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Si ;ii:;c.ton cnnoxicLn. Tfr.DCniT. OCT. 231. tO' wlu --l IL - - - Prml and Hoi. The r Ml prrtty bT front in tlii section or country Sunday night tast the first wa believe this Fa!!. On Fiiday last we M t copinua fall of rir. r fear u was not exten sive enough to cans any rim of consequence in the rivers. Tsui of McBaiot add Caooia. The abolition incendiariM, Mewm. McBride and Crooks, wh in th chintcirr of preachere, hailing from Ohio, have been scattering their pettilenl Joctrinea in the Wee tern part of thia State, were trM at Forsythe Supe rior Court week before last, before Jiidee Manly. Tha Suta waa repreaented by Messrs. Hugh Wad iell and John A. Gilmer, the arcuaed by Metara. Geo. C. Mendenball and Jamea T. Morehead. In tente interest wa excited by the trial. The paroph- let on tha circulation ofhieh the charge waa found ed, (tha Greenabori Patriot says.) and which waa read itr evidence, contained a aort of running com mentary on tha Ten Commandment, couched in the violent and canting language of the abolitionists, and j waa intended to show that slaveholder live in the ha bitoal violation of all aaid Commandmenta. The jnry - renjrntieJfitt-aloMcB guilty aa Hi Crooks, there, appearing no evidence against the latter except his asaociation with the for mer. McBride waa aentenced to one jar'a impris- - -raeoW to stand-in the pillory one honr, and tore- eeive twenty laahea. He appealed to the Supreme Court. .We troat be will meet with the jat punish went designed for him. DitrrissioN or TEBMiNrrACTt'Ri.vc Interest. We have from time to time noticed ihe stoppage of the Iron, Coal, and Cotton works at various places at the North. Within a few days past the paper have iiilornicd us that several Lotion mills in the vallev ol the viuinenaugn, v,onnecu cnt, have stopped, and others are preparing to do likewise. At Chicopee, Mass., nearly 400 op orativea have just been discharged. At Richmond, Va . two Iron Wnrka have just been closed. throwing hundreds of persons out of employ- ment. Une ol tneae eaiaousnmenis womcu u 4000 tons of niir iron annualiv, nd consumed 200.000 bushels if coal. Estimate the number of hands required in the production of this iron and coal the number necessary to transport it to market the ndraher needed to manufacture the iron, and the aericiiltur.il labor required to feed the various operative, and some idea maybe formed of the advantages resulting to the commu nity from iron manufactories. In this state, out of about 40 cotton factories, about one-fifth have stopped, in whole or in part, and more would b3 compelled to do so but for the fact that their location in the interior givea them advantages in the pale of their fabrics, as well as in the chelTnness of livinr and labor. Of the seven lactones m tins town anu vicinity, two are entirely closed, one is working half time, at a considerable loss, and it is well known that not PM.i clearing expenses. Fay. Obi.' Laic Elections. PtaMTLVAitu. The present Congressional del eealion consists of 15 Whigs and 9 Democraia. In the late election the Whigs lost 6 members, bo that the next delegation rill consist of 9 Whiga and 15 TUmirata. Democrats were chosen for the 'State offices. Ohio. Democratic candidate for Govemrr (Reu ben Wood) elected. The Whigs, have elected I majority of the Legislature, giving them the power of choosing a Whig to the U. S. Senate. In the Congressional delegation there is raid to be no change in the number of each paity. Florida. -Not enough retnrna have been received to determine whether Cabell, Whig, or Beard, Dem baa been elected to Congress. SotrwirCaaoLii. All the present members of the U. S. Hoose of Representatives have been re-e lected, except Mr. I. E. Holmes, who represents the Charlestoa district. In that district Ex-ov Aiken la elected, by near a thousand majority, beat ing Mr. Holmea and Mr. James S. Rhett. Carolina Fkmalk Collec The first session of this Institution will commence on Monday the 6th day of January next. The following are the names ol the i acuity; Rev. A. B. Smith, President, and Professor of Men tal and Moral Science. , Charles II. Judson, A. M , rrolesaor ol Ancient ana Modern Languages. Wm. K. Ulake, A M., Professor of fatbemstical and Natural Sciences. Miss Warren. Female Assistant, and leacner oi tne French Lnngiiage. , Karle W. fetersilia, rrotessor oi .nusic. Col. George D. Boggan, Steward. From our own knowledge of some of the officers, and from the reputation that all ol them bear, we have no hesitation in recommenuing tne Carolina Femalo Colleie to all parents as a proper place at which to give the daughters ot our land the right kind ot an education to enable them to fill any sta tion in life in which it may please God to place them. IVadesborimgh .?rgu. rt.ro fan Xcw. Fhe Rural mail sifarner America arrived at Hali fax on the 1 5ih inst. She brings dates Irom Liv erpool to the 5th lust., and from London to the 4th. The political intelligence received by the steamer ia uninteresting. I here is a great stir in ocean steam navigation, and in the electric telegraph communica tion. The steamer City of Glasgow has been purchased, with a view of placing her, in connection with anoth other similar vessel, on a line between Liverpool and Philadelphia. It is staled that the Cnnatlline of sere steamers will run between Glasgow and New York direct. Despatches have been received jroni Sir John Ross, ataling that, on the I3lh of August, three Esqui maux were found