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POETRY AND MISCELLANY
NINA TO RIENZI by uklen ikvxnu.
it is recorded, that when the “ Last of the Tri
bunes’’ saw in the discontent of the people, and the
withdrawal of the iavor of the church, upproacning
peril, he bade bis young wife seek shelter with those
who would cherish and shield her, and leave him to
meet danger alone. But she nobly preferred suffer
ing and death with him she loved, to life with separ
ation from him.
Leave thee, Kienzil Speak not thus,
Why should I quit thy side?
Say, shall / shrink with craven fear,
Chine own, and freedom’s bride ?
Whence comes the sternness on thy lip—
* Need Nina to oe tried, ?
/leave thee! did’sltbou win and wed
A fond, weak girl—to twine
Her arms around thee in thy joy—
To press her lips to thine,
And breathe a love, born of the heart,
But not the soul divine !
To thrill with childish awe, whene’er
Thy brow grew dark with thought,
And when the threatening lightnings gleamed,
Thy dark’ning sky athwart,
Shrink from the crush, and leave thee lone
Amid the wrecks it wrought.
Arn I not thine—wedded to thee
In heart, and soul, and mind—
Thou, and free Rome, within my breast,
As one, one altar shrined—
My destiny, my very life
Closely with thine entwined !
Thou call’dst me thine, when freemen
Fame’s laurel on thy brow,
Add am I less thine own—my love
Less fondly cherished now,
When Rome dishonoring miscreants dare
That fame to disavow !
Look in mine eyes! thou knew’st thy love
Has been to me a heaven
In which my soul has floated, like
The one pure star of even,
Proud in the lofty consciousness,
Os glory gained and given!
Nay, strive not to look coldly, love,
Thau reck’st not of the power
With which my heart will cling to thine,
In mad misfortune’s hour—
Glowing more bright its changeless truth,
As darker storms shall lower. *
And oh, Uienzi! should heaven deem
Thy sacred mission done,
How glorious ’twere to die with thee,
My own, my worshipped one,
As, ha'bed in living light, the day
Dies with the sitting sun !
From the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper.
Leap Year.
Gentlemen, be happy ! During this entire
year of A. L). 1848, you are privileged to he
flattered, wooed or w on. Think of the thrill
of pleasure which will vibrate through each of
you as some fair one squeezes your hand with
the pressure of fond affection. Imagine your
transports as she passes her fair arm round
your waist, and gazing fondly at you, pours
forth vows of tenderness. How charmhi" to
lie hugged by her, whilst she draws close to
you upon the sofa ! How glorious to he kiss
ed by her behind the door ! Happy bachelors
—favored fellows! for yon will bright eves
sparkle, for you will rosy lips be pouted, and
the fond love of woman will anticipate each
wish, and enhance each joy. Ladies! you in
sist upon your privilege ! You have three
hundred and sixty-six days allowed you, and it
is your duty to go it whilst you’re young, if
any fascinating fellow, with Apollo like form,
graceful as Antinous and bewhiskered like
Esau, has entrapped your virgin affections, if
he has kindled a flame without ever sparking
yon —if yon have ‘let concealment, like a
worm in a bud. prey upon your damask cheek,’
now is the time to let out your pent up agony.
Perhaps the dear creature knew not of your
preference. Hesitate not to tell him, lest you
lose the golden prize iand pine away in an
cient maidenhood. Talk up to him—itisyour
right—‘the law awards if and the court ad
judges.’
The year is called leap year, because it is
the ladies’privilege to jump into the arms of
the man she fancies. To prove it so, we
quote from an oi l English work, printed in
1660. entitled ‘Courtship, Love and Matrimo
nie.’ In the chapter entitled ‘When ye girls
shall sparke ye tnenue,’ the learned author thus
speaks—
• Albeit, it is nowe a parte of the Common
Lawe, in regard to ye social relations of life,
that as often as hesextile year doth return, ve
ladies have ye sole privilege during the time
continued), of making loving unto ye men.
which they may do either by words or lookes
as unto them it seemeth proper ; and moreover
no man will he entitled to ye benefit of clergy
who dothe refuse to accept ye offer of
a ludye, or who doth in anywise treat her pro
posal with slight or contumely
Therefore, ladies, you must comply with the
law, and, bringing your captives up to the altar,
allow them benefit of clergy.
