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From Arthur's Ilorxt Gatttte. ; lUY-SIiEEPINQ BQY., BY I1EMRT SEYMOUR CHASR. v How. camly sleeps my noble boy ;. . Within his little crib . One chubby fptjtirisHftiriiiiDgly -' ' , ;Fr,om.Tjaeatb. , iiwcoverletj-- And, carelessly adimpled band,; With fingers -gently spread, Lieonjtbmopth and snowy sheet, t v Andoneaboxs Ms head.. Uilksofligt.bwwn. hair, 'Wbere Care Borrows yet hath wrought,- . ' On forehead broad and high. . Around ha neck, in fond embrace, THrby corals glow, : Ju peeping out, like ''hide and sek," u -llji double, chin belovv . " Sosbftry como the breathing low,. ' ' That lift his peaceful breast, " You'd sdirjcely think, of mischief, fun ; ?' . Ijs'the very nest., ; I Just see iis cheeks with pleasure glovv In some delightful dreamt Of rocking-horse, or pussy cat, Or "mouses5' caught, I ween. : .- :":''',' -H'J ,.'L ';..- ' . : r A "winning smijp hath-pp-'ctrlhe fount , Whence loving kisses spring, l)JscJcn&rpw9;of shining pearls, , Those ruby gates within. Just now those lips, in silenci moved,; . i, I wonder if he said, ' "I love dear papa, mama too,'' Or, "no na ce to berL" "Mj cherub LpxJi;. Hawjoft-in sleep ; lie whimpers Tan4 dear Sonetimes he laughs, he sighs, he weeps, i Or talks to playthings the re. !" r And when he wakes, before the dawn, 'Around my neck he'll twine His eager arms in sweet embrace, - And seal hislips to mine. t That darling boy, to thesws. fond eyes, Is suj-elyJoyelienfar,. , , Than purple evening crimson skies. x "i Or morning's brightest star. ' ', 0 God, I thank thee thou hast given This angel-boy to be, Another link 'tween Earth and Heaven, A pledge of love from Thee. Woodstock, VI. -' lij-nch Law in the Gold Digging. Av correspondent of the Journal ofGom- unerce wrijinjrjroni Nevada City. California, Jan. 2t has the following:.. Somejof my previous letters have given you a peep into our election scenes, und bur Alcadc's method of proceeding in civil cases. Here are one or two instances of a very com mon mode of administering justice to crimi nals in ourj midst. A drunken Englishman, named Divine, murdered his wile - under circumstances ol ujiusual; ciruelty. ; During their' whole resi dence in Georgetown, she had supported him add their children by her own industry. HeaskeoVher oux; owning lor some money to gamble with, bifc she told him to wait until lie ivas sober. '.IJp rushed across the room ior lis pistol but she anticipated him and threw it into a bucket of water. He then leaped into the streetv snatched a rifle from the-shoulder . ofu passer-by, returned and shot her through the heart. j - Jt was Sunday, anjl as usual the places of -resdrt were filled by mitjers, who invuriably spend;thatkholiday in town The report of a rifle in the street was nothing unusual, but the tale of horror ilew as only rumor can fly. and.iu.kve ininutes the luv.ise was filled. In nuch aou,htry as ours. a.nd under such cir cumslajicei as these, men act, rather than speak. neighboring. 'Round Tent" (our giimbling houiiesae - olten turned into court-rooms on account of their size) was se lected as the scene of trraL The prisoner was led in, and then, before a word was spo- i ken. another party-brought in the body ol 1 his vjU just as she fell, with the dark blood oozing from her; breast. She- was gently ( laid oh, a large table near her husband. This sight stung the people into phrehzy. No one ihoughtpl wasting words in a trial. The prisoner was seized, and hurried towards a little eminence overlooking the village, where the noose of u lariat swung significant ly from: a it re, - J,st at this? ruorfjcnt a man of geat influ ence with Ihe people of that vicinity nt iempl ed to jiersuade them io po.stpone their design uniil a Coroner inquest should be held upon the body, afnl'a summary trial,' but still a trial, had. alter their verdict. With " much difficulty hesueceeded; on condition ' that the inquest and trial should both be held upon that.day p and. as the Coroner was at Co in ma, four o'clock ,vas given ae the last mo incut.,,,:. An i express wai sent to Columa, and, to sa ve time, a jury empannele.d, to act in stantly upon his anival. They sat together in the lent with the prisoner and the body. The mob waited