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Wttkln Chronicle & Sentinel.
OLD SERIES, VOL. LIX.
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FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 18.
Augusta Free School.
The communication of "Georgia,” in an
other column, calling the attention ot the citi
zens of Augusta to the necessity and impor
tance of adopting some means to revive this
school, is well worthy of consideration. The
permanent establishment of Free Schools in
every community where there are destitute chil
dren, is a duty which the more fortunate irpthe
procurement of this world’s goods, should not
omit to discharge, as well because of the bene
fits to the youth of such communities, as of Ibe
upon the well being of socie
ty. Tn this city, asin all others, we are inform
ed, and we doubt no'tits truth, there are a con
• siderable number of youths growing up 1n ig
norance, alone for the want of some such insti
tution. How very important, then, is it, that
seme means should be adopted to fit and pre
pare such youths for future lite, and to enable
them to become worthy and respectable mem
bers of society. This can be accomplished,
and it should be, by a liberal donation from our
citizens, and we sincerely hope that those who
.have heretofore had charge of the management
of this school will make the effort.
ImportantAr.iest.—The authoritiesol New
York have recently arrested and committed for
further examination, a man who is supposed to
be Webster, the accomplice of Babe the pirate.
Punishment for Duelling.—We learn
from the Globe that the President has dismiss
ed Lieut. Wm. Decatur Hurst from the navy.
It had been ascertained that Lieut. Hurst,
while employed as first lieutenant of the United
States brig Truxton, on the coast of Africa,
and exercising the duties ’of chief executive
officer of that vessel, engaged in a duel with a
midshipman under his command. It is said,
and not denied, that Lieut. Hurst, on an inti
mation ol an intention of Passed Midshipman
\ Creighton to appeal, for some alleged wrong
,received from Lieut. Hurst, to higher authori
ty, told that officer that such appeal was un
/ necessary, as he, Lieut. H., would give him
personal satisfaction.
Contagious.—A disease, called the “ bonnet
fever,” prevails, says the Ledger, alinot uni
versally in Philadelphia, among the females.
The symptoms which attend the complaint are
an extraordinary demand upon the pockets of
parents or husbands; an eager desire to ex
amine all the bonnets and ribbons and flowers
in every store in the city; and the violence of
these symptoms is not abated until the new
article has been worn to church the first Sun
day after it is sent home from the milliner's.
The Swallow.— The Legislalure of New
York has appointed a committee with power
■ nrufiit. lot peisuus to inresiigaF~
the receamnssreir-ii war* snrrerr-mtrr troont
one million, of passengers are carried on the
Hudson.
& The Mayor of Baltimore has called a pub
j -de meeting.lo aid the sufferers in Pittsburg.
The Richmond Whig says: "A gentleman
well acquainted with Pittsburgh, says that the
part of the city destroyed was by tar the most
valuable, comprising the chief wholesale dry
goodsmart, houses four story high, and stored at
this season with valuable goods from garret to
cellar!
Extraordinary Increase of Travel.—
Hartford and New Haven Railroad.— Receipts
of this Road for March, 1844, $7340, for March,
1845, $16,675; making an increase of 128 per
cent.
Mr. N. C. Baldwin, ofCleveland, has put up
during the past season 3138 head of the very
■best beef cattle ol Ohio, making over five thou
sand tierces of beef—expressly for the English
market.
13-TheSt. Louis papers inform us that the
navigation of lhe Missouri river was exceed
ingly difficult and dangerous, the waters being
very low and the snags in the channel so nume
rous that boats could scarcely pass between them.
No less than eleven steamboats were aground at
various places.
Gen. Jackson.—The Philadelphia Adverti
ser ol Thursday last, states that a gentleman
just from the Hermitage informs us that whdh
he left General Jackson, the deatl\ ol the old
hero was Hooked for every moment.
Thst Hun, A F. H. Claiborne has been ap
pointed SuperiDbenu ent <’ fthe Live Oak Forests
in Louisiana.
William H. Robertson, Esq., of Philadelphia,
. has been appointed Consul for &'egi*n,
The Petersburg (Va.) Intelligencer of the 15th
inst. says:—The frosts of last week and the-cold
winds and drought which have prevailed for
several weeks have proved very injurious to
vegetation. The early wheat in some places is
cut down, and all sorts show the effect ot frost.
. Fruits of almost every kind are killed, and
many of the garden vegetables.
• The second sowing of Tobacco will produce
but few plants, and a third must be generally re
sorted to.
The Drought, now ol several weeks’ duration,
still continues, though with some slight prospect
of an early termination. ■ <■
The Cincinnati Charier Election took place
last week, and resulted in the re-election of
Wm. Spencer, (Whig) as Mayor. The Coun
cil stands 17 Whigs to 13 Locos.
Cr A Type-Casting Machine, invented a
short time ago by Mr. David Bruce, of New
York, has been brought to a high state of per
fection and practical utility by Mr. O. R. Van
Benthuysen, of Albanj’. The Albany Atlas
thus describes it:
inus ueszriocs 11:
This machine, or rather the wheel by which
it is propelled, may be worked by hand; but
any number ot them may be worked by steam,
several of them requiring only a vigilant over
seer or superintendent and two or three chil
dren. Thus, four of these machines, which are
small and compact, placed at convenient dis
tances, in line, may be kept in full operation by
one person and three children. The extent of
the saving of labor, and the value of this inven
tion, may be judged of by a comparison between
its resiilis_afliibß-ttsTrafinode of casting. An
Trpcrr*j»oiliiiiiin will cast 15 type per minute
with the usual hand matrix. This machine
casts from 50 to6o per minute; and one person
superintending fourot the machines, propelled
by steam, will produce say 200 per minute. It
is at least a safe estimate to say that one per
son and three children will in this way de tbe
work of ten men, and turn out more type per
minute.
One of these machines is in use by Messrs.
Figgins & Co., ot London, who have ordered
others. It has also been adopted by several
type-founders in New York and other northern
cities in the Union.
THE USE OF FLOWERS.
To conifoit mnn, to whisper hope,
When’er hie faith is dim.
That He whoeareth for the flower*
Will care much more for him.
For lhe Chronicle <f- Sentinel.
. Mr. Editor : —I wish, through the columns
of your paper, to call the altention of our fellow
citizens to the fact, that the Male department of
the Augusta Free School has, for want of funds,
been closed since first of January, 1844. The
Managers of the Augusta Free School Society,
I am aware, are under no legal obligation to
carry on the School, without the public fur
nishes the means; but it is respectfully sug
gested, that as they’ are in possession of a build
ing erected (1 believe) bv the liberality of the
citizens, and as they have, for so many years,
had the matter in charge, it would seem to be at
least their duty to apply to their fellow-citizens
for their contributions, which, hard as the times
are, I think the public would accord.
I have witnessed with pleasure the promptness
with which our citizens (the ladies particu
larly) have come forward and got up Fairs to
aid other charities which came to their notice—
ami I cannot doubt, that all will feel that it is of
incalculable importance to the rising generation,
that they receive instruction, and that all will be
ready to help in promoting this great object. 1
should be gratified, it this hint were to ptoduce
some useful action on lhe above subject. Sup
pose you urge lhe Managers to call a meeting
of the citizens generally, that some expression
may be made of the public opinion, and some-
jriexico*
A careful examination of our Mexican files
of papers, says the N Orleans Bee, does not
enable us to add m.uciuo the summary of intel
liger.ee presented in yesterday’s paper. Santa
Ana’s defence transmitted to Congress about
the end ot February, is a document of most in
ordinate length, filling several successive num
bers ot the Mexican papers, it is, as before
stated, extremely bold, if not arrogant in its tone,
and argues questions of law and constitutional
points with considerableingenuity and specious
ness. He contends that he was fully justified
by circumstances in the conduct pursued by
him and speaks of himself as a patriot and per
eecuted saint.
The vote by which the Grand Jury,composed
of the two branches of Congress, found a true
bill against Santa Ana, was 90 to 7. Generals
Guevara and Veron were the chief opponents
of the measure. The public journals load him
with continual imprecations, and speak of his
notes to the government as effusions ot bound
less audacity andarrogance. It wearetojudge
of public sentiment by the tone of the press, we
should conclude that the fallen Dictator is uni
versally execrated, and that Mexico thirsts for
his blood ; and yet, strange to say, it is openly
proclaimed that his personisin no danger what
ever.
Don Jose Maria de Bocanegra has been
unanimously acquitted by the Chamber ot De
puties, of the charge of having authorized the
appointment of Gen. Ponce de Leon as Govern
or of the Department of Sonora.
The earthquake which occasioned so much
damage in lhe town of Oajaca was slightly lelt
both in Mexico and Vera Cruz, occasioning,
however, no more tnan a momentary tremorand
considerable alarm.
Don Benito Quijano has resigned the office
of Governor ot the Department of Vera Cruz,
and has been appointed Governor of Guanajua
to.
