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Alf APPEAL FOR THE POOR.
"He (hat give!k to the Poor lend Ih to the Lord."
Think of the wretched room.
Os tiie embers burning low—
Think of the scanty garb,
Os the chil 1 i»f want and woe,
Ve. whose bright cup of life
With wealtti is running oVr,
Think of your brother mnn
Keheve him from your store.
When the storm-king rides abroad
On the wings of the northern blast.
And from the frowning clouds
The snow is sassing fist, —
W hen yon heap ihe faggots high
in your bright and cheerful room,
Think of the shivering forms
In the haunts tIT w oe and gloom.
When your children gather round
Where the festive board is spread.
And in rth, ami joy. and wit.
Their cheering influence shed,
And the throbbing heart beats high,—■
Think of the wretched then;
Give : in a brighter land
Twill be given buck again.
If the widow's humble smile
Received the Savior’s praise,
tdiall not your gifts be blest
In these our later days ?
Aye! every deed of love
Is a bright and sparkling gem
To be wreathed hy angel hands
in our heavenly diadem.
THE FARMER,
The Farmer sat in his easy chair,
Smoking his pipe of clay',
While his hale old wife, with busy care.
Was clearing the dinner away,
A sweet litl egirl, wiili tine blue eyes,
On her grandpa’s knees was catching flies.
The old man placed his hand on her head.
With a tear on his wrinkled face;
He thought how often her mother dead.
Had sal on the self-same place.
As the tear stole down from his half-shut eye,
•'IWI smoke,’* said the child, ‘*how it makes you
cry.”
The house-dog lay stretched out on the floor,
W here the sun alter noon used to steal.
The busy old wife, by the open door.
Was turning the spinning w heel—
And the old brass Clock on the mantle tree.
Had plodded along to almost three.
Still the former sat in his easy' chair,
While close to his heaving breast.
The moistened brow and the head so fair,
Os his sweet grand-child was pressed!
Hi* head, bent down, on her soft hair lay—
Fust asleep were they both ou that summer day.
KISSING ONE’S COUSIN.
Well, sir—but here’s so bath of us—
from that time forth it became the great
oi'ject of my life 10 effect that which I
failed ot in my youth; and which n»v
loving little cousin so provokingly per-
Histed in refusing. Why sir, we were
cousins, and f»ray what w as there improp
er in that? Besides, had’nt I been absent
five yeais or more; and now when I re
turned and was kissed by them all
uncle, aunt, nurse, down almost to the
washerwoman—it was absolutely outra
geous that she alone was to stand out and
be obstinate. But she was so lovely that
I could not get angry with her. and be
sides, what use would it have been to
fume and fret? It was’nt the way to con
quer—l’d learnt that anyhow—and it
would have been ungallant in the highest.
How should [ win? I had but a couple
of mouths to stay —and she was so popu
lar that the beaux of the country were
thronging in her train. I’d a hard task
before me, and it would have dishea rtned
many a one—but I had been to the Black
Hills and shot buffalo.
There was one of her suitors named
Thornton whom she seemed to like bet
ter than the rest; and 1 must say, during
the first month of my visit site coquetted
with him a good deal at my expense, h
used to give me a touch of the old flutter
now and then; but I consoled myself that
as 1 was not in love, there was no sense
111 being jealous; and besides, Mr. Thorn
lon’s favorable reception had nothing to
do with my object. So 1 took to hum.
ming the Black foot tune, and tea zing my
pretty cousin about her favorite love.—
You’ve no idea what a change it made.
She denied it at first, and then grew ab
solutely worried that I would’nt believe
her—and finally showed me a marked
preference on every occasion. But 1 was
only a cousin, so nobody took any notice
of it. Ah; sir, tlie.se cousins play the
deuce with the girls hearts! They arc
always entangling your daughter’s silk
or bringing her a fresh moss-rose, or lift
ing her over the pebbly little brook; and
then 100, you let them take such long
walks in the summer twilight, or ride for
hours alone in a September afternoon, or
sleigh away for miles ou the clear moon
light of December, with nothing but them
selves for company—and all this, when
they are budding into life, and fall into
love as naturally as I smoko merschnarn.
Such walks and rides I look with Ellen.
