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CIIUnNICDK AND SKNTINKL. AU G I ST A. TFESDAY MORNING, MAY 2*. By the packet ship England, we have advices to the Sdlh April, two days later than those brought by the Hibernia, which will be found in our paper of this morning, and four days later than by the Liverpool. The political in tenigenre from France is to ihe 22d April, at which time the following persons were supposed to constitute the new organisation of the French Cabinet —though trot officially announced; JSoult, President of War. Thiers, Foreign Adairs. lJupin, Justice. Pussy, Interior. D’Argoul, Finances. Hauret, Instruction. Dufaure, Commerce. We have given the quotations of the Cotton market, brought by both the Hibernia and the England, from which it will be scon a slight de cline upon the last quotations has token place. Opinions of the Press. Wo give lielow, extracts from several of the papers of the Interior, in relation to the proposed alterations of the Constitution. They meet with but little favor in any quarter. They arc con demned by every paper in Columbus, without re gard to party. AI most every paper in the State has expressed its dissatisfaction with them, al though some have determined to support them—as a choice of evils between the two systems. Home say “they are perhaps the best that rould be oh" tinned under all the circumstances.” It may bo wtfll here to enquire why is it they are the best that could be obtained ? The answer is plain— the people were not icpresented in the Conven tion — places, not people were represented I Add to this that many of the delegates from the popu lous counties were recreant to their constituents, and for party or sectional purposes voted away the rights of those whom they represented. 1* delegate from the. populous counties had have of the Legislature. rep resented in neither—the very foundation principle of our government, that the majority shall rule, is destroyed, and a system is sot up in its stead for •poor paltry parly purposes, by which the control of both branches of the Legislature is given tip to a minority. We would only add to Ihe above, that the utter disregard to the great object for which the Con vention assembled, by the majority, will be the sure death-blow of that parly. We never knew such deeds of injustice, for the purpose of secu ring a parly in power, that f.iled to crush it to it. I his is the simple meaning of these amend ments-—(and that too avowed on the lloor of the house) it is to secure the Van Huron party in power. Is that a proper instrument to be called the Constitution of honest freemen ' We fear not the fin d result, even if it is adopted by an overwhelming majority : The power acquired by such wickedness, perpetrated under the sacred ' garb of the Constitution, will have but a brief ex- 4 iatence. —Mitcou Messenger. By the proposed plan the number of Repre sentatives will bo one hundred and thirty-eight, instead of upwards of two hundred as at present', S showing a reduction of considerably more than S one hundred in both branches of the Legislature. The ratios oflivc and twelve thousand are to bo hereafter enlarged when theccnsus is taken so as that the number of members may not be increas- 11 ed. n Thus it will bo seen that the basis of reprosen- ’• tation otthe Senate is founded entirely upon ter- * ritory: and that ot the House ot Representatives upon territory and population combined. n ,We would have preferred some of the other d plans of reduction proposed, to the one which has been adopted hut it is not now necessary to men tion them, as we have to choose the one propo- d sod by the Convention or none. c We ««■ at those who believe that reprosenla- 1 lion should be based upon principle, ami we be- 1 lieve the true principle of representation to he ( population. We hold that freemen arc the same every where; that equal numbers are entitled to c ptal privileges, and to the same power in the < government; that a number of men m the county 1 of Muscogee arc equal, in every respect, to the same number in the county of Glynn; and wc 1 never could comprehend the reason why ten men 1 in the latter were entitled to the same voice in our 1 Legislature as one hundred in the former county. It is nevertheless so; and the only reason which the supporters of such a system can give, is, that 1 it has been the established usage from the time of 1 the formation of the present Constitution; and be- 1 cause, under such a system, our stale has gone on 1 prospering—innovations upon such usage might 1 be dangerous. Thus we have to submit to lung 1 established usage for right. We shall, us we would advise all, examine for ourselves, as to the 1 propriety of ratifying the proposed alteration. If 1 it should be ratified, our opinion i-i that our rep- 1 resell tation will hereafter be unalterable; and thereby those who believe in the equality of free men, will find their hope of equalization diminish every day, for the power is in the hands of those to whom the inequality is favorable, and they will not yield it. We shall notice this matter 1 hereafter.