in the ire off Capet,! ork, and, on being questioned, atated that, in 1816, two ahips were broken by ilie ice in the direction of Capa Dud ley and Digjle, and afterwards burned by a fierce tribe of nalivea that the ships in question were not whale:, and that epaulette were worn by some of the white men. Part of the crew were drowned, and the remainder were for some time In, houses or tents apart from th?niiives. The white men bad guna bat no balls, and, being in Weak and exhans ted condition, they were subsequently killed by the natives with dans or arrows. The English Government has in contemplation the construction of a powerful squadron of steamers for the African coast, with the view of employing them to carry a monthly mail, and to act npor. the slave prevention service. It ia proposed that the fleet shall consist of forty vessel a, and that one shall he detach ed from the stations along the const monthly, to come home and return with the mails, thus keeping a reg ular monthly communication with the African coast and effectually crushing the slave traffic. The war in the Duchiel has been renewed with considerable vigor. The Holsteinera thna far have maintained the advantage, without bringing about any important result. Austria remains quiet, and without any new feature of striking moment. Icsocurn or Tt,xs. Texas embrace o ast a scope ot country possessu sogreni a w rietv of anil and rlima'.e, and so diversified by lull nd dale. h;eh woods and level plains, that every taste can be suited and every description of aeri- eultural labor be successfully prosecuted. The capacity of Texas as a sugar aud cotton growing region, has been bneily nouceu in our tormer articles. We now bca leave to call attention to that particular section of the State lying north of . i i . . 'i'u nA. iK- Ul e couon uisinri proper. i m wrtuoii ncm. er small nor unfruitful, but has as vet been little disturbed, except by marauding Indians, who gal lop over the prairies in aearch of the buffalo, oc casionally scalping a party of hunters or Santa Fe traders, who are too weak lor uetence, ana some times making an excursion into the "settlements' lor the nuroose of atealine horses and scalps. lew hardy pioneers, tonu ol adventure, anu impatient of the re atraints of civilized society, have sought scenes aud events congenial to their rough natures and rude tastes, oy penetrating lar into the frontiers, where the wolfs howl and the panther's scream are their favorite music, the elk s ha.inrh their delicacies, the buffalo skin their bed, and the savage red-skin their companion. But little has been done toward testing trie capa bililies of the country for agricultural purposes above where cotton has been uccesluHy grown but enough is known to settle its chatacter as a fine erain-nrowinit country. 1 here is a portion of tho cotton region where small grain has been experimented on with the most encouraging sue- cess. All ot wtiat are uenominaieu trie iveu aviv er counties, all the couutry from that to the up. ner Trinity, extending two hundred miles on mat stream above nd below thethree fork, reaching beyond the Cross TimbersTts a scope of country of surprising fertility, and pronounced by the best judges superior to Missouri as a wheat coun try. Between the Ked river and upper i nnity uai nior w rr ; bv Id, a ,ih of a s. A- t'rciic: Cc::::::irr -The Mmiiii'ur conu.a a list of i j principal merchandize imported or exporter during the first eight months of the present year. The du ties received on imports during that period, a- the room appropriated to the j mount to eighty-one-millions; that sum . three minions less man lor me roin-rpyuuing periou oi last year, but the decrease only bears on colonial lyxTir; Fast. Ill i vnr' !,,) h.id lak'y been Ccprb h'rt. was o i a visit ti Nw Tst olher places of curiosity and interest, she as induced by' feelings of ihe tendereft enmpas- ion to look in at recepiiou of those destitute children to be4 exam ined as to' their fitness for the chanty ol tne or phan Asylum; immediately on her entering Hie room, a little eirl about the same age of her own lost child sprang into her arms, called her mother, and by endearing caresses, evinced her joy at oe- mg restored, as she behaved, lo her lost parent. On inquiry, the following facts were elicited rel ative to her previous history : A few hours after the dreadiul lornauo, a steam boat landed at Natchez when a servant girl brought a little girl on board, slating that she had walked out with the child just bciore tne siorm commenced, and that on her return, she l.mnd the house entirely demolished she had been Lkinc for her mistress in every direction, and ..... . had almost arrived at the paintui conviction mat she was buried beneath the ruins. The chambermaid of the boat offered to take charge of the child, whilst the girl returned to make a further search ; and during her absence the boat started from New Orleans the child mainimr on board. - On the return trip every inquiry was made at Natchez for the family or servant, but' nothing could he heard of them. The child continued on the boat, underthe charge of the chambermaid, until the cantain objected lo her remaining on board. Then she was placed at an infant school in New Orleans, the chambermaid visiting her and defray ing her expentvfliy:Jacbarrivajjjf the boat .until the vellow fever deprived the Utile outcast of her last friend, the chambermaid ! The woman who kept the infant school then turned the child into the sfeet, from whence