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From the ilhany Debts of the several Mat'"'. Maine.-— The Muck issued by this blate i* lo be redeemed muter the direction "I tli<- legisla tare, by (he sale ol public lands, Iran# the debts due the (Stale by taxes or new loans, ns may bo deemed erpcilient from time to lime. The amount of notes due from individuals lo the Slate (August 1838) is $320,721. The whole amount ol located lands belonging; lo the Stale 1,41)0,004 valued at $1,500,000. The undivi ded lands belonging to Maine are estimated ol 3,011,000 acres, making the total number of acres 4,411,000. This total in hides hull the laud north of the St. John’s Hiver in the King ol Hollao I's award. The stock of this State is negotiable and transferable by the holder, and the interest in nil eases is p lyahlc by the State. The interest on $235,000 is payable at Boston annu ally, and the interest on the residue at the State Treasury annually and semi-annually; the stork bears interest hi 6, and 0 per rent. The value of the taxable properly ol the Slate in 1830, was $88,307,687 24, Nkw JloirsiiißE has issued no stock. The expenses of Government are defrayed by a di rect lax. Vkhxiont.—The Stale lias issued no slock. Con \ KertcCT.—Tins State has issued no stock or hills of credit, since tho revolutionary war. “The amount of grand list is $97,122,- 697,” in 1837. ILioiik Island. —This Stale lias issued no stock. Valuation in January 1824, $32,040,000. Massaciii sktrs, —Interest on 2 millions of stock payable in London, by the rail-road corpo ration in whose favor the stock is created ; the interest on the rest is payable at the Slate 'Trea sury. the several corporations re-imhursing the Treasury lor tho interest so paid out. The scrip in all eases is made payable to bearer, and Mo form is necessary in transferring tile same. 'The real and personal property within the State is $208,360,407. Nkw Voiik.— This Stale commenced issuing stock in 1817 for tho construction of the Krie and Champlain canids, 'The sums of $OOO,OOO was issued prior to 1820. The law of 1817 created n hoard ol commissioners ol the canal fun I, consisting of the Stale oiliccrs, and placed under tho management of the board specific rev enues which were pledged for the payment of tho money borrowed. There has been do ived limn the auxiliary funds thus set apart, since the first organization of the ennal fund, the sum of $5, 824,701 • which exceeds by $276,000, the whole amount paid for interest on all the money bor rowed for the Uric and Champlain canals Tor 21 years, from 1817 to 1338. From 1821 to IH3H, these two canals have yielded in lolls $15,088,- 375 97. The result is that the whole of the original debt is provided fur and except about 2| millions has been paid oil and stock cancelled. Tho laws authorising money to he borrowed previous to 1825, contained the following provi sion, viz ;—“ that it shall not be lawful for the commissioners of the canal fund to make loans under this act, beyond such amount as for the payment of the interest thereof, the canal fund, at the lime, shall lie deemed ample anil siillieient. In 1835, the financial policy in regard to moneys borrowed, was changed, and the loans from that time to the present have been authorized without setting apart specific funds for the pay ment ol interest. In each case, however, tho payment of interest is made a charge on tho Treasury, and provision has been made lo borrow from the Krie and Champlain canal fund to meet this demand on the Treasury. In 1837, n(ter the suspension of specie payments, this Slate paid the imerest on its whole debt in coin, and redeemed about one million of the stock due in 1837 by paving $lO9 iu New York city paper for each $lOO ol stock redeemed. For 6 years from 1833 to 1838, the revenue from thototulsof the canals, alter defraying nil expenses of repairs, and paying interest on the whole amount of the out-standing debts, has yielded an average sur plus of $610,000 per annum. This surplus will sustain a debt of 12 millions of dollars, I’hc stock issued by the Slate of New York are transferable in the eity of New York, either by the owner in person or by a power of attorney. The original certificate in all eases to he produced when tho transfer is made. The aggregate valuation of real and personal estate in 1837, was $627,554,784. Pknvstlvania.— Tins State pays the inter est on its stock at the Hank of Pennsylvania, where the stock is transferable. The following revenues are set apart far the payment of interest on the stock loans, viz. canal and rail road lolls, dividends on turnpike and bridge slock, auction duties, collaterial inheritances, county rates and levies, tax on personal properly, and escheats; whenever the revenues atisiug from the above sources is not sufficient for the payment of tho interest mi the stock loans, tho deficiency is taken out of the Treasury proper. The acts of assem bly directing the loans to lie mine, direct also that the Governor shall borrow on the credit of the commonwealth, and such fund or funds as have been nr shall be created, for securing tho punctual payment of the interest and the reim bursement of the principal. The aggregate valuation of real and personal estate in 1837, was $294,509,187- Nkw .1 cuskt has not issued stock of any kind or loaned her credit to any company. Mautlano.