outside, but were not uiiem-- ployed. A -deep pit was dug at the foot of the tree, and au tJie solemn lurniture ot the i grave! prepared. A3 four o'clock - approached, the silence of the mob was broken by deep ' whispers and hoarse murmurs. " Rifles, pistols, and bowie knivei were freely displayed. - This did not escape the-notice ot the jury, and they began not unnaturally, to fear 1br tKir oivn safety. At rast when the nun was low in the. west, thn mob could Avail no longer, but tare P the sides of the tent- and rushed in, just in time to see the last juryman escaping by a back way. a wordi "cyv.wppV at tneir tasK wimoui At the head of a lonir procession, i . . . . . v. - iiiui lu. HIO UIIVWDi 1IIU the body of his wife wus borne close behind mm. , ,inc cuuarcn- uianR Heaven : were not.there ; but even in that stern scene, they were not- forgotten. A email box, marked For the Orifhans" was "nailed to the tree. i . rr't. I "I j. -' ' . 1 and manv air ounce was nonrpd into it from iu ounce was uaureu una n irora 1 a - . ; . : . . i r he ! body cf 4he murdered ' woman xvas I We find the whole valley of the Mississippi di Joivered into a wide pit and eren while the rectieg their main hues cf iisprovecients to "ash- wretched man gazed upon it. and Don that empty but significant box by; h is side, the cqr4- suddenly tightened around 'Wis- neck and he swayed in the air. The laob sat on the hill side and sternly watched him. - ; At the end of, half.an hour, ha was cut down and laiiaihe grave by the side of, his wite. In five ' CHnutes, Georgetovvi was as still as that lonely grave upon tlui hill. Not a man was to be eeen in the 6treet-uo one knew anything of that lawless mob- , In the evening, the Coroner arrivedt and upon bearing the story, summoned ihe Jury for morning. They met at sunrise upon the hill, and' stood ar ound the" uhfilted grave, while, the end of a cut cord dangled above their heads. They exchanged a few word?, and after laying -vj3lip of paper, upon each of the bodies, proceeded to fill up the grave. Upon one of the sUps waslwt Uten. ' 4,Mur- dered by Divine, her husband' and upon the other, uDied according ,to the will of God by the justice of men." ! Yesterday evening, a. Dr, Lennox, Irom Scotland.-was shot while sitting in his office. This,.raorning, a man who had often mena ced his life, was seized on suspicion, and ex amiited before the proper authoh'ties. , Dur ind the examinatioo, several circumstances were discovered which left scarcely a doubt of his guilt. Just .before the end of this ex amination, a parjy of men with blackened faces rushed into the room, and their leader, with a dexteroias whirl of die iiata. lassoed the crimiqal(,acro3 the room, and in ; a f mo ment dragged him outside. Every one rush-, ed out The Sheriff, calling all lovers cf law and order to his assistance, attempted a re rapture. He was backed by a large party, but many ranged upon the other side. Alter an obstinate fight, the prisoner waa refakim and put u ider a strong guard. No5 one o0t ed to arrest the lynchers. It is doubtful how the matter will end. The lynchers are strong in numbers, . and may re eat their attempt upon a largejseale. The tragedy is yet incomplete, but however the affair may end, it will still be a tragtj dy. i Phil Brencle. COPPER-FACED TYPE. Several; public journals in New York and Boston have made their appearance in a new dress, being printed .on a t'pe faced with copper, "which is thus described by the New York Courier and Enquirer, one of the pa pers which has adopted it : This type has been submitted to the process recelulyUnven tfd, by which' it' receives a. copper, ikce. The a-tteu pts whieh have been mitde to sub stitute a harder metal for the ordinary type metal have hitherto been failures!. But the inethod by which this type has been harden ed has been so far tested as to induce us to venture upon experiment with our present font, probably the largest ever cast ii this country, and we have reason to thihkf that it will not;di;ippoint our expectations ;! but of that wei shall have more to say hereafter." WEEKLY GOMMEROlALl VI LMlN.trTON, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH, 28; 1851 GLEASOxVS PICTORTAi;. We have received the first number of a very