The Columbia Democrat. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, June 21, 1845, Image 2
towards l1if Will win in liv the fnn dcnl hodin, ho pmed close to Mina' boric; iml nl the moment when hi hand wore about to be lied lielnii'l hin hy two-soldicrr, ho broke from then Ind enitMiig himself on his knees dispell 'the general's thih wiili hoih liis shnv - fifed hinds, crvini!, 'For love of Hi' Holy Viiftin, spate me, spue no! On hi- liie 1!l'i;(,oo von bote your owi -j hlher, save-the life of an tA pa rem 1 never saw ihe mortars after they Itl tliC'VilWe oiv the' first day.' 'Mina muved not; his face appeared l)i0Ui't;' had bf en chiselled oul ot block tf brown stone. The poor sol diets in vnin endeavored lo loosen lh poor old msu's hand from Minn w lhin he clung ii and grasped with nil th HiennHi of ilespeiiition. At lenfiih,how ever, hy uiot of repealed efloris, lie wa- removed, Bitd having been ukon in rdaie nf exhaustion lo tne .fatal wa he speedily fell, pierced by the deadly bullets. After this awful execution, Mini said, in a loul voice, 'Now l t the Us man in the linn be brought forward.' Alhu had observed, immediately af ter liie old vil'ager had been hot, tha an interchange of glance? full of mean ing look place between the gipsy am dha half-wilted boy, and surmised all, once, that the mranger might be inflij--enced by the fear of death to divulge the -iccret. On hearing the order for his being brought foi ward, the gilano's swarthy complexion assumed a deep yellow tinge, and he trembled from head to fool. 'You have but five minutes ti live unlses 4he mortars be found,' sa'n .Minn, addressing the gilano. -The moral construction of the gipsj waa of a very different nalure from lha' of the peasantry of the northern pro vince of Spain, although he had been zealous hired agent of the Carlist junt; in stirring up the people to the pilch oi enthusiasm to whibh the Navarrese ha been wrought at that period, under tin idea that all their rights, privileges am religious observances were at stake, anc! could only be secured by the annihil lion of the Christinos. He had expect ed to escape hy means of the positiou ii which he had contrived to place himsell on the line of villagers, and had there fore remained silent during the previ oils inlerogations; but now, finding lha the very manoeuvres ha had put ii to nve his life, had on the contrary brought him to the verge of deBtructioi he lost all command over himself. 1 tremulous accents he begged permissior to speak privately to the general. 1 1 was led toileting fiom fright, to Un side of his horse. Mim was obliged u cioop to listen to his almost inaudible .mklmir rsnlorprl dniihlv indistinct hv the chattering of his teeth. 'Senor Mi rta, my general,' he muttered, 'if I di vulge the secret, will you take tin with you? Will you protect me from .the vengeance of these villagers?' fl will,' answered Mina 'Then ser.d a party of soldiers will some pioneers, down the lane to ihi left of the church, and when they'arrivi at a spot where there are large ever green oats, let him turn into a f;eld ti the right, in the centre of it they will see a heap of manure; let that be remov cd; then let them dig about three fee deep, and they will find the mortars.'" Mina instantly gave orders to t ho abov effect; and during the absence of tin parly about half an hour a solomi. silence reigned in the plaza. The g'n and stood close to Mina's horse witl downcast eyes, though occasionally ht glanced furtively at Ihe villagers, win all regarded him with menacing gravi ty. At length a sergeant ai rived from ihi exploring pirly, and informed Mini that the mortals had been found. Yout life is spared,' said the general to tin trembling gipsy, 'and your person shall be respected you march with us.' .It look the greater part of the day to gel the mortars exhumed and placer in bullocks-cars pressed from the inhab !t2nls, who .were compelled also lo dii op the guns and hoist them in'o ih wains, the owners of