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peculiarity was, that no quantity of wined
1 1 i ■ e, ail « m utit* fleet up
o ■ . •• :( >tir alter hour, bottle al
ter !hi . , > .s-e«J tway —aid-dt-nmip af- |
ter anl-d.-e .nip crept peacefully under :
the t i;»i , an ! -till Ins Lordship sat with
clearhe i l and ins eyes as steady ns ever rc- |
lat -c t us—'hose of us who could list- !
en —the military and bacchanalian a- !
•cii vcmeals of his youth, and ever and I
anm reminding its of our neglect, if the
b-> i.: bv any chane hesitated for a mo- '
me: in its rapid, unvarying round. Af
ter •» succession ot these parties had ac
customed us to each otiier, he addressed :
me one evening m the most friendly and
confidential manner. “Pumpkin, t have
a proposal to make to you.” 1 bow ed, and
W i <r*d in expectation. “Von see,” he I
continued, "O—me, Jack Hardy,
are you going to keep the claret nil night?
—my u.ds-dc-enmp line a merry Irf’e!—
Help yourselt Pumpkin—but somekew or
other 1 can’t account for it at all, it is a
very short on*—About fi.e months, I
think, is the average.... Curtail, how long
has Piipay been on the stafiT’
■“Three month.-, my lord,” said Burton,
■“and two days.”
“Is he going soon?”
“Not very, my lord. He’il be good tor
another fortnight, lie’ll see out the pre
sent c isi' of liquors; hut that’s all.”
“I feared is much: Ins hand has been
unsteady in the morning since our w eek
with the Rnmskillens.”
IPs lordship paused for a little, and 1
was in hopes the conversation was at an
end; but lie turned to me, and said, with
the kindest air in the world: “There will
be a vacancy, Captain Pumpkin, in my
stall’in the course of ten days or a tort
night. I fear by that time Pdpay’s last
glass will be drained, and 1 need not tell
you how I shall be delighted li you will
Supply Ins place.”
“S» Captain Piipay, then, my Lord,
about to exchange?”
‘“ Aye,” said Ins Lordship, “this world
for i better, l hope....He was always a
poor drinker.... Will you pass the wine!...
somet nog went wrong with linn, and he
sunk from four bottles a-mglit to a paltry
eoupie; so we scarcely expect bun to re
cover. You will consider my proposal,
and let me have your answer to-morrow.
In the meantime, till a bumper; for Bur
ton, 1 see, is waiting for the wine.”—lt
was a deathblow to my happiness! I look
ed at his lordship, wli > was smiling with
the most friendly and benignant expres
sion, as if lie had been an assassin.—
What! alter l bad escaped the horrors of
an engagement, was 1 to be murdered by
a lingering dentil ot three months an.,
two days, under tlie pretence of hospitali
ty and Kindness? Better, tar belter, it I
had died at the hist view ol the enemy; vV
alas! i found it equally dangerous to de
cline the intended tumour. There was
no saying in what light Ins Lordship
might view my refusal. Tormented by
these uiouguts, the conversation around
me passe*i unnoticed, i paly saw be
fore lnc a collection of murderers, and
eons dered myself the victim of an atro
cious conspiracy, i drank and drank,
ana strange as it may appear, the \vmC
had less etfect upon me than usual. The
Hood of most excellent claret seemed to
fall cold upon my heart; and 1 sat quiet
niul unmoved, as if the exhilarating agen
cy ot the vvme were entirely locked up for
a season. The Marquis inmscl t, 1 saw,
or thought l saw, began to lose bis usual
steadiness; Burton seemed transformed in
to the red bronze statue ol an ancient
Bacchus, and l felt that l was the only
perfectly unchanged and sober being in
the room. Suddenly, however there was
a change. The wine winch had appar
ently been checked m its effects by the
communication of my being doomed to a
certain ignominious death, now rushe <
with the fury of a pent-up torrent, m my
brain, and m a moment 1 heard strange
Sounds, as of n battery of a thousand guns
Stunning my ears; troops of blood-stained
soldiers, beyond all number numberless,
seemed to mingle in the death-struggle be
fore my' eyes, and again the feelings of
iute-isest tear took possession of my be
ing; l shrieked and yelled like a maniac,
as is m the midst of a tremendous melee,
and faintly crying out the only piece of
Lnti.i 1 had brought from school—“Dolce
et decorum < st pro patria,” I fell exhaus
ted among the uids-de-camp and bottles
which were huddled together under the
table. Before, however sinking into en
tire oi livton, I heard lus Lordship say,
in a tone of admiration, to Burton,“ Hie
ruling passion strong in death. If he sur
vives for six mouths, that lellow will
die a field—marshal —Pass the bot
tle.”
