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suppose the next question will be, “ where is
California?” Audit will remain to be seen
whether John Bull or some “Live Yankee" is
the sharpest at bargain making. Pending this
news at Mexico all official communications
with the American Embassy had ceased.
The Flirt (U. 8. schr.) arrived here two days
'since, bringing the captain and crew of the brig
Rocket; of Belfast, that was lost on the Spanish
Main,-near Chagres.
Business continues dull hare. Sugars are far
above European limits, and but few. purchases
are made. Some movement lor Boston is the
only thing doing in our market. Coffee we cease
to quote. Molass-.s is .1 little fiat these last lew
days, and has receded to <> rs.
Yours, Ariel.
We subjoin such particulars of Mexican af
fairs as we find tn our Havana exchanges.
They are of great importance, ami are nearly a
week later Ilian we hate received direct. Gen.
Almonte’s communication of the passage of the
measure of annexation, though not unexpected,
produced very considerable excitement in the
capital. On the 22d of March, Senor Cuevas,
the present Minister of Foreign Relations, ad
dressed a circular to the Governors of the differ
ent Departments, in which he announces this in
telligence. He goes on to say that the Executive
Government and the Chambers are occupied
with the discussion of the grave interests in
volved in the question. He appeals to the pa
triotism of the authorities of the Departments
and all their citizens, to forget all divisions, and
to stand by the President, and co-operate with
him in defence of the rights and the honor of the
nation. He promises to communicate promptly
to the different Departments the measures which
may tie resolved upon at the capital.
Upon the reception of official notification of
the passage of the Annexation resolutions, a
very stormv Session was held in the House of
Deputies, during which propositions of a hostile
chaiact r were submitted and canvassed, with
out, however, any decisive vote being taken
thereon. The policy of issuing letters of marque
was brought up in this debate.
El Siglo (of Mexico) of the 29th ult. contains
a letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(Cuevas) to Mr. Shannon, U. S. Minister at
Mexico, informing him that lhe Government
was in possession of the knowledge of the pas
sage of the Annexation resolutions, and that di
plomatic relations between lhe two countries
were suspended on thpt account. The same day
a note was addressed, by the Mexican Cabinet,
to the Ministers of Spain,France and England,
protesting against the proceedings of lhe United
States in relation to Texas.
The Affair at Rto. The following letter
is from the Cleveland Plain Dealer of the Sih:
Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 9, 1845.
The Brazilian Government have insulted
our Minister of War here, and also lhe Consul,
and in fact the American officers and the flag
daily. The Minister has written on to Wash
ington about it, to know how he shall act,
whether he shall declare war or not, and to send
him out a larger fleet. The Brazilians are
fitting out all their ships of war, and repairing
their forts so that everything looks like war
here! They are impressing men every day on
board their vessels of war, and come out boldly,
and say to our commander and officers that they
are ready Io go to war, and give the Yankees a
licking The English and the French here are
laughing in their sleeves at it. We took an
• American slave brig called the Porpoise, of
Brunswick, a fortnight ago, with lhe slaves on
board, and SBO,OOO in gold and silver, with
$20,000 worth of gold dust—we kept her a week,
under charge ot the frigate, but the authorities
here demanded her, and in fact made the Com
modore and Minister give her up, or they would
have sunk us. ‘They had all their ships around
us,'and their forts double manned, and their
guns double-shotted, to blow us out ot water, if
we attempted to resist, so that we must have a
war, or recall our navy home, and pocket the
insult.
From Jamaica.—Bv lhe arrival of the brig
Rufus Soule, Capt. Watts, we have received
Kingston papers to lire 31st ult. The news is
interesting. Sugar had advanced 2s. per cwt.,
in consequence of the proceedings in the British
Parliament upon the sugar duty bill.
Herard, lhe ex-President ot Hayti, left Ja
maica upon his expedition to regain lhe Chief
Magistracy of lhe black republic on the 291 h of ’
March. He purchased the Columbian schooner
La Granada for that object, and set sail with
lhe Commissioners who had come io Jamaica
io urge his return to Hayli. His destination is
Port-au Prince, We shall expect to hear of
another revolution when he arrives. Great ex
citement prevailed at Port-au-Prince, at the
last accounts, and preparations were on foot to
prevent lhe landing of Herard. The schooner
Fashion had just relumed from that port, where
she was not allowed even to land her cargo.—
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Lamentable.—The following case of domes
tic infelicity is too directly in point to be lost,
and is too well depicted in lhe language of the
newspaper in which we find it, to be improved
by our hands:
“ A yoim.’planter in the upper part of this
Slate, lately married to a beautiful and intellec
tual lady, al r lhe honey moon had passed, was
pained t<» observe that his young bride looked
thoughtful at times, and appeared to sutler much
from ennui. Thinking this might be caused by
rhe absence of female companions, he induced
several young ladies, relatives, io make his <
house their home, in hopes thereby to render her
completely hippy. This arrangement had not
lhe desired effect. His beloved, though appa
rently joyous and cheerful while conversing
with him, as soon as the conversation flagged,
relapsed into the melancholy mood. Surprised
at this, he fell to pondering the cause, and after
a lengthy reflection, he came to the conclusion
to send io New York for a piano, to be forward
ed by the first ship bound for Natchez, Vieks
buig, or Grand Gulf. •Well, the musical com
panion at length arrived, and a splendid one it
was, of beautiful mahogany, ornamented arid
polished, to lhe value of a five hundred dollar
bill. And then it discoursed such ravishing
tnelody, as the snowy fingers of the young bride
pressed the keys. The young planter was in
raptures, and congratulated himself on having
procured the identical one thing needful to his
angel's complete felicity. Poor man! he paid
but a poor compliment to his amiable partner’s
intellect, it -he thought she Could contentedly
pass her leisure hours in strumming over a
Piano Forte!
He was mistaken. Though “ music hath;
charms" like love, it is not the only desideratum
in the world; for a while it pleases the ear and
touches the heart, but ministers not to the mind.
The lady seldom courted Apollo, and her hus
band had the inortificalionof feelingthalhe had
not yet made his domicil a paradise to “ her he
adored.” At last, to solve the riddle of discon
tent, he asked her if she did not at limes regret
having entered the marriage state. “Oh no, in
deed,” she replied with great earnestness—
■•'.never for a moment have I been other than your
Ziappy wile; but I sometimes—.’’ “ Well,
sometimes what, dearest?” “If I must tel!you,
.then — sowelimrs I regret lhat. you do not take the
jieiospapers. Papa lakes kali' a dozen. 11
Let every young husband who loves his wife,
and who would keep her happy, and thus pre
serve an amiable temper, rememberthe case here
eited, and steadily avoid the error pointed out.
Hafpy Girl.—Ay, she is a happy girl—we
know it by her fresh looks and buoyant spirits.
Day in and day out she has something to do,
osd she lakes hold ot her work as if she did not
fear jo soil her hands or dirty her apron. Such
girls we love and respect, wherever we find them
—in a palace or a hovel. Always pleasant
and always kind they neverturn up theirnoses
before your face, or slander you behind your
back; they have more good sense and belter
.employment. Wlidt are flirts and bustle-bound
g-ir-ts, in comparison with these ? Good for no.-
thingbm to look at, and it is rather unprofitable
business, unless you have nothing else to do.
Give us the industrious and happy girl, and
we care not who worships fashionable and idle
.simpletons.— Lowell Express.
Ucßtous Fulfilment of a Promise.—An
English gentleman, on a Sunday evening of
fast Summer, drove out to Greenwood Ceme
tery, and on arriving at the gate was refused ad
, mission, not having a proprietor's ticket, “ I
am a stranger,” said fie, “ anddou'tlike to go
back without seeing the place. And you may
as well admit me, tor my health is going, and if
I fancy a spot I'll come and lay my bones here!"
Thequiet seriousness with which this quaint
argument was urged, pleased the gate-keeper,
and he drew the bolt and let the pleader in. He
drove about till the twilight, and -m passing out
thanked the keeper very feelingly, and said fie
should keep his promise. A few days ago a
genlleman called with a description of a partic
ular spot in the cemetery, identified an I pur
chased it, mentioning that the remains of an
English gentleman were on their way from Pa
lermo for burial there. He was the "subject if
the Incident just related. Before his death he
had recorded his promise to lhe gate-keeper, and
given orders for his removal to the place he had
chosen, requesting that tbe fulfilment of his pro
mise might be mentioned as he should pass
through the gate. His remains are expected
daily.—-V. F. Evening Mirror.
Diwv on Guano.—The Secretary ot the Trea
sury nasdecided that lhe duty pavable on guano
«hall be 29 percent, on the value "where it is pur
chased for a specified amount; and where the
cost is made up of lhe labor of the crew in pro
curing it, and putting it on board of the vessel,
as at Ichaboe, the duty shall be levied on the
amount of the charges so accruing. On an in- ;
voice of about Hootofts, imported into this port
from Ichaboe, the duty fix the whole quantity,
under this decision, was about $590. Guano
Horn Peru was estimated to cost $lO per ton
iheie. by the appraisers, and of course was sub
ject <o a duty of $3.—,V. Y. Expres.
Improvement in the Manufacture of Su
•mb.—We are s »v s the Concordia In
tetiigencer, that several very important improve
meots are about being made i<i the Manufacture
of Sugar in this State—should the representa
tions made to os, be realized, we shoo!! n-t be
at all surprised losee a revolution in this staple ‘
surpassed only by the introduction of the Cotton
Gin.— N. O. Tropic.
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A I I t . f > 1- I t .
TH ESP A V MOHN ING. AP RIL 22.
Ai i v . B Palm er is an i it->i iNt <i k, ;1S
our agent tor alt business connected with this office in
the cities of New Yoih, Philadelphia. Bouton and Bal
timore. Ili.i office in New York is 160 Nabsau-slrcet ;
Philadelphia, 59 Pmo«troet; Bdtimore, S. E. corner
or Baltimore and Cal vert-streets; Boston, l6State->t.
Messrs. Mason & Tuttle, of New-t ork. are also the
agents of the Chrontelo and Senthiel in the city of
New-York.
