Weekly Reveille, Volume 37, Number 20, Vevay, Switzerland County, 9 November 1854 — Page 2

f itc Banks.

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It will soon have more capital in-

AVar Vviih Holland.

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We have lot’ll favored by Mr. Carter Oazley, with the j>cnued of a (letter revived by him from the Deputy Auditor of State, Mr/tl. S. Hicks, in relation' 19 the Free Banbi of-this State; ami from which wo make the following extracts: “Then' has been quit*; a panic here, as well ns elsewhere in regard to the Free Banks, hut I am pleased to say that the excitement has principally subsided, and all the Free Banks notes pass current in trade with our business men and Bankers, except Conncrsvillc and Northern Indiana at Loganspoipt, these two ruling at from 0 to 10 per emit discount. I am at a loss to know the reason why a discrimination is made with the Brokers and business people, in favor of some and against others of the Free Banks, they all stand upon the same footing as it regards the deposits of State Stocks- in the Auditor's oftiice; in order however that yon may form some estimate of your own, in relation to the stability of these Bants, I herewith transmit for your inspection a statement made out, relative to these institutions by the State Auditor and published.

:«otcs by the Way.

vested, more teachers employed anti more students from a distance in her schools, than any city having ten times its population. Indianapolis is the "Railroad city," and Cincinnati tho "Queen city," Oxford may soon wear the title of tho College city. And with four institutions of learning, thirty teachers and five hundred students, it will attract such a class of citizens and ,1ms .pervaded by $uch a literary spirit as to make it’ a Tory dcsirahle home for any who can appreciate and enjoy tlie refined pleasures of truly intelligent society. . Clinton. . Oxford, Qhio, Oci. 26, 1854.

The Paris correspondent of tho New - York tribune conimnmcclcs the following nteresting particulars: The Minister at tho liagile, after hia rctunrrrom tho Concil at Paris, addressed to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs a note,' stating that if the terms of tho note were not complied with, the Government of the United Stales would take immediate measures for their .enforcement After the lapse of n few days a note was rcccivcd.from the Dntch Minister, asking to be insirncten in the meaning of tho word enfortmnU, as: found-in Mr. Belmont’s despatch; whether in particular it merit an armed enforcement To this Mr. B, replied that the word was one in’constant use in diplomatic intcreonrse; that the'Minister'must he well acquainted with tho word, and with the full importance ordinarily given to it ;In reply to this the Minister again asked for a fuller definition, and desired, to ;know especially what definition 3Ir. Belmont attached - to the word at tho moment of using it • The patience of the Minister, as may well he imagined; was about exhausted at this now exhibition of stupidity, or rather duplicity, on the partof the. Dutch officer, anti taking down a copy: of Webster’s large quarto Dictionary for schools, he drew a black fine around tho word "enforcement" and its various he down the leaf and *st^U fc to the Minister, with a note suiting that his excelehcy, IhcMinistcr of Foreign Affairs of the Payk-Bas would please find in the dictionary which accompanied, tlw note, at the page and place indicated, (lie various definitions which the-word received from tho highest'authority in, the English laugungo, nnp - piaywl Ids cxcclcncy to select whichever definition suited his cxcclcncy’s vievys! The correspondence terminated here. ■ • . • / • .

Messrs Editors: — I-pen yon a few lines from the quiet and. beautiful town of Oxford, -It U a lovely spot. Few places present more attractions to a man of leisure and intelligence. I wonder hot that several persons who have retired from business have taken up their residence hero, and that many others are looking to it ns their futtire home.

The steamer A rah in, with advices from Liverpool to the 12Is-.t nit., has arrived at this port.

Thursday, j j j : Xntrml.cr ?, IS.11.

The bombardment of Sabastopolicmninonced on the loti* of Octolier, from two heavy pieces of artilery. Omer Pasha had gone to thd Crimea, to attend a Connell of war, and. it was believed hts force would soon go there. Menschikoff had been partly reinforced. Thn government employees say that no hews of any importacco is expected from the Crimea before the first of Novemher.

JTT’TW oilico of liu* ll/vmi? h on llif corniT of Main nn.l Ftfrry jlr.-it., 'j.-ui,! -Ion—ci.U..iu;<t on Main <r:L-i.