When l awoke to a consciousness of
niv situation next morning, 1 found my
feelings of apprehension by no means re
moved. No way of escape from the drea
ded advancement presented itself to my
ingenuity, and at length with the reckless
ness of dispair, l resolved to abide the
chances; and sincerely did I pray us you
will readily believe, for the speedy and
complete recovery of the .unfortunate
Piipay. I presented myself to the Mar
chioness. —Heavens! though* 1, ate tin
ladies also m the diabolical plot upon my
life!—Tltcy congratulated me on the pros
pect of a prolonged acquaintance, and
expressed, hi the kindest terms, th« in*
tsrest they took into my future prospects.
Gracious Powers! can such cold-hearted
being* assumed the appearance olso much
co ’ ility andfreudship? In three months
mid i vo days, my earthly career would
incy ( • 1 *!y he finished, usd they talked to
lie- bout mv future prospects!!—llv
pn'-r,“ •In turning towards the Lady
111, who lii-l not yi t spoken.
Sh»- !»< I I i> i* her band to me i» I advan
ced. 1 look it ami bent over it, almost
fearing to hear the sound of her voice,!
lest n should he n* a tone ot congratula
tion, —but she said nothing—mid in si
lence, and with a feeling of increased
devotion, 1 bowed again* and let go her
hand. That hour finally and forever
sealed my fate; it also, strange as it may
appear—ibr in spite of my natural timi
dity, I am somewhat sanguine in my
temperament, —gave me hopes of ulti
mate success; and resolving to set every
thing—yoj will forgive the pun —on the
hazard of a die, I announced to the Mar
quis that 1 was prepared to succeed
Captain Filpay, in case of his de
cease.
There seemed now to be established a
secret-understanding between I.ady An
iiahella and myself. It was friendship,
delicate, considerate friendship, on her
part, and yet it was so uniform and so
; evidently springing from the heart, that
it was fully equal in tenderness and
! strength to many an ordinary-minded
woman’s love. Fitz D’Angle continued
I his visits regularly; hut I suppose, from
some undefined feeling of rivalry, there
was a mutual dislike fietvveen us. 1 en
; vied him indeed his situation, as ac
i . nowlodged suitor to the most beautiful
and fascinating of her sex; but jealousy
i itself could see no course for regret in the
i manner in which he was treatt-d by his
mistress. * old, formal, and apparently
! unfeeling, she scarcely seemed the same
! being when conversing w ith the conceited
coxcomb, w horn her family,, and not her
s. l! had chosen for her Lord; nnd often 1
| have seen her eyes wandering with the
most listless expression, during his bald
disjointed chat, and then suddenly fill, c
ven to overflow ing w ith tears!—Gods! if 1
could have summoned one ounce of the
courage of a man 1 would have challen
j ged the cold-hearted pappy, and freed
the angelic mourner from his persecution.
But no! 1 made the attempt to rouse my
; indignation in vain. Though my life I
knew was limited to but three months
and two days I would not risk even that
minute fraction of existnece against the
contemptible destroyer of my happi
ness
I pass over the first week or two of my
duiv as aid-de-camp to the marquis—for
Piipay, to my infinite dismay and aston
ishment, died on the very day the liquor
ease was emptied. 1 pass over my fears
at night my enjoyments in the morning,
and will till you an incident, which oc
curred when my span of life was reduced
to only two months and sixteen days:—
At that time tiiere was a nmguificient re
view hi Hyde Park. The Marquis, with
the whole of his glittering staff proceeded
to the ground. 1 must tell you, that at that
period mv horses—the quietest animals I
could procure—were unfortunately unfit
for service and Fitz D’Angle, who had
remarked, and as I suspected ridiculed
mv inefficient horsemanship, had spiteful
ly, and 1 firmly believe, with the purpose
of getting me murdered, pressed me to
m ike use of that v* n Arabian, which had
so frequently terrified me even with my
hated rival upon its back. Afraid to ac
cept his offi r, and not knowing how to re
fuse, I mounted it in an agony of appro
heusion, ad accompanied the Marquis
who luckily went at a loot pace, to. the
field. The ladies, it was arranged were
to be driven bv Fitz D’Angle in lus splen
did new barouche; for among that indivi
dual’s other acquirements, Ins skill a.-* a
charioteer was not the least reninkable.
