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THOAIAS LOltlNG, Editor air -Proprietar: TWO DOLLARS Per , Anaam, invariably ia Advance. . ' ' ' i i VOL1. -5. WILMINGTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13.:; 1852. NO 23 THE MISSION OF KOSSUTH. AVhen it was first announced that Kossuth was coming to the United States, we believe iio one tliought His visit was forany other rwiia ihnn to seek a home araon? us. UIJ'ufv' o How far j his course has warranted this ex pectation the public need not to be told. In the first development of that course, we took a stand, lalmost a solitary one, adverse to his pretensions, and ventured to comment upon his reception, which, on his part was distin guished y impudence, and on the part of those citizens who entertained him, by a ser vility and deference unbecoming any man who bears the proud name of an American citi zen. jiWe then stated our belief of what ha3 becomfe an established fact, that the Hunga rian Revolution had not for its object ihe el evatiol a,nd freedom of the people, but na tional independence and the protection of castesj ahd orders, and dignities. All this is eofor in Kossuth'a proposed .treaty with Austria, on the conditions which1 he was wil ling ta receive, nothing is said about repub lican or the rights of the people. His democj-aiic propinquities are of the after game,! which he is now plaving because those principles are a very marketable com modity, for him no man ever got so' much cash since the world was made, simply by ' preten ling to be a Republican. He gets it, toot from the hard-working people of this I i country-p-Aaierican Republicans give the fruits of jtheir toil to enrich a Hungarian Magnejt,! tvho- has never fraternized with nponle of their class at home, and would not tere but' for the dollars 1h3 great eloquence and humbug pretensions wring from the hand of industry. Well may Kossuth discourse of them, as iapoieon aid 01 others: "l aid not want s aves, but they wanted a master." The gallant and patriotic Syme, of the Petersburg Intelligencer, talks about Kos suth id a manner so much like an American - M citizen L proud of his own, his native land and its beloved statesmen and wrarriors. that we would sooner tro to Petersburg to take him 'by the hand, and greet him as a truly re publican brother, than we would go ten steps to recpji'VjC the salutations of the great Mag yar, witu ail the riffraff rabble of his suite, and llie still meaner idolizers of a democrat- .. ,-L P..- c nosiniuuuM. Hear what Syme says ; ''Kossuth's course in this country has been such as. in our opin ion, .shin Id deny to him anything, more than ordinary1 hospitality. Coming to the United States on an invitation which was given to him t6 svek a home in our midst, he has un grateful y, disingenuously, and impudently attempted to induce our people to disregard uie prec epts. ol our iorejatners to turn a "deaf ear embroil to! the lessons of experience, and our peaceful country in the endless wars iind strifes' with which Europe is dis 1 1 tracted. Popularity-hunting aspirants and empty pated toadies may deify him to their hearth Content, but wv trust to the- manly common sense of the country to teach Kos suth, and all othiir foreigners, who may seek our shores on a similar "mission,'1 that the principles of Washington aud his compatri ots can be understood and appreciated here without; the assistance of European expound ers, There is eloquence in these words, more grateful to a truly American heart, than in all the justiart and bombast with which the splendid Hungarian Demagogue is amusing and abusing the public ear. Kossuth has been lauded and applauded for his sincerity and candor and this too, in face pf the imposture he enacted, in passing himself off as the Governor of Hungary, when he had no claim whatever to the title. .He h in fact, a private citizen, assuming rank for the purpose of dictating the policy of the country, and of plundering the people of their money under false pretences. He has declared his dissatisfaction with the pro ceedings of Congress, and said to a commit iee in Philadelphia that if those proceedings had reached him before he left Europe; he ?vpuld have hesitated about coming to this country atall. So .it appears that he antici pated armed aid from our Government before became here, when he knew he was invited fls a friendless exile wanting a home great "'sincerity cfnd candor" in all this, to be sure. He finds fault with our government, be muse it will not give him a pledge to fight ,0r Hungary, and for any other portion of Europe that may choose to revolt against lHe ruling power. England gave him no 8ch pltdge why did he not find fault with England ? Ah, he took care to avoid making any such absurd and insulting demonstration towards that Monarchy but Jonathan, the "green-horn, may be treated without ccremo-ny- Our readers will recollect the insult to Common sense he perpetrated