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American aud English Feeling.
The National Intelligencer alludes to the
habit into which the Administration presses
have fallen of libelling the Whig party of the
country by calling them anti-American; and
wonders what possibb* interest the administra
tion can have in thus courting the enmity ol a
majority ofthe free people ot the United States.
For ourown part, says the Baltimore Ameri
can, we wonder that the Intelligencer should
wonder about anything which the leaders ol
that party see fit to do in the way ol procuring
popularity and maintaining their control over
the masses To denounce the Whigs as a
British party is now their staple; without that
they wonld have no capital. Free Trade, the
Sub-Treasury—out of these elements of ortho
doxy, so stale, so flat, nothing more is to be got.
These dry husks are sapless and withered; not
a particle of enthusiasm could be distilled out
ot the whole mass.
Courting theenmity ofso large and substantial
a portion ot the free citizens oflheUnitedS'ates!
When was the fabric of the influence of "de
mocratic” leaders founded upon any other basts
than the vindictive and jealous feelings ot one
portion of the community against the rest? At
one time the (Vhigs are assailed as aristocrats;
again they are denounced as moneyed monopo
lists; they are charged with being in heart op
posed to free institutions, enemies’ofthe people
and their rights. What ear has not been wea
ried with these oft-repeated slanders? Has
there been a political contest tor the last fifteen
years in which they have not been familiar as
household words 1
It has become so much a matter of course
that this sort ot dialect is the political vernacu
lar in which democratic presses speak; and
many of them will charge the Whigs with be
ing traitors to their country with as much in
difference as they would publish a paragraph
about the weather—at the very time too when
no merer of the calumny would dare pro
nounce it to the face ol any one of the honora
ble men whom as a party he so habitually slan
ders.
For party purposes, men, who would not on
any account in private life depart from lhecour
tesies of society, are found practising upon the
maxim that all is fair in politics; and as. noli
ticiansihey will not hesitate to stir uptfrtrwirst
passions ot men, and todirect them with vindic
tive excitement upon their political opponents.
Is it to be supposed that a leading organ of the
administration can charge the Whig party with
being anti-American without knowing that the
charge is false—utterly false! Oh—but it is
said in a political way ; it is newspaper phra
ecology; it is meant to be believed only by
those who do not know any better.
Yes, with such miserable equivocation and
subterfuge as this, column after column of vitu
peration is poured out upon the best, the noble t,
the most patriotic party that ever struggled to
saye a people from their own delusions, or stood
by the side of constitutional freedom to beat off
the threatened approaches of anarchy—a party,
in name and in principles, the successor of that
which achieved the independence of the coun
try'.
The panicnlar occasion which called forth
the National Intelligencer’s comment was a re
presentation that the Whig presses saw nothing
objectionable in Mr. Polk's language in the
Inaugural Address relative to the Oregon until
the British journals and Government spoke out,
and that the tone of the Whigs became the echo
of the foreign cry.
Now in point of tact there was no real impor
tance attached to Mr. Polk’s language on that
subj-ct by either party in this country until it
was seen that the British Cabinet was disposed
to regard it as official. It was the language of
a partizan, intended for home use; and if the
Whigs were to find fault with such language
on every occasion of its utterance bv high dig
nitaries who cannot forget that they are parly
leaders, there would be no end to fault finding
It is the vice ol the times. To defy and denounce
Great Britain has been found a ready means of
popularity; hence the orators ol Congress, with
much big talking, pushed on the Oregon bill,
and hence Mr. Polk declared that Oregon was
ours, the whole of it; yet neither the orators
nf Congress, nor Mr. Polk cast a thought upon
the means and appliances by which our claim
to that country may have been made good.—
They could get the popularity at least for the
present, without any trouble of calculating con
sequences or of preparing for them, and what
more need they care for?
But Mr. Po k’s unqualified declaration was
commented on by the Whig press. One of
those visi'ations of imputed anti-Americanism
which have been so frequent of late, came upon
our own heads, for speaking in befitting terms
ol' that declaration under the circumstances of
utter want of preparation to sustain it—and
this, before the response of the British press
•as heard on this side of the Atlantic.
from the Boston Daily Advertiser.
Danish East Indies,
It appears from the following paragraph,
which we find in London papers, that the King
. ■rlr han I F)P
East Indies, after a possession of more than two
hundred years, to the English East India Com
pany. These are the town and district ol
TrankebaSerampore is a towr. of 13,000 in
habitants, veil built in the European style, and
it has been hitherto the residence of the Gover
nor General of the Danish'possessions in the
Indies. It is pleasantly situated, and, the neces
saries of life being cheap there, it is much re
sorted to by many English families as a prefera
ble residence to Calcutta. Formerly, during
the long wars between Great Britain and France,
as a neutral port, it enjoyed great advantages
for commerce, and it became extremely rich.
Thead vantage of this distinction it has been for
a long time deprived of, and, by the present
transfer of its flag, it will ot course be perma
nently lost, it there were before any prospect ot
its being revived. It has been tor many years
the principal seat ot the Baptist Missionaries
in the East, and of a great establishment for the
printing ol the Scriptures in all the languages
ol the East. Trankebar is situated on the coast
ot Coromandel, in the kingdom ot Tanjore. It
consists of a small territory, for which the Danes
have paid to the Rajah ol Tanjore an annual
rent ot two thousand sicca rupees from the year
L64C~ It is a town of 12,000 inhabitants, (inde
with fine streets and large houses two’ol
stories in height, ornamented with porticoes.
It was the residence of a Governor, who was
subordinate to the Governor General at Seram
pore. The following is the account furnished
by the English papers ot the transfer of these
possessions :
“The Copenhagen papers stale that his Ma
jesty the King of Denmark has ratified, in Pyivv
Couneil, the treaty which, on February 22u, had
been concluded at Calcutta between the Gover
nor oTthe Danish possessions, State Counsellor
Hansen, on one side, and Sir H. Hardinge,
General Governor of British India, on the other,
respectingth? sale ofcertain Danish East India
colonies to the East India Company. The pur
chase money amounts to 1,259,000 rix dollars.
The treaty, which consists ot nine articles, rela
tive to the treatment of Danish subjects, reli
giot s missions, commerce, &c., refers only to
the Danish possessions on the continent of In
dia, viz: Trankebar and Serampore, (the latter
situated near Calcutta, and hitherto known in
Denmark as Frederiksnagor,) and a district in
Balasore. There is no mention made in the
treaty of the Nicobar Islands, which have teen
fora longtime claimed by Denmark, but in
which no Danish establishment at present ex
ists. The Treaty was also signed on the Eng
lish side by Sir G. Pollock.”
Sir Walter Scott.—A writer of “ A Trans
atlantic Tour,” now published in the Christian
Observer, gives a very interesting account of
his visit to Abbotsford, the celebrated residence
of "the Wizard of the North,” in the course of
which, describing the library', he says:
But by far the most interesting object is the
bast of Scott himself, by Chantry. “There he
Hands,” said my conductress, '“just as if he
were going to speak to you.” It is considered
an admirable likeness, only faithful one,
indeed,) such as he was tn animated conversa
tion. The finest portraiture of him at such
times that words could give, has been sup
plied by Mr. Adolphus—a keen observer of
Scott’s person and manner, as well as a most
accomplished critic of his writings. “ His eyes
were wonderfully calculated for showing great
varieties of emotion. Their mournful aspect
was extremely earnest and affecting; and v hen
he told some dismal and mysterious story they
had a doubtful, melancholy, exploring look,
which appealed irresistibly to the hearer’s im
agination. Occasionally, when he spoke of
something very audacious and eccentric, they
would dilate and light up with a tragi-comic,
hair-brained expression, quite peculiar to him
self) one might see in it a whole chapter of
Creur de Lion and the clerk of Copmanhurst.
Never, perhaps, did a mam go through all the
gradations ol laughter with such complete en
joyment, and a countenance so radiant. The
first of a humorous thought would show itself
sometimes, as he sat silent, by an involuntary
lightening of the upper lip, loilowed by a shy
sidelong glance at his neighbors, indescribably
whimsical, and seeming to ask from their looks
whether the spark of drollery should be sup
pressed or allowed to blaze out. In the full tide
of mirth, he did indeed ‘laugh the heart’s laugh,’
but it was not boisterous and overpowering, nor
did it check the course of his words; he could
goon, telling or descanting, while bis lungs
did -crow like chanticleer,’ his syllables in the
struggles growing more emphatic, his accent
more strongly Scotch, and his voice plaintive
with excessive merriment.” Never, surely,
was a laugh more exquisitely described than in
this gt aptic passage.
Nxtvbe the Goioe.-We next come to the
eyes of vertebrate animals, which present all the
excellent qualities that the most acute optician
could desire, and which areas infinitely supe
rior to the clumsy devices of his art as the pure
light of Heaven is superior to all other. Vne
thing is particularly interesting in studying the
optical devices of the eye, eur most perfect opti
cal instruments are firmed after the exact prin
ciples on which have been constructed these
organs; every step towards the Improvement of
such instruments has been the result of our
having followed Nature’s steps, for although of
ten plagiarists, we were not always conscious
.of plagiarism.— Pcjtgecknic Magarinc.
Cbronide in. Sentinel
AlittitXT*. GA.
TUESDAY MIJRNI NG, JULY 1.
T'k’ In reply to the complaiuts.of the non-re
ception of our paper at Louisville, Jeflergun Co.,
we have only to remark that the papers forth it
office, arc always regularly put up on flic day of
publication and sent to the Post Cflice in this
city. Where the fault is we know nor.
Whig Convention.—We are requested to State
that Dr. Bat e has been nominal, d to fill the va
cancyin the Columbia dr-legatio i,ofMr. Heggie.
Emory College.
The Annual Commencement of this College
will take place at the College Chapel, in Ox
ford, on Wednesday, the 22d insf, (July.) On
Sunday previous, the commencement sermon
will be delivered by the Rev. H. W. Hillmsp,
of Montgomery, Ala., at 10 o'clock, A. M.
On Tuesday, an Address will be delivered in
the forenoon, before the “Education Society,”
by the Bev. L L. Wittich, of Madison, Ga.,
and in the evening the Junior Exhibition will
take place.
