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OLD SERIES, VOL. LIX.
'X. THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
IS ?If*J.ISHSO DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY, AND WEEKLY
UY J. W. Jc W. S. JONES.
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Cash System.—ln no case will an order for the
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before the receipt offunds to renew the subscrip
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FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 25.
Oua Table.—“Alnwick Castle, with, other
Poems,” by Fitz Greene Halleck, a beautiful
volume, with an engraving; “The Ancient
Regime,” by James; fljid “Thelmprovisatore,"
or Life in Italy, translated from the Danish, by
Mary Howitt; all from the press of the Har
•pers; have been laid on our table Mr. C. E.
Grenville.
We are also indebted to Mr. Holmes, ot the
Literary De;x>t, for No. 23 of Harpers’ llluini
nSletl Bible, .No, IO of “'f'he Wandering Jew,’*-
and “The Improvisatore.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer relates an in
stance of generosity rately parcelled. A Pitts
burgh merchant, who had purchased goods in
Philadelphia, heard on his way home that Ms.
property had been wholly destroyed by the ft 14,
and that he was ruined. He returned to Phila
delphia, called upon the merchant from whom
he had bought his goods, which he begged him
to take back, as he was no longer able to pay for
them. The other was evidently touched; but
with scarce a moment’s hesitation, he stepped
to his writing-desk, and as promptly as it could
be done, handed to his honest-hearted customer
of Pittsburg a bill and receipt for the whole
amount—more than $1,001). Such a man de
serves to prosper.
Common Schools in Mississippi.—We are
happy to learn, says the Vicksburg Whig, that
Gov. Brown, of this State, has opened a cor
respondence with the Governors of several ot
the older States, where the system has been long
established, for the purposeof eliciting whatever
is of importance to a successful trial in our own
State. Gov. Brown has pressed this subject
upoh the tSgisl.ilnre and is now advocatTng "it"
Ibefore the people, and by thus doing all in his
ipow er to bring this subject into notice and inform
the<?itizens of the practical operations of other
States, i« entitled to the thanks of the public,
and, thia we have no hesitation in saying in be
lt of a political opponent.
XA body of fine chalk has been discovered on
?the Osage River, in Morgan county Missouri.
r Charles Jared Ingersoll.—Some of the
Pennsylvania Locofoeos are suggesting the
name%f this gentleman as the Speaker of the
next House of Representatives. So poor a
■ member could never make a tolerable Speaker.
The reason for pressing his claims tor this
office, is, that he was the defeated candidate for
the United States Senate. A strong claim truly;
The Odd Fellows ot Philadelphia have pur
chased the site formerly occupied by Pennsyl
vania Hall for the purpose of erecting an
edifice for the accommodation of,the various
-Lodges in that city.
Gn>..vr w.....
from the London (C. IV.) Times of April 14th,
-states tAa: a fire broke out ihe day previous
((Sunday) when most ot the inhabitants were at
ichurcb, which destroyed the Robinson Hall
Hotel, together with, a number of shops. Four
blocks were laid waste, and part of three others
before the fire was stopped. No lives were
lo«t;bu<a space of nearly 30 acres, the princi
part of which was closely built on, is swept
bare.
The California Story.—iu.counection with
this subject (says the Commercial Advertiser)
the Great Western brought us a distinct and un
qualified denial of ZAe Santa Ana story in all its
particulars. We give it verbatim from a Lon
don paper of March 8:
“Mr. John Stuart Wortley asked if there
was any foundation lor thi“ paragraph, which
the read from the Times of Thursday:
“ The Presse states that ‘the fall of Santa
Ana has exposed one ot the vastest projects
-which the undermining ambition' of Great
ißritain ever conceived. It appears, from the
correspondence of the Ex-President of Mexico'
iwith the British Minister, that the former, lor a
■sum of 25,000,000 piasters, of which he bad re
■served tor himself a considerable portion, was
•on the eve of ceding absolutely to Great Britain
tfhe magnificent province ot California, consid
ered so valuable both by Great Britain and ihe
Caited States, that the latter, in the year 1837,
ofcred 5,000,000 dollars I'tiruhe harbor of San
Francisco ajuoe. It is not necessary to dwell
upon Ihe extraordinary coincidence which exists
between the means employed by the British Go
vernment with Santa Ana for the possession of
California and those formerly used with Espar,
tero for the possession of the islands of Anna
bon and Princes, off the coast of Atriea,"
Sir Robert Peel believed the statement to be
utterly without foundation. “Sir, I see a great
many reports spread abroad with reference to
‘the undermining ambition of Great Britain;’
but I rather think they are oftener circulated as a
'palliation of the ambition of others than of the
.British Government. (Loud cheers.] ;I can also
answer lor the late Government upon this point,
as I find no trace whatever qf -sued a corres
pondence, I repeat it. He report is utterly desti
tute of any foundation."
Lord Palmerston. “On the pait of the late
Government < take the liberty of assuring the
teSaorable gentleman that they, neither in 1837
■nor in any other year, offered 5,000,060 dollars,
•or any other sum, for any Mexican port.”
Net less than 1400 vessels are expected in the
iport of Quebec alone during the current year.
The •<-tnnmei.ee ot Upper and Lower Canada,
and the operation of .the Welland <Capal,
promises to increase to a vast
The letter writers from Washingtop insist
that C. J. IngersoN will be appointed minister
to France, if Mr, King can be got clear of.
The Louisville Journal says that Mr. Wick
liffe, late Post Master General, passed through
that city on the 15th inst on his way to Texas.
He protests that he goes on his own hook, and
tact on the Government's.*
The N. York Tribune says—“ The Commit
tee of Bostonians who went South for the pur
iPoseAif examining the affairs of the Philadel
phia Rail Road, with the intention, if the re
■Mik should be favorable, of buying a majority of
the stock and putting a Boston man at the head
of the concccu, have returned. Their decision
is not known, but it is believed to be rather un
favorable, and that nothing will be done at pre
sent.”
WlicONMA—The Milwaukie Sentinel says
that wherever the Whigs made nominations
and were in the field as a party, they have been
almost without exception successlul.
The Great Match.—A letter from a visitor
to Mr. Laird’s stable, informs us that Fashion,
and the other horses in his string, are going fine
ly. We have also heard an equally favorable
"report from Mr. Kirkman’s stable, at Peters
burgh. Meanwhile the betting daily grows
more brisk—looo to 700 is freely offered, but
with few lakers; hundreds are “snatching and
eager ’to take 1000 to 600. More money has
already been laid out on lime. than we can recol
lect. We have half-a-dozen commissions to
lake 100to30that 7:35is made, “tain orshine.”
Any amount could be laid out on time, after
thiswise: A to pay B SIOO on every second
above 738, and B to pay A the same tor every
second under that time—taking the time of the
best heat, and stipulating for a good day and
course. ~ Spirit of the Times.
55* The following, which we copy from the
Kennebec Journal, published at Augusta, (Me.)
is so good a bit at the aggrandizing spirit at
present so rife iu some quarters, that we must
give it a place :
Defence of the Northern Frontier.—
Now that the British, by means of locks and
canals, can pa-s their vessels of war up the St.
Lawrence and Niagara into the upper lakes,
thequestion arises how is our Northern frontier
to be defended in case of war with England.
This subject is attracting the attention of writers
on military science, some proposing fortresses
at various points, and some a ship canal from
the Mississippi to Lake Michigan. Ouropinion
is that we had better keep the peace with
England, and all other powers, if we can, but
if we cannot we must take possession of the
St. Lawrence canals, and cut off the inletof the
British navy to the lakes. Meantime it is all
nonsense to be building forts, or naval vessels
for the lakes. Better mind our own business,
but it we onceget into a war with England we
must have the Canadas, and an adminisiration
which will turn the tide ot war in that direction,
and not to the southwest. Let the south bring
into requisition the forces always so ready for
aggression upon Mexico. The strength of the
North will be wanted in the North. Canada
will make three or four free States, New Bruns
wick and Nova Scotia two more, and we will
leave Newfoundland to offset Cuba, when that
island is re-fnnexed to. the United States. If
the acquisition of ihe latter isnecessary to protect
and preserveibe-jlpeculiar institutions” of the
South, the acquisition of the island of New
foundland is equally important to give ns ibe
control of the codfishery. Besides it is far mote
honorable to beard the British lion at once than
to be aggressing upon more feeble neighbors,
who have not strength to meet us in the field.
