hc uarirociit, nJ have Lai some opportu
! '"f of seeing1 behind the curtain, thai no nd
..4Uiiirnt;cn has tern toore octive had dilT-
pent than the present perhaps nouo as much
, This crdit, at least, no impartial obscf.
cr Iran possibly deny them. ;r if V4:; f fc
' No doubt tho Wnr with Mcxico-Uhe tariff
act the sub-treasury, feate ercntly aujncnti
,rd, hot only the labors of the President tod
cabinet, but also their caret and anxieties)
tut es they are eaid to to "all worlflog men:"
-e bona and trust that they may succeed in
bringing the government safely out of its dif
; ficulue. - We would not deny it tittle of ere.
" id. to fthfch tfiejr are Justly totkled j but, on
he contrary; are a I way a better ' pleased to
tare occasion to praise than to censure their
I -La It . 44. . J-."
CUDUUCt. 11 ii cciumiiy a retuiunu'ijuuuoo
to tanTf Wic officer to be known as a
corking' man," for ft Implies that ho la a
fcithfut and honest officer
': We hope that the labor of the Ptesident
and his cabinet will be directed to the pro
curement of en honorable, peace With Mexi
to; Ind if repoitsbetrue, they hare already
turned their, attention in that direction. Wo
are sure that "scenes of blood and carnage"
cannot be very agreeable to their feelings or
inclinations, and we ha reason to believe,
tlifcl lKtr ,tvi1! am tYni firttf favAraklo nnnnr.
441 J . .4 . VI 1444. MW Ul vv .U4V 4 444S4V f
lunity to terminate hostilitits.
' "--'lioVTT SPELL CAT. '
'Sometime duiinfr the last war with Great
n.?..j it. v 11 4 .r f.t-
uumm, tne iwimt;ui ui laianiry ivoa
stationed near' boston. Old Dr. M
(peace to hia asfies) was surgeon to the Reg
iment' 'The Doctor was an old gentlemen of
rery precise and formal manners, who stood
af great deal upon his dignity of deportment,
and was, ut his own estimation, one of the
literati of the Army. Neveitheless he was
fond of a joke provided always, it was not
. perpetrated at his own expense.
Jit is well known, in the " old school" that
at the Qmmeocemcnt of the war, a number
of citizens were appointed officers in the
ArnSy,'Who Jvero.more noted for their chiv
all than lor the correctness oi their othogra
t)hy.The .Doctor took little pains to conceal
njs contempt for the M new act."
T One day, at mess j after the decanter had
performed Sundry prrambulations of the ta
ble. Captain 3 ;,'ta brave and accomplish
ti officer,' and a great mg, remarked to the
Doctor-who had been somewhat severe in
his remarks on the literary deficiencies of
tome of , the new officers :
. Doctor M - , are you acquainted with
Captain pr
s: .'? 'X, 'I lenpw him well," replied the Doc
5 tor : " He's one ol the new set but what of
riotbuis in particular," replied CapUin
fi'-V' ,M I have just received a letter from
hitnnndl 1 trill wager you a dozen of old
Port that you cannot guess in six guesses how
Mpell;CttVf-V '
Done said the Doctor, M it's a wager."
Wellcommence guessing," said 8- .
jHK-donblef
Ar M- it " -I'"'
itai-atf., .
f No tryajain."
, Kat t-c.'
? No-you'Jave missed it again."
" Well - then," resumed the Doctor,
trouble."
No, that's not the way try again it's
yojii last guess."
;f No,,yakl 8 , " that is not the way
jrpu bave lost the wager."
'WeH,. said the Doctor, with much pet
ulance of manner, 41 how the Devil does he
tpcUhr. t i V
" Why; he spells iOC-a-t3 replied S ,
with the utmost gravity, i
'.Amidst the roar of tho mess, and almost
choking with rage, the Doctor sprang to his
feet, exclaiming j
Captain; - I am loo old a man to be
trilled, with in tVa manner."
MORE CURIOSITIES.
The Philadelphia private Reading Room
presents the jbllowing curiosities. .
.Ona drop of the spirit' which animates the
bosom of men. ,
'.The tar in which Venice was preserved.
;,The tail of a tub. , . .
. Ths stamp on which Crocket made his last
tpeecn. .
jFeathersfrom Pompey's Pillar.
A liule Ar from the same dog.
' The right toe of the foot that beat Time.
A plinter'.from the stall of Life.
.A liule sun abada Irons under a tree.
, A whistle made by the wind.
,Ruina ef the monument on which P tit nee
niled at Griel t . ; w . .
Tba glorious Spirit of the Times,
y The ga ol John Davis. , . . , ,
li-our glass containing oar respects.
