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THE COURIER

E S S E O N A

S A

.APBHi

28, 1849.

KFIitfl ^omtuatfon*.

FOR LIEUTENANT GOVKRNOR.

THOMAS 8. STANFIELD

ST. JOSEPH CO UNITY. |4

A S E E I O N

j^rWe are authorised to announce JOHN H.

BURN AM as candidate for Recorder of Vigo,

.»at the ensuing Aoput election. 0"We are authorised to announce SAMUEL 'H AGER aa a candidate for the office of Recorder, at the next August election.

MrWe are uthorized tn announce DAVID BELL aa a candidate for the office of Recorder, at the next August Election.

----->County Meeting this afternoon at the Court House, to choose delegates to the Whig State Convention. -----

Emigrants for California. The St. Louis Republican has a regular correspondent at Independence who communicates daily the state and

appearance of things among the California emigrants. It seems there has been exaggerations as to the number likely to congregate, and start from the upper Missouri. In respect to numbers

at Independence April 17th says: Em-

to move

the Republican's correspondent dated

at Independence April 17th says: Em-

igrants continue daily to arrive. The number at either point of rendezvous is greatly exaggerated. At this time there

are between 2000 to 2,500 persons at this place—the number will range between the two estimates, and certainly not exceed the highest. One hundred will count all at Westport, the same number those at Kansas, the same number those at Weston, while at St. Joseph

the number will not exceed 1,500. Allowing that two hundred persons have gone to Fort Kearny and Council Bluffs, which is the highest number that could possibly be given, and you have at this

date, wiih the largest estimate for each place of rendezvous, 4,500 emigrants ready to move for the plains. Many ar-

rive, expecting to find at least that num-

ber at this point, and are greatly sur-

prised when they ascertain the correct number. -----

Some time sines the State Sentinel published a letter purporting to have been written by Hon. E. W. McGaughey.

was a scurrilous thing and a base forgery. Mr. McGaughey over his own signature denies all knowledge of

head. It now

4his

the

letter and then the Sentinel says it docs not see how Mr. McGaughey"couId say the letter purported

to have been writ-

ten by him,as they, the editors, expressed their

doubts at the time.

But why did the Sentinel publish the letterat all 1 Tho editors knew well

vas a forgery. Thcv ask, "but who did write the letter?" DO not tho oditors know?

STEAMER CALIFORNIA.—By intelligence received

tained that the Steamship California arrived at San Francisco about

February,

with

Chief Justice of Oregon

not

Gen. Pcrsifer F. Smith

and suit on board. !t will bo recollected that Judge Bryant who went out

was

senger on this

also a pas

steamer. It was also

stated that the "California** would not

return soon for want of coal—and that she does

I The Latent Imposition. Most of the New York papers have of late contained notices of the strange animal said to have boon captured on the Mountuins of California by

mont, and for which naturalists have been unable to find a name. This nondescript which is said TO be made up of parts resembling the horse, camel,buffalo, elephant and deer, has been on exebilion in Now York for several weeks past and has been SEEN by thousands, the editor of the Courier says he will not pretend to guess how niiiny thousands of people, at

twenty-five cents a

appears that the "Nonde

script" is nothing more or less than a

present associsies*—whoever they may be—have ever tirade any prODodtion or suggestion to us for the purchase of the National Intelligencer. Injustice to ourselves, we state, further, that tht»| National Intelligencer could not

time be bought for less

sura staled nor,

very common horse, with some disease their heul'ii was excellent. of the skin which changes his coat. TOJ A STUAITOK REVKMTIOH—Apptaito Mastant.~ make it more attractive the hair of the The Paris papers of tbe latest dates contain the main and tail have been pulled out, which blowing:

gives it the ncck of the deer and the tail the CoLrt ofO^tVto of the elephant. It is not at all likely that tho animal ever saw the mountains of California: I The National IntcIligenccr.

it was stated in the correspondence of I the country. Advise them not to fail at [the sacred rendezvous, which will be announced the Baltimore Sun, and has since been

in n»»jr o,l,cr .pcr,, ,h«

Bulleu and his associates were to start a! 'hem repeat their rowa to exterminate ear enemira, not excepting tbdr children, in order to avoid daily paper at Washington. It

.h., they "h.vo been ne-

got at ion for the National Intclligcnccr, where without fef' for which

$50,000 is asked, disc."

In relation to these rumors, the Intel ligeucersays?

"In justice to tire gentleman who is named in this paragraph, we state that there is no truth in tho assertion,contained in the paragraph, that either he or

LATE8.T BY TELEGRAPH. From Washington. 3$ W ASMUGTONI April 23, 12 M. It is mid that no important appointments will be utade till Mr.

turns. J' X1 I It i« rumored that Col. Doaiphan has been appointed Commissioner of Indian affairs. T-ZZZ- -T

He&ITH

The

has injured the Cotton

ather

Hew Otlttn*.

