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OLD SERIES, VOL. LIX.
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FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 16
MpitE Rais.—Yesterday was emphatically a
rainy day, and from the quiet, easy manner in
which it came down, we think it was general
•hroughout the country.
j3“Through rbe Harrison (Texas) Times
the Caddo Gazette has received news of the
cause ot anneratiou in Eastern Texas. The
Times says: “At no meeting of which we
•• h • • fwinl.l
The counties of Lamar, Fannin, Red River,
Bowie, Harrison, Shelby, Sabine, Jasper, San
Augustine and Nacogdoches are almost entirely
unanimousin favorofthemeasute,and in Wes
tern Texas 1' is the chief political object of every
man.”
Protection to Life and Limb.—The New
Orleans Grand Jury, in making up their pre
sentments recently, alluded to the almost entire
- exemption from punishment o( crimes against
lifeand person in that community, as an evil op
frightlul magnitude to societv:
“Are life and limb,’’they say, “of so much
less value than property, that while offences
aeainstthe latter receive iheir just punishment,
those against the former may be committed with
almost perfect impunity ? Is this community
willing to remain in any degree liable to the
charge almost daily made against ns, that our
laws in effect offer no protection to lite or limb?
It is feared that the evil is too deep-rooted in a
depraved ‘public opinion’to lie easily reached
or suddenly cured,but if every true lover of good
order and ot our city’s fair fame will, on every
proper occasion, let his voice be heard in loud .
deprecaiion of such a slate ol things, much may
be done by it in giving a healthy tone to that
public opinion in our country, since without
its strong aid all laws are absolutely power
less.”
This is indeed an evil of frightful magnitude,
and it is prevalent almost throughout th ■ entire
country, to a greater or less extent. There is
something radically wrong either in our penal
codes or the depraved state of the public morals
—to correct which, should engage the earnest
consideration ol every loverof order in the land.
|3* The Pittsburg Gazette says that in the
“burnt district” already there are twenty-five
houses either underrootor up one or two stories,
and that from one hundred to two hundred foun
dations for houses are being laid.
Steamboat Collision.—-The steamboats
Robt. Leteher and Hard Times carne into col
lision oh the Ist. a few miles above Louisville.
The Uetcher sunk immediately, and will be a
total loss. No lives were lost.
Pardoned.—The Montreal Herald says that
a pardon has been granted, on the application
of the U. 8. Government, to Henry Shaw and
Hiram Loop, two of the convicts in New South
Wales, sent thither for taking pan in the inva-
Representative as well as a Senator in Congress
from the Slate of Virginia,died at his residence
in Richmond county on Sunday last.
Intended Resignation of Judoe SjjMiv.--Il
is said, that at the present session of
Court in Maine, will announre his
intention of resigning his jjlice ol the
Judges ot the Supreme Court orme United
Slates.
Collector cf New York.—The Morning
News and Post say that Mr. Coddington is to
be Collector, and that his appointment take
effect in May.
From Rhode Island.—The Providence
Transcript, of Saturday last, has thffjollowing
brief legislative report:
“ The General Assembly adjourned to-day at
half-past 12 o’clock, A. M., to meet again in
Newport on the fourth Monday in June.
The Act of Amnesty introduced in the Se
nate by Mr. Potter was releired to a select com
mittee, consisting of Lieut. Gov. Diman, of
Bristol; Ji hn H. Weeden, ol North Provi
dence, and Joseph Smith, of Warren, with in
structions to report in June. The vote on the
reference was 18 to 14.
Inthe House a resolution was introduced by
Fenner Brown to appoint a committee to pre
pare a bill providing for the liberation ot Dorr,
The resolution was laid on the table bj> a vote
ot 38 to 28.
Ar. act was passed liberating Messrs. Bos
worth and Heath on their taking the oath of al
legiance.”
Fhost.—The Boston Journal of the 10th in
stant, says: Last night again, a hoar frost
overspread this vicinity, and if not,doing in
jury, at least excited alarm. We trust it was
the last appearance for ihe seaseii.
Frost.—-Heavy frosty<?ere experienced in
the vicinity ol Clevl.mff, Ohio, from the Ist to
the sth instant, doing much injury to
of fruit that could be effected bv cold.
The tornado ot the 21st ult., which we have
..... ~ before merit with extreme severity
' »he Parishes offaaddo and De Son>. The Cad
.in i-* 1 flu' that on many plantations the
crops were entirely destroyed. Hail fell in some
plates to the depth of six inches, and the hail
stones wereas large as partridge eggs. The fol
lowing letter to the editor of the Gazette gives
a good idea of the violence of the storm. It is
dated “70 miles below Shreveport, April 23,
1845.”— Picayune.
Dear Hattie— We have been here near four
and twenty hours in the raft—Western, Mail
and Bois d’Arc. We possibly may get through
this evening. A tornado passed through this
region lhe day before we left home, and its de
struction can only be equalled by lhe Natchez
tornado. The hail has not left a vestige ol col
ton or corn; the timber is levelled with lhe
ground, and the river is filled with fallen limber.
Indeed a fair description of the devastation
could hardly be given.
Mail Lettings.—l he VVasutugton corres
pondent ol lhe Baltimore Sun says :
The annual mail lettings, about which, ow
ing to the passage ot lhe new Post Office law,
there has been so much speculation and such in
tense anxiety, are now closed. Upon inquiry,
I learn that upwards of 11,000 bids were open
ed, in the peculiar manner prescribed by law,
their contents read and endorsed on the outside
ot each, then re-examined and recorded in books
prepared for the purpose ; alter which, each
and every proposal, with all its accompa
. Hying propositions, was examined, scrutiniz
' ed and decided by the Postmaster General
and his indefatigable firs i assistant Major
> Bobbie, in the space of filieen days !
This fact is alike creditable to the head of the
Department, and the clerks who were associa
ted with him. The result of these decisions,
however, is of infinitely higher importance to
the public, for Mr. Johnson, by his skillful dis
crimination, has let the service out to contrac
tors at an immense reduction in cost, as appears
from the following announcement, made this
morning :
In Maine, the saving is $28,836
N. Hampshire “ 20,001
Vermont “ 22 727
Massachusetts “ 19,1x2-1
Rhode Island “ 2,463
Connecticut “ 11052
New York “ 91,702
Total $195,990
A Magnificent Donation.—Stultz, theceie
'brated L mdon tailor, has given a donation ol
470,000 to the Tailor’s Benevolent Soc.etv, and
promises as much uore as soon as a siie lot
certain buildings which the Society is about t<
erect can be purchased. Stultz, though a tailor
is every inch a man.
The Boston Atlas has an able correspondent
in London. In his last letter he turnishes the
following interesting summary ot the views ex
pressed by the leading British journals on the
subject ot the Oregon question:
London, April 18, 1845.
It is important that your readers should know
what has transpired upon this subject, since tlie
departure of the Caedunia— that they should be
informed how this war-lever has risen and
fallen—strengthened and grown weaker from
day to day—and they should glance at all lhe
articles ot the leading journals that have dis
cussed the political relations of the two countries,
toarriveat lhe oast and present state of feeling
in England. As 1 have watched attentively
the progress of this agitation, and read all ihe
articlcsol the press, I will give you the spirit
ot these articles, without encroaching too much
upon your valuable columns with any long quo
tations.
Il is an indisputable fact, that the J’.mcs
often announces important events long before
any ot its contemporaries. In an article of the
Bth inst, referring to existingdifficulties bet ween
Great Bri ain and the United States,the limes
sayc—“ We had anticipated, a week ago, the
declaration ofthe Government on Friday night.”
In then expressed a strong opinion xm the Polk
Inaugural Address—which, it says, was corro
bor.ited by Lord John Rus.-ell, Sit Robert Pud,
and the universal feeling of the people of Eng
and the Times now* haffs, in the article referred 1
ro, that the prospect of a sr-ttlemeni is receding,
instead of advancing—since Mr. Polk will,
probably, tender less than the ultimatum of the
American Government in 1826. This ultima
turn was conveyed in an instruction from Mr.
Clay to Mr. Gallatin, date I 19th June, 1826, to
the effect, that lhe third article of the convention
of 1818 should be annulled, and the boundary
line extended on the parallel of 49 deg. from
the eastern side of lhe Rocky Mountains,
where it now terminates, to the Pacific Ocean
This proposal was rejected by Mr. Huskis
sonand Mr. Addington. In Mr. Greenhuw’s
pamphlet on the Oiegon, he quoies Mr. Huskis
son’s summary of the British claims, which are
recorded and defined in lhe convention ot 1790.
This convention shows lhe tight of joint occu
pancy, but gives no exclusive sovereignty over
any portion of the terrimry on the Pacific, be
tween the 42nd and the 49th parallels ot latitude.
