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PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY JONATHAN ROW, SOMERSET, SOMERSET COUNTY, PA.
Hew Series. TUESDAY MARCH 9, 1347, Vol. 5. 2fo. 17.
SONG FOR ALL SEASONS.
'Tis sweet to walk the fields of spring,
When first the feathered warblers sing;
When, peeping forth 'mid youthful green,
The modest violets are seen.
Sweet is the breath of summer morn,
And s'ect ihe slSJlt f Sea corn
And sweet, at evening's closing hour,
The balmy breeze, the fragrant flower.
'Tis sweet when harvest glories shine,
When glowing clusters load the vine.
When bows the heavy tree, and pours
la autumn's lap its juicy stores.
'Tis sweet, ay, sweet when winter's blast,
O'er autumn's fruitful fields hath passed;
Earth lolds her snowy mantle round,
And lies in wintry slumbers bound.
So every season, then, we sing
Sweet summer lime, and sparkling spring,
And autumn rich, and winter drear:
To grateful hearts they all are dear.
FOREIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA.
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER
Great Decline in Ilrcadslufis.
SltTENSION OF THE NAVIGATION IjAWS.
OPEN PORTS 1 OR EREADSTl FFS & SUGAR.
FA MINE IN PRUSSIA.
The Cambria reached Boston at 4 o'
clock on Saturday afternoon. She brings
dates from Liverpool to the 4th Februa
ry. " The intelligence is of great commercial
importance. The quotations show a hca
tv decline on all the staple articles, since
the departure of the Sarah Sands on the
20th of January.
The market report is not as clear as
we could wish it. The quotations are
not given; and it is not stated whether
the decline given is the entire decline
from the sailing of the Sarah Sands, or
only from the 29th nine days after she
sailed.
It i to be presumed there was a decliue
between the "20th and 29th; but our re
port does not so state. It is possible that
the decline given covers the whole period
between the 20th of January and the 3d
or 4th of February. The reader must
jadjie.
The range of Prices for Wheat, Corn
und Flour is about as on the 5th of Janu
ary, at the sailing of the Hibcrnia.
English Markets. I cannot make
the decline in Flour over 3 shillings ster
ling, and Corn over 2 shillings per quar
ter. Wilmer &z Smith's Times, quote Flour
in bond, 38 a 39s., and Corn GS a 72s.,
the market closed firm.
Havre Market. Flour is quoted at
Havre at 46 a 4G francs, in bond.
GRAIN MARKET.
Our report published on the departure
cf the Sarah Sands on the 20th ult., left
tho two chief markets in England, Liver
pool and London, with a downward ten
dency in prices, and the operations, by
consignees and speculators, have been
much more limited since that day.
The imports have been very extensive,
and although sales have been made, the
clock of Flour in Liverpool alone is esti
mated at 500,000 barrels, with a corres
ponding stock of grain.
-There rs a prevailing opinion that the
British Corn growers have large stocks,
which, wiih the temporary suspension of
the navigation laws and the repeal of the
import duty, tend to check the specula
tion, and will, it is assumed, produce a
reaction both "in prices and also in the ex
tent of other operations.
'This action was felt in Iondon on the
1st insL, when wheat declined from 4s.
to 5s. per quarter. At Liverpool, on the
following dav, prices fell 4s. per quarter
on Indian corn; 4s. on flour; 2s. per load
on wheat, since the publication of the
weekly circular on the 29th.
The Cotton market has been in a very
qmet position. - Sales arc limited in ex
tent, and prices arc rather on the decline.
On trie 30th ult. 0000 bales, including
2000 on speculation, were sold. On the
1st, 5000 bales changed hands, of which
speculators took 1506.
The business of the 2d was estimated
at 2000 bales, 500 of which was taken
on speculation.
Yesterday we had a dull, heavy mar
ket, with prices for American generally
id per lb. lower. Other descriptions re
main unchanged. Sales amount to about
4500, 500 bales of which speculators
toik, 2500 American.
The business consisted of, 4000 Amer
ican at Gd to7jd; 200 Egyptian at 7d
to 7M: and 200 Surat at 4d to 4jd.
Th market for provisions is steady.
The iron market is not so brisk as last
reported. Further reduced rates have
Wn submitted to. Different descriptions
f pig having fallen, lias induced buyers
purchase viili more freedom. Prices
l(f amifaclured iron conliuucs fully as
t.i"h. 1
The tea market is rather dull.