which were foic- cd lo guide the oxen, under a slioi .guard. The forccoiog narrative, Ihe lcadm features of which are traced from fad displays the indomtihlj fpiiil of tin Navarrese peasantry. IInrl-reiiding is it 10 rt fleet upon the frighli:! evils o: civil war, winch none can fully con ceive but those who have been cyc-.vit jK-sses of ihcm. .'A Negro's idea of Love, as given h Pilham, one of ihe E'beopinn seie naders Ah, nigger, I ftli as il ! war ii in the clouds but ween two hot buckwhea cakes and nil the leetle an ls war pour in down 'lasses upon me.' Kentucky has a gross popuhitinn ol .'OOjOOO, of which only 1,495 an djvu-holders; one in 2j a slave-holder. All persons interested in (lavcrv i' .mill, Carolina, amount io only 3J.70I cut of a r'ijiu!jti';n &! C9J00. l ull K!ns( oi Indiriiati n The )1 ilish pross is engaged as mod is ever in iia imeiiipe, slo and viiupei a ive attacks upon Ihe people and jnsntu ions of Hie United !mes. The fum ness of Pi esidrin Polk and the ixnni ukeahle sign of delel mi mil tun on lh lilt i.f the penplo of tins eoinill y to sus jiii Ihe IV' rodent m iml imiiisi t hi i- j'H i gills, excite the ire of Ihe I'' '" edr us, and they cm scarcely find vent In tieir indignation. The E'veipool M n if ihe 17th uli. copies two uriii h s on )ienou from the Washington Union ind the Cnusii'iiMon, which il ilenoiiit iate the numb-pieces of I'roilem IVk, and llifii indulg"S in ll e follow ng burst of iniligimlion. Tiie suuge ion lhai ihe liiitish (jovernmenl shuiili ompel ihe Uniied Stales (overtimed o pay the private debts of its ciiiZ 'iis is well as the public debts of the Stale s quite amusing, an J shows how wel n formed (he eJitor is upon the naiuu ind uowers of our Uovernmeni. Hm is absurd is theproposilion is, theasser ion lhat Ihe revolution by which wi lecame independent of the mother coun. .vas 'a premeditated act of robbery, 'ami ur sympathy with r rancc an 'jet ol un lardonable villany,' is still more ludi- rous. Our revolution was indeed ai ict of robbery i for it robbed the British ovemment of the right lo grtod down he people of this cou nlry for Ihe bene lit of the pampered and titled aristocra y of England. rhila. Ledger. Intelligent men will say, 'A war be ween England and America is oul ol he question.' 'Why?' we ask. 'Be :anse,' say they, 'Ihelwo countries havr lolhing in dispute worth fihtinu for, tnd particularly because the United Platen have neuher an army, a licet noi i dollar to einulov in a game so unwise ud desperate. Our answer to this is hat binkrupt 'nations, communitie." vhose credit is tarnished, whose laws nd institutions aro insaljbnoiu all ove he world, are alwiys lha readiest to ush inio a war. lie who has noihin o lose has notliing to risk; and if a kink .n pay a debt, or a nfl i compound foi i pecuniary default of a Stale, it is easi- r for some people lo resort to liie tor- ner than to Ihe only honest remedy, ol satisfy ing the jusl claims of iheir injur ;d creditors. The Washington journal- sis, to whom we have alluded, have tin- nodesty lo inculcate, what indeed is noi i new doctrine, that republican instilu- ions have been appointed bv divim 'rovidence lo redress the wrongs id rbitrary monarchies and tyrannical ai is ocracies, and that in American republi canism alone are to be found ihe germ nd fiuils oi tiuth, honor, justice, free dom. t quality and the natural rights oi man in the highest -slate oi civilization. rhis looks very well in words and up- w I I.I I . in paper. I5ut ll lias an ugiy anu ioi bidding aspect, coming from the othei side of the A'lantic. Amer ca, by pervision of justice and all forms ol te cognised law, is ne plainliu in the ens. nd Europe generally, and Lnigla U iar- icularly, are the defendant. Thai i he republican mode of Hitting it. Bu he preposition is in tisuii gunngiy :n- nonest. 