General Armstrong. I
General AaM.TROKt. distinguished himself e
Minister at Pari, but he lout nearly all hia credit
by the loss of Washington City, when bo was -8
cretary of War,' where he was charged with tital
neglect of meana to defend the Capital or (he N
t on, even after ha had been earnestly solicited tn
aupply the mean. That waa the end of General
AaxsTito.io'a public career. V. S. Gazette.
And it ought to have been the end of his pub
lic career; or, rather, hia public career ought
to have ended many year before. The dis
grace that the whole Nation suffered on account
of the capture of Washington City by small
body of British troops, not exceeding three or
four thousand, can never be entirely effaced.
Well haa it been observed, by the Editor of the
United States Gazette, that Gen. Akmstrono
"was charged with total neglect of ineens to
defend the Capital of the Nation, even after he
had been earnestly solicited to supply those
means." The writer of this article (now the
Senior Editor ef the Steubenville Gazette) was
in a position to know something about how eav
netthj General Arustitono hod been thus so
licited, and how utterly he disregarded those
solicitations. That position was the editorial
management of the Philadelphia Aurora, a pa
per which enjoyed to a high degree, the confi
dence of the then Administration of the Gener
al Government, and one of the entire Democra
tic party. The late Col. W. Diane was iu
proprietor, but at that time, and for a consi
derable period previously he held the office of
Adjutant General in the U. S. Army fur the
Fourth Military District, which District, we
believe, embraced Delaware, Pennsylvania
and New Jersey. The British were, from time
to time, hovering off our coast, in more or less
force, occasionally making descent upon our
territory. It became, of course, the duty of
Cul. Duanb to keep a constant and vigi
lant eye upon those movement?, to ascertain
the ttrength of the enemy, and the points where
he would most probably strike. Some time,
perhaps a month before the attack upon Wash
ington, the Colonel observed to the writer in
about these words : "James, the enemy is
concentrating his forces towards the South ;
they lately landed a small corps at , (the
name of the place has escaped our memory.)
and, after committing some depredations upon
the inhabitants, the officers, like fools, busied
themselves in trying to procure a map of the
District of Columbia, and made inquiries as
to the defences about Washington city; from
this and other evidence, I am satisfied they
mean to make a dash at Washington city. I
shall start for the city to morrow morning to
see Gen. Armstrong. Let no one kno v where
I have gone, nor upon what business ; and
write me every day, under cover, to the Ad
jutant General U. S. Army, Washington city.
Colonel Dcank started the ensuing morning,
and in a few days returned, apparently much
mortified. lie stated to the writer hereof,
that, without even taking time to chango his
clothing, he hastened to the War Office and
communicated the information he hud recei
ved, and his npprehensions growing out of it,
to Gen. Armstrong; at the came time urging
it strongly upon the General to throw a corps
of riflemen into the forest that skirted the
Potomac between Washington city and its
mouth, and to concentrate all the Infantry and
Artillery, and every other arm of defence with
in reach at a suitable point, to sustain the rifle
men in repelling the enemy. The General
as Col. Di'ane stated, heard him through, and
in a sneering manner, observed, that he ne
ver knew it to be a port of his (the Colonel's)
character, to take counsel from his apprehen
sions. Thereupon, without another word. Col.
Duanb left the office, the Secretaiy ejacula
ting, as he turned his back "Impossible! Im
possible !" and, aa before observed, returned
home. After detailing these circumstances to
the writer, the Colonel observed, in a most
emphatic manner : "Now, James, you may de
pend upon it that in two weeks the British will
have possession of Washington, and all through
the fault of the fool-hardy man at the head of
the War Department." And sure enough, in
two weeks the British were in possession of
Washington ! The Colonel came into the E
ditor'a room, as before, with an open letter in
his hand, his honest and intrepid countenance
presenting a mixture of indignation, mortifica
tion and shame. Throwing the letter on the
table, he exclaimed : "James this comes by Ex
press Washington is taken the Capitol burn
ed the Government scattered to the winds.
In five minutes I shall be off upon duty. Take
care of every thing. When I shall return, or
whether I shall ever return, God only knows."
These facts never having before been made
public, it is obvious that the earnest solicitation
spoken of by the United States Gazette, must
have come from other quarters.
This renders Gen. Armhtronu's conduct the
more inexcusable. Many persons, in their in
dignation, accused the General, in those days,
of having been bribed by the enemy; but we
never hud any idea of that kind.
