and occupied by him as a Bakery. Valued
at s£l2oo—no insurance.
House on Market street, owned by Thos.
Baltzell, worth s£6oo—no insurance.
House on Market street, occupied bjriCorne
lius Grady as a carpenter’s shop, belonging to
the estate ol Henry Williams. Worth s£3oo—
insurance.
This accident should impress upon our citi
zens the importance ot a better organization
during casualties ot this nature. It is true we
have Fire Wardens, appointed by the Council,
but they have no authority to enfore their com
mands,"and there being no otic officer to take
the chief management on himself, contradictory
orders are frequently given. Thus, some bales
of cotton in the street, which were in imminent
danger of being burnt, were directed, some three
or four limes, to be removed, and scarcely had
the men commenced when the orders were
countermanded. Some one man—we think
should be appointed, who should have authori
ty to direct—assisted by subordinate officers—
the exertions ofthe crowd, and who should have
power to enforce obedience to his orders. In
this way, we should secure accordance inaction,
and the same exertions—which, used witliout
concert, would be almost valueless, —would
then be ter more efficient in arresting the fury
ofthe flames.
Firm some circumstances connected with
this fire, no doubt exists in the minds of our
citizens that it was the work of an incendiary.
Suspicion, however, rests upon no particular
individual, that we have heard.
Perilous Adventure in the Mammoth
Cave.—The following incident is related of a
party who visited the mammoth cave last
spring.
“A wedding party went to this cave to spend
tbe honeymoon. While there they went to
visit those beautiful portions ofthe cave which
lie beyond the river “ Jordan.” In order to do
this a person has to sail down the river nearly a
mile, before reaching the avenue which leads off
from the river to the opposite side, for there is
no shore or landing place between the point
that is below on the other, for the river fills the
whole width ot one avenue of the cave, and is
several feet deep where the side walls descend
into the water. This party had ascended the
river, visited the cave beyond, and bad again
embarked on the waler for their return home
ward. After they had ascended the river about
halt way, some of the party who were in high
glee, got into a frolic and overturned the boat.
Their lights were all extinguished, their
matches wet, the boat filled with water and sunk
immediately, and there they were, in “the black
ness ol darkness,” upto their chins in water.
“No doubt they would have all been lost, had
it not been for the guide’s great presence of mind.
He charged them to remain perfectly still, lor
if they moved a single step, they might get out
of their depth in waler, and swimming would
not avail them, for they could not see where to
swim to. He knew that if they could bear the
coldness ot the water any length of lime they
would be safe, for another guide would be sent
from the cave house to see what had become of
them. And in this perilous condition, up lo
their mouths in water, in the midst ol darkness
more than night, four miles under ground, they
remained for upwards of five hours, at the end
of which time, another guide came to their re
lief. Matthew, or Mat, the guide who res
cued them, told me that when he got where they
were, his fellow-guide, Stephen, (the Columbus
ofthe cave) was swimming around the rest of
the patty cheering them, anddirccting his move
ments, while swimming, by the sound of their
voices, which were raised, one and all, in prayer
and sujtplieation for deliverance.
We have been informed, on reliable authority
that books will be opened in a few days in JXev
York, E»hUadelphia, Washington aixd^Balt xinorc
the con.'.truction of" a line of iXTorse’s 7ag’net; t
Telegraphs between Baltimore and New \ ork
with Amos Kendall at its head.---men
Wcdxxcsdav. at rho office ol John p orze. .
max>, and a comm dice was op/.oxneed to 1
alts.; xx staieatolo locattotx lor the - t
the stock ot tto.s comj-atiy. x i .
uoexce-.l aLotre -iO.OUO, trie a.aou--»c t ■" cl ‘
ready toctco stioserxbed. vaovcmcxxt
-kVc izavcis.-st beard, w atziber mx- but
Has yet beets trsade by the Ocea n L-.six pa n%,b ti t
it is stated a mill will undoubtedly Lae bu.lt bv
this company the next season, it not sooner. it
is designeii we iearn, to locate this last at t.‘:e
ornth end, where ra j’ [/[jf
in finin' ol wbicli mH irnief in abundance
is found at depth ot Vi or 14 teeL ;
Gen. Janies, under whose superintendence
the Bartlett Nlills and the James Mills were pet
in operalion, intends, we learn, to leave in the
May or June steamship, to visit ihe manutac
turing establishments in England, and either
before his departure or immediately on his re
turn. will superintend the erection ot the mill
for the Globe Company.— Newburyport HcriM,
g~>;t is proposed lo connect the cities, of
Louisville and Lexington by a railroad.