In the forenoon of Wednesday the Graduating
Class will declaim, and in the afternoon an ad
dress will be delivered before the two Literary
Societies by Wm. F. Samford, Esq., ol Merri
wether county, Ga.
“fn the midst of life we are in denlh ’*
Seldom have we been more impressed with
the force and truth o! this sentiment than on
hearing yesterdav morning of the death of Mr
Samuel Clarke, ofthe firm of Clarke & Roberts.
Commission Merchants ol this city, who died al
his residence on the Sand Hills yesterday, at 4
o’clock, A. M. Qn apparent
ly in the enjoyment of higtn>' , :Jtb, dined out
with a friend, spent the evening with a small
parly of frien Is, and returned home at a late
hour at night, seeminsly with as fair a prospect
for long life as most of us. Before dav, how
ever, he was most violently attacked with
Cholera Morbus, which terminated hie career in
less than twenty-four hours. Thus has passed
from the stage of action, in the vigor of man
hood, one who had the singular faculty of en
dearing himself to all with whom he mingled,
leaving a wife, several child’en and a large cir
cle of friends to mourn his loss.
Important Romor.—The N. Orleans Cou
rier ofthe 24'h ult., mentions that there was a
rumor in town in the morning, and one which
the editor thinks worthy of belief, to the effect
that the Government has ordered all the troops
on the Sabine to advance upon the Rjo Grande,
to repel the menaced Irruption of the Mexicans
upon the territory of Texas.
Cart. Rhinorrs in Office.—The N. York
Morning News, a leading organ of the New
York Democracy, thus notices the appointment
of Capt. Rhinders to an office in the Custom
House:
“Yesterday an excellent man and democrat,
advanced in years and of high re-pe-lability.
Mr. Curley, was removed from the office of
weigher to make room for the notorious Rhin
ders, ofthe Empire Club!”
Release of Dorr.—The Legislature of
Rhode Island being in session, numerous peti
tions are presented lor the liberation of Dorr.
There are also memorials against bis release.
Jj 1 The New York Express of Wednesday
says it is reported in the monied circles of that
city, thatthe Secretary of the Treasury has it
in contemplation to withdraw the Government
funds from all the Banks but two, and that these
two favored institutions will be the Bank of
America and Iheßarikof the Stateof New York.
Noble Action. —The Charleston Courier of
says:—While the packet ship New-
York, Capt. Hull, for New York, was lying
in the stream, opposite to Vendue Range, on
Saturday last, Mrs. P. A. Scranton, of Augusta,
(Ga.) one ot the passengers, in the act of de
scending from the promenade deck, fell over-
James Booth..l'ty of flic seamer., who
was in the top, at tne time, perc’eTYmjpmt t«..
currence, promptly glided down by the stays to
the rail, and plunged into the water alter tbe
-lady. He succeeded in grasping and sustain
ing her in the water, until they had drifted near
sf*quarter of a mile. In the mean time a boat
was lowered, and despatched after them, and
fortunately rescued them from their perilous
condition. The act of this gallant and be
nevolent tar commends itself to the warm ap
proval of every generous heart, and does honor
to his hardy and usefnl calling. Let it seive as
a practical appeal to our citizens to continue a
liberal and sustaining aid to the Sailor’s Cause,
the Sailor’s Bethel, and the Sailor’s Home— for
that calling is eminently worthy of the kind re
gards of all, which numbers in its ranks sons
capableof such daring r nd noble philanthropy.
The Mercury says, a seaman jumped over to
save her and was very nearly drowned ; he was
taken in by a rope. Another seaman, James
80-’th, who was at the time in the top, slid down
by the stays to the rail and plunged in. When
ue -i-,,| v , with admirable presence of
mind, he secured her in such tr wav Snr
not get hold of him, and sustained her above ca
ter while the current carried them near a quarter
of a mile. Meantime a boat was lowered, and
reached them before the gallant sailor was ex
hausted.
Important Improvement. Mr. Joel W. An
drews, of Norristown, has taken out a patent
for burning brick with stone coal. He burnt a
kiln last week, containing 250,00 \ which are
said to be ot a superior quality. By the use <>■
coal as fuel, the expense is mueh reduced, and
the time required to burn is diminished one
halt.
Death by Lightning.—The Albany, Ga.
Patriot of the 95th nit. says: On Tuesday of
last week, Mr. Isaac Brinson, of this c.mhty,
while gathering cattle about three miles from
Newton, was passing through an open pond,
when a stroke of lightning killed him and the
horse on which he rode. The ehtud was a
small one, which afforded no rain, and theonlv
severe thnnder clap which issued from it, was
that which called a mortal to eternity.
Venerable Men —A correspondent of the
Albany (Geo.) Patriot, writing from Vienna.
Dooly county, Geo., say s—.lt a battalion mus
ter hold at this place ot- the 7th inst. (JttnjA.three
citizens of this county rode into town on horse
back, whose aggregate age was 260 years, viz:
John Matthews, 86J, Thomas Wnnlsworth, 86}
and Joseph Calhoun, 87. I conversed with them
a>l, and found them all in the fid! possession ol
bodily health and mental vigor.
Another Poet Loose.—Some Western swain,
says the Picavune, has recently fallen most
desperately in love with n fair one- “ Miss Bersev”
he calls her—and disdaining common nnd vulgar
prose he allows his flame to burst out and blaze
away in poetry. One stanza will give a suffi
cient insight into his merits, and here it is :
mi Inv she is my hurls delite
hur name ii is miss betse.y
ile go and see her this veiy nite
if god almtty lets me.
The Cincinnati Fnouirer furnishes another
stanza and says:—lt may be true that “true
love never did run smooth,” but it can’t be said
of his poetry.
o wunst i luved a nuther girl
hur name it w is mm rier
but b?tsy deer my luv fnr u
is 40 times more higher.
The Duty of a Freeman.—Many very ex
cellent men bavea great aversion to politics and
political discussion. We frequently meet men
of good principles and exemplary life who will
remark with an air of evident self satisfaction,
that they “never meddle with politics—never
attend political discussions, and never mean to
be politicians.” And ibis they w ill say, in a
manner which evinces that they fid as If they
had expressed sentiments which 'wore entitled to
respect. N >w, we beg leave to Piss-nt from this
doctrine. We believe that every Freeman is
bound to be a politician. We do not mean that
classed Uien who make polities a trade; who
set out with a tietermination to live out of the
public crib, and whose politics consist in repeat
ing certa i n can t phrases, following impl icilly cer
tain leaders, and crying out,at all ti nes.t.iih se
above them in power- -Give I Give! Wevield
to no one in contempt for political demagogues
the unprincipled band >< hose only alm t-CcjJ
lead by vulgar clamor and noisv declamation
and who hope to rise over talents, character and
sterling merit, by loud tvortTstm s and time
serving subserviency. But we do menu to sav
that no citizen of Ibis Republic, who has oppor
tunities of information, has a moral right to re
fuse to take any part fu political affairs.—
eigi Reginin-.
Tiro Victim’s Revenge-
The following thrilling account ota scene in
New Orleans, in which a young and beautiful
woman has avenged her wrongs by her own
hands, we clip from the Picayune and Tropic.
We are not the ordinary cir
cumstances, of permitting persons to take the
law into their own bands, and committing sum
mary vengeance on Ahose who have injured
them ; but if there ever was a case in which
such a course could and should be justified,
this is certainly one of them, and we hope that
she has either made him atone for his heartless
villainy with his lile, or has made him a con
firm’d cripple, that he may drag out the re
mainder of his days a living monument of that
baseness which would prompt to the destruction
of a confiding and innocent female, and then to
her abandonment, not, however, without at
tempting to defame her. We rejoice that she
bad the heart and the hand to deal the blow, and
wc sincerely trust that every such cold blooded
destroyer of the happiness and lame of the gen
tler sex may find a Henrietta Blanchard,
either in the person of his victim or some
friend. We shall watch with anxiity the pro
gress of this case, and if there can be found in
all New Orleans a jury who would hurt the
hair of Henrietta’s head, we have mistaken the
character of her people.
FEARFUL RETRIBUTION.
Our neighbo'hood was startled yesterday
morning by the repol? of a pistol, fired in Mr.
Kendig’s auction store, on Camp-street, nearly
opposite our office. A m'inent alter the dis
charge, men were seen running to and Iro, as
though some horrid deed had been committed.
The immediate occasion oftbestir and confu
sion is soon told, though beyond the act there is
a history, we fear, darker in its complexion than
the transaction we are about tovelate.
Ab.rnt ten o’clock a girl named Henrietta
Blanchard stood in the frontdoor vt Mr. Ken
llig's store, and beckoned to some one to come
to her. Mr. Kendig, imagining that she desired
to see him on business, stepped up to her. He
was told that it was not him she wanted, but a
Mr. John Parker Pettiway, who is a negro
trader. Mr. Petliway hereupon approached her
She asked him to walkout with her, when "he
inrred to Mr. Kendig and desired that gentle
men to step out and hear what she had to say.
Mr. K refused to accompany them into the
street, but he bad no objection to being present
at tbe in'erview. He then took Pettiway bv the
arm, and they were walkiligtbgether to the rear
of the building, when a pistol was discharged
and Pettiway exclaimed that he was shot.—
Petliway reeled, but was su ported bv Mr.
Kendig and borne into an ante-room, where he
remained until his wound was examined by a
phy«teiam. The hall struck him in the back, to
the left of the snine, just below the ribs, and
passed out in front, making a dangerous, though
it is thought, not a mortal wound.
As soon as she fired her pistol, Henrietta
threw it down and turned deliberately to walk
out. Mr. Kendig requested some one to detain
her. She then remarked that she did not wish
to elude the officers ofthe law; that she in
tended to give herself up to the Recorder. She
however took a seat, and in a few moments
was surrounded by a large number of citizens.
