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Fniiii tin .Nw Orl'-aus Delta. A HARD CASK: , a lost beau and fiddle- or, Among the persons in the Recorder's dock yesterday, was a tall, full-faced, black-haired, and on the -whole, good-looking fellow. He seemed : " A youth, Who ne'er in virtue's ways did t;-ke delight ; J'.dt spent his days in riot must uncouth And vexed with mirth the drowsy ear of niirht." Among those in court, but out of the dock, w as a lady in a semi-mourning .suit, whose face was shaded by a green veil, through vhich,notvithstanding it might be seen that she was passing fair hut not fort v. She oscillated from side to side, pendulum like, in her chair as ladies some- times do when o'er pressed with ills that flesh is heir to. The lady w ould some times look through her veil at the prisoner whom we have described "above, and the prisoner, pushing with his hand a profu sion of black hair off his forehead, would occasionally glance at the lady. It was notion"- till the Recorder called "An thony Blake." In response to which the prisoner rose, who, by-the-way, had some thing of a military air about him, and whose dress may best described by the dis syllable seedy. ' Your name is Anthony Blake, is it not?" said the Recorder." That, sir," said the prisoner in a half Dublin half Galway brogue, 44 that, sir, is my sponorial appellation ; but I am gen erally called 4 Tony' by my friends for the sake of brevity, and very often Lieut. Illake, having had the honor to serve her Catholic -Majesty, the Queen of Spain, in that military grade, under Gen. Evans." 44 Then Lieut- Blake," said the Recor der, "you are charged by this lady, Mad ame Delet e, with having feloniously taken ami carried away from her a fiddle of the value of twenty dollars." 44 Yes, yer Honor,5' said Madame De fere, and my poor departed husband, MrDef'ere Dickey, I used to call the dear man, for he in playful affection never called me anything but Fan Dickey al ways said he wouldn't sell it for forty dollars, and that we should always keep it as an heirloom in the family.'' Jilake f Aside, in a kind of stage whis per. Yes, and you thought when you were giving it to me that you were weav ing a matrimonial web with it. Recorder. Well, Mr Blake, what have you to say to the charge? Jilake. That, your Honor, it has no other foundation, in fact, than what has been suggested by the moneter with the verdant 'optics. To drop metaphor, your Honor, it all proceeds from jealousy downright jealousy. Here MrsDefere applied a white hand kerchief to her eyes, and sobbing in broken sentences, said something about 4 'deceit" a poor 4l base nigra ti- tude," &x. Jlecorder. Inform me, you have taken the fiddle fiddle and if you have it Mr Blake, if -if you have the not, what it is that you have done with it. Jilake. I shall categorically reply to your honor. The fiddle I did not take, for she gave it to me ; the fiddle I there fore have had, but the fiddle I have not now ; so, whatever the fiddle is, the case is a plain one. To be candid with your honor, the lady labored under the delusion that I was her beau, and fancying, I pre sume, that the proper place for the fiddle was with the beau, she presented it to me and I presented it to a relative of mine in a moment of financial embarrassment. So at present, she has. not the beau nor is she likelv to have : 1 have not the fiddle, and you are in possession ot the case. Mrs I h fere. O. Anthonv, thistreament I diil not expect from you. Little did I think that when you used so sweetly to play and sing Sweetest love! I'll not forget thee," and 44 Oh, doubt lue not,'' that you would so soon forget me that I would so soon have cause to doubt you that, in fact, you were all the time but trifl ing with my affections. Jilake Mrs D. if I have unconsciously inspired you with the tender passion, per mit me to say, that you arc not singular in that behalf. It has been my misfortune to b deeply, intensely, wildlv, madly loved by others than ou, whose "affection, as in your case, my sense of the sublime and beautiful, unl not permit me to reci procate ; but, oh! ever adored Helen! a I A I 1 . . . nctn : wnai was vou uouur auout to re mark? Jlecorder. I did not mean to interrupt you, sir; but now 1 would ask, who is this relative to w hom you gave the fiddle. May he not give it back? Make. Why, your honor, he is my vncle, one who boasts of but few of the virtues of the family, who will take the pledge at any hour in the day. and his bran dy and water five minutes after. Jlecorder. In plain language, you pawn ed it. Wukc. Exactly so, your honor, sent it up the spout, as we used to say in Dub., and 1 doubt if it will be down . with even the next shower. Recorder. Blake, have vou any visible means ot support. Wake. Sir, besides the ancestral estate in the west of Ireland, from the proceeds . t -1 i - 1 1 1 ld'wlivtk ...... l ,,i ,vu U1V nonor, l never received the first