The accounts from the manufacturing
districts are still unsatisfactory. In Cot
ton fabrics only a very small business is
being transacted, and prices are very ir
regular. Havre, Jan. 31. A sudden and total
change occurred in the situation of things,
owing to the intelligence from New
York, up to the 9th inst., received in Li
verpool, which gave rise to animated and
speculative demand; and imparted cor
responding feeling to our market.
The sales in a few hours amounted to
7,500 bales; and prices have receded.
State of Trade in Manchester.
No material reaction in the present condi
tion of this market from that detailed in
our last circular, save in decline -of nearly
every description of cloth and yarns.
Matters could not be more unsatisfac
tory. Transactions have been restricted
to pressing wants.
New York Ships. The Zenobia
reached Liverpool on the 27th, the Pat
rick Henry on the 28th, Anglo Saxon,
from Boston, on the 23d.
An enormous business has been done
in sugars, during the fortnight.
Specula- i
tors have been extensively purchasing.
Prices have advanced considerably be
yond our quotations on the 1st inst., and
even over those last reporteJ. Loss bu
siness is now beinj done. The market
has taken a turn; and the prices are de
clining. The doings of the British Parliament
are interesting. The three principal mea
sures being
1. The entire remission of the
Corn duties.
2. The Suspension of the Naviga
tion Laws; and
3. The Proposed Remission of Sugar
Duties.
The state of our Commercial and Mo
netary affairs, since sailing of last Stea
mer, has been one of extreme peculiarity
and interest.
A large drain upon the Bank of Eng
land, to meet the demands caused by the
extensive importations of Grain, produce
and all other sorts of provisions into the
Kingdom, induced the Government of the
Bank to raise their rates of interest.
This has caused business generally to be
dull.
THE FAMINE.
There appears to be no mitigation in
the accounts of the sufferings by the fa
mine in Ireland. The amounts' being
raised by subscriptions and otherwise,
for the relief of the suffering are, how
ever, very liberal, and will, when applied,
do much to alleviate the distressed.
From France we have accounts of
more disturbances on account of threaten
ed famine. The French government,
however, is taking active means to arrest
the impending calamity.
Accounts from Prussia are almost as
distressing as those from Ireland. In the
manufacturing districts particularly, the
destitution is very alarming, and robberies
are of frequent occurrence.
Of the Progress of the Famine, the
European Times says:
The eyes of the nation arc fixed on
Ireland, where death is doing its work
through the instrumentality of starvation.
The details are horrible, sickening. The
poor try to escape, and thousands find
their way daily to England and Scotland.
Liverpool and Glasgow are overrun with
these poor creatures.
In the former town as many as 100,000
have received cut-door relief in a week!
The pressure of local taxation on the
rate-payers is likely to ruin many small
housekeepers, and leave them without
covering or shelter. The pressure has
become so overwhelming that Parliament
has been appealed to, but has hitherto giv
en no relief. .
A determined efiort is being made by
the wealthy classes in England to assist
the Irish by means of private subscrip
tions, and by abstaining as much as possi
ble from any superfluous consumption of
food.
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.
A company of of United States troops,
under Captain Plcmmer, arrived at Gale
na on the 2d inst., from Snelling, which
place they leftonthe 13th ultimo. The
long march of some four hundred miles
to the place was completed on foot. The
soldiers jverc generally well, but looked
weatherbeaten.
The Pcnnsacola Gazette reports that
the garrison at Fort Barancas,in that har
bor, has been removed, having sailed un
der orders to Sacrificios. It was com
manded by Captain Winder, of the 1st
Artillery, with whom were Lieutenants
Grafton and Seymour, also of the first
Artillery.
Ice. It may not be amiss to state, for
the information of the ice-dealers of the
North, that the crop this winter has en
tirely failed south of Baltimore, and that
consequently the demand for northern ice
will be greatly increased during the next
summer. In fact, the cities smith nf rt-,1.
timorc will be entirely dependant on the
Northern supplies for an article which I strength any attempt to disturb the peace
habit has jiow rendered a necessary of able stale of things in any state of the Re
life, " ' 1 public:
THE WAR.
LATEST FROM THE ARMY.
telegraphed for the pens a inqcirer.
A Detachment of Eighty of the Kentucky
and Arkansas Cavalrv cut ofl Cassius
M. Clay a prioner Capture and
death of Lieut. Ritchie confirmed
Murder of an Officer of the Ohio Re
giment Gen. Scott about to embark
for Lobos The attack on Vera Cruz
Col. Harney ordered to resume du
ty. The wrecked Volunteers Death
of Lieut. Gibson Rumored assassina
tion of Santa Anna unfounded The
American troops in possession of El
Passo Meditated attack on Tampico.
