North Carolina Newspapers

- k n -'I " 1 t x : 4i 'i1 t25 v. (From the National Iijtclligenccr..:. Vlie Eighth Week of the Session has bccti consumed, In the House of Rcpro Bcntatives,' i(wfth tlio exception of Satur - day,) in proceedings and debates of such a character as U fias given us unmixea pain . to bo obliged to report to eur readers, and ;upon which; tho sAect yet depending, we forbear fat the present any other remark, .-than that the shortest possible way wi!!,be. yond afl question, bo the best way in which , the subject of debate can bo disposed of. Much, however, as there has been-to do. Crecato in tho tone and temper of the de. ites of ooo branch of Congress, the" last week kas yet been the most fruitful of the cssSoik . ; The debate in the Senate, for the roost part on both sides learned and able, terminating as it did, in a decision sustain. ; ing the bankrupt Law passed at the late ' Session, was a worthy employment of the i timo of that body, and the issue one, in our opinion corresponding to the purpose, for which that branch of tho Government was established,, pf. (giving a character of sjty. bility and consistency to the National legis. lation. - ' i' ,s The final passogo, in tho House of Reprc. scntalivcs,on Saturday, of the bill to au. thorize a re-issuo of the Treasury notes, to an amount not exceeding five millions of dollars, is the first step taken by Congress at this Session towards providing the ways "and means fof the support of Government - for tho year. 1842, in addition to such re. venue as the reduced imposts will yield, Though it is most seriously to bo regretted" that some such measure was not carried - through five or six weeks ago, as it might readily havo been, and doubtless would have been had Congress realized the urgency of the occasion for it, it cannot but be a sub. joct of congratulation among our readers .that, by this measure, the Treasury is re. stored to a stato of solvency. The reader will not fail to remark, in looking over the leas ana Wujrs : K ' I louse of Rep resentat i ves,.with what re ' luctanco the Whigs, "even under -the .pre. sure of a necessity hardly to bo resisted, assented to this authority to reissue Trca. Bury Notes ; whilst tho friends of tho late Administration voted in mass against grant, ing it. Tho " reluctance of iha former is easily accounted for, because they were.l. ways-heretoforo opposed the issueof Treasury Notes, The opposition of the laUer to providing the means of supplying a deficiency in the revenue created by tho reckless experiments tmd profuse cxpendi turcs of the two last Administrations, is - not to bo accounted for upon any principle that we can understand, unless, that, bar Jng brought tho Treasury into its present -predicament by their own errors, they arc, out of mere, mischief, determined that llioeo errors of theirs shall be made to contribute as much as possible to the embarrassment 'of their successors in the Government. . ''Should that be the game of the party, - we must not be surprised to see them lay at the door of the Whigs the debt which they have .left as a charge upon tho Treasury, and which, oa far as their ofcs iraMM .k will lend no aid to provide for tho pay. ment of. An indication of such a design is indeed given by their organ in this city, which represents tho provision, by a re-is-suo of Treasury Notes, for paying claims arisins out of their acts, as being 44 tho first earnest of tho promised retrenchment of the Whig Administration'." Yes! Such is tho party cry, in defianco . of the facts, that, during a period of pro. found peace, comprising tho four years of the administration of tho Van Burcn party, when tho ordinary revenues of the Govern. ment amounted to twenty-one millions of dollars a year, the actual and ordinary ex . penscs ot the Government amounted to . nearly Iwcnty-eiglU millions of dollars a vcar-5 thus absorbing, in the four years not . only the entire revenues of the Govern- ment, but also tho accumulations of reve nue of nrevious years amounting on the rsLotJanuaryt 1837(6X011181 vef-lhe moneys distributed to tho States, to somo. thing like eighteen millions of dollars and entailing, besides, a debt upon tho country to the amoimt of tho outstanding Treasury Notes, added to many millions of uncxecu. tod appropriations. In the face of such facts,itissr marvel to us how;espcctabfe men can keep their countenances when pre- tending to now UU3 Auminisirouuu jyspon siblc for tho debt which they contracted when' in power, and which they left, when 4ltey wcnt-CM. of-pawer."