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FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 90.
Thu Mission t<> England.- Tne Baltimon
American of Tuesday says: The repo’t that
the Hon. Louts McLane, of this citv, had been
offered the mission to the Court of London, we
hare n..w reason to believe is strictly true, and
think we may add, with equal certainty, that
the mission has been accepted. Report, how
ever, was incorrect, in styling it a special mis
sion. Mr. McLane, we have heard, will take
the place of Mr. Everett, who is to be recalled,
and ti e prominent matter which the new Mini- -
let will have tn charge will be the satisfactory
and final adjustment of the Oregon question.
Report further says that Mr. MeLaue will de
patt tor L >ndun early in the ensuing month.
From the circumstance th t he will go wiih
“leave oi absence" from the Rail Road Com
pany over which he presides, talo n in conn e
tion with the contemplated appointment ol a
President pro tempore in his place, it may be in
fferred Hiat his re-idence abroad will not be pro
tracted. Thar he may succeed in the early and
\ligp-y accomplishment of his important trust
Hrtisl be the earnest prayer of every guai-eftP |
ThAWasMHgtonJournalof Monday evening
Irasthg following annunciation .-
M ssionto Eiigla>ul.—Tt>e Hmi. Louis Mc
y- Lauehas been offered rhe Mis-ion io England,
ss'. ri ßfl4 if »understood That he will accept it.
* Virginia and New-I'iiglattd.
The article, under this head, which we copied
a lew days since Irom Fisher’s Magazine, in
which a most favorable contrast was presenter
by rhe writer in favor ot New-England, in con
sequence of her varied industrial pursuits, and
to which we appended, in common with others
ct our cotemporari”s, some comments ot our
own, has called forth our neighbor of the Con
stittuionalist in an elaborate article upon De- ,
mocratieand Whig policy, American and Eng. ,
lisii lariila, and mar'ers and things in general— ,
in which our neighbor has prelerred to deal in
generalities, rather than a connecied argumeni,
sustained by proofs, in support of what he is
pleased to term "denoeratic doctrine." Oui ,
leisure will not permit us, to day, even if o ir
u inclination prompted, to follow him through all
S®' this varied r-rnnd; nor do we deem it necessary,
ri as he h sin conclusion p omisnl, during the
present canvass, to show that (Ire financial pros
pects ol Georgia, In many respects, ha- resulted
from causes totally independent of Whig policy,
whet) it will be our province and pleasure to
|@HQtibit the converse of the proposition.
&< llKath op an Edit nt—The Albany (Geo.l
■Ki,Co>-ria- comes to us clothed in the habilim nl<
pSqfjnoiir.'iiiig, in consequence of th* deirh of it
edi'or. Col. John Jones. Mr. J. was a gcntle
aOhan. whd tn all the relations el life, maintained
Pf .** n '■ «•.«"<< .M?
wMjewas followed to the grave by the City Au
EOhorities, the Albany Lodge No. 21, and by the
’'.'citizens generally.
Family Boarding School.
S'- In calling the attention of parents nnd gnar
? diacs to the ex'’e]lent school ot the Rev. C. P.
S' B. Martin, near Madison, an advertisement o!
% ,Ayhich will he found in our paper to-day, we
K cannfit om»e to notice two features in the school
rif which to us seem important, viz: the receiving
nnd treating the pupils as membeisot a com
mon family, and that altogether new feature in
■ ; , schools in Georgia, Lectures on Agricultural
! ■ Chemistry.
P Th- Ken sington Iron Works ar Pittsburgh,
& destroyed by the great fire of the lOth ol May,
, are being rebuilt, and will soon be in operation
.again. The rolling mill of Messrs. Wood,
Edwards & McKnight, destroyed by fire a few
days ago, is to be rebuilt as soon as possible
■’ There nre now eight rolling mills in operation
at Pittsburgh; and besides the two that are
rising from their ashes a new one, of a large
, class, is nearly completed, and a smaller one
will soon be commenced. So that by next fall
there will be twelve rolling mills and eleven
nail factories in active operation at Pittsburgh
Tribute to tub dead The follow ing orJet
.. was issued on Monday by the' President of the
United States:
OFFICIAL.
;f Andrew Jackson is no more. He departed
■k'iria life on Sunday, lhe Bth instant, full ol days
and lull ot honors.
it His country deplores his loss, and will ever
diet ish his memory.
VVhibt a nation mourns it is proper :ha' busi
be suspended at least for one day
in the Ex-ciifTA- Dvmuxments as a tribute ol
Tespect to lhe illustrious cUhfl 1 accordingly
- -direct that the Department of 'Stale, tin- T. ■ i.
«ury, the War, the Naw, th<- Post Office D--
.... partments and lhe office ot the Attorney General
and the Executive Mansion be instantly put
in mourning, and that they be closed during the
■whole day to-morrow.
JAMES K. POLK.
Washingtoa City, June 16, 18 to.
The Criz-ns of Charleston in a public meet
ing over which Judg; Frost presided adopted
the following Resolutions:
Resolved, . That the nemory of Andrew J ick
son is dear to tbe hearts <d his countrymen, and
cherished with affectionate feelings by the peo
ple ol Charleston.
Res dved, That we bow to the inevitable de
cree of Providence winch removes him from the
scenesol lile in the fulness of years and hon
ours, with lhe resignation ol filial sorrow.
Resolved, That a funeral Oration in com
weinorari m of the life an I virtues of the de
ceased, and that er Orator forthat purpose be
appointed who will give epression to the feel
ings of this community.
Resolved, That a Committee of 26 be ap
pointed to select the Orator and mak- all other
appropriate arrangements for the foregoing pur
pose
O”Capt. Fremont’s company of tourists
started from St. Louis on the sth inst. for the
Upper Missouri. The company consists ol
sixty men, well equipped forthe journey. They
were required to be good riflemen, and persons
who could stand hardship anil exposure, amt
those were preferred who had already done ser
vice in die ir. nnrems.
Gov. Wright, of New York, was recently
burnt in effigy by some of his own political
party in Alleghany County, who adopted that
, mode of expres-ing their disapprobation ol his
veto of the Canal Bill.
American Coinage. —The National Intel.i
geneer says:—We are glad to learn from a pa
ragraph in the official paper that the Secreian
of the Treasury has directed his attention t
ibis subject; and that the aim of Sr’so,ooo has
been drawn from various deposite banks in
Mexican dollars, &c , and sent to the Mint am
Branch Mints to be coined into dimes and hnl
■dimes. This additional supply of these usetu>
coins will greatly add to the convenience of th'
public, under the operation of the t ew post of
lice law. More, we are told, will he sent, to the
full extent authorized by law. And also th.v
lhe next issue will probably be ot quarters, when
a sufficient number ot dimes and half dimes
shall be coined.
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Snake *. harniiag a Squirrel.
We find in the Savannah Geoig-an the fol
lowing interesting account of a Snake charm
ing a Squirrel. Os the writer, Mr. Hamilton
we know nothing, but the fact that he has given
his name to lhe public is prima facie evidence
of the truth of his declarat ion:
“On the 29th day of .May last, I was riding
on a small iri the 12th district of Dooly
county, near lhe Allappanaw, when I saw a
common sized fox squirrel sticking to the side
of a pine tree, some six or eight inches from the
earth. When I got opposite lhe squirrel, I sav
him move a little on the side ot the tree. I
inde some 20 or 30 yards past the squirrel,
when the idea occurred to me, that it might b<
charmed by a snake. 1 immediately turner
back in the direction ot the squirrel, arid when
I got within eight steps of the ire** where the
squirrel was. all al once I heard a rattlesnake
commence singing, apparently under the teei
of mv animal. Islapl spurs and got oft a fev<
yards, stopt and looked back, ana saw a very
venemoiis looking rattlesnake, not more than
or 5 feet long. I immediately dismounted
from my animal and took up a lightwood limb
that lay near, and gave the snake a pretty heavy
blow, which caused him to sing loud and
strong; and at the time 1 struck the snake, the
squirrel leaped from lhe tree, I think, about 3
feet, and it seemed to me the squirrel leaped
higher than far. I save the snake a second
blow and rhe squirrel leaped again, and soon,
until I gave the snake a third blow, when the
snake sung weaker, and the squirrel seemingly
got weaker in the same proportion. 1 then
ent to the tree, thinking to find the snake that
had charmed the squirrel, but it was not there,
nor no nearer than eight steps. I looked at
the squirrel, could not see any thing the matter
with it, but it appeared to he tired almost to
death, panting and struggling for breath. 1 re
turned to lhe snake, and with the same limb I
per ked ht« head soft. I again returned to the
squirrel anti saw him in about one minute, or
less, breathe his last, up the squirrel,
and the bl md had run lelt nostril down
the jaw and neck, anti down tne lelt foreleg,
and off at the front. I am certain thdtjjie
squirrel was never hurt by me, After partly
killing the snake, when I Hrst went to the
sqtrrrel. hs thigh with the toe of my
never moved nor even tried to get out
<4 my way. I give it as my opinion, that kill
ing the snake was the cause of lhe squirrel’s
death. The snake was not larger around, I
think, th«nthe wrist of a large man. He had
five rattles and a button ”
B. B. HAMILTON.
Singular Case.—-Mr. Hector Perkins, of
Baltimore, who was wounded in the battle of
Chipnewa, thirty years ago, had to have his leg
amputate recently For nearly thirty one
rears he has suffered occasional pain, but for
-everal months past he has suffered intensely,
until at last he consented to loose his leg. He
lias been doing well since the amputation.