IQ’ This term tf ;,r.‘ hi,- 4 ill.ir j-'i r.;ir.iini, In cilvnna-; -o ti.’tr ••i k —rlH r t.III *'0 faUTi’il on uur IxioS;. ontll iPiiyntcnl t? rut!.; ..M r.ol [siylns in a.lvjiice, n ill bi‘v!i:.r;-4 Sl.>. T'livn sulrtcrifiora havin'* Ibu 4cl. . v.v.l t<» I*} l!*o carrier ore ci*nl* din |>.t annual, Rhidi most be {>tH fit odretu'e.

Oxford caiuiol boast of any hanks, railroads, or printing presses. -It puts on no city airs, has no city ambition andean not hope to rival some of its more favored neighbors, in growth and greatness. It has poor business facilities, no largo capitalists and must promote its prosperity hy methods quite different from what are commonly adopted^ Its citizens have turned their attention Very much to educational movements. Tlie literary institutions of the place are its life and glory. Without them Oxfohl would sink to the level of the little villages around it. The prosperity of the place rises and falls with the prosperity of its institutions. Empty rooms in college are sure signs of unoccupied dwellings in tho town. When Miami University hail only one hundred students,.every’ street had its vacant houses, hut now when she has upwards of two hundred students, a person will have to wear out some patience ami leather before finding a house to five in. Had the property belonging to the University been more wisely managed, the college and town would holh-bc more prosperous. . Many more students wottld bo found here and none of them .would have to pay the present - prices for roomrent and tuition. These are not now so high as at many other colleges; but with the endowment famished hy the State, its instructions should bewithont expense to those wishing to receive them, ; Jf its township of land had been Uased for short periods, subject to revaluation, Miami University would lie not only one of the oldest and most honorable colleges in the West, hut one of the wealthiest in the country. But the proceeds of tho endowment, together with more than §p000 of tuition fees, are not enough to keep the buildings in repair mid pay sufficient salaries to the teachers. The President only receives SI,GOO a year and the salaries of the professors range from S700 to S1000 a year,, r -

IQ 1 Any person procuring u« l-a •tiWriK’n, wilh eu dollar#, will bo cnUtk.) W n cuj.y uf Hie «no year gratia.

Advices, from Odessa, under’dale of the 8th, say Gortsehakoff ’was nt that place; also McnschikofT,- not being able to maiiltam his position, had scut his armv into Sabastdpol. ’

IQ* All letters pcrudtditz M Unr ba»ltwu a J well n. ibe editorial department of tlm sliuuM be directed tu tbe Edllun, j*>:t-j>aid. ITP Single eg pics, In wr.ipper#, Hie Wit#.

The American “Peace Expedi-

tlon" to Japan.

Canrohert has notified the French Government that the position of the allies was impregnable, being defended by .80,000 men and 200 guns, and could bo held against 200,000 Russians; •

For llic l*coi»lc.

We published on account a few months ago to the effect; that Mr. Silas E. Borrows had fitted out the ship Lady Pierce, at San Francisco, at his own expense and sailed for Japan, with a number of beautiful presents for the Emperor* We perceive hy the China Mail that he returned .to Ilpng Kong on the l4th of August, and that he met with a handsome reception from the Japanese. Tlie Mail says;— ' ■ ■ ' •• •

Tlierc has Leon received at this place 8 boxes of hooks, to he distributed throughout the different townships of this county; they are for the use of the Schools in the various townships. K very county having a population of Ift.ftftft persons and less than 15,000 Shall ho entitled to 8 libraries, this comity having 18,000 inhabitants is entitled to eight lihrarii*.

Advices from Constantinodlo say that 7000 Turks, including 300 of the foreign had just loft for .ihd. Crimen. In consequence brtjtc- comsponJchco fonnd.nn MenchikojJ?f carriago, several arrests have licon made.at Vania. *'' . Two Urilisli steamers had been ordered to Azof)*, to bombard tho town ofKictch.