The Progress of Annexation.—No obser
ver of the course of things since the beginning
of the annexation movement, says the Baltimore
American, needs to be told that tbe acquisition
ot Texas is intended as the initiative of other ac
quisitions ol Mexican territory. The following,
paragraph from the Nashville Union has ilsown
significance:
“ The last advices from California inform us
that the province is in a state ol revolution—the
natives wishing to expel the Mexicans, and hav
ing every’ prospect of success. The struggle
will be short, it it has not already terminated.
We learn also that many of our citizens who
emigrated to Oregon, have fallen down and set
tled in North California, and that they have
found the most deiishttul climate and a rich soil.-
Thcy affirm that Oregon is’but a bleak, barren
waste, compared with California. We refer to
these facts to show that it is not at alFtinreason
able to suppose that California may be in a con
dition at a very early day to be anne/ed to our
Union.”
A more convenient mode i t conquest was
never devised than the one which has given us
Texas, nnd which promises to secure California,
Our settlers go into a Mexican province and
lake up their ahoife; others follow them, they
lake occasion to rise against the local authori
ties, sure of assistance from their countrymen in
the United States; lhe struggle is lor liberty.
They prevail, and then they ar.d the country are
in a condition to be annexed. This is more con
venient than a warlike invasion.
O’The arrangement between the State of Il
linois and the holders of her bonds has been con.
summated, as far as the agents on this side are
concerned, and a day of meeting has been ad
vertised for the appointment of Trustees of the
loan. Nothing decisive will be done until return
advices have been received from lhe other side
of the Atlantic.
U. S. Ship Vandalia.—This ship, under the
command of J. S. Chauncey, Esq., has just ar
rived at Norfolk from Port au Prince with The
yellow lever on board. Lieuts. Hooe,J. M. Lock
hart, Purser Moore, Assistant Surgeon Chan
ning, the carpenter, sailmaker and sixteen ot the
ctewdied on the passage. Fifty of the crew are
now down with the fever. The Vandalia was
under orders for Pensacola, but owing to the
alarming sickness on board a council ot war
was held, and it was decided to run her into
Norfolk, where she arrived as above stated.
gjrThe following gentlemen were yesterday
re-elected Directors of the Georgia Insurance and
Trust Company :
Edward Thomas, A. J. Miller,
W. E. Jackson, Thos. Barrett,
G. T. Dor.Ttc, ‘ G. M. Newton,
P. Stovall. D..L. Adams.
At a meeting of the board in the afternoon Ed
ward Thomas, Esq., was re-elected President of
the Company.
VT' The following gentlemen were yesterday
re-elcctcd Directors of the Bank of Brunswick:
Edward Thomas, President.
Thos. Barhbtt, A. J. Miller,
W. E Jackson, G. T. Dortic.
Appointments.—lt is announced officially, in
the Madisonian ol Tuesday atternoon, that the
Hon. W. H. Stiles, of Georgia, has been ap
pointed by lhe President Charge d’Affaires to the
Couit ol Austria, and lhe Hon. A. Davezac
Charge d’Afftires to the Hague.
Jj- The New York Canals were opened for
navigation on Wednesday last.
The Globe says that Mr. Ritchie, the “new
organist,” will not take charge of the “official
organ” until sometime in May.
iQ-We would call the attention of the public,
and particularly that of persons owning mills
and engaged in the lumber business, to the ad
vertisement ot Mr. Hotchkiss in another column,
believing, as we do, that his improved wheel is
all that he claims for it. Mr. 11. lias been en
gaged in putting his wheels into mills in ibis
vicinity, and we believe the most sanguine an
ticipations of those who have availed them
! selves of his services have been fully realized.
The arrival of the steamer Great Western
without any information ol the missing packet
ships has dispelled all hope, and the Insurance
Companies in New York have given notice of
theit readiness to pay losses.
The Bank ot New York has declared a
dividend of lour per cent, for the last six months.
The Mechanics’ Bank ol New York has
declared a half-yearly dividend of three and a
half percent.
The Grand Jury of the U. S. Circuit Court,
sitting at New York, have commenced an in
vestigation into the circumstances attending
the loss of the steamboat Syzallow, on the Hud
son.
The Cincinnati Gazette says it is probable
that some fifteen or twenty new Banks will be
immediately organized in different parts of
Ohio, nearly equal numbers as branches of the
Smte Bank and as Independent Banks.
Jj"Titg spring elections held a few days since
in Ohio, have resulted in a general victory tor
lhe Whigs, the returns showing a very gratify
ing increase in lhe Whig votes, and a consider
able gain in the officers elected.
Pennsylvania.—The bill authorizing the
New York and Erie Railroad .Company to con
nect their work with the Pennsylvania im
provements, was lost in the Pennsylvania Senate
on Tuesday, by a vote of 12 to 14. The Legis
lature adjourned sine die on Wednesday.
Confession of Webster, the Pirate.
• The individual whose arrest qt New-York we
! mentioned a few days since, on suspicion ol be
ing tbe accomplice ol Babe, has made a full con
fession of his participation with Babe in thehor
rible atrocities committed on board the Sarah
Lavina. Babe, it will be recollected, was con
victed and sentenced to death nearly two years
since, but lhe evidence against him then being
wholjy circumstantial, his execution has beet)
postponed from ljute to time, in lhe hope that
some additional evidence might be brought to
light which would either more satisfactorily es
tablish his guilt, or throw sufficient doubt upon
it to warrant his pardon. This happy discove
ry and arrest of bis confederate will end ail un
certainly on the subject,
' The United States schooner Flirt, arrived
. at Norfolk from Carthagena, which place she
i left on the 26th ultimo, brings news of the elec
tion oj Gen. Mosquera to lhe Presidency of the
Republic ol New Granada, by a majority of
three electoral votes.
The Mountains on Fire. —The Harrisburg
Telegraph says: “We are informed that all the
mountains in the upper end of Dauphin county,
and in the adjoining counties of Schuylkill,
■ Northumberland, Perry and Cumberland are on
fire Fires are raging in this county, on Peter’s
Mountain, Borry’s Mountain, Short’Mountain,
on Manhantongo, Mahoney, and other moun
tains, bills and woods adjoining them. The
damage m,ust be great.”
Bishop Ondbrpon#.—We learn, says lhe
Norfolk Courier, from a friend win? has receiv- <
ed a letter from New York, that the clergy of
the diocese of New York are about to raise
$21)00 a year for Bishop Onderdonk, until mat
ters in his case can be settled ; provided that he
dees not resign, which he will not do.
& The Wetumpka Whig, by Mr. Charles
I aneey, comes out in a new and beautiful dress,
much enlarged. We are glad to see this evi
dence of its success.
A liovbie Paced Newspaper.— The latest cu
riosi y which has fallen under our observation
in the literary worlJ, is in the shape of a news
paper published at Haverstraw, Rockland Co.,
■ N, ¥.. called “The Protector,” and edited by T.
I J. & E. ci. Sutherland ; one halfot which is De-
I mocratic and the other hail' Whig.
Counterfeit twenty dollar notes on the Bank of
Louisiana, it is said, arc in circulation in lhe
South.
3~*r We learn from the Kanawha Republican,
that a new stream of gasshas bebu struck by the
salt manufacturers there, which is very power
ful, forcing up a column to the height ol one
hundred feet above lhe ground. Il says that
there is gas enough in one of these currents to
light all the cities in the union. One ol diem
took fire a few days since, and did some con
siderable damage before it could be subdued.
jj>The ladies of the First Baptist Church in
Providence, Rhode Island, recently made the
munificent donation of si>s,ooo to the American
Tract Society, in aid of its colporteur operations.
Falal Ejjecl oj Lightning.— The brig Corsair,
bound from New Castle, Engiattd, to New York,
put into Halifax last week, in distress—she had
been out 81 days. On lhe 18th March she was
struck with lightning—tw oOf the crew were in
stantly killed, and two others seriously injured,
and are now sick.
The Cincinnati Telescope.— We learn from lhe
Cincinnati Commercial that the Observatory is
completed, the big Telescope is placed therein,
and every tiling is in readiness for the Cincin
natians to lake to star-gazing.
Factory Girls 1 Park.— The authorities of
Lowell, Massachusetts, at a cost of thirty thou
sand dollars, have purchased twenty-nine acres '
in extent for a public park.
■Jj-The Tuskaloosa (Ala.) Monitor announ
cesthe sudden death of Prof. Sims, of the Uni
versity ot Alabama.
The Swiss Bell Ringers have returned from
a very successful trip to Havana, and are now
playing in New-Orleans.
New York Energy.—The Tribune build
ings, which were levelled to lhe ground by lhe
fire of the 3d February, are again almost ready
for tenants; a story higher, and witli about 80
feet more street front, than the former pile. The
Tribune signs are even now raised upon the
building. Is not this energy?
Ta* The State election takes place in Virgi
nia next Thursday, (24th itfst.,) for members of
Congress and of the State Legislature.
At the last accounts the fire in Dismal
Swamp was raging with unabated fury. The
captains of two schooners, who passed through
the canal on Thursday to Norfolk, were appre
hensive at times that they would be com| elled
to abandon tlieir vessels, so intense was the heat-
It is stated in the Richmond Enquirer that
President Polk will not remove Mr. Wise from
his mission as Minister to Rio Janeiro.
The editor of the New York Evening
Post estimates the population of that city, at the
present time, as follows:
New York city 400,000
Brooklyn 60,000
Williamsburg, Jersey city and Hoboken 12,000
472,000
There w’ere erected in New Y’ork proper, du
ring the last year, 1210 buildings. Many of
these cost from 820,000 to $16,000, and a tew of
them as much as $70,000.
Working for a Living.—The following
excellent arti.-le in the “Offering,” edited by the
Factory Girls cf Lowell, breathes the right
spirit.
“ Whence originated lhe idea that it was de
rogatory to a lady’s dignity, or a blot upon fe
male character, to labor;.and who was the
first to say, sneeringly, ‘Oh, she works for a
living?' Surely, such ideas and expressions
ought not to grow on republican soil! The lime
has been when ladies of the*first rank were ac
customed to busy themselves in domestic em
, ployment. Homertells us of princesses who
used to draw water from lhe springs, and wash
with their own bands the finest ot the linen of
theirrespective families. The famous Lucretia
used so spin in tire tniust of her attendants; and
the wile of Ulysses, after the seige of Troy,
employed herself weaving until her husband re
turned from Ithaca.”