The Times says, that this might serve for the
manifesto of tue British Government, at the pre
sent time; and this journal quotes Mr. Green
how's advice to Hie American Governm nt,
“that all further attempts, on lhe pait of the Uni
ted States, to establish lhe justice ot their claims,
by negotiation with Great Britain, should be de
ferred, until the two parties are more nearly
equal, as regards the po«er of enforcing their
respective determinations.” Thi* quotation lhe
Times places in italics and capitals. It goes on
to say that Mr. Polk’s Address has changed the
whole aspect ol the question. Even the i ight of
exclusive dominion is in abeyance, since Mr.
Polk claims a dear and unquestionable right ol
sovereignty. t‘ The convention is, in fact, a
mere armistice, serving only to shelter the
growth of a power which is soon to be used
against us.” Under these circumstances, con
tinues the Times, if negotiations at Washington
lead to no result, u will become a subject ol
grave consideration, whether the convention ol
1818 ought not to be annu led and abrogated, by
notice from Great Britain, in pursuance ot the
second article of lhe conveniion of 1827. As
lhe Times is not sanguine as to lhe success ot
Mr. Pakenham’s communications with the new
Cabinet, the most natural alternative appears to
be, “to abrogate that conveniion, and defend
ourselves, if we are attacked, on the right bank
of the Oregon.”
A correspondent of lhe Times says, that in
case the matter is not settled amicably, one ol
the first measures of lhe American Government
will be to despatch a naval torce to the coasts of
South America, in the Pacific; and this writer
recommends that Great Britain should be ready
to anticipate this movement, by sending an effi
cient force to that quarter. He thinks that Ad
miral Sir George Seymour, now commanding
in the Pacific, should be reinforced at once by
five noble line of battle ships, now preparing for
sea at Plymouth and Portsmouth.
Tiie demi-official organ ofthe Peel adminis
tration, the Morning Herald of the 9th, says that
the United States sovereignty to pronounce;
and it declares that the United Slates have pro
perly ho more title to the Oregon territory than
the Emperor of China or the King ot Cabool I
It All-r lhe threatened war a purely unprovoked
*■, in every sense, but wishes to believe that
Mn Polk will not go to war—and the Herald
goes on to count the cost to the United States
Her large trade in cotton and tobacco with
Great Britain would be permanently transferred
to India, Egypt andthe Brazils.! Herprovision
trade with the British West India Islands would
be se»t back to Great Britain and Canada!
Her whole coast would be swept by British
steamers, and tons her carrying trade would be
annihilated! L..st of all. several millions of ne
groes in the Southern States would recgive a
vixit from a lew black regiments o! British
soldiers from the West Indies, and receiving
arms, at the same lime, would be induced, by
offers of freedom, to march against the while
population ! The Herald sees nothing to dread
from a people without allies—without credit
without military experience, or officers compe
tent to conduct offensive operations!
This demi-official organ tells us that Great
Britain would not be so silly as to undertake
any bm defensive operations at first, akhougn
New York and a few other towns might be con
veniently bombarded, if England should be
lorced into a war.
The Morning Chronicle, in a war article ol
the 9th, says that the tory government of Great
Britain seems determined to recoverlost
character fir spirit by its decision upon the
Oiegon question. It then refers to a “thtin
tiering war announcement” in lhe Times, that
lhe ulhma'iimiit Mr. Clav isoutol the question,
and goes on to say that Mr P.dk never would
have ventured to use such language as he did,
in his address, had l> e not seen how Fiance and
Spain had treated England on several occasions
—tor Mr. Polk heard Str Robert Peel declare
that England received a cross outrage in Ta
hiti for which no reparation was returned.
Again, Mr. Polk knows, according to the
Chronicle, that England scarcely to erated the
French at Algiers, and yet England was thun
derstruck al their audacity in invading Moroc
co! This experience induced Mr. Polk to treat
England as unceremoniously as did the French.
Lord'Ashburton’s mission to the United States,
lhe Chronicle declares, betrayed an overanxiely
for peace, and a reckless sacrifice ot territory
was made. England is now driven to the ex
tremity of thremening war in or er to unde
ceive Mr. Polk! The Ashburton concessions
embolden American statesmen, and in throwing
over the Maine Boundary question, Lord
Ashburton rendered that of the Oregon insur
mountable.
The Chronicle goes on to attack its powerful
neighbor, lhe Times—“We must take a bit ot
braggadocio ou the part of the Times, as indi
cative of ministerial spirit or resolve. The lo
ries use that organ more as a fugleman than.as
a confident—it is always made to blu-ter and
menace at the commencement of a difference.”
As lot example—first, in the case ot lhe martyr
P itchaid. Again, when the Prince de Join
ville sailed lor Morocco, lhe Times then an
nounced that if one Frenchman set tout on shore
it should be war! Yet Tahiti has not been
evacuated by the French, and they did lau I at
Mogadore, and the Times wasas bland as Lord
Aberdeen in a court dress! I’he Chronicle
says, that it Sir Robetl Peel was to give up lhe
Oregon territory to llr 19th degree of latitude,
the Times would applaud his wisdom and mo
deration ! This, however, 1 doubt.
The Morning Herald < 1 the lOtli, in a second
article, expresses astonishment at the sudden
rise of prices in the cotton aud provision mar
kets, which followed Sir Robert Peel’s and Lord
Aberdee ’s declarations coucerningthe disputed
title to Oregon. This journal found in these
declarations a promise ot peace, not war ! ft
is surprising that speculators found a warlike
spirit in them, when they were only a “calm
and quiet reply” to a hostile intimation from
another quarter —they spoke “quietly, temper
ately, but firmly"— they said that England had
unquestionable rights, and those rights would
unquestionably be maintained. The H-.rald
asks, “ what less—what else, could ministers
have said?” and concludes by saying, that as
suredly Great Britain is not likely to make war
upon tne United Stales, as she has more impor
tant affairs to attend to; as for the Americans,
the Herald finds them in a strange plight to
make war upon England, as they have “ no ar
my—no navy—no credit I” ,
The 7'uwes ol the 10th, commences an arti
cle, by alluding to the inconveniences of mag
nilying political trifles between nations. This
comes with ill grace from lhe Tint's, which is
always guilty ofthe same bad action it con
demns in its contemporaries. The Times looks
upon the proceedings of Congress for the an
nexation of Texas with the greatest regret, ns
the motives and inevitable consequences of that
actappear to be equally tatal to the welfare and
peace of America. Whilst tbe Times abhors
the “ impudent rapacity” of such men as Cal
houn, it acknowledges that the interests ol
Mexico are not so closely identified with thost
of Great Britain as to constitute a just cause o
i war between England and the United States
, But with the Oregon question the case is alto
gether diffetent—there the injury is agains
Great Britain—“the filing attacked is ourowh”
—and the Times goes over the old ground, to
show how it belongs to England. This journal
reminds Mr. Polk that he will not have to wait
long for his answer to his address, and believes
that the answer will create “some efferves
cence” in America. The Times, however, sees
nodanger of an attack in the British settle
ments on the Oregon, and it publishes to the
world an important fact—that before long the
ports on the coast of the Pacific, and the squad
ron under the command of Sir Geoige Sey
mour will have been placed in an efficient stale
of defence !
The Morning Chronicle, in a third article, on
the 12th instant—aud alter the receipt of late
American intelligence, by lhe packet ships
'e-iima and Virginia— says, it is qtu.e evi
ttfnfjiom ihe files ol American papers, that no
party or person in the United States attached
any importance to the passage of Mr. Polk's
inaugural address relative to the Oregon, and
consequently the debates in Par'iarnent, and the
ministerial declarationon the subject will come
upon every American “as unexpectedly as a
clap ol thunder:” and this journal believes that
war will be the probable consequence. If such
should be the result, it attributes all the trouble
to ihe mismanagement ofthe present conser
vative government. “Elected as Mr. Polk has
. been, a <hsci.i. l£.ol Jackson, as he.is, and w ith
the public excited, as it has been and will be,
what we tear is,” says lhe Chronicle, “that it
will net be in Mr Folk's or Mr. Bu b nun s
doing so; they t:i IR of in-istingori an immediate
solution. Lord Aberdeen's organ, the Times.
tells us that the British Admiral has received
orders to fortify lhe ports in the Oregon, which
the Chronicle believes would be a breach ol lhe
convention lor joint occupation, and would be
a declaration ol war, at once, without giving
the President time, even, to explain his two ot
three offensive words! It is admitted that the
Oregon has always been a difficult question,
bitt it is still more so now—what Mr. Galla*in
could not cede in 1826, Mr. Webster could not
give up in 1843, and still less can Mr. P.dkdo
ft in 1845! The Chronicle, therefore, considets
the policy ol Great Britain towards the United
States as weak and improvident, and necessari
ly tending to a final rupture.
A writer in the Minting Post, of the 14th,
says that in case ot a war with the United
States, it will be the duty ot England to erect
tonifications, on the water-side ol such towns
as Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton, Queenston
and Lewiston. The writer says that these
towns are now entirely undefended, and are
easily ccessihle to an enemy, who would first
select these points, “as the Americans did in
the last war.” It is recommended that the town
ol Hamilton form the basis of this line of de
fence. The writer, who is now tn London,
calls himself a British settler in Canada.