she Fatittivillb Oascavta. The Editors of this valuable and excellent Whig journal propose to make the experiment of a semi-weekly issue, after the first of December, provided such a aubscription shall be obtained as will probably pay the actual expenses. Term 4 a year in advance. Population or NswBtRN. We have been fa voured by the Assistant Marshal for thia county with an examination of the census tables for Newborn. Owing to the absence of about -20 families, at the time when the census for the town would othciwise have been completed, we are unable to give the pre cise census of the town. The total population how ever will not vary materially from 4.fi00. Popula tion in 1640 3,635. Increase for the last ten years 1,000. Whites, per census of 1850, so far as taken, 1877, Free Dlacks78G, Slaves 1795. Xcwbcrnian. Population of Wars Coustt. We are indebted to the Marshal, Col. Little, for the following state ment of the population of Wake county: Total population, including Raleigh, 26,468 Total do. in 1840, including do. 21,118 YiaoiaiA CoNVtNTion. The Convention to alter and amend the Constitution of the State of Virginia, aaet in the Capitol at Richmond, on Monday, the 14th "mat. The Hon. John Y. Mason, of the South ampton District, waa unanimously elected President, and Stephen D. Whittle, of Mecklenburg county, for merly of the Legislature, was elected Clerk. Increase in ten years, 5,350 Standard. RtvENCf Law or last Leoislati ri. We have been desirous of presenting to our readers (says the Raleigh Timet) some account of tha additional a rnount of Revenue bronght into the coffers of the State by tha "Act to increase the Revenue of the State," passed at the aession of 1843 9. The Sher iffs of the respective counties (with' the exception of Alamance and Currituck) having now settled with tb Public Treasurer, we have been permitted to Mail ourselves of the List kept at the office for the purpose of presenting the aggregate amount of tax upon the following heads of Taxation: Lunatic Asylum $20,615 80 , Interest 24,493 95 Dividend and Profit 1.644 01 .Salaries and Fees 1,504 94 Lineal Descent 1,105 56 N Drovers 1,054 65 I nenrsi item lunatic Asylum) is not proper ly included in the Revenue Law, the tax being imposed by a separate Act. D( the Tax on interest, the following counties pay the largest amounts. W have given all over $400: Wake 9 1,713 56 Craven ' 1,533 64 Edgecombe , 1,375 48 Mecklenburg 1,146 64 Warren 1,124 67 Granville 1,085 10 Halifax 825 19 Foraythe 814 16 Chowan 777 71 Guilford- 748 72 Pitt 703 31 Tbe reat are onder $100, and aa low aa $3,82c We have given the aggregate above. It will be seen, therefore, that the additional amount brought into the Public Treasury by the Revenue Act, is rising 30,000. One or two items are not included in this statement, as for instance, Foreign Carriages, Tax on Lawyers and Physicians, Bowling Alleys, ke. Mr. David Hinton, of this county, (father of the present Treasuter,) fell from bis barn or gin-bouse one evening last week, and received such injuries as to cause his death in the course of a few hours. Mr Hinton was 80 years of age. He was an excellent citizen, and his death is deeply regretted by a large number of relations and friends. Standard. The Giund Division of the Sons of Temperance of N. C, assembled in Raleigh on the 16th about 100 representatives in attendance. The officers lor the ensuing year are S. W. Whiting, of Raleigh, G. W. P.; J. B. Liltlejohn, of Louisburg. G. W. A.; A. M. Gorman, of lialeigh, G. S.; J. J. Litchford, of Raleigh. G. T.; W. II. Morning, of Smithfiehl. G. C; R. Firman, of Franklintop, G. S.; R. T. Heflin, of Raleigh, G. Chap'n. A Telegraph Around tub Globe. The London newspapers, elated with the success of the Dover and Calais Telegraph, are discussing the possibility of extending a magnetic wire from England to Calcutta ; and some of them even go so far as to recommend the establishment of a' communication, a la Mone, with New York it self. It is urged .that this latter enterprise, Quix otic as it may appear at first, is in reality only a question of time and money, for that no doubt ex ists of the practicability of ettectuig the connexion by way of Russia, Siberia, Bchring Straits, Ore gon, Su Louis and Philadelphia.. The idea is a grand one, and worthy of the age which has pro jected a Pacific railroad. Should we live to the ordinary term allotted to man, we may perhaps ourselves behold this gigantic scheme carried out. and if we continue in the craft editorial may ask, before we go to press, if the wires are working to Kampscatka, and to order.on an attirmative re ply, that the news from London be sent us up to ono o'clock. Our merchants, too, may give a dollar to a clerk, telling him to forward a message to Calcutta, and before dinner time the answer will be laid on his counting house desk. The old Egyptians thought they knew a great deal, but how mummydom would have stared at this! And those indefatigable Romans who built costly roads over hall the world, and hurried messen gers with whip and spur along them, what a start ing there would have been if they had heard of a Parthian defeat a week in advance, by some pri vate magnetic telegraph ! It was no uncommon thing in the Crusades for a good knight to be gone for years without his family hearing a syl lable from him ; but now-a-dayS, if another Crusade was to be got up, anxious w ives might ask, "how d'ye do T" by telegraph, and receive a reply when the doughty husband, at the seige of