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[From the Philadelphia U. S. OazUU. j
TWILIGHT HOUR.
This is the hour that I love beet
Ol all the hours of day.
When sinking slowly to lira rest,
The day-gixi fades away;
When all so tranquil and serene,
The wind scarce breathes a sigh,
And here and there a star is seen
To twinkle in the sky.
Oh ! this sweet hour doth seem to ins
Almost as if’t were given,
When from the cares of day set free,
To raise the thoughts to heaven;
Tor as I watch the distant sky
- Tha? glows with many a star,
I think of that dear friend on high,
And that bright world afar:
I think of all the loved, the lost.
Who from this woild have flown,
And with the ransomed heavenly bust,
Surround the Father’s throne.
Oft fancy waves her magic wand.
And mid the shade of night.
Those dear ones from the spirit land
Will greet my ravished sight,-
Or as the zephyr’s voic-s 1 hear.
Sigh with a plaintive moan-,
I often list with anxious ear
For some remembered tone,
Home voice that here forever still.
In rapturous strains of love.
Joins in the joyous songs that «Wel!
The harmony '-oVe.
[These very pretty verses were written by Miss
W., a young lady of Baltimore, who has, all will
agree upon reading her lines, remarkable talent
for poetical composition in one so young.]
I From the Volunteer.]
TO THE LADY WHO LEFT THE ROSE.
Thy gift, in morning freshness, lay
VV here thy fair hand had placed it,
And dew-drops of the purest ray
sparkled upon and graced it.
I caught it up w ith eager grasp—
Not Love’s, but Friendship’s token—
An index, pointing to the past—
A pure wish,mutely spoken.
• * ♦ ♦ ♦ *
Oh ? could the world but know the joy.
The charm, such simple giftsimpart,
What soothing balm, without alloy.
Alight Friendship’s hand pour on the heart.
[From the N. O. Dtlta, Dec. 18.]
LATE INTELLIGENCE FROM MEXICO.
Wc received, through the Havana papers
brought by the barque Catharine, several in
teresting items of Mexican news, of which
we give lull details below. The most im
portant part of the news is the accounts given
of the active preparations by the Mexicans
iti San Luis—the amount and character of
their force—and their news of the condition
and intentions of our anny. Os course,
many of the statements published in the
Mexican journals are ridiculously false and
absurd—such as the desertion of a whole bri
• gade of our army, the destruction in our
ranks by the typhus fever, &,c. But as we
have no time to winnow the probable and
credible from the absurd and improbable, we
give their stories just as they appear in their
prints; and if they do not interest, they cer
tainly will amuse our readers.
By the packet barque Catharine, Captain
Swift, we received papers containing the
Mexican news, brought over by -the British
mail steamer Clyde, which left Vera Cruz on
the Ist lost. The particulars we find in the
Havana journals are of some interest.
EP Locomotor of the 271 h ult., slates that
on the night of the 25th, a boat from the
aqadron entered the port and set the national
Hchooner Creolla on fire. She was at anchor
nnder the moorings of San Juan de Ulna.—
El Locomotor complains of the want of vigi
lance on tha part of the commander of San
Juan de Ulua on this occasion.
According to the same paper, aschooner and
a brig anchored off Anton Lizardo, were
wrecked on the 24th ult. Said vessels were
two of those captured at Tabassco, and they
were named by nine American sailors, of
whom five were drowned, and the other four
were picked up on the coast and taken to
Vera Cruz on the 26th. The commander of
the detachment at Anton Lizardo was on the
beach after the gale commenced, in order to
afford assistance to the men on board the
vessels. The brig was totally lost and the
achooner is ashore, but in good order.
El Indicator of the 29th November states,
lhalon the evening of 28th four large boats,
belonging to the U. S. rnan-of-war stationed
at IJa Verde, came near the fort, on I lie side
•*f San Miguel’s battery. Their object seem
ed to be to take three or four large Mexican
boat* which were fastened near the aforesaid
battery. As soon as the sentinel on the bat
tery saw the boats be informed bis comrades,
and a boat was dispatched from the lort, fill
ed with armed men, to watch the approach
ing lighters. When the Mexican boat came
near those of the enemy the latter drew off
aed fired two musket shols; on hearing the
report two guns with shells were fired
from the fort at the American boats, which
retired immediately. Whether they sustain
ed any damage or not is not known. The
Mexican boat returned to the fort uninjured.
From the dy two guns were likewise fired,
a«a sign of alarm, the citizens believing that
*n engagement hud taken place between the
tort and the fleet.
The Municipal Assembly of Vera Cruz
bad made a petition to the Stale Legislature,
that it should appoint Gen. Soto as Governor
of that Department.