They were all set down to the score of
courtship, but they were so delicious that
IrogePed the lime had come for me to de
part and wished that one’s cousin could
be with one forever. But it was no use;
I wasn’t worth a copper dollar; and unless
I could gel some heiress to marry me for
pity, 1 saw no way of living without
roughing it through life. I was 100 proud
to trespass on the bounty of my uncle, and
had carried it so far as to take my
quarters at the village inn. It so hap.
pened my visit was nearly up. Happy
_—to baoppy —had been those couple of
months, passed in the company of my
cousin. She sweet angel, like all the
rest, charged it to cousinship. But lat
last begun to open my eyes, and half,
suspected the truth, fori had noticed that
my cousin, unconscious to herself, seemed
verv fond of my presence. I learnt it
a B by observation—-a, faculty i picked
up among the Sioux India*. I once |
admired a cape on a girl’s shoulder—and
lo! tfie next day my cousin had just such
a cape on! I praised the lie of a ribbon j
one afternoon—she met me in the evening
with tiiat very fashioned lie! These may
I seem trifles, but the proudest of us all
have seen the day w hen such little proofs
of affection from the one we love have ;
sent a thrill though every nerve in our I
frame, and in ourecstacv almost lifted us I
from the earth. Ah! it don ’t do to at I
I O .
those trifles. Many a noble, many a j
monarch, would have given his broad
1 lands, or the finest jewel of his enwu. to !
win snch a trifle from the one he loved.— |
I am wandering—the two months were |
up, and yet in all this time 1 hadn’t got !
a kiss from my cousin.
It was the night but one before I was |
j logo away,- that I determined to make a ■
lasteflbrt. VVe were sitting by the win
| dow. My sweet little cousin looked
1 pensive, and doubtless felt so; for though
11 had been to the Black Mills and shot |
buffalo, I was somewhat sentimental aiy- |
j self. It was ju.-T the night for melting !
thoughts and the moon shone tenderly
upon the river in the distance, pouring
her silvery light like fairv verdure on the j
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distant hills. My pretty cousin sal by )
mp side, and we were talking of my ap- |
preaching departure.
‘I shall be very busy to-merrow, and I
don’t know whether I shall be able to ■
come here in tire evening..
She slowly raised her dark eyes tome ■
till her very soul seemed pouring out |
from be nealh the long black lashes, and !
i after seeming lo look tight ihtough me
O u O
answered.
j ‘Why not? you know how glad we are
i lo see you.’
‘ Whv not?’ said I, a little piqued at the
word we—for to tell the truth. 1 half-sus
pected I was in love with my pretty cou
sin, and flattered myself that it was reci
procal—■■‘why because 1 shall he very |
busy, and besides, 1 heard 'Thornton ask
: you the other night lo go to P to mor
\ row evening with him—and of course my
n y
pretty coz, yon go.
There goes that Thornton again,* sftid
she, 4 1 declare you are too provoking— I
yon know what I think of him.’
‘Ah! but,’ replied I wickedly, ‘why
make engagements on the night an old j
school fellow is going away?’ -
Her gaiety slopped at once. She hes
itated an instant, and then answered,
‘I told him I’d give him an answer to- |
morrow, and I thought we were all going !
together. I’ll send him a note, declining
at once—you know you don’t think what
you say, cousin.’
i laughed it off—and directly arose to
depart.
‘How very «oon you are going?’ said
! she in her pretty, chiding voice—and I
thought there was something unusually
melancholy in its flute-like tone.
• And you’re going to kiss me,’ said I
gaily, after a little meny conversation.
‘Cousins always do it at patting among
the Blackfeet.’
‘lndeed I ain’t,’ said she «aucily.
‘lndeed von are,’said I boldly.
‘lndeed, in very deed, Mr. Impertinence, |
you mistake for once, even, though you
have shot buffalo at Black Hills,’ and she
lapped her tiny foot on the floor, and pouted
her rich red lips saucily out, looking for
all the world as if about to give me a
| flash or two of her brilliant repartee. But ;
j I was in for it, and I was determined to
see whether love and the Black Hills
could not conquer reserve and wit. 1
j thought I would try the latter first.
‘lsn’t it your duty,’ said I.
She said nothing, but looked as if
! doubtful whether I was quizzing or not.
‘I can prove it by the Talmud,’ said
1 1.
A funny smile began to flicker round :
the corners of her month.
I *1 can establish it text by text.’
‘indeed!’ said site archly, smiling
maliciously at my anticipated perplexity. I
But 1 was prepared tor her.
‘Do unto others as you would wish to
be done unto—ain’t it proved, my pretty
coz?’
‘Well, really, you deserve something
for your wit, and more for your impuden
ce—you’re quite a logician—did you
! learn that ton at the Black Hills?’ and her
eyes danced as she answered.