1 hrow Europe out ol tne scale when did England clieit, rob, wm- Jleor defraud the United States? Sin ever did. The question, therefore. like Lord Ross' monster telescope, mu foe tuined in a different direction. And ve ask, when did the citizens of ihi United States cease to carry on a sy sien. f cheating, robbing and swindling a 'ii list this country? She boasts of hei tionor. Uan sue pay ner 'isi ueui She brass of her power! She canuo make a gun to arm her most lornudabl rigate, the Princeton. The only na innal bank hhe tvtr nossesfed was' founded upon English capital; and, ae cording lo her usual practice and tin rules of her government, she swindler mil lobbed the .English shareholders. In short, and in plain terms, the whole yMem of republicanism in the Uniici Stales is lounded on tobbery. 'The revolulion was a pi emedilateii id of robbeiy. The sympathy of it eading levolutionisis with France wa an act of 'ui (jue.'tionable' and unpai don able villainy. Thi sj be haul word', hu iheir irii'h is dcnionsttaied in i vtiy ac ol that st nseless -nil dishonest democia ey. Tin re are, however, many sensi ble, men in America men of prop' Hi ml influence-- who see that dishorn s loes i:Ol prosper -that limits are sel l mob ink and 1 1 n I the lime has coin, sv lien ihe iosiilulions of the Uniied S' . ts must undeigo a change for I tic gen- T3l btiujii of ihe Conimonwealth. These thinking men think that ihe tim snow. We sgrte wiili them. Mi. I'lesideni Polk is an instrument an i(j noranl llicugh an useful one. While In nas been flogging his slaves, the Chiic iiin world his undeilaken the duty o logging ihe slave owner, and in ih :oii!licin;g course of discipline, lh. B iieeiltr of, and dealer in, slaves tnu- . i, lie ihe roii'i ijuenee. N hile we wiii mne o! Ihe uOicial eon espuinlenee In vvci'ii liie two oveii.nieiiis lus Iran ;iired. .If governmeni messengers Iron l)ownmg l r c I h-ive pi.-ed l.iiher an hi:hci, 'Ir.i; piesaiee in the packcis ! inltnown. Now that Parliament lnJ net wo shall probably have some ex ilanii'ions; hut we are left in the daik ii-ss of ronjecture. All that wo have .0 say is this, ihe American question 7n.v he setlleiL S.r Robert Peel ami ml Aberdeen haie not only asset ted lie rights of England, but decl iied iheii uieniimm of inaml lining them lo Ihe jsi exiremily. We have no dojbt ol iheir l.iiih, but they will be evei las'ing y diigraced if they shrink ono line or iati ' breadth fiom their promise. With ihe rascality and dishonesty of ihe re nidiiiiim S ales theBiiiiih governmeni uve nothing to do. They cannot en ter upon any terms of compromise wiili epublican pawnbrokers, of the receiv is of slolen goods. But we think thai i is iheir duly lo compel the Uniied Maie noi only lo pay the private debts ol her citizens, hut all Ihe individual Slate debts which she owes lo England ind Europe.' "TnUTB WITH OUT FEA21 8.1TUtt.1V, Jl'.VV I, 1813. FOU JUSTICES AND CONSTABLES, Printed on a sheet for the purpose of Post, nig un in their Olliees, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE ir?The Law requites every Justiee and Ooiislable to have bis bill of fees posted up n his ollice ' ALSO Blanks for CONSTABLE SALES. .'uiutmasf GENERAL JACKSON. We give lo day, the melancholy, though oot unexpected news of the death of Genet- il J if kson. No man, since the days, of Washington.has been more enera!ly belov -d rcspccied,and enshrined in the hearts of 'lis enuntryman.and more deeply regretted m lealh. He has lived to a good old age, ind dies, leaving a void in ihe nation, thai nan hardly ever be expected to be filled . A nation mourns his loss. iVe observe by our cxehange papers, thai appropriate honors are beinp paid lo the memory of General Jaekson, wherever the, lews oi Ins ucatli tins been received, i-ue f resident ord ered the suspension of busi icbd for one day, in all the State Lopart nents at Washington city, and orders have deen issued for approptials honors to bi paid alall the ilitary and Nival Stations. Arrangements are already making for the delivery of Eulogies in many of our princi pie cities and town s 9 1 1 . J. ; I1 North Hriiiioli (anal. TII13 