Eenor Haro y Tamariz, the Minister of
Finance* had resigned, on account of some
misunderstanding with the other ministers,
and Gen. Almonte had taken charge of his
niace. On taking his station as Minister of
Finance, Gen. Almonte gave orders that all
payments should be suspended; but finding
auch regulation unsuitable to the existing
eircmnsUmces, be immediately countermand*
<*d the order.
Gen. Salas published a decree? on the 21st,
prohibiting the introduction of such goods as
t-houid be imported through the ports in pos
session of llm North Americans.
According to correspondents, writing from
3a n Luisde Pot os i to several of the Mexican
journals, it appears that Santa Anna bad
38,000 men at that place, viz: 12,000 infan
try, of regulars; 6000 cavalry, well armed
and mounted; and 10,000 Cossacks, armed
with swords and lances. Besides, there were
52 pieces of artillery, none smaller than 24-
jiounders. Some 500 men and about 1000
women were constantly employed in fortify
tag the place, and from 200 to 300 men in
lilting out arms, &c. ’
Jksitks the 28,000 men at San Lwi« de J
Potosi, it ia said that Generals Valencia,
Corieiar, and Pacheco, were at the Vale of
San Francisco with 8000 men, who could
Dot findjilaces to be lodged in at San Lnis.—
Also another division, which will number
nearly 8000 men, was organizing at Tula.—
These*troops, they say, are destined to attack
the Americans at Tampico.
The aforesaid correspondence also states
that Gen. 'Taylor’s total forces are from 6000
to 6000 regulars, and aboni 15,000 volunteers
with 1000 wagons, each of which is drawn
by five mules or horses. That, according to
reports, Gen. Taylor was preparing to leave
Monterey lor San Luis about the 21st, and
it would lake him one fall month to reach
there.
An officer, writing from San Luis Potosi
on the 14tb November, says that every tiling
is in good order there, and on all sides may
be beard the sound of the war-manufacture
of arms, and other warlike preparations on
the pan ofevery citizen. He represents public
enthusiasm and determination to fight the
Americans, as at the highest pilch.
El Diario de la Marina , of the 7th inst.,
publishes an extract of a letter dated Vera
Cruz, Ist December, in which it said that
the mail sent by ibe British Minister for the
Clyde, brought the news that an extraordina
ry eXpreks had arrived at Mexico on the
morning of the 29ih, from San Luis de Po
losi, staling that a brigade of nearly 1000
American 'soldiers had arrived there, with
their arms and munitions, having deserted
from the American army at Saltillo to join
Santa Anna. By the aforesaid express the
rumor of the typhus ftier having attacked
tlio American army was confirmed. On this
account; it is said, Gen, Taylor hud retired
from Saltillo to Monterey.
The official despatches froth the authori
ties at Saiullo hud been received, giving full
particulars of the inking possession ot that
place by Gen. 'Taylor’s army.
At a store in ban Luis, supplied from
Matamoras, six thousand Bowie knives had
been purchased lor the cozens of San Luis.
it is slated by the Mexican papers, that
General Taylor had retired from Saltillo lo
Monterey, leaving at the former place, a
Colonel, authorized lo enter into arrange
ments with Santa Anna, and that the latter
had agreed to meet the said Colonel, to, hear
his proposals. That Gen. Taylor, before re
tiring, had proposed lo Santa, Anna, a sus
pension of hoslililes, but that the answer of
the latter General was, that he could not
enter into any such arrangements whilst the
American troops were so near to his station.
A letter from Mazallan of the 11th Novem
ber, says that the blockading of that port is
nothing but ‘"child’s play”—that the sloop-of
war charged with the blockade, could not
prevent a Mexican schooner from entering
there on the 2d ult., and since that, she bus
not been seen—consequently, a foreign ves
sel entered on the9th, loaded with provlsons,
and hud discharged her cargo, unmolested.
, FROM YUCATAN.
The latest dates received at Vera Cruz
from Y’ucalun, were of the 12th November,
No positive information bud been received
from Merida, but it was expected that the late
pronunciamento of that city caused some
j disturbances, and that among those killed in
j these difficulties, were Senoies Barbacbano
j (the Montero. We cannot find any partic
ulars about this pronunciamento in the papers
now before us. We may hear further ac
counts of U in a day or two.
The Fire of 1843.—Since explosive cot
ton has occupied public attention, a question
has arisen, might not the explosion in War
ren &. Crocker’s more, in Broad-si reel, in
1845, have been produced by cotton? This
would seem to have been the case, from the
fact that there were 1800 hags of saltpetre in
the store, and the nitre mixing with the cot
ton would have produced the explosion,—
But there was no cotton in the store, and
that point fails. Yet recent experiments in
Europe conclusively show that the nitric
acid produces the explosion in tow and hemp,
and even saw dust, with the same, if not
greater force than in cotton. In Warren &.
