tarty. fire at the first man who raises an atm alzainst you—bold on!' The other pasiengers, who had been a bout to use the weapons they held. pans. lid, but the man who confronted Kenneth —perhaps feeling that his honor was con cerned; grasped his heavy handspike tight er, and-raised it with an oath: They were net a foot-apart. \ The man a strong scwol- log butevidendy a determined fellow, was erresised by those behind, and Kenneth, with his left arm twined around the rope, 4nd his foot on one of the blocks, was ne- -cessarily draws close to him. He saw the weapon raiaed, and heard the oath. It roused the devil in his nature—all the fierce passions of a Highlander kindled at the resistance offered to him, atid the jeop ardy be was in. He put the pistol to the man's very brow, and cocked it. 'Throw down that handspike!' he cried, or by the Gvd above us, I will shoot you through the head!' The man saw the youth's pale lips and sparkling eyes, he heard the clear click orthe pistol—he felt the cold barrel touching his brow; he was no coward—yet bis heavy weapon sunk down by his side —for he felt it was death to hesitate. And be was [right, for had he not done so— had he wavered, even for an instant, as mule as the sea waves were around them, the pistol would have rang before his eyes, and a bullet would have sunk into his brain. 'Now, hold on, men! hold on,' shouted Kenneth, to his patty, who had watched the issue of his threat in silence. All this passed in a few minutes. The ship was running fast out,of the Firth, dragging the boat along s ith her. The passen g ers had no longer, recourse to tilt eats, but 801 showed a determined front at the vessel's side, while the seainen, who had also caught the spirit of resistance, kept crowd: log all sail upon ttte ship. The fficer, all this while, who knew it was a service in which no half pay or pensions were al lowed for broken bones, sat cowering in ,the boat, shivering with terror at the ra pidity of the I.,otion and the prominent part which he seemed likely to share in any measutes of warfare Yet both parties held their own—the assailants kept their holti, and the ass.riled their attitude of de • fence. The ship continued rapidly run ning out to sea. toe ;notion of the boat be , . came more - violent, which with the fatigue, began to relax in some degree the efforts of the boatmen to hold fast by the vessel. These, indeed, were now assisted by Ben Blinker, who, heedless of the fierce glan ces that opposed him, grasped the thick black lope over thf , head of one who seem. ed by frequent looks to the boat and the re , . ceding shore, to be losing relish lot the -chase. But the sun was fast sinking, the passengers becoming mote confident and more determined in their resistance, the officer Still remained passive and fixed as it were to his seat, and Kenneth saw, after all his efforts the prize passing from his grasp. 'lt's no use, master, muttered the brown. faced boatman,' turning round his head, 'we can't get on board the ship.' 'No use, no use,' cried the other three and the officer together. 'Hold on,' cried Kenneth fiercely, 'hold ori.--01Ecer, you must spring on board with me.' r'No, no; impossible,' cried the officer, turning J et paler at the proposal; and more firmly grasping his seat. 'Stand up and hold on,' cried Kenneth. It's an affair of more than life or death Stand up, sir, and do your duty, and be prepared to spring, on board after me.' 'No, no,'cried the officer, trembling both at his own sit4.tation, and the importunity of the other. 'lt's no use, sir,---' ( Stand up,' shouted Kenneth, grasping him by the throat, 'or, by Heaven, strangle you where you sit.' The officer was a tall, strong man, with bone abd muscle that would have comman ded respect even in a prize ring, but the instincts of his nature cowered before the superior courage of the youth who threat ened him, and, quailing as ho was, lie rose to obey. But no sooner had he risen from his seat than the violent motion of the boat which his former position now made new to him, caused him to stagger, and tAltieg excuse in this he sank down main in the boat. One of the boatmen at the same moment released his hold, and suddenly reebmed his seat; the passengers gave a loud jeering laugh of triumph. 