— Culumbus Sentinel and Herald, Rsni’CTtox Con vkntiox,— The great Reduc- 1 tion Convention has adjourned uftes a session of t 11 d»ys, ami its labors have terminated without I conferring good or honor upon the country. It 1 is true, a plan of reducing the number of Reprc- * sentatives of the people has been adopted hv the • Convention, hut it is such a plan as ought to call i up the blush of shame upon the face of every s mau who had any agency in its adoption— a plan 1 in which, admitting reduction to he at all neces- r eary ami proper, every thing has been disregarded which ought to have influenced its formation. In the formation oflhe Senatorial districts, coun ties have been tacked together which arc incon veniently situated to each other, and population has been utterly disregarded; the only object seems to have been so to arrange it as to subserve party purposes and give party power. The Union party had the majority in tin Convention, t and without regard to justice or equality of mini- I bers. arranged it solely with an eye to securing I themselves the ascendancy in the Heiialc.— There were honorable exceptions—men who | disdained to use for mere party purposes the power entrusted to them by the people. That. 1 men who clamor a great deal about eqalily and 1 about the government of the people should thus i attempt in trample under fool i vory principle ol t ie gov'ininent, is a mutter well deserving the attention ul llie jieoplc. We have not at present tune or terms in which to express our contempt for such n course, hut we hope to have some lei sure to devote to this subject shortly. The Stale Rights party might have done the same thing if they hail possessed the power, hut if they had we should have censured them as unsparingly as We have and shall the others. We do not believe that the Union party will sustain their leaders in this attempt to destroy every thing like equality in representation. It is true, we are opposed to any reduction at all, for reasons that we have heretofore given, hut we like to sec something like fairness and honesty in those who profess to think that the good of the country requires it. The truth is that there is to be found in the course of political leaders generally, very little hut a constant effort to aggrandise themselves, and it is high lime that this spirit should ho rebuked by the people. Let any sober unprejudiced man take up and exa mine the course of the political or rather party leaders of the country, from him who rules a jus tice’s district to the President of the United .States, and he will find that in nine times out of ten the question to bo settled with them is not what will ho for the good of the country but what will advance the interest of the party. We shall some of these days have something to say upon the state of parties and party discipline.— Ceorgla Argus. From the New York Courier *y Enquirer of the 23d. Litter (ioui Ungliiml. By the packet ship England, Captain Waite, from Liverpool, we have received dates from Lon don of the 23d ult., and from Liverpool of the 34th. No later advices had been received from this country since the departure of the Liverpool. The packet of the Ist ult., the Cambridge, was hourly expected. The Debate in the House of Commons on the Irish policy of the Government was brought to a close on the night of the 19th. The House first divided on Sir Robert Peel’s amendment, and the result was— For the amendment, 290 Against it, 318 Apparent Ministerial majority 22 By previous arrangement, and in cosequence of the lateness of the hour, it was then agreed that no division should take place on Lord John Rus sell’s ino!ion--Sir Robert Peel stipulating that all lion, members who voted fur his amendment, should he understood as having voted against the Noble Lord. The next division was on Mr. /’. Duneomlie’s proposed addition to Lord John Russell’s resolution, to the effect that further Pnr ’•‘•nienlary reform was necessary. The majority “gainstllius motion was 218. cabinet lias yet been appointed in France. The Court seems to have derived no effective strength from the alliance with M. Passy. Os the four Vice Presidents elected since his defec tion from the opposition, three belong to the co alition. Os the secretaries three candidates of the opposition, ami one ministerialist were elec ted. The long protracted negotiations on the affairs of Holland and Belgium have been brought to a termination, On the 19th ult. the representative of King Leopold of Belgium, in conjunction with those of the King of the Netherlands, and of the Governments of England, France, Austria, Rus sia and Prussia, affixed his signature to a treaty consecrating the separation of Holland and Bel gium into two independent and friendly States. ENGLAND. London, April 23d. the Consol market although the prices h7ve"only' improved j percent.since Saturday, there was altogether a greater disposition to deal, and more confidence displayed than for some days past. The closing quotations were sellers far mo ney.aml 93 to /, for the account. Three and u Half per Cents. Reduced left off at 995 to 4 ■ ditto, New, 1 to .f; Exchequer Bills, 445. to’ 4ns. prom. I here was a good deal going on in Foreign Stocks, which generally improved in value, Fho value of Shares has also partaken in the I general improved appearance of things at the Stock Exchange, being quoted higher than on 1 Saturday, with a strong market. PIIANCK. ‘ , London, April 20. ‘ Ihe great question of interest in the proceed- t mgs of the French Chamber of Deputies on Wed