I I saw 1 was no match for her wit, so
; I betook myself to my other ground.
‘Well, good bV, coz?’
‘So earlyl!’
‘Early!’ and I began to pull on my
gloves.
‘You’ll be here to morrow night, won’t |
you?’ she said persuasively.
‘Da you really wish it?’
‘How can you doubt it?’ said »he, warm- |
I iy
j ‘But how shall 1 intercept a tete-a-tete
with Mr. Thornton!’ said I,teasingly.
j ‘Pshaw! Mr. Thornton again!’ said she
pettishly.
There was a moment’s silence and at
i the end came a low, half-suppressed sigh, j
I began to think I was on the right track. |
‘You won’t grant my favor!—if now it
was to mend Mr. Thornton’s glove’
‘lt’s 100 provoking,* she burst out in the |
old mood, but directly added in a pensive 1
! tone, ‘how could you think I care so for
1 hint?’
‘How can I!—you do fifty things fur
hint you would’nt do for me.’
‘Cousin!’ j
‘I ask you for the smallest favor —I
take one for a sample, and you refuse
you are a very unfair cousin,’ and I took
her hand.
‘Whv?’said she, lifting her dark eye
till its gaze met mine. It thrilled me in
every neive. “Why?’ and her voice
shook a little.
‘Because you never do anything I ask
you to.’
‘lndeed I do!' said she earnestly.
‘I wish I could think so,’ said 1 pea- I
sively.
We were standing by the window, nnd
1 thought her hand trembled as I spoke,
but she only turned away her head with
a sigh, and without speaking gazed out
upon the law. At another tune, perhaps, !
she would have listened to my language
differently; but 1 was going away, per
haps forever, and it made her so pensive.
Yet she did not know her owm feelings.
Something told her to grant my boon—it
was but a trifle—it seemed so foolish to
hesitate—but then something whispered
to her that she ought not to doit. But
then it would be so reserved and un
cousinly to refuse—and might I not be
justly offended at her prudery?—-What
could she do? J could hear her breath and
see her snowy bosom heave as she held
her taper finger in a puzzle to her mouth, i
'flte conflict was going on between love I
and reseive—and yet poor girl! she knew \
it not.
‘And you really won’t come to mor i
row night without—without’—she paused
and blushed; while the low, soft, half
reproachful tone in which she spoke,
(softer than angel’s softest whisper,)
smote me to the heart, and almost made I
me repent my determination. But then
it was so pretty to see her so much ner
plexed?
‘Ellen/ said f, as if hurt, ‘I am serious;
yon dont’t think I’d nifle with von; but I
never before tried to test how true were
the professions of any one who loved; if I
am thus bitterly deceived I care not to try I
again,’ and hail lolling go her hand, I
turned partially away.
For a second site did not answer, hnt
she looked upon the ground. Directly a
cloud came over the moon, and just as the
whole room was buried in sudden shadow,
1 heard a sigh that seemed to come from
the bottom of my little cousin’s heart; I
felt a breathlike zephyr steal across my
face, and—what’s the use of withholding
the fact any longer?—-I had conquered.
But a hot teardrop was on my face; and
as 1 pressed her hand more warmly than
became a cousin, a sudden revulsion ot ;
feeling came across her, the true secret |
of her delicacy flashed like a sunlight 1
on her mind, and feeling how utterly she
had betrayed herself, her head f. 11 upon j
my shoulder* ana I hoard her sob. My
heart suing mo; vain, ungenerous sinner |
that I was; and I would have given worlds
to have saved her from that one moment
of agony. But in another instant came i
the consciousnes that I loved her. We
spoke no word, we whisjiemd no vow, but !
as I felt how pure a heart I hud won, a
gush of holy feeling swept across my
soul, and putting my arm gently around
her, 1 drew her to me as softly as a mother
embraces her first born babe. That
moment I never shall forget. She ceased
to sub, but she did not as yet look up. It
might have been five minutes, or it might i
have been half an hour; 1 could keep no |
measure of time; At last I said softly,
‘Ellen!’
* Will you come to-morrow night?’ w his
pered she, lifting her„dark eyes timidly i
fiom my shoulder*
‘How can 1 refuse dearest? 3 said I,
kissing the tears Iron her long lashes.
‘Well, what followed, Jeremy V said the
listener.
W nitl’—whiff!
‘What followed? for Heaven’s s’ake,
tell us.’
•What?’