NFCW OBLBAKS, April 2),

weather is fine, and Cholera ca

se* are rare. The frost

during the last ten

days

crops but

the

now fine on the Mississippi.

The Crops.

Defaulter. NEW YORE, April 23.

It is reported

MR. Cooper, an old and well known actor, died at Bristol, iu this State, on Saturday last.

Extensive Robbery at New Orleans—Loss of over #200,000. The following is from the New Orleans Picayune of the 8th inst:

One of the most daring1 and extensive robberiea we have lately heard of, was committed about 9 o'clock yesterday morning, at the commercial house of Th. Bailly Blanchard & Co., corner of Bourbon and Custom House streets. The house transacts the business of several wealthy people, including Madame Pontlba, and Mr. Blanchard was in the habit of keeping moneys, notes, &c., to a largo amount in a "bank box," which h£ de-

SI.

osited in bonk. For some business purpose, Mr. aent to the bank for the box about the lime above mentioned, and when it was brought in by a young a nephew of Mr. Blanchard, it was by him placed upon the counter. had occasion to ste

The young man at the moment outside the door, and the box

man stepped out, three men entered the

store, nn3 two of them stepping back to Mr. Blanchard, asked him about some brandy, stating that they wished to purchase a considerable quantity. The two men engaged the attention of Mr. B. in sampling brandy, while the third, who remained behind, is supposed to have walked off with the box. The two customers soon came to the conciuaon that the brandy would not suit them, and they went away. When the young man came into the store again, he was asked by Mr. B. about the box, and the fact of the enormous loss then came out. The robbers must, we think, have seen the box carried to and from the bank on previous occasions, and watched its entrance into the store on this occasion. It contained in gold and silver, bank notes, notes of hand, checks, drafts, &c., over (31)0,000. Altogether, this is one of the most daring robberies ever committed in the city, and considering the time of day when it took place, it is almost a miracle the scoundrels got off unnoticed. A schedule of the^pMjik&c., will be found in another column, and it will be seen that Mr. Blanchard offers a reward of $500 for their recovery. Every precaution has been taken, and ve are confident that the robbers will be caught within a tew days.

OO^A correspondent of the New York Express, writing from Montreal, under date of March 13th, SFYS:

I have spent considerdblo time as a spectator in hearing the debates in Parliament. I have mingled freeLy with the members. IAM surprised to find the prevailing sentiment, not only of the leading members of the House, but also among tho influential inhabitants, is decidedly in favor of annexation to the United States. Nor is

Government

PHILADELPHIA, April 23, M.

Advicesfrom the South state that near ly the whole Cotton and Grain.Cropsare destroyed by the frost.

that Eli Moore, Marshal

of New York is a defaulter in the sum of $20,000.

Death of an Actor. PHILADELPHIA, April 23.

The

made a party

question of both sides, but particularly the conservatives are most clamorous for it. The general impression is, that if they should be annexed, they would come into the Union as three

Upper, Middle and Lower Canada.

MEXICAN CLAIMS.—Tho Washington Whig of yesterday says:— "The board for the settlement of claims against Mexico, assumed by the United States under the treaty with that Republic, will assemble next Monday, in the royin provided for them in this city.— It is supposed that the bord will occupy at least a week in framing rules for its government that

will first take up the

claims adjudicated under a former commission, but not passed on by the umpiro, and that it will then adjourn for several month, during the summer, in order enable claimants

procure such

papers from Mexico as may

COL. WEBB'S CALIFORNIA PARTY.—The last accounts received from this party of emigrants— who, it will be remembered, suffered severely from the cholera in Texas, and had disbanded in consequence—stale that a goodly number of the mem-

bers had determined to proceed.to their original

destination in two parties. The account says—

der charge of Lieut. Browning, of the Navy, Mr.

31st. AUi»d rwoveml their spirits wonderfully

31st. All had recovered their spirits wonderfully;

'In the convent of Spello, an official letter from Court of Gaeta to the Superior, has been lately discovered. The following'»r« pome passage* of this appeal to massacre: *The Liberals, the Jacobins, tho Carbonari, and the Republicans are people of like kind—they wish to destroy religion and its ministers. In oar turn, we must disperse the remains Ot all this race. Conninoe to embrace with your seal thoseoi your order, and the inhab

{to them by the rinsing of the alarm bell, and then

has been the revenue which they might hereafter-attempt

The New Orleans Picayune says that the fastest two mile race ever run in America came off over the Metattie course on the 8th.

grave

thai*

at the

present time,

any amount whatever, that any one in

its senses wpuld be likely tp offer for it.'V*nd

colt

at *NY

From Mexico. ,•

An arrival at

New Orleans brings

dates from the city of Mexico to the 19th ult.

Ewing re-

is usual, disturbances and

insurrections id different parts

the various cities,

be neces

sary to tl.c transaction of their bussi-ess."-—/A.