The good | eople ut Milwaukie are quar
relling among themselves on account of section
al jealousies; and those on one side of the river,
thinking that the folks on the opposite side were
doing too well, destroyed the two bridges which
connected the two sections of the town.
Correspondence of lhe B 4rimore Patriot.
New.-Y 'RK, Sunday, P. M.
The operations in foreign exchange yester
day, for the packet ot me 1G h, from Boston,
w re less than usual, and the market closenfcwiih
a decided downward h n-'ency. London 109 J
a 109|; Pari* 5 2Gf a 5 27|
Ttie variation tn tacks of the leading secu
rities h is be n trifLng for some time past, whilst
the mote speculative, or fancy description*,
have fallen materially, and continue to have a
tendency to decline.
Money is abundant; the accumulation of the
government funds in the Bank, and lhe decrease
of business eng gements consequent to the sea
son, have caused a reduction ot interest. 5 a 5|
per cent ne r annum miy now he quoted as the
range, with but little paper offering fordisenunt,
There was but little done in cotton yesterday,
(as-is usually the case on packet days) during
the week, however, there has been an active de
mand for shipment and home u*e, as well as on
speculation, andtiie a trance from the lowest
point in the early pari <»f the last week, is not
■
Flour was lull—lhe stock of Genesee in mar
ket is light, therefore holders are enabled to
c&nmand $1 75 S ties of Ohio and Michigan
p.je made al $4 62J a 4 58$.
Ruinous iFire in Fayetteville.
Fayetteville, June 14.
An awful calamity has befallen our town!
We have been desolated by that dreadful scourge
which seems this year to havg been let loose
upon citiesand towns indiscriminately. Fiends
in human shape infest every part of the land,
blighting in an hour, with the midnight torch,
lhe truiisot years ol labor—involving in one
comm »n and undistinguished ruin, the riches
ol the prosperous and the pittance of the poor.
On Friday morning, about halt past 2, a fire
was discovertd in a warehouse back of a store
on Hay-street, about 3tH) feet from the Town
house, tn lhe very heart of business. The ex
treme drought had made every thing that was
combustible as dty as tinder, and almost as
quick a piey to lhe devout ing element. It spread
rapidly up Hay-street till it reached the new
brick store ot John Waddill. Jr., occupied by
Remy Lilly, which was saved, ami stopped the
tire in that direction. Down Hay-street it swept
every thing to the corner ol Market squ re,
thence down Green-sited toEccle's Bridge, ex
cept M»s. Perry’s dwelling just al the Bridge;
passing round the corner of G«?en stieet, Miss.
Bingham’s dwelling and several large brick and
frame warehouses were destroyed. From a
little above where lhe fire broke, out, it crossed
Hay-street at three places: first to the brick
stotes of E. J Lilly and J. D. Starr, next to the
Lafayette Hotel, (one of the handsomest, and
in every respect best Hotels in the South,) and
again on McArn’s buildings. Up the street the
fire was slopped after destroying only one build
ing above the Hotel —the store occupied by
John Wa<ltlill, Jr., and owned by the Estate ol
W. Whitehead. Down the street it consumed
every hing to lhe market square, and around
Gillespie-sireel to Franklin alley, down that al
ley to Donaldson s reel; across the alley to the
warehouses and stables on the south side, and
wa finally arrested at the Lafayette H> el sta
bles, which were saved by prodigious exertions,
and which prevented the kissof many other bui d
rhe Town ELmse in the centre ot Mar
k jin osta gains', hope: the
wind rose and blew theft a agkmsi _iu but
so much depended upon saving it in sluppm#-.
ihe lire, that those who had taken po*t upon it
fought on, though almost despairing, and finally
success crowned their efforts. Engine Com
pany No.. I did invaluable service at this point.
On the east side us Green and Gillespie-stretts,
on which tt»e wind set, lhe most determined
spirit was also manifested, and though tbe wa.*
frequently communicated, it was not allowed
to get the mastery. On lhe south side of Hay
street, the dwelling of Mrs. Macßae, sen , was
saved almost bv a miracle, by the deiertnination
of a few persons aided bv Engine No 2.
This fire was communicated by sparks in
several places, among others on tiie roof ot the
Presbytetian Church,but precaution was i.aken
in al‘quarters to prevent its extension, except
where the immediate contact with the Himes
rendered it impossible.
The disaster is not by any means so exten
sive or so overwhelming as that which betel
our to''n on the 29 h ol May, 1831; but is
nevertheless a great calamity li hasdestroyed
the best part of ihe business portion of Fayette
wile: the best buildings and the best stocks oi’
goods. It has travelled over the same ground
as hat fir®, except that it stopped short ot a
»bird ot the space then destroyed. As near as
we can count there were fifty-three front tene
ments destroyed, (of which about half were
handsome buildings.) best es the valuable ware
house*, &c , in the rear and on the back streets.
The loss can scarcely be less than Three
Hundr d Tn »u*in I I) diars, but is estimated by
■mny at $100,001), of which Irom $125,000 lo
150,000 were insured.
It may not be amiss to add, that the spirit of
our people, though humbled, is not broken by
this inflic’inn. Thert are a number of cases in
which lhe losersare no: ahle to beartheir losses,
anti they will have, we trust and believe, the
sincere sympathy and prompt aidofiheit neigh
bors.
No doubt seems to rest on ihe mind ol any
me, that it was the act of an incendiary ; for a
liscovery of whom ihe municipal authorities
will leave no eff»rt untried.
The “ U. S. Journal,” that takes the place of
rhe Madisonian, in a late number has the fol
lowing:—
“It will plant its right foot upon the Northern
verge of Oregon, and its left upon lhe Atlantic
rag, and waving lie stars and stripes in th'-
are of lhe once pround mistress of lhe ocean.
*»id her. it she dare—
—‘ Cry h«»vnc.
And let slip ihe dogs of war !’
We should, without speculation on such a
*pectacle, be glad to know, savs the “Concor
dia Intelligencer,” the exact size of It’s un
•nentiunables; and whether they will be made
at the expense oi Government or on private
subscription.
Reduction of Railroad Fares. —lt will bi
seen by the following statement of th*’ condition
and value ot the stocks of the various rai.roads
in Massaehusetls, where low fares predominate,
• hat it is to the interest of companies to bring
<heir fares down to ihe lowest point:—
“Lowell Railroad is tree of sale at 21 a 21L
and Providence, since its exhibit, i* qub k at 13
per cent, advance. Maine is scarce and inquir
ed tor at 18, and Eastern 12L Worcester i*
firm at 19, and it* receipts look well, and the
net sale* of unemployed lands arc expected to
defray a por’ion of the Tremont road bridge and
the branches con emplated to Newion Falls, and
from Needham to Frainm.ham and Sax»mville.
Western was put up to 4J, in hope of a union
with the Worcester, bin fell back on its dimin
ished receipts of last week, and the obstinacy of
its direction in upholding lhe high fare system
against all experience. Old Colony has de
clined to 6| ”
Dorrism and Democracy —“ We do not
see,” o ays the New Yoik Journal of Commerce,
“ how any intelligent man who has examined the
Siibj ct, can come to anv other conclusion than
that Dorrism is incon.Mßlent, we will not say
with the prosperity, but even the existence of
republican instiiuttuns (or any considerable pe
rind ot time.”
While making this oßServation, the paper so
speaking, declares its conviciion I hat the Demo
cratic party, so called, as a body, do nut approve
of Dorrism.
It is a little strange that ot two convictions
expressed in as many sentences, the one should
>hi»w a clear and sound judgment, and the cihei
an ignorance ot facts, or a dimness of percep
tion, altogether remarkable. The intelligence
which marks tbe first opinion would seem to be
sf angely at variance with lhe palpable mistake
in the second.
There is scarcely a prominent man in the
Polk party who has not avowed himself a fa
vorer of Dorrism. The second officer of lhe
administration, Mr. Dallas, has sougliL-J^ 0
occasions for the declaraljosLX»f^ ,fS ®^ l ‘ n ’ cn,s
on this subject, aruL i *' rfS predicted that Dorr
WutdiL bA~*wT3tuby the democracy to high no
nors. Gen. Jackson and Mr. Van Buren have
written letters, and Mr. Bancroft has vented
transcendentalism in behali of Derr and his
principles.
The Providence Journal records a prediction
“that in less than twoyearsami reniism will be
a cardinal principle of the [Democratic] pany ;
lor anti reniism i* as legitimate a consequence
of Dorrism a* Dorrism is of Locofocoism ; and
already it has received lhe -sympathies ol the
men who lent the first helpirg han 1 to the Dorr
itesof Rh >de Island.”
Il is difficult to say how far the tendency will
go which has developed Dorrism in the regular
procfls of its unfoldings. What we have to
hope, however, is, that when lhe worst has come
the renovating change will he at hand, to make
all things better. — Balt.. Amer.
A Chinese Convert to Christianity.—
The Rev. Mr Dean, a Mission ry to China,
who has been delivering a course of lectures
at Rochester, has with him a Chinese convert,
whose parents are heathen, and whose brothers
are now worshippersoi idols. He, a night or
two ago, delivered an address, which Mt. Dean
translated for the audien e. He said he was
happy to meet so many Christian*, that he ho
ped with them in the same Savior, and looked
10l ward to the same Heaven.
