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'CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS; AND THE GLORY OF THE STATE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF ITS CITIZENS.
II. I,. HOLMES, Editor and Proprietor.
FAYETTEVILLE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1839.
TERMS.
12 50 per annum, if paid in advance ; 83 if paid at
the end of six months; or $3 50 at the expiration
f fKiA TTMr. Advertisements inserted at the rate
of sixty cents per square, for the first, and thirty
cents for eacn suDsequcui i.iri.i.i.
Court advertisement and sheriff's sales, will be
charged 25 per cent, nigncr man me usual raies.
All advertisements sent for publication should
liave the number of insertions intended marked upon
them, otherwise they will be inserted until forbid,
j i rA amnrdinflv.
,--r.r ,,tf.rs on business connected with this estab
lishment, musi uc't""'. . 'V. ' 1
tor of the North-Carolinian, and in all cases post
paid.
VOL. 1 . BFO. 41.
FAYETTEVILLE
FEMALE SEMINARY.
Pupils are charged fions timeof entrance to close
of afmion. JVa deduction for absence, except in
case of sickness.
The Academic year commenced on the 14tli ot
Oooler, and closes on the ISth of July following.
The year is divided into two Sessions of twenty
weeks each.
TER3IS IN ADVANCE.
Elementary Department or 2d Class, $S per Session.
First Class, ' u
French Language, u u
Drawing and Painting, 1"
Music on Piano Forte, accompanied
by the voice, -5
Music on Guitar,
it.o rp:,n 3
Incidentals,
November 23, 1S39.
50 cents.
39-
tf.
BUTTER
And Buck Wheat Flour
firkins Mountain Butter,
6UU lbs. Buck Wheat Flour.
For sale b v
Nov. 23 1539.
Geo. McXEILL.
3D if.
COFFEE,
SUGAR, MOLASSES &. SII Al.
pi
SOBilJJS Rio,
23 B.igs Cuba,
20 BajTS Laguira
10 Bi?rs Old Java, J
10 Hhds. Sugar,
10 Hhds. Molasses,
5 Barrel of Sliad.
For Sale by
November 9. 1339.
GEO.
ee.
McNeill.
37-tf
E. J. & L. R. CLARK.
Respectfully inform their
friends and the public, that
thev have opened a T I N,
SHEET IRON and COP
PER WARE
Manufactory,
5 doors southof the Market
House, on Gillespie street,
" t . T 1 I ,
- wnere mey win Keep, con
stantly on hand, a full assortment of plain and Fan
cy Japanned Tin Ware.
JOB WORK done at the shortest notice.
ICIP Orders from the country, would receive
prompt attention. "June 8. 15:6m
HATS
A T S
JVJwlesale and Retail Dealers in Hats,
1IAVE just received their SPRING
Stock, and continue to manufacture Silk and
Fur Hats, at the north east corner of Market
Square, Fayetteville.
Also, a full supply uf Hatters' Trimmings.
N. 13. Highest price given lor Fur.
April 6, 1839. C-tf
MERCHANT TAILOR,
ItpEGS leave to return thanks for the liberal pa
JUv tronag-e he has received, and also to inform his
friends and the public generally, that he still continues
to carry on the Tailoring Business in all its branches.
He has received the latest fashions for the SPRING
and SUMMER of 1839, and is always ready to exe
cute orders with neatness and despatch.
P. S. All those indebted to the subscriber either by
note or account, will please call and settle the same im
mediately, as cloths cannot be bought without cash.
May 4, 1839. 10-tf W. L.C.
NOTICE.
TAKEN up and committed to the
Jail of Cinnbeiland County, on
Thursday the 21st instant, a Ne
gro woman, who calls herself Rnthy
and savs she belongs to Louis
Evans of New Hanover County.
Said Negro is about fifty ypais of
age, small statute, dark complect
'ed. thin visacro about five feet
, MKHm '
gn, and had on when committed, a blue home
Pn frock.
The owner is requested to come forward, prove
Property, pay charges, and take her away, or she
will be dealt with as the law directs.
v ALEXANDER JOHNSON, Stiff-.
Aov. 23, 1839. 39 tf.