The Legislature of Puebla, by

the

republic are still going on. We take the following extract from the Picayune's summnrvt

a vote

of ten to five, decided on praying the General Government, not to allow

tbe

return of Santa Anna to the Republic. The

Mexican Congress

is still in

session. The most important feature in Congressional action is to be found in the project submitted by the minister of Finance, on the 23d uft., in which he proposes to cut down the

expenses

of the

about

7.600,WO, whilst

he asserts that the revenue might be made to amount to 12,000,000. In the Senate, on the 23d ult., during the discussion of a bill for individual guarantees, an article was adopted in these terms: "In no part of

the United States

of Mexico shall slavery be established slaves from other countries shall regain their liberty on reaching the national territory." Another article was adopted, specifying that no one should be molested for his opinions their expression, when carried to licentiousness, would be punishable as ordinary offences against police regulations.

sunt $25,000 has been voted

the Mexican Congress to the Pope. On the 16th ult., the question of the protocol, lately agitated at

On the

outside the door, and the box

was not observed by Mr. B. Immediately after

Washington,

was brought up in the Senate by Senor Almonte, who required the Minister of Foreign Relations to give some information thereon. It was decided to take the subject into consideration in secret session. K. .J -I

21st ult., the

passed by

bill was finally

the Senate authorizing the

President to forestall by borrowing $1,500,000 of the #3,000,000 indemnity to be paid in May by the United States.

EL Monitor of the 16th ult. says that numerous parties of Americans continue to arrive in the Republic on their onward march to California. On the 13th the editor says

that he saw sixty fully

armed on horseback, all having a prepossessing appearance. A party of thir-ty-five arrived in tho capital on the 16th, and presented themselves to the authorities to get their passports countersigned. From these paragraphs, and other similar ones in the various papers at the capital and at Jalnpa, we infer that

without foundation.

The whole country

oughs, at present eligiblo to return representatives to Parliament. The Convention is to meet at some central point in tho Province Kingston is considered as the pluce most likely to be

They

States,

viz:

selected.

will take into consideration the affairs of

the Province, and

report there

on to their constituents, leaving

it with

the people what course to pursue. Their first act, it is supposed, will be to petition the Queen to withold her assent from the "Rebellion Losses Bill."

Then a contest will spring up between those advocating a federal union of all British America and those for annexation to tho United States. Halifax and St. John's, it is suid, are favorable to annexation. The Convention has been styled the "British League." Much excitement prevails in Montreal since the arrival of the last steamer, in consequence of the inqiry instituted in the House of Commons relative

to the

chances, is universally condemned.

Slaves for California.

The

several

Col. Webb would have the command of fifteen, ..r .l- .i.« 7.^ who still adhered to him. Ferty-four others had ashington the other day ith CL^HT or organited a second party, and were going on un-j ten slaves.

It was won

by MAR

Doubloon, beating Topa2 anu

Charmeif.Y Time, 3:48|—3:42—3:37.

Mxtwpor omuim* mt utawt A»»i«n PI

ace

cracked bottles over the afcootaaa they come OP MCVTV the bottles with sticks in their places. TIM ispnaeos will ri»e t.» the cop of the bottle and filln entirely. When thia is done, cntTsff tJ» irora«!* bresa the bottle, and haee the Urpef? snd moat deliooosesparafiua Twetfcoot* a plate.

twice the The ATO^RP*«*R*PH «ga,N going TBA

pro red aa 'areleee as rwrktn vines, thapresa, are without the shadow of ntottgna*"'btpcoH*. Tryi*.—Baton' of tsmk., .3-*,

Washington Era is informed that

parties

of slaves have been

jn lhis coumrv

Audubon, and Mr. Simpson. The latter party A w*re to procccd without military organization.i nicnt of a press in California, to advoThla party had not left Rio Grande city on the cate the pro-slavery side

rju|

qUCSljoni The Era

t'ron the Washington Union of 19th. Latent from California. Just as WE are going to press, we have received

the

following extract of A letter

from a very respectable gentleman in SAN Francisco to his brother in this city, to whose politeness we are indebted for the opportunity of lAyittg before our readers the latest intelligence from California.

gion is interesting to our countrymen, we hasten to publish it, having no lime for'comments: "SAN FRAIICISCO,

Feb.

20, 1840.

DEAR B.—Since 'my arrival

Carolina should, at its next

adopt such measures

the

counties, and bor

slave-holding

bellion Losses Bill. The remarks of the London Times, recommending tho loyal inhabitants of tho colony to make the best of

tho matter, and submit to the

sent

out from tho South for California, and that individuals, as well as companies,

THAT section aro taking slaves with

|h Qnc passed t,|rough

Arrangements are in pro-

for the establish-

of the territo-

also states that Mr. Crane, a

southern gentleman, recently editor of the Richmond, Va., Southerner,is about to establish a paper in California that will dispute every inch of ground against

derive his arguments from experience.