Very Improper.—The editor’s table of the
“Knickerbocker, has thelollowinghumorous ac
count ot some naughty proceedings:
A young gentleman, a member of our college,
was expelled for the ernneof drawing young la
dies up to his room at night and letting them
down in the morning, by means of a rope and
basket arranged from his window. Os course,
a great deal of gossiping conversation was the
consequence. 'The following colloquy occurred
between two young ladies: “Jane, do you real
ly believe that the students draw girls up to
their rooms?” “ Certainly, rnydear; more'than
'hat, 1 know they do.” “How?” “Well, 1
was going by the college one morning; it was
just before light; ’twas very early in the morn
ing, and I heard a noise in the direction of one
ot the college buildings. I looked that way,
and as plain as I see you now, I saw a girl in a
basket about hall way from a three story win
dow to the ground; and just then the rope broke,
and down I came!" Oh! Jane!
Official.
U. States Ship Congress, [
Norfolk, March 22, 1845. J
Sir: Since my arrival in the United States,
I have been informed that the libellous state
’TTD’ffSaJhe Governuientpaper of Buenos Ayres,
relative to the death of'Tie late Commander
Newman, of the Bainbridge, as cause(tby_ my
sell, has been republished by a number'TJp
journals in this country—and in order that the
Department and the public may not be deceived
in this matter, I have to state that the said libel
lous statement is unequivocally untrue in all
its bearings. That the most friendly relations
and the most uninterrupted harmony always
subsisted between Commander Newman and
myself. He came to me in great agony of feel
ing in consequence of having been fired into,
unprovokedly, by one ol the cruisers belonging
to the squadron of Buenos Ayres, and I endea
vored to soothe him to the uttermost. On the
morning preceding the evening of his death, I
also wrote him a soothing note, which I pre
sume may now be in possession <4 his widow.
The death ot the late Commander Newman
wascenainlv brought about by his having been
fired into by a cruiser of Buenos Ayres; and it
is my.humble opinion that he would now be on
the laud with the living but for that outrage.
I have the honor to request, sir, that the fore
going may be made public through the Depart
ment, in order that this libellous scandal upon
the Service may be as widely contradicted as
may be deemed proper and necessary.
Very respectfully, sir,
Your obedient servant,
P F. VOORHEES
Ho n Seffi'e t ary -ot-the'-Navy,
Washington.
Sloops of war.—The Portsmouth and
Jamestown sloops of war, have been trying
their speed tor twelve successive days on the
ocean. Il appears by letters from their officers,
that their capacities are such, that during each
twenty-tour hours their relative positions
scarcely changed. A portion ot the time, with
a. fair wind and qsliff breeze, they .ran twelve
and alihW knots within the hour. They did
not spare tbe canvass during the whole of this
period of time, and it is doubtful whether either
of these superb ships have any advantages over
the other.
The Arts Union Distribution.—With a 1
view to the encouragement of the line arts in
New Orleans, and to induce artists to send their
best works here— twenty-three oil paintings
have been selected from the gallery, 13 St.
Charles street, to be purchased in shares of
$5,00 each and distributed upon the principlesol
the Arts Union Society in New York.
The pic ores are valued at SISOO, making
300 shares, and will be distributed by lottery,
so soon as tne amount is subscribed.— N. O.
Tropic.
Pittsburgh.—Friday last was observed in
Pittsburgh, agreeably to a recommendation of
the Councils of that city, as a day of fasting,
humiliation and prayer. Divine service was
held in aJJ tl?e churches.
Contracts have already been made for ninety
new buildings in Pittsburgh.
We see it stated in the Pittsburgh Chronicle
that the Mayor of the city received from the
Hon. James Buchanan, Secretary of State, on
Friday, a letter enclosing a check lor SSOO in aid
of Ihe sufferers.
The Old Board of Brokers in New York voted
on Saturday morning SSOO lor the reliefof their
fellqw-citizens at Pittsburgh.
Jacob Little, Esq., of that city also gave
*SOO.
The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette says that
the collections lor the’Pittsburgh sufferers are
now going bn in that city, and the districts ad
jacent to ii,Avith great spirit and lib.erality.
The same paper stales that the Governor of
Pennsylvania has forwarded S3O 000 of the
Stale’s donation to the Pittsburgh sufferers.—
The rest will soon be despatched.
A lady of York, Pa., has remitted SSOO to
Pittsburgh for the relief ol Us unfortunate citi
zens.
The Town Council ot Steubenville, Ohio, on
hearing of the calamity, ordered the Mayor of
that city to transmit the sum ofssoo, which he
did immediately.— Bail, finer.
-86j403 JO hqs been subscribed jn Baltimore
by private Mayor has al
ready transmitted a checK lor >5,v00, to be fol
lowed soon by anothqr. Indeed, donations seem
to be pouring in from every quarter in a spirit of
liberality and sympathy, which will go far to
relieve tJjje wants of Ihe sufferers.
O'The St. Louis IZ.cnublican of the
instant says:
The Steamer West Wind arrived here yes
terday from Cincinnati, with three hundred and
sixty-eight passengers on board, with their
moveables and plunder. There is an t immense
number of emigrants arriving from the eastern
and middle States, tou;jd to seek new homes on
iherich and uncultivated soils oj issonri and
lowa.
Some fears are entertained for the safety of
the C. Vanderbilt which left here on
Monday afternoon last, with the U. S. Mail,
and had not arrived a.t Smithville on Tuesday
afternoon, when the steainer Wjlniington came
out ofCape Fear river. The Wilmington left
here shortly after her arrival, yesterday morning,
and proceeded as far as Georgetown, but saw
nothing of the C. Vandeibilt, and returning in
the afternoon, proceeded with her regular mail
tor Wilmington.
We understand that the C. Vanderbilt was
passed about 12 o'clock on Monday night, to
the northward olGeorgetown Lighi, going on
very well, wind light at N. E ; and tbe expecta
tion ol many is, that having experienced some
derangement in her machinery, she may have
been compelled to come to an anchor in Long
Bay, between Georgetown and Cape Fear
Lights; or have been so much delayed in her
progress as to cause her non arrival at Wil
mington on Tuesday. We trust that the
steamer due this morning will remove all
anxiety in regard to bgr sately.—Charleston
Courier.
Wreck or the ship Oakland.—The ship
Oakland, Captain Berry, from New-Orleans for
Liverpool, with a cargo of 2103 balescotton, in
a heavy gale, go: ashore about II miles to the
southward of Holyhead, on the morning of the
22d March, and became a complete wreck.
Two of her crew perished. The Boston Post
says that a letter received in that city states that
about 800 bales ol cotton had been saved from
her. The Oakland was a fine vessel, of about
550 tons register, and was owned in Boston.
She is insured in that city, as follows: —On the
vessel 330.000, on the cargo, $55,000, and on the
freight s7,soo—total $92,500.
Decision op the Postmaster General—
The New Post Office Law, <f-c. —ln relation to
existing contracts, the Postmaster General has
decided to let them stand until they expire by
their own terms, when the law was to go into
lull effect; that all contracts must be made and
renewed under the new law, and that all contracts
must be made for transporting the mail accord
ing to thelate circular and advertisements of the
Post Office.
This decision, from the fact that the contracts
will aU be made in relerence to the simple trans
portation and safe delivery of the mails alone,
according to the schedule lime stipulated, with
out regard to the mode ot transportation, wheth
er in post coaches, two horse coaches, or in any
other manner, will save hundreds of thousands
of dollars annually to each of the great territo
rial departments into which the Union is divi
ded,. in the administration of the Post Office
laws.
The Postinasler-General has abolished al] the
travelling Post Oflice agencies, amounting to
fen, and also the five deputy agencies. This
alone will save upwards of twenty-five thousand
dollars (325,000) annually. If emergencies
arise, requiring the services of such agents, they
can be temporarily appointed for the occasion—
and being so appointed confidentially, can act
with much more efficacy in detecting and cor
recting abuses.
In all things it will be found that Mr. Jehnson
will faithfully administer his Department for
the country, and without any possible relerence
to jobbing or party purposes.— Times.
Vermont.—Vermont is a great agricultural
State. Her sons are a hardy, industrious, en
ergetic race, are not afraid ot labor, or averse to
enterprise, and among them are found some of
the best farmers in New England. We find by
referring to a table prepared in 1841, under the
direction of the Secretary of State, that the an
nual amount of agricultural productions in
Massachusetts averaged at Ihe rate of about
S3B for each of the inhabitants, being less than
in any other State in the Union. While the
agricultural productions of Vermont averaged
3148 per head, being greater than in any other
State in the Union. The amount ot the agri
cultural productions of Massachusetts, with a
population ot 737,689, was $28,809,400, while
those of Vermont, with a population of only
291,948, was equal to $43,227,000. There is
toog'?ata disparity here, to be accounted for
by the difference in population, for, on looking
further, we find that the whole number of per
sons engaged in agricultural occupations in
Massachusetts, is 87,837, while the whole num
ber in Vermont isonly 73,150 ! All hail to the
Green Mountain Boys.