NEGROES FOR SALE-
WILL be sold on the third of January next,
(by an order of Court) in the town of Hay -wood,
one Neirro man, two women and two chil
dren, belonging to the estate of Robert W. Carloss,
J-Jec d. Terms of sale six months credit. The pur
cnaser giving bond with approved security.
A.CARLOSS, Adm'r.
Haywood, Not. 29, 1839. 40 4t.
NEW GOODS.
large and extensive assortment of
comprise a
Hardware and uttl ery,
Boots and Shoes, Fur and Wool Hats, Fur and Seal
Caps, Cotton and Wool Cards, Tuscan and plain
- " "-t uu v v rapping fa
per, Drugs and Patent Medicines.
Also
"If Ah Hhds. Porto Rico Sugar,
SO Bags Rio Coffee,
30 Boxes Raisins,
Loaf and Lump Sugar,
Collins' and Kind's Axes,
5 hhds. Crockery,
75 Kegs Nails,
50 Sides of SoIr T.pnthfr
Which are offered at very low prices for CASH, or
wu iime lurapprovea paper.
NOTT & STARR.
November 23, 1839. 39-tf
PALL & WINTER
GOODS-
fill HE Subscriber has just received his FALL
JUL AND WINTER GOODS, consisting of a
large and jreneral assortment of
Groceries and Cnttlery,
Crokery-Ware, Hats, Shoes, Bon
nets, &c. &c.
Which he will sell at the LOWEST PRICES for
CASH, oron time to punctual lustomers, at his
old Stand, South h,ast corner ol Market Square.
PETER P. JOHNSON.
November 23, 1S39. 29-tf
VALUABLE LANDS
For Sale.
rWHE Subscriber offers for sale EIGHT HUN
H v DRED acres of lanrl, situate in the county of
Bladen, on the west side of Cape Fear River, n:ne
t-en miles South tf the Town of Fayetteville, being
the land and p antation whereon he now resides.
one Hundred and Fifty
Acres of the land is cleared am! under fence, in gooJ
order. This portion is well adopted to the prod tic
tion of corn and cotton, having o:i it a comfortable
dwelling hoas'-, an 1 a'.l necessary out houses.
There arc, besides, on this tract, a good GRIST
and SAW-MILL, bo h in good repair, and situated
on Locke's Creek, a constant stream passing lliro'
the tract. There is a good supply of Saw-Mill
timber on the land, convenient to the mill, which is
only a half mib distant by a good road from the riv
er. "The sale will be tnartrou accommoilailng terni,
as to amount and time of payment, and the land di
vided into two tracts and sold separately if desired.
Apply for further particulars to the subscriber on
the premises. Wm. L. G1LMORE.
Bladen County, Nov. 30th, 1839. 40-3t
PIANO FORTES.
GOOD assortment of Piano Fortes ma
.stantly b found for sale at the Female Semi
nary- X nose now on nanu oy uincreni makers,
and f.om tin" be? t manufacturers in New York,
will be sold ten per cent, lower than can be pur
chase d elsewhere, of the same class, and workman
ship :n this market. Orders will be executed for
Piano Foites from any manufactory oftiiis country,
or Germany, and they w ill be furnished at the lowest
N. York prices, adding the expense of transporta
tion. All instruments ordered or furnished through,
this g-ncy are selected at N. York, by approved
Profi ssors of Music, are opened aficr their arrival
here, tried and approved by competent Pianists,
b' f.re they are offered for sale, and are repacked
without additional charoe, in the best manner for
safe conveyance to any part of the country. AH
those furnished from manufacturers in this country,
are warranted by the makers.
The extensile coll for Piano Fortes, which has
been made for two years past throuoh the music
department ot the Seminary, and the frequmt im
position of interior instruments often at extrava
gant prices, through the private inteiest or ignor
ance of the venders, has led to the establishment
of this Agf'ncv. To met the convenience cf pur
chasers, arrangements have also been made to re
ceive in payment ood negotiable notes at four
months, payable at the Cape Fear Bank. This
arrangement often saves to the purchaser ten per
cent. in the difference of exchange, bi side - al i the
risk of damages in tho transportation, and the cer
tainly of having ::n instruin-nt delivered here, ap
proved and in good order. Enquire of the PRIN
CIPALS ' f the SEMINARY, or cf Coi.. S. T.
HAWLEY.
Fayetteville; Nov. 30 1839. 40 tf.