Before his conversion he had a very confused
idea of lhe hereafiei. Rethought he w uld en
ter some-other word, and live pretty much as
he ived here. He worshipped the idol gods ci
his own country, whom he had t een laughl to
believe uould protect him irom disease and pro
mote his business. He thought iha the god
dwelt in the image, not that tne image was God
—but he never knew exactly what to think wi h
regard to ihe future. He thought accor .ing to
the Boodbish system, that good men, after
death, became angel*, and if lhev did not sin
when angels, they wou d heco ne gods ; an I it
ihev maintained their integrity as gods, then as
their last reward, they would be annihilated.
But if not good in this lite, he believed they
would be turned into brutes. The name ol the
convert, as we learn trmn the Rochester Demo
crat, is A Bok —be is 23 year* old, and was en
gaged in agricultural pursuits till the age of 2t).
He is a man a little above the usual stature •'f
the Chinese, can r?a ‘ and write imperfectly—
is dr»’sse in his native costume, and in all re
*p?Ct*, is a fair representation of the common
people of his native country.
wiS-MF‘flrtreßtfriiber o rga mzec! T
Chew church, in Hong Kong, under the pasto
ral care of Mr. Dean, in April, 1843. The
church is
number more have desired baptism. Lirge as
sembT’ges on ihe Sabbath attend divine service
ip then dialect, and the people appear simple,
teachable and inquiring, and ass >rd encour iging
prospects to those who are laboring lor lhe in
troduction of Christianity into China.
Our Tr ade with England—ln 1842, the
halinre in tavor of the United Stales was $13,-
693607. In 1843 b dan. ein fav.-r.if the Uni
ted States, $17923 253 In 1814, in favor of the
United States. sl6 262 754.
Our Trade wi'lt France— ln 1842. lhe ba
lance of trade with France an I dependencies,
was in tavor of lhe Uni'ed States to the extent
0f81,515 470. In 1813 in favor of the United
S'ates, 81 636 3i6 In 1844, against the United
Siates, 81 818 976.
Our Tr >dr with, China.— ln 1812 ’h° balance
against the U'ited States wa* 83 490 248. In
1843 $1 966 608 In 1814, $3,171 314
Our Tradewith.M- xico.-~ In 1842 rhe balance
ngiinstlhc United Stales ws $461,463. In
1813 $1 310 469 In 1844 $592 169
Our Tadr with T xas. —in 1842. the balance
against ihe Unite I States wass76 963. In 1843
against lhe United Slates, $302 446. In 1811,
against the United States. $101,003.
Correspondence if lhe Public Ledger.
New Process of Making Iron.
Boonton, New-Jersey, June 10.
G’ntlenien— The new process of making iron
directly f rom the ore, without the use of a f ur
nace, which you noticed a tew days since, in
duced me, to visit this place to see for inyseif,
and for lhe use of all interested, how far lhe
discovery may be useful, and practicable, and
economical.
I find it promises more than your report led
me to expect. Tbe process is simply this.—
Pulveriz 3 six tons ot anthracite coal dust.
Through a tunnel on the top oi a reverberatory
gas puddling oven, let the mixture fall on ihe
osual slag hed below. Work it up into a loose
and coarsely granulated mass, (not into balls )
It i* not smelted yet. Push the semi fluid heap
to ihe far end ot rhe hearth ; introduce four tons
<»fcast iron, (pig metal,) when incandescent,
heap it on ihe hubbling ore, and work the whole
together into balls, which are then treated as if
werej?ig metal, in lhe usual wav.
The presence metal seems to attract
the iron from lhe ore, the silex fl fWmgoff with
out the aid of any flux. Two hours are requir
ed t<> complete the process.
The ore used in this exneriment
•he magnetic ore at Reading, Pa. It analyzes
60 percent. In this process it yielded 50 per
cent, of metallic iron.
The pig iron was from Danville, Pa., its
qualify cold, short, and entirely unfit for making
bar iron in the usual wav.
The iron resulting from this experiment, ex
ceeds, in fibrone and ductile qualities, every
thing of the sort I have ever seen. I regret that
I cannot leave the bar I send you for public ex
hibition, just now, as I want to take it else
where.
This process is the invention of Mr. Clay of
W..Fs, perfected by Mr Green, a very enter
prising gentleman of Jersey. Unless we
bed ceived in’he »estilt of its application, on
an extended scale, it will efl eta complete revo
lution in he rnannficlure of iron. Every fur
nace will double its work hvthe addition of a
puddling hearth, and a sei of rolls. And it will
so eheanen the article, ’hat it will form the sole
material for the construction of shipsand houses,
posts ahd pillars, wheelbarrows and cradles
T H RAX.
From the Pittsburg Gazette.
PayDay.—The sufferers by the fire are re
joicing in the liberality of lhe benevolent in al
mo*t every portion of the Union. Pay day was
a glad day to many a poor man and woman who
Ios» their all in the great lire. The committee
commenced on Monday to pay out drafts up >n
ihe 8.-ink of Pittsburgh forthe amount to which
each was entitled, and will continue their la
bors until all the claims are liquidated. Many
a blessing was prayed for upon those whose
•aces were never seen in this world, yet who«e
-sympathies were stirred to give f-eely of their
substance for the r> lielot the distressed. Though
far away, hundreds and hundreds ol miles,
should this meet their eye it will tell them how
grateful the recipients oi their gifts are; with
what gratitude they express their thanks, and
how ardently they desne a like calamity may
never fall upon them
True, these emotions, these thoughts, these
nraveis, are sei lorn vented in words or actions;
lhev can be read in the tealures, interpreted from
•he eye. Even the silence of many who would
not trust their tongues is eloquent. Blessings,
nany, rich, and happy, we pray may follow the
generous givers through life.
Tbe Arkansas Intelligencer of May 24 states
-hat a Conri Martial will sit ai Fort Smith on
-he 21 proximo, to investigate cer’-in charges
preferred against Col. Harney, of the dragoons.
Many distinguished officersol the army were to
be pfeseoL
A B A . JUNE 2C, 1> 1,5.
SATURDAY JUNE 21.
The State Engineer.
In these times, when it is so rare to see any
merit awarded by politicians to a political op
ponent, it is refreshing to meet with a paragraph
in which lhe writer rises superior to ihe tram
mels oi party and metes out even handed justice
to one whose honest convictions of propriety
prompt him to espouse different principle*.
Such instances are rare, and when they occur
t hey deserve to be chronicled, as well lor the com
pliment conferred upon their authors, asihe sub
ject of the remarks. Os such a character is
lhe annexed paragraph, which we clip from an
editorial in the Cherokee Advocate, upon the sub
ject of the State Road, in which the editor, as
will be seen, vindicates the character and mo
tives of the chief engineer, C. F. M. Garnett.
against the aspersions of those who have en
deavored to trad ice him before the public. The
Adrncfite is a decided but courteous organ of its
parly, and this testimony In behalf of a faithful
Whig officer, cannot fail to impress the public
favorably in reference to the discharge of
his duties, as an officer of lhe State. Thu
sustained and vindicated,the recent blow aimed
at Mr. Garnett, and through him at Governo'
Crawford, by a writer in the Federal Union.
who styles himself a “ Democrat ,” must recni’
upon the author, and expose him to the public
gaze as incapable of doing justice to a political
opponent. >
The editor,'after nnticingJjjiiJ^M >^Trr^2Tess o<
the ■'niirntraelKlirial influences which.
- -Adrien completed, it will exercise unon the in
dustrv of North Western Georgia, say*:
“ The work may now be carried on, we ven
ture to predict, withnnr calling for another
dollar from the public Treasury. If it cannot
the predictions o‘ its adversaries will be fulfill
ed. All that is necessary will be economical
management, a kind of management seldom
known when the niihlie are concerned, fhir
Townsman, the Chief Engineer, is carrying on
the work «riih much °fficiency nnd has obtained
contract* at low rates from .nth D p mn
crats and Whig*—and, bv the wav. we will h°re
remark, that we regret tn find that there are ner
sons. Irom a mi«appr‘hensinn, no doubt, ot hi*
motives or conduct, attempting to connect hi*
nnerations with n-diiic-; and who imnu’e t<»
him irflqpnrcs of which we are sure he i«=
exempt. Wearesorrv tn sec that he has joined
issue and opened a disrus«i' n with them.—
Th»t he is a Whig is sin enough tn sip sure
hut that he has allowed his whig pa'tisan* in
control his official conduct, wp have no reason
tn believe. If we are nnt misinformed s-»mp of
h»«s whig friends hive exceedingly hard bar
gains.”
Radicalism Rpritked.—The Chfirnkee A f v°
cate, a decided demncraiic org-in, thu* rebukes
a correspondent of the ConsHlutinnalid, who
had the temerity to prmose that eich State
should imnose a tariff upon lhe productions of
ihe other States;
“A writer under the signature nf ‘ r*m°s’ in
rhe Augusta Constirniiona)i«t requests nt news,
nnpprs in Genroiq rhe re mhlicatinn of his arri
rle on the tariff H° rccnmn>e , ’ds to the plant
ing State* a* a retpndv for th° evils of the pro
tective system th° ad »minn of that system with
in their own li nt's Thi* is th« su and sub
stance his article. Mr. G'ii. p, i slated that
sneh ‘-State r.erriq|ati >n would c >nflint wi’h an
opinion of Chancellor Kent. We have nor seen
this opinion n »r can w» conceive ho v such a
policy would impair the Consti’lpinnal right of
Congress if it did nut contravene, directly or indi
rectly, »h« provisions fnr the collertion of reve
nue Bur be ’his as ii mav, we have not pub
lished the ar’ie] \ inasmuch as we have bin Hltle
sy nnathv wiih ihe author and very little respect
for his intell.Tt
New Papstr —The offiep | materiel nf the
LaGrange (G-m.) have been transferred to
Mr T J Rr-ov, who has issued a new paper.