'Maddened at what he saw and heard— young, bold and active, and with every feeling now strung to fury, Kenneth des tetmined to make another effort to regain the deck, or at least, not to suffer himself to ba defeated in his object by the apathy of those around him. W hispering Ben to keep fast hold he let go his own. and bending down in the boat, pulled out the plug, a round piece of wood filling up a hole b t the bottom for the water to escape by when the boat ia hauled upon the beach, and throwing it far over one side, once more resumed his grasp of the ship. In rushed the water and up sprang the officer, while the swing, round faced boat man, turning his eyes for a moment to the boat,-twined as it were his brawny arms round the rope he held, and with a face pile with sudden fright; shouted in a voice of thunder. 'Hold on men. for your lives; the boat is sinking. Hold on like grim death!' The boat almost instantly filled with water, and the officer had bare ly time to grasp the neck of the last speak,. er when it dipped and sank. -On still rushed the mighty ship, cleav ing and whitening the green waves, with these beings clambering wildly to her side; the most determined of her passengtrs ap. pawing unprepared for such an act of des perate resolution, and standing for a mo• meet in stupid wonder. 'Faking advan tage of the surprise, Kenneth suddenly sprang-on the bulwark. Already was a handspike raised at his head, when a quick blow, thioegh the ratline, on the head of hith vi:hiiii!ehtit,-friom the practiced hand of Ben Blinker, - Made, the, heavy weapon fall harmless on -the ropea„ And the. next moment Kenneth stood Upon the deck.— lie was instantly followed by Ben and the rest of the crew. The strong iron framed boatman, being the last who scrambled on board, with considerable difficulty, with the c.tricer still clinging tai his neck. PC.R PRESIDENT, JAMES BUCHANAN, Sohjert to the deelston of a Nal Iona! r oovent ion DAILY MORNING POST. Tax. PHILLIPS ‘S . WM. 11. SMITH, ILDIToR3 &ND PRDPRISTORS MONDAY, MAY 29, 1843 See First Page. A New Project The great hall, over the new Water Works, in this city, is causing no little speculation among our citizens. All are endeat oring to discover the best and most appropriate use to which this magnificent building can be put. We have been told that a project has been or will be laid be. fore Councils, to apptopiiste SIOOO toward fitting it up as a pottiait ;.!Ilety, for the pictures of such of the "city fathers" as may most merit such au honor. It is also said that a gentleman, who has filled many important posts, and who is well known as the Engineer who blew up Cecil's alley, is to ga forthwith to New York to get his Iportrait taken, which will he the first to grace this splendid gallery. .4,16 Dancing Societies.—A paragraph the the N. Y. "Deutsche Schnellpst," from a Munich paper, says:—`in this puce where heretofore dancing has been the (a - vorite recreation, especially among the young folks, but little has of late been done in that line. Our young men have come to the conclusion that dancing is an moral amusement, and that tobacco amok ing and I eer guzzling, and of course their consequences, aro much more innocent and creditable. Under this idea, several 'Anti-Dancing Unions' have lately been formed, and their results were forcibly brought to my notice the other day, on seeing a young man in broad day light, stag ger across ihe street, and fall full length in the kennel jiiq before me. On raising him up and asking him where he came from, he stammered out, with a thick tongue: "From the—hic!—Anti-Dancing U Mon!" The Largest Steamer Yet.