Chicago.—A new Directory got up in Chica
go, shows that that city in December, 1844,
contained 10,170 inhabitants, 3,212 of which
were of foreign birth; 871 new buildings were
erected during the year. Total value of ex
ports, $783,504 23, of which wheat and wool
furnished the largest portion, 891,895 bushels of
wheat, and 96,635 lbs. of wool being shipped to
make up the amount.
Detroit, —From January 1844 to April
1845, 341 buildings were erected in Detroit of
which 29 were of brick, and 280 occupied as
dwellings. An equal increase is expected this
year.
~~Naval.—TheAmerican frigate Raritan and
brigot war Portsmouth were at Rio on the 4th
ol March—the latter to sail for Valparaiso on
the sth.
The U. S. ship Macedonia, Commander Ab
bott, sailed from St. Thomas on the 31st of
March for Santa Cruz—officers and crew all
well.
The report of the loss ot a U. S. schr. on the
coast ot San Blas, which reached us a few days
ago byway of Kingston, Jamaica, it is now cer
tain was without any foundation whatever.
There are but two U. 8. schooners in service at
the present time—the Flirt and Shark. The
former arrived at Norfolk last week, and the lat
ter is in the Pacific.— Balt. Amer.
A Wife’s Diary.—The philosopher Punch,
publishes a very interesting letter .from some
poor husband who is very clearly in a particu
larly bad box. We wish him an early and safe
deliverance:
“ Know, Punch, lam a married man. Yes
terday I found a little note-book in the passage.
It turned out, on inspection, to be my wife’s; and
to contain—what think you?—a journal; which
that woman has been keeping, I dare say, ever
ensuing is
therefore, I WTtf insert it.-
a lady, indeed, I imagine you hardly would; be
sides, I should wish no lady to take a leaf out of
tny wife’s book. Here, however, sir, is ope, at
your service:
Sunday.— Charles out late last night; notup
this morning till twelve; breaklast not over till
one. Vlished particularly to go to church; my
new lilac bonnet with pink trimmings came
home yesterday. Couldn’t go ot course. The
Walkers and Hutchinses there, and all. Very
angry with Charles; wouldn't talk to him al din
ner; went up afterwards into the dressing-room,
and there sat by myself. When I came down
again, found him smoking and reading the pa
per. That Edwards called this evening. Knew
Charles would ask him to stay to supper.
Slipped out directly alter tea; locked Ihe larder,
took the key of the cellar, and went to bed; hope
thev were comfortable.
Monday.— Charles very cross this morning
about last night; but coaxed him over, and made
him promise me that dear shawl. Paid for
week's house-keep. Mem.— to get those open-work
stockings. Charles out at half past ten. Mrs.
Saunders called, fjow well she’manages Saun
ders! Mem.-- not to forget her hint abo»t the
save in sugar. Charles home again, for a won
der, at four; said he had been for a walk with
Bradshaw. Steaks lor dinner. Charles never
asked me what cut I would like; contradicted me
about the horse-radish, when 1 knew 1 was right;
and would eat spring onions with his cream
cheese when I told him not.
Tuesday.— Charles up in his little room,
writing all day. Went out shopping with Susan
and the baby. Ordered the brown sugar instead
ot lump, and put by difference for sundries. Got
the dear ctfowl. M«‘ llle Wellses, and heard
Mr. Charles wasseep ygsferday at the Pantheon;
what did he want there I should like so know?
(Mem.— to find out.) Alter dinner (shoulder of
mutton.) Charles reauin;. Baby«ried. Charles
wanted it sent up stairs; how very uhreason
ab]e!—the pops dear was teething—wouldn’t
hear ot such a thing, Cfiaflgg went out in a tiff,
and never came home till two in the w>rniug.
Said he had been kept up late talking over busi
ness. Business indeed! His eyes were so red.
and he smelt so dreads ully ot segars! The cold
•holders of mutton for you, sir, to-morrow!
Wednesday.—rh/ly Iqrd wanted soda-water this
morning, in bis tant’rem's at breakfast, because
there were no bloaters. Went out directly alter.
Asked him il he was going to the Pantheon?—
look no notice:—oh, t am afraid he is verv
sly! Ordered the coldshoulder and no rice puci
‘ ding to-day ; bought the stockings. Home came
Charles to dinner wW? a”riend ; so vexed about
the bill ol fare; served him riffhtl
Thursday.— Charles away again early, told
me not to wait for him. Nice lamb chops oil
• alpne, at two Charles back at half-past
t wejve; saw g play bill hanging out of his pock
et: and taxed him ; wfien he admitted he had
been to Drury Lane. \yhy qoyid'nt h? have
taken me?
Friday— He wanted halt a dozen pocket
handkerchiefs, and gave me the money tor them.
Got him four—quite enough for him. Bought
a nice cardinal. Saw such a love of a work-box,
in a shop in Regent street —five guineas! oh,
how tny fingers itched for it. Charles this
afternoon ip a good humor; gave him a broad
him about the work ooy., 1 shall get it.
Saturday.— Charles scolding this morning
about his wristbands, which had no buttons.—
Sewed them on myself, and pacified him. Asked
him if he would dine out to-day; said No: how
provoking, WI wanted to spend the day at Mrs.
Hopkinis.WfJad a few words about the mut
ton, whethw it should be boiled or rpost; but
thought it best to give way. Surprised him at
dinner with College dumplings— my own making.
Mixed him a nice glass ot brandy and water
afterwards. Got the work box.
There, Punch. I am already your debtor
tor many a good joke; increase the obligation
by qne more, that of letting nw show my wile
tbe above in print. I am, Ac., Benbdictcs.
The Wheat Insect.—A corresp“"ent of
ike New York Mirror gives the following ao
count of an occurrence which came under his
K:e, and which may serve to throw
t upon the nature and character of
te of farmers, the wheat insect. He
t spring of J 844, 1 placed a bag con
til a bushel of while hint wheat jn a
er, under glass, and hear the furnace
en house. On the6ihot March, 1845,
the bag, and to my surprise found
s of living insects, such as are now
to you—some were on the point of
leaving the kernel, others were just commenc
ing toleat through, and many were perfectly
formeij and running about in all directions.
Six ago 1 was in the habit of soaking my
early irains in salt brine tor the purpose of de
stroying the egg of the insect, which I assured
my neighbors, much to their atgusement and
unbeflief, was ensconced in the kernel. Now,
by aqcident, the fact is made manifest, The
insect would not have appeared until June, per
haps* had the wheat been sown The warm
situatiba it occupied ih the green house brought
it thus bprly to maturity.”
AUGUSTA, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY ], 1845.
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 26.
Clerk of Council.—W. M. Olin, Esq., was
yesterday elected Clerk of Council, vice D.
D. Macmurphy, resigned.
Agricultural. —The editors of the New
York Tribune announce the prospectus of a new
and valuable Agricultural publication under the
title of “The Farmer’s Library and Monthly
Journal of Agriculture,” the editorial manage
ment of which is confided to John S. Skinner,
Esq., late Assistant P. M. General. No man is
more generally or advantageously known to ag
riculturists throughout the Union than Mr.
Skinner, and in his hands the work cannot fail
to be highly useful.
“ What’s in the Wind?”—A deputation of
four editors and suite, from New Orleans, says
the Mobile Advertiser ot Monday last, passed
through this city yesterday, on their way to the
new State of Florida. Among the party we
make honorable mention ot Col. Lumsden ot
the “Picayune,” Col. Bradbury of the “Cres
cent,” Dr. Saunders of the “Bee” andA.S.
Merrifield of the “ Tropic.” What deep scheme
is under agitation, is yet in the womb of futurity
—doubtless the mystery will come to the period
of its parturition in due season.
Steamer Great Britain.—We lyarn from
passengers by tbe steamer, says the N. Y.
Express, that the Great Britain lay at tbe
Docks in London, a mere idle show, opened for
public exhibition at half a crown a head!—
There were strange misgivings about the ship
in England; it was the opinion of some gentle
men, that she would not cross tbe Atlantic. One
of the passengers who visited her, says there
was nothing in preparation or in arrangement
when the Great Western left, that he could see
or learn, which indicated any such purpose as
that of sending this leviathan to New York.
Fire at Perryville.—We regret to learn,
(says the Selma Free Press,] that the little vil
lage of Perryville in the county of Perry, was
entirely consumed, with the exception of one
house, during last week. It was visited with
fire two consecutive nights. There were two
stores in the place—one belonging to the
Messrs. Ford, the other to Mr. Melton. The
first named gentleman sustained considerable
loss—the goods of the latter were nearly all
saved.