.-WE DISLIKE
fehillow-pated, pnrte-proiid fopej'whh more
money than mstiners, and lew brains in their
' aeooces tbaa eotn-iiuti
r 'Ws dislike Intriguing women, who make
mixat a game, and do that in the bee of Ilea
eh, which they dare not let the wotld or their
tosuaaaeee. - ...... -.j..
' r We hate hypocrites, snakes, physic, and
loafers the eiflavia of a rorarioWi breath
we abominate. ttti,
We have I dire horror for ten lengths
lore scenes, anj ojly women on the stage:
flctpisa V rar,' anj hsva a reiieoos hate for
,. ttirty gloves end thirls, and loletest boot.
f We shudder at the thought of crying ehil
. m at Chnrth, a Concert or Theatre, esp
' ck!'y et the latter pbice daring a deep and
icrrowfj tceoe, or to the oiditof a bom
f ebnce.-' tt k itrriUa-.-" '
' HlVj Laihe the gass of t lying politicUn,
.flnicn crelflrs, and .their pntriotistit.
'He have I disgust for lies whtUn on tomb-
stones, giving tho dead credit for virtues no
one- ever discovered in them while living. y .
. JVt don't ditliki good cigars, pretty women
and fa! babies ; but no' tongue can tell how
we hate the customer who stole our urn
brcUe. - -h.f
C7! f w thk Tooth achi. Take a
piece of zinc, the size of a five cent piece,
with a five or ten cent piece of silver; place
them together between the teeth contiguous
to the aching tooth. The zinc and silver
forma galvanic battery that acts upon the
nerves of the tooth, and the current of elec
tricity thus established relieves the pain.
THE COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1816.
From tb aiIm, Curt, tt Dm. ttk,
NEWS FROM ENGLAND ! !
UBITUOFTflE ROYAL S1IL STEAXE1
CALEDOMi.
Fifteen Days Later from Europe.
The RoynJ Mail Steamship Caledonia, Cap. E. 0.
I.ott, arrived at this port, this morning, about seven
o'clock, from Liverpool, via Halifax, having made tho
pasaag In 15 J day a.
By ths Caledonia we have received our usual files of
paper. The date are from London to theevening of
the 18th ult., and from Liverpool to the morning of the
I9ih.1
The Corn markets in England and France are still
animated, and prices of wheat are nearly malutaincd,
notwithstanding tho largo quantities exported from
this country. It will be recollected that previous ac
counts from England stated that a decline had tuken
place In the price of wheat, flour, and other produce.
The Morning Chronicle of the 16th ult. snys: "At
Mark Lane the market was more lively to-day, nnd
dearer for all kinds of groin. Wheat may becallcd one
thilling dearer, with a firm appearance." Thisadvance
took place after the news taken out by the Caledonia
had reached London. At the Liverpool Market Flour
was sold at a alight reduction.
The Cotton markot remains in much the same state
as our previous accounts advised. A decline, how
ever, anticipated.
Some uneaslneaa was manifested in the moneyed
interests and commercial circles of London, on account
of the prospect ofa large amount of gold being required
in payment for American produce, and the consequent
Increase of the rate of interest by the Bank of England,
Trade in the manufacturing districts continues in a
very depressed stste. Large orders from America
were anxiously axpected. Nearly all the factories
have adopted the short time system, and work only
four days in the week.
Money la not so abundant in London, and in seve
ral of the continental cities a momentary crisis exist.
By the accounts from Ireland, wc find that although
there ia extreme dictress In many porta of the South
and West, and occasional outrages and food disturb
ance, yet the general condition of the country, all
things considered, is Improved.
The European new is important. The insurrection
In Portugal has assumed a very serious shape.
Ths difficulties between the British and French Gov
erumcnta, respecting the Monpensier marriage ques
tion, art by do means Milled. Notes continue to
pass between Lord Normanby and Jt. Guizot on the
subject, while the English and French journals throw
additional obstacles in the way by their Irritating
article.
The steamer Caledonia arrived at Liverpool on the
15th ult. She encountered head winds and very
boisterous weather, but completed the run from Bos
ton to Liverpool in 13 1-2 days including her deten
tion at Halifax. Her arrival was anticipated with the
greatest anxiety In commercial circles.
The packet ship .'oshua Bates, which left Boston
on ths 22d of October, had a remarkably quick run,
having arrived at Liverpool on the 7th of November. 1
being only sixteen day a from port to port.
Ths steamer Great Britain still remains on the
sands of Dundium Bay. Several practical men have
examined her position, and expressed hopes that she
may be got on".
THE LONDON MONEY MARKET AND
STOCK EXCHANGE.
The gloomr character of the intelligence from
Portugal, published in a second edition of the
Chronicle, has thrown a damp upon the markets of
the English and French Stocks, which at all low
er. Consols have fallen 1-8 rer cent Portugese
Bond about I per cent, and Spanish from 1-4 to 1-3
per cent. The decline in the other Foreign Bonds
is not remarkable, the flatness being mainly indica
ted by an absence of business. Consols for account
W 1-9 58 ; Exchange Billi, 11-14: Mexican Bonds,
1846,21 1 4 3-1.