Had Col. DoAWsbeen Secretary of War
and no man in the nation was so competent to
fill 'hat station not one man of the enemy, had
ten thousand landed, would have returned to
their shipping.
The writer deemal unnecessary to follow up
the events of the war any farther, as they are
matters of history. But justice to that distin
guished patriot and accomplished soldier, Col.
Di'ane, required that wa should give this de
tail, inasmuch as, from the circumstance atten
ding it, and from the facta themselves, no one
alsanow living cW.ddoio. Sttubemillc flat.
Death from Hydrophobia.
The New York Bulletin give the partial-
lars of distressing case of hydrophobia, which
occurred at Nyack, Rockland county, in that
state, lust week. The victim was Miss Sand
ford, daughter of Mr. Sandford, formerly a gro
cer in Hudson street, in New Vork city. The
young Imly was bitten in October last, by a
favorite little dog, which had been for years a
pet of the family. The dog was killed on the
same day in consequence of fears being en
tertained that he was in a rabid state. As
time passed away1 and the wound healed, the
circumstance waa almost forgotten, until last
Sunday, when Miss S. experienced a peculiar
sensation in the thumb which had been hit
ten, and discovered a red discoloration along
the hand to the arm-pit. The sensation soon
spread along the line of discoloration, and in
creased until it became painfully intense ; and
on Sunday evening, when attempting to drink
some water from a tumbler, she waa attacked
with an agitation, which in a few minutes
prminAtiil in seeismndir
tinned to increase in intensity, accompanied by
foaming at her mouth, until her frienda found
it necessury to tie her. She continued in one
uninterrupted agonizing convulsion until Mon
day afternoon, when death terminated at once
her suffering, and her life, in the very bud of
womanhood, surrounded by every thing calcu-
luted to mako lite desirable, and just two weeks
prior to the day on which she was to have been
married!
Dtsth In the Woods.
The Bangor Gazette gives an account of a
death by starvation, in the forest, near Linnius,
Maine. Two boys wlxwe names are not men
tioned, left their home, near the above named
village, in pursuit of deer. After hunting in the
woods until late, they started on their return
home, but soon discovered that they had lost
their way. Nigljt overtook them, and they
were obliged to remain where they were upon
the snow till morning, when cold and hungry,
they resumed their wandering for the day
But darkness again come upon them, and they
were obliged to pass the night upon the snow.
At dawn on the third day they Btarted once
more upon their uncertain journey, but before
night one of them sunk down upon his snow
shoes in a state of complete exhaustion. The
oher, being stronger, kept on, hopinjr to meet
some one to whom he could communicate the
situation of his companion, and at length reach
ed a lumberman's camp ; but be was so over
come that, for some time, ho was unable to give
any account of what had taken place. When
he had in a measure recovered, he stated in
what manner he hud left his companion, and
several men immediately went in search of
him. Thev found him, but he was dead He
had fallen backward from the position in which
he had been left ; and evidently had breathed
his last but a short time before. He was not
frozen his limbs were hardly stiffened he had
evidently died from starvation,
lNor.Niot'8 Invention. A Washington cor
respondent of the New York Aurora thus de
scribes an invention which is now in operation
in the former city
There has been lately constructed at the na
tional arsenal here, a contrivance for testing the
strength of powder by the recoil of heavy ord
nance and the momentum of the shot, which is
truly admirable in its way. I will try to con
vey to you some idea of this valuable invention,
A thirty-two pounder is suspended by an iron
pendulum ten or twelve feet long, at the top of
which is a heavy bar of the same metal, the
extremities of which rest upon smooth iron
plates, which arc sustained by strong abutment?
of stone. Underneath the gun is placed a seg
ment of a circle, regularly grauuatcn, upon
which a piece of iron slides, the upper part co
ming in contact with the gun.
When the cannon is discharged, this piece
of metal is pushed, by the recoil, along the
scale, and indicates exactly the extent of the vi
bra lion of the pendulum. Opposite the alrove,
at the distance of about sixty feet, is a similar
contrivance, which, instead of a gun, is pmvi
ded with a receiver, resembling a large mortar,
filled with sand. The ball in passing from the
cannon enters the mouth of this mortar and cau
ses it to recoil, thus indicating, in the manner
before described, the velocity or lorce with
which the shot is projected. You will see at
once that two important points are thus ascer
tained, to wit : the distance which a gun will
recoil with a given charge, and the force with
which a ball of a given weight can be thrown
with a certain quantity of powder. This, it is
believed, is the only ilynameU r of the kind in
this country, and should you, or any of your rea
ders, visit Washington, is well worthy of a vi
sit.