-rupoatheinlcjivc suppose, of 44 D 1 take the hindmost" -to be paid by any body that would. United States ministers. The salaries of ministers of the United States to Great .Britain, France, Russia, Prusia, Austria, Spain Mexico and BrozilTaro $9,000 per annum cachj Secretaries of Legation to the same.pluccs, $3,000, each. Tho salaries of the Charges d'affairs to Portugal, Den - - mark Swc-IJollandJklgium Chili, Zeru-l'enezuclavlNew Grenada; Texas, Naples end Sardinia, V4,ui eacn. kcsi dent ministers at Turkey $6000 ; d rogoman of the Legation to Turkey, $2,500. Con tingent expenses of all the Missions abroad, $30,000' Contingent expenses of foreign JnfM-.-ourire. $30,000. Consul at London $2,000; clerk hire, ofiico rent, ccc, of r,.-ul at London. $2,000. For the relief ef American seamen in foreign countries, $50,000. Total foreign intercourse, $265, 800. - - - - Statistics OF ISSJ NtTY. BjTlhe list census, the"re are 17,811? nsane person in the United Slates, and tho estimated num. bcr of those who annually become insane is 5719. There are sixteen insanb asylums in the country containing something less than 2000 patients, and receiving soJie 1200 annually, Several other asylums are soon to go into operation, but, at the most, they can receive but one.fiflh of the insane ' irxthe UnitedStates. The average propor. tion of the Insane to the whole population is as 1 to 090. ' , v Who would exchange the humble, peace wliich virtue gives, for all the honors and BUaJurcsbf.yjunj:woMd . . Imports and Export!. V ; "The foltowSng Is a slatemcnrbf thftlox? uries imported from foreign countries, with the amount . of tho same articles exported from tho United States for the year ending Sept, 30, 1841 v The balance may be con. sidered as the value of these luxuries con sumed in the United States in one year t Imported. Exported Teas, Coffee, ; . Cocoa, ' Fruits, ; Spices, .Wines, t.. Spirits, 5,442,859 $1,358,041 e,546222 930,308 161,389 .140,001 1,404,889 658,930 2,200,170 72,121 366,015 171,004 134,392 2,070 5,840 1,502,504 : Aleand Porter, 135,485 Cheese, 23,229 Butter; Cigars, Silks, - 3,763 850,434 10,982,101 67,346 978,003 18,141 Lace, 468,425 Jewelry and pre cious stones; 201,500 10,335 Total imported, $33,075,155 $4,258,210 14 exported, 4,258,210 Homo consump.$28,716,945 To pay for these luxuries requires the following amount of articles exported dur. ins tho samo year: Specie, Bullion, Foreign Gold and Silver, r $8,181,941 Gold and Silver coin of tho United States, . 2,235,073 r lsli, Oil, Whalebone and Can. . dies, " . Beef, Tallow and Hides, Pork, Bacon, Lard and Live -Hogs, Butter and Cheese, Horses, Mules and Sheep, Wheat and Flour, 3,198,370 623373 1,894,894 210,740 277,018 U.777,099 1,043,513 Indian Corn and Meal, Ryc.meul,Rye, Oats, and oth er irrnin. 234.324 428,988 09,055 120,000 11,235 523,193 Biscuit, or Ship Bread, Potatoes and Apples, Flaxseed, . Hops, Pot and Pearl Ashes, Total, - 29 91 4fi7 It n-ilt Iia cmn ii.nt u .,1,.. i r fnrt of riporTed luxuries, rill the pro. rf f-ra-T,;,x;." .iT " aucis oi our iHiicncs which wo nro enabled to expdrt, all the exports of our. Northern larmcrs, including pot and pearl ashes, and out tight miliont . of doUara in specio and bullion. . - The Dlstrfbntlon Bill. Mr Benton and Calhoun, "par no. UU frntrun arc again at their tricks. 1 ho distribution act is a sore thorn in their path to tlie Presidency : and consequently, their whole forces wilr be drawn up and well drilled to attack it. Will the Whigs let these demagogues repeal this act for the purposo of placing in their hands the pow. cr to bribe the Western States T Have the people of tho Old Thirteen forgotten who ,,n nA .imi (V sit down and look calmly at a few design. ing politicians parceling out their property, without their consent, anufng the new States which sprang into existence sinco it was obtained? ' Tho Old Thirteen furnished their sons who were engaged in tho struggle for the acquisition of this territory, from 1775 to 1783, in tho following proportion, to wit Massachusetts, 67,907 31,939 26,678 25,678 17,781 13,912 ' 12,497 10,720 -7,477 7,263 5,008 2,679 '-2,386" Connecticut, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, South Carolina, North Carolina, Rhode island, Georgia, Delawanv Thus the Old TJiirtecn furnished 231 ,971 soldiers, w hoioiled nnvLbledlo gainour independence and right to tho territory within tho limits then claimed. ..They have done more. They have spent vast sumin guarding this territory ever sincere nd in cxploringand surveying it. Savannah The Army and Nav. The .military es tablishment of tho United States for "next yftit)-MialuJLngJlui-.nay-nf thn nrmy military academy, tho fortifications, arson als7arms , harbou rs , su rvey s lvht.houscsr pensions, Indian Department and extraor dinary objects, is, estimated to cost the country $11,717,791. The Naval cstab. fishment, including-thirgenerat service of the Navy and tho Marino Corps, $8,705,i 079. A SENSIBLE REMARK. The GovemOt of KentucTty, alluding tojhojbigh, reputation which that State now enjoys, remarked in his recent message to the Legislature, that the best" mode for the preservation of such a character, is by 44 looking with a steady andH constant eye to the payment or our old debts and be careful how we contract ncwloncs." Glory in prospfxt. A writer in tho N. O. Bulletin proposes to take Mexico, in re venge for the capture of the Santa Fc expe. dition. He says, 44jrhcrcTareiwenty thousand men in the valley of tho Mississippi, who would start at the sound of the drum, and neither give sleep to their eyes nor slumber to their eye. lids, tili they knelt to the'God of Battles in the Temples of the Montezumas. Hor one would willingly lead where any dares fol low ; and 1 call upon General Combs, of .Kentucky, whose son was in the expedition, ariu the friends of Kendall, of the Picayune, to rally' around the standard of freedom, and" come to u'eir rescue. Before an August sun shall gild the towers of the ancient city of Annahwic,- we will give 4 civil and reli. gious liberty' to a suflering and oppressed people, and expel every tyrant from the soil. ' - " v " '- ; "' PaovisciAl. Conghess of New Yonfc. The journals" "of lliia body have been pre. served, 'and have been deposited with the xmow Xorx state Historical Society, h The Evening Journal of January 7 contains a number ot letters, irom ditlerent indivwu. als,; and among others the following from General Washington, which is calculated to show that, in alt situations, ho was the same great and excellent character : - , IIiiD Quarts m, Niw Yore, ,, '.,.- August 17, 1776. i 7 Gestlejien : When I consider that the city will, in all human probability, very soon be the scene of a bloody conflict, I cannot but view tho great number of wo. men, children, and infirm persons, remain, ing in it with tho most melancholy concern. When the men-of-war passed up the river, the shrieks and cries of these poor creatures running.every way with their children, was truly distressing, and I fear will have an un. happy effect on the cars and minds of our young and inexperienced soldiery. Can no method be devised for their removal ? Ma. ny douhtlessare of ability to remove them, sehes, but there ar others in a different situation. Some provision for them after wards would also be a necessary considers, tion. It would relieve me from great anxi ety ir your honorable body would immedi ately deliberate upon it, and form and exe cute some plan for their removal and in Which I will co-operate and assist to the utmost of my power. In the meantime I have thought proper to recommend to "Ar sons, under tho abore descrintfon. to con. vey tnemseivcs without Celay 'l0 some place ui ouicijr, wuii iur.r most valualc cflccts. " I have the honor To be, with much re gnrd, gentlemen, your moet obedient and very humble servant, " GEO. WASHINGTON." The United' States Judicuhv. The Chief Justice of theSuprerw; Court receives a salary of $5000 ; and the eight Associate JUUgea $4,00O cav.ll. "Tho District Judco tango from $1200 to $3000."I.l Pcnnsyl vania the Judges of tho Eastcn District receive $2500 each, and of th Western District $1800. The Chief Jus.iceof the District of Columbia has $2700 a year, nnd hU two Associated $2500 etch. The Auornevucncrai. ot um l)nnid-&we8 $1000. The Reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court, $1000. Grass expen- sesot tho Uourts $602,416 - We have tho painful duty of annoucing the decease of the Hon. Nathan F. Dixon, a Senator in Congress from the - State of Rhode Island. Ho expired at his lodgings in this city on Saturday last, of pulmonary disease, after an illness of three or four weeks. The age of tho deceased was, we believe, about 65. He was a gentleman of superior intellect, ot excellent heart, ot sterling integrity, and gcntlo manners, which qualities obtained for him the strong affection of numerous friends,' and the warm esteem of all to whom ho was known. In consequence of this mclanchojy event, nunciauoii ot tho fact without transai aan. transacting any business, and the House of Reprcsenta. lives did the same as soon as officially in formed thereof by thi Senate. Tho Firae ral will tako place to-day ; and,5 in consei quence of the attendance of Congress upon the Funeral, it is not probable that any busi ness will be done in cither House of Con gress to-day . -Nat. Intelligencer. . From Mexico. It was reported at New Orleans on the 19th, on the authority of let ter from Gal vetton, that tho prisoners of the Santa Fe expedition had arrived in tho city of Mexico, where they had met with kind treatment, and would, in all probabili. ty, shortly bo liberated. It was furthermore rumored that preparations were making to invado Texas, and that her port would shortly be blockaded by a Mexican fleet 'TGkoG money.Vo understand that $2,500 were yesterday paid to the seamen on board -tho receiving ship Columbus, hi lieu of spirit rations, for the last 3 months, which they had voluntarily relinquished. We also learn the crew of the U. States schooner Grampus, commanded by Lieut. Van Brunt,which vessel is now ready to sail on a -cruise, all with tho execptiou of tcTror"elcven ,TcccivomoncyTOsteaiof grog. - It is t'rnie that the custom of allowing ions on board our, ships was abo- I ished. Boston Courier. Hard times. These words are in the rnouth of almost every person who is old enotiirh to talk of the times. . They are f adopted as" the" language of comptaTrTTor apology by. the great majority of those who are in any kind of trouble in relation to their business or means of subsistence, and form, with some, the plea ofindolencc ondJ parsimoDyUutit should be remembered, that there are certain standing fact3, in the face of which few can with justice continue to attribute any grat portion of their real troubles tojhc hard times. It is yet true in our country that .tho industrious, prudent man will not suffer want. Where health is enjoyed,-there is no excuse for miserable poverty. The earth produces her fruits from year to year as freely as ever; tho materials of mechanical-industry nre abun dant, and the wants of our race are not es sentially changed, and our government does not (at least in comparison with' many others) place the"few,in a situation to con sume the earnings of the multitude.' The grand sources of human enjoyment are nei ther inaccessible nor exhausted. ilf our countrymen will cheerfully recognize and submit to the great law of our existence in this world lhat man must support himself by labor, and if they will abandon a life of speculation and the various modes, both re putable and disreputable, ol gambling, tney will find that the great promise of which , the rainbow is the seal, is ever made good, and that the ordinances of tho Creator still point out tho path to happiness. North America; THE MESSENGER. D. R. M 'ANA LIT & 1. ROBERTS, EDITORS. , Friday, February 11,1812. Congress. We are truly sorry to find that our na tional Congress progresses so slo wly with the business before it in truth, it almost does nothing, and in some instances worso than nothing The bill to repeal the Back, rupt Law, which sometime since passed tho House of Representatives by a consid. erable majority, has been rejected in tho Senate by a majority of one voto. So that law remains in statu quo. A bill authori. sing the re-issue of Treasury notes to an amount not exceeding five millions of dol. lars, has passed its final reading in tho House. The Senato will, no doubt, con cur, This is tho first step taken towards devising means for the current expenses of 1842. - By an extract from the National Intel!! relief.