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at jKwtjmwhjW" ti'tilonoVimiioits on e.tch aide' of the peitla. u jiflrt whirl! Ihe additional lifttrra ar to ne f j those itf placed nt A nroper distinv nbov tbe point where the pestla It usually .taken nn.t is finu in contact, nnd" precisely orr ti Imlf lmfi!ontnl or pnrmlel line (othe centre of th linllt, while theothur points tr Man n iTpBrhftrw 13 degrees below this point, hut the reVol ving of the niintt toon bring it t liorrioiiAl prwiiion where it nlso re renVrslho pestle while nswtidiiig (imi enr ries Ir on w en Angle of 12 degrees srbove tlm horizontiil. Troiii which tkrtvWllI fulls into in momr ntii! 1s then 'Ijnmediiitcly inken old uLny thfc'olhers una convey tip as be i'.itv. fi Will be readily perceivrd these lift cru fcre enployed in the execution ol eneh "i rtv f the pcstlcl w bit exrerior rtcting at 'h sum.? time; the other fccting in . the cen i I'c'rtf 1 1 1 o pcetle is iisnnl. wtiieh receive the I :ner n it nsrend'rfffll finishes the elevntiwt reqrnprfr! ' tThe" nutehmtf in question has been i ralitiosl !o)i8li1nt flat? For lour Vnonths and thft article rwodwed will 1enr fnvorablocom jiurisoii with tint dTdieCnnvlestoii f market. I i it construction the motive may cither ."bo Kieam wiucr or oalinol.Doer. Mr, B. Ims :,ie m tehirdajti uMid Ml out n v.ry lair quantity. A patent is now in course of preparation. 1 - f, ' " " ' TUE PCSTMmfeK' qEJflERAL AM) TUB MAIL CONTRACTORS. Tin dry routine of official tlutics m occa- i;iiidlly relieved by. something outd'the uu I v,iy. An instance of this kind oceiire.1 on " (oik)mvJ in the bureau oi the Postimtster tVnernl. The approaching letting ormnilcontnct lr f njy Uf our city, nt thin lime, a Inrge num Lsv of persons desirous of entering into en- jr.peitieiiM with the Government lor trait i linjr the nails for the next four years in 'ie Slates of New England und Mew York, .-Mere existing contracts are nbout to ex i iiv ; a, id. in the dill'. -rent States of the Un- ' i. nyoti new routs crealed by u recent nrt l CVngre w. t'heee gentlemen called in n body on the tniaiier General, some to make hi nc iliiaintanrri, and others to remind him of what !:cy li.itl previously suggested of the iidvmi ifteaiid mi, ort. nice of a liberal course fo w aril thein in makinir the contracts. The K'linber around hinT nrode the PoNimnskr O; ncr.il let I tis if he wus upon his old thea r of actiotj Jfte fliior ol Congress, and he .. u, all nt once, betrayed into a peeWi. Our ii.foi nuuit says ihnl he cannot presume K, n iui t it, not being prepared at the moment '. in so - hmlhrt impression produced by the ' rfiiiriis ivns po asremble. that he hhs at :i:inpted to make the following impeded nketch: 'Mr. CvL'AiiEf said : Some -of you com lVi.n ofthe'ehane made IrV 1B45 of the mode ; L uing routs :o coiitni'c't. This change . . roqniri d by law. h was, I know, a pro r ...si .an operation:' Every contractor v1io . .is tuo lung fr tfio Lt4ii1 ws, crtuul. inu.iv rases whsro ii iws noislajthopgh .-..;hcr disagreeable, by ti imiuiug hint olf at u. I'cet ;nid, in oUir, by. taliog off his .id. Jjut the Postmaster 3enertit Was .tv.mA ty execute the.l.iw theK. trtd tic 1 I n ex. cute U now.'tliougncire'umstan , . 'nave Bonuwhat clianged. He s.ud be . .ii 'id that the scrviru tr-ey wcro to biL lor lijierirted in tHcadvi'rti8emcnt.atiQ he ner :.ed iliat regulatiinis'wcrr also promulgii- r..J ii.nW mhirh th W,ia ' h" . tiriKinn .re lobe mails. VViihout saying whether t :.! io;alaii.)iis were right or wrong i.al ho nil not wish to lie understood an ma tutu' uny obj.i .iou whatever to any of them ii ,s' n gul.itions must govern the course to ,. j.ursucd. A departure from them now v .uld b aviing in bud faith to the public ; .: h. L.u.id. hy these regulations, there w, ie B.)ine cases in which he could exercise I .1 .1 . I I A.AInlAt 1.1 '., rCi'. It 111 SUell m l.ll.CI H utat ivMOv:ie 'I iuhl:c interest. Sune thouirht economy was everything. . I noiliintr else was to be considered. He i.dI think the dc)artmcnt w ib merely ; . ji! to save money. M'llmiw.is the Qnly n '.. d. the bast way wool. I be to huve nn I. purtment nnrf sare it hII. Another opin i i ,. thuttxrLDiTioN and accommooa . , n were every tliinjj, no metier what it ; ilnvtjtl: whetU vvatc io be kept goinj:. w .i tlierthtmr wueanyUuiinf lb greasu. them , Knot. Thnt wne the othrr xtreiae j, pnd i; -van j.tifl,!" sre tlmt such n cours'? would : i i run tup Department off ifs legs: il; hud trieilv'over sf)tne"if their slijitH-ry ''mj. wliea (Ttc ottestiori Wrts -wtiietl m U trAcii to tnfccF78baiendvlsrd to 'rJrive on 1 . tipper siil; d:tsS"ulie:trl. tind tVittttfiihiu.-0:'..-rs sniJ, -'Stick to flielowef elde.nr ye-n'll i, rct." He wus net disposed to'nm the risk ' mpsizing tlicctWich, nor' was Tie willing to ... .,' ulotig in the ditch. He should keep the mi idle truck. U wits the safest nnd bet. ...i! iicn ihe rule oliislrfe to lo sft. "!u sc. with other obsermiJnhs, shndrtwed i: iut very significant nnd at the same ; M ni.