t
K- ML
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vnArtril mulr tho fla-rs
of Swvu En"-,
I
land, and the United States, was as fol-.ter,
lows: Spain, 43i per cent; England, 7
per cent; United States, 26 per cent,
Within the last few vears. the interior
ill ' - . Q
of the country has been much improved, !
and the means of communication mcreas
cd by railroads, &c The first railroad
ever laid in the Island, running from Ha
vana to the most important of the sugar
districts, was constructed by Mr. Alfred
Crugcr, of the United States. Philadel
phia Sun.
Setters cmiQii Republican.
Tim i Ia y, May 22, 1851.
The Great Jubilee Pictorial for
1S5I.
We have received from Wilson &. Co.,
New York, the pictorial double Brother Jon
nthan for the 4th July, 1851. It is really a
beautiful and interesting sheet, worthy to
commemorate the Anniversary of our freedom.
The historical document, by Cooper, of Co
lumbus's discover of America is illustrated
with appropriate Engravings. The Boston
Tea party is detailed in full, and accompanied
by a large and spirited picture of throwing
tiie tea ovorboard from the ship Dartmouth
in Boston harbor. There are likewise forty
or fiftv cnffravhifrs illustrating fun and ad-
venture on the Fourth. In a word, there is
nn abundance af mattej for mirth and for re
flectionjust suited to the approaching na
tional holidav. Price 12 cents onlv, or ten
for one dollar.
SiHI lUoving.
From every quarter of the Commonwealth
we continue to receive reports of the move
ments of the people in favor of Gen. Scott,
for the Presidency. The Whigs of Dauphin
held a meeting at Harrisbnrg, on the
12th inst, and adopted the following resolu
tions :
Resolved, That the distinguished services
m rendered to his countrv bv General WliV
F1ELD SCOTT, in stations civil as well as
f YMiliLirv. lmvfl endeared him to the hearts of
the whole American people; and that the
Whigs of Dauphin county, as an evidence
of their grateful sense of obligation for such
services, cordially unite with their fellow
citizens in other portions of the State, in an
earnest and early effort to bring him before
the people of the Union, as a candidate for
the Chief Magistrac
Resolved, That while General SCOTT is
a man of peacti in time of peace, in war he
1ms exhibited the highest degree of science,
n!!, and valor, and that he is justly enti
ileJ to be ranked the foremo.-t Captain of the
""Resolved, Thn t while General WINFIELD
SCOTT has exhibited by a long life of pub.
In service both in the cabinet and the field,
lus competency to discharge with ability and
honor to himself and to his coimtry, the du
l es of .any position in which he may be placed,
and that we consequent' - name him as our
fir.-t choice for the Presidency in 1852.
A parson in Italy has been sentenced to
two years' imprisonment, for omitting to prayj
for the Emperor of Austria. We had no i
lea that royalty placed such -on estimate on
prayer.
A counterfoil Gold Dollar, well calculated
to deceive, is described in the Philadelphia
LeJf er. It feels grcasv to the touch, is rather
thicker than the genuine, is of lighter color,
and bas a dull leaden ring. The wording
" United States of America," and the word
" Dollar" are dull, and have not the sharp
clear appearance of those of the genuine.
The Honesdale Democrat in alluding to
the arrest of a man by the Sheriff of that
count7 on suspicion of being, concerned in
netting the fire in Montrose, intimates that
the late fire in Ilotiesdale may have been
kindled by some one of the. same company.
It says :
There are grounds for grave suspicions, at
least, that the fii- in this borough was lighted
bv the same gang of miscreants. Several of
ilicm were here when the fire happened.
Whole wagon-loads of merchandize were ta
ken away during the excitement consequent
upon the-devastation, and have not yet been
tracked out. One of the guards, stationed,
by the borough authorities to prevent plund
ering, was knocked down and terribly stun
ned while attempting to stop the egress of j
one of these wagons from town. His groans
attracted attention to his condition, but no
trace of the depredators was discovered.
John S. Gibbons, Esq., an eminent lawyer
of Allentown, died on the 10th inst.
Extraordinary and Iaiigeroiiti
Feat.
