I HO III
In order to show our readers that the United
Stales will, before two years, sjuppljr itself with
iron, and afford a surplus for exportation, we
ibjuiii the following, showing the whole
mount of iron and steel of all kinds, annually
imported into the United States, fur sixteen
years. The amount embraces bar, bolt, rolled
nnd hammered iron ; pig iron ; hoop and sheet
iron ; brasier's rxls ; nail and spike ro's ; band,
scroll, nr casement rods, slit or hammereJ J old
err scrap iron ; and steel. We have also an
nexed the value at the placo exported, anda
vernjre price per ton, omitting cents :
Yrart. Tortf. Vn'ue. Per Ion.
28-'29 30,314 $2,147,303 Still
lS20-'3O, 40,661 2,310,904 SO
1H0-'31, 51,571 2,533,361 49
l&31-'33' 73,079 3,C07,3SO 49
lS33-'33, 80,280 3.361.8(17 41
1933-'31t 79,190 3,088,399 51
1S3i-35, 77,597 3,710,103 47
1S3.V36, 06,220 3,359,131 65
l5iG-'37, 102,866 6,363,183 62
I $37-33, 74,762 5,030,903 51
1539 '39, 115,037 6,668,395 57
1S39-'10, 72.7C9 4,341,096 59
19)0-41, 112,111 5,020,116 44
lll-'42, 197,392 4.331,000 40
1SI2-'13, 3S.403 1,6G5,C31 43
HIC-4I, 102.277 3,908.833 37
Total tons 1,261,074 63,937,520
THS AMERICAN.
Saturday, Juni 7, 1845.
1 II. i'.llriEU, Etq., at hit Heal Ktm
tate ami foot ttir.ee, 69 Vtne Street, I'M
ladrlphta, it authorized to act at .tgent, and
reeelit tor alt montet due this office, for tub
terlpllon or advertising.
.tho, at hit 1M1cJfo. 160 ."Wssom Vlreet,
,Mm ilork.
,9nd S. E. Comer of DMImort and Calvert
ttt., ttattlmore.
Ttmu niorlhiff.
TI1F.RP. will he a town meeting, of the citi
zens of Sunbuiy, in the Court House, on
Saturday evening next, at 8 o'clock. All the
cili'i'iisar enrnestly invited to attend, ns subjects
of great importance to the Horoueh will be laid
before the meeting. W. L. PF.WAUT,
Sunbury, June 5th, IS 15. Chief Burgess.
E'To Izapork" will appear in our next, hiv
ing been crowded out this week.
;!"'. 11 J 'L.'T"t'" IUS '.'-'"".lJUl '! S) J'B .11
"The Amcrlc(in.""'ow it the time to Subscribe.
The new Post Office Law, which goes iirto o.
perution on the 1st of July ensuing, affords an op
portunity to evpry person residing in the follow
ing towns and district, in this and the adjoining
counties, within the distance of thirty miles of
this town, of recoiving "Tiis Americas" weekly
through the mail, free from any expense of post'
age. The expenses, accruing from the postage
on papers, heretofore, opeiated very materially
against the prosperity of thoe in the country.
Many persons, on being asked to subscribe for a
paper, and there is no person, who is acquaint
ed with the inntimberable benefits reuniting from
the reception of a good paper in a family, but
would subscribe, have urged that the ad
ditional expense of postage made the reading of
papers come too high. This, however, never
could be considered a very plausible reason, with
intelligent persons, for r.ot taking a paper;
but, as this expense will now be obviated, we
trust that our friends will exert themselves in
increasing our subscription list :
All the Post Offices of Northumberland Coun
ty, are within thirty miles.
INION COt'NTY.
The consumption of iron in thn United States
is now estimated at about 400,000 tons annual
ly ; and it will be Been by th.8 foregoing, taken
from official documents, that about one lourth
of this amount is imported from foreign coun
tries, or about lOd.OUO tons. The present price
of iron in England, owing to the large amount
of railroad iron w anted in that country, will
prevent importation to a very great extent, even
it no duty was laid upon iron. Will the home
demand be supplied by our own furnaces 1
We think so. It requires only twenty-five new
furnaces of the capacity of Messrs. I'cr'er &
Kurke's, jnst going into operation, in Harris
burg, to supply the whole amount now exported.