A Rich Freight Train.—A St. Peters
burgpaper, under date of March 11, mentions
the arrival of a train of fifteen wagons from the
mines of Koly wan, in West Silesia,laden with
300 poods of gold, which was immediately
conveyed to the mint. A pool is about 36 En
glish lbs.
Presence of Mind.—The wife of the Sheriff
of Pittsburg, by her promptness, presence of
mind and energy saved the jail, and it is thought,
the Court House, from being destroyed during
the recent conflagration. The Gazette says—
Sheriff Trovillo was absent, conveying a pri
soner to the House of Refuge in Philadelphia,
the Deputy was also absent on business, and
when the fire got up into that neighborhood,
Mrs. Trovillo had the whole burden on her own
shoulders. At the very height of the dahger she
called all the prisoners who were not in the cells
to the grate, and by name let all the vagrants out.
That done, she set them to work to carry water
up to the top, and this only saved it, as the roof
was on fire several times. The prisoners worked
like good fellows. It is thus by the promptness
of a lady, that, in all probability, near $300,000
besides human life, were saved.
xulYtlj klichhprn' U "and""(jfuoj'
better nor more promising than they do at the
present time.
The Texas Question in England.—Th?
New York Courier and Enquirer says: “We
learn from good authority that on the re-as
semblage of Parliament, the subject of Texan
annexation would be immediately brought
up in the House of Commons, and that the
Ministry would be directly quslioned as to
the course they intended to pursue in regard to it.
The Caledonia, whose news is now hourly
expected, will undoubtedly bring the result; and
we think we have good ground for saying, that
Sir Robert Peel will declare that the Govern
ment does not intend, in any way, to interfere
to prevent or retard the annexation of Texas to
the United States.”
Famous Condescension.—The Queen, so
says the London Times, held the younger prince
for the space of five minutes, i.n hefqwn arms,
and then transmitted the babe to Prince Al
bert, who, with princely condescension, rapidly
passed the royal infant to the nurse. Such an
example is enough to soften 11 nation's heart.
From Mexico.—The following is the post
script of a letier from Vera Cruz, under date
29th March, published in the N. O. Jeffersonian
Republican of the 18th inst: —
“ in Congress to-day a tiroposition has passed
to a setfoflij/■ea<|iflg ( by alarge majority, making
it high treason in any pfersoTi who sl)oujd jpake
a proposal for the recognition of the indepen
dence of Texas or the cession of that country to
the United States.” I believe a large majority
of Congress will not agree to declare war
against the United Slates, btjt will send a large
forcelo Texas with the object of conquering
it, by ihis means forcing the United States to
declare war, if she wishes to protect Texas.
Spring in England.—Passengers by the
Gfreat state lhat llle s n as&n was unusu
ally cold when they left apt} every
thing very backward. It was excessively dry
there, as here, and what was most singular, no
rain had fallen in London of any consequence,
tor about six weeks prior to the departure Cl
the Great Western. Early in March there was
a drjviqg snoqr-stqrm tn London, such as they
had not witnessed there for many years,
On Dits.—Letters from Washington say that
the attempt to remove the Collector and Naval
Officer ot New York, have so far proved abor
tive, and they ape now Regarded as certain to
bold on.
The applicants tor the Consulates at Havre
and at Havana, have been informed that neither
Mr. Beasly, who holds the office at the former,
nor Mr. Campbell, who fills the latter, are to be
removed. Gorham Parks, of Maine, will pro
bably be appointed qs Consul to Rio, in the
place of Mr. Gordon.
TbeN. Y. Express says: “We learn from
private sources that the appointment of Maj.
Davezac as charge to the Hague, and Mr. Stiles
ot Georgia, for the same office to Vienna, were
made without cabinet consultation. The first
knowledge that the Secretary ot State had of
the subject was the appearance of these gentle
men to thank him for the influence which he
had exerted in their pehalf.”
It is also staled that “ important despatchesof
an exciting and important bearing have been
received at the Department of State, from both
our Ministers at Brazil and Mexico, on which
Cabinet Councils have been held, and if Mr.
Buchanan’s countenance is an index, it is fear
ed that some trouble is brewing.”
The Madisonian hints at these matters and
states, that we have a strong Naval force alrea
dy in the Gulf.
Steamer Swallow. —A letter to the Journal
ot Commerce under date of 19th, states that
“ we have succeeded in putting our chains under
the steamboat Swallow, and placing our tim
bers, and hope to commence raising her in a few
days."
Coal Trade.—The whole amount of coal
over the Pottsville and Reading railroad till the
7th inst., was 116,17706 tons. By
94913; total 139,127 06 tons. There have been
shipped from the Lehigh region 9,269 tons since
the opening of navigation.
ry The city of Philadelphia was disgraced
on Sunday by a fireman’s fight, j ust a3 the con
gregations were leaving their places of worship.
Several persons were injured severely.
n-The exports from Newark from the Ist
to the 17th inst., inclusive, was $1,629,700 26 in
merchandize, and $127,937 in specie.
The Union Bank of New York has declared
a dividend of four per cent, for the last half year.
O’ The Commercial and Farmers’ Bank of
Baltimore has declared a half yearly dividend
of three per cent.
O'The loss sustained by the late fire in
London, Canada West, isestimated at £50,000.
Hr 1 he U.S. steamer Princeton, Commo
dore Stockton, having received her supply of
coal at Philadelphia, left that city on Monday
forNorfoJk.
We see it stated in the Wa hington Constitu
tion that Amos Kendall has returned to that city
from New York, having failed to make a con
tract for extending the Electro Magnetic Tele
graph from Baltimore to New York.
A New York correspondent of the Philadel
phia Morning Post, in a letter written on Mon
day, says: S; t
Some of the heavy operator, bave been trying
to buy out the whole right,-.aud make the line
from Bostotrib Neiv YorS. New Or
leans, a vast monopoly. This Kendall &. Smith
resisted, and tbe negotiations have been aban
doned. If. anything of this sort should be done,
Prof. Morse, according to agreement, looses his
contract with the government, it he does not for
feit his patent.
The Pirate Webster.—The man who had
been arrested as Webster, the accomplice of
Babe, turns out to be a person named Veil, a
sailor. He states he will make a most trium
phant defence, and has been identified by the
captain of a vessel, by whom he was engaged
some six weeks previous to the piracy and mur
der of which Babe has been convicted. He
still remains in custody. The trial will take
place next week.
A Novel Banking Operation.—We learn,
says the New York Journal of Commerce, that
the Phoenix Bank of Hartford, was a few days
since releived of $15,000, by an individual who
left as collateral a package which he represented
to contain a large amount of New York broken
bank bills, and to have been sealed by the State
Comptroller. He said he would open the pack
age, were it not that by so doing the bills would
cease drawing interest. He however made a •
small opening at one end, sufficient to show that
bank bills were within. The bankofficers hav- 1
ing some knowledge of the man, were induced J
to believe his story, and give him bills of their
own to circulate in Ohio. The long and short
of the matter is, that some circumstances hav
ing soon after thrown suspicion upon the trans- ;
action, the package was opened and found to <
contain little else than waste paper, the few bills
included in it being of small denomination.
Among the various means of attaining sud
den wealth in this country, tbe discovery of a
popular ‘‘palenl’’ medicine has often proved sin
gularly successful. A letter from New York,
published in the Charleston Courier, cites va
rious examples in point :
“ Brandreth, with his pills, has risen from a
poor man to be a man of extensive fortune. He
has now at Sing Sing a three-story factory for
grinding his medicines. Aloes are carted into
it by the ton, and whole cargoes ot the pills are
despatched to every part ofthe Union, and down
every body’s throat. He has expended thirty,
five thousand dollars in A single year for adver
tising. Comstock began with nothing, but, by
crowding his patent nredieines, has been able tu
purchase one ot the firsf houses in Union Place,
and gives magnificent spirees, suppers, &c.
"handsome toriatre' tu cfejnij 0-
man, taking the lozenge line, has emerged from
his little shop in Nassau-street into a buyer of
lots and houses by the wholesale. ] need not
mention Swain, ot Philadelphia, who by pour
ing hjs panacea ipto people's stomachs, can af
ford so buy a single pearl head-band for his
daughter worth $20,000, to prove that we are a
pill-eating and bitter-drinking people. Your
literary man will starvein his garret, while your
pill-maker will emerge from his garret into a
palace.”
To the Editor of the Boston Courier;
The Sugar Trade.—Having received later
information in relation to tbe sugar markets in
Europe, by the Great Western, your correspon
dent W. asks of you the favor of another com
ment on that subject, at present so interesting to
the importer, the refiner, the speculator, and the
consumer.