Crocker’e store there were 478 bales and
bags of gunny bags.” These grass and
hempen bags, or even the bags containing
the saltpetre, acted upon by fire, may have
produced the explosion in the same manner
it would have done in cotton. The combi
nation would have been the same, acting upon
the mass of tow and hempen cloth spread
over the store. If this be so, saltpetre -will
explode,if contained in linen, cotton or hemp- J
en bags. But any vegetable matter which if \
burnt produces carbon in combination with j
nitre (saltpetre), produces explosion. With j
the severest scrutiny it was ascertained that
no gunpowder was carted to that store.
The testimony proved that an explosion
took place in the store, like, a heavy pis
tol, followed by several smaller ones, and
after the alarm bad been spread that gun
powder was in the store, and the firemen had
retreated from the danger, the great explo
sion loouk place, heavier than a clap of thun
der. Balls of fire were thrown up in the air,
which burned with an intense while light
similar to that of Roman candies. The walls
of that store all fell in with the shock, and
the fire spread until 230 buildings were des
troyed. Now take the contents of \V r arren &
Crocker’s store: Nearly 1800 bags of saltpe
tre, 299 bags of sumac, nearly 3000 bags of
coffee, 487 bales and bags of gunny bags
Here we have nearly 6000 grass, flax or
hempen bags, which when burnt formed the
carbon, which mixed with the heated saltpe
tre and produced the explosion. Saltpetre
alone, it is admitted, will not explode. It
will fuse. The discovery that cotton becomes
explosive when washed in nitric acid, lias led
lo the conviction that the nitre mixed with
substances similar to cotton, produced the
calamity ot 1845.
[ From ike Albany Patriot ]
Petrified Human Body Found.— VV e gathered
the following facts from a gentleman of intelli
gence and undoubted veracity who was an eye
witness, they may therelorc be relied upon as
substantially correct.
A few weeks since, whilst engaged in digging
a well in the lower pari of Lownds county, Ga.,
within at>out a mile of the Florida line, the work
men found a human body completely turned to
chalk. 'They had mutilated the body considera
bly before they were aware what it was. Alter
they discovered it was a human body, they sue
cceded in getting nearly or quite all the parts.—
Our informant, with several other gentlemen of
the vicinity, visited the spot and examined it
carefully. They say there is not the least doubt
of its being a human body 'There were several
teeth still remaining in the jaw, and the appear
ance of three having been extracted whilst the
subject was living. The body when found was
imbedded in a stiff'clay about thirty feet from the
surface. The surrounding country is a flat pine
forest, heavily timbered, no stream of water of
any magnitude within ten miles. Our informant
was strongly of the opinion that tnis body had
helonwrj to one ot the antiddu dm me.
V
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
[Correspondence of the Charleston. Courier.]
Washington, Dec. 19.
The Senate was not in session to-day. The
House was engaged in the consideration of
; private bills. There is little disposition on
Lite part of Congress to urge business, and,as
yet, very little has been done in either House.
Alter the second day of January Congress
will begin to propose and despatch public
measures. By that lime perhaps, we shall
have something more definite as to the policy
and disposition of the Mexican Congress to
which we Are again referred by General Santa
Anna,as the only Mexican authority which
can accept or guarranly a peace.
General Santa Anna alludes, in his letter
to our Commander, to “interests.” He says
that the Constituent Congress will “determine
what is most suitab.e tor the honor and
interests of Mexico.” When .Mexican inter
ests shall be taken into consideration by the
Mexican government, peace will follow, as
j a matter of course.
i Ire Union of this day holds out only the
! prospect of continued war. The general
' opinion is here, in and around the adminis
| iration, that there will he no peace. The
; rumor that Col. Button wiil he appointed
' Lieut. General with full power, is doubted
1 by some; but others give n credence. The
first week m January will give us fuller
knowledge as to the disposition of Mexico,
and the purposes of our own government.
1 his City is not so tuii as usual, of visi
tors, and it will be less gay Ilian usual this
season.
It appears, that notwithstanding the new
tariff, the chief products of home industry,
heretofore protected by large duties, are very
high in tins market. &ugar has risen ten
per ct. upon the prices of July last, although
the duly has been reduced one half. Iron is
| very high both in England and this country.
I Coal was never higher than it is this winter.
1 he cotton lords, as some call them, are fill
ing their pockets, while they cry “ruin,” to
prevent competition. The interests of navi
gation are remarkably prosperous. The
whole present means of inland and foreign
transportation, much increased as they have
of late been, do not equal the demands of our
inland and foreign commerce.
[Corresoondence of the Baltimore Sun.]