‘‘ 75 ChItahnnrJifle " (VJ t w tv « ’Ln|
n-1 ymnt tn a 1 aFwE mEIsT
on our table. It is a neat, well filled sheet, and
bears internal evidence of becoming a faithful
ally in the Whig ranks.
Mr. McDuffie.—The Charleston Courier
of vesierday says —The health of this distin
guished statesman, we are happy tn learn (says
the Columbia South Carolinian,) is rapidly
improving. We learn from a gendeman who
has seen him latel- , that he will in all probabili
ty be able to take this'seat in the Senate, at
the commencement of the next session of Con
gress.
OFFICIAL.
Appointincnt by ih‘‘ President.— Loni* McLane
of Maryland, Minister and
Envoy Extraordinary 1 »the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, vice Ed ward Everett,
recalled.
Several a iditional rem ivals of officers in the
Philadelphia Custom House took place on Mon
day.
The loss by the destruction by fire of Messrs.
Thurston. Green & C >’s S'eani Boiler Manu
factory. Mason’s Planing Works, . at Provi
dence. R. 1., is estimated at from $50,000 to
$75 000
The First Rail Road of American Iron
The River Rail Road, connecting with the New
Bedford and Taun’on and Boston and Provi
dence roads at Mvrick’s. six miles from Taun
ton, was opened for travel on Tuesday morning
the 17'h inst. The cars and all lhe appliances
on this road are said to be unsurpassed for com
fort by anv in the country. It is the first Rail
Road, of any extent, constructed with Ameri
can iron, the rails having been made at lhe
Mount Savage Wo ks in Maryland.
Mr. Lawrence, whois to take the office of
Collector of New York on the Ist of July next,
is now President of a bank and Chamberlain
of the citv. He retains these two offices; and
their salaries, with that of Collector, makes his
annual receip's from offices, sl6 000 a year,
besides hisshare of seizures, &c. Very snug
bu*[nes«.
Tjt Th a Legislature of Connecticut adjourn
ed sin ' die on Saturday last, alter nassing reso
lutions declaring that John M. Nile*, Senator
in Congress from that State, had acted in oppo
sition to the feelingsof a large majority of the
people of Connecticut and of lhe United States,
in voting for ihe annexation nf r l exas. Reso
lutions were also passed in tavor ot the present
tariff and of the d : stribntion of the proceeds of
the nublic domain, and against the annexation
or Texas.
Edward L. Carey, snn ot the late Matthew
Carey, and .a member of the well known publish
ing house of Carey & Hart, in Philadelphia,
died at that city on Mnrdav morning, after an
illness of only two days. He was a man of
highly cul’ivated mind and one ot the most re
spected citizens of Philadelphia.
Iron ore,excellent inqualitv and inexhaustible
in quantity, Ins been discovered in tn? vicinity
of Mihon. Union connty, Pt., on lhe West
Branch of the Susquehanna River.
We learn from the Philadelphia papers
that another attempt was made to fire the Acad
emy of Fine Arts in that city on Monday night
last. The fire was discovered before material
damage was done.
O’ The editor of the Cincinnati Chronicle,
who returned home a few days ago from a trip
two hundred miles up the Ohio river, says that
the only fruit cron that promises any yield of
consequence in that region of country is the ap
ple; it will be a tolerable one. The hay and '
grass crops have failed completely, anti the corn,
that ought to have been at least four feet high,
had attained a growth of only about six inches.
Curious Relic.—The iron, bolt to which
Christopher C dumbus was chained, during his
imprisonment in St. D uningn, has been received
at ihe town ot Newbern, NC. It was procured
hy Robert S. Morris, late Purser in the U S
Navy, r cently deceased. It is inded a carious
and interesting relic.
will i ::!l sh a fc•«
V. ecks, llie w ’ , l I>ave in
i.t "in i-eMfiraMwiTO&js a» .-■ ? Hie
i’lenen where Un-
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iij.'ni .ne not fyei'W di*P"ii
i d'-i".. a» haifli ihr>-,:.
<■ll.The Gieai feMe** •* jlixiai 2KO
mil. s lui<, and it Brussels,
ii i i <■ I.l' ihree*.'iM|gg|* r arid lom hcs Hu
i towns ol J'tifrr, o'inkn 1:
I>::. . V : uciennes,a^d,Auiien».
i' ■ ii,~: iiioeiy PrtrtardSA nient,
• ■ iii-.ulv if-ady to he open
io . i<i rjh., anfloHKraftiK*. Ao Aira. « ill
.I.l' Vai, neien'it*. will be
rad-, in r.uiple oF.remainder,
ia i-i s c,i ra.-l ol tWSXwja'ii* r;i:y#w cv>n
i'i i. Tnus one' tuilts <>n
il, ■ ii'., : in juiitanl pWlljjPlt'jl'h l , ' <y> ' .opnn
mi < .ii.n’iv.
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■" ht'imy coiij'lr-ted, *i'«U.'ear.c
■ha: a eer.- so.all additioij®3sd!»yrb-}’
.cinv ■■■. ill |"it ir ai
I : • ' U'liture on ilig ggriks oHtifei Gieat
iin’ Minister gj- j
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: !!,'• S a e—land and-'7M
iiii'ii.: inas""rv nnd eafflrLyc
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ions, 3 7911 DO M ; p- r nnn-iwafe i 1
.'.,i. nlUlk-.«■»»,. ' ■ icl ion - es;" ;:- >■
■ c \ ~ ■ :si.itf, 71 713 0 ‘i>i. -tile lota! addi
■ ional ex. en*e required' for line, ro
n» advanced hv me comi any, igitilit t e aßout
ot the line 76 Jl3.Goof ; or .E3.1Hri.520.
Paris an.i tri/ons, and L,yuns Avi^nan. —
In ihe Chamber id' Destines oa£ (Monday, M.
Duinrii), th * Minister of Public Works, laid on
the table a bill to empowei hnn lo -rani a
lease us these lines, the piovisioni of which are
as follows: 1. The leas -is to fie granted by
üblic sou.petition. 2. The .'Mirister .shall
leteriiiine 'he maximum period ofsueh lease
which shall be forty five years l a the Paris
and Lyons divisi in, and fifty years for the
Lyons and Avivnon, dating Irmnlheccanpletiyn
l the works. 3. No competitor,'shall lie al
lowed to offer who is not prdvi'.UMy approved
oi by the Minister of Public Works i. The
‘"I owing sum 'hall be pieviously denns>jt-d hv
the par e tendering for the lines, Tiz. ±1)60000
for the Paris and Leons tender, and ar32U,000
for lhe Lyons and Avignon. 5 lhe award
shall not be final until sanctioned by royal or
dinance. 6 The company is prohibited liom
miking special bargains with any parlies on
terms different Irom those enjoyed by the public.
7 5,000,000 ti , are granted to lay ihe rails on
nearly thiny miles, from Chalon l<>.Dijon, wnich
are far advanced, and may be opeeeil early this
\ear. I’he length ol ihe line is about three
hundred and twenty miles; its total cost will be
about j£7.SOOIKK), on whielTa return of-seven
per cent, is estimated. Betaeen Paris and
Dijon ind Chalon and Lvons no works have
vet been exeeuied. I’he station at Parisis fixed
near the tosses of bastite, and the line is to pro
eeed thence along lhe rigid bank or the Seine
and Melun. From M Inn it will enter the
forest of F> nt'inbleau, and afterwards pass
ihrough the valleys of Changy and L-rihg, anil
along the left bank ot the Seine to near Mon
reread, whence it will follow the valley of tin
Yonne to La Roche, where it is to cross into thai
ol ihe Armancon, as far as Aisy,a di'tanee from
P iris of about 147 miles. From this town to
Dijon lhe direction is undefined, but lhe Al in isle,
re.-oiuriiends that through the valleys ot th
Brenne and Oze. From Cha on to Lyons the
railroad is to follow'ihe river Saone,'§>assing
by Macon and Tonrnus, lhe distance tt Lyons
being 76 miles. The Lvons and Avigaon lin ■
is to proceed along me left bank of the R’lbic,
and pas' by Vienne, St Alban, St.fVailicr,
Serves, Valence, iMontebmait, Pierrefefii', L
Palud, Mondragon, Mornes, and imile at
Avignon with the Marseilles line lk- lenglti
is 112 miles, but, adding three mirb'.or Us
passagethrougn Lvons, the whole v.'i,ttea*jyly
141 miles. The chiefl Company
lor Ibis line is Lrfiiue’s, which eiffiriialiehiis
1 in ibis country lhe names o' Alasierjnan. Glyn,
i Vi.," ctta-AriK. ■ v®'ei";
J" one -n Faris Uflnr.'es La nt' t*f nlXj» h
V isv.'uiie ’criiiieon, 7.4 VT. ~ry;7,P»
neres, of the Messageries, and M. Cliaions.
Theie is also Cabin’s Company, which is much
more numerous in iis French names, contain
ing Laurent and Lnzirche, than in its English,
wiii h Contains onlv Mr. Ormesby.