On Sunday morning, Messrs A. F. Boley
and J- H. Mann, conductors on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, discovered, when they ar
rived at Harrisburg, two Irishmen asleep,
seated one on each of the cross pieces of the
break on the tracks, under the car a distance
of only eight niches from the ground. They
must have placed themselves in that situation
at Hollidaysburg, before the cars started on
Saturday evening, and rode the distance of
about 145 raUee in that manner, merely to e
lude the expense of $4 each, but at the same
time placing their lives in momentary jeopajr
dy, seated so close to the wheels that theih
backs rubbed the grease and dust from-the ax
les of both the tracks. They were so literal
ly covered with dust, that it .was diffibult to
detcrurno at a 'glance whether they wore
Mac or wlii aidlvlcla. x
F
western I'roduce. An extract oi a luiy
-L ... - 1 .
dated Sturgee, bt. Joseph co., Micnigan,
' says that the report circulating East, relative
to a probable small wheat crop this season in
, Minhirrnn. is whollv without foundation. The
prospccts for a VCTy heavy crop were never
so favourable, in this state or Indiana, as at
the present time. Our road will groan this
season with the freight We are running
rlnwn mw nnnnt.itv nf wheat flour now, and I
think the new crop will come in as soon as
the old one is olf, if not before.
The whole number of farms in tlie State
of New Jersey, according to the recent cen
sus, is 24,504.
CRors in New Jersey. We had an op
portunity yesterday of conversing with an
- i
intelligent gentleman from the upper farming
section of the State, and we are pleased to j
learn that the prospects were never finer for
an excellent return to the labours of the bus- I
bandman. The regions in the farming coun-
ties of Sussex and Warren are peculiarly fer- 1
tile, and a successful season is productive oft
largely increased opportunities for the further '
rWnWmnnt of that section of the State.
When, by the extension of the Morris & Es
sex Railroad, this garden of the State is
placed in immediate proximity with our large
city, it will afford a fine home market for
their produce, adding importantly tothe val
ue of the farms. Thus hand in hand goJ.be
great principles of American industry, the
fostering of internal improvements, and the
i
true interests of agriculture.
cury.
Newark Mcr-
About six rods of the Erie Railread
track sunk at the village of Andover, Alle
ghany county, on the 29th ult. There was
an engine standing on the track at the lime,
which went down with it, and nothing but
the top of the smoke chimney of the engine
remains in sight. There was no indication
previous to this of a defective bottom. The
company are actively at work building a
track around the submerged portion of the
road. This catastrophe will not interrupt
the regular travel, as the passengers are
transferred to other cars beyond the break It
will not take many days to rebuild the track
on its old location.
Oyster Trade. Henry A. Wise, in
a
late speech in tne Virginia Convention, sta
ted that one firm in Baltimore had, in ten
years, amassed a fortune of $250,000 by sim
ply transporting oysters to the Western States,
and that had paid the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail-road in one year 35,000 for carrying
oysters alone.
Water can be kept pure by plunging a red
hot iron into the vessel that contains it, eve
ry few weeks, and securing it fronl the air.
This is well worth remembering.
Arrest oi tt Gang of Counterfeit
ers !
The existence of a gang of counterfeiters
in Lanesboro, Pa. has been for a long time no
torious, and Jacob Morris, Esq., District At
torney of Broome county, and Col. John H.
Dimmock, District Attorney of Susquehanna
county, have been acting in concert for the
purpose of bringing to justice the persons
thus engaged. Not long since two of the
gang named Taylor and Luce, passed some
altered ten dollar notes on persons living in
Broome county, and Attorney Morris procur
ed their indictment by the Grand Jury then
in session at Binghampton, and in a few days
they were both lodged in the jail at that place.
About the same time a Mr. Cooley and his
wife of Lanesboro, who were employed to
watch certain suspected persons, heard of a
quarrel between a Mr. Aylesworth, a tavern
keeper in that place, who was believed to be
the leader of the gang, and a hired girl in
the house, during which she charged him
with having all the apparatus for making
counterfeit money, and declaring that she
had seen it all. Mrs. Cooley obtained all the
facts from a female friend who had been made
a confidant by the girl, and information was
immediately sent to officers Morris and Dim
ock, who arrived in Lanesboro, with a posse,
on the evening of the 3d inst. About mid
night Aylesworth's house was surrounded,
and some six or eight entered and began a
thorough search of the premises, A num
ber of vials of "chemicals," a large bench for
the use of the press, &c. were found in the
garret, and in the upper loft eight plates, used
for counterfeiting and altering bills were dis
covered hid in a straw bed. No money was
found, but as they entered the room of Y. H.