So positive were all classes that there would
assuredly be war between England and the
United States, that alter lhe grand debate in
Parliament about lhe Polk Address and
Oregon, policies ot insurance were sent from
London to Dublin, with a clause protecting the
underwriters from loss, in case of the capture ol
vessels bv a foreign enemy!
The A&riring Chronicle, of the 15lh, views
with approbation the op;Hjsiiion expressed in
the Texas papers to Annexation, and it look?
upon the satisfaction expressed by the American
papers, with regard to lhe late alterations in the
British tariff with favor, but says that the firm
tone ot stocks in the United States shows that
the anticipation of war bail not affected prices,
at the date of the advices brought by the Cam
bria, although the crisis will not be kn wn
until the arrival of the mail which brings an
answer tothe debate on the Oregon question.
The Consul market remained in a very de
presseci state, from the day the Caledonia left
until the arrival of the Cambria, when prices
suddenly advanced. The Times stated, in its
money article of the 7th, that the cause ofthe
heaviness in the aspect of the British market
was the ordering of troops to Canada, supposed
to be in connection with the condition of affairs
in America. The Herald, of the 15th, in the
money article, remarked, that the accounts re
ceived by the Cambria materially changed tbe
tone of feelingon American affairs. The Morn
iuz Post, of tlie sameday, said, “it is now quite
apparent that Mr. Polk’s rhodomontade, about
Texas and tbe Oregon territory, was thought
l ‘, in r : . °lj
When the Maynooth crisis is over, and
further accounts reach England from America,
there will be one burst of bitter feeling against
the United States, provided Mr. Polk does not
apologise tor his Inaugural Address. You
can, therefore, predict, with certainty, what
will be the lultiie course ol lhe British Govern
ment towards the United States, long before
this letter reaches you.
Yours, Respectfully.
Correspondence of the North American.
New York, May 11—p. m.
The weather is most delightfully wajm and
pleasant, and the French, German, and in fact
all our foreign population are promenading the
streets, or have betaken themselves to lhe resorts
ol people for Sunday amusement, with which
the vicinity of the qiyabiiunds. The churches
have been filled as on
last Sabbath, with who have been in
attendance at the anniversaries.
The Stock and Money Market closes with
more activity than for some time. In all slocks
prices are higher than last week, with a growing
speculative feeling. Money is cheaper, and
can be had at 5 a 6 per cent, on Stale stocks.
By the Eastern mail there is not a single item
ol news farther than the mention of continued
cold weather from the Penobscot to Providence;
frost and ice are noticed, and great fears are felt
about the fruit in fl >wer.
Cotton sold yesterday to the amount -d 1800
bales, at prices fully equal to those previo is to
the arrival of tbe foreign mail, which is an ad
vance of JaJ tn two days. Flour was a little
weaker, still $4 87 was obtained for Genesee and
slßl sot othet 1 sorts; Southern still remains at
$4 87 a $5, with a diminishing stock.
A Smart Boy.—The N. Y. Sunday Mercu
ry has a genius in his “ Nimrod,” whose bright
ness the editor developes in the following lesson
in catechism :
“ Well, Nimrod, how long were the children
of Israel in the wilderness?”
“’ Till they found their way out.”
“ Who was cast into the lion’s den?”
“ Van Amburgh.”
“ Who was compelled to seek refuge in the
land of Nod?”
“ Governor Dorr.”
“ Why?”
“ Because he got up th ’ King's ebenezer, and
Provi'trnce wouldn’t protect him. ’
“ That will do, Nimrod, for this week.”
Dsstuctive Fire. -Yesterday morning, about
five oeloek, a fire broke out in the extensive
dry goods s ore of Messrs Barker & Towle,
No. 71 Catharine street, and although the fire
men worked with the most untiring zeal, pro
perty to the amount of between sixty and seven
ty thousand dollars was destroyed, or damaged
so as to be unsaleable, before the progress ofthe
flames could be checked. There was an insu
rance on the goods for $28,000. The fire was
the work ot an inceudiary.— N. Y. Cour, fi-
Enq., \2th insl.
From St. Domingo.—Further intelligence,
in addition to what we have already published,
has been received at Boston by the schooner
Daniel Francis. The Daily Advertiser states
that President Guerrera died at St. Marc on the
15th, and was buried with military honors on
the 18th On the 17<h, Gen. Louis Pierrot was
proclaimed President on the part ot the people
ofthe northern part of the Island; but there
were doubts whether he would be acknowledged
by th iseofthe southern part. He was a prince
under the regime of Christophe, and is upwards
ol 70 years old, but is nearly seven feel in height,
ot good proportions, and still active.
His skin is jet black, and his feelings are
siren jly biased in favor ot those ot his country
men ol the same complexion, to the prejudice
ot the mulattoes. There was much excitement
in lhe Island in consequence of the efforts ot a
party in favor of recalling the deposed President,
Herard, who was banished last May; and seve
ral hundred persons had been arrested and pul
in prison, for pa tieipaling in the movement.
Herard, it was said, had purchased at Kings
ton, Jamaica, a schooner, which he had armed,
and manned with eighty men Irom the Spanish
Main, and had sailed from Kingston, March
29th, as has been heretofore mentioned. It was
staled that he had landed al different points on
the south side of the Island, whenever he chose
to do so, and that he had captured sixteen boats
which bad been sent against him. This intel
ligence is at variance with that we copied Irom
New Orleans papers yesterday. If his party
should succeed, it was said, their intention was
to put the I-land under the prorection of Great
Britain; and that they would allow foreigners
iodo business in their own names, hold real
estate, &e., which lhey ate not permitted to do
by the existing laws.—,V. Y Cour. <Sj. Enq.
Prompt Liberality.—Rev. Dr. Kirk, at the
meeting of the “Christian Alliance” on Thurs
day evening, said if S2OOO were contributed, a
Protestant Press should be established in Paris,
which would pe'iietrate Italy to its utmost con
fines. Almost immediately a gentleman sent a
note to the desk,raying that he would be one of
two hundred to raise that amount. In the course
ot the evening other sums were subscribed, and
it is proba de, before the week closes, the entire
amount will be obtained.— N. Y. Express.
AUGUSTA, GA., THURSDfj| MORNING, MAY 22, 1845.
Religious Anniversaries.
I Presuming that e large class ot our readers
t will feel a decided interest in the proceedings
s ot the several religious associations, which held
j their anniversary meetings in New York during
the past week, we give a summaStatatement ol
’ the stets disclosed in their repoVs.
American Tract Society— Wlh Anniver
sary. The Hun. Theo Frelinghuysen presid
ed. From the Treasurer’s Report, an abstract
of which we find in the Tribune, it appears that
du ing the past year, the society has paid for
paper, priming, &c. $lO2 551 U 4. Thesoperin
lendems, colporteurs, and oilier agenis in dis
seminating the publicationsofthesociety,s2s,-
382 43; for lhe services of agenis in different
sections ofthe United States, $5,558 75; appro
priation to Foreign and Pagan lands, $6,000;
for services of officials in depositories, $7,613
74-in all, $152,376 78
The receipts have been, by safe, $86,296 01;
by donations, legacies, from auxiliary so
cieties and branches, $62 366 38; from rents,
$3,774 39 -in all $152,376 78 There also ex
isis a debt of $5,107 61 lor printing, See.
The number of new publications has been 68,
many of them being editions of standard works
The ntiinber of volumes cireula ed has been
374,757, an increase over ihe Circulation of the
previous yearot 61,255773 pages. 36,000 vol
umes have been circulated m Ger,uany.—-
H-avy grants VUbließliojisJitiwe te-ep
i iri- ii’iinMr <>f ?■ erei'iype'piiiWs Ca'si'tdr ih'ie
society has been 52,717 in various languages.
tiering the year there have been engaged 143
colporteurs in lhe teirilory ot tne United States
and Texas, inclusive ol those employed by aux
iliary societies. Os this number three have
been devoted to Welsh, Irish and colored per
sons, ihree to sailors, four io French, and twen
ty-six to Germans. The residue, 107, to the
people at large.
The Society has granted to the Toulouse and
Swiss Committee of Geneva SSOO, in Belgium,
S2OO, Hamburg, 600, Mission stations in
Turkey, SI,OOO. Baffur. S4OO. Ceylon. S6OO,
Indi i, $1,300, Burma“s4oo, Sandwich Islands,
$1 000. Total, 86.000.
The Report was ordered to be printed under
the direction ol the Executive Committee.
It is anticipated that the operations of lhe So
ciety lhe next year w ill b? considerable extend
ed, and preparations are being made according
ly.