For the purpose of purchasing this library there has been levied and collected for the last two. years, on the list of property taxable for Slate purposes, the sum of one fourth of one mill on each dollar, and on each taxable poll twenty-five cents. They arc in charge of the township trustees, and arc deemed the property of the township, and cannot he sold under any pretence whatever. The Trustees are liable for the preservation of the libraries; they may proscribe the lime . of taking and also the length of time that they maybe retained; assess any damages they may have received while in the possession of persons entitled to their use, and adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for their preservation and, usefulness. These libraries are the common ’property of the people, every family in the township is entitled to one volume at a time; although ho member of such family attends School. , , u.

- iMy opinion, is - that these Stocks together with the individual liability of the Stockholders, will bo an ample and full guaranty, against any loss by the billholder; and wore I a bill-holder to a large amount, of any of the Indiana Free Banks, 1 should most certainly decline to bo shaved upon them, believing as I do that they will soon lie the best currency in the country. The panic is the legitimate offspring of the XVarl street money sharks of Cincinnati, who in order to accomplish their own selfish purposes, would cripple and paralyse the trade and commerce of the whole west. Some of them who sowed the wind, have already reaped the whirlwind, ami I hope others will soon follow.

"The Lady Pierce arrived in Jeddo Bay 15 days after Commodore Perry had left, ‘as a token of amity and peace, and without any preparation for war,’ and the high Japanese officers said the visit was much mote pleasing to them than that of Commodore Perry, who had with him 'too many big guns and fighting men.' The Japanese, however, expressed the utmost regard for the Commodore and his officers."

Further by the Arnblti*

XkwYork,Xov. 3.

'Lonl RadcIifTe li.o*l Fiiccocdoil in obtain - ing ft finnan from the Porto to suppress the slave trade in Cirrawia nn»I Georgia. A huge portion of tito Baltic fleet had returned to Ghcrbmg.

A minor was current that the Dami.sh Government would probdbly; peraut lhc British Baltic fleet to winter fo-Kiel, - ;;-. The Engl isli papers' puHisli 'n 1 fit of the' private soldiers hilled and wounded nt the battle of Alma. ■ <

The Japanese, it is said, were surprised, on visiting the Lady Pierce, to find her so elegantly furnished. Her dimensions were taken by artists, who said the Emperor intended to build two vessels on the same model. With a party of officials from Uraga, the Lady Pierce made a trip to within ten miles of Jeddo, but the said officials objected to her going any nearer, saying that Commodore Perry did not go any closer, Subsequently the ship visited Simoda, under charge of three pilots sent by the authorities, in company with a government cutter, the latter having orders to render every assistance, A Japanese, rescued from a junk and brought to San Francisco a few years ago, was taken out by Mr. Burrows and restored to his friends,’ This act created a very favorable impression, The lower orders, it is said, Were profuse in expression, by words and gestures, of their gratitude to Mr. Burrows, who seems to be of opinion that Dee-yee-no-skee, a man of fair talents, is likely, by his account of American manners and customs, to accomplish more than hosts of Ambassadors, towards forming and cementing an intimacy between Japanese and foreigners. Large presents of silk, porcelain, lacquered ware, &c., were made in the name of the Emperor to Mr. Borrows, who, however, was requested to give publicity to his determination, that hence forward, in accordance with stipulations in the treaty, no foreign intercourse whatever would be permitted with Jeddo, but that all vessels must proceed either to Simoda, or to the other ports thrown open to the American trade.

Mormon Temple'at 5in.lt Lillee.

' Tlio grcat Tcmbli? which thoMonuons are hulhling at the City i>f the Salt Lake, Is as promising to bp a wonderful structure; covering ah area of 21 f S50 square feet; The'block bhWlncli is located is forty rbds square; aud contaiiis ten acres of ground, around which a lofty wall lias already been erected; to be surmountcil by nh ifpn railing, manufactured by the Mormons themselves nt thei r iron Works ih iron county, Utah Territory. ?. Tho Temple building Will havoajenglh of ISO j cast ami west, including towers, of which Iherb are thrcc’at the cast end and thrto' at the west; and thc .width will be' 00' feet, : Thb' northern and southern walls are 8 feet thick. The towers spoken of above arc cylimlerical, surmounted by octagoh turrets and pinnacles, l and having ihsido spiral stainvays leading to dip battlements:" ,v Besides these . there art four other towers on the four principle corners of die huilding. fiquare in form; aiid nating ih spires, Oh the western; end will bp placed,' in alto die great dipper or or Um Major.' v , ■ ’..As ; ieganls the there will; lioVlii the* Varment a baptismal font 57 feet .Ibng'and 35, feet[‘:Wide, and ontho first floor, n.) largollmll, 120 feet ling by?80.fret iridc; wnile bn the third floor Uiore WiU;bovanothor of the same size, besides; nhnicrbns other, rooms , for fob Various’Other purposes; A’ronrid the outside of. the building will be a promts node froraTP to 23 foot wide, ? •• 1 ■