By these accounts it appears the crop ot the
British colonies for 1845 exceeds that for 1844 by
twenty-four millions of pounds, and that the
stocks in Europe greatly exceed those of the cor
responding period of last year. Without, there
fore, claiming anything for the probable increase
in Porto Rico, the Danish West Indies, and the
Dutch West Infiles, it xyouid appear tfiat the
largest deficiency claimed for Cqba is fully can
celled, and we see no reason to change the views
expressed in our former communication, that
the supply ot sugar will be fully adequate to the
demand, and that the speculative prices now
prevailing cannot be maintained. W;
Elwortb, the pedestrian, is to attempt a
gain his feat of walking 1000 miles in 1000 suc
cessive hours—one mile in each hour. The
amount of the bet is 3500 lhat he does not per
form it. He commences next Thursday, on the
Eclipse Course, the use of which he has obtain
ed from the Secretary of the Louisiana Asso
ciation: As it will require nearly six weeks for
the completion ot the business,' we pave Some
fears lestElworth subsides into a “ grease spot,”
should the heat of the weather go on increasing
in intensity as it has done during the past ten
days.— N. Q. fiic.
. Steamer C. Vanderbilt. —This steamer, for
whose safely considerable anxiety was felt, ar
rived at Wilmington, from this port, about 10
o’clock on Tuesday evening last, having broke
one of her shafts, a few miles to the eastward of
Gteorgetqwn, and bad to perforin the balance of
ihe trip with the use of one wheel only.— Char.
I Cour,
Missing Packets. —We learn from Capt.
Spavin, of the ship Norman, ot Boston, ar
ri -ed at this port yesterday from Mobile, that
on his outward passage f;om ?few-Qrleans to
Liverpool, he experienced the hurricane in
which the packets United Statesand England
are supposed to have been lost, on the 12th,
13th and 14th of December; that he never ex
perienced any thing like il before and that his
vessel received a great deal of damage. On
the 18th or 20th, in lat. 5p,J long. 35, passed
several pieces of wreck—a long skylight, booby
hatches, pieces of boards painted white,—such
articles as would have belonged to a packet
shin,—and he has no doubt bitt they belonged
to one ot the missing packets.—N. Y. Courier
if- Enquirer.
The City Council ot Albany have pass
ed an ordinance agreeing “that the city ot Al
bany will issue its bonds to tfie extent of sf,-
000,600, to any responsible company of New
Yorkers, towards building a Road to Albany
from New York, on the same terms and condi
tions on which they issued their binds towards
the construction ol the Albany and West Stock
bridge Railroad, connected with the Western
Railroad to Boston.”
The Sea Serfent.—The North American
acknowledges the receipt of a letter from Cape
Island, dated April 13th, written by a gentleman
of caution and veracity, which describes a ma
rine monster of extraordinary character. The
letter states that the movements of this naviga
tor are watched by a considerablenumberof per
sons. The writer says: “ What it is, Ido not
pretend to say; but that it is not a whale, I am
quite certain. It appears to be about 60 or 70
feet long, and not more than 8 feet in diameter,
iu its largest part, which is about one-third of
the way from the head. Yesterday il lay appa
rently lifeless on the surface of the water for
fifteen minutes at a time, when it would sink,
and then rise and blow, in a manner different
from that of the whale. The inonster would
rear its head at least six feet. The head is
about as large ax a hogshead, and appears to be
flat on the top. One who passed near the ani
mal, and who is to be relied on, has described it
as having a sort ot beak like a loggerhead turtle.
It is entirely blaek, and is covered with a black
muscle or barnacle. Its favorite haunt seems
to be from Cold Spring Inlet, ar mnd the bav,
perhaps two or three miles above the steamboat
landing; and t is usuallyso nearthe shore as
to be seen widiout a spy glass. It was first
seen on the l?.hot March, by a large number of
persons. Sometimes it disappears for three or
lour days at a time. We have three or four
good whale beets, and I am fitted out with a
search warrantin the shape of a harpoon.”
From the N. O. Picayune, Extra, of ‘Mi inst.
Later from Mexico*
The schr. Fanny arrived at this port this
morning with later advices from Vera .Cruz.
We are indebted to Capt. Patherson for Vera
Cruz dates of the 11th inst.—the schooner sailed
on the 12tb, which is ten days later then our
previous advices.
Mexico has not declared war against the United
Slates: but the official paper, El Diarw del
Gobiemo, of the 3d inst. announces that it is in
possession ot certain movements on the part ot
the Government of a warlike character, which
it is constrained to withhold irorn the public, as
secresy is the soul of military operations; but that
journal adds, that it trusts that the speedy and
successful issue of these operations will soon re
lieve the public curiosity in regard to them.
The papers ot the capital and ot Vera Cruz
are occupied almost exclusively with the subject
of Annexation. There are not wanting those
who insist that there is no alternative left to
Mexico to preserve untarnished her honor, but
war.’ The writers take the distinction that
though, from the necessity of the case, the ac
knowledgment of the independence ol Texas
might not be incompatible with national honor,
the Annexation (agregacum) of that Depart
ment to a foreign country is a flagrant outrage.
The logicoflhis is not so obvious as it might be.
They go on to say that it is no longer an open
question ; that howeverthey may have been dis
tracted by eivil dissensions, the present Govern
ment is bound by the pledges of previous ad
ministrations; and that the protests against An
nexation, made many months since, should be
followed up to avoid national humiliation in
the eyes of the world, and the proceedings of the
U. States Congress, sanctioned by the Executive,
be insisted upon as a tacir declaration of war.
The Mexican Congress has not yet screwed up
its courage to assume the responsibility of this
position.
On the 3d inst. Senor Cuevas, the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, addressed to the Chambers a
long and general memorial appertaining to his
Department. We have not seen it, but it is re
presented as a cautious and guarded exposition
of the topics upon which it touches; but by the
liberal papers it js deemed entirely too tame and
pacific in its tone, although he argues that An
nexation should inevitably bring on a war. He
places strong apparent confidence in the inter
ference of European powers, which, although
assenting to Texan independence, may, he trusts,
oppose the further enlargement of United States
territory. The more high-spirited editors re
buke him for these sentiments, and insist that
no people can maintain an honorable, distinct
national existence when relying upon foreign
powers for its protection—that Mexico should
appeal at once to arms, trusting nothing to di
plomacy (which is so swayed by European, in
stead ol American interests) —and that, as he.-
only hope of resislingthe ultimateandentire ab
sorption of her territory by the Anglo-Saxons,
she should now take her stand and fight, and if
compelled to succumb, at least do so' with ho
nor.
A large portion of the Secretary's volumi
nous memorial is occupied with the presentation
oi the affairs of tbe Departments. They are
more interesting to Mexicans than they could be
to our readers. Suggestions are made in regard
to the administration of different branches of
tbe public service which are said to show much
sagacity.
The Siglo of the 4th inst, contains a letter
from Mr. Shannon to the Mexican Minister ol
Foreign Relations in reply to the official note of
Senor Cuevas, announcing the termination of
official relations between the two countries.
This note, and a circular addressed by the Mex
ican Cabinet to tbe Ministers of France, Spain
and England, we laid before our readers in our
Thursday’s edition. We will now give Mr.
Shannon’s reply—which has undergone two
translations, first into Spanish and now again
into English—and also a rejoinder from Senor
Cuevas. It appears to us that Mr. Shannon is
not pursuing a dignified course, in pressing a
correspondence upon the Mexican Government
after the publication of the documents, of which
the following are the sequel:
United States Legation, )
March 31, 1845. J
The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary, &c.,
of the United States, has the honor of acknow
ledging the receipt of his Excellency’s, Senor
Cuevas's, Minister of Foreign Relations, &c.,
note of the 28th ot March, announcing that the
Congress of the United States has sanctioned
the Annexation of Texas to its territory; that
the Mexican Minister at Washington had ter
minated hjs official relations, and protested
-mein urxin- u'.'-M -J.i — !_——do
relations between the two countries could not be
continued.
The liberal and honorable sentiments enter
tained by the actual Government of Mexico, had
induced the undersigped to hope that the differ
ences which exist between the two Government/
could be arranged amicably upon terms just and
honorable to both. It would appear, however,
from the note of His Excellency Senor Cuevas,
that Mexico declines to adjust these differences
in this manner, and thus preserve the peace of
the two countries.
The undsrsigned can assure his Excellency
Senor Cuevas that his (Mr. Shannon’s) Govern
ment entertains the liveliest desire to cultivate
amicable relations with that of Mexico; and
here he will improve this opportunity to repeat
that which he has before communicated to the
Government of Mexico, to wit: that the United
States has not adopted the measure ot Annexa
tion in any spirit of hostility towards Mexico,
and that the United States are anxious to settle
all questions which may grow out of this mea
sure, including that oi boundaries, in terms the
most just and liberal.