American Home MissionarySociety—l9ZA
Anniversary.— The report of the Treasurer,
Jasper Corning, E-q , was read by that gentle
man, showing the following con ilion of the
funds oftheSociety, viz: In hand on the 15tb
ot April, 1841, were $217 54. The receip s
during Hie succeeding year have been sl2l 946,-
28, in all $122 163 82 The claims of Missiona
ries unpaid are $11,86105 for services no to ihe
List anniversary. Since then $118,660 71 have
b come due, making lhe total liabilities 3130,-
52176. Ol this sum $118360 12 have been
paid, leaving $12,164 64due io Missionaries,yet
to meet which lhe Treasury eon’ains a. sum
more than sufficient by $3,803 70 During lhe
past year S2O 0-11 29 have been received in be
quests anti donations, an increase of one-filth
of the amount of luuds in hand at the last anni
versary.
An abstract of the report was then read by
R-v. M lion Baager, D. D., one of the Execu
tiveCominittee. From it we learn tha'ihegene
ra) aspect ol the Society’s work is encouraging,
and the operations for increasing usefulness
have greatlytuuiliiplied.
The number ol ministers of the Gospel, in tbe
employment ofthe Society during the year, his
been 943. Ot these, 209 have been ap ointed
since lhe last anniversary.
The amount ot missionary labor performed
during the year, is 736.
The missionaries have been stationed in 23
States and Territories of tbe Union, and in
Canada and Texas.
The number of Congregations supplied, in
whole or in part, with lhe preaching ot the
Gospel, has been, 1 385.
Addresses of a spiritual character were de
livered by several g»n:lemen. The Rev. Lyman
Beeeher of Cincinnati, addressed the attdi-nce,
speaking ol ihe earlv history ot the American
H ime Missionary Society, lhe first germ of
which might be traced in Connecticut, when
Missionaries were sent thence to Vermont, and
long career as a Minister fur many iaieresting
anecdotes, stating among other things, that he
remembered when a brief was required from
the Royal Governor, to authorize lhe taking ol
an annual colieciion in churches. Dr. Beecher
staled that all his life he had pleaded the causu
ol the West, even at times when he little thought
he would visit New-York Irom that great re
gion to plead its cause. The interest iil the
prosperity of that section of ihe country had
greatly alternated, sometimes having been buoy
am anu again almost stagnated. Now great at
tention was paid to ii, and iis resources, which
promised in the course ot less than 20 years, to
reach the position occupied bj' the New Eng
land States after a struggle of 200 years and
more.
Dr. Beecher slated that to enable the West to
fulfil her high destinies, she needed ihe exten
sion of religious advantages far beyond any
thing she had as yet known, to secure which
were required above ah things clear, religious
and doctrinal preachers, who would contribute,
not to the advancement ot religion only, bui of
general instruction and education. T u e vener
able speaker having concluded, lhe benediction
was pronounced.
New York Colonization Society—l3M
Anniversary.— From the Report of this Socie-y,
it appears that the whole amount of funds col
lected during the year was 756. being an in
crease of $2 707 from the receipts of the pre
vious yeai; tne balance retnainingin ihe Trea
sury is about ,100.
The principal difficulty with which (he pro
gress ot lhe society has had to contend, is rhe
warn of energetic agents The American Co
lonization Society was incidentally mentioned;
during the year ii has sem three expeditions to
Siberia. Numbers ot free negroes had been
anxious to g > to the colony, but the tunas of ihe
Society have been inadequate to accomplish ihe
desired obj ct. As an encouraging tact ii
was stated tnat many pulpits which have been
closed to the cause of Colonization, ha~e
during the year bedn opened, and in
setts this has ben ihe case in nearly
stances.
They seem to encourage life cause as a
healthy conservatism, and there is abumtant rea
son to believe ih it ir is in a pr sperous condi
tion and destined to ultimate success. The ac
tual s'ate ot lhe Colony in Liberia is al-o en
couraging, particularly as relates to the physi
cal comfort and happiness of (he inhabitants.
Education fl mrishes, agriculture is advancing,
and a considerable trade is carried on. The
teelingol the colonists toward* the nations in
lhe vicinity is ol the most friendly nature. Tne
moral condition ot the colony is mentioned as
generally very good—there being only two grog
shops in the country, and (hose closed on ihe
Sabbaih. The churches in the colony are 23,
and the communicants number 1483. iMemiun
was made of Gov. Roberts, and his treaties
with the neighboring nations, which it is believ
ed will cause a spread of Christianity and civi
lization, and consequently a decrease in the
slave trade. These are some ofthe benefits al
ready effected by colonization, which has only
been using its endeavors for the space of tv enty
years. More than 25.<XX) native A tricans have
partaken of thebenefirs which the colonists pos
sess, in an increase of civilization, a knowledge
ot agriculture and several useful arts.
These abstracts are taken from the New York
and will serve to give our readers a
pretty fair idea of what the several Associations
; hare done during the past year. From other
, sources we glean the following additional par
ticulars, viz.
Presbyterian Board of Missions.—The
• annual statement ot (he Board showed the re
i ceipts fur ihe past year to be $82,672 84, and ex
l penditures 881.169 71. Balance in (he Treasury,
} $1,203 13 There had been printed and circu
. lated ot lhe “ Missionary Chronicle,” 6 210 co
i pies; of the “Foreign Missionary,” 14,200
copies.
They have Missionaries in Texas, Indian
tribes. Western Africa, and Western India
The printing press s arted last June, has printed
I, pages of the Scriptures, and $50,000
has already been sent to papal Europe to lunhei
the operations of the Board. Several addresses
were made during the evening.
American Seaman’s Friend Society—l9f4
Anniversary.— A cheering account <4 lhe last
year’s efforts was given in the Annual Report.
There are now in existence fifty Mariners’
Churches, where divine service is regularly
performed, and where the seaman has aiways
the privilege of attending. The Sailor’s Home
in New York has 316 Sailor boarders, and du
ring the past three years the number has been
11, The number of those who have volun
tarily stopped their allowance of grog in mer
chant ships is surprising; in one instance the
number was 300 out ot 302. The Seaman’s
Bank for Savings, tn this city, has now on de
posit more than half a million of dollars mostly
belongir gto Seamen. The receipts of the So
ciety tor lhe past year have been $17,322; ex
penditures, $18,178, and if the fut.ds from all
the auxiliary Societies were included, th
amount would be over $75,000. The exercises
wer* peculiarly interesting.
SATURDAY MAY 17.
Senatorial iNcu^ra^lON.—The Whigs ol
T;-fi,-and
Ridlevas the for that Sena
torial District.
Consul at T«t£fi^Sw- Henry A. Cargill,
E s q., ot Jaekson, the Mississippian,
has been tendered Ihr- vsiee Consul at Trieste,
and will take his lor Austria about
the first o! June.
J. S. Caluoln the editorial chair
of tiie Columbutj u to which we wel
come him most JFrom long associa
tion with the WhigjxMßhntl a thorough know
ledge of its prineipliSfe will render efficient
ail in the cause, dodbt not render tbe
Enquirer a most Organ.
■ry The MLitg ” ap
pears of our
'' i ’’’'-I®SsSPi 10se 1,6 i!esi s ne, t
-e.eie, beea(jßMEwwel“.al to copy his
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it >, r.trt od < itizens, I
Gsn. C*s<.--The C'S.-oit Advertiser inti
mates that the L'-gislat tne of Michigan, at the
next session, will Ihrmal-h nominate Gen. Cass
for the Presidency far 1848, and then he is to
resign his seat in the U. ‘3. Senate, and strip
for the Presidential race..
Internal Improvements in Ohio.—An ar
ticle in Hunt’s Merchaa’.s’ Magazine for May
<>n the “ Canal Commenje of Ohio,” says that
in the State ot Ohio them are completed eight
hundred and eighty-two miles of canal and
slack-water navigation, owned exclusively by
the Slate. The State also owns one-halfof the
stock in twenty-six turnpike companies, em
bracing nearly one thousand miles ot macada
mized roads, traversing different sections of the
State.
New Orleans.—The most certain and cheer
ing signs ol the prosperity of our citizens, says
the Picayune, are the buildings of every degree,
from the marble edifice cl the millionaire to the
shingled cottage ofthe mechanic, which are ri
sing up, or being raised, in every square and
every street ot our city; and this is not done
by “kiting,” or fictitious capital, but by bona fide
capital, or solid means— tbe result of productive
industry.
53* “ A c ndidate fir Governor in Tennessee
pays dear enough for his honor, —at least the
present candidates will, as we see it stated that
they have agreed to travel the Slate together on
a stumping expedition. They have published
a list of appointments for sixty-one counties,
extending through sixty-nne days in the months
of April, May, June, and July. They promise
to attend the other counties if possible. The
election takes place in August.”
O’A Mr. Waters, a. Derby, Conn., is ma
king two tons and a half of pins per week by
machinerj' ol his own invention.
