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THOMAS LOR1NG, Editor and Proprietar, TWO DOL Eer.Annum, invariably. in vaaceisher of the Oi,Mu ydL. 6. ' . ".-v ' r- ... :t . 1 . TUB WEEKLY COriERCIJlL, FRIDAY. At &2 ter rear, a famUv newspaper, containing the" state of the . market on the preceding Thursday, mjl.,; T ERMS OF AUV Civi le uu : 1 sqr 1 insertion, $ 5" 1 2 . " . 75 ! s " " -1 00 i '1 month. 1 25 1 sqr 2 months, $2. 00 1. ". S . " : '"2 50 1 .S ' w 4 00 1 12 ' " 6 00 ' : Ten lines or less make a square. it an adver tisement exceed ten lines, the price will be in pro- Plladrertienients are payable at the time of heir insertion . .. . ' w " ' . EA11 advertisements inserted in the Veekly Commercial, rare entitled tot one insertion fri the Fri-WeeMy, free of charge.. ; THE LEGISLATURE. - The following ia a' list of the members elec ted to the Legislature of this State, oa Thurs day the 5th of August, 1852 . " Senate. ' . 1st District Pasquotank and Perquimons T. F.Jones, whig. . 2d District, Camden and Currituck --H. M. Shaw, democrat." - ,.--,--. . 3d District, Gales and Chowan Henry Willey, whig. . . " . 4th District, Washington and .fyrrel Clias. McCleese, whig. ' 5lh District, Northampton. Thos. J. Person, democrat, , 6th DistriciHertford, R. G. Cowper, whig. 7th District, oenie iewis inompson, w - 8th Tiistnct, Martin Daniel Ward, d. 3tn District, Halifax Andrew Joyner, w 10th District, Edgecombe Henry T.Cjark, democrat, . , 11th District, Pitt -B. G, Albritton, whig. 12th District, Beaufort and Hyde Riley Murray, whig. 1 V - '13th District. Craven -Wm.H. Washing ton, whig. 14th District, Carteret ; and Jones M. F. Arendell, whig. , , ' ' 15th District, Lenoir and Greene Jamen P. Speight, democrat. 16th District, New Hanover James Kerr, democrat. ' 17th District, Onslow George f. McMil- ian, aemocrai. - - .. 18th District, Duplin B. . W. Herring, d. lain JLlSiriCi, ,Cru-wiUR. uiauui aim- vyu Jnmhiifl Thos. S.-D. MeDowell. dem. 20th District, Cumberland Alex. Murchi- sun. democrat. . . : . ?. , ' r ; 21et District,' Sampson Thomas Bunting. " f 1 22XDistrictWaynfe CurtJ ii Brdgderi; ' 23d District, Johnston William H. Wat son, dem. - --- v'r : - - '.v. ' " . 24th District, Wake Wesley Jones, ; dem. 25th District, Nash John H, Drake, dem. 26th District, Franklin James Collins, d. 27th District, Warren Weldon N Ed waids, democrat. :. - - -1 23th District; Granville N. E. Canady, d. 29th District, Person John W. Cunning ham, dem. . . . - J 30th District Orange John Berry, dem. 3lst District, Chatham. William Albright, whig. . 32d District, Moore and Montgomery An ffua R. Kellv. whir. 33d District, Robeson ' and Richmond AValter L. Steele, whig. 34ih District, Anson P. Richardson, w. , 35th District Randolph W B. Lane, w. 36th District, Guilford John H. Gilmer, 37th District, Caswell Elijah K. Withers, democrat. 38Ui District, Rockingham George U. 39th District, Mecklenburg and - Union Greea W. Caldwell, dem. v 40ih District, Cabarrus and Stanly D. J. A. Palmer, vy " 4lst District, Rowan and Dayie-John Ai Lillinjrton. w. " - - 42d District, DavidsonSamuel Hargrave, a.. . . . .. . . ' 43d District, Stokes aqd Forsyth P. Bar row, d. . : ' 44th District, Surry and Ashe George 3ower, d. " A , r . 45th District, Iredell George F. Davidr son, w. - - , ... 46th District Lincoln John F. Hoke,d. 47th Diitrict Rutherford and Cleaveland joan u. cynum, w. -. ' 4Sth District Burke, "Caldwell, &c An derson Mitchell, . '-: . ' 49th District, Buncombe. &e N.W.Wood- Jin.,w.. izr-:' S-K. J ' 50th District, Haywood, &c "VJT .Thomas, d. . .. : 28 Democrats and 22 Whigs. v . House of Commons. H Anson A.J. Dargan, w., Cary Tojson, -independent whig. ' Ashe B- Ci Calloway, Pouthern Rights Beaufort J. R. Stubbs, wM W. H.Tripp, whig. - . Bertie J. B. Cherry, w., S. B. Spruill. w. Bladin J. G. McDagald, w. BrunawickrrH. H. Wafers. W. - Buncombe Jam4s . . Lowry, w,? .John -Fagg, w.; , : , Burke and McDowell W. W