Sl.e is a fine-looking, wen-formed woman, about
eigh een or twenty’years of age as we should
judge. She has blue eyes, light brown hair,
rather above the ordina'y stature, and was dress
ed in a neat, comely and plain style. Her mein
was as dignified as the agitation belonging to
such a scene wonld allow, while at the same
time she seemed to be laboring under a deep
excitement which bore man« of the character
istics of a withering sense ot wrong endured
through shame, abasem nt and outrage. She
was told by some one that she had killed Petti
way. She replied that he had done worse Io
her. She said that she was a poor, defenceless
woman, who had been brought nearly to the
grave by him, had been wronged beyond endu
rance and abandoned in despair. To some one
who asked her why she did this thing, she re
plied, “Heknows.” Sh” then ad'ed, in a voice
somewhat shaken and tremulous, “This is a
fearful tragedy, but he deserved it.” A short
while afterwards she seemed to be oppressed
and asked for water. A gentlemen who hand
ed her a glass, thinking that she might have
drunk laudanum or something ofthe kind, so
violent was her agitation, asked her if she had
taken anything else that morning. Shelooked
him earnestly in the face for a moment, and
repeated the words “taken anything else!”—.
and then with more sternness added, “No sir,
—nothing but revenge!” When the officer was
about taking her to the lock up house in Ba
ronne-street she remarked with much firmness
and resignati n, “They can but kill me, and I
have suffered m re than that already ”
There was nothing in the manner of this un
fortunate woman which indicated an abandoned
aiTl'resides wlth'lrer sisreHn'tloy aVSIWifOflo
is married to a respectable citizen. We hear,
moreover, many reports of seduction and de
sertion ; it is said, also, that recently she Dok
the offspring of guilty love to the house of Petti
way, where she was turned away with re
proaches. and her child cast out as the fruits of
an illicit connexion with some other person.
However this may be, she appeared to us
like one who had been wrought up to a d°e<! of
fearful import by a sense of injuries unrequit
ed and irreparable. The horror occasioned by
a s.-ene so bloody was qualified by a sympathy
for the principal actor in it, who seemed bereft
of every emotion but that ot revenge for wrongs
that were 100 greviotts lobe borne,and incapa
ble of exertion except in resenting injuries fo
which, it must be confessed, human laws fur
nis but a poor redress.
It what wc hear of her past history be true,
the Hood of Petliway could not have washed
out the stain that soils her reputation forever;
there is for her but one atonement —one refuge
Imbruing I er hands in the blood of t er seducer,
if he be such, cannot make clean her garments
an 1 sanctity the errors of life to hergood. But
m?v it not be admissible to pardon something
to the frenzy that seizes upon mortal means to
accomplish ends that have no remedy in human
aid, as it issurely natural tube merciful to such
'-have been robbed of nil claim to the consider
ation ot society, except that wliteli jiiix.ex acts
for the forlorn and bi uised daughter of sin ?
Since writing the above, we learn that Petti
way was still alive, although in much pain,
last evening, and that there was some reason to
believe be would finally recover. The girl is
confined in a room at the watch house in Ba
rotrne street. Should Pettiway be pronounced
out ot danger she will probably be allowed to
go out on bail at once. Much sympathy is
manifested for her in all quarters, and we have
under-toed that any amount of bail could be
made up tor her immediately.
The Tropic savs: Os the causes which led
to this affair, it is painful to w ite. The story is
soon told. It is a tale ot seduction and deser
tion. We are informed that the young woman
came to this city about four years ago from New
York, and that she has since resided in the fami
ly of her brother in-law in Philippa-str-et
Pettiway resided next door; the families visit
ed, and an intimacy sprung up between him and
he young woman. It ripened, on her part at
least, into an attachm-nt. Pettiway promised
o marry her, and on the faith of that promise,
he seduced her; the fruit ol their intercourse
was a child, which is since dead. Previous to
he birth of her child, he abandoned her; she
lias repeatedly demanded the fulfilment of his
rotnise; he refused, endeavored to blast her re
putation, and offered her a large sum ot money
to release him from his engagement and to leave
the city, but she scorned his offer as she defied
his slander, demanded, for the sake ol her ho
nor tbp fulfilment of his promise; and, finding
ill c ean ;of obtaining reparation unavailing,
-he, under the influence ot -wounded feelings, re
solved to sacrifice the man who had trifled will,
her affections, blasted her lair fame, and cruelh
deserted her. How far she succeeded in herob
jeilt our readers already know. In this com
munity, where cases of seduction are so verv
rare, we hardly need say that the sympathies ot
the people are with the victim of seduction--
none care for the fate of the seducer- -the uni
versa! opinion seems to be, that he deserves n.
pity. The foregoing are the leading features
in the painful history of this affair, as it ha
been told to us. and, il it be true, as there is lit
tie doubt, we cannot but express the opinion,
that if there is a case »lieie justification may
he alleged fora deed of violence, this Lsucb a
one, and so it is considered here by all we have
heard speak ol it. The young woman is con
fined in the Second Municipality Police Prison,
tut is not locked up in a cell, Capt. Winter
with a consideration that does him infinite ere
dit, having given orders to allow her all the
liberty she can enjoy within the enclosure ol t..e
prison walls.
Riches.—The more experience we have
had of the world, the more that experience
should show us how little is in the power ol
riches; for what indeed, truly desirable, can
they bestow upon us7 Can they give b auty
to the deformed, strength to the weak, or health
to the infirm? Surely if they could, we should
not see so many ill tavoure.t faces Imun ing the
assemblies of the great, nor would such num
bers ot feeble « retches languish in their coaches
and mansions. Can they prolong their own
possessions, or lengthen their days who enjoy
them ? So far otherwise, that the sluggard
and luxurious cars which attend them, shorten
the lives ot millions, and bring them with pain
and misery to an untimely grave. Where then
is their value, it they can neither embellish nor
strengthen our forms nor sweeten and pro
long our lives I Again, can they adorn the mind
more than the body? No, but do they not
rather swell the heart with vanity, puff up the
cheeks with pride, shutting up the ears to every
call of compassion, and our hands to every mo
tive of sympathy and virtue.
Immigration,—VVe learn from the U. Slates
Boarding Officer at ttuaratitt&a, tha' 3760 pas
sengers arrived at this port from foreign po.G
during the last two days.—.V. V. Conner.
The steamboat Lancet was burned in the
Ohio river ast week, but no lives were lost.
Honors to the Dead.
The funeral ceremonies in New-York on Tues
day last, in honor of Gen. Jackson, were doubt
less ofthe most imposing character. From the
Courier and Enquirer we obtain the following
account of the grand pageant:
The FuNER.it. Ceremonies.—The military
and Civic ceremonies ve-teulay in Commctna
ration of the death o£ General Jackson, were '
appropriate and imposlngfStnd so faraswe'ObA •
served them, were conducted with a decorous
propriety that reflects great credit upon the
character ofthe city and u ion all those concern
ed in arranging them. The Military display
was certainly one ofthe finestand largest, if not
the very largest, ever seen in the city, and the
Civic portion ol the procession was large,
though not as large as at the funeral of Ge neral
Hanison and several other similar occasions.
There was not, solar as we can Iqarn, a single
serious accident to mar the solemnities ot the
day, and there was but one slight disturbance
during the whole demonstration, and the cause
of this we did not learn, though happily it was
not serous and but momentarily interrupted the
procession as it was passing through Grand
street. On the whole, the proceedings were
marked throughout by a steadiness and goo I
order in the highest degree gratifying; and
though we certainly could discover no vety
deep sensation in the assembled thousands ot
which the spectacle was made up, there was a
decorum and a rigid attention to the proprieties
ofthe occasion, quite marked and very honora
ble to the immense masses of human beings in
the streets.
The weather was intensely hot; notwith
standing which the military were under arms
from an early hour in the morning—and long
before tbe procession moved from the Patk,
several members ofthe various companies were
compelled to leave the ranks on account ol the
heal and the weight of their equipments; and
we saw one carried home in a carriage, suffer
ing from a sun stroke.
Under the admirable arrangements of the
Grand Marshal, the immense procession com
menced moving nearly at the hour designated,
two o’clock—although thousands upon thou
sands had been waiting in the streets and- at
event corner from an early hour in the morning.
Tbe first division, composed entirely of the
military, made an imposing appearance, and
indeed we have seldom seen them turn out in
much greater numbers. The officers and light
companies of the city, preceded by the Light
Guard, Captain Vincent, led the procession,
followed bv the first and sixth brigades ot ar
tillery and the first brigade ol horse artillery.
In this division were some ot our best uniform
companies,—the Light Guard, the Indepen
dence Guards, Tompkins Blues, W ashington
Guards, National Guards, &c.—all of which
turned out their full complement of muskets.
In lhe Second Divison were the officiating
Clergymen, Ex President Van Buren, the Hon.
William L. Marcy, Secretary of War, Gov.
Wright, the Members of the Court ot Errors,
Gen. Scott and Aids,Col. Bankhead anti Aid-.
Officers, ot the Army and Navy, preceding the
funeral Urn, (the same as used in the funeral
procession of 1810.) escorted by a guard of U.
S Marines, and guarded by a detachment of
troops from Governor’s Island The Urn was
borne on a car dressed in black, drawn by four
white horses caparisoned also in black, and a
groom followed with a led horse, al o dressed
in mourning. The pall bearers, twenty eight
in number, followed in carriages forming a
double line, and among them were some of our
most estimable citizens. In this Division also
were the members of the Comm n Council ol
this citv, of Brooklyn, and of Jersey Ciiy, with
their officers. Also the civic Societies and Odd
Fellows of Jersey City.
Then-xt division comprised civic dignita'ies
principally, escorted bv the City Guard, Capt.
M’Ardle—ln this division among others w ere
the Foreign Ministersand Consuls it rich uni
forms, in carriages, the U S. Marshal and
Deputies, the C'dlecior ot the Port and Officers
ot the Custom House, Members of the Bar,
Sheriff and Deputies, Police Magistrates. Sic.
—Also, the President. Faculty and Students of
tbe University, of Columbia College, m mat
ins "His.
The fifth division comprised the Tammany
Society, the D'mocralic Republican Commit
tee, the American Republican General Com
mittee, Ward Committees an ’ Citizens, escorted
by the Independent Tompkins Blues. The
Empire Club followed in this division, escorting
a large car dressed in mourning, on which was
a tomb in imitation of white marble, beating
the simple inscription, “Jackson, ” and this was
followed bv grooms with led horses, richly
caparisoned, but al! their housings dressed in
mourning.