MOCKTAKIIX, We were pleased lo learn by ihe fol- iwing slip from the Luzerne Democrat, dial the stock of this company, was all taken on Tuesday last. The completion if this Canal to New York State Line willjman of his age, as Soldier, Statesman, Sage, e a glorious eia in iho history of Norih:rn?is I'ennsvlvania. It will give immense im .iiilee lo ihe Iron and Coal business of Columbia and Luzerne, by opening an un bounded market for ihem in Western New York, as well as throng!) the whole lengili if the chain of Lakes. We also learn that arrangements are now making for ihe com pleiion of Cattawissa and Liule Schuylkill Rail Road, through lo W illiamspott, which will open a market eastward and westward With' these improvements, in eonneeuoii with the Stale Canal, passing h rough ihe iieart of Columbia, she is detained, shortly, to be one of the richest and mosi flourishing counties in the Slate, and the beautiful villiage of Bloomaburg, with bei immense water power, & inexaiisable bed;- of linn ore and Limestone, the centre ol attraction and of business. 'The Hooks for the Subscription to the 'Capital Slock of the NORTH BRANCH CANAL COMPANY,' wore opened by ihe Commissioner at the Phoenix Hotel in this place at 2 o'clock P. M., to-day, and il ia with a feeling of espceial satisfac tion that we are enabled to inlorui our friends here and abroad, thai ihe whole sum .vas subscribed, and the first insialinem paid before closing ihe Books, al G P. M. The amout of capital is one million of dol ars. This improvement, when completed, as it undoubtedly will be, anil soon, will open i wide field lor the enterprise, in lestry.and ind capital, noi only of Northern Penncyl ania, but will bring here from oilier quar lers men and money, to aid in developing he resources eo long lying asleep within i r borders. Our Lo.il and Iron will he nmle aval ana de lo iho'r full extent, and licli harvests .vill be reaped hy ihe careful, and the co mprising operator. The 1 "7 ill ol June we el down as a brijjlit day in the records of Wyo tim it. DEATH OF ANPRLW JACKSON- The Philadelphia Ledger of Tuesday, thus unnoiincts ihe death of ibis J'auio .Hid 8,11)1'. We received yesterday morning the ul j'i'ucd slip I'm in the ollice of liie (Jineiiiiial Enquirer, nnnniineing the death of (iinera Jaekson. The death of this veneiablo pa'rio lias been fiequently announeed before ii the neuspnpers, but lliij intelligence corner diro.'.;'li a channel which establishes th fat-i beyond a doubt. Thonewsof his deaih Ii is been expected for some uiontlis pa.it iiis ease having assumed a character which forbade ihe hopes of a favorable issue. Gen. Houston, of Texas, the personal friend of Jaekson, who came to ihe Uniiee Slates expressly 1 1 see the General before liis death , arrived al Nashville just in liuw to find that his friend had expired, The intelligence of his death was conveved to Louisville by Col- Eldridge, who nccoui pa n io il i,en. Houston, ami there can dierefote be no doubt of ihe fact. There is no man in ihe nation whos death will cause such general regret anion)) (die people, They remember with grati tuiie bis deep devotion to his country's in terest, and bis eminent services in its behalf Even in the bitterness of partisan rancor. the merit was conceded him by all pariies- of being a true patriol,as sincere and hones in his purposes, as lie was ngul and un yielding in his wiil. His last thought were for his country and his honor and prosperity It is a matter of regret among his friends that lie did not live to see the tin nl consummation by Doth government jof die act of ann? xing Texas to iho United Slates, for which he manifested so deep an interest, knowing well iis impniianre ti ihe future peace and welfare of ihe Union, indjustly apprehending the inlerferenei ind intrigues of foreign governments on that republic while separated from the United Stales. So eventful has been his life and so public his ac lions lhat every one is familiarly ac quainted with