TJIOMAS LORIxVG, Editor and Proprietsr : TWO DOLLARS Per Annan), invariably In Advance,
VOL. 5.
WILMINGTON, FllIDAYT MAY 7, 1852.
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'Tis May; s Iair ongni. smiling ;uay,
Strewing flowers in life's pathway,
The hills and valeS are clothed in green
And nature wears a lively scene.
"The stately oak and the towering pine,
Encircled by the graceful vine,
The gushing, rill and the silvery stream
Remind us of a fairy dream. ' s'' :
Hark ! dost thou hear tbenvfeiry thrush,
Singing in the hawthorn bush, ' ' '
Whilst the warbirfcg mocking-bjrd
With its var!ei,n61fs,a1re1ieardi.
The lark his morning lay doth sing,
As high in the heavens cq soaring wing,
He tries to fciich the "first' bright ray,
Of the fair dawning first of May.
The flowers breath their incense sweet,
The joyous' strcamleYs dance and leap,
Through the flowery nook and shady dell,
Where the merry elves and sprites 'oth dwell.
Sweet May, thy steps are every where,
On the passing breeze, on the balmy air,
On the mountain top, in the lowly brake--
In the wild-wood shade, in ihe sedgy lake,
Ih the alpine glens, in the' forest bowers,
In the fair sunlight, in the cooling showers,
There's worlds of poetry and love,
Which speak of Him who reigns above.
In the starry night, in the rosy mom,
Voices of love are sweetly borne,
That tells us of the Heavenly way,
That leads to an eternal May.
EVA;
From the Loviscitle Journal.
Here is an exquisite lay from one of the bright
yonng birds that make the columns of the Louis
rillc Journal as musical as a summer grove :
THE INQUIRY.
Spirit, tell me, who art thou,
With thy calm angelic brow
Sweetly shining on my soul,
With a moonbeam like control,
Till it leaps like waves by night,
Neath the mellow chastened light. '
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Spirit, -whcrcsoc'cr I stray,
Thou arf'wUVmc'Vm my way,
And the darkest hour grown bright,
GlOf ied by thine angfetfigfcft ) ' ' .
Tell me whence thy magjd power
Thus to cheer life's dreareVt'bour X
When above some page I bend,
fey the hand of genius penned,
Then a brow all 1 leaven made,
Bid's Ihe poets beauticls fad,'
. And thine angel-face I read,
3H1 my soul from clay seems freed.
When I wander forth alone,
Thy pure wing is o'er me- thrown,
And thou pointest to the sky,
Telling me 'tis like mine eye,
And the glory of thy smile
Gladdens all the earth the while.
When I bow me in uiy prayer,
Spirit, thou art softly there; r
And thy voice falls sweet and low, ,
As a zephyr in its flow,
While thine orisons arise
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Music breathings to the skies.
Spirit thou art passing; fair,
With thy starry eyes and hair,
Glorious as the morning beam.
Love-lit as a maiden's dream,
With J) y glory-bea m i n g b ro w ,
Tell, oh ! tell me, who art thou 1
Spirit, list mine inmost prayer,
Beautiful thou art and fair ;
Let thine angel-loveliness
All my future being bless ;
Yet oh ! tell me whence thou art,
Child of heaven, or of heart 1
t Al. J. o.
FOR THE COMMERCIAL
MAY.
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.CORRESPONDENCE OF THE COMMERCIAL.
" New York, April 27, 1852.