-om nnd ngreenhlc manner, the up ' i j'Mt itnil judicious course thnt ill Posl ... i t -r Gcneritl intended to pursue. .. THE PRINTER printer is the most curious beinsf living. Hi iy hnve u bank nnd coins, nml im. he t!i .i pe my hnve esiAi.L caps, and nei- witc nor rntldren. Uiners muy run iitL ,, r he ets .thing swiftest by serriNo UU lnr wuu,u W"V timuei imi uiu oui ' n 1 be making imphesxions without elo- ! be equally divided betwto ihe parties. But this i .re ; m iy W the I.YE without o I T i u I i . i g . would not suil ihe notions of the sottish and unprin- ', I nv tt'll.:ig the truth. ; Whiteotherscjtuu.it cipled horde who have grown great and pmiipuu : i d vvlitMi they ssst. he can SET stnndiiitf. ironi their feedin? at the public crib. Nor would it i: I v In both nt the suine timo umj rue- j fult those pullticlans whose pecuniary profits are .', r.n:,:ln.l j et have no il welling nmy runke j derived from eiciirment and disorder. I put away nr. ntnl never see n pie. much , Ve ,hough( of lt W0ld8 lha, eud ,hlf ar,if, on rWc.i it during his lile-be l.um.tu being . . Mr .. i uil n it a r at the an me time may press n V;it ll. al hrd not nsk n lovor may hmidle : i v,tiio isOi. id know nothing nhout n !i lijiu .. gdu orjMol ; h timv work the le km t i tl moves the worloV nri yvt be it iar rriivlrre tfi glob tm rt ttog with his noee v . r ii iiitilehdl spreajl SHtrrs without be (j; u houssiMTie ;'hrf huy tny his roest on o flfD and'yAitF ertiliiffed V lep On th floor; iWftN u? 'this't Wotsi4ilus;' Wwd ?f?,lVrWi6'&f.rV WKy-hUflJitlitkMs, 4e ft'liv )S f.lt'ioeii'sr fflsi Wi, tidy r9tri ihfVel ht MtiVsyviiita;, IT6W WifltVitf w tnw er tphysset AryVWe ejRMI.-sJss Uttrcr having til tsrius ol- Use a.puiml him liavu hiVftaJT loekvj' op. anil 1 attlif iamo time be lee (torn 1H, watch Jinuie jpr any oher fiomirrncut. iU v r- THE COMMEItCIAL. WILMINGTON, N. C. SATURDAY,' APRIL 21, 1849. CAPE-FEAR & DEEP RIVER CO. By s letter from th) Awoclaiu Editor, Ic.irn that the ineutlng of ihfl Stockhold. rs of the Cupc FewdS Deep River Impr.iveniuiit Cnniny, held t Pi'boro' on Sal unlay lost, was very nninmicJ, und thst mnch harmony prevtilled on the occasion. " ' About 896,000 of stock was repregciited, by pr ton or by proxy. Only shout $10,000 more are r -quired to moke up the whole of the indivlduni S ck. and as soon as ore pniil In, ttie State's sub- sqripiion 'of $10,000 may be cluimcd. Tbe following are the officers appointed at t)iu meeting: ..JSrsNcca McLisiHA.v, President. B, 1. Ilowzc, Secretary und T;esurcr. Ma. Tuommoh, Engineer. DlhCCTOBS I i'TScNu. i 0n bc,,,,lf of ,hc s,a,e- Pitts Ev!fB, Sin., ) John M. HAiraHTo.v, On behalf of Individuals. 1'homas Hill. ) Ev!fB, Sen., J The Dlreclura will proceed forihw ilh to the con proceed forihw ilh to the con- , und wo muy be OHKurcd Ihut completed. The Deep River atructwo of lbs Rood, It will be aeaaenubiy compicieu. i ne Ueep Improvement ond Mam hosier Road have mude u fair atari. IVow for a Hmnrl isce on I he road uf hon orable entefp Uu. N. C. MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. We beg leave to call the attention ol our readers to on article in this paper, copied from the ttig 'Jltr of the I Bill Inst. Ii contains mailer interesting to the members of the Company, and to all who con templute enjoying the benefits of the Institution. POPULAR EDUCATION. We have an aiiicle on our fiist page, dcscilptive of a movement which is started fcr the benefit of the cause of Puuulor (education. What muv bo the re. suit of this effort, it is ImpoBsible now to tell ; but some good will certainly result frmn it, If the opera tors in the scheme fa:l to erect n beneficial system, sustained by the concerted action of patriotic citi zens throi ghout the Republic. We hope for the best reculu. DISPATCH. A letter written !y a Mcicniile House in this town, to a corrcHjioi, , nt in Liverpool, was received by tho j:ur in tittle ..'.ys from the time of Its de- parlure. This, prol. i. Iy, is the shortest letter trip on record. SUPERIOR COURT. The Spring Terfn oVthe Superior Court for this county, will cuin.neuce in this town on Mondjy n'll-J vdvs 1'EABtoii presiding. AN ELEGANT MONUMENT.' the IVcldun lit raid s.lvs : ' M . Sirs. Iiell &, Packie, m rblu wnrkera, gn the corner ot Calvmt anil Saratoga suwU, BaJtimore, Imvejusl finished a really beautiful nclnien ul t wuik in marble, 'tnluii- ded to be placed over the tomb ol an oifteer who lull id the late wai with Mexico, it is in tlm form of un obelisk, seventeen leel hih, including the base, and i uiiitlu w v-l.li.mui ule 'A't.ilui .1 n Udi.iiuuiL euu ly. Upon the sides appears the following umcrip tion : " J. 11. K. Burwyn, Captain 1st Regiment United States Dragnufte, born July Is:, laid. Woun ded Febiuary 4th, 1817. Died February 7th, 1347." The obelisk is ulo adorned with a represent ilion ol the coat of arms of the family, with the motto, Sem jcr Fiddis, ond a Nuimau sword und bell suspen ded from the figure ol a digger. The b ise is nvu feel square, and the w hole structure of classic pro- I'uiiiuua uuu in.oui.iui uiiisn, iiuvuig ueun ueeiglieu by Messrs. Nisrnsee &. Nelson. Capt. Burgwyn, whone untimely death has been much deplored, re tciv d his fatal wound in the bailie of I'utbladi Ta os, New Mexico, and died in three days thereafter.