—This State in all cases pays the interest on the stock, half yearly and quarterly, but the companies which the same has aided by its loans, reimburse the Treasury for tho amount ot interest paid from time to time. A sinking fund lias been established from premiums and other sources, which now (1838) amounts to $107,030,603, which is applied to the purchase of the Stale slock. During the suspension of specie payments this State did not pay the interest on the stock either in specie or its equivalent.—Some of the holders of the stock refused to receive depreciated hank paper for the dividends, and the treasurer, in Dec. 1837, reported this fact lo the Legislature; and in March, 1833, an act was pissed, which pro vides that the State treasurer shall cause the in terest on the Stale stock that shall hereafter ac crue. and that which has accrued since the Ist of April 1837,(0 he paid "either iu coin or its equivalent iu current bank notes, to be determi ned by the commissioners of loans by price of coin in Baltimore on the quarter day.” The private, real and personal properly, other than merchandise and rights and credits of all ■arts, is estimated at over $100,000,000. No uniform mode of valuing property throughout the state is observed. In most of the counties the valuations are made under acts of 1785 and 1797, which requires all lands to he put down at $3 per acre, male slaves at the highest $lOO and females at $BO each. Vihoinia.—'The interest on the stock issued by this stale is payable semi-annually at the trea sury iu gold or silver. Tho profits of the im provements for which the stock is issued are pledged for tho payment of interest and principal; and it necessary the general revenues of the com monwealth are pledged for the payment of tho interest. The aggregate valuation of the real properly of the state in 1818 was $206,883,978; and now probably 300 uidlious. 'There is no mode of as certaining the personal properly. Sacra Cauolina.—The faith of the Stale an 1 the capital of the Bank of the state of South Carolina, and like annual dividends thereof, pledged for the payment of $BOO,OOO issued from 1822 to 18.6. And the dividends have been formed into a .inking land for that purpose, and at ibis time, (* ’'■ ,s ) amount 11 upwards of $BOO OUO, so that the 6 percents redeemable in 1840. will no doubt then he paid. The interest outwo millions U> be loaned to the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road is payable semi'annually in London. The two millions for building a pari ol Charleston, is lobe loaned to individuals, and 1 the Block to be reimbursed from the mortgage of individuals. The interest on the state stock is 1 payable annually in London. Valuation of properly, ','-5400,000,000. Ohio. — The interest on the slock of this state '■ is payable in New York, where It.c stork is trans ferable. Auxiliary funds arc set apart lor the ** payment of the int ’rest and in case ol a deficiency ! therein, it is made the duty of the Auditor of 11 Htule to levy an adequate amount by direct tax a ; lion. The loans were invariably made on pledges 1 jol specific revenues fur the payment of hothprin- cipal and interest. The state of Ohio, at the commencement of its loans organized a system ot finance on a firm 1 foundation, providing by direct taxation for the payment of the interest and the ultimate reden.p -' tion of the principal. In 1837, after the suspen -1 sion of specie payments, Ohio paid the interest on its debts in .New h o.k city paper, at the rate 1 of 100 dollars fur each 8100 of interest. Aggregate valuation of real and personal prop ! erly, 8110,000,000. Ks.vn i nr.—This stale in all rases pays the interest on iter own stock. Auxiliary funds arc set apart lor the payment of the interest j hut if these funds should prove insufficient, the stale is hound to resort to direct tixes. In 1836, the le gislature established n sinking fund for the pay ment of tlie debt to whh h fund is appropriated bonuses and dividends on the bank stock, prrmi i urns on scrip, slate dividends in turnpike stock, and all internal improvements, profits of the Com monwealth’s Dank proceed in state stock in the old Bank of Kentucky, and the excess in the Treasury over ten thousand dollars of each year. The (inventor, by an act passed in 1838, is a, thorised to borrow any sum not exceeding the capacity of the sinking fund, to pay the interest, and ultimately theprinci) nl, of the state 1 ends at an interest notoxceeding(s per i onium per annum. Taxation is confined to specific objects: The aggregate value of such ns are changeable with revenue is $317,463,041, upon which n lax of ton cents on the $lOO is paid. li.i.iniiis.—Tho stale in all rases pay interest on the stock. In addition to the usual pledge of tho faith of the stale, lands, revenues, &c., there is specifically pledged for the redemption of the canal bonds, tile lands granted by the general government to aid in constructing the canal: the estimate of which is equal to the whole cost of tlm canal. There is also pledged for the and final redemption of the hank bonds, tho divi dends and the stock owned by the state in the hanks, which amounts to nearly half a million of dollars more than the amount of these bonds. Imita.va.