soon after his arrival. He did not wish to involve us in war not he he only wished us t" proclaim terms to Russia, and if she failed to obey, if we did not fight her we would be degraded before all mankind. We suppose this is what is called special pleading, in the Hungarian court3Heaven preserve us fromlhe special pleading of a Hungarian Lawyer, whose imprimis w rites down Ass for Jonathan. There is not the least doubt in our mind, from the great influence his oratorical power has had over the people whom he has 'been in he habit of addressing at home and else where 4I1 at he relied upon this talent to ex cite thjj people of this country to 'such an extent'as to compel our Government to yield to his demands and to build up I the cause of that monstrous imposture, European De mocracy, by generating traitors in our own beloved Republic ; to renl this fair fabric of freedom, .to give a world-wide renown to Kos suth! Walker, the crazy ex-Secretary, doubtless pledged to him the American De mocracy, especially as he certainly did the whole people of this country, in general terms. . To be sur the American Democra cy will go ! great lengths for party reckless leaders might go the "whole swine" in the matter -but the people, the sovereign Ipco ple of that party have too much patriotism to throw their country into the mire, and filth, and stench of European embroilment, even to make him. .the said Walker, President, or his cousin-gar man Douglass. ; 'Master Kos suth will have to learn, if he has not done so already, that though he may pick small items of knavery and some squads of folly ' out of the Democratic Parly, he. will find a heap of good people in that category, who would march shoulder to shoulder with their fellow citizens, the Whigs, to tumble the dislurbers of our peace and the assailants of cur consti tution, with any aiders and abettors they may find among us, ii;to the first hole that will hold them. We. will abuse the Democrats as much as we please; but no foreign Emis sary, shall, with impunity, even suppose them to be-such traitors and scoundrels as Kossuth would make them. To be sure the opening scenes of the grotes que drama,-in which the great Magyar is the principal actor, did present some hopeful visions. New York, of course, did every thing unaccountably odd and droll in the premises, according to custom. 'But when the city ot brotherly love came to the enrw brace of the hero; and the ClergVjgot ?own upon their marrow bones, almosti; and the land of steady habits invoked a smile ; arid the great West beseeched aj blessing then indeed it looked as if things would be pres ently done up brown, according to the most approved Hungarian fashion then did the glorious, immortal, indomitable Hungarian, perceive the rising of the bright sun ot bis ambition from beneath the western horizon for such suns will rise at any point they please but alas ! it is but a parhelion, after all, and only in . character and keeping with the disinterested patriotism of the Hero of the piece, i But observe, when this matter is discover ed -we mean a little matter of common sense in the public mind the curtain is drop ped, and the Hero comes forward to address the audience, and tells them, plainly, he wants no more of this nonsensical show and display quite sick of it sour, like the grapes out of the reach of the Fox a'nd he asks onJv a placebo to his wounded sensibilities, which are hurt so bad he would have never come here if he had known it ; he asks what do you think he asks for? Only all the dollars that he can get, either from the bounty of the rich, or the wants of the Jess thriving indeed he would prefer taxing the laboring people only a quarter of a dollar a month because this would be more system atically "patriotic." To be sure he will take the cash for bonds, to be paid when a govern ment is established in Hungary, or elsewhere and if none is established, why then, ahem ! uwhy that's as hcrearter mought be," as peo ple used to say in old times.. The Eiplogue will be no less entertaining than the play for when he gets to London, stripped of his plumes, borrowed and original, his Chums will likely address him in the language of Fallstaff: j . ' "I'm glad you got the money though." ; Do our remarks seem like fanciful- ro mance 1 j We assure our readers that tee have said nothing but what the record war rants. - : . .. ' ... , Louis Napoleon seems to fear assassination and it is said that his carriage is made; bullet proof. The ministers object to his appear ing in public ; even with a strong escort of dragoons, riding with, each man's right hand upon his pistol-stock. They are all afraid he will be taken off. i f A PATi?v ernT tt vrvr?Trr niPmiVA The island lies nine leagues away, i Along the solitary shore Of Woody point and Sandy bay, No sound but Ocean's roar ; (home,) Save where the load free sea bird makes her (foam.) Her shrill cry coming through the sparkling