--The same firm hjve just completed a Gothic nio. u incnt of richly ornaiuetiti-d work and fine propor tions, being about eleven feel in heiyhi, w hich was also designed by the same arthiiccla Tliese mon uments will be shipped lor Klizitbelh City JNonh Carolina, in a few days, where tin y will be erected. MEXICAN CLAIMS. It may be inleresiing to some of our renders to learn that the Board ol Commi.ssioticrs oppoinled for the adjudication of claims of American citizens against Mexico, as stipulated in tho lite Trekty to be paid by the United States, id n i In session at the City ..f Washlngtoo, and will hold their meeting ul the Ciiy Hall. The session commenced on Monday last. The Board consists cf Hon. Geo. Evans, of Maine, Cot. R. T. Pai!, of North Carolina, and the Hon. C'ALts B. Smith. POLITICAL IMPUDENCE. The Democruu are so used to the olfices and spoils, that they have the impudence to grumble nteviry appointment not made from ih If ranks. We sup pose there are now, Including all rcmovnN nnd up polntnunl under the new adminisirailon, about ninety-nine Democrats In office, to one whig and yet there is as inucli fuss made about " proscripiion' as iX the thing were reversed. If the members uf ihe lute deinocratie party had one spuiW of honor, a single sentiment of justice, or a speck ol li,i:m Slumlord, on thu rcnioul of Mr. Junes and the up puintUMUt of Mr. l.iuu, as Marshall fur I lie Pis tricl oCNonh CsmIiiiu. in a city where the VYhia have shown 19 Iriendl) u disuosiiion, and duoiuii st rated that they have, no proscrlptiv leejings, a puMlcatieo bi Oils sort ought not lo appear - It Is a' ehame a scandal to nil tlmt la upright sod court 00s snd If our ir en 1 ilni.tiKM wre out as-biir-detted In pollilcal ,. ny, lie wouU bleoh on a reH-rusal of his stticl tbe subject. v Bui that U s Ihln v. Y'af hvl(K love him do agSbV Unless ouie of the teaiMs'vf lit jisrtj shouttl.fiappen to delect him by accident us it were lit Ins Sterdse of politlcilaaaW. , r -. 4lJoiisf isvy reepecuU. sad clever man; . but ooaeU bis f.kuU. wtU bav. tbe tsoi.rlty lo aa- lor the oruoet'.- AcusId men will affreehalhd publ bl service li promtAeobf jhs timugi' -y.tl..u l BOOKS RECEIVED. We hava reeuU'td Godcy't Lady1 i Hook and Sar laM Magmine for May Jaoth In fsrir fins stylo. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE. A seninnrkon bourd the British barque Red Rose on Tliiirsil iy, ws 'on tile forstop. galKo(i yBrtl, , the lushing of wWh gave way, and It fell Into the riv er! The senimm" was thrown In tho dtwetfon of the wharf, and fortunately leH between the Wharf und the vets I, suHlujninit no injufy. ' (t'6MfUM1CATSD.) ' COMMISSIONERS OF NAVIGATION. The following nnjed (cnrtenien hnt nomina tion for .Comiiii&tilQncrf of .Nuvlnaiiqn. and will .. . ', i ' i r i. ''., 1 . serve l. elected ny ineir itnow citizens: JETHR6 BALLARD, JIENRV NUTT, Da. WM. IIARKI-SS, ;, P W, FANNING, , W. Q. BETTEN COURT. Tclegratthcd lor the Baltimore 'Sun. . i 1 r JT'fc&f ' ARRIVAL OF Till: STEAMER EUKOPA. I t DAYS LATER FROM JUROPE. Ab ileat'o ; of Charles AieriFavo-a')! Njws from I i llaImproremc t lu Commercial Affairs Loinlo:i Mo::r cy Markst.Moucy Aflalrs of France, &c. At two o'clook this morning, the following dis. p nch came to hand from our correspondent at St Johns. St. Johns, N. B., April 19, 12 m. The steamship Europa arrived at Halifax last evening, alter n pissageof ten days from Liverpool, whence she sailed on the 7th inst., banging fourteen days later intelligence than that brought by the Ni agara The express from Hulifax reached here about an hour since, having been detained by the unprecedented cold wsatber and ice for this season of he year. The trip from H.illfax to Dlgby was made by our express in the brief space of nine hours, although the en,tlr iljsnnce is ope hundred and forty-five miles. . The Eurnps has on board forty three passengers for New York, and has' lunflcd eleven ol Halifax. The following is a summary of the intclligcnsc brought by her ; , The Koynl Mail steamer America anivtd at Liv erpool uf) the morning of the 3d i'(sf., flfier an extra oidinury short passage of nine anil a half days from Dosion. The American steamship Washington, from New York, am veil ul bouihuiftlun on the 5lh Instant, aid procc. ded to Bipinen on the following day. O tl.iliOIH IA1 AI-FAIHH. WilniLr &. Smith's European 'i'lnies, of the 7th lnt, -j- ., u.iOei me iiniue.He of uuirujluvorable ad- 1 :es .rum Indni, nnJ ihe existing dullness in thj en c te.u nt oi cunli .intal pjlities, tfjile in almost every depui tioei.t is begiiiiiing toabSUinea more elltei.ul uspeet. 'i'neie is tli I, huwtver, uneasy leeling u- speciingiiic iriretium u iiogiiijjts in the ISoiih o, Europe ; bui since too a'jrupt and decisive teruiina tion oti.u cj.i hot ujlMt. A oardia.a und Aaatria, he coniplele p o tration and abdication of Charles Aloeit, one uf the most serious obstacles to a salis laclory adju liuenioi conlinenlul didicullies seems lo nave tueii overcome, ana could Hie D .n.sh quarrel be aiiucaily as. lied, 01 wh.ch, unuituuatcly, there i.