Nf.w Machine.—Thomas Miles, of Somer
set, 0., has invented and patented a machine
for stuffing horse-collars, by means ot which it
is said that one maa eftn’do the work of five
men in the ordinary wey and do it better.
Progress or Re ’drm—The Baltimore Pa
triot says: Tbe Clerks in the several depart
reports got up : about of the Clerks-
On the of victin>7-',was recently put R.
GreeijZ .f the State-department. “ A friend”
has u. taken m an»w« for him, and in the
Union o? last nicht, denies that he ever was a
Whig; but is so tar from being one that he was
the “only inao” whom lhe “ Harrison adminis
tration” had determined to “castoff.” It is a
curious state of affairs when such publications
as that of “a friend” In the Union, have to be
resorted to to save a man in his office.
Money, &c., in New York.—The Courier
and Enquirer says: The interest on the State
Debt of Alabama for ihe last six months, (of
which about tour and » half millions are held
in England,) is now being remitted ; also, a part
of the interest of this State’s Debt due in July,
but now discounted by the Comptroller. This
has caused an increased activity in the market,
and some idea ol the state of Exchanges may
be formed from tbe following statement ot the
loans ojf this State which tall due within the
next eight months, nine tenth? ot which is due
in Europe:
Six percents, redeemable 1845, 32401NK)
Five percents, redeemable 1845, 800 000
Amount payable list July. 1815. «l 040 000
Amount payable Ist January, 1846, 2,300,000
$3,340 000
Steaeer Swallow.—Efforts are again ma
king to raise this ill-fated boat. The chain
cables used <>n the former occasion were very
1 irge—one inch and a half in diameter—and
broke it is stated,-' f -■ - uA"ttie
-steamer.
Two more I on Furnaces are in course of
construction near Danville, in Columbia Coun
ty, Pa.
The New York Legislature have resolved to
accept that St te’s quotaofthe Land Fund, viz t
SBIOOO The bill for its acceptance now only
needs the approving signature ot Gov. Wright.
Professor George Tucker has resigned his
chair as Professor of M >ral Philosophy in the
Virginia University. The Visiters will fill the
vacancy on the Ist of July.
Canal Steamb >at. —A well modeled canal
boat, with a “ Loper propeller,” made her ap
pearance upon the Schuylkill Navigation at
Pottsville, on last Tuesderr, and passed up to
Port Carbon uqder steam to discharge her car
go of plaster, and load with coal. The Berks
and Schuylkill Journal, speaking of the boat,
says:
We understand that it answer the pnrpose
admirably, running at a good speed especially
in ihe dams where no injury results to the banks
from the swell of water produced bv the speed of
the boat. We have no donbt that in a few
years, after the canal is widened and deepened
tor the passage of large boats, steam power will
be used altogether Irom one end of the line to
the other.
Beautiful Invention.—TheNewark Adver
tiser says that Mr. Crane has recently added
another ingenious contrivance to his Twelve
Month Clock. It shows now the day of the
month, and also ot the year, and exhibits the
Sun and Moon rising and setting every day in
the year—with the most undeviating accuracy
and regularity. The Moon as she revolves in
her orbit is made also to revolve upon her axis,
showing every day, with equal accuracy, her
different phases. The apparatus used for this
purpose is exceedingly’ simple, and is by no
means liable to get out of order.
ANew Article.—Aruongthe freight ofthe
steamer lowa on a late trip to St. Louis was
60 bundles of Willow, prepared for the manu
facture ol baskets. It was cut near Chicago.
Berlin Ladies with Cigars in Mouth and
Skates on.—The Algetneine Zeitunggives the
following picture ol Berlin on the2lstof March:
‘ Our spring has opened upon us with new frosts
and snow, and it is a thing unknown to the old
est inhabitant, that day after to-morrow, the first
day of Easter, our elegant ladies, who have
een enjoying the skating with cigars in the r
pretty mouths, can continue to avail themselves
of this pleasure even until Pentecost.”
The Florida Statesman of the 10th inst.
says:—Gen. Worth has been on the St. John’s
river, in lhe vicinity of Jacksonville, for some
days past. It is currently reported that he has
been fishing, with a view to hook Sam Jones.
Passengers are now carried between New
York and Albany for twenty five cents.
The New Postage Bill.—We give, in a
condensed form, tbe rates of postage upon letters,
newspapers, and pamphlets, as regulated by the
new bill, by the last Congress, which goes into
operation on the first day ot July next:
on letters.
Single letters, or any number of pieces
nolexceedinghallan ounce,3oomiles
or less 5 cents.
If over 300 miles 10 “
Drop letters (not mailed) 3 “
For each additional halt ounce or part
thereof, add single postage thereto.
on newspapers.
Newspapers of 1900 square inches or
less, sent by editors or publishers,
from their offices of publication, any
distance not exceeding 30 miles Free.
Over 30 miles and not exceeding 100.. I cent.
Over 100 miles, and out of the State.. 1J “
All sizes over 1900 squares inches,
cals, any drsta; ce, for one ounce dr
less, each copy 2 cents.
Each additional ounce or fractional
part thereof IJcents.
ON CIRCULARS.
Quarto post, single cap, or paper not
larger than single cap, folded, directed,
an 1 unsealed, tor every sheet, any dis
tance 2 cents
Title to Oregon.—England lays claim to a
part of the Oregon territory predicated upon the
alleged discover) of the country by Sir Francis
Drake, in 1579, and upon the cession by Spain
in 1790 to England, concurrent jurisdiction with
herself over the territory, to be made available |
only by actual occupation and settlement. The
Albany Argus gives the following summary of
the American title:
1. Discovery of the mouth ot the Columbia
river by Captain Gray, of Boston, giving the
name ot his vessel to the river.
2. The discovery of the head of the same
river by Lewis and Clark, under the authority of
the United States.
3. The settlement of Astoria under the au
spices of Mr. Astor, an American naturalized
citizen.
4. The treaty in 1803 with the French Re
public.
5. The treaty of Spain of 1819, acquiring all
rights of Spain to land north 42 degrees beyond
the Rocky Mountains.
6. The Nootka Sound contest (1789) between
England and Spain.
7 The treaty' of Utrecht (1763) between
France and England, settling boundaries—this
settlement becoming ours, as the successor ot
France in that part of her dominions.
8. The treaty ot Ghent (1815) restoring Asto
ria to tbe United Sta es as American property.
9. American citiz ns were once in sole pos
session ol the Columbia river region.
The same paper remarks, that “this question
is evidently surrounded with complicated diffi
culties and embarrassments, growing too, in no
small degree, out ol lhe joint occupancy” by the
United States and Great Britain. 1
A Patriarch.—The Rochestet Democrat
says that John Allen, a revolutionary pensioner,
aged 88 years, lately emigrated froi£ that place
to Wiskonsin, with all lhe memberspf his fami
ly consisting of sixty two. The Democrat says
—“ He moved off, in his old armtehair, sur
rounded like Abraham, withdiis sl'tres of de
scendants, anxious to die, as he has lived, a
mongst them.” a
The Buffalo Commercial Adverjser of Mon
day gives the following interesting notice ofthe
1 1 ■ I I*
“ VYe were much interested in jhe account
given us this morning by Mr. PliriF Allen, on
board the St. Lows, of a colony <>w oq/their
wayto Wisconsin. The entire cojuayjfre com
posed of the Allen family. Tb’drvare three
generations, numbering in all 11" souls, of
whom filly arc now on iheir way, id be followed
h'ereatier by the remainder. It isajouching pic
ture to see such a multitude all linked together
by blood and affection, embracing ( ih e extremes
of old age and the tenderest inland th us jour
neying a thousand miles to seek a njw dwelling
place. The Pa.riarch ofthe family, Philip Al
len', is with them, aged 88 years. He is the fa
ther of five sons and three daughters-.he was a
soldier ofthe Revolution, and receives a pension
from his country, and has resided in Rochester
for the last 27 years. Though feeble he is
cheerful and pleased with the idea,of the union
ot his numerous descendants in the,tar west, go
ing down with them as Jacob wenttvith his sons
into Egypt, that he may die in the tiijst of his
posteritv and be buried where they expect to lie
until the morning of the Resurtectum.
The Allen family are located at z Walworth,
Walworth counlv, Wisconsin Ter‘ where they
have purchased a large tract of Ivnd, in the
centre of which lhey intend to build a village,
which is to be called by the appropriate name of
‘Allen City.’ A large proportion ofthe lamily
are communicants in the Presbyterifn Church,
and expect to form a church on the
whi: Ii a Pastor is alieadi pariii; 11
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son to learToFuje morai or
lhe West upon lhe destinies ot our beloved
country.”