Columbia River.—A late traveller in the
Oregon Territory, furnishes lhe following facts
relating to Columbia Ri’ er, about which much
' has recently been said.
Although a river of great length, lite Colum-
■ bia can only be ascended, by a ship of 300 tons,
a distance ot about 10’.) miles from the ocean;
and the head of tide waler is but a few miles
higher up, or at about 120 miles. 125 miles from
■ lhe sea occurs lhe first rapids, and in this vicini
s ty lhe first portage, where all goods, and even lhe
boats and canoes, have to be carried over by
land, a distance of half a mile. From this point,
’ the river is again navigable about 100 miles,
. where another portage has to be made; and from
this to the highest point of my observation, ra-
> pids occur frequently, but no other pottage has
t to be made—except "al the falls—for a long dis
tance.
; Harry Bluff, whose writings upon Lake de
fences have attracted considerable attention
throughout the United States, in one of his late
numbers, mentions the following fact, showing
the direction in whiclt the British Government
■ intended to attack us, had the treaty in question
failed:
Her (England’s) official documents show that
when the negotiation upon the Ashburton treaty
commenced here in Washington, there happened.
to be about Halifax and Jamaica English
fieri of sixty sail, and nearly one-third ot the
whole standing army of Great Britain in Cana
da. Notwithstanding she was tlten engaged in
two active wars on the other side ot the world,
in s.uch good earnest did site prepare to attack ns
on lhe Lakes, that, independent of her local mi
litia, she assembled in Canada an army of
choice veterans, 25,000 strong.
Great fire at Milwaukie.—A slip from lhe
Milwaukie Courier, which we receive through
the Buffalo Commercial, brings intelligence of a
very disastrous fire al Milwaukie. It occurred
on the morning ot Sunday, the fith instant, and
consumed t io entire squares, comprising over
thirty buildings.
The Pilot of tjib Swat.low.—lt is but two
years since lie ran the Swallow upon the beach
near Newburg, on mbright moonlight evening.
After that he was discharged, but this spring,
the Swallow having changed hands, lie again
obtained the post of pilot on board pfher.—
' Catskill Messenger.
Reform.—The President, we underjlapd, lias
issued a circular to the departments, requiring
an exact observance of the laws in regard to
the organization of lhe offices, tlie duties and at
’ tendance of the clerks; and to enforce it, lias
. directed lhe absences to lie noted and reported.
The general complaint of persons visiting
Washington on business with lhe departments
of the delays and expense to which they are sttb
i jected, lias rendered the interposition ot the ex
ecutive necessary.
The circular also requires a distribution of
> labor among clerks proportioned to cotnpensa
t tion allowed, and provides for the suppression
, ot the injustice too long tolerated) of making
meritorious and faithful public servants petfiitm
1 the ditties of such as may be found negligent or
> incompetent.— Globe.
The Mormons have left off buildidg their fa
-1 mous temple at Nauvoo, and commenced build
ing a thick and high stone wall around it; one
ot lhe “Elders” having recently received a reve
lation epjoining that work. This wall is toen
close six acres of ground embracing the sacred
; structure. Hundreds of hands are already em
i ployed upon this new monument of a knavish
; fanaticism.
Morocco vests, particularly red, have lately
1 been introduced among the fashionables in
■ Paris, and are all the rage. Their appearance
is said to be uncommonly brilliant.
Reporter Loss of a U. S. Vessel of
War.—Qur correspondent at Kingston, Ja
maica, writes us, under date of 25th March, that
a Columbian vessel arrived at that place on the
14th of March, bringing a report that an U. 8.
schooner-of-war had been wrecked on the coast
ot San Blas, and that all her officers and crew
had perished. The captain who brought tins re
port did not recollect Hie name of lhe lost vessel;
but he was sure that it was hot the Flirt. We
hope that the report may prove to be incorrect.—
Baltimore American.
St. LyyaENcs and Atlantic Railroad.—
The Montreal Timasot Friday last contains a
prospectus of tlie company just incorporated by
: the Parliament of Canada, with a capital ot
.£i>oi>,ooo. The prospectus sets forth at length
th» anticipated adyanlages of the enterprise
regarding the St. Lawrence as tbe natural outlet
ot the trade ot the West, ami the contemplated
railroad as the completion of the Canadian ef
forts for obtaining that trade. The charter of
the company authorises a road through tbe east
ern townships of Canada to the headwaters of
tbe Connecticut river, there to unite with the
road from Portland. Tlie whole distance from
Montreal so Portland is set down at 210 miles,
120 of which'are in Canada? Amopy the ad
vantages of the road, it is stated that a barret of
' flour can be laid down at Portland from Cleve
land, via Montreal, cheaper and in belter order
than at New Yolk ; that in obtaining wood from
he eastern townships, the city ot Montreal
would save frotn 8100,1100 to s2iW,oot) a year in
luel. ' 1
Ants.—Sage, put into a closet, or any place
frequerted bv those troublesome Utile visiters I
—red ants—it is said will drive them away. •
LATEB? FROM ENGLAiNO.
ARRIVAL OF TH E
GREAT WESTERN.
Three Weeks Later from Europe.
The steamer Great Western arrived at New
York on Wednesday morning, with Liverpool
papers to the 291 h March and London to she
28th, both inclusive. The advices are just
three weeks later than before received.
In consequence of tlie abolition of the duty
on cotton, and the promise of an abundant crop,
the Liverpool market lias been depressed some
what, and speculation was nearly extinct, but
2800 bags Ametican having been taken by
speculators during the weekending on the 29th
of March.
Tlie Sugar market was brisk, .and the de
mand for American beef and pork tolerably
productive.
The new Tariff’, as brought forward by Sir
Robeit Pec), had gone into operation. The
only chqnge from what he proposed, was some
slight alteration in tbe standard for sugars. (
The news of the passage by Congress of the
resolutions for lhe Annexation of Texas, had
created considerable sensation tn England, and
also the paragraph of President Polk’s Inaugu
ral Address relating to Oregon. Sorfle extracts
relating to these matters will be found below.'
The Swiss Diet had adjourned, without
adopting any decided measures for lhe expul
sion of the Jesuits. England, France, Austria
and Prussia had each addressed a strong note
to the Swiss government, recommending peace,
concessions, &c. No fresh outbreaks had taken
place.
All hope of the missing packet ships, the Eng
land and the United States, is gone.
On thesth ult. the Seine was frozen over at
Paris; lhe ice was strong enough to sustain the
weight of carriages.
In the British House of Lords off the 14th
ult. on the motion lor a third reading of lhe
Jewish disabilities bill, the Duke of Cambridge
took occasion to express his cordial concurrence
in that measure, and to pronounce a high
eulogy on tlie benevolence ot some members of
the Jewish persuasion. The bill was read a
third time and passed.
In tlie House of Commons, on the 10th ult.
Mr. Goulburn stated that it was not the inten
tion of government to make at present any al
teration in tlie duties on tobacco.
It is rumored ihat O’Connell will- shortly
take his place in Parliament.
From Spain there is nothing of importance.
The accounts from all parts of Germany and
the northern division of Europe are most heart
rending, of the sufferings of tlie people for want
of provisions, lhe navigation and communica
tion being in many p'aces quite interrupted.
The mortality, be lli among the people and. the
cattle, is quite fearful.
Miss Cushman, Mr. Forest and Mr. Marble,
are all playing in England with great and con
tinued success. In Lear, and mure recently
Metamora, Forest has achieved the most deci
fled triumphs, not only carrying his audiences
by storm, but compelling an admission of his
entire su- cess by the critics, who have hitherto
been rather unjust to him.
Miss Cushman has also continued to attract
much admiration, and her personation ot Mrs.
Haller has been very highly lauded.
Algiers.— The marine establishment al Al
giers lias been lhe scene of a tetrific explosion,
the pavilion, and lhe buildings inhabited bv ar
tillery workmen and Others have been carried
away. The. explosion took place in two maga.r.
zines separated from each other by a ditch at
the foot of tlie old Spanish town, upon which lhe
lighthouse stands. Forty-three artillery work
men, ten artillerymen, thirty-one pontoniers,
and two workmen, were killed, and thirty-one
wounded.
Commvnication across lhe Is-hams of Panama.
—There is, we are assured, at least a chance ol
(he accomplishment of the great object which
lor many yers has been under consideration—of
opening a communication across the Isthmus ol
Panama. Arrangements to effect this impor
tant object are in progress under the highest pa
tronage. Shortly the details will be communi
cated.—London Shipping G.-‘Z. t March 25.
.Monster Gun for America.—A monster gun
lias just been manufactured by Messrs. Forsythe
and Preston, of Liverpool, which is intended ‘o
replace the one that burst on hoard one oi the '
American war steamers, a short time azo, kill
ing the Secretary of State, and woundinc seve
ral other official personages. It is made oi
malleable iron, is 12 feet long, and weighs It
: tons, 3 cwt. 2 qr. 11 lbs.
General “Torn Thumb”f ; bad th? JrouoT 01.
being received on Sunday Ty the King and
Queen ol lhe French, and the oilier qieinbeis of
rne royal family. They were ail delighted with
tile "little man,” «li.> remained in the royal
presence upwards ol ar hour and a half.
Failure of on American Ho:.st in Glasgow.—
Advices from Glasgow mention the lailute of
Messrs. J. & G. Pattison &. Co., of that place,
who have a house in New Yolk, and who have
done a large business; their debts are said to
amount to upward < I £ 160.000, of which it is
said £.30,000 are owing in England, while seve
ral Scotch firms are spoken ot as likely'to suf
fer. Abittt 13s. or 15s. in the pound is expect
ed.
Professor J. P. Swift, of the Royal Adelaide
Gallery, London, is a passenger in the Great
Western, having been engaged by Mr. Barnum,
ol the American Museum, to give a variety of
optical and other scientific exhibitions in that
establishment. Mr. Barnum and the renowned
General Tom Thumb were in Paris, and had
visited Louis Phillippe and the Royal family at
the Toilleries, where their reception had been
in the highest degree flattering and enthusiastic.
The little general had been loaded with valua
ble presents by the King, the Queen, the Prin
cess'Adelaide and lhe Royal household, the King
and Queen botli taking him into their arms and
kissing hitii. He was making a great 11 mrisb
everyday through tlie Champ? de Elysses in
his lilliputian carriage.
First arrived of Sugar from the United Stales.