Brown, he was-seen to throw a roll of some-
thing into the stove. The Sheriff noticed
a smell of bruning paper as he opened the
door of Aylesworth's room. The premises of
James McDaniel, Sen. were next examined,
and a complete press, ink, and fixtures for
counterfeiting and altering bills were found,
together with a small amount of counterfeit
money. The premises of James McDaniel,
Jr. were also entered, but it is not known
tljat any thing was discovered. Aylesworth,
Brown, both McDaniels, and one Silas Win
ters were arrested.
It is supposed that these individuals are
connected in their-operations with gangs in week 4,300 shares were sold, mostly to citi
other parts of the country. A number of Uens of tbis borough and county, being 300
others are said to be implicated, but the nest f n i a i
is probably broken up. I more than originally fixed upon. A much
The largest .individual tax paid in
N. York is bv William B. Astor- Last.
year he paid into tlie City Treasury.the . new institution. The bank will go into
sun jof twoity-tliree tfioum?id rigid lam.- j operation under the most favorable auspices;
dred and ninety two dollars for taxes. , as soon as the charter will permit and the ne
?he, assessed value of his property in the cessary preliminary arrangement can be made.
r.;f ; q finn son-
The Game of Braff. .
The opposition have already commenced
their favorite game of -brag,' and attempt to
encourage their friends and intimidate their j
foes, by emphatic assertions mat -g- ,
will be nominated bv acclamation, and that
.t -t-1 T!1
his election and tho defeat oi uovumiu JOUu-
. , - . n Tl.
ston are -nxea iacis.
The public may remember that statements ; h(javy head sea The shipbehav
of the same kind were pompously paraded in j admirably throughout the blow.
the Locofoco papers at the last Governors
and President's election that 10,0y0, and
15,000 of a majority for Longstreth were
commonly claimed lhat the bitter-enders of
the Locofocos described his majority as a
popular avalanche,' and their colleagues at
the Williamsport Convention, Abrams and
Ovenshine fone or wnom is muie ruiuuia- ,
.. . , tu n
ry and the other ought to be) offered to bet on
20,000 ot a majority lor uie urcuiuuu uiiua-
date.
Wilson M'Candles, in the Baltimore v,on-
vention, in 1848, exhibited a white and red
rose entwined together to typify the union ot
York and Lancaster, the anti-uucnanan aim
Buchanan factions, and proclaimed that Lew-
is Uass would carry rcniisjivwua y
of a majority. The result of the election
proved one of two things, either that these
men were playing the game of brag, or that
they were totally ignorant of the state of pop
ular sentiment. And so it is now. The Lo
.cofoco leaders are merely gasconading, or
else they arc entirely ignorant of the strength
of Gov. Johnston's administration among hon
est, intelligent and respectable men oall par
ties. In 1848, Gov. Johnston entered upon the
canvass with all the auspices of victory on
the side of his political opponents. The Na
tional Government was then in the hands of
the opposition. All the custom house officers
in Philadelphia, all the postmasters through
out the State, and all national officials, such
as mail agents, Indian agents &c, were Lo
cofocos, and were actively engaged in circu
lating calumnies and newspapers, and ex
pending great sums of money. Every Loco
foco office holder was forced to contribute a
large proportion of his salary, and the Na
tional Administration strained every nerve to
defeat the Whig candidate. To the aston
ishment of all who know him, even the great
phlebotomist, Buchanan, -permitted himself to
be bled to the amount of 15 or 20 dollars,
though like the Jew, on whom King John lev
ied a contribution, he would much rather have
lost a tooth..
The slavery propagandists of Pennsylvania
united with the anti-slavery Democrats to
whom Longstreth hdd given some personal
nledf es. .All the leaders of all the factions of
4 -J
Locofocoism were united, active, bitter, and
unscrupulous." Now they are not so. There
will be a fight in the Judicial Convention,
very probably in the Reading Convention, a
bout the Presidency, and we find their pa
pers filled with crimination and re-crimination.'
The people want no more secret pledg
es, but they want the Reading Convention to
rlistinetlv declare whether Col. Biffler is a
slavery propagandist or not, and whether he
is in favor of a Pennsylvania, or of a Virgin
ia and South Carolina policy.