But when the liht winds lie at rest, And on the glassy heaving sea, The black duck with her glossy breast Sits swinging silently, ' How beautiful ! No ripples break tin reach And the waves go noiseless up the beach. . Daiia, Some forty miles from Wilmington, on the great road leading to Georgetown, South Carolina, after passing through immense forests of Pine extending as far as the eye can reach; the weary traveller lights upon a scene that r.ver afterwards recalls pleasant recollections of surpassing beauty. Leaving the great Georgetown road to the left, he enters upon a noble avenue of a mile in extent, formed of live Oaks, the growth of centuries, forming a projecting point into the immense Sound that extends along the whole Southern coast of the Uni ted Stages. From this wooded promontory the eye ranges over a boundless extent of marsh like an immense prairie,1 sprinkled with herds of Cattle and silvered with spark ling streams, winding among the grassy plains to join the mighty ocean. Let us step within this tiny boat and listen yet nearer to its roar. We are now upon Shallotte Banks, but quite another affair from those opposite our summer residences near Wilmington. Those are nothing but low, flat sandy plains, destitute of herbage and parched by our summer sultry sun. On Shallotte banks are range of lofty hills, covered with a growth from their base to the summit of live Oaks, Cedars, Yopons and stalely Magnolias. This range of hills forms a long irregular line of circumvajla tion, like the remains of an immense en trenchment, such as the writer met with in an old Spanish fort on the St. John's river in Florida. Within the centre of this range of Hills lies a lovely valley carpeted with soft green grass, shut out by the overreaching Magnolias, and Cedars from the sun, and festooned by thousands of wild grane vines loaded with tempting fruit. - Ascending one of these hills, we view the white winged ships tossing free, or the swift steamer, cleaving its way over the boundless expanse of old ocean. Along the land side running parallel to the hank's channel, is & broad beautiful road, carpeted with the sof test turf and overhung with the fragrant Magnolias, the stately Cedar, the red berries of the Holly and Yopon. and the bright leaves of the Mock Orange, shut out from the glaring rays of our summers sun, exten ding a mile in extent, and forrning an une qualled promenade,' or drive, for this lovely spot is easy of access from the Maine land for Carriages or Horses. Abounding in Fish, Sea Birds, Wild Pio-eons, and Deer, this oasis in our sandy country offers equal attractions to the sport man as to the lover of fine scenery and, ad mirer of nature. f Pause ! holy quietness pervades the scene, The very air is slumbering and still, ' Thelsilvery haze that fur the boughs between, With filmy curtain shades the distant hill ! No gentlest zephyr stirs; hark from the rill ! Steals on the air sqft murmuring melody And oh ! how does the longing spirit will, Prone in your tiny boat at ease to lie, As with its snow white sail it skims the forest by. Here the tired traveller has come And thrown him on the grassy bank to rest. Content in such a spot ; no more to roam, Jnv stirs within him. and he feels him West. , . k m . And I would come with anxious cares opprcst Apart from all the vanities of life, And musing here by nature's hand caressed, . Pause with the world forgot ; its vanities and strife. WHAT KOSSUTH HAS BEEN DOING FOR HUNGARY. The following reply, was made by Kossuth at Pittsburg, in answ-er to a committee invi ting him to Cleveland, Ohio r Gentlemen 1 You will know my wishes when I tell you that already one hundred and sixty thousand dollars have been raised in thi3 country lor the Hungarian fund, and but thirty thou sand of it has been realized for my suffering cause. The rest has been eaien., drank and toasted out in costly banquets and foolisn parades, for which I have no taste and in which I take-no pleasure I have contracted for 40 000 muskets, at $2 each $S0j000; I have made-one payment, and have got oth ers to make, or lose what has, been paid 1 allThe money raised could have been properly expended my mission would, ere this, have been ended, and the basis i of my country's liberty secured. . What melancholy muskets they must be at $2 a piece! old and rusty condemned muskets ! The Austrians heed not be alarm- ....... i . i ... ed at them. Some musket speculator has humbugged Kossuth. The whole 40.000 are probably worth only the old iron. KOSSUTH AND KINKEL FUNDS. We exhibit below copies of the precious bonds issued by Kossuth to raise money for p Hungary : 100 No t 100 HUNGARIAN FUND. PICTUttES OF KOSSUTH SUPPORTED BY FEMALES. The Certificate will entitle the holder to One Hundred Dollars, with interest at the rate of four per cent, per annum from this date, the principal payable in ten equal in stalments, from the date of the establishment, in fact, of the