A Tar-NCMMii's Crop. Col. II. D. Robert-
Don, near Clinton, Hinds Ca, with ten hards,
made and gathered last year 100 heavy bales of
cotton, IKH) bushels of corn, and 15(10 bushels
potatoes! He killed some seventy-five large
hogs ; stall fed three fine beeves, aa big aa
those they paraded about Cincinnati, with a
baud of music, and 100 yards ribbands about
their horns ; and beside all this, he made the
first hogshead of nour krout ever put up in this
State ! Nalchet Free Truder.
Mexico Mr. Kendull of the Picayune
thinks that one of the principal reasons why so
many Americans and Enghh leave Mexico
with regret, is on account of a custom preva
lent among the young ladies of the country,
of embracing their male friends when they
meet
Tnt" Boordart Qurstio and tub Newi.y
Discovered Map. The English some time
since the conclusion of the late treaty, discover
ed a map of the North Eastern Boundary drawn
by Dr. Franklin, which, it appears, led their
newspapers to charge the American Secretary,
&c, with practising, "fraud and treachery" up
on their Minister.
Another map, being one of those used by the
commissioners who agreed on the Treaty of
Paris in 1783, and remained in the possession
of Jay, one of the American Commissioners,
was lately handed to the New Vork Historical
Society by Jay's brother's nephew, Peter A.
Jay. On this map the Boundary line is laid
down precisely as claimed by the United States
in the negociations which resulted in the late
treaty. If there has been imposition practised,
Mr. Ashburton exercised it upon Mr. Webster.
The United Slates hac relinquished their right
and title to a large portion of territory that re
ally belonged to them.
Wealth is Boston. The Boston Courier
thus speaks of the amount of taxation in mat
city :
"The highest amount of real estate taxed to
one concern is to an individual, $004,000, who
is also toxed for $1100,000 personal property ;
the second on the list is to a corporation, $572,-
000 ; the third is to an individual, jjslSO.OOO,
who is a partner in a concern whose personal
estate is valued at $100,000 ; the fourth is to
an individual, $475,000, and he pays tax on
$ 10.0(H) personal property, besides his share of
the personal and real estate of a film of which
he is a partner, amounting to $05,000. On real
estate there are seventy-seven individuals and
companies taxed for more than $100,000.
"There are fity-two individuals and compa
nies taxed for over f 100,000 personal estate,
in addition to real estate, and the highest on
the list is a trust, amounting to 500,000 ; and
the second is a firm in mercantile business,
whose property is estimated at $150,000. Two
brothers are taxed $"250,000 each, besides for
real estate, and a third brother of the same
family for $2'J0,000.
Good Lvck. Some workmen engaged in
building a wa'.l in the yard of Mr. Benjamin
Wilcox, corner of Eleventh and Walnut streets,
found yesterday morning about ten o'clock, a
canvass bag containing upwards of one hundred
and fifty Spanish dollars, all antecedent to the
date 1752, buried about four feet under ground.
The bag was so decayed that it fell to pieces
as soon as it was handled, but the specie was of
course as good as ever. Mr . Y ilcox, with Ins
accustomed liberality, refused to accept of the three Dcmoc atic papers at Harrishurg the Key
money, and it was shared among the laborers, atone. Reporter and G.nette will take place almut
four in number. Among the coins was a very
rare old silver piece of the Province of .lassa-
chusetts Bay, one of the first everatruck in this
country, and commonly known as a pine tree
shilling. It was purchased by Mr. bamuel
Hayes, who no doubt will now take pleasure
in exhibiting it to his customers at his grocery
store at the opposite corner. Sun.
Monument at Tri ho We learn from the
Barnstable Patriot, that a monument has been
erected at Truro, on Cope Cod, in remembrance
of the melancholy loss ol life amongthc citizens
of that town in the drcadlul gale of October
3, 18-11. Our readers will recollect lUatffly
seven persons perished in thatdikastrousstorm,
all of whom resided within the short circuit of
two miles. The monument stands in the buriol
trrw'nJ the Congregational meeting
nnuse. 11 COlisiMS 01 an uuensn ui intuitu mm-
ble, with a record of the names of the deceas
ed, and other suitable inscriptions.