—On lhe 9th inst. the American ship Franconia
arrived in Liverpool, bringing, as part of her
cargo, twelve hogsheads of Louisiana sugar.
This is lhe first atrival of American grown
sugar in the country.
Sale op Autographs.- A sale ol autographs
of distinguished persons took place m London,
some dating as far back as the time of Queen
Elizabeth. The autographs id Nelson, the
Duke of Wellington and Gen. Washington,
commanded better prices than most of the
crowned jiea.ls. There were 184 lots sold, and
they realizeil jj3(Uy.
Texas—Oreg tit--President Polk’s Inau>
guraL
Intelligence of the final passage of the Texas
Annexation Resolutions reached London on
the 26.1) March, as did also the Inaugural Ad
dresstif President Polk. Tlie reception given
to them in th? British capitol is indicated in the
extract? which follow .
From the Landon Times of March 27.
Tlie consent of Congress to lite annexation
of Texas is an event so long expected, that the
question of its justice has gradually merged in
the vision ol its certainty. There was a lime
when the most enlightened and thoughilul men
ol lhe Union could venture to entertain astrong
moral objection against it; and their arguments
are on record. It was clear, however, that the
mass ot lhe Union, its newest and moM a"'ive
elements, were in favor ol the measute. Their
eyes were al ways revetting io Texas. Texas
unappropriated, like independent Megara with
in sight of Athens, was the eyesore of the
Union, not but that there are other eyesores to
lhe ambitious gage ot that people, Wbaje'vep
they see they love, whatever they love they co,
vet, whatever they covet they expect and endea
vor to obtain. But Texas was the first thing
tn their way, and formed the bold foreground of
their hopes. Texas, adjacent, revolted, inde
pendent, still menaced and molested by lhe weak
and impolitic rulers whose yoke it had broken,
already peopled and governed by the citizens of
the Union, or adventurers id the same language
or principles, was an acquisition absolutely ne
cessary, not so much to the happiness, as to the
very comfort, lhe ease, lhe sleep, lhe digestion,
of certainly' more than half the republic.
Tbfltnly part of lhe business, therefore, on
which there eou|d he any surprise, would be the
particular time and manner which republican
wisdom and tas’e would select for the acquisi
tion. Tuan European understanding there is
something quite grotesque in the time and man
ner actually adopted. The Congress comes to
this momentous decision in the t ery point of
time between lite two presidentships. Kir. Ty
ler co rpletes his career with a determination
which lie cannot have the smallest share in car
rying out, and Mr. Polk will be engaged through
out lhe whole term in the aruuoqs execution of
a project imposed upon him at the first moment
of his official existence. The former Presi
dent, as he approaches his end, seems horror
struck at the thought of leaving his four years a
blank in his country’s annals.
Prom tie Tinies of Marek fiS.
“In the inaugnral address delivered by lhe
new President on the 4th of March, we find
faithfully re-produced all the worst cbaracteiis
lics ol lhe American statesmen who have been
in power since the withdrawal of .Mr. Webster
from the Cabinet of Washington. If Mr. Polk
wasehosen as the thorough representative of lhe
parly, which makes slavery, repudiation and
foreign aggression, its*claim- to distinction, we
are hour, i t > acknowledge that he has not swerv
ed from lhe intentions of his constituents. His
language on all thep subjects has the same un
blusliing impodetio! which belonged l<r his pre
decessor?,. and witch we bad fondly imagined
that no one else citild rival; but iu his mouth it
has this very seri us aggravation, that it con
vinces us he is pre ared to begin where the oth
ers leave off. Wqhad carefully guarded our
selves agaihst apylreconcepiions hostile to Mr.
Polk; and we had Endeavored to putsuade our
selves that we sliild find more moderation in
his own condliel thin in that of bis adherents:
but tlie indulgent illtsion iscompletelydispelled
by lhe first words I' utters; and the anxiety
which was incessanly awakened by Mr. Tyler’s
strange and incongitotis eflbtis is rendered in
finitely greater bv tkclaraiions from tlie new
President of at least Iqual violence, and we fear,
much more Slgnificaiee.
• Mr. Polk reservesJtis compassion, however,
for other objects. "Ifappy would it be,” says
he, “ for indebted Sines, it they were freed from
their liabilities, tnafy of which were incau
tiously contracted.”: That sentiment will, in
deed, find an echo ijeverv debtors’ gaol all over
the world! We wjo feel lor slaves more than
lor slave-owne sr, ■ apt to think unpaid credi
tors even more to B? pitied than profligate debt
ors; but in the Net) World these things are re
vers’ed. “Tire sounl, moral, and honorable feel
ing of the people <.l the indebted States cannot
be questioned,” sayt the President; but, whilst
sympathies and etlogies are showered upon
them, what, withoulone recent exception, is be
come ot their unpail dividends ?
After two such paragraphs as these, our read
ers will not be surptised at any thing that may
follow, more especially witli reference to the
foreign relatjpns of the Union. A lie repeated
aiterrifhas been contradicted, and. scouted l>v all
well-informed and tones', men, is a lie raised to
a higher power—th<jsquareot a lie. Mr. Tyler
intimated in a mes-age some lime ago, that
doubts wereentertared by some whether Texas
had not originally firmed part of the territory of
the United States,and been improperly alien
ated from them; tot Mr. Polk reso utely affirms
that “Texas waslmee a part-of our country,
was unwisely cedbd away to a foreign power, is
now independent,\nd possesses an undoubted
right to merge her s.pvereignty in ours.” The
whole assertiqn is titerly groundless—first, be
cause Texas lotinerfpo part of Louisiana when
sold by France-, aid, secondly, because the
boundary treatv will Spain concluded in 1819
definitively wiped rftlt all such equivocal claims
for ever. But in thi) discussk.n no argument is
practicable} the writ is resolved on seizing ins
prey, ami it signifte/but little that the lamb stood
the brook,
Mr. tvffk hupßppii’ewWff sirfiilar, thobgh less
precise lan’gntsjrn* to the Oregon territory.
He pledges tfiSSSIi at the very outset of his ca
reer, and with knowledge that negotiations are
actually going on between his Cabinet and
Great Britain,ithat tiie American title to the
country ol the Oregon is clear an-l unquestiona
ble. But it.ntiy spare lime likely to be con
sumed in a veiy unprofitable discussion, if we
express an opinion, at least as decided as his
own, that in ot his marauders, and what he
terms his consututinnal rights, tbe territory ol
the Oregon will never be wrested from the Brit
ish Crown, to shich it belongs, but by war.
Mr. Polk aversl that to enlarge the limits ot the
Union is to extend the dominions ot peace over
additional lerfiipties,' and increasing millions:
but he will findithat when they are so far ex
tended as to indinle the rightful possessions of
the British empire, they will encounter the hos
tility and tlie riholuiion of a people not inferior
to the populace’cf the United States in spirit or
in resources.
Tlie London Chronicle ot the 27th makes a
great noise abtytt the Texas Resolutions—but
only for lhe salty of having a fling at the present
Ministry, and giving a little glorification to
Lord Palmers:;,n. ft says:
We confess that we are much more mor
tified than surpised to find this question termi
nated, like all dhers in which the Tory admin
istration had Mcctnbat the aits or the ambition
of foreign nndbf rival powers, that is by the to
tal discomfiture of British interestsand views,
whether dictated by feelings of justice, of secu
rity, or ol hutjanity.
The qnestioi of the.independence or absorp
tion of Texasjwas handed over to lhe Tory go
vernment as a'tair field for the exertion ot their
diplomatic sk|l, and the hundred means at a
governmr nt's disposal for the working out ol i s
ends. Infheg'the Tory goveriurient has most
miserably failld.
The American government have decided upon
tlie abnexatioj of this immense country, con
taining 360,(Xp square miles, and are about to
establish overthat region their system of slave
cul'ivalii-n. I was, indeed, a question of life
and death to American slavery, which, if con
fined to its o«ti exhausted soils, must have de
clinnl, and. mtl a natural death at no incalcula
ble interval off lime, but whicli now, having se
cured to It mrir ample room and root, cannot be
expected to Muse till it fills lhe whole territory
to the Pacificirnd deluges rhe New World, from
which it had leeri partly stayed or driven, with
its flood of misery and crime,
There weje a variety of means at an Eng
lish minister); disposal— Mexican fears, Texan
interests, Arqricnn horror ot slavery r.nlol
ptaiiterdoniijalion. 1 ’
The StanilarJ of course thinks that the
Bridsh Minister did well not to take any decided
course of opposition, for whicli it assigns divers
good reasons. For instance—
“ If th? Texans, about G 9.000 white inhabi
tants, are uesirotis ip inquipprate themselves in
Tlie Jfcfil.ern utrk u, we do nos see who has
either flie right < r powtxJtiu hinder them—situ
less can vT'ptTe.-s a motive for interfering in the
matler, lor it i ! inueli l.riter fur all parties—the
United Stateecxerpte !—tliat the Sonthuvstcrn
territory should be open to all attacks and repri
sals provoked by the United States, than that it
should serve the purpose of the republic, under
thedisguiseof a false independence and neu
trality.” " J
With reference te the Oregon question, the
Standard says— J
“It is not impossible that the States may have
enough to do in putting Texas in order, to give
ns time to look about us. At all events we
trust that our ministers will not give them any
help, by a rash departure Irom the "somnolent
and silent system," whicli, inconvenient as it
may be for newspapers and opposition orators
is often-of wonderful utility in diplomacy as
well as in war.’
Firm IVihnerCj- Smith’s European Ttnvs.
Annexation cf Texas Inaugural Missage.