\A national rabscripl ion for the sick and. wounded was being taken up, and had already reached £0,000, and; a regiment of women had been organized, and was ttt be Jmnwdiafely dispatched to Scutari, as names* lo attend the sick and jvpatidcdi .. / . ■ r . : The British steamers Ganges and'parson, With troops on board, cainc into violent collision in the sea of Marmora, and both were badly damaged. ■ Thdbites j advice by tejegrapt to Liverpool, say under daje of Vicuna, Octolio: 20; Private despatches from Bucharest anhohnoc that the Bombardment of Sabdstbpol commenced on the 12th wi'Ji two hnndrctl jtiet'es ufheavy artHcry, si id tlio place was not expected to hold out, over three days. .Thirty thousand sians crossed the Dailnbb into Dbbnidscha and,twelAe thousand occupied the danubian ferries ucar-Yonlt.sch.

As yet there lias not been a single nolo of any of the Tree Banks J'roicskd, but each anil every one so far have either redeemed their paper in Coin or Exchange on the East at reasonable rates. True the Conncrsyillc Bank shut up shop for a day or two, but that I ■ understand was owing, to the connection of 31 r. Sanford with the Ky, Tmst Co. Bunk which a short time ago failed; yon.will see that Conncrsvillc is backed Indiana 5 per cent Stocks at’ the rate of dollar for dollar of circulation. Those Stocks cannot depreciate in value over 20 per cent, in the tightest pressure, beernse the interest on them is punctually paid by the State semi-annually in tho city of New York, besides there is now. an increase in the foreign demand for American State securities, which inevitably will keep np the price of these Stocks to near theirpnr value.

. TIic library is o]»en 16 all persons entitled to its privileges, without regard to School sessions. Each of these libraries contain about two-hundred and seventy- . five volumes, of well selected interesting and valuable books. They arc divided into eight Glasses namely:—Class 1st., History; Class 2d., Biography; Class 3d., Voyages ahd Travels; Class 4th., Science ami Art; Class olh., Agriculture; Class Glli.,. Miscellaneous works for Parents; Glass 7th., Poetry and 1 ,Belles Letters; Class 8th., Juvenile Books! At tho prcseoklimo tho!..list is not so large and complete : as could be desired, owing’to a want of funds, it is thought that that the next Legislature will make some provision fof extending the number of.volumes so as to meet the demands of tho people. - The taxes wore only assessed for two years, and last year was the last, consequently this year there !s no town- ‘ fillip Library tax; winch if, not provided for in some maimer will leave the Library in a most precarious situation.

Tlio German, gives indications of a rapture between Prussia and Austria, and great anxiety exists at Berlin. The Spanish minuter had abandoned* the idea of drawing up a constitution to 1 bc pubmitled to. by. the Conlez. A royal decree ordered the November payment* of the dividends, :

The institution ought to bo able to give twice those amounts and thus command the best talent and learning of die country. There should be no such thing as tuition fees about it. . It should bo as free to its students, as the.common schools of 1 Ohio to thoir pupils, Buell ivas.tho design of its endowment, but the execution of it has been rendered forever impossible by the want of wisdom and foresight in'its first board of trusteesTlic other State institution has suffered by the same policy which has injured Oxford. Perpetual leases at low rates were granted by* the Trustees, and now tbo receipts from the whole township of land belonging it it do not amount to enough to pay respectable salaries to half; its faculty. When D r. MeG uffey was President of Ohio University, the legislature of the State passet! a law authorizing a rovalnuation of the University lands, but the Supreme Court decided it unconstitutional. The question was then settled for Oxford as well as Athens, and now the State institutions must be content in being forever straitened in funds, on account of the bad bargains of their first Trustee?. Had they acted wisely, .Ohio could now boast two of the best endowed colleges in the Union,

ThclCtissinn Treaty with the

United State*:.