Mr, Cobden, in discussing in Parliament the question of reducing the army, thus alluded to this country connexion with the alleged necessity of keeping troope to preserve order in large cities: '-How is it in American towns You have in many of them as large a population as you have in the towns of thia country. New York is larger than Liverpool, jrot you have there neither a soldier nor a barrack of any sort. Tbey have in New York conflicting interests, opposing classes, and a com*ant influx of foreigners, as tney have in Liverpool they have an ever-varying population, including emigrants from Germany and from Ireland, aa much as we have in any town in England yet the peace is preserved there. Anal my, what Englishmen can do in New York, they caa do hens and that there is no necessity for a military force to maintain tbe peace of tbe conn-

the introduction of slavery in that terri-! receivedjhe last three numbers of the tory and being a Southern man he can

if the people are fairly represented and prop ooanaeiled." i'

The editor of the St. Louis New hra. speaking of tbe article going ibe rounds of the papers, repreaentira Riley, the deewter, aa being unjustly dealt wilk, aays:

We had several conversations with Riley, tn which be never pretended to deny his hav»,ng de aerted from tbe America a eolota, but in feet, j** the same Jniog

tiiedikemi, and aatd ha weald do Ute same if it was to be done Over again.

We arc person

ally known to all the facts eooseewd with tbe capture, trial, conviction and panfehmem of Ri|»y, 0* deatsrter from tbe A nwncan colore dosing the war with Mexico, and unhesitatingly state that all of Riley's assertions, as contained in the above extract of a !e*t«r now goirt^the rtwrnda of a foundation

here on

17th inst., no less than nine laige vessels have arrived, and lots of people«—» But for the gold region,

from which, just received, represent the sufferings of tho people

Real

estate

there to be

great. Many have died, and many more will follow. The disagreeable and rainy season does not end till the month of

April. T,'* & As may be supposed, everything is anarchy and confusion, or, in othet words, every one does as he pleases

As high an interest as 5 per cent, per month has been paid for money, hypothecating real estate which cost $100 a year ago, and now worth $10,000 and the like.

A great deal you hear from the gold region

is,

of course, exaggerated

P. S.

seems to anathe

matize Saufo Anna. His return is deprecated by almost all ranks,

Progress of Feeling in Canada. Preliminary meetings have been held in Montreal for the organization of a National Convention of tho two Canadas, to take into consideration the present condition of those colonies, and the propriety and necessity of changing their existing form of government. Thia Convention, as we learn from a correspondent of the New Yerk Herald, will consist of a certain number of delegates, equal in numerical strength to the present House of Assembly, and to be elected, as the latter now are, by the suffrages of

The

the story

promulgated of the Mexican Government's having interdicted armed parties from travelling in the Republic is entirely

but I

believe its richness surpasses anything yet heard of. Indeed, if all reports be true, the earth is ix it

be a

scarcity of the article

for a thousand years to come. Gold has risen

in value to $14,50 a

$15 and is not likely to go down.— There is not much however in market and next fall there will be an immense quantity brought in.

measles are killing the in

habitants of the Sandwich Islands 10,000, IT is

reported,have died. Our com

missioner has

struck his

flag, and is

loggerheads with the Kanaka government. Commodore Jones,

will go over there."

"Southern League."

The

Charleston Mercury has the pro

ceedings of a meeting in Beaufort District, South Carolina, in which the "address of the Southern members of Congress" was heartily responded to, and a proposition, unanimously adopted, to form a slave-holding league. The following is the proposition:

Resolved, That

meeting, that

is the sense of

the

this

Legislature of

South

session,

as will

tend to unite

States in the assump

tion of a position that will enable them, as one and indivisible, "promptly and efficiently to repel any farther encroachment upon our peculiar institution, whether in the District of Columbia, the slave hraiding states, or in the territory of the United

States South

of the Mis

souri compromise line extending to the Pacific Ocean."

Great Walkers.

Our indefatigable neighbor, Cist, has compiled a sort of biographical sketch of Archibald Woodruff, of this city, and his various pedestrian ramWT&r

Woodruff is a native of Philadelphia. When 18 years old, the 25th March, 1818, he started to the great West to seek his fortune, walking with knaDsack on his back, 320 miles to Pittsburgh. He descended the Ohio to Marietta in a flat boat, and walked from thence to Tarleton, Pickaway county, 120 miles, and from thence to Cincinnati, 120 miles more lie walked back to Philadelphia, GOO miles, and from thence sailed in a brig to Savannah, Georgia. From Beaufort,S.C., he walked back to Cincinnati, 700 miles. He afterwards walked to Augusta, Georgia, and back, 1400 miles. Then he walked from Baltimore to

ing, 300 miles—then three times to Lake Erie and back, say 1440 miles.—then from Beardstown, Illinois, to this city, upwards of 300 miles. It is mentioned as strange, that he never met with but oncaccident in all his travels, and that was falling through the ice in crossing the Scioto at Chilicothe in 1819.