I have seen no estim ite mude, or reckon
ing kept, of the quantify of rain which has
alien on this island this spring, but it would
seem as if with other California imports we
-""had had large consignments pf itp jyeather;
large eh6ugh indeed, tn materially drain ifa
nucrket and flood our own ; for it is a fact that
while the skies discharged their elorra so
copiously and frequently upon this section
last winter, the ravines of California, where
fain was so much desired by the miners, and
" usually so plenty that season, were comv
paratively dry. '
- Yhere are two kinds of comment upon
Kossuth "very frank expression atSpringfield,
UUass.. of Ins disapproval of the opposition
t0 n'm anJ h$s missioQ by a portion of
American people and proas. One part
r6ffitrd his strictures as intrepid and true, the
otherdenounce him as an ingrate, greedy
presumptuous-. In Boston he would ap- l
lar to nave many enthusiasitc friends, de
termined "to put him through in good shape"
; ttpon his return to New York city, he will, I
doubt not. be welcomed by a la-ge number
f our citizens. '
I I hear no expression of opinion, good or
Dad. mj regard to the appointment of Lu-
ther Uradish, Esq. da th6r successor of the
late Epc-Grovenieh Y6ing in the' office of U
Assistant Treasurer in New York. If
tfiere w"re 1 arty ejfpecta'tiori of a change o
ciiimL-L-a ii wouiu uououess make more
stir. ,"
'Bank and backer's sterlinnr bills of ex
change on Jjiiiglariu were in great demand
yesterday as soon as 7t became known that
a single house had cleaned out the market
at an atitfarice of 9i per cent. It srave an
impetus to slocks also, and the crafty origina
tor of the excitation took advantage of it tq
sell out; this is the way that fortunes . aire
made and lost. 1
It was said yesterday that the St. Mary's
Bank 61 GjeoTgia was protested about 2
weeks ago for &2fr000, and yesterday a no
tary in this cityKpe,rlormeVl the &ame disagree
able operation 'btcatfse Mie banki had nc?.
funds here to back'up a Check which it had
drawn upon John G. Winter & Son.
.ihe Cottohmaet is 'still active. The
loreign news is regarded as uiviavorable to
large exportations of Flour and Meal, and
shipperd are yery dainty in their purchases.
Wueat i coming in copiously, and prices are
failing. Corn continues unchanged : South-
erB mixed selling for 65 a 65 and yellow at
G a 60. per bushel. New prime Pork sells
at 17, and new mess at $18.75 a $10,00. -There
are oceans of Lard at 10c. Beef sells
smoothly at'$6 a $7.25 for prime, and mess
at 10 a $13. ?
The demand for consumption in the Cali
fornia market is small. It is" a (Jc'nsideabh
item, to prov:s!cn:ri stcamcr-t)-twebn th;fe:ind
Chagres 'T'iis'butchers bilr'for a Eingfe Crip
pxceds sometimes $1,200; ' - -
Trie Steamship United B fates, to connect
with :the' Winfleld Scott, has chatHred her
day cf departure for the;new city of Aspen-
wairon'the isthmus to MaV 15th.
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Our city trade presents very little I of the
animation usual in shipping.1 Some of our
more ambitious dry-goods merchants are ira
nroviner the time bv svstmizinfir their busi-
ness. Messrs' Lee, Brewster & Co. origina
ted,, I learn, in 1213. the plan, still observed
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by a lew large houes, ol selling only one
description of goods, viz. printed Calicoes.
Their idea was, I presume, that it was better
to deal in one article welt, then in a variety
imperfectly. Now, they have another plan,
though on the same principle. It is to have
every variety under the same roof, but divi
ded into different departments, with a distinct
set of salesmen for each description of goods.
A portion of Washington and Greenwich
streets in this city is swarmed with German
residents, and temporary sojourners, among
whom the Christian Colporteurs, speaking
their language: try very hard to improve
biit with littrfe success4 onaccouijit of violent
cnDo&tibn1 rnhde' bv'the runners Last Sun-
i. f : i- --t r '
day a German missionary from 1 Surinam,
the Riev. Mr. Tank, came near losing his
life at the; hands of these' gunners because he
'invited a' crowd of German emigrants to at
tend worship. f
ARRIVAL OF THE NORTHERN LIGHT.
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Fifteen Days Later from California.
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New York, Ayril 27. The steamer IVorr
thern Light arrived here shortly altery o'c'Ik
this evening. She left San Juan o,n the 19th
infst.. and Havana at 6 P. M. on the 23d.
She brings 300 passengers and a small
amount of specie. i
Her passengers left ban Francisco., on tne
1st of April, by the Pacific.
The steamer Monumental City arrived at
San Juan del Sud on the 13th of April, un
der charter of Mr. Vandenbilt, to take, those
passengers at that port who were ticketed lor
the steamer North America. ' .
San Juan was healtny, and there was no
sickness on the Isthmus. . 1
. At 10 A. M., on Monday, the Northern;
T.iSht Wfehartored -aisnials fwith''the "Georgia,
steering south, and on Tuesday at noon with
the Illinois.
The California mails were to leave San
Francisco on the 5th iast., by the Golden
Gate, for Panama.
GAUVOm AFFAIRS.