Wkdnksdav, Nov. 18. The English Stock mar
ket continued to wear a steady appearance, and
money has been offered for Consols wiihout inter
est, which indidates that there is a scarcity of stock.
In fact, the tendency of the marke: is decidedly
buoyant, notwithstanding the efforts of certain
alarmist papers to keep down prices Consols
hsv realized 916-634 formonev Time bar
gain have not been entered into to any extent. Ex
chequer bill have been qnwed at 9s. to 12s. pre mi-
... Tl t I . J I .
um. oaaa koc was ouil
Th Foreign stock market is still in a heavr
condition. Spanish Five per Cent have been 26.
and the Three per cent. 37 Ml Portugese Four
w Cent, have brea flat, at 36 1-8 to 37. Mexican
Bond bsve at 23 to 22 t 2. Sn.
STATE OF TRADE IN THE MANUFACTUR
ING DISTRICTS
V" , u..,..w,.. - -
the present week the cloth sad yarn market bav
again been in a dull state, and in some case the
smaller holder have submitted to a reduction of
prices in order to effect sales. In those cases, how.
ever, where there was no pressing necessity to sell,
tnioafactnrers and spinner hare refuted to sub
mit to an; redact km. As the short time system has
aow been very cHeDsivtiy sdopteo", Ibera Is liul
doubt that a fait ia tie price of eottoa saaat ia a
short time be the rtsnlt, which wilt somewhat re
lieve tlks pressors jpon the aisaoticlurtrs'. Cot
soa aaa ten only to mevterate request, and As
transaction of the week have beea rery limited.',
Akcsjc. OaoEM'-'Wt apdcrsta&d thai the
orders for BrixUh goods brought by the Caledonia
are oousutUj large, and that tiers is ' trvery pros
pect ofa t-ery extensive trad wita the Btstes waea
ooce tit he tariff has ecus into operation.' , Ths
Internal eoad&lM of lbs XJaiea 1 highly . prosper-
ous-.cliicfly owing to rhs'great demand for grain,
flour, and provisions sad confident cjtpectailons
are entertained of a 'great Increase ofbuainesa jta
thU'cwuSxjr'lJvartil itWl J
Tea Cok Tiud& The Match Lane Express
of the Ida oh. say:
" The accounts from Ireland do not apeak so de
pondingjy of the state of the country this" week as
before. There, as oa this side of the Channel, the
late crop of potatoi appear to. have, turned out
rather better than bad been calculated on; f which
circumstance, and the dull advices from England,
together with the arrival ol several large cargoes of
Indian corn at some of the principal ports, had
caused a small reaction In price of provisions.
" The late fall in the value of wheat ha not a
yet produced any effect on the average Indeed,
the last general weekly return (62s 3d)l6d per
quarter higher than for the preceding week. There
is consequently no prospect of the duty rising.
" The nominal top price of floor has remained
stationary; Norfolk and other ship qualities hare
however In partial instance, been lorced off at
slightly reduced terms, and American flour has
also been sold somewhat cheaper. The arrival of
the latter hat been small, b barrels having come
to hand within the last eight days."
The Morning Chronicle of the 17th ult., gives
the state of the market on the previous day.; " At
Mark lane the market was more lively and dearer
for all kinds ol grain. Wheal may be called one
shilling dearer, with a firm appearance.
THE SEASON AND THE CROPS IN SCOT
LAND. It is stated that the month of October has proved
so wet, that some of the agricultural operations,
particularly sowing, have been retarded. Pasture
is generally very abundant, and the turnips much
improved.' The Edinburgh Witness, peaking of
the highland districts of the South of Scotland,
makes the following general review :
" Of this sf a son generally and its results, it may
be said to have been one of the best and wort com
bined into one. For fiAy years there has not been
warmer weather, better pastures, or plentier after
math, or higher prices for sheep, horses, cattle, and
dairy produce; for fifty years there has not been
more grain of every variety imported from foreign
countries ; again, for fifty years there have not been
so many and such large floods, there having been
no less than seven of them all in grand style; for
fifty years there has not been less grain of the for
mer crop on hand, farmers having sold off for fear
of the effects so likely to result from the alteration
of the Corn-laws ; for fifty years and more there
has not been so much disease among the cows,
pigs, horses, and even game of all sorts; for filly
years there has been no such unusual and total
failure of the potato crop, or of any kind of crop,
as of this."
IRELAND.