Mr. Woodruff was the first man carrier of newspapers iu Cincinnati. He carried the Republican two years, walking about six miles every morning, except Sunday say for the two years he walked 4380. He then carried the Echo about the same distance, eight months, walking 1440 milos. Then he carried the Evening Post eighteen months on a route of ei^lit miles a day, walking 4376 miles. Then Mr. Woodruff carried the Gazette for six years regularly, except about four months, delivering his papers punctually, in ail kinds of weather, commencing his daily round of 121 miles two hours before day. The circulation increasing, he reduced his route to eight miles.— His walks for the Gazette amount to, say 20,000 miloe.

Mr. Woodruff is vigorous and active, about fifty years old. His long walks to various parts make a total of more than 6000 miles, which added to his news-serving walks, makes an aggregate of 30,196 miles. He now proposes to visit his native city after an absence of 28 years, and to go by 1oal, stage and railway.

Mr. Cist says be haa walked as far as Woodruff in the same period, and even now his weekly walks amount to sixty miles, making for the period of Woodruff's services. 32 years, say 96,000 miles. In taking the census of Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1830. lie was occupied 120 ays. walking an average of 35 miles a lay,»n all 4210 miles, with less fatigue the last day than the first. —Cincinnati Gazette.

AFFAIRS ON THE ISTHMUS.—WE have

Panama Star—thelastbeingdated March 10th. This last number contains the announcement that the editor was about

leave for California, and his recommendation of his successor. The

It states, as

say, that

first num

ber states that the Star was commenced by a few Americans to relieve the tedium of a protracted stay in a strange land. The

third number gives a very interesting description of Panama, the danger and expense of crossing tho Isthmus, and a denunciation of the persons engaged in speculating in tickets for California.

also other accounts

most

of the preserved

meats

brought by emigrants, is entirely spoiled and unfit for use, and that much baggage and money had been stolen on the passage from Cbagres

to Panama.

Sia SOBX FRANKLIN.—The British Government has offered a reward of twenty thousand pounds, for the discovery and rescoo of Sir John Franklin and his ships and their crews. We hope that some of oar fearless and phianthropic whalers may meet with tho distinguished Navigator, and restore him and his- companions to their homes and friends

Minesota Register—The Frew Territory. Among our new exchanges, we have to note the Minesota Register, which came to hand last Saturday. It Is a small sheet, being about one-quarter tho size of the Gazette, but is very neatly printed, and as well filled as any paper within our reach.

aro

everything from the gold re

in a style HO

the accounts

Its inside columns

occupied almost exclusively with editorial and communicated matter concerning the New Territory—its boundary, topography, climate, soil, waters, timber, agricultural and manufacturing capacity, beauty,settlementsand healthfulness. These various subjects are tfeAted in A most intelligent

spirit,

Co., and edited by Mr.

The chief

and

takes care of himself. Commodore Jones has gone on an expedition up the bay, in the 'Southampton,' with a view of ascertaining how far the navigation is practicable for large vessels.

here is as dear as it is in

Broadway—at least, much is asked but there are no houses in the place affording any comforts, and no persons to put them up.

and

clear and unambitious

as to

impart a v6ry favorable idea of the abil ity and good sense that have the direc tion of the editorial pen of the Register. The paper is published by

A. Randall

RANDALL.^"

towns

ry are

St. Paul, situated on the

n,Ng as regular packets between those

such facilities

ments held out by the rich soil and the healthful climate of Minesota to emigration from the Old States and from Europe, the settlement of that region will be much more rapid work than was that of the

first Western States.

for hundreds of miles, the extent of which has not yet been ascertained, and there cannot

The Register starts as a no party paper, and in very sensible language de ^RE(MLES

L^E ARRAYINS

OF THE

the Territory against each other,

political

issues.

It takes

trial

The

1 believe

of the capacity and

development of tho resources of the country, and the gradual and deliberate formation of a wise, good,free State Constitution, preparatory to applying for admission into the Union.

editor excuses himself for "the

lack of local matter" in his columns, on account of his "notbeing yet

in his new home."

The columns of the

are

The

The Turkish

Wheel

well

supplied with advertisements from St. Paul, Stillwater, Marino,&c.—CTN. Gazette.

NEW COIN.—We hear that some of ihegold dollar pieces have been issued and tho Trihnnr», in SPANKING of thorn, mentions an

oversight Qommitted by

Congress in enacting the bill authorizing their issue. It is usual to appropriate to the members a ceriuin number of every valuable document published for circulation among their constituents and the Tribune thinks that the dollars might have come under this rule but for the forgetfulness of Mr. McKay, who drew the bill.

Tribune suggests

also that Congress shall pass a law authorizing the issue of

silver three cent

pieces, by the aid of which our currency might be almost entirely freed from copper coin.—Phil. American.

government is interest

ing itself in having men thoroughly educated in every branch of agriculture for the purpose of introducing among the subjects of

practical information in farming. In all the Turkish houses, you will see

At the

one

side on which the blinds are always closed. These are the apartments of the women, who live entirely separate from the male portions of

the family.

age of twelve boys are removed

from the society of their mothers and sisters.