Priority of the Chinese in the Discovery of Xu- i
merous Branches of Art and of Manufacture. i
M. Stanislaus Julien has recently delivered
several lectures on this aubject before the In- j
stitute in Paris, and his closing address makes
the following singular statement:
“It is proved by authentic documents al
ready published or of easy access, that two
thousand years before Christ the Chinese had
discovered the art of raising the silk-worm ; one
thousand years before, the manner’s compass ;
for hundred years before, ink and writing-pa
per; gunpowder one century before Christ,
according to the Pere Turgot; after Christ,
printing with wooden type between 581 and
odd; with engraved stone plates in 904 ; with
moveable type in 1041 and 1040: porcelain in
the Bth century ; artesian wells, the art oflight
ing and warming with inflammable gas, col
lected from the depths of the earth, and con
ducted to great distances, suspension bridges
hung on bamboo, or on iron chains, fire en
gines. playing cards, A. 1). 1120; paper money <
between 1200 and 1341. In medicine, they i
treat successfully a great number of diseases c
hitherto incurable in Europe. t
“ They have been able to dye and transform *
by means of medicaments and a particulardiet. r
the coloring liquid of the whole pilous system, >
so as to give to pale and red hair a black tint t
which it retains throughout its growth, even to 1
old age. M. Imbert. who is now a bishop in s
China, and to whom Europe is indebted for
the description of the artesian wells of the
Chinese offers, according to the testimony 1
ol the Abbe \ owin (one of the present direc- t
torso! foreign Missions,) a living proof of c
tins eternal coloring of hair, it w Unis that the i
Chinese, correcting Horn time to time the 1
freaks ol nature have been able to call them- a
selves from remote antiquity, the people with r
black hair. In matters ol rural and agriculm- f
ral economy, they obtain, by means manuring f
and irrigation, and a multitude of other methods
peculiar to themselves, constant and regular i
results, which, unless inundations or violent \
storms occur, to disappoint the calculations of \
the cultivator, suffice to nourish a population i
of three hundred and sixty millions. c
“In horticulture they cau change the colors j *
' of flower* while young, hasten the flowering
and the fructification of trees, Ac.
“We may suppose that the genius of the
Europeans will enable them to discover, after
a long continued course of efforts aud attempts,
a multitude of useful and beneficial inventions
which the Chinese have discovered before
them, but which lie hidden in their books, anu
will remain there unknown, unless a liberal
and enlightened government shall undertake
the translation of these works, in which scien
tific and industrial methods, applicable to our
social stale and needs, are described and
1 buried.”
A Philosopher.—A poor jolly weaver, in
this chy, not many years ago, had a fortune left
him by a distant and wealthy relative, who “went
off the handle” in England, rather unexpected
ly. When the news came to the poor fellow,
a b he sat clicket tc clack al his loom, he stopped
still and said :
‘* Well. 1 suppose I must spend the money
j straight."
The fortune, some twenty odd thousand dol
lars, was duly realized and duly spent. For
two briefyears did the poor weaver travel, make
merry, and riot upon ail the luxuries of the land.
1 But two years did the job,and he returned to his
loom as poor as a church mouse, hut merry as
a cricket, and worked away again for Ins dai y
bread, perfectly satisfied with the “ good time
he iiad bad while his fortune lasted. His friends
called him green , but he laughed at their gibes,
and worked the harder, in a twelve-month's
time, off popped another rich relative, and the
news, post hast, came to the jolly weaver, that
he was again the possessor of a handsome for
tune. Stopping Ins loom, and looking sorrow
fully on the letter, he despondingty said :
“ Good heavens ! is it possible that I must go
through all that again!" — Boston Saturday Hum
bler.
From the Baltimore Sun, March 1.
The AlTair at Caraccas.
The following letter has been handed ns by
a gentleman who was present at Caraccas, and
was an eye witness to the drama that occurred
there on the 241 h ult., the view he lakes of
which is fully sustained by an article in the A .
York Journal of Commerce, which paper is
perhaps more conversant with South Ameri
can affairs than any other journal in the coun
try :
Messrs. Editors :—My attention has been direct
ed to an article in your paper in relation to the affairs
of the Republic of Venezuela. Having left Caraccas,
the seal of government, on the 2d of February, and
having been present at the scenes of which such a
glowing account has been presented in the different
journals, I deem it my duty to set the public right in
relation to the matter.
There are two parties in Venezuela, called the
“Oligarquist” and “ Liberals”—the funner compose
an exceeding small minority, numbering not perhaps
in the whole country over three to five thousand in a
population of upwards of a million, but being princi
pally confined to the wealthy, they have nad it in
their power to keep possession of the government for
the past ten years; during which period many and
flagrant abuses have crept in; scarcely one of the of
ficers appointed by them but is a defaulter to the go
vernment of thousands; the officers of the Custom
Houses, and in fact all those from whom monev is re
ceived, proving deficient when their accounts came to
be examined. Peculation was the order of the day.
The people seeing this, and feeling but too sensibly
that “ power wasstealing fromtbemany to the few,’’
elected such men to represent them in Congress as
would make a total change ; but it was too truly found
in the case of their Representatives that “ each man
had his price,” anil a great majority of these Repre
sentatives were bought over by the Oligarquist party,
who have under their control the National Hank of
Venezuela, and proved themselves, as they have here
tofore done, recreant to the task imposed upon them.
The present President of Venezuela, Monanges, is a
man of great wealth, and has probably more al slake,
personally, than any other ten persons in the Repub
lie—he is the choice, and I might add, the idol of the
people. Congress met at the appointed time, and then
his message was sent to them through one of his min
isters. Instead of listening to the same, they detain
ed the minister (Senabria) at the dagger’s point, and
demanded that I he President should also send his two
other ministers of State to the halls of Congress, where
was stationed some two hundred armed men, illegally,
to protect them. The result upon an easy excib-d
populace of a measure of this kind could be easily
foreseen. They] did as we would do—opposed force
with force, and, at the point of the bayonet released
the minister detained in Congress. This little affair
has been dignified with the name of a revolution, hut
it is nothing of the kind. When I left, on the 3J of
February, all was as quiet as ever, and the whole af
fair hud gone by, and spoken of a sa mere ebulition of
political excitement—such it was. There was per
fect safety for both life and property, and it would have
the good effect of putting at rest the few turbulent spi
rits who have caused so much and so unnecessary
excitement, and that, too, at a sacrifice of but little
blood, only some four or five persons had been either
killed or wounded in the melee, and among that num
ber an equal amount of friends and foes of the existing
government. The present government is now strong
er than ever, and under it, I have no doubt, Vene
zuela will continue to goon and prosper.