superior weekly sheet, called ' Gleason's Pictorial Druwing Room Companion." It is published by F. Gleeson. Boston, at three dollars per annum. DEATH OF HON. ISAAC HILL. Hon. Isaac Hill, of New Hampshire, died , at Washington City on Saturday last, agod 70 years. He had long filled a conspicuuus space in the pol itics of New Hampshire, to which State hejreuio ved early in life from his native place, Charles town, Mss. ' ' ' . '-. ' 1 1 j 1 '-.', . i FROM HAVANA' ; The steamship Isabel. Capt. Rollins i arrived at Charleston on Tuesday, in a slorfc run from Ha vana, via Key West. The'- Hon. Henry Clay had created great excitement in Havana. Invitations from the Captain General, illuminationsn the Square, and a grand Serenade throughout the city, were a part of the first night's performance. OUTRAGE IN ST. LAURENCE; CO. ! A number of persons disguised and with a sup ply of tar and feathers, pra vented J tlwa oncers from selling property levied on for military fine'-, in St. Lawrenoe countvv N. rork. The sale was stopped and the officers beaten. ; ' - . - DEATH OF MAJOR JiOAII. It is now certain that Major Noah expired on Saturday night last. lie wa3 an excellent ' man ; humane and benevolent.! A kinder heaj't never breathed in the breast of man. It is well known that he was an Israelite. He ranked among the first Editors of the Union. i , LEGISLATIVE VISIT. The members of the Legislature, and most of the prominent State Officers of Ne w York, vfeited the city of Ne w York, on Saturday morning last, and visited j the public institutions on that day and on Monday and partook of the hospitalities of the Mayor, Aldermen, and other of the good citizens of Got hem.- t ' Nashville aud Chattanooga Rail Road Tim following letter from the President of the oad, to the Mayor of Charleston, wre copy from the Mercurv. 7 It contains verv interesting and en- . - - couraging statements relative to the progress and prospects of the great enterprise and holds in perspective view to the citizens of Charleston, a scene of great prosperity and increasing " commer cial importance. I Vv. .' : . . . . i I i..-' Nashville and CiUTTANooai Railroad Office. ' Nashville, (Tenn.) March 17, 1861. 7b his H3jiot J: ScAnierU, Mayor oj Charleston, C. Dear Sir : Our work is progressing finely.- We have twelve, miles of iron down, and about seven miles more of timber laid ready, and will 5 in tni4 way have within thTee weeks twenty-bne 1 m !-A 0 '.. W had yesterday between 300 and 400 passen gers on tho road. ; I am satisfied that we will do an immense passenger bnsiness, ? 7 We have a good prospect now of a road to Lor - isvilleKy-, to Cario, and to Memphis Tenn. all of ' wv5.v -jlfmnnf rprtainlv K. Aer nUh;n I the next twelve months. - - rille, and by! that hoping to reach an outlet to their surplus products through Charleston j and I have consequently watched, with interest, the movements of your State and City in preparing for direct shipments and imports, by which, your your ; is re- City will be raised 4 a most enviable . positip: the country. If you wiW examine the census turns, you will see that the -country immediately surrounding Nashville say, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, are growing with a giant stride unheard of in the annals of man, and our road, with the roads ma king and contemplated from all these direction?, will place Charleston nearer to the principal cit ies oft hese States thm any Atlantic port North of it ; and the disastrous casualties on-the waters of the Mississippi recently, contribute to envelope and forward 1hw natural tendency to reach the Atlantic at the nearest point, and we are at Nash ville, preparing ourselves to forward this tenden cy by subscribing liberally to improve the river, and to the three railroads, one to Columbia, Ten nessee, and ou to .the Big Bend of the Tennessee River. We have in every way paid out over fifty thou- sauuuuimis cru tiiwii c uun uii lum unioiuu v i .