By arrivals at New Orleans, Tampico
dates to lhe 8th, Brazos to the 6th, Mata
moras to the 5th, Camargo and Vera
Cruz to the 2d, and City of Mexico to the
29th ult., have been received.
A detachment of eighty of the Kentucky
and Arkausas cavalry were cut off thirty
miles beyond Saltillo, by General Minon.
They formed an out-post, and were sur
prised and taken prisoners without resist
ance. Major Borland, Cassius M. Clay
and Major Gaines are among the prison
ers." Tne capture of Lieut. Ritchie and ten
dragoons, with despatches trom General
Scott to Gen. Taylor, is confirmed. One
account says they were cut ofT between
Monterey and Victoria, and that all were
killed. The despatches are said to have
contained the whole plan of operations.
Another account states that the ten dra
goons had reached Victoria in safety, but
that there was uo doub of the de:ith of
Lieut. Ritchie. He was lassood and drag--ged
across a corn field at full speed.
An officer of the Ohio Regiment sup
posed to be Lieut Miller, had been mur
dered near Chichirone, and awfully muti
lated by Mexicans.
Gen. Scott was to embark immediately
his destination supposed to be the Is
land of Lobos, about seventy-five miles
from Vere Cruz.
The attack on Vera Cruz, it was sup
posed, would take place about the 1st of
March.
Col. Harney had been sentenced to be
reprimanded, but Gen. Scott had remitted
the sentence, and ordered hini to resume
duty.
The news in regard to the volunteers
wrecked on board the ship Ondiaka, was
less favorable than was anticipated. The
detachment sent to their assistance are
said to have been made prisoners, with
all the volunteers.
Capt. Magruder's forces had started for
the wreck, and the whole brigade, it is
said, were to follow.
The main body of the volunteers wreck
ed had certainly not reached Tastipico,
and at the latest accounts from them, they
were engaged in a conflict wiih a body of
Mexicans far superior in numbers and e
quipments. The ships Statesman, Prentice and
Catharine were off the bar at Tampico,
en the 9th, hlled with troops.
The Mississippi volunteers on board
the Statesman were suffering terribly bv
sickness, and dying daily in great num
bers.
The New York Regiment on board
the Catharine, were m good health.
There were about 7000 troops at Tam
pico, composed of regulars and volun
teers.
Lieut. Gibson, of the second artillery,
died on the 6th inst., of fever.
The rumored assassination of Santa
Anna turns out to be unfounded; so also
his active opposition to the confiscation
of the church property, though the law
anDears to be a dead letter.
The latest accounts state that he hsd
lpft Tula, at the head of the main body
of the Mexican forces.
Gen. La Vega had been appointed to
the command of Vera Cruz.
The Congress of the State of Vera
Cruz had called on the people to resist
all hazards, the invasion ot ttie Amen
The Congress of San Luis had passed
a decree authorizing the Governor to ne
gotinte a loan in 48 hours, forced or vol
untary.
Some further accounts of the capture
nC Chihuahua have been received. The
Mexicans admit over one hundred killed.
Another accout mentions that an action
had taken place in the immediate vicinity
nf R! Pnsso del Norte, m which our
troops were entirely successful.
This Mexican report states that the
Americans were in possession of El Pas
so with six hundred Cavalry anil four
hundred infantry on the 27th.
The loss on each side not stated.
The Vera Cruz Indicador of the 31s
say!
that Gen. Veleffia
meditates an at
tack on Tampico, and yet the Mexican
troops were all in a deplorable situation
1 he same paper contains a communi
cation from Santa Anna, declaring that
although he has entirely renounced the
Presidency, he will oppose with all his
From the N. Orleans Commercial Times,
February 18."
INTERESTING FROM THE ARMY.
Murder of Lieutenaat Ritchie Capture
of General Scott's despatches Plan of
the campaign laid open to the enemy
Trial of Co!. Harney detachments of
eighty men, under Majors Borland and
Gaines, and Captain Cassius M. Clay,
surprised and cut off Approaching in
vestment of Vera Cruz and San Juan
De Ulloa. tc. &c. fcc.