A committee had been appointed at San
Franclsfeo for the relief of t he North A menca's
passengers, and a large amount of provisions
had been sent to San Juan. The Northern
Light sailed on lhe.2d.Dl April, with $10,000
worth of provisions and stores.
The merchants of San Franeisco are ta
king measures to build a! MercJjant's Ex
change, j !
Mad. Biscaccianti was giving concerts to
crowded houses at San Francisco.'
,Capt. William H. Burt, of the schr. Cora- j
et, of Baltimore, is charged in the Francisco ,
papers with having absconded with his ves
sel and about $10000 worth of goods, which
had been put on board for Panama. Noth
ing, at the last accounts, had been heard of
his whereabouts. ' )
The steamer Panama arrived at San Fran
cisco from Panama with the mails on April
"1st. STie also brought 37 of the North Ame-
nca's passensers.
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The steamer Pacific, on her passage up,
passed the wreck of the North America. She
stood upright with her masts, and her beam
and 'smoke-pipe in their proper places. She
appeared to be but tUc injured.. The pro
peller Fremont, from rjanarasiyartivetl at San
Francisco on the 25th uit.iu ":
A tremendous land slide had occurred on
the Calauras nvc involving the loss of a
large amount of property belonging to G. H.
Camp hell.
The news from the mines is verjr cheering.
Gcd dust is coming into San ' Francisco in
j;rgc quantities.
Experiments were about being made in
San Joaquin county in the cultivation of su
gar. The delegates to the Baltimore Convention
were tQ leave about April 1st.
Immense numbers of Chinese were pour
ing into San Francisco.
Commercial affairs at Sacramento were
very brisk, and the demand for goods was
spirited.
Joint resolutions had passed the Legisla
ture, instructing the members-of Congress to
exert themselves to procure the passage of a
bill establishing another semi-monthly h'uefof
Panama mail steamers.
A bill prohibitir.g gambling had been de
feated, -y '? ''v .; -
Advices from Honviluli to Jarch 10th
state that terrible eruptibn of thfe'Manalod
mountain, in Hawaii, had taken place. The
lava poured in torrents dGwntthe side of the
volcano. . ... t ? " ;
The Government of the Sandwich Islands
had issued!!! order' for reciprocal 'duties, on
certain' articles, with the United States.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER FR1XKLIN.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
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New York. April 27.
The steamer Franklin arrived at her wharf
at half past eight o'clock this morning, from
Havre, She brings London dates to the
15th. Liverpool to the 14th. and Havre to
the 14th. She was detained at Havre , one
day in consequerce of the lowness of water
in the locks, and left Cowes on the 15th of
April at 9 A. M. ,
The Franklin brings 97 passeugers. andfa
valuable cargo of.Firench goods, with $85,000
m specie.
i.t JNfothing of special interest had occurred
in France or England since the sailing of
the Asia. , .....
i'The Niagara arrived out on the 13th.
AJijch anjeiety is felt for the steamer Wash
ington. 19 days from New York, and not arrived-
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An extraordinary statement Jias been made
by the captain of a duebec vessel, to the
effect that in the spring of 1851 he saw two
vessels? embedded jn the ice, drifting towards
Davis's Straits, which vdsseld were believed
to be the ships of Sir John Fraiik4in,. has re
ceived great attention at the Admirality.
The London riniecy.cl the 14th, contained
three? columns ol documents 'dii the subject.
That paper of the 15th. however, -puis a
damper on the story by showing its impossi
bility, and the probibility that what the
captain saw was only a reflection of his own
vessel irom two dinerent sui laces ol iceburg.
- - FRANCE. 5' -
The news from France possesses Iite in
terest. The returns of.the BaiYk are consid
ered favorable. .
The grand review of the army takes place
in Pari on .May lQthi ,
M. Emije Girardin, Editor ol La Presse,
has received official warning that a second
notice will lead to the suppression of his
Journal
M. Martin de Strasburg. Councillor of the
Court of Cassation, has refused to take the
oath of allegiance, and has resigned.
Wm. Michelet Q,umet and Mickeewicz
have been removed by a decree from Pro
fessorships in the University.
The steamer Isly sailed from Gironde on
8th inst., with f 50 political prisoners from
Algeria. , i . - 1
The agents of the Treasury had taken
possession on oenan oi.ineoiaie oi.ine .es
tates of Morceaux and Neuilly,. being .parof
the Orleans property. ; i ! i;-
rORl,L)uAL.