MONDAY MORNING, APLIL 7.
The Mississippi.—The Vicksburg Constitu
tionalist, of the 29th ult., says: “The river is
over its banks in many places, and the water is
still rising. The Indians away above, have pre
dicted another destrjjg£jve overflow this year,
and it has caused mtfcli alarm.”
The city of Richmond, says the Baltimore
American, is evidently destined to become the
centre of a great manufacturing interest, and we
have no doubt that the Stale of Virginia, and tbe
South generally, will, soon find it their true
policy to engage in this important branch of in
dustry. We see it stated that a company has
just been organized in Richmond for the manu
facture of woollen goods on an extensive scale;
and the Broadmeadow Steel Manufacturing
Company, chartered at the late session of the
Virginia Legislature, is also about to be organ-
Breacuop Promise in Alabama.—The Ma
con (Tuskegee) Republican, reports a case,
Miss vs. Reuben Kelly, for breach
of promise to marry, decided last week in the
Circuit Court of that county. The jury gave
the fair plaintiff, fifteen hundi cd dollars damages
only. This, says the Republican, is the first
case of that nature in the reports of this State.
Itisa precedent however—so beware, ye gay de
ceivers.
Texas Land Frauds.—The Houston Tele
graph, ofthe 19th inst., has the following article
in relation to the frauds comm itted by land specu
lators, which we copy lor the information and
warning of such ot our citizens as mav be in
clined to make investments in Texas lands.—
Tropic.
More Land Frauds. — We have recently learn
ed that some ot the holdersol colonization con
tracts or their agents have been offering land
scrip, for sale, pretending that they have valid
titles to the lands they have contracted to colo
nize. Some of this scrip, we are informed, has
been offered for sale in Cincinnati and other
cities, as well as in Europe. It appears that
:he territory designated in these contracts, has
been divided intoshares, similar to tbesharesof
the Colorado, the Rio Grande, and Arkansas
companies, and to the shares of Beals & Co.
It is well known that these companies before
the revolution,inundated the United States with
fraudulent scrip. We have often, while visit
ing the United Stales, been shown samples of
litis scrip ornamented with beautiful engravings
and maps ofthe lands to which these companies
have no more title than they have to the Crown
of England. Wc little expected that the gene
rosity of our Government would have been thus
abused, and that our Legislature should be made
the instrument of heartless speculators, to aid in
deceiving and swindling tbe unwary. We be
lieve most of the contracis have been, or soon
will be forfeited, and we hope Congress will at
the earliest practicable moment adopt proper
measures to prevent the contractors or their
agents from continuing their schemes of decep
tion. As the nature of these contracts are not
generally known in Eu rope and portions of the
United States, these speculators meet with little
difficulty in effecting sales ot fraudulent scrip.
We have been informed that some ot these
shares have been sold tor a thousand dollars,
and some of the money paid down. The pur
chasers will be bitterly disappointed when they
find that their titles a; e nut worth a farthing,
and that their beautifully engraved scrip is as
worthless as so much blank paper. We believe
much evil wonld be prevented it our Govern
ment would authorize- our Ministers and Con
suls locause pn'nlicationsto be made in the lead
ing journals of Europe, setting forth the nature
of these contra ets, and thus place the public on
their guard attest life' H-audsuf Jmnb..>nPf4Utu
would be defeated, and our Government would
be exempted front the charge of collusion with
the deceiver s.
Jrij-Twekve hundred and ten new buildings
have been erected in the city ot New York du
ring the last year; of which the 16th ward has
the largest number.
A large iron foundry at Cincinnati, owned
by Messrs. Jabez Reynolds & Co. was entirely
consumed by fire on Sunday morning. Loss
estimated at 525,000; no insurance.
Treasury Notes.—By a statement from R.
