Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 1846 — Page 2

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Our Tel ms. The following will hereafter be the permanent terms of tic WeeUy Indiana State Stvlinel: fjr-Poyinents to be made always in advance. One copy, one year, 2.00 Three copies, one year, 5X0 Five copies, one year, ö.0 Ten copies, one year, 15.00 Twenty copies, one year, directed to one person, 20.00 Scml-IVcoKly. (Published three limes a week during the session.) (W copy, 81.00 I Three enpictf, ÄKMK) Triwcclily Sriilinel. As customary, the proprietors of the Indiana State Sentinel will issue a triweekly sheet during the coming session of the Legislature. The best of Reporters have been engaged exclusively for this paper, and no pains will te f-pared to give the fullest, earliest and mo-t correct intelligence on all fubjects. The paper will be cf double medium size, (same n.s the weekly) anc afforded at one dollar the session, in all cases in advance. The proprietors woulj respectfully solicit the aid of their friends in procuring sub;cribers, as a very heavy expense is necessarily involved during the session. fj-Our cotemporarics will confer a favor by giving the above a few insertions, which shall be reciprocated by every means in our power. tf. G. A. &, J. T. CHAPMAN. Caution. It becomes our duty again to caution the public against one James S. Düit, who is roving about the State and obtaining money from individuals for the Slate Sentinel, and perhaps for other papers. We have now no travelling agents. Land Sales. We would call the especial atten tioi of our numerous readers to the new as well as old Land Sales advertised in our paper to-day. Many who leave the older Western States for a home farther west and in a newer country, may save themselves mtch trouble to keep a copy of these advertisements by them. The lands now offered we are assured embrace some of the very best in their respective districts. To our Subscribers. We take this occasion to notify the friends and patrons of the Indiana State Sentinel, that this paper has been selected by the Secretary of State of the U. S., among others in different States, to publish by authority the Orders, Treaties and Laws of the 29:h Congress. We expect to commence their publication shortly. This is no less gratifying to us in a pecu niary point of view, than it is to us and our subscribers from being able to lay before them so much important matter rßeiully. We also view it in another light: When we made the reduction in our terms in favor of "clubbing," wc expected to double our list at least ; whereas, we have increased it only seme seven or eight hundred. Old subscribers too, are taking the advantage of the "club" system. This we do not object to; but we do wish, as we told them at first, that each and every one would use his individual efforts to increase the list so that tbe reduction should be no loss to us. Some have done more than wc expected ; and many others have realized our full hopes: yet a vast number have done --nothing; or if they have, no fruit has been the result. Well. We get pay for publishing these publiz laws, &.C., and that will save us from loss. It is not lobe supposed that a paper like the Sentinel, with nearly four pages of reading matter each week, in small type, is got out with the expense of a " man and '' "boy, with a little dog!" O! no! The cash expenses of the Sentinel each week we believe more than average that of any ten papers out of Indianapolis in the State for the same time. We say this not in disparagement of any of our contemporaries : fcr God knows, they all have hard rows to hoe, and should receive a thousand coppers where they now got one. But we say it, because, if our subscribers D),v numbering over two thousand, (and- our readers probably not less thaji five thousand,) will only do what we desired them when we made the "clubbing t arms," we intend to do the "handsome thing" by them! And that we vUl do, before they know it. Dou't let any be too late. We only lack a few dimes O carry out our new project. Editorial Cocetest. The Editor of the Erookville Amcricin has a lugubrious article on Editorial Courtesy, aimed entirely at the State Sentinel. If this would-be supposed smart and courteous editor would pay a little more attention to his own course, he woulj not so often be led into error. He says we 1 tve for three or four weeks spoken disrespectfully of Lim. If exposing his blunders in matters political, with which every school-boy should be, and probably is, acquainted blunders which no editor in this State vvghl to commit if showing up to the public such blunders be disrespect, we plead guilty, and throw urselves on a public who know how to appreciate correct intelligence. But wc think the shoe pinches elsewhere. We have used, in correcting those blunders, the Erookville editor's oicn language, as applied io us without cause, and falsely and basely so applied. : If he docs not like it, we cannot help it. The readers of both papers w ill notice that we took care to quote Iiis language correctly, and by using the ordinary ligns, to show that we intended to nail the base coin whence it emanated. It has been effectual, in a mcanure. But the " whining" article on the subject in that paper is only one cf the tricks resorted to by hypocrites its intent being to convey the impression that tre coined the terms and applied them without cause. When the editor casts the beam from Lis own eye, he may not see a moat in his brother's. Until then, his pretended " penitence," and hypocritical gabble will only have the effect to make him wise in his own conceit, and despised by those who have the independence to act right in practice leaving professions to these who have no other capital. We commend to his attention, Matt, xxiii, 20, et seq. Political Juke. If the Columbus Gazette, a Whig paper, is to bo believed, the people of the 5th Judicial Circuit should congratulate themselves on having a Political President Judge, which fact seems to be highly pleasing to certain Whigs in that quarter. Some two years since, the said Judge, Peaslec, said he was about to retire from the Bench, as that mode of life did not agree with hitn. According to this Whig paper, he has found means to restore his health and quiet his ailments by leaving the bench for the stump there to abuse the Democratic Congressman from this district. We can account for it in no other way, if the Gazette states the truth, than his desire to get the Whig nomination for Congress. He can never gull the Democracy of tbe veteran 5th, by any such trickery. The people will select their own candidates despite these early attempts at trickery and management this, as well as oüiers. Better leave it to them. (fcWe acknowledge the receipt from the President cf the Uuited States, of a valuable putlic document, being the Executive proceedings, correspondence, and documents relating to Oregon, from which the injunction of secresy ha3 been removed." Those who are curious enough to wish to see the autograph of he President, may be gratified by dropping in at our sanctum.