‘Why, a Mrs, Jeremy Short, to be
sure.’
O' A number of the sugar-planters Os j
this parish, says the Thibodeaux Minerva ot
the Th inst., have finished rolling. The
yield has not reached to one-halt of ttie
quantity they expected lo make, nor will this |
crop (including the new plantations opened
the present year) equal two thirds of last ;
year’s crop.
Bad Shootting. —A persona) renconfer
took place in Richmond, Va.,on Monday j
last, between Mr. Charles T. Bolts, the ’
editor of the Standard, and Mr. J dm
Lambert, youngest son of the Mayor. Mr.
B. was armed with sl six barreled revol
ver and one pistol, and Mr. L. with a
six barreled revolver. Thirteen shots were |
fired and although they were only a few
feet apart, the only damage sustained was
by Mr. Botts, who received a flesh .wound
above the hip. Mr. L. came off untouch
ed.—Savannah Georgian.
O'The following is the “sentiment” upon
which the Massachusetts senator rose and
spoke for four hours at the Philadelphia din
ner, says the Boston Statesman:—
“The Hon. Daniel Webster—A faithful
sentinel on the watchtower of,liberty—the
personification of those principles which have
for their object the weiiare of the people.—
Happy will we be. when we hear from his
| elevated position,his cheering voice proclaim
| ing to grateful millions, that ‘all is well.’”
*Mr. Clay, then, is no longer the “personiji
\ cation of those principles which have for
their object the welfare of the” whig party.
So far as the 400 gentlemen and 1500 ladies
of the Philadelphia dinner are concerned,
Mr. Tyler’s late secretary of stale complete
ly eclipses the Kentucky “personification.”
As Mr. Webster will never make proclama
tion lo grateful millions that all is well until
he reaches the goal of his ambition,the presi
i dentin I chair, the Philadelphians can sing
: “happy will we be” for a long lime before
they change the tune to happy we are.
Mexican Privateers. — The N. York Cou- j
rier of the 15th inst. says:—
We understand that private letters have
been received by a mercanti house in this
city, from a respectable house in Havana,
slating positively that 75 letters of marque
have been actually issued by the Mexican
Government:—that 25 vessels were then fit
ting out at Havana for Privateers, and that
they would sail on or before the 10th of De
cember. This intelligence comes from a
source entitled to a good degree of confi
dence. It may be suggested, however, that
as it is the interest of freighting vessels under
neutral flags to raise such a report as this, it
may possibly owe its origin to such a source.
j [ From the New York Courier Enquirer.']
THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE,
j This document reached us by Government
; Express at half-past nine o’clock last eve
ning, and will be found in our columns ibis
| morning. It is a document of jjreat length:
i but it will be read with absorbing interest by
all classes of our fellow-citizens; and we are
happy to add, that ail which refers to our re
relations with Mexico—embracing three
fourths of the whole—will give very general
satisfaction. For ourselves, we say unhesi
tatingly, that this portion of the Message,
does great credit to the Executive and will
be a noble vindication of our Government in
the estimation of the civilized wortcl. It ad
dresses itseil to tile justice as well as the pa
triotism ot our people; and we indulge the
: hope, that no American citizen will permit
| mere poli ical hostility lo the Administration,
I so to warp his judgment as to induce cavil
i ling at what is so forcibly and so truthfully
j pot forth on this subject,
j The review of the conduct of Mexico to
; wards tnis goverment, anterior to her inva-
I sion ot i exas and her attack upon our army,
| is admirably well put, and cannot far! to re
j move from every candid mind, all question as
to the forbearance of our government towards
our sister republic. On this subject the posi
tion assumed by Mr. Webster is more than
proved. We would particularly invite the
i attention of our readers to that portion of the
j Message, intended lo prove that Mexico, and
; not the United Slates, was the aggressor in
this war. To do this, the Executive demon
strates beyond question that the legitimate
western boundary of Texas was the east
; bank of the Kio Grande, lie shows:
First. That the United States always, and
under every administration, claimed the Rio
Grande as our western boundary up to the
! period of ceding to Spain all west of the Sa
i hi/ie in 181 b; and that in (he mouth of June,
1818, President Monroe sent a special mes
senger to Galveston to warn off certain for
eign adventurers about to settle in that vi
cinity “or at any other place north of the
Rio Grande.”
Second , That, in the Treaty made between
Texas and Santa Anna in 1888, Texas ex
pressly claimed the Rio Grande for iier west
ern boundary, and he ( Santa Anna) recog
nised it as such.