Arother Mexican Outrage. The Ameri
can schooner Vigilant, Capt. James Barber, for
merly of this city, had been seized and detained
by the Mexican authorities while attempting to
enter Vera Crur., in a leaky state, the port be
ing under blackade. Capt. Barber writes that
he was taken prisoner, and his cargo sent to
Iiguna. He says further that it was expected
at Vera Cru that the American minister would
demand his pawnor! n the 1st of April, as the
instalment due this country would not probably
be paid. Boston Timrs.
Mikmno Men. The New Orleans Bulletin
says : "At this present writing we are cognisant
of the fact that several gentlemen from the in
terior, up the river, and 6ome fr m this city
have within a week or two past mysteriously
disappeared, causing the motit painful anxiety
on the part of their friends and relatives. Most
of them wero known to have had money about
their persons, and it is supposed that they have
been decoyed into some den of villuny, waylaid
and murdered."
New Native Grape The editor of the
Natchez Free Trader says that the only white
cluster or bunch grape indigenous in the Uni
ted States, has been discovered in a remote and
unsettled part of I-ake county, or the Voka-
nodkanariver. The bunches are very large; the
fruit transparent, thin skinned and oval; pulp
soft, with three seeds inclosed; it is a great bear
er, and of delicious flavor. Only one vine has
been discovered. The editor has been promised
some cuttings. This v'n.e haa been long known
to the Indians, and called the Yokonodkana
Grape.
l'rtfntinr a Frts:drnl. Tha Grand lury of
Travis Co., T, ia, has presented Pia-ideM Hous
ton for "inning and excerciaing powr's belong.
ing alone to the other coordinate branchts of the
Government. ' '
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, Jtfap 13, 1843.
fXj- We hae on hand sixty learns of print
ing paper, similar in size and quality to the sheet
upon which this is printed. Also 36 reama of Hi
rer Royal 21 by Sfl inches, which will be sold at
coat and carriage, for rash.
f5 A i-hort, hut eloquent memoir of the lute dis.
lino" "tied naval hero, Commotio?; David Por
ted, and several other interesting article-, will l
foun I on our first ('age.
The North and We-t branch and Susque
hanna division of the canal, ate now in fine navi-
i u'.lz'., nd tr?1' has actively commenced up
on them. We have observed a number of boats j
passing, ladened wiih coal from the Wyoming re
gion, and boa's are daily freighted at our wharves
with coal fr.m the Shamokin mines, for the south
ern market. From present indications, the coil
trade of the Susquehanna will l prosecuted with
vigor during ihe present season.
The increased trade ly the wav of the Tide
Water canal to Philadelphia, has induced the Steam
Tow Boat Company to place new ati smer, the
Virginia, on the line, and hereafter tt ere will be
a daily tow between Havre de Grace nnd that c tv.
Boats have hitherto !een au'iject to eonaideraMe de
tention for want of a tow, which will now be ob
viated.
(Ej,ArroiHTMrT The Canal Commission
ers have appointed A. I.. Warford, Eq. Chief En
gineer of the State. Mr. Warford was formerly
in the employ of the S:i,te ss Chief Engineer, and
a better selection could not hate been made.
dj- E W. Hirr.TTR. Esq. hsa resigned the sit
uation of Deputy Secretary of State.
fXj The two German papers at the sent iT Go
vernment have been united. The new paper, the
result of the onion, is edited by E W. Huetler, Esq ,
whose known ability as an editor is sure guaran
tee that the -Penmilranishe Slants Zeitung" will
be worthy of the patronage of the German public.
It is ptihl shed on sn imperial sheet, at the low price
of f 1 50 per annum.
fXj-The Keystone stv, that the union of the
the first of June. The paper will he enlarged and
improved, and we trust it will be found equal to the
State papers of any of our sifter States,
Bank of Northuinkrland.
This Bank now pays spei ie for all iia old'gati ns
except iu relief issues and i'a note are now recei
ved at par in Philadelphia. This Bank has always
I een under the direction of able snd faithful officers,
and although forced into a temporary suspension
by the eiigencies of the limes, hss never for a mo
ment lost the confidence of the community in
which it is locsted. We hope it will soon I a! Ie
to resume its tegular business, and afford that relief
to business men, which they so much need.
State Frintrr.