cent, though fully half a dozen Dublin attorneys havemade fortunes out of it; besides this, I say, I give lessons on the violin, instruct belligerent youno gentlemen in fencing and the noble art oT self defence, and put, young ladies through Spanish and the Mazourka. Recorder. Why, you are in yourself an academy of compliments, and now, since you'll no longer be the beau of Mrs Defere, you must at least restore to her her fiddle; to do which, I will give you three days, when if it is not then done the information against you will be sent up to the criminal court, govern yourself, therefore, accor dingly. Hlakfrbowed and left the widow cur tesied and followed. From the ri.il. V"1"' A REBUKE FROM THE RIGHT QUART EK. A few days ago we pointed to the fact i a J ? i at Buena V ista that the enraged soldiers ai . - 1 V I MI-MI M 11 I I (II 17 T ' born valor-had burned in ous federal senator, Thomas Con n, of Ohio whose speech was copied into the United States Gazette ; of this city, in oil'11" . . i 1 I... February last, ami circuiaieu uy luul ui- dent layior print among its numerous readers. But we have a rebuke of federalism be fore us, which, if not quite as significant as that meted by the soldiers on the battle field of Buena Vista to Corwin and com peers, is no less expressive and unequivo cal. We extract it from the army cor respondence of the 44 North American," as it appears in the letter from that favorite writer, 44 John of York," or William C. Tobev, esq., in yesterday's number of that paper- When we consider that Mr Tobey is the regular correspondent from Mexico of the North American, and that he is a ware of the strong anti-war tendencies of that journal, we confess our surprise at the frankness and the boldness of his language. That it appears in the columns of that naner at all. is a marvel, and is more to be attributed, we presume, to i .. . . - i acciuent, man to design. At anv rate, it is worth an attentive perusal. Anti-war Folks ! There are now in Mexico many thousands of your fellow-citizens, who, nt the call of their and your government, left homes, kindred, all that was comfortable and productive of happiness on earth, to sustain the decrees ot that government and the honor of the nation. Whether the wur is wronir or right, this is not the time to discuss it. If wrong, it must be brought to an honorable termination, and to do this all should be united. The people we war against need not your encouragement to lay in wait for vour brothers and murder them with the lasso and" maehette. They need not vour pious curses upon our beads to incite them to hatred ot everything American. We should have your aid and "support ; we need your encouragement to sustain us in the trials and hardships we encoun ter in this unfriendly climate. Our love of coun try and ur patriotic impulses made us fly to the rescue of our fl ig at the first call, and we can bear all the burdens war imposes without mur muring; but we cannot brook your cold sneers at our sufferings, and your hypocritical prayers for our defeat. Thousands now here will never see home nor kindred again the hail-storm of battle and the unhealthy climate will thin our ranks more than even you may desire, though your veins swell full oftory blood. Even should it be clear that the President was wrong in the course he has pursued towards the llexicans, is it fair, is it patriotic in you as Americans to embarrass him, and aid our enemy to destroy us? We here, know no party; we know no faction; no political considerations influence us ; and why should they influence you at such a time ? We care nothing for Mr Polk as a mn, and if he does wrong we shall not be behind any jn avowing it when the proper time comes, iiut we can see other work to do just now, and it is a pity vou are not better employed. If you will take part with the enemy, come here and do it like men; show that you have as much courage as treachery in your hearts, and that you are not afraid to. do that you wish done by our foes. If you want to llog Mr Polk, go aliead, but do not cut our throats in the doing of it; for there are a pretty snug party of us here who may have a quarrel to settle with him and his administration w hen this war is ended. That will be when Mexico is thoroughly whipped; and, as it will not take us long to do thut, liei friends in the United States w ill find the few that are left of us ready and willing to do them the same favor on our return home. Desiring you to understand that the American volunteers have generally minds to appreciate your erlbrts, and excellent memories, I shall not waste paper by saving anything further to you while. in Mexico. I expect that the foregoing paragraph is so much lost time and paper, but I feel very much at present like taking a grand round through the Massachusetts Legislature and walloping the en tire grocery, from the speaker to the spittoon cleaners. The sentiments so buiigingly put