The day was uncommonly fine, and thou
sands of the gayest and loveliest in the
land were assembled to watch our man
onvres—and yet as I rode slowly along
that glittering line of rank and bear.tv ter
t died as I was at the hideous danger of
my situation on such a demoniacal horse,
1 took a soi t of pride in reflection that
there were no eyes so bright, no lips so
lovely, as those of that radiant creature
on whom I, a poltroon and a coward —
had dared Infix my .diction. The .Mar
quis, i:i the meantime, slowly conlin ed
his course laughing and talking w ith his
staff in the gayest humor iuutginabh.
All his jokes-—“and many a joke had he,”
fell unmarked upon my ear; —at last after
looking at me for some time, during which
1 was afraid he was guessing a great deal
too near the truth, he said, “How silent
you are, .Pumpkin—ha! but 1 see bow
it is you fire eaters hate such a bloodless
show as this—you must rem in, man, you
must rein in.” At this time tlie animal
l was on began tp shew sundry signs of
impatience, and bounced about in a man
ner which added in no slight degree to my
uneasiness; and as only the last words ot
the Marquis reached me distinctly, l said,
“Rein ui!- fiow can I, my Lord,on such
a prancing devil as this?” For the first
time in my life * was taken for a wit.—
'Lhe laughter at this sally, as it was called,
‘was long and loud, and had the reputa
tion of being as gay as my companions,
w hen there was not a single individual in
the crowd safely on his own legs, with
whom at that moment • would not gladly
have changed places. At lust the evolu
tions began, nnd as the troops filed and
countermarched, advanced in double
quick time to the charge mid w ent thro’
all the movements of a desperate anil
well contested battle, my horse and my
self seemed to lost our senses almost at
the same moment....but from very differ
ent causes. It danced, it capered, it rear
ed, it curveted, anil till this hour it is a
mystery to me lu»w i retained my sent.
I can only attribute it to n total inaction
on my part. Passive as a lump of inani
mate matter, ! was probably balanced by
my length of lunh, but certain it is, that
for a considerable time 1 attracted no par
lirulnr observation.
At last, as the nr'illery Itegat* to peal,
then will a on m<l< ruble movement a
tmnig tunny of the horses on the ground, '
which were unacquainted w ith the noise;
uinongbl the ntst toy hors* fairly got the
command. lie rushed wuh the speed of
lightning from the group, where be had
hitherto remained, and earned me, al
most by tins time unconscious of my situ
ation, straight toward the artillery; by
s'“ine means or. other 1 still maintained
my s* at, and by a lucky twitch of tlie bri
dle, i turned him from coming in contact
with the cannon. At tiiut moment, I saw
coming towards me a barouche at a fear
ful rate; the driver, w hom, even nithe ag
ony of that moment, 1 recognised as Fitz
D'Angle, hud lost all mastery over his
horses, which were evidently hurrying
!on to destruction; I bear*l a scream lou-
I <ler and louder as I approached and at
I length, with hands clenched in dispair.
! and eyes shut in the overwhelming mis
ery of approaching death, 1 felt a shock
j— I heard one wild shout of exultation
| from the multitude on e very side, and'
sunk iiir.nsible 1 knew not where. When
I came to myself, the old Marquis was
bending over me with tears in his eves—
-1 “Bless you bless you,” said the old man
us he saw I had in some degne recover
ed my ennsciousness, “you are the pre
sent r of * very thing 1 held dear.” Vv ith
my usual prudence 1 remained perfectly
! silent, tiil 1 could gather something of
: what had occurred. On looking round
: ! saw at a little distance the cause of all
i my misery, the Arabian charger, lying
dead: but tlie barouche, the ladies, and
Fitz D’Angle, had totally disappeared.
Or. getting up i found myself only slight-
I ly bruis* and w.th the exception of a con
siderable woijnd on my head. My cap
lu-.d fallen off, and on putting tny hand
up to the spot of greatest pain, I found
the blood issuing in rather a copious
i stream, f was shortly afterwards put in-
Ito a carriage, and taken immediately to
! the residence of tlie Marquis. On an i
i t ing there no wordscan paint the kindness
with which 1 wss recieied; ihe thanks ol
the Marchioness and the Lady Julia w ere
perfectly tmbnrrasing especially as ! was
ignorant if the precise manner ir. which
1 had deserved them.— ILs Lordship
who had hurried as fast as possible from
tin- review , now rushed in and again, with
i bis eyes overflowing with tears, siezed
me by botii hinds, &thanked me for my
heroic devotion in the service of his fami
ly. “Twas beautiful. My God! how
you spanked off w hen you saw their (’an
ger! and that puppy D’Angle, too— and e,
my boy, you served bun quite right—
! you’ve floored him, nose, teeth inustatch
i es, and ail—he’ll never la- able to
| smile and simper again as long as be
lives.,’
“1 hope, my Lord,” snid 1; “Mr. Fitz
D’Aiigle is not much hurt.”