The Famine The DtttUutc Poor Meeting
Riott -Repeal, cf-c, eft. The accounts from Ireland
are of a more favorable character. Employment has
become general ; and the price of food is vciy deci
dedly lower. The cargo of one of four vessels, laden
with Indian corn, wss bought by tho Cork Relief
Committee, at X14 17s. 6d. a ton. The price, during
i-.t I- 1 I I 1- .- C fC
the prlvlous week, had been upwards of 16
A meeting was held at Longlord, on the 7th ult., in
the County Court-house, for the purpose of urging
the Government " to establish food depots throughout
the country, with the vlow of pulling down the pres
ent famine piice of provisions.''
FRANCE.
Pa sis. The Pari journals are atill occupied with
the Montpensier marriage question. Lord Norman
by has presented to M. Guizot, Lord Palmerston' re
ply to the French Minister's note on the original pre
test of the British Government. The reply runs to
the length of a hundred pages, and took an hour In
tho reading. It is described by the Morning Chroni
cle a " able and energetic.'' It enters at length into
all the points cf the question, and concludes by insist
ing on the necessity of the renunciation by the Infan
ta and her husband, on the part of themselves and
their posterity by this marriage, of any rights which
they may have to the throne of Spain.'
Tho ratification of the Tretty of Commerc and
Navigation lately concluded between Franc and Rus
sia were exchanged in Paris on the 9th ult
The Prince do JolnvllU 1 going to sea again, In
command of a new fleet.
On the 6th ult., the Bry of Tunis left Tunis, and
arrived at Toulon on the 10th ult., tn route to Paris.
The suite of the Bey consists of his brothcr-ln-law,
the Chevalier RafTo, his ministers of finance and war,
a secretary, a physician, three aides-de-camp, a dozVn
other persons of inferior rank, and 36 musicians.
SPAIN.
Madbid. Th Royal decree dissolving the Cortes
appeared In the Gaxette of the 1st ulL Th new
Cortes art to meet on the 25th of December.
No-lwTssviKTioH with Postvoal. The Mad
rid government has given assurances to M. Bulwer,
that the Spanish troops shall not cross (he frontiers of
Portugal. The only thing demanded by th Portu
guese government was, that Spanlah troops should be
placed on the frontiers to prevent bodies of artped in
surgents from entering Spain, as they are In the habit
of doing when pressed by the Queen's troops, in order
that they may re-enter the country at some point
where there Islcss danger. The Spanish government
have given order to the Generals commanding the
troop on th Portuguese frontiers to disarm wch In
surgent, and to send thsm Into the interior.
Among other palace gossip. It may be mentioned
that " th Queen-mother doe not reside andcr the
same roof with th Qaeen ; and that hor visit to the
Palace have become rare, owing to one or two of her
)lb,i(jrd daughter, being laid up with cntaneou
disease, which is contagious."
Two sums of 6,000,000 reals are stated to have beea
sent ss a subtidy to Portugal; and troop ware gradu
ally connntrsdng on the Portuguese frontier.
The fig harvest, says Msdrld journal, ha tola year
been very abundant In Spain: In one village of th
province of Huclvss, the produce is estimated at 24,
000 daro (44,000 ) .
The Ambassador of Franca, at Madrid, took offence
at aa artlck In the Tbmpe, and, at hi request, that
journal wa suspended. The court to which th com
plaint of th Ambassador of Fran against the edi
tor of th TUmpo journal had beea rsferred, had da
dared ths fiscal kncoinpttent to tnatitut such a press1
catkm, and refused to try the ease. Ths Ministry
'sod Count Brrsson Intended to appeal against thai
docistoa.
PORTUGAL.
riW hlrr$cticnTU Tbr4 U DeafW.
Account from Portugal represent that country a in a
rery serious condition. Th London Morning Chronl
cl d the 14th tilt, ptiliMics the fbllowlrx Important
Information, received by express (rem Ll ,bon. on th
etbaltt vC - O' j.ti--. j--'r J
, Ths troop had iuarched from LtsW to Ittack
the Con J dea Antaa, whose head-quartcri were at
Leria, The army that, marched was clo on 4,005
men.. The. King did not accompany It. Saldaiiha
wu created Puks .and the Queen's tVlcefoy In tits
Northern province, . $antarem was evacuated by (ho
disafToctect. The suspension of the guarantee was
continued for another month. All peasant caught In
arms are to be hot A letter published in the Dlaro
says that there an 200,000 eland of arm among the
people every man I armed. The resistance will be
obstinate. A large array of titled persons have joined
and lead the people. Juntas were formed In almost
every town of the kingdom. Evore wa to have been
bombarded on the 7th. Letters, from other aource
represent the Queen' cause a at the last extremity;
and mention that the Government troops had been
repulsed on several occasion; and that the whole of
the kingdom was In arms In support of the cause
headed by Das Antas. " I
The London Times of the 17th ult. says : "Wehave
bad news for tho Queen- from Oporto. The Insurrec
tion is entirely in the ascendant there, and the house
of an Englishman named Nobless has been attacked.