Avery, J.S.ErwinlwV Cabarrus W: S. Harrjsg, John Shim- pock; w Caldwell 'E. F-MIHerVwr , . Camden Caleb Barco, w. ' Carteret ' Elijah Whitehurst, w. " ' Caswell S. P. Hill, d., William Long, d. 1 Chatham J. F. Rives, d," R. C; Cotten. d Turner Bynum, w. ' Cherokee Charles M. Styles, Free Suf rfcee hhtl-Convention whig. . . Chowan H. W. Collins, w. ... Cleaveland A. W. Burton, d. - - o PntiimVine Pnrnpv Gftome. d Craven R. "A. Russell. d.,C. B.Wood, d. Cumberland James C I Dobbin, d.. Geo. W Pegram, d." - . - . . , vurruucK o. o. jarvi, u. Davidson J. M. Leach " w., W. Harnss.. whig. ', Davie B. S. Gaither, w. , Duplin David Reid. d W. E. Hill. d. Edgecombe William Norfleet,d., William Ellis, d. -" : ' ' ' ' Erankllri P. Hawkins, jr., a., vv. jv. iuar- tin, d. , - - " GateB rMiIIa H. Eure, w. ' - ,.- . Hreen J. SAmis. w., Willie .Perry,, WVlLLybn;a.J 1 Gmlford--CaIvih Johston. w., D, F. Cald well, w., C.ll. Wiley, w. Halifax K. H. Srqitn, r 4- v. rerKins, " 1 -.' . - - V" :n' ii .Haywood Koper; if. j. ove, u. .. Henderson John Baxter, w. Hertford W. L. Daniel, w. . Hyde R. I. Wynne, independent whig. , IreleH Dr. Adams, w., W. Turner, w V Teague, w. . Johnston yy. ti. Sanders, w., aimonoa win. w. " 'JonesWilliam P. Ward, d, Lenoir William Sutton, d. Lincoln, Gaston and Catawba William Lander, d., H. Sherrill. d' John H. Wheeler, d., James A; Caldwell, w. . Macon Stephen Mundy, d. j' ; . Martin A. S. Mooring, d. Mecklenburg W. Black; d.., J. A. Dunn, d., Jno. Ingram, d. . ; : . ' Moore William Barret d. Montgomery Zebedee Russell, w. ; New Hanover Robert Strange, Jr.. d., John A. Corbett. d. . ' r . Northampton J. B. pynv?m, d., B. F. Lockhart, d. ', Onslow E. W' Fonville. d. Orange and Alamance B. L. Durham, d., John F. Lyon, d S. F. Phillips, w., Jo siah Turner, Jr., w. Pasquotank G. W. Brooks, w. i Pcrquimons Benj. Alberston, w. ' Person James Hoi era an w. fejtt William J. Blow, independent whig, John I." Foreman; d. .... ! ' Randolph Jas. A. Long, w., Jesse Thorn burgh, w. . '' - ;; V.Vb.,V; Richmond Daniel C. Mclntyre, w. i nhAiw? McNeill. d..J. Allbrd. w. i RDckfpgham .Ifred M. Scales, Jr d., Alfred Reid. d. Rowan William A. Walton, d., Levi Trexler, w Rnthcrford Ladson A.' Mills, Southern Rights, and for Red, C. 'J. Webb, w. Sampson A. B. unesnut, a.,' Amos iier- rinir. d. Staiijy Mr. Furr, w. Surrv and J x ad Kin n. C: Puryear, w.. James Guinn, w., J. H. Pobson," d. ' : ' Stokes and Forsytn Jas. i jviaunews, w.. Henry MarBhaP, 'd-VJesse A Waugh, d. Tyrell JortTan L. Jones, w. Wake Ri M. Saunders, d., G. H- Wild er, d., William A.' Allen, d. " Warren Thos. H. Christmas, d., Mr. Williams, dem. ' . i , Washington Charles Phelps, d. Wilkes L. B. Carmichael, w., C. L. Cooke, w. - Wayne W. T. Cortch, d.j Etheldred Sauls, d. - . ' Yancey Neely Byrd. d. i , Bemocrats and 62 Whiffs-making, on joint ballot 86 Democrats and 84 Whigs. BY AUTHORITY. LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES Passed during the First Session of the TJdr- ty -second Congress. fPrjBLtc Act No. 43.) AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to settle an adjust tne expenses oi me peo ple of Oregon in defending themselves from attacks and hostilities oi iayuse Indians in i ue years eiguieen uuuureu ttuu tuny seven and eicrhteen hundred' and fortv eight," a'bprove JETepruary" . fourteenth, ' i eighteen hundred and fiftv-one. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the : United Slates of America" in' Congress ' assembled. That the Secretary of the Treasury pay; out of the mnnfit'nnnronriiited bv the act to which this is an ' amendment, approved February tourteenin, eignteen nonarea ana uuy-one, the amount found due to the persons named in the renort of Aaron E. Wait, commission er to ascertain the necessary expenses incur red nv said inhabitants, as me same was rnmmnnirtated to flnneTresa bv the Legisla ture or Oregon, at the second session of the thirty-first Congress, V ; - j f : Sec. 2. And be it further enacted; That when a person shall have died, the- amount shot! (in ra !rl tr hta lrvol ronrpcpntatl VPft. on the production of authenticated copies of , the appointment '. Provided. That 'if such decea- r ...... . i . k i sea person snail not nave oeen a resiaeni ui theTerritorv at the time of his death, and shall have left a widow in any one of. the StntPH nf the. TTninn. the nmonnt duesuch de cedent 6hall be paid to such widow; and, iU t . 