—The canal lands granted to the state liy tho general government on the Wabash river, are pledged for the payment of the loans made on account of the Wu ash canal. The interest on the bonds issued to the State Hank is paid by I lie hank. In 1837, alter the suspension of specie pay ments, tins state purchased coin to pay tlm inte rest on its debt ; for the July quarter paid $lll in New York paper for each $lOO in coin. Aggregate valuation in 1837, estimated at $9.7 000,000, Louisiana. —Tho interest on the state bonds is paid by tho respective hanks to which they were originally issued. The interest an other stale stocks is paid out of any moneys in the treasury. I'liv Hunk of Louisiana—2 millions of stork ; the profits retained Tor redemption of the instal ment ot 183!), sufficient to cover the amount, $600,000. Consol (Unfed Association. — The bonds arc guaranteed by mortgages on real productive pro perly, amounting to three millions of dollars. No stockholder can borrow more than fit) per cent on Ids stock, and lids amount is returned hy 1 yearly instalments to meet tlm payment, of tile 1 bonds hy tiie bank. Tim state for its guarantee ' is onsiderod as stockholder for one million of 1 dollars, and on the payment of the bonds will divide Bceordingly with the stockholders. Divi deads are only declared as the bonds are paid, and In the same proportion. The profits, until 1 then, are retained as a sinking fund to meet the redemption of the bonds. The. Union Hunk lias bonds to the amount of 7 millions of dollars, and is conducted on similar principles as the above. Tho original guarantee on mortgages of productive properly is 8 mil lions. The state for its guarantee is to receive l-lilli of the nett proceeds. The Ci/iz ns Hunk 1 as received bonds to the amount of 8 millions of dollais, andean demand 4 millions more; is conducted on tin: same prin ciple us atiovc described. The guarantee is on ; I 1,000,000 of mortgages on real productive properly. The slate holds l-6t.li of the nett pro fits, which are only to bo divided as the bonds are paid by the hank, and in the same proportion. Mississippi. —This state has issued bonds on the faith of the state to the amount of 7 millions of dollars, and has subscribed that amount, in tho stock of two hanks, Mtssaum has issued bonds to tho amount of •'1(10,000 to the Stale Itmik of Missouri, AaKa n s \ s has issued three millions of bonds to two banks in that sbito. Mu iuiian.—The proceeds of the public works as will as tho tailh ol the stale pledged for five millions—the lands sot apart foi the University pledged for the loan for that object. The loans to rail roads are secured hy pledge or tho roads, Are. The interest on $lOO,OOO issued to defray tho expenses of the controversy with Ohio, is to he paid by a direct tax. North Carolina.— This stale has set apart a large amount of funds for internal improve ments mid for the establishment of public schools, which is placed under the direction of two hoards, styled the Literary and Internal Improvement boards. These funds, until required to meet specific appropriations hy tho legislature, are loaned out to individuals and corporations at 6 per cent. The state of North Carolina owes no debt, Tennkssfk.—Tho interests on the state bonds subscribed to tho I nnm Hank, were paid bv the dividends on the stock, until the revulsion of j 1837. after which the stale paid the interest from ! the ordinary resources of the treasury. The in- | terest on the bonds issued to rail road and turn pike companies is paid by the state, and the com- ! panics are required to reimburse the treasury for tin' sums from time to lime paid. A Sr n imi r. Oecwanr.xcE.—An English pa per says that the follow mg occurrence actually took place some time since.—lt will remind our I renders of “ Him who took tho Doctor's hilt And swallowed it, instead of the pill.” •• A man servant, in the employ of the Rev. Dr. Palmer, of Varcomho, near Chart), being takan ; ill, the medical attendant of the family was sent for, who prepared fur the man a bolus' from the j family medicine chest, and having wrapped up in j paper the small weights used in weighing out the ! proper proportions of the drugs, left them on the I table, and near to them the bolus, which he dosi- i red one of the females of tho house to carry to ' tho man srivant, with instructions to take it im mediately in treacle.—Some hours afterwards, Ids i master came to enquire about the patient, and I found him an tiering under very uneasy symp toms, which the man attributed to the'strange kind of medicine the Doctor had ordered him. '' mid -which he said '• he should never have got ' through with, had he not cut it into smaller | pieces but, "he thanked tied, that, though it i was rather rough and sharpish, tie had got it a n down. This account puzzled his master exceed ingly, who, however, soon discovered that the w* ’ man hailactually -wallowed in Ufutle a oomph t* set of brass gram weights, instead ot the holes, . wlrii h was found K ing harmlessly on the lal le in 1 Ida niaater'a room, f ‘roper remedies were imme diately adopted, for dislodging this uncommon dose Irnni the man's atom i -h, wlro subsequently I recoM red from his itlnU.” ; 1 cll IK NICI -K AN I) sKN Ti N E l„ r AV6VI T A< i I KSIiAV -M! IIMNh, A fit 1 1. 10. I rfj \o Mail from North of Charleston received f last night. Rrooklyn City Election. The Charter Elections took place in lirooklyn l on Tuesday last. The Whigs elected their can -1 didateg in six of the nine wards. —The entire Whig Ticket for Supervisors, with a single ex ception, was also successful. The Alexandria Gazette says that at the last term of the Criminal Court for that county, in the ease of the United States vs. R. 13. Randolph' for an assault mid nailery on Andrew Jackson, late President of the United Slatns, a nolle pro. aerju! was entered by the District Attorney, with the assent of the court. yrfnpr'unnminl fur rhhl in Michigan was nhol. * ished, immediately, totally, and forever by the le gislature ofthiil state on the 15th nit. Ta v F.n\ Rates. —The Legislature of Missis sippi have passed a law regulating the tavern rales in that State.