- ; Wasuin(iton, Novi 3. The Union this morning- publishes an official proclamation confirmin'; the treaty Ijetweou IhcUnited Stales anti llnss”, pcqtclnating.llic principle that ‘‘free rIujk niako.frco goods,” and of the rights of neutrals at sea;'that tho property of neutrals on ; hoard the enemies vessels Is not Subject to' confiscation, unless contraband of war. V-’.'-

It seems strange that oar Stale Bank paper and the State Bank paper of Ohio and Ky. having no security under heavens save the integrity and honesty of their managers, should receive the unceasing confidence of the entire commercial community, to the exclusion ami detriment of State Stock money, having an actual basis of dollar for dollar besides the individual liability clause; yet such is the fact. -

drcni Kovv among ihe Tippcrarians andCorkoninns«--iTJI!li- • tnry; called ont ' r'l -ji ;

OS- tffittariiL Europe is exhausting the resources of England, and is Mid to be. a large cause of the commercial' embarrassments there. The Liverpool Times of the 18th remarks; • ■

. > JpjTErsoy'Orrr, Missouri.* Nov, fr, • Thc lri sB ■ Imrids 6ri the failforid froni 15ppdrar7;conn^ l -worEBtg on this tiinuil and for miles below) tftruod ont ahOnt two hundred strongs some say thrdo hondaciT* and started for dofTorson City, to lull atid destroy all the' Corkoninns in ‘Jefferson City, and iun4hem atvay from thd rail-; roads; they only camo id righ£df JdTcr$dh City and on perceiving tho citizens rtfddy. to meet them, they halted;’ ‘ Gapl. Pdrsolns being informed 'some time before,-ordered out the Metropolitan .ghfcril • artd citizens/ which bnlcr was promptly obeyed; and a company of about 150.isicn fw.cre rtxidy with cannon and rifles, - ’Squire Harrison and a priest went to them imd read the law, and thcyrtklily promiscdtog’o homo. Thy did hot go on Usd: appointed lime, loud - Cnpt Parsons company, I with the cannon which . put; them nil to i flight without any firoing; tho£; pursued them o mile or. so, and overtoot sonic; they all promised to bo quiet ’ The catinon aro ttUlloadcd and ready' at.a moments warning." Another attack' is expected to night * The'Kpporay rahn Were well armed with rifles" and knives,* "The town is quiet The fuss has been ; going on for some time. YosterdaythoCorkqnians went to the tunnel to whip the Tip 4 - peray men away from it but found tHeni too strong. • They made excuses and come back. , •*;;> •.

.. •Prlghilul Hnllroatl Disaster. VV Ghioaoo, Nor. 2. At 11 o,clock last night the train from this city to flock Island," when near npka, tho 'axcls of thd engine broke, tho . train thrown t>fT tho track, mid to .tween.'-thirty and forty passcngcra were killed, and wounded* - ■ ■ ; -

jSSrThc Long Bun Association of Baptists, winch met at Brushy Fork a short time si|icc, present, a very favorable and prosperous condition of the Church during the last year; notwithstanding the many difficulties and trials with which in the course of events they have been compelled to struggle against. During the year just past, in the different churches they have received by the different modes two hundred and nine members, during the same period there were ninetynine persons dissolved thefr connection with the church; making a gain of one hundred and ten members.

War willsoon jirtTO itself to bo 'as great on cxhauster& famine. TIio cost of .our army for the present year bos been cstiraated-at cotisiderablymoro than the support of the Irish peasantry in 1847. The people required £8,000,000 worth of com, \vhichthrcatened to exhaust; our banks, Gni* fleet and troops will require £8,423,099,-before the ‘close of the current year. The bullion receipts, week after week are Immense, but the bullion returns of our banks show no increase. Tim demand for the precious metals appears to bo greater than the supply, which is infinitely larger than at any former period of our history. This proves that an endless quantity of gold docs not supply a people with money; and that in trade, despite all legislation to it is simply dealt in ns a commodity, like nil other articles of commerce.