Caught. "Give a rascal rope and be will hang himself," is often quoted respecting individuals; and we see no reason why it will not apply to certain partisans collectively. Never were baser means used to defeat a party, than were used by the would-be leaders of the Whig party in Indiana to defeat Gov. Whitcomb. Tools of every description were used ; and they spared no pains to complete their dirty work to the satisfaction of their masters. From Butter Barnett dowa down to the Erooktille American's correspondent, Myres, all were alike busy. Even the religious editor of the last named print had no hesitation in printing the profane language of its correspondent; and as if in defiance of public opinion, he still permits the same writer to occupy his columns with mat

ter but little more creditable than his first profane essay in politics. At last, however, the poor correspondent lets the cat out of the bag. He has no doubt but his remarkable efforts have defeated the Democracy of Indiana ! Perhaps he is wanting his pay for his share of service, anl takea this delicate way of reminding his masters of what he has done. They should immediately relieve his suspense; and if agreeable we will enclose in their next package a copy of the Stale Sentinel containing the result. Hear the poor fellow : "There is one thing consoles me under all circumstances, and that is the hope of hearing soon of the defeat of iur old frimd Whitcomb. All that I ask is a due reward for his treachery. An expression of the Voters of Indiana in regard to his cowardly baseness. I want you to 6cnd me the result of the election in "old Franklin," as well as in the State, as we are all anxious to hear of the downfall of Whitcomb." lie is consoled no doubt, or will be soon. The Governor has 41 a due reward for his treachery!" Only 4,037 majority, Mr. Myres ! An ''expression of the Voters." Are you satisfied! "We are all anxious." That is, kv, Mr. My res. Tay him! Tay him! Whigs! And let him teay for forgiveness. Maine Election. The annual election in the State of Maine tok place last Monday week. David Bronson was ihc Whig candidate for Governor, John W. Dana the Democratic candidate, Fosenden the Abolition candidate. Seven members were tobe elected to the next Congress ; also members of the Legislature, and county officers. In Portland the votes for Governor were as follows, viz. Bronson 1120, Dana 692, Fessenden 12G, scattering 72. One Whig representative elected. No choice for the other two. In 13 towns heard from, including Saco and Eiddcford in York county, the rcßt bejjig in Cumberland, Bronson, for Governor, has 2251 votes Dana 2G31, Abolition and scattering COO. Last year the same towns gave Morse, Whig, 1930; Anderson, Democrat, 2123; Abolition and scattering 532. Gain on the Whig vote 2G2, on the Democratic 253, on the Abolition and scattering 03. Returns from 13 towns indicate that there is no choice for Congressmen in the Cumberland (Port land) district. Joshh S. Little is the Whig candidate ; Asa W. II. Clapp the Democratic. Thirteen towns leave Clapp 593 votes behind the aggregate of all others. Old Maine will come out right side up. Tue Rail Roai. The eastern papers have copied the destruction of a culvert ou the railroad by the late freshet at Madison, and have appended a statement that it " will require nine months to repair the damage done to said road." We can trace such statement to the Louisville Journal of September 4. Its parentage should have led our eastern friends to doubt the state ment. The road will probably be in use on the dam aged part, in less than as many weeks. We would notify our friends that it has never caused the loss of a trip over the road by the regular cars, the damage being close to Madison, and passengers and freight are conveyed in carriages to the depot proper. Suicide. The Versailles Intelligencer records a dreadful case of suicide. On the 4th inst., Mrs Henrietta Beck, living in Brown township, in this coun ty, sprang from her bed very early and conducted herself in such a manner as surprised her husband, declar ing that she was going to drown herself. Mr. Beck sue cceded in quieting her and she returned to her bed again, but in a short time seemed to be struggling in a fit. The Intelligencer says : "Mr. Beck being considerably alarmed, ran to a neighbor's house, some quarter of a mile d.stant, for assistance, and on his return found her lying on the floor with her throat cut from ear to ear, and a butcher knife lying by her side. "The coroner was immediately called and summoned a jury to investigate the affair, who returned a verdict that 'the deceased came to her death by cutting her own throat with a common butcher knife.' "The deceased, it is stated, has teen subject to occasional fits of insanity for about two years past, caused, it is believed, by a fit of sickness she then had." We cannct fee the reason why Mr. Ecck ran a quarter of a mile when his wife was in the situation related. Accident. The Vernon Experiment records the death of Richard Rchart, which occurred ou Monday night last, cn the Six Mile road, about seven miles from Vernon, under circumstances of Üie most distressing nature. It appears tnat the deceased was returning from Decatur county, riding one horse and leading another. The horse he was riding threw him, and in falling his foot caught in the stirrup, and he was carried in this manner for more than half a mile. His head and shoulders were dreadfully mangled, and when he was found, life was entirely extinct. Lt. Vax Bueex's Recruits. A very high compliment was paid by lhe commanding Major at Newport, to