Washington, Dec. 19, 1846.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The business of the House was unimpor
tant and uninteresting. Leave Was asked by
j Mr. King, of Georgia, to present a memorial
j from the Ch unber ofCommerce of Savannah,
; praying the aid of Congress to remove oh*
j strnctions in the Savannah river, but objec
| lions being made by Mr. Payne, of Alabama,
j the House refused to suspend the rules.—
1 The private calendar was then taken up, and
I the bill under consideration, when the House
‘ adjourned yesterday. Tha memorial, in re-
Jason to the Wyandot lands in Ohio, was re
j ferred to the committee.of the whole on the
! State off-he Union.
A proli scled debate ensued on the bill of
the last ession, for I lie relief of Alvin C.
Goell, winch continued until nearly 3 P. AL,
i when the House adjourned, without having
made any progress therein.
Washington, Dec. 20, 1846.
The concluding sentence of Santa Anna’s
! letter (I mean the one that was published) ,
| evidently alludes to the fact that the proposi- j
tion of peace made some lime ago, hy our ‘
Secretary of State, is entertained, and will j
form one, if not the principal typic which will
be discussed by the members of the Cun- j
gress. 1 expect now nothing else than a I
cautiously* worded offer of peace. We, the j
conquering parly, can have no objection to !
sotne'high-Roundmgphrases of the conquered.
We must be charitable with those whom we
have thrashed, and not handy words with
i them after having put them to the sword.
A commissioner, therefore, is most likely
to be sent to Mexico, with full power to treat,
and I should not be astonished at all if Col.
Benton were the man. He has experience
and weight, and would, no doubt, ably man
age the negotiations. Considering his laie !
course on the Oregon and Texas questions, ■
the whips can scarcely oppose his nomina- j
tion; and Col. Benton will, as a ripe states- I
man, prefer the appointment of Commission- !
| er and Minister plenipotentiary to the high j
; sounding title of “Lieutenant General.”— 1
I Col. Benton, for some time past, has earned '
J greater laurels on the field of parliamentary \
j diplomacy, than in battle, and his Mexican
negotiation, wiil no doubt add to his already
great reputation as a skillful manager ol pub
lic affairs.
Both Houses have been.occupied in doing
nothing—that is in attending to private bills.
Meanwhile national law forms the principal
topic of private conversation in all the mess
rooms. “Our army swear terribly in Flan
ders.”
Judge McLean. —We observe every
succeeding day indications of the grow,
ing popularity of Judge McLean as a
candidate for the Presidency. Many of
those who were warm supporters of Mr.
Clay, in 1844, are now decidedly in favor
of the nomination ot McLean aslhe Whig
candidate lor 1848. We could give
names of prominent Whigs in this Slate,
Pennsylvania, dec., which would astonish
those ultra Whigs, friends of Mr. Clay,
par excellence—a sample of whom par
look of a supper on Thursday evening
last, at the North American Hotel, in this
city. We observe that our old Crawford
friend, Matthew L. Davis, Esq., presided
at the supper- His motto is, Clay at all
hazards,” as it was in 1832, when Mr.
Clay divided the opposition vote with Mr.
Wirt and Mr. Floyd—Mr. Clay receiving
46 Electoral votes, and Wirt and Floyd
the voles of Vermont and South Carolina
respectively.
We think Mr. Gregory, member of
Congress elect from New Jersey, who
sent a letter to lho managers of the Clay
supper, will see cause to alter his mind
on the subject of the Whig candidate for
the Presidency, before many days.
Should Judge McLean receive the
Whig nomination,his friends calculate on
the Electoral votes of the six New Eng
land States, 43 sure; also New York;
36; New Jersey; 7; Pennsylvania, 26; j
Delaware, 3; Ohio, 23; Kentucky, 12; I
North Carolina, 1c; and other States “too |
numerous to mention.” —Ncre York Tele - I
graph.
r
THE FOREIGN NEWS.
Effect on the Markets. — By the aid of
the Telegraph, we were enable on Satur.
day to funish our readers with a brief
abstract of the news by the Cambria.—
We give the full details to day, which
will be found of considerable policilical
as well as of commercial importance.—
I he crowded stale of our columns, how.
ever, prevents us from enlarging on its
political character this morning.
1 he effect of the news on the markets
is not yet fully developed, in Baltimore,
on Saturday, our merchants had no in
telligence hy the steamer, except such as
was brought by telegraph, which caused
an entire suspension of business and ren
dered the flour market quite unsettled.
Holders of City Mills were asking $5,
which was also contended for hy holders
of Howard street brands. On Friday
previous to the receipt of the news, sales
of 1,000 bbls. of Oily Mills were made at
$4 BTj, and a small sale of Howard
street at the same (nice.