I undertake to say that the Stale Banks could not hold out half as long, under the unprecedented run for Coin on them, ns has characterized the hostility to the Free Banks during last summer and this fall. It is a matter of astonishment how the latter Banks have kept up their credit so long, they have redeemed their entire circulation three times within a period of eight months. The whole issno of Free Bank paper in the State is o little rising of eight millions of dollars and of that amount the Banks have within sixty days retired m& eanccllal about two million of dollars, and we arc now cancelling daily not less than fifty thousand dollars.

;; hail his ribs broken, 1 and obont* ; a:dozcn were scalded whose recovery i s doubtful; ■ ‘ " : .

India : Itubbcr Case Decided. ■ • * : ' , New YonK,'Nov. 4.

1 :A dispatch from IVoWdcnco'states that thjo great Indiarhbbcrcaso lias been decided in favor of Horace II. Bay. This is of importance to the ; whole India rubber interest throughout tlie’country. , ; f ;«facob D,. Wcstervclt, tile present Mayor of this city, failed'fo-day, A statement of his affairs shows a surplus? of §150,000, after all the debts arc paid. . yj; ; s f *wM»y

But Miami University is not the only institution of learning in which Oxford may glory. Thu Theological Seminary' for the Associate Reformed Presbyterians of the West ■ is located here. It has only twelve or fifteen students - ubt it is an object of deep interest and a rich blessing to the denomination which supports it. The Professor of Theology, Dr. Claybaugli, is a ripe scholar and a Christian gentleman who wins the respect ami confidence of all wire know him.

Packet, —The Madison Courier says:— arc delighted with the news, and we are sure the business portion of the citizens will be glad to bear, that Capt. Charles. David has purchased the fine steamer Lady Pike, which has been carefully refitted, put into apple-pie order, for the trade liclwcon this city and Cincinnati. The’Lady X’ikc will take her place in the trade on the first rise.”

Jmlging from these facts I have no hesitancy in saying that every dollar of lids money will eventually be redeemed without loss to the bill-holder, and in less Ilian thirty days money matters will resume their usual quiet and all be well. If I might presume to advise, I would say by all means hold on to your State Stock motiey, and not suffer yourself to bo shaved npon it; for you well know that in money panics Brokers feast; IKDI ANATOLIS, Oct- 31 St.

Cuban. Expedition Abandoned.

Dreadful Fire In LoCkport Jf, V. ,M' LocKroirr, Kov, 2. ’■There is now a-dreadful /ire. raging in tliis place. Already'a greater, portion of flip, northern part‘of tho tdwri is in ruins. It-is impossible, at present, to give any esliipato of the extent of tho damage. Tlw flnffpto fire department is how on the way here. .., • All is confusion and alarm.

A New Orleans correspondent of the New York Tribune, writes under date of October 19: I learn from head quarters that the new Cuban expedition, which was to have left the States under the command of General Quitman, lias failed, and there is no probability of future hope or success. 1 have been promised by oho the “head men,” a fnll history of the present organization, the names of the committee here,, the amounts subscribed and the names of the subscribers, os also the names : of parlies in your city who have been connected with the movement. The gentleman from whom I have obtaiued. tin’s information informs me that one of the members of the Grand Jury who pretended to investigate the truth of the rumors of a Fillibuster expeditition, was rebording secretary of the Caban committee.

The Oxford* Fouiale Institute, with Dr. J. W. Scott as its principal and ono hundrctl girls ns his pupils, is by no means tin least attraction of tho town. Tin’s school has been quite popular. It is soon likely to take a more permanent form. E. Lane, Esq., whoso liberality gave being ami n name to Lane Seminary near Cincinnati, has donated thirty acres of land to i(s Loan! of trustees; and they have commenced tho foundation of a beaulifnl and commodious edifice.

Sgvcu Negros Burned to Death, COLCJIBPS, Miss., Nov, 2.,-.

jtST The editor of the Daily Mincsoti- - /?nLas been presented with mi apple raised at Back Horn Prairie, on the St. Croix, which measured nearly one foot in circumference. It is 'represented as heitig h Ijcantifnl specimen of fruit; ami the editor says, that with proper earn, Minespla may ho made one. of the most productive fruit-growing sections in the Union.