H. Gillet, E-tq., Register ofthe Treasury, it ap
pears that the amount of treasury notes out
standing on the Ist of April was $1,073,331 22.
The New York Express publishes a letter
containing the following paragraph :
“ You will remember that the .Rev. Mr. Van
Zandt, ol Rochester, was found guilty by the
Civil,and acquitted by the Ecclesiastical tribu
nal, on the charge of seduction, and a heavy
verdict ot damages was rendered against him.
Passing through Rochester recently, 1 was cre
dibly informed that the seduced girl, who was
said to be a communicant of the church at the
lime, is again ‘eticiente,’ and lays the charge of
this, as well as the former child, upon a married
man of said city, who has left his wile and
family and gone to parts unknown. The girl
had been instigated to make the charge upon the
Rev. Mr. Van Zandt by this very individual,
which the deluded girl now confesses.”
The Wheat I-wsect.—A correspondent of
the New York Mirror gives the following ac
count of an occurrence which came under his
own notice, and which may serve to throw
some light upon the nature and character ol
that plague of formers, the wheat insect. He
says:
“ In the spring of 1814, I jtlaced a bag con
taining halt a bushel of white flint wheat in a
seed drawer, tinder glass, and. near the furnace
ot my green house. On theGltiof March, 1845,
1 opened the bag, and to my (surprise found
thousands of living Insects, stieJt as arc now
presented to you—some were en the point al
leaving the kernel, others were jnstcomrnenc
ing to eat through, and many were perfectly
formed and running about in all directions.
Six years ago I was in the habit ot soaking my
early grains in salt brine tor the purpose of de
stroying the egg of the insect, which ! assured
my neighbors, much to their amusement Mra
unbelief, was ensconced in the kernel. No w V
by accident, the fact is made manifest, The
insect would not have appeared until Jttne,-pe*
haps, had the wheat been sown. The warm
situation it occupied in the green house brought
it thus early to maturity.”
China.—The ship Gratton, ax New York on
Wednesday morning from Canton, brings ad
vices to the 27th of December—c ne week later
than those received by the Cohota. This makes
the seventh or eighth vessel that hits
New York from China, laden with Teas, during
the last month. Every thing was tjl'iet at Can
ton.
Tub Anti-Renters. —The town <d Delhi,
N. Y., was iu aims on Saturday, to pn'tect the
prison, in which was confined twenty ai'ti-renl
rioters, from an expected attack from their col
leagues, who were surrounding the town in .their
Indian, guise in great numbers. _
-Thor- is a. colored ivoman, oX" Indian
traSin. nowUvins in "-1:0 i-. said to
be j’tars old. She is yet strong and active-
. ; T _ ■-.iZlTtosrssir aoal
• XepOX-tC-l <aV Ct - - XV W C=C
l ' X-XX
- iocrease- u'factxtre ot irorx
rScarc, iaa.y too «j»riarst<jo<l from ttap 1 i-
< - t».-il Our rend mny * *
■ z lie Jitbcviliy- <-»X ,-gett:r>s: .“ '“fo
of Owe whole .production o.■ t ”'-
fStntc, out when '.<.ecazi enh ito: t t lie exac
whic-tx passetti tbrouph yo. ; ‘
can hc-.-e a. pretty poc. i niea r>t ‘ l,c J " t l ’.
080 pound, . J , o ~] a,
tor
M lifft/c fl' "l lfinii if>W'
ns i t st t l tire <ll lurnaces which have been I *
'Walt Irnw been Mown in, and ihe new I
ones in pros-ess listened to uon. N...n>
->tf nov.- prcdecrcd, and people d capital are
looking lor such locations as will insure to them
the he-t chances, of permanent j-rofii. Can we
doubt then that the year 1815 will p»»y© one of ‘
ereat prosperity to the Iron interest oi
vania, and tht 1 - public improvements must set>M- <
bly feel the iiycreased uade of coal and iron-—ihe
termer bavin.*? paid for toll al vaiicuß
office in 1844,158,1*30, and the laucr 61,3 /b.—
I/, s.
VOL.IX.~NO. 15.
LATKR FROM EUROPE.