Having offered the olive branch ot peace, and
manifested a sincere desire to arrange these
questions amicably and upon principles just and
honorable to both Governments, the United
States have done whatever is in their power to
preserve the friendly relations between them, and
il now remains for Mexico to decide whether
they shall be continued, or whether the peace of
the two countries shall be broken by a conflict
equally injurious to both, and which can give
satisfaction only to the enemies ot civil liberty
and republican Institutions.
The undersigned will pass over in silence the
charge made upon his Government of having
violated the treaty of friendship with Mexico.
The right of Texas to cede the' whole pr a past
of her territorv to the United States, and the
right of the United States to accept such ces
sion, have already been amply vindicated re
peatedly. ♦
The undersigned has received no official com
munication as to ihe action ot his Government
in regard to the Annexation of Texas to the
Union ; nevertheless, he cannot doubt, from the
tenor of his personal correspondence, that the
measure has been passed by Congress and ap
proved by the President. He expects daily de
spatches from his Government, with special in
structions upon this subject, and before taking
any further steps, has resolved to await their ar
rival.
The undersigned has the honor, &c.,
Wilson Shannon, Minister, &c.
ip reply to the above, the following letter was
sent two days after;
National Palace, I
Mexico, April 2, 1845. ]
The undersigned, Minister of Foreign Rela
tions, has the honor to communicate to His
Excellency Mr. Shannon, Minister, &c. &c., in
reply to tbe note of His Exßellency ot the 31st
March, that the Government of Mexico cannot
continue diplomatic relations with tbe United
States upon the presumption that such relations
are reconcileable with the law which the Presi
dent of the United States has approved in re
gard to the Annexation ot the Department of
Texas to the American Union : that this deter
mination is fot’inded upon the necessity which
Mexico is under of maintaining no 'friendship
with a Republic which has violated her obliga
tions, usurped a portion of territory which be
longs to Mexico by a right which she will main
tain at whatever cost; that the relations between
the two countries cannot be re-established be
fore a complete reparation of that injury, [agra
vio,l Such as is demanded by good faith, justice
to Mexico, and the honor ofthe United States,
is made.
Moreover, the undersigned will take the lib
erty to say to his Excellency Mr. Shannon, that
il the United Stales Government thinks that it
entertained friendly sentiments towards Mexico
at the time of giving such offence, and when at
tacking the integrity of the Republic of Mexico,
this Government (Mexico) is very tar from
entertaining the same views, or of acquiescing
in the assurance which his Excellency Mr.
Shannon has given, whatever may be its senti
ments towards his Excellency personally.
The undersigned, in making this announce
ment to his Excellency Mr. Shgnpqn, doing so
by the order of the president of Mexico—cut
ting short a new discussion which the interrup
tion ot the relations of the two countries will
not permit, and because nothing can be added
to what this Department has already said—has
the honor to renew the assurance ot his very
distinguished consideration,.
Luts G. Cuevas.
Santa Ana’s trial was slowly progressing.
His health is represented as being very indif
ferent.
The British frigate £}urydice arrived at Vera
Cruz on the morning of the 12th inst. from
Galveston with despatches, which were imme
diately forwarded to the capital.
Capt. Patherson, ot the schooner Fanny,
spoke, on the 17th inst., in lat. 20deg. 46m. lon.
95deg. 20m. the American squadron, consisting
of the frigate Potomac, sloop Falmouth, and
brigs Fairfield and Somers, bound to Vera
Cruz.
Leiters have been received in Vera Cruz
from the American Minister, Mr. Shannon, who
had retired to Tacubaya, that he would leave
for the United States in a few days, it is pro
bable that heis only a wailing despatches which
he knows to be on their way to him, before
taking leave of Mexico.
The Ne w-York correspondent of the National
Intelligencer says that by some process some
thing akin to Kyanizing, invented and patented
in this country and in England by Dr. Lardner
and James Davidson, Esq., provisions are cured
in New-York in away to “ acquire superior
qualities, the juices being retarded, which by
the ordinary method, are expelledso that a
bullock is slaughtered, put into an air-tight
vessel, the gases that promote putrefaction
pumped out, salt driven into and through the
meat by hydraulic pressure, and there you
have it thoroughly cured and ready for mastifi
cation or exportation in twenty-four hours!
Printing in Boston.—ln an address delivered
before the Franklin Typographical Society of
Boston on Saturday evening last, by its Presi
dent, Mr. Harris, we learn that there are in Bos
ton about 500 journeymen printers, (mostly
compositors,) about 200 apprentices and two
thirds to the printing business, 75 girls engaged
in type-sticking, and about 200 journeymen and
boys on press work and other labors in a print
ing office, making nearly 1000 persons actually
engaged in the printing business in Boston.
From the N. Y. Courier <p Enquirer.
MiLLERisM.-TbemummeriesoftheMillerites,
at first simple and harmless, are becoming fouler
and more disgusting than the rites of heathenism.
When the doctrines which first formed the pe
culiarity ot the sect were first preached in Ver
mont, they were generally believed to be wrong,
but honestly entertained. Though clearly the
growth of ill-informed enthusiasm, they pre
served the form of common sense and related
solely to the matters of belief in regard to a very
important matter. Professing to find in the
Bible the prediction ot the speedy destruction ot
the world, the propagator of the theory, an hon
est, zealous, well-meaning old man, who had
for many years studied the prophetic portions of
Holy Writ, with no guide but his own weak
understanding, simply proclaimed what he be
lieved to be the fact, and exhorted his hearers
to be prepared for the great event supposed to be
at hand.
But, now that lime has shown the falsity of
his belief, villainy lakes advantage of the cre
dulity and fanaticism to which it gave rise. Led
from one extravagance to another, the victims
of vicious, designing men, have, in many in
stances, finally been dragged from all the pro
prieties of life, and all their social and domestic
duties, into the most abominable and disgusting
scenes.
In Maine, the latest and most revolting exhi
bitions ol this kind have been made. Artful
men, by proclaiming with great zeal the cer
tainly ol the immediate destruction ot the world,
have inflamed the fears of many persons, and
thus obtained absolute mastery ot thejr judg
ment and their will. They resort to the most
extravagant means for producing excitement,
holding frequent meetings, in which alarming
exhortations are mingled with revolting exer
cises in pretended imitation of examples drawn
from scripture. The Bangor Whig thus stales
some of the proceedings at these meetings:
“ One exercise ic lor some ol them to get upon
their hands and knees on the floor while others
sit astride their backs. Washing each others
feet—kissing and embracing each other are
other forms. They have an exercise called
‘ holy rolling’ and another ‘ Slain of the Lord,”
when they tall upon the floor apparently helpless,
in this state some ot them give warnings and
relate visions and recite doggrel rhymes. They
have a method ot expressing joy by shouting
and swinging ot the arms and clapping ot hands.
There is the holy dance practised and the holy
laugh. Frequent baptisms are observed—some
at midnight, and some personal. The latter
has recently been performed by .certain worthy
and highly accomplishedyoung women jumping
and rolling iu the pools ot water by the road
side. Little children have been seized and car
ried out into the night air and plunged into a
neighboring brook. Various means are resort
ed to for the purpose ot'making sacrifices. One
woman took her china tea-set and broke il into
small pieces. As a general thing they refrain
from labor, and dispose of their property, appa
rently without thought of its value, or the labor
to collect it,—
And tor all these things they think they have
the command of God?’
What a comment do these revolting rites af
ford upon the boasted intelligence of the age—
the vaunted universal diffusion of light and
knowledge 1 Great as is the progress which
has been made in mechanics, physical science,
politics and other departments of productive
thought, the source ot human action seems to
have become more corrupt than ever. It will
scarcely be possible to find an age, in which an
equal number of equally gross delusions, have
obtained control over so many inhabitants of
the most enlightened nations ofthe earth.
These disgraceful observances are not con
fined to Maine, but have extended themselves
to other sections of the country, and even to this
city.
The Morning News, a day or two since, con
tained an extended article in which scenes very
similar to those described above, are said to be
of frequent occurrence in our midst, it is said
that private meetings are held statedly, under
the guidance of certain preachers of Mifierism,
where rites of the grossest indecency are prac
tised, and that many upright but weak-minded
persons are thus led, through fanaticism, into
the most shameless profligacy.
The matter is worthy of strict investigation,
by our police authorities, An evil so foul and
pestilential should not be allowed to contami
nate the morals ofthe city.
The Stolen Scrip found.—Qn the night of
the Bth instant, tfie office of the Western and
Atlantic Rail Road in this town was entered,
and 83,500 of Scrip was taken from the safe,
together with some S3OO in gold coin. On
Wednesday last, the Scrip was discovered in
a tin cup beneath some leaves in the suburbs of
the town, with the exception ot some 2 or 300.