Various projects of constitutional reform are
before Congress. Among them we notice one
lor the better internal organization of the de
partments; another lor the re-organization of
the army; a third for the election of Governors
of departments by the people, &c.
In announcing to the Mexican Congress the
passage of the measure of annexation, Senor
Cuevas took occasion to express the views o'l
the administration of Gen. Herrera. He said
that the Government would at once address an
energetic protest to all friendly nations, as well
as to the United States, against annexation;
that diplomatic relations with this country
would thereupon terminate. He said the Go
vernment felt itself strong enough for the emer
gency, without the grant of additional powers,
and trusted that instead of a grevious calamity,
annexation might really prove a blessing, to
Mexico, bv uniting all her people in a deter
-mined effort to maintain their rights and pre
servd tile tntdgntVorTliy territory of the Repu t>-
Hl'. 1 lie L lesiuems or umvm, ./rrtttrreers re
sponded in much the same strain.
A Bear Story.—A letter from Jakoustk (Si
beria,) of Novetnber2o, in the KazettedeKasan,
contains the following strange account:
“The colony ot Weshnaic Laba has just
been the theatre of a sad event. Thtee colo
nists, Sabanieff, Dmytreff, and Biolohorsky,
were out hunting in the forest of Laba, when
they got possession of two little bear cubs,
which they took home with litem. Three days
had elapsed, and the rough strangers had begun
to get lainiharised with their hosts, when on the
night ot the fourth day dreadful howlings were
heard in the village. The colonists, more curi
ous than alarmed, went out to see what was the
matter; bnt their surprise was extreme when
they beheld the cottage which contained the cubs
surrounded by bears, standing on their hind legs,
howling dreadfully. The colonists ran fortheir
firearms ai d hatchets, and a fierce combat arose.
The bears rushed on the men, and though seve
ral were killed by the first discharge, they furi
ously continued their attack, and could only be
routed when a cabin was aet on fire. The
flames f-ightened them, and they at last retired.
Eight large bears remained lifeless on the
ground; five men were killed and thirty wound
ed; some of them grievously.”— Galignam's
Messenger.
Correspondence of the North. American.
New York, April 12, P. M.
Warm weather is back again, and the trees on
the Battery, Parks and Church yards already
begin to show signs ol vegetation. Broadway
has been thronged with people anxious to get
their share of sun and dust for which the street
is very famous.
The influx of strangers was never so large as
during the last week. Every hotel is crammed
to the rpof, and still they come. So much un
current money (that is Slate money) has been
brought, that the rate ot discount has risen troml
to 1 per cent., and large amounts were sold by
brokers yesterday at i per cent, the money to be
redeemed again on Monday at | per cent., and
interest allowed upon it.
Nothing has been done towards raising the
Swallow, but two more bodies have been found.
Public opinion is fast setting against the officers
of the boat, who will have hard work to steer
clearof the State prison, although the captain
has already another boat. A diagram of the
piper and rock has been published, showing that
the boat was lost by the greatest carelessness in
the world.
Nothing from the Great Western yet. She is
over o'ue, but is detained by the adverse winds
of the last week. She will return crammed full
oryasser.cers, one hundred and ten berths being
taken
F rom Oi.» ~u ,— gy t | ie wa y o f
Mexico we have later Guaiemaia.
On the Ist of February there was a fresh out
break in the city, headed by Mariano Mendez,
an officer who commanded the guard of the
Plata. He set aClarge the prisoners, surprised
.the house of the President, and releasimj-_Gen.
Monterrosa from his confinement, proclaimed
him chief of the revolution. The precise object
of the insurrection was not known. The troops
which remained faithlul to the Government,
after an indecisive skirmish with the insur
gents, took up. their quarters in the suburbs,
and granted so the other party until the 6th of
February to leave the city, guarantying that no
other attack should be made upon them till that
day
in San Salvador there has been a revolution,
growing out of a conflict between the military
and the political authorities. The outbreak oc
curred on the 2d of February. The details are
uninteresting, but the civil authorities seem to
have had the best of it—an unusual circum
stance with these less than halt-civilized people.
Picayune.
European Societies. —From
such reports of Protestant Societies of Europe,
as are at present accessible, (most of them for
1841,) the amount of then- annual receipts ap
peals to be nearly two millions of dollars, viz:
English Baptist Society 896,171; Church Mis
sionary Society, 8163,238; General Baptiste
Society, 8,213; Beilin, 11,699; Goaners,2,6ol;
Dresden 4,639; FreeChsrch of Scotland 59,638;
French Protestant Soci.tv 16,283; German
Evangelical (Casle) 2(>,9i6; Glasgow 11,100;
Scottish $,487; Moravian 63,749; Wesleyan
480,008; khenish Nelherlam, jqsg;. Nether
lands 25,978; Glasgow Africi| 6 361; London
367 685: Lawsanne963; 1 lalle 14 . Hamburgh,
2 771; Gospel Propagation 30-> | 0 Total as .
certained $1,986,495.
Louisiana Tobacco. —A sale of ofaPout
800 pounds ot tobacco, . aß r J’cared for
market in the naris-hoi Natchitoche , so | rf
this week at 37J, 42 and 45 cents a The
tobacco is neatly done up in » ,na q pack
ages, and was, ot course, a choice: Io
purchase was made on account
consulate. A contract, we aretold,
nt the same time, for the delivery
1500 pounds of the same quality a' lllte
N. O. Bulletin, lilh inst.
TO HOPE.
; Light of the soul I thine hour once put,
The proudest brow must bend at last.
- Pale agony the heart rabsl wring,
. Despair must plant the sullen sting,
1 The weary spirit long to psrt.
And alt be but the wreck of heart.
; Bright tenant of lhe uerr bling breast,
Give but nty sinking spirii rest.
, Th o' friendship flies, or love betrays,
Still on thy light shall fix my gaze,
My star, though clouded and alone,
Until my pilgrimage >s dnne.
The traveller in the fiery sand
Wheie Afric spreads her burning strand.
When thuuders roar and whirlwinds rise
And Heaven is darkening on his eyes,
Struggles in vain, sinks panting down,
And sees his fate in nature’s frown.
But, let him find some crystal stream,
His eyes with sudden lustre beam,
So, Hope, at the enchanting voice,
Delicious dreams the soul rejoice;
The agony of heart is o’er:
It trembles, but it lives once more.
Angel of life I thy vigil keep,
Above my waking and my sleep;
Sull pour upon my fainting eyes
The beam, lhe beauty of lliy skies,
And, when my final hour is come,
Sweet spirit I be thy heaven my home.
Monroe Rati Road.
, The Macon "Messenger” copies entire the
decision of Chief Justice Ruffin of North Caro
lina, in the case of “lhe State of North Caro
lina and the Portsmouth Rail Road Company
rs Francis E. Rives,” the principles of which, the
Editor regards as applying to numerous cases
now pending, and which will be brought, in the
Courts of Georgia, against the Monroe Rail
Road Company. From the edjijprial comments
we extract lhe following paragraph:
“ We learn that the correctness of Judge Ruf
fin’sdecision will very soon be tested in several
cases that have long been pending against the
Monroe Rail Road. It is the opinion ol lhe
public generally, many of the stockholders in
cluded, that in order to make the Road available
it should change hands. The present managers
ol the road are capable and faithful, and doing
all that men could do, under such adverse cit
cumstances. But capacity and enterprize amount
to nothing without money. The company is
hopelessly insolvent, and cannot, without assist
ance, sustain itself much longer, and more par
ticularly when it wili now have to contend with
the thousand suits that have been, and will be,
brought against it. The stockholders will have
to reconcile themselves to a sale of theroad. We
see no other alternative. The public, as bill
holders to a large amount, are willing to see it
disposed of, for any change must be to their ad
vantage; the stockholders have nothing more to
lose, for their monej’ vested in its stock, is as ir
retrievably gone, as if ‘ in the deep bosom ol the
ocean buried.’”
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Great Fires in Virginia.—The Dismal
Swamp is now on fire, and has been for twelve
days. No rain has fallen in that region for more
than two months. The damage sustained by
persons engaged in the shingle and stave busi
ness has been immense—one individual has lost
at least S4OOO, and others S3OOO, S2OOO, and so
on, according to the force employed. Great
holes, fifteen and twenty feet deep, have been
burnt, which, I understand, is occasioned by the
great amount of vegetable matter that has been
accumulating for many years throughout the
swamp. Thousands of cattle and other stock
have perished in the flames.
One thing connected with this conflagration
may be a source of some interest to your pa
trons. An old negro man and woman, with
one child, ranaway from their master twenty
six years ago, and have never been heard from
until Tuesday last, when being driven by the
threatening flames, they returned to their mas
ter’s house, (7 miles from Suffolk, Va.) accom
panied by fifteen healthy children, all of whom,
excepting the eldest, were born in the caverns of
Dismal Swamp. A largenumberofslaves have
been forced under similar circumstances, to re
turn to their masters, after an absence ot ten,
fifteen and twenty years.