Pennsylvania alone will supply this amount and
more, leaving to other States to supply the in
creased demand consequent upon the increase
of business and population.
We ask the especial attention of our readers
tn Iho statistics before quoted, as showing the
fluctuating price of foreign iron, end the im
portance of rendering the country independent
of the caprice ol foreign iron master. In
and '29 the average price of all kinds of iron
imported is more than $60 per ton- Four
years afterwards it was $11 per ton, beinjr a re
duction of $25 per ton. In lS3fi-'a7, it aver
nges $62 per ton in Europe. In 1843- 1 1, $37
per ton, being a reduction on lS30-'37, of
per ton ; and in $1829-29, of 29 per ton. The
establishment of furnaces fur the lull supply of
this country, will nnt only render us independent
dt Europe for this necessary oflife.but will pro
duce more uniformity in price ; and home com
petition will, as in the case of cotton manufac
tures, reduce the price. It will not escape the
reader that thii country has paid in the period
of 10 years, ,;03,637,026 to Europe for iron,
while we have hod the materials at home, to
make any amount ourselves. No wonder the
whole country became embarrassed. It is esti
mated that there will soori bo wanted 250,000
tons of railroad iron to replace the worn and flat
rails rith T rails, on the railroads now in ope
ration in tii United blares ; nnd that more
than 4,200 miles of unfinished railroads will re
quire a large amount. As taut as the iron is
wanted, such establishments as the Mount Sa
vage Iron Works, in Maryland, the Brady Dend
nnd tho Montour Kidgo Works, in Pennsylva
nia, w ill be put in operation to supply the de
mand. ITar. Argus.
Coal and Iron m Kinticky. The Maysville
Eagle speaks of the abundance of coal and iron in
that State, and says the production of those two
minerals is almost co-extensive with the State.
Iron is found in great abundance wherever there
is real, but it extends over a much larger space
of country than coal. The ore lies in horizontal
strata, or veins from four inches to five feet
thick, end some banks are known to be from ten
to fifteen feet in thickness. Iron works have been
established in many of the counties. At one
time there were no less than twenty-two blast
Furnaces and eight Gorges in active operation.
It is supposed that on twelve thousand square
miles there may be an average depth of three
feet of Iron ore, and in the coal formation each
cubic yard will make a ton of Iron. Kentucky
has, at this rate, a tuificieiit quantity of Iron ore
o supply the United States with Irou for two
lundred centuries.
Ix7iitini Statement The American
entjnel says : We cpy the following statement
'om an old manuscript, found Mnong the papers
fa gentleman who recently died in this city,
Philadelphia,) and who served in th revolution
y war of the country :
The following schedule shows the number of
cops furnished by each colony or state during
ir struggle for independence, vix :
Cy The frost, by which we were visted last
week, left its mark, doing some damage to the
tender kinds of vegetation. We have not heard
that it has affected the grain of our farmers. In
Lancaster county, however, it has dune consider
able damage to the grain.
Lewishnrg,
Millliubiirg,
Chapman,
Shaiiiokiu Dam,
llartleton,
I.Ol.tMKIA
Danville,
Cattawissa Forge,
Lime Hidge,
I.YCOMINC1
Muncy.
New Berlin,
Middtehurg,
Beaver Dam,
Mok'ee's half Falls,
New Columbia.
COUNTY.
Cattawissa,
Bloomid.nrg,
Washingtonville.
COVSTY.
D3rTnic Enron's absence from his post, will
be a sufficient apology for the deficiency in our
editorial matter. The selections, however, will
somewhat remunerate the reader for the lack and
quality of the editorial. On our first and last
pages we have placed some entertaining matter.
The reader will find another of the celebrated
"Cuitain Lectures," by Mrs. Caudle, so much
relished by tome of the fair sex, and a list of
some of the inventions of the Germans. It is a
well known fact, that the Germans are the mos'
ingenious people upon the globe. The invention
of printing, itself, has sounded and ever will sound
their fame to the world; for it is well known,
that that celebrated German, Dr. Mattin Luther,
could not have succeeded in his glorious plan ol
Reformation, unaided by the press. The Ger
mans have contributed more to the advancement
of literature, than any other nation.