—The following are the high est rates to be allowed :—Hoard, lodging, fires, candles, &c. per month, $4O. Hoard alone i3(\ Hoard per week, £8 —per day $1,50; for man and horse pi r night,supper,lodging and breakfast $2- Breakfast, dinner and supper each 50 cents. The penalty for demanding more than these rales is a fine not exceeding $5OO, and imprisonment for months. Fromthe New Orleans lire, of the 10//i. Latest from Mexico. Hy the arrival of thcstcam ship Mcteore, from Vera Cruz, which place she left on the 2d hist., wo have received the important and interest ng information of the ratification of the treaty by the Mexican government. The subjoined docu ment explain so fully all the circumstances of the treaty of amity, as to render comment unne cessary. Extract of a letter, dated, Vera Cruz. Apiil 2d, 1839. “All the difficulties between France and Mexi co have been terminated to mutual satisfaction. The conduct of Admiral Hamlin during the whole course wl hostilities has been highly praiscwi rlhy, and in the negociatmns, while advancing the in terests of France, he treated the Mexican govern ment with the utmost deference, and spared it even the shadow of any humiliation which might wound her amour propre, “Vera Cruz has resumed its activity. The confidence of the inhabitants in Admiral Haudin, is such, that the debates in congress having made them fear for a while, that the treaty concluded I v the plenipotentiaries at Vo a Cruz, would not he entirely ratified, they were all determined to hoist the French flag, and place themselves under (ho protection of the Admiral. The ratification ar rived, however, at lust, on the 25th. It was full and satisfactory. “ An imposing ceremony took place on the 271 h for the funeral services of the French who hud died during the expedition.” Wa arc indebted to tho polite attention of the French consul for the subjoined copy of the “or der of the day," issued by admiral Haudin, upon receiving intelligence of tho treaty of peace be tween France and Mexico. OIIIIEU OF THE DAY. Fiiioatk Nkueide, j Port of Vera Cruz, March 29, 1839. y “The admiral announces to tho officers and soldiers of the squadron and garrison of 1 lion, that he has just received from the Mexican gov ernment the ratification of the treaty of peace, concluded on the 9th of the month, between France and Mexico. The conditions were such as were required by the admiral. The cabinet of Mexico has abandoned the operations it intended carrying into effect; the doubt which had arisen respecting the sincerity of the government have been entirely dissipated. The admiral, as the interpreter of the generous and benevolent intentions of France, has imposed very moderate conditions upon Mexico. The object of the expedition is, however, obtained. Mexico pays an indemnity of three millions of francs to those of our compatriots who had claims against her, previous to the war. The necessary guardians lor the future safety of the persons and property of the French, have hi en obtained. The amount of the indemnity to he paid to those who have suffered loss by the law of ex pulsion, shall be settled by arbitration. Our commerce in Mexico, will hereafter he placed on the same footing as that of the most favored nut ions. In consequence of peace the fortress of Ulloa, will bo restored to Mexico, This restriction will take place in the beginning of the ensuing month. Tho squadron will then return to France, with the exception of a few vessels, intended to re main in the neighhoihood. Sailors, cannonnicrs. miners, each of you in quitting the coast of Mexico, will feel the satis faction of having co-operated in a service useful and glorious to France. The country against which you have fought, which you could have greatly injured, from which injury you have nevertheless abstained, will feel grateful for your ' moderation and your generosity. And your Ad miral will always be happy to bear testimony to the spirit ol order and subordination, the connge and the devotion you have exhibited throughout tills expedition. (signed) CHART,EB HAUDIN. A true copy—the French Consul, DAVID. M o learn that Admiral Haudin, had signified | to Mexico, that if by the 20lh March, the lotifi , cation was not concluded, hostilities would re i commence. Fo this the Mexican government I replied, that the ratification was in progress, but that more time was required for its tenninatign. The 2ith ivas accordingly made the limits. Tho treaty arrived at \ era Cruz, on the 25th. and was made known to the admiral at Antoin l.iza | dote the 271 h. Tits Silk Ciltibk.— That the planters of North Carolina are in earnest in this j grost enterprise may he learned from the follow ; ing editorial notice in the Newborn Spectator. ; April 5. Mobits Mn.TiruM.is—Wo are requested to i say to north silk cultudsts, that they can now engage in this place. 500,000 trees and cuttings I of the g« nuine Morns MuUicaulis, to lie deliver- Icd in November next. Proposals, ( l\ist-p,, d), addressed to the editor of the Spectator, will be I attended to. \ fVi/.t 4,1 i HitlliritnJ Kilifl'ril'. I sword 10 Major Kelson «nd to I'uiotel Henderson. The Kenatc concurred unanimously in the rcs olulion, voting a swo il lo Major Nelson. iho Major is a son of old Major John Nelson of \ Mecklenburg, who served under Washington and i ' Lafayette at Voik. Major Nelson was in several , eiiragcments on the Canada line during the late war. Gen. George W. Brooke, in a recent letter, speaks in the highest terms of b:s gallantry nnd good conduct on severe I occasions—oi his volun teering to attack the enemy and actually doing so, and repelling them in sight ol our army, which repeatedly cheered him.