Large numbers of wild beasts, ot variousspe
cies have been seen in lhe adjoining woods,
most ot which are bears.
In the neighborhood of Petersburg, and along
the line of the Gaston Rail Road, a destructive
fire is also raging, destroying thousands ot dol
lars worth ot properly; many valuable planta
tions have been swept clean. A great want of
rain prevails throughout ahis entire section of
country.
In addition to the above calamities, a disease
ji.j-oo.truz.-pm.-irutCHal. in nearly pyprv ease
termed by some "black tongue”—it attacks the
patient in a variety of forms. I could not learn
the symptoms attending this direful complaint—
it is regarded as a new type ot disease, resem
bling nothing else. Several hundred persons
have already died in consequence of this disease.
A Dwarf.—One ot the greatest curiosities
we have ever witnessed of the lusus natural or
der, is the Tennessee Dwarf, E. C Lowry, now
being exhibited at the Temperance Hall, St.
Cbarles-street. This extraordinary being, al
though 20 years of age, measures only two leet,
eight inches in height, and weighs but forty
pounds. His head is ol the natural size for one
of his age, with a manly and intelligent expres
sion of countenance. The construction of his
joints are most singular, admitting of a flexi
bility of limbs truly astonishing. In tact he is
altogether an object well worthy the attention of
lhe curious.— N. O. Ttee.
Good Advice.—Never believe, much less
propagate, an ill report ot your neighbor, with
out good evidence of its truth Never listen to
an infamous story handed to you by a man who
is a known enemy of the person detamed, or
who is himself infamousfor defaming his neigh
bors, or wfio is wont to sow discord among
brethren, and excite disturbances in society.
Never utter the evil which you know or suspect
of another till you have an opportunity to ex
postulate with him. Never speak evil of ano
ther while you are under tbe operation of envy
and malevolence, but wait till you? spirits are
Pooled down, that you may better judge whether
to utter or suppress the matter. Never express
Jhe evil which you would say ot your neighbor
in terms too strong, or in language which would
convey an exaggerated idea of his conduct.
Never throw out against a man broken hints and
dark inuendoes, which would leave the hearers
to suspect any thing and every thing that iff na
ture can suggest Never speak evil ot your
neighbor to his known enemy who wishes lor an
occasion of slander; tor he will certainly paint
the image anew, and touch it off with bolder
colors. In short, never speak evil ol a man
when your speaking may probably do much
hurt, but cannot possibly do any good, *
Commercial Items and Annals.—A corres
pondent of Hunt’s Magazine is furnishing a se
ries of papers on the Annals of American
Commerce, in which are embodied some inter
esting items of information.
In 1791, the Bank of the United States was
established at Philadelphia with a capital ot
810,000,000.
The revenue of the United States at that
time wa584,771,200. The expenditure 83,798,-
436.
Ti.o exports from New York amounted to
$2,505,465. ‘
In the year named also, the first parcel of cot
ton of American growth was exported from the
United States.
In 1792, Congress passed an act for establish
ing a mint, and regulating the .coins of the Uni
ted States.
The South Carolina Bank, the Bank of Penn
sylvania, and the Bank of New Hampshire
- were established. The Union Bank in Boston
~was incorporated.
The exports from Charleston, S. C., this year,
at 82,017,976.
The rearing of mulberry trees and silk worms,
and tbe culture ot silk had so far succeeded in
Connecticut, that a minister in Brantord had a
silk gown ipade for him this year, at his own
home. This- was the first clergyman’s gown
fabricated throughout America.
The revenues of the United States at this
lime were estimated at The ton
nage of vessels which paid duty in the ports of
theTlpited States, between the Ist of Oct., 1791,
and thesJOlh ot September, 1792, including the
coasting aflid fishing vessels, was upwards of
8011,000 tops.
In 1792>1he exports ofthe United States were
estimated',al 826,000,000.
In 1795, the exports of the United States
amounted.to upwards of $4;,000,000. The net
amount pf imports and tonnage wac /yearly
$8,000,000.
In 17797, the exports of the United States
amounted to above 857,000,000. The mails of
the United States were carried over 14,385
miles ot territory, in which space there were up
wards of 480 post offices. The revenue of the
post office\th is year, was upwards of $46,000;
In 1798, (by the second census, t“e number ot
inhabitants! was found to be 5,305,482. The
shipping ojf the United States amounted t0939,-
000 tons. UThe revenue of the post-office was
880,000. — nicknell's Reporter.
Steamboat Sunk. —The steamboat Memphis
reports thle loss of the Kate Aubrey at Plum
Point, on I Monday evening last. Sire was de
scending Abe river, when she was run into by the
>teamloat Sarah Bladen, and went down in a
few minute S- The Champion was alongside,
making out whatever furniture, baggage, &c.
“mid be sa ked. The boat will be a'totalloss.
lives lost.— Pic. 12/4 inst.
AUGUSTA, GA., THUR®AY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1845.
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 19.
Fire.—The alarm ot fire yesterday, proceed
ed from an old wooden building in the upper
part of the city, belonging to Mr. J no. M. Dow,
in which a man by lhe name of Lamb resided.
The house, which was ol little value, was de
stroyed. The fire was doubtless the result of
carelessness.
The Washington Globe ot Monday evening
contains an announcement ol the sale of that
establishment to Messrs Ritchie & Heiss.
Memphis Naval Depot.—The Memphis Ea
gle ot th 11th inst. stfys:—Col. Warlord, the
chief Engineer, has been in our city several
days, surveying the site for the Naval Depot,
and preparations will be immediately made jor
the prosecution of the work; lhe first part will
be to erect the necessary buildings for the offi
cers and workmen, after which, in the autumn
we presume, the work will be in general pro
gress; some three or four hundred thousand
dollars have been appropriated by Congress to
commence operations, and it is the design of
lhe Government to prosecute the work with en
ergy-
Fire in Marietta.—On Friday night, the
11th inst. about §_u’gjpck, our village says
“ Helicon," was alarmed by toe cry of fire. Very
soon the entire population was on the spot. The
fire originated in a small work-shop, very near
and within the curtilage of the residence of Gov.
McDonald ; and before assistance could be pro
cured, the flames had taken hold of the smoke
house and kitchen, and had progressed so far as
to defy all attempts to arrest them. By active
and unremitted exertion the dwelling only, as
by a miracle, was saved. Probably loss 9500.
Mr. Polk and the Dorrites.—The N. Y.
Courier <f- Enquirer says:—Burlington An
thony, Tom Dorr’s High Sheriff of Providence
under the Foundry dispensation, and who did
every thing rebellious but fighting for it—his
tastes in that particular running in a different
direction—has been appointed United States
Marshal for the District of Rhode (‘land. This
“distinguished citizen was indicted for offences
against the Sovereign power of the State, bu;
availed himselt of the act of amnesty and took
the oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth.”
Walter S. Burgess, another notable Dorr
leader and one of that hero’s counsel, is ap
pointed U. S. District Attorney, and
Hezekiah Willard is appointed Collector of
the Port of Providence. He was a Senator un
der the Dorr dynasty, and is now under indict
ments for that offence, having refused to avail
himself of the act of amnesty. Probably the
severest comment that could be made on these
appointments, is lurnished by lhe Journal, in
noticing them. “We hope,” says that paper
“lhe credulous gentlemen who have supposed
that there would be some conservatism in Mr-
Polk’s administration, and that there was some
distinction between Polkism and Dorrism, are
satisfied now.”
Conviction for Murder.—At the late term
for the Court of Greenville District, So. Ca.,
Ambrose Jones was tried for the murder of his
step-mother in February last, and found guilty.
The Mountaineer says it was one of the most
cold blooded and deliberate murders that was
ever perpetrated in civilized society. The old
lady was upwards of 65 years of age, and was
the only white person living on the place, her
husband having died a few years previous.
She was found dead in the garden, with her
skull and one arm broken. There was no per
son present when the murder was committed,
unless it was an old negro woman in the kitch
en;-trat me cireumstanrtgt evidence was so
strong, connected with the repeated threats of
Jones, that there was but one opinion as to his
guilt. He is a man about 50 years of age, and
has a wife and several children, most ot the
latter, grown.
Living in Paris.—A correspondent of the
Newark Advertiser, writing from Paris, says
the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer, makes some
statements intended to correct the very preva
lent notion that a person can travel in France,
or live in Paris, cheaper than at home. He
says that the only way to live cheaply there is
to remain shut up in a sixth or seventh story
room, of the dirtiest house in the filthiest
quarter, —to have the room swept once a month
and his bed linen changed as often, and to at
tempt to see none of the public places or lions
of the city. Says the writer:
“ He can put something into his stomach,
called bread, with butter of an inferior quality
to the stearine candles, and a bowl of chicory
boiled in water, and call it breakfast. Ragout's
ofcat’s flesh, and beef steaks of horse cannot
he extravagant. But ifone really wishes to see
Paris, and at the same time live respectably, he
must expect, lor he wilt be obliged, to pay for
it. Comfortably, I do not say, for the thing
and lhe word, are alike unknown. One will
1 .ok in vain for lhe comforts to which he has
been accustomed in America.”