FOREIGN IMMIGRATION.—At a recent meeting in Boston, Rev. Mr. Day showed that the foreign population of New York and Boston constitute nearly one-fourth of tho entire inhabitants and that the children of foreign parentage, now in the primary schools of Boston, constitute nearly 44 per cent, of tho whole number while the number of births among the foreign population, tbe last year, very nearly equalled uie number among the native inhabitants. Also, that of the 900,000 added to the population of the United States, in 1848, more than 300,000 wero bv immigration from Europe. But, ho said, we need not be alarmed at this vast immigration, on score of its increasing our pauper taxes, for it was, in fact, a vast increase of our naticma! wealth, amounting, ranee 1820, to more than 9100,000,000 that during this period, Massachusetts had added to her own wealth, from this source, about $7,500,000. He alao ahowed that this was doing a great work in aid of the common interests of humanity. While our Irish population have been thus adding to the resources of the States, tbey have alao, with their characteristic benevolence, contributed immense sums for the relief of their people at home. During the last two years tbey bad sent home through the Express Office alone $1,045,048.

A MATCH AT Cnssa.—The Mobile Register of the 6th inst. says that a fine Mexican chess player anf! a highly eatimable gentleman, Senor Leanaro Mosso, who has been spending tbe winter in Havana, haa made a proposition to an American gentleman, also a chess player, whom be met at that place, for an international match of chess, by correspondence between the players of Mexico and those of New York. The preposition waa accepted. The first gun is to be fired from Mexico aa toon aa Senor Mosso, who is a passenger by the British steamer Thames, now on her way to Vera Cruz, shall reach home, to concert the plan of the campaign with the other players of tbe Mexican capital.

A mew 0*Dt*.—The ladies of St. Louis have organised tbe "Order of Independent Odd Ladies," who hold regular meetings, and keep a journal of their doings, &e. A copy of the recerda of one meeting commences aa folldwa ''The Hall was unusually thronged, and tbe ordinary routine of hnuimst having been hurried through, the membera came to the aerioua matter of tbe occasion, which waa an incTiscriminste interchange of opinions upon permmt, statters and Uktnfa, tn gtnerai «**i tnjetrtiai*r.'"—Tifit1, (?.,

SALEM WJTCHCSAFT.—A man in Salem having lost some meal lately, applied to a mesrtierizer to find out who bad got it. A man was pointed out and subsequently charged with the theft.— The accused sued the slanderer and recovered ?90.

FOREIGN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OP TIIE EUROFA.,

Twelve Hays Later from Enrope^—important Intelligence.

PHILADELPHIA, April 19, P. M. The

forBtrn news

ing

MinesotA Territo

per Eurftpa

more cheerful

Missis

sippi river about six miles below Fort Snelling, and thirteen below the Falls of St. Anthony, and Stillwater, at the head of Lake St. Croix, which is the most northern point of certain steamboat nav igation in the Mississippi Valley. St. Paul has a population of about 800 souls, and Stillwater something more than 1000.

The Register bears da'te

April

7th, and already we find the "splendid steamers" Doctor Franklin, Capt. M. W. Lodwick,Senator, Capt.Orrin Smith, and Doctor Franklin No. 2, Capt. A. C. Montfort, advertised in it as "now run-

slightly increasesin

places and Galena and St. Louis \S ithl prjvale BANKS tho best bills

travel, and the induce-

BANK RALES }S SLIU TLIREE PER

settled

The

apology was

not needed for his columns are,as they ought to be, nearly all "local." He invites his brethren of the Western Press generally to make him a visit next summer, and help him celebrate the Fourth of July "under the healthful mists of the Falls of St. Anthony."— Those who can at that time leave their tripods for two or three weeks,can hardly

find a more rational pastime than the acceptance of this

invitation would give

was

ER COM THO BNNK OF

rnot^tc* AIM AII• K11 ilin f\ Vi paiI ann (na t* 11. turns show the amount of Bullion in the vaults to be 15.300,000 pounds, so that any draw which may arise from

The weekly

the enlightened

view that the present business of the settlers in Minesota is the formation of an intelligent community, the establishment of schools, the

ceived in New York last e'vening by Telegraph from Saint Johns. Owing to the derangement of the wires only a small portion of the ne ts was received last night. The following summary is taken principally from Wilm^J& Smith's European 1 imes, dated. ^^-5* I

LIVERPOOL, April T, 1840.

Under the influence of more favorable advices from India, and the pacific state of affairs on the Continent, nearly ever department of business is

assum

aspect.

flict between

The con

Sardina and Austria

has

ended in a complete prostration and abdication of Charles Albert. The importations of Breadstuff^ and Provisions into England continue on a very large scale.

commercial affairs generally a firmer feeling was manifested in the last few days. American fund's again advanced, and Consols have risen during the last two weeks 18 percent, having fluctuated from 93J- on the 2nd to 92£ on the 6th, at which they closed for Moliey. ... ',• ,/

Money, though still abundant, has value. The

lowest

...

cent, but with

are done at

England re-

sales for the woek ending the 30th

The

the

United States in consequence of the inequality of the Exchanges, will be met without the least difficulty or fear of renewing the scenes of 1847.

account of the Bank of

PEOP'E OF France show a progressive improvement

on old

Liverpool Cotton Market.