The property of other Englishmen there is also said
to have been assailed.'1
By Telegraphic Despatch Lubon, Xot. 10. A
telegraphic despatch reached Lisbon on the 11th Inst.,
stating that Gen. Schwalback had commenced the
bombardment of Evora. Bonfirm was determined,
however, to hold out. There seems no prospect ofa
speedy cessation of hostilities.
The British Commissioner Col. Wilde had taken
hia departure from Lisbon for th head-quarters of
Saldanhu, from whence he would proceed to Oporto.
It was considered certain that England would not
resort to an armed Intervention, unless a Spanish army
ahould cross the frontier.
The Queen's forces had attacked the Insurge nts at
Ctntra. It Is stated that a body of 600 troops, detach
ed by the Duke of Saldanha, has routed the CIntra
guerillas, killing 18, and capturing a considerable num
ber of them. The only advantage gained was the tem
porary dispersion of the armed peasants, who return
ed as soon as the troops were withdrawn The rebels
fought with bravery, disputing inch by inch, and re
tired only when their ammunition was expended.
They ultimattly'retrcated across the mountains, with
out leaving a single prisoner in the hands of the sol
diers. The scene of insurrection is not two miles
from Lisbon, yet troops could not be spared to proceed
against the insurgents.
TURKEY.
Const aktinoplx. A correspondent of the London
Morning Herald, writing at Constantinople on tho 20th
October, reports the receipt of a strange sort of des
patch from Lord Palmerston.
" Lord Palmerston has sent a note to the Porte, in
which he demands the abolition of slavery in the Otto
man empire. You will remember that when Lord
Ponsonby was Ambassador at Constantinople, a sim
ilar measure was proposed by the Minister for Foreign
Affairs; but his Lordship's despatch, in answer, in
duced Lord Palmerston to abandon the project. In
the present note, the question Is ably argued; but with
more of sophistry than sound reasoning, and with a
sturdy disregard for the feelings of those to whom It fa
addressed, which we must certainly pronounce to be
1 1mprudent. It is argued, that there is nothing in Ma
II t i tiL , .. .
hommedan law which objects to such a proceeding:
in proof of which, hia Lordship cites treaties which
have been made between the British Government and
the Mussulman chiefs of Arab tribes for the suppres
sion of slavery.
"It is impossible to describe the sensation which
Lord Pslmerston's .note produced, not only at the
Porte, but also, we are assured, in a higher quarter.':
It is a proceeding which strikes st one of the vital
principles of tho social system of the Turks.''
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
Th Wa with the KArias. letters and papers
received in London from the Cape to Sept. 18th, re
port unfavorably respecting the success of the British
arms agalnat the Kafirs.
The latter continued, with some success, their dep
redations upon the cattle of the frontier farmers, being
themselves sorely pushed for supplies of food, owing to
the long continued drought, and there was no hope of
bringing them to peace, but by vigorously proscsutlng
the war.
Col. Hare, Sir Andreas Stockcnstrom.snd th Gov
ernor, were at the head of very respectable forces, and
had formed a chain, In order to encompass the Kafirs,
but the country was so extensive, that great difficulties
presented themselves.
How to eat Eoos. The New Orleans Picayune
thus describes the Mexican prxet of eating egg
" Boiled egg were brought on. They were cooked
soft, the shells being merely scalded and set In little
cakes of raw dourh. The tops were opened, and a
little stick about three inches long and about the size
of a large knitting-needle, handed to each of ns. As
Lew i a did an tne a pan tun lor com, i looxea io mm
for instruction how to eat with these sticks. He was
st the time turning side glances to see me begin. At
aat I asked him to show me, a the job appeared as
difliruh as eating soup with a knitting-needle. After
hesitating a moment. In evident confusion, the Major
"feaspd, cold j" and Inquired of the Senora. She In
formed tit that the sticks were to stir in the salt, after
which the eggs were to be tucked. How stupid we
were not to nave understood this simple process T'
THE BRITISH PARTY.
The Washington Union publishes s letter from soma
snonymous correspondent In Georgia, who state mat
In June and July lasu while he wa in Pari, he heard
th National Intelligence r called " the Bridh paper,
and the federalists (meaning th Whig) of th United
Suits the Engllah party." This taunt comes with
admirable grace from the only party In the country
which has ever struck a hostile blow at ths Industry
and capital of our own citizens, for the benefit of Z7rU-
UK " Lords of the Forge end ths Loom" from a par
ty, the doctrines of which are so favorable to British
interests, and therefore so popular In Sl Stephen's
Chapel, that the Report of It Secretary of the Trta
sury, In which they are embodied, wa greeted with
the most extravagant compliment, and ordered to he
printed by the British House of Lords a compliment,
we venture to ssy, never paid to any official paper
emanating from the Whig party of the United States.