-Unte, oflnB ui jnst u wl seen lhat .u tt-xm l , tho Tion. Nclnan F. Dixon, Senator from Rhode Island, died at Washington since tho commencement of theession. It is a little remarkable, and worthy of record, that, up to tho last accounts, there had been but ono fight among tho members sincq they met last; and what is still more re. markable, that did not take place in the Rcprescntatfves' Hall, but at, or near one of the hotels, between .AV. B. Campbell, of Tennessee, and Mr. Boardman, of Con. nccticut. Or Of all the disingenuous and unfair measures resorted to by the present self, styled democratic party, to pander to tho prejudice's "of the multitude, their pretended hostility to banks-and paper money, is amc-TTjlhc worst; With all ihc papers "bcT longing to the party, with scarce a single exception, and every ono who seis himself up, or U set up by others, as a prominent member or leader in the party, the continual cry is, 44 down with the. banks"! 44 the fraudulent banks !" 14 the rascally banks!" 44 they are ruining the country JIWm ru ining the people L"!.4 killing the poor men,!! &c. &c. They are catching at every cir. cpmstance connected, with the banking in. stitutions of the country JLhat can be possi.. bly construed,- tortured or misrepresented, so as to excite a foolish and unreasonable prejudice in the minds of the illiterate; and continually aro theylaboring to make polit. teaT-eapitatti-f every bank-failure, end every depreciation of paper money. We arc as well apprised as any others that for the most part the present banking system of our 'country is unsound, and conscqucntfy unsafe; but we are also apprised that this system was indirectly brought about, and is now directly sustained by no other than the democratic party. While tho U. States bank did business under a charter, from Congress, it acted as a regulator of the pa. per currency of tho country, local banks were not so numerous, had a firmer basis, and conducted their business under a con. scrvative influence, that rendered them com. paralively safe; and, as a consequence, fail urcs wcr much more rare, and depreciation not so great. But when 4TheGovernmcnt,, as Goor Jackson was pleased to-call himself, through vindictiveiiess, removed the public depositcs from lhat institution, and subsc. qucntly prevented its re-charter, local banks , with a nominal capital only, sprang up in every part of the country. Things went on swimmingly for a while. Prices were high , and money was plenty. Unfortunately, howcverorThcaTrtvs came, when one after another of those sick ly and short lived creatures failed. Then, 4hat-party.whidi-had.bceD direcllyjJJLinjJj rectly.thc cause of their existence, began forthwith to curse the banks and the entire banking system. But with all their blus lering and denunciations, they, as a party , are now moro the advocates of, and do far more to sustain, the present ill-founded and puny "system of banking lhan their oppo- ntnts--thc whigs. - In proof of which , we need only to refer Id the course pursued by tho democratic majority in tl)e Georgia Legislature, in the Legislature of Ala bama, and in tho Senate of "Tennessee. In this last named State, when the House of Representatives where the whigs had(a majority, fixed upon the first day of July next , as tho time for tho banks of that State to resume, the Scnatewherc thc-emo- crats had a majority, gave a much longer time. , We do noFprctendpto say tliat the course pursued in cither of the States, was unwise or impolitic, but we refer to it as a proof of what we have said. With all this, the papers belonging to that party in these States, are as clamerous as ever, bawling incessantly ther banks! the banks!! and still further, 1f possible, to excite prejudice. A number of democratic presses labor un- blushingjy to makethe impression that the Bank. of the United States, which lately failed at Philadelphia, was ths same insti. tution jhat existed . under V 'charter from Congress, or a Vona fde United States Bank. - Hon. James Grahas, ftepresenlativel in Congress from this district, has presented the following resolutions which were read and refered : . ' ' r: : " -r '- Resolved, That the Committee on the; Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing the following mail routes in North;Gfrolina: i 1st. From Asheville, by Turkey creek Spring creek, in Buncombe county, and by Fine's creek and Crab Tree, in Haywood county, to Wayncsville. 