—The Major was formerly a Representative in Congress, horn the Mecklenburg District, and is a gentleman of much intellectual power and great moral worth. He is not aware of this move. The tribute has been 100 long delayed. The House also voted yesterday unanimously a sward to Col. Henderson, the gallant comman der of the Marine ' orps of the I . M., who dis tinguished himself during the late war with Great Britain at sea ; and volunteered his services on the land—in a service strange to him—when the alarming situation of Florida invoked the aid of every chivalrous soldier in the service ol the IT, S. to her re rue. Extract from Ihe proceedings of Ihe House of Representatives, Mr. Cunningham submitted the following re solution : Ihso'vedhy the General Assembly of T rgsnia, That the Governor be, and he is hereby requested, to present to Thomas M. Nelson, late a Major in ‘the Army of the United Slates, and a citizen of Virginia, a sword, with suitable devices, in testi mony of the high senseenlcrtained by the General Assembly of his gallantry and good conduct in the battles of Chatcaugay and La Cole Mill; anil of his brave and patriotic services generally, du ring the late war with Great lirilain. Mc-.srs. Cunningham and Goode supported the resolutions, and paid warm tributes to the heroism and gallant services of Major Nelson. The resolution was agreed lo unanimously ; and. on motion of Mr. Goode, the word “ unani mously,” was inserted in the resolution, [Major Nelson has since removed to Augusta, and become a citizen of this place.] s'from the St. Altnns, fVt.J Messenger of April A More Hunting on the l-Toutier. Last week we spoke briefly of the burning on the other side of the lake and at Alburgb. But it appears now to have assumed a more serious aspect and caused no little excitement among us, inasmuch as there have been several fi.es on tills side of the lake within a week past. On Friday night last, the ifSJlh tilt., a large barn and shed, the property of CapL Charles v. illor, of St. A inlands West, were destroyed by fire together with all their contents, consisting ot eight horses, ten cows, one yoke ol oxen, five calves, and n considerable quantity of buy. On the night following a large barn, belonging to John Barr, Esq. in Highgalo, containing forty tons of hay, was burnt. And on the night after, a large barn, belonging to John Stimits, Esq., in Iligligate, containing twelve tons of hpy, was de stroyed. Thus making three fires in three suc cessive nights, and two of them on this side of the line. The citizens of Highgate, being alarmed at the burning of Mr. Barr’s barn, have kept a watch over their properly every night since. On the same night that Mr. Stimil’s barn was burnt, at tempts were mad,- by the incendiaries upon sever al others on this side of the lino, hut finding them guarded they did not accomplish so much as they otherwise would. A Mr. Brewer, who was on lookout about ills buildings, was fired upon by three men with the Loyal volunteer caps on, up on whom ho returned the fire, all without effect. At another place a gang were seen approaching by some men who wereVutching inside a barn and who wore well prepared lo give the assailants a warm reception ; the women from the house, how ever, perceiving til m approach vociferated loud ly, “There they come, there they come!” when tlie marauders took to their heels. The people of Highgate are well armed, and keep up a strict watch, which will not bo inter mitted while danger is supposed to exist. They are assisted to some extent by volunteers from neighboring towns. A special messenger has been sent lo Governor Jettison, and also lo the commanding officer at Plattsburgh. A public meeting was held at Iligligate on Tuesday. We learn that resolutions expressive of strong indignation at the outrages on either side ni the line, were passed, and a ueterminnlion manifested to ferret out, if by any means prac ticable, the perpetrators. Public sentiment is setting very strong against the commission of such crimes as we have recorded above, whether north or south of the line. Fran the Boston Daily Advertiser, of the ,0 Fiom Halifax. We have received Halifax papers to the 2d inst. The provincial Legislature was still in session. Mr. Stewart had introduced a resoluti m in the Legislative Council deprecating Lord Dur ham’s plan for a union of the colonies, and the abolition of the Legislative Councils This pro position was debated at length. Mr. Stewart maintained that the union proposed would, if car ried into effect, plunge that province in the vortex of Canadian politics, and in all probabdi'y have a tendency to separate the provinces from the mother country. Sir John Harvey’s general order, announcing the arrangement by which the military force of Maine is to be withdrawn from the disputed ter ritory, and giving permission to the ra litia and volunteer forces of the province lo return t > their homos, is published in the Halifax Times. Gen. Scott declined the compliment of a public dinner tendered him by the oitizens of New ! Vork. In bis loiter of reply lie says,— “ Among you. I have the happiness to recog -1 nizo many an old and kind fiend, and m,; al) j„. dividual v bom 1 sh t;IJ no; b - proud to make one. If, then, I find myself compelled to decline the high honor tendered by such persons, on the ' part of the great city of the new world, I trust you will do me the justice to believe it is from’ no want of reciprocal