The packet ship Queen of the West, at New-
York, sailed Irom Live,pool on the 7th March,
bringing three days later intelligence.
The Queen of the West brings seven cabin
passengers and four hundred and fifty-six in the
steerage.
Cotton continued firm at the advance reported
by the steamer of the 4th.
The accounts from Switzerland are no later
than the advices before received. The state of
affairs in that country is extremely critical.
Sir Robert Peel has announced that Govern,
ment will bring forward a measure to remove
the civil disabilities of the Jews.
Louisiana Sugar.—On the sth U.t., in the
House of Commons, Mr. Thomely Mid, I wish
to repeat tire question which I put to the right
hon. gentleman, the First; Lard of lhe Treasury.
1 yesterday stated that a quantity nt Sugar had
reached this country from the United States,
which was
samples have arrived of cargoes ol two or three
shipments from New Orleans. The question I
wish to put is this, whether this Sugar, the pro
duce of Louisiana, and therefore the produce of
slave labor, will be admitted at the same rate of
duty as Sugar from China, Java, and Man Ula,
which is considered the produce of free labor?
Sir Robert Peel—There are certain coun
tries—the United States being one of them—
where Sugar is produced by lhe labor of slaves.
The United States and one'or two other coun-
Iries have concluded reciprocity treaties with
this country, which treaties stipulate that the
produce of such countries shall be admitted into
this country on the fooling of the most favored
nation. That, 1 apprehend, is the state of the
case. But, up to this hour, there has been no
official information received by her Majesty’s
Government, from the Custom house, with re
spect to the arrival ol this shipment, nor has any
■ communication been made to the Treasury
Board upon the subject, nor any application for
an order in Council, which would be necessary
before the Sugar could be admitted. At present,
' I apprehend that lhe Sugar could not be admis
sable—for no order in Council has been issued
for its admission from the Uniled Slates. At
’ the same time i have no hesitation in saying
1 that my construction of the treaty is, that Sugar
from the United States would, under the recipro
-1 city treaties, be admissible on the same terms
! and looting as Sugar from Java, Manilla, and
1 China. (Loud cheers from lhe Opposition
1 benches.)
Mr. Thornley had heard the nnswer of the
right hon. gentleman with great satisfaction.
1 He begged simply to state that the produce of
Sugar in Louisiana was such as would give
great profit on its exportation to this country, and
that there was every reason to believe the new
1 trade would be carried on to a very considerable
extent.
Mr. Ewart said there was another question
1 connected with this subject, which he was anx
ious to have ansllered. He wished to know,
whether the right hon. barouet was aware that
all the sugar coming from Louisiana was brown
Muscovado sugar, and, therefore, would come
into this country at the duly of 235., and not at
285.? So that, in fact, this slave-grown sugar
of the United Slates would be impelled at a
lower duty than the Iree-labor sugar ol Java,
Siam, and Manilla.
Sir R. Peel declined entering into any argu
ment upon the subject at present.
Spain.
A plot, real or pretended, has been discovered
or made at Vittoria, the object of which Is said
to have been the restoration of Espartero. Eight
officers, twenty sergeantsand two civilians were
arrested there on the night and morning of (he
16Ji and I7ili ult. Several important documents
' have, it is said, been seized, and prove that lhe
plot has extensive ramifications in other places,
not excepting Madrid, from whence lhe order
' fur lhe above arrests emanated.
' Portugal. .
into effect her anxiously desired purpose of
granting an amnesty to lhe persons engaged in
the late revolt, and now in exile in Spain and
elsewhere.
Switzerland.
It is believed that the general of the Jesuits at
Rome has resolved to suppress the Jesuits’ col
lege in Switzerland, in order to prevent the civil
war which is menaced by the continuance of
the Jesuits in that country.
India.
The Bombay Overland Mail, via Marseilles,
reached London yesterday.
The news received by the present mail is of
the IBth of December from China, 23d of Janu
ary from Calcutta and Delhi, 24th of January
from Madras, and 25th liom Agra, and from
Bombay to the Ist of Feb.
The intelligence is more interesting than it
has been for some months back. The insurrec
tion in Kulapore and Sawunt Warrec continues
unsettled, although 10,000 men are in the field
forthe purpose ol suppressing it. Three British
officers have, in the course of the month, been
slain by the enemy. The roads are every where
blocked up, and robbery and plunder universal.