1 - : J - . ti" iks.a inere oe uo wiuow surviving unu, ouu uwb be infant children, then the amount shall be paid the guardian of such infant children ; !f Vaio hn rin uiiflnw of infant rhildrfin. then to the legal representatives of sucq' de cedent as above provided lor. " i . ; Approved August 21, 1852. WILMINGTON, ED AY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1853. rPnni.in Act No. 44.1 AN ACT to confirm to' the "State of Michi gan certain lands selectecj lor saline piirpo - ses. : , Be it enacted by the. Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates ofAmer ica in Congress assembled, f hat the selec tion and location by the! State of Michigan of the lands lying in said State described as sections numbered two, three,' four, five, eight nine, ten. eleven, fourteen, fifteen, twenty-one and twenty-two. in township seven, north of range fourteen east heretofore made underhand byvirtue-afitbtT fourth proposM tion, contained in the'first section of an act entitled "An act to establish the northern Kminrtarv tin, of thfi State of Ohio.' and' to provide for the admission of the State of Mi chigan into the Union on certain condilions," approved June twenty-third, eighteen hun dred and thirty-six, be and the same are here by recognized as valid and confirmed to said State, in lieu of twelve other sections which were incorrectly noted as confirmations un der said act by reason of an erroneous inter pretation given at the General Land Ofiice to the original list of sejections. Approved August ?5, 852. " . LETTER FROM THE " HON. W1LLUM A. GRAHAM. ... V- Hillsborough, August 24, 1252. Tkvmas tyring, sq : ' " t Editor of the Commercial, Sir : I have not seen a recent number; of your paper, but learn, through the Raleigh Register and Hillsborough Recorder that you have placed at the head of your c6umns thn nnmftnftheHbn,Dan'l Webster, for Pres ident, with mine for1 Vice President. . Whilst I am gratefully sensible of the compliment you design to myself by this- coursed and do not doubt your disposition to - deal with the entire subject in a spirit of candor, I deem it proper to declare, publicly, that it does not meet my approbation. To this I am impelled by two considera tions. " ,;- - First. Gen. Scott - was regularly and unanimously nominated as the v Whig - candi date for the Presidency, by. the' cdnvention which assembled at BjiltimoiV, after' a de claration of principles5 Which I bejjee. meets the approbation' of the "country'. By" the same body I was, in like manner nominated for the Vice Presidency. BdtlV'of these cdn HMAtM have accented the nominations, with the principles declared by;the! convention as the rule of their acuori on the subjects em innnA . in ' !Vm .. CinnA faith and honor. therefore', require, thafafter'sufch fepceptan'6fe on my part, 1 'ihall not saneliort ' the use of my name on any pther ticket. n Rut ; secondlv. I understand that your ob jection to Geri. Scott consists mainly in an the 6uth7 by i a 'faithful ; adherence to the compromise of 1850. Oa that point I have this statement to make: .1 arrived in Wash7 ington, upon the invi'ation of President Fill more to the wavy oepanmeni, on me ,ius. day of July, 1850. On that day the "omni bus" bill so called, reported by Mr. Clay from the committee of thirteen, was rejected, and the whole subject of dispute was throtvn open for agitation anew. .1 found Gen. Scott acting as Secretary at War, in wl)ich situalion he continued for several weeks; and happening to take lodgings