Subsequent to the departure of the last steamer, the Cotton market was dull, particularly for the lower midding qualities, and prices further gave way oneeighth penny, but this week we have had a better demand for consumers and this decline is considered as recovered, so that our last quotations of 4£D for Upland and Mobile is now repeated, and fair New Orleans for its relative scarcity raised to 4£D middling demand.

43s

was

firm at 35a38s per cwt for

ed or dried

The

46s

per quarter. Canadian 40s to 44s per quarter. Very little business was done in Flour of any sort, although American barrelled was freely offered at 23s to 25s per brl—no sales of importance were effected. Indian Corn was quoted at 27 to 29s for White and 30

to 31s

for Yel

low. At this markat on 1I10 FOLLOWING day the trade was dull, and on Thursday Flour

nominally 22s 6d

23s

6d the latter only obtainable for the best brands of Ohio. Indian

Corn 27 to 28s

for White and 29s 8d for prime Yellow. Flour was nominally 22s 6d to 23 6d per brl, the huter only obtainable for the best brands of Ohio and Southron. Indian Corn 27s to 28s for White, and 29s 6d for prime Yellow. ""Corn Meal 12s 6da 13s 6d per brl.

Liverpool Provision Market. The imports of Cured Provisions from the United States during the past fortnight, comprised 1312 trs Beef 2834 brls

Pork 203 casks Hams 300 casks and 364 boxes Cheese 444 kegs, 201 hhds, and 50 brls Tallow (Lard 42 hhds and 5786

bxs

Bacon.

The

that government the best

trade has been steady. Although

the transactions in Beef are limited, holders are firm as TO prices. Little has been doing in Pork the

meets

steady

Long Middles,

free of bone, in salt and 33a36s 6d for ditto Ribbed in short, the Middles are 33 to 40s, according to quality. Cut Hams have receded 4a5s per cwt. Smoked and in

Canvas,or32a34 and not smok

30a42s

per cwt. A fall of

2s per cwt has taken place in the value of Lard. There is very little passing in the market for American, and prices continued without change.

Italy.

Charles Albert has fought and has been conquered, and he is now an abdicated King, and an exile in Madrid or Lisbon.

The

Austrians passed the Tyrno sim

ultaneously, and the Pcadmontese speedily fell back. Successive battles

the plains

latter abdicated the throne in favor of his

son Victor Emanuel and a flag

self overwhelmed with their numbers}and the Emperor will gladly seize upon any pretext to inter fere further. Wo .shall not be surprised at all to hesr that ithe J^mperofr of Russia brings down A Targe force to clrush the Hungarians.

India.

.Advices from Bombay state that ati* othfer battle had been fought neat Guez* erdt, beuvg&l the British and Sikhs, ill which the Idtter were defeated.

From tho 6th to the 12th of February various skirmishes took place. On the 12th the Sikhs retreated to thoChesnab, which they wero prevented from

crossing bv the Bombay division, under GenoralWi$h. On tbe following day the British having effected 4 junction, Lord Gotigh succeeded in bringing the enemy to ti battle before Guezerat, ifl which the Sikhs wert completely routed, leaving great portion of their guns dnd ammunition, as well as their standing camp, in the possession of the conquerors.

Robbery o? the st. Liniis bank. Francis Connelly WIS brought before the

Mayor on

The

ult.

amounted 10 26,010 bales, of which 2,000 were on speculation, and 5,000 for export.

business tor five days to

the 5th instant was 34,580 bales,of which 1,000 was taken on speculation, and 3,000 to exporters.

Liverpool Corn Mnrket.'

The Corn

market continues in the

same state of depression as last noticed. Prices have again receded.

At Mark

Lane on Monday last, the transactions were very limited. The price of United Stales Wheat was quoted

These

ensued

Vereelli.

The

Austri

ans were completely victorious in the last battle. On the 21st, the main army of

the Austrians, some 50,000 strong, encountered Charles Albert

Navacca.

truce being sent to the Austrian's tent, Marshal

Radetzky at once acceded to an

armistice. The new King pledged himself to conclude a treaty of peace

dis

band ten military companies of Hungarians}Poles, and Lombards. l, Rome.

is generally believed that the Pope will be allowed

to return to Rome. Germany*

The King of Prussia has been elected Emperor of Germany.

France. I tv

With some exceptional disturbance in the distant provinces, France comimies tranquil, and Louis Napoleon Is proceeding in the surest path to maintain his possessions by instamly su-ppresing domestic disorder, and steadily avoiding interference by force with the affairs of other nations, f, .-.a 0M1 toi DOS ,.•6 HMfKf# hi

The Hungarian War rages fiercely, having gained some advantage over :JJ,a body of

Saturday, oti the charg&

of breaking into

the banking house

Nesbit & Co. of

St.