—The Alba ny Journal contains an account of a new boat, to be called the Knicket becker,which it is intended to ply on the Hudson river. Her length of keel is three hundred and eleven feet, width of beam 31 feet, depth of hold 11 feet. Besides the ordinary berths, there will be state rooms for more than two hundred. This magnificent boat is being built by Isaac Newton, Esq. of that city. Possibly, his object in building so large a craft i 3 the same which actuated Sam Patch when he jumped off Genesee Falls; merely to let people know ''that some things can he done as well as others." Rumors.---A small swarm of rurrihrs•are at present rife at Boston. They relate to local appointments-in that city, of which the Boston Courier says:—'The rumors yesterday were, that Nathaniel Greene, Esq• was appointed postma , ter, vice Geo W Gordon. Esq , removefl: Seth J Thomas, Esq Navy Agent, vice J Vincent Browne, removed: Robert Rantoul, collector of the port of Boston, vice Levi Lincoln, to be translated to the gubernatorial chair of Massachusetts, in 1344.' Unnittiral illoaster.—The London Spectator slate, that at Liverpool, Batty Eccles was con- vic , cd of p iisoning her step son, at Bolton, in September last. She admintstered arsenic in a pudding, for the purpose of obtaining the usual allowance of money from a burial society in the factory Et which the boy was e npinyed. Suspi. r .ion was excited because a f ,rtnig ht before she had made a similar application to bury one of her own children by a former husband; but shr - ! was told that the rnor.ey was only allowed ou the death persons actually einploied at the works, or their children, an.i neitlier she nor the child came under that cin litiou. 'roe b:) , i les of her (six) were disinterrei, and arsenic was feting in the stomachs or three, includinir, those nentiol,:d a bove. She was sentence to drn . .h, and prayed hard to be I, l ff this once! TLe 12‘3pe.,1 to receipts of the Dublin Federal Association fur the first three months of the present year, have more than doubled tho-te of the corresponlioz term last year. In 1842 the amount received up to the sth of April, was XI,• 522, and in 1843, £3,390. Then• is an ornamental association in Arbor, Michigan. Its o'..ject is to plant tr,..es around the public sqnare4, and to urge the citizens generally to pursue the same practice. There arc a han• dred aspociations in the world of not a tithe of the gtilily of this one. Mob and Row in Baltimore . —Quite a serious one occurred in Front street, nn Friday evening, in which a spectator was much injured by a brick, ,bat. Question for Debating Societies.—The isville Journal proposes the following question: Ought not the wives of the Siamese twins to he indicted for marrying -a quadruped? A man named° Allison, a barkeeper in Philadelphia, has been arrested for the That most excellent paper, the Cincinnati'Mes• molder of a woman named Thompsonovith sage, has employed G. S Bennett as an ersistaut whom be-lived, though he was not married editor. It will now be richer than ever. to her. Erne 111 - ifwsiiltiti ;Courier Says; — 4 Wn may expect a greater flood of emigration during I the present season, than we have ever had t,efure du ring any one year; and we shall bo much snrprised if it be not double that of last year. From all quarter; there seems to be a desire to emigrate to Wisconsin. We say to emigrants, come on—we have room enough, and land enough, and to spare. 'The Now Yo-k Evening Herald calls Frank Johnson and his 13and "a squad of trumpet blow ing devils." This is nice, and shows that the ed itor is liberal, and charitable withal, altogether haracteristie ',(f l 'some of the neutral papers or Gotham. Frank has a black exterior, but we will wager a peck of apples, that he has a whiter heart than the uu who could thus assail him for no other cause than his color. The Herald is the only paper that has jos , ified the Allegheny mob. IG'The Cincinnati Me.sage ea)4;---"N. B• Clark, formerly wage.manazer of the National Theatre of this city, and late of Shires' Saloon leaves for Pittsburgh this morning at 10 o'clock , Our best wishes attend hum. The American for est chief, Jock-o-sot, accompanies hive to Pitts burgh." L—r Many editors are so used to iving the B)s -ton Post credit for items, that they give to it thintTs which belong to other Posts. The Bro lyn News has been guilty of this. If Greene get., credit for his own, he will have glory enough without getting credit for ours. Dead Letfer Money.