Clothing is dea, —books are expensive and
every thing likely to be wanted, is also likely
to cost something. The correspondent says he
knew an American resident, an economical
man withal, but from necessity frequenting a
great deal ot company, whose gloves alone
cost him one hundred and twenty-five dollars a
year.
National Effects of Repudiation,
The new editor of the Nashville Banner, Mr.
Barrow, gives an able and pungent article on
Stateßepudiation,from which we extract the an
nexed forcible passages. Mr. B. has represented
his Government abroad, and speaks from per
sonal knowledge of the disgrace inflicted on the
whole country, in the eyes of Europe, by State
repudiation. *
“ We know full well that it has been flippant
ly asserted that the people ot other States have
nothing to do with the conduct oracts ot the peo
ple ot Mississippi ; that repudiation is an affair
of their own, and, if they choose to advocate it,
TTIS Hone ot-rnw business. This, in our opinion,
is a flagrant mistake, a glaring error. Abroad,
the distinction is rarely it ever made b«ween
the citizens of the Union and the citizens of the
different Slates: we are all viewed as Americans,
as one family ; and the misconduct of one ofthe
members is injurious to the character of the
whole. We believe sincerely that the refusal of
Mississippi to pay money that her agents have
borrowed and her people have used, has done
more to lower the reputation of the citizens of
the United States in the eves of other nations,
and to retard the progress of free principles, than
any one act or series of acts that have been com
mitted since lhe organization of our Government.
But ‘ what care we (say the repudiators) what
other countries think of us: we are free and in
pen-lent; the bravest, the greatest, the most en
lightened nation on the face ot the earth, and it
matters not a fig’s worth to us whether we are es
teemed or despised, admired or baled in the worn
out countries of the old world; we can whip
them alDpiit together.' Oh, but dear good friends,
(might well be said in reply to them,) you are
playing the very' game of all others that the
kings and nobility of Europe would desire.
Your example is furnishing them with the most
powerful argument they could use against libe
ral institutions, against self-government. You
are destroying the hopes of millions of your fel
low-citizens, who, inspired by the success of
the experiment which you were trying, have
been endeavoring, through long years oi misery
and oppression, to obtain some alleviation of
their hapless lot, and a few of the privileges
and franchises of freemen. In unhallowed and
unnatural combination with the monarchs and
lordsof Europe, you are heaping upon the al
ready over-burdened backs of the poor and labor
ing classes of the old world, a weight which
must soon crush them to the egrtfi. Is this your
object, can this be your desire 1
“ When, in private life, men manifest a dis
regard of public opinion, and boast of placing
it at defiance, such men are rarely to be trusted ;
they have already lost their character, or are
contemplating the commission of some act that
will destroy it. Thus it is with nations. Credit
and good repute are the breath of their nostrils,
and must be an object and aim ol their exer
tions, unless they are willing and preoared to
sink into the very depths of inferiority and in
famy.”
.Annexation In Texas.
Yesterday's mail from New Orleans, brought
us thi A'aZwAii/ of the 29th ult., pub
lisheqȣ,BlagHongton, Texas, the present seat
of goiemmexrt, from which we copy the leading
editonals on the subject of annexation. The
is thg prganof President Jones, although
uponjhe question of annexation it is denied by
the advocate** of the measure, that the sentiments
of ths President are proclaimed through its
colunbis. Oithe justice of this denial we are
incapfble ol determinfng, yet we cannot suppose
it wel footed, as upon a question of such
supposed that the official
organ )I the admiufetration, would most proba
bly express tfifi views and opinions of the Execu
tive, oji at any rate, approximate very nearly to
them. If in this supposition we are correct, it
is certariljfkety apparent that the present pro
ject for annexation cannot be consummated un
der the pit’Sent administration ol that govern
uient. 3e ihisas ft may, we give the articles
as we fnd them, and leave the reader to form
his own ecnefosions as to the probable success
of the measure.
In atditjoftjtkthsediiorial comments of the
Register,,, the -same paper contains several com
municavio is from evri-Mpondents, all of wjhoin
J uiMtm/in annela'Kr
<ST ihtse;pjki've only room tor two, which fur
nish an’WWmif of the proceedings at Houston
and Galvestm, on the receipt of the intelligence
of the passage of the Bill in the American Con
gress. The reader will recollect the grand
flourish oftrulapets with which the proceedings
of these two meetings were heralded forth by
he a dvocatesof annexation, both in this country
and Texas. As to which is the true version of
these proceedings, the reader can judge as well
as we; we t>nly give them as presenting the
other side of .lie question.
From fie Texas Notional Register.
Houston, March 25, 1845.
Sir—l drop a few lines in relation to the won
derful exploits celebrated here by the friends of
Annexation, on lhe receipt of the news of the
passage ot Bown’s Bill by the Congress of the
United States. On the arrival of the boat from
Galveston, (itbeing in the evening,) and the
news being duly proclaimed through the city,
an effort was made to salute the welcome tidings.
To this effect,a crowd of some fifteen to twenty
persons proceed’d to haul a cannon to a conve
nient place forlhat purpose. In the mean time
the triends of Annexation made a tremendous
effort to procuie by voluntary subscription and
otherwise, the jowder necessary for the glorious
occasion. Nov behold the result: they suc
ceeded in firing the old piece just three times, each
report being aboil as loud as a syringe rammed
with "soft soap"—here the mighty roar of the can
non stopped, theie being no more “cider in the
barrel.” A fewboysnext proceeded toburn two
men of straw, in ended to represent John Quincy
Adams and Alexander Barrow, and thus ended
this grand and magnificent celebration—like the
bonfire—all in spoke. To-day they have plant
ed a blasted oldpine, which these would-be pa
triots call a liberty pole, and upon which they
intend to-morrov to hoist the foreign “Stars
and Stripes,” in ilace of our own glorious and
so well won Lose Star; but, take my word for
it, like the mighty celebration of yesterday, it
will be “no go.” 1 am satisfied that the true
principles ol no annexation are rapidly and
firmly gaining sfength here, in Galveston and
throughout the wiole country. All that is now
required, that lie Anti-“ Annexation Ball” is
fairly put in motion, is, that its friends should be
up and doing— fu! ot energy and zeal. It can
not be that the oil setllers of the country —the
brave soldiers of tie Alamo, ot Goliad and San
Jacinto, who bare! their bosoms to Mexican
bullets, should nov desire to see lhe beautiful
empire which theit noble deeds founded, to be
swallowed up ant devoured by an already
overgrown and cormpt Republic. Nol believe
it not; those are net the base and servile wishes
of the true Texan hearts. The anglo-Saxon
race has a choice—that choice is unshackled
manly freedom—independence forever, onward
and onward.
The Unijed Stales may be compared to
a Lioness, with already twenty-eight young
wheTpxfxviih several! more in embryo, sucking
her very life-blood. Her teats, though abundant
and rich, are bßrely sufficient to maintain her
numerous progbny: in this situation where, I
would ask, is her youngest, bravest and hun
griest whelp, Texas, to find nourishment and
support?—Echo answers, where?
In my next I will endeavor to prove the inevi
table ruin which Annexation must entail upon
Texas; and then, on the other hand, the benefits
solid and lasting which would accrue to her by
remaining js she now is—free and independent, ,
and soon destined (if her sons will it) to be a
distinguished member among lhe nation? of the ,
earth. Au repair.
Galveston, March 84, 1845.
The resolutions on Texas, as adopted by the
Congress of the United States, have reached
here, and produced their appropriate effect. On
their arrival, efforts were immediately made to
get up a public meeting, by a few individuals
interested in creating the impression that an
nexation had been or was about to be consum
mated, and for the purpose of making it appear
abroad that the great mass of this community
were in favor of the terms of the resolutions.
Aftertwo unsuccessful attempts, a meeting
was organized. The usual preliminaries be
ing completed, the chairman called for the
votes upon the adoption of the resolutions, by
requesting all in favor of them to say aye. Very
few responded I The contraries were then
called, and a loud, universal no came from
every partof the room! This was a dilemma.
The chairman announced that the meeting
was intended to be composed only of such
persons as were tn favor of the resolutions, and
that those opposed mere not expected to vote I In
this way, a majority was obtained in favor of
the resolutions.
Then to celebrate the glorious news, a grand
illumination was proposed. Every exertion
was made by the annexationists to make it an
effective and impressive scene. The tesult was,
that six houses only in the city were illuminated.
The absolute and entire failure in this ridiculous
affair, is made strikingly manifest by the fact
that one house was lent to be illuminated—the
owner permitting candles to be placed at his
windows, merely in compliance with the solici
tations of an annexation neighbor! And in
another instance, the owner declared that if the
affair was to come on the next night, he, for one,
would not permit a light to be placed at his win
dows, being himself upon examination of the re
solutions, heartily opposed to them.