Louis, on the 23d of

March, and taking therefrom Mr. Bcnj. Nesbit described the manner by which the entrance into the BANK was affected an Insurance office, adjoining the Bank, was entered, the wall of

a cellar separating the buildings broken through, and a hole made in an iroii fence, protecting a

vault in the bank,

(this being accomplished with a pickaxe and crow bar) gave the party complete access to that portion of the building in which the money was deposited.

Tho

sleeve of a coat which was hanging up in the bank was torn off for the purpose of carrying off

the booty—this separa

ted portion of the garment, some Carolina gold coins, $10 note on

the South*

wark bank,a counterfeit $10 note on the Lafayette bank, a counterfeit note on the Middlctown bank,being among tho property identified by Mr. Nesbit. and found in the trunk of Connolly. Tha defendent was committed for trial. Mr. Corwine appeared for tho bank, and Judge Reed and Mr. Boyle were present at tho inquiry on behalf of the accused.

activity displayed by

Marshal

Ruffin and officer I). Smith, in recovering upwards of $2,400 of this stolon property, and other particulars in reference to the robbery, have been already before the public.—Cin. Chronicle.

An Expensive Name.

Prince, a respectable citizen of Boston, was recently journeying 011 tho continent of Europe. Before visiting Germany, he provided himself with passport in which his name and residence was duly inscribed, James Princo cf Boston, and

set out in plain unpre

tending style, in company with another American gentleman. At tho first town where

tho travellers stopped, they were

received in a stately form by a guard of honor and a grand sal mo, for which they were presented with a bill of nn hundred florins. At a second and a third town they were received in

tho

same costly magnificence. Tho two Americans finding that at tho rate things were going on, their cash would be exhausted before they had arrived FU .the ccntre of the first circle,,inquired of tho host if private gentlemen like themselves coyld not

pass through the German'

towns without so much ostentation and expense.

The

Mr. Prince,

host informed them that

they could, if they pleased, travel incogf but then, said he bowing obsequiously to

,4it

will be necessary for

his highness to take his title out of the passport." That

onco explained

tho

whole matter, and Mr. Prince having caused the proper correction to be made, went through the remainder of his tour without being annoyed with further regal honors.

Southern Factories.

South Carolina there are two factory villages that promise to be vory success

ful,

viz: Grantievillc and Vauclusc.— The former is managed by a Mr. Gregg who is sparing neither pains nor capital to make this labor as

ible and

quality

sale, and prices are

attractive as poss

to guaranty

the

Western Prime Mess, though better than last year,is scarcely fine enough for ship stores, whilst the high price at which Eastern is held checks operations. Bacon

lation.

a respectable popu

The

operatives are to have the

most commodious dwellings, and "all the comforts

and conveniences of life "at

their command." Vaucluse is owned and managed by Gen. Jones, who appears

to have introv

duccd among his operatives and iii ALF his operaiions, the New England sys-' tern, and the result shows the money value of this

system.

The

fabric made'

is "Choctaw stripes" from nankeen cottons, the filling and half tho warp being white cotton the cost of

material is IQSS

than six cents per pound, and the cost of manufacturing the pound of

material is

less than three cents. "His goods

aro

eight ounccs to the yard, and it follows that his CHOQIA^V stripes cost 4£ cents A yard and they are sold at 7£ to 8 cents which shows a handsome margin for commission, profits, &c."

villages are in asecludcd val

ley about 20 miles from Augu&ta, and! 125 miles from Charleston. In Georgia there is a capital of more' than $1,000,000 employed in the Cotton Manufacture with an average profit OF 20 percent.

ICE AND SNOW ON THE UPPER MISSOURI.—A traveler from the mouth of the Platte, which flows into the Missouri from the west side, about l50 miles above [sic] Council Bluffs, reports that he left on the 10th of March, at which time the ice in the river had broken up to the mouth of the Platte, but was firm above. On the Southern hill sides and exposed places, the snow had mostly disappeared. In the woods and upon the northern sides of the hills and valleys, it still lay several inches deep. We give this report as we got it, supposing that it may enable emigrants to form some idea of the probable time when grass on the plains may be expected. All acquainted with the country, we believe concur that the deep snow and severe winter may delay vegetation in the spring. -----

An historical eventiB connected with tho feced death of Mr*. Gerry, wmow of Elbndge trry,'otfoe Vice-President of the United States, which belongs to tlie country. Charles Carroll, of Maryland, was the last survivor of the sisners of thef

:Declaration

HIM- HONORS-

of Independence tbe widow of El-'

bridge Gerry was the last survivor of those Amer-1 ican women holding this relation to the men of 1776, who pledged to the support of that declaration. "their live*, theiT fortune*. snH thfir POCRED