T. D. R.
Cotton Duck Manufacture.
The growth of this species of manufacture,
which now constita.es an important interest in
this country, illustrates the advantages of a j
system of domestic industry, as well us the ca- \
pabilities which that system possesses, under a j
wholesome policy of Government, to extend i
and strengthen itself.
Formerly a great deal of money went from
this country to Russia to pay for Russia duck
then used lor ships, to the exclusion of every :
other article of the kind. In place of it cotton
duck is now extensively substituted, and is gel
ling to be generally preferred; and instead of
purchasing Russia duck abroad, we manufac- i
lure an excellent duck at home out of materials
of domestic growth.
In the neighborhood wf Baltimore there are |
three establishments for the manufacture of i
cotton duck, all conducted by one firm, Messrs.
Gambrill, Carroll & Co. These mills are the
Woodbury, Whitehall and Mt. Vernon. Tne 1
following statement exhibits the statistics of the
annual consumption and production of these
establishments, giving the aggregate total of the
three:
Bolts Duck manufactured 27,155 I
Yards “ “ 2,058,744
Sewing Twine, pounds 38.679
Bales Sheeting, &c - 957 :
Bales Cotton consumed 4,493 i
Pounds “ “ 1,894,762
Cost of “ $246,659 22 !
Wages in Factories paid 879,536 17 1 i
“ of out door labor 810,566 54 1 (
Tons Coal consumed 2,304
Flour furni.-hed 89,629 28 *
Groceries and Provisions furnished $23,115 6S
Furniture and Hardware “ 82,200 90
Dry G.kkls “ 318,195 03 {
Boots, Shoes and Hats- •• 11 82,765 02 t
Insurance paid $3,170 00
Sperm Oil, gallons 6,532 05 *
Fire Wood, cords pQQ
It similar statistics of other manufacturing
establishments, including the iron and cotton i
manufactories especially, in and around our ‘
city, were collected and presented in one view, i
the total amount of manufacturing investment
and production here would exceed, we doubt
not, any ordinary estimate of its extent and
value. The water-power facilities in this
neighborhood are very great. They have t
been availed of pretty generally, yet many
sites still remain unimproved.— Balt. Amer.
Electric Light.—We learn from the Buffa
lo Commercial Advertiser, that Mr. B Adams, t
ol that city, lias discovered a method of pro
ducing permanent light from electricity. It is
made from metals, and within a glass vase. . 1
The battery is of such a nature as to keep up I
a constant flow of electricity. If all the pro- c
portions are right and the material used is as i p
large as can be obtained within a glass vase one
footm diameter, the light, placed in a suitable *
position, will be seen for miles round. The in- fi
tensity of the light is said to be such that one
will light the city as perfectly as daylight The
whole apparatus for making a light of this mag
nitude will not occupy three feel square, it
can also be made on a small scale for churches, .
and dwelling houses. The expense is stated I m
to be very trifling. compared with that ol any
other light. Mr. Adams has already applied
fora patent.
vOjtonuic and Sentinel.
AUGUST A, GA :
WEDNESDAY MOIIS'G, 31 ARCU 8, '4B.
Our ’Weekly.
Among the varied contents of our Mammoth
\\ eekiy, to be issued this morning, " ill he
found a great variety of entertaining miscel
lany. embracing a capital story from a late mag
azine, together with the news by the Britannia,
and the commercial, political and general news
of the week, foreign and domestic.
Terms, — Tiso Dollars per annum, in ad
vance, and decidedly ike cheapest paper in the
South. Persons desiring to subscribe can ob
tain specimen copies at the office.
Our Express failed yesterday, and we
i are consequently without later dates from New
Orleans, than published yesterday.
Change of Post Offices.
Our Subscribers who order the direction ot
their papers changed will oblige ns much by
always staling to what office the paper has been
previously sent.
Iron Masters’ Convention.
Forty-two firms connected with the Iron
and Coal interests of Pennsylvania, have ad
dressed a circular to the Iron Manufacturers
; and -Miners of that State, which is published in
die Philadelphia papers, setting forth the se
rious depression with which those interests are
now afflicted by reason of revulsions abroad,
which operate the more injuriously here in
consequence of the defective structure of our
presnt Tariff.
This particular defect in the Tariff of 1846
was pointed out and clearly shown, says the
Baltimore American, when that measure was
under discussion. The duty on iron is fixed
upon something like a sliding scale—that is,
the duty on imported iron is increased three
dollars per ton for every advance of ten dollars
in price; audit is diminished three dollars for
every fail of ten dollars per ton in price. This
is justthe reverse of what a proper arrange
ment should be. For when the price of iron
is high in Europe, there is no need of addition
al protection ; yet at that very lime the law
gives additional protection. it is upon a fall
of price abroad that our establishments require
to be secured against excessive importations;
yet that is the occasion which the law takes to
reduce its protective security.