nesday was the election of four Vice Presidents. ' Phc Opposition proposed as candidates M. M. Column, Teste, Etienne, and Ganneron. The Ministerialists submitted two names Gen. Jacquc minot, the leader of the 221, and M. Cunin Gri- 1 dame, of the aarno party, formerly one of the 1 Vice-Presidents. The number of votes was 249 1 —absolute majority 215. Calmon, Cunin Gri- 1 daine and 1 i sle received a majority and were tie- 1 dared duly elected. The fourth ballot was post- ! poned till the tallowing day, when M. Etienne ob tained the exact absolute majority of 213 against Gen. Jacqueminot, who had 800* votes. .pi „ , April 22d. he Pans papers of Friday have reached us in ordinary course. The most important fact to lie collected from thedr contents is. that the recompo sition of the Ministry, which it was believed the election of a President for the Chamber of Depu ties would facilitate, appeared to he ns far as ever from completion. The choice of M. Passy for President on I need ay was held to prove that a sufficient mtm hcr ot deputies of the Centre Gauche had gone over to the Court party to form a compact, an of lieienl. ye^manageable Government. The elec tions for Vice Presidents, showed, however, that the detection from the Centre Gauche of eight or ton members, personal friends of M. Passy, and the 28 Doctrinaires, did not reduce the Opposi tion, nor in.■lease the Court party to an extent that would remove all doubt upon the future vote of the Chamber, and of course upon the perma nency of any Ministry that might be formed. Moreover, it does not appear that in accepting the support of the Court party in bis election for 1 resident, M. Passy bad given to them anv pledge to co-operate with them against his late friends, for in the subsequent ballots for Viee Presidents lie ostentatiously voted for the candidates of the Caliche, and in particular for M. Etienne (the author of the project of the address in answer to the King’s speech, which brought about the disso lution of the last Chamber.) even though the Court candidate opposeil to that gentleman was General Jacqueminot, chief of “the 22!.” Li the election for secretaries, which took place on Thursday, additional proofs of versatility of the seceding members of the Centre Gauche were j made manifest. The ballot for the four secrets- j ries gave the following results: M. Havin, 250 M. Bignon, 320 M. Dubois (de la Loire luferieure) 215 M. Leon de Mallcville, 107 M. Felix Real, 190 M. Doissy d’Anglas, 179 M. Hebert. 179 Thus it will lie seen, that notwithstanding nearly 30 members who bad voted for M. Etienne, bad withdrawn before the ballot for secretaries, M. Havin, the intimele friend (‘•precursor” M. Jaubert called him) of M. OJillon Barrot, was placed at the bead of the poll, and was, with M. ! Dubois, his colleague, of the Opposition, return ed. The Court party was only aide to nominate one, M. Bignon. M. De Mnlleville, the next on . the list, a candidate of the Opposition. M. Fe- , I lix Real, who came after him, was the. friend of j I M. Dupin. Tlnantiaining two candidates, and i who stood of the list. M. Bouey Nf 11 Tin- secretary Chamber of place on Friday, when M. Leon do Mallcville (the Opposition can didate) was choosen by a majority of —O2 against 191, obtained by K. Felix Real, the can didate “of the 221.” A-pnl23. The sum of our Saturday’s (20th) tidings from Paris, given yesterday, was that M. Passy, was endeavoring to form a Ministry with 1 biers, Sonlt, and the Left Centre, to the exclusion of the Doctrinaires j and it was added, that these efforts would end in nothing, Soult and the i King taking good care that they should do so. The journals of Sunday, which have reached us, proved both our information and predictions to have been perfectly correct. The Dthats an : nounces that a Cabinet of Pussy’s putting to gether, and consisting of Soult, Passy, '1 hiers, Dupin, Dufaure, Souzet, and D’Argout, wascon • sidcred as positively to appear in Monday’s Muni -1 tmr. And so it was. M. Dupin even began to f make his arrangements as Justice Minister. But I when all seemed arranged, Marshal Soult got t into one of his affected passions, and in brutal ■ language declared that he would have nothing to say to such a combination, —The fact is, when - Marshal Soult empowered Passy to make over tures to Thiers, he counted on the effect of the quarrel between them for preventing their com ing to an understanding. He was sorely disap pointed at finding that, through common friends, M. M. Passy and Thiers did once more agree; i and when this occurred, the Marshal, unable to ■ throw blame of thwarting this combination on ' M. Thiers, boldly took it upon himself, without 1 even assigning a reason for it. This, however, is ■ a dangerous step, especially before the interpella j lion of M. Maugin, announc dh r Monday. And it is not impossible that on .Sunday M. Passy may 3 have induced Soult to recall his analhema of the 1 previous day, in order to he able to say to the 1 Chamber on Monday, that a Cabinet is either 3 formed, or in a train of formation. SPAIN. Madrid papers to the 13th instant inclusive, with letters from Bayono to the 16th, have been received. They announce the disgraceful flight of General Van Halenfrom before Sagura, occu pied by Cabrera, and that such was the indigna -1 lion of the common