A SMALL FARM
For Sale.
A PERSON, whose occupation prevents his at
tendance to the proper cultivation of a Farm,
offers it for sal , and thinks its location, and the
terms on which it may be purchased, will induce
any one wishing to purchase a small iarm, tu call
and make an off- r. The Tract contains
150 Acres
oi Pine, Oak ano Hickory
land, of which, about twenty
acres are cleared, with a good
comfortable dwe.ling house,
kiti h"n, and other necessary
out buildings; with a thriving, young Peach and
Apple Orchard, and a never failing spring of excel
lent water. It is on the Turnpike road, 6 or 7 miles
West of town, and within 2 or 3 miles of thn ex
tensive Mills and Factory being erected by Messrs.
Hall and Johnson. It is in an excellent neighbor
hood. For further particulars enquire at this office.
Fayetteville, November 16th 1839. 38-tf
FOR RENT.
THE Toomer plantation 3 miles from the
Bridge, Ea--t side of Cape Fear, for 1 2 months
from 1st January 1840, if not rented privately b fore
the 1st Januarv next. Said place will be rented on
that day to the highest bidder. For fuither particu
lars i nquire at this office.
Fayetteville, Nov. 30, 1839. 40 6t.
LAND WANTED.
WANTED, to p jrchase, ubout TWO HUN
DRED ACRES of good Land, partly clear
ed and the rest well tin.bered; for which a fair price
will be given, and cash paid on day of Sale. Land
over the'River, and a fjw miles from lown, will be
preferred. Apply to Mrs. B. PERRY.
Fayetteville, November 30, 1839. 4t-tf
NOTICE.
THE further Sale of Property conveyed to me
by Wm. S. LATTA, is postponed until Sa
turday the 7th December next.
H. BRANSON, Trustee.
November 20th, 1839. 39-3t
GENERAL SELECTIONS.
SONG WRITERS.
Burns, who of all men that ever lived, ap
pears to nave possessed the greatest natural
capabilities for song writing, declares the art
to ne a duhcult one, and desires those who
think otherwise to "sit down and trv their
hands at it," when the truth of the matter is
likely to dawn upon them. Such an opinion.
coming from so high an authority, is entitled
to great weight; and it is corroborated bv the
undeniable fact that few persons have ever
attained to real excellence in the practice of
composing songs. I he total number of first
rate songsters who have adorned literature
since its origin to the present day, may be
counted upon one's ten ringers, and no tip be
touched twice. Men of the highest poetical
genius nave attempted this department of
composition in vain, and of the truth of this
assertion we have many living evidences.
Has either V ordsworth or Southey produced
on the long roll of their multifarious works,
one single verse which is familiarly sung in
the homes of their country, be they rich or be
they poor? Not one; and this is not because
the endeavor has never been made, but be
cause the great poets have failed utterly in the
instances wnere they have attempted the com
position of songs. Byron too, thought his
want of success was decided has left behind
him, on the whole, not one song that has been,
or ever will be, popular among his country
men. nue it is thus obvious that the pos
session ot the inchest Political rrenius does
not ensure success in sons writing, we find
on the other hand, that many of our best and
most popular songs have been produced by
persous who never, except in these individual
instances, evinced the possession ofauy poet
ical talent whatever. In the annals of Scot
tish song, in particular, numerous cases occur
where lasting reputations have been won bv
.1 ... - . .
tne composition ot one single song. 'The
r lower of the 1-orest.' 'Auld Robin Grey.'
anu L.ucys flitting,' will rise to the rccollec
tion of every one as having made famous the
names of Miss Elliott, Ladv Ann Liudsay,
and Vm. Laidlaw. Ihe list might be lame
ly vtnHorl, and u-ouM inr-UnAa fina
of the 'The Beatie Rows' 'Rosliu Castle.'
Were na my heart light, I wad die,' and 'The
Broom of the Cowdenknowes.' The art of
song writing seems in one point ot view an
art of surpassing difficulty; while on the other
hand, we might be tempted to think the very
reverse, from lis being excelled in by persons
who never displayed poetical genius other
wise. Ihe explanation is to be sought for in
the peculiar nature of the song, its construc
tion and uses. Chambers' Journal.
THE AROOSTOOK REGION.