consideration and esteem. “ Those sentiments are deeply impressed on my heart. But my position as a soldier, bound by peculiar lies ami duties to country and gov ernment—the necessity ol continuing itinerant, I know not bow long, and the danger ot seeming to sock, in violation of military propriety, such | honors—all have recently admonished me to ae | cept no public entertainment whatever.” f \ Hospital destroyed in Fire, and Tvvcn/ ty-three Lives lost u A letter from Naples, under date of Feb. 16th | says:— j “ Last night a part of our Foundling Hospital : was destroyed by fire. The flames spread so j rapidly that 23 children perished. One of the i ; nurses in bar despair threw herself out of the ! window with two children in her arms; nil three j were found dashed lo pieces and quite dead in I the street. The firemen distinguished themselves i by their efiorls; three of them w ere kiiicd, hav- 1 ; ing fallen from the upper story to the Inver, L Si where they were buried in the ruins.” - -> 1.. •'* I :KiV e. I illjv afternoon, sho t five > /lock , a lire broke out in lire drug store of Melt-. I’. Cusacks & Co. on OIJ Levee street, bm ceil | Uienvillc* am! Customhouse streets, wlu.clu o .1 | the comhusiiMe matter of which it was compe M, I soon communicated to the adjoining build; g, | occupied as a hoot and shoe store, by Messrs. .ti lling & Tirrcll, which was also consumed, li 1 theprompt and active exertions of our freemen, 11 was, however, soon qt’.e'hd. though most alarming in appcpiiincr. VVcdiJ not ascertain whether these buildings and stores were insured or not, lint we presume the;*- were.—. Veto Orleans Bee of the 10 Ih. There was a due* at Helena, Ark., on the 12th i ult., between a Mr. Fisk and a Mr. Buahwoll, the j first a doctor and the last a tailor. At the fust shot, the tailor’s hall whistled through the doctor’s hair, and the doctor’s cut off a pair of the tailor’s lingers. The parties separated, well satisfied with themselves an 1 with each other. What the one lost in hair and the other in fingers was more than trebly made up in hom.r,—Louisville Jour, Fou the Ladies. —Anew way lomake call cries wash well. —lnfuse three gills of salt in four I quarts ofboiiiug water, and put the calicoes in, | while hot, and leave it till cold. And in this way • the colors are rendered permanent, and will not fade by subsequent washing. tSo saysa lady who has frequently made the experiment herself. A Hr:n oixe. — The Easton, Penn. Sentinel j slates that the following occurrence took pla,- e list week near Bloomsbury, Warren County, New Jersey, about 8 miles from Easton. About 9 o’clock on the evening alluded to, a negro slave aged about 20 years, and belonging to (ien. Williamson, went to the house of his son, Mr. (J. Williamson, who was from home, and having conducted himself improperly, was order ed from the promises by Mrs. Williamson, Ho returned to bis master’s residence, where he stay ed until about midnight, when he again repaired to the house of the son, and demanded admittance. Mrs. W. commanded him not to attempt to enter, for it he did he would jeopard his life. He disre garded the threat, forced open the door, and en tered the room, upon which Mrs. W. took up a loaded gun, which her husband always kept, ap proached the negro, who still persisted in endea voring to accomplish his wicked design, and shot him. The load entered his breast, he stag.ered backward a few feet, and fell dead on the floor. I ho lady is a daughter of Mr. Drake of Washing tnn, New Jersey. Blie watt left alone with her children, in a house located at some distance from any other, atari had no means but those made use of, to preserve hor chastity and honor, which were threatened by the slave. CoxsKQ,uExeEs or Desertion’. —Pierce and Rnmiek, two deserters trom the Maine Militia on the Aroostook, were lately tried before a court martial, acknowledged tbeir offence, and was sen tenced as follows:— *■ Ist, that Piorco and Remiek should have, each, a billet of wood lied to each of them, weighing not over 13 lbs, and being lashed together, pass in front of the lines to the‘Rogue’s March2d, have thrirarms taken from them and be placed on fatigue duty during their term of reiv.ee: 3d, to have their wages taken from tin m it they have no families but in case they have, the wages shall he given to their famalies.” An old and esteemed friend writing to us, says;—“Do not forget the 30 th if April, It was the day on which the noble machine, the Constitution, received its first impulse, and lias proceeded so happily ever since. The 4th of March was to have been the day for commencing the grand Experiment; but the roads wore so bad, and the Conscript Fathers mostly travelled on horseback, in those primitive days of the Re public., that a quorum could not be had till the •U)f/i of April, I 789. when the first inauguration of a President of the United States took place in the old I* ederal Hall, New *1 ork—and an august ceremonial it was. On that occasion, the first President was dressed wholly in American Manu factures. When the 30lh of April arrives, I will have seen fifty tears of the success of the great experiment of Self-Government. Equal Rights, and Equal Laws.”