The New York Express, of Saturday
afternoon, thus sums up the effect of tiie
news on that market..
“ 1 he news is considered highly favor- ;
able at the Exchange. The abundance
of money—the low rate of interest—and
the advance upon cotton and flour in
England—are all matters of great interest
and importance.
“The instant the tidings transpired, the
holders of flour pul up prices to $5 75
although no sales were made beyond $5
50. ihe holders of cotton declined to
name any price—and stock operators
felt in better spirits.
“No letters had reached the city by
the steamer, at the close of the Exchange,
! and the merchants were vv holly dependent
on the news contained in Ihe papers.
“ The steamer’s news came suddenly i
and unexpectedly upon the public, the
ad vance of both flour and cotton in Liv- |
erpool, puls a cheerful lace on the holders
of these articles. The market lias been I
firm and improving for both.—These ac- i
counts will tend not only to support, but
to advance prices.”— Baltimore Sun.
Earthquake in Scotland. —A shock of an
earthquake was felt in Fcolland,on Tuesday j
week, a few minutes before midnight, which J
appears to have been pretty extensive. Along !
tiie line of the Grampians it was particular- !
ly severe. At (Jreiff there was fir?t beard a i
low rumbling noise, resembling distant limn- !
j der. “For five or six seconds,” says one j
| writer, “it approached nearer and nearer, '
j and waxed louder and louder; then came a
| heavy underground knock, or tw'o, then a
: sensible upheaving and downfalling, accom
panied by a violent shaking of every thing on
the surface, and the ihunderlike noise con- j
tinuing for six or eight seconds, and died !
away in the distance.” At Perth, the earth
seemed to tremble, and in high tenements
heavy articles cf furniture were violently
shaken, bells were rung, and crockery ware
overturned. Every family was alarmed,
many rushed out into the streets under the
impression that their houses were falling.—
Such as were walking at the lime describe
the ground as shaking under their feet,much
; like the tremulous motion in steamboats.— [
j The duration of (he shock, by ail accounts, J
must have been from fifteen to twenty se j
i condo. The shock was felt at Cuper and j
the neighborhood, and also at the Cafaj of
i Gowrie.
Recipe for Preparing Gun Cotton I
Dip raw cotton into a mixture of equal
parts (each by measure) of nitric and sul
phuric acid. Common sulphuric and ni
trie acid, of the specific‘gravity of 1,45.
It will lake about 30 seconds to become
well saturated; then press it to remove
the acid; wash it until no acid taste is
perceptible; dry in a warm room, and
use the same as powder, with a pcrcus
| sion can.
Mr. T. W. Starr, of Philadelphia, the
gentleman to whom the public is indebt
ed for tha above, lias made the following
experiments with cotton, prepared accord
ing to these directions, viz.
5 grains cotton sent a ball inches
into a hemlock joist,, at eight paces.
10 grains good i ifie powder sent the hall
1 £ inches into the same joist at the same
distance. Consequently making the cot
ton more than double the power of the
powder, and sending the ball one inch fur
ther into the wood.
N. li. The same quantity of powder
was tried as of cotton, and did not send
the ball out of the rifle barrel.
'Pile balls used weighed 45 to the pound.
1 grain of cotton was tried in a pistol,
3 inch barrel, and it threw the ball
through a 1| inch hoard, and sunk it into
another one behind it Lite diameter of the
ball.
P. S. The pistol balls weighed 112 to
the pound.
Prediction of Humbolt. —ln“Folsom’s Mexi
co,” New York, 1842, is the following quo
tation from Humbolt; “The distance from
New Orleans to the city of Mexico, is about
640 leagues, or 1620 miles. It presents very
few obstacles till it reaches the Rio Grande
and the ascent from the table lands begin
only from Saltillo, where the declivity is by
no means rapid: and we can have no doubt,
considering the progress of civilization on
the new continent, that land communication
will gradually become very frequent between
the United JStales and New Spain. Public
Coaches will one day roll on from Wash ng
lon to Mexico , and Acapulco on the Pacific."
This prediction is about to be fulfil led. 'The
late campaign has given Lite Mexicans more
knowledge of steamboats and wagons than
they probably ever bad before; and enough
Americans will remain among them to show
them how to use them, in preference to the
backs of mules.— Jour, of Commerce.
Crops. —Up to the sth inst., the cotton
shipped from Natchez during the present
season, amounts to 9,566 bales. Last
year, during same period, 16,475 were
shipped. Sales in Natches last year, 9,-
566. This year, 4,163. . This indicates
a great falling ofT. There is a corres
ponding diiminilion in every quarter of
Mississippi and Louisiana, and indeed, to
a great extent in some pari of this State, i
The corn crop, we believe, is abundant, 1
except in Aitakapas, where a failure has I
been reported. Great complaints am
being made by sugar planters of the dry
ness of the cane, and the yield will not
be large.— N. O. Jeffersonian .