Accounts in various directions from down
East, would now almost make out this country
nother L.luorado, and its possession worthy
of a sharp conflict. Dr. Holmes, in a recent
exploration made by order of ihe State of
Maine, reports the tract as richly timbered,
with an excellent soil for wheat and every
kitchen vegetable. We avail ourselves of the
condensed account from the Boston Courier:
The forest trees of this region are the Nor
way fine, nite fine, Hemlock, spruce,
Silver Kir, White Maple, White or Paper
Birch, Yellow Birch, Beech, White and Black
sh, Elm, Red Oak, Wild Cherry, White
Cedar, Common and Canada Poplar. Balm
of Gilead, Basswood, &c. In the bogs and
ov lands are large and extensive tracts of the
iarch, (now used in ship-building). An im
portant error in Michaux s account of the
White Cedar (Arbor vitoe) is corrected by the
writer. Ihe Rock Maple is abundant, and
fiords large quantities of sugar to those, who
are disposed to make it. The Oaks are not
ften found la. this section. The Pines and
Spruces seem to be the only kinds of timber
now in demand on the Aroostook. The
Pine timber found there is superior to any
other in Maine. But little is yet manufactured
in mills; It is nearly all hewn, or made into
ton timber in the forest and floated down to
redericton, or, St. Johu, and thence shipped
to England. The Larch, for knees and other
purposes in ship building, the Cedar for fen
ces and rail-ways, tne JJirds-Lye Maple
and Birch, for cabinet work, will, at no dis
tant day, be in demand, and whenever the
call is made, an inexhaustible supply will be
found. It seems, however, to be a drawback
on their value, that there is no other way by
which these productions can be sent to mar
ket, but by going down the Aroostook and
St. John Rivers thus subjecting them to the
necessity of passing through the territories of
a foreign power before they can be disposed
ofA. Y. Star.
ENGLISH CHARITIES AND MARRI
AGES.
The amount of charitable contributions in
England during the past year is thus stated:
For promoting Christian knowledge, 90,363;
for the propagation of the gospel in foreign
parts, 71,30S; church missionary, 72,031;
British and Foreign Bible Society, 105,255;
Wesleyan Missionary Society, 84,S1SZ; Lon
don Missionary, 65,490; Baptist Missionary,
22,416; Hibernian Society, 11,702; Church
Pastoral Aid, 10,423. These sums it must
be remembered, are stated in pounds sterl
ing. Reduced to dollars, the aggregate re
ceipts ot the nine societies is two millions
and a half.
There were in England, during the year
ending June 30, 1839, 111,481 registered
marriages; of these, 107,201, were performed
according to the rites of the Established
Church, and 4,280 in licensed places of wor
ship, of which 76 were between Quakers, and
1 36 between Jews. The births were, during
the same period, 204,863 males, and 194,849
females. The deaths were 335,956, of which
131,034 were children under five years of
age. The average mortality is 1 in 45.
Twenty per cent, of the total deaths is at
tributed to consumption.
We find in the English papers the follow
ing dissertation, which we imagine will have
very little effect to check the irregularities of
the Chartists, if the Corn Laws are not re
pealed: 17. S. Gazette.
TO THE CHARTISTS OF SHEFFIELD.
JVfy Plundered Fellow-Townsmen:--There
are in this town about 6,000 adult laborers,
and 8,000 great and small capitalists. There
are also about 10,000 skilled workmen, who
(and being themselves capitalists, and more
dependent for their well-being than any oth
er capitalists on the conservation of the pub
lic peace) would, because thev must, wnat-
ever their inclinations might be, (in any case
of tumult or convulsion short of the general
overturn) join the other capitalists. From
these facts (and one or two others too ludic
rously notorious to mention,) I draw the Col
lowing conclusions. That you could not, if
you were unanimous (which you are not)
carry by physical or moral force, or any
means whatever, any great public object,
without the assistance of some other produc
tive classes. That the children of our Sun
day schools, who walked through our streets
in procession last Whit-Monday, were then
better prepared and able to contend with the
military than you were. That if you were,
this day, arrayed for fight, with all your pre
sent means (be they what they may) a troop
of soldiers' wives from the barracks, if they
made their appearance unarmed, and with or
without their husbands' cloaks over their
shoulders, would scare you out of the parish.