The Columbus Enquirer makes lhe following
very sensible remarks in reference to the war
spirit which is now so prevalent among a lew
reckless political demagogues:
The WarCry.—lt our judgments could be
controlled by the language and manner of many
of our worthy democratic Iriends we should be
lorced to lhe conclusion that a War, al this time,
would prove to be a national bles-ing. We
admire the stout heart and ihe iron nerve that
can “ look upon blood and carnage with com
posure,” when a stern necessity renders a state
of War imperative; tut we envy not the man
who flippantly speaks of War as desiroble to
him, for such expressions betoken an indifference
to human lite and happiness—an enmity with
all men, al home and abroad. It may be easy
enough to whip the British, and lhe Mexicans,
and the Brazilians too—but in the deadly strife
that must ensue—when arm to arm foes con
tend, our brother’s lite-blood will make red our
m >ther earth, and incarnadine the waters ol
many seas. Their bones may bleach in a
foreign land, or rest in the deep ocean. The
fate of such is far preferable to the desolation ot
the wives—the mothers—the daughters and
sisters at home. This deplorable result, wi'h
all the ruinous concomitasts that inevitably
flow when nations arm and array themselves
against each other, and make the sword the
arbiter in the adjustment ot their contentions,
must be firmly and quietly submitted to, when
national honor and the happiness ol the people
require it. That such an exigency may arise,
is but too evident. We trust, in doubt, that the
Administration may so conduct, as to avert the
calamities with which we are threatened.
Should England and the United States disturb
the repose of nations, it will be ala heavy
charge upon the commerce ofthe world, and to
the entire prostration, for a time, ot the cotton
planting interests ot the South. It is true, this
Southern ruin would not be less disastrous to
the great Manufacturing power of Great Bri
tain—for without our Cotton, the industrial pur
suits and the government ot England would
have to submit to a revolution in less than
twelve months.
As yet, we have not perceived the slightest
occasion tor a War. Our foreign difficulties
are the consequences ot the indiscreet conduct
of our rulers, and we are confident these may
be amicably and honorably adjusted, by wise,
temperate, but firm counsels, without an appeal
to the dread resort.
We are indebted to a Commercial friend in
this ci'v, (says the Savannah Republican,) for
the following extract from a letter, dated Mo
bile, May 10th:
“ In this State and Mississippi, the crop never
looked better till the beginning ot this week, suf
fering only irom drought, but early in the week
heavy rains fell in the interior, raising lhe water
courses and overflowing the lands bordering on
them; at Tuskaloosa, the river rose 43 feet in
24 hours. Gentlemen who we yesterday con
versed with, state that as far as they could hear
(coming down the river.) the crop was entirely
washed cut, and would have to be replanted.
The weather in this city has been very cold, ren
dering thick clothing and fires necessary.”
Prom the N. O. Picayune ofthe ftlhiust.
Later from Texas.
The steamship New-York Capt. Wright, ar
rived here yesterday from Galveston whence
she sailed on the Bih inst. She brings us papers
from Galveston to the 7th. Among her passen
gers were Major Donelson, the U. S. Charge,
and Guv. Yell of Arkansas.
Gen. Houston, with his wife and son, arrived
at Galveston on the 3d inst., from his farm on
the Trinity. He proposed to visit the seat ot
Go eminent of Texas, and will then come at
once to the United States, he being extremely
solicitous to sec Gen. Jackson once again be
fore the death of ihe latter, which appears so
imminent. He yields to Annexation as a mat
ter ol necessity, it not of choice.
Mr. Wickliffe, lhe ex-Postmaster General,
was at Galveston on the 7th inst.
Commodore Moore has involved himself in a
controversy with Gen. Houston, and publishes
an address to the people ot Texas, in which he
exposes his grounds of dissatisfaction with the
ex-Piesident. He enclosed a copy ot this ad
dress to the ex-President, threatening to follow
jt up witbother exposures, until he can receive
personal satisfaction lor tbe injuries which he
thinks himself to have received
There is no limit to the enthusiasm of the
people of Texas in regard to annexation. Tbe
only trouble with them appears to be, whether
to meet in Conveniion and form a Constitution
fagfUUe Statecuf Texas” prior or subsequent to
I meeting oT C«Mtress. This is a fertile
short extract f rom the Morning Star of the 3d
inst., published at Houston:
We rejoice to say that we have the most posi
tive evidence that the President and a majority
of the members ot his Cabinet are anxious to
act with the utmost harmony with tbe people,'
and will cordially co-operate with their
efforts to consumm i.e t; is great at the
earliest practicable period.
The Hon. G. Allen, the actSg Secretary of
State, arrived at Houston on the 22d ult. The
Telegraph as-ures us that he is an ardentfriend
of Annexation, and is desirous that “the great
measure should be consummated at the earliest
practicable period.”
The papers contain ample reports ot public
meetings declarative of the feelings of the people
in regard to Annexation. There is no occasion
to give these reports, so nearly unanimous are
the sentiments ol the whole country. The Tex
ans already regard themselves as part and par
cel ol the United States, and, prondofthe Union,
are only impatient that any delays should be in
terposed to its completion. Even the papers
opposed to Annexation but insinuate their ob
jections; they see that it must lake place, and
refrain Irom any open resistance to it. If we
can judge from the tone of the press, and from
verbal communications, not all the diplomatic
resources ofthe world can sway at all the gene
ral mind ot Texas.
The papers have some rumors of disaffection
to the Mexican Government in some ot her
Northern Departments. The “wish may be
father to the thought” in this case. We have
probably as late advices here as to lhe move
ments of Gen. Arista as have been received in
Texas.
The Greatest Draught ever Made over
any railroad in the world, was made on Tues
day, by Wm. Norris & Co.’s new engine, the
“Atlantic,” overthe Pottsville and Philadelphia
road. The Miner's Journal says:
“ The ‘ Atlantic’ started irom Schuylkill Ha
ven on Tuesday, with 150 iron cars, weighing
390 tons, and containing 744 tons, 1 cwt. of
coal—total weight exclusive of weight o! engine,
1134 tons, I cut. This enormous train and
weight she started without aid, and during the
whole draw from Schuylkill Haven to Philadel
phia, she never once slipped a wheel, or re
quired assistance from other engines, but per
formed her work alone and beautifully, and in
shorter lime than has been made before over the
road bv an engine with a coal train. She broke
but two couplings in lhe whole draw between
Schuylkill Haven and Philadelphia.”
The Floating Church for Seamen, New
York.— We find in a New York paper the fol
lowing description of the floating chapel for sea
men recently erected in that city:
“The Young Men’s Church Missionary So
iTtPWUt't'S Ul Ifld episcopal church, have erected
this magnificent edifice. No building in this
great metropolis is more calculated to excite the
interest and awaken the gratitude of every
Christian heart, than this floating chapel.
It is a beautiful Gothic edifice, seventy-six by
thirty feet, with two turrets, a spire, buttresses,
and a bell; all erected on a deck, placed over
two boats ot eighty tons each, ten feet wide, and
seventy teet long. Ir is moored in lhe East river,
at the foot ot Pike-street, a few teet fro > the
slip, and is entered by a wide platform, guarded
on the sides, and lowered down, so as to extend
to lhe landing at the time of public worship.
This is held twice every Sunday. There is a
fine-toned organ to lead tbe sailors in the per
formance of lhe chaunts, and in singing in the
church service. The perfect attention and pro
priety ot behavior, and the devout appearance
of the assemblage—and from the short time
sailors are on shore, (usually m t more than
three weeks) it changes every Sunday—have
often been remarked.
The zealous and eloquent Rev. B. C. C. Par
ker, is the present able and faithful chaplain.”
Letter from the Rev. Dr. Kollock (at Sa
vannah) to Hishop Hobart.
[The following letter from a distinguished
Divine of the Presbvterian church, addressed to
his intimate friend, Bishop Hobart, is a beauti-
JQjI illustration ofthe truth, that a conscientious
is perfectly consistent
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my
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sually occupied. I arrived in the height of the
sickness, and tor some time was standing at the
couches ofthe dying, and overthe graves ofthe
dead. How deeply ought such scenes to leach
us to look for a more durable portion than this
world can give! My health has never been
better than since my arrival, and I hope soon to
acquire the habits of a student. 1 have become
a true Presbyterian in my regime. This pro
duces such a lightness of body and vigor ol
mind, that I shall persevere in it during life.
I have begun to my people the lite of our Sa
viour in the form of sermons. 1 hope that the
study and contemplation ot this “great Exem
plar,” will not be lost upon invself. and will be
useful to my flock. I shall devote all my pow
ers to this course of sermons. They embrace
subjects which deserve to engross all the ener
gies ofthe mind. If you meet with any new
works that are really good, and that will assist
me, be so kind as to purchase them tor me; and
also (it you are not uring it, and if you do not
feel any apprehension ot its being lost on so
long a voyage,) lend me Bishop Taylor's Great
Exemplar. It shall be carefully used and safe
ly returned.