Advices from Lisbon, to March 31st. state
that Saldanha ajd his colleagues had ten-
deredtHeir Jcecignations. in consequence of
an adverse vote in the Cortes, but the Q,ueen
had refused to accept them, and had author
ized Saldanha. to adopt any course he
thought proper. He had accordingly ad-
louYrifcd the. Chambers to the 20th of May.
The country was pertecuy tranquil.
The Portugese War steamer Porto was
lost on the 31st ol March, on her passage
from Oporto to Lisbon. All her passengers.
36 in number, and all the. crew except seven
perished.
Messrs. b ox and (Jandler ol tne feocjety oi
Friends, arrived at Lisbon on the 9th of
April, with a memorial against slavery. The
Queen had promised them an audience, and
the government had intimated that the saye
trade in the Portuguese possessions in Africa
should gradually be abolished.
AUSTRIA.,
Ceunt Buol Schauerinstein has been ap
pointed Prime Minister ,qf Ajustrja. 1
The difficulties in Egypt between the Sub
ime Porte and Alia Pacha have been amica
bly arranged to the entire satisfaction of both
parties. I
CHINA.
fhe overland mail had arrived at London,
with dates from China to the 27th of Febru
ary. Bombay to March 15th," and Calcutta
to March bth.
The expedition aarainst Burmah was to
leave Calcutta and Madras on the 19th of
March. It was to consist ol 6.000 troops,
two ships, of war, and 13 steamers. The
Burmuse troops, to the number of 20.000
had assembled at Ragoun; and were ravaging
,tlie trqntier ivillages.
" The U. frigate Susquehanna arrived
at Hong Kong on the '-Sin of March. AH
well on board- - -
DREADFUL CASE OF JEALOUSY
A Brief Story ol a Blacksmith Revenge.
by falcon bridge.
Jealously is an awful thing blighting.
blasting and almost incurable. Jealously., is
worse than a seven years' itch. ihe. plague,or
yellow lever. But. as bad: as is jealously,
more deadly arid damning are the presence
and approaches pf.the libertine. He' is the
moving malaria, theportable plague, the se
cret assassin ; his brealha?Fmiltfevv and blight,
his tonsrue the poisoned stiletto. Beware of
him denouoce him shoot him.
I've heard, recently.-'of-a. case of guilty
love, and its coneequences. that we are more
than loth to allow to die nut and be lost to
ihe rising generation. We do not resuscitate
it from morb d motives lo fted that atrocious
appetite, vulgar curiosity for the horrible and
inlampus. but to point a moral, and -adorn
a pretty good story, r
In some parts ol New Hampshire, the land
is monstrous sterile, and business proportion
ately stagnant. Lnder such adverse circum
stances, it is not to be wondered that money
is kind of scarce; and. in consequence thereof,
a dollar assumes, in the eyes of no small por
tion ol the inhabitants ol those regions, the
size and importance ol a miniature gold mine.
It so happened that a blacksmith, named
Coldehisel, married himselfa wife, altogether
the prettiest woman in the entire settlement,
tnus Being anout trie most dangerous piece
ot property the blacksmith, or any other man,
could well get hold of, as all the philoso
phers, from King Solomon dovvn tPi Tim.
Lawrence have testified. Pretty women are
vain, love show, shallow fobbery, gewgaws,
and jimcracks ; there may be exceptions. So
it fell out that Coldchisel's wife was wont to
sigh. for. , more, of cuch Xur-le,-burbs .and kjcki
ehaws than the limited" and hard-earned in
come of her lord and master could afford.
This fact caused the harmony of the smith
and his wife's marriage music to jingle out
of tune ergo, they come to words, and pre
cious near blows 1 . ..
i A-neighbdring shop-keeper had, for some
time, been casting sheep's eyes-at the fair
wife of the sledgez-haminer and anvil; and fi
nally, the wife and the shop-keepar, gCjt,. pret
ty intimate. Tho Knight of th.fv yardstick
sold 'a thouearfft and one' of those articles the
wife of the smith so much coveted. She was
weak, and he . was lascivious; and, at last,
they-got so thick thai the folks began to "no
tice it" and, by-and-by, the son of . Vulcan
was apprized,, that, .for a married woman, his
wife, the neighbors thought, was. a. littie too
familiar with Mrv Yardstick. ; :
The smith was a large body, and - hence
slow to move, but, being moved hard to re
sist. These things continued to work along,
until the smith really began to believe that
his wife wag. a little too familiar with Yard
stick. .que ijlty he intimated to his wife
that, having some business in Portsmouth,
he would be gone for a few days, and step
ped out. accordingly. '
The coast being clear, the Knight of the
Yardstipk comes over to the smith's house,
after shutting up his shop, with his pockels.