Independent I Hungarian Gov ernment, and the interest I thereon payable half-yearly after the last above date, and at ! the National Treasury of such Government, ; r at either of its authorized agencies in : London orlew York. ! Dated at New York, IS The above only wants the signature of Kossuth, to represent a hundred dollars se cured on the word of honor of an honorable Hungarian Exile. Below we give the mode of the raise on the part of the celebrated Dr. Kinkel. National Loan of the German People to the amount- of Five Millions Prusians Thalers Bearing five per cent. o o & c s s f;One Thaler itt: mi i a rive xuaiers S3 o S c3 Ten Thalers o j Fitty Thalers I. One Hundred Thalera o.S The bearer of this certificate will re- Z nceive at latest in six months, the original "Hboud for the same amount, bearing inter gjg est from the day of paying the above I- a amount Received by the TemDorary Commit- 2- tee lor the uerman iationa.i L.oan. . By order : 1 I G. Kinkel. A. Koegg. A. Williop. D. Ester. I Kudlick. . The above specimens of the way the Hun garians are doing up the yankees is a cau tion to the fooleries of the age.. No cne can say, however, that there is any deception in the business. The imposture and humbug are two palpable to admit any uch charge. tr I. Whoever is taken in by these Bonds is suck- j ed in with his eyes open. ! ' j NEGRO LINGO. Mr. Sirnms certainly surpasses all living j writers in his ability to describe the peculiar!- ! ties of the negro, and especially to report his j Tlip. following lis an illustration j of this,which we find in one of his graphic ! papers on Southern L.ne ana manners, vuu tributed to the Literary World. The scene is the Charleston RaiJ-way station, and the time, the Christmas holidays. J crowa oi j darkies is passing hard upon the entrance of j the cars, and there is of course, no small j hubbub. Sambo loquitur. I 'I say der, who dat pull at my coat tail i Tink gentleman coat tail make out leadder, nigger?' was the fierce speech from the cen- trp n P iIir mass. I Ki ! he call he-se'f gentlernan !' was the; commentary from another quarter. 'Da's only 'cause he got skirt to he coast ; j 'speck he's old coat ot he young massa ; mos wear out when he get. 'era '.' was the echo from a third. ' i 'Whay my basket, bubber V cried an bid woman, holding np the curved handle. The basket itself had been torn away in the scuf fle. There was an instant search and inqui ry. Sambo is proverbially a gallant. 'Hello, dey, boys whay this blessed sis ter basket ? Who got 'em 1 Stir about, and fin' em, you, der, or I xnake you smell turpentine 'till you sick !' I 'He hab six cake in 'em, and treo yellow han'k'chiefe my brudder. , Fin' 'em for me, and, please God, I'll tink 'about you when eyou gone 1 'Da s a lister ! 'Yer him ! Yer de basket! and all de cake and han'k'chief in 'em.' I ' 'De Lord be praise 1 Tank you, bubber ; you's a gempleman.' , 'You got you' ticket, my heart ? 'Not yet, my eon i 1 'Jes' you hold on to me. and I'll earve you.' Then followed a new pressure, broken, as usual, by a throng of voices in wild confu sion. The gallant who had undertaken to serve the elderly lady, was now heard in yet fiercer accents, but still with a rough sort of good nature, that was meant for humor. Look yer. nigger, you wid de tear hat! Ef you got hot'ing better to do ivid that ox huff (hoof) of your'e dan io crowd 'era 'pon dis child foot, (meaning his own.) you'll soon learn sich a lesson from this child first, as will lay you out flat a3 a sanrimstence ! It's de least t'ing I can do, to gie you a short mes sage back to your mammy. I reckon dat .'spctable woman doesn't J know you're out ob your blanket dis morning.' , ' 4Oh ! go 'long, by ! ehet up. row, and don't stan' inde way ob de cars! Ef dis ox huff, us you call 'em, catch you in de small ribs, vou'll tink de ingine was into you !' 'Wlia-me V ; 'Yes! you, for true ! git'long now. V You hab de ticket ! Wha' more 1 Stan side, and le' dis oder old lady had a chance !' Scuse me, mammy ! but cose yer niggers de will scroope 'pon ge'mplemaas so !' From Iks Greensboro Pa-riot? of tkeZXst. nil An attempt to break Jnil was lately made by the prisoners, in this place, whish very nearly succeeded. During the late extraor dinary cold weather five of the prisoners were permitted to occupy 'one apartment a peculiarly strong room, pn He upper- floor, with a double grated window. The iron bars of the grates are tjwo inches wide by jhree quarters thick. The inner grate is composed of these bars, crossed each way, three inches ap.rt, and rjvited at every cross ing. The other grate is made in the same manner, except that tbefbars are only two inches apart. On Saturday last it was dis covered that the prisoners "had, with a case knife, cut through the Xnirsixteen times A sufficient opening jvas already made through the inner grate ko admit of escape; and it was intended and expected to have the aperture through thq outer one sufficient ly large by the night jafter for all to go through. A rope for the purpose of effec ting their descent was made of blankets torn into strips and twisted together. The work appears to have been originated and conducted principally byj the prisoner Deen. convicted at last Superior Court of slave stealing, and now avvaiing the decision of the Supreme Court on his case. The work was commenced the last day ol December. The knife is not much worn, considering the service it has performed ! -p &' 31. It. R. Company.