to gether here are but the echo of what is felt and spoken by every man in the army. , On the other side of the'paper in whicn this bitter rebuke appears, are the usual comments of the North American against the lecutive and the war, and only three days he fore it uttered the following senti- ijsnent : The country hates the war hates its objects hates its inevitable results and inevitable sacri fices; and the people, by their representatives in the popular branch of our national councils, will close it. Is it surprising that Gen. Scott should exclaim against the conduct of the federal ists at home, or that the correspondents from his army should denounce them? Is it surprising that the federal leaders are burnt in effigy on the famous field of Buena Yista? TheN. Y. Globe thus explains the dif ficulties w hich lie in the way of the whigs in the Empire State : The whigs go into power under many disadvantages in this State. They have to organize under the new constitution a most delicate ami trying operation. They have, in the first place, to decide" whether the credit of the State is to be preserved, or some ten miJJions are to -be added to the public debt, to meet the clam ors of those who insist upon more money being expended on the canals. They have to adopt measures in relation to banks and currency. They have to settie the anti-rent question, which mostly affects the property of their own friends ; and have, in short, so many embarrassinr po litical and fiscal points to settle, and there are also so many dividing issues on men and measures in 'the whig ranks, that if thev get through their labors without sjreat dissensions, it will be a rare occurrence. A SwEEPixti Protest. At the vearly meeting ot the Society ot friends, held at Baltimore last week, they protested against wars in general, and war with Mexico in particular against the institution of shive ry and its further extension, and against Odd Fellowship, Free Masonry, and se cret institutions generally, as well as a paid or hired ministry. A". lr. True Sun. Love at first Sight. Many people roight love at first sight, for all the love they ever had was no bettter than an idle ncy- Nevertheless, we believe that there is such a thing in the case of a hun gry man that sees a roast turkey. One glimpse is enough. Indian Rubber Saddles. Indian rub ber is now used for saddles to which its elasticity, durability, and other qualities peculiarly adapts it. THE NORTH COL. Wl .SON. We find in tfie last iwueign stanu.i'", an interesting letter from the Surgeon who attended the C clonal in his illness. This letter was elicited hy a friend of Col. Wilson's in Tarborough : Vera Cruz, Sept. SO, 184r. Sir: In accordance with your desire to have a statement made ot all the particu lars in relation to the sickness and death of Col. Wilson, I have the honor to report that for the benefit of fresh air and agree ble location. Col. Wilson, from the period of his arrival at Vera Crux, had spent Ins ni'dits on board of the U. S. ship American, lyfng near the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa. Durin"- the day he was constantly and assiduously engaged, frequently with great exposure, in expediting the departure ot the train under his command. On the night of the 5th of August, after every arrangement had been completed for the departure of the train, he was attacked with the Yellow Fever at midnight, he be in" then on board of the ship American above alluded to. I was not apprised of his illness until morning, when I hastened on board the ship, and as soon as possible had him re moved on shore, and placed in the care of the most kind, skilful and attentive female nurse in the city of Vera Cruz. I need not add that every exertion was made, which an experience and familiarity with the treatment of yellow fever for 20 years past, enabled me to employ; but the hi'di state of excitement which accompa nied the entire period of his disease, seemed to bid defiance to all the remedies applied, and he continued gradually, but steadily, to decline, until the 1 2thof August, when he expired at about 4 o'clock, p. m. I attribute Col. Wilson's death, not so inch to the vellow fever with which he was attacked, as to the high state of excite ment under which he labored, arising from his disappointment in not being able to ac company the train under his command;. he being in possession of despatches which he believed to be of immense importance, and which he informed me he had promised to deliver with his own hand to Geo. Scott He had repeated interviews with Major Lally, who eventually commanded the train, and frequently and urgently insisted on being placed in an ambulance and sent along with the train, ill as he was, but this would have been insanity. He made no communication of any kind in relation to his own a flairs- in fact; he spoke of nothing but the departure of the train without him, and it is to that circum stance