KT'Cot.. Levi Taie, of the "Columbia F.nqui
rer," has associated with him in the publication
of that paper, Mr. B. S. Gilmore.
CTliS last number of Wilmer h Smith's
Times, received by the Groat Western, has a
column of speculation on the probabilities ofa
war w ith the United States on the Oregon ques
tion. It says : "There never was a period in
the history of England when it was better pre
pared for war ; never did a question exist, not
on its abstract merits, but because of its conco
mitant swagger, on which less diversity of opi
nion prevails, and with heart and soul would the
GovF.ft.ioR or Orf.iion. The New Orleans He-1
publican says, Col. R. M. Johnson, of Kentucky,
would have been appointed Governor of Oregon,
if Brown's Bill had pnssed nt the last session of
Congress. The Missouri Reporter regrets that
it was not passed, and Col. Johnson sent over the
mountains with fifteen or twenty thousand emi
grants, properly armed and equipped. The He
ro of the Thames is just the man to lead such an
enterprise, and lay the foundation of a Republi
can State on the Pacific,
(RXCRAt. lfot'TOt has published a letter in the
Galveston Civillian, in reply to an article in a
New Orleans paper, charging him with having
pledged himself to the British Minister to use his
best endea'-ors to defeat annexation. General
II. pronounces the statement utterly untrue, and
without any foundation, and adds : "For a year
past I have neither seen nor corresponded with
Her Majesty's Minister, nor" am 1 at this time in
formed as to the position ofour public affairs with
nations of the earth."
Jrvc.r. Story, of the U. S. Supreme Court is
said to have retired from the Unitarian organi
zation, of which he was Presiding officer.
Tisst.M snit Intsrsstlna; Itim,
By the Picayune of the 25th, we have later
news from Texas.
The U. S. Squadron, tinder Capt. Stockton, was
at Gnlveston, On coming to anchor, a natisnnl
salute was fired, which was answered by the Tex
an sloop in ordinary.
President Jones has issued a proclamation, call
ing upon the people to elect "deputies"' to a con
nexion,
A letter from tVnsncola notices (lie condition
of Mexico at the present time in tho following
terms .
"Mexico- is In a distracted stain, having no
settled policy or men to govern the affairs of her
Government. The Slates of Tub i sen and Pue
bio have already declared in fa tor of the f ed er
st constitution and a general meeting had been
vention of the various counties, to beheld on the held jn Vers Cruz by the citizens a few days
belorc the Simeis nailed for tho same purpose-
hut active measures were suspended in coinpli-
snce with the request of the Governor, who is)
very popular amonir all parties, Several ar
rents of inilitnry officers had bcerl mnde in dif
ferent fnrtsof the Republic, charged with tew
lutinnnry designs, sud in one instance a quanti'
ty of arms wrre taken from them. The present
' (iiivernment, it is :honght, cannot sustain itself
much longer, and the idea of declaring war a
gainst the United States is not entertained by
any reflecting mm who is acquainted with tho
ac'ual condition of that country.
The present sriny of Mexico is said to con
sist ol 21,000 officers nnd te-s then 20,000 sol
iliers. Suntn Anna was still confined in t'ns
Castle of I'erote, b'lt no doubt would s.viti bn
liberated, if not ulrendy tree to depart at plea-
Ith of July next, to consider the proposition of
annexation to the United States, and to adopt, if
they think expedient, provisionally a constitu
tion, to be submitted to the people for their rati
fication, with a view to admission into the U
niou. The President Ves this because the Constitu
tion of that Republic docs not provide for chang
ing the organic law, and because he believes it
competent for the people alone to determine so
momentous a matter. From this it would app?r
that President Jones has been forced, by public
opinion, into an acquiescence with the popular
will. It remains now only for the people of Tex
as, through their representatives, to say whether
they will come into the Union or not. If lute
demonstrations, and the reluctant action of the
Tns Sf.crsiart or War bus left Washington , President, be considered indications of the force
to attend the annual examination of the Cadets J anil tendency of popular sentiment, they will set
at the Military Academv, West Point. During i tie this ouestion affirmatively in a month's time.
his abcnce, the duties of the office will be dis- j If the intrigues ot foreigners, and the desicning t instated in power is generslly entertained, and
The impression that ho will strsin he re
charged by the Secretary of the Navy, as Acting
Secictary of War.