Acre, stopped to take dinner. Wonderful times these 1 Really, we don't think we shall ever be done huzzaing for this nineteenth ct nttiry. rhitadelphiu HiiiMin. there is a larger body of rich land, without any I was taken to the room where she had the happi . P i i ii . i t i , f i .i pi... 1...1. aumixture oi poor, man can prunauiv ue iuuuu elsewhere on the continent of America. This description of country extends to most of the Trinity, taking in the Navissoto, Brazos, Colo rado, and sources of Guadalotipe, with occasion al interruptions, to our Western boundary. Some of ihe tributaries of the Colorado are represented as surprisingly beautiful and rich; in the valley of the San Saba, grows luxuriantly, wheat, rye, barley, and oats, m nature s form, planted oy tne same hand that planted the tree of life in the first garden, watched over by no eye but that wnicn surveys the universe, and harvested only oy ine bison and the wild deer. The spontaneous pro ductions of a soil is considered unmistakeable proof of its adaptation to those productions bet ter intimations could not be given; it is tne voice of nature untaught by the husbandman s art, speaking through her own acts, making indige nous that which is peculiarly suited to peculiar localities. If we regard this indication, then Texas, we must conclude, is preeminently adap ted to the growth of small grain, since rye and other descriptions of grain grow in rich luxuri ance over a territory as large as some ol tne Eu ropean kingdoms, or States of the American U nion. Texnx paper. sugar, which shows a deficit of nearly, five mjl-i lions, and which is made up by an otjm.l uicreaat on llie produce of beet root augar. W iih iht . exception of colonial sugars, the duties on all im ports are gradually increasing. 1 he mouth, ol August baa produced more than the correspond ing month of. last year, notwithstanding a de crease of 750,000 fr. in colonial sugar. There is also a material increase in ihe imports of raw materials for manufactures. Coal, which is the universal agent of manufacturing activity, show a considerable Increase. The imports of that article, in 1843, were ten millions of quin tals; in 1849, twelve millions; and, in 1850. they have risen to fourteen millions. . There has .. bon a slitrht diminution in the importation of IT cotton, whreTfhas ilecieased from 4834)00 . 1 i j in aaa t. . . . .1 t L . 1 quintan ui iiu,uu, uui uirrc uaa oren cunsiu erahle increase in that qf wool, which has risen from 105,000 quintals to 145,000, and raw silk, which has increased from 5300 quintals to nearly ' 7000 quintals. ' A proof of the improvement in the manufactories of articles of luxury, may be drawn from ihe fact that the import of mahogany lias risen from 5000 quintals in 1848, and 16,000 in 1813, to 28,000 in 1850. Less progress is discoverable in the branches of trade connected' with building. The importation of cast iron has nnlv been 204.000 kilo's, which in even lower niariii "1848rrheTs manifest; a want of confidence in the- future, and a repugnance lo embark capital in affairs ot. a long date. The return of exports exhibits re sults analogous to those just pointed out ih the imports. Natural or inanulactured productions . a .1 tv i i . nesa ol lindino- a second motner. i ne lauy whom she believed to be her mother determined find a more ready and more abundant outlet in Franklin 708 31 Cabarrus 525 25 Hertford 524 42 Cumberland 487 82 Caswell 468 58 Rowan 449 41 Bertie 441 91 Wayne 439 47 Orange 408 60 Nash 406 33 Rockingham 400 95 Praidmt TaylorU remain. The lemains of the lata PresideolTaylor are to be removed from Wash ington city in a few daya fo Kentucky, where they will be finally entombed. TKt Slave Law. Mr. Crittenden, the U. S. Attor ney General, baa published an opinion, pronouncing the Fugitive Slave Law perfectly Constitutional. Lieut. W. D. Porter, of the United SlatM N'nn. haa presented to the editors of ihe National Intelli Renter, for distribution among practical farmers, a va riety of choice seeds from the Mediterranean. A mong tbern is the lasting melon of Naples, which, it ia taid, can bC'kept good and fresh for one year, merely by banging it op in a cool and dry place. ' From California. The eteamer Crescent City arrived at New York, from Ran Francisco, on tha 18th inst., bringing dates to lbs 11th of September. S.ie brings upwards of a million of dollars in gold, and three hundred and forty passengers. The chol era bad disappeared at Chagres. The U. S. Mail left 8n Franriato on the 1 5thaltMajqrBigelow was doing well. The minea, north and south, were till making good returna-Mhe northern yielding half an ounce daily to each digger. The failure of H. M. Nagle to a Jarge amount had occurred, the ef fects of wbicli bad reached other banking houses Tbsprws of Floor had Increased to sixteen dollars, with large sales. Business generally good. . fii'hnp Onderionk'i out The General Conven tionof the Protestant Episcopal Church, which held its Triennial session at Cincinnati, refused to restore 10 offics the suspended Bishop of New York. Kfcfirso. Nor ember n amber of Sartain1! U Thi Bounty Land Law. In the following letter from the Secretary of the Interier, (says the Pe tersburg Intelligencer,) there is a very important question decided which has been raised under the Bounty Land Law, approved 28th September. Ac cording In the Secretary's construction of it, no per son, it will be seen, can receive more than one war rant, although he may have served a dozen tours of of service, "which, if rendered hy aeveial individu als, would entitle each to a warrant." Dkpabtmsnt or th Interior,' October 11th, 1850. Sia: I have received your letter of the 8th inst., inquiring, "whether, under the act approved the 28th September, 1850, the same person can receive more than one warrant, provided he chows that he has performed more than ouo tour of service enti tling him to land V Although not expressly provided by the terms of the law, lam clearly ol the opinion that its tenor throughout contemplates that the same person shall not receive more than one warrant, although he may have performed service which, if rendered by several individuals, would entitle each to a warrant. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant. ALEX. H. H. STUART, Secretary. ASuspscTtb Cuban Srv. A correspondent of the Charleston Courier, writing from Key West, un der date of .October 2d, says: "The Spanish brig Pequona Bonito, which arrived here on the 26th September, is suspected to be a spy on any attempt at invasion that may be made from Key West. For this suspicion there stems to be good foundation, asTioother reason ran be divined for her remaining here." A Boston speculator proposes a plan hwhich they who choose may go to London and see the big fair in the Spring, and come back again, all for not more than one hundred dollars. He says he has ascer tained from good authority, that, provided one hun dred passengers can be obtained, the proprietora of a line of first class packets will agree lo furnish a pas sage to Liverpool and back, and provide good accom modations and excellent fare, for the sum of sixty dollars each. The whole trip and stay to include about three months. The "Bmno" Whale. Cantain Cook, of the bartiue Parker Cook, gave the following more par ticular information to Capt. Gamaliel Smith, of echr. Union, relative to the sperm whale which attacked his vessel It was on the 22d of July, in latitude 384, longitude 36 50. The whale was a very large one, yielding one hundred aud three barrels of oil. When first lanced the whale stove and capsized tho boat with his head, and ihe line caught the leg of the boat steerer, John Hoxie, nearly BevcrimMhe foot. While in the water Hoxie took his knife from his pocket and cut ihe line. The waiot boat picked up the crew. Finding the whale was very warlike Capt. Cook prepared nis bomb-lance and gun, and in the meantime the whale attacked the barque and struck heron the stem, which penetrated the head of tho whale to Ihe depth of the stem. The shock was to great that it threw every one on board upon the deck, and started tho false stem. The whale then went off about half a mile and ran upon the vessel the second time, but with less force. Capt. Cook then attached the whale in his boat, with his bomb-lance, and fired three times within 80 yards, Hie whale coming artim each time with bis mouth open, and ''howing fight" in the most desperate ?TfrA Ihelhlrdce caused him to spout blood and he died soon after. Wh .i, aa . -"-r wr rwjv TO UTtf! MfTTfOVti Accident in New Yorx. On Saturday afternoon, on the North River, when the ship Weatern World, from Liverpool, had been unloading at pier No. 8. a quantity of pig iron, amounting to about 150 tons, was on the dock, and several carts and men were engaged in putting it on board a barge, which lay ' at the end ol the wharf. From the great weight of : Liberia has an area of territory amounting to about 19,000 square miles, or 12,000,000 acres. Every family of emigrants, on arriving, receives a town lot, for mercantile and mechanical busi ness, or a farm sufficient for the support of the family ; and public lands can be bought for a dollar an acre. As appears by comparing the census of 1843 with the numbers added since that time, the em igrant population, consisting of emancipated slaves and free colored people from the United States, Africans rescued from slave traders, and their descendants, is about 6,010. The whole population, including natives subject to the laws of the republic, is about 150,000. Many of the natives have becomo in some degree civilized. Several hundreds of theni are voters at the elec tions, and eligible to office, and some of them hold office. In 1843, when the last census was taken, there were in Liberia 16 schools with 56'i scholars. Of these 190 were children of native parents; nnd there were some of them in every school ex cept two. There were 23 churches, with 1,374 communicunts, of whom 489 were native Afri cans, converted from heathenism. Twenty of the churches had native Alrican members. to adopt her, and since then she has been treated , in all respects as one of the family. So careful j of her happiness has this truly charitable lady been, though the little child is now v? fine intelli gent girl of between twelve and thirteen years of age, and associated with the lady's own children, both older and younger than herself, she has not the faintest suspicion of her real position. She was, at the time ol her being adopted, about two years old, a very beautiful and intelligent child, with uncommonly fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, with long black eyelashes. She had forgotten her own name and that of her parents, but from her knowing ihe names and uses of va rious articles of luxury, and speaking of her fath er's carriage, and from her entire fieedom from any vulgarism in manner os thought, it is presu med that her family were respectable. If nny re liance could be placed on the