our fellow citizcns enlisted by Lt. Van Bukex. Thpy were said to be the best looking and best behaved of any which had arrived ; and so well pleased was the Major with this specimen of Hoosicrdom, that the Lieutenant was immediately ordered to return and enlist a few more of the same sort." Lt. Van Eukkn will open his rendezvous at Lafayette, where no doubt he will soon fill another company for the same delightful service. The boys should take hold quick, if they would not miss the chance. CAuroRxiA Regimext. This Regiment under command of Col. Stevenson, we learn from the New York Tribune, and about which the Whigs have had such a fus for the purpose of getting thera disbanded, is now about to sail. Three companies will embark on board a vessel on Wednesday, 16th. The remaining companies in the course of a week after. There are about 800 men, including officers. They carry with thera 600 percussion muskets, 8C0 flint muskets, 200 rifles, and C pieces of light artillery, with all the necessary equipments. Change of Weather For a week past the weathet has been quite cool and pleasant, having kept us well melted for months past. The oldest inhabitant does not recollect of such a long spell of hot weather as wc have had this summer. However, with the exception of an unusual amount of sickness, wc have no reason to complain. Crops have been abundant and fine; and cool living weather has again arrived. This will no doubt be joyfully hailed, and will have a tendency to prevent new cases of disease. Tcople should be careful in these changes. The Jcxior Ecito will be along the Wabash toward Lafayette, and home some tcay 'm all this week. Take good care of aim, friends.

Revolution in Tobasco. The New Orleans Picayune of the 8th inst. has received letters giving an account of a revolution ill Tobasco. On the 12lh of August, the garrison stationed at San Juan Bautista declared against the government f Paredes and in favor of Santa Anna. The

evils of the country are attributed to the overthrow of the constitution of 1924, and the successive factions which have since usurped the place of a free government. The monarchial designs of Paredes are denounced as offensive to the nation and as threatening the destruction of the army. Six articles then are adopted, of the following tenor: The first repudiates the Congress summoned by Paredes ; the second calls for a Congress, the members of which are to be elected iu pursuance of the law of 1824 ; the third pro vides for the assembling of Congress within four months ; the fourth guarantees the existence of the army ; the fifth denounces any opposition to the Congress to be called or to the constitution which it may adopt ; and the sixth proclaims Gen. Santa Anna to be the chief of the revolution, and calls him to take command immediately upon his arrival. In this last article there is no implied censure upon the former conduct of Santa Anna, and in this it differs from all the pronunciamenlos wc have seen made in the other Departments. As they knew well at Tobasco that the revolution in Mexico, Pucbla aud Vera Cruz would restore Santa Anna to power, we suppose they made this omission as their amend for declaring so late for him. Mokeis Canal Bottom out again. The Journal of Commerce 6ays: "The bonds of this notable money-losing canal, to the amount of $ 10,000, payable in 1S00, with interest at the rate of seven per cent., secured by a mortgage on the property, were sold by auction at forty-four to fifty-rive cents per dollar. So if this sale is right, the new capital is sunk, and half the borrowed money, and the bottom of the affair, as they say in Wall street, is out again In other words, the Caual will not hold water. The stock, wc sec, is worth seven per cent, or so, which is a very reasonable price, considering the price of the bonds. United States Bank shares are worth something yet. Vicksburg something. These things are valued by the rule of three inverse a bad rule always, for boys and men when more requires less, and less requires more; that is, the more of such stock you possess, the poorer you arc. We know nothing against any one of those stocks. We have high opinion of them all, and certainly, by our in verse way of expressing that opinion, do not intend to lay the foundation of a libel suit, for then perhaps less would require more." Where is Caleb B. Smith! Does he say anything L-ut this canal or the Soap Factory in his late s'.uoip speeches 1 Nat, the Coon Hunter, outdone. At the first consignment of Seidlitz powders to the capital of Delhi, they were brought to the king in fujl court. and the interpreter explained their uses. Eager to test their virtues, the king dissolved twelve blue powders in a goblet of water and drank it off but with a wry face, it was evident that he did not relish it. He was then told, that it should be taken in mixture, when he immediately dissolved the twelve white powders and drank them off. But the roar that followed will be remembered as long as Delhi stands. The king became possessed with the idea that he had a juvenile earthquake inside. Mesmerism in India. A work published in London gives an interesting account of the use of Mesmerism, or animal magnetism, in the army hospital at Hoogley, in Bombay. Detailed reports are given of seventy-three cases of surgical operations, some of them of the most difficult description, performed with out the slightest pain. N. Y. SrißiT of the Times. This sterling paper has the best list of correspondents of any sheet in the United States, especially in the Army. At this time, the latter are peculiarly valuable, and worth