MivtsTF.ti to Ri ssia. We have heard it stated
upon pretty good authority, says the Louisville
Courier, that Col. Wm. (). Butler will receive
the appointment of Minister to Russia, some
time in July next, at which time the four years
of Colonel Todd expire.
The Grand Jury at Point Coupee, La., have
found a tine bill against O'Blennis, who murder- I
Frank Combs, son of Gen. Lelslie Combs. j
schemes of politicians influenced by them, are many " will use p.sce nelore the exm-
successful in turning the tide of populnr feeling. tion of six months. When the English merchant
annexation is doubtful, and Texas will remain I at Vera Cruz, heard ol Senor Canedn'sileparture,
j the insignificant state she would be if left es a they chnrtered a schooner lor New Oilenns,
i field for foreigners to play their pranks in, ; which suited the 10th inst; the follow in; evening
j through opposition, hostility end envy of the y nnors enrm-np, arid pissed ubmt 8 o'clock,
growing power and importance of the United ve.'.scl very much like her in sppe.irence, stand-
States. Ue anticipate, however, no such reiiilt j , ., ci,r. Mr. Shmniin, latu
! as last alluiled to. 1 he unwilling consent ol ,
! Ficsideut Jnes to refer this matter to thfl people ;
is a strong indication how popular sentiment still
! runs, nnd that the Proposition from the I. niteil
Mates government will receive a favorable con- '
siderution.
Amcncin Minister, had engaged his pissa;e in
an American vessel, and would, sail about tin
loth inst , for New jrk. It does not appear
that he possosed spy knowledge of tho poli'ie.ii!
alln.r in the Cipital of Mexico, and he is not con'
Tns Marqi-h Dh La Tai.arne came passen- ; suleration. , , (i,her jlf, t t(i;n i,,c,re A.
ger in the Great Western. It is said he is on a j At a public meeting in Matagorda county, re- j llleritan cit,Zl.( wIOsu nauiei-. never alluded tir
visit to this continent ill an official capacity, ei- ; cent!)" held, the Representative and Senator in , cnt.ccfp(l wi,. ,hc jmnortsnt trans-
itemier retort be entered upon and pursued." her ' Minister to this country, M-xieoor Tex- I Conuress were appointed to meet the delegates j u(., ln (f(t)e (!av jjl(, Yallo v Fever begins to
i-iiow itself in Vera Cruz; which, I belive, is ul
ways thecuse st this scasim of the year.
The "Times" should also know that there never j a"' or ' 'hreeal same time. Jt is sup
;.. i... i,;.t. r .v. i-;t.l itt. I posed that he comes from France to watch th
when the great body of the American people
were more willing to enter upon, "with heart
and soul," the 'Irrnirr resort if necessaiy, ttian
at the present time. With the veteran Ritchie,
we believe all that the United States have to do,
is, to "sound her clarion and display her Aug," to
receive an ample number of patriots to defend
her rights.
movements in Texas, Mexico
States, relative to annexation.
itnd the United
CT7"DirERST Views, from nit samf Side.
There appears to be a diversity of opinion, with
Queen Victoria's subjects, on their ability to sus
tain themselves if there should be any dilficul
ties between the United States and Great Bri
tain, growing out of the Oregon question, and
our abilities to defend our rights, should they be
disregarded. The Dublin Freeman's Journal,
j fiom which we copy the following article, in its
I course, is quite the reverse from that of Wilmer
j & Smith's Times. While the "Times," places
lint a low estimate upon our strength and com
petency to protect our rights, and in i's articles
is very belligeraiit, the "Journal" is calm and
conciliatory :
"The English and Anglo Irish Journals are
lelicitatintr tlivr render upon the pacific cha
racter of the intelligence nctived by the Cab'
iluiiia. Wc have jouiiuili', unit tlie tone of the
articles they eunta n, in our opinion, show that
those fclicilntions are prematine. 't here is hot
one lino of swagger nr br.iggmloria in these ex
tracts ; but tin re m not a suiln p'irase which
ran bear the interpretation of he.-itntion, much
less of shrinkit.g. I', iseviilenl from tlu in that
in America they liHve counted the cost ot war
They estimate their own rexmrces jutly. hut
they do not overrate them. They say ihnl Eii!