at the same ho tel, I was in daily and intimate intercourse with him from that time until the consum mation of the compromise by the passage of IIS VariOUa JiOYiiuua, iu ocjjtii.w w...c. one, in ray sphere of acquaintance felt ; more deeply the importance of the crisis, none ex hibited more zeal in behalf of these rneas ures, by argument and persuasion artnoag' Kls irienud. ana none rejuiucu mui o -ui j it' was supposed all danger was averted by their final naasacre than did he. Such - Was his conduct, while the 6ohtest raged and it tvas doubtful on whVch' side victory would In cline, in Congress or in the country. If oth ers, who, seeing the 'subedit Jn" a vdiHerent or ldoKe4 upon" it with disfavor 'or indifference, T!Va Bin'r.ft h'rnh orht their minds to sanction MVWHk.wwvv.v O r . . 'At- nVnniPft in it. it is cause for consrratula tion; but history will uot perfornt her office if she fails to enumerate uen. ocoxi araoug uic firmPHt friends of this national pacification in its hour of trial. I, at least, cannot consent, by my silence, to seemingly approve the dis crimination made by you to his prejudice, on a national question where h-was equally zealous with myself, and more Influential ; and T It nnw n safer criterion for the future AhcprvitnM nf ihft enmnromise. than the de- cinivA and maniv nait taken in its enactment , ' To avoid all cavil or misconstructioh, I add. that fully appreciating the great talents and services of Mr. Webster, no one would have accorded to him a' more zealous support than myself, had he been the nominee oi me con vpntinn. . " . "". - ' ThankinV vou for the kindness and confi dence manifested towards me, " ' r I am, very respectfuOy, - " ' Your bbed't serv't : WM. A. GRAHAM. DEMAND. FOR BREADSTTJFS IN ENQLAND. It is stated that private letters by the- C&ada, to an exporting house in New York, intimate a probability that there will be an increased demand for Flour and Indian meaip me ngusn marine w Flour and Indian meal i 'the pngsh mark apply a deficiency fof food", likely to be the of the already partial" failure of the pot to 80 re- suit of the already partia potato crop ;n' Ireland! The total value of foreign exports from Baltl more, for the. week ending on Thursday was siiQQi?ins - Thft Prnort of breadstnfik for the wm-Tt roranrises 11.581 bbls. of flour, 1,378 har relsofcorn raeaf, V,Q18 'bushels of. wheal, and 5 872 bushels of corn meaL FOR THE COMMERCIAL. - - CAPS FETAIt AND DEEP KIVER M ; PROVE3IRNT. We, the undersigned, President and Direc tors of the Cape Fear and Deep River Nav igation Company, having been shown an ar ticle taken from the Wilmington Journal, which charges' the Chief Engineer' of said Company, W B Thofinrsorti ''t Esl ! ivti want of. busiiiess conrfpete ncy and energy." We take 'great pleasure in saying that we know lu'e editor of the! Journal is mistaken, and has done Mr. Ttiompson (unintentionally ho dobbt) great injustice ; , ha vlnAbden offi cially associated with Coh Tliompsoh since the commencement of. and during 'the prose Viia orffiai Work, we have had1 am ple opportunities of teslingboth "h is business competency and energy,? and assert that he has shown himself to be deficient in neither, but on the contrary,4 we regard him as very energetic ; and of 'great business competency, wi 'fit.lipvf hp. will- in noint of science compare favorably with any Engineer in the; countryn . as regaras wuai isBau ui mc wu ful or ignorant miscalculations of the cost of the work, we only deem it necessary to say, that Col. Thompson is a gentleman ' of too high character intentionally to deceive any one. and that the increased cost of the work Over the! estimate, has arisen from causes be- 1 - -m- ' TIT " pond the control ot tne ningmeer. vve lur ther state, that it never was pretended that the work could be done in one season ; but it a tm hnt thp. contractors stipulated to ? fin ish it in two years which (we do not dqqbt rjaitrnt. nave oeen uuuc wiui . jmjiw. .wiw and energy on their part. We also entirely tifTorrmm thp. pditor in thev oninion that the Company have been unfortunate in the choice oi an .engineer. J.H.HAUUHTU1Y THOMAS HILL, ,1 L. J, HAUGHTON, Directors. . ELIAS BRYAN, j 1 ISAAC CLEGG; President. Pittsbor. NrC., Aug: 17th, 1852. I might rest the case here with perfect eafe- dr nd thp ahnvR snnntaneous certincaie. irom gentlemen; entirely cognizant of all my acts since I entered into the service of the Com-: panyarid who from their position, are better able to judge: than any othetei sufficiently refutes t he 'cal umriies1 perpetrated against me in the columns of the Journal. But as I have indfeated an intention in my rely to those charges,' (which the edjior of the Journal had not tne lairness iq puuusu iu mane , oia. mp.nt nf facts Tn retrard to the Cape Fear and Deep River Improvement : and feeling as I ao, tnat great injusuce i iias oeen uuuc, uoV only to me, but to the Directors of the work, IJwill succinctly and briefly,or the informa tion nf. thtisK who take art interest in the im- provement state a few facts, from ;which all unprejuuiceu minus can iuim mcu uwu vuw elusions.' - - ' ' "-: ';' ''Jr From time " immemorial the Timber and Lumber interests of the Cape Fear, below Smiley s Falls, have been able upon every little swell of four or five feet, to unmoor their rafts and proceed on to Wilmington and in mis way me oieam miua m va.i -j t Ww been supplied, and a large and lucrative in terest has in cousequence grown up. ' This has necessarily "been interiereu w.-xu in iue nrrispciitinn of thia work i as it is impossible to build dams over the River without, for the time being interrupting mis traae. r ltiany orehtlemen of liberality and experience resi ding upon the Cape Fear and its tributary, Little' River,have from patriotic motives oorne with this temoorarv inconvenience in their de sire to promote the general good, and devel- ope oiner greav inieTeeie upuu mo nvci.,-' a yery large majority of this interest has been decidedly opposed to the improvement, and more or less iiosliib iu ct.iu o-uv w v vuu- nected with it. . Every raft that found its wav to Wilminrrton had some dreadful tale to relate about the work, until the minds of some of the Mill owners, whose interests have also hppn iniiVridusIv affected, have become poi3- ened in regard to the work; mismanagement is charged somewhere and a victim nemg re nnirpd. the Rno-ineer who is ffenerallv- the scape-goat in such cases, is fixed upon. . la regard to the increased cost ot tne woik, nvt and above the original esttmate. I stated. in reply to the call of the committee to whom was reterred . tne Uingineer s report, ai uie late Stockholders' ; meeting, the different points at which extra work had been done, (not contemplated in the original .gtimate. as would be seen by an examinatfcra' of this Estimate.) and also its character, but the shortness of the' time did not alI6w qf my ta king out of the agreate costS'the several amounts. These -will now be found in the Appendix notes toihat report, and consist 6f the folio winsr items': Four additional Locks and Dams ; An increased Lift tf 2 feet to every river Lock and Mam on the Lxipe t ear to the foot of SmileyV Falls, named in the o riginai1 report i The lengthening of all the Lodk chambers 18' 'fett ; The "widening out to 21 feet the" thfee lower Lock chambers; Four Apr ons'to ttiefqur lower 'Hamsr ; train ing Beams and Buttress Walls to two of the Locks ; Cost of the Yadkin Survey; Land Damages ; Interest and the Salaries of Offi cers, fc. These additional items will be found to have swelled the cost of the Work to about $300,000. To which may be added the advance in the price ol "provisions of all Irinta Thn Tntii. aA(iU'ic.ra T.ncka and Dams. and the increased Lift of 2 feet to all the river Locks and Dams to theooi of Smiley'' s Falls. with a" still increased Lift below that point, were rendered necessary in consequence