- our road, and shall call on you soon through our mutual friend, H. W. Conner, (who has advanced some money for carriage on iron) for thei first quarterly instalment of forty-two thousand dol lars. We have just calle'd for a like sum on the Georgia Road, and will, so soon as we learn they have paid, call on you. Oar road is going on -finely at all points, and we will get sixty or eighty miles done this year. We expect to get ten miles of road done from Chattanooga, also this year. Truly, V. K. STEVENSON, President . CONVENTION. has been made in the , Ashville A surest ion Mxse.igir and seconled in the Greensboro'. Pat- riot, that a mass meeting or District Convention ' ' . ........ i be hell some time- during the approaching sum mer, in the mountain district, where as many leading men of the westernpart of the State as possible, can come together, for the purpose of enlightening the people on the question of Consti tutional reform, and for a more efficient organiza tion of the Convention party. Among other good things, tie Editor of the Patriot says: " If any man is afraid to trust the fundamental law of the State freely t'o.the councils of the whole people of the State, he must confess one or two things ' either that he thinks the people are not fit to govern themselves, or that he liugs to hb bosom the tyrannous doctrine of favor and security to the Few at the expense of the Many." And again : " Some m,ay accuse lis qf ...being:, radical in our notions. We plead guilty co the "soft impeachment." We are radical in so far as .it is our hearty desire to-see the mass of our fel low citizens endowed with the actual rights and power which they have only been flattered that they possess elevated to a living consciousness of their true responsibility and duty, the exer cise of which alone can make a state free, pros perous, invincible. And no fear of the accusa tions of radicalism or demagognism shall prevent us from proclaiming our humble views. Yet we know that a herculean task lies before the advo cates of reforniin our State, yeseento breathe a sleepy leaden atmosphere. There is a dead weight of some sort npon our energies as a -peo ple. Wt make effort after effort to awake to the light and life and stirring scene of the age but straightway fall back into our nightmare 'slum ber. We are an "honest" people, a steady" people, citizens of the "good old North State," as we have been told a1 thousand times. But all that does not justify our laziness. We must make f a mighty and successful effort to emulate the spirit of Reform and Improvement all around us, before we assume that stand to which our territo ry, our climate, our soil, our former history, enti tle us." 1 . -,. " FOR THE COMMERCIAL. Benevolent Societies the lioads of Union. The several State Grand Encampments in the United States, lately held a Convention inGreen bush, N. Y., and formed a Grand Encampment of North America, of the Encampment order of Rechabites., Thirty-three delegates met from the several States, and during a three days 'session the utmost harmony prevailed ; no sectional feel ing; no disunion ; ' no abolition was cherished there, but as a band of Brothers uuited by indis soluble ties, for the accomplishment of the great temperance reform, we unite heart and hand in the-great work before us; and may the union there formed never be broke, until its members be called home to form a still stronger and far more lasting union under our great Shepherd in a- world of spirits eternal in the heavens. The delegate from this State, N. Carolina, would embrace this opportunity of tendering his sincere thanks to the members of the Convention for their courteous treatment, andt brother J. Whiting and the other citizens of Gfrsanbush, for their gener ous hospitality ; and also to the delegation from N York, br6. Blocall in particular, for his courte cy during hi stay in N. York ROBERT S. MACOMBER, Delegate. BJoodyAflray at Portsmouth Virginia. On Tuesday five men belonging to the United I States steamer Susquehanna-, wefe shot on the wood wharf in Portsmouth, Va., by the- keeper of a groggery, named "John Cooper. The guilty party was immediately arrested. There had been a previous difficulty betweeu Cooper and the men about their going off, and not paying him for liquor, and he had heard them threaten to kill him.. The Herald says:- ' ; : " ; .. 