Third, That by an act of the Congress of
Texas passed on the 19th of December 1846.
after the recognition of her independence
by Santa Anna, and which was entitled “an
i act to define the boundaries ot the Republic
| of 'l’exas,” she expressly declared that the
i Rio Grande from its mouth lo its source,
I was its western boundary; and by the same
act extended “her civil and political jurisdic
i tion” over the country up lo that bound
; aiy.
Fourth, That during the period of more
I than nine years which elapsed between the
establishment of her independence and her
| annexation to our Union, Texas exercised
1 acts of sovereignty and jurisdiction over the
I territory lying between the Nueces and ihe
| Rio Grande.
IShe organized and defined the limits of
counties extending to the Rio Grande.
►She established Courts of jus ice and ex
tended her judicial system over the territo
ry.
She established a custom-house, and col
| lected duties, and also post oifices and post
roads, in it.
A Senator and a Representative residing
{ in it were both elected to the Congress of the
* Republic, and served as such before the act
1 of annexation look place.
■ In both the Congress and Convention of
i Texas, which gave their assent to the terms
of annexation to the Coifed States , proposed
! by our Congress were representatives residing
i west of the A wees, who part in the act of
annexation itself !
Fifth, That ihe Congress of the United
States formally accep'ed and recognlz d the
Rio Grande, and not the Nueces, as the west
ern boundary of Texas, by passing a law
immediately after the admission of Texas
into the Union, establishing a Custom House
at Corpus Chrisli, west of the Nueces,
where l’exas herself had maintained one
Under this act, the President appointed, and
j the Senate formally confirmed, a Surveyor
I for that Collection District. Congress also
passed an act establishing post routes and
post offices west of the Nueces.
I Sixth , That the country west of the Nue
: ces, and between that river and the Rio
; Grande, now constitutes part of a Congres
j sional District, and is at this time represent
ed in the Congress of the United Slates.
These facts, and what is more, these acts
i of the Congress of the United Slates, fiie
President very justly argues, left him no op
| tion but to consider the country between the
I Nueces and the Kio Grande, as much a part
| of the State of Texas, and as much entitled
to defence from foreign aggression, as any
other part of that State.
The idea that the United States invited
j or provoked a war with Mexico by occupy
i ing the country west of the Nueces, is there
; fore repudiated hv the Executive; and he
proceeds tr show by tfie orders of Paredes,
that it was the intention Jof Mexico to make
war upon the United States, if her troops
were found any where South of the Sabine.
All this is admirably put forth in the Mes
sage and very ably reviewed; and it cannot
fail lo produce a salutary effect upon the pub
lic mind, both at home and abroad.
The reasons for permitting Santa Anna to
return to Mexico, are also satisfactorily ex
plained; and it is admitted moreover, that if
it had been desirable to prevent his return, it
was not possible I o do so.
The Army, the Navy, and the Volunteers,
are all commended, as they so richly merit
for their gallantry in covering as they have,
our arms with glory.
Money Matters. —The New York Tribune
of the 15th inst. says;—
In the street the Money Market is getting
tighter, and first class paper has been passed
at 8 per cent. The Banks are restricting
their discounts, and taking of the late Gov
ernment loan has much reducedthe facilities
of the street, capitalists who had their money
there for employment having withdrawn it
lo pay up on Ihe loan. Much of this money
| has not made its way into the street again.
Flour Trade. —The New York Express of
] the 15th inst. says:—
The closing of the River has induced the
j holders of Flour Lo put up the prices, and
| they ask $5,50, although the sales; except in
a lew instances, have not exceeded $5,37^.
I There continues lo be a very active demand
for Flour, Wheat, Corn and Rye, aud very
large parcels, purchased some lime since,
are in store waiting for vessels to be shipped.
The quantify of Flour in store, purchased for
shipment, is from 100,000 to 150,000 bbls.,
and the stock on hand unsold from 300,000
to 350,000 bbls. The consumption of tins
city and neighborhood i» supposed to be from
f one thousand to fifteen hundred bb!s. daily.
If this estimate is anywhere near correct, the
stock on hand, for a winter supply, to last
four months, until the canal opens again, is
very moderate.
AI'GUSTA. (iKO.. ' !
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. 23, 1846.
_ _ _
O VV e are requested to state that the doors
of the Masonic Hall, in which the Fair is to
be held by the Ladies of the Baptist Church,
1 will be opened at half past three o’clock this
afternoon.