We received last evening, on the arri
val here fram Brazos of the schooner
Sea, Captain Flanders, which place she
left on the 5th inst., a mass of highly im
portant information from different points
on the Rio Grande occupied by our troops
with very voluminous correspondence
from our private friends there, and files of
the Matamoras Flag to the 4 th inst. We
draw from these various sources, the fol-
owing items, being those of the greatest
interest:
MURDER OF LIEUT. RITCHIE
CAPTURE OF DESPATCH. On
Gen. Scott's arrival at the mouth of the
Rio Grande, and assuming the chief com
mand, he forthwith sent despatches to
Saltillo, addressed to General Taylor, or
the commanding officer there. When
the bearer reached that city, Gen. Batler
the officer in command, opened the des
patches, the result of which was the im
mediate departure of Gen. Worth and his
division for the Rio Grande.
Fhe despatches were then reseab'd,
and sent off in charge of Lieutenant Rit
chie, 5th infantry, to General Taylor then
on hi retrograde movement to Monterey,
rom v ictona, 1 en men belonging to
Kearney's company, of the 5th accompa
nied Lieutenant 'Ritchie as an escort.
They arrived at Monterey in safety,
stopped there a night, and proceeded on
their rout to meet Gen. laylor the next
day. Towards dusk, Ritchie reached
the village of ille Grande, distant twenty-three
miles from Monterey.
Meeting, just after his arrival, with an
Englishman, established in business there,
he availed himself of bis services to pro
cure refreshments for himself and com
mand. As the two were crossing the
plaza of Villa Grande, in furtherance of
that object, a Mexican on horseback came
whisking by them, when suddenly he
threw a lasso over Ritchie, put spurs to
lis animal, and succeeded in dragging
fun beyond the town, to a small creek in
the vicinity. Here he murdered hue,
and after mutilating his body in a horrid
manner, made off with the despatches.
These are said to be of great conse
quence, containing a sketch of the plan of
the forthcoming campaign, with oilier im
portant particulars. It seems as if the
movements of Ritchie and his party were
narrowly watched by the enemy, fordu-
rinf the night they passed at .Monterey,
the arms of five of his men were stolen
from them, necessitating a demand on the
Quartermaster for a fresh supply.
SURPRISE OF A COMMAND OF
EIGHTY MEN ALL MADE PRIS
ONERS. A letter dated January 25,
was received bv Captain Cross, at the
Brazos, from Capt. Chapman, Quarter
master, attached to Gen. Wool's division,
informing him that Major Borland, of the
Arkansas cavalrv, with fiity men, and
Major Gaines and Cassius M. Clay, with
thirty more, had been surprised and cap
tured at a place called luconasion, about
fifty miles from Saltillo, on the morning
of the 23d ultimo, by Gen. Minion, at
the head of five hundred cavalry. len.
Minion was informed by his spies of Ma
jor Borland's locality, and he marched
from a town called Alatcnuia, ana sur
prised him so completely that not a gun
was fired by either party.
Generals" Worth and Scott were still at
Brazos Santiago. The latter, it was un
derstood, would embark in a few days for
f
The Court Martial which tried Col.
Harnev on the charge of disobedience of
X allium. . i
ordersl sentenced him to be reprimanded.
Gen. Scott icmiitcd the sentence, and or
dered him to the discharge of tha duties
for the neglect of which he had been tried.
Brazos Santiago, Feb. 4, 1817.
Gentlemen : Active preparations arc
ffoinT on here, for the expedition against
Vera Cruz. Several vessels witn iroopa
and stores, munitions of war, fcc, have
sailed already. Gen. Scott and staff, will
go in a few days, and other troops in
transports, with necessaries, will follow as
soon as possible. The regular troops,
under the command of Gen. Worth, are
still encamped on the Rio Grande, but
will be here in a short time. They will
come in detachments, so that they
embark conveniently.
It is now well understood that ths ex
pedition is to rendezvous at the Island of
Lobos, a short distance north of Vera
Cruz. Between the Island and mainland
there i3 a harbor or roadstead, where ves
sels can lie in safety. The shore, it is
said, is bold, and there is water enough to
enable the armed vessels lo get sufficiently
near to protect the landing of the troops.
The island U represented as nearly bar
ren, but will be occupied as a depot and
encampment.
The troops will be landed in boats,
some 10 or 12 miles from the town, and
a cuuimneu attack bv laud and water
made on it, and the castle of Sun Juan in
the harbor.
The preparations for the expedition
are on a grand scale, and if the elements
are favorable, it mut succeed. But it is
well known, that this and the next month
are always boisterous on the coast, and
men cannot control the winds and waves.