-no pieseut protipeet, nollung outer Ittl eoulj ataud ill tile way of perin.1 lunt prosperity. Til: JlOXEIi' MARKET. The Englibii .uuds are again uu the advance, a:nl Consuls nave rmen uiie-uiglitli per cent, during the last two wick, having tluctu .ted itom 9JJ un ihe 2d nisi, to lJi a (J-! lur money uu the 6lh, at Hh.ebrj llley closed. We b.ive tholuVest LoaJon and Liverpool papers, but du not observe the least allusion to American s ocks. Alonuy in London, thought siill abunilani, lias slightly Increased in Talus. The lowest bank rate it still 3 per cent,, through with private banks the best bUU are done alubpiiv2j per cent. The bank ul England returns show thst the bul l.on in the vaults 1 about 15,3JO,000, so that any drain which arises Irum tint Utrlled Stales, in con n$llon with the piesvul inequalities of toe Ex changes, wiili be met without ihelessi difficulty, and no lean nro enieriaineo 01 s renewal 01 tne scene 1 ot mi. I I he weekly accounta of 'he Bank of France also shows continued and progressive Improvement oi the trade uf Paris. 1 Since the total defeat of Charles Albert the French , Funds have ruled at lj I 63 c, und tic per cents d'J f. bO c. 1 1 ne importations of UreadstufTs into Great Britain 1 continue upon a giguntic scale, und the same may ' be Sdid ol all kinds 01 Provisions. j In tho Grain trade no change csn beTfoled, sl ihi'ugh a lather lirmer feeling wus manifested during the last lew days. Previous to the sa ling of ihe Europe, there was an unproved leeling in the Cotum market, which lll. re the telegraph line between Philadelphia and Vw Vurn wus either cut, broken, ur Ironi some un Vnov.11 cause ceased to upcrjie, and all eil'irts lo ob lam thu Uilaiic ol our disp.iteh proved truilluw, si nioMj.'h we remained until the latent possible mmnenl 1h.1t we culd keep uur forms buek irom the press In aiiiieip.num ol lis arrival, Soould the naUnee ufuur dispatch cuoie iu huud hua morning, wa will lunoe diaty issue 11 in an "extra Sun" E'uV Hun.) DasTMor Da. Powaa. The very Rev. Or. John Poei, o. the il.uiutii msilMwIi.Cuuiui, Vicar Gen eral oi New Vurk, and Keel u to! Sl Peter's Church, m ihst'trty, died vti AutvrOay. Ur. Power was vers wh4 sn.iwd m Plot idetpn.n, und tin lollowlug par graph, 1 ruin the Courier and huquirui dova wuf jtav llr.i lil ItiS r.irlli I . "l)r. Vowrr wita a m m of hlghsolerH.aiiddbHln gUMnetratme tor Re issning aad eloquence, and loi 11 is Kiea at mi Miievefane.. Wo iiave known nun .or in.it in. i tniriy years 1 and in cmunuo win, M wlhi ejoyatJ.'-iJo pi aau.e 01 his acquaintance, earf bjr l .1, ,, juy to tile purity Ui th-rtAtS-Wjesi, and Ius lUvwtiea W the cause o. Ius aljir." 'rt.vh;ii hdissnyidmr,jui1.ncJ,iU.iis oiUcc ho Iwld, m sny other of math Import !?ie- mfoipWtitito iCOBZPiNY. 4f '4tMTa.' 1 pere4ii hr an idfertlsement in the "Recister" snd ' Standard," that the Directors of N. Q. Af. I. Company, at their meeting In January I I rial itwlulnlnajl t SIUSIMSISI Mnlam Jt.klsUI T Ctrriipot y 5 per cent, to adtjnton to the & er cent which all had paid at the time Of Insurlna.' I further uvici milieu iw "is y viisitsiii unsswsi vi lenrn, that the Company naa been doing Isrge, I have no doubt, a very safe business ; but thst the Jl per cem required o,he iim ft InsurlagJ i ae dot siiihclent to meet the actual and lucidenial exneiiseB of the Cunipuny 1 snd that the Board determined to raise the deficiency, by assessing sK notes. 'aa equal amount, wjuioui reg tru w tnejtipie 01 insuring At me first oiun 01 tne suojecL if would appear '11111 mis aLierminsnutr vu wrong, apa,wou4 act tineqiialiv upon tne members 1 but I have since Dm- derstood, that their charter had been so amended, ae to enable ihwu lo charge iq per eew. n( the, premi um riote upon all insurers subsequent to the 1st of January IritV 1 by doing tills, ail oceupv precisely the same greuno 1 sou do one Cn complain i owprea- siou. As the case now stands, It matters not at' what tlniu a person's insurance commenced, Whether pre vious, or subsequent, to the 1st January, he Is Indls c iminately taxed his 6 per cent to assUt in placing the company in inch a posiiiop, as to enable t to be in funds heresiterwithoat the probability Of any fur- mer assessments, mis opinion is -very muo strengthened by reference to the last report ' of the company, when it appears that' during the operations of the company for three years, under the S per cenr regulation, Unit they only tail short some 6,000 ot 7.0JJ. - Ass nning th ire fore, that thjy now have pre mium bonds ol 1400,000, . and also assuming that they had previously required 10 Instesd ol 6 percent they would hove 20,0bv more' than wis produced by the 5 per cent rule ; and of course would have a cash surplus ol 14,000 : fn examining (he whole sifbject, carefully, I aih inclined to think .that the Directors adopted the beet nnd most expedient method of raising the money that they could ; indeed upon calm reflection, It will no doubt be regarded aa the only truly equitable de cision which the could have