In Lower Scinde the troops continue healthy
and lhe people quiet. Her Majesty’s 78th High
landers, now at Hyderabad, are stiflering as
severely as ever from indisposition. They have,
in the course of lour months, lost 402 men, 35
women, and 120 children, or 557 in all, belong
ing to the regiment.
Sir Chatles Napier has proceeded into the
Bhoogte Mountains, with a force ol nearly 5,000
men, for the purpose of chastising lhe marau
ders who continually infest our frontier during
the hot season. The expedition was a danger
ous one. By the latest accounts they were get
ting on slice ssfully, the Geperal himself having
arrived at Deyra.
Fresh revolut.ons have occurred in the Pun
. jaub, where the army completely controls the
Government, putting down administrations al
their pleasure. The British Government seems
resolved not to interfere with their lends, wisely
determining to devote its attention to the wel
fare and prosperity of its subjects,
California—The Paris “Presse” contains
the following Paragratph: “The fall of Santa
Ana has exposed one of the vastest projects
which the undermining ambition of Great Bri
tain ever conceived. It appears from the corres
pondence of the Ex-President of Mexico with
lhe British Minister, that the former for a sum
of 25,000,000 piasters, of which he had reserved
for himself a considerable portion, was on lhe
eve ol ceding absolutely to Great Britain- the
magnificent province of California, considered
so valuable both by Great Britain and the
United States, that the latter, in lhe year 1837
offered $5,000,000 lor lhe harbor ol San Francis
co alone.”
licv. Dr. Wolj).— The following letter has
just been received by Capt. Grover“My dear
Grover,- How shall I thank you tor your great,
great kindness? but 1 confess that when I heard
you were gone to St. Petersburg 1 trembled,
lor 1 was afraid you would have gone to Bokha
ra with lettersfrom the Emperor. God be praised
that the Emperor did not grant you the letters,
and that you did not proceed. As long as that
. horrid fellow Abdool Sametjfhan is at Bokhara,
nothing will be of any use. Every Engltsh
-1 man's fate is sealed—he must die. The fellow
in,, persons have been murdered at Bokhara
1. Lieutenant VVvburg, of the Indian navy; 2.
Lieutenant Stoddard; 3. Capt. Conolly ; 4. one
whom they call Freeshaw; 5. Cavaliere Naael
li- 6. A German; 7. Five Englishmen, outside
Ic’haar Joo; 8. A Turkoman, who came to
make inquiries about Capt. Conolly; 10. A
Turkish officer. God be praised that you did
not proceed to Bokhara.”
Markets.
Id.cl ra d of a teller, dated
Liv-rfuol, Marell 7. Since IhffJ J 11 (here
has been no cessation of demand
been active, importers have been disposed <o
realize the profit now aitainaf le on present ar-
r.-.ct by importers. Otrr m.-it ket for A ,ue
riennis st-.-esUy szt the prices ot the u»ih n.t.
« -. r. O There has been xnuch actu >ty
<>t ,7 </oOorx martoee since ' TV--V l
daycfil not < .-stccca
viz • 1100 I’.-rri-n I <s- sJ<l to <54-<? ;
CO; 1000 Snrnt, ZI rl <<> JI ‘.
io TUI. nnc' lO.SOO Amenc.o, s.ioSJ. .<->-<«■
iniWiW
I l 't<» >p< culilnrx, I'fli't'M, iLillltli m liiflj.
er* ate very ftim,andthetradeha»aW»Mk h. nlihy
appearance.
T„ a 1..0S- -1 ... nr..— A.'.v teen are .n man It, s
»«k announcing a Innhcr ndyanje,
from all the various distnete oi.iw manufacture
testify itssreat prosperity, and anticipate a pro
gressive improvement. in .Staffordshire the
ma Kers are in excellent spirits; Messrs. Job’ll
Bradley &. Co., lhe leading firm ibete, have h-
Bued circular's Quoting 40s. per ton advance on
bars and rods, and 50s. per ton oh hoops and
sheet-, above their January quarter day pric«e (