Surely if any party, then, ha ever won fut lial(
and deserves to woar the appellation of " the DrUish
Party," It la that of th doctrines of which " Sir
Robert Walker" Is the exponent, and one of the Isad
ora of which declared that our natuTal markets" arc
Birmingham, Sheffield and Leeds, rather thn VY al
lium, LowtB and Pittsburg. Ths taunt, w repeal,
ooroeo with an admirable grace front those who have
Struck dowa oar own domestic totereals 4ataresta
cherished heretofore by every admlnlatratlon, whether
federal or rubtkan-to order to extend th markets
tod enlarge the profits of iht Iron lad coal masters,
the cottoa-atilnMra ana the cloth weavers of England,
rf !aj ate aot th "British Part v." in the nam of
common sense, to whom !oea tlat dlfr'arsjj'ng cplihet
more legitimately attach 1 L ,.. i y .', :
Hi Nationa) Intelligencer needs ss llttli to be de
fended from the Imputation cait upon it by the corres
pondent of the Official Organ, as ths Whig party i but
such defence as It may require it is fully competent to
rfiakel r:$!.'f.J2 i f rTTtlUhnumi Whig, ,
... -4, THE TAX PAYERS. V - - VtoTl
W hoped to have given in this paper, a full account
of th proportion of taxes paid by the signers to ths
different Memorials sent up to the Legislature; on the
subject oi taxing our citizens for subscription to the
Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road., Th tail
list of 1845 has been taken Off to Raleigh j so w caa
at present, Only show that of 1844, and that not com
pkite. ' . ' , '
The whole amount of (axes paid by ths counter
memorialists, including poll tax payers was 11.203 68.
Now the amount paid by fifty-one persons, Delng
about one-fifth of the whole number of those, who
signed the Memorial for taxation, Is, according to the
same list, 11,841 fi2 , " ; :
Sorrte hundreds more. If all were added, It would
be found that the latter Memorialists, both in numUr
and In mtertit, outnumber the opposition In about the
rate of two to 0!.
We hope soon to obtain information that will en
able us to give an accurate estimate of the whole.
Total Loss or ths Stiamshi Nobth Amssica.
The steamship North America, from St. Johns, N.
B., for Boston, was totally lost on Wednesday night
last, at Long Island, Mount Desert She burst her
steam-pipe during a very heavy gale S. S. W ,and drif
ted to within hah a mile of the shore, when both the
anchors were let go. The sea was running vary hea
vily, and the vessel strained very badly. She wassoon
water logged, and the cable were cut, and she went
ashore The passengers and crew were all saved ex-
copt the fireman. The vessel and cargo, with part of
her baggage, a total loss. Bait. Clipper.
Mi'aDca. A foul murder was perpetrated on the
12th Inst., In Jefferson county, Miss. The parties con
cvrned, were John Catlln, the deceased, Abel Kelly,
Abraham Kelly, Jesse H. Martin, and Wm. Clawson.
It appears that Catlin was courting a sister. of the
Kelly s. The match was broken off by her friends.
She wrote him a letter making an appointment to meet
him et a certain place on the evening of the 8th Inst.
She did not come, and he suspecting that all was not
right, went and silently reconnoitered the house of
Kelly, where he overheard a plot to murder him on the
Wednesday following.
Catlin then returned to the residence of Squire Da
vis, where he was making a kiln of brick, and prepar
ed a kind of breast-work of cord-wood, and procured
some arm for his defence.
In this situation things remained until Friday fol
lowing, when the two Kellys, Martin, Clawson, and
another young man, rodo up to tho brick yard, unex
pectcd to Catlin, and while ha was engaged giving dl
rectlons to the hands, and wheeling their horses fired
on him.
Tho shot struck Catlln in the neck, severing sn sr
tery i Catlin then turned and ran to his breast-work,
caught up s rifle and shot Martin, the ball striking him
on the left cheek, shattered his jaw bone, and passed
directly through and lodged in the back of his neck.
The others then fled, but by this time Catlin hsd be
come so weak from-the loss of blood that he fell, where
upon they returned, and Abel Kelly shot him several
times, it le said, even after IfCs waa extinct.
Clawson has been arrested and is now fn jail. Mar
tin died on the 17th Inst. The Kellys have not yet
been apprehended, The elder Mrs. Kelly is now un
der arrest for aiding and abetting the murderers.
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Far Um CoanmiiL
THE CONNECTING LINK.
As charters will in a few days be obtained for tho
construction of two rival Rail Roads, to form connec
ting '.ink through North Carolina, between the North
ern and Southorn Road, I beg leave to offer a few re
mark respecting the merit of the rival scheme In a
national point of view) th metropolitan road having
been spoken of a a work worthy the patronage of
Congress.
There are thre great interests which th nation ha
in the works of Internal Improvements of its citizens
FiasT: The varioua Rail Roada and other lines o
inter-communication draw us nsarer together i unite
our varied and wide spread Interest; remove co-
tlonal prejudice and make u one people.