—The conduct ot American Legislative bodies
is a marvel and a mystery to the politicians ot
Europe. It passes comprehension, defies calcu
lation, upsets’all preconceived notions of organ
izition. Every one saw, in the result ot the
last contest lor lhe Preiidincy, that Texas would
be annexed; but that the W l;ig Senate should be
a consenting parry ha’s ptoduced astonishment,
and rendered tlie news which Came to hand ibis
week from the western wotid, not only novel
but startling. Tile Stnate i* regarded, on this
side of lhe water, ns a very Conservative body
—a drag upon the more handsirong resolvesol
the other House; and the dignity of its bearing,
commands, with llm getjfral-wisdom of its.de
cisions, the respect evqri ol those who are pot
prone to eulogise Rgpubliean institutions.—
Hence the surprise which has been created.—
But the game ol politics is evidently Hie s.imc
all the world over—a Series o! skillful moves
and countermoves, and the most skilful player
is he. who puzzles, checkmates,-and triumphs
over bis fellows. -;C;
With tlie intelligence of the Annexation bill
havitig passed Congress, has come to hand the
inaugural address of President Polk, a docu
ment upon wtiicii much criticism, not over
friendlj, has been spent. In truth, the verbose
stare documents ol the Union are little relished
in England, nod a moment’s consideration per
haps, will show lhe reason. Tlie British Pre
mier’s place is Parliinenn where he personalty
answers questions, defends his conduct, assails
his antagonist, and acts nt once upon the offen
sive and defensive. Tbe/Prestd. nt of America,
bn tire coptrary, is siiqt out of (Jongre?s. Ip
stead of addressing that aosembly, and through
it the nation, viva wc, oil the events ol'.the day,
when the interest is high qnd the subject exci
ting, he waits until anxiety cools or has entire-
ly evaporated, and then, in a formal manner
traces, in a message, with tedious prolixity,
what everybody knows and. has long prejudged.
The Inaugural addißssoJ yjy.- Pcrtx.is.nut-+4>-
’noxious io this obj cion in ilie same degree as
lhe ordinary atessages wuii li emanatg,frem tfie
Chiei Magistrate of the Union • but pven in that
document the didactic prevails over the collo
quial, and the theme Oftfie essayist rides over
lhe free and easy maimer of lhe citizen. The
potfion of Um message whith |;as given piost
offinee, inasmuch tv it denites a “foregone
conclusion,” is his allusion to the Oregon terri
tory. The tight of the United States to that
territory is assumed by the new President as a
matter beyond dispute, at the very moment that
the subject forms an anxious and protracted
controversy between the two Governments.—
People naturally say, “-Can the new ofjcial
have a proper sense ol the deep responsibility of
his drlice when he thus commits himselt at the
1 et v threshold 1”
That Mr. Polk is correct in his assumption >
may be established hereafter. or it may not.
But there is a palpable violation of jpod taste
id so forms!, so superfluous, a committal on
the question Mr. Polk’s predecessor was not
happy in ynspaning dignity to rhe office. It is
to behoped that the mantle ot Washington will
sit more gtacelully on the shoulders on which
it lias how descended—but lhe commencement
is perilous.
Connected with tin’s topic may be mentioned
lhe notice which Mr. Tyler’s message on the
slave trade has commanded in the House of
Commons. Sir Robert Peel, it will he sben, 1
pointedly refeihd toil, someone having con
veniently put a question to him on the subject,
the belter to enable hint to correct the ex-Presi- ,
dent’s errors in that document. Mr. Tyler
blundered sadly in lhe matter ofthe free blacks
taken to the West Indies; but there isjoo much
reason to apprehend that his state • enis are cor
rect respecting Sriiijj) capital being combined
with American ingeniiiiy in er.rrylrtg on sla
very through the medium ofthe Brazils.
The Due de Broglie, lhe French Commis
sioner, hat! arrived in London, and, with Dr.
Lushingtmg commenced at once he discussion
ol the pegdfi.itr m- on lhe right of search. The
substitute proposed is the blockade. ofthe Coast
of Africa bv the two powers, joined, of course,
to the squadron of the Uni'ed States already
there. The right of search in its most obnox- 1
ions form Is thus givert up, but to substitute,
inadequate as lhe lorwci system was, promises
to be still mure inefficient. The saints stir not
while tlie right of search is thus thrown to the
winds before their eyes—the best proof we sus
pect, ot their belief in its failure is a preventive.
To the sagaciiyand firmness of tlie American
Government every credit is due for refusing I"
join the other powers in a system whicli is thus
so unceremoniously mirrendered after all the
pother it created, tlie jealousy it excited, and
the ill blood which it produced.
A conversation look place in the House oi
Commons in reference to tlie Oregi-n territory.
Mr. Roebuck, tlie member from Bath, formerly
connected with Canada, and who has Riven
some attention to American affairs, “thought
that if the case was properly looked into, it
would be seen at once that the United States had
nojusl claim west of the Rocky -Mountains,
and that tlie conduct oflhe House ol' Representa
tives in that matter was enough to arouse in
dignation. Sir Robert Peel, in reply, said that
Mr. Roebuck would see that the relations oi
England were not with the House of Representa
tives, bril with the American Executive. He
quite agreed that while negotiations were "pend
ing, nothing could be more unseemly Ilian to
use any language ot bluster or menace; but
whilst forbearing to do so, lie hoped tlie House
would not infer that her Majesty's government
were not deeply sensible of the" importance of
the subject.”
Portugal*
In Portugal there had been some insurrection
ary disturbances. In the Province of Miahe,
the people had put the governmenttax gatherers
to flight, who therefore procured a military rein
forcement ol thirlv men, amt returned, but the
people rose in larger numbers, and drove the
soldiers off the ground. The next day, how
ever, a larger military force arrived, put down
lire insurgents, and restored order. Several
lives were lost.
China.
The news from China, which comes down to
Dec 19th, is not oi much interest. The dissa
tisfaction which was excited in Hong Kong by
the ordinance ot the Governor hadstibsided; the
Chinese had become reconciled to the regula
tions, as modified, and were quietly pursuing
their avocations.
Switzerland—The Extraordinary Diet have
ing referred lhe questions ol the free corps, the
Jesuits, and the amnesty tc the committees, lhe
commissioners had disagteed respecting the
competency of the Diet to decrea the exclusion
ol the Jekui’.s. Tlie majoritv, consisting oi
Messfs.Neuhaus, Monzinger, Kern,and Druey,
maintained that competency, and cited in sup.
port of their opinion the first and eighth articles
of the federal compact.
Messrs. Frey and Moussonc construed those
articles in a different manner; and M. Need'
who admitted lhe right vested in the Diet b,- the
constitution, thought that uniter existing cir
cumstances there appeared no sufficient grounds
to justify the expulsion of that religious order
tram ail the cantons in which it was settled; and
that as regarded Lucerne, it was incumbent on
the Assembly to endeavor to prevent tire admis
sion of tlie Jesuits by amicable means. The
solution of the two other questions gave rise
to no difference of opinion.
The majority of the committee had submitted
a number of propositions to the Diet, among
others forbidding the stale of Lucerne to admit
the Jesuits, and recommending that state to grant
an amnesty fq.r all offences committed otr the
21th of October, 1844 in the event ot refusal,
lhe Gtand Diet reserves to itself tire adoption ot
ulterior measures. Itremainstobescen whether
these propositions will receive the approbation
of lire Diet.
The Helvetic Diet held its last meeting un the
20th. Several deputies who had not voted on
tire preceding day gave iu their adhesion to the
propositions r>f the committee respecting lhe
suppression of lhe free corps, which baring been
adopted by thirteen and two-half states, became
a law ot the confederation.
The deputy qf Argau entered a written pro
test against tlie decision ol lhe Assembly,—“not
wishing,” be said, “to assume any pailot the
responsibility incurred by the Vorort, who, lie
regretted had taken no measures calculated to'
allay lhe irritation that pervaded the country.”
The president, M. Mousson, afterwards in
formed lhe Diet that tbe charge d’affaires ol
Austria presented to him, on the 19 h, a despatch
from Prince Metternich, which he had not had
timetolay before tlie deputies, but which lie
would shortly communicate to all the cantonal
Governments. He then pronounced the close
ot tlie session of the Diet in lire following terms;
“Onr deliberations are terminated. Some of
vott will retire dissatisfied. A similar disposi
tion will manifest itself among a i onion of the
Swiss people. Il is consequently a duty the
more imperious for you to exert yourselves to
maintain public order and tranquility, and not
allrtw the interests of the commonwealth to lie
sacrificed to party spirit. I must remind Lu
cerne that it depen Is upon its government not
to increase tire existing irritation, and to effect
a reconciliaiion by making a sacrifice to tlie
country. May S a itz.’il.ind be ready to provide
against events, and strong enough to uphold her
honor arid liberty under every circumstance.
Site would repent tholnte if her authority and
power were abandoned to tlie mercy of parly
interests.”
Commercial Matters.
Liverpool, March 28.
The brisk demand for Cotton noticed in our circular
OI rhe 3d rust . continued on the twn follow ing days
H „d At th? 1..'.,
vanced |d 4P* lb—but lhe market look a turn lhe other
way, and has since been heavy and declining, particu
larly so since the I7tli inst , when the Boston bteamer
of the Ist inst an i»>ed, and prices are now fully |d low
‘ er than on the 3d inst. This is ascribed mainly to the
accoums of the greatly increased receipts into the
American ports and increased estimates ol the crop;
and it may also m some degree arise from a slight
check iii the Manchester trade, and rather less favorable
accounts from the Eastei n market; though the »r«de
of tlie spitiners is still highly profitable. The duty on
the Cotton being now abolished, the quotations are giv
en awfiy accordingly—and lor they are (a)
4fd, fair 4{d ; Mobile 3| (a) sd, lair 4|d ; Orleans tri' fid,
fair ‘l£d—and 'lenpyssep and Alabapta 3 (a) 4|d lb.
tl,e importer is no longer s ibject to duty, tjiese pri
ces are to him |d to Ad 4F lb better than al the lowest
point of tly> market the 3 first days of December last,
while ihc cr.st to lhe consumer is only J }d more,
than at that depressed pciicd. The biiMMvs* lor the
week ended 7tlt inst. was 71,5-1) bales —lor that ended
14th inst. 33,7'00hales—10th inst 18.950 bales—and lor
the week ended thisevening they have been 28 920 bales.
In the tlirte first weeks 58,t)C0 hales changed hands ou
specufa’tion, but this week little or nothing has been
done by speculators. The stock in this port is now a
bout BUB,I*OO bales, against 625,1 Wat same period lust
season. The stock rs American is about 574,060, or
14-9,1)00 bales more than it then was
As there is a strong probability that the Government
may shortly dispense with the weighing of Cotton upon
landing, it is very important that the coiilracis for
freight should in future be upon the shipping or invoice
weights, nnd so expressed in lhe bills ot lading.
.From the Brokers' Circulars.