soldiery that they openly re ‘ voltcd and deposed their Genera 1 . Tins is in part confirmed by the publication of a despatch ’ from Van Halcn to the Minister of War. On the ' 7lli the Madrid mail was stopped by a band ' of mounted Carlists near Baylen, and the escort, 1 consisting of six individuals, mercilessly In La Madia the Carlist botcher PalillosTjas rc ’ fused quarter to every Christine falling iiito his In- !...,iils. All that are taken are instantly shot. The Madrid Government has succeeded in ’ making a new contract for the supply ol the array of the North for three months, lion Carlos has established a new Government Junta, of which 1 Father Cyril is to he Vice- President. On all sides great preparations arc making for an active campaign. The Madrid journals and letters from our cor respondent of the 14th inst. have come to hand; they contain, however, no intelligence of interest. Nothing new respecting tha operations of General Van Halcn, near Segura appears in them. If the Christina General remained inactive, ns was rumored, it was not so with the indefatigable Ca laera, who surprised the military hospital of I)a -roc.a in the night of the lUth, and carried away with him the sick and wounded ami the soldiers left far their defence. I,otters received in Paris from Saragossa rc- | ■ ec" Holun coutemDlaled £ new attempt on Madrid which Don Carlos mediated. The Directors of the Western Bank of Georgia (says the Western Georgian) met on Monday last, and licfore 4 o clock on Tuesday evening following, had committed to the flames, upwards of two hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars of their redeemed Bills. Forty thousand dollars of their issues are still in circulation, which they are determined to redeem as soon as possible. The Bank, wo are informed, by those who are most conversant witli its allairs, is altogether solvent, and will again resume business in some short time. The Directors meet on the 18th of the ensuing month. From the Columbus Kuquiver, Convention.—The Scuinoku Party. Col. Stark, a delegate from Butts county, in of fering a substitute for the original report of the committee of thirty, which included Springer’s classification ot the counties, forewarned hits party, that that report was of too decided a parly char acter, to meet the approbation of the people. Wo have, said Col. Stark, experience upon this sub ject. The proposition of the Convention, six years ago, was not ratified, because of the ine quality ot the. basis ol representation, nor because the Federal basis was not retained, hut because of the illiberal party character of the measure; and he notified his own party, and indeed all parties, that if they desired reduction at all, they must present a plan which did not carry upon its very fiee, parly arrangement. I will not deny, said Col. Stark, that my plan contemplates a majority to the party to which I belong, but it is so small, that 1 feel convinced the Slate Rights party will not object to it. With an anxious desire for re duction, it was offered in the spirit of justice and conciliation, and be invoked in its support the honest and reflecting men of both parties. These sentiments of Col. Stark were too hon est ami conciliatory to meet the approbation of Mr. Springer, the great leader of the Union party in the Convention, for we feel confident that no person who witnessed the proceedings from be ginning to end, will deny that he is entitled to that character. We know not which most to ad mire, the presumption and boldness manifested bv him as a leader, or the docility and submission of i lus party in being led. Every proposition made to the Convention, had first to undergo the ordeal of his supervision, and wo to the rash Union man who dared act independently of his fiat. A se vere and not very refined castigation awaited them and tor continued contumacy, excommunication by this High Priest of the party. There is be j yond doubt, a shining spot in his moral character, which w e have never seen, that has much redeem ing virtue, or hr has manifested a political acu men, to his party, which has been hidden from us. ; that lias enabled him to assume its control with j out opposition. It therefore devolved upon him, in the exercise of his prerogative, to set those of | his party right, who had manifested some dispo sition to adopt the substitute, and in doing this, to show* to ( 01, Nark, the consequences of acting w ithout his advice and approbation. The Great Western,” as lie is sometimes facetiously called, therefore squared himself in theailse, in front of t he President’s desk, and delivered a speech. Mi. PreUpent, and gentlemen of the Union party, permit me to tell you, that you are barking up the wrong tree. I have examined my friend Stark’s plan, and unless there are more ways than one in old shave tail, it gives a majority to the N utlitiers, or at least leaves us about even. Sirs this will not do for me. I must have u majority in the Legislature. We have got it here, and I say that we shall be fools, if we consent to any plan whatever, which will not permanently retain it. My friend Stark is an honest man, anil in the honesty of his heart, has made an honest calctila* 1 lion, Imt he has over-reached himself, he is o'er \ malclied. Sirs, lam willing to concede to the J Slate Rights parly, all they claim.