land can brine ngninst America greater naval
and military iirmamenW than America ran inns
from the other counties at the seat of Government
on the third Monday in May, in order to adopt
such plans as they may deem most proper to ob
tain the actisu of the people throughout the Re
public on the ouestion of Annexation. They ex-
What ins mecomk ok Him ? Some of the tli.-ir astonishment and indication lit the
nt I ! I.. : .
appointment of Minister Smith to F.ngland and
France, and say that with the delay in calling!
Conuress together, it is well calculated to excite 1
distrust in ttie action of President Jones. They
course with him. The Picayune says, many f ! resolved that "delay was useless, as thv wish to j
Aew ( irlenns .loin nan ure anxiously inouiiiu
j what has become of Mr. Shannon, our Mexican
Minister, and where he keeps himself since the
Mexican Government refused to have any inter
KStf.amboat Extlomon. The Steamboat
"Paul Jones," one of the tow-boats from Havre
de Grace to Baltimore, while on a trip, with ten
or twelve canal boats in tow, burst her boilers,
in the neighborhood of Nsith Pwint, severely
scalding the crew.
C3"Tiik Foi'rth of Jci.v. The coming an
niversary ofour National Independence will be
celebrated with more than usual interest. While
we are celebrating the day upon which our free
dom was declared, and are rejoicing in the birth
day of our country, of its prosperity at the pre
sent time, under our Republican Institutions,
and bringing to its alter the offering of thauktul
hearts, the people of Texas will be engaged, in
accordance with the late Proclamation of Presi
dent Jones, requiring delegates from each county
in Texas to assemble in convention on that day,
in considering the very important question whe
ther they shall add their "l.ovt star" to, anil
become one ofour brilliant confederacy. In the
final adjustment, of this long vexed question,
upon such a glorious day as the 4th of July,
and we Lave not the least doubt in our minds
that it will be accomplished on that day ; for, if I ter. They admit that Erghind may bum their
the nress sneaks public opinion, it has been heard seabonul towns, and immensely numage ami
- r a
IM O H'V I 'I '1 1,
his friends, and some who are not in that catego
ry, are anxious to see him out of that country.
Gcns Moi stkp. The Providence Journal
says orders were received at Newport to mount
the guns at Fort Adams, and the men were busily
engaged in the work last Sunday.
Tnit Finsr Statf 1'i.rr-TtON in Floiida was
held on the Ulith lilt. Returns from St A iins
tineshow that the Democratic ticket for Gover
nor, Representative, State Senator and County
Representatives has succeeded Ly about thirty
majority.
see no overtures from any government save that
of the United States."
Movements of Tim Mexicans. By the last j
accounts from Texa, intelligence has been re- j
ceived that the Mexicans were crossing the Rio
Grande del Norte under General Arista, and ta
king possession of an immense and valuable por
tion ot'tlie territory on the Fast side of that river.
The Washington Union, alluding to the fact,
says :--
"Is it possible that Mexico can be so infatu-
Santa Fi: Affaius. A letter tin? been re
ewived by the editor of the St Louis Hi vielle,
stating that the (iiveruor of Smtii Fe, s ob
noxious on account of his enactions, has been
recalled, an I Mariano Cti.ives appointed in his
placo. Id in Junn Andreas Archuleta, by the
same express, received the appointment nf Coin
mandiiut (icm ial. The let;er ifooson tost.ite:
"The (1 ivernor is about sending oil' an express
tu the Supreme Ct .verisment, announcing that
it will be impossible for him to leave until tliur
d'bts which he him contracted, on account oftiitj
Department, had become personally responsible
for, 6hall have been paid. It is said al.sii that
the Junta de Department are determined It
hick him, and will send f irw.ird a petition tu
Mex coasliing for hiscontimmnce in ofli e. Too
authorities entered the stores of Juan Josp IV-
. r .l. n.i r,-:.l-t 1 "'siroy m pnii riv
III lour. l muiiurr, u.iu . ... . . . ,,,,., . ,
citizen.