five times the subscription to the paper. We only regret that we cannot copy them at length As that is impossible, however, we will receive and send on the names of subscribers free of expense. The Southern Standarp is the title of an excellent Democratic paper, a few numbers of which we have received, published at Richmond, Va., by Botts, Hughes &, Co. It is published Daily, Semi-Weekly, and Weekly, at $0, $1, and 2 a year. It promises fair to be of service and aid to the great cause of cor - rcci principles in uie uiu xwniinioa. Pittsburgh Post. Messrs. Biglcr &. Sargent have disposed of this sterling democratic sheet to L. Hakpek, Esq., hy whom it will in future be conducted. Mr. II. is a democrat, wields a ready pen, and will give the administration a hearty support. We wish him success. Oliver Harris, Esq., has retired from the St. Louis American, and J. M. Julian now conducts it alone. It is a good paper, barring its principles. (SrA counterfeit one thousand dollar bill on the Chemical Bank of New York, was detected a few days since in Wall Street. It is from ä plate exceedingly well executed, and came from St. Louis, where it is feared an extensive game of fraud has been played. No bill of a larger denomination than one hundred dollars has been issued by that bank. Counterfeits. Counterfeit bank notes, purporting to be !j0 bills on the Farmers' Bank of Amsterdam; $3 bills on the Cumberland Bank, and 10 bills on the Schenectady Bank, of New York, have been detected. The Counterfeiters. The Delphi Oracle says : " The Sheriff returned last Saturday he had no difficulty in getting the counterfeiters to Jeffersonville. Gov. Whitcomb. pardoned the two girls confined in jail, on the ground that they had been already sufficiently punished." A Curiosity. A map of the State of Pennsylvania, wrought in lace in which the towns, counties, rivers, &.C., are all distinct'y shown, each county being worked in a style of lace different from those adjoiningmay be seen at the Female Institute of .Mr. Bums, in Baltimore. This unique piece of female ingenuity is the work of one of the ladies of the Institute, and contains fifty-five different kinds of lace work. Hats, Caps, &c. If every body wants cheap and fine Hats or Caps, we would just advise them to drop in at Armitage &. Ci'.'s, where wo think they can be suited cither in style or price, and no mistake. Down Again. Our latest dates from Cincinnati show a falling off in the price of flour, it being quoted at $3.00a3.15 for choice brands. The Gazette notices a large sale to be delivered at any time previous to the 26th of October at $3.25. The Chicago Democrat of September 12th 6ays.Wheat sold at sixty-eight cents yesterday, with a prospect of seventy by the end of the week. A Mistake. A Mr. Kirkham, who died lately of delirium tremens, was not the celebrated grammarian of that name. Silas Wright. The Democratic papers of New

York are declaring with one voice, that this eminent fj7"The New York Convention has adopted a prostatesoian and genuine Democrat will be re-nominated position, 71 to 23, to authorize the legislature eeand re-elected. " tablish Courts Conciliation,

From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser. Reproduction or the Potato. The experiment detailed below is exceedingly interesting, and of great public importance. More than a year since, we urged the making of such an experiment, in the confident belief that it would arrest & disease that seemed to threaten almost total destruc

tion to one cf our most valuable staple products, and it gives us great pleasure to be able to announce the full success of the experiment. To the Editor : It is now evident that the potato disease is likely to prove injurious to this year's crop of this valuable vegetable in this country, ami iu lrciacu the wnoie, crop is threatened with destruction. It is therefore a ! uiauer oi me ucepesi miere ascenaiu, uiuc, w the evil is to be remedied. ! My own opinion is, that the potato has been so long propagated by cutting, instead of seed, that it ha. , gradually deteriorated, until it has become fatally dis eased, and that the remedy is, to procure potatoes for planting wliicli Lave been propagated recently from the 6ced. I wish to call the attention of the public to the fact, that a reullcruzn in this rity, Rev. N. S. Smith, has been for several years engaged in his gar den, in producing the potato trom the seed, and with great success, lie commenced, as he intorms me, some four years since, by 6owing the seed from the ball. These, the first year, produced a very small tuber. The next year he planted the tuber, and also sowed the seed which was produced from the vine of the new tuber. The tuber, as is usual, next produced a potato of a larger size, while the seed of the young potato (a result not before known) produced a mucli larger tuber, and a much greater number, than that of the old plant. Mr. Smith again took the seed from the second year's growth, as well as the tuber, and an increased size and quantity was the result iu both cases. This remarkable fact is now stated by -Mr. S., that the seed of his new potatoes will now produce a potato of a respectable size, and, while the seed of the old, worn out plant at first gives a potato hardly the size of a pea, the seed of the potato so renewed will now produce a tuber of an eatable size. This, to my mind, shows clearly the process by which the potato is recovering its vital energy. Besides, the new potatoes are finer in the texture than the old, produce more, and show no signs of the potato disease, though planted in the vicinity oi