— They claim, sir, all the decency and all the talent. 1 grant it i to them. O sir, they are a slick set ol fellows. They cry out justice, principle and equality, till inv very ears arc deaf with it, but let a plan come forward which favors their party, and principle or no principle, they stick to it, like death to a dead nigger! Just the other day, sir, the gentleman from Mut cogee, Mr. Jones, proposed a plan, reducing the Senate to twenty live members, and made us a speech upen equality, and all that sort ol thing. Now see how quick he abandons that, and takes !up my friend Stark’s plan. Why is this sir ! be cause ho knows it gives his party the advantage. He sir, can make a better calculation in his head, while my friend Stark's plan is reading, than I could with my slate and pencil, and a day to work it out in ; and his support of the measure is sufficient evidence to me, that we ought not to adopt it. Mr. President, my plan is the best one, which has been offered to this Convention, it gives to the Union party twenty three districts certain, and less than that I would not have.— There are three or four doubtful districts, which by proper management will give us a majority, and the balance we will scratch for, where scralch -1 ing will do any good; and I now tell the Union j parly that they must adopt my plan, if they ex pect to keep a majority in the Legislature. Sir, I have no notion of putting a stick into our ene mies hands, to crack my knowledge box with. I shall therefore vote against all the substitutes, and for my plan of reduction.” From the New Orleans Picayune. Doings in Mississippi. On perusing in the Natchez Courier of the 20th inst. an account of two street fights, one of which proved fatal to one of the parties en gaged, and is headed, “ Another Affray and Death," as if such scenes were of an every day occurrence, or at least intimating their frequency. The unfortunate event took place in the town of Woodville, Wilkinson county, last week. The particulars are these:— Mr. A. J. Foster, the foreman of the Grand Jury, made himself active in that capacity to render certain persons amenable to the law who had been parlies to a contemplated duel. He sometime after visited the office of Mr. Leigh, one of the parties, who called him an informer, and applied other insulting epithets to him. A challenge ensued and a duel was decided, on; hut before the appointed tjyio I'eigh met Mr. CJL oijlyfc frilling language ensued, and -a general fight was the consequence, in which Dr. Moresse, C. Foster, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Fielding Davis, Judge Smith, and one or two others were engaged. Mr. Leigh, who had received some personal injury from Mr. Davis, sent him a challenge by Mr. F. A. Moore. Moore and Davis now quarrelled. Davis struck the former with a whip, injuring him severely. Mr. Davis shortly after proceeded to the Post Office; Mr. Leigh walked immediately after him with a drawn knife or dirk in his hand. Mr. D. saw him as he advanced, and told him not to approach him. Mr. L. continued to do so. Mr. D. repeated his warning, and told him if he did so he would shoot him ; and seeing that Mr. Leigh did not stop, he raised a double-barrelled gun which he had in his hand and snapped both barrels at him, neither of which went off. He then struck him with the end of the gun and knocked him down, and ran across the street. Mr. Leigh after rising . continued to advance, when Mr. Davis drew a * pistol and shot Mr. L. in the side, which pene | trated his spine. Leigh, after lingering near two \ days, died of the wound. Davis was irame- V ihe Jess lameiiffibjff'Vttairtrf'WM^ ll jsft| adverted occurred at Jackson, Miss,, on the loth ffisf. It appears that Gov. McNutt was con temptuously spit upon by R. L. Dixon, the clerk ol the C hancery Court, some few weeks since, ana that one A. J. Paxton thought it to be his duty in the public papers to wipe off’ the stain This was the origin of the affair, and here is the sequel as given in the Natchez Courier. It is an extract from a letter dated Jackson, 16th May. We would wish to abridge it, but there is such a chain of circumstances that wo cannot well do so. The writer says: On yesterday, R, L. Dixon, the clerk of the Chancery Court, attacked A. J. Paxton in the Rotunda ol the Capitol, and gave him a very se vere caning, for and on account of a publication of Paxton’s which appeared in the Misaissippian of the 3d inst. Judge McKinley of the U. 8. Court, (then in session in the capitol,) fined Dixon 4*500 for contempt of court. In the evening Mr. I axton and his friends, about twenty in number, prepared for an attack on Dixon, by arming them selves with guns and pistols, and placed them selves in a house by which D. was most sure to pass in going to his office. D. hearing of this, prepared himself for defence by taking his stand m the street, where he stood for half an hour, when P. sent him a challenge, which 1). would not accept, assigned as his reasons, that he had a lucrative office, and should he accept a challenge ho would lose it, and by the law he debarred from’ the privilege of ever again holding an office in the State. Paxton then came out and commen ced advancing on Dixon, who told him that if he advanced further, it would be at the risk of his life, at which P. stopped and denounced D. and then retired, when the crowd almost simultaneous ly shouted ‘ Hurrah for Dixon.”