full of ribbons, tapes, pins, dbc. and his mouth J
lull of blarney and moonshine. - Well, the
tape-cutter and the smith's wife wer.e getting
along in the most agreeable manner,Jiirting
and cooing like "tirkle. doves" in hc smith's
little sitting-roonjt ; There is ijo telling how
far or long this tkte-a-lete mig&t h&ve lasted,
but. any way, aboct.. midnight, quite unex
pectedly like, in .omeprf ori ath'er rushes;
Coldehisel! Yardstick tools the hint, and
made arruh, yianagetj to get out doors, over
theifence.-and olf he broke !
Now came the tug of tvar for the infuria
ted smith was thar ! The village was hush
ed in sleep quiet reigned without ; but
within the bosom of Coldehisel burned a rage
of the most fiendish passion, and in his hand
swung a two-pound hammer ! The tape cut
ting gentleman cut his stick, bolted, dug out.
ran a9 fast his legs and feet could carry him.
He. led otf beautifully, but. though he was
more nimble on his pins than his stalwart qem
peti'or, and knew each hook and croqjf.of the
village well, his competitor was far, bet
ter bottom, and, in couse ol the first grand
Found of ihe vilJage. so gained on theeiax
ing efforts "of - Yardstick, as to convince fhim
that his chance of escape was growing beau
tifully, or learrully less ! It was a desperate
race ; life and death depended on it ! The
dry-goods man was thin and weak, his cause
badj-aadhistpursuer a powerful fellow, arm
ed with a fearful tvefipon, and a desperate
account to settle ! It was in vain that fear
and desperation lent him wings, for the bur
ly smith and the deadly hammer were gain
ing upon him at every jump ! Seeing it use
less to fly,;the-Knight jof the Yardstick, the
invader; of another man's fireside, the guilty,
trembling wretch, turned, fell upon his knees,
and begged for quarter.
'Don't don't, for God's sake', strike !'
The smith came at him grasped the qua
king calico-rae.rcbint by the throat with one
hand, and with the other firmly clenched the
deadly-looking hammer ! It was a fearful
guspence, anjivyful crisis, and ijie trembling
poltroon felt it keenly. .
Don't don't." Coldehisel don't strike !'
'Cowardly villain !" exclaimed the smith,
'you are guilty of one of the most flagrant
acts in civilized life.' ;
'I know it, Coldehisel "1 acknowledge my
wrong.1 r; j
:One of the most dastardly, villainous acts
known in the category of human, rnccality-t
trying to sow the seeds ol dianqrcj, and strife
in my family alienate the affection '"pf my
wife." continued pie Uteininacly cpol and
murderous smith. , . ' ' ,
'Oh ! I acknowledge I n- I know I am
a rascal. I a r' ' j ' J
4A rascal Youlre a villain-a'cowardly,
atrocious. .-double-dyed villajn ' .
'I am-T-Ijxm ! cried the calico-dealer; I
know I an'i .
' ., 'We are, alone,' said the smith, glancing
around and wagging his hammer; 'not a
soul to witness my revenge!' ,
'Oh! don't f forjCfod's sake ! I a I'll- '
Yur richly deserve a dozen deaths,' con
tinued the fearfully-agitated smhh.' To knock
out yoiir brains here is too good for you.'
Mur murd
'Don't call don't raise a cry, or I'll crush
you into powder before the second word es
capes your lips 1'
Oh ! spare my life think of my family
spare me for their sake don't strike !'
'Your family ! bitterly answered the smith;
'why did you npt think of that before you at
tempted to destroy me and mine V
'Don'tdon't strike 1' imp6red the poor
wretch, as again ihe hammer was shifted
from hand to hand, and again lifted over hs
devoted, quivering head.
'I ought to kill you,' said the smith; ;I
ought to rid the community of such a villain,
and I'll do it!'
'io no no, dJirt i l a J JI do any-
tin'
ng for you ; make any atonenieut yon
mav name.
'You will, eh V said the smith holding up
the hammer. ,,'.