“ aligusta. geo..
THURSDAY MORNING, DECTL *24, ]Bi6. .
Merry Christinas . — At this period of uni- :
versa! gift making, and good feeling, the at- I
tention of our readers will no doubt be at
tracted, to the advertisement of Mr. Lamback,
in our subsequent columns. We are sure,
they will find every tiling to please the fancy,
and gratify the most fastidious taste, in the
assortment of elegant articles, displayed at
the Lafayette Hall.
UITThe New York Tribune announces the
conversion to Homtcopaliiy and Mesmerism
of Dr. Forbes, Physician in ordinary to her
Majesty’s household, a man ‘ ; placed by com
mon consent at the very head of the medical
profession. Up to the commencement of this
year he has been considered ultra-sceptic«l :
in reference to all new things.” In the :
January number of the British ami Foreign i
Medical Review he renounced Allopathy; j
and in that for October he intimates that the ;
evidences in favor of Mesmerism can no |
longer be “philosophically disregarded.”
Conviction of a Robhsr. —The adjourned
term of Hancock Superior Court was held
last week. E. A, Roberts, one of the individ
uals who robbed Mr. Walts some mouth
ago, and who was arrested not Jong since, ■
near Fort Gaines, w'as put upon his trial. I
i He Was ably defended; but the Jury having 1
; been sent to their room, they returned in 25 j
j or 30 minutes with a verdict of guilty, j
| Roberts was then sentenced to the Peniten- \
; liary for seven years, by Judge Sayre.
j The Richmond Whig reprobates the
| course of whig editors w ho denounce the
I war with Mexico as “unrighteous,” and
! who are making suoh determined efforts
to prevent the enlistment of volunteers.
W e concur fully with the patriotic views j
I expressed by the Whig. It is so rare to
find liberal opinions expressed towards j
| the present administration that we feel
; inclined, when we see it to make a note
j of ad miration.
j
The Boston Courier say’s: — The Cam - \
; hria had a splendid run from Liverpool, !
! and had pleasant weather except during :
a short lime, when off Halifax. Her •
riming time was but little over twelve |
days, being shorter by about two days !
than any oilier December passage since j
the establishment of the line. The near
est approach to it was made by the Aca
dia, in November, 1842, the latter per
forming the voyage then in twelve days
and a half.
Mr. Wesber says the war with Mexi- j
co is a Presidential w’ar, and au “mi ,
peachable offence.” So he considered
the war of 1812, with Great Britain,
w hen he was a member of the Hanford
Convention.
Association of Ideas. —“My dear girl,”said !
that reverend man tome, “I’ll tell you what is
meant by association of ideas. Thus it is as
it happens to your blessed father. When, at
about ten at night, your mother—darning a
slocking or what not—looks full up at me—
I can’t help it—l think of a lemon; then I
think of whiskey—whiskey leads me on to a
glass—a glass goes to nothing but hot water
—hot water cries out sugar—sugar asks for
a spoon; and before you can say ‘Jack Robison,
—the name of your blessed ancestor, who
was a very quick chap, and came over with
the Normans—l say to your mother, and all
beginning with the lemon of her looking at
rm-, Whj dear the toddy!' And this, my dril ling
girl, is the ’sm: ialiou of idea^.”— Adcenlurts
of Miss Robinson Crusoe.
A Sharp Dog. —London dogs are not
destitute of a sort of Cockney ability. We
know one which was accustomed to go
almost every day with a penny in his mouth
to the baker’s, and buy a roll lor his ow n
consumption. One day the baker’s man, in a
joke, gave him a roll, hot as fire, just out of
the oven, which he itistaniry dropped, seized
hts money off the counter, and from that dav
changed his baker. He never would go hack
again to that shop, but spent ins penny like a
good steady customer with a belter behaved
tradesman. —Literary Gazette.
O'We invite the special attention of the
Bulletin of this city to the following para
graph clipped from a whig paper of Boston.
Here is the evidence, undeniable and con
clusive, of the glorious benefits arising from
the free trade policy of the democratic party:
— N. O. Jeffersonian.
‘•On the crop of Indian corn, (estimated at
480.000,000 bushels) the advance —estimat
ed at 25 cents per bushel, is estimated at
$56,000,000; on the crop of »ats,s 16,000,000;
rye, $36,000,000. On the crop of hay the
advance-(in consequence of the increased
use of corn and other grains for breadstuffs
is estimated at $45 000,000. Showing aW
-1 tai rise in value of $273,000,000 ” **
O'lt is now considered vulgar to say
“kicked the bucket,” when speaking ‘of a
man who has been hung. The approved ex
position is—“ The criminal turned pale and
expired."