-Engineer's Report. The report elMr. Fleming, the Engineer of this Road, has not yetj been published in extenso, but from a mUnusenpt copy we have been permitted to make a few extracts. The progress of the Graduation on the Road during the past ye4r has been retarded in consequence of the great demand for labor for the cultivation of CottL-n and the prosecu tion of works of Internal Improvements in this and the adjoining States. Owing to this cause, the contract at tf Western terminus was abandoned early in the summer, and the work was prosecuted and completed on the Company's account. Between the junction with the Camden Branch and Lynch's Creek, the whole Graduation is ready for the track, and from the latter point to the Pee Dee River Road, but four contracts remain uncompleted, and they are in such a state of forwardness'as will not retard the laying of ihe track. A contract was entered into with a respon sible company to lcomplfte the work, uncon tracted for, and the unfinished and abandoned-contracts between the Brunswick River and the State line. Thi work has progress ed satisfactorily, and will be completed in lime for the Rails. The refusal of the Bruns w.ck County, Court, at its last term, to allow the Company to construct the Road on or ad jacent to the Causeway, rendered necessary a new location. This lino diverges from the old line at station 67, and crosses the Bruns wick River near the '-Belvidere Btrn," thence to a point on the North-West River Bank near the upper end of Eagle's tract of land owned by4he Company, and thence.it follows the River Bank (and distant from it about 100 feet.) doivn tjj the property pur chased from Messrs. Nutt and Planner, and intended us the situation for the terminal station aud the Repair md Work-shops. In this connection Mr. Fleming remark, that he considers this the bst and most ad vantageous location that he has any knowl edge of in the -history of Rail Roads. While it does not materially increase the length of Road, it avoids the possibility of endless law suits for damages to property on the public highway, aud traverses so closely to the mar tn'n of the River for upwards of a mile, that trtight can De transported to una lroui uij to the cars with no more cost than to lay it on the wharf: and not the least considera tio'n will be th value it will give to nearly a mile of water front owiied by the Company. ... . . t ii , i susceptible lor the most at a comparatively smal nahle wharf nroDertv in part, of being made. cost, the most val- ihe vicinity of Wil mincrtrin. The location 6f the terminal sta tion opposite to the centre of the town will allord the greatest convenience to ine way traveller, and the business ol the town ; and the time and cost of transportation to the Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Co. Der nnt wit! nnt k irrpnter than the most favora ble point that eould.be selected on the Wes tern side of the Cape Feir River. In addi tion ta this, the track can be extended at a small cost to a point opposite the lower end of the town, and thu3 afford facilities to all parts of the town for the delivery of freight and its transportation directly acros3the Riv er. This location dispenses with upwards of a mile of the Ciraded lioau. wnicn, imwevcr is very light work, and requires the Gradua. tion of about the'same distance from the Brunswick River to its junction with the old line. Mr. Flemimg has no doubt that it will be completed by the arrival of the Rails and the necessary machinery to commence Jaying the track. ; The work is being prosecuted with energy, and Mr. Fleming believes that forty miles of the Road adjoining the Camden rBranch will be in operation in time to ciaira ine last instalment of the subscription of Sooth Caro lina on the 1st July, j . , From the Bruuswick River to Fair Blutt, contracts have been made for most of the timber tor the trestle wont ana oriuges, " a gang of carpenters baa been organized and commenced their construction. One of Crane's Patent Steam Pile has been ordered for" the construction of the pile bridging over Eagle's Island. Big Creek and the While Marsh, and is expected in a fetv days. . 