Jesse 0. farrer was arrested on suspicion of
taking the Scrip, and gave bond in the sum of
SSOO for his appearance at the next term of our
Superior Court.— Marietta Cour.
The Hudson River Boats.—The proprie
tors of the people’s line of steamboats, compri
sing the Knickerbocker, Rochester, South Ame
rica, Columbus,and North AtSferica, havegiven
the most positive and unqualified orders to the
officers not to race their boats; they have also
given instructions for their boats to lie by on
dark and tempestuous nights and in foggy wea
ther.—Cum.
Nicholas G. Gordon, whose trial at Provi
dence for the murder of Amasa Sprague, resul
ted in the disagreement of the Jury, has been
admitted to bail in the sum of SIO,OOO, and is at
large. '
A practical farmer informs the Hartford
Times, that in taking up a fence lhat had been
set fourteen years, be noticed that some of the
posts remained nearly sound, while others rot
ted, off at the bottom, While looking for the
cause, he found that those posts which were set
limb part down, or inverted from the way they
grew were sound. Those which were set as
they grew were rotted off. This fact is worthy
the attention of farmers.
Wealth or the Mexican Nobles.—The
wealth ot some ot the nobles of Mexico, says
the N. Y- Mirror, previous to the revolution oi
that country which freed it from dependence on
Spain, was equal to that which is now enjoyed
by many of the Russian grandees. The Count
of Valenciena was possessed of landed property
ot the value of about $29,000,000, besides which
he drew Irom a single mine an annual revenue
of nearly $1,200,000. Their extravagance was
as great as their wealth. The Coufitde fteglas,
according to Madame de la Barca, was so
wealthy, that when his son, the present Count,
was christened, the whole party walked from the
house to the church upon ingots of silver. The
Countess, having quarrelled with the Vice
Queen, sent her, in token of reconciliation, a
white satin slipper, entirely covered with dia
monds. The Count invited the King ot Spain
to visit his Mexican territories; assuring him
that the hoofs ot his Majesty’s horse should
touch nothing but solid silver 'from Vera Cruz
to the Capital. This might be a bravado; but
a more certain proof of his wealth exists in the
fact that he caused two ships of the line, of
the largest size, to be constructed at Havana, at
his 0 tn expense, made of mahogany and cedar,
and presented them to the King.
Os course, 10 the terrible convulsions of which
Mexico .has bean the scene, something has been
done in the way of breaking down these wealthy
famines, but not so much as might be expected
by a person unacquainted with the tacts.
CyMA'iEs —Dr. Sherwood, a tew years ago,
broached the theory that climates changed
every 666 years. He also announced that our
climate, in conformity to his system, would
become milder, white that of Europe would be
come colder, during the present and succeeding
centuries. Observations ou temperature, in
this country and Europe, confirm the theory,
and go far to convince many persons that it is
well founded.
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 28.
Virginia Election.—The Richmond Whig
of Friday (the day after the election) says:—
“ The elections in this quarter of the State,
from present appearances, have gone adversely
to the Whig cause—much more so than there
was any reason to have apprehended. With
out knowing tbe particulars in the counties of
the District, we take it for granted from what
has occurred here, that Mr. Botts is defeated by
from 150 to 200, and that by the conduct of a
portion of his pretended friends 1 Bat the lapse
of another day will enable us to give more spe
cific information.”
lowa Refuses to enter tub Union.—A ma
jority of her people having on the 7th inst.,
rejected the constitution and boundaries proposed
by Congress. A compromise, satisfactory to
all parties, will probably be adopted by the Ter
ritorial Legislature next month. All agree upon
the western boundary extending to the Missouri
River, but cannot agree on the northern bound
ary, the southerners wishing to extend it as far
as possible, and the people north oflatitude forty
two desiring separate organization as a new
territory, for which they propose the name of
Washington. This, with the new territory of
Superior, from Wisconsin, will make four new
Slates in the northwest.
The Affair at Rio.—The National Intelli
gencer says: We have reason to suppose that
the Brazilian Government has not considered
the brief misunderstanding between our Minis
ter and its authorities, on this occasion, [the
seizure of the Porpoise] as of sufficient conse
quence to be made a subject of remonstrance to
this Government.
O’ The Globe says the President has dis.
missed from the service Capt. J. P. Davis, o
the 7th regiment of infantry, and assistant quar
termaster in the army, for having failed to settle
his accounts as a disbursing officer, with the
Treasury Department.
Burnett, the pilot of the Swallow, has been
arrested, and held to bail in the sum of ten
thousand dollars, in the United States Commis
sioner’s office.
There are accounts of new outrages among
the anti-renters in Columbia county. They
have established a newspaper in Albany, and
mean to organize themselves as a political party*
Dividend.—The Board ot Directors of the
Bank ot the State of Georgia have declared a
Dividend of three per cent, on each share for
the last six months, payable on and after this
day.
O’ In N. Orleans, on receipt ot news ot the
great fire in Pittsburgh, a meeting was prompt
ly called to devise means for the relief of the
sufferers.
The writings of Hugh S. Legare, late of
South Carolina, are announced in the press of
Messrs. Burges and James, ot Charleston. The
Courier says they will comprise “Selections
from his contributions to the Southern and
New York Reviews,” “ Portions of his Diplo
matic Correspondence,” “A Journal of the
Rhine,” written by the authorduring his diplo
matic ministry at Brussels, and never before
published, and his “ Orations,” together with a
number of his “Private Letters,” which are
said to be replete with the most racy interest,
literary and general.
jy Rev. Orestes A. Brownson is to deliver
the annual Address before the Literary Societies
of St. Mary’s College, Baltimore, at the next
commencement in July.
■" ' ,ijire' ir 111 111 11 ij
tion from the interior, thata number of excellent
discoveries have been made on the head waters
of Gasconade, on Piney, a branch of the Gas
conade, and on James’s Fork, a branch of
White River. The leads are rich and afford
promise of a large amount of mineral. A con
siderable quantity of mineral has already been
raised, many persons are still digging, and pre
parations are making tor more extensive re
searches and excavations. Thera discoveries
of situated principally in Wright coun
ty, and about the head walers near the dividing
ridge between Gasconade and the branches ol
White River.
The greatest indebtedness ofthe United States
since the formation of the Government was on
the Ist of January, ]BI6. “ Uncle Sam” then
owed the enormous sum of 8127,331,933.
A New Iron Revenue Cutter was launched
at Boston on Saturday. Her dimensions are—
length, 142 feet 9 inches; breadth, 23 feet 2
inches; depth of hold, H feet 11 inches; length
of keel 128 feet 10 inches—burthen, 274 3-95
tons. She is pierced for2Bguns, is to be schooner
rigged, and was called the McLane.
It was intended to attach a propeller to her;
but from the iailnre, we presume, of the Spen
cer and the Legare, the idea waa abandoned —
at all events fox th# present —and she is to be
rigged as a schooner to test her sailing qualities.
JjT By the recent census Paris is found to
contain 1,000,000 inhabitants.
" TS’ Vieux Temps, the eminent violinist, was
at the latest dates on a tour through the provin
ces In England.
£>The Picayune publishes a statement, from
which we learn lhat the amount of duties re
ceived at N. Orleans in the first period of 1844,
was 8437,338.47, and in the same period ot 1845,
$579,000, being an excess in favor cf 1845, of
$141,661 33.
Another Sub-Treasurer.—We learn that
John Strohl, the Locofoco Sheriff of Sandusky
county, Ohio, has taken his flight Texas-ward,
with sojne thousands of dollars ot tbe people’s
money in his pockets.
Outrageous Attempt to Poison.—An aban
doned woman in Mobile, named Eliza Davis,
on the night of the 17th inst., threw a package
of arsenic into a well, with the malicious and
fiendish purpose oi poisoning some of the in
mates of the bouse.
£>The steamer Water Witch, lately launch
ed from the Navy Yard at Washington, made
of iron and propelled by Lieut. Hunters hori
zontal wheels, made a trial trip a few days since,
in which her performances were very satisfac
tory. Her speed was from ten to eleven mites
the hour. She is to be employed in the Navy
Yard at Norfolk.
O Mons. Bontemps, a French glass manu
facturer has made lenses ot two feet in diameter,
and has undertaken to furnish the Royal Ob
servatory at Paris with two of the enormous
size of forty inches. These tenses are intended
for the largest refracting telescopeeverconstruc
ted, probably equaling in power the large and
magnificent telescope lately completed by Lord
Rosse in England.
Beautiful Sentiment.—Curran, the cele
brated Irish orator, once said, “The only inher
itance 1 could boast of from my poor father,
was the very scanty one of an unattractive face
and person, like his own, and if ever the world
has attributed to me something more valuable
than face or person, or than earthly wealth, it
was because another and dearer parent gave me
a fortune from the treasures of her mind."