March 14.—Tire demand ’ as beccms more
moderale, and the market is devoid Os animation;
there is, however, little change to nuticein prices,
excepting for .American deacripiians in bond,
which in many instance?, have been purchased
Ji per lb. lower; Brazil and Egyptian command
lull prices, and Surat is steady. Speculators
have taken 10,000 American. fOO Egyptian, and
1400 Surat, and exporters 300 American. Total
amount of sales 33,700 bales.
March2o.—The Halifaxsteamerofthe ;>t inst.
having brought an account of considerate in
crense in the receipts at lhe va* ions ports, and the
uncertainty as to the period when the abolition of
duty will take effect. have together tended to sus
pend business, and American descriptions, being
more freely offered, have farther declined per
In.; all other descriptions remain tolerably steady
al the Quotations. Speculators have taken s'oo
American, and exporters 700 American. Total
number'of sales 18,950 bales.
March 28—-The market has remained inactive
throughout the week, the business hayjngson a
great measure been confined to the wants or the
trade. American descriptions ate freely offered,
but prices are without change, with the excep
tion of the 5-16.1 per lb the amount of lhe duty,
the abolition of which came into operation* on
Saturday las;; our quotations are therefore re
duced accordingly; ail other descriptions, with
the exception of Bahia, which are scarce, are
heavy of sale, at a slight reduction. Specula
tors have taken 25p0 American, and 35Q Ameri
can have been taken tor export. The total num
ber of sales during the week have been 28,920
bales.
Havre, March 23, 18)5.
Cottons.— The failing oft in business which had
begun to manifest itself towards rhe middle of
last week, has, since tlie arrival of the advk:e«4jT
the B irgundyrfrorn Mew Y'or'k, tirtr HKferma
via England—the htter bringing dates
to the Ist instant—been further increased, and
throughout the whole of this wee , but particu
larly after those accounts came to hr.nd, our mar
ket has exhibited a considerable degree of ijatndss.
The fact of ”h* larire accumulation of Cotion in
the ports of the Union, coupled with the an
nouncement of iarge shipments coming forward,
many of which rnay.be shortly expected to make
their appearance, have completely damped the
spirit of dealers as well as-speculators, and. the
buying has been on a much more restricted scale
than we have witnessed for some length of time.
Holders, generally speaking, have evinced an
eager desire to realize, but the unwillingness of
buyers to operate lw '‘cen to > great to admit of
extensive sales being effected; the transactions
have therefore been to a very limited amount,
and prices have receded fully If. f om our previous
quotations. The discouraging tenor of the in
telligence from Liverpool, where an u favorable
iiqpression hid been created by the above men
tioned advi r s, hasheen the principal uause of the
depressed state of things on this side of the chan
nel ; and umler the present unwholesome coni
plexion of our market, it would be impossible to
run oft’ any large quant ties without submitting
to a perhaps much g-enter decline in prices.
The sales of rhe wet k are 4552 bale-:, including
1935 New Orhans at 55a69f; 1383 Mobile 55 a <
67, and 963 Unland at 55f50a Gif 50. The arri
vals were 10,942 baled.
Havrk, March 26.
The Gorton market is inactive, and a decline
of 2f. would have to be submitted to before sales
to any extent could be made. i
The two Arabian horses, received as a pre- <
sent (o Mr. Tyler, by the Consul of the United ,
States at Zanzibar, from the Imaum ot Muscat, ]
were sold, pursuant lo an act of Congress, this .
day at noon. They are b’gbt raotUed.— *
One. se.eu old, brought 5150, ar.d was |
purchased by a gentleman In.m Louisiana;
the other, eight years old, brought but S'l9o,
and was purchased by Dr. John Baldwin.--
.Ifeukskmian.
A new U. S. revenue culler, called the Jffcr- .
has just been placed on Lake Ontario. It t
was bnilt at Oswego, and in the Advertiser ol t
'hat place wc find a noli eof her trial trip on lhe l
13th. She is an iron steamer, ol 3i?o tons bur- <
den, and fitted with one of Ericsson’s propellers, t
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 23.
The Tariff.—The indications are quite
plain, says the Baltimore American, that lhe set
tlement of the Texas question is to be followed
by a sjsternalic attack upon lhe protective sys
tem of this country, as established by the Tariff
of 1842. The recent change in the editorship of
lhe Globe gives assurance that the official organ
of tlie administration will be devoted to the over
throw of that system.
From Pittsburg.—The Pittsburg Morning
Post of Wednesday, gives a list of about forty
houses, the owners ol which are either clearing
away lhe rubbish preparatory to building, or
have already commenced.
The working ol Gold Mines at the South,
says the New-York Courier Enquirer, is
said to be increasingly profitable. A letter from
Mr. Gibbon, of lhe Branch Mint, al Charlotte
ville, N.C., published in Silliinan’s Journal,
states that increasing quantities ol gold are re
ceived al that mint, from Mines in North Caro
lina and South Carolina—occasionally, also,
from Georgia and Alabama. Goh! bullion, to
lhe value of $272,000 was deposited for coin
age during the last year, exceeding by nearly
one hundred thousand dollars the deposits ot
any preceding yearly period. The sands of
the Catawba river and other streams passing
through lhe gold regions, have lately been
washed with profit. The workmen reside in
shanties on tbe banks of the rivers, by permis
sion ol the owners, and tbe same spots are
worked over successively, as fresh deposits
of sand, &c. are washed down.
A New Ship of 700 tons/calledlhe Washing
ton Irving, is now building at East Boston, fur
lhe line of packets between there and Liverpool.
She is spoken of as a beautiful ship.
New Orleans Exports.—The Jeffersonian
Republican publishes the following statement
of ex ports from New Oilcans during lhe months
of January, February and March. •These ex
k portalions greatly exceed in amount those of any
similar perrod of time heretofore.
Domestic goods exported in Jan’y $3,895,979 54
do. do. do. Feb’y ft,356 737 51
do. do. do. March 5,532,223 00
• Total amount oi exports during the
first quarter of 1815 815,784,94005
Washington Irving.—/A correspondent of
lhe Madisonian, noticing the rumor that Mr.
living might be on board of one of the missing
ships, siatesthat that gentleman was in Madrid,
on lhe Bth of February last; in the enjoyment of
excellent.health.; which settles that pointofpainful
doubt.
O’ The Dublin Evening Mail asserts that
Sir Robert Peel has a million sterling embark
ed in trade, and thus accounts for his free trade
movements.
The Madisonian says:—We learn that
the Postmaster-General has determined to make
no announcement of the result of the mail con
tract lettings until the Ist of May.
Lead.—Tbe St. Louis Reporter of lhe 7lh
• inst. says: “Lead is beginning to arrive here
quite freely. Most ot it has gone forward with
out changing hands. About 19,283 pigs have
been received here during the past season—lhe
range of quotations being $2 05 a 83 10.”
The Sea Serpent.—An immense fish or
snake was. it is said, seen off Cape Island late
ly. It is described as being from 60 to 70 feel
long, and to realize lhe various accounts of the
sea-serpent that have from time to lime been
published.
Two thousand one hundred and tony dwel
lings have been erected in Boston within a year,
and a large number within four miles from the
State House, out ol the city.
*1 he Zinc Mines of New Jersey forms lhe sub
ject ot an article in lhe last number of Siili
man’s Journal written by Mr. F. Algar ot Bos
ton. Recent expk rations have shown that these
mines are of great value : and within the last
year a company in Boston have instituted ex
periments which show that they can be success
fully worked. A French company is also en
gaged in exploring me mine, which is in Sussex
through lhe agency of scientific men.
The writer in Silliinan’s Journal expresses the
ii ii nu u im' ir is visibly exposed— -
in length more than 600 feet, *viih an average
width ol 4 feet, and the assumed depth ot 100
feet—will yield a quantity of zinc, sufficient, at
the market value, to give $1,982,880. He says:
“Nature has provided every local advantage
that could be wished for the easy exploration of
the mines; and embracing every expense pre
paratory to the reduction of the ore, including
its reduction also, it is pretty well ascertained
that lhe metal may be obtained in the large way
ai x a cost not exceeding three cents per pound.
Here, then, there would be a clear profit, de
ducting the cost of buddings and the expenses of
transportation to market, ol nearly
If we suppose th? quantity of ore consumed
daily to be ten tons, (a small estimate) only five
years will be rcqniied to woik up lhe ore con
tained in lhe space mentioned.”
New York.—lt appears from a table in lhe
Albany Evening Journal that lhe Whigs have
carried a majority of the towns in lhe State of
New York, for lhe first time since 1810, and
made a net gain since last year of nearly ninety
supervisors.
Michigan.—John Norvell has been .appoint
ed U. S. district attorney for lhe District of
Michigan. He was one of the U. S. Senators
from that State.
* Central America.—We learn that Leon, on
the west coast ot Central America, was besieged
and taken by the combined forces „of Grenada
and S’. Salvador, on the 24th January last, and
laid entirely in ruins.
Increased Reward.—No clue has yet been
had to the money stolen from ihe Poughkeepsie
barge Clinton, o/ the robbers. The amount ta
ken turns outdo be larger than was first suppos
ed, being altogether $32,666. The banks have
increased the reward for lhe recovery of lhe
money and the detection of the robbers to S3OOO.
The meeting in Philadelphia in favor of
Pittsburgh have advised the creation of $500,000,
to be loaned out to the sufferers.
The mileage claimed and allowed to Sena’ois
at the extra session, is the subject of much com
plaint. Il is said that .Messrs. Webster, Man
gum, Benton, Crittenden, Evans and Wood
bury, and others, refused to lake the money.
Rice, Esq., was on Munday,
ejected Recorder of the_£tiix ■ f 011 h IW- 1 -lurr
The Richmond Enquirer says that lhe m ission
to England has been offered to the lion. F. H.
Elhnore, of South Carolina, but whether he will
accept, ft eays not.
In the U. S. District Court, before Judges
Nelson and Betts, James Webster, indicted for
murder and piracy, on board the schooner Sarah
Lavina, was arraigned plefyj
notguilli/. As he ha ! nq cawiiel, the Court t
assigned ih? duty of defending him to John 1
McKeon and D. D. Field, The case
w ill n-t probably comt- /’ll this term. The
Court is daily occupiedjyiih patent cases, which '
p ssess no public interest . 2 y. Y. .