ICTTheCharleston Courier «i the 22! inst.
says: Circumstances will prevent the leaving
of the troops for Hamburg as early as we
mentioned yesterday. It will probably be
several days before they will be enaoled to
' move.
fire'
Yesterday morning, about one o’clock, the
House of Worship, used by a portion ol our
colored population, of the Methodist denomi
nation, was discovered to he on tire. fSoon
alter the alarm was given, our Engine Com- !
patties, with their usual pmmpitude, repair- ;
ed to Lite scene. On their arrival there, the
whole structure was in flames; consequent- j
iy, no effort of theirs could be of any avail.
The building was situated nearly a quarter
of a mile Soutu of the Riil Road Depot, and
was erected about three years ago, at an ex- ■
!
pense ol twelve or thirteen hundred dollars, j
The fire was undoubtedly, the work of an
ircendiary, or of incendiaries. We regret !
to state, that there was no insurance on the
*
building.
ICTWe learn from the Washington Union
of Saturday last, that, the Senate was not
in session, and that the Hou?e was occupied
with private bills.
A correspondent of the Courier, at Wash
ington, furnishes a statement of the value of
exports of the growth, produce, and maim- |
fact tire ol the United States for the year end- I
ing June 30th, 1840. The statement is made ,
up from the tables accompanying the report
of the Secretary of the Treasury : We have
! extracted the most important particulars.—
! N. Y. E ceiling Post.
1845. J 846. i
Total.
I The Sea—Fisheries $4,507,124 $ 453 398 j
1 The Forest-—iSitui*, fur*,ginseng, i,4,.5,.«Ji 1,- 00,5)2 i
Product of wood* 5,1*24,920 5 5(16,677 I
f Product of animal* 6,206,394 7,0 3,654 I
| Vegetable food 9,810,508 19,329,585 t
i iottlcuLTUßE ' Tubacc ° 7.409,819 8,487,270 j
AGRitiLTiRE ■> Cotton 51,739,043 42 ; 7u7,34l
J A II ottieragricultu
[ ral products 183,495 214,455
j Manufactures 4,U99.r36 4,92 i 953
Ofcottou 4,327,928 3 34j,4 ft l j
I.ead 1,477,049 6 4 518 ;
| Wool 342,046 203,; 96
Articles not Enumerated—Man
i utaemred 1,2 9 338 1,379,566 ;
| Other 1,3 5 578 1.490.303 |
; :
Tota I $99,299 776 $ 02,14 J .893 !
Os the total amount S7B, n 34.416 was exported iu Auie
| rican vessels, $2:1,507,463 in foreign vessels.
Os ihe products of the sea, tire forest and agriculture,
the following is the details:
THE SEA. 1845. 1546.
. Fisheries —
1 Dried fish or codfishnries 803,353 699,559
P’.d stih or river Usheries (herring.
shad, salmon, mackerel.) 208 654 250,595
j Whale and other tish oil 1,520,313 946.293
i Spermaceti! oil 975 195 697,570 1
Whalebone 762,642 563,870
' Spermacetti candlea 236.9 7 295,6(6
Total $4,507,124 $3,453,398
i HE FOREST;
* kins and furs 1,248,355 1,063,009 !
Ginseng 17 ,146 237 5*2 1
Total. $ 1,425,501 51 ; 30U,57l
Product of Wood;
Staves, shingles, hoards, hewn
timber 1,953 222 2 319 143 !
Other lumber 369 595 . 321,973 (
Ma.-tsniid spars 2',092 21.582 1
Oak, bark and other dye 70616 61,382
; All manufactures of w ood 677,420 957,790 j
NaVal fitores—tar, pitch, rosin, tur
pentine 814,969 1.085,712
Ashes, pot and pearl 1.210,4.'6 735.689
, ,
Total. 85,124,920 $5,503,677
AGRICULTURE.
Product of Animals,
Beef, t Alow, hides, horned cattle. 1,926,800 2,474.208
Rutter and cheese 878 865 1.063 037 '
Poik (pld.)baeon lard, live hogs, 2,991,284 3.88 ,8 4
i Horses and mules 385 488 382.382
| Sheep 23,948 30,303
Total. $6.206,393 $7,883,864
Vegetable food.
Wheal 3.36,779 1,681,975 i
Flour 5. .98,593 11.668 GOD
Indian corn 411.741 1,'86,'63
Indian meal 64 ,552 915.031 !