B'>rdeavx to the M:dilorra,ncan. —This great
southern tine parses through some ofthe richest
departments ot France, and connects lhe two
seas, reaching ihe Atlantic by the mouth ol the
Garonne, on tha northwest, and skirting the
Mediierranean lo the harbor or Cette, on the
southeast, where i'joins the Mompelier, Cette
and Nismes line, and will communicate, by
the Avignon li' e, with Marseilles. Il is Sus
miles long, and, atierleavin? Bordeaux, follows
the banks of the Garonne nearly on a level; and,
on no part of the line a re there formidable works,
nor inclines of more th in one in two hundred
ind fifiy. It passes close to T '-afodke, on the
east, and reaches Cene along lhe tongue of land
which separates lhe Etang de Than Irom lhe
Mediterranean. From Cette will I e the main
line of communication with Algiers. Ihe ptu
posed capital is .£1 800,000, to be raised half in
France and hall here.
Madrid to C’diz.— The territory which this
railroad intersects is, without exeeptton, the
most .erlileiu Europe, both as regards agricul
tural and mineral productions The line com
mences from tlte western part of Madrid, near
lhe Toledo gate: it traverses lhe capital of the
seven provinces through which it passes, con
necting thus lhe cities ot Toledo, Cindad Real.
Jaen, Cordova, and Seville, with Madrid and
Cadiz. Ii passes, also, al no great distance,
the lour other capitals of Grenada, Alrneira,
and B uiajoz. The concession is made t r
ninety time year-, by royal ordinsnee of 1844,
and possesses the following advantages: First,
fiie'iom from all tariffs during thirty years, after
which, Government ca , it the profits of the
traffic amount to more than fifteen percent.,
make ihe revision every five years; secondly,
the right of the Government to purchase'from
lhe company the road, paying an annual rent ot
fifteen per cent., upon the cai'ital unil theexpi
raiion ol the nineiy-nine years; thirdly, it gives
a right to lhe company to use lhe forest wood
belonging to lhe State in whatever quantity
they mav be required; fourthly, an exemption
of all taxes, it whatever nature, during the
nineiy-nine years; fifthly, an exemption, during
ten years, trom all customs’ duties on the intro
duction of th ■ necessary materials, iron, &e re
quired tor the works; sixthly, the gratuitous
sur render to the company of the land requisite
lor the road, ot which the Government may be
able to dispose.
S'. Petersburg and M'scau:.— The citv of
Moscow, having been founded in the year 1147,
will celebrate, in 1847, the ninth cent my of ns
existence, 'f'he Empeior wishes ihe iron rail
way between ihe two capitals Ot the empire to
be finished by that time.
The formation of companies for foreign rail
roads proceeds at a rapid pace, and it is now
whispered ihat the Dutch frre coming into out
market for funds to construct a new line. Thus
we have all lhe leading continental States re
ceiving aid from British capitalists in lhe pro
secutio” ol these great works, a consideration
of great importance in the event ol a war, when
we should have so large an amount at stake.
Indian Line. Rail ways are about lo enter
into the political economy ot India, and Calcut
ta and Bombay are to be endowed with lhe la
eilities ol railway locomotion. Steps are now
being taken for the establishment of a greal line
bet—een Bombay and the Ghauts, where tin re
is an enormous am innt ot inter-communication
and w here lhe district is remarkably favorable
lor railway enterprise and operalion. The other
presidencies will no doubt soon carry out the
continuous links in tiie proposed new chain ot
locomotion. The committee appointed by the
of Bombay have just published their
report on the proposed line, from which it ap
pears that Mr. Clark, a civil engineer, having
arrived in Bombay sixteen months ago, cast his
eyes around him with a view ol ascertaining the
capabilities ot the country with reference to the
construction of railways, and the result led him
to believe that a line would be highly advanta
geous and remunerative. A vidimus of lhe
outlay and returns was constructed, from which
the promoters were induced to believe that a
profit of 22 per cent, would be realized. No
surveys, however, were made, and at this stage
ot the proceedings the Government were re
qu’s’etl lo appoint a committee, who reported
tnat no more than 41 pet cent, could be looked
for From this was to be deducted the interest
. ot 557 560. rupees, this sum being the accumu
lated interest forthe capital required to be ad
vanced during the three vear ol ihe construction
ol ihe line, and while it yielded no returns
The result ol the whole appeared tc. be as fol
lows: the esrimated cost of ihe proposed rail
way was put down at 5 475,1X10 rupees; lutiher
estimated expense, 900,000 rupees; the esti
mated receipts from goods traffic, 634 800 ru
pees: ditto from passenger traffic, 272.000 ru
ees, making a total receipt of 9 X7O X) rupees,
and giving a surplus receipt of 7,00:1 inpees, or
‘ per cent, but exclusive of alfreturn ■ n accru
ing interest or capital pending the construction
ofthe line,estimated at lOper cent.,0r5,475,000
opees. The ic-purt proceeds to state that th'
country is sigtilatly favorable'; that good found
ationscan be obtained under water without col
terdami, and that stone, buck, day, and jungls
wjud are abundant; and that there is uo.hirq
in the expense corresponding with lhe Engli-t
.lines, that a line from lhe Gnauts to lhe princi
pai seaports tn West India would confer cor.
siderable advantages on the country, increast
the value along the line; and that its proximate
influence would extend itsell all overtne Deccan
atidnortber Concan, by affording facilities noi
now existing ol bringing produt e into the ma: kei
The report further states i hat i fine fate of speed be
reduced to len miles an hour, and coal be used
instead of coke, such a redaction may be mad
in the expenditure as to raise the dividend to 4{
percent on thecapitahd 5,475,000rupee5. The
money rs a sii gle year t?i lhe sm render ol
SHnde, or lhe cost of the present campaign in
Southern Mahratia, would more than supply
•tbe hinds lor the purpose
The.Nsvv Post Office Law.— Ourattention,
says ihe Savannah Republican, has been called
. ip the subjoined synopsis ofthe provisions ol
„■ lhe new Post Office Law, in regard to remit
tances ot subscriptions, &c. It is taken from
the coirer ot the last number of the Literary
Al ssenuer, and may be relied upon as being
Srictiy in accordance with the instructions lur-
I ni'bed P' Post Masters by the Department at.
I Washington. Itjanow given because a jtate
] nieni is going the roun hfol.t. ' pa;wrs, whigfe
1. Motley, “in no instance Exceeding $ 111,
thav, “it Publishers desire it,” be remitted bj
a Post Master, “ who shall charge himself up
on his ‘general account with the U. S.,’ with
the amount received,” &c ; and report the pay
ment to the Post Master through whom it is to
be paid to the Publishers.
2. But the Post Master remitting and the
Post Master paying ovi r, are each to deduct 1
percent; which will be 2 per cent on tbe a
uiouni remitted, viz: ouSlO -postage 20 cent*.
3. The regular postage will he, on Letters
not exceeding halfan ounce,3oo miles,s cents;
ovei 300 miles, 10' ents. Forevery additional
haif ounce, 5 or 10cents extra, according to the
above distances.
Now a sheet ol light paper, (which this law
will bring into use) enclosing a bank note, will
net weigh half an ounce; and can “e sent 300
miles tin 5 cents, and all over the Union tor 10
cents. This letter, too, may contain any amount
ofmonev. By the “ Regulatiion” above, 8100,
livided inlo Tens, and remitted, will < ost (10 bv
20cenis)$2; when by lhe regular mail, it will
cost only 5 or 10 cents, or at most 20 cents.
TV Mr. lohn Mears, Jr., of Boston, who sent
to the Emperor of Russia a fine specimen of the
“ Boston Centre-Draught Plough,” received re
cently from the Emperor, through the Russian
Minister at Washington, a beautiltil gold me
dal, weighing fifteen ounces On one side is a
fine likeness, in bold relief, of th" Emperor, sur
rounded wiih the words, “ Nicoi.aus I. To
rtus Russi.’S Imperatob” On the oilier side is
ihe motto, “Prahmia Digno,” surrounded with
a wreath.
Prom lhe N. Y. Courier <f. Enquirer, 16'7t inst.
Later fiom China..
The shin Stephen L irman, ot Baltimore, ar
rived yesterday Irom Canton, with dales to the
13ih March. There is nut liule in.elligence ol
anv importance. The following items are all
xe find in our files.
The Hong K >ng Gazette has a vices from
Canton to the 2.1 ot M uch. The mar ket for all
kinds ol goods was languid except for grev ca
icoes and yarns, which were in some request.
In lhe course ot a discussion between lhe
• long Kong G z tie and the Calcutta Siar, on
he privileges ot ships under foreign flags, the
former paper says:
“ Foreign vessels are privileged to carry opi
um or any other merchandize Irom any British
port in India or elsewhere to any otner part, so
long as ihey d i not take it lo a British port.
These American ships may carry British goods
from England lo Macao, Whampoa, or any of
ihe other ports of China, but legally they cannot
land a bale in Hong Kong, and lhe same with
oprom.” - ——.1...... . —— 'Will 111 I .. .
rhe fStaroCthe Itih Jan. eontaieed a com
-4 ‘ Rhtn OavriHF ”
m which he *;< •.s:
“ Wiihrin these six months past three Ameri
can vessel** have come to this port from China,
and earned bacx to China certain goods, the
produce of .th is country. lam<»f o inion that
an American vessel, trading between (his port
and China, is liable to seizure by a British ship
of war, as being in contravention ot our Navi
gation Laws. An American vessel cannot car
ry British goods direct from England io China,
and by ihe same rule she cannot carry goods
the produced Bengal to China.”