Are we Annexed!
To this important inquiry, we emphatically
answer, no! The earnest friends and advocates
of annexation, in disappointment, must answer,
no ! The wildest enlh usiast —the veriest dream
er—the fondest votary—the most self-deluding
bigot in the cause—all are compelled toanswer,
no ! The time fixed by political forecast for
the annexation to be effected, and the day
prescribed by pious augury for the destruction
of the world, have both passed by, leaving the
speculator and the religionist equally confound
ed at some unaccountable mist-ike in their respec
tive predictions. Both, however, are, happily,
prepared with chapters cl explanations and
apologies; and are equally ready by the most
sapient plausibilities, t > prove that either event
is sure to happen— next year.
The objections to the meagre proposition, as
it comes to us from the United States, increase
in number and strength from every new exami
nation. The measure is utterly impracticable
under Mr. Brown’s plan. How are the limits
or the territory "properly included within and
rightfully belonging to the Republic” to be de
fined, so as to admit of being “erected into a
new state?" How are the preliminaries—not to
the admission of the “state of Texas” into the
Union only, but even to the creation of the state
itself—to be adjusted? The “consent” bla
zoned upon the face of the resolution, affords no
solution to the difficulty. It evinces neitherthe
ingenuity to untie, nor the force to severltie Gor
dian knot. The change is to be effected if at
all, by a revolution. There is no other mode.—
This magic “ consent” of the American Con
gress, is an invitation to the people of Texas to
revolutionize —to subvert their existing system
of government—to erect upon the ruins of the
“ Republic of Texas” the “ State of Texas”—
to frame anew constitution for the “new State,”
by means of the assembled delegates of the peo
ple, to execute and tender to the United States a
deed of gift of all our “ public edifices”—that is
to say, our court houses, jails, the capital, and
public offices, ts-c.; also, our "magazines and
arms;” also, “all other property and means per
taining to t|te public defence? (a‘ surrender never
before exacted of any but a conquered people);
while we shall retain our “national debt” and
become bound to save the Federal government
harmless therefrom —while we shall pledge our
public lands for the payment ot that debt, in
curred in the cause and strife ot freedom—while
we shall give to that government the full right
to collect from our citizens at least five hundred
thousand dollars annually, by the mere operation
ot their tariff regulations, and while we shall
clothe them with full powertouching our bound-
aries, with the incidental privilege ot dividing
t the spoil with Mexico, and assigning to her a
portion of our citizens with their homes and
lands. In this attitude the country is to place
itself, “on or before the first day ot January
I ext,” "in order," as lhe resolution declares,
1 ‘ that we may be admitted as one of the Slates of lhe
Union."
By these extraordinary gradations, incurred
and suffered in obedience to the dictates of what
the American Congress is pleased to denorni
nate its “consent,” we at length reach a point
in the course ol our political transfigurations,
to avail ourselves of the advantages of what
lhe same Congress has (strangely enough)
termed its guaranties—which guaranties are,
that our Constitution, with the proper evidence
of its adoption by the people ot Texas, shall
then be laid before the Congress of the U.
States lor “its final action,” (to use the ex
pressive phraseology of the resolution,) on the
subject of annexation. We are not informed
whether that "final action” is to be in favor ol
annexation or against it. The guaranties,
doubtless for wise purposes, leave us in the
dark touching the result, and withhold from the
inquisitive and impertinent the forbidden know
ledge of what measures that august body, in
the serenity ol its wisdom, may see fit to mete
out to the people of Texas, “on or before the
first day ol January next'” With becoming
dignity, the resolution declares to this nation,
in effect, “ you have no right to know your doom
beforehand: it will be time enough to hear your
sentence when it shall be pronounced f’
There is a mystery couched in the word
guaranties, which we have tried in vain to
solve; far, wjth the most patient investigation
of the resolution, we have beeti unable to
discover but the simple, single guaranty of this
mystical “final action.” We have ran
sacked the grammars in vain. No light is de
rived from the profound lore ot singular, dual
or plural numbers, to aid in lhe explication of
this parliamentary enigma. Notwithstanding
the learning of ideas, and the theory ot “nouns
ot multitude signifying many,” our researches
are still at fault; and we are forced to the con
clusion that the plurality or duplicity which the
expression denotes, will be most luminously ex
hibited in the grand displays of eloquence
which will accompany the development of this
promised “final action.” For there will then
be such a roar, and commotion, and hurricane,
and chaos of the jarring elements of oratory,
as the halls ot American legislation never be
fore witnessed. The debates on the Missouri
question were music compared with the coming
tempest, if our Constitution should be present
ed with a clause tolerating the institution ot
domestic slavery in the proposed “new state;”
and that toleration would, in all probability,
have to be changed into a prohibition, before
the “state ol Texas” could be admitted into the
American Union, which prohibition we
should then be in no condition to resist, as we !
shall long before have cast the declaration of j
independence with the Constitution of the Re- j
public of Texas, like useless rubbish, into the
flames, and trampled the flag of our nationality
in the dust 1
Such is lhe dilemma presented to Texas by
the first proposition contained in the resolution
adopted by th? American Congress, having re
ference to the subject ot annexation. Could a
state by any possibility be admitted upon this
basis, it would present the further anomaly of
embracing a territory, in one portion of which
slavery is to be permitted, and in the remainder
prohibited. South of the parallel ol thirty-six
degrees thirty minutes, slavery is to be allowed
—north of that line it is to be excluded. The
difficulties arising from such a collision of in
stitutions, can belter be imagined than described.
Fruits of Annexation—or the substance of
things hoped for.
The confiding and generous ardor of the peo
ple of Texas, never can be more strikingly
manifest than in the simple and honest expres
sion of their desire for annexation, presented and
reiterated to the Government and Congress ot
the United States. Their object was single;
and, in their view, not difficult to be understood,
appreciated or effected. The American Con
gress had nothing to do, but by lhe plainest and
briefest possible act, to declare our territory an
nexed to theirs; and by the mere operation ot law,
we should have become one people. This in
genuousness, however, led the American politi
cians into tbe error of supnesing that the Texan
nation could be easily made the fools, dupes and
victims of a system of cold, heartless, Machia
velian policy; and that in the enthusiasm of
their unpractised simplicity, the people of Texas
would receive, with utter credulity and submis
ao terms which they might be pleased to
call or miscall “annexation.”
Under the influence ot such, or such like mis
apprehensions, their Congress has adopted a se
ries of resolutions purporting to favor annexa
tion ; but artfully and studiously throwing every
conceivable obstacle in the way of its final ac
complishment. Any intelligent person, who
willcarefully peruse these resolutions,must per
ceive that they furnish no practicable mode,
whereby Texas can go into the Union, and that
they cast a blight upon the sanguine hopes that
were wont to feed and dwell upon so pleasing a
delusion.
This issue naturally leads us to examine some
of the fruits sure to grow out of annexation, if
it had been our fate to receive it. They are but
a meagre few of the consequences which must
certainly flow from even real annexation, when
ever or however it may be attained. But few as
the number now exhibited may be, they suffice
to determine whether the people of this nation,
by being deprived ot the promised or threatened
boon, may hot, in fact, have escaped a calamity
rather than have lost a blessing.
First: Let every citizen of Texas take no
tice, that the title to his land, and to his home it
self, if litigated, ts subject to be finally tried and
decided in the Supreme Court of the United Stales
at Washington on. the Potomac. Every person
who may desire to commence a suit, can most
easily place himself in a situation to carry his
case or cases there, if he should be unsuccessful
in the tribunals ot Texas. This right is rot
confined to real actions; but the case of a land
title is referred to merely to avoid confusion, and
present a clear and distinct idea to the mind ot
every individual. No one who values bis repu
tation, will dare to contradict this assertion
How many of our honest and industrious citi
zens, can afford to incur the expenses of such en
ormous litigation ? And, still, if they are sued,
they must incur these expenses, or lose their
land. Persons who claim their thousands of
acres, or their eleven, fifty or hundred leagues, un
der ancient grants, purporting to emanate from
the authorities ot Spain or Mexico, whether
right or wrong, honest or fraudulent, will either
compel the citizen and the settler to pay them
whatever they may demand to renounce their
claims, or be compelled to pay twice, four or ten
times their value in defending their titles! Mil
lions of acres have, within the last few years,
not to say months, been recovered in the Su
preme Court ot the United States, under old
Spanish titles in Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida
and Missouri, and the quiet settlers driven from
their homes. How many thousands of pretended
titles to the lands, of nearly all the settled por
tions of Texas, at this moment in the hands of
foreign speculators, or their agents in this country,
are merely held up to await the event of annexa
tion, and then flood the country with a perfect
deluge of law suits?