conversation of so i movement of the commerci young a child, it might be supposed mat tier pa rents were foreigntrs perhaps Scottish, per haps Catholic. It was supposed that her own- parents were dead, hut from facts lately elicited such is proba bly not the case ; and it is for the purpose of gaining information that the little that is known of her history is made public. Any one knowing anything likely to lead to a discovery of the or phan's relations is requested to address box 326, Mobile, Ala. And as giving publicity lo this notice may be the means of restoring a child to a bereaved moth er, the writer hopes that editors throughout the Union will give it a place through their columns, especially in the Natchez and l'hiladt Iphia pa per?. .V. O. Picayune, 8th inst. foreign markets. Exports of wines have risen from 1.204,000 hectolitres lo 1 ,250,000. The two millions of quintals of Corp exported have gien relief to some of our agricultural districts. The silk manufacturers have exported nearly 12.000 quintals of their productions instead of GOOD in 1849, and 5000 in 1848. Worsted goods, dressed skins, porcelain glass, have also extended the sphere t f their markets. The ex ports of refined sugars have increased from 56,000 to 9 1,000 quintals, and articles of milline ry from 1,700,000 to 2,700,000 quintals. Ano ther favorable result, whicH is shown by the ta bles published by the customs is, that bonded warehouses do not show that over quantity of merchandise which tends o depreciate its price. The quantity is not generally more than a half, or even a third of what it was in 1848. The il marine has kept pace with tho improvement in trade. The ton; nage employed in the imports has increased from 1,148,000 in 1848, and 1,273,000 in 1840, to 1,371,000 in 1850; and in export, from ports, 787,007 and 1,015,000, to 1,003,000 re spectively. English paper. .i ... . .i :l: 1 l- .:. I creat wei 'ht of "ince mat lime, ine civuizcu population. una more the iron, the pier gave way, precipitating carts, hors- , than doubled, and schools, churches, and mem. e, men and women into the river, with a terrific j hers of both, have increased ; but we have no crash and commotion of the water. There were i nrecise account of them. We know, however. two colored men seriously injured, named Joseph Durre and Coleman Royal. There was one man saved with much difficulty, w ho held on by a plank till he was rescued. One horse and cart were loot, the horse going down head foremost and the cart after him. Three others were saved, one of them having only his head out of water, the cart and his body being covered. About seventy or eighty feet of the wharf is sunk. Fink Steamship. The Liverpool Daily Mail gives the following description of the new Cunard steam er A frica: "The exterior appearance of the Africa is striking, and preposseses the mind with an idea of extent and magnificence. She was built by Messrs. Steel & Co., Greenock Like the Asia her immediate pre decessor on the same line the Africa measures 265 feet in length. Her breadth, exclusive of paddle box, is 40 feet, with a corresponding depth of hold. Her estimated burthen is 2,250 tons. Ihe engines which are to propel this colossal ship have been constructed and fitted up by Messrs. Napier. They are 800 horse power, and on the same principle as those of the Asia. Their immense proportionsseie upon the visitors' attention, amid so much that is vast and attractive on every side. The number of berths will enable the Africa to carry 180 passengers. She will he manned by a full crew of chosen mon giving about one-third lo each department. The quantity of coal she is estimated to carry is 900 tons; and nho has capacity ullioisnt for the transit of 600 tons cargo, not including the stores'of ship and pas sengers. Fitted up for carrying guns, the Alrica can at any time be transformed from her peaceful origi nal into an Admiralty ship of war." that two high schools have been established, and that the churches have received large accessions, both by emigration, and as the fruit of revivals and missionary labors among the heathen. The exports are estimated ut $500,000 annu ally, and the imports, probably, about the same. This, however, must include a large amount of irregular trade at places where there are no ports of entry, for want of merchants to conduct busi ness there. Arrival of Jenny Linbin Philadelphia. The Ledger gives the following cool account of this event: 'A crowd assembled at Walnut street wharf on Tuesday evening, in expectation of the arri val of Miss Lind, but were mortified to learn that she had embarked at Tacnny, on board the Edwin Forest, specially engaged for the purpose, and had been landed at Browning's ferry. The carriages containing Miss Lind and her suite soon afterwards reached the vicinity of Jones' hotel, but were forced to drive round lo the back en trance on Sansom street, so dense was the crowd that blocked up Chesnut street, in front of the ho tel. On its becoming known that the fair Swede was within, the crowd became so uproarious that Mr. Harntim came out and returned her thanks for the warm welcome awarded her, but urged the fatigue of travelling as an excuse for not personally appearing before them. This failed to quiet the crowd, and Miss Lind finally emerged from her private parlor, aud for a few minutes appeared on the balcony, arid responded ... ine ononis ana nurras by waving her handker chief. She then retired, and the throne gradually dispersed." There are employed