An opinion oi Mr. J. F L iih, on this subject
is published, in which he says that an Ameri
can vessel “ may carry opium or other cargo
from Calcutta or Bombay to any ol lhe ports ot
China not being a British po.*se*sion within
the meaning of ihe statute.” Oliver Eldridge,
master of the American barque Coquette, sends
als.. to the Star a communication on the subject,
with a copy of Mr. Leith’s opinion. The mat
ter has excited quite a warm discussion.
The exclusive privilege of retailing opium
in les* quantities than a chest was sold at pub
lic auction at Macao for $7lO per month.
Three Chinamen, condem led to prison at
Hong Kong, committed suicide.
Texas Mail —in ord j r has also been
issued ir un the Post Office Deparhnant, under
the Act ot Cong'ess auihorisi; g the establish
ment ot mails in ihe Gult of Mexico, directing
the Postmaster at New Orleans to cuntract lor
the conveyance of a weekly, or, if practicable,
a semi-weeklv mail between New Orleans and
Galveston. The rates of postage will be ten
cents for every letter not exceeding a hall ounce
in weight, twenty cents on each letter exceeding
a halt ounce, hut n«»l exceeding one ounce in
weight, and five cents for each additional half
ounce or fraction ot an ounce; and three cents
lor each newspaper, pamphlet, or prices current,
sent or received hv this route. :■ he inland
postage between New Orleans and the place in
(he United States from or at which ihe lefte’,
&c. is despatched or received, is to be charged
in addition to the foregoing rales. Postage on
letters. &c , to Tex a* is to be pre-paid; and all
postage on letters. &•: , from T«’Xas is to be un
paid till received al New Orleans or other places
of destination in lhe United Stales.
Fire at Georgetown, S C. —Destruction, of
a Rice Mill.—The Charleston Courier of ves
terdav says: —Bv the steamer Anson, Capl.
White, arrived last evening from Georgetown,
we learn that a fire occurred at that place about
10 o’clock on Wertnesd iv evening last, in ihe
Rice Mill owned bv B K ng. J. M. Command
er, and J 11 Christian, E qrs. The buildings,
consisting of a mi'l. barn and *ome store rooms,
with about 25,000 bushels Rough Rice, wereen
iireiy consumed. The fie was fiisi discovered
issuing from the engine room. W e are inform
ed that the Mill, and a part oi the Rice were
insured in this city.
Inland Trade of the W est.—Suppose a
steamboat’akes in pro luce at Pittsburgh for
New Orleans, then loads with co »dsforthe Fur
Corn -any at the m >uth <»f the Yellow Stone and
then returns to Pittsburgh, what will be toe
length ot her voyage? The Cincinnati Chroni
cle thus answers this question :
miles.
Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, 498
Cincinnati to Louisville, 137
Louisville to mouth ot Ohio, 345
Mouth of the Ohio lo New Orleans, 1012
New Orleans to S’. Louis, 1184
St. Louis to Weston, 5<K)
We*tnn io the Yellow Stone, 1348
Ye’low Stone to St. Louis. 1848
St. L mis to the Ohio, 172
The Ohio to Pittsburgh, 980
Total voyage, 8024
Eight thousand miles might a steamboat run
on the waters of the West in a regular voyage,
before she returned toihe original port!
It woul i be easy to extend this voyage in a
regular trade to twenty thousand miles. What
will not navigable rivers and iron roads do for
this Republic!
A Strange Operation.—A New York pa
per says that a curious operation has lately
neon successfully pei formed in Barclay street,
below ihe American hotel. Aiwo story house
has been screwed up, and two lower stories,as
it were, let into it; and it now has become a
handsome four story brick house. Nostraining
of any part was experienced in coDuucting the
plan.
A Hint for the Lad'Es.—A distingnished
writer says:—“ There is but one passage in the
B>ble where the girls are commanded to kis
themen; and that is in the golden rule, ‘What
soever you would that men should do unto you
do you even so to 1 hem.’ Boston Post.
The Case of McNulty was decided in the
Circuit Court yesterday. Judge Cranch pro
nqunced the opinion ot the Court, affirming iht
-mfficierr y ofthe indictment. It is expected th
irial of McNulty will ake place during the pre
sent term oi the Criminal Court, which com
menced yesterday.— Nat. Ini. of Tuesday.
June /K
MONDAY MUKNIxSU. JUNE 23
The Funeral at the Hermitage was conducted
on Tuesday, the lOih inst. agreeably to lhe dying
•equest oi General Jeckson, in an unostentatious
nanner and without any military parade. The
Nashville Banner of the next day, says lhai
every place of business was closed, and a very
Lrge concourse assembled from the town and
country, and a most impressive and eloquent
sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Edgar, ot
1 whose church, (Presbyterian) Gen Jackson was
a member. The body was borne to the grave by
he pall-bearers appointed by the meeting, ano
1 was placed by the side of his wife.
Gen. Houston feelingly audiessed lhe prelimi
nar) r meeting at Nashville, lhe day previous,
and ihe resolutions are warm and eulogistic in
, their terms.
1 Rail Road Dividend.— The Directors of the
' South Carolina Rail Road have declared a div
■ idend of $2 25 per share forthe last six months.
i
f Money Matters.—lt is now almost reduced
r to a certainly that lhe August interest on lhe
will be paid when due; and
in full. Mogey coiitinuesa'bundaui in PhjJtatot-1
this port yesterday! lhe largest number over
! known to enter here in one day. Two or three
-of them were Liverpool ships,' wiih assorted
1 cargoes, and the amount of revenue received
, upon the importations must be very considera
ble.
Tue Season.—The Macon Messenger ot the
19ihsays: The season throughout the State, thus
| tar, lias been a must remarkably dry one. A 1
this time the water courses are lower than is
usual at mid-summer, and the Ocmulgec than
it has beeu since 1839. It was near two months
i since we l ave had rain enough to lay the dust
1 for half an hour, up to the 17th inst. The
early corn is much injured, but we trust with
favorable seasons hereafter, that a sufficient
c-op may be made. On Tuesday evening we
had a fine shower, and we learn from many
parts ol the State, that rains have fallen within
the last week. The cotton crop, which requires
bss rain, is not seriously injured. The crop of
oats, and nearly every kind of garden vegetable,
have been almost entirely cutoff. There has
been a prospect for an abundant supply ot most
kinds of fruit in this vicinity, but it is diminu
tive in size, and, we fear, much injured; and
many trees have commenced tocast their leaves,
as in autumn, and some perished entirely from
the drought.
The Quarterly Meeting. The Dihlonega
Watchman ol the 19 h inst. says: The Quarter
ly Meeting of the M E Church, which com
menced on last Saturday morning at the Metho
dist Church in this place, har> been protracted
and has not yet been brought tn a close. A
considerable revival of religion is going on, and
a goodly number who are desirous lor the sal
vation ol their soulsand eternal happiness,have
manifestations of a pardon from the Redeemer
of the world tor their past misdeeds. The meet
ing is superintended by the Rev. Mr. Reneau,
P. E , and attended by several other Ministers
of the Gospel, and the sermons delivered by
them during the meeting, are of the most elo
quent and pathetic character—sending lhe ar
rows of conviction to the souls of the sinners.
, And , Riauhfi unmaaimr. whic.h..flu'..
revival at this meeting has and will make np
nn-ihis eome:in’n:*.y -> ts— br remembered,
anti that it will continue to spread its heavenly
light before the world until all shall be made io
‘ experience lhe goodness of its vital powers.
Emigrants The N. Y. Express says—“Tht
number of arrivals in this city for the week end
ing the 10th of June, 1844, is 2230—f0r the
month ending same date, 8285. Ol these 5907
were Irish. Os these, 120 sailed trom London;
262 from Dublin ; 150 from Glasgow; 244 from
Belfast, and the remainder from Liverpool
From France, via. Havre, the arrival of steer
ags passengers up to the same period were 1318;
from various continental ports, 1156 ; viz: Rot
terdam 387, Hamburgh66, Antwerp7B, Bremen
625. Total number ot steerage passengers ar
rived Irom Europe in the month ending June
18th, 1845 - 9441 ”
A Horned Snake.—The Macon (Ala.) Re
publican of the 12th inst. says : “A specimen ol
this rare and dangerous reptile, which is by many
considered as having no existence except in
fable, was recently killed on the plantation of
Mr. W. W. Moore, iu this county, about 16
miles from Tuskegee. A gentleman who as
sisted in killing the snake, describes it as having
been between 6 and 7 feet long; colored much
like the rattlesnake; having at the end of the
tail a horny spur, resembling in appearance
that of a dunghill cock, except that it was cleft
and capable of being opened, from which pro
truded a sharp instrument, supposed to be a
sting.
The serpent above named is believed to. be
identical with what is sometimes called th
Hoop Snake, from the fact that it occasionally
assumes the form of a hoop, and propels itself
forward in that shape. It is to be regretted that
a specimen of this snake could not be taken
without mutilation, lo be submitted to the ex
amination of naturalists, and ultimately de
posited in one of our public museums; and it
is hoped that the publication ol this article may
aid in producing su~h a result.
It is said that Washington Irving hasexpress
ed an earnest desire to be relieved from bis
foreign in ssion, and to return to his homestead
on the Hudson.