Secondly : How many of our citizens at this
moment have foreign judgments, amounting to
millions of dollars, in favor of foreign, fraudu
lent and broken bauks, to say nothing of other
classes of creditors,) in full force against them
in the United Stales? Underthe lawsofTexas.
these judgments cannot be enforced in this
country. The moment, however, that annexa
tion should take place, every such judgment
will be in full force in Texas, and no debtor can
escape the consequences. This follows from
the well known provision in the constitution of
the United States, which will become our para
mount law in the event of annexation; and all
judgments hitherto recovered tn the tribunals of
any of the States, will have the same force in
Texas as they have in the States where they
have been respectively obtained.
How many individuals who are now, and
have long been struggling to distinguish them
selves as popular leaders in the caused annexa
tion, are in reality confidential agents and advi
sers of foreign holders of immense grants of
Texas lands of doubtful origin; and also the
confidential agents and advisers of foreign credi
tors, whose demands, amounting to millions,
originated in those times of reckless and ruin
ous speculation, which occasioned an utter re
volution in the property’ and social condition
of three-fourths of the population of the south
western slates? It is known that these very
agents and advisers of the foreign speculators
in our lands, and of foreign prosecutors of our
citizens, are themselves equally interested with
their principals in the matters entrusted to their
management—that their fortunes consequently.
depend upou annexation to enable them to coni
duct these claims and suits with great certainty
of final success, by carrying them into the Su
preme Court of the United States tor adjudica
tion, where the scanty means of the oppressed citi
zen will prevent him from following them.
The persons thus interested are, in many in
stances, known to be the most noisy advocates of
annexation; claiming to be actuated by none but
the purest and most disinterested motives, and by
their regard for the interests of their fellow-citi
zens! We shall, in all probability, be com
pelled to recur to this branch of our subject
again, with a distinctness of detail and a con
clusiveness ot charge, that will place the whole
matter plainly before the view of the people.
There few consequences inevitably to result
from annexation, admit of no denial. Many
others, of a like tendency, may be presented at a
proper time; butthose now exhibited are be-
lieved to be of sufficient importance to attract
the attention ot some of our good citizens who
may have favored the measure withoutreflecting
upon its consequences to the country and to
themselves.
It is said that President Tyler, before leaving
office, adopted that alternative, presented by the
annexation resolution, which contemplate** lhe
admission of Texas as a State, “on or before the
first day of January next,” provided the United
Slates Congress should then be willing. It is
also asserted, that President Polk has-decided to
take the other horn of the dilemma, and nego
tiate a treaty ot cession. It is to be hoped that
his treaty will be at least as fair and mare success
ful before the next Senate than Mr. Tyler’s was.
If not; why, then—we suppose it may be tried
over again the year following; and yet have some
time to spare; as in the language of the Tele
graph, “ immediate annexation cannot be ef
fected, even if the Congress of the United States
should pass a bill of the most lavorable charac
ter; for we should recollect that we Lave formed
treaties which will be obligatory upon us until
the time specified in those treaties, for us to give
notice of their termination, has expired—”
which will be somewhere about the 13th No
vember, 1848 or ’9ll
Constructive Mileage.
The Washington Correspondent of the N. Y.
Herald gives a list of the Senators who have
drawn money from the Treasury under the decis
ion of Vice-President Dallas, which authorised
them to receive mileage (both ways) for their at
tendance at lhe Executive Session held after the
4th March, although not one of the whole num
ber had travelled a single mile. According to
bis statement, the following Senators had re
ceived the sums set against their names respec
tively:
TEiigi. Locos.
Burrow, La*l,B4o 1)0 Ashley, Ark... .*1.680 00
Johnson, La 1,840 00 Caviar, Arkl,6Bo 00
Berrien, Ga 608 00 Atchison, Mo.. ..1,336 00
Dayton, N. J 164 80 Bagby, Ala 960 00
Evans,Me. 544 00 Lewis, Ala 960 00
Jarnagin, Ten (.say) 1,200 00 Breese, i 111,480 00
Morehead, Ky 640 00 Semple, 1111,480 00
Pearce, Md 104 00 Colquitt, Ga 608 00
Phelps, Vt... 424 00 Dickinson.N Y<sayJsoo 00
tipham, Vt 424 00 Diz, N Y Csay)... 600 00
Simmons, R. 1 360 00 Hannegan, la(say) 800 00
Woodbridge, Mich. 903 20 Niles, Conn 300 00
Sturgeon, Penn.. 240 00
12Senators*9,052 00 13 5enat0r5....*12,524 00
Whole amount, *21,576 00.
The following Senators have not yet drawn
the sums to which, by this strange decision, they
are entitled:
IPitgj. Locox.
Archer, Va#l32 00 Allen, 0hi0#323 00
J. Clayton, De1.... 96 00 Atherton, N. H.... 436 00
Crittenden, Ky.... 640 00 Woodbury. N. 11... 436 00
Mangum. N.C .... 264 00 Benton, M 01,336 (10
Huntington, Conn. 300 00 Buchanan, Penn.. 86 40
Miller,N.J 225 60 Fairfield, Me 544 00
Hay wood, N.C.... 284 00
Huger S. C 738 40
McDuffie, S. C.... 480 00
Walker, Miss2,o74 40
6Senators*l.6s7 60 10 Senators*6.73B 40
Whole amount not yet drawn, *8,396 00.
The new Senators who actually travelled from
their homes to reach Washington are not inclu
ded in eilher of the above lists.— Tribune.
Fire!—Another fire broke out about 10
o’clock on Tuesday night, in the stable ot Mr.
James Boatwright, back of lhe carriage shop of
Messrs. Pomeroy & Curtis, and opposite the
beautiful residence of Wm. F. DeSaussure,
Esq.—supposed to have been caused by an in
cendiary. From the crowded and combustible
state ot the buildings around, a terrible confla
gration was anticipated, but happily, through
the prompt and active exertions ol our vigilant
and praiseworthy fire companies, which were
early on the spot, and energetically aided by the
citizens—the flames were confined to lhe stable
in which they originated, and soon subdued,
with the loss of the building only, and its con
tents, excepting tne mules therein, which were
gotten out without injury.
The supposed origin of this tire should cau
tion the city police, and the citizens generally,
to be vigiiently on the alert.— Columbia South
Carolinian, nth inst.
How beautifully has Blair expressed the last
days of the good old man :
Bare the last end
Os the eood man is peace. How calm his exit t
Night dews fell nol more calmly to lhe ground,
Nor weary, worn-out winds expire ao eoft.
Behold him tn the eventide of life I
A life well spent! Whose early care it was
His riper years should not upbraid his green ;
By unperceived degrees he wears away,
Yet like lhe sun seems larger at his setting.
The Conflagration in Pittsburgh.—We
received by the mail last night, Pittsburgh pa
pers of Monday.
The Gazette says, that it is very probable
the city Insurance companies will be able to
pay a very large per centage on the insurance.
Their risks were between 9800,000 and 9850,000
The papers show that the merchants were
rallying under their misfortunes. Many of
them had already taken stores and commenced
business. Sums had also commenced rebuild
ing.
Some idea of the violence of the wind during
the time the fire was raging on Thursday may
be formed from the fact, that burnt papers were
picked up 32 miles East of Pittsburg, and
shingles 20 miles distant.
A committee appointed by the Councils,
after a full examination of the burnt district,
having minutely visited every part of it, have
arrived at the following result:
982 buildings burnt, va1ue51,566,500
Value personal property burnt.. 913,450
$2,479,950
This does not include money or personal
property.
It is iqw feared that many persons lost their
lives in the recent terrible conflagration. A
list of names is given of persons known and
supposed to be burned.
The city Surveyor has just made report to
councils of the area ot the burnt portion. Il
makes 50 acres in the city, and six acres with
out the city limits. Nearly the whole of this
was densely built. Within this boundary was
scarcely a vacant lot. We do not think it
would average one vacant lot to the square in
the whole 50 acres. Perhaps no city of the
same size has the same a mount of ground cover
ed with as many and as noble buildings.
Relief.—The Philadelphia Inquirer says:—
A joint resolution appropriating $50,000 for the
relief of the sufferers by the fire at Pittsburg,
has passed both branches of the Legislature, and
been signed by the Governor.
Large public meetings have been held io
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and other
cities, to take measures tor the relief of the
sufferers.
From the wreck of the Swallow.—The
Albany Argus of Tuesday says: “The Senate
Committee returned yesterday afternoon from
the wreck. From the Chairman we understand
that no more bodies were found yesterday,
though men are still raking the river for some
distance below the rock on which the Swallow
struck.
Statistics op Lowell.—Thedollowing sta
tistics ot Lowell, Mass., on the Ist of January
last, may serve to give our people some idea of
the real advantage of manufactures to a com
munity. Lowell does not possess one half the
natural advantages of either Columbus or Au
gusta, or a dozen other places in Georgia, and
yet how striking is the contrast, in their condi
tion and business prospects, the reader can learn
from the following statement, viz:
Statistics of Lowell, January 1, 1845.