— Alexandria Gazelle. Limit of speed ox railways Dr.LarJ ncr has discovered, by experiments recently made on the Liverpool and Manchester railway, that the atmosphere is an opponent to railway speed more 1 irmalahle than has ever been suspected. At thirty-two miles an hour, the resistance it offers is nearly eighty per cent, of all that the steam power has to encounter, and it increases in a proportion so enormously greater than the speed, that there is not the slightest possibility of any such velocity of transit being gained as some (and among them none more ardently than Dr. Lordlier himself) have anticipated, ft is ascer tained that even forty’ mtlcs an hour cannot lie maintained except at a cost which amounts prac tically to a prohibition.— Bos.lan Trans. Steam Power and Rail Roads in Havana. —The rail road across the island has been finish ed, and is in full operation. In January alone, there were 7,642 passengers, and with the freight the amount taken was 530,184-. This road is about 42 miles long, with one track; the amount of Ireight later in the crop will be greater by 50 per rent. The rail road from Cardinos to liemlia is begun, about 40 miles long,—Another rail road is commenced from Principe, an island town, about 60 miles in the interior, which is now the' r.-ya! residence. Many sugar estates are now grinding with steam engines. Distressing Loss of Life nv Fine —Mr Stephen Coie a respectable farmer of Fairfield', near Caldwell, in this county, returned home e*' r ly ,ast evening from this city, when he teok a lantern and went to the barn to take care of his horse. On returning to the h use, a short dis tance from the barn, he discovered that the barn was on fire, and flew to the rescue of Ins horses and rattle, but unfortunately perished in bis fruitless attempt to save them. Two ho-scs and e-aht head of rattle were destroyed with the j barn and its lamented owner.— Newark Dai/a Advertiser. ' A Successful Railroad. —The receipts of the Providence Railroad for the last year were 5265.115 16—expenses 3120.040 28-loavin”- a surplus of 5145,070 87. Out of this sum a dividend of 8 percent, was paid to the owners of lie capital stock. A Former Would. —A fierce controversy exists whether the giant remains dug up in chalk, &r., near the surface arc lizards or quadrupeds— i. c., of a low or the highest order of animals. Professor Owen read an account before the Lon- Hjou Geological Society of some of these fossil rc irhiins at Stonesfield quarry. He says they have eleven molars aside, and the teeth are double root ed. tanged, &e.,showing close affinity totheAns j Italian Opossum. At the same meeting, we ob serve presents from our countryman, Stliiman N. Y. Slur. dj* THE AMERICAS' SILK GROWER A NO FAJiMEU’S MAS UAL —A monthly publication I designed to extend and encourage the growth of s Ik t rouehout the United Stiles. Edited bv Ward ‘ISflfA ar ‘ ll Brothers. Burlington, N. J.. and nub. b«|pd in Philadelphia, at the low price of One /toli.aYi a year. Kr Subscriptions received nt I!.is o.rcc. ap 9 '* * \ CCyHIGHI.v /.SiI'OHT.W i'. rj i Nervous diseases, liver complaint, bilious dis j eases, piles, rheumatism, consumption, coughs, colds, puiu in the chest an 1 side, ulcers,' ail deli cate an ! mcrcmul di-ca es are successfully treated at I r. Ki A.\.sV ( Hire, 100 Chaiham-st.cct, New ' ork. DU. WILLIAM KVASS' MEDIt [SICS, j Are composed of vegetable substances, which exert d ! a specific action upon the heait, give an impulse or : sl.ength to the arterial system ; the hood is quick ened and equalized in its ei.relation through all the I vessels, whether of the skin, the parts situated in. ternally, or the extremities ; and as a 1 the score, tions of the body sue drawn from the blood, there i a consequent increase of every secretion, and a sickened action of the absorbent and exhalent, or recharging vessels. Any morbid action width limy have taken place is corrected, all oi structions ato removed, the blood is puri!ied,and the body ic-. sutvs a healthful state. These medicines after much anxious toil and re search, having been brought by the proprietor to the present state of perfection, supersede the use of I i the immn'cial le other medicines; and a;c so well adapted to the frame, that the use of them, by main taining the body in the clue performance of its I functions, and preserving the vital stream in a pure ■ | and healthy state,causes it to last many years long er than it otherwise would, and the mind to he roine so composed nnd tranquil, that od age when it arrives will appear a b essing, and not (as lo« many who have neglected their constitutions, or had them injured by medicines administered bydg. nosance) a source of misery and abhorrence. They are so compounded, that by strengthening and equalizing the action of the heart, liver, and B other visera, they expel the had, acrid or morbid matter, which renders the blood impure, out of the circulation, through the excretory ducts into the passage of the towels, so that by the brisk or slight evacuations which may be regulated by the dost.;, always remembering that while the evacuations Irom tke towels are kept up, the excretions from all the other portions of the body will also be going ‘ I on in the same proportion, by which means the blood invariably becomes purified. Steady perseverance in the use of the medicine will undoubtedly effect a cure even in the most acute or obstinate diseases; but in such eases the * dose may be augmented, according to the inveteracy of the disease ; tiro medicines being so admirably adapted to the constitntion, that they may be taken at all times In all cases ofhypochondriacism, low spirits, pal pitations ol the heart, nervods irritability, nervous weakness, fluur albus, seminal weakness, indigos tion, loss of appetite, flatulency, heartburn, general dsbi ity, bodily weakness, chlorosis or green sick ness, flatulent or hysterical huntings, hysterics, headache, hiccup, sea