The fluctuation of the prices of iron or of
other commodities, may occur in Europe from
transient and local causes. Witness the extra
ordinary commercial revulsions in England re
cently. If, iu consequence of such temporary
revulsions, we might obtain articles of manu
facture at leas than the usual prices, for a short
time, the advantages of this would not compen
sate for the shock and injury which our domes
tic establishments must suffer. The advantage
would be brief and illusory ; the injury would
be lasting and real. It is therefore the extreme
of bad policy to have our rates of duties so ad
justed as lo fall with falling prices and to rise
with the rise of prices. In the former case the
most protection is needed; in the latter, the
least.
When the Tariff of 1346 was established the
demand for iron in England was extraordina
ry on account of the vast and unprecedented
consumption of that article in the construction
of railways. The high scale of prices abroad
rendered it a matter of no great concern whether
our duties on iron were high or low. The ar,
tide could not be imported into this country
to any extent at such prices. Hence our do
mestic interest flourished and many new estab
lishments went into operation to supply iron for
our own improvements. But the inflated prices
iu England having fallen under the pressure
of her commercial revulsions, foreign iron is
now coming in at reduced duties, and the re
sult is as stated by the address of the Pennsylva
nia manufacturers, that many mills iu that State
have already suspended operations from neces
sity. “ Their late customers,” continues the
address, “ the railroad companies, which
brought them into existence, finding they can
purchase foreign iron cheaper than the Ameri
can, naturally looking to their own interests,
have abandoned them, and it is known that I
order* for English rails to the value of $5,000,-
000, are new gone abroad from the Eastern
States alone.”
In view o! this condition of things, and to
take such measures as may he practicable for
averting the further injury which threatens j
them, the iron manufacturers and miners of :
Pennsylvania are summoned to meet in Con
vention at Harrisburg on the twenty-second day
of March inst.
Ehf, Alabama Legislature adjourned on
Saturday last. •
The Virginia Democratic Convention, which I
has been in session at Richmond for several
days past, has made choice of Presidential Elec
tors.
Presidential Election.— By toe act of
Congress, January, 1&45, the next Presiden- j
tia! election will be held iu every State on the
same day. ibis year the appointed day is
Tuesday, November Tib.
R. A. Lewis, Esq. w-a* on Saturday elected
President oftbe Georgia Steam-boat Company,
in the place of Cbas. Green. Esq. resigned.
a lie Lowell Courier says that the Lawrence |
Manufacturing Company will make no divi'
dend tins Spring, theirprofits having been only
$6,000 upon a capita! of $1,500,006.
Iho receipts ol the American Coloniza- j
tion Society the last month were 5.460.83.
We understand there w ill be needed, during .
the next two months. $15,500 to meet the )
present indebtedness of the Society and carry
onus indispensable operations. There have
br-en already, this year, 173 emigrants sent to
Liberia, and their are now 209 more: waiting
"or an opportunity la embark.
Cir The “strike” of the laborers at Fall Ri- !
rer (Mass.) has resulted in a compron:ise, and
here has been a general return to the mills,
iviuch are again in operation.
by tblsghaph.
Transmitted To *' c Chronicle Sentinel.
(Vr.uM ors corresponds:' r. - !
Charleston. March > dh. 16* n *»
Cotton. —2600 bales sold at fid \ -«-ent ad
vance above the prices ot Saturday- In'-Li
verp uil market is quoted by despatches and lo
Merchants at f to £ penny advance.
A vessel arrived at New York recently Irom
Cork, with immigrants on board. When she
j left Cork she had *2OB steerage passengers. —
Os this number 16 died during the passage of
ship fever, and when she reached New York
130 of these poor people and four ot the crew
. were down with the disease.
• |3PThe Norfolk Beacon of Thursday says:
Capt. Boarman, U. S. Navy, arrived here
i yesterday in tiic steamer Georgia, from Balti
more. and took lodgings at the National Hold.
He is to relieve Captain Crabb in the com
mand of the U. S. frigate Brandywine on the
coast of Brazil.
The bill chartering the “Ohio and Mis
sissippi Railroad Company,” by which acorn
! munication between Cincinnati and St. Louis
f is to fe made, has passed both houses of the
Legislature of Indiana, and waits the signature
1 of the Governor to become a law.
Medical Department ok the Army.—The
Washington Union says that a board of medi
i cal officers for the examination of assistant-sur
geons for promotion, and of applicants for up
j pointment to the medical staff of the army, will
i convene in the city of New Y ork on the first
- day of May next.
5 For the information of applicants at a dis
, tance, it may bo well to state that the board will
i probably continue in session until the 10th or
r Isth of June.
. A Telegraphic despatch in the New Y ork
Express, dated Albany, March 1, says—
The joint committee to select a person to deli
ver an eulogy, on Mr. Adams, before the Leg-
I islatnre, selected Mr. Clay, but he declined.—-
, Mr. Seward was then selected. The eulogy
, is to be delivered on the 29th of March.
have been exported from Halifax within a
’ week, for various ports in the United States.
t The Treaty with Mexico. —The Wash
ington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, in
the letter which follows, makes some impor-
I taut disclosures, in regard to the action of the
. Senate upon the Treaty, which appear to be
in unison with the views of our own corres
i
( pondent upon the subject. —Charleston Cour.