made. S.nne may suppose, that tho mors equitable plan would have been, to assess the premium notee ac cording lo the time they were deposited in the office; and only requiring the parties to pay a proportion ol (he losses which accrued during the lime that they were members. This opinion is entitled lo much respect and considerationKfrora the fact, that a per son in ordinary cases could not be expected to pay for losses incurred by any company, while he, or ehe was not a member, and consequently receiving no benefit from it. But the case before "S is a peculiar one. This company was chartered oy tne legisla ture in 1343 ; and its officers in organizing for business, were extremely anxious to propoao to the people of North Carolina a system of Insu rance, at the lowest possible rate that it could bo offered. They therefcre determined (o ssk no more rath for insurance than was neceesary to carry on the operations uf the company, leaving the posi tive losses against incm lo be met by an assessment or as-ewnienis of the premium notee. The By- Laws lormed under the charter, eonfrrred Ihe Powr on tho Exccu tive Committee 10 nuke only ' one as sessment during the year 1 snd in order to make pro- isioo for the payment of losses, the had the power to borrow uionsv if necessary. This power waa ex ercised by the President and Treasurer (I learn) who actually gave their own notes to the parties loanlQg the money ; at a time too, when the prospects of the company were far from being flattering. These notes were continued from time to lime ty simple renewals, and payment of interest, until such time as a sufficiency of funds csme to hand from new in- urancee 10 meet them. In like manner Ihe loeees occurring from time to time, were met by borrowing funds and also from new receipts. In this way, the company glided along until the meestng ioVaQuary. when the entire board of Directors after tan days seiious deliberation for he welfare of the company, resolved to make the assessment of 5 per cent, on all previous notes, sd rcqnirs all subsequent insurers to pay 10 per cent This course the board consci entiously believe.' would so thoroughly equalise the r ites 0. premium for all, as to leive no c asc o ' com. plaint among the large and highly respectable mem bers of ihe company. Accordi g to my opinion, Mr. Editor, I candidly I'll, 01. thai .ho bard hit Spoil tllu '.nly truly Cqulf- aide, mid iiiutficxpedienioourse that could have been i.dopicd 1 for if they had ait, mpted a discrimination of ossessinent based upon the lime that each member during 4 years had insured and only huve assessed them lor losses accurring during theit membership, ii would h ive been a truly Intricate and highly com plicated cet of accounta foroiir Secretary, and fur thermore, would hnve prevented our taking 10 par. cl from subsequent insurers; for they would have readily said that they would not be charged more than previous meml err. But as matters now stand, we have been enabled by ihe experience of nearly four years, to adopt just such a system o insurance as our people need, tit: insurance at actual cosi, and in a Company which can never be made bankrupt, so long as the provis ions of its Hy Li w are regularly attended to. As North Carolinians, we should rejoice that we have a home instit tuion, whert, with entire confidence, we ran insure our property! and at (be same time save s large amount of m 'ney In our Slate, that would otherwise be transferred to other Slates snd coun tries This Company (taking iu own business,) .will show that if the s.im property which It hsl Insured, ha 1 been insured by Stock Companies, that about 1100,000 would have been carried out of the Stale, that is now rn premium bonde at Raleigh 1 which premium bounds, or at lea si ihe greater portion of them, will be returned to their markets, after their policies expire. 1 have been curious, Mr. Editor to make an esti mate of the comp .ratlye cost of Insulins' In a Mutu al and Stock Company. Hare itlsi I Intursaiv house in lbs country ins Stock Company, as foi low Insurance on house 1 year, 16,000, at 2 per eent. Is 120 Survey and noicy . . , , . 2 122 one year, or 1610 tor 5 years. " ' ' The same property totha.XQ. Mifosl wiUbe $6,000 6 years; premium note 8 per cent. Is 1480: upon this note I pay in cash 10 per cent., that Is, S48 for 6 years, and 1 for polli y dtc , which makes a difference Infavorof the Mutual of $o60 saved to me. It Is true, in the above calculation, that the Compa ny holds my note for $480, which is liable to be as sessed to any extent necessary for the payment of losses, but it is equally true, that the three years experience of ihe Company proves, that under the 10 per cent, regulation, an sasesamenl may never be necessary. In conclusion, Mr. Editor, permit me to say, that from all thit I huve been able to learn of the prin ciples of thi Company, and from tho elevated char acti-r of ihe gentlemen who have been elected Its Di rectors, that ihe people of tnis Stubs should feel proud of havinu in their midst an institution which prumisea so much good to .the cijxens generally. A in SStSSS Or THB lOMPANT. : n "Qcmtlkmam aosos,"-The Boston Ttsveller UaoaosV'-lne Boson tTsvepeT of ihearreet of s thief, the other b vce sn account day, whose bad luck was brought upon him ins ve ry curio'is manner ny nis own ani y. tie naa sto- . ' . . . . . . 