No. of mills exclusive of print works, &c., 33
Capital stock, 810,850,000
Spindles, 204,076
Looms, 6,304
Females employed, 6 380
Males employed, 2 415
Yards made per week, I 459*100
Bales of cotton used in do., ’ 1 j 175
Pounds of cotton wrought in do., 464,000
Yards dyed and printed do., 287,000
Tons anthract'e coal per annum, 12,500
Cords of wood per annum, 3,270
Gallons ot oil per annum, 67 842
Flour for starch, barrels, per annum, 4,000
Charcoal, bushels per annum, 600,000
Yardsofcloth, per annum, 75,873,200
Pounds of cotton consumed, 24,128,000
A pound of cotton averages 31-5 yards.
100 pounds of cotton will produce 89 pounds
of cloth.
Average wages of females, clear ot board, per
week, $1 75
Average wages of males, clear of board,
per day, 70
Average am't wages paid per month, $138,500
The New York Express says that the factory
of the Lawrence corporation at Lowell, will be
ready to commence operations in a month or
two. It will cqntain 60 spinning frames ot 128
spindles each, for the spinning of warp. Also
24 mules of 448 spindles each, for the spinning
of filling. Whole number of spindles, 13,432.
Il will also contain 500 looms, and give employ
ment to about 400 hands. Success to the shut
tle and the loom.
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 21.
Our Next Governor.—The Macon Mes
senger ot the 15th inst. says:—We need no con
vention to obtain an expression ot public opinion.
J The Whigs ofGeorgia are unanimous in their
. choic’ of a candii. te for Governor. Without a
: dissenting voice, George W. Crawford is their
! man. He has been tried and found worthy.
, The most violent partisan can say nothing
- against him, but the candid and honest of all
1 parties, must award him the tribute which he so
deservingly merits, ot being a faithful, able and
! vigilant Governor. We are indifferent as to the
! selection of a candidate by our opponents. The
superior claims oft*'Old Chatham” maybe re
spected in the person of Mr. McAllister, or the
Warner or Iverson clique may succeed. Who
ever may be the nominee, be will have a bard
task before him—first to undermine Crawford’s
popularity, and then to supersede him. The
comparison will be to the prejudice of the Dew
and untried man. The people are able to ap
preciate merit, and are sure to reward it.—
Crawlord makes a good Governor and they all
know it.
/Yom. the N. O. Picayune Extra »f the Uth inst.'
Texas—Mexico—Havana.
The intelligence received by the steamships
New York and Alabama, is of so important a
character as to induce us to anticipate our regu
lar day of publication, and lay it at once before >
our readers.
Late and Important Intelligence.—By
the arrival of lhe steamship New York we have
received our Texas files and correspondence,
which contain news ot deep interest. From the
following letters it will be seen that we had
abundant reasons for asserting, as we have done
upon many occasions heretofore, that the Eng
lish Government was carrying on an extensive
intrigue in the young Republic, with the view
to sap American influence in that country. It
would appear from our advices, which are of
the most authentic character, that the Texan
government has been listening to the flattery of
foreign ministers, and that Capt. Elliott and Mr.
Saligny, between them, have poured the “ lep
rous dlstilment into the porches” of President
Jones’s ear by the quart. How long the people
of Texas will suffer this triangular game to go
on remains to be seen. We much mistake the
spirit of the Repußic if the Executive, Capt.
Elliott and Mr. Saligny together, can smother
the Will of the nation. Our letters give tbe sub
stance of all the news that we have received by
this arrival. Greater men that' President Jones
have not been able to breast the tide ot popular
feeline upon ibis question ; and we shall expect
to see him swept like a reed before the torrent,
if he perseveres in postponing the will ot the
Texan people to the wishes and at the behest of
foreign intriguers. Already have the citizens
ot Texas taken the alarm, aud the idea of call
ing county conventions to press the business
forward has been favorably considered. When ■
the issue is fairly made, whether Capt. Elliott
and Mr. Saligny or the free people of the Repub- !
lie shall prevail in this matter, there will be a
storm raised that will make the conspirators ‘
grow pale. The question is assuming the as- '
pect of a struggle for Liberty—it is so in fact,
and when this truth is fully recognized by lhe ,
country, it wili be policy in the Servants of so- '
reign Princes and those who colleague with them
to step out of lhe way.
Correspondence of the Picayune.
Galveston, April 7th, 1845.
We arrived here sate and sound at an early
hour on Sunday morning, and just in time, too;
for hardly had the steamer been made fast be
fore a Norther sprung up, cold and blustering.
The talk here isot Annexation—nothing but
Annexation—and so far as I can see ana learn,
parties in this county appear to be nearly equal
ly divided on the subject; but in almost every
other section of Texas, and particularly in the
Eastern counties, where more opposition was
anticipated, the friends of the measure have a
large majority. Gen. Henderson has taken the
stump i>. that sec'ion, advocating Annexation
strongly, and others of the more influential men
have come out in its support; in the West, al
so, a large majority ot the more wealthy inhabi
tants are lending all their influence to bring
about the measure. The opposi ion lies prin
cipally among the foreign merchants, especial
ly the English, and those holding office or in
some way dependent upon the present Govern
ment—men must look after their own bread and
butter. Then, again, there may be as w ex
pectants of high officesand emoluments in fu
ture, should the Republic gain a positive inde
pendence: meh had much rather be presidents,
ministers of state, or foreign envoys, than sim
ple governors, state and county officers; but
this class is small and weighs but little in the
scale ot opposition,
The present Vice-President of Texas, Mr.
Anderson, as well as the Secretary of the Trea
sury, Mr. Ochiltree, are both in favor of Annex
ation ; but the President himself, although he
doesnot publicly express it, together with the
other members of the Cabinet, are thought to be
decidedly opposed to the measure—at least to
the terms as passed by the United States Senate.
English promises have doubtless gone far to
wards creating this feeling; while offers from
the French Chatge, and the natural desire of
men in high places to retain their seats, have
also conspired to increase the Executive hostili
ty to the measure.
To show to what extent English influence has
been at work here, I will give you the current
on dils and reports in circulation. It has al
ready been made known in the United States
that on the day the New York lef t here, on her
last trip, a British man-of-war had arrived from
Vera Cruz, wiih important despatches and pro
positions for the digestion ot the Texan Execu
tive. So tar as I can ascertain, amid the thou
sand stories in circulation, the unconditional
recognition of the independence of Texas was
partially promised, England having induced
Mexico to make such an offer; but the precise
terms upon which this independence was to be
purchased were not made known. The Eng
lish and French envoys, who have been on the
most close and intimate terms for months past,
hung about Washington, eleciioneering with
the Executive and promising all sorts of things
if a delay in calling Congress together for a few
months could be brought about. It is thought
that President Jones promised to put off the ac
tion of Congress as long as he could, at least
hiscourse would so indicate; and at the same
time there is an on dil here to the effect, that he
told Capt. Elliott, previous to the departure of
that high functionary, that there were certain
limits beyond which he could not control the
action of the people on this question. He
might well say this, for it is evident enough that
an immense majority are in favor ofaccedinglo
or accenting the United States resolutions at
once, without wailing to see what kind of a bar
gain can be made with either Mexico or Eng
land—with the latter power they do not appear
to be anxious to trade al all.
On Saturday last the Eurydlce, British fri
gate, sailed from this port for Vera Cruz, with
despatches lor Mr. Bankhead—on the same day
the Electra, British sloop of war, sailed for Ber
muda, with Capt. Elliott on board. He was to
be left at Charleston, and his papers to his Go
vernment were to be forwarded wi h all de
spatch. When he left Washington, it was with
the understanding that as much delay as possi
ble should be used by the President in calling
Congress together, so that he might ascertain
what terms Mexico, could be induced to assent
to through the influence of his Government.
In the meantime there is not a little talk here
of holding conventions in the different counties
of Texas, and taking such active measures as
will induce the Executive to call Congress to
gether at once. That something of the kind
will be done by the friends of Annexation there
appears to be little doubt expressed, and that
the measure will be rushed through, maugre
English, French, and all the other foreign in
fluence, is also the opinion of a majority of
those with whom I have conversed.
Sam Houston, as yet, has taken no part in
the question, keeping perfectly dark in the mat-
As yet nothing has been heard from the West
in relation to the movements ot Hays against
the Camanches. We are off for Houston in a
few minutes, from which place I will write you
again. In haste. G. W. K.
Houston, April 8.
Thus far into the interior have we steamed
on without impediment, and to-morrow we
mount our horses for San Antonio byway of
Washington. We hear from every quarter that
the buffalo are numerous north ot Austin, es
pecially on Little River, the Bonque, and in
the vicinity of Torrey’s Trading Station, so
that our chances of fine sport and plenty of it
are excellent.
Until we reach Washington it will be im
possible to ascertain with certainty when Presi
dent Jones intends calling Congress together,
although it is thought here, from recent indi
cations, that the Ist ot June will be fixed upon.