those affected by it, and are as hard and fine in 'the spring as when put m the cellar in the fall. Results of Enterprise. The two principal partners in one of the greatest banking houses in the world, probably the largest discounters of bills, were both servants, in the outset cf their lives, aud blacked their employers' boots. The paper which they now discount, amounts to four hundred millions a year. Almost all their decisions are made by one of these men, who is so familiar with his business, and the responsibility of business men, that he runs a handful of acceptances through his hands, and pronounces upon them, iu less time than a bank teller pays his bank notes for a check. The resources of the house are so vast, that the Bank of England has found itself quite unable to dictate to them, and to indulge in rivalry with them. One of the partners, it is said on good authority, is in the habit of giving away from his share of the profits, a hundred thousand dollars annually. Every body has heard of "Day &. -Martin's blacking." As an illustration of the profits of blacking v a c" making, and the extent of the business of the parties, it may be mentioned that the executors of Day and Martin, have, under an order of the Master of the Rolls, to pay 4000 a year out of the profits of the business, to various legatees. Mr. Martin also bequeathed 100,000 to a blind asylum. The Mackeeel Fishery. A correspondent cf the JMmmichi (N. B.) Gleaner, writing trom bhediae, says: "I never in rny recollection witnessed such immense shoals of mackerel as are at the present mo ment to be seen throughout the whole extent of Northumberland Straits, and stretching from there even to the Restigouche river. Iu one day last weck I enumerated no less than forty-eight American schooners between Richibuctu harbor and the west point of Prince Edward island, all busily engaged within gunshot of our shores, in prosecuting the best business, and filling their coffers with the produce of these bounties which a kind Providence has placed within our reach, but which through our own apathy "and supineness, want of exertion, and example cn the part of our most wealthy neighbors, are not attended to." Lynch Law. The Lawrenceburgh Republican says it learns by a letter from Evansville, la., that the ! most aggravated case of lynching occurred within ten miles of that place, a few days since. The letter says : A merchant finding five hundred dollars less in his safe than he left there, suspected tbe money was stolen by a man who deposited (hit amount with him some months since. He then proposed to his clerk to take him to an island in the Ohio, and give him as many lashes as was required to produce a confession. Tbe old man was tied by his neck to a tree and received tome five hundred lashes. He bore it nobly, and told them to kill him, but that be would never acknowledge himself a thief. He was proved , innoccnt ly An aibi, ,nj lhe money paid t0 him ,he 8econJ day after. Ureal excitement prevails. The guilty parlies are higly respectable and can well rfijrd to pay the high , costs which their act of lynching will cost them." At Preston Hollow, Albany county, New York, on the 19th ult., by the Rev. Mr. Gors. Mr. Ray Haddock, Editor of the Cleveland (Ohio) Times, to Miss Lcuixoa, daughter of Henry Devereux, Esq., of Devcreux, Herkimer county. This ia what we like to see! Go it! Another hard money editor married ! The cause must be prospering in the Buckeye State. Success to them. FUM. Fire in Albany-, New York. A few days since a fire broke out in Westcott's brewery, corner of Franklin aud Arch streets. There being no water in the hydrants, and a high wind raging at the time, the flames held uninterrupted sway for half an hour destroying the whole square, on Arch street, and five or six two story buildings on Greene street. Two corner stores on Arch street one owned by Corn. Egbert, and occupied by Flannegin, and the other owned by Mr. Whcaton were saved, as were all the houses on Ferry between Greene and Franklin. But the centre of the block, bounded by Greene, Arch, Ferry, and Franklin streets, including the Mineral Spring Garden, were completely swept. We do not hear the cause of the fire, or the exact amount of insurance. Mr. Westcott has, we believ e, 10,000 on his stock in the brewery, and the buildings, we presume, were insured. Fifty poor families were turned out of their homes. Whole loss about 200,000. Would n't Volunteer. A correspondent of the New York Spirit of the Times, an officer in the regulir army, and one of the most intelligent writers of the day, says that the General, in a patriotic speech addressed to the Louisiana Volunteers on the expiration of their service, strongly urged them to volunteer for twelve months. They were then within a few days at most of the enemy, and every chance for a fight. Out of some seventy or eighty, but sixteen volunteered. Yet, the Coons blame the administration for giving them the discharge they solicited and were entitled to. A ToruLous HousE.-The New Orleans Picayune says there are no less than five hundred and two regular boarders in the St. Charles Hotel of that place, place besides one hundred and seventy servants and employees. This makes a population of nearly seven hundred within the walls of a single building sufiicient to form quite a village in the country. CC?At a recent funeral in Cincinnati, the Commercial says there were 5G0 members of the I. 0. 0. F. in the procession. Said to be the largest turn out ever seCu by them, at a funeral in that place. In the ame procession thero were about 400 sons of tcm-i)erance.