that I cannot but attribute the even tual fatality of his malady. Of the necessity or utility of the depar ture of the train at that precise moment, under another command, it is not a part of my province to speak- The remains ot Col. Wilson, were re moved at my suggestion, by the Colonel Commandant to the Palace, and were de posited in a zinc coffin enclosed in one of mahogany, and interred with militaryhonors in a vault of the Cemetery, where they can at anv moment be removed by the desire of bis friends', though I would recmvmnd j that it be postponed for a . month from this 1 period. . SJ The above comprises all that I can re capitulate inflation to the last illness of Col. Wilson. I have tlve honor to be your obedient ser vant, J. S- McFAIlLANi:, Surgeon U. S. Army. To Col. Henry Wilson, Governor of Vera Cruz...'", From the Washiujrton Union. Mr. Wehh&-r The following state ment of Mr Webster's self-contradiction is not more striking than the one we gave yesterday of his having insisted, in his Philadelphia speech, on the necessity of of providing supplies tor our soldiers and seamen, as we were now engaged in war ; and of his higgling in his Springfield speech about stopping the supplies: From the Albany (Ga) Patriot., Messrs Editors: In Mr Webster's late speech in the Massachusetts Conven tion, in one column as published, we find the following sentiments: 44 1 say that, in my judgement, after the events of 1846 and the battle of San Jacinto, Mexico had no reason to regard Texas as one of her provinces. She had no power in Texas, but it was entirely at the disposition of those who lived in it. Thev made a government for themselves. This country acknowledg cd that government; foreign States ac knowledged that government ; and I think in fairness and honesty, we must admit that in 1S40, '41, '42, and '43, Texas was an independent State of the Union. I do 'nOt admit, 'therefore, that it was any just grouritl of complaint oft the part of Mexico, that the .United States annaxed Texas to themselves." In another column of the same speech we find the following : ki Sir, I have allu ded to the declaration of Mr Calhoun, that if there had been no annexation of Texas, there would have been no war. I now choose to saj', sir, that I agree in your sentiment, expressed in your forcible way in your place in the House ot Representatives, that the direct consequence of the act of iniquity in the annexation of Texas, is the war in which we are engaged." St'GAii Cane. We have been presented by Mr Alfred Smith, of Whiteville, Co lumbus County, with a couple of fine large Sugar Canes, grown by himself. They are about 6 feet long, and look as though they were full of the choicest syrup. Mr Smith informs us that he is satisfied, from actual experiment, that he can raise as fine an article in this line in Columbus, as the Sugar planters of Lousiana can pro duce We hope to see the day when the cultivation of Sugar will be extensively and profitably introduced amongst the farmers of the Old North State. f Wilmington Jour nal. We notice that the Hon. Isaac Van Zandt, formerly Minister from Texas to this country, and one of the present candi dates for Governor of that State, died at Houston on the 11th inst., of yellow fever. iniminzton Journal. CAROLINIAN FOREIGN NEWS- The Caledonia arrived at Boston on the 5th inst. The following is the principal news which she brings: Liverpool, Oct. 19,1847. Parliament is prorogued to the 1 1th Dec, when ij will be then further adjourned till January for the despatch of business. The Lord Mayor of London gave a splendid entertainment to the Duke of Cambridge, and a large company, on Sa turday week. Invitations were extended to his excellency the American minister, and three polish princes. Mr Bancroft's health was proposed, anil his address was very warmly received. Ferrara is about to be completely evacuat ed by the Austrian troops, and the Pope will be preserved undisturbed in his career of civil and administrative reform. The civil war in Switzerland is impend ing, and serious disturbances have taken place in the Two Sicilies. In Spain, Espartero has been suddenly displaced from the head of the new minis try, and Narvaez installed in his stead. French influence has been again successful in that country. The prospects for Ireland during the ap proaching winter are gloomy enough; fa mine in an aggravated form has already re appeared, ami the queen has issued a letter commanding general collections to be made in the church establishments. The Britannia arrived on the of the 15th. morning P. S 2 o'clock. The markets up to this moment are losing ground; Hour can not be quoted beyond twenty-six shillings per barrel, and Indian corn shows no ten dency to rise above thirty shillings. The stoppage of the Liverpool Banking Company is just announced; its liabilities are not heavy. Cotton market is much depressed. The disastrous monetary pressure re corded in