—lt is stated that in Eng land before the reduction or the postage, the an• nual amount of property found in dead letter: we. about £143,300. Since the reduction, it lids olds• been ..£198,000. The N Y American says;—' The Warran county murders remain shrouded in mystery. The story that the wounded boy had made certain develope ments prove io be false, and the Sussex Register tells us that lie can remember nothing. Coleman has been again discharged after a thorough ex amination. Two nr three others have been arres• , ed, examined and discharged; and we are glad lo learn by the Register that it is the intention of the prosecuting officer to canvass the neighborhood, fearlessly, patiently, and thoroughly. It is scarce. ly possible that such a sitting should fail of re vo sling—something, The Mnr tier al Beitsrille —The Baltimore Sun of the `3l•h inst. says—qt appears that the de ceased was named John Smith. and ;was 55 yrrirs of age. He was employed as miller at Hamilton's Mill, Beltsville, and was killed, it is believed, by one of Ha Hilton's mgrocs, who was desirous to suppliant Smith in the capacity of miller . Sus• picion was directed against the negro, and upon arresting h at his clothes were found to be consid erably staived with blood, and upon his examina tion such evidence was adduce dos led to his com mitment to await his trial at the ensuing term M Prince Geogre.'s court.' Flm Boston Bollcu❑ thitiss it would he %yell that no convictions should take place in P,Tina)lvania with:nit the Gtvernor's consent, which would nude it a paradise for rogues. We wo :Id find a Pca body here ahfoil then. A gcntlemv,ii .1,0110, Ralti more, has invented a sulf said to approach to perpelual (notion, as ocark HA any thing vet eisvnvered Fb , Alp Vtc!ori.i, of 1( 0.1 umi s .burthen, will be auw-hed to-morrow in NCNI Y(,rk.with ht.!. royal Yards across. She is. said to be one of the fine 4 ships ever boil( in that city, and will he commdn ded by Captair E E Morgan. A few days since two captains of canal boats, were arrested at Roche,der, on a warrant from Recorder Morris, of N ew York, cha:ged with ha- VII/g stolen goods from hoals,4rone time last fall. r Chas Bagot Ex-Governor General of Can ada I dead Mr Samuel Langtry, who was so soveri ly woun• ded, a few days silica at Cincinnati, Ohio, by the explosion of a Soda fountain, died on the 17th in- A fatal rem:mitre occurred at Lincoln county, Ky., a few weeks since, between G.lmund L-ach and B A McKenzie, in which Mr L. was shot through the heart and expired immediately. It i, stated in a London paper, that in a case heard before the Court of Bankruptcy, cne bill broker admitted that he charged 40 per et. in iransactions; and another would not swear that h e had not received 200 per et. The Louisville Theatre belonged to S. Drake, and was not insured. About $6O were stolen from the boa office during the fire. A severe tornado was caper encei on Monday of last week, at Montpelier, Vermont. Sheds barns, and fences were blown down and several hundred tree The United States brig Somers WdS at Charles ton on the 18:11 inst., to sail for Savannah and the West Indies Mr. the comedian, lost a large trunk as the Railroad depot in New Orlean, a I.!w days since, whieh contained the whole of his theatrical wardrobe Francis P. Blair, Esq., editor of the Washington Globe, is on a visit to General Jackson, at the Ilerinitage I:l:7Sir John Herschel) disclaims ever having contended that the moon had any influence on the weather The Cumberland river at Nashville, at the latest accounts, was in fine navigable order. Krßrough is giving concerts in Now York. They still have hopes that Sir Chas. Bagot will recover ::!rJea/ousy—a violation cf contracts. !Huddled.