The i lection of this officer, which has been the
cause of so much bickering snd railing bargain
ai d sale somersets ground and Ate tumbling, a-
motig the printers of Hani-burg, snd about which
ur legislature vs-ted some eight or ten dsys st
the coft f a re ty round sum t "he people, is not
yet difinitively t tiled. The Governor has not ap
proved of the surt ties of Mr, Isaac McKiuley. the
printei elect, and il i said wi'l not, because the e
lection did not take place agreiahly to the terms
ofibe set of assembly. Without the Governor's
spproval of the bond, the Slate piintcr cannot be
legally installed in'o office, and distribute i s pro
fits between himself and parti era, Messra. Patterson,
Brttop, Fenn and McCurdy. The two latter, it
will be recollected, are ihe proprietor, of the whig
and anltmasnidc presses at the teat of government,
and it U understood that they aie each lo receive
f 2.000 from Mr. McKin'ey, in consideration of the
whig and amimnsoiiic voles which elected him
Thev are in gre-l fer of b-sing the fruits of their
most excelb ni bargains, and, in concert with the
three democrat ;e presses interested in the spoils,
keep up a most dolorous cry against the Oosernor
We have i.o doubt, hut that (Joieruor I'orl. r will
act in this matter according lo hit eonseienli u
convii tions of duty, and with his chaucierisiic f ar.
less independence, "legardless of denunciations
from any quarter."
Monty Mattcri.
The Money market is much the same as quoted
in our last. Relief, according to Uickneli'e Repot
ter, is as follows i
Kelief Nolea of Penn Township, Moysmensing
Msnufaetureis and Mechanics, Lewistown, Beik
county, Erie, Northampton, Townnda, Wilkesbarre
and West Ursnrh banka. 6Jj7
Pittsburgh hanks, Columbia Dridge Co., f ar
mers bank of Lancaster, 6J6
Mechanics batik of Philadelphis, Northern Lilr
ties, DeUwsre county, Chester county, Getinsn
town, and Farmer bank of Bucka county, par
Olhci Relief Notes. CiJ
ry Cossicticct. Gov. CisriLiaD (Dem.)
raa re-elected on the 4th Instant, by the l.egisla
lure, having fai'ed by a few votes, in a choice be
foi the people. All the Democratic offiors were
chosen at the same time,
The last news fiom Europe bad a favorable in
fluence on suxks iu New Yotk.
MURDER W NEW JERSEY.
fXjT The Governor of New Jersey, haa offered a
reward of ihree hundred dollirs. and the surviving
re'atlves one of one thousand dollars, fir the arrest
and convletion of the person or persons who com
mitted the following atrocious murder, near Port
Golden, Warren co., New Jeraey, on Monday the
1st instant, the particulars of which wa find in an
extra from the office of the Trenton State Gazette :
"Mr. John B. Pake, an aged man, who for
year has had the mania of converting all his pro
perty into specie, and the folly of boasting of the
amount thus accumulated, lived on his farm a
bachelor having in hia house, his brother-in-law,
John Castner, who worked the farm his wife
and fou-children together with a servant wnmtn.
On Tuesday morning the neighbors were thrown
into consternation, by hearing that all these persons,
except the maid servant, who was not at home the
proceeding night, were murdered. They p-ncecd
ed to the spot, and found Castner partia'ty thrown
into a lime kiln, with his head broken to fragmen'a
by a rail, which was picked up near the spit. On
entering the house, Mr. Parke was found in hi. bed
dead, with t'fst cut from ear to car. His
sister, Mrs. Csr-t'er, and the infant at her tide t in
like minner murdered, and a little son of 4 or ft
year old stabbed in several places and only not
dead. There were two o'her children, but they
sle t in a distant part of the house unknown,
probably, to the murderers. Th house was com
pletely plundered, but what wis obtained is un
known. Mr. Parke boasted of having a eonsidera
b'e qnsntitv of specie, and plunder was undoubt
edly trie object of those who committed this hnr
rid deed. A coroner's inquest was held on Toes
dsy morning, and a verdict rend- red in accordance
wi h the adove fact. The only person upon
whom suspicion rets, is a tall, stout man in green
spectacles, with black whisker, a stranger unknown
lo every one, who hid been lingering in the neigh
borhood for three weeks, without any known busi
ness, and was last seen about two miles from the
house on the evening before the murder. Two
iersons started in pursuit of him, and it waa sup
posed they cou'd overtake him, as the roads are
very b-d."
Virginia Elections.