A Good One.—A countryman reading the
theatre bill on the corner of 3d and Vine sts, Cin
cinnati, the other day, came to the words “Five
years will elapse between the 2d and 3d acta,"
remarked, with great gravity, that "he couldn’t
go, as he must go home to harvsst.’'
VOL.IX.~NO. 18.
A State Convention to amend the Constitu
: tion is to be held in Missouri in AugoM next.
' Among the relorma which the St. Louis Re.
publican says are demanded by the people, are
> these :
r A reform in the Constitution, so that re
• presentation shall be based upon population; '**
. A diminutii nos the power and patronage of
the Governor;
1 A limitation of the Judicial tenure, so Ibat
t incompetent persons may, at least, be turned
, out ot office at the end of their terms;
An election of all Judicial officer, by the People
1 The protection ofthe People in their property
so that one portion shall not be made to bear
greater burdens ol taxation than another;
The encouragement of works of internal im
provement, and the support ol education, by all
means within the power ol the State.
V
Santa Ana’s Lae, if we can credit the strange
! statement ot a Paris correspondent ol the Cour
i ner des Elat, Unis, was exhumed, on his down
fall, and thrown into a common sewer—was
i picked up by a street porter and sold to an Eng
lishman, who sent<t to London, where it is ex
hibited among other celebrities, is a glass jar,
preserved in spirits of wine. DmMpd.
Statements showing appropriations made
, during the second session ofthe 28th Congress;
offices created, and the salaries thereof:
Pecapilmlatun.
Civil and diplomatic expenses...*4,2l70>)54 51
Revolutionary and other pensioners 2,255000 00
Support of the army 3,929,766 30
“ of the Indian Department... 1,059,508 74
“ of the Military Academy... 138,049 00
Navy pensioners 61,000 00
Fortifications 800,000 00
Improvements in tbe Territories,.. 50,000 00
Miscellaneous 144,025 67
T0ta1 *84,225,088 90
Offices created, ami the salaries thereof.
Two clerks in the Bureau of Construction,
Equipment and Repair, Navy Department; sa
laries *1,200 per annum, each.
One clerk in the Bureau of Construction,
Evuipment, and Repair,Navy Department; sa
lary *I,OOO per annum.
One clerk in the Bureau of Provisions and
Clothing, Navy Department; salary *1,200 per
annum.
One Commissioner to reside in China; sala
ry 85,000 per annum.
One secretary and Chinese interpreter, to re
side in China; salary *2,500 per annum.
Earthcuake in Mexico.—The N. O. Bee
gives the following particulars of a destructive
earthquake in Mexico on the 7th inst.:
Since writing tbe above, we have been kind
ly furnished by a merchant ot this city with the
Vera Cruzano ot the 12th, containing the ac
count ot an awful earthquake, which desolated
the city ol Mexico on the 7th inst.
At the moment we write, says the Siglo ofthe
Bth, the inhabitants of the capital of the repub
lic are still under the influence of the horrors
excited by the earthquake of yesterday, the afs
astrous effects ol which, we are still impsrlectly
acquainted with.
Yesterday, at 52 minutes past 3 o'clock, P.
M. the oscillations began, slight at first and
then stronger. The direction of the motion ap
peared to be North and South. It lasted about
two minutes. The shocks were terrible, no
thing like them was ever experienced before,
and the condition of the buildings 100 surely
proves the absence of all exaggeration.
We were by chance upon the great square at
the time, and we witnesied a spectacle not easi
ly forgotten. In an instant the multitude, but a
moment previous tranquil and listless, were
upon their knees, praying to the Almighty, and
counting with anxiety die shocks which threat
ened to convert the most beautiful city in the
New World into a vast theatre ot ruins. The
chains surrounding the portico were vio
lently agitated; the flags ot the pavement yawn
ed open, the trees bent frightfully, the buildin , 's
and lofty edifices oscillated to and Iro; the im
mense arrow which crowns the summit of the
cathedral vibrated with astonishing rapidity.
At 56 minutes past three the movement had
ceased.
It is impossible yet to ascertain the extent of
destruction. Not a house or a door but bears
tottering, and others etiliteiy iHIIBU.
renzo, La Misericordia, Tompeafe, Zapo and
Victoria streets, and the Grand street, have par
ticularly suffered. The aqueducts were broken
in several places. The bridge of Tezontlale is
demolished. The Hospital ol Saint Lazarus is
in ruins, and the churches of San Lorenzo and
San Ferdinand greatly injured. The magnifi.
cent chapel ol Saint Teresa no longer exists.
At the first shock, the cupola, a building of as.
tonishing strength and great beauty, fell, and
was soon followed by lite vault beneath the ta
bernacle and the tabernacle itself.
Fortunately all those in a church so much
frequented, succeeded in escaping. At eight
o’clock last evening,seventeen personshad been
taken from the ruins of other buildings and car
ried to the Hospital. \
At three-quarters past 6, and a quarter past 7,
two more shocks were lull. They were, howev
er, slight, and occasioned nothing but a tempo
rary renewal of terror.
The authorities did everything that zeal aj)rt
humanity conld suggest, to carry help 40 tbe
victims, and restore the aqueducts which tnr
nish water to the city.
Tribute to Worth.—lt may never have
been disclosed, that after the action between the
Consti ution and Guerriere frigate, whan the
prisoners had all been transferred on board the
Constitution, and all wSe quiet; tbe men being
employed in making repairs where any damage
had been sustained, 14. Morris, then lying in an
exhausted state from bin wound, (a musket ball
having passed through his abdomen,) sent for
one who was a prisoner on board the Guerriere
at the time of the action, and who was from the
vicinity ot Salem. He sent for this persin to
inquire about the strength of the tons of Salem,
Marblehead, Gloucester, Ac., and of the depth
of water in each, in older to ascertain, in the
event of the ship being chased, what shelter o>
protection might be obtained. Aller having
satisfied himselt on the various points be in
quired about, he was asked by the narraior of
this anecdote how he found himself. He re
plied, perfectly composed, that the ball having
passed through the abdomen it would be known
only after the operation of a cathartic, whether
the wound was mortal or not. This he said
with the most perfect sang fxoid, and evidently
seemed more interested in the fate of the ship
than of his own.
Had this been known of an ancient hero, the
poets and bards would hi ve immortalized him.—
N. Y. Cour, if- Enq.
The author of the ‘ Curtain Lectures”—of
which we have republished one or two—is
dead. His name was Lyman Blanchard, and
his contributions to the London Punch were
among the best articles published in that paper.
The "Curtain Lectureu” were written whilst
his Wife was lying at tbe point of death, and
his heart filled with affliction. So it is. The
reader who laughs over the sallies of wit, little
dreams that what excites bis mirth is often
wrung from a brain afflicted with despair.—
Blanchard was of a most amiable and tree dis
position, remarkable for his social qualities,
nis companionable spirit, and great neatness ol
dress. And yet with all these he was unhappy,
and in a fit ot delirium committed suicide by
cutting his throat.— Bal',. Patriot.
Ingenious Revenge or an Actress.—One
ot the Courts ot Justice ol Paris, has lately
been graced with the presence ol a troop ol beau
tiful women and theatrically handsome young
n-en—witnesses called in the case of Mademoi
selle Maxime versus the Odeon Theatre. The
plaintiffhad been “ reformed out” of the princi-
Kal part ot a new play ol Victor Hugo’s, and
lademoiselle Meligne put to rehearsal in her
place. She prosecuted with no idea ol gaining
the suit, her plea being wholly absurd. —
Mademoiselle Maxime. however, had a deeper
game to play. Her lawyer so ridiculed the new
piece in the argument that it could never be pro
duced! She lost her case, but triumphantly at
tained her object.
Accident. —A small sail boat having on
board Robert D. Brown and J. S. Braid, whilst
returning from Fort Johnson to the city yester
day afternoon, was accidentally capsized near
Castle Pinckney ; they remained clinging to the
boat for upwards of an hour, when the packet
Caroline Herschel! oo her way to Sullivan’s Is
land, saw them and went to their relief. A
rope was hove to Brown and he catiabl it, but
he must have lost all presence of mind, as he
,et go his hold both troni the rope and boat at
the same time and sank to rise no more. Braid,
we are happy to say, was saved. — Charleston
Mercury 2hth.
DiSTaucTiva Fire at New Hartford, Ct.
Nearly twenty thousand dollars worth
uable property was destroyed by fire at New
Hartford on Friday me rnieg last. A thousand
bushels of grain, a litree quantity of cotton
goods, and much valuable new
destroyed. About half the property (»9,7<»>
was covered by insurance. The fire was un
doubtedly the work of an incendiary.