A tritrts-M
Jones to yield to its force,-it will give addition-I , j. ,ip ' , f(,r h in ,
at zest to the rejoicing of the American people i f:,Cri,.s i Will she condemn them to idle
on its reception into the Union With fond re- tiers, her factory population tn slarvulion, and
membrance will we recall to our minds the!''" inanulactnrers to bankruptcy and the (
, .. ... . ,, ii i, ' ' telle f Unehind may war with America, but
day upon which the "lone star" w.s added to our , i(m ,u,r ,.,,, ,
already brilliant Constellation. 1 he tact will I A(l),.ncan uriVateers, which, in such a loiijm.c
be remembered in our rejoicing, and an addition- mrp, would swarm in every sea ! TliPse are
al gun to the national salute will welcome it in
to the Union. '
C7" Dkstbi ction of Piiopcsir rv Fir.t!
Almost every mail brings us news of some dread
ful calamity by fire. Another fiie occurred at
Pittsburg, on Tuesday night, the 27lh ult., de
stroying houses to the number of seventy or
eighty. The actual loss, it is said, will not
much exceed fifteen thousand dollars, a very
the odvoiitHjres on which, in case of war with
Knlmiil, tin: United States relies, and they
are strong, powerful and pecul'iir.
Aunin, r.nolaiid's power is scattered her
terr tnry nui.-t be everywhere di fended, for it is
everywhere vulnerable. American territory
is cotieenlrati'd and American citizens are
prepared ludi t'cnd it tn the death. This is an
element wh. cli , in case of Iki-I; lilies between
the two people, it would be impofsibln to over
esti'iinte. 'I'h" result ot such a war would, if
rca ami Jtisn Christoval Armiju and lookout
. . ..... i i ii
ated ss tt believe that their mere occuincy ofa L'O'kIs to the nmouiit ol me loan, ami p-im on
territory, to which tbev have no legitimate pre- the soldiers w ith them."
A Spec ti.stton. It is s.ii.l that certain rail- ' tension, can give th- in a shadow of claim to any
way contractors in this country, who had recei- j por,ion ol" country in which their troops iimy
ved large supplies of iron from F.ngland, hearing j happen to be quartered at the moment of annex
ofthe rise in that article there, actually re.hip- i atioB ' U'hen ,hat m,"'e complete.! throu;;.
ped theirstocks, sent them thither, and sold them Ith action of her Congress, and the consent of
at a profit i 'ne P'p'e themselves is expressed through their
------- convention, then will we be prepared to solve
OiofraI. Jackron The U. S Journal learns ' the question whether we will permit these inva
by a pentleman direct from the Hermitojr,., that ' ders to molest the soil of Texas. A cnrrespoiv
i....i,i, ..f i: i,!,., i. ..i ti;..i..i.. :.....,. '. dent at New York may dismiss all his fears
ill (-iiriii 9 iui. nniiii ikih niiL'irii lit uru- .
veil. lie rode out the day before the informant
let
. ... . -. , will be on the borders of lexas to preserve our the legislature ol the I mteu. Mates. 1 tie revo-
Eari.y IUnvisTiNO. A e-cntlemsn who i j just rights, and to protect her from invasion. But 1 lution in 1'pper California is said to have been
it is highly probable, if Gen. Arista does not re- . commenced without the loss of a single life.
tile within his own shell, the Texan volunteers , The people informed the Governor that his ex-
i will be sufficient to clear and protect their bonn- t actions were cruel, oppressive, and contrary to
laiy." ! those principles ot enlightened government
' i which prevailed aiuniig the most intelligent am!