‘How the devil can von hope any such
tiling? Tlie fcliow would have* murder
ed my wife and children with Ids con
founded Joliy, if you bail tot am steel Id.m
just in time.—Gad, you flew front your
saddle with the force of a Congreve rock
et, and dashed your head right into his
face, bent him back as limber as an «tup
ty haversack across the coach-box, and
kuoo: ed three of Ins teeth down lus throat
besides one that was picked upntti rwards
from li is waistcoat pocket. You’ve kill
ed ! is horse though, and that was per
haps the most valuable animal ol the
two.”
1 now began to see how matters had
occurred, and as ! was very slightly hurt,
1 waited with some impatience for the ap
proach of the Lady Annabella. All that
day she never made her appearance.
She sent frequently down to enquire il 1
was hart, and my hopes, both by her non
appearance and by the manner in vvhteli
the Marquis spoke of Fitz D’Aiigle, were
raised to the highest pitch. T hat even
ing the Marquis himself excused me from
all participation in their revels; and next
morning—how shall 1 discribe the scene!
--the* Lady Aunnhella met me in the
breakfast parlour alone, she blushed in
! tin- most embarrassed manner, as, in a
J faih ritig voice, she offered me her
1 thanks.
“Nothing,” she said, “could lie suffi
! cient to shew her gratitude to her preserv
er —thunks were a very inadequate ex [ires
sion of what she felt.”
“Believe me, Lady Annabella,” ! said,
“Ido not deserve sueli thanks. I was run
away with at tin moment, —I lost ail
command of-—of- ”
“Os vour generous feelings,” she in
terrupted “when you saw us—l shudder
at the recollection—hurried on to inevita
ble destruction.”
1 said no more; my attempts at fair
dealing and ingenuousness were turned
off by the grateful heart of that beautiful
girl—to declare mv passion, ami as I
saw a silent and blushing consent yielded
to my suit, I caught her in my arms trem
bling witli emotion, and imprinted the
first raptuons kiss on the red ruby lips of
the present Lady Pumpkin.
Mr Fitz D’Angle, I tpust tell you had
been dismissed the day before, and in no
courteous terms, by the choleric old Mar
quis; and this measure of her father, you
may readily suppose by w hat I have told
you, was by no means an unpleasant e
veutto the Lady Annahelln.
By the inter* st of the family, * was ad
vanced rapidly in my profession, without
drawing- n sword—and the day which
saw me Colonel of tin horse also
saw me the happiest of men, and son-in
law to the Marquis.
Ciiloiiinf Gas.— I This gas is that w hich
is considered hy medical men ns the most
powerful disinfector and preventor of con
tagion. It is most eUcctonl in utmost in
stantly stopping bad smells, whether ari
sing from drain*, or from putrid animal or
vegrtebl. matter.
Hence its use lie* now become very
general. These are various modes of)
obtaining, it mil of course the chemists,
studying their own interest, ricciuimixi j
that by which they obtain the largest,
profit, namely, the use of chlorine of lane, i
This chemical preparation is to be put |
| into a vessel of water, and in a short w lule !
! a certain portion of the chlorine is taken i
lup in the water, and when *luo water is j
i sprinkled about a house, the chlorine gas !
| rising into the air, during the process of j
j * vaporatiou -stoj s had smell, and is sup
posed, chiefly on tins account, to have a
jiowcr of counteracting contagion. By
far the cheapest mode, as well ns the
j most convenient of obtaining cbohcrme
gas is to take black oxide of manganese
and muriatic acid.