By Last Evening's Mail. The southern papers y last evening's mail bring üs no further intelligence from the army or the gulf squadron. No Galveston papers by the steamer Galveston, which arrived at New Orleans on the 9th instant, appear to have been received in New Orleans. The Charleston Evening News of the 15th instant, gives the following extract of a letter, written on board the "Columbus":

Extract of a letter received in this city from a surgeon on board the L. S. ship Lolumbus, dated Canton River, April 2G, 134G. ... .l,. . c.;it fnrrtf ;n .i,,. w atcrg of te Celestial kinsd0m. S.nce my last. hmvpvp, ... to Manilla, distant about 000 miles from this. Although we found it rather a plea- . .., T a :n.,oct r,f mir visit was . . . . ' interruplion to the general good health with which we had been favored up to that time. Within tinrty hours after anchoring off the town, the cholera made its appearance amongst us, and continued to prevail for six days, during which time it attacked thirty-three of the ship's company, out of whom twelve dud. On the fourth day from the invasion of the disease, as a means of arresting it, we put to sea, on our return to this place, and I am happy to say, with the desired etieci; jor as soon as we got clear o'f the land breeze, it began sensibly to diminish, and after the second day out it ceased altogether. It is rather singular, not an officer of any grade was attacked, though many were very much frightened. I myself participated in this feeling, forwhen I saw the strongest men in the ship suddenly prostrated, as it were by some mysterious invisible cause, and die in a few hours, and the total inefficiency of our art in st lying for a moment the fatal termination, or alleviating, even, the terrible suffer ings of the unfortunate victim, 1 felt that the danger was great indeed ; but my constant occupation and concern for others with whom I was in attendance day and niht, with but short intervals of rest, divcrtcd my attention, so that 1 Lad not time to leci any thing like alarm for myself. From the N. O. Commercial Times, Extra, Sept. 9. LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP NEW YORK SEVENTEEN LIVES LOST! The steamship Galveston, Captain Wright, just arrived from Galveston, brings the melancholy intor mation of the loss of the 6tcarnship New York, on the 7th instant, in a severe gale from the northeast. Seventeen persons were drowned, including twelve passengers and five of the crew. The survivors were picked up by the Galveston. Crew saved John D. Thillips, captain; Daniel Phillips, clerk; James D. riiillips, mate; Wm. E. Hairland, second mate; George Minor, engineer, and lo others. Passengers saved 19. rassentrers lost and missing Mrs. Wilson and two children; Miss Follett; three children of Mrs. Fol lett's; A. II. McCormick; Wm. Armstrong; one cabin passenger and two deck, names unknown. Crew lost and missing rhineas Marsh, second en gincer; Charles Wilson, seaman ; John Grogard, fire man; James Watson, second steward; Win. McRea, fireman ; one seaman, name unknown. From the New Orleans Bee, of Sept. 10. The steamship Galveston, Capt. Wright, arrived yesterday from Galveston, which she left the th inst, Capt. W. reports that on the same day at half-past three o clock, V. m.., and about fifty miles from Gal veston, observed several small pieces of a wreck, and immediately after saw several objects with signals, which were supposed to be small boats. But, on approaching, he found them to be the remaining crew and passengers of the steamship New York, in a most perilous situation some holding on to pieces of plank some to spars, and others on small sections of the wreck. One of the small boats was immediately lowered away, and notwithstanding the heavy sea at the time, all were saved that could be seen at the time, and brought to this city. The gale was also very destructive at Galveston on Sunday night, damaging the wharves and a num ber of the buildings, and overflowing the business part of the town. A Bremen brig, name unknown was blown ashore. The sloop Tom Jack broke her fasts and drifted against McKinney and Williams's wharf, where she stove and filled, with a full cargo on board, which will be saved in a damaged con dition. Iass of tlic Truxton. We have already published the circumstances at tending the loss of the 44 lruxton." The conduct o; Lieutenants B. W. Hunter and O. II. Berryman de serves, however, to be more particularly noticed. The Truxton struck on the bar near Tuxpan on the evening of the 14th August, and Lieutenat Berryman was at once despatched, in an open boat, by Com mander Carpender for assistance. He succeeded in reaching the squadron on the 19th, and reported to Com. Conner. On the lGth a small vessel was seen standing to the port of Tuxpan, and Lieut. Hunter, with nine men proceeded iu the cutter to take possession of her They forced their way through the breakers, and cap tured the vessel, which proved to be a Mexican schooner, with thirteen persons on board. After an unsuccessful attempt to board the Truxton, Lieutenant Hunter anchored astern of the brig. On the morning of the 17ih the brig hoisted a flag of truce, lowered out the dingey with a sail battened over her, and cast her adrift. 