Seio.-id: The transmission of the United Stat
Mall, collecting and dispersing Intelligence with speed
and certainty to every part of our country.
Thibd: The facilities they afford for the speedy
concentration of troops and munitions of war at any
required point, In case of Invasion in time of wsr. .
On the first of these count I do not perceive any
advantage either of these contemplated works would
have over the other ; let them then be set down a
equal in that respect.
The great object to be attained la carrying the mall
I the safe and speedy lranmilon of intelligence to
our country generally j but more especially to our com
merclol towns and cities, and to them in proportion
to their commercial importance. Taking this rule for
our guide It would be the Interest, nay the duty of
the general government to patronize the connection
by Wilmington rather than the other j for it will give
at least aa great speed snd safety In transporting the
great Northern and Southern mail as can be furnish
ed by the metropolitan Road and greater despatch to
Newbem snd other eastern towns in North Carolina.
By transferring the mall to the metropolitan roots,
Fayettcvllle would obtain her Intelligence, by an ox
tension of the Raleigh and Gaston Road some six or
eight hours sooner than she now does But Wllmlng
ton would lose 24 hour In obtaining hers by way of
Fayettevlllo, ss she formerly did, a consideration that
ahould certainly Influence the government in (electing
the mall route through the State, If commercial Im
portance I to ba taken into tha count. . ,
The line of Rail Roods1 forming a connection by
Wilmington would be of Immensely more advantage
to the government In case of war than a road s cross
the lnujrlos of tha Statei because it would furnish
th earliest lntaHlgnc of an enemies' movements,
snd oroesing all tha Rims of this State, and part cT
those of South Carolina, at or near when they are at
e0 times navigable fox Boats, would enable the wsr
department to concentrate troops and munitions of
war on the coast at any required point. Id the ahort
sat possible space of time a consideration of no little
Importance! la addition to which, these roads win lie
over a comparatively level country consequently hea
vy burden caa with greater speed and safety be trans
ported over them. .While on th other hand, th me
tropolitan road would cross all oor - Rivera above
Sieji Boat navigation,' except the Caps Fear, and
that at a point from which troop and artillery could
not for a portion of th Jtti b transported to ths
coast by water. . , If then It should be th policy' of our
government to encourag and foetef such wotta of
JT:
Inttrttol luttrcuiiunouiiuurt Wod Ciu2a it. js '
gala the earliest nte!!!nce of trie movements snd
designs of a foreign snemy, and muka the speediest ar
rangement to protect our whole State from their, ag
gressions, jhe Wilmington roods rriust stand far i
advance of the otlierj bimI It "surely never can be tha a
policy of our govermcnt to abandon our coast to aa)
neray and confine itself to a defence of the Interior
of our State i anJ yet auch would necessarily, toa
very great extent, be the esult of a Una of tullltarx
operations projected from ths metropolitan road.i f
ant aware that A he United States have established aa
Arsenal st Fyettevllli the wlsdon. of which, act,. J
am not disposed to call in question, as that, focatlo
was no doubt chosen In preference to Ralcieh the cao-
iral of the State! becatuW it offered 'greater facilities,
for transporting ths munitions of war deposited their,
to tri coast la Cass of need, which furnishes a eonflr-
mation that the Wilmington Road would be th most
Thus It . wilt b .-seea: tbit ihs three Interesta
which t gewr! govemm
Roads, two are decidedly In la Ivor of those, pWilnlnjtf
ton while the other Is the same Iri eithc? Roaa. :'l
Iri my next I shall Consider whldt work is likely to
redound moat to the advantage of North CareiiasU7'
BY THIS MORNiyO'S SOUTHERN; flf.TjL
:f Pram the Evening Mercu
FROM TEXAS AND GEN, WOOUSi 4RM,Y,i
i ne steamship Calvsto Capt. Habeland, ar
rived at half-past 1 to-day,' trith Galveston paper
of Tuesday, , , s l-'iC
The Austin Democrat has adcountf ' from Oat.
Wool's camp at Monclora, but to what dale" tsfiot
stated. The OeihoentsjayaviM.;4 '
Messrs. Callaha and Mctfellab, accompanied
by three Mexicans, on their fsy from Gea? Wool's
Army, were lately attacked & the Beco, tributa
ry of the Rio Frio, by a party of sftlndiabaT t-'
The attack was nisde early-Iri I'tbeaftertoolf
the parties were engaged .rtn'Aa'Vam-tBC'Sllea'
succeeded ia making Ihek,ecsp
them two Mexican, whom 'they 'ihp'jwsed J,wre
killed ; one of them" arrived tlnhutt'in Bai'Antotiio
but the other was Tbnaftjr partfhd yisif j
ed the place of rambatahortlY aAer tji fight oe-?
curred. - He hsd been WotJDdeJ.' and had cra'ipleof
to water att.vlCaiUban' t:ilrba'',
opinion that some of indianaeira billed.'