Misrepresentations of all kinds in '48 were
unblushingly uttered. It was asserted that if
Gov. Johnston was elected, an. immense num
ber of New Banks would be created, and all
Bank applications were paraded in the news
papers that shinplasters would form our cur
rency that new taxes would be imposed on
the people that foreigners would be deprived
of their rights as citizens that churches
would be burnt that the State Debt would
be enormously increased the Constitution
violated, and democratic principles entirely
eradicated ! !
The results of Gov. Johnston's administra
tion are now before the people. Plain facts
have proven all these assertions gross false
hoods, and so popular has this administration
become tHat it extorts praises from the best
men of the opposition. Witness the eulogies
of the locofoco press on Gov. Johnston's ap
pointments, and witness the Treasury Report
of General Bickel.
Jongstreth in '48 had more personal
strength than Bigler. He had no assail able
points; he was involved in no factious quar
rels; he was represented as gentlemanly, in
telligent, liberal with money, and firm in his
principles. But, more than all this, Mr. Long-
slreth had the direct and personal control of
all the men and money along our lines of The legislative committee appointed to ex
Railroads and Canals. The opposition then amme into the manner in which the State
represented him as a very strong man. Now
thcy fiing ijm asjde as a boy does a sucked
j orange. As it was and is with him, so it will
' ue with Bigler.
When the opposition is disposed to brag,
. iet our friends1 remind them of the gasconade
' jn '48. 0f the proffered bets of Abrams and
Ovenshine of the Red and White roses and
the 30,000 of M'Candles and of the vote of
168,000 given for Morris Longstreth ! I Jar.
Daily American.
The New Bank.
The books for-the sale of stock in " The
Farmers' and Mechanics Bank of Easton,"
were closed on Saturday last. During the
larger numoer ot shares would have Deen ta
ken, but the Commissioners could not accom
odate all who were anxious to invest funds in
ixn..-
Later from California.
Arrival of the El Dorado.
The steamship El Dorado, Captain. Wright,
fronv-Chagres 011 the 7th inst., and Havana
on the ism, nnu
h and freight
aa ",u..f . f ... ,ft 7Q sft
to hit. 31 40, long. 79 30,
erienced a heavy gale from
I ill Lilt; J.MWi -
1 fr A 11 I II 111 111 L TJ -k- m
. 1 Ait r.,,
nvnnrmnced a heavv rale from
ti,n TV. W. to N. E which continued for 24
liiu -r
The steamship Panama from ban l'rancis
ro arrived at Panama on the 2d of May,
bringing $1,000,000 in gold dust on freight,
and 250 passengers.
The steamship Isthmus left San Francisco
on the 10th with the Panama, having on
board about one million of dollars in dust, and
gQ0 passengerg
The United States sloop of war Vincennes
tone ot- Pnrnmn Mav 6th. all well. The
Y CIO
steamship Gold Hunter, was at Acapulco tak
ing in passengers for Panama on the 23d ot
April. The El Dorado saw a steamship go
ing into Chagrcs the day she came out.
The gold dust and mails were left on the
Isthmus by the El Dorado, after having
waited at Chagres for them two days.
The California and West India news
brought by the El Dorado are of no special
interest.
Two men were shot in Sacramento, while
attempting a burglary, by CaptvWard, who
was expecting and watching for them. One
was killed upon the spot; his name was Joe
Ogden ; the other, George Morton, was shot
in his leg, had his leg amputated, but died
subsequently. Capt. Ward was cleared of all
blame.
The mail steamer Oregon arrived on the
afternoon of the 2d inst., bringing news from
the States to as late a date as Feb. 28th.
The report of probable appropriations by Con
gress for the benefit of California, had a
great effect in momentarily running up State
scrip. But it run down again very soon.
General Persifer F. Smith has been order
ed to Texas, and goes home in the steamer of
to-day.
A great deal of dissatisfaction has been felt
and exhibited respecting the issuance and cir
culation of private coins, below their face val
ue in real value, and which the coiners re
fuse to redeem. It is looked upon as an in
famous swindle by the community, the bank
ers have refused - to receive it at its assumed
value, and the merchants have taken some
what similar action. The Legislature has a
bill before it, introduced by Mr. Miller, to o
blige coiners to redeem, and to make their re
fusal a misdemeanor, punishable with fineand
imprisonment.
Our felons who have been set to work in
the chain gang, are occupied in building the
county jail.
Great efforts are being made to induce Jen
ny Lind to visit California, and letters re
ceived from Mr. Barnum induce the hope
that the object may be effected.