And that the adult daughters of the other
productive classes (because they have sur
plus funds, which you have not, and cannot
have, until you get rid of the Corn Laws,)
could, if need were (not by coming behind
folks, as some of your leaders advise you tn
Aty fct in rair battle, and without the aid of
a single policeman or soldier, defeat and ex
terminate you The estimate on which I
found these conclusions, applies, I believe,
not only to Sheffield, but, with sufficient ex
actness to all England, Scotland and Wa!e3,
including the agricultural districts. To Ire
land it does not apply; for in that country
two-thirds of the population are pota toe-fed
laborers, and the remainder capitalists, chiefly
shop-keepers; yet with what ease those po
ta toe-fed millions have been, and are kept
down b' a mere fraction of the other classes,
and about ten thousand soldiers, the mourn
ful history of "the Isle of suffering" too truly
shows. For potatoe-fed men, having no
surplus, are necessarily slaves and the
bread-taxry mean to bring you down to po
tatoe wages. You will soon, then, I venture
to hope, see the folly of allowing yourselves
to be led the wrong way, bv paid agents of
the scoundrel bread-taxry, who, favored by
your deplorable ignorance, have contrived
to place themselves at the head of Chartist
movement, not merely to defeat that wise
and holy movement: but, by so doing, to sus
tain the all-beggaring food -monopoly, and
make the liberal cause itself hateful and ridiculous.
Fellow-Townsmen1, there are cases (and
vours, I fear is one of them) in which nothing
is so unwelcome as truth; yet I trust, you
will receive this letter as I intend it, and be
lieve, that the last man in the world who
would willingly mislead, or even insult you,
WDL'MP'JPD T T IOTT
Sheffield, 22nd September, 1839.
A BURIED CITY DISCOVERED IN
PERU.
The captain of an American vessel, named
Ray, has lately discovered, on the coast ol
Peru, in the environs of Fruseillo, an ancient
buried Htv. of considerable extent. Follow-
in the course of some excavations which he
made, he found the walls of the edifices still
standing, and many of them in a state of
complete preservation. He infers, from the
number and extent of them, that the popula
tion of the city could not have been les3 than
3,000 souls.
Great numbers of skeletons and mummies,
in a perfect state of preservation, were found
among the private and sacred edifices; and
a great number of domestic utensils, articles
of furniture, coins, and curious antiquities.
The earthquake, by which it would appear
the city was engulphed, appears to have sur
prised the inhabitants, like those of Pompeii,
in the midst of their daily avocations; and
many of them were found by Capt. Ray,
snuggly preserved, by the exclusion of at
mospheric air, in the precise action or em
ployment of the moment when overwhelmed.
One man, standing up as if in the act of es
caping, was dressed in a light robe, in the
folds of which, coins were found, which have
been sent to the scientific institution of Lima,
for investigation. A female was also found
sitting in a chair, before a loom which con
tained an unfinished piece of cotton stuff,
which she was in the act of weaving. The
cotton stuff (which is of a gaudy pattern, but
very neatly fabricated,) is about eight inches
in diameter, and appears to have been only
half completed. A great number of antiqui
ties and curiosities, found in this American
Hersulaneum grave, have been sent to the
museum at Lima. Constitutionalist.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
It is a curious fact that thunder and light
ning are very rare in Egypt, aud never known
in Lima; nor is there reason to believe in any
place where there is no rain. Neither does.
it appear that there is any thunder in islands
and seas beyond seventy-five degrees of la
titude; and in the open ocean, very far from
land, thunder is rarely heard. Storm3 of
thunder and lightning are always more dan
gerous in cold than in hot months, because
in tnese months tne ciouns are lower, jm.
Arago has added to the Annuaire of the pre
sent year the most elaborate article on this
subject that we have yet met with. He
states, that at the parish of Casena.in Italy,
five or six miles in circumference, they have
for three years past had raised, at every
fifty feet, heaps of straw and light-wood,
which are set fire to on approach of a storm;
and that during these three years this parish
has neither been damaged by lightning, nor
has it had hail, though it had suffered every
year before by storm3, and though during the
above three year3 the neighboring parishes
had suffered much by storms of thunder and
lightning. Hence Arago concludes why our
mining'districts experience less from these
storms than our agricultural districts; that is,
on account of the large fires kept up in the
former. Railway Magazine.