W ashi.ngton, March 1, 1848.—The treaty is
almost sure to be rejected. A new phase of it
1 has developed itself, viz: The opposition lo
i it of the Whigs in a body. For this 1 was not
. exactly prepared. I wrote you some six days
ago, that Baldwin, Beil, Berrien Clark, Cor
win. Davis of Massachusetts, Dayton, Johnson
ofLonisia.ua, Phelps, Spruance. Upham, and
Webster, would go against it; but Messrs.
Crittenden and Clayton have since gone over,
and the rout is complete.
Os the Democrats, Ashley, Allen, Atkinson,
Benton, Downs, Hannegan, Houston, Lewis,
Moore and Niles go against it, which is quite
sufficient to reject it.
Mr. Benton on yesterday made a most states
manlike, temperate and dignified argument
against the ratification of the treaty by the Sen
ate and produced a most profound impression
on all the Senators present. I have told you
that if he brought his mastermind to bear on
the subject be would either confirm or (which
was'the most probable) blow the treaty to atoms.
Mr. Webster has not said much on the sub
ject, but what he lias said is sufficient to damn
the treaty on his side of the House. This un
expected co-operation between the Whigs and
a portion of the Democratic Senators, absolves
tiie opposition, iu a measure, from the respon
sibility which would otherwise have rested on
their heads for rejecting the treaty.
Private letters irom Mexico are in town up
to the 13th ultimo. They represent the effect
of the news of Gen. Scott’s suspension as truly
lamentable. The Mexicans are perfectly in
despair, saying that there is now no one down
with them who can make peace with their Go
vernment. I was always most afraid of the
impression which the recall or suspension of
the Commauder-in-Chief would produce on
the peace party iu Mexico. He was probably i
recalled too soon or too late for any purpose
the Administration might have had in view.
Though the treaty is likely to be rejected, yet
it does not follow that peace, on that account,
is as far off as e'.er. The ground of rejection
is the mode in which the negotiations were
conducted and the treaty conceded, by an un
authorized agent, and undue interference of a |
foreign functionary, not recognized by his "o
verument in any responsible capacity to vvar- !
rant such an act on his part. The President i
I will probably be advised lo send peace com
-1 missioners to Mexico, and there is no doubt
whatever, but that, if these be able to obtain
mainly the same terms contained in the treaty
now about to be rejected, minus the objection
able clauses about the Empress-trio and other
grants of land situated in Texas, New Mexico j
and California, the treaty thus made will be I
confirmed by the Senate by an almost uuani- i
j mo ns vote.
Mexico, in the meanwhile is powerless, and i
ready to embrace any offer made bv our Gov- !
| eminent which is just and generous to them.
Important Discovery.—The New Orleans
I Della says, Mr. Davison formerly an associate
I of Dr. Lardner, in scientific research, has made
j a very valuable discovery. It is a mode or an
apparatus by which meat can be cured at a!!
seasons and in all climates. Dy this process
any person can cure meat thoroughly in three j
hours, in the warmest weather. Some three i
or four hundred barrels of beef thus cured !
have lately been shipped from Houston, Texas, I
fur Ne.v York and seme specimens of the
same are now in the New Orleans market.
This will prove a valuable discovery for the
South, and will render her entirely indepen
dent ot the North and Vv est, for her supply of
salt meat.
of four Steamboats.
Cincinnati. February 2c.—The steamboats
Hendrick Hudson, the Trenton, the Circassian,
mid a Maysville wharf boat, were all destroyed
by fire this morning alittleafter midnight, while
moored to their landing in this citv.
The loss of property is The
Hendrick Hudson was full freighted with a val
uable cargo, and ready to leave for N. Orleans
—aii ol which is a total loss. Besides the la- i
menlable destruction there were four lives lost
by fire and accident attending the calamity.
Com. Perry—We learn that Com Perry has
applied to be recalled from the command of
the Squadron in the Gulf. A change «;f cli
mate is judged to b? essentia! for his health, !
which was shaken last vear by a severe attack
oftbe yellow fever. His loss will be a severe
one in the conduct of affairs in the Gulf
where bis services have been so distinguished!
and where his capacities os commander-in-chief
ha\ e stuod the lest oi w nr, and endeared him to
all under ins command.—Act. Intel
I 1
Later from CUiliuahua.
St Louis, March I.—An arrival from this
place brings dates from Chihuahua to the *_d o<
January. The American forces which left Ban
la Fe some months ago lor the invasion and re
capture of Chihuahua were still.at LI Paso,
where they were delayed by the to;s ot their
cattle. It was expected that they would be
; able to resume their march some lime during
! the month of January.
It is said the people of Chihuahua had deter
! mined to oiler no resistance to the Americans,
but allow them to take peaceable possession of
the country. ,
Trias, the Governor of Chihuahua, had made i
himself exceedingly unpopular by his assess. I
memos Taxes, and will, it is asserted, retire to
the State of Durango on the approach ol the
American army. The trade at Saiua Fe is in
I a very unsettled stale.