The statement cf having made a i
coniession of his guilt vv \s premature.
Dividends.—The Mr-r ( |. a nts’ Insurance j
Company of New York haye declared a semi- <
annual dividend of five per\ cent. The Hope J
Insurance Company have declared a
of three per cen* J r
- - ■ ; .i
Western Peltries.—Tnt*St. Louis Repub- <
iican of the l.h says: I £
Messrs. 11. &A. O. Whittefnore received by r
the steamboat Julia Chouteau/ fourteen tons of ..
deer skins, which are a part oy a purchase re- •
cently made by them in Atkamsas. i’hg balance
of the purchase, which is is expected
bv them if, a t j w uays. Wehjndeistand that the -
average weight of these skins is about, three ‘
pounds, and thus more than Poity thousand deer j
have been killed io supply tMs heavy purchase, f ,
The Cold Weather of ilhe last week has 1/
proved much more severe iifi Canada, where/
snow to the depth of four feet fell on lhe Bth fd
Ai fil. The thermometer forb ’vasuu/l i
to 15 degrees above ar/t much I ~
formed ihe rivers. A rapijl thaw, I r ;. r
follow, would do great injiii w to lhe o f I
dams, briuges, &c. There i 4 no prosjjj »
A M ANUFACTUHIXO VtLI.AOE IN ALABAMA.—
e copy (rum lhe Ala. “ Rizir State Review”
(published at Marion) the subjoin? I account ot
n flourishing manufacturing Hl ;; e in Bibb
county, in the hope that it will have the effect of
attracting public attention to a branch of busi
ness that, we verily believe, can 1- prosecuted
to as great advantage in Alabama as in any
country on the lace of the globe.— Mobile Adv.
“ Scottsville," Bibb County. —This pleasant
looking village is the location ol “ Scott's Fac
tory.” It is edtuated eight miles north-west from
Centreville on Schultz creek, and < n or near tlie
stage road to Tuscaloosa. It was called
“ Scottsville” in honor of the found- r of Scott’s
factory, Mr. David Scott, of Tuscaloosa, and
formerly of this county.
This factory we think was founded in 1831,
but for several years did but a small business,
and that in spinning yarn. Il is owned by the
Tuscaloosa Manufacturing Company', Mr.
Scott being much lhe largest shareholder. Tlie
shales are rated at SIOO, and the capital stock
taken and paid in is j?7O,yjO. Tlie < company
now run 1300 spindles, and 21 looms, making
on an average about4sllo yards ol heavy negro
shirting p-r week, consbming* (hiring the year
400 bales of cotton, aud employing tn the fac
tory, large and small, 45 hands. Tire building
is 90 leet long by 40 wide, three -lories high and
built of brick. Tire watet power isinexnausti
ble. The company have also a grist mill, saw
mill, store, shoe simp, tannery, blacksmith shop,
&C-, and a very fine house for a tavern, in whicli
a verv fine one is now kept, as we can testily, try
Mr. Strong; There are also 16 neat while
honses, one story iiigh, which ihe company
built for lire accommodation ol those engaged t'n
ihe factory w ith" families. Everything in and
about the village looked neat and coinfottable.
Everywhere system manifested itself, and it lias
been long since we have witnessed anything
which reminded us so much of those pleasant
villages which are met so often in lhe Eastern
States.
The entire establishment is tinder the charge
of Mr. Scott, and as an evidence ol his success
and skill, the lowest dividend ever declared on
the stock for a year was 15 per cent; while some
years it has reached as high as 33 per cent.
There is no better stock in the country, and as
ihe books will be opened tire eomiflg sumurer iu
order to extend lhe capital to 190,000, seine of
our capitalists will have a fine opportunity pre
sented for an investment.
The county of Bibb, in which this factory is
located, says the 11 Advertiser, 11 possesses advan
tages for carrying on a very extensive business
in a great variety of manufactures. Although
the land is poor, and Bibb truly called a poor
! county, yet she contains within her own bosoitf
the elements of wealth thin need but to be de
veloped to make her one of the wealthest and
most populous counties in the State. The
banks of her rivers and creeks abound in iron
ore of a very superior quality. Coal is also
found in vast abundance—and marble of singu
lar beauty—all ol which could be worked with
ease and profit—for she also possesses water
power equal to all the wants whicli industry and
capital might create. Tire editor of lhe Re
view te’ls us that Schultz’s creek, whicli is only
12 miles in length, affords fall enough, and plen
ty of water, to keep in operation a factory for
every mile. We know also ot other streams
in that county affording like facilities. Advan
tages so bountifully bestowed hy the God of
Nature should not be permitted to go unim
proved.
But th jse advantages are not confined to the
county of Bibb. They extend throughout lhe
whole extent ql the nrountainons region in Mid
dle and North Alabama. Our State is a highly
favoreo land—abounding in mineral wealth in
exhaustible; and possessing facilities for manu
facturing equal to any State in the Union. It
needs bnt the hand ol enterprise and the invest
ment of eapilal to develop her resources, and
make her, what she was designed by nature to
be, one of tire most prosperous and wealthy
States of tlie curifederccy. If we neglect to im
prove the advantages we enjoy, and permit other
.States to outstrip us in the enward march to
prosperity and true independence, we shall have
no one to blame but ourselves.
From the BaUimore American.
Great Britain and the Apprenticeship Sys
tem.
The Message which Mr. Tyler sent to Con
gress, towards the close of his administration,
relative to ihe employment of American and
British capital tn the slave twde, as specified
by despatches from Mr. Wise, 1 pur Minister in
Brazil, contained some allusions to lhe British
Apprenticeship system in the West In lies. Mr.
Tyler intimated that this Systbin was but anoth
er form of lhe slave trade; “for it can be a mat
ter of little difference,” lie said, “ with the Alri
u-sn whether he is lorn from his_ country and
l rans fr ,-redm,h,-V’- |[ ;J l ||i, | , f .. lr^l a
er, transpolled to the same pljUee, and made to
perform the same labor a?> an apprentice—which
is at present the practical operation ot lhe policy
adopted.” x
Ii appears by the last English papers that this
message of Mr, Tyler was noticed in the British
House of Commons in the following manner:
G House of Commons.— Liberated Slaves in
lhe Cnlonus—The Amenr,au PnsidetU's Message.
.Vlr. Aldam called theatienlion of Sir R. Peel
to a passage in ihe recent message of the Presi
dent of the United Stales, in which it was al
leged with regard to our efforts to suppress the
slave trade, that “the slaves, when captufed, in
stead ol being returned to their home, are
transferred to her colonial possessions in
tire West Indies, and made the means oi
swelling the amount ol tlieir products by a
system of apprenticeship for a term ot years;”
and begged to ask whether the President was
correctly informed ?
Sir R. Peel regr-’lied lhat the President of the
United States should have thought proper to
send.to Congress a lurmal message upoit that
important subject without ascertaining the real
condition of those liberated negroes when in the
British colonies. Tlie message stated lhat on
he capture by British ships <4 negroes intended
for slavery, the latter were sent to the West In
dies, and subjected to apprenticeship a l6rrn of
years, and treated with nearly ihe same severity
that was practised towards them while slaves.
Now, tire fact of the case was, that tlie stale of
apprenticeship was, and bad lorsome years been,
altogether abolished in lire West Indies, and no
black, whether he went there as a free emigrant
or a captured and liberated slave, was ever re
quired to be apprenticed; he was perfectly and
entirely free, and entitled to all the rights
of freedom. Tuere was another all<-giition con
tained in that message, that vessels belonging to
England as well as the United Stales were en
gaged in theslavetrade; which was entitled to lhe
most serious consideration. He was not pre
pared to deny that allegation ; but he sincerely
hoped that as the law could reach the applica
tion of British capital to the purposes of lhe
slave trade, the llmi.-c would endeavor to make
it reach such an offence with stringent penal ef
fect.”
Along wilhtliis statement we have, just now,
intelligence from the West Indies which shows
a state ol things not at al! in agreement with Sir
Robert Peel’s declarations. -Tire importation of
Africans is going on very actively in that quar
ter—whether as “freemen,” or as apprentices,
or as-Jave.s, the following paragraphs may, in
some sort, show :
“ The Guiana Times, says - From Siqrra
Leone wc have but lew immigrants, (two hun
dred and sixteen by the transjlori Arabian) and,
we believe, very liti!e~ffpw.<.
" 1 iil!lve-i in the Berbiee j
-T+rrrT!TmTTSreiW s Eri>ne with 248 African Emi
grants. This importation is altogether the pri
vat&speculation of a lew Berbice gentlemen,
who obiai.ued the Governor’s license forthe ves
sel employed by tb?m as an emigrant transport.
The Africans were consequently divided among
themselves, with a right at the same time tv
pocket, by authority 11 tbe Colonial Minister,
the public bounty money lor the emigrants.
Honduras Observer.
It the planters of Berbice can enter into “a
private speculation’’ of this kind, supply them
selves u ith negroes, and pocket “the puilic
bounty money” for all they import, how tar (tie
suqh speculationslik Jy to extend? If tire ac
count here quoted be Hue Sir Robert Peel’s stete
mentis. substantially, without foundation; he
himself, and not Mr. Tyler, has been mistaken
about these facts, tt-fs evident that not only the
WkfcsMolenqirin,- bin positiv'encouragement, is
given to ihrilmportalion of negroes by lie Brit
ish Government. .
Chs/bies wituoct Stones.—The Parisian 1
sciennfic correspondcuu-f the New Yiirk “Cou- I
rieraes Elats Unis’* ujentions a nev discovery
tit. away Io prod'-ife cUrriea wiliout stones,
kar'v in the spring, befoyeihe >ap isin full flow,
a young buaijtg Hee is divided in two, down to
the branclrimgot therrots, the pithcarefully re- I
moved wiyj/a wooden spatula, lhe parts again
united, Jit air beirfg -xcluded by an application '
ol p q/t’s clavjhc; vhole length ot the opening,
an lX i,;n, i toytl-eroy woollen eord.. The sap
soon reunilesfte severed pary, and in two years,
Hteltee winftrodace eherrief ofthe best kind,
and havit/tn their centre, instead of the usual
kernel, ty*‘ ,n soli pellicle.