Yes. yes. yes; X will ! Name the condi
tions anything but take my poor life any
thing but ruin my poor family !' s
Well, asks the smith, 'what .win you give
You, know ypu ara.guiity-Tr.ycy j'kno.w J've
got you In my .power, i fl could ; yesy and I
ought, and J will '
lNo no no, don't! Stop don't don't,
for God's sake!. Name what I shall do--
what shall I give?' ..-,..
'A thing like you.' sneeringly said the
smith, Qt he crawling around, sneaking into
a man's house, when he is out and gone- '
'I know I know I am a villain I know
I've doite bad !' I
'Neglecting your own family.' bitterly con
tinued Coldehisel.
'I know I know I'm to be blamed I'm a
guilty wretch !'
'Trying to seduce the affections of a neigh
bor's wife.'
Yes' it's villainous ; I ought to be a6ha
ui8(J I am. ashamed,! , , , , .
,,.',Yod oughtrto be assassinated, and I'll do
it cuss you V . ,
Mur murd '
Hush-h-h! Another word, and it's your
last. Name ; what you'll, do va atone
ment you'll make, and, if I see iproper, I'll
let you off.' ..
,. .'6i o,ame it yourself name it youraelf !
I'm a poor man ; I've got a few things I've
got some property !' 4
Tilings? Property!1 sneeringly respon
ded the wronged smith, . Ij,'
'Will money dpi (Anything ; na'fnp t,'and
savq my uieJ
Money ! Money r reiterated the smith ;
money is; scarce times are dull you've
wronged me, or meditated doing so you de-
serve death, rve iroi you in my power ; Dut
you're willing) . offer some atonement.
New, uaiUdJl;eiQQmuchforyou tq pay
Vfl LET, VPP 'OFF FOR A DOLLAR V
Boor Yardstick 'guessed it wouldn t,' and
forked the dollar over. And so ended a
dreadful arirravatinff case in the Granite
State. Boston Museum. , , , ,
MUSICAL NOOSE (NEWS.)
We perceive from a foreign paper that a crimi
nal, who has been imprisoned for a considerable
Icriod at Prcsburg, has acquired a complete
mastery over the violin. It hap been announced
that he will shortly make an appearance in pub
lic. Doubtless, his performance, will be a solo on
one string. '
RICH MEN IN B0S10N.
It appears from the taJist; of potion, for 1851,
just published, that there are in that city seven
teen individuals and corporations taxed on half a
million and upwards. Nine on S100.000 and up
wards : nineteen on 3300,000 and upwards ; fifty
S200.000 and " urwards. and one hundred and
eighty-seven on 100,000 and upwards.
f ate r from Mexico it u mo red Defeat of the
Tehuantepec Railroad Project. .
New Ohle-ans. April 29, 1852.
Lettefs from Vera Cruz," dated " April 17, state
that the Tehuautepec Railroad project had been
defeated in the Mexican Congress, there being
only one vote in its favor. The report, however,
is not generally credited. j
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Shooting of a Supposed Fugitive Slave Fur
ther Particulars.
Baltimore, April 30th.
Police officer Ridgeley of the firm of Bell and
Ridgeley. of this city, was the party who shot the
Alleged fugitive. sJaye at CoInmbia. yostdepday.
He was pursued by an excited crowd, but -succeeded
in reaching Shrewsbury during the night,
and arrived in this city in the morning train.
He says, after they bad arrested the fugitive, they
were surrounded by., ji j crowd of negroes, and, in
order to intimidate them', as well as the prisoner,
who was making a desperate resistance, he drew
rb&pj&tok At that moment, Smith got Ids (Ridge
ley's) finger between his teeth, and under, a sud
den impulse of pain and excitement, he dischar
ged his pistol, and the ball passed through the
negro's body causing bis instant death.
ARRIVAL OF STEAMER NIAGARA.
3 DA YS LATER. FROM EUROPtZ.
Advarue in- CotUm and Brtadstufft. '.
II a u tax, April 23. The Royal mail meamer Ni
agara arrived ot her wharf at 7 o'clock this mora
ing, bringing dales from Liverpool to the 17th u
April, three days later than these brought bj tbe
Franklin. She brings 42 passengers.
, The Pacific, had arrived out on the morning of
the. 15th, at 30 minutes past 6 o'clock, having beerv
detained three hours by low ride. ' .
Lord John Russell's friends, fearing his defeat in
LoTdoh,'i arattyipg.tp smuggle him in for Edin
burg. '! . .. i . . " . . .