Tbe sixth division was allotted to the Odd
Fellows attached to the Grand and Subordinate
Lodges of this citv, who mined out in great
numbers, with their beau'iful banners, insignia,
&c , dressed in deep munrning
The Military and Civic Associations of
Brooklyn followed in the next division and at
tracted much att-ntion.
The Eighth Division was composed ot the
various Benevolent Societies of 'he city, with
--Uu»ir.EAsiiiirn| banners and insignia, and of
these there were a very grSat nmrtlwrr "
The remaining Divisions (there being thir
teen in alii were varfonsly composed of lhe
civic and literary societies, political associa
tions, —the order of Reehahites, Sec.
Among all the Societies, civic or military,
none presented a m 're imposing appearance or
attracted greater attention, than the members of
the Fire Department, who turned out in great
force, arrangements having been first made in
case a fire should recur during the progress of
the procession. The firemen were all dressed
in dark clothes— all th p ir banners were s'-rourle
in mourning, and the officers carried their trnm
nets also dressed in black. They were certain
ly as fine a body of men as we ever saw assem
bled, and are well worthy of the estimation in
which, under the admirable organization of th"
able and efficient Chief Engineer Mr. Anderson,
they are held by th” community.
There was a great scarcity of music, and in
more than one case, there was only one band to
a whole division, but with this exception 'here
was nothing wanting to ren-Gr the procession
interesting and complete. The route designa
led was up Chatham street and East Broadway
to the junction of Grand street—thence to the
Bowery and up around Union Park and so
down to the City Hall, where they dispersed;
and all ot the streeis were crowded wilh an im
mense tbroniv, while door steps and windows
throughout the route were filled with spectators,
and in many cases even the roofs were occu
pied. The stores generally th oughout lhe city
were closed, and every where insignia of
mourning were lobe seen. The fl igs of the
various public buildings and of the shipping in
port were hoisted at half mast, and the bells
throughout the city were tolled from the hour
of two o'clock until the procession returned to
the Park, while ininu'e guns were fired at the
-aine time from the Battery and Tompkins
square in this city and from Brooklyn Heights
by detachments from the artillery companies.
The processi m, which was formed six
abreast, occupied two hours and fifty-five mi
nutes in passing a given point, and before lhe
lastdivision had left Grand street to turn into
the Bowery, lhe first division was entering the
Park. We can ol course form no correct esti
mate ofthe number out, but it was certainly a
very large and imposing procession.
Notwithsianuing the immense crowd which
thronged the city, we did not hear of a single ac
cident which occurred to interfere with the pro
cession Several horses gave out from sheer
•xhaustion, being so long exposed to lhe heat,
and deprived of water, while the procession, be
’ore it reached lhe Park on its return route was
much diminished in numbers, v-rv many hav
ing left in tbe upper part of the Bowery and
Broadway
On the return Io lhe Park, three vollles were
fired by the United States troops from Gover
nor’e Island, and the greater part of those who
had been out during the heat of the day. left (or
■heir homes. Some five or six thousand, how
ever, including mgny ladies, remained to heat
n»e oraii.m, which wasdelivered from lhe larg.
stand in front ofthe City Hall, bythc Hon. B
F. Butler. The stage was occupied bv the ci
vie and military dignitaries who had been in th>
procession,—Ex-Pres. Van Buren, Ex-Gov
Marcy, Gov. Wright, the twenty-eight pall
bearers, naval and military officers, clergymen
and a large choir from the Sacred Music Soci
ety. Alter a solemn and appropriate prayerby
the Rev. Mr. Krebs, Mr. Butler delivered lhe
eulogium prepared for the occasion. It in
very long, bm was listened to with great atten
•ion by the vast assemblage, and at the close, a
lirge comnosed for the occasion, was sung bv
the Sacred Music Society, led by Mr. Hill and
accompanied bv an exce'lenl band.
The audience were dismissed with a bless
ing by the Rev. Dr. Wainwright, and the Park
was soon alter deserted, the proceedings ot the
dat, from lhe hour of starting the proces
sion until the close of the oration, having oc
cupiedjust six hours.
A Valuable Invention.
The following paragraph, which we copy
from “ The Constitution.” does no more than
justice, we believe from evidence belore os, to
the merits of the invention which itdescribes
Nat. I,it.
“ Hemispherical Sundial.— We were shown
today, by Mr. James P Gardner, of Ten tes
see, the inventor, a drawing of his Hemispheri
cal Sundial; and bnt a few minutes’ attention to
the plan of its construction, convinced us of its
entire superiority over everything ol the kind.
It shows apparent and m-an time, the length of
the days, the rising and setting of the sun, and
the cardinal points of the horizon, with the
greatest exactness. It is vouched lor by some
ol the first mathematiciqns in the country, it
has been patented by its intelligent and modest
inventor, and we sincerely wish him all tbesuc
cess with it, which its most decided merits
must ultimately command.”
Frantic Valor.—How fiercely the brave
barbarians still fought may be gathered from
this: A soldier ot the f*2d regiment bounding
forward, drove hls bayonet Into the breast of a
Beloocu; instead of falling, the rugged warrior
castaway his shield, and, seizing the mu«ket
with his left hand, writhed his body forward on
the baronet until he could, with one sweep of
his sword,for the Belooen needs no sec; nd blow,
avenge himself; Both tell dead together,—Gen.
Napier's Canguest of Scindc,
Brig Gen. Aymatroiiii.
The Battle of Fatal.—in looking over our
files ol the Spirit ot the Times, we find the fol
lowing article in that paper ot the 10th May
lust, in which Capt. Reid, ofthe private armed
brig Gen. Armstrong, made one of the most
gallant defences, and achieved one of tbe most
signal victories, to be met with in lhe annals of
the I'sl war. The motives oi' Surgeon Brosna
ham, in thus coming forward to pul down a
calumny aimed at his brave commander, can
nbt be too highly appreciated. Here is the
article from the Spirit. We Omit two affidavits,
sworn to before a justice ot the peace at Pen
sacola by Surgeon B. in relation to the facts
set forth in his lever:— Pir.zynne.
The f 'llowing letter from Dr. Brosnaham, of
Pensacola, surgeon of the laxe brig Gen. Arm
strong, who so gallantly contended against the
British squadron al the Island of Fayal, during
lhe late war, has been written tor the purpose
of correcting a report relative to said action, as
base as it is unjust, viz: that the commander of
the brig, SatnuelC. Reid, was not on board at
lhe time of the action, and that the command
consequently devolved upon the other officers,
instead of which, as will be seen, Captain Ried
was not only at his post, but was deprived oi
the aid of his officers at an early stage of the
battle.
For the sake of justice to Capt. R., it has
been deemed advisable to present, this letter to
the public, although it may seem strange that
it should be necessary at ibis Ute day to refute
a charge so grossly false, and to corroborate a
fact so well established, and enrolled long since
on the page of history:
Pensacola, March 18, 1845.
Being informed of a report in circulation that,
during the action of 26fh (September. 1814, at
the port of Fayal, on board the late brig Gen.
Armstrong, Capt. 8. C. Reid was on shore, and
the action under command of Lieut. Worth,
instead of her commander—
I hereby certify, that I was surgeon on board
the Gen. Armstrong at the time, under com
mand of S muel C. Reid. We left New York I
on the 9th Sept., 1814—reached Fayal on the
26th, at 10, A. M., and at 8 o’clock in the eve
ning was attacked by four boats from lhe Brit
isn
that they were re pea tedly'Wiled by Gept Reid,
and warned to keep off, which they disregarded,
and when close alongsideCSpt. Reid gave or
ders to fire, which fire was immediately reiurn
ed by the enemy’s boats. In this action we had
one man killed, and our Ist Lieutenant, Frede
rick A. Worth, wounded in the right side, at the
very commencement ot the action, which wound
confined him to his berth in the cabin until his
removal from the vessel, which was after lhe
second action. In the meantime, the boats re
peated to their vessels, and at 12 o'clock the
same nieht again attacked us, which action
lasted about forty minutes, and in which action
five ol our seamen and our 3d Lieutenant, John
son, were wounded, and our 2d Lieutenant,
Williams, killed by a shot in the forehead. His
death w as about the middle of the action, and
thus devolved all duty upon our Cavtain
During the whole ot the action, I could uis
linctly hear Captain Reid giving orders, en
couraging his men, and even ordering them,
when they were out of cartridges, to heave round
shot.
At length Captain Reid ordered the afterdivi
sion to rush forward, which decided the con
flict in our favor, and by his command the
decks, after the action, were immediately clear
ed, to he readv for another attack; and although
we were assured by the American Consul that
further resistance was useless, still our cap
tain did not leave the vessel until the dead and
wended were removed, together with the
baggage and even the medicine chest. Further
more, I affirm, that during the cruise, from our
leaving New York until we reached Fayal,
and during the actions nntil the toss ol the
Gen. Armstrong, no vessel could have been
better disciplined, than ours under command
of Capt Reid, whose conduct was brave, deter
mined .and courageous; and in justice to Capt.
Reid, I feel it my duty to assert, that by the
wounding of Ist Lieut. Wurth, 3d Lieut. John
■ son and the death ot 2d Lieut. Williams, the
entire command was in him, and that through
his skill and valor the enemy’s boats were de
feated.
(Signed) John Brosnaham’
Prom the Pittsburg Gazette.
The City of Pittsburg.
The Burnt District - -The metamornhosis
going on in the burnt district is little less than
miraculous. After an absence of about five
weeks, we could scarce believe the evidence ol
our senses on our return. In places where we
hail left blackened and smoking ruins, we found
long rows of brick buildings, in the various
stages of erection, some with their roofs on, and
others partly up. Every where do we find
changes and improvements. We doubt not
that any citizens who left here about the time ol
lhe fire, before or after, and shall not return un
til fall, will be perfectly bewildered as they pass
through streets formerly as familiar to them as
their own countenances.