and his already formed c judgment upon them. Posterity will ren ter jiutice to his character and its decision s already foreshadowed in ihe ulrmut uni versal sentiment oi the nation. Gen. Jackson bequeathed his papers U Mr. Iilnir foi the defence of his reputation. vi he said in his letter to Mr. I) apprising him of the fact. The defence 13 wriitet upon every page of the history of his coun try for the lost thirty years. His uiemon will be cherishod with affection by his, countrymen, and his name be placed amour the great and good. IL) was born March lo.li, 1 707, and died June 8 '.!i, 1813, in his 79ih year. From tfie Cincinnati Enquirer ,'Extraj June 12. Death of Gcnend ,rtAcoi! Smilliern pipers, received this morning, bring us the mournful, hut not unexpected, news of the death of General Jackson. The greatest no more! We copy from lite Louisville Democrat of yesterday morning; Gcnerul Jackson is Dead The term of his eventful life closed on .Sunday even ing last, at six o'clock. On Sunday morn ing the report reached Nashville lhat he had expired, owing lo his having fainted iway, in the attempt to remove his ehaii to his bed. He, however, recovered for s tew hours. A short lime before his death lie took an affectionate leavo of his friends md domestics, retaining to ihe lasl his lenses and intellect unclouded. Ho expired with the utmost calmness, expressing tin highest confidence in a happy iuiuiorlaliiy , tin oug h a Redeemer. General Houston landed at Nashville, at half past six o'clock on Sunday evening, and set off in haste lo the Hermitage, bin was met by the physician, who inlbiined him thai the General was no more We received this intelligence from Col. J. C. Eldredge, who accompanied Gen. Houston from Texas, and who is now on his vvay to Washington Ciiy The simple announcement of this melan choly though long expected event, willliho presumed machinations ol Presideni excite the deepest emotions in the hearlsof ihe American people ... memory of Jaekson belongs to bis country Her history will contain ihe record of his valuable services his sieiling pairoiism and. a nation's gratitude will be Ida cionu ment. The fnneral,we understand, was lo have taken place yesterday inortiingi The Louisville Journal, of the same date, says: j Death of General Jackson. An rx express arrived here this nornin? from Nashville, with intelligence liial this emi nent man died at the Hermitage on Sunday bit, at G o'clock, P. M. He had swcodi d in the morning, and for a lime, was M:p j rmsed to lie death, but ho sion nfierwanb evived. Jlis death will, no doubt, create ileal sensation throughout the country. OU brullon in Iliiuiiitoii, Thero will be a ctlabra lain of the 4 ill o Inly in lluuiihj;ion township, J,uz. en, a die Pine Grove chinch, hy the varum Sabbath Schoolii, Temperance Societies ami he Military of hat semjon. A N.ilionni Vddiess will be delivered by Hi:nuv lloy okn and sever. d others speci lies by differ Mil gentlemen on Sabhaih Schools. Teni permiee &c. George Howin.iii lo he Presi lent of the day Si Col Jimu Tubbs, Oliit-i 1 arslull, We are under renewed obligation to II. m fumes JJucluinai), Hon. Simm Cameron nd Hon. ll .'I liiddladi, for Vdluhh Incuments. THE MISSION ToTn GLAND. The report that the mission to Englanc las been offered lo Louis M-Laiie appear o be well authenticated. The Wakhingtoi lournal announces the lad, and says Mr VIcL. will aeeepi it. Report, however, wns incorrect in styling in a special miss on. Mr McLane will take the place o VI r. Everett, who is to be recalled, am: die prominent matter which the new Min iter will have in charge will be the satis ftctory and final adjustment of iho Oregoi piesiion. I'epnri further says lhat Mr McLane will depart for London early ii die ensuing monih. Fiom the circuna stance thai he will go with 'leave nf sib -ence' from the Railroad Company ovei hicli he presides, taken in conneeiioi' villi the contemplated appointment of u I'rcsidentjoro tempore in his place, it ma) ie