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From the Lynchburg Virginian. The Next' Spwfoi. The first duty to be performed, upon the meeting of the ext Congress, will be the election of a Speaker, which will probably afjorda fair test of the strength of parties in the House of Representatives, relative to which there now seems to be some diversity of opin ion, arising from the equivocal position of two or three of the memberswho, (to -use humourous expression of the Salisbu ry Watchman,) are placed, In the ne'ws aper returns, between the columns of names, like a paddle-wheel in the centre of a boat, to steer both sides straight! Yet circumstances may arise to enable those gentlemen to continue fpr a while -longer their ' paddle-wheel" position which perhaps may, be illustrated yet lioore forcibly by the condition of St. Tho mas Aquinas'3 ass, between two bundles of hay eager to reach the 41 spoils'.' on 'either hand, but dying at last (roni sheer starvation,, least; in reaching after one, the other should, be lost 1 Mr. Fisher, of N -O, Judge Wick, of Indiana, and perhaps one' or two others, are in an unenviable plight suspended, not exactly like the coffin pfj Mahomet, between Heaven and Earth, but between Whig and Democrat, to be ultimately drawn to the side in which the metallic attraction sball be strongest! The candidate spoken of are John Bell, of Tennessee, by the Whigs and! Mr. Pickens of S. C, and the Wmim'table?' lr. Duncan, of Ohio, by the Locofocos. If Dr Duncan, or any other thorough pa-, cied friend of the Administration shall be fun, we shall rely with entire confidence upon the votes of the suspended gentleman for the "Whig candidate, because we take it for granted they are not yet prepared to. coalesce with the Administration .fully, nd to take a bold leap into its arms in the very first stage of their probation. But the Administration party will proba bly take up Mr. Pickens, with the pur pose, first, of conciliating Mr. Calhoun vand South Carolina, and as a tokt n of the iperfectconsummationof the union between the authors of the Proclamation and the heroes of the Nullifying Ordinanceand, secondly for the. purpose of catching such stray sheep as Mr. Fisher and Judge Wick, who will of course be delighted with an opportunity of maintaining their -apparent neutrality, even" while render . ling the most efficient support to the dis ; pensers of the Spoils. In either event, however, we regard Mr. Bell's election a pretty certain. It will, be sure, if Ma ryland and Mississippi shall return to the next Congress as many Whig members as thev did to the last. In that event, we can afford to spare all such gentlemen as those above referred to, who are in that happy state of belioeenity, which renders mem as uouonui oi ineir pouucai, as ;i ia- roous ttjper once was of his personal iden tity, when rising from a ditch, besmeared with mud, he asked, 'Am I Giles, or am Inotr - - . f Origin of the Mormon disturbances in 1838. Although it has been frequently stated that te Mormons were the ag gressor?, yet the following are the facts . in relation to the immediate cause of the Mormons leaving the State of Missouri. Eirfy in August, at the state .election in Davies county, at the town of Gallatin, after the polls wei;e opened, Mr.'WJliam -Penison, candidate , for representative to the state legislature, stood upou the head of a barrel, and harangued the people. His speech was made up of attack and 'threats upon the Mormons, during which, with most degrading epithets, he accused them of being horse-thieves, and robbers, -and swore that they should not vote in that county. : This language, as might naturally be. expected, produced,' some feeling of indignation among the'Mor mons who" were present. Thereupon, a Mormon, Mr. Samuel Brown, replied to those near him, 'that the assertions were untrue, and that he intended to exercise his rights as a