DEATH
WARRANT OF JESUS
CHRIST.
Of the many interesting relics and frag
ments of antiquity which have been brought
to light bv the persevering researches of mo
dern philosophy, none could have more inte
rest for the philanthropist and the believer,
than one which we copy below. 'Chance.'
says the Courier des Elals Unis, 'has just put
into our hands the most imposing and inte
resting judicial document to all Christians,
that ever has been recorded in human annals:
that is the identical Death warrant ot our
Lord Jesus Christ.' The document was
faithfully transcribed by the editor, and is in
hate verba:
Sentence rendered by Pontius Pilate, acting
Governor of Lower Galilee, stating that
Jesus of JVazareth, shall suffer death on
ihe cross.
In the year seventeen of the empire Tibe
rius Csesar and the 2olh day of March, the city
of the holy Jerusalem, Anna and Caiphas
being priests, saenficators of me people of
God, Pontius Pilate, Governor of Lower
Galilee, sitting on the presidential chair of
the Pnetary, condemns Jesus of Nazareth to
die on the cross between two thieves the
great and notorious evidence of the people
saying
1. Jesus is a seducer,
2. He is seditious,
3. He is an enemy of the Law,
4. He calls himself falsely the Son of God,
5. He calls himself falsely the King of
Israel.
6. He entered into the temple, followed by
a multitude bearing palm branches in their
hands.
Order the first centurion, Quillus Corne
lius, to lead him to the place of execution.
Forbid to any person whomsoever, cither
poor or rich, to oppose the death of Jesus.
The witnesses who signed the condemna
tion of Jesus are, viz. 1. Daniel Robani, a
Pharisee; 2. Joannas Rorobable; 3. Ralphael
Robani; 4. Capet, a citizen.
Jesus shall go out of the city of Jerusalem
by the gate of Struenus.
The above sentence is engraved on a cop
per plate; on one side are written these
words: 'A similar plate is sent to each tribe.'
It was found on an antique vase of white mar
ble, while excavating in the ancient city of
Aquilla, in the kiugdom of Naples, in the
year 1820, and was discovered by the Conv
missaries of Arts attached to the French ar
mies. At the expedition of Naples, it was
found enclosed in a box of ebony, in the sa
cristy of the Chartrcm. The vase in the
chapel of Caserta. The French translation
was made by the members of the Commission
of Arts. The original is in the Hebrew lan
guage. The Chartrem requested earnestly
that the plate should not be taken away from
them. The request was granted, as a reward
for the sacrifice they had made for the army.
M. Denon, one of the sauans, caused a plate
to be made of the same model, on which he
had engraved the above sentence: At the sale
nfhia collection of antiquities &c. it was
bouoht by Lord Howard for 2,890 francs.
Its fntrinsic value and interest are much great
er. A few years ago there was found at Catt
skill, in New Pork, a "shekel of Israel," of
the time of our Saviour. On one side was
the representation of a palm leaf, on the other,
a picture of the temple, with the words under
neath, "Holy Jerusalem," in the Hebrew
tonwue. Relicslikethe.se, properly authenti
cated have about them an inexpressible sacred
ness and moment. They seem to blend two
worlds, and to carry human curiosity from
the finite to the infinite. Philad. Gaz.
NEW ERA IN MORALS AND FI
NANCE. The "National Gazette" of Philadelphia is
quite melancholy and musical in these days.
It charges a "conspiracy" against some per
sons residiug in N. York. London and
tne united states
his difficulties and triumphs in getting thro'
them. But most amusing of all, the narrative
of the recent negotiations, given in the Bank
ers' Circular, is made to body forth this terri
ble plot. No doubt, among all large mercan
tile buyers, there is a rivalry. The Barings,
the Browns; Morrison $ Cryder, &c, all
want to get a lead of each other but why
the rivalry among the children of Mammon
should be called conspiracy is more than we
can understand. The United States Bank
has escaped dishonor and insolvency in Eng
land, by precisely the same means that saved
the3W's. in 1837.- Mr. Job Gurney, the
great bill broker, had invested 100,0002. in
their post notes, and in order to save himself,
he Drocured a fresh loan tn thr hnnfe, n nnlar
to enable him to make this escape. This was
his position tnd his mode of escape in 1837.