—lt is said that Lord Brough am has been in the habit of u=ing strong drink to excess, and that he was probably under such influence when he spoke his phillipic again -t Gen Cass. - • Vroisi BickneWs Reporter. DOMESTIC COTTON GOODS—THE FALL i IN riucEs. AN INTERESTING STATEMENT. The revolution which is going on in this court• . try ana in England,with regard to the cotton mans ufacture, is indeed extraordinary. The N. Y Herald gives a list of prices of domestic cotton goods in Boston, such as brown ahirtings, sheet. ings, drillings, jean and negro cottons and linseys, at different periods, by which it seeing that trio average quotations in Agnst 1939, were_ 13 cents per ya,d,and in May 1833, 9i cents. The aver age lowest price in December was 8.600 cents, while it is now 7 .700 cents. This reduction, ar gue,, ihe writer, is the true reason of the ability of New England people to exp irt minntactures. The raw material. it slivull be recollected, has fallen at a still gi eater ratio. Thus, in August 1"30, Upland cotton 4old at 12 and•l3 cents. Slay 7th 1813. it sold nt 5. to 61. Genesee ft iur in August 183), sold for $6,75 to $8; in May '43, at $5 and 5,11 Beef and pork have also g-erely fal len in price, wild:: wool which sold in 1839 at 55 and 60 cents a pound, now sells at 3'2 and 33. The writer fill 'Avs nut the subject at stone length, and arrives at the fullowin,, conclusions; "Here is a reduction far greater than that of manufmtursd goods. Let us look at the results -100 000 yard- negro plain cottons in 1839, wou!d :ell for -15.000;lhat sum would buy 107,14 lbs• 'slew Orleans co:ton, or 1000 hbls. Incas he f [lie same number of yards will rimy sell for $lO,- 011. which will now buy 142.856 ibs. N U cotton, or .11.42 bbls mess beef, as follo.v•: Plain rotion, ILa. rcaton MI!.S4 11111er, A 1 1 .411141, 1330, 100,1100 Vlli 170100 1117,141 or 10001,4 May,lB-13, 1 1 )0,000 0.000 1-11837 or 1042 •' Actual Gal. favor manufacture 'Fbis is an cx , rinrilinary re-ult ; One th s t • d less :nooey now cr,lol Inds !lie -rime inan. ulaettres as Itt 1531, which commands 35 per et. in ire raw inate , ial th in in that year. 'l'bis is the true secret of the ; roeetion of domestic in inufae lure. Toe wa,rzes and board of the operatives, lOs per week, is OWN nearly the siine as in 1639. The immense demand Irr go ids fir rxp ;rt, wilieli is likely to grow oat of it -cprices, will in..re;l'e almost inde famtely th •de lried fys r Theo! results ate .lcstr ;yeti by a high tariff atm paper currency, which praduee an artifi,nal state of pri ces, utterly des' ro best interests of all concerned. While we channels al: trade are cho ked by the twill', and thin OrOCCgS of itillatioa is goiog on, they are app,en:ly netting rich, but the maxi nuns i. 5 , ./911 attained. and prices fall back ~n a destrovr l trade ;ind accumulated stock. In the present position of the Aitieri , .an (111111V . V!illr 'a, Ilardt . tird dawn under the decreasing cornpromi-e act, with a Inc and steady sp-;cie currency, with such a superabundance of agricubural supplies:the trade of the Bu rl 1 is op m to Cm enterprise the United States. The manufactures of En , land, "crushed wider accumulated •protc,:tion' I.) all in. terests, will invariably be surn.rce A Race between t'redito, s. —The U. S. Court i n Bo.don was occupied two days in the trial of an action brolieit by Charles S. B rre,derit of the. Girard Bank, Watson Freeman, Deputy Sheriff of Boston. -nit. ac• ton wa : brou , lit to recover damagea for ii'larhing the carzo tithe brig Nlel_aiitora, which arrived from Nlotitevideu in March, 1811. It appeared that Ch e ney ll.ckrn in, of Philale'phi r, was l'ornierly in iliart.ier-hip ttv r Spiel img of B Hion, tin d e r the n one r Sp &Co , and m Piiii• 4 , 11'1111111i. 11,111 , r the firm of('. 111C:i111:1t1 S.' (21). W hell Il cknnan ieeeived n letter contairrm in- I ,rmat ion that his caw.. was ,hipped for Bo4tori, he immediate'y as,iened it to Boker, tose• ore a note of $3 wh ch he Owed B 'ker. 01 Vie other hand, when the carco arrived, the erctilor. of S d anidm:y. & Co. ;Wu:2lyd it as their property. Th.: re it 11 '•%:1, as to who