inferred thai his residence abioad w il' i0t be protracted. The official confirmation of the appoint nent co me oy lust mail. Official Jippoinhitnt by the President. Louis McLane, of Aarj land, Miuisiei I'len ipoientimy and Envoy Lxtranrdiuan o ihe Uniied Kintjdom of Great Britain ind Ireland, vice Edward Everett, recall id. LATER FROM TEXAS. Galveston dates lo the 4ih inst. have re teived. Gen Lamar and Major Donaldsm irrived at Galveston on the 3 1st tilt. Tin U. S, revenue cutter Woodbury arrived a' iJalvestnn on Ihe 3d inst. with despatches- lor the American Minister. The American quadron, under Com. Siockton, was lying it anchor off Galveston on ihe 4ih inst Verbal intelligence to the Picayune con irms the report that the Mexicans are real y concentrating a large force on the Rio Grande, preparatory lo war in caee Texa should agree lo annexation. The feelin in ihe Inter country is thoioughly waildu the talk is of nothing else than a brush with Aexico, if she wishes it, and in addi uon, lhat the proposition of Mexico and England will be promptly rejected. Captain Elliot, the British Charge te Texas, reached Galveston on Iho evening of the DOih u!t, on a French man-of-win brig. The Civilian says il is understood that he brought further overtures from Mexico for an acknowledgment ol the in dependence of Texas. lie proceeded tu the seal of Governmeni on .Monday morn ing. The precise character of the propusi-( lions brought is noi known, but if they be of tiie nature intimated, ihey will probably j says ihe Civilian, 'be laid before the puhlnj in a very short time.' The same papu adds: 'The decision of the question ol independence or annexation belongs rx clobively lo the people, and ihe (Jovern menl has manifested iis entire uillingncsi- io allow lh8 matter lo bo decided hv hem ' Public, meetings arc being held in Trxai iisapproviug of the call fur a convention at recommded by die President. The rejoin tious doclare thai Congress is ca'led to men ind act in due season for the safe censum maiion of ihe greal measures of annexa tion. The New Orleans Bee says. 'The Galveston News comments ;n great lencih and with uiuch severitv upon tones, Mr Smith and 'ihe man with the twbi.e hat,' to defeat annexation hv a triple nuance wnn r.ngianu 5l.il yiexico. -J tie Tileuiaph, which is said lo be in ihe eon lidence of Jones, declares that functionary has made no proposal lo Mexico and auHinri.eu no messei.gr-r to proceed lo Mixiio with proposals; mid Migpmts thai all these nriJiiiiiiiioiis have nr cinated in drauil, and a tort'eiy of ihe great iseal ol Ihe Keputilic. I his e xiraordinary cxplana lion will (ind few persons credulous enougi to swallow n, more esncciallv as Caoi Elliott had reached Galvtsion in a Fn m Ii sloop of war. from Vera Cruz, and but proceeded onto the seat of Government bearing with him propositions from Mexic, acknowledging the independence of Tex we have no (hiuht 1 1 :i t the whole of ihir deep and dirk intriuuc will be dil'rated h die i eplt id Ti i.itb.' The Great Mound at Grave Creek, I'J niles below Wheeling, is described in a eiter from Prnlessor Locke lo the Guc mi Gazette Ii was thoroughly opened 'cveral yean since, and & greal quaniiiy nf urioiH relies were discoveud. lis rnliiu icight was aIiimii sixty f.-e', ' The must extraordinary diiTovrwy ';ts hal nf a small Mime inscuhfd with i-lmr.n - crs, d h-d by the Antiquarian Socn-iv .I Copi'iili iijeii In he Kunii'.' The work.y rigimi'dy prepared to facilitate seems in 'ie in u ml are quuo decayed, and the u nnd itsi-li' ii threatened with destruction, )n entering the i tiler V which has been mill, Professor L" says he came lo whern lit) earth supports itself, exhibiting a naked mil perfect seciio.i of the earth-work, -bowing thai the natural suiface of the or iginal soil on which the mound was buit vas slightly raised Professor L stales, as he most interesting observation made, that he section above this line of soil shows tho separate toads of earth as they