There are S feet of water in the Channel at
| Cairo.—-V. Y. Tribune.
Later from Africa .—Arrival of the Liberia
Packet. —We arc happy to be able to put at
rest tiie fears for some lime entertained for the j
I safety of the American Colonization Society s
ban;ue Liberia Packet, Captain Goodmatisou,
bv announcing her sale arrival, in forty days to
the Capes, ah well. Rev. J B Benhani. Su
perintendent of Methodist Missions in Africa, j
| and Dr. M. B. Beck. U- S. X. came passen- i
i gers. She left Monrovia on the 9ih ol Jana
arv, and is !a>t from Sierra Leone, the 18lh of
1 the same month.
j Bv the polite attention of one of her otfi- i
; cers we are in possession of the inaugural ad
i dress of Governor Roberts, delivered to the
i Legislature January od.
Wo are indebted to the same gentleman for
j the following intelligence: —
At Sierra Leone it was stated that within the
week previous two brigs, under Brazilian col
[ j ors, were made prizes to the Luglish govern
ment; one having on board 800 slaves and the
other 750. Neither of these vessels were over
j 150 tons. The slaves were landed and prepa- (
rat it ns being made to cut the vessels up. i
The schooner Henry Clay, formerly the pi- ;
1 ; lot boat of the same name, of Baltimore, was
' 1 closely pursued by English raeu-of-war, on two
different occasions, and fired into; but she fi
nally made her escape, with a cargo of slaves.
This is her second voyage to the coast.
I The English and French cruisers are very ac- j
; live in chasing and capturing slavers.
The L T . S. ship-of-war Jamestown, Com. |
j Bolton, sailed from Monrovia, November 50,
; for Princess Island—officers and crew ail well. !
j — Sun.
The Deluge at Massillon. —The deluge
' at Massillon, Ohio, in consequence of the open
i ing of the State Reservoir, near that town,
caused a great destruction of property, in
houses and goods—amounting, in all.it is es
. limated, to $150,000 —besides doing a great j
deal of damage to the canal.
1 The Reservoir covered nearly a thousand
• acres, and was situated about two miles east of.
and ninety feet above the town. It served as
a feeder to the Bolivar level of the Ohio canal
The body of water was large and deep, and
made the country adjacent sickly. The people
interested have made repeated efforts with the
State authorities to get the Reservoir abated,
and, failing, it is supposed that they have de
stroyed it as an act of self-preservation, re
j gardless of the terrible consequences to Mas
’ i sillon and the great damage to the public works.
The Legislature of Ohio. —The following
; resolution was passed by a vote of 13 to 8 in
| the House, and 24 to G in the Senate:
| 11 Resolved by the General Assembly of the Slate
I of Ohio, That the provhlons of the ordinance of
i Congressof 1787. so far as the same relates to slavery,
should be extended to any territory that may be ac- !
! qnirod from Mexico, either by treaty or otherwise.” j
Both Houses dosed their business on the
25th ult., and adjourned without delay.
i Cotton Statistics.—lt is generally esti
mated in this quarter that the whole cotton crop :
of the United Stales, for 1847-3, will vary but j
little from 2,200,000 bales ; of which nearly or
quite one-half will be received at this port, it
is a fact worthy of remark, in this connection,
that the receipts here from Ist Sept, to the pre- !
sent time (just one-half oi’ihe commercial year)
already reacii 733,113 1 bales against 025,900 hales
to the same time last year, and are only G 737
bales short of the total receipts of last year. If
I for the coming six months the arrivals bear a !
similar proportion io last year’s, Nevv-Orleans
will have received at the close ofthe year at j
least 1,100 000 bales, against 740,G60 bales for
IB4G-7.— N. O. Delta.
! The Barre Patriot records the death of S
j Mr. Edson Highly, of Templeton, caused by
! the use of water drawn through a lead pipe.—-
The death ol his wife, which occurred two or j
three years ago, was attributed by some at the !
lime to the same cause.
Lath Machine.—A machine for splitting ■
laths, the invention of Mr. Winslow dfCincin- |
uali, lias been put into operation in South
wark, Pa. It is the first ofthe kind put up east j
of the Alleghanics and has surprised the good
mechanics of Philadelphia.
A huge log is placed in the machine, and by i
j means ox two knives, one working perpen- ■
! dicularly, and the other horizontally, the laths 1
( are cut from the side ofthe log which is push
■ ed around by the machinery, so that the laths
i :ire uniform thickness and width. It is j
j driven by steam power and will cut the laths at !
1 the rate of two hundred a minute.
| A Washington letter in the New-York Coii
j rier states that Mr. Doty, a special messenger
; *'roin Mr. Shields, U. S. Charge d’Affaires’ ° at
| Laguayru, has had several interviews with Mr.
; Buchanan, and the result is that one or two
i vessels of war will be despatched to Laguavra i
i as soon as practicable for the protection of the j
lives and property of American citizens, which !
are thought lobe in danger in consequence of
the revolutionary movement in the Veaezuc- I
lan Republic. halt. Amer.