A P/nkfort paper says tblre. is noir living at
Mosior’ the widow of a tb-iltr in skins, who has I
h v nXlu husband. Ail her alliances have been
pofl’t’rous anti happy. She la still in full pos
>mnol all her men>;J feeuhies. She has
/ver been attacked with any dangerous illness.
-eu," Arrm.s —ln consequence of the sue
the importation of pine apples
’I * asl .’car, tipwapl. of ien
ous.md additional acres It.ivq been set apart ,
rthetr cultivation at New Providence and
out an equal quantity at the IslaD() „ f ’ Eleu . .
' I
TOR MO I HEUI.EHS,
You’re weary, precious qnea ! your eyea
Are wandering far and wide;
Think ye of her, who knew »o well
Yom lender (houf ht« to guide ! *
Who could »o Wifcdom’a aacred lore
Your fixed attention claim !
Ah? never from your hearts erase "
That blessed mother’s name I
’Tin t me to say your evening hymn,
My youngeu infant dove!
Come, press thy tel vet cheek Io mine,
And learn thy lay of love ;
My sheltering arm* can clasp you all,
My poor doerted throng! •
Cline, as you o*ed tn elmg to her
Who sings the angel’s song. W
Begin, sweet birds! the accustom’d strain,
Come, warble loud and dear;
Alas! alas! you’re weeping all—
You’re sobbing in my ear.
Gond night! go say the prayer she latigfi* ; «
Beside ynur little bed— vt .
The lips that used to bless you there *4 < -J
Are silent with the dead !
A father’s hand your course may
Amid lhe thorns ol life:
Ills care piotect these shr*nkrn|f plants,
'I hat dread the storms of strife ;
But wno iipjn your infant hearts
Shrill like that mother write?
Who lourh the stiing< that rule the soul ?
Dear, smitten flock ! goodnight!
From the N. o I‘icaimnc, ITth inst. "’ l
Later from Mexico.
We received yesterday, by the brig GuadA
lete, advices two days later from Vera Cruz,
whence she sailed on the4th inst. The first
tilings whicli met our eye upon a glance at our
Mexican files, were the letter of Senor Cuevas
to Mr. Shannon, and the circular addressed to
the Ministers ot Spain, France and England,
ol which we have heretofore made mention, and
of whicli we noiy give translations:
To His Excellency Wdson Shannon, Envoy Ex
National Palace, Mexico, .March 28,
The undersigned, Minister of Foreign
lions, in ad tressing hnnseU, for the last time,
to his Excellency Mr. Wilson Shannon, Minis
ter Plenipotentiary from the United Stales,
desires to inlortn liim, that as both houses of
lhe United Sta es Congress have sanctioned
the law in relation to the Annexation of Texas
to lire territory <1 the United States, and as the
Minister from Mexico has withdrawn from his
mission at Washington, and protested against
the act of Congress and the Government of the
United Stales, diplomatic relations between lhe
two counities canuot be continued.
Wliat can the undersigned add to what has
already been said by his Government upon the
giav.e oflence offered; Mexico, by thg United
States usurping n poition ot Mexican teniluSV"*’
and violating the terms of treaties ofitiendship,
which the Republic of Mexico has observed on
her parkas long as her honor and the detire to
avoid a rupture with the United Stales have
permitted?—N nhing more than to lament that
twit nations, free and republican, contiguous
[vccinosj.and worthy ot a iiaiefual union,
founded upon mutual interests and a cotninon
and honorable loyally, should have cut short
their friencly relations, and by an act as of
fensive to Mexico a# it is derogatory to the
honor ot the American Union.
The undersigned renews to his Excellency,
Mr. Shannon, the piotesl already directed
against Annexation; and moreover would add,
that the Mexican, Republic will oppose the
measure with all tlie decision’due to her own
honor and sovereignty, and that the Govern
ment ardently desires that considerations ol
loyally andjusticeshould yet outweigh with the
citizens of the United States,designs for exten
ding their territory at the expense of a friendly
Republic, which in the midst of its misfortunes
[disgracias] seeks to preserve an unspotted
name, andthereby the rank to which its destines
rail it.
Tlie undersigned has lhe honor to offer to his
Excellency, Mr. Shannon, his personal respect,
and to assure him ol his very distinguished con
sideration. LUIS G. CUEVAS.
Tlie general circular is as follows:
The undersigned, Minister of Foreign Rela
tions, has the honor to transmit to his Excel
lency, the Minister ol , the following circu-
lar, being impelled to employ th.s means of
transmitting to his [your] Government, in this
note, the solemn and lormal protest of the
Mexican Republic, suggested by ar act which,
wounding to the last degree lhe rightsand honor
of Mexico, is equally destructive to the universal
principles of justice, to the reapeW due free and
intelligent nations, and the goodXfaith which
civilization has fixed as the basts okinternation
:il intercourse [internacional pofctica. His
Excellency, Senor , will underatand that
lhe undersigned lias reference to lhe
by the Congress of the United States,
tioned by tlie Executive, for the
the Department of Texas to the American
Union.
To present in all its deformity, this act of the
Congress and Government ot the United Stales,
the a laiming consequences of its conduct towards
tlie Mexican Republic, would be a useless labor,
inasmuch as this note is addressed to the repre
sentative ol a nation as illustrious as it is pow
erful, which sustaining nobly lhe rank which it
occupies in tlie world, respects lhe laws of comi
ty [tiuena amtstad] between foreign nations,
and founds its glory upon the immutable titles ot
morality and justice. The Government ol the
undersigned has no occasion to exhibit
grounds Upon which it relies lor its r»
... ■■ .. —tl. “ TWinT/THTiTas' the feeling ex-
cited among friendly nations, and even those
which have no official relations with Mexico,
and soutterly unworthy the hor.or[buen notnberj
of lire United States.
Bultlie undersigned will take occasion to ob
serve to his excHlettcy, Senor /that the
American Government having been the first to
acknowledge the independence of lhe Republic
of Mexico, showing itself a zealous partisan of
liberty, has been the only one which has endea-Jx
vored to usuip a poition ol her territory. Hofl|
would also add, that as it appears iriiWrecenjM
declarations, the designs ol the
have been as old ns the friendship, which
sought to confirm—fust, by a treaty of
and by another for the adjustment of bounMM!
lies—which has now been completely
In aiding Texas to sever herself from the Re.™
public, the United Stales were wanting in good
faith; but in aiding to incorporate Texas with
the American Confederation, and declaring that
this has been her polbv for twenty years, she
has pursued a course .. inch has no parallel in
the history of civilized nations.
Mexico, to avoid differences which tor the
most part had no foundation in justice [as against
her], has submitted to serious compromiaesjsho
has overlooked provocations and injuries, and
has preserved her loyalty with such fidelity as
to give her more right—it the right she possesses
can be increased—to speak out and protest, as
the undersigned now does, against the annexa.
lion of Texas to the United States, and against
all its consequences The Mexican Republic
will employopposition to this measure, her
, power and resources, and trusting in the jwdice
ol her cause dues not fear to give assurance,'*-,
that whatever may be the result, she will preserve
the honor which at any cost she ought lb defend
in the very grave matter under consideration.
With this view, the undersigned requests hi*
Excellency Senor ~to give this protest ItsW
proper direction, and at the same time to accept,
the assurances of bis rnoM dist ingu ished conside
ration. LUISG. CUEVAS,
Tills circular was communicated tu their Ex.
cellencics the Ministers Plenipotentiary of Eng
land, Fiance and Spain.
Apart from tne above letter and circular,
which we have deemed oi sufficient interest V.
give them entire, our file. contain little that has,
not been before known here.
The Siglo gives no credence to the rumors
ot another revolution, which have obtained
currency in Mexico as well as in this coun.
try. 'These reports it attributes to the orders
of Government despatching certain military
chieltalns to the different departments.
We have seen nothing new respecting Santa
Ana. .
It does not appear from the teoorof lheofficiali
communications what will Ire the nature of the
rc.-islam e Alirviuj uriH-wvdre to annexation
I Cuevas’ letters are in a grandiloquent
vein, but propose nothing definite. -
Washington Ihving.—Mr. Irvin* Is beloved
wherever he is known (ar his amenity of man
ners and kindness al bean, and bis reputation
might bbaliiiosiivrmed universal. He is not
only popular and admired in the gorgeous hall*
ol paiaces, bftt his writings have reached the
hearts of the common soldier in uis barracks
and the poor man in his cabin. We have heard an
anecdo’e which illustrate* the truth of the fnrlet
part of this remark. Upon hi* last visit to th*
South ol Spain, Mr Irving took Gibraharin his
way. ft is one of the regulations of that mili
tary post that no one shall be admitted wiihih
the gates alter a particular hour in rhe cvtaiag..
The vessel in which Mr. living was a passen
ger had dropped anchor in rhe barbuf after thi*
hour; but, being wholly unacquainted with,
the above mentioned rule, and anxious to leave
the narrow limits in which he had so long been,
pent up, and tread once more upon the
glad earth, be landed and asked for ada.it.
tau,ce rd the soldier upon.duty. The s»»tiite)
politely but dicidedly refused; whereupon Mr,
living handed him his card, with the request
that it might be left with the proper authorities
so that in the morning no delay might occur in,'
admitting him. The soldier' looked upon IKO
card, and then raising his hat, “Sir,” said be
“arcjwrt HusAiag/ou Inring, of Ainnica, are’'
| you the author of the 'Sketch Book’ and tho
■Tales ol the Alhambra?”' Mr Irving re
ins M .<Th.- ’>. l|rt
the sentinel, “ you may eater. I —
be pardoned {or admitting yen.’*
A Tolerable Staunch Coat Man.—Yes
lerday evening, as the deck hands of steamboat
Sultana were rollina a couple ofcasks ol wine,
on board, matkea “ Hon. Henry Clay, Ashlaad
1 \v. n t '. UC o ’ “ M , rßns!er ' apparently from the
t, after regarding the inscription >» silence
c! >sl'S were taiily on desk, cried out to.
the clerk, that it he w ould put the wine ia »
state-room, and give cash cask a good mattress,
bed and a musqutlo-bar, he would pay their
passages up lhe river, and a dollar apiece t<s
the steward.— 4 V. O. Picoi/une.
I hey are discussing, with great earnestness
certain railroad pr. jects in England, some of
which are euimaicd at .$50,000,1100. The
London papers abound in notices of projected
railroads.