Acddent from Fire Crackers. —A serious acci
dent occurred on baiunlay evening, from the too
careless Ira bk of set ting oil squibs and fire-crack
ers in the streets, during the Christmas b.dvdavs.
A gentleman was driving leisurely up KinV > and
when in the neighbuihood of Society-si reel, a
pack ol crackers was thrown before the horse.—
Their explosion frightened the animal, which be
came unmanageable and darted oft at full speed,
throwing out the occupant of the buggy and se
verely cutting and bruising him. Unc< of the !
! legs of the horse was broken. We trust that '
buys will be made to br n.a j careful m the in- *
---- -- ■ ■ JiL'-jßgji .■ gsggsaasaig
u ulircnce of their gunpowder propensities during
he remainder of this modern.saturnalia,
t f Charleston Ext. A’eif*.
BOMEROIAL.
LATEST DATES FROM LI VE K.eCO I.ntc. 4
LATEST dates KK.O.U ila vRK,no v. 15
AUGA MARKET.
Wednesday night, Dec. *23, 1846.
COTTON.—There has been a good inquiry for
this article to-day, and the market has become set
tied at a full ic. advance on the rates paid before
the news. We now quote Bifa)lOfc. as extremes.
Principal sales 9rd>9 ir. in round and sqnare bales,
CHARLESTON, Dec’r. 23.— Cofton.—Th*
transactions on Saturday last were confined lo
some 950 hales, ai the quotations given in our re
port of 11ml morning. On Monday we were put
in possession of lire telegraphic advices, per the
si miner Cambria, showing an advance in the arti
cle of three-* ightirs of a penny, but hu\er* seemed
disposer! to await the receipt of their private cor
respondence. and the market was left entirely in
the hands of speculator*, who bought upwards of
1009 bales. Yesterday the letters came to hand,
confirming. >» some extent tins advance, but the
trade k»-pi aloof, and the business of the duy wa*
decidedly speculative in iu character. Tha
transactions in the last two days reach 2230 tales,
at an advance, variously eeiimtleu from f to ic.;
but what will be the ruling rates when the mar
ket shall fairly open, is left for time to determine.
The sales comprise 6 bales at 8; 3 at Bi, 22 at HI,
109 at 9; 16 at 9*; 192 at 9*; II at 9 5 )6;l7nt9|;
803 at 94; 252 at 9i; 870 at M; 373 at 10; 146 at
at 10 i-ifi; JOS at 10 3-111; and 35 tales at lOfc.
NEW-YORK. Dec. 19—24. P. M — I To Day
Colton.3ooo bales at j a «c. advauce;lhe best price*
last. —Journal of Commerce,
MOBILE, Dec. 19.— Colton. — The arrival, this
week sum up 14.H09 bales, the exports reach only
711, and the stork on hand and on shipiamru not
cleared is 48,251 bales against 58,604 same lime
last season.
In our review of the market on the sth instant,
we. slated that the price of cotton had declined du
ring the week ic. and that the market was not ac
tive at the rates then quoted. The succeeding
week opened with a deposition on the part of hold
ers to realize on their slocks at current rates, which
was freely met by pure it alters, and a quiet week*
business was done, being the largest of the season.
Prices hardened up during the latter part of lint
week, and our figures were a little, advanced at u»
dose, with rather an upward tendency iu the mar
ket.
The operations of the present week have been
still more extensive, ami at a further improvement
in rules. The sales amount to J2,3u0 hales, in
daily transactions as follows: Saturday 2,000,
Monday 800, Tuesday 2.5<>0, We new Jay 1,500,
Thursday 3,000, and yes.erday 25. 0 tales. 'I Iw
accounts hy the Caledonia reached lu re on Mon
day, hut they had no apparent effect on the market;
buyers and sellers met each other with freedom
throughout the*week, the advance, claimed being
readily conceded. The principal sates have been
made for the t rench s»nd other coniineiitaijiiarkets
though no inconsiderable share of the week’s trans
actions was on eastern account. Holders are ex
tremely firm and the market closes f-tiUTat our quo
tations. A considerable portion wi the late receipts
are under limits beyond our figures, ami the stock
now actually on sale is probably not over IU, >OO
ba.es.
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Dec. 18, 1816. Dec. 19. 1815.
Good- Fair— a —-mun’l.... .84 a 8l eta.