Wnit Next! —An ingenious musical com
poser of this citv has invented a machine, for
which he is about to take out a patent, by which
a composer can discover, afier he has played
ofl'an original composition, that it is all wrioen
lor him op naper -notes, bars, rest, time, ex
pression and all, so that anv musician can play
the piece from the machine-marie MS. It is
simple tn construction, easily attached to a pi
ano, and can he sot up cheap.— N Y. Mirror
A western edito' has the following burst of
patriotism in his prospectus:
Devotion to the land that gave me birth and
the si rious principles under which I have been
reared, has forced me into the ranks of tier il
lustrious champions.
I shall continue to defeud her lights unawed
by nower, unseduced by wealth.
But if the cash don't begin to come in, darned
it I don’t have to slope.
Very like.
John Young's Courtship —Mr. Clover, who
was one o f the Dartmoor prisoners, and is pub
lishing some interesting reminiscences in the
Baltim -re Saturday Visiter, gives the following
as related by oneol his fellow prisoners, named
John Young:
” Io his youthful days he lived in Pennsylva
nia, where also resided an old farmer, his wife
and two daus liters, one of whom, contrary to
the old gentleman’s wishes, tie used to visit.—
One night while there, unknown to the old peo
.de, they having retired, a huge pot of mush was
left boiling over lhe fire, getting ready lor the
next day. Late in the evening the old gentle
man called out to the girls to go to hed; and as
they did not retire in ti ne lo suit him be began
to stit around to see why his orders were n t
pbeyed. Young, hearing him comins, took <ff
tiis shoes to prevent a noise, and glided silently
up a ladder into the loft above. The oldtarmei
laving sent the girls to bed, lifted off lhe boibng
pot, which by accident he placed at the foot of
the ladder; then putting otitthe light, and cover
ing the fire, he retired again to bed. When all
was still and quiet, Young, with shoes in hand,
-tole down the ladder and landed in the pot!—
Although badly burned he escaped in some de
gree by having his stockings on. He left itis
r icks on the fluor, but git outol the house un
observed. He had‘puthis foot in it’ in good
earnest.’’
Pram iflc At. Y. Ceuie.-r 197Ari/b.
Later from Europe,
The packet ship Prince Albert, Captail
Sebor, arrived yesterday afternoon from London,
which port sue lelt on die 2tst ult. She thus
biiugs intelligence (wo days later than was be
fore rec ived. We find, however, very litlfi
news of any interest, an i as the intelligence by
ibe Boston steamer a to'tiiight later will doubt
less reach us this morning, we snail copy only
the following paragraphs
Ins'i Hevea, 'r-rgmi.— A meeting of therii
Irish Repeal Association was hdd at Concilia
tion Hall, Dublin, on the 19 h ult. in the
course ot proceedings, Daniel O’Connell said, —
‘‘He saw a great dispute between England
and America, respecting the Oregon territory—
that dispute was any thing but seuled K aud it
was manliest there must be anaiject submis
sion on the pan ot England or America or a
desolating war. He wanted England to be pre
pired for the worst—he wanted England to en
list the Irish nation in her cause, and then she
might se 1 America and all the rest ofthe world
at defiance. For the first time since lhe unicn
they had a government that was aware ofthe
greal advantages to the empire by conciliating
Ireland (near, hear.) jjir Robert Peel was ma
king exertions to biing about some good mea
sines- some certainly were not very happy; I
nut still he was entitled to cre<lil # for good iti- |
ten-ions. They wuuM «all him to ex- I
the Due de Nemours; .and now benold him en
listed tiiidet the banners ofthe Church. |
Paris Academy of Sciences,— Silting of May
11.—M. Arago gave to the academy an account
of the last experiment made with the electric
telegraph on lhe Paris and Rouen Railroad.—
Tiie description ol this mode ot communication
given by M. Arago, is so lamiliarto our readers
that it is unnecessary to repeat it. We will
merely state that M. Aragaestimaies tbe rapidi
ty oi transmission at the rate ot 32,000 leagues
per hour. He slates that the experiment in
question was thoroughly successful.
Maitrul, Mau 12 The deputies voted all the
remaining articles of the budget of ways and
means at to-day’s silting. They also passed lhe
bill authorising the loan ol 500 millions of three
per cent, stock; the proceeds to he applied to
making roads and canals.
Tbe Heraldo this eveningannounces at length
lhe arrival ofdisp .tches trom Rome.
Switzerland. — The followi ig is an extract oi
a letter which we have received from Switzer
land :
“ The Lucerne Government has intimate 1
to ihe Vorort that it is disposed to deal merci
fully with the prisoners condemned for their
share in the late events, and especially to spare
trie lile of Dr. Steig r r, on condition that he
shall he transported from Europe to America.
I'he Vorort has addressed a note to the French
Government upon Hie subject, and as propos
ed that it should undertake the office of con
veying Hie prisoners to ihe new world, as lhe
only means by which the lives ol lhe unhappy
prisoners can be saved. The French Cabinet
has just sent an answer to this request. It ex
presses its regret at the disturbances which
have recently taken place in Swiizerland, and
strongly recommends that a merciful course
should be taken by the Lucerne Government;
but it declines constituting France the gens
d'arme of Switzerland, tor the purpose of send
ing its convicts into transportation. Neverthe
less, the French Govern uent is willing, should
Dr. Steiger an t lhe o her convicts themselves
r quest lo be transported to America, to allow
them a pa-sage on board a French man ol
war, where they will be treated not as prisoners,
but as guests.”
Atmospheric Ball ways.
As this invention olgenttisis now attracting
much altenti m, and is lively to be tried in this
country, it may not lie uninteres ing'oour read
ers to know in wtiat lhe atmospheric railroad
differs irom the common railroad. A corres
pondent of the Boston Advertiser has fnrnished
.J.» W Ai.w»»iA'»a>alitwwiiliariai railmad in nnr--i
| rat><w harnot ot
I Dublin, the only road on "WfiWh4nf?Ww-tnv»»rs
lion has been in operation, thoilgn it is said tnlfi
it is soon to be* applied to other a id tnoreexlend
t ed routes. The construction of the road is like
that of the common railroad only so far as the
track and passenger cars are concerned. Mid
way between lhe rails is imbedded, to three
quarters of its diameter, a cast iron cylinder 15
or more inches calibre; thisis put together in
joints and firmly secured to the sleepers on
which the rails rest. At each end of the route
is a small high pressure steam engine giving
motion to a la/ge air pump, which exhausts the
air from the whole tube. Directly on the uppet
surface ot the tube, and running its whole length
is a slit about an inch wide, covered on the out
side hy a flip oi sole leather tour inches wide,
screwed on one side of the tube and free on the
other. A small ridge in lhe cast iron ot the
tube allows a composition of tallow and bees
wax to he melted over thecrack by a hot iron,
thus closing it more effectually.
The piston is made, ot course, to fit perfectly
lhe inside ofthe tube. At each end of thermite
is a valve opening into the tube. The piston i
connected with lhe car above by a strong rod
whi' h passes out at the slit in the upper surface
ofthe tube. Oi course if the piston moves the
car moves with it.
Suppo-ethe car, then, at one extremity lo be
started lor the other. A signal by the magnetic
telegraph, notifi-s the steam engine at the other
end, by which the air pump is set in motion and
the air withtu the tube is j umped out. The
air al the other end attempts, of course, to rush
in; but the, valve being closed, its whole force,
equivalent of course to a pressure of fifteen
pounds to the square inche, is exerted upon
the piston, which must necessarily be driven
toward-the farther extre "ity of the tube; and
the car at the same time is borne along.—
To prevent the air rushing in through the slit,
which is opened by ihe passage through it ofthe
connecting rod, the piston is placed several feet
in advance of that bar, so that the tube is never
opened over the exhausted portion, but directly
behind the piston. A small wheel follows the
bar and closes the tube, and an iron heat-d by
a pun of coal- al-o follows; melting lhe wax and
sealing the tube very closelv. The air in tbe
'ttbe can be entirely exhausted tn two nr three
minutes; buton the route where the principle
is applied, and which is about two miles in
lengih, i'is never more than half exhausted, it
being fimnd that this, giving a pressure of seven
an I a hall pounds to the square inch, will drive
tbe cars with sufficient rapidity.
The writer says that for a year and a half
this rail way has performed hourly trips, withou
hflicultv or accident, and with a speed of Irom
25 to 30 miles per hour. He thinks the train
more readily controlled than one drawn by a lo
comotive, hy reason of its less weight and no
mentum, and antic ! pates its general adoption in
this country, for certain purposes nnd within
cerZeiti. Ziei'ti, at no distant d *y. The mechani
cal work on the Dublin road, Ire says, is very
hadlv don", and a greatly increase! efficiency
could be attained by improvements in this re
spect
Trinity Ciiuhch- New York.—We get the
following particulars from the New York Mir
ror:
The spire is at present 245 feet high, but itis
prop sed to raise it to an aui'ude ol 280 leet. It
wilt probably be completed during tbe month of
Augu-t. The work ■ f the inside is advanced
considerably—the plastering is nearly finished
and the scaffolding partly down. Tbe pews
and other wood work are in hand, and the ma
jority ol the windows are completed and putup
—the glass for the remainder is being prepared,
and there is every probability that by Christmas
next the edifice will be opened for divine ser
vice. The Jimcnsioiis of the Church are as
follows: Length out to out, 192 feet; breadth,
do, 85 6; length inside, exclusive of tower ami
chancel, 105; depth of chancel,33.6: breadth
"1 nave. 36; height do., 676; square ol tower,
including butlre-ses, 45; height of tower and
-pire 280. When completed, we shall be ena
bled to boast ol the most beautiful edifice ever
erected in this counfy. It will serve as a mo
del of architecture, an t give immortality to the
designer and to Mr. Upjohn, under whose su
perintendence the design has been carried out
an! perfected.