sickness, night-mare, gout, rheumatism, asthma, tic duuloreaux, cramp, spas modic affections, and those who are victims to that most excruliating disorder, (.out, will’ And relief from theirsulferings, by a course of Dr. William 11 vans’s pill*. Nausea, vomiting, pains in the side, limbs, head, stomach or back, dimness or confusion of sHrt noises in the insi !c, alternate flushings of heat anil chilliness, tremors, watchings, agitation, anxiety l ad dreams, spasms, will in every case be relieved by an occasional dose of Dr. Evans’s medicines. One of the most dangerous epochs to fenuies’is at the change of life; and it is then they require a medicine which will so invigorate their circulation and thus strengthen ther constitutions as mar ena ble tkom to withstand tire shock. Those who h vo the care and education of Fe males, whether the studious or the sedentary par of the community, should never be without a sup p'.v of Dr. Evans's Pills, which remove disorders in the head, invigorate the mind, strengthen the ho ly, improve the memory, and eliven the imagin ation. When the nervous system has been too largely drawn upon or overstrained, nothing is better to correct and invigorate tiro drooping constitution Jhan these medicines. i Dr. William Kvans’s Medical Office, 100 Chat-* barn street, New fork, where tire Doctor may be consulted. Cfj’ A Case of Tic Dolorctix. J~£ Mrs. J. K. Johnson, wife of Capt. Joseph John son, of Lynn, Mass., was severely afflicted for ten years with Tic Dolorenx, vioientpa in her head, and vomiting with a burning heat in the stomach, and unable to leave her room. Sire could find no relief from the advice of several physicians, nor from medicines of any kind.untilaftcr'slre commen ced using Dr. Kvans’s medicines, of 100 Chatham street, and from that time sire began to amend, and cels satisfied if she continues the medicine a’few days onger, will be perfectly cured. Reference can be had as to the truth of the above, by calling at Airs. Johnson’s daughter’s store, 359 Grand si”. A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS. Da. Wm. Cyans’ Celebrated Soothing Syrup, for Children Cutting their Teeth. Tills infallible remedy has pie erved hundreds of chi’dren, when thought past recovery, from con vulsion!. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the gums, the child will recover. This preparation is so innocent, so ellicacious, and so pleasant that no child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed with it. When infants are at the age of four months, though there is no appearance of teeth, one bottle, of the Syrup should be used on the gums to open the purer. Parents should never be without the Syrup in 1 10 nursery where there are young children ; for if a child wakes in the night with pain in the gums, the Syrup immediately gives ease by open ing tho pores and healing the gums ; thereby pre venting convulsions, fevers, &c. Sold by AM’GNV & HAINES, Sole a gents in Augusta, J. M. St ’!. M. T, RSVi'ilt. Savannah, P. M. COHEN Sr Co., Charleston. n pS G I RESIDESL DENTIST.. —Or. Monroe’, operating rooms, second door from Broad trect on Mclntosh-st., opposite the Constitutionalist ollice \ march 13 1 Consignees per Sonth Carolina Kail it«,ad. Hamburg, April 15,1539. T. Dawson, A Sabal.A. Cumming, Moore & Da- I vis, J &.1 Mcßryde, B. W. Force & Co, Geo Lott, j Aldrich & Shove, Stovall, Simmons & Co,, Geo H j Jessup, Clarke, McTeir & Co., W. Allen, I. & S. | Bones Geo. Parrott. Anderson & Adams. H. L. Jef j f ers t J- F. Benson, W. H, Fornardon, Hip, A. & Co., | A. Frederick, A. Dugas, Baird & Rowland, R. C. ( Ba'dwin, T. Kernaghan, P., L. Dwells k (o.;J. JJ. | Coffin k Co. commercial. I Richmond, Va., April 11. , Hour. City Mills —sales at >■*. ( anal is salo | able, and has been sold in considerable quantities J durin g the week at .$3 75, cash, thou . h hoi lors are I not much disposed to accept that price. Receipts l for tho week very large, and all pretty much stored, ( in anticipation of favorable news ly the Great I Western. j Corn, —So rents per bushel, on time, i Bat’ n. —We quote Smithiicld at 12 a 12A cts per II'! Western, 104 a 11A ; extra sides Hall' fair demand. ~ New-York, April 10. C ffes —The market remains wit ;o it variation, there being still a fair moderate demand for home use. The sales include at out 1000 bags Brazil at 11-j a 12 j 500 do green Laguyra, received coast j wise, at 12; 550 do Triage, do; 200 do ( Id Gov -1 eminent da a. lid A, all 4 months; a,d 6 to 700 St. i Domingo. 9; cts,cash, to 10cents,4month 1, the lat- I ; ter rate for prime. ' j Cotton. — ihe market for cotton continues to pre | sent the appearance of extreme inactivity Ie- I sere noticed, both pa ties yet maintaing their posi tion to await the id vices Western, now h mrly anticipated. With the exception of a parcel , of 500 hales Eloiida on Saturday, the saes have been con.ii el to nniirpotut parce.s, comprising in all COO ! a es Flo.ida at Kid a 15 ; 2-iiO do New Orleans, IGA; 150 do I p and, )3a 15; and 50 do Mobile, 11 al5 cts —together 1050 The arrivals I av ■ been—from New-Orleans 425 hales; Vobile. 1126: Baltimore, 112; Total, 1667; 1 total import, sin e Ist inst 19C7; export from Ist to 3d April 1637; export 110 m the U. 8. since Ist October last 501,0' f ; same ti ue last year 837,463; same time year before un0.909. F our and Meal. — 1 here his contained to pre vail a fair demand for most descriptions since our lasi, und a) 0 without material variation from the prres then notic d. There have as '-or •'"on "a re ceipts of Troy. We quote common brandsof Wei-