had been ui'cessivelv ca-rind up and poured down IV ihe mound builders of old, in a kind of molded marhlini'.' Special Mininler lo England. A rc oori prevails al 'Vnnhingtou and Biliimora well iiuihenticaled, that the Hon. Louis McLane, of Baltimore, has been offered a -pecial mission to England in relation to the Oregon question. Mr. MLane has hereiofore represented ihe United Star s n Englandi A DIABOLICAL FACT lhtset Poisoned. Some disabolieal villian poisoned thirty-six horses belong ing lo Mr. Charles VVhi'.sen, of Yorkville, . Y.j proprietor of ihe new line of omni buses lo that place, on Tuesday morning 'asi. Aisenic was put in the through from which liny watered, Nine of the horses bave died, and. from appearances, at least twelve of the remainder will expiie. Be--ides these, several horses, cowg and hogs, belonging to the neighborhood have died, ind others are in a critical condition. Ii is lupposed that interested nnlcolence has lone th is deed. W hut e malignant scoun. re! he musl be uho could he guilty of such in act Aaron Bi ru. Richmond Theatre, New York, was once Aaron Burr's country-seat. correspondent of the Post relates the following incident as connected with il. 'The mansion itself is a lol'iy iwj slorv frame boose, very huge on 'he ground, wiili nany architectural embellishments en its front. The frame was brought from Eng and, and the house hag altogether an im posing appearance. Many years since when Aaron Burr was about to leave for England, he sold Ids mansion and about twenty acres of die pasture and woodland, u Mr. As-tor, for S5(i,00o, subject to his ledempiion on his return, by paying the interest. Burr waa Mr. Asio:' lawyer Years elapsed, and he came back. In iho meanwhile, it had been grided, streets laid nit, many improvement, made and cou ''qticiilly.il was greatly enchanced in value. Hun told Mr. Astor he proposed to lake the properly and refund Hie money, wiili inieresi, lo which Mr. Aslor of course objected The writings were examined, md the stipulation struck Mr. A. with sur prise. 1 lie. mailer was compromised hy paying linrr an additional sJoO.OOO. Tho ame properly now is wonh many millions of dollars.' Largest Cylinder in the 'orld There was casi a1 the works of the West Point Foundry, on the 1 2 ill, a Bhst Cylin der of ICG in diameter and 1 1 feel in lenuli veighing leu tons. It is iniendel for iho Mount Savage Iron Company, near Cum berland, Md. and is to blow four Blast Furnaces of the l.irt'est clacs, niakinw 400 inns per week. The lime occupied in running the iron from the furnaces to the mould was OU seconds. Cuiirur uml Enq. 0 UK GUN The editor of the Independence Exposi tor writes from the camping ground, May IjiIi, as follows; 'A ride nl one bun ked miles from Independence has brocghl us into the mtdsiof a seine ihe inoal yralc lul animating inv eves ever hailed. In iho tenlie of a hciutil'-.il prairie whi.h ihe wild aste of the Raw Indian.Ors seiictcd I: r heir permanent village, is ihe remli . mta if the On gon e:nii;iaiii, ;'sm uibicd l t:t to complete iheir final orgHiiziiiinii One hundred and four wagons, arranned in an oval ring, and Imkid legiihir with ex chains. I -Tin al mice all imineuse em;. I lo encloso the stock, and an impri grah!J for tres in pmieci ihem. One hundred mnio wagons. ' T.cuipt d in i;roii . at small dis tancrs. compU'ic ihe lump here iipscnioled, which, dolling the plain with ihcn -ii""-w hite covers, resoncdiiig vith a Ltic v mid liiud" plying lo and fro in business ol pre paialioil, or lienhiiL' ihe cloud of sioek en gaged in devouring ihe luxuriant trass.n ric to heighten ill interest a scene fall id aniin .iiinn, sunshine and i-xciienienl- Siimiltt n pously with the departure of tins hodvi f emigrant, of whi-in p ore m w li-kuc leave. oilier hodii s have already comrni nrid heir journi v fnon Si Jos(-,h's- Savannah I'lid Gimneil I! i.fl's. Thife, i !' wl.r nuiiibi r we li.,c i n pisime hiIo; :n;.ii epori (iu d ihe e miraiicii by ihe ndi-jv iiJiiice,'