I A Ci mors Si'Krri.ATios. On the day of the prosperous nations. They asked a withdrawal
The day police of l'!iilad. lphia wear a silver j Rr(,.it fatfe b,.tweM, Kagbion ,nj pfytona, over ' of certain proclamations and laws issued by or
badge sta.iipi.il w:lh the. city arms on their , ,S(f CamiI,. coll0, an i,lrH.ne number of car- der of the M -xican Government. They had no
breast by which they are easily recoguizd. I riai:,.f frosed the river at Gloucester Point. As ' part in the enactment .f those laws, and could
I the hour fixed for the race approached, and the not acknowledge the ris:r.t of any body of men
A tiJe water canal boat loaded with iron, sunk number of carriages in wailing extended in sin- : to impose laws upon them without their know-
nt Philadelphia on Flii.'ay morning. ule file to some fifty or sixty, each waiting its
The traders from Santa Fe ins'ead ofgoin
to the Hasten) cities now make their purchasnsj
at St. Iinis. In thirteen days after their arri
val their goods are ready to be sent oft' to San
ta IV.
t
' CaI.uorn'U. The revolution is progressing
I in Upper California, and the Mexican auOiori
! tics have been driven from that poition of thir
dent at New York may dismiss all his fears, j Republie. The Revolutionists were nlniut or-
Our government is prepared for any issue. Our J ganizing a republican government, with a Presi-
r.n,i,lrnn ia rt(T tli innnl Thrpe fliniisanil Irnnns ' t &ml ritrK.i.t.f ivn lrti.il..ftir mnilMlnil after
A pentlemsn, who is
Rn extensive planter, residing a few milea from
j rjenton, N. (., commenced cutting his wheat
; on Thursday, tlm 2"Jd of May, beinir some three
weeks earlier than the usual time of harvesting
A inqgnificenl hotel, larger thin the Astor,
is to Uj erected in Ikistou on Bloom field street.
Continental. Militia. Total, j
;w Hampshire 13,490 5,003 14, 3M i
.nachiuetts ' 63,007 13,133 63,162
ode bland ,H'S 4.2M lO.lOvf
nnecticut 33,02s! 7,703 39,621
wYorlt 18,331 3,304 31.633
w Jersey J0,-30 6,053 10,781
maylvania 3-1.321 7,337 32,670
Uwaie 3.317 376 5,003
ryland 1 1,012 4,127 18,039
;:nia iB.Ci.S 3,G2u 32.28
Carolina 7,363 7,$U3
arolina 5,417 6,417
rgi 2,070 2,670
330,073 56,13 V8;23
small sum when the number of houses destroyed f,r (' ,.r I.!lin,p e.oYu-N (ii. commeice. j
are taken into consideration. The Pittsbnrg ' t would seriously, fearfully aff.-ot the projjres-
Chronicle says that this fire will not in the least . a.ve prosperity of the States, tml her power n
affect the interests of the city, and under other lihtinn it cciild not per.nnt.enily retard. Na-
circumstances would be considered a "small af- i ;- lrfI ''"' "'l'' '"
", ... i rendered that iinpossib'o. U,s ul is on that
fair." There appears lobe a systematic scheme unA ml w pr(,BL 1u, fril,
on foot to give that city the late ol bodom am! ,lPe J.fllnulties, whieh F.nuland rh uld in case
Gomorrah. ' nf war encounter. America does not iwse by the:
consideration of th "two nntions," the rich
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visited by an awful conrlagrat,.,,,, which re- ! " ' . " ' . w , ' I '"! '"'onnation a. to the charao
suited in the destruction of three large s.piare. of fr;, w(,f thon, W()ulJ , ncUe ; tcr ofthe Uuo, and the frequency of the tr.ps he
hostility. The first pun fired against America nouia esiaunsn oeiween .-ew xornanu t-iver
Govi:iiifxt Mm. Stfamkrs. Hie Presi
dent and his Cabinet have had up for considera
tion tho scheme fur transporting the mails be
tween the United States and foreign countries.