Rye meal 112,968 138 110 i
R> e, outs and other small grain 177,953 638,221
Riscuitor ship bread 366 294 3663 88
Potatoes 122,926 62 934
Apples 81.366 69,253
Rico 2,160,456 2,564 991
Total. $9,8 0 508 sl9 929.585
Tobacco 7,469,819 8,408.2~0
„.. ( 1845, lbs. 872,905.996 ? «u4i
Colton ]g46t Ibg 547.557,055 > 51,<69,(43 4-,<6; 341
All other agricultural products
Flax seed 81.978 165,438
H<>ps 90.341 41,693 j
Brown sugar 11.107 7,235
1 Indigo 70 60 j
Total. $183,493 $214,455
Important to Shippers of Cotton. —By the steam
er Cambria we received from the Secretary of the
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, the following ]
notice, with a request that it may be copied into ;
oilier commercial papers throughout the Union;
American Chamber of Comvierce, £
Liverpool,3d December, 184 G. J |
Gentlemen — l beg to acquaint you, for the infor- j
j maiion of the mercantile community of New York ;
; that, in pursuance of a recent order of the Lords of
the Treasury, from and after the 12th December j
inst., the landing waiters will not weigh cotton or
other free goods imported into this port, except a
frw packages to ascertain the average weights.
Shippers of cotton will observe that, in conse
quence of this change, it will be necessary that
the weights should be accurately taken at the port ,
of shipment, so as to avoid delays and differences i
in the adjustment of freight on landing.
I am your very ob’t serv’t,
G. J. DUNCAN.
Secretary'of the American Chamber of Com
merce, Liverpool.— Juur. of Commerce.
The Cholera in the East. — The Journal
des Debate quotes a letter from -Constant ino-
I pie, from which it appears that the cholera
1 had subsided in the pachalik of Bagdad, not,
i however, without making numerous victims.
According to letters ot the 15th of October
no fewer loan 4,000 persons had died of in
the city, out of a population reduced to 35,-
000 inhabitants by the emigration of most
of the Europeans and great numbers of na
tives.
Six princes and serveral princesses of the
court of Persia have been cut off by the Asia
tic cholora. The disease appears to have
been particularly fatal among the upper
classes. It was spreading in all directions,
and had taken the’ course of Astrachan and
Moscow. It was expected, however, that
its progress would be arrested by the cold of
winter. According to the last arrivals from
Bagdad, the cholera was making great ra
vages in the city, 1400 persons having al
ready been killed hy the disease.
I m,
[ From the A. V. Journal of Commerce ]
j Arrival of the Steamer Cambria.
15 DAYS L ATER FROM EUROPE.
Tne steamer Cumbria, Judkins, arrived at
Boston on Wednesday night. Her news
was first brought to this city by the steamer
New Voik, Capt. Peck, (due on 1 htirsday
! evening,) which arrived between 12 and I
! o’clock yesterday.
The most prominent political news ia that
j of the obliteration by Russia, Austria and
Prussia of the republic of Cracow, the last
remnant of Poland.
The cotton market was in an excited state,
large quantities having been taken by specu
lators at advanced prices.
The English g r ain markets were firm.—
The news by the Britannia which arrived
Dec. Ist, produced no effect upon litem.
The state of trade in the manufacturing
| districts was generally dull.
Money was plenty m London, at 2 to 3 per
j cent, per annum.
The Cambria spoke the steamer GreaC
Western, Capt. Matthews, from New' York,
j for Liverpool on the 6th inst. in lat. 60 l-2 r
all wdl. She brought 78 passengers to Bos
ton—7s from Liverpool ami 2 from Halftax.
There have been further riots in Canton,.
China.
'Flip .Spanish papers call on France and.
I England to e>tablish a monarchy in Mexico,
to save the country from falling into the
American Union.
The Ureal Britain is still on the rocks.
Belgium has opened her ports until Oct. 1,
1847, and the export ot food is prohibited.
I Forty houses at Grave-end, chiefly on.
West street, were destroyed by fire on too
I night ol the 19ih ult.
Twenty lives were lost hy an explosion of
fire-damp in a coal mine near Birmingham.
The revenue authorities have permitted
iron-wood, a species of cedar or mahogany,
the produce of America, to be admitted duly
free.
M. Levorrier, the discoverer of the new
planet,is appointed to the new chair ot tnallic-'
matics applied to astronomy in France,
At the election ot the mayor ot NoMing—
i ham, Mr. Crips, formerly a ciliz-'ii ot the
United States, was unanimously elected,
j An American trigate, from Rio Jam iro for
: Valparaiso, was passed oil’Cape Horn, fSep
i leather 23d.