It is idle to talk of conspiracy in these mat
ters. Under its present regime, the bank has
been mismanged, and nothing but the talent
and industry of Mr. Jaudon could have saved
it in England. In this country, since Mr.
Biddle left it confusion and disorder have
pervaded its affairs hence its sudden suspen
sion of specie payments, and its attempt to
bring down the other banks to hide its blun
derings and bad work. .V. Y. Herald.
INTERESTING FROM THE WEST.
By a gentleman who leit the camp of the
federal forces, thirty miles beyond the Nueces
river, about the 26th instant, we learn that
Canales, the commander of the Mexican
federalists now in the field, has concentrated
thirteen hundred of his followers, and was to
move the next day for the Rio Grande. Cap
tain Ross, who recruted a company of some
eighty men in this chy a few weeks since and
which was designed for the protection of the
Nueces frontier, and the suppression of the
driving of cattle and horses from beyond that
river, which for some time has been carried
on, had also joined Canales, with about four
hundred Americans. Added to this number,
were about one hundred Indians, belonging
to a tribe living on the Rio Grande, near the
village of Mier, and who are said to be a race
of savages, and considerably skilled in the
science of Mexican warfare. According, to
this, Canales had under his command eighteen
hundred men civilized, half civilized and
savage all pretty well armed, with considera
ble' ammunition. There were, however, no
cannon.
Our informant says the greatest enthusiasm'
and harmony prevailed throughout this hetro
geneous baud, and that a perfect confidence
of -success in their desperate adventure for the
reduction of the' whole Rio Grande country
to the standard of federalism, seemed to be
impressed upon the mind of every one. The
first point of attack was to be the village of
Misr where were some two huudred' Centralist
troops; thence down to Matamoras. All the
different places where were stationed govern
ment troops, or which adhered to the Central
cause, would probably be laid under contribu
tion. If they do not receive a repulse in
their firtt engagement, and succeed in put
ting to route the government tioops, we may
expect soou to hear of piping times among
the Centralists in this part of Mexico.
These federalists now under Canales, are
the same who but a short time since were
driven from the other side of the Rio Grande
by Caualiza, the commandant of the central
forces in this part of Mexico, and took refuge
in squads this side, not having been sufficient
ly supplied with arms and ammunition to
hazard a battle: they therefore have a fearful
account to settle with their opponents. And
now that they have the co-operation of a few
Americans, they believe themselves perfectly
invincible and are likely to be successful even
against great odds.'
Van Jlmbureh: a Lion tamed in Four
Days. The new lion with which Mr. Van
Amburgh exhibited himself, yesterday, in his
cages, after only four days of education, is a
native of Africa. Ills history is rather a curi
ous one. sent as a present by the -t.mperor
of Morocco to the President of the U. States,
the latter complying with the laws of his coun
try, which prohibit a republican functionary
from receiving a royal present, sold him to M.
Titos for the sum of 561, which was remit
ted to the authorities of New York for the
benefit of the city poor. It was from that the
lion was despatched to M. Van Amburgh,
who made bis acqoadtance, for the first time,
on the evening of the 2d October, The Per
fecture of Police, being correctly informed of
the days on which the African lion had left
New York and arrived at Paris, bad prohibit
ed so intrepid and hazardous an experiment
being made without a previous one, in ihe
morning, before a commission. This experi
ment proving successful, the public representa
tion was authorized and proved a complete
triumph. The emotion and anxiety of the
public were indescribable. The celebrated
tamer, who had not evinced the slighest hesi
tation, exceeded all that had been anticipated
from his intrepidity, and the docility and obe
dience of the new lion, which he had kiiown
but four days, astounded the two thousand
spectators who thronged the Post St. Maitin
Theatre. Paris Paper.
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Bankl and veritably brings forward as evi-1 jurisdiction over the disputed hind.
dence, the vast engagements ol mr. Jaudon, uer w i -
Iowa War. The cou roversy between
Missouri aud Iowa, concerning a strip of
land on the southern border of the territory is
waxing hotter. Ou the 1st of November,
the Marshal of the district was notified by
the Governor and Supreme Judges of Iowa,
to hold himself in readiness to arrest any per
son who should attempt to exerci.se unlawful
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