The result of the lute elections in Virginia ha
ving now been nearly ascertained, something like
result begins to be seen. Our majority is decrea
sed ronsder.ddy in the House, but we ca ried a
I tree numlerof members Isst year by accidental
causes. This year, however, we have a I irg r ma
jority than we had in many years. The following
is the result : Cojghxss.
Democrats 1 1
Whigs 3
Tyler 1
State entitled to 15
The Richmond Enquirer says, the elected Dele
ates to the le gislature now stand Democrats 62,
Whigs 52. (counting Morgan) 20 members to
ear from (I .st yea', 13 Democrats, 7 Whigs.
About 20 Delegates to 1 heard from these may
remain ihe same as they did last session except
that Henry and Wood may send two Whig, and
Harrison t wo Democrats. We mar muster from
10 to (4 majority in the House, and 8 majority in
he Senate ss the Wh;gs' phrase ran ome time
sgo, this may be 'Sufficient for all useful purposes."
Jacob Hhlpman Taken.
We copy the following account of the arrest of
Sbipman the absconding messenger, from the Ter
ra Haute (Indiana) Courier of the 29th ult.
In our last we noticed the fact of an iudivjdal,
answering the descripiion of the absconding Ship
man, having arrived at this place a few days pre
vious, having purchased a horse which he paid for
in gold, snd started immediately for the West.
In consequence of a belief lhat tht individual "as
the real Smelts, he waa at onre pursued by Mr.
Jos. O. Joms, Dr. Brooks snd Mr. Riciurd Scoc-
to of our town.
Sin in was trsced without much difficulty,
and oveitaken on the 13d inst. at Carl nsville, Mac
cupin county, Illino's. He surrendered w ithout r
sistance, saying he wss wsiting and glad to lie o-
veriaken. He stated that he had made use of no
money but that of the Bank, with which hs had
paid some debts. That he had done nothing w r .ng
and wished lo return.
lie wllitalt it is said in the first steamboat go
ing down the liver from this place, with the view
of going directly to New York.
Cancelling ttetler Issnes.
OFFICIAL.
Turisi st Pre.BTMX.iT,')
Ilarrlsburg, April M, 1842. 5
This dav the Tre.au ret caused to be cancelled,
and deliver! to the Auditor General, Filtv Thou
sand Doll us, issued under set of 4th May, 184 1, by
the follow ing named Banka lo wit ;
Berks Cnun'y Rank, -Moysmensing
Bank,
Manufacturer A. Mechanics Bank,
Towsnd-t Bank,
Penn Township Bank,
West Branch Usnk,
Erie Dank,
116 362
8.430
6 560
6.400
6.95S
4.474
1 818
fi0,000
The alove amount of Fifty Thousand dollars
was cancelled under tha provisions of an act of the
General Assembly of Pennsylvania, entitled ' sn
act lo provide for lha payment of the Domestic
Creditors of this Commonwealth, sale of S'ale
Storks, and for other purposes," passed 8lh April,
1843. JOB MAN'.N. Tieasur.r.
Per A. M. FARQUHAR. Ch. Clk.
I acknowledge to have received from the Sta'e
Treasurer, for destruction, Gfiy thousand dollar, a-
grteably to lha ptovisiona of the act above named.
WM. F. PACKER, Aud. Gen.
Per J KRAUSE, Chief Cle k.
Mr. R dgway'a will divides f 50,000 inrwgecies
iiffnm $10,000 (which bis mason gats.) I J500
among b a mechanic, servants, Ac, snd givei the
rest ni hia eatats lo bis three children.
MISCEltlXT.
Editorial, Condenaed and Selected.
The Legislature of Rhode Island, under tha
new Constitution, asemhted at Newport, on Tues
day. The Hon-ton Telegraph talks of a secrect xpe
ditinn against Santa Fe.
Large numbers of emigrants are pouting into
nO'lhern snd eastern Texas.
Seventy-seven thousand five hundred dollars are
paid in Boston per annum, as salaries to Public In
struclors.
Rhode Inland. Tha Government of this state
under the new constitution was to have been organ
iied on the 2d instant.
A child waa killed In New York, a few days
since, by eating the ends of loco foco matches.
The Davenport Gatettesays, thst at Burlington
thirty-eight crsons enroled themselves to go to
Oregon. The same desire is manifested at Iowa
city.
There are 900 Cotton mills in the United States
with an ZZ'-- piUi-f t.';3,0fl3,000 invested.
Seventy rock fuh, weighing from 70 to 90 pounds
each, were csught last week in tha Potomac, at
one haul of the seine.