Missionaries to China. —The Rev. Charles ;
Taylor, and the Rev. B. Jenkins ofthe South
i Carolina Conference, were ordained in the !
Methodist Church, on last Sabbath, preparato
ry to their departure in the U. S. ship Ply
mouth to China, being divinely commissioned i
I t( * preach the Gospel to the Heathen inthatdis- I
taut and benighted land. May success attend *
their heaven-inspired mission !
The ordination, which was eminently solemn *
and impressive, was conducted by the "fit. Rev. j
Bishop Andrew,assisted by Rev. H. E. Cowles] *
Rev. W. M. Wightman, D. D., Editor ofthe
Southern Christian Advocate [Charleston] ,
Missionary Agent, Rev Geo. M. Bain, and 1
Rev. Arthur Cooper. —Norfolk Beacon.
Tradf. with Mexico. —One vessel only has *
cleared for Mexico the past week from this ,
port. Her cargo is valued at $20,321 45, of .
u hicn $12,325 is of domestic articles and 8:7 - i
9GO foreign, she has 136,000 yards of domes- (
tics,o,2oo yard- of American prints, 1G 80- i
yards English goods, 43.430 yards of Lon- .
cloths, 1.07“ dozen handkerchiefs, 18G pairs of I
shoes, &c. &c. This is the second clearance
.or Mexico at this port the present month, with
a general cargo.— Boston Tract Her. ‘ - t
While some person in the employ of Major t
Bates, of Guernsey, in Ohio, were engaged r
in quarrying stone for the repair ofthe national j
road, ou the lull west of Cambridge, they found | c
in a petrified state what was supposed to have |
oeen fho body ol an Indian child, which per- i c
haps, centuries ago, was deposited in that spot. •
i his extraordinary specimen of ancient re ' h
mains was found embedded in a mass of solid ' a
rock, and lias the appearance of a stone ima-e. li
somewhat imperfect in its outward form, ye. I
giving the general outlined* the human shape,
ine materia! of which it is composed appears C
>be a species oflimestone. In the same cavi- t|
ty was also found a small row of what appear- I
ed to have been Indian heads, matted together
LATEST FROM EUROPi
CrJPt, fY
ARRIVAL yi OF THE
fJttr.'
STEAMER BRITANNIA.
FOURTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE
We are indebted for the following inlelli.
trencc to a slip from tue office of the Charlc;
ton Courier:
Slate of the Markets-impiovemcut in
the Money Market — Only one 1m; or.
taut Failure —Advance in Colton—Ge«
eral Intelligence —Dcatlr of the Arch,
bishop of Canterbury.
We are indebted to an attentive com.-ponfi
cut for the following slip from the Baltimore
Sun, received by Mail.
The Southerner arrived h< re about 1>
o'clock. A. M. The papers, Saturday even
' i, v - | ier -ive no additional news of impor
tance from Europe.
The steamer’s news put a stop to busiue t in
j cotton at New 1000 bales sold on Fri
day. Exchange on Loudon, at New York,
110 a 110A.
from the Baltimore Sun Extra, Natch 4, 3 P. A
'The steamer Britannia arrived at Boston t?.•
morning at 9 o'clock, having s.iiSe i from Liver
-1 pool on the P2»h ult., bringing dates 11 din ;
i later than ’.hose brought by the Hibernia.
Our telegraphic correspondent furnishes
tlie following summary of the commercial new -
brought by her:
Liverpool Corn Market.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 12, 12 M.-—Thefollowti..;
j tl»e quotations up to the moment of t!x sailing of tU
Britannia: —Best Western Canal Flour 27 a 27 (
i per bbl.; Riclnnond and Alexandria 27 a 27 H ;
Philadelphia and Baltimore *26 a 27s fid; Nrw O
leans and Ohio 2fi a 2fis fid ; Canadian 27 a 27 (
U. Stales and Canada sour Flour 22s a 23s fid. '
dian Corn 28 a 32s fid. per quarter. Indian M
12s fid. a I2s per bbl. VVh*al —I', f ales and Cm
' dian, white and mixed, 7s. fid a S fid per 70 h
, Red, sis fid u 7s 3d.
The following comparative statement will show ti
1 prices of BreadslutTs, in Liverpool, at iho dates m. i
honed. „ 28. Feb. 12.
Flour Western Canal- --2 -.-oda2Ss' 1• • 27s0da‘,< ■ t,.
l * ' Philad. and Balt.-27s0d;i27:fid-. 2fisoda2't'sfi‘.
“ Sour 2350du25 0- 1«• 22s da2i?.-0d
Corn Meal- 14s0dal4sCJ•• 12s6dal3s0d
| Indian Corn, 480 lbs. • • • 29*0du3250 J• • 28s0dao2sfid
The market has steadily declined ;ace our last al
j vices, the above being tfie highest prices at preeeu
• attainable. This depression has in i great measun
I hern caused by the large supplies <T home produce,
j which has come into the country markets, as well sis
| tiie increased imports.
Operations in flour and wheal have boon very
moderate, and chiefly in a retail way, and Egypt m
beans, which are selling at 28s per quarter, have ma
terially affected the demand for Indian Corn.