Diamonds and Platina in North Caroli
na.—Ata late meeting of American Geologists
in New Haven, Conn., Professor Shepard ex
pressed the opinion that both diamonds and pla
tina will be found in abundance in the gold re
gion ol this State, and also in South Carolina
and Georgia. This opinion he predicates iijmn
the fact that elastic sandstone has been discover
ed in some of the western counties in this State,
Burke and Buncombe, and in ihe other States
named, and where this is found it is a geologi- ’
cal indication ofthe presence of diamonds and i
platina. In Hall county, Georgia, one perfect i
diamond hasbeen found in one otthegold wash
ing deposits, worth about 835, and another was
broken in pieces by the workmen.
Tbe search instituted tor George Guess, the
inventor of the Cherokee alphabet, has resulted I
in the certainty ofhis death.
V0L.11.-N0.26.
.1 » ISIT io asHLAND.— A lie new «ora .re
tmne oi ihe 7th inst., contains an interesting
etter, descriptive of a visit recently paid to Mr.
Jlay. After speaking ofthe hospitality of Mr.
C. the writer ooserves:
‘iHere Mr Clay sat in his easy chair, every
hing about him neat and simple as his own
tress, and taking his occasional pinch ot snuff
trom a silver box, on lhe lid ot which I could
see a log cabin engraved, he looked and seemed
more like the quiet happy farmer than anything
else. Mr. Clay has lived at Ashland forty
years ; the place bore that name when he caine
to it, as he says, probably on account ot the
quantity ol Ash timber on it, and he has made
it the most delightful retreat in ad the West.
The estate is about six hundred acres large, ail
under the highest cultivation, excepting some
two hundred acres ol Park, which is entirely
cleared of underbrush and small trees, and is,
to tire the words ot Lord Morueih, who staid
at Ashland nearly a week, lhe nearest approach
lo an English Park ofanyinthis country. It
serves al-o for a noble pasture, and here I saw
some of Mr. Clay’s fine horse* and Durham
cattle. He is said to have some ot the finea)
stock in all Kentucky, which is to say ihe fittest
now undergoing repairs and Mr. Clay took us
about io see his contemplated improvemeat*.
‘‘The houses ofhis slaves are ail very neat,
and surrounded bv better gardens and more
flowers and shrubbery than one half of the farm
houses in the country, and all the inmate* are
as happy as human beings can be. Charles, of
whom so much has been said, is a kind of a »e
--"ond master of household to Mr. Clay, and
enjoys the greatest trust and confidence. To
him can ihe keys of the wine cellar be given
without tear, and on all occasions where help
was needed, Mr. Clay called for Charles.
Charles brought us wine, Charles was at the
door, at the carriage, at the gate, every where
in fact, and as polite and civil as a man asking
for office. He is a fine looking, middling sized
negro, about thirty years old, and I do not be
lieve he could be drawn Irom Mr. Clay except
by absolute animal force, so great is his devo
tion to him.”
The following is tbe concluding paragraph
of this interes ing letter:—
"The son was behind the woods when our last
visit terminated, and I left ihe Sage Farmer with
as much regret as though he had been my own
brother. God bless him and bis tor evert
What crown would lend lustre to his brow,
since it has been twined with the greenest
wreaths a free people could give? May the
evening of his y -ars be as cloudless, as his noon
has been glorious, and though he may never
sit in the White House as President, be is
above that point, whose office, however high,
can add lustre to his fame. On Sunday, the
day following my last visit to tbe Mansion at
Ashland, I could not resist the inclination to
see once more a place to me so very hallowed.
On my way op I passed Mr. Clay, who with
ms wile had started tor church—alas! thought
1, as 1 looked upon his high, calm brow lor the
last time, can this be the gambler, Sabbath
breaker, blasphemer, all these vile characters
blended, which have been ascribed to him and
cried abroad by men whose lips were too foul
to speak as great a name, as he will bear when
they and their memories are less than ashes ?■—
One hour with Mr. Clay, at home, stamps
■‘ libel” on all these execrable 'ies, and be who
'njoys that hour, says in his heart—“ That is
the simplest and noblest man I have ever looked
upon.”
Queer Character*.
~ “ Now, by two bended Janus 1 uaiura hath formalaom*
JllWlgo fellows in hat limo,”—aauStWge.
i ti.d ,<i I. 'ii,.- h.T. as 190HT‘to be 'i.
for in that re-jK'Ct, as,
■Ve have our “knowing characters"—“laSv™
ionable characters”—“ fighting characters*’—
‘low characters”—“literary characters,” bnt
most especially are we rich in “queer charac
ers I” We could illustrate each class by a por
raiture of an exemplar, and the respective
■elebrities are entitled to that attention, but lor
he present, we shall pass them ail, except ihe
last—queer characters being objects ot |>ara
mouni importance all over the world.
The queerest character about town at present,
is a well-known and wealthy “foreign” charac
ter: and, whereas, even queer characters will
liffer in taste, as ’its George Munday’s fancy to
go without a hat, ’lis the fancy of our present
ind elderly hero to have his tud lo his head!—
i'hts carefully secured ha is a curiosity in its
way -an ancient curiosity—a struw curiosity,
aud the ta-hion of fastening it is no less curious
—the torn strip of a handkerchief being passed
over the crown, down through opposite holes in
the leaf, around each jaw, amt tbe ends tied
under the chin. A venerable "tile.” Insepa
rable from its owner’s head, as tbe scalp that it
'■overs! Alike bat, umbrella, and night-cap t
rhe corpus of our “character” is scarcely les*
queerly covered than his caput ; a garb equally
>id, quaint, and summaty; while his pedal ex
remiiies are cased in a pair of slippers, again
fastened round his instep and angle! fivery
ody is familiar with lhe figure ot this oddity,
and nearly everybody is familiar with his pranks,
yet no one fails to turn and look after the one,
and we dare swear that many will laugh at our
repetition of the other.
An aquatic freak which we heard ol the other
lay, full v establishes our queer character as the
queerest character alive, or “ we’ll quit.”
He walked into one of our bathing establish
ments, and after a moment’s grave contempla
tion of hi- straw bonnet in the pier glass, re
quested a batli. He was shown to a room, the
cocks were turned, the towels adjusted, and the
door was closed. Alter sometime tbe atten
dants were surprised by a stream ot water
which came rushing along the passage way till
the whole was flooded; it came from the apart
ment occupied by lhe queer character. . They
ran to the door and knocked; the only answer
was made by the two cocks, “hot” and “cold,"
which rumbled away without intermission.—-
The inmate was called by nae: no reply.—
The water still poured from beneath the door,
which was kicked, shaken, and at length burst
open, to display the queer characlerseated in the
bath tub, up to his neck, -with all hu clothes on!
the cocks in lull play, the waler rushing over
the sides, and the straw bonnet contentedly
crowning the whole! The satisfaction ot lhe
bather apjieared to be extreme: a placid smile
shone under his bonnet, ami it was with the ut
most reluctance that he abandoned his luxurious
berth, in -istlng that he had “only just begun to
enjoy it I” Finally, in the centre of the room,
to the infinite refreshment of the furniture, he
shook himself, water-dog fashion, and then
walked out to demand ihe “ lem’d total.”
“ Twenty-five cents," said the keeper anxious
to get rid of his customer.
“ What,”exclaimed the character, “twenty
five cents lor lhal? It’sonly twenty-five cents
tor a full bath I”
The proprietor thought that the bath had been
full enough, in all conscience, but he contented
himself with repeating his demand.
“ f’wenty five cents! I’ll not pay twenty-five
cents for lhal. I’ll be dom’d If 1 do !”
The bath-keeper ventured to inquire in what
'•lhal" was wanting !
“ Wanting! I di'l’nt use towels and soap!” and
the queer character, indignantly leaving the es
tablishment, proceeded leisurely through the
suo to one of our most frequented bar-rooms.
Presenting himself at tbe bar- “any quantity”
of room being immediately made forthe strange
figure—he demanded a cocktail. Tbe mixture
was handed to him, which, alter duly tasting
and smacking his lips, he proceeded to pour,
first into one slipper, (at the heel,) and then into
the other!
“Ah,"saidlre, with grealsatisfaction,“that's
nice ! —another, it you please and not so
much sugar.”
A second was handed to him, which he drank
with even ereaterguslo.and then depositing two
dimes, without question—ihe very picture of
satisfaction, both within and without—he pro
ceeded upon liismorning’s promet a<e. Whether
our queer character met with any more ad
ventujes upon this occasion, we know not: but
if any queer character can beat those which we
have already related, we’ll treat our heels to a
eocktail, instnnter.— St. Louis R veille.
Gen. McDuffie.—By late accounts «e are
' aj'jiy to leain that Gen. M' Duffle’s health is
improving. It is thought, however, that he will
never be able to resume his public duties. — Co
lumbia Chronicle, 18th inst.
Steamboat Bcbnt.—A note received from
the editor of the Cincinnati Commercial, dated
he Llth inst. says:—“The steamboat “ lai pet
er” was burnt at out whart this morning—took
fire in the cabin—undergoing repairs—middle
alass boat. Loss about $6,000.