Tbey captured a pole from tb$ partVpon ' whlci
were packages coatararng' despatches from Idea,
Wool. Mr. Callahan thinks the jnana wjjo at-!
tacked his party were certaioljr. jpaBs,'
The following, which, we copy from tbft At)Win
Democrat is all that we find in telatlott to the ami
cipated Indian mf;
It is stated upon the1 authdrity of Colonel Mo
Garry, that the celebrated Setnioole; Chief .Wild
Cat, is now In Texas, at the bead of 300 warriors ;
150 of that number being Seminole. He is said
to have expressed a determination t do as be pleas
ed. Several families who settled on the . upper
Cros Timbers on the Trinity, have. deserted their
homes, having suffered sever loss by the kilflDr
of their work oxen, stealing their horses and sqb.
Capt. Smith lost fourteen of his horses, and start
ed twenty men on the trail of the thieve, they fol
lowed lix or eight miles and came to a apvt where
about aixty Indiana appeared to have encamped the
night before they halted and sent back for' rein
forcement. Capt. 6mlih was in tha act ef march
ing when McOarry left. This party ot Indians '
were thought, from the hoof marks.- to bar had
at least 40 shod of American horses with them.' "
It will be recollected that Capt fimitbl and
Stepp's companies have been mustered into tha er
vice of the UU'ed States, and U is feared they wilt
bedisbanded npon the arrival of Col. Mcearry, with '
the intelligence' that Capt. Howe still refuses to '
come snd mttstwiheiala.!",i'&-iw??5:
There was sn exceedingly severe frosi In llouj-
ton, on (be SStb ok: Ice formed during the night, '
nearly a quarter of so ineh thick.' ' T
Mi. Tanner" the newly appointed 'poet office
agent of Texas, passed through Houston' on fh '
27ih, on bis way to tha interior. He expect, ays
the Tdtgntpk, with the assistance Jadge'Tokr,
In rvviilif lK matta a! ii Klali in i tmm mki' 1
-6- - - .4. W
Fiaa. Th alarm of fir which wss
sounded on
Saturday rooming about 0 o'clock, orlgtna ted on the '
premises In Qhutclf street, long andfcyorably known
ss the Punter's Hotel, ths occupation of Mr. Csua.
H. Mior. ': Flames wre seen issuing from one of th
dormant windows in ths garret of the southern wing ef
tne establishment, by soma or the inmate onne nopse.
who gave th alarm, and , hastened to tha spot tqt th
purpose of arresting the progress of the firebuf their
efforts were unsuccessful .our fire department, bow-i-:
ever, was soon brought Into requisition, when its fur
ther progress was stopped, '.The room in which th
fire originated, as also the' roof above, ia very much j
burnt i and wa regret tp add that considerable injury
has been don to the tilings of the apartments Of tbl;
tenement even down to the first story, lb ectiaequerie
of th Immens body of water wrown'nmiheenJ'
sines. Tke centre of the Hotel Is of wood, while tha .
- .- v ,
stance that the flames were thus easily arretted. ; ' J
A man br the nam of loan Bcaca. who had for
OT1IU4B mim IM K1444 4. mm m X M4 n,.Mn yilCUIII-
several week occupied the room where the fire occur
red, and also several persons attached to th establish
racnt, were samlne4 during ths, day. by Hia lianas--,
tha Mayor, but nothing was elicited, which oouldgiva- f
a due as to the origtaatloa of (ho fire. Th Hotel 1st.1
owned by Mr. Aisxakdi Caidis, anif Is" partial! ' .
covered by insurance effected In tha Harilojd snd4s,,.'
gusta Jnursoce and Banking Company Sgencfcsa. of
oar dry, ,Mt. Mior, whose furniture Was much Inj ar
id by being removed, we are sorry 'to ay was not In-
in. is: at it
Prom s sutler received ia this dry, w team thattrtavl
ship Sent CWbt with 'th V. S. troops onlosrd'
arrived off the Braaoe oa th 20th ult, The troop, '
who were SD wcD, Imraedletdy re-shipped on board the.
schooner IVtptwi snd sloop Datul Zfcsm, and d
patched WTamplcAWetdwliJ ,
IV.
FIRE AT AIKEN.' S.
By a letter recelvsd In Charleston, it I
Ula learned IbeT
a fire occurred Ja Aikan, 8. C. oa Saturday night lsst
3hlcb destroyed four freight ears, together with npv ,
ardaof 8 bales of Cottoe, snd adda, that tt wis1
doubtlrss the work of in V
'k V BEACON UOHXrii iMfi
. 1 The Beacon 00 th main land back of SUlllvsne '
Island, will b conipkited and ia operation, oaor aborfk