It will bo borne in mind that the r- -umption of du
i ty takes place upon the Ist of March, ranging from
| 4s to 10s per quarter on wheat; end Is fid a 4s on
1 oafs; 2s a 5s on barley, ryo, peas and beans; 15 on
Indian Corn, and fid per bbl. on meal, and 2s a Jv
per bbl. on flour.
On the 31st of Marcli it is expected the duties will
be about sis per quarter on wheat, and 3s 7d and 1
farthing per barrel on flour.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
New Orleans ordinary to middling 4id and 4fd
per lb.; fair to good fair 5d a sgd.; good to fine fid.
j Upland and Mobile, ordinary to middling 4fd a
1 fair to good fair 54 a 5Jd.; good to fine sfd. Ala
; bama and Tennessee, ordinary to middling 4j a Ud;
| fair to gc id lair 5Jd. Bowed Georgia, ordinary to
| middling 4|d a 5d.; fair tiFgood fi.ir SJ-a sj| ; good
to line sj'l. Sea Island, ordinary to middling line 7d
u 8d; do. stained 3'd lo7d.
j A sensible improvement has been produced In th.
: market since the departure of the la t steamer, oper
: ations having enlarged with a decided improvement
| in prices; that, however, has been caused more Ly
1 accounts from America of diminished receipts in' -
the ports and the moderate shipments to this country,
than any marked revival.
In the Manchester market it will be observed th i
the greatest improvement is to be found in the low.;
and middling qualities. The sales for the wet tend
ing the 4tli inst. amount to 31,630 1 ales, of which
; 3,000 were taken on speculation.
For the week ending yesterday evening, the bu
siness done was 31,740 bales, of which speculators
have taken 2,700 bales. Os this week’s business
7,850 are Upland at 4Jd a Bjd.; 12,750 Orleans at
4d. a fid.; 2,140 Alabama and Mobile at 44d. a fid.;
and 370 Sea Island at fi’ d. a 10J.
The receipts since the Ist ol January are 65,000
bales against 113,000 for the same pe*iod last season.
The supply from the United States is 56,000, being
a rice reuse of 45,000. The stock in port is only
280,000 bales, which shows a reduefh ti upon Amer
ican qualities of 143,000 compared with the stock
held ut the corresponding j eriod last year.
Commercial and Finaucial.
Although it is understood that die extent of
the orders received front America are not cun.
siderahle, it is gratifying to observe that besides
the article of cotton, other staples employed
extensively in manufacturing pursuits, coma
into brisker demand. The partial indications
of improvement which were manifested toward
the close ol the last month, hate within the
past fortnight been remarkably confirmed, and
us there is little reason to fear the recurrence
ol any circumstance, mercantile or monetary,
calculated to check the amending tendency, it
may fail ly be construed that trade has taken an
earnest step towards the recovery of its long
lost strength, and the re-establish ment of ease
and confidence.
The money market still continues to improve.
Messrs. J. Evans dc rfons, of Li verpool, con
nected largely with the iron trade, have sih
pended payment. With this exception no
iaiiure of importance has occurred m Great
Britain. Their liabilities are estimated at jCxJUO,-
000.
The English funds are quiet. On Thursday
last they lost some of their firmness, but the
variations were insignificant. Consols yester
day were at for present transfer, and at *
a 80] for account. Bank stock TOO a 202 ; Ex
chequer bills ol'June are quoted at 28s. and of
March 10s. a2is. premium.
The new three per cents, ran; c from -m’ to
80g.
Last night s accounts from London represent
the discount market as being more than i: uaiiv
free, with most sanguine expectations of steady
amendment.
General Intelligence.
The British Parliament has re-assembled,
and the debate of importance arose upon
a selecti fora select committee to inquire in
to the condition and prospect of the West India
colonies.
The appointment of a committee was acceded
to. but upon the express understanding that no
change would be made in the policy of Gov
erninent other than that already announcer 1
1 he Jewish disabilities bill, for enabling them
time iaU,em ’ ha 3 t)Beu rta,i second
The Sugar duties bill, f or the gradual assim
ilation oi import duties upon the colonial and
foreign articles, is to be maintained
The refusal of the American Postmaster Gen
eral to accept the terms offered by Great Brit
am for a better system ofinternatmnal postage
h:ns caused the utmo.-t d.ssalUfmliun in thi
country The proposals of reciprocity made
by the latter country arc universally regarded
as liberal as they possibly could be and it - p
be harsh and reprehensible in the citrcme i*' the
interested public on both sides of the Atlantic
are made to sutler through the unreasonable
ness of the American official.
i he venerable Archbishop of Canterbury
primate of all England, died on the 11th of Feb
ruary, in toe 82d year of bis aee.
The inquiry into the state = of the national
defences has ended in the determination of
government to double the artillery forces and
employ 1.>0,000 military. ' 6 ’
The Pope’s rescript has been received it. Ire
land, demanding from the Bishops whether the
illeged c.iarges of altar denunciations and no-
r ‘ l,C fl by the priesthood, be true
ft administers a stern rebuke.
Eonrtl[, 1 ' i J la,er » ton baa signified to the Austrian
he P-.i I f " rthe .y a . rmtd in t«rve«tion with
Britain W “ considered by Great
rp J 11 ,ls a declaration of war. J
The people ofthe two Sicilies have at length