2d. From Scroop Enlee's on Shoal creek in Haywood county ,by Mark Coleman's andWm. F. McKee's in Macon county, and by Thomas Cochrano't on Cheoa, to Jamesville, in Cherokee county. : . . 3d. From Rutherfordton, by the new town of Shelby, in North Carolina, to York, villa in South Carolina. - 4th. From Shelby to South Point, in Lincoln co. . 5th. From Pleasant Gardens, in N. C, by Grassy creek and Rock creek, in Yancy county, to Jonesboro', in Tennessee. In reference to the 1st and 2d routes pro posed we wish to make a remark or two. We know that mail facilities' are greatly needed in those sections'through which it is proposed to establish the routes, On tho first route thereis oirSpring Crcek a sctllev ment of between three and four hundred in dustrious, enterprising inhabitants. They now take several papers, and would sub scribe for more if their mail facilities were greater the nearest office to them is twelve miles distant. Between Turkey Creek and Spring Creek there is a settlement of sevc ral hundred inhabitants, who are from seven to ten miles from any post office. On Crabtreo and Fine's Creek the settlements are large, and removed from twelve to twontji mils from ny fot TKa pense of transporting a mail weekly along this route would bo trifling, and tho amount of good effected vcrygreat. The people are entitled to a route hcrc,and we earnestly hope their rights injhis .particular, will be properly considered and the route establish cd. We are not so particularly acquainted with the country through which the second routo is proposed to be 'established, but know enough to satisfy us that it is needed, and should in justice , be established. We seriously doubt whether any portion f these United States really possesses greater natural advantages than the West em portionofHhc State of Virginia. It is truo. tho country is broken very so but tho land is almost without exception rich and remarkably well adapted to the culture of all kinds of grasses. Its mountains aTundvTtTTtlie richest of mi rieTals7low many kinds we cannot pretend to say, but we have now in our possession as fine spe cimensas we ever saw of iron, lead, cop. per and gypsum ; enough of the former, we believe, could be had to supply a fourth of the United States. Lead-is abundant, and there is on New Riverp to our knowledge, at least one rich copper mine. We here in Western tNorth Carolina, live in the midst of tho same rango of mountains o.rJ why the mineral resources of this country have not been more closely examined, and more fully developed, we arc at a loss to know. The face of the country in the greater portion of Western Virginia, is perhaps, higher above the level -ef-the sea than ours but with us, the, mountains are highCTfromseivrwmmltha There the country is limestone, here it is mostly freestone There it is picturesque and romantic, here it is far more so. That abounds in natural curiosities so" docs this many of them there havo been well de- scribed aud they have long been ra liters of interest to tho curious. So of theso here. There is, however, one there, a description of whieh,we do not recollect to have seen before the public. We allude to the lake on This is one of the highest mountains in that part of Virginia. We are not now ccr- tain whether it is in Tazwell or Giles coun. ty, on the top of it-i3a lake of clear pure wator, one mile and a half in length , and half a mile in breadth. When in that section somo years agowe-learned from some of "thtrearly settlers of the .country, that upon their first acquaintance with this mountain, some fifty or sixty years before, there was a hollow of considerable depth between two high peaks of tho mountain, exactly where the lake now is. On each side of this hollow there were springs which sent their water into the centre of the hol low where it sunk. By some means, this 6ink became stopped up, and in consequence of which, the entire hollow was soon filled with water, and now a considerable stream flows over the top of the mountain. The water is very clear, and a great number of trees still standing with their tops below its surface. In warm summer days it is a place of great resort for deer, many of which arc killed by spo. tsmen who conceal thgrnscl ves and he in wait 1 . 