'He procured three fowling pieces; which he loaded and took home with him. , The sailors had, in the meantime, taken possession of his house : but, without making any show of violence. Cooper, however,-deliberately discharged all three of the guns at tbemand,-as they retreated into the yard, reloaded and fired - them r again ! Three of the sailors, viz : John Walsh. - Kobert McGee, and Samuel Read were mortally wounded, and Samuel Shannon severely, : but : not- dangerously. , The remaining two also received slight wounds. Mc Gee had hi3 elbow shattered tojpiecesby a charge of buckshot, and his arm was amputated, the same evening, but he is not-expected to recover! Walsh and Bead received wounds ih the breast, shoulders, sides' face &c., and though 1 still alive there are no hopes of their recovery. - Cooper was arrested, .and.after a hearing, committed to jail for further exan:iaticTi.J' - . . . Shocking Tragedy on the Isthmus We learn by the late arrivals from Chagres that a shocking tragedy has been enacted recently oa the Isthmus of Panama. Two boatloads of Amer ican passengers,' consisting of twelve persons, and including foaf ladies, while proceeding upt.o Chagres river -were murdered by a gang of Jamai ca (negro) and Carthagena boatmen The bod- ies of seven of them were afterwards found and interred. Four of the murderers had bepn arres ted and confessed the crime. They were taken to Panama for trial. The victims of this diaboli eal massacre are supposed to have been a part of the company who left New York in the Empire City on the lcth ctJt eUrujiry last. Iliejiames ol I those whose bodies have been found are given, as follows : ' Thomas McDermott, 271 Greenwich street, New York. : Joseph Brooks, corner of Dey and Broadway, New York! 1 v ' ' Fidell Pepin, a.nativ;e of Gap, in the higher Alps. " ' : - ; Honore Landry, of Paris. J. W. Steele Waterloo, Indiana. Catherine Cameron, residence unknown, A man named Patrick, residence unknown. ARRIVAL OE THE s PROMETHEUS. r s '" New York, March 21, noon. The steamship ' Prometheus, from San Juan, Havana and Chagres, arrived this morning. She made the run from Havana in four days and eight hours. She brings 325 passengers, who have a bout half a million in gold. She left 75 passen gers at Hayana) who proceeded to New Orleans in the steamihip Georgia, on the 19th. The Fal-s con sailed on the same day. : The Prometheus on Monday spoke the U. S. steamer Saranac. off Moro Castle. All welL The Isabel, Capt. Rollins', for Charleston arrived at Havana on the lbtn inst. The health of San Juan was good. I The steamer Director was running regularly on jjafee JNicaragua. Ilis-majesty, the King of the .Alosquito Island, was staying, on aard II. B. M. schooner Bermu da, at San Juan. From, the Baltimore Sun. ARRIVAL OF THE f .. 'A. STEAMER FRANKLIN. 6 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. Nnv York March 23. 1851. . ' ' , , r, tK -otu Toe steamer Franklin left. Cowes on the &h March, at 1 o'clock SO m. P. M. On the '9th, at 9 A. M., she passed the U.S. Mail steamer Wash ington, bff Sleepy Island. Th? -Washington was boUnd for Southampton. The accounts of the Kaffir war are fully corrob orated. ATcdr busiaess doing in. the manufacturing dis tricts, but the d. advance in . cottons had not been maintained. ENGLAND. i The Duke of Wellington recommended the re-, call of Lord John Russell, together with his as sociates, to the Ministry, on account of the inabil ity of the Lord Stanley to; form a pratectionist Ministry. The whig Premier has therefore again resumed the reins of power, and no alteration in the construction of the Cabinet was likely to take place. The Papal Aggression bill was to undergo vari ous modifications. A new budget was to be brought forward, and. it is probable Sir Jameg, Graham Loi"d Aberdeen., and others, will form a cabinet with the Ministry. " - The British Government has provided a fundte defray the expenses, passage. &c., to Anierca, of two hundred and sixty-two Hungarian exiles, just arrived from Turkey. ( IRELAND r Fitzgerald, the well known Parish Priest has forwarded to Lord Wellington a petition against the ecclesiastical titles. The Duke, in a letter, says he will present the petition to the House of Lords, and support its prayer. FRANCE. The Assembly met on Monday. In the bureau to examine the budget-for 1852, it was discovered that the assimilation of the floating- debt ha.3 in creased it to the sum of 71 