1 1 . i t 1 j . . 1. 11 n valuable gold waicn anu urensi pin, 11 urn uicui. Renhnw. of ike reoat.iaeship Franklin, at Charles- lown Navy Yard; and visiting st daVuerreotypist to have hie portrait executed, he had it taken la Ws best a-ilre, with the new breeal pin and guard chain displayed in ihe most advantageous manner. All this wax very well : but what waa oetier, L.leul. H. cnunclng to visit the establishment was struck with the accurate portrait el Msmissingjesselry adorning iho person of ihe 0 w fashionable 1. and it was (his recognition, which the dssuerreotype giving, doubt less, ss good a tlkenees of the thief as uf his plunder Ittsie ' He had been down the counli s sss.'usa with s wagoner by the name wn aiwndemid him te sriw alatndemid him te the 4are of strangers. He lied in a few minutes after he was taken frees the .gon, notwlihstandlng the medical treatment be -led to bis Imiacdiats arrest snd the recovery of u ihji snlrUe and le the cliiicns re- he sto,en property. On TurwJiy last . y.mng man wae left at the He- lotion of ""!?JrlMonK Tsnd 'the lei o.Mr. H.II. in lb oWla a dying condltlou. 'JSJo His name was MMlt from breenelwrough is this Irequenl -Trf, u f ,he Indl- received sJ the hands of Dr. Haywood, who kindly stepped forward and attempted to revive kla sinking powers, Us was; buried by lite Cooaiy. j We make tnll Staismefiv ius, ma inionmnon ua in menu. uu rslatlotkl Oreestorougi..o. imnaan. ir - ' mm tfu PhUaddphta PmntybmkmlQth. HALLECK AND HOFFMAN. ' TnTDsoers ofsterda innotjnefrtnr Flrj tjrreeni Halleck has become an li nmats of an inssne asylum, where, only few days before, was placed his coterm porary and friend Charles Pernio Hoffman, who is n a ravine maniac. Halleck Is man of about . fift-two years of sg--Hffmsn sonte eleten years woiidsct. Both are we'll known poetSj but Halleck has been more successful, graphic, and original than Hoffman. Hoflman'e prose works are very popuV Isr, though Ma "OrHyakisrl.il fa si or unequal obility. Ills "WUt.? In the WesC' snd his -Wild Sceaes la -the Fetest and' Prairie, pessed through many editions, and are still much read and admired. Mr. Qriswold, himself bo mean authority,' laa ' sV American Is comparable to Hoffman as a song-wrl-ler." His owe tinea, written upon Byron, with mournful sppositelHm tAJhe direful calamity which has befallen him rrr,r ' ,rl ,Tr "And he did watch life's lamp gomt - J ts;frndjde b,WV V. y ! i Decay 1 and leave his soul without A light benesttKth Sax"l tJ ki I V HHeck.,now tlu Inraattsof s. Inad-jietise, Jyi the author Of that immortal poem. "Marco ,JowK", s production which combines all the hlghest'etemenis of poetry. ' Red Jacket" spd "Burns" are two of I Is beat pieces. ,fMraap,s pswt,ayt of Hal- leek, thatsorestimes, in UV niHst 01 a strain 01 muy motileo AetkM md otVand: tsfaeer surprises by irreelslaple.stroke of rid took deasure Ih showing ths reader th rtenSeti? teat. Some eal vision he bad raleed was : but Bhei limes, with that stria, feeih,ty wWeh.u L peculiar endqwment, he accumulates graceful ahd agreeable images in a strain, of irony lo fine, thai 1 did riotf the subject compel the reader to receive It aa irony, be would take it for I Masses of erloue poetry. His poetry, whether eerioos'or sprightly, is remarkable for the melodyof its numbers.!' . . ; ; ,, From tlu NI O. Doily Dettd. 1 Health op tub Citt. A meeting of tbe Beard of Health took place yesterday, The Interments for the week ending the 7th inst., show a total of only 226 deaths, sad this too st s time while . Jnmigrnnis are crowding into the city by every arrival from foreign ports. There haa been aome sickness of late In the city, which the Board say exhibit the symp toms of snections of the bowels, which ordinarily prevail at this season of the year. They conclude by asserting, what few will question, who know any thing of the (natter, that the sanitary condition of the city is, at this time, equal to any in the Union, being exempt from alf 4seasea incidental to its climate. From tht y. O. Daily Delia. Tna CaaVaesB IT I oanaa's Plantation. From a gentleman who arrived yeaterdsy from the vicinity of the crevasse at Fortier's plantation, In the parted of Sc . Charles, about iarhl miles above Carrullton, we learn' that the breach is now" about two hundred sod: fifty yards long, having Increased 10 thai she from 'thirty VSrds. Which ' was about Its length when the water first entered. A steam pile- driver, and about sixty hands, have been employed in siopping 11, out up to me preeeot time tne erevasse has been constantly gaining on them, and fesrfu. volume of water now rushes ftrefgh t) The water Is backing tothe kvWfrom the swermi, Vnd s num- har Af aitnSalltenkSrA auhikJ S Vf kftii V wk.iur. day, the Inundation Cxlended Wm Sladsm MaslCot's to Lucl"n Labi tocb's sr distance ;of sbont nine allies. It is estimated that cane, capable of produc ing next yeaf 2,900 to 3,000 hogsheads of ssgsT.