1 - There has been a disgraceful mob at Louisville, Kentucky. It was the day after the one collected in Cincinnati. No scri. pus injury was done - Ladles4 World ot Fashlori. Ah, girls, you will miss it greatly if y0ri dd not subscribe" for 44 The Ladies' World ' of Fashion" it's positively one of prettiest things of the kind we ever saw.' We have just received the second number, and have not as yet had time to examine the matter, but from a glance at the names of the con. tributors, we arc disposed to think it good. But the manner Is unrivalled. It has two fashion plates, , each containing three fuj length and threo half length figures ie are not a good judge of these, but tho ladies about us say they are aplcndid. . The work is published monthly, at Phila. delphia, by C. J. Peterson, each number containing 32 p.p., at the very low price of two dollars in advance. .Three copies for five dollars, eight copies for ten dollars, and one copy six months for one dollar. OCT Will tho publisher be so kind as to forward us tho. first number T . Ifcws of llio Week. Colt, tho man in New York, charged with tho murder of a Mr. Adams, ha coo. fessed the whole, and read in court a long paper containing particular statements as to the transaction. The Ginrd Bank at Philadelphia, has closed its doors. Tho excitement on the occasion is said to have been very great and not likclv soon to abate. A man named Fletcher Heath, in Rich- mon, Virginia, lately in a fit of jealousy, murdered his business partner, a man bv the namebf Carter Wells, immediately run to tho house where his mistress lived, broke open Mm dour, Kiiicvl lici uuJ mavfo lUa u. capo. A Miss Sarah Carter, of Madison eo. N. York, lately let herself out of this trouble. iwcniy leei aecp. oiicnrst irieu to cu' her throat with a large carving knife,, but not succeeding, she then adopted the other means: Another serious riot lately occurred in" Baltimore. , It was between the fire ccmpn. nies brickbats wcro scattered profmly but no body killed. L The Bostonians are getting up a splendid dinner for Charles Dickens, the popular English writer. They are celebrated for giving dinners to the rich particularly if they happen to bo foreigners. A family of ioople in Ohio, named Cro have petitioned the Legislature of tharStatc forjhberty to c hangc their names. We sup. pose they are tired of crowing. Moro ihtKn eighteen thousand persons have signed the Temperance pledge in Ohio, in the last three months. That will do to crow over. Comfort to old Bacholors.- -f)ne fan. dred and forly-two applications for divorce were made to tho Legislature of Alabama, at its last sdssion. There has been considerable excitement lately at Columbia, Ga., in conscqmnccol finding the body of ono A rnott, near tlie re. sidence of-a-notorious character; -named -I vey, who was said to bo a ring leaJcr amohg a set of assassins and outlaws The mob collected and destroyed several houses. Rather small for service. 'Professor Robinson, in his 44 Biblical Researches' voL4 at r page-322 ,says -"Ouf guitleliav ing taken leave of his family, again joined us, bringing with him a half starved donkcj not much larger than a rdC! We would -hope fnrifmrWlt rf tho worthy Professor's veracity, that it was a typographical error. ;-lh Congress lately fMrAdams present ed a petition signed by forty six abolition- its, praying the quiet dissolution of this Union. It caused a considerale excitement m the House. - ' ' .. . . There is a paper published at Rockville, Indiana, called 44 Tho Olive Branch," one side of which is devoted to Whig oolitici and the other side to tho Democratic cause. It has two editors, one for each party. A Mr. Philips, one of the door-kecpcri to the Senate, at Washington city, lately died suddenly from the bursting" of a blood vessel. Prince de Joinville, after being feasted, and flattered, and puffed by American syco phants, is said to have arrived safe at borne. Rev. Ma. Maffit. We Warn that the Mctlwdist in Boston have leased the 'Odeoa' a spacious public building, for five years; the Rev. Mr. Maffit is to preach in it oo Saturday night, after which he intends to proceed to Washington to attend to the du- ties of the office to which he has been eleo- ted. After the adjournment of Congre, ProfcssorTHaffit will return, to Bostoa supply the pulpit at the Odeoa. - 7 y . I. n ........ -