our last advices has, during the last fortnight, continued to iare with tin abated severity, involving several addi tional failures, and diffusing a deep and impenetrable gloom throughout the whole commercial community of Great Britain To such a point of intensity has the inac cessibility of money now arrived, that there is scarcely any one house which can be looked upon without suspicion, no mat ter how exalted its position. We may avoid further annunciation, by stating that altogether 55 houses have broken down or suspended since the departure of the last steamer. Yesterday it was announced that the royal bank had been compelled to suspend payment. Agricultural lectures are about to be delivered in various parts of Ireland, at the suggestion of the lord lieutenant. A deputation of the Society of Friends is now iti.llublin negotiating lor tne pur chase of4"a.000 of waste lan4.n. the coast of Donegal, for the1-purpose of pro-' tiiutuig an extensive lobster fishery. A tour-horse coaeh has actually been started to run trom Cambridge to Loudon and back, in competition with the railway. A vast crowd assembled at Cambridge to witness this novelty. A violent snow-storm commenced at St. Petersburg on the 2d, and continued with little interruption fb the 5th. The mass of snow which fell was immense. TiikFrencti Cod-fishery. The French accouuts from .Newfoundland state that their cod-fishery has proved nearly a fail ure this year the number of fish caught scarcely exceeding one-sixth of the quan tityitaken in former seasons. -The trials of the Poles and other persons implicated in last year's conspiracy have been resumed. -Two have been -condemned to hard labor in the fortresses, while forty have been pardoned and set at liber ty. Amongst the latter is the youthful Count Ney. American Flour sold at $5 50 per barrel. Wheat, $tl 50 jer "70 lbs. Corn, $0 C.0 -per tS0 lbs. Corn meul, perbbl. Some forced sales made under these prices. LATER. By a later arrival, we perceive cot ton has fallen agiin halfpenny on the pound. The Harmonious Whigs. The whi:r;s need not satirr.e our divisions. They have enough of their own to embarrass and annoy them. What an amusing spectacle, for example, do they exhibit in the legis lature of Tennesse ! They were to elect a United States senator in place of Mr Jarnagin. They commenced the work on Thursday, the l28th October. We cannot undertake to guess when they will com plete it. On that day they had not less than five ballots ; and their three whig candidates Messrs. Reese, Netherland, and Tonp) were not within leagues of the coming-in-pole. Mr Topp was the high est of all ; and in the successive ballotings his vote stood 17, 17, 18, 18, 19 not higher than 19-; while the scattering vote stood at the unprecedentedly large num ber of 59. 60, 55, 54, and 49. We ven ture to say that the scatterings neversofar exceeded before the vote for the rejrula- candidates. Hitherto, it has consisted of a few scattering votes ; but in Tennessee they swallowed up all the rest so little united are the universal whig party upon any one candidate, by the last accounts. Cruelty to Soldiers. We have fre quently seen in the newspapers extracts written by soldiers in the army in Mexico, complaining of improper treatment on the part of the officers. We fear there is cause for these complaints. A letter from an officer in the army, published in the Union, says Congress meets soon. I pray you to use your influence to cause the I speedy enactment of a law to prevent the mal-treatment of soldiers by officers of the army , for example, thinks noth ing of giving the first fifty lashes, and of ciUDDing, gagging, &c, the latter. At an appropriate period I propose .to make all this manifest, if necessary." SOMNAMBULISM Another curious case of this oecurred at New rork, a few nights ago. A man named Isaac Combs was discovered about half past ten o'clock on the summit of the liberty pole, which stands at the corner of Cherry and Gouverneur streets. He was about 125 feet from the earth, engaged in the occupa of turning the vane, and apparently not clothed in the most cumbersome costume. He was watched for some time by the police, and a number of citizens who as sembled ; suddenly he came down the pole, sliding with as much dexterity as the most practised sailor. When he reached the ground he started in a keen run, and, before he could possibly be overtaken, had gone the distance of three blocks. When caught he was found, as had been suspect ed, to be in a state of Somnambulism ; it was some time before he could be brought to himself, and when he had fully recover ed his waking faculties, he could recollect nothing of the adventure, and was great ly surprised at finding himself in such a position and such company. He had on his shirt, drawers and boots only. When taken to his home, it was found that all the doors were locked, and a dormer win dow of this chamber, was the only place where he could have made his egress from the house. He had crept out upon the roof, and thence made his descent by clam bering down the neighboring houses and sheds, which, however, offered very poor accommodations for such an enterprise. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Several "reforms," in our national econo my were proposed during the last week our Legislature was in session amongst others a reduction of the pay of Members of Con gress, a repeal of the f ranking law, &c. &c, ; but the most extraordinary of them all was a proposition originating in and adopted by the Senate, to urje an amend ment of the Constitution of the United. States, which shall authorize Congress "to provide by law that any of the officers of the United States for any State or Terri tory, or for any subdivision or portion thereof, shall be elected by the electors of such State or Territory or such subdivision thereof, and to prescribe the manner of such election." The political convention which lately met at Herkimer gave its sanction to this proposition and incorporat ed it in the resolutions adopted on that oc casion. It needs no special comment to point out tiie anomalous character of such an amendment as this. To take from the Gen. Government the appointment of its officers throughout the Union, and to make it de pendent for the enforcement of the laws of the United States upon officers otherwise appointed, would be to destroy its efficiency as a Government so utterly that the very name of Government, as applied to it, would be a mockery. The proposition includes all civil officers of the United States, except members of the Cabinet and Ambassadors to foreign countries. Why not elect them, also? The most ultra advocates of State Rights hiive. never heretofore advanced such ano tfon as this a notion so preposterous' that one s'at it loss what to think -of the intelli gence of the very respectable body which has given it the sanction of its approval. The IlerkimcrConventiori might adopt it as it might adopt any absurdity of radi calism which might be brought into an elec tioneerins: device to eatch the unthinking. 15ut it appears that the brilliant idea had its origin in the Senate of New York. A". Y. True Sun. Potato Rot in New Jersey will this, year, beyond all question, greatly dimiti? ish the crop. The damage, done by this disease is increasing every year, a no feaf? are entertained by well -. informed, cultiva tors and-vegetable physiologists",- that we shall lose the vegetable altogether unless some remedy is found. This would. indeed, be a great public calamity. The annual product of the potato crop in good seasons, may be estimated at 15,000,000 bushels, which yield to the growers, at an average price of of HO cents per bushel, the sum of $30,000,000 an immense amount of pro ductive value for a nation to lose, especi ally so as there is not a plant in the whole catalogue of productions that could possibly indemnify us. The most popular theory ascribes the disease to fungi or parasitica! influences. This position is adopted by the principal vegetable phy sioglogists of Great Britain, France, and the United States, and most of the direc tions published in agricultural papers, are given with reference to this fact. JS'ew York True Sun. Genl. Taylor. It is understood that General Tavlor who has been absent from his family and private business for more than two years and a half, and dur- ing tne wnoie ol that time has been en gaged in the most important and arduous duties has asked for leave of absence to return to tne .United states lor six months. His letter to that effect was re ceived by the Adjutant General yesterday evening : in the course of which., Gen. Tay lor states that he thinks, in consequence of the present character of the war, his services may not be wanted at this time. He purposes to remove to Matamoras ea" j this month, where he awaits the answer of the government, and expresses a desire to be in New Orleans by 1st of December. We understand the leave of absence has been granted to him ; and we have no doubt that, if events should arise to call for his services on that frontier, he will fly to place himself at the head of his gallant army. Potatoes. A gentleman who has pass ed through Maine in search of potatoes, especially the white blue noses, says the whole crop is entirely destroyed by dis eases ; that parcels shipped to Boston have spoiled before arrival, and that no good potatoes can be expected from that great source of supply N. Y. Journal of Com merce. From the Wilmington Chronicle. WILMINGTON AND RALEIGH RAILROAD COMPANY. The annual meeting of the Stockholders in this company will be held in this town on the Hthmst. Having had an opportunity of looking over the reDort of the Examining Commit- tee on the last years operations of the com- pany, (the year ending vci. xsi, are able to furnish some particulars in re gard to thns