— Here the mat ter of yesterday seems likely to stop. Butjthis evening the old Parish Judge McKin ley, ot the U, 8, Court, after adjourning court •and whilst on his way to his room, had his nose I’ullcd severely, by a Mr. James H. Boyd, ayoung man who had been acting as officer ol the court during the aforesaid affray between D. and P. and for not interfering was called “a stupid Jack- W by Judge McKinley, for which he had his smeller pulled, &c. &c. He (Boyd) is justified by every one whom 1 have heard speak of the matter, and will be sustained.” F.nsr Visit to a TuKAms.-At length, on a certain (and, oh fatal) night a dark and gloomy night—suited to the perpetration of such an act ol disobedience, with stealthy steps I trod my VVJ; • 1 /.u rca ? ot ook nglu or 10,t > so conscious was 1 ol the “deep damnation of the deed;” but my soul was in arms, my will was free, my fa ther had departed for Whetstone, his constant custom on a Saturday evening, to indulge his own pursuit, and 1 issued forth with my friend L chheld of the Council office, from the book seller s shop, to make my first entree at a public theatre; this was in the autumn of 1790. Oh the delights ol that night! that two shillings worth’ ol disobediance . My companion and 1 have fre quently laughed over the recollection of my fran ic behavior. He could not pacify me. He had long been intimate into the mysteries of the scenic art; but here I was, at 14 », c. p'ay,” which Charles Lamb has so beautifully described. Ihe very curtain filled me with an tlcipations ol delight; the scenery, the dresses the leathers, the russet boots, the very smell of the theatre, that mixture of orangepeej and oil the applause in which I joined so heartily as to bring all eyes and many remarks upon me to the great scandal of my cicerone, filled my senses with delight. From that night my mind was in a state of splendid irritation. 1 eduld scarcely walk the streets without offering “my kingdom or a horse to every pedestrian I met.' At night 1 could not rest, Macbeth did “murder sleep-” i and I rented Lear up three pair of stairs to a s ou ’ r . I legged bedstead.— Memoirs of C. Matthews ( Rcmi)it* of TKiirHi.es,—fcwfe h«« h- ~ vored with the perusal of a letter doled HI. Cma, |, No 10, May 14. from a gentleman at that place, e who writes that McLaughlin, has heel. at »wh t river, which is about 50 miles from IN o. 10, won „ 40 men, ami ordered olf, by letter Capt. Nycano s his men, about 30 in number; they then went | down the river, it is supposed for reinforcement. , The letter adds, “We, immediately sent one ex- , press to Tort Fairfield for men, and one to Col. Jarvis, informing him of the facts, and started a boatload of men, ammunition and provisions, lor the teal of war ! W e say Fish river country by the arrangement belongs to us. We have sent a force them to secure the timber, take off tres passers, and exercise jurisdiction. —Bangor Whig. If this letter-writer is correct in his statement, the first act of aggression appears to have come from the side of New Brunswick. Fish river is South of the St. John ’s, and it is understood, we believe, as well as anything can be understood amid the vagueness of the terms used in all this controversy, that the jurisdiction claimed by Gov ernor Harvey, and conceded for the present by Governor Fairfield, is only over the country North of that river. The Madawaslta settlements we understand to he the country North ot the St. John’s, and the stipulation of Gov. Fairfield, in the agreement negotiated by General Scott, was “ not to disturb by arms the province ot New Brunswick in the possession ot the Madawaska settlements.” But after all there is probably some mistake in the matter; and we think it would have been , wiser for the parties to call upon Mr. McLaughlin for explanations, than to send off for men and munitionsof war. But these Maine folks will do every thing in such a hurry—and of course many things wrong end foremost.— N, Y. Commercial Advertiser. Corn has been carried from lowa Territory, down the Mississippi and up the Ohio, a distance ' of two thousand miles, and sold at a profit in Cin ( cinnati, to be sent into the interior of the great ' agricultural State of Ohio. What have the peo pie been about the last two or three years, that * the production of the common necessaries of life • has fallen off so prodigiously in the finest dis tricts of the Union, that food of all kinds bears 1 an extravagant price, notwithstanding the scarci -5 ty of money 1 There is a volume of instruction 1 in the inquiry ! Men have been too much occu e pied in dreamy speculations on the future, in get ’ ting suddenly rich by anticipated rise in the ’ value of their land, that they have neglected u r ’ ,' v L it in the on|y,W““ i fi vcilihl it can lie really im- The labor which produces wealth has been thought too slow a process for those who 1 were to become rich without labor, by the labor 1 of somebody else. But as there were 100 many > of this same way of thinking, the amount of labor ! and the productions of labor, is sensibly dirain ! islied, and every body is the poorer for it. i | From Hie New York Commercial Advertiser of 22J m , Horse. of Rf.fvrk DKsTitoTF,n.