If a quarter of a pound of black oxide j
of manganese be put into a cup or bason j
■ and about a teaspootiful of muriatic acid
poured upon it, there will soon rise suffi
cient chlorine gas torn large room. It
may be necessary to add every day a lit
tle acid, nnd to shake the manganese a I
little. If too much acid be used, the j
chlorine will Le felt to be unpleasant,
j ihe manganese w ill not lose its efficacy i
lor a fortnight. As manganese is sold ]
| w holesale for ten or twelve shillings the
I cu t. and is retailed lor four pence a pound
| and nniriii ic s;cid is sold w holesale for a
! bout three halt pence the pound in mea
| sure ami is retailad at a reasonable rate
I to the ounce hy every chemist for less
! than sixj ease with little or no trouble, a
i »uit of apartments may be kept disinfec
ted lor a fortnight. To use an equally
efficient amount of chlorine of lime
would cost fifty times tlie money, and be
j very troublesome. \V iiy have none oi *
| the Boards of Health given this informa
tion to 1 1 •• public? No other answer can
! be given, except that three-fourths of the
members knew nothing tit all what they
j were'about, and the other fourth had an
interest in keeping them and the public
j m the dari.. From chlorine of lime the i
! chemists have derived a profit, unusual j
even m their trade. For instance, about j
ti.e amount ol one ounce put in water I
will make sixteen bottles of bleaching j
liquid, which are sold at halfa crown
each; together, two pounds. The chlor
ide ot the bottels and corks something
j in addition.
But to return to the making ofchlor
| ine gas from manganese and inuriatic
j acid, which, is of the greatest importance
! to oui readers, who may wish to take pre
cautions against the real or imaginary
contagion ot cholera: The explanation
w ill ho familiar to our scientific readers.
Muriatic acid w as ascertained hy Sir Iltitn
[ piirey Davy to lie composed of chlorine
and hydrogen. W hen it is poured on
the hi ac oxide of manganese it is de
composed into the two constituent parts
the hydrogen uniting with the oxygen
of the oxide nnd forming water, whilst
the chlorine rises in the form of gas.
London Paper.
AGRH Ff.Tl UAL.
fir m the JJmcriccn Funner
Culture and large production vs t lorn.
We arc much obliged to Mr. Devcreux
for forwarding to us, the following arti
cle from the Messrs. Pratts.—We do not
doubt the statement as to the quantity of
corn produced bv them by their mode.
W*• have often heard the facts verbally,
and are glad to be able to record them
thus authentically. One thing must he
borne in mind, that they cultivate the
dwarf species , the same as is jjenerallv
cultivated throughout the northern States;
and that with our large species, gourd
seed &c. a graeter distance must bo allow
ed between the plants in the drills. Wo
would Migget-t an improvement in tlie
drills of tlie Messrs. Pratts ; that is that
the hexagonal would be far preferable to
the qiiir.cunicnl form, which latter is the
one they use. All the plants would then
he exactly the same distance from each j
other, measure whichever wav you will,
w hile by their mode they are six inches
from one plant and eight from another.
Utica, March 7th, 1832.
Mr. Smith:
Dear .Sir — l am well acquainted with
the Messrs. Pratts, and consider them
gentlemen of character and responsibility,
and I feel every confidence in the state
ment they make.— Verv truelv vours.
' NICHOLAS DEVEREUX.
Platt Hollow, Madison Cos. \
N. York, March, 2d, 1832. \
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***** Drill IS inches wide, j
******
I
******
***** Drill 18 inches wide.
******
The above is a view of two drills which \
are laid out five feet from centre to centre;
the drills are opened with a large plough j
hy turning two furrows from each other,
then filled with hog or cattle manure taken
from toe barns where we fatten our hogs
and cattle; the manure is levelled down
Tmd covered from two to three incites
deep; then we have a type with three
slats and [mints in the latter as thick as
we wish the seed, which is six inches
one wnyjaml alfout eight inches the other'
making from forty to fifty thousand
plants on the acre.
The common way of planting gives on
ly about ten thousand plants to the acre.
In the nbove mode of planting, wc have
grown 173 bushel* of corn to the awe,
and w c have no doubt but we can grow
200 Iwisncls to the acre with a favorable
season and j*rop« r soil. That we hare
grown fro in !V) to 170 of corn to the I
acre, we can prove !y unhnpeaclii.. c
testimony. \\. give you full poser to
make use of our names in relation to any
facts contained in the foregoing statc
iiicnt. Yours respecfnlly.
J. & A. PRAT’T.
To Mr. N Devercutf Ltica.
From IHe Gmnttte. Fm.tcr.
WAX FOR GRAFTING.
/.Vs 01 5 lbs, — Pec sc ax 21 as, — Tallow
■2lus.
Melt these together; while hot dip a
portion of it into cold water; as soon ns
it stiffens, gather it in the hands, having
them previously rubbed with lard or soft
grearse to prevent its stic ing, nnd wort
ns shoemakers do their wax till it assumes
a bright yellow color, —continue til: tlie
whole is fitnished, and lav it by for use.