1 he current carried her through the break ers, and Lieut. Hunter took possession of her. She contained some articles of provisions, and a letter to him from commander Carpender, in the following words : " I have resolved to surrender the brig, and you are at noerty to use your discretion obout gom? in. shall ask to have assistance sent to you immediately Thus lefi to his discretion, Lieut. Hunter reduced the number of his prisoners, by sending nine of them ashore in the cutter, and made sail lor Vera Cruz On the evening of the 19th, a vessel came in siih which he determined to board. He put his prisoners below, and leaving two men to guard them, gave chase to her in the dingey, with seven men. After a long chase, he captured her. She proved to be a Mexican schooner loaded with Indian com, bound to V era Cruz, and having a crew of five persons. On board this schooner he retained five of his men, and placed the remainder on board the first prize, with di rcctions to sail for Green Island. The vessels were separated at night by a squall. On the 21st he gave up hi3 schooner to Lieut. Sinclair, of the "Flirt, and on the next day reported to Com. Conner. The other prize was delivered over to the United States brig "Somers, and the crew reached the ' Cumber laud" on the 23d. By his energy and discretion, Lieut. Hunter thu' succeeded not only in faving himself and crew with the first prize, but also in capturing, with her cargo and crew, a second schooner belonging to the Mexi cans. What could be more spirited and firm than this chivalrous conduct oi Lieut Hunter! It is a feat upon a small scale, indeed ; but it ennobles the navy ; for the same energy which performs such a bold achievement is competent to accomplish brilliant deeds upon a much larger scale. One of the finest, and yet most modest sentiments which was ever uttered at the festive board, was the toast of Com. Decatur, at o dinner given to him at Philadelphia, after one of his splendid victories. When his name was toasted, he modestly disclaimed any extraordinary merit for what he had done; declared there were hundreds in tbe service who could have done as much or more, and that his only advantage was in having the opportunity to do it. He would drink, therefore, to all his brother officers in the navy: OrroBTCNiTr. The Princeton, (Com. Engle,) on the 20th, at half past one p. m., discovered the Truxton on the bar, and anchored near her. On the 22d, the brig was boarded by Lieut. Uoggs. She was bilged in eight feet water, and the water was within three feet of her spar deck. Every thing of consequence had been taken out of her, except a chain cable. Her fore and foretopsail yards were taken on board the Princeton, and it being out of the question to get her over the reef, seaward, she was set on fire. The Truxton was built at Norfolk in 1912. Her burden was about 331 tons. Commander Carpender landed on the 17th with his officers and men. No communication has vet reached the department from him on tbe subject of the loss of his vessel ; but be is known to the service as a gallant and meritorious officer, and will, no doubt, give a good account of himself. Union. In the United Kingdom of Great Britain there are 300,000 Odd Fellows.

End of llic Mormon "tTnr! From the St. Louis Daily Union, Extra. We received the following lat evening. We can only wonder, in common with every one else, what has been the matter with Got. Ford, that he has not at once stepped forward, Hickory -like, and have put a stop to such disgraceful scenes as have been enacted in Illinois for months past A few hundred of the rascals there should be made to do the State soma service with a ball and chain at their legs. Illinois can boast of more counterfeiters, horsc-tbeives, mobiles and kindred rascals than any other State; and to "ct rid of them from among their otherwise honest aud industrious population, will require more firmness

in the new executive than has been manifested by tne present one at least, so it appears to us. Union OrncE, ) Saturday JNoon, Sept. 19. $ Highly Important from TVauvoo! Tlic War ended!! The Aharado arrived this morning at eleven o'clock from Keokuk, bringing intelligence from Nauvoo, up to Fridav moruinir. Some skirmishing took place ou Tuesday, but so far as can be ascertained, nothing serious resuuea. jurinr tum;, were in progress between the parties, and ou Thurs day morning, it was finally concluded that the beseiged, or those of them who had taken pan in me noitilitics of the few days previous, should at once ca pitulate, lay down their arms, and leave the Lily ana State within five days. The number embraced in this requirement is variously estimated at from three to 6even hundred, about one hundred and fifty only of whom are Mormons. On Thursday evening the mobocrats marched in, and took formal possession cf the city. The steam boat Usprey had already Jell tor Mrargtown, a mor mon settlement in W iscons;n, crowded Willi passengers. The Alvarado brought a number of the proscribed citizens to this place. Some of them go eastward. The total of killed and wounded in the different skirmishes is not yet ascertained, but it i believed to be not very great. Lapt c-mitii, ot L-arttiage, uicu oi mi wounds betöre reaching home. Several others oi me Anties, and a few of the new citizens, arc also said to have been mortally wounded. Thus are we called upon to record another tnumpi cf the spirit of misrule and outlawry. Ccn. Tziylor in Europe. The Richmond Enquirer publishes the following extract from a letter to a gentleman in Richmond : . Madbid, July 22d, 184G. Taylor's victories lave been felt more here, in Europe, even than at home. For two weeks (between the sailings of the steamers ) our suspense was great; but, when the news did come, each American strutted out as large as life. The papers which had predicted Taylor's capture as certain, were sorely used up. Taylor's despatches have been greatly admired for their