—Between eight and nine o’clock this morning a fire broke , out in the centre building of the House of Rc , fugc, and was not extinguished till that and the wing nearest the Bloomingdale road were totally , destroyed, the walls only having been left stand- I ing. When we left the place at 12 o’clock the [ fire/tvas nearly subdued, but the engines were , stifl playing upon the ruins. There were abopt two hundred boys confined"'' , in the buildings, two or three of whom, it is sup posed, escaped during the confusion. The greater part of the remainder, we are infor med by the superintendent, worked manfully to stay the progress of the fire, and it was mainly owing to their exertions that the property in the building was saved. There is no other way to account for the on ! signemy carnratlnicaiea ny~sume‘brtui*uwys. d*- i There was an insurance upon the premises but probably not sufficient to cover the pecunia ry loss. From Dr. Bird’s “Peter Pilgrim.” J“ CI WXTTJfO PoWETI OP TIIK BlacK S.VAKK. J he following is a story authenticated by Sam uel Beach, a naturalist, of two boys in New Jcr soy, who being in the woods looking for cattle lighted by chance upon a large black snake,upon which one of them, an inquisitive." imp, imme diately resolved to ascertain by ’ experiment whether the snake, so celebrated for his powers, could charm or fascinate hi th ; he requested his - companion to take up a stick and keep a good eye on the snake to prevent evil consequences, t while he made the trial of his powers. “This,” Says Mr. Beach, “the other agreed to do; when the first advanced a few steps nearer the snake-*'' and made a stand looking steadily on him. When the snake observed him in that situation he raised his head with a quick motion ; and he says that at that instant there appeared some thing to flash in his eyes, which he could com pare to nothing more similar than the rays of light thrown by a glass or mirror when turned to the sunshine. He said it dazzled his eyes; at the same time the colors appeared very beautiful, and were in large rings, circles or rolls, and it seemed to be dark to him every where else; and his head began to be dizzy, much like being over swift running water* He then say s he thought he would go from the snake; and as it was dark every where hut in the circles, he wasfearlul of treading any where else; ami as they still grew in less circumference he could not see where to step ; but the dizziness in ns head still increased, and he tried to call to lus comrade for help, but could not speak It then appeared to him as though he was in a vor tex or whirlpool, and that every turn brought him nearer the centre. His comrade, who had im pattenUy waited observing him move forward to the right and left; and at every turn approach mg nearer the snake, making a strange groaning mst not unlike a person in a fit of night-mare; he said he cou d stand still no longer, but imme diately ran and killed the snake, which was of the largest size. The lad that had been charmed was much terrified and in a tremor; his shirt was m a few moments wet with sweat ; ho com plained much ol a dizziness in his head, attended with pain, and appeared to be in a melancholy stupid situation for some days.” ' ’ Excuanoi.no A Wifk —Rather a singular case was disclosed on Saturday, in the report of the committee on the state prison upon the petition of Samuel Weston for release. By the statement ot Mr. Copeland, it appears that the prisoner was committed under the following circumstances.— About live years ago, his wife was stolen and car ried off by a man who until that time hail lived in his neighborhood, and who also had a wife of his own. Probably, however, the abduction was not without some degree of volition on the part of the stolen properly herself. Poor Weston was quite disconsolate under his bereavement, hut be ing somewhat of a “simple body,” some mischie vous fellows advised him to make up for his loss by taking the other man’s wife, who of course had been left behind without any husband. Believ ing that “a fair exchange was no robbery,” he concluded to do so, and with the lady’s consent he took her home, called it all square, and every thing was going on smoothly again to the satis taction of all parties. His happiness, however, was doomed to be again interrupted ; for he was complained of, arrested, tried, convicted, and for this act so innocently committed on his part, he tv as sentenced to six years imprisonment. Five years of this term will expire in February next, ami he now very humbly petitioned the Len-ista turc to abate the remaining year. From the tea- I liraony ol Mr. 1 dlsbury. the warden of the prison it H)i}<eart'd that the poor fellow wag a Tory harm less, inoffensive man, and his petition was (train ed unanhi ous!;. We could almost have wished the House hail also granted him a special dispen sation, with full permission to take his adopted spo ise again, and live with her, until his own lawful wife should he returned to him. Had it not lieen for had example’s sake, perhaps they would.