millions : francs withia the past year. This afforded-a subject of general conversation, and apprehension in the political circles. Various suggestions were made for means to increase the receipts. This having been made known, it had considerable effect on the Paris bourse. Seventy-five's were selling at 94f.24c. and seventy-three's at 58f. GERMANY. Berlin, March 6. A dispatch received from Austria recommends the refusal to comply with the Russian demand. The Government is deter mined not to recede from : these demands, and will, if they are not acceded to, prefer the organ ization of the old Diet. Prinee'?Metternichl l.ai been called upon by the Emperor for respecting, the reorganization of the confederation,. The Prince advised not to centralize Austria too rigorously nor push Prussia to extremities, lest the latter be forced to throw herself in the arms of revolution. He further adds that dangerous religious compli cations are to be apprehended if Russia should be too much provoked. ' " , SWITZERLAND. The Swiss government has -addressed a note to the cabinet at Vienna, promising to appoint some other place of refuge for poll tibial fugitives, who have giren umbrage to Austria. '" : 2 "i RUSSIA. . ! The Emperor of Russia has presented the King of Prussia with a chain of the Cross of St. An drew, a thing never before conferred out of the imper-al family. It is valued at' one million of ducats. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER ARCTIC. 1 DAY LATER FROM EUROPE. New York, March 23. The Americaa mail steamship Arctic arrived here at eight o'clcifthis morning. ; She lea Liv- jerpool on the 8t ir&t. During her first night out, while in "the English Channel, she was run into by a large ship, arid'Tsustaihed some slight, damage, which detained her a short time, an 1 this was instrumental m prolonging ner pas sage.- . . I XPRKEY. . A letter from Consiautinople, of the 17th, an- r nounces the qt estion in regard to the Tunsarian refugees as settled, ( The Emperor of Austria has grantojlaull am nesty to the refugees at Kutayah, on condition that they declare never again to re-enter Hunga ry. Eight of them - only are excepted from this clemency, among whoui-are Kossuth and Count Aathayany. ' ' : ! Bembinski is expected at Constantinople, where he is permitted to reside. Advices from Smyrna to the 14th says that the island of Samos has surrendered to the Sultan's authority. The leader of the insurrection istobe given over to Turkish officers. ' ' Piifm the Gddsboro' Republican. 3Iore about the Murder Arrest of Pitt. A judicial , investigation of the circumstances connected with the-murder of Tillman -Hunt, was made last week by Judge Ellis at Nash Superior Court. , The facts developedagree pretty much with the account we gave of the matter last week. The body of Hunt was sewed up in a sack and thrown into Black River. Letters from Fayette ville have leeii rer.eiveil - here.- aimonncin? the ". .. j - j discovery ot the body in th5 condition stated by the negroes. ; Pitt, it appears, mada his way to New York city, where In- was seen at the Theatre, drunk. Private accounts state, that he has been arrested, j and 5s uovv avvaitillg the reiiuiilion of thaGover- nor of this State. We rejoice that the chief ac tor of this horrid murder w likely , to teceive the reward of his evil deeds. rPftt -will be tried in Cumberland county, at the next terra of the Su perior court probably, which will occur on Mon day, the 5th day of May next. . STEAM CONTRACTS. Since 1846, when the Bremen line was es tablished, the steam contracts of the U. S. Gov ernment have gradually multiplied till they have risen to a cost of $1,274,000 per annum. This amount has hitherto been divided between the annual appropriations for the Post office and Na vy, so that it never appears in the aggregate hsa single item, either in the congressional reports or in the official actst of Congress. It is, however, paid out of the Treasury, and conies out of the i people, and is distributed ajnongst tho . various - 1 ' - lines as follows : Collins line, N.' Y. and Liverpool,- $385 000 Ocean Steam Nav. Co., N. Y. & Bremen, 200,000 Do. do. do. do. N.Y. & ilaxre 150,000 SIuo Hnoj, Y. Y. Havana & X. 0. i 290,000 Arnold Harris' Panama & Oregon