Air. Rowland Hill, to whom the adoption,
if nut the invention ot the system ot cneip.
postage is to be ascribed, has been appointed
j “(Secretary to the Post master General”—the
' office having been made lor him—with a sal -
j ry of SI2OO.
A letter from Berlin announces the de
parture of M, de Gerolt lor America, to re
sume the negotiations for a commercial trea
j ty between the United Stales and ti e Zo.i
--! verein
The Duke of Bordeaux was married to the
Princess There.-a of Mode, a, al Breck ia
i Syria, on the 19th nit.
We believe that I tie meeting of Pa Foment
for the dispatch of business, will not be de-.
laved more than a week beyond the lime to
which it is prorogued. The 19 not Jauua.y
; is said to be the day fixed tor the open ng of
Parliament.—.'/ \mes.
The EmtdoJi Tunes. —-ays that the British
I government has united with the French cab
inet in approval ot AI r. Hood’s proposition to
1 terminate the difficulties of the River Plate..
We may consequently anticipate a speedv
; pacification of ihe affairs of Hie Argentine
i and Oriental republics.
Tbe King ot Denmark has published nil
edict, declaring the trade-between his douun-»
ions and China to he free. Tins aboii>h«*s
the monopoly of the Danish Asiatic Company
which hitherto paid large sums to li*e King
for the privilege.
Cobden National Tribute Fund. —At the
I weekly meeting of the Commote on Tues
day evening the total amount ot the fund was
! stated to be j£77,j45 Jbs. U)d. Local subs
criptions are proceeding in Asnion, O.dnaut,
Preston, Stalv bridge, Denton, Hyde, &c.
Protest of England against the Occupation
of Cracow —Loid Palmerston lias dispatch
ed the protest of the British Government,
against the occupation of Cracow, to L<*rd
Ponsonby, at Vienna. In this document
; Lord Palmerston argues on the assumption
1 that usurpation of Cracow is as vet but
a project, and ho exerts himself u> demon
strate the mischief (inconvenience) of such a
measure. He subsequent iy discusses the
; two questions of‘Tight” and ot “necessity.”
On tne question of right he establishes, by
reference of treaties, lhat the article* agre. d
i to solemnly by eight powers could not be
: modified or annulled by three of them. Ujmmi
tbe question of necessity. Lord Palmerston
does not admi’ the so!ution wiiic.ii the northern
courts wished should he adopt* d.
Severe Gales. —On the lliih ult. and two
following days, the English, Irish’and French
coasts were swept by severe gales, which
did much damage to the shipping. The
storms are described as the most destructive
j to life and property that have been expeneac
i ed lor'a considerable period. Many of the
casualties were of the must appalling charac-
I ItT. The American ship Aden, Capt, Heigb
ton, Jaden with cotton and other goods from
; New York, in beating up channel, encount
ered the gale of the 20tii, and was driven
on the French coast between Etaples and
I Boulogne. If was four o’clock in the after
i noon when she struck. The men look tna
rigging, in the hope of obtaining assistance
from the shore. Ere, however, many hours
had elapsed, the heafc'y sea beat her »o violenU
ly on the sands lhat she became a total wreck.
Unfortunately, the captain and ten of his
crew were washed overboard and drowned;
; the remainder, consisting of the mate and
, five seamen, preserved themselves by switn
-1 ming ashore, and were necessarily in a very
exhausted condition. Several colliers in the
north channel are reported lost. On the
Welsh coast great destruction of shipping
look place. The looses off and on the Irish
coast have been very serious. Several of the
Irish steamers had narrow escapes. They
had, in some instances, to throw all the cattle
and pigs overboard, and the lives of the pas
sengers were with difficulty saved, A large,
bark from Quebec was wrecked off the Irish
j coast, and about ten of the crew perished,
i Ireland. —The regular empiyment now sq
| generally given -to the peasantry, together
j with the reduction in the prices of provisions,
has already produced a sensible improvement
in the condition ol the people. Still there
remains much distress to be relieved. There
are great complaints of the backwardnes pf
the ordinary agricultural operations, in con
sequence of the preference which the laborers
| give to the public works.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 30.— Cotton. —In tfie early
pan of the week there was a good demand, hut
during the last few' days the inquiry has been lim
ited, and prires of most descriptions are Id, lowe?
I during the fortnight. 1043 bales Sea Lund ami