— Hartford Conn. Courier. A case was decided in the Superior Court on Monday, which may serve an a caution to men holding official situations, that trivial carelessness or neglect may sometimes be attended with very serious consequences. Wm. P. Hallctt Esq, was sued for the recovery of a judgment which had been obtained against a Mr. Charles Morris, and the amount of which had not been recovered, in consequence of Mr, Hallett’s having overlooked, in examining the records of the Supreme Court, a previous judgment against Morris for $15,000 or $16,000, 'file amount for which Mr. Hallett was now sued was nearly $4,000, and before the case had been submitted to the jury, it was made out so clear that his counsel, in his behalf, con sented to the payment of it with costs.—iV, Y. Transcri] t. s( The Montreal Transcript slates that the wife of a man named Delaru, living near that city, re cently attempted to murder her husband. He was engaged on his knees at prayer, when his wife came behind him with an axe and inflicted a ghastly wound on his head, fracturing his skull in a shocking manner, which he is not expected to survive. His cries brought some persons to his assistance before the blow could be repeated. Tub Don Wah.—The two hoards of the com mon council, on Monday evening, passed the an nually enacted ordinance for the destruction of dogs found running gt large in the city. It au thorises their indiscriminate slaughter, and in flicts a fine of $lO on any and every person who allows his dog to run at large through the city south of 30th street.— N. V. Sun. Consignees per .South Carolina Rail Road. Hamburg, May 27, 1839. Stovall St Simmons, A. Frederick, Reese St Beall, M. Griffith, J. S. Hutchinson, T. H. Plant, F. Lam back, P. Golly, Haviland Ac Risley, J. Crockett, S. Knecland, Antony St Haines, G. T. Dortic, J. F. Benson, George Parrott, D. L. Adams, E. Boyce, . Jeffers & Houlware, Sibley St Crapon, Clark, Mc.'i'eir & Co., W. E. St J. U. Jackson, Bones St Carmichaci. MARRIED, I In Barnwell District, S. C.,on Thursday evening I the 23d inst., Mr. K. L. Whatley,of Beech Island,'- | to Miss Elizabeth, daughterof J. J. Lawton. —•' DIED, On the 25th inst. after a lingering illness, Mrs. Abioaii. Stov, in the 60th year of her. She was a native of Pennsylvania, but for the last 38 years a resident of this city. SOUP OK BROTH Served up every day this week, at 11 o’clock,at, the Cornucopia. may 28 j t NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger TVniJ Charleston and Hamburg, will leave a| follows: — UPWARD. Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a.m. I “ “ Summerville, “ - -S 30 “ “ Georges’, - “ - 10 00 “ “ Branchville, “ - 11 00 “ “ Midway, - “ - II 30 M. I “ “ Blackville, -“ -100 p. m. | / “ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300 if a—l vo a» Hamburg not before - 400 downw'ard. h - Not to leave Hamburg before COO a « “ “ Aiken, - “ - . 730 ' ’ “ “ Hlaekville, “ . . 930 “ Midway, “ - - 10 30 . “ Branchville, “ - - 11 00 f “ “ - - 12 00 m. I, ‘ . Summerville,“ . . 2 OOp. M . If' Arrive at Charleston not before 300 1 Distance—l36miles, FarcThrough—slo 00 I i Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20 I ' minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not I longer than o minutes for wood and water at any I station. ’ I To stop for passengeis, when a white flag is I hoisted, at either of the above stations; ami also at I Mneaths, Woodstock, Inabinet’s 41 mile TO f Pl Y e ®’’ Willesion, Windsor, Johnsons! Bl and Marsh’s T. O. i I f Passengers up will breakfast at Woodstock and I / dine at Blackville , down, will breakfast at Aiken I and dine at Summerville. may 21 |\ 00” T! 'E AMERICAN SILK GROWER AAD FARMER’S MANUAL —A monthly publication, designed to extend and encourage the growth of Silk throughout the United States. Edited by Ward Cheney and Brothers, Burlington, N. J., and pub lished in Philadelphia, at the low price of Ox* i Dollar a year. so- Subscriptions received at this office. ap I dj* The following are the Standing Committee) 4 appointed by the Mayor for the year 1839 and ’4O: Accounts St. John, Warren and Harper. Streets Parish, Rankin and Hitt. ' Magazine —Hitt, Crump and Dye. Hospital Dye, Hitt and Thompson. Drains Harper, Crump and Parirh. City-Hall —Rankin, Hitt and St. John. Pumps and Wells —Bishop, Rankin and Dye. Market Bush,Nelson and Thompson. Police Warren, St. John and Parish. Jail —Crump, Nelson and Bush. Health —Nelson, Hitt and Parish. Engines Thompson, Nelson and Harper. South Commons —Hitt, Ciump and Dye. Charily .Bishop, Crump and Rankin. River Bank and Wharf —Bishop, Warren and St. John. Recapitulation. St. John—Accounts City. Hall, Police, River Bank and Wharf. m» Sh M Str(, ' tS,l ! rains ’ Police a,ld Health. w^ aZmt ’ City-Hail, Health, and South Commons. Dy ®~ l ,'° spitai ’ ~um PS and Wells, Magazine, and Nouth Commons. b Harper—Drains, Accounts and Engines. U! Charity tl,y Hal1 ’ S,rcets ’ Pum l ,! and Wells,and Bi ltt pSlnd W *" s ’ Charity. River Bank Bush—Market and Jail. fVnm^Z7 P( i ,iC ti Accounts > River Bank and Wharf. El ’ South Commons, and Nelson—Health, Market and Engines, * Thompson—Engines, Hospital and Market. S. H. OLIVER, t lerk of Council. * . ap _ 3ra VY The following gentlemen have been sp [minted by his Honor the Mayor, as Health Com mittees in the Wards respectively attached to their names : Messrs. G. F. PARISH, -j P. H. MANTZ, {.Ward No. I. S. II OLIVER, 5 M. M. DYE, -s T. I. WRAY. (.Ward No. 2. J. G. DUNLAP, 5 J B. BISHOP, -s H. W. FORCE, i Ward No. 3. T. RICHARES. } C. 11. HITT, E. B. BEAU., i Ward No. 4. J. J. COHEN. 5 May 1