Fair IU a— 7i a 8 “
Mid. Fair 9i a— 74 a 7* “
Middling 94 a9i 61 a 7 **-
Ordinary ...8i a 9 —a 6f “
In (elation to the crop of the country it seems to
be pretty generally conceded that iheestimates for
the Gulf ports will be scarcely realized. .Mirny
cart fill observers set down tho receipts at N. Ur
leans at 700,000 bales, and the opinion isgaining
ground that 3*5,000 bales at this port is a large es
timate. {Should these views be established the
crop of flie country cannot exceed Efeso,oi 0 hales
unless the receipts at the Atlantic p*,rts -shall ex
ceed the estimates that have heretofore been made
and which is thought to be improbable. It is im
portant to observe that the falling offin the receipts
is in the Gulf ports, v\ here the average weight -of
bales is largely more, probably 100 lbs. than-the
average in the Atlantic -Mates, where the increase
ia expected.
OJice of 4he M. O. Picayune, f
Wednesday Evening, Dec. 16, 1046 L $
Cation. —Some 25‘H) bales were sold to-day,
principally for Northern account, without any
change in prices.
t Thursday Evening, Dec. 17.
Cotton.*— The demand has been active, and 4t U 0
bales changed hands, to Northern, English and
Spanish account.
COTTON STATEMENT.
clock on hand on the lstSe.pt. 15-16. 8a1e5...6,332
Arrived since to date, *217.352
Arrived Ip da) 1.861
255,516
Exported to date, 104,664
Exported to-day, . 1,27u—105^)34
Stuck on hand and on shipboard not cl’d,.., 149 612
1840. 1815. 18*4. 1813.
Re Vis on Dec. 17. 249,216 54.5,303 330.662 268,695
Freights —There have l»een numero-ns engage
me tils; weh arollhc following: 2 ships for Liv
erpool at Cs. for Flour; 1 f.»r Cotton at I i.,allow
ing 3J days to fund; 1 ship for Havre at $1 3 lor
Eiour; 1 • hip for Cotton at U. ; 1 brig tor Bor
deaux at §f 50 for Flour, and 1 ship for Boston at
Ic. for Colton.
Exchange. —There is no change of moment. —
Sterling, -ii a 54 per cent. prem.
i HAVRE, Km. 23.
Cotton. —Market Oat throughout the week, fur
■ ther increased by accounts per Caledonia; intelli
j genre «l several cargoes coming tt» our purl, ai d
the extremely dull character of the advic.es froiiv
Liverpool* created rather depressed feeling, at at
reduced sales to a Jew figure; price, continue u>
! luainta n their ground, which, however would not
j have heeu the case under any other circuakstanccs
I than the reduced slate oS war present 'lock. Hale*
; * < Peeled 1-32 bales New Or Lea in 83l to ll<'7f. bOc,
I Mobile 82 a 89,558 Upland 82 50 a 92. 300 N.
, Urbans to arrived a 87, total 2544 bales; imports
2c74 bales.
NOVEMBER 30.
v>ame want oC animation continues; the pro
tmcled flatness having rather shaken the c.onli
deuce of imjiorters and created a disposition tt*
; lower their pretensions, buyers induced to coiuo
lorward with less reluctance, and within the la>X
two days rather more business has been transacted;
this has been to the detriment of prices which
have declined 11 10l 50 on American, generally
speaking, hut not wit hsl a tiding this ccmession the
operation* have been far from extensive; intelli
gence IrtiKt Liverpool, ait well as from our manu
lacturicg districts, being oi a dull complexion,
there is nothing at present of a nature to escii»
Speculative feeling; several ic-is of New Orleans
Cotton, deliverable in January next, have been
Bold 3 to4f below the actual rales. Sales effected
1513 bales New Orleans Hi :** loof, &>3 Mobile
82 a 88, ‘lB5 Upland 82 a 87, 6l)odu. to arrive,Bs;
MIC) New Orleans do. 82 a 87, total 4021, bales;
imports 220. Writes per half kilogramme
HUT* r.UU. IN BOND,
f- £. f. c. f. c. f. r.
I plamf, 0 73 to 0 93 0 65 to 0 81
Mobile, 0 77 to 0 94 0 66 to 0 83
New Orleans, 0 77 lo 0 107 0 65 to 0 W*
«ea Island, 1 50 lo (i 00 N 0 0t« 0 10
MARRIED, outhe 17th iust., by the Rev. A.
Means, Mr. HENUV E..CLUKE tu Miss CARO
LINE COLLIER, bath of this city.
LITER ARY DEPOT,
CHARLESTON, S. C..
No. Mectjng-S+reet.
The subscriber haying purchased the late estab*.
lishment of Mr. S. A. Holmes, proposes to continue
the business in ail its various branches, and de
sires a continuation of'that patronage heretofore
extended. J ' /•*
Country orders solicited and promptly attended
* ’ F,COLNE B. liLLL.
Nov 1 ’ 6m ->* Vi