liue 199,000 Charleston & Havana line 50,000 Sl;274.00 Additional compensation was askvd'for by the Collins' Line at the last session of Congress, and other propositions made for various lines that would more than double the present cost to the government, but we have not noticed that any of them w ere granted. ' - Inipprtant from the Cape of Good Hope. RenexcdTof ihe Lajjir War accounts of Several Bal tics The English Victorious, fs. Boston-March 21, 3 R M. The btuvjuo Hamilton", A-oui the Cape of Good Hope, which arrived here to-day, brings forty 4ays later intelligence from that place. The Kaffir chiefs have again rebelled against the English authorities, and it was feared, at the latest accounts, that the Hottentots were also wavering in their loyalty. From last December, the war has been contniued between the rebels and their native and English allies, in which the former were alwars victorious when they had an open field fight. Accounts are daily received dlvj murders of farmers in all quarters Sir-Henry. Smith, the English Governor, was forwarding levies to the scenesof war, and the colonists were aiding him, believing that in a prompt suppression of the rebellion was their only safety. It was thought that the Governor would soon be at the head of 10;000 men to march a gainst the enemy. . ' On the 21st January the Kaffirs, numbering 20 000 strong, attacked, the colosii&s near Fort, Hare, and were repulsed with the loss of 1,000 killed. Oa the 3d of January a strong force of Kaffirs at tacked F6rt White, and they were dispersed with the loss of 20 killed. On the morning of the 7th of January, the rebel chief j Hermanus, with his horde of Kaflfirs and Hottentots, attacked Fort Beaufort, and were repulsed. The chief, his son, and a number of his people were killed. From the National Intelligencer; DEATH OF GENERAL BROOKE. A Telegraphic despatch was received from-New Orleans at the War, Department yesterday morn-' ing announcing the death of Rrevet Major Gener al George M. BaoosF, which took place at San Antonio, Tizaj, ctx the 9th inst. ; -: ;K - We are not informed of the cause of his death. ' - .v - . ! Of the military history of this distinguished officer the following1 particular cannot at this moment be uninteresting to any reader : " Gen Brooke entered the army, from Virginia, on the 3d of May, 1808, as First Lieutenant in the 5th infantry. He was promoted to the rank of Captain the 1st of May, 1810; to that of Major of the 4th infantry in 1814; to that of Lieutenant Colonel same regiment March 1, 181 9-, and in Ju ly, 1831, to the rank of Colonel in the 5th infant ry. His first brevet was that of Lieutenant Col onel, August-15, 1814, for "gallant conduct in the defence of Fort Erie;" his second was that of Col louel, September " 17th, 1814, for " distinguished and meritorious services in the sortie from -Fort Erie." He was made a Brevet Brigadier General September 17, 1824, 'f or ten years' - faithful ser- vice as Coloner." and he was bre retted a "Major General May SOth, 1848, "for merito' particularly in the performance of lu d--the prosecution of the war with Mexico " .ort Brooke, at Tampa Bay, was est! -by him and received his name,- in 182 1 was sUtioned for a numberof yen rs . " ' ' ere tj At the time of ids death he waa ?n cotr. the ih mUitary department, (Tei v 7H v u, j.. Miiiuiug u eipeuiuon agaiust tU ns. FOR THE COMMERCIAL. THOUGHTS FOR THE PEOPLE. 1 Who has not witnessed with anxiety v greatest satisfaction and pleasure, the rl gressand imprbvemcnt of the arts, both f j.! mechanic 1 What great things hare resnUiC1 small and apparently insignificant iM-it;,, Take as an instance the art-of Printit!"