Our land force. will be about 15,000
strong, and our squadron will be able to
bring about 300 guns to bear on the furti-
fications.
. From the N. O. Picayune, Feb. 19.
LATER FROJI VERA CKl'Z.
Santa Anna not Assassinated His Gam
bling operations Number and Condi
tion of his Army Proposed movement
to Tula Gen. La Vega in command at
Vera Cruz Resources of the Garrison
Futility of the seizure of the Church
Property Battle of EI Passo Defeat
of the Mexicans Dissolution of the
Ministry, fcc.
By the arrival of the barque St. Mary,
from Havana, we 2re placed in possession
of the advices by the British steamer
from Mexico. The Mcdway arrived at
Havana on the morning of the Cth inst.,
from Vera Cruz, with dates from that cita
to the evening of the 1st int., and from
the city of Mexico to the 29th of Janua
ry. The Medway brought over $G00,000
in specie, and fifty-two passengers.
. The rumor of the assassination of San
ta Ann3 turns out to be unfounded; so al
so of his active opposition to the seizure
of church property. At the hst accounts
he was still at San Luis Potosi. Vera
Cruz papers of the 28th ult. announce
that letters from San Luis- speak of 'his
immediate departure for Tula. Letters
from the city of Mexico are to the same
effect, and represent that he would move
at the head of the main body of his for
ces. Letters on which we rely confidently
say that his whole force does not exceed
23,000 men of eII arms. They are rep
resented to be in a deplorable situation
forwant of means. They are destitute
of clothing and provisions, and one regi
ment had actually left for the city of
Mexico. Santa Anna employs his time
in gambling and cock-righting, and writing
menacing and energetic representations to
Congress for money.
We have assurances that he quite re
cently won $34,000 at monte from his
own officers, very many of whom are
verv voung men. The latest accounts
we have seen from San Luis say that he
would move upon Tula the morning of
the 27th ult. This is stated in a letter
dated the 20th.
Gen. La Vega has been appointed com
mander general of Vera Cruz. Letters
of the 20th ult., from Mexico mention
this fact, and there can be no doubt of it.
Our private accounts from the most re
sponsible sources, set down lhe number
of trcops in the city cf Vera Cruz, at
3500 some say 3000. The garrison of
San Juan de Ulloa does not exceed 1100
troops.
The Congress of the Str.te of Vera
Cruz had issued a manifesto calling upon
the people at all hazards to resist the in
vasion of the Americans.
Nor does there appear to be any pros
post of relief for tl e want of means
which prevails in Mexico. The law au
thorizing the seizure of fifteen millions
of property belonging to the church pro
mises to be a dead letter. The property
consists almost entirely of real estate in
different cities of the Republic. Even if
the law of Congress be enforced, it is said
that no one will advance money upon the
property so seized, much less purchase it.
The whole body of the clergy had pro
tested against the seizure as sacrilegious
and they were supported by a large por-
tion of the lower classes of the people.
Santa Anna gave in his adhesion to the
measure with great reluctance.
Our letters say that all the late Minis
ters have resigned. The Ministers of
Foreigh Affairs and of Finances have cer-
f t.ilnll' i',r Cjl
law;, v uuiii. c".
We find no mention made of the
can-
lure of Chihuahua, but there has been an
j action in the immediat
vicinity of El
Paso del Norte in which our troops wer
entirely successful. The report of it is
altogether Mexican, and was published ia
the capital on the IGlh ult.
The Virginia Voli nteers. Thrcs
more of the companies of this
regiment
5
d
com
and Youn
6
The Passengers in mE Cambria.
We learn that twenty and more of the
passengers bv the Cambria are Irish corn
. l 1, . 1 v
merchants, wiio nave orougm a i-i a-
mount of specie to invest in the cheapest
rrain ond bread-stuffs. There are also
several Belgian and German corn factors,
who will purchase extensively, no doubt,
Indian meal and corn for their markets.
Herald.
ailed irom Uid fount Uotnlort on 31 on- i Kailibone a-i m ci ma nrw were, swept
av. viz: the companies from Jefferson, i overboard, thit the s.np J.liza arwick.
can t Berkeley, and Portsmouth, under the ' also Irom .w or.i, m?t v,ih a similar
manu ot Uaptams Itowan, Alber.is, ; .nary, oy wnica
, f . ... . ,- ,tr,LrT--. , .
BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.