-Will be destroyed. The rtter st the "Fsshlon Place" (Capt. FullertoaVsJ feB, duriftg tke fy.nj-fu hurs endlhat rtdon yterdayrslihfeen Wcneef This rapid fan is M aoubj atirissft I lt a at tsMis 11 not entirely, 10 tne eplarg Ing of tbe arsvaese. From fV Chqrlttion Mercury. THE tXtE STORM, "j' ' We have been furnished with an extract oT i iWlfer from a highly Intelligent gentleman, dated "HAatauae, ApriTlS. , " We bad a killing frost last night, which baa done great damage 10 what Cotton I up. 1 went on plantation in this neighborhood where every plant was killed ) snd so far as I have heard it sppears lo be general, Planters are ploughing up their fields already, and If it has extended West it will be a seri ous mstter." The following Is an extract of a letter received in this city, dated "Savasmah, April 1G, 1849. "On my arrival here laat evening, I met passen gers from Ihe interior, who say they came c great pari of Ihe diatance from Maron through a snow i-torm. This morning there waa firpi ice here 1 have two devastchee from Maoon, both stating that they bad a killing frost, and all tne Cotton that had come up is killed. I have seen one from Qrlffih, which says thstsll the Canon, tlotn, and Wheat la killed, and others 10 similar effect. Sales here to-day fenerully at a alight advance on Us' week's prlcea. I la r robable that much Cotton will be withdraw a." The following Is from the Augusta Sentinel of yesterday 1 .1 . . . : 1, . ! Fbost A-Kilumo Fsost. Yesterday morning wa were vleited with, a heavy frost, which bss de stroyed sO tender vegetation. TV hilt the extent bf the damage may be we have not been abie to ascer tain, bat we hare little doabt that the Cotton and Wheal crope are very materially iitjored, If not, n- 1 1 relv deei roved. The Cora aa far as beard from if all cut down, and ihe frail la f snetallir kil therefore feartrVmeel' inueerwW Wiaeq lUed. We uences to ihesgtkslnnllowrssta." 1 tj, . 1,. y ' 1 The CenUlUtinkolltl says : If this frost hss extended tl roughoat the Cotton growing region tbe result will be a very imp. riant one. The crop this year Fill be retarded a full month, which will inaterfclVl shorten khq production even wlrh a meet favors bk Ul. Io thU 'splihscas we niay look tor kh sdVsnei'tn Ihe preeentVrte V Cotton. In asms pises ws hear of ihe snow being twg Inches deep." " 1 f INTERESTING FROM ARKANSAS. The Little Rock Democrat of the 30lh olt records th. .ri.i nf jiumtiera of esreoas who Intend lostart from Fort Srhith'fot Csllfotnm Linus; f pdegrsff srrived at "oft Sralmon the Mtbali.with scpaipa- ny of United Slates troops, Stn tntsntr , irom ron To wson They go ss sn escort to lbs California em Igraniass far as Sams Fs. We see by a published correspondence that Col. BonneuvJlle, of tbe U. 8. Army la not command the Oovsramenl expedi-lioabu- It bad been enirusied lo CspL R. B. Marcy, of the Sth infantry, by Oen. Arbuck e, before Cot Bonnenvllle's arrival Capt. Msrev la eorrunerided as sn enternrlslng snd sccomphehed officer, who la every way as well qusltfied ss a young ofllcsr could be f'tr soch an rtpenltloa. ... ' . a nr,.t i. on root iu eiekxr iho .Arkansas and r iai. rt...ra fnv tha nurnoee of sscertsln ng the " " TJj, b.-i'iJ. alwton these streams. -'" urlcilcsble nitlgsMe point on theae streams WS,?! depot, for .he fu turs hmdeivous of Csliforala emigrants sad Sams Fe traders. It Is supposed ihel with propel exerlUms thst ihe Isiid-asnortanon. o. 8sni Fe inay be re duced belos? tftred hdndred miles ' ' nWdCoaaik4 oC.the FrrWtdWpAnh.bU ing -he territory between ih- lUcky Mountains snd Sf Indlsn eonntrrsrestof "''"i k' hi to be held this summer. The sjomi Ihe i ii 1. -1.1-d but H Is WtWved SO bave reference io ihe new movements la California snd New Mex cVeonuen. aW -h. vee.nl cha-aWaHo nan nrwciUUI llS3wse e .... . . . I"'' .,. KaMsete. In IsnaWiai SjrVTVI lllSi , . rArs , ,r?rT QMan)eat UtU aspect ofWfttra k tl2ll!; )!ILTJ aV oJ, , T w- .1 - iLHfarniTlfflll IO latalfl Hitavwiww A man residing near the lake shore, about 25 miles west of the mouth of the Genesee River, came down on Saturday ntgbtj bringing g bpeket, pn the bottom of which was marked, "06 to Rochester Immedi ately and tell the Steamer Ontario to eome snd help us, VV bav broks our.shsft and are going ashore. ... Eooi.sstoj of the Lady." The Ontario left st sunrise yeeurday morning to go to her relief, but It is very probsble she hss gone to pieces ere this. . The wind has been blowing from the north wort for two or three days, snd a heavy sea is on ths beach or the lake. The "Lady" left Lewis ton for this port on Friday evening, and must have met with the accident somstlnietturing Friday night, or early on tlaturday morning. r The Ladf iof tbe Lake Is some seven yeore old, and although ia good condition, having been Jntcly tho roughly repaired and strengthened, she Is not as Staunch as boat a of later date. Several Vessels have been driven into the mouth bf the river In the gnlo. We are indebted to Deputy Collector Sibley, of Charlotte, for .assistance In ob taining the names of the following : Brigs Algomah, Prry, master i Oxford, Crouch, master i CTayugs, , master Manhattan, Jackson, master i all of Oswfgd, bound op the Inks. Brig Sfnbad, from Kingston 6rtd for 'Chicago) schooners Carlton, Uom from loaded WWAI1PWW4 bqVMdalao lyl at t)ig omh of Htmw;e ,sn tRf 9fifW ' Ihe-DntnrlQ has retumed with the Lady In tow. i CaTtXl'nroop, ol the Ontario, IrHTtsTHbT-m: Captain Eggleston threw- oser-two anchors lmmedi-1 stely, but iWveeeeL drifted sotuo two milis bore she found anchorage. She remained in this perilous , situation about forty h6unr, wfth signals of distress set. Capt. Throop considers her escape a very nar row one, owing m thsxlifficwkyf obtaiuing an an chornge, and the pivVirnrly bf a darigeroiie coast. The beat hss received but little damage, other than tho breaches mude by the sea breokin); over her bow. Capt. Throop and crew are entitled to much credit forthe prompt and vigorous manner In which they relieved the l.ndy of the Lake from her hazardous position. We are informed that a large schooner was seen) from iho mouth of the river, ou Saturdny, runnlngi before the wind down the bike, with sigualsuf distress! MARINE NEWS. ,P0KT Or WILMINGTON. APRIL 21. HIOII WATlt AT TrtS tit::::::::::-.;;:. A.ur. : IJ.chr. AlhjnnrtDextar, fron Jacksonville, w GJ WDsvW", WWNaMeekttFeaiNuiA r J ScJir. f esjl, jMerjBjJrim Jacksonville, to U. W , Davis, with sumfries. ' ' ' ' 1 " 20. Schr. FiaeM, OrfflU, fK)l NSwTork, lo Ai H.'Tsn Uokkelln, with mdze. to -undry persons. CL.EAKGD. io. stMi(.ifrr:w'kWto vll e, y 3 W- U,Viary. With id.. Moose 3oi(, O. w;f)nhf.Jh,,fr.'tnitJ CLEARED. (irjFayctte hawb 8n0w. ,KChnHKtSi Mm. O. Mathews. T.J Johnson & Co., M Brown Sl Son. Oi Brown Brown oi James, W, T. Horn, lleaden Sl Horn 'ii u jiinri, iv. i. nurn, iieauen ol norni a llollingmtssilK (V W.I Ikowa, Hawser &m in. J. M.lW'WrjrbToeAt.'B filhrelh. Jf 'flgtuV. Tew, J. TeW, M. Johnson, CIvh James Wilsoi O. Wrlgti Hsynea, E. W. VV ilUngs, C T. llsigh A. Son, Hslr Sackel flt Co , Ray &. Pearce, Wm. L. McOary Bl1l .Sph'KHibeih, Thimpsvn,ror Ports mouth, N. It., by Oeo. Ifarrlsa, With 1281000 feet of Lumbvr, from Cape Fesr Sieoto Sy Hill. 20. Brig NaVragungus, Hinkley, for Boston, b't Geo. Marries, with 6,000 titaves, and IJ5.000 feed Luml er, irom Clinton Steam Saw Mill. " Schr. Min. s..ta, Ltiuhtoh, for Boston, by liar rise Sl Drake, with 70 casks Sp riis Turpentine, 50, hbla. Tar, 175 bt-ls. Kilch, 276 bbls. Koeia, 15 bag., Pea Nula, 50 bigs Com. j 21. Schr. Agcnora. Herrlck, for Norfolk, by G W. Davis, with 70,000 feet S. S. Lumber, from . Beery A Bon's Mdfr -J " Schr. Ruby, Nash, for Boston, by Harriss d Drake, with 1 bbls. Spirits Turpentine, 250 bbli" Tar, 062 bls.' Rosin,. 15,000 feet S. S. Lumber an. 10,000 feet Timber, from Poller Sl Kidder's Mill. p ' Schr. Bvianteum, Ornee, for Marblehesd, Mass bv Geo Harriss, with 85,000 feet Lumber, fron P ha. nix Mill. " Schr. F.louiso, Hobinsod, for Nw York, by Kf J. Lullerlua, with l,2UU Ubls. KosJn and IUU bbli Flour, I " Spanish Steamer Guadnlquiver, Labrad. r, fol New York, by DuRosl oV Brown. 22. Br. Bdg Dnwrv Iftsnlv, for Barbadoes, by i W. Davis, with 70,000 leel S. S. Lumber, from Bi lad fcWyfiyliU NEW VORJC- ' Asatyii April 17. Schr- Cons. Smith, Fronds. hencdf BOSTON. 1 -CiSAaerl April 16. Schr. Catharine Nichola, Nichols;-. -fi nits por . UvnaoeSASHiCAL Orritc. Washington, April 16 Ib49. VJfw4tsfr He pleased lo peril !n ini-ateei panyina letter. fmn V'P"Spor rQow'y'yf0. V. h N., and oDIIge yours, truiy. i . r, hiauhi ."-tl ' ' '" II Panama. March P, 8i9- rv Q . . 1 I,..,, tnai lu jtn lul. I nf th slftlm UIK. i . . ., j..-. . J In this harbor ufjp vs'yf tfy osk ,"1 11 not nolh ed oy air r.a. mnnirr, nor, as iar ss i ciu; aaoeria:liyliny.therp'riup wpe has pirqMw the result of tile suivey of ihese walsr'; and, loE aa it lies directly in the wa ywl vwxeHs running lV the ordinary snchorge, I pe thought It pioper W cominunlcHte lo you the facts' I have lelrncd cou cernlng Its locality, Ae. f It frus storing irnm ine ainrarai oi ine i"j (and the Cathedrnl's sllustlon la quits central) is by S. i S., distant 2 miles 3 cables' leoaih. snd depth of water upon ii la just two fathoms. 1 shoslltsell Is not vny ixtentivei on the contrsty, ! mhei anisll thnn otherwise. Captain Stoul. In the employ of Mrasrs. Howlai A Asplnwsll. ie my intoimi.nii eoo ne ieriTia Infarsnailim from an KnllUb Ovvrrnmrat vrrsel I ,.... vie? this harbor nnd contiguous coast. ihe ofriirs ol wbtsh vessel the shoal was first dl covered. Frtn'atl 1 in Saltier,' 1 tiate not l slluhtest doubt as to lbs olsienceot this dsng' . . i . i . .i. . " nor do l enirriein uny uv.ii) n iu uuuimbiiw, of the above befringe, distance, and rVptli. In groat haale, voms. Very truly, ( ' t,M OOLDSnbROUGH.' Lieut. M. F. Maosv. Sup'tof Observatory, of lJ Utf.-LL y JN Jsr. or by ,h, cnJ i coToTniits, j aprilll. t,..;i.!T Oawego, upward bound, The Schooner Albion, Toronto, and New World, from Pfesque Isle. m
The Tri-Weekly Commercial (Wilmington, N.C.)
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