terseness, dignity, and modesty. The greatest compliment yet paid to Taylor, I heard of in London. When the steamer of May lCtb brought to England the news of Taylor's difficult position, the Duke of Wellington met Mr. , and the subject was introduced. Why," said the Dukr , 44 does he not do this and that!" (mentioning the steps he thought Taylor ought to take.) When the steamer of June 1st brought the news of his victories, Mr. met the Duke again. "Your Grace," said he, " must have been advising Gen. Taylor for you see he has done exactly what you said he ought " to do." 44 So he has," said the Duke, as much gratified a3 if he had won the rvictories himself. As I get this from Gen. , to whom Mr. related it, it is undoubtedly authentic; exact in substance, and, I tlTink, also verbatim. In Bordeaux I met a whole soulcd American, a "live Yankee" ship owner, of New York, Sir. Holmes. He is of the stuff, which, when abundant in a nation, makes it great. He was at Trieste when the news of Taylor's difficulties came. Americans were despondent, and the folks there teazed him with predictions of Taylor's capture. He answered by that decisive Anglo-Saxon argument, the offer of a bet of $1,000 that Taylor would meet the Mexicans and route them. He found no one to take it, for Austrians are not betting people. Soon after, tbe news of Thornton's capture came, and the folks congratulated him on his bet not having been taken up. "Gentlemen," said be, 44 here is the thousand still, and another on it, that Taylor thrashes the Mexicans." They almost doubted his sanity but a w eek, or two afterward came a single copy of Galignani's Messenger, with accounts of the victories. Its receiver carried it immediately to Holmes. OfT he 6treaks it down to the eight or ten Ameiican vessels in port, and calls up the officers. "Hoist all your colors, boys," said he, 44 and come up with me to the Exchange." Accordingly up went every piece of 44 bunting," and off marched Holmes with the captains and mates to the Exchange, where they had of course a royal 44 crow over the croakers," 44 What the deuce is the matter with these Americans!" said every body, as they saw this flag hoisting and marching. 44Eiit," as Holmes said, with a knowing shake of his head, " they soon found out why." Holmes wound up the ceremony by giving the Americans and his friends a dinner in honor of Palo Alto and Eesaca de la Palma. I relate this almost exactly as he related it to me; for I could not improve on his graphic account. Michigan Railroad. We are glad to learn that, after all, the Bostonians have brought about tbe purchase of the Central Michigan Railroad. This is a great rr.atter for the West, and in our judgment a capital investment for the Eastern and central gentlemen who have invested their money in it. It lessens the distance between the East and the West one day at least. After this road is completed in the Boston style to St. Josephs, passengers will pass from Detroit to Chicago in twelve or fourteen hours, and with a diminution of hazard and inconvenience which only they can appreciate who have seen the navigation around by Mackinac. An immense amount of merchandise must also pass over lhe road, increasing the value of lands, and the purchase absorbs so large a portion of the debt of Michigan as to make that young Yankee State, herself aiain. The State bonds, we be lieve, have been bought by the Company at seventy per cent, upon their original par value, which is a little lower than was at first contemplated. Some larje subscriptions to the stock of the new Company have been made in this city. We are glad to see that there are so many men at the East who do not believe the country so ruined but that there is money to be mads out of it yet. Journal of Commerce. Destruction of the Cotton Crop. A letter from Major Kelly to the New Orleans Delta, dated Bayou Sara, September 4, says : 44 You have doubtless before this time been troubled with accouuts of the ravages of the army worm upon the cotton plant. In truth, (for I own no cotton plantation,) the destruction is unequalled in the remembrance of planters of twenty-five years experience. There ia not one single plantation or cotton field in this whole section of country that has not been attacked by them and all the leaves eaten off; you can form some idea from that whether there is truth iu what you have heretofore heard about the ravages of these worms. Take my word, there will not exceed half a crop about here this year. The New York Enning Express, of the 10th inst., says: ,4Thödeaiid for breadstuff's is es active as ever. About tiO,WO barrels of flour have been taken the last few days, and principally for export, at $4 50, and the demand continues unabated. The ßupplies have fallen off and are now quite moderate. Corn has advanced, and sells readily for both export and home consumption. There is now a certainty that there will be a good export demand for rye during the whole season. The failure of tht crop in Holland will cause the demand to continue. Freights are very firm ; some of the ship owners are getting 2s. Cd. freight for flour to Liverpool. Ex-Governor Bouck has never hesitated, sayg the Albany Atlas, in relation to, or complained of the amount of his bonds. He is and has been prepared with the amount required. He has been in corespon dence with the Secretary of the Treasury In relation to some supposed ambiguities in the law, and having received satisfactory explanations, has accepted t he office tended him by the President, and will enter on its duties as soon as the necessary preliminary ar rangmeuts can be made.