A new charter for this city has been pas
sed by the Legislature.
Tile robbers and highwaymen in which this
State abounds, have been making the vallies
in the vicinity of Monterey their theatre of
. . .
operations ot late, having possession oi uie
, , t ' . . i .
M'hniP nnnntrv tnprp. KTpalinor horses ana cat-
whole country there, stealing horses and cat-
tie, and creating a fear that Monterey itself
mnv hn sacked bv them in the absence of the
f
men, who are mostly at the mines.
The Legislature having refused to author
ise the Attorney General to enter a nolle pro
sequi in the case of the Squatters, their trial
would have come off on the 7th inst, but no
judge being present, it did not occur.
Thpre has been more Ivnchinir m the
j a
mines. This state of affairs is lamentable.-rr-
But we caution our friends at the east against
judging us by the same criterion they would
usethere. They cannot fully appreciate our
They cannot fully appreciate
condition, without seeing and feeling it.
The Legislature having confirmed the or
dinance granting the right of constructing a
p ank road to he Mission, that undertaking
already partially carried into effect, will soon
be completed, when we shall have one of the
most pleasant drives imaginable, into the
country, and yet not out of the city.
Our city Attorney's report shows a tre
mendous amount of litigation, amounting to
over two millions of dollars for the past year.
Politics have been rather brisk of late, both
whigs and democrats doing their best to or-
ganize. rney are preparing ior me municip
ai election to come off in about two fweeks.
Marine Hospital has been conducted in this
city, have reported very severely upon the
conduct of the resident physician Dr. Hub
bard, who has petitioned the Legislature for
the privilege of apppearing before it, and dis
proving the charges against him.
Some degree of interest has been felt here
in reference to the anticipated blockade of
Honduras by the French. It may not be the
intention of that g,'ernment to seize, these
islands; but if it is, and Uncle Sam does not
take efficient measures to prevent such an
outrage, there are men enough and ships en
ough here in California to put the whole mat
ter right, and it will be done. We make this
prognostication for the good of whom it may
concern.
Accounts are coming in, of new discove
ries of auriferous mines in various parts of tfee
country. The recent rains have also had
their effect upon placer digging, helping the
gulch diggings and for a time driving those
engaged upoathe rivers, from their positions.
In the connection with the 'above we have
to notice the discovery near Benicia of a coal
bed, said to be of a superior quality. It is lo
cated within a few miles of the Pacific Mail
steamships Company's depot. Many beds of
coal have been discovered m Oregon; so.that
Jhe Pacific steam, marine is lmeiy io De wen
supplied soon with this very imporu'nt 'ar
tide. A bill has passed the Legislature establish
ing a State Marine Hospital at Sacramento,
and appropriating $30,000 from the State
Treasury towards that object.
The health of the country continues excel
lent. We hear of no prevailing disease m
any part of the State.
Progress of the British Turriff.
Imports and Exports of the Porl of New
York jor the month oj jipm, 1001.
IMPORTS.
Foreign goods entered for con
sumption,
Foreign goods warehoused,
Specie, s
EXPORTS.
Domestic goods and produce,
89,101,570
1,238,313
. 320,981
3,561,770
Foreign goods,
380,890
Specie,
3,482,182
This statement exhibits facjs upon which
an instructive homily might be read.
It is any thing but a satisfactory state o
affairs, when at one port, and in one month
we see importations of foreign merchandize
to the extent of $10,339,883 against an ex
port of domestic and foreign goods of 84,047,
660: leaving a balance against us at one port
and for one month, of 5,397,223, of which
there has been paid in specie $3,482,182, ex
elusive of stock and other public securities
which have been sent forward as remittances.
(K7-On the 5th inst., Snow fell at Hazle
ton, Luzerne county, to the depth of eigh
teen inches.
Half Yearly Dividends.
The following dividends have been declar
ed by the stock companies whose names are
annexed, out of the profits of the respective j
institutions for the last half year:
Bank of Germantown
Bank of Montgomery county
Bank of Penn Township
Philadelphia Bank
Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank
Mechanic's Bank
Commercial Bank
Girard Bank
Southwark Bank
Manufacturers' and Mechanics'
Bank
Tradesmen's Bank
Bank of Commerce
Kensington Bank
Western Bank
Bank of Chester County
Miners' Bank of Pottsville
Farmers' Bank of Reading
Germantown Turnpike
Fankford and Bristol Turnpike
Chestnut-Hill and Springhouse
Doylestown and Danborough
Turnpike
Bank of Northern Liberties
Honesdale Bank
Easton Bank x
Lancaster County Bank
Earmers' Bank of Lancaster
Bank of Danville
Bank of Chambersburg
Potomac Rail Road Co. Bank
4 per ct.