The Arctic expedition sailed on ThurJiy,Uh
15th instant. r
The New Vork clipper ahip Witch of the Wave
arrived at London on the lSiinst. Jn 90 days from
Canton, being the shortcsVpasisge on record. ;
bir John Matherson, owner of the island of
Rona, on the west coast of Scotland, has offered it
as, a gift to the government for a penal settlement.,
Prof. Wilton has resigned the Professorship' bf
Philosophy in consequence of hi age. .
The census returns of Carlo w. county, Ireland
show a diminution in the population of ono-eixth
since 1841. ' " .
Lord Kglington intimates that the Government
has no indention of abolishing the First YirrvRoy.
o,ly- u -
PBANCE.
Lc Siecle denies that any difficulty hut occurrtl
between the French and English governments.
The Minister of Public Instruction has issue
orders tot .schoolmasters to assume manner find
habits compatible with their profession.
Forty-nine Provincial newspapers haVe, been sup
pressed by government. since December;... 'r, u
A great drought prevails in the South of France.
On Friday, in Pari?, the National Guard were
preparing to give a fete to the President.
Great sensation had been, produced by thevstate
p.lnt that the.Ruseian Imperial ordinance seta down
'Henry V as King of France and the Count de Paris
an heir apparent.
It was considered extremely probable that a pro
clamation of the Empire would be made before iho
grand review on the 10th of May. Two thousand
petitions had already. , been presented,, asking tho
esiabUshment ot .an imperial Government. j
... ,. ausaiA. 1 . .
Advices from CIrcasaia state thalUhe'Ruasians
had gained an important victory over the Circas
sians. OCBMANT.
Hanover had declared in favor of a customs union
wijji Austria.
" The new constitution of Casscl provides for the
establishment of two chambers,, the upper compo
sed of nominees of the crown, and the lower of 32
members elected by .the people.
BELGIUM.
The Governor had given orders forbidding the
entrance of persons expelled from France.
... . . AU8TB1A., ,
It is officially announced that the external and
internal policy of Austria , will not be changed by
the death of Schwar'zenberg, who left a tnemoran '
dunr insisting upon the necessity of the policy he
had adopted. He bequeathed all hia moveable pro
erty to his illegitimate daughter.
, .rOBTflGAL. 1
Accounts from Lisbon state that intrigues arc on
foot between Portugal. and Spain for a further cur
tailment of constitutional government. The French
consul, who recently perished in the steamer Porto,
had a hand In these intrigues. j
. .i u . ": 1 NAPLES.
The Neapolitan State trials had been indefinitely
postponed. i
i( iTAir.
Maldinia, an extensive banker of Bologna, had
failed -reducing to beegary many of the. first farni
lies of tbe,ciiy. ;, . ;
Letters .fram Florence state the orders for the '
withdrawal of the Austrian tr"op from , Tuscany
had been commanded in consequence, of, Inflamma
tory appeals being posted, i . ,..
TCBKET. , 1
Amicable relations between Turkey and F.gypt
had been restored, .,. i.fti, . , ..
Twelve thousand meu were employed In the
Egyptian railway. ...
Interesting News from Barbadoes Hepoi ted
' Discovery of a Portion of the IV reck of tbr
Steamer President, ejtc . , 1
. Bostom, April, 30, 1852. .
The steamer Levantine, from Bermuda, Apt 11
23, reached Halifax on the 28th.
The potato crop on that island is 'good-.
From Barbadoes we have accounts, taken from
the Grenada Chronicle, that .on, the 4th ult. a
ship's figure head, of unusual dimensions, war
cast ashore on the inward part of t't.o Island. It
had been originally fully eight feef ihfgh, and in
that of a Senator in the act of speaking. jHe is
partially bald, and holds a scroll in his right hand,
the left grasping a scarf which is partially thrown
over him. The papers conjecture, on what grounds
we do not learn, that it may be a part of the 111
fatod steamer President. : r
The fever was gradually abating at - Demerara.
Both the Inspector General of Police and. Licnt.
Botthadditfi.of it.
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KOSSUTH IN BOSTON. :
Boston, April 28. Kossuth waa , received by -the
Senate and the House of Representatives, and
was welcomed by the president and speaker. Ho
replied in . appropriate terms, passing a - warm
eulogium upon Massachusetts, and then retired
after being introduced to the Dumk-a.
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