Railroad Don.— Sixty five tons, part of a lot
of railroaiHron forthe Miami Railroad, arriv
-«,t anmta.s, Ah 5.22.1 the Great
Western iron Works, andyas shippeff ljelow
on the Ohio Mail and H Kinney. We under
stand the whole amount required by the com
nanv will be about seven hundred tons, allot
which will be furnished bj the Great Western
Works. The idea that vii are dependant upon
England for rails should fie exploded by this
lime. All that is wantedls protection, perma
nent protection, to inducqour manufacturers to
erect the necessary machinery for making the
most improved kind of rail. Secure to us that,
and in n short time Western Pennsylvania will
furnish the iron necessary lor all the roads that
may be constructed in tje West for years to
come.
Pittsburg Manufactures— The building ot
steam engines and millsof all descriptions has
been a leading branch otour manufactures ever
since we had mechanics. Our builders have
aimed to keep tip with all the improvements of
the day, and many of the best have been invent
ed by them Os all tbe various descriptions we
only now design noticing Sucar Mills, of which
a splendid invoice has jusi been completed for
plantatiorsm Louisiana,by Mr Robert Wight
man, at his foundry afflf shops at lhe Point. It
is ihe largest 10l of machinery of this kind ever
shipped from one shopin this cjty atone time,
and comprises seven sugar mills and six steam
engines. The castingj and work are of the
strongest kind, and finished wilh a grea| deal of
neatness and taste. They are now readv to
ship, and~werenmmend an examination ot them
to our friends South as fine specimens of our
mechanics' bandiwortt
Cause of the American Revolution.—ln
Tudor’s Life of Otis the following fact is
related :
“ When President Adams was Minister at
the Court of St. James, he often saw his coun
ryman Benjamin West, lhe late President of
the Royal Academy. Mr. West always retained
a strong and unyielding affection for his native
.and. Mr. W-st one day asked Mr. Adams if
he should like to take a walk wilh him and seg
'because ot the American Revolution. z The
Ministe' having known something ot this mat
ter, smiled at the proposal, but told him ihat he
should be glad to see tbe cause ot that Revolu
iion, and to take a walk with his friend West
any where. The next morning he called ac
cording to agreem-nt, and took Mr. Adams
into Hyde P .rk, to a spot near the Serpentine
River, where he gave him the following narra
tive: The King came to the throne a young
man, surroundeo bv flattering courtiers; one of
whose frequent topics ii was, to declaim against
he meanness ot hii palace, which was wholly
unworthy of a monarch of such a country as
England. They said 'here was not a sovereign
m Europe who was lodged so poorly—that his
sorry, dingv old brick palace of St. James look
d like a stable, and that he ought to built a
lalace suitable to his kingdom. The tong was
■itnrf of architecture, and would therefore listen
'o suggestions which were in fact all true.
Phis spot you see here was selected for the site,
between this»»d this point, which was marked
■ut. The kingtrpplierl to his ministers on the
subject; t k ey inquired what sum would be want
ed by his majesty, wbo said he wonld begin
vith a million. They staled the expenses of
he war, and the poverty of the treasury, bur
hat his majesty’s wishes sho Id be taken into
ullconsideration. Some time afterwards the
king was informed that the wants ofthe treasury
were too urgent to admit nf a supply from their
present means, but that a revenue might be
raised in America, to supply all the king’s
wishes. This suggestion was followed up, and
'he king was in this wav first led to consider
nd then to consent to the scheme for taxing
the colonies.”
“All a Humbug”—The Miners’ Journal,
alluding to the great improvement made in
the manufacture of bar iron directly from the
ore. by a Mr. Green of New-Jersey, says
“We have since seen a specimen of the iron,
which was beautifully prepared to deceive—
but falling into the hands ol an old iron master
in this neighborhood, he took the liberty ot
putting it to the test of the hammer. As he
predicted, it turned cut to be but little belter
than the common pig metal. Better iron was
manufactured on the same principle in this
region, as early as 1831, before Mr. Clay took
out hi« patent in England. The great iron in
terestdoesnot require kumbugism to sustain it.”
Mystery. —To those who have observed the
efli-ct of this, its prodigious influence on the
general tone pi family intercourse must be
well known. To those who have not, it would
be nearly impossible to convey in words an ade
quate i lea of the difference which exists in a
household where the parent* make a secret of
all things of important interest, and where they
do not. It is not the difference between ease
and restraint, or even that more striking still, be
tween sweet or sour tempers in the chief of
the establishment; it is a thousand times more
vital than either. Without this easy, natural,
spontaneous confidence, the family union is
like a rope ot sand th t will fall to pieces and
disappear at the first touch ofany thing that can
attract and draw off its loose and unbound parti
cles.
Reduction of Fare.—The Philadelphia and
Baltimore Rail Road Company, informs the
public that the fare between the two cities, by
th» mail lines, has been reduced to two dollars
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 2.
Manulacturlng in Alabama.
On several occasions within the last few
months, we have noticed, with much pleasure,
the disposition manilested in various pans of
Alabama, in reference to the establishment of
manufactures of cotton. The spirit is evident
ly growing, not only in Alabama, but through
out the entire cotton planting States, and unless
suddenly checked by some unforeseen event,
the day is not far distant when quite an amount
of Southern capital will be embarked in this
business. Regarding the enterprise as we do,
in its important influences upon the well being
of society and the prosperity ol the South, we
watch every movement with no ordinary de
gree ot interest, and we therefore feel a high de
gtee oi pleasure in laying belore our readers
the annexed proceedings of a public meeting
held in Tuscaloosa on the 21st ult., “tor the
purpose of taking measures preparatory to the
establishment of a cotton manufactory at or
near Tuscaloosa,” al which a committee of
efficient and prominent citizens was appointed
to carry out the objects set forth in the second
resolution. To us this augurs well, and we
feel an abiding confidence, that a similar move
ment throughout the entire South, wherever
there is labor, capital and power that can con
veniently be employed, wih result most happi
ly to the whole people, and we therefore com
mend the subject to the calm and dispassionate
consideration of capitalists in every section of
Georgia.
" Whereas, it is the opinion of many well in
formed citizens, that the establishment of a cot
ton factory in the immediate vicinity of Tusca
loosa, would prove ot great general utility—in
affording opportunities for a safe, peimanent
and beneficial investment of capital—in crea
ting a home market for our agriculturalstaple—
in augmenting the value ot real estate—in fur
nishing useful and’permanent employment to
numbers of deserving individuals—in yielding
prompt and certain remuneration to the hand oi
industry—in offering the means of subsistence
to an increased population, and in promoting
the active circulation of ready money :
“And whereas many valuable sites for the
erection of machinery, and ample water power
tor mechanical purposes, which may be ren
dered beneficial and lucrative to those interest
ed, are at present lying unimproved; Therefore,
“1. Resolved. That a joint stock company
be created forthe erection of a cotton factory, on
an enlarged scale, in the vicinity of Tuscaloosa.
“ Resolved, That a committee be raised
who shall be charged with the duty of de
vising suitable plans for cariying into ef
fect the preceding resolution; of correspond
ing with gentlemen ol experience in other
parts of the country; of selecting a suita
hie location, drawing designs, making speci
fications and estimates for the erection of
buildings; procuring machinery, soliciting
subscriptions for stock ; —nrgingupon our citi
zens the manifold advantages ot the manu
facturing policy; and inviting the co-opera
tion of all who desire to promote the interests
of our community.”
Round Bales.—We are pleased, says the
Savannah Republican, to see this subject at
tracting so much attention at this time. A
merchant in Boston writes to his correspondent
in this city, as follows : “ I have renewed com
plaints about your round bales. A spinner told
me that be had had so much trouble with them
in the transportation, and finding them false
packed, that he had abandoned purchasing
them, and used altogether the New Orleans and
Mobile. Unless therefore your planters look
more to their interest and make square bales,
they will ere long be unable to sell their cotton
except at much lower prices than that sent from
other sections.”
Cotton Crop in Alabama.—A late Marion
(Perry county) paper, complains that the crops
are still suffering in that county from drought.
In the Canebrake and Prairies they have had
rain, and the crops of both grain and cotton are
promising. In Bibb county they are also said
to be very dry.
The Dallas Gazette of 18th ult. speaks of
seeing cotton bolls on the 14th, of the size of a
partridge egg. It is rimatked:—“Should the
weather for gathering not be too unfav Hable,
we anticipate a shipment of one or more bales
to Mobile, from this vicinity, by the 20th July.”
The Eutaw...Whig of the 20th, says:—“Mr.
Hail of the Prairies, left with us yesterday, the
19th, a young cotton boll, nearly full grown,
measuring four iaches and a half in circumfer
ence. It was pulled from his plantation, and
we are informed he has thirty or forty acres ol
cotton that he planted at the same time with this.
It would have opened bv the 4th of July,"
And th., Greensboro Beacon of the 21st. re
ports receiving several cotton bolls more than
half grown.
Political Gratitude.—Mr. Greene, of the
Boston Post, records his experience of politi
cal gratitude, for the benefit, we suppose, ot the
young politicians who are just commencing
their career. Ihe lesson should not be lost up
on them.
“ Those who have not had much experience
in politics, or with the political press, have liv
ed to little purpose if they have not discovered
that the men who, in the ordinary course of
things, should be most prompt to recognise ser
vices rendered, are most anxious toforcetan ob
ligation ; they should know too, that more tnen
are prostrated and deserted by creatures ot their
own creation, than bv their open and avowed
enemies. Mankind strive to forget obligations
because the remembrance of them is burden
some, and politicians almost invariably kick
down the ladder by which they climb to fame.”
There is a machine now in operation in the
city ot New-York which makes from 200 to 300
cedar painted pails per day. A good workman
can make by hand some 9 or 10 pails per day.
Execution of Henry McCurry.— This un
fortunate man, who had offended against the
aws of his country by murdering Mr. Paul
Roux, at the tavern of Mr. Nolan, in Baltimore,
in January last, expiated his terrible offence on
the gallows F iday.
TV A writer in the Albany Argus estimates
the loss of property in the United States within
the last three months, at 812,000,000. Perhaps
he should have said N rth America, which
would have included the great fire at Quebec.