of the Cape Fear being 2 feet above its low Summer stage, when I made the original survey although I was assured by the resi dents upon the river, that it was. low Sum mer water. I found at that time long stretch es of the river, requiring norther work than the removal of a few Locks to insure the re- quisite depth for navigable , purposes. ? But in the course of'the' construction of the work, low water mark was fourid to be 2 feet low er, and hence the additional works and the increased Lift. The Locks were directed to be lengthened by 'the Board, at the sugges tion ot some'gfentlemen of Wilmington The three Lower Locks were widened out to 24 feel at Ihe request of the Lower Little River Lumber interest. So much for the increased cost of the Work, for which the origioal Re port and Estimate is in no wise responsibie.T In regard to the delay in the execution of the Lower Works, arid the causes which have operated tar advance the works upon the up per part of the.. Line beyond these, the.rea sons are briefly as follows : Many gentlemen upon Deep River subscribed (largely to the Work upon the condition of paying in labor upon lh.it part of the line, and when Mc Cullougli & Co. - undertook their Contract upon the Cape Fear, to be finished by the 1st of January, 1852, these gentlemen, supposing that Contract would be literally carried out, began their contracts on Deep River, and be ing men of capital they advanced with their work rapidly. . ', :r ' 'V- -r - The contractors failed to complete their contract in the time, and never did collect a force below Srailey's Falls sufficient to take advantage of those seasons of low water, when the work could be properly executed. For upon a work like this, when Ltv water is absolutely necessary to its progress, if one season is lost there is no alternative but to wait until the next one arrives. Labourers would come in from the upper counties, and positively refuse to work below Smiley's Falls, supposing that portion of the river to be literally a grave yard ; and hundreds in the course of the season have retqfne liome sooner than work below, although they were offered $t perdiem, when only 80 cents were oM ohmtJ iTA'ihp Ttnnrlia frivpn for neffro , , . " ' - .'V1'W hire, by the-year, there, was a stipulation that they were not to be - worked upon the lower part of the river. How I would ask, can the Engineer be held responsible tot all 11113 f y-K--yy. u.v ...... : : ? - ,' - .' ; - No statp.mp.nta have ever been made in re gard ; to the completion ol ' the work, which have not been quaimed, not oniy as regarua the lorce to te employed, ..out tne necessity ui low water. : '! : . , - A community exclusively engaged in buil ding Rail Roads where all is plain sailing I fear do not make any allowance' fpr a work whiV.h hnfj ' tn h'R constructed in the bed of- a river, subject'to frequent and sudden rises. - ' Tho flniido nop hplnw Smilp.v'a Pall 8 from AC. n flfl- fppf hiirh nnrl thia fact, sufficiently shovvs,ithe absurdity of building Lock -walls above tresnets,' as t ;is supposep; ; oy soojo wiseacres by should be it is not usual upon other rivers, and was never mieuaeu upon thjs. The workTng'oi tne juocks is ai wa va stinended ' duritiff fi'oods---which' will amount to but a: few days in the course of the year. ' The object ol the. improvement is to insure the navigation at Low water. In high floods ; every thing will pass oyer , the dams, and as upon the Monongahela river and others! the only objection will be the loss ol the tolls to the Company during that period. iPU. t;AJ X ittm. MvtAnAni- AAnrliftnn la in - nn advanced siage throughout its length; and if the directors receive the material aid from the Stockholders, which their individual re sponsibilities, and their exertions heretofore entitle them to, a considerable portion of the work can shortly be brought into operation. But it is proper "that I should state for the in formation of its friends, that