The infant of Madame Perez, of New Oilean,
which was so inhumanly treated by a negro girl,
who attempted lo poison it, haa recovered. The
negro is said to be an idiot.
A revoluiiona'y soldier, named John Miles, aged
86 years, waa married in Rankin county. Miss., lo
Mrs. Sally Fuzx'e, aged M years. ' Go it while
you are young." ,
More Eurthijiwkt. From let'ers received at
New Yoik fiomNew Orleans, by the way of Ha
vana, we learn that there has been another Earth
qual e at Guadaloupe, which occurred on the 14th
of March.
The amount of United Siatea Treasury Notes,
outstanding on the 1st ii,s'ant, vras fl 1,632,075.
At the beginning of April, three women were ex
posed on the public pillory in France.
A Windall. An industrious French upkoMer,
who worked at his trade in Baltimore, received a
letter the other day from France, st.ting that a
hundred thous mil dollar legacy for him, awaitej
his a rival at Paris. Ha immediately took his de
parture for that city.
It is stated thai Tho4S Moose, Ihe Poet, is en
g iged in writing a history of Ireland.
A large collection nf immense bones discovered
in Benton county. Mo., have been brought tn St.
L u;a. They are intended to stock some of the
Europe in Mu-eums.
Murderrr Sentenced.. In St. Albans, Vl., Eu
gene Clifford hss been found guilty of drowning
his wife in Fsirfield Pond, in October last, and
sentenced tn one year's sol tsry confinement in the
Ktate Prison, and then lo be hung.
Dead Letter M:nea. It is stalej that in Eng.
land before the reduction of the postage, ihe annu
al amount of property found in dead letters was
shout 443,300. Since the reduction it has only
been about 298,000 !
Vie I'nk'ndett Cut of All A lar I oil manu.
I ic'urer in Pittsburg, ha a cut over his advertise
men', representing two fat hogs eating a whale.
Actutted. Godfiey Pope, editor of ihe Louis
ville Kentuekian, who lately killed Mr. Ionidas
Bliss, hss been acquitted, on the ground that the
killing wss in selfdef nee.
Steamtouts There are now sixty, me steam
boats owned in put or wholly in St. Louis, and en
gaged in trade with New Orleans.
Georgia Gold Mines. The value of the yield
from these mines is compiled at a million of dol
lars this year.
Intelligence haa reached this country that a
Lege body of tailors, painters and clerks hve had
meetings in London, and have appointed commit
tees to make arrs'ig' ments for their embarkment
for the United States and Canada.
A late London paper states that Forrest, the ac
tor, had len ' nominated for the high and impor
tant i ffici- of the President of the United S'.ates."
Many nf the negroes engaged in the la'e insurrec
tion at H.iv.nno, have been beheaded.
It is said that in Asia there is one newspaper
for every fourteen million of inhabitants ; in the
United Slates one for every tn thousand.
Attempt to Assassinate the Mayor
QcARTtR or 2, P. M.
We stop the press lo announce that an attempt
to assassinate the Mayor sit made about a quarter
of an hour since. An Ta'ian named Ad lihus
Benedict Pi demiua a.ked to see bim, and was
shown into his ptivate office, wh re he fired at him
wiih a p'stol.f irtunstely inflicting but little injury
the bdl s'r king the shoulder blade and glancing.
He was immediately taken into custody. Wa sre
bappy lo add thst no serious injury is apprehended.
The prisoner has been frequently in tha habil of cal
ling on Ihe Mayor for the purpose of procuring aid
from him in forming a class lo teach Italian. As
we learn, Ihe Mayor had juat asked him to be sea
ted, and was in the acl of turning to leave the
room ; he fired, the ball penetrating the coat and
vest, and cutting Ihe supen.lers, but met'ly grating
the skin slightly. Several balls and a bullet mould
were found on him, with lha pistol. No casta
ran be ascertainej for lha deed. I'Mta. Gu. t
May 8th.
Misaioa to Cams The Boston A ilea says
We are su'hoiised In stale, from the most arv
questionable authority, that the Hon.'Edwaid
Everett, tha Minister of tha Unit-d 8 tales al the
Court of London, does not accept the eppointmn
of Minister lo Chins, which waa fully eonferret
upon him, by tha nomination of lha President o
the United Stales, confirmed by lha Senate, Rea
aona connected with hia domestic, relations has
endouhledly induced Mr. Everett lo this determ
nation.