At the recent meeting, in New Orleans,
for the relief of the Irish sufferers, tho
Hon. S. S. Prentiss made a speech,
from which we take the following beauti
ful extract :
"There lies upon the other side of tho
wide Atlantic a beautiful island, famous
in story and in song. Its area is not so
great as that of the Sute of Louisiana
while its population is almost half that of
the Union. It has given to the world
more than its share of genius andtgreat
ness. It has been prolific in statesmen
warriors, and poets. In brave andVenl
erous sons have fought successfully all,
battles but their own. In wit and humor
it has no equal; while its harp, like its
history, moves to tears by its sweet but
melancholy pathos. Into this fair region
God has seen fit to send the most terrible
of all those fearful ministers who fulfil his
inscrutibie decrees. The earth has fail
ed to give her increase; the common mo
ther has forgotten her offspring, and her
breast no longer affords then their accus
tomed nourishment. Famine, guant and'
ghastly famine, has seized a nation with
its strangling grasp; and unhappy Ireland
in the sad woes of the present, forge 13 fur
a moment the gloomy history of tho
pait."
Lif e in New Orleans must be very pi
quant. A writer in the Atlas thus des
cribes one phrase of it :
"Passing down a certain street in this
city a few days since, we observed a
group of persons standing before the door
ot a little restaurant, and a number of
both sexe3 going in, each with a small '
loaf of bread and bain- under their arms.
We had the curiosity to look in. An im
mense cauldron, most as large as a kettle,
was on the fire filled to the brim, and a
large fork, fixed on a handle, by hard bv
on a table. We soon ascertained that It
was an eating-house on a new principle.
Each person brings his loaf", payidown
his five dimes a cent a throw. If ha
draws up the meat, lie sits down, lurky
dog, and enjoys it, or takes it home in hii
basin. If he draws no hieat, he receives
a bowl of the broih in which it is boiling. '
The operation is not so easy as one would
suppose. The fork is so well worn, that
its points are a little turned up; the kettle
is very deep; and ebullition keeps the meat
constantly in motion. We saw five par
ties try it, and three dined on soup."
ONE OF THE LATEST JOKES.
A good story is going the round? of an
honest backwoodsman unacquainted with
the s'ang terms of the day, who recently
went into a store at Columbia, S. C, to
purchase a bill of grocereies. Stepping
up tc the keeper of the store, he began
with
"Have you any sugar!"
"We ai.nt cot anything else," was
the reply.
"Well, put me up 150 pounds and maLe
out your bill. Til call and settle, and
get the sugar in an hour or so."
In an hour or two after this the gentle
man called, paid his bill, and got the su
gar. As usual the shopkeeper said
"Want anything else sir?'
"I did want some three or four bag3 of
cofiee, some rice, spices, etc.; but I get
them at some other store. You told me
YOU
DIDN
T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE BUT
SCGAR
FREIGHTS AND BREAD STUFFS.
The New York Express say?: -"Tli3
enormous freights that are paid from this
country, will divert vessels of every na
tion to our shores, and freights must in
the end decline. The fall of freights will
have the effect to strengthen the price of
breadstuffs here. Still our countrymen
cannot, with any sound reason, expect
that prices will rule where they now are.
Corn at a dollar, or nearly two cenU a
pound, is a rate so exhorbitmt, that shoa'.d
it last, the prices would set our country'
men all but crazy."
SLAVERY IN DELAWARE.
The Horse of Representatives of the
Stale of Delaware parsed a bill U Fridiy
for a gradual abolition of slavery in tha
Sute. Th? proposition has yet to re-
i ccive t!ic sanction oi trie r?enr.e, wnica is
; expected to concur with the House.
Th'i num'cr oi Slaves in Delaware in ths
year IS 19, when the last census was ta
ken, was only 2.G35.
CASUALTIES AT SEA.
The Liverpool papers announce, in ad
dition to the bs sustained by the packet-
shio
Colcmbi. fromwiio; d-'c!c lpf.
C ir.t. hor.ii'' a.-.u two
their live.
ere
Locornco Defeat in Iowa. It gives
us groat satisfaction to bo a'!e to an-
nounce, that ih? c'r Jon in Lee count v.
j Iowa, to suppL i' c phie of Con'cc, who
i died a lew weeks since has resulted in
the decide ! defeat of the Ioc-jfoco.'. Bi-
ker, "possum democrat.
mpporte'd by
tne niirs, oca: v.w ix-o.nc r
.inJat2
about 150 vote;, St. L-
Ci Lis crew loit