the season for the work is rapildy passing away that the inability of the Company to pay the laborers promptly at the end of each month, together with the losbes they have sustained ; by the Contractors, have greatly impaired their con fidence, and fenders it di'fficult if-not impossi ble to keep a force together indeed below Smiley Falls with the exception of the Jones' Falls' dam, the work is . progressing slowly; at Cross Creek there it ncf1 fdrceiem ployed." and I do; not ahfticsbate the comple lion of that work this seasqn. ' This will not interfere however with the railing interest, al any istage ol water whicq: will enaoie me rafts fo-gd on to Wilmington, will allow them to pass below Jones's Falls. This article has already grown to such a length, that 1 must conclude, and refer those interested to the late annual reports for fur ther infor'rnrt tion. . r All 'I ask is a fair and candid perusal of the above facts, all 'df which can be aulhen ticated. and . I -Ao not fear the conclusions to which' unprejudiced minds must necessarily be brought. W. B. THOMPSON, t Eng, C. F. & p. R. Imp. THE COSDEN MURDER. . ' In conseqnence or a declaration made by Blaise Skupinski, two Poles, it is said, have been arres ted in New York on the charge of having commit ted tne mnrderof the Cosden family, in Maryland It is rumored that Blaise made a statement to sev eral of the authorities of Philadelphia on the 14th instant, in which he said that ho and his brother lived in New York with the two persons charged with the murder. The accused, he says, were ab sent from home at the time, and on their return. they admitted that they bad committed the! fell deed. The whole story, however, is dottbtfuL Fifteen or twenty ypung ladies, belonging to Boston, hare hired a' house Air the seasotuon the side of the Yhite Monntates, near Conwayi where they are keeping "bachelors hall,' -wearing .the mumer dress, huntings usnmg; picking berries and enjoying' themselves finely. , " , , SACRIFICE OF LIFE ' ' . . .There has been, during the present year, twenty- one Steam Boat accidents, involving- loss of life. The number of persons killed and drowned is seven hundred and twenfy-?ight, and one hundred injured: ' ' . ' I' NO. 3 ACCIDENT ON THE ERIE RAIL. ROAD. A frightful accident, by which one man lo&t M life, anl three others Arero seriously one of thcra il ls considered fataPr imnced Jcciirred on Tues day morning upon the Rampo ftiKlra11- n -v. . - i f ti..:.. t :i - a -i,A 't.Virttiilars of : which are thus given in the Ilcrald : 7, .' V It appears that the , through express train for -New York, due In the city t; half past elaven o'clock in the forenoon, left the feufTeins station , at fifteen minutes past ten, having from, one hun- nrancn oi me xii iu u uvr t -- -: dred and fifty to two hundred passengers on uuam. The tram was oemg wKeawusv i ,-., is not said .excessive'-, rate ;'bf speod,:-.n;wliea' : parsing sudden curve ihihoToad.'atexactJyfif teen minutes to eleven . o'olock, the flange of a wheel on the forward truck of the engine BnduVn- ly broke. . ; This caused a heavy bearing ddwd of . Weight in that direction, and the revolutions Iw- ' ing coimuueu, a mjiuv . - and surrounding work ensued. . By this means the engine was run off tho "track, and went; down an embankment of from fifteen to twenty-five feet in height, intQ a rocky meadow., ' Thei baggage Mr wn drawn nf tcr. and rolled completely over . it, and the passenger cars followed,' but "becoming Although much calmness and presence of mind were evinced by all, ; still a scene of 'frightful ' alarm and confusion prevailed. The fragments. t of tho engine and oaggage car ntuiwicv around in every direction,' whilst the affrighted s oasseneers: many of them bruised a good deal v uaa fo ciamDer irurougu mo iuu u uluu - ... . . . , , i panels, happy to reach tue ground oy any means of.! egress, i: ' 1 1 'J': ' y'y'yy The enffine. in its descent, rolled over twice, Und a fireman, a worthy young man and an atten- ttra nfflnor mo incfnutW Vtnpd.' Another fire man was scalded so severely as to render his ulti- 1 mate recovery douott ui. I ne oraxeman, a resi- dent of Jersey City, had his leg jammed between r two passenger cars, and remained in this painful situation for nearly an hour, lnmng vnis iiioo every exertion was made by his companiohs and. v the passengers to extrjeate him by- cutting away, r it Jl 1 1. .t.An' K.nnnnil lknU ma.a' ,,nnnr to find that the poor fellow had !6ne " Of his arms . i. . . . 