It is slated that Colonel Sloo is the most promi
nent competitor tor the contract fur the steam
vessels to run between New York am! the ports
of New Oi leans, O'alveston, Vera Cruz, Havana,
Kt., and he has raised a capital of a million and
a half of dollars for the undertaking. The Wash
ington Union says the Postmaster General is a-
i turn, the occupants became so exceedingly im
' patient that preferences were anxiously sought
j for. The captain was coaxed, scolded and
I threatened but all to no use, he could be neither
seduced nor driven from the just rule of "first
come first served," without regard to appear
ances. In the mi. 1st ol inn anxiety, a Jersey
collier thought to turn the position which his
ledge or consent. The (lovernor treated the
people with contempt, and threatened instant
death if they persisted ill their den. ami. Alarm
ed for their personal safety, the settlers resolved
to risk their lives at once in a struggle for inde
pendence. The government herds, cattle, horses
Kc, were driven from around the Governor's
dwelling or fort ; scouting parties were station
ed ut a ditaure of some miles to cot offall sup
plies, and after a lapse ofa f.w weeks messeu-
cnat box held in the line to profit, and for five
I dollars changed places with a party of anxious ' gers were despatched to the fort to ascertain the
gentlem-n in his rear. As he approached the disposition of Governor Micholtorena and his ar
w harf a second time, he again yielded his place my. The armed settlers number two to cne of
to some new comers, and so for the third time, the army. Resistance Was useless ami the (Jo
pocketing by each change of position fivs dol- vernor withdrew with bis foices, leaving the
lars a proof that nothing is mj unwieldly or so country in possession ofthe settlers, who hail
ogly, that with human ingenuity it may not be proclaimed it independent, a the '-Republic of
tuiueJ to profitable account I'kil Letter. 'California."
buildings, together w ith foi'y or f.lty line horses
This fire has left a large number or poor ami
hard working people houseless.
Anctuis Oa Saturday wight a week a de
structive fire broke out at Savannah, Georgia,
destroying property to the amount of 520,000,
half of which, it is thought, was covered by in
surance. Suli Anothfr Afire occured in the city
of Quebec, Wednesday a week, far exceeding
nd more disastrous in its consequences than all
the rest mentioned The flames of the element
spread so rapidly, that a large portion of the city
was entirely consumed. A letter from that city
states that thousands of souls are without house or
home, kavirj lo almost everything
might raise the people against the oligarchy in
F.nplsnd. Throughout Europe it would caii"
a war of democracy against aristocracy, which,
in the word of the Washington Globe, 'rnipht
add whole nutiona to republicanism in a single
day.' While America reckons such chances
in her fsvor while such elements. een on
England's own territory, war for the States, she
could not dread the day nf battle, and she doe
not. It may well affright, not only England,
but many other European nations. Hence the
lnn"nee in which the American journals in-
duljre."
TosTaof. The distance from Pittsburg to
Philadelphia is 310 miles just enough to make
the postage ten instead of five cents. Boston is
ii; the same category
pool, as to the probabilities of success with re
gard to the lines from New York to Havre, and
New York to Biemen, whether the line to Hava
na shonld run from N. York or from Charleston,
and what kind and size of vessel is best suited
for the navigation between New Orleans, Ga'
veston and Vera Crux. When fully advised, his
advertisement for proposals will be issued.
This is an important movement, especially as
the Government has no fast sailing steamship
upon w hich it can depend lor the transmission of
news in any emergency, such as the present
condition of affairs with Mexico. It is contem
plated to nuke this portion of the commercial
murine a part of our jmititary defence. Letter.
Tin Mili.f.sites who where recently commit
IUviaw, -Th. editor of th. frae Sun f , t0 the w0rkhouiettt PortlinJi hav.had.new
New ork, is .ug.ged in reviewing t.pt. ,lk reveUion ince C0IlClieinet. U been M.
Narrative of th. exploring F.xpedit.on, and point- o o
ing out what it calls discrepencies aixt blunders. I . . , . . . ov.,eer th.v ...,. r.
form in that respect if they were let out, and advise
A Dead Bli s Bird was found last week, cling
ing with its ftet to one of th. wires of Morse's
Electro magnetic Telegragh, a few miles from
Washington City. The body of the bird wasexa- ' on their last voyages, over tl08;000
mined, and i.o shot wound, or wound of any kind, j
was discovered sufficient to produce death, which
has led to the belief that the poor thing was killed
while perched upon the wire, some tune dung the
operation ofthe telegraph, by a shock of electricity
their friends to do so. They were discharged.
Tiiris Wiiai ess at Nantucket have cleared
A Nkw Statk Ccnsvs will be taken in New
York in July, the object of which ia not only to
obtain information as to the number of inhabi
tants, but information as tn tlie business of th
people.