4A "
5
5
5
6 ' 44
4
3 44
7 - 44
4
3
5
10
5 44
4
4
4
3
3
4 "
3
5 44
4
5
5
5
4
3
6
Steam Boiler Explosion axd Loss of
Life. A new steam-boiler exploded on the
i4th instant at the foundry of J. P. Morris, I
at Richmond, near Phikdelphia, killing Mnj
Miin-h SiTOonv. whn nan his hfian nlnwn oil .
, "-a v --
i and so seriously,injurmg Messrs. J. B Rey
... . -.t-,, " -.- m i -i
, , , . Willi'J M.
oneppara mat. iney
are not eXnected to live. Two other men are
missinsr, supposed to have been blown into
, j ' x
the ueiaware. i ne ouiiaing was lernmy come trom JNew-Urleans, or other syni
shattered. The men were engaged in test- nat.Tiisinir joints, with semi-official infor-
ing the boiler.
A London letter to the New York Com-
hition will have on the moncv market is re
nf,nmn immrtonnn
EJ,. , 1 . -i i. .i , .
I The natural snpposition woupi De, mat it win
J cause an increase in the bullion of the Bank
j of England, owing to the influx of engineers
I who must bring specie or its equivalent. If
, 300,000 arrive with 1C I each, it is remarked
wu snail uiub nave an auuiuuu ui o.uuu,
000.'
The nblnst. woman in thn world is supposed
a- i nr t . ... :j: 1?1
c of England.
Sh b on t, 12th of Februarv, 1731.
and is of course in her one hundredth and
. . r- . . -11. . T : ri
twenty-nrst year, one is in possession oi iier j
faculties, perfect memory, hearing, and eye- t
sight. She cooks, vashes, and irons, in the
usual family avocations, threads her needle,
and sews without spectacles.
Good. Here is the puff of all puffs which
we have not seen. It comes from the "Lone
Star," Washington Texas :
"Dram Drinking. There was never a
truer line writen, than that brandy is the
bane of life. If all the misery, suffering and
death, which has been caused, directly or in
directly, by this one evil, could be brought in
panoramic view Detore our eyes, we would
. shrink back in horror and dismay, at the vast
ness of tho concourse, and the degradation of
its votaries ! Yet, if, notwithstanding the
certainty of the consequences, and the awful
sentence passed upon him who giveth his
neigbgor.to drink and makes him drunken;'
if, notwithstanding our advice, and the ex
amples which we see daily, men will drink,
they have only to call on George P. Lynch,
opposite Baldridge's tavern, to have it dona up
in the latest fashion, and most genteel way
possible."
The State Eights Convention at Charles
ton has adjourned with resolving upon
immediate secession, and for the time
being, at least, the Union may count
South Carolina among its jewels. An
other Conventien of delegates elected by
the people of that State, (this one consis
ted of delegates from the State Rights
Associations, which have been formed
throughout the State,) has been elected
and may perhaps soon meet to deliberate
upon the same subject. We may safely
hope that will follow in "the footsteps of
its illustrious predecessor, and postpone
to a futuro day and ripor reflection the
disruption of this Confederacy.
Four Bays JLaler from Europe.
ARitlVAJL UJb'THE
STEAMSHIP FRAWKLII.
The steamship Franklin, Capt Wotton, ar
rived at New York yesterday morning. She
sailed (from England) at 4 if. M. on the 7th.
lier voyage from the latter place has occupi-
en oniy eleven days and a hair.
the J? ranklm brings four days latter news.
She has about 100 passengers and a full and
valuable freight. She brings the London
mails of the morning of the 7th, which were
taken irom Southampton by special steamer.
The steamer Africa, reached Liverpool on
the 4th, in ten days three hours and fifty-five
minutes.
The U. S. steamer Washington bed left
Cowes for Bremen.
The London market was unchanged.
The news generally by the Franklin pos
sesses much interest.
ENGLAND THE MINISTRY.