1 ' SivAKMin, Aug. 20. The officers of justice are in tpurstiit bf ainari by t!he'hameof Rollins, accused of effecting a robi herv tn ttip fnllwf n miserable and dastardlv man- nerrdd' Monday tnoi-ning. he ''provjde'd 'himself H wiih liquors, Tiired a carriage from the establish-. man. n( Mpm 'Rrftwn Az. Harriss. and invited ' a . U1WU W V tfAVWU w v w j ' " gentleman residing in. the Marshall House, ' to'ac comDanv him in a ride and pleasure 'four. Upon ' his acceptance they drove to' Thunderbolt, where he plied the liquors upon th.e stranger, and finally succeeded In cettinghim completely under their . influence. In this state ho rifled his pockets' of , more than one hundred 'dollars; took possession of his cold watch and chain, entered the carnage and drove back to the city. Upon arriving"1 at East-Broad street, he got out, and' requested tho , . . x !i 'Uim- CinnA. 1..n anver xo Avail a iev ujmuio iwi uim. uiuvo uicu be nas not oeen seen. w e near inm iuu oid-m , are on his track with chances of gajnlng posses . sion of him. .We trust sjftcelf. tney may dc suc cessful. ' "." . . Th'ls Rollins is suspected as an accomplice of. the notorious Dr. Hiiies, and to be concerned ih . the latter's escape from the jail of the couri'ty. Georgian. FIRE. - ' CiunLESToy. August 2G". About six o'clock yesterday evening the alarm of fire was sounded throuffh our streets, and on repairing to the scene- bf disaster we found the western Cupola or bat'tte- i .. i . 4,. .- ; - ...-.'-- - ment tower of the large brick building owned and occupied by Mr. C. Wemer, as a blacksmith's and ceneral machine shop, situated at the corner oT w . . ana in a snort time u was so iar consumcu as to fall in. - Our firemen with their wonted alacrity were promptly bri tbo'spot, and by their untiring; exertions and vigorous attacks on the devouring ; 1 alamanf on anAnoacf ixr Vino-Tit tliA. flamnd ni t f ;t confine the damage to the loss of the above 'bicn-; tinnon finrmia. nr nnftlpmpn t Jrtwp'r BTin'co'rrrnf in jury to a part of the roof and a portion 1of the flrt.t , story oi me western aepartraent or tne premises. t fPl VxHllvii, a 4 VMnM &rtA1 m a. ttnAnatnn1 Vt.'W i iJv uuiiuiur uau ucru niotu zw w y unuci.itaiiu. j.ur. erner, in toe orace ui iue ouuiueru wuiu , t t r jAinnnn which will more than cover the injury his proper ty ' has sustained. His business, we understand will not he suspended, but continue as usual. - , 1 It is Impossible to say how tho fire Originated, but Mr. Werner having been engaged in casting during the day it is supposed that a fluo that pass ed through the Cupola became so heated as- to cause the wood work to Ignite; or that'tbdre was ; a hole in it, and the excessive draught communi cated the flames from the furnace thereto? 'Courier. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL STORM. ? ' i Bortlakd, (Me.r August 27. A very severe and destrtactivo bail storra passed over North Castino and' Brboksville, and neighborhood yesterday." doin "serious damage. A large number of . win dows' we're broken, and much injury done the vtg ; ftnttnn. ' It was arrrvimrfln!pr? trit.K i coiwn DEATH WHILE AT PRAYER. . ' Philadelphia, Aug. 27.John C. 7aples, the superintendent of the 'Sailor's Home, ia this cify, ,uieu evening very suddenly, .tie. was at tf. prayer meeting with"the sailors vof tho Home, and was just concluding a 'prayer when ' he fell over and died in ten minutes. " "