The pews of my church were rented about a
fortnight since, at public auction, (which has
always been lhe custom here,} for lhe ensuing
year. The rents amounted to $7,688; a strong
proof that the people are not indifferent to the
public ordinances of religion. We want more
churches here, very much; and I find, with
great delight, that the vesiry of the unfinished
Episcopal Church have at last resolved to com
plete it. Next year they expect to have it reauy
tor public worship, when they intend sending on
a call to Mr. Beasley. Were he with me. I
should indeed be happy.
How proceeds the"“Bellum Episcopale?”
Have any new champions appeared on either
side? Write me particularly concerning the
progress of the controversy. Though it does
not appear to me of the sama consequence as
to you, yeti must be interested wherever you
are one of the combatants. Adieu, tny dear
Hobart; it is so dark that I cannot see to pro
ceed. Your sincere iriend.
H. KOLLOCK.
The Washington Union has an article on
Prof. Espy’s Theory of Storms, in course of
which it says:
Many years ago the celebrated Volney visit
ed our extensive country, not more to under
stand our people and Iheir institutions, than, as
a wag said at the time, ‘to see how the wind
blewin America.’ The great effort, in our ‘city
of magnificent distances,’ ot many a quidnunc,
is to discover how lhe wind blows from day to
day. We have rumors enough, indeed; but
not as many facts as reports. Our govern men:
has as few mysteries about it as any other upon
the lace of the earth; but speculation frequent
ly outruns, and sometimes mistakes, its course ;
and many a man is yet ata loss to know how the
wind blows. 1 '
We presume, therefore, we shall not be far
wrong, when we consider the Union, hereafter,
as the political vane ol the Adminis’ration, and
■ mrn our eyes to it. whenever we want to know
“ how the wind blows ’in Washington. If the
idea associates itself with a weath nock, which
■ changes as the “ wind blows,” it is no fault of
ours.— Alex. Gax,
MOi'iDAY MORNING, MAY 19.
Alabama.—The Locoloco Conveniion at
Tuscaloosa have nominated the Hou. Nathaniel
' Terry as their candidate lor Governor. He
, will of course be elected.
An English Fleet in the Gulf.—The
New Orleans papers of Monday stale that the
ship Wabash, which arrived at that port on
Sunday, from New York, reports that it came
■ round the Hole-in-tbe-Wall in company with
1 an English squadron, consisting of one line-ot
battle ship, one frigate, one sloop-ot-war, and a
ten gun brig. Parted company with them on
the sth, off lhe double headed shot keys. Sup
posed they were bound to Havana.
Growth of Wetumpka.—The Whig says:—
Wetumpka continues moving rapidly on in
her march of improvement, and in a few months
more, upon the ruins occasioned by the fire,
buildings will have gone up, far more conveni
ent tor the objects of business than those de
stroyed, and ot such ornamental appearance as
would not be at all discreditable to any city in
the Union. No place within our knowledge
Wetumpka. And her march is still onWtMl
The energy and industry ot her business men,
the high degree of moral refinementcharacteris
i , tic of her citizens generally, aided by the im
' mense deal of trade, which must necessarily be
poured into it by a great and growing back
country population, destines her, if she has not
already reached it, to occupy a position second
in importance to no Southern inland city.
Nashville.—The population of Nashville, it
is stated, is now estimated at 12,000. It has 36
institutions of learning, at which 1620 scholars
are receiving instruction; there are fifteen
churches with 3024 members, and 800 or 1000
Sabbath school scholars, and 3 Sabbath schools
for blacks. Il has 28 steamboats employed in
its trade—26,ooo bales of cotton and 4000 hogs
heads of tobacco have been received this sea
son. The Stale Penitentiary, Institution for
the Blind, Lunatic Asylum, are in and near the
city, with a Mechanics’ Library, Horticultural
Society, &c. It has ihree Banks and three In
surance offices in good repute, with good Hotels,
numerous Commission, Wholesale and Retail
Houses in the different branch- s ot trade.
53" A writer in the National Intelligencer, ov
er the signature of " Madison,” challenges the
Editors of the new Government organ, “The
Union," to discuss the Tariff question. He of
fers to show:
Ist. That the Tariff is eminently beneficial to
all cultivators ol the soil.
21. That it is alike beneficial to commerce
and trade generally.
3d. That it does not upon the whole, raise
prices.
4th. That the Tariffof 1843 revived the droop
ing business of the country, reanimated ihe
broken energies of lhe people, and last, but not
least, proved itself a good regulalor of the cur
rency.
Saving’s Bank at Lowell.—Most of the
Factory Gills al Lowell make weekly or month
ly deposites in the Saving’s Bank in that citv.
By a recent report of the Treasurer of the In
stitution, it appears lhey now have on deposit
$708,692; last year, $575,465. This year the
number of depositors is 4097—last year 3112.
Who are tub Patriots.—Tbe tone of the
Whig press, generally, throughout the entire
- . ■ iff.
Locoloco organs, anu the demagogues ol that
party, an opportunity of wantonly charging the
Whigs, with “taking shies with the British,"
“forget mg thatthey are Am-ricans," &c. In reply
to similar charges in a Philadelphia paper, the
able Editor of the United Slates Gazelle holds
forth in the following eloquent strain:
“We shall never forget the high privileges
to which we are born,and which we have aided
to defend. We shall never forget what is due to
the country, and knowing that, shall not sacri
fice all to flatter the vanity, or shield the igno
rance, of an incompetent President. We sh ill
never attempt to deceive the p ople with the hy
pocritical cant of national honor, in order to
cover the gross dereliction of national rulers.
We have lived 100 long, not to understand the
treason that lurks beneath the garb of over
strained patriotism, or the cowardice, that is be
hind the cry ol “tny voice is still tor war."
“ Never, in the history of any nation, more
than in t u at of the United States, have been
made manifest the heartlessness and incompe
tency of those who continually seek to conceal
capital political errors by a cry of war; appeal
ing to the lofty patriotism, the undying attach
ment to country, and the horror of invasion, in
herent in republicans, and seeking to make a
generous people lose sight ot the miserable in
competency that has embroiled the nation in a
war, in their earnestness to defend their soil
against every species of invasion, provoked or
unprovoked. If there is a crime in the dark
catalogue of polilical turpitude, that is blacker
than all the rest, and is tinged with the hues of
all others, it is that of republican rulers outra
ging all proprieties ol place, gratifying morbid
vanity lor momentary applause, pursuing wild
and wicked schemes tor personal or party con
sideration, involving the nation in unnecessary
war, and in all this presuming on the known
love of country which animates the people, and
which will lead them to delend what has been
wickedly exposed to aggression, and in their
anxiety to nation,'Will induce thernj 1 tor
a time, to forget or postpone punishment to
those whose ignorance or wickedness produced
ihe mischief. This great sin against the nation,
against a trustful, confiding people, is that
which deserves the deepes’ execration. Shame
on the men who will thus sport with the peace
and honor of a people; who will purchase to
themselves momentary consideration, or pecu
niary advantage, by the sacrifice of the peace
and prosperity ol the country. What do such
men know of, or care tor, the honor oft he nation 1
They must tall into insignificance in that peace
ful calm that allows of contemplation and ex
amination; they must be small when the nation
prospers, and so they are content to “owe thtir
greatness to their country’s ruin.”
13 - Several ot the New York papers mention
a rumor from Washington that Mr. Polk has
nnder advisement a project to appoint, on a spe
cial mission to England, John C. Calhoun,
with extraordinary powersand large discretion,
to treat with that Government both on the’Ore
gon territory and a Commercial treaty, on the
basis of reciprocity and eqnalduties.
The New York Legislature have passed
lhe bill enabling the people of that State to call
a Convention for the reform of their State Con
stitution. Should it receive the signature of
Gov. Wright—and ot that there seems no doubt
—the question will be submitted to lhe people
next fall.
The New York papers of Wednesday after
noon state that the bill has been signed by lhe
Governor.
Green Corn was sold in lhe Mobile market
on the 10th inst.
Official Dignity.—Mr. Cist tells a capital
story about a constable in Pennsylvania:
He had served a legal precept of some sort on
a particular friend ot his, greatly his superior in
strength, who being particularly drunk at the
time rebelled against the law and its myrmidon,
seizing the officer and shaking him almost to
pieces. The parties meeting a lew days alter,
Jim, the off.-nder, was proluse in his apologies.
“ You know, J ike,” says he, “I would not have
served vou so if 1 hart oeen duly sober; it was
all the devlish whiskey did it.” The official at
last molifi-d and relented under Jim’s expostu
lations. “As to the shaking,” said Jake, “I
don’t bear any malice, I don’t vallay it a cent on
my own account, but as otfi er, recollect next
time, Jon, whoever shakes me, shakes the Com
monwealth.
Taxing Distilleries for a Poor Tax.—
The last Hanover Town Meeting (Morris
county, N. J.) resolved not to raise any Poor
Tax, but in lieu thereof passed a resolution ih
structing the Assessor to levy the highest amount
authorised by law, (thirty dollars,) on every
Distillery in the townslii.’, and appropriate that
amount to the support ofthe poor. The Jersey
man suggests that as the distilleries are one ot
i ihe primary causes ot pauperism, they should
I pay their lull quota tor that privilege.—Newark
Advertiser.