onerntions. which will be of interest to the public generally to the stockholders: as well as Receipts for the year. Rail Road l',l2SSJ Steam Boats 137,351,31 331,150,20 Expenses ftir the year. Rail Road $140,.t.'),3 Steam Boats 11js,'J17,-2S 259,912,00 Nett profits !j7 1,567, 00 Comparative statement of the Annual Receipt, Expenditures and Profits of the Company, to gether with a statement of the Rates of Fare. Years. Receipts. I "lsll 297,22S392 11 ,9-15,34 52,23,U5 $.20 IS 12 211,977,1 1S0,S92,G5 31,0s,S3 13 1843 220,172,99 14s, 100, 17 7-S000.S2 13 1S4 1 2s,533,75 203,033,2-1 5,900,51 13 1S15 2S,S93,15 212,091,20 70,402,25 12 .1810 317,822,19 2VJ,;S2,-15 28,110,04 12 1847 331,180,20 259,912,00 71,507,00 10 It will be seen by the preceding compara tive table that the receipts of last year were considerably larger than those of any former year, notwithstanding the fare was very much lower. The desertion of a number of men from the American army, and their capture and execution near the City of Mexico, has giv en rise to many remarks calculated to re flect on the patriotism of certain adopted citizens of this country. It has been thought, and we confess that this was the impression left on our minds, that the bat talion alluded to were mostly from the Emerald Isle. The New York Police Gazette contains the names and nativity of that infamous set of scamps, from which we are sorry to learn that a large portion were Americans. They are classed as follows: Americans G4, Irishmen 34, Germans IG, Scotch 4, anil one each from England, Nova Scotia, Fiance and Poland. We publish this account that unjust reproach may be taken from the shoulders of those who do not merit the censure. Let all bear their part Raleigh (N. C.) Register. The Indian. Summer. We are in the midst of that most delicious season of the whole year, which is called the Indian summer. The hazy temperature is as genial as that of the spring ; and more agreeable, because it is not so relaxing. Accompanied as it is by the various and beautiful colors of the foliage of the trees, . the improved health which succeeds to the autumnal attacks, and the other accompa niments of the season, it is justly consider ed as the most pleasant period ol the year. The air is balmy and refreshing; and in stead of cooping oneself up in the house, chained to a chair and a writing-desk one is disposed to plunge into the open air and bathe in the sunbeams. Fenelon, in de scribing the island of Calypso, never dreamed of such an atmosphere as is now enjoyed by the Americans. The old women's summer," (as they called it, w bich they sometime enjoy in the north of France, in Sweden, and in Russia, cannot compare with our Indian Summer. -Union. i r ml p ! i . mi " J. -V vV,. . --.--'?; j-r - ci)B4jWrlpis, aid : t hat slavery W8fti'teiif'se t Hvit was ever" inflicted on iiMibin the assertion. Yet, suvtb-NNiimttiitnl.'Mrv'Bsirker-is endorsed .by the Cv&fifTi.ttit loeo orgalt of t hat fit vr as a in person. .u rtpxestMii juusiaoa rin congress. ivir xa ruer is. a i ayior, sugar protec tion, United States Bank'r rfemocra and is allied to the whig party .in all else than the name he has seized on to serve his pur pose. He was, we believe, many years ago, in New York an active .member of the democratic party, but he also belonged to the faction that are now. going over to the w higs of that State on the VVilmot pro viso question. Montgomery (Jila.) Flag. AGRICULTURAL. FAIR. The An nual Fair of the Mecklenburg Agricultural Society was held in this place, according to appointment, on Thursday last. The amount of articles exhibited for premiums were not so numerous as at some former exhibitions of the Society; but the good effects of competition produced among the members, in the improvement of stock, and in the culture of the soil, was very plainly visible. In the forenoon, the Society was highly entertained by very able address on Agri culture and its kindred subjects, by one of our most enterprising and intelligent far mers, David A Caldwell, Esq. Mecklen burg Jejfersonian. X- The first pair of Revolving Pistols turned out by Mr Samuel Colt, at his ar mony in Hartford, were made by order of the President of the United States, for his brother, Maj. Polk, of the 3d regiment of Dragoons, who is now m Mexico. A Yankee in Connecticut is manufactur ing what he calls Patent Liver Com plaint." It is said to possess several ad vantages over the old kind. He depends upon the West for a market. Jail for Sale. The Whig, published a Middletown, Frederick county, Md.. calls the attention of neighboring towns, in want of a second-hand jail, to one. ad vertised for sale in that place, by a consta ble. The sale, it appears, is at the suits, of Dr W. H. Creager, and Wm, J.Ross administrators of Thomas C. WorthingtoR, deceased, against the goods and, chattl.es lands and tenements, of the corporation of middletown.
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