In the House of Commons on the 5th inst.
Lord John Russel informed the House of the
course the government proposed to pursue in
consequence of their defeat, by a majority of
14, on the motion, of Mr. Hume against the
removal of the Income Tax fcr three years.
His lordship said that the cabinet were pre
pared to bow to the decision of the JJouse,
and to submit to the appointment of a select
committee of inquiry to consider the details of
the obnoxious tax.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
The Crystal Palace continued to be throng
ed with thousands of admiring and wonder
ing visitors. On Monday, May 5th, the price
ofadmission fell from one pound to five shil
lings a head. About 6400 persons were ad
' mitted at that price, and 1000 sterling were
taken at the doors. The demand for season
tickets also continued, and the receipts alto
gether were estimated at 2000 per day.
FRANCE.
From Paris we learn thit the fourth of
May, the anniversary of the Proclamation of
the Republic, has passed" off without the
slightest attempt at disturbance.
The weather was very unfavorable for the
spectacle, but the crowds of spectators was
very great. The fire works were a failure in
consequence of the heavy rains.
Census of the Cherokees. The Chero
kee Advocate says the census of the Cherokee
Nation is nearly completed. It is thought
that the number of emigrant Cherokee will
not much exceed thirteen thousand ; that of
the old settler Cherokees, according to Brown's
Roll, will not exceed three thousand ; thus
making the whole Cnerokee population about
sixteen thousand, exclusive of whites and
blacks. There is a remnant of the Chero
kees yet in North Carolina. When they are
all collected in their fertile country on the
borders of Arkansas they will number nearly
twenty thousand.
The Cuban Expedition.
Although the Government has by its
vigorous measures, pretty much broken
up the Cuban expeditions in Georgia and
! Florida, it is thought the attempt may be
renewed.
Notwithstanding the positive announce
ment from New Orleans that the project
has been abandoned, there are strong
reasons .for doubting the good faith of
the statement. The difierent Deparments
at Washington
are in daily receipt of
messages,
from various officers on the
look out, reporting assemblages of per
sons, here and there throughout the sou
thern states.
The assemblages, so far, appears to be
np n..ari rr, -ifTiW. nfflnovc nr Wd
erg an(J who fo'r tj,at can kc
' little about their desti
nation
- , na"on
Tkn
The Government is increasing in its
vigilance, and it will not be relaxed, al-
though hourly announcements should
I t 1
r o r- ; . .
mation that the leaders had
agreed to a-
Vonf1rTi flio nrmpnf.
L i,;a TO,.mt o,.
- corae however, there is a gratifying cer-
! taintv of its failure in any Qeut short of
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; Spain.
; Information has reached the Spanish
Minister at Washington City, that the
Captain-General of that Island'is instruc-
- ,nA . i:tftVofo j a. clnc :n
event of danger, and Sir U. Bulwer has
intimated that Spain will not want assis
tnnna in no co nf n -frrTmf1 nVlf mnrnndinff
1 expedition. Thus, so far as propabilitics
are concerned, the matter seems settled.
i A letter from Washinfrton to the
t . Q
Tribune says that there are increasing
evidences of a character which while they
are convincing, cannot well be particular
ized, going to show that the Cuba move
ment is an affair of greater moment
than has been supposed. It appears that
the Loco-Foco party at the South have a
hand in this matter, and that the bold
design is to make the present or prospec
tive annexation of Cuba, as the event may
warrant, an element in Presidential can
vass. It is supposed that this movment
will unite the hitherto refractory factions
of the fierce democracies in that turbulent
section of the union, and that with aid
of that and the " Union" operation thcy
will be able to carry off Whigs enough
all round to make success tolerably cer
tain. Such seems to be a newly developed
plan in the movements of this twisting,
turning, maneuvering, pipelaying and pi
ratical party, which is still kept together,
as oi oia,
plunder."
by the " cohesive power ot
Railroad Conspiracy. The Grand
Jury of Berrien County, Michigan, hare
indicted over forty of the prisoners now
under the arrest in Detroit, for conspire
cy to burn the Railroad Depot in 2f iltfi
some five or six weeks ago.
The Far YVEST.The Detroit fra?
Press says it estimated upon reliable au
thority that upwards of 10,000 emigrant3
will leave Ohio during the. present seas
on to make a permanent 16cation in Ioff3,
(rAu extra legislative session is called
Wisconsin,
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