-- astonishing- and mignificent resilts! I'f world revolntionized ! The condition kind more or less ameliorated;' and What waiV beginning' of all this"? A few .letters cut piece of bark , There again is the power of Steam. Ij v -readers all know where tho action of stfani"' first discovered, which put it into man s hi a 7 use at a motive power 1 Perhaps they d if , you can easily inform them that it was in'rai V the lid of a tea-pot while boiling orer the fir? lo ! how astounding the sequel ! Nations fu. ly far distant are brouglit near torvtlierkrij ,, commerce revolutionized and reguhtotlj 1 ' There too is the Magnetic Telegraph: . woukT have thought of improvement here ! Wha" improve the speed of lightning! IiaiMissii,: Thus .we would have argued, because tins dix(T ery seemed to be in full perfection! Um no too has suecumbed to the universal law of impr ive ment, and is following the full injunction, 1 unto perfection." But what shall" I say of the beaut iful lar. rean art. Other arts have improved uerly jn usefulnessDut,thisvin beauty and usefulineLs. While it has kept pace with all others iu u;;e;uj improvements, in beauty it has far surpmj,, them all. And in confirmation of what I sav' weTe it not for being personal, I would rofcr v. readers to the Mozart Hall, for some of the fine: specimens of this art ever presented t the ul lic, taken by our worthy and enterprising cities J. W. Gulick. Did you ever see a j . ic ture speak ing and acting out thi very life. If not, call Mr. Gulick, at Mozart, and re enlightened. humbug here. jN'o, it is all real ami not , to lw mistaken; an A what helps the matter exceed ly; in my estimation, is thi fct that thii wo-k i, done by one of our own -citizens, not by a trar-hie'nt'visilor-artist who comes anions: us, lrts onr vork. ge-ts our money and carries it off'. ; So much - f;r improvenientt atrrau m.i le; ! v your permission, in my next, I will speak of j:;, which are yet tc be -made, Yours t;u!y , ARRIVAL OF THE y CRESCENT I TV j 11 Days Iatcr fsom t'alilofiiia. New York. March 21st 10 o'elock. P. .U The steaaner Crescent City aril vel here ti nhht from Chagre. She brings dates from San f rau cisco t6 the doth of M-rch. Crescei.t City kft Chagres on the'l 1th inst., and Kinluii on I. - " the 11th. Her advices are two weeks Inter fmrn all parts of California. She brings $517 275 worth of gold dust. The Alta California, of the loth instant, say Since our last review we havp had .a continuation . of fin weather, and, for the first week in Febru ary, a decided improvement in the amount of In siness. The prices of some articles have ailvanccd; but during the past few days, owing to the w--arrival of the mail steamer, (now due over fighs days,) there has been a' hesitancy! 1 and the .vance has been lost. ' ( The news from the mining regions are favuraVA. There is a full supply of bread stuff anl a numer ate business doing at previous quotations. The demand is better'for Ilazall and Galleo brar.i-1 In Provisions and Groceries there h no 'f, ial change from- previous prices : a good Since the departure of the last steamer far Pana ma Indian difficulties have been on the increase asd murders, and robberies have been more frequtii'. Efforts. have been made in the Legislature to rain funds and troops for carrying on a war. One i the Governor's aids, Mr. J. N. Johns ja, has bn despatched to the scene of disturbance to avtoa. the part of the State- authorities. He is author- f . . . ized to raise a force of volunteers. The -- c picr.t sioners liave left Stockton with an escort of severe al hundred United States troops, and it is dently believed they will be able to form trtatk with the Mountain tribes, thus giving quiet to tba country, j ( The weather has been very fine and unusuahy dry for-the winter season, and warm. ' ! The Legislature has beeen battling for some into an election of ' Un.ted Statss Senator. believe Mr. King will be elected; ethers that Mr. Heydenfoldt:niay stand a good chance. Colowl Fremont ' is also gaining strength. There been quite a turn in his favar. -J Good health prevails generally throughout tt country. - - .ve Cheeering news continues to come m uyn gold mines. ' 1 . . 'J , The expedition sent to the jCoTorado ritUs been successful. ' ' . .e . The State laws having been found inadeq to tne wants oi some locauuco, mo r- taken upon themselves the liberty of dispel justice under the code of Judge Lynch. j The Legislature has passed a bill for Ioaa not over 500,000, ,iT Rich diggings have been discovered eJZd river. Much gold has been taken from VSi near Steel Hollow. ; The whole State has been agitated about d iona of the' Supreme Court, recently made.i Card to land titles, and indination of the pie has been manifested. j A ' number of .murders have been commir oa the Lsthmua. Sorcn dead bod.es were see one time. '