GRAFTING.
Saw off the limbs on the branches in
tended for grafting, smooth the stumps
with a drawing knife or slock shave, and
set ail the grafts intended for ihe tree.
'I ben it the weather is cold have you*
wax m warm water, which by the tea
kettle may be renewed as necessary from
tlie itchen tire; if the weather Is warm
the water is unnecessary. Having t'n
hands greased ; w ork the wax uatl it
soft and pliable, then evenly spread :t
with the fingers over the stump do\v n lit
tle upon the bark, and on the clefts c.r
seious, so us ro exclude air and moisture
and die work is dime. The hottest sun
will not cause the wax to run, nor the
coldest weather make it crack.
Last spring ! set but few short of eight
hundred scions in my own orchard, and
used no oilier cement or covering Whatev
er, and never did grafts do better. I
commenced setting tlie Ist of March, and
continued as occasion offered till the
trees were in the blossom, and can now
pick out these first set by their luxurant
growth, being tw ice as large as the last
ones set. E. Mall.
Woodstock, February 9, 1 832.
i hart tutor. June Fill).
'.ale and important from Mexico. —The
sclieooiier Emperor, arrived at New-Or
ieans on the Ist last, from Tutnpsco v
brings accounts from that place to the iiotli
ultimo, from w inch it appears, that oil
the night of the I'Jtii the army of General
Colderon, which was besieging Yera-
Cruz, raised the siege and marched into
the interior. This fact is announced otii-.
ciaily by General Moctezuma, who com
mands a* Tampico, and whose procla
mation to that elfect is published in the
Tampico Gazette ofthe iWd.
We further learn, (s-iys the editor of
the New-Orleans Be*;,) from a gentleman
who came passenger in the Emperor,
that intelligence had been received by the
latest mail from Vera Cruz, that General
Santa Anna had sent, a detachment ot ‘2OO
cavalry in pursuit ofthe fugitive army of
Calderon, and would, with an army of
1200 diciplincd troops, together with ma
ny new recruits, set out immediately on
his march for Mexico. This inteliigenco
is also confirmed by a letter from a re
spectable merchant of Tampico.
Colonel Mojica, formerly Charge d’Af
faires of the Mexican government at
Washington, had arrived at Tampico,
charged with a special message from Santa
Anna, tlie object of w hich, it is said, was
to ascertain tlie state of tlie city and its
means of defence. Ten thousand dollars,
sent by Santa Anna, to pay the troops*
had been received at Tampico.
Extract of a letter Jmm a respectable Ameri
can Mcrcha t to his friend in Sett Orleans, re
ceived hy the Emperor , dated Tampico , ay 25.
“Times brighten on us. The invading
army at Vera Cruz has raised the siege
and retreated; and Santa Anna is in full
pursuit. On the receipt ofthe news here,
• wc fired a salute from all the forts and
| vessels of war: and Ter an, on hea’ring
the noise, ran away and lias not since
been beard oft His troops were all de
serting him—of our friends No. 11, a
great number has already come in, and
the whole division is to march on Mon
day up tlie couutiy. Santa Anna says
in his letter to col. S. that lie will be in
Mexico in eight days from this date. Ja
lapa, Publa, Perote, &c. hav pronounc
ed in favor of Santa Anna, and rumors
are afloat that Mexico is also in his favor.
All goes well, Migoui is kicked out, nod
Prieto is administrator in bis stead.”
From the j\\w-Vork Journal of Commerce.
FRANCE.
A letter from Paris of May sth, gives
some information ns to the internol allairs
of that kingdom. Othe advices from that
! capital are to the 6th. The return of M.
Perier to public life was deemed hopeless
on all hands. Indeed tlie London niorn
i ing papers of the 7th mention a rumor of
the decease of that Minister: but the eve
ning of that day announce the arrival of
Huron Rothschild in London, bringing
advices that Perier was somew hat better
The rumor that Marshal Soult was to ho
the new Premier, was gaining ground in
Baris. It was also said that the Ring
had consulted M. M Odillnu Barrot and
Met i I ion on tin- measures necessary for
the formation ofu combined Administra
tion ; but these rumors do not appear to
Imve nnv foundation beyond the belief al
ready niluded to, that the existing Minis
try would find it impossible long to main
tain itself.
I twas the subject of general report on
the 6th, that M. Odillon Barrot was about
|to enter the Council. His first net, ir
i was‘aid, would bo todosolve l|<*> (.'hern*
! Iwr.