A True Picture.—The Detroit Daily Ad
vertiser, has the following political summary,
which was calculated for the meridian of
Michigan, but will answer for almost every
state in the Union:—
“We have got the funniest anti-bmk party
in Michigan that the world ever saw. They
chartered every bank that ever existed in the
State. They passed the first suspension act
ever enacted here, and provided lor the organi
zation of some thirty or forty new banks, with
the privilege of not paving specie. They have
had the official supervision of the banks, with
a brief interval,ever since the State governrnem
was established. They have used and borrow
e<t..fthe banks, both individually and as public
i fficers, underall their administrations. Their
leading men are presidents, directors, attorneys
and employees of banks. And yet the moment one
of them fails or suspends, they raise a terrible
outcry, proclaim themselves genuine anti-bank
men, and denoun :e the Whigs like mad dogs.
It was a first rate trick once, but it has been
layed a little too often now. The people are
beginning to understard this “stop thief” cry
of locofoco larceners. ”
Write Children amongthe Indians.—The
St. Louis Republican states, on the authority
of a gentleman personally cognizantof the fact,
that the Osage Indians have among them about
twenty white children, whom they purchased
from the Camanches, by whom they were sto
len from their parents in Texas and New Mex
ico. The same paper says in addition :
“ Our informant states that such of them as
have been seen by the whites are said to be
sprightly and intelligent children, of both sexes,
but generally have been taken so young as to
have lost all recollection of their parents, homes,
or of the place from whence they were taken
The Osages will only sell them lor horses or
goods. Occasionally they bring one into the
se tlement to barter off. A few days since a
gentleman of Newton county purchased, f< r a
horse, a pretty girl, about eleven years old. A
few days before oqr informant left, another
Osage brought in a boy, about eight or nine
years old, which he, however, did not succeed
in selling.
“Saould not the United States officers look
to this, and is it not lheduty of the Indian Agent
to inquire into this? The Osages have pur
chased them; the tribe is poor, and they
should be paid for the restoration ot them
The subject is important enough to enlist the
early attention of the proper officers.”
The U. S. steamer Spencer, which left New
York a few days since, for New Orleans and
Texas, has returned, having sprung a leak in
the Gulph steam
From Ike N. O. Picayune, 'Abik ull.
From Mexico.
Late and Important —Another Revolution in Mex
ico— Chance of a War—.'yanla Ana's Fare
■well Address —Candidates for the Presidency in
M xico—Threat to Bombard Mazatlan by the
French —Dissident Herrera's Address—Trou
bles with the t reach Minister—Movements of
Mexican Troops.
The United Slates squadron under Com.
Conner, consisting of the frigate Pototnac, sloop
ot. war Falmouth, and brigs Lawrence and So
mers, which we announced as ofl the Balize on
Saturday last, arrived at Pensacola on the 23d
inst, in ten days from Vera Cruz. By this ar
rival we have received our files and correspon
dence to the day ot the sailing of the squadron.
The most important intelligence brought by the
fleet relates to a revolution that had broken out
in the city ot Mexico, and the purposes of the
Mexican Government in regard to Annexation.
The officers and crews ot the squadron were
well. The yellow fever was prevailing to a
considerable extent at Vera Cruz. The only
war vessels left io port were the French brigs
Griffon and Mercure. The schooner Creole
was the only American vessel there when the
squadron sailed, and little other st ipping in
port.
We learn that Mr. Shannon has actually left
Vera Cruz for New York, and his anxious
friends tn the United States will be gratified b»
yond expression at seeing him if they are halt
as glad as the Americans in Mexico are at his
leaving that country.
We proceed to lay before our readers at once
the following letter, which is the latest we have
received, which gives a more decided opinion
in regard to the intentions of the Mexican Go
vernment touching Annexation than any we
have before had from the same source. Tne
writer considers war as certain in the event ol
Annexation—a contingency that has in all
probaoility taken place before this time. Our
anticipation of a declaration of war upon the
part of Mexico bad begun to abate before the
receipt of this letter. We are not altogether
persuaded yet that such a step will be taken,
though we have repeatedly explained why, in
the present condition of Mexican politics, such
a course might be pursued, without any definite
views being entertained by the Mexican Cabi
net of its ends or the objects to be accomplished
by it. Peihapsthe Biitish Government could
give as good a solution of the design of such a
war as Pre i< lent Herrera or any of his minis
ters. Here is the letter:—
“Vera Cruz, June 11,1845.
“An attempt atarotner revolution was made
at the city ot Mexico on the 6:h inst, which at
one lime had a most serious appearance. A
regiment broke through the guard stationed at
the Government Palace and took the President
and Secretary of Foreign Relations prisoners;
but the revolutionists were immediately after
wards put down by the citizens and soldiers,
and the above distinguished personages set at
liberty. In this affair, a colonel, a captain, and
about thirty of the privates belonging to the
malcontents were killed, when quiet was once
more restored. Many men in high station at
Mexico are suspected of having a hand in cau
sing this new outbreak, and it is said that ex-
Secretary Tomei has been arrested and im
prisoned.
“With respect to polities, Texas is the all
absorbing topic of the day, and all eyes are
turned in the direction of that country in anx
ious expectation of the final solution of the
pending question. The Government a»d peo
ple generally are pretty well satisfied that no
thing can now prevent annexation. The for
mer sees the moment arrive with regret when
it must declare war or fall, and the latter wait
with anxiety the arrival of the time for the Go
vernment to take a step which, but for them,
would have been taken longsince, withouteven
reflecting on the consequences—the declaration
ot hostilities against the United States. As one
of your celebrated editors says, nous perrons
In the meanwhile, the Government is noiseless
ly marching troops from Mexico into the inte
rior; and although their destination is said to
be California, still the knowledge of the fact
that in that department the Government has no
need ol mere soldiers than are there now, would
lead one to suppose that the real destination ol
those at present on the march nor hward is the
frontier ot Texas, or that vicinity.
“It would be folly, perfect madness, for a
country like this, di-nacted and without means,
to go to war with the United States, and for a
territory’ that does not belong to them, but I
still think the measure will be resorted to. In
my mind the mailer does not admit of a doubt—
if Texas is annexed, Mexico will declare war.
Foreign merchants are purchasing up all the
cochineal that can be bought, and remitting it
to Europe by every opportunitv.
“Yours, &c. &c.”
Besides our own correspondence, we have
been favored with the perusal ol other letters,
received bv the squadron, from which and our
files we give a summary of news that may be
interesting to the public. We add that
from no quarter do we hear so s rong an ex
pression of a beliei in a declaration of war as
from the letter above published.
The following additional particulars of lhe
revolution in Mexico, furnished us by a corres
pondent, may not prove uninteresting. It seems
ffiSl " a "parinr rtiecorps of gretuxtiova, IreaUed..
by Gen Renglon, raised the cry of Federation,
obtained possession of the palace, and made
prisoners the President and three ot his minis
ters, The remainder cf the troops, however,
proved faithful, and after a skirmish succeeded
in putting down the insurgents and re establish
ing order.”
The same correspondent who furnishes us
with this intelligence, also gives it as bis opi
nion that in case Texas acced s to the proposi
tions ot the United States, Mexico will not de
clare war against the latter if the smallest loop
hole is left for her to creep out ot the scraje
It would really seem as though the President
was ill prepaied lor a war while a revolution is
staring him in the face at his very palace gates;
but some of the factions which distract the un
happy country may yet drive him into the mea
sure solely for the purpose of putting him down
and raising themselves in his stead. They
would not hesitate to plunge their fellow-citi
gens into a war, so that they might be able to
rise lo a brief authority, albeit at the cost oflhe
disastn us defeat and utter prostration of the
country.
The Mexican Congress adjourned on the 30th
of May; hut an extra session was called lor the
15th of June, principally, it is alleged, to regu
late'he tariff and remodel the election laws.—
Thecoiton growerswill make a desperate effort
to have the foreign article excluded.
Sant Ana, whose arrival in Havana we no
ticed some days ago, sailed from Vera Cruz on
the 2d inst. in the British steamer Medway. He
was not brought info the city of Vera Cruz, but
was embarked some miles to the north. The
troops stationed at Vera Cruz were distributed
in small bodies to prevent any rising. The
General who escorted him to the sea-side, makes
a flaming report upon the meritorious conduct
of his subalterns, and assures the ministry that
it was not from personal alarm that he took 800
men forthat service, but for fear the country
people would attempt some outrage upon the
prisoner, as had been threatened. He appre
hended that had such a purpose been consum
mated, the enemies ot the Government would
make a handle of it.
Santa Ana left a farewell address to his
countrymen, in which he throws himself upon
iheir judgment in iheir cooler moments He
declaies that be always loved them and had
been devoted to their interests. He boasts, in
good set phrase, that his administration had al
ways been mild and blondless! The country ap
pears to breathe freer and deepersince his ab
sence. Canaligo and Basadre have agreed tc
the amnesty by which they are banished for ten
years.
A proclamation has been issued for holding
an election for President on the Ist of Augus'.
The candidates are Gomez Farias (the same
who was lor many months an exile in this city)
Gen. Almonte and Gen. Herrera, the present
incumbent. Ot these the first, Gomez Farias,
is deemed the most prominent It is difficult to
arrive at the political views ot Mexican candi
daies for office; but Farias is in favor of the
Federal form ofGovernment, which appears to
be gaining supporters rapidly.
The difficulties in which the French Minister
has become involved with the Government are
stated, in letters before us, as near as may be to
the version of the story wc published trom a
letter received via Havana. The affair began
on account of the refusal of the Minister’s groom
to pay fur washing horses at the bath. It pro
ceeded to violence, and in the end compromised
ihe personal liberty of the Minister himself.
The whole business, if some acco mts be true,
is little above the digniiy of Mr. Saligny’s
scrape with the Texan Government about Bul
lock’s pigs. The Mexican press is belaboring
Baron Cyprey, the French Minister, lor being
caught in such low company.
We have accounts of a more serious disturb
ance that has taken place at Mazatlan. It ap
pears that some French bakers were ordered by
the civil authorities lo close their shops in com
pliance with certain municipal regulations.