The gin house belonging to Miss Swope of this city, situated in Noxubco county was burned with twenty-five, bales qf cotton, and seven negro men. Tho eighth one was so badly burned that bo was expected to die. This terrible calamity was the result of accident, Ono of the hands had taken a lantern into tho room where the ginned cotton was being stowed away; when the lantern broke from the ring by which it was held, and fell among the cotton and instantly set it in a blaze.

Cliolcm In iraly. ■> 1 Hosiers', Nov. 4.

A correspondent of the Atlas writing from Marsollcs. says that tlie English Consul them, has reliable information of the. fearful ravages of the cholera in Messina, devastating the whole country.— Sixteen thousand persons have already fallen victims in a population of 40,000.

XsTEUKSTisa mow Kansas.— A Philadelphia editor mentions that a traveler from Kansas states, that in one part of that tcrritoiy, (which is in the latitude of Virginia;) ho saw a tract of land covered with the carcasses of nudes, which had l)pcn fror.cn to death’on the way. It is gratifying to. know thal the climate did not prove fatal to jackasses, otherwise wo might not have got the nows.

KT The Massachusetts Hank, IJoston, was chartered 1781—seventy years ago—■ and is the oldest hank in Massachusetts, and with one exception the oldest in the United- Ktales; the Hank of America, in Philadelphia, being the only oiie chartertil at an earlier period.

ThcKnow-iVoUilnfrft’oailnations

But tho school that is loved by most hearts and talked of by. most tongues, is tho Western Female Seminary. It is to he the Mount Holyoke of tho West. Tho walls aro now completed to tho upper story, and soon may bo seen a beautiful edifice 102 feet in fcoht 75 feet deep and live .stories high. But inasmuch ns I purpose saying more about this noble institution at some future time, I forbear enlarging upon its merits and prospects. It will be seen by this glance at her literary institutions, that Oxford .can not be. eclipsed by any western town of its

Ttre Narcotics and Poisons We IknuLCB is.—Tho ‘Chemistry of Common Life/ which is now going through the press, states that tobacco is 'produced to the extent of 4,480,000,000 lbs annually, and is used by 800,000,000 of men; Opium, among 400,000,000 of men; Indian Hemp, among 250, t)00 of men; Belie-Xu t, (or Pinang,) among 100,000,000 of men; Cocoa, among 10,000,000 of men. Little is known in'Europe of the use of Hemp as a narcotic; yet in lire East it is ns familiar to the voluptuary ns tho Opium and Tobacco of our regions. The value of these articles is fixed at JC00,* 500,000 annually.

Ratified.

New Yobk, Nov. 8. The American Protestant Association • hjd a large and enllmsiastic meeting this evening, and adopted, the whole State, * county and city nominations of the Know Notliings. This onler has about Uiirty lodges in the city.

An Extraordinary Woman.— In tho tho county of Harrison, Mississippi, lives a hermit—a curiosity, indeed, of her sex, because prone to solitude and silence.— The lives in a house tho fabric of her own hands, cultivates her own Fields, splits her own' 1 rails/ does her own fencing, and tho present autumn slic willhrvo one hundred bushels of com to sell, - and a few hundred.bushels of potatoes, all • the product of her own unaded and indomitable laborel She lives alone, no neighbors nearer than thro miles, to cheer with a ray of social: sunshine her singular life,

E jikjifatu)y.— Novcr have we see ho huge an emigration going west as there is at this time. Onr" streets are. daily thronged with movers, hud the country around us is illuminated every night hy the camp fires of,the westward bound emigrant. Most of thorn appear well fixed, and will, doubtless, odd much to the wealth ol the Slates west of the Mississippi.—Danville (///•) CVti zen.

*1 he Maine Law has passed (he Legislative Assembly of Canada by a vote of 85 to 5, ami it will doubtless pass the Council, and immediately become a law.

Over fifty manumitted slaves formerly belonging to G. Love and T. Hendron, of Farquier and London counties, Va., have arrived in Baltimore to embark for Liberia. They 1 wpro furnished v$h fanning tools by thcirhVnors and tet fr^

The river at I hi. point L swelling slowlv. .