I can give you nothing but the common talk of
the town, but that would leave one to suppose
that the President sees plainly enough that a
majority of the inhabitants—some say three
fourths—are decidedly in favor ot Annexation,
and at once, and that he will not deem it prudent
much longer to oppose the popular will, *0 far
as regards the convening of Congress. The
United Suttee flag now flying in front ot the
VOL. IX.—NO. 17.
Houston House, where »e are stopping, and I
am informed it has been raised in many of the
towns throughout the country. Thia may be
looked upon as an indication of lhe popular
feeling. Notwithstanding the opposition to the
measure, and the known fact that many of the
citizens are disposed to listen to foreign propo
sitions, I am inclined to believe that the £n
t glish flag would fare but roughly should any
- one lake it into his head to hoist ii.
Were it not for the half promises made by lhe
agents of the English and French Governments,
; of the unconditional recognition of Texan In-
I dependence by Jtgexico, lhe opening of the
ports ot that Republic to the free admission of
Texas cotton, and all that sort of thing, I am
induced to believe' that nine-tenthsol the inhabi
tants would go in for the resolutions as passed
by the United States Senate at once; but ihese
hints have certainly had some influence with a
lew, and given the Executive of Texas some
show of excuse for delaying the calling of Con
gress. That the President can pqssibly put it
off longer than the Ist of Jung, even should he
feel so disposed, I do not think probable ; for th*
matterings ot the majority are heard in every
quarter, and a revolution is openly talked of if
no other resource offers. I shall be able to give
you more full particulars when I reach Wash
ington.
Gov. Yell, of Arkansas,-Came upon the same
boat with us, and ia now on his way to Wash
ington. He talks of joining our party to the
buffald*cange, and will make a pleasant addi
** Every thing is quiet on the frontiers. As yet
nothing farther has been beard of the move
ments of Major Hays, but he is just lhe man to
render a good account of himselt. .1
Not one of the cabinet officers save Cd. 1
Cooke, the Secretary ol War, is now at Wash- C
ington, the rest of them having all left fur dil- jh
ferent quarters. The Secretary ol State, Dr. J
Smith, is now here, but leaves this afternoon S
for Galveston on his way to the United States, I
so it is said. Yours, G. W. K. . W
Houston, April 8,1845.
Editors of the Picayune:— Presuming that
having disposed of the Annexation question in
your country, you naturally look with some in
terest to the movements in this quarter in re- f
ference to it, I drop you a line to say that no
official action on tbe parfoot our Government
has yet traspired in regard to it, unless it be
that the President (it is so rumored) has ordei<
ed writs of election tor members of Congress,
to fill vacant districts—with a view to calling
that body together about the Ist of Jone.
The receipt of tfie news ot the passage of the
Annexation Resolutions by the United States
Congress took rhe British and French Ministers
here by surprise, and on the arrival of a British
man of war at Galveston, a few daysafterwards,
with despatches for the farmer, both these
functionaries immediately* repaired to tbe seat
of Government, tor the purpose, as it is under
stood, ot askingot our Government a postpone
ment of any action on its part in reference to
the consummation of Annexation until their
Governments could be heard from, and having,
as it is understood, obtained a pledge of some
sort to that eflect, they forthwith put about and
returned to Galveston, there to await the ar
rival of further despatches. Major Donelson
met them on his way up, between here and
Washington—they being on their way to this
place—and when he got there the Government
were absent— President and Cabinet having
found it convenient to have business in the
country just at that time. This may be consid
ered ominous et the feeling of the party in power
towards Annexation. They are evidently in no
hurry, and there is no telling what inducements
may be offered within the next sixty days to re
main independent.
In haste, yours truly, E. J. W.
Mr. Saligny and the Hon. Ashbel Smith,
Secretary ot State, came passengers in the New
York. Our private information leads ns to in
ter that these gentlemen have come to the
United States upon business connected with
annexation. We have been informed that such
was the energies of the French Charge to
reach the city, that when the New York slopped
a few miles below to take in wood, he procured
a horse, set out immediately, and arrived in
town on Saturday. We have been told that
Mr. Saligny asserted, in terms rather more
peremptory than are usually employed by
diplomatic agents, that annexation will not
(shall not) take place.
The plan of operations at present adopted
seems to be, to create an impression thtough
out Texas, that the U. S. Congress will' not M
sanction the admission of Texas upor. the reso-W
lutions adopted. The close vote in the Senate B
is cited to nrove this, and hints are thrown out E
thai Mr. Bagby and Senator Johnson will op- fj
pose the admission on the resolutions, as they G
disputed their constitutionality, and were only ■
induced to support them upon the condition of M
Mr. Benton’s proposition being attached to them.
This silly speculation will scarcely humbug a
single man who does not desire to be fooled. It
may sufficeto excuse Executive tenderness un
til the people rise in mass and infuse activity
into the Administration.
It will be seen that the President and Cabinet
left the capital shortly after Capt. Elliott and
Mr. Saligny got through with their business.
This step was taken, it is shrewuly suspected,
to escape an interview with Mr. Donelsun, U.
S. Charge. Mr. Smith’s mission hither, too, is
thought to be a mere ruse, to give the Govern
ment excuse for delay.
We have two private letters before us, a day
later than those published above, and which
were written at the latest hour to be in readi
ness for the steamer, from which we learn that
President Jones had returned to Washington,
and that the U. S. Minister, Major DoneJson,
had been treated so cavalierly by him and his caoi
net that bespoke of withdrawing from the seal of
Government to Galveston. This intelligence is
from sources so direct as to leave no room to
doubt its accuracy. From all that we learn we
are constrained to believe, that it a rupture with
Maj. Donelson would assist in procrastinating
action with the acquiescence of the people,
President Jones would edify the na'ions with
another exequator proclamation. It is very evi
dent that the interests of the people of Texas
have become a minor consideration to the inte
rests of some ot her officials; and our suspicions
mislead us, if the inquiry for the present is not,
what will certain individuals gain by accepting
or rejecting annexation ?—the great concerns of
the state being left out ot consideration in de
ciding a personal issue of so momentous a char
acter.
It seems to be agreed that proclamations have
been issued to fill vacancies in Congress, so as
to amuse the citizens with a few elections.—
None has been issued conv ming Congress—nor
will there be, we apprehend, until there is a
general rising of the country.
Havana and Mexico,
By the arrival ot the steamship Alabama lasi
night, from Havana, we have our files and cor
respondence from that city to the 10th inst, and
advices from Mexico to the 29th nit., a little
later than we received by the Water Witch. The
subjoined letter contains such items ot local and
commercial intelligence from Havana as will
interest our readers, and some further Mexican
news.
Havana, April 10, 1845
Dear Pu:-Oat theatre-going community have
been delighted and pleased in the highest degree,
by the Campanologians, who have performed
five times to crowded houses at the Tacon Thea
tre. It is no small compliment lotheir perform
ance, that in a city ot so refined musical tasteas
Havana, they should fill the largest theatre in
the New World. They return to your city by
the Alabama.
The Captain General returned to the city a few
davs since, from the baths ot San Diego, and
has settled down for the summer, promising the
good citizens of Puerto Principe, who complain
of his having gone to see every body else and
neglected them, to drop in and see them next fall.
By-the-bye, they tell some queer stories about
the actions of our good lolks on South Side du
ring his late trip there. At one place, where an
entertainment was prepared for him, it was got
up in a scandalously careless manner, and
among other outre things, table salt was put into
the sugar bowls. He dined with not a few signs
of satisfaction, and when he took coffee alter
dinner, liking it sweet, he put in plentifully of
the supposed sugar, but perceiving the mistake,
he told the Mayor to taste it, and then drank it
off. Orders were immediately sent to the
steamer to fire up, and he got on board with his
suite, whose stomachs not being quite so strong,
went off ccffeeless. In half an hour he had left
the place—the whole Corporation being so thun
derstruck that they forgot to apologize.
A few evenings since, while the band was
playing on the Plaza de Armas, quite a gentle
manly-dressed man stepped up to a lady who
was walking there, and stabbed her to the heart.
He was arrested, and is now on trial. Jealousy
is said to be the cause.
The steamer from Vera Cruz arrived here
three days since. Santa Ana was still in the
Castle of Perote, and three of the judges had
gone there to try him. The news ot the passage
of the Joint Resolutions by the House, as they
returned from the Senate, was received at Mex
ico on the 24th, in an official note from Mr. Al
monte ; but he says the President has not yet
signed them, though he would doubtless do so.
There was some talk about pursuing "a vigor
ous and energetic policy," but no note of War.
Ondil that propositions would be made to Texas
to acknowledge her independence, and enter into
a Commercial Treaty provided she would reject
annexation. If this is so, John Bull is no doubt
at the bottom of it. One member of the Mexi
can House spoke of “the necessity ot putting
an indestructible barrier to the outrageous ad
vances of the United States to Empire.” We