Upon this ihe commander ol a French man-of
war, the Hermione,then at Mazatlan,demanded
an indemnity ol $11,300, with a threat that he
would bombard the town in case of non-com
pliance. The next and latest infbrmaiion that
has been received from Mazatlan, is contained
in a letter from Tepic, dated 27th May, which
says that a schooner had just arrived at San
Blas from Mazatlan, which place she left on
the 22d, and reports that the day before her sail
ing the commander of the Hermione gave
notice to the foreign Consuls and to the captain
of »n English frigate, the Thalia, then in port,
that he was about to fire upon the town. The
commander ot the English vessel replied that
he would consider the attack as an act ofpira
cy. At the time ot the sailing of the schooner,
the issue of the affair was not known. The
Mexicans bear no love lor Ihe French, and a
writer in the Siglo says “ it is high tin e the
Mexicans should show that they did not achieve
their independence to become the vile puppets
of Frenchmen.”
We have before us the address delivered by
President Herrera on the 30th tilt., upon the
closing of the session of Congress. It is not a
locument of snffi ient interest to require trans
lation. The Presidentcongratulatesthe Cha
bers upon the full restora'ion of order though
■mt the Republic, and thy aseeadtjney of legal
enactments over arbitrary will. The foreign
relation? ol the country fie stales to be on the 1
best possible looting, save only with lhe United
States. The passage of the Annexation Reso
lutions had sundered thrse relations, and lhe
Ministers of lhe two countries had been mutual
ly withdrawn, and he deflates that it is not easy
to perceive what will be the termination of these
differences, which neither the Government nor
the Republic ot Mexico has promoted either di
recilyor indirectly.
He applauds the action of Congress in in
ferring upon the Executive the authority neces
sary to listen to the overtures which Texas bad
made to Mexico, and even to pr< ceed so tar as
Jlo negotiate a treaty, subject to the examination
and approbation of the legislative body. He
justifies this aciion by the imminence of war
and the absotete necessity ot resisting the un
just policy of the United Slates. He states
that the preliminary propositions of Texas had
been received and the Mexican Government
having signified its readiness to enter upon the
negotiation would or would not have effect ac
cording to the judgement which the Mexican
Government should form upon the honorable
characier and advantages with which it could
be concluded. But should Texas, contrary to
the expectations she has held out to Mexico,
assent to Annexation, he urges upon Congress
its duty to see that the justice and right* <4
Mexico, as well as the honor and dignity of lhe
nation should be protected, and the Executive
supported in the protest he had made against
Annexation. He alleges that the Mexican
Government has done all in its power to pre
vent a rupture with the United States, at the
sa • e time that it has strenuously resisted the
Annexation of Texas. He relies upon lhe
justice of the Mexican cause and course of pro
cedure to compensate for any want ot'force to
secure the integrity of the republic. This is
the most warlike passage of the address, and it is
not very definite in its suggestions. We bui
give a clue to the general tone of it. He con
gratulates lhe Chambers upon getting rid so
easily of state prisoners, and concludes with
somegeneral and commonplace remarks upon
the duty oi Congress and the Executive to exert
all their faculties to fulfil their duties to the
country.
WUII'I y.
El Siplo Diez y Nueve advocates with zeal
the c aims of Gen. Herrera as a candidate for
the Presidential chair ot the Republic.
The recent ootragejipon the French Minister,
Baron Alleye de Cyptey, as we have noticed
above, occupies ih“ attention of the papers.—
The French Courier is exceedingly indignant
at the treatment received by him, and expresses
Its opinions in no measured terms. The Siglo
defend* Mexico, and in so doing alleges that the
acts of violence complained of were the out
breaks ofan ignorant rabble; that there was no
intention io insult the French Minister, and that
as soon as he was recognised as such, all vio
lence ceased, and he and his suite were protected
A force of 2000 picked nren, remarks one ot
our correspondents, is said to be on its way to
California, under General Iniestra. A Mexican
editor remarks: “ God grant they may save that
precious territory from the claws of the foreign
er.” The peculiar emphasis which our corres
pondent places upon the word "said" shows
that he doubts whether the destination ol these
troops is really California, and in this he agrees
with the writer of the letter we publish from
Ve,a Cruz.
Rhode Island.—The Select Committee of
the Rhode Island Legislature, to whom was re
ferred the petitions for an act ol amnesty, at lhe
last session of that body, made the following re
port on Wednesday last:
“The Select Committee to whom were re
ferred the memorials of sundry citizens of the
State ot Rho e Island, asking that an act of am
nesty and pardon for all political offences com
mitted during the lute rebellion should be pass
ed by the General Assembly, and to whom was
likewise referred the memorial of sundry citi
zens ot the town of Newport, adverse to the un
conditional liberation of Thomas W. Dorr, re
spectfully REPORT,
That they have given to the matter of these
memorials that dispa-sionate consideration
which is demanded by its importance to lhe
peace, prosperity and honor of lhe State. To
what extent an act of amnesty and pardon lor
treasonable offences may "e made, consistent
with the security of the law, and with the safe
ty ot those great constitutional principles which
the government and people of Rhode Island
for years have struggled to maintain, the com
mittee leave the wisdom of the House to deter
mine.
Your committee, however, seek no disguise
tor their own opinions. Adopting lhe senti
ments and the language ot the Newport memo
rialists, they deprecate, as disastrous to our
prospects as an orderly and well-regul ited com
munity, and as fatal to the best interests ol Ute
Union itself, any action in the premises, by this
General Assembly, which would tend to unset
tle thegreatconservative principle established by
the recent events in the history ot this Stare.—
Your committee are of opinion that such would
be the inevitable effect ot the unconditional li
beration and restoration ol Thomas W. Dorr.—
He has appealed from the judgement of the Su
preme Court of this State to a higher tribunal at
Washington. While, therefore, said appeal
remain* unUeiW-U, your qomyiiiiee,-..in com
man with the Newport memorialists, would de-
P<4oM»any »on-u> ■»> '-'-riim m |pg pjip* which
wuu'd betray a distrust io the soundness ol out
cause, or in the rectitude of the Supreme Couit
of the United Slates. In the exercise of his
rights as a citizen, he has chosen to submit
grave questions to that elevated tribunal. To
the full and prompt decision ol these questions,
this General Assembly ought, in th oninioti of
vour committee, to oppose no obstacles. Calm
ly to await the decision ofthe hignest judicial
tribunal known to the constitution and lhe laws
of the land, seen a to be tire course which, under
“xisiing circumstances, vour committee can
most confidently recommend as honorable and
sale tor tne Government and people of Rhode
Island. All which is respectfully submitted by
WM. G. GODDARD,
R. B. CRANSTON,
for lhe Committee.
Mr. John S. Tourtellot, of the same Commit
tee, made a minority report, differing essential
ly Irotn that of the majority, and urging the im
mediate unconditional release of Dorr, and con
tending that a majority of the people of the State
were in favor of that course. We do not under
take to say how that is, but we by no means be
lieve in the conclusiveness of the ground taken
by Mr. Tourtellot on that subject. He is ol
opinion that the recent election of Governor was
a distinct declaration of the citizens of Rhode
Wand that they were desirous of liberating Dorr
without condition. This cannot be so, for
though Mr. Jackson was certainly elected by a
majority of a lew hundreds—we believe on the
whole it was less than one hundred-it must b»
recollected at the same time, that Dimon, the
anti-libera'ion candidate for Lieut Governor,
was elected by a much larger majority, and the
anti-re ease members of both branches ot the
Legislature are nearly l wo to one of the Dorr
ites. So far, then, as the election is to be taken
as a test on the question, ike test is clearly a
gainst release.
y Mr. Totirtellot declares it as his opinion al
p so, that the liberation of Dorr would by no
means be taken as an acknowledgement on the
• part of the Legislature that the Government had
3 acted wrongfully toward the traitor: but on the
contrary, such a course would be looked upon
s as magnanimous, &c. It would certainly be
3 magnanimous, but we have no beliefthat the
j Dorrites would not claim such an act as evi
-1 deuce of Algerine fear or Algerine acknow
’ ledgement of having acted wrongfully i ereto
fore—xV. Y. Cour, Enq.
The Tribune has the following Postscript:
We lear. bvagentle nan from Newport that the
I Senate of Rhode Island has unanimously pass
ed a bill for the unconditional liberation of Dorr.
; The House would doubtless concur.
■ Correspondence of the North Ame'-ican.
New York, June 27.—P. M.
, The next packets for Liverpool and London
i go out full of passengers. The St. George is
crowded, and the Victoria, Morgan, lor Lon-
• don, has already booked thirty-eight passengets,
i and more promised. Hgr captain is one of the
most popular in the line, and commands a lull
■ ship generally.
There is still great abundance of money at
4a5 per cent, both from Banks and private lend
ers. Sterling exchange 199} a 109}. an I abun
dant on Paris at 15 25a5 26. On other points
without change.
Cheap postage has caused the various Ex
presses to give public notice that after Monday
next no mailable matter will be taken by them.
AO acknowledge it to have been very profitable
—indeed the shareotone concern is set down at
#30,000. This is over the mark, but still a
fortune has been made bv the person referred to.
Sales of Trinidad Molasses lo a moderate
extent at 27 cts ; some Cuba at 20; 30 asked
for New Orleans, and 29 ffiered for small lots.
A fair inquiry for Sugar, but no sales of mag
nitude.
Henrietta Blanchard.—This.young woman
was yesterday brought before Recorder Bald
upon an application to be admitted to bail.—
i'he certificate of Dr. Stone was producedin
court, stating that Pettiway’s wound was not
mortal. On motion ofC. K Johnson, Esq., her
counsel, Recorder Baldwin admitted her to bai l
in the sum of $2500, returnable on Monday,
the 7'h of July. Messrs, lames H. Caldwell
and Joseph R. Beard entered into recognizance:-
for her appearance. These gentlemen deserve
credit for volunteering their security for this
poor girl, whom it would be useless cruelty to
keep in pris. n. There is slight ground to
fear thata woman who could go through such a
scene as she did, day before yesterday, has any
desire to escape from the penalty ol her act. No
punishment that the law metes out to the most
hardened offenders can equal Ihe tortures she has
already ruffered —and in her case Justice might
throw away her sword and pronounce sentence
as a woman.— N. O. Pic.