VOL.IX.-50.21.
I rom lhe N Y. Courier if- Enquirer.
The Great Race—The Routh Vlctortoua.
Never have we witnessed an excltunent ia
this city in relation to any sporting subject, *o
generally pervading all classes ol the communi
ty, as that winch tor some days past has existed
in relation to the contest between lhe sportsmen
of the Nortn aud ihe South, and was yesteiday
triumphantly determined in tavor of the South.
Oillie numberul peraonsomhe Union Court*
we have heard vanoua estimates It I* impus
sii.le to judge m such cases with anything like
accuracy ; out we venture to place it at between
seventy and one hundred thousand. Relatively,
we can speaK wuh great certainty; and having
been present al mostol the large gatbciinKS in
mis country, we do nut ties,late to say that this
exceeded in numberany previous assemblage
oi the people. We were ai the Ascot races in
England last year when London poured tonh its
tens ot thousands to get a view ol Queen Victo
ria and Ptince Alnert, lhe Emperor Nicholas
and the King ui Saxony. Hu* many person*
were ptesent on that occasion, we do not pre.
tend to say ; but we have no hesitation in saying
that there were a larger number in attendance
upon lhe Union Course ycsteiday. Tbe great
mass ol those present, were Northern men, and
it lullowed ol course, that tbe feeling was in
la ror ofthe Northern mare, Fashion, and owing
to the great number ot her bickers, the odds
L-uniinued ten to uven in her favor.
Although the race was advertised to come off
, at one o’clock, P. M-, it was tourteen minute*
went off tn fine style, and al ihe termination of
the first mite, Peytona was about a length
ahead. Alter this she suffered Fashion to lap
her; and in this position lhe remaining three
• miles were run until near tbe close of the fourth,
when Peytona shot ahead about three length*
' and won with ease, hard in hand. Tbe time
I was as tollows, accoiding to our account:
1 Ist Mile 1 52
2d “ 155
3d “ 156
4th “ 157
7 40
It was proclaimed by the Judges to have been
run in 7 m. 39{.
Betting was now three to one upon lhe South
' cm nag, and very lew takers. Pive to one was
subsequently offered and retused.
At the signal, both nags again presented
themselves, but it was manifest to the experienc
ed sportsman mat Pashwn has not “dryed up"
as the phrase is, quite as well as her competitor.
At the tap ofthe drum they were again off ia
fine style— Peytona, of course, on lhe inner track.
On the thiid quarter ot the first mile Fashion
made play, passed her, and look the track.—
Peytona immediately placed herselt along side,
but Fashion came in half a length ahead. In
his position the entire second mile was run,
Peytona passing ihe stand a neck ahead. The
third mile was run without a change of position;
but as lhey passed the Judges’ stand, the rider ot
Peytona lei her out, and she darted ahead as if
up to that moment she had not been permitted
to exhibit her speed. He was evidently
satisfied that he had it all his own way, and
quietly returned to his position side by side
with Fashion. In this position ihe fourth mile
was run, Peytona winning the heat and lhe race
hard in hand, with Fashion's nose lapping her I
Never was there witnessed on any Course, so
beautiful a race. During the whole eight mile*
run, tue nags were lapping each other with tbe
exception ot about a quarter of a mile. They
might literally have been covered with a blan
ket. But ihis, it mus be admitted, was entirely
owing to tbe tact that the rider of Peytona wa«
conscious ot her superior toot and bottom, and
tell that Ik had it all his own way. The
lime ofthe second heat we made as follows:
Ist mile 1 57
21 do 1.55
3d do 155$
4th do 1.57 j
7.441
Proclaimed by the Judges to have been run
in 7.451-
Official Time.—lit heat 7 391
21 do 7 45|
Thus terminated this great contest between
tbe North andthe South. We are not surprise!
al the result. Fashion’s lime was known ; ,nd
„ U wua uawrai: m auiiuu.'wjhai the, HwutA.WDHlilfe
Peytona could beat her best time
The course was very heavy with dust and
sand; and in our opinion, although Fashion has
been beaten, she m idea greater race tUan oft
any previous occasion. The time ofthe se
cond heat is wonderful, ccnridering the state of
lhe track On the other hand, P ytona was never
put to her work; and not only beat wi h ease,
but heavy as the track was, could, e think,
have made better timeover it than Fashionerer
did. She is probably the best lour mile nag
living.
Fashion is eight years old, and was rode by
Jos. Laird, carrying 123 pounds weight.
Peytona is six years old, and was rode by Bar
ney, (F. C. Palmer,) carrying 118 pounds
weight.
Talla-see Falls and Factory.— lt is not
as generally known as it ought to he, that per*
haps the finest Falls fir manufacturing purpo
ses, in the Southern Slates, are on the Tails
poosa River, at Tallassee, near the line between
Montgomery tnd Tallapoosa counties. The
amount ul water power is almost itliinitable, and
lhe proximity of the Falls to the heavy Cotton
producing section, makes the situation one ot
unusual value and advantage. The country all
North is somewhat poor, but quite densely co
vered with a population which can supply any
number of operatives; while South, thecharac
ter of the soil is entirely different, yielding the
ereat staple as abundantly as any land in lhe
world.
A wealthy firm (Barnett & Marks.) have now
in partial operation at this place, a Factory in
whicn are running 500 spindles. A great addi
tion will soon be made to the number, and wea
ving apparatus added At present they spin to
the hundred spindles, 132 pounds of Cotton a
day. The fill of the river—whb‘h. as well as
we can recollect, is here about 150 yards wide,
is 62 feet in 100 yards.
Mr. B. Dubose, the owner of the land, was
some years ago offered SIO,OOO for lhe shoal
tract: but nis titles were then it.choate and he
I did, not sell. It is since greatly increased in
value, in conseq’.?*Sft.'Jtl.the di»covery_ of an
immense beit ol Iron Ore In immediate conii--
guity to the Falls. This will itself be a great
scarce of wealth; when the river shall nave
been made navigable fir steamboats -as it
doubtless will be, eventually. Once or twice,
some years ago, steamboat* did ascend to within
I} miles of lhe present factory site; and we are
informed that permanent and safe navigation
could be obtained ala comparativ. ly small out
lay.—East Alabamian.
The methods ol our education are too much
governed by custom. It is custom, and not
reason that sends every boy to learn Latin and
Greek b-ffore he is bound apprentice to a soap
seller. It is custom alone that has confined for
centuries past the bright intellect in the letnale
world to the needle only, and secluded them
most unmercifully from the divine pleasures of
extended reflection aud useful ,
is lime we should break thesechains, and allow
reasons to dictate education.
Extensive Fire at Boston.—On Sunday af
ternoon, afire broke out in Boston, at the loot of
South Cedar-street which rapidly spread on
both sidisot the street, levelling every thing in
its way, until about thirty houses were con
sumed. The sheds ot lhe buildings on Pied
mont street, which reared on the South Cedar
street houses, took fire anil communicated to lhe
buildings on Pi»dmont-street, and all on the east
side ot this street were consumed.
The whole number ot 1 unifies burnt out is
stated to be about eighty, many ot whom saved
scarcely an article of furniture. Tbe houses
were mostly small dwellings, whose occupants,
having lost most ot their effects, are nodouot the
greatest sufferers. The fire was caused by the
carelessness ot some small boys, who built a fire
in the street to roast clams
Great Rise in the Ufper Mississippi.—
'Ve learn fro n the officers of the steamer War
Eagle, in last night from Galena, which place
she left on Saturday morning the 31 inst., that
rhe sreamer Otter had just arrived there from
St. Peters, and reported the Mississippi higher
at that point than it had been for twenty years.
The river was rising fast a Galena when the
War Eagle left —SZ. L'uis New Era, sth inst.
1 here is a well known adage, “Prosperity
gains friends, and adv rsity tries them.” The
iriends who have been attracted by prosperity,
almost invariably tall away on the approach
of adversity; but where friendship is pure,
disinterested, and founded on genuine estee n,
affliction serves tobring it out more prominent
ly than ever. Like the rainbow, true friend-hip
is brightest in the darkest storms.
<3" The i ii ( >o s«t iuc unt>' P riladelphia,
forth? quarter j ret termin ited, are said toex
ceed in amount the imports of the correspond
ing quarter ot last year,
Later from Maracaibo.—We learn Irom
Captain Waite, of lhe brig Emma, arrived here
yesterday, in 20 days from Maracaibo, that a se
rious dispute had taken place between New
Grenada and Venezuela, about ihe boundary o(
the province id Guarirjira; 600 troops had been
called our at Maracaibo, but u was supposed lhe
litfieuhy wou d be arranged «. tthout bio 'dshed.
Neatly all the CoSet had been bought up forth*
European market,— Cour, ts- EnqfWth inst.