5 . ' ; . A contract line been entered into for sink ing the foundations of the Pile for the Bridge over the Great Pec Dee Uiver. accor ding to the Patent Pneumatic principle of Dr. Potts for putting in foundations, and op erations will be commenced as soon as the cylinders and materiaU for the masonry cpn be procured. A loiomotive and various Cars have been procured and are now in daily use. The Rovid U open Prom Manchester to Sumtcrvlile, a d'stanre of 15 J mdrs. Rates of freight and fare have been pre pared, adopting the classification of the St. C. R.-rti Co.. and made with a view of sim plifying the accounts, if the freight of onA Road should be collected by the olhcr. Written Instructions have been given" to each officer and agent for their government. Contracts have been made with Norns &. Brothers for eight engines of uniform 1G tona weight, to be paid for iii the bonda of the Company, two ot which are deliverable on or before the 1st March next. ! Six freight cars have been ordered for the Western end and tmojks for threu freiglvt cars to be delivered in Wilmington. Mr. Fleming recommends the commence ment of laying the track from Brunswick riv er as soon as the engine and j cars arrive, without waiting for the completion of the Road across Eagle's Island. The cargo of 133 tons of Iron has arrived in New York, and is expected here daily. Shipments of about 7000 tons do. were probably made during last month. The cost of the Road it is believed, Vill not exceed $9,450 per mile, including the loss upon the sale of the S. C. R. R. stock. , " There are oilier items ofinforman'oa which we omit for want of space. Herald. I Awful lSxpIoslou Seven Persons Killed aud I WnuiuUil. , . , The most distressing accident that has ever happened in this section, says the Adrian, (Mich) Expositor, took place in the town of Talmyra, about five mils from this village, on the morning of the 20th ult. Tho morning was very cold, the thermometer standing at 19 dog. below zero at 6 o'clock. Mo-srs Harrison and Wm. II. Itac, tho lessees of the mill, Jerome Bowen, Philip Wolevcr, Hamlin, Sornburger, Itiehard Caswell, and Ezra Catrum, were in the mill at the time of the explo sion. Itoe, Bowcn, Bartmin, and Wolevcr, were killed instantly, and Caswell and Sornburger wero dreadfully injured so that the latter died on Thiirs- J day, and the life of the former Is depairea or, and Mr. Harrison severely injured. 4 The force of the explosion must have been tre mendous. We visited tho scene of disaster on Wednesday,, and the signs of destruction were aw ful. Thennil, which was buijt of uncommonly heavy timber, and braced in every direction, was a utterly demolished. The explosion was of courso caused by the lowness of the. water in the boiler, and the formation of an explosive gas. The mill was owned, we believe, by Volncy Scalding, and Mr. Harrison, oii j of the woundu.h I THE DEBUT OF MRS. FORREST. Nkw York, Feb. 2 11 o'clock " Brougham's Lyceum was a scene of tlie great est enthusiasm to-night, on the occasion of Mrs. Forrest's first appearance in America. .An im mense crowd was assembled, inside and out, and therms were' indications of a disturbance but tho' knowledge that three companies of military wero1 in readiness to suppress the least outbreak, serv ed as a perfect check, and all pasxed off compara tively quiet. TheJady made a most successful debut as Lady Teazle, in the School for :.Scandal, 1 ami her friends were excited to tho greatest en thusiasm. From the IJnslon Courier, of Feb. 2. : 1 '. " . DERS. ' J .: ,': ' By accounts just como to hand from the Como-. ro Islands, it appears that a hostile attack has been made in that quarter by an American gov ernment vessel. Johanna, the lehief island of that group, has been for some time a place of resort for American whalers, who, it Is affirmed have been repeatedly subjected to outrages from Iho King of the islands. Ia August, 1850, it appears 1 that he seized and threw into prinon1 Captain Moore of the bark Maria of New Bedford. ' Wo do not remember the nature of this transaction, but, as we understand, our government despatch ed the sloop of tfar Dale, Capt Pearson, U ob tahk redress for the outrage. The King having rcfiised this, Captain Pearson cannonaded tho town, and brought the King to terms, on the Cth of August last. i r , 1 The Comora Islands lie in, the northern part of Mnramkinno f!hannpl lietween Madagascar and the African coast. Joanna or Johanna, tho chief island, has a population of about 30,000. The natives are a mongrel race, combining Ara bian with African blood. They have been gener ally regarded as peaceable and burnsse, though their king rules with arbitrary sway. The Islands are very fertile, and abound with live stock ; they rc ' in rnseonence. much frcaucnted bv shir h. i - t- - ' - . want of si applies. The town of Joanna contains two or three hundred houses, built mostly of stone. No European settlement has ever been made in these islands. , , ' ' ; , , BcrFALo. .Feb. 2. On Sunday afternoon a large fragment of rock from the Horse Shoe falls fell in on the American aide, between .Goat Wand and the tower.
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