Duel with Broadswords.—We learn that a
duel took place yesterday morning between two
lencing masters of this city. The weapons
were broadswords, and the combatants* were
said to ha vo cut and hacked themsrlves grievous
ly, one receiving a severe wound in the breast
and th'e other in Ihe left arm. The affair took
place on the Gentilly Road, but wc could not
leatn the cause ot the difficulty.— Picovune 25/A
ult
The Washington Union publishes the follow
ing extract of a letter to a gentleman in that
city dated-
New Ohleans, June 17, 1845.
“Thesteam-vesse’ New-York came in about
sundown this evening.
Capt. Elliott, her Britannic Majesty’s charge,
came over passenger; I met him on his arrival
at lhe hotel. He la tier s and talks as usual, and
appears in good spirits—freely acknowledges
that all is settled in Texas, andthat annexation
is certain; that there will be no difficulty be
tween Mexico and the United Slates. He said:
three years ago, or more, when he went to
Texas, he found the country going very fast to
leeward; that when he tell it lhe other day, he
presented us with independence; that the late
revolution in Mexico, bringing into power
men ol more liberal views, bad enabled her
Majesty’s government to realize the assurances
made to us in 1840 by Lord Palmerston, that
England would use her kind efforts with Mexi
co to grant us peace and independence; that it
was gratifying to him that it had been accom
plished. England will have nothing to say
about annexation, as it is a matter resting en
tirely with the peopleol Texas. He will leave
for lhe North ; and never expects to go back to
Texas, unless he is ordered to do so by his
government; which he is certain will never be
the case."
A Heartless Persecutor.
The following affecting sketch comes to us
[New York " Knickerbocker”) in the hand wri
ting of a correspondent in Boston, to whose pen
our readers have been indebted for many a p ea
sant communication. We call upon our friend
for the name of the prosecutor in the case reler
redto. Wedesire to assist in handing it down,
to perpetual infamy :
There are scenes occurring almost daily in
our Police Court, that are well worthy of more
than a passing record, if but tor the glimpses
they give us of poor humanitf7 under some oi
its more melancholy phases.
A week or two since, I happened to be pre
sent when an Irish woman was b ought belore
one of our Police Justices on a charge of steal
ing. She was young; had a pleasing and rath
er handsome countenance; was clad very tidily,
and altogether looked like one who had seen bet
ter days, and still in her poverty preserved some
of the pride of that more happy period. In her
arms she held a liule boy of some three or four
years, with a profusion of light curly hair clus
tering about his teinpfes, but whose pale cheek
and sunken and lustrious eyes told too plainly
tha l Di-case and pinching Want had, even thus
early, marked him tor their own. The mother
was charged with stealing bread from the door
of a Grocer.
The complainant, a hard-featured, slirewd
looking man, wvh a long nose, and sharp, rest
less eye, was called to lhe stand. He told a
straight-forward, circumstantial story ; the sub
stance of which was that his baker was in lhe
habit ot leaving bread for him at the shop-door,
before it was opened in the morning. For seve
ral days he had missed part of it; sometimes a
whole roll, sometimes more, and once only part
of a roll. In order to put a stop to these depre
dations on his property, he one morning lay in
wait tor the trespasser; when, about daylight,
he saw the prisoner come out of her miserable
under ground abode, leading her siekly boy by
the hand. Passing by where the witness was
concealed, she stopped at his door, took up a
roll, and breaking it in two pieces, gaze one to
her boy, and restored lhe other to its place. She
then turned back, when the complainant seized,
and hurried her immediately to the watch house;
taking care, in the meantime, to snatch Irom the
half-famished boy the moielyvt the loaf he was
so eaaeily devouring. [The witness here pro
duced lhe piece of bread, and pointed to lhe
marks of the child’s teeth, in part corroboration
of his testimony ]
Alter hearing the story, lhe Judge turned to
the woman, and askej if she had anything to
say in denial of lhe truth of the charge.
“Nothing nothing, your Honor,” replied the
poor woman, laving her face on her bov’s head,
and straining him to her bosom, while her body
swayed to and fro in the agony of grief. “I am
guil y, guilty I But it was not for meself I took
it. Ah sir! I’m a poor lone woman, and work
hard when 1 can get work. But for the last ten
days I have had nothing to do, and my money
was all gone; and since yesterday morning we
hadn’t had a morsel to eat. lam used to it me
self; but I couldn't hear little Dennis cry for
bread and not give it to him I”
The Judge was evidently touched by the wo
man’s distress, and turning to the complainant,
asked him it, underthe circumstances, he should
persist in the prosecution “ll,"said he, “you
will withdraw your complaint, it will be perform
ing an act ot mercy which I should be very glad
to second.”
Vain appeal! Though 'he eye of every man
in the court was fixed upon the prosecutor with
looks that pleaded for his victim, no emotion
stirred the repose of his haid and selfish fea
tures. He kept no account with Mercy. The
right of property had been violated, in his eyes
lhe in< si sacred of human rights, andheclaim
the penally of lhe law. - T rflit
in the eye ol'the"ViwT^Bu^aSlfiuvlHHfs'^iufc-" ~ ~~
till’ might have pursued a veryWerent course,
without doing any injury to tire cause of jus ice, -
nr impairing in ti e least degree twuever title *
he may have id the love and rttpect of his fel
low-men, still my duty in the caigwis infferativif
the la« allows me no*’discretimi.jgl *buld ‘it
were otherwise. Put herdown torowe month
in (Ire House of Correction, Mr.AClerk.” < n
“Ob, Dennis!" exclaimed thespoor woman,
in a paroxysm ol griel, as she strain#! hereboy j
still closer to her bosom, and bathed him with 9
tears; “what’ll you do now, my poor child, ”
when you’ve no mother, to look after you, and
keep you from harm’s way’"
“ Don’t grieve yourself about that, Mrs. Mc-
Ginnis,” saidoneot lhe country-women, who
had h’therto stood in the back-ground, but who
now came forward, and took the prisoner by the
hand; “don’t grieve for the likes ol that, ma’am.
I’ll lake care of your boy; and while I’vea peta
ty in the pot, he -hall have his mouth full."
“God bless you I” exclaimed the mother,
wringing tiiewomar’s hand. “May the Holy
Virgin smile on you I ’
" Come, step along, ina’m,” said the officer,
as be nut lhe Mittimus in his pocket; "don’t
siand growling here; the cart is wait ng for
you."
The woman slowly an.l mechanically obey
ed, followed by liule Dennis, with one hand
clasped in that of his now friend, and the other
pulling at the skirts of his mother’s dress. Ar
rived at the outer door, the little fellow was re
signed “ with many tears” to the care of his
kind protector; the mother went slowly and
droopingly down the steps, without again lift
ing her head, or looking back upon her halt
weeping. hall-wondering boy; and in a moment
more she was seated in lhe covered hearse-like
wagon that was to carry her across the “ Bridge
ol Sighs” to lhe felon’s home.
Seasonable Hints.—The New York Sun
noticing tfie sudden death ot a person from the
effects of heat, says that when an individual “is
prostrated by a stroke ol the snn, volatile spirits
should be immediately applied, to the whole
surface of the body, rubbing the patient very
briskly with coarse cloths, taking care not lo
inflict pain by undue pressure. Some watra
cordial should be immediately poured into the
mouth, nnd it this cannot be done, it should be
administered in some other form. By the time
those present have made these applications, a
phtsictan should be in attendance lo carryout
the means of restoration so well begun. Many
a poor man is murdered by the carelessness of
those near him at the time befalls, who stand
by, horror struck, and think they have d*me
their duty when they send lor a doctor or a lit
ter. The >roper course is to select five or six
persons from the spectators, to convey him to
the nearest dwelling or shade, away from cur
rents ol air, but taking care that the room or
place is well ventilated, and there apply the
above remedies. Spectators should be kept
from around the patient, and he should repose
in an easy posture on a tnaltrassor a straw bed.
Many a man may be saved to his family bv at
tention to these remedies. To prevent attack*
ol this kind, persons exposed to ihe heal ol Ihe
sun should avoid spirituous liquors of all kinds,
and drink pure water, a little at a time, taking
care to bathe the hands, wrists and forehead, or
the whole head it they please, always before
drinking. Very cold water, or iced water,
should be carefully avoided. There is nothing
better than water for keeping up a healthy per
spiration, and to prevent the weakening effects
of excessive perspiration It.dian meal and oaten
meal should be mixed with the water, in propor
tion of a large table spoon full of meal to a pin*
ol water, or less, according to the taste—-some
think the addition of a little molasses to this
drink, byway of sweetening, gives a grateful
flavor, and in our opinion it adds to the heallh
lulness ofthe beverage—others prefer to add a
littb- vinegar or lemon juke with the molasses,
but acids sometimes produce mischief.”
A History or New York, under the Dutch,
is in the press at Albany, from the nen ot Dr.
O’Callaghan, who made himself master of the
language in order lo qualify himself to write it.
1 he fi'st volume embrac-s an unwriuen period,
from IIRI9 to 1G54, while the State was known
as the New Netherlands. It brings the history
down to the close of the administration of
Director Klieft, and gives an account of the
first settlement of New York. Long Island, Al
ban; , &c.; the war between the Dutch and Ihe
Indians; the establishment ot the first churches;:
ihe early struggles ot the people for popular
rights, &c. &c. The Evening Journo-, says:
" Dr. O'Callaghan has had access not only to
the numerous Dutch manuscripts in the puolic
archives, but to rare and valuable collections in
ancient families, the existence ot which had
scarcely been known. His manuscript has
been submitted lo and approved by competent
judges.”
Bed Bugs.—The following recipe is said to
be a sovereign cure tor bed bugs;
Take a quantity of mW* oil, and about the
same quantity of lard or tallow, simmer them
a few minutes together, so ns they will mix.—
Apply the mixture soilh a feaher ar fine brush, to
the ere r ices and joints of the bedsteads and these
vermin will not only desert the bed but leave
the room.