in the yearly transit of Great Britain with the world and wi'th her own shores, 33,672 sailing vessels, and 1110 steam csselfTfriipTdTO ; An Affectionate Sister. On Salrrdav morning a beautiful young lady, residing in! the country, applied to Mr. Coachman, the gentle manly Clerk in the Keeper's office, City Prison, asking of him the pHvilige to see a beloved bro ther, who had been consigned to the Toombs for five days, on a charge of being drunk and disor derly The fair applicant was politely informed that the rules of the Prison forbade five days prisoners being seen until their term of imprison ment had expired; "but" said Mr. Coachman, "your brother will be discharged at 3 o'clock this afternoon, at which time, if you call, you can see him." The young lady, whose heart was full of pity for her unfortunate brother, with tears in ner eyes stated to several persons present mat the object of her solicitude had been reared by kind parents, who had bestowed on him all the advantages which wealth could afford, but that a few months since he married a young woman whose course of conduct produced domestic dis sensions and grief, which he sought to drown in the intoxicating cup. After relieving her sor rowful heart of its load of grief, she left the of fice, but returned again in the afternoon, when she met and embraced her brother, whom she expostulated modt earnestly with as to the fatal course he was pursuing .after which they lefUhc Prison together. The backslider is fortunate in having such a sister, and may he profit by her truthful admonitions. I he scene was well cal dilated to draw tears from the most hardened of even the sterner sex. V. Y. Tribune. i .... J Distressing Wreck or Brio George Locxwood. Capt. Fhadwick, of bark Sol way, arrived at Quebec, reports that on the 13lh of September, in lat. 45 49, Ion. 40 7, he fell i:i with the above named brig dis masted, with a single man on board of her; on board ing her, he found that George Jarvis, tho second mate, was the sole survivor of the crew. On the 8th the brig while lying to had been struck by a hea vy sea, which carried away masts, bowsprit, bul warks, boats, &c, and also the cabin and all the crew but three. On the Nth one of the survivors was washed overboard. The two remaining men lash ed themselves to the wreck, where they remained without food or water until the 13th, when one of them George Alonkman, sunk under fatigue and want of food. Two hours afterwards the Solway came up, and relieved the sole survivor so much re duced that he would have sustained himself but a short time longer. He was carried on board the Solway, and after careful attention he revived, and wau auie to give an ucioumi in uit msapri Lanoi aoe of Animals. A young lady, who resides in ihe country, has her chamber in the third story of a lofty house, at no great distance from an extensive wood or park. The windows are furnished with Venetian shutters, leaving a space of about six inches between them and the glass sashes. Early in the last winter, the lady observed that a beautiful squirrel had sought this refuge from the season, and snugly located him self there. She gave the little cre.ilurc a kind and hospitable welcome, feeding him plentifully wiih utile and otlu r dainties, and leaving him at liberty tu gu to his wood, and return at his pleas ure, which he did daily. After a short time he brought a companion to share tho comfort and luxury of his habitation, and went on increasing iheir number till the colony amounted to nine or ten mote, who were furnished by their kind hos less with boxes lor their shelter, and soil for their beddiiiL'. which they arranged to taste, and used without fear, making occasional visits to the park for variety and exorcise. They showed no reluctance or distrust when the win dow was raised for the curiosity of visitors, or in give them their food; and they seemed as con scious of safety as they were of the comfort and luxury of thetr living. What sort of intelligence existed between these little animals and their friends in the woods, that they could communi cate to them the good quarters they had discov ered, and induce Idem to fullow to this comforta ble abode? The first adventurer, who may be called the Columbus of the settlement, must have been able to inform his followers of the warm home and delicate fare prepared for them; and perhaps he allured them by describing the gay and gentle spirit, and captivating charms,' of the fair patroness. Nat. Gazette. A Companion ok Warhinoton Dead. Mr. Daniel Belknap died at Rockton, Herkimer co., N. Y a few days ago, at the great age of 8ft years. He waa a schoolmate of De Witt Clin ton, and when quite young took part in the war of the Revolution. He was the frequent beaicr of the letters to Washington, and other officers, while quartered at Newburg, ami was present when the (Jeneral received and read lo his brave comrades tiie despatches from Dr. Franklin, an nouncing the joyful news of help from France; ihisbeinir one of the two oerrfsions when he rv ; er saw the Father of his country latihf he ' then did heartily, waving his cocked hat, ami say I ing in an ecstacy, "ioiyj day it our own." The other was a pleasant smile produced hy his i nttendance on the baptism of a child at a neigh- boring church, when, to his surprise, thn mother gave its :iaine as George W ashington Wood. Ikt.L-HiRP. One meets in the forests of Guy ana a bird lunch celebrated with the Spaniards, called campanrro, or bell-bird. Its voice is loud and clear as the sound of a bell, and il may he heard at the distance of a league. No song, no sound can occasion the astonishment produced by the tinkling of the camaiicro. lie sings morning and evening like most other birds, at iniil-day he sinus also. A stroke of the bell is WOOl Oiartl, 1U3U UI u llllllllic uueurn, ai;uuuit tiu- llieir I Mi"!.'. d a pause of the same duration is repeat- edninally, a third ringing, lollowed by a ailence of six or eight minutei. "Aclrron," says an cn thusiastic traveller, "would halt in the heat of tbe chase, Orpheus would let fall his lute to listen; so novel,' sweet, and romantic is the silver tink ling of the snowwhitc campunero." This bird is about the size of a jay ; from its head arises a conical tube of about three inches long, of a bril liant black, spotted with small white feathers, which communicates with the palate,, pud which, when in Hated with air, resembles an ear of com. Family Poisonkp The family of Joiin Halm, gro cer, on the corner of Bedford ami Lerl'V' streets, were taken dangerously sick on Friday liiglit, :nid upon f)rs. Blakesman and I'ost being called, they wero pronounced poisoned. The family consistoil of five members, viz: Mr. and Mrs. Matin, Mrs. Mary Winn, (the sister of the latter,) John Hayn, Jr., and a do initio. It was ascertained that all but the husband had, at tho supper, taken portions of the milk, which gave evidence of containing some poisonous sub stance, and were almost immediately thereafter ta ken sick. The stomach pump was applied, and the wife and sister were, an Saturday night, considered out of danger. The girl was also doing well. The boy, however, continues very ill, but may recover. Hahn accounts very imperfectly, for tbe occurrence, and the facts are strongly against him. He is said to have lived on very disagreablo terms with his wife, and that she is heir to a large estate. He was arrested. N. Y.Jour. of Com. (ft was subsequently discovered that the milk had been injured for use by the accidental dripping of tobacco into it.) The Telegraph in Austria. We find in the pa pers continued accounts of the progress of the tele graph in Austria. Within the last four mouth, through the activity of the Minister of Trado, no less than 1000 miles of the telegraph have been opened, making the total mileage, about 2000 miles, of which about one-quarter has the wires laid under ground on the improved system. Another 1000 miles will be ready by nextyeari The telegraph now works from Cracrow to Trieste, 700 miles. On the 1st Oc-. tober, the new telegraphic, union between Austria, Prussia, Saxony, and Bavaria, comes into operation, under a uniform tariff, which is one-half of the for mer charges. Earthquake at Cleveland. A very sen sible shock of an earthquake was felt at this place this morning fOct. 1st) at about 20 minutes past five o'clock. The morning was very clear, with the exception of a few distant clouds resting upon the horizon in the north and northwest. The night had also been quite clear, with a beau tiful display of Aurora Dorealii, which was most brilliant about four o'clock. The first in dication of the phenomena waa a low rumbling sound, somewhat like distant thunder, apparent ly in a northwesterly direction. The sound in creased in intensity for about three or four sec onds, the deepest intonations, being like very hea vy distant thunder ; the earth at ihe same instant exhibited a trembling motion which lasted nearly two seconds, when it gradually died away with tbe sound in an easterly or southeast direction. The concussion was ao violent that it produ ced n jarring and rattling of the windows, furni ture, and rrockery, and s very sensible trembling could be felt by one who stood upon the ground. In Euclid, about eight miles cast of this city, the shock was sufficiently violent to throw crockery from the shelf. Cleveland Herald. Boston, Oct. 17th, 1850. The brig Majestic, from Wilmington, arrived here this morning, hav ing on board three of the crew ol the schr. Geo. M. Snow, which was disabled at sea on the 30th ult., while on her passage from Darien, Ga. to New York. The Majestic experienced a heavy gale on the 4th, and was obliged to throw over boar tiCTtfeclrlondr-rjf torn ben A Medical Duel. A quarrel between a general officer and a physician in Paris has provoked some little laughter. The leurned professor of the medi cal art being challenged by the son of Mars, claimed the privilege of choosing his own weapons, and pro posed that lota should be drawn which of the two should swallow a drachm of arsenic, pleading his perfect ignorance of the amall sword and fire-arras,, to which, of course, hia adversary was duly accus tomed. The objection raised by the seconds of ".ho military man was that the doctor wag acquainted with the antidotes and means of cure. 'The reply was, that the challenger wns necessarily acquainted with the probable nature of gun shot wounds, who had great experience and skill. Fortunately the frieiuU interfered, and the affairs has been settled without poison, pistols or poniards. Smuggling on Steamer Atlantic. The New York correspondent of tha Philadelphia In quirer says that there was a bold attempt made to smuggle some 13,000 worth of laces free of duty into New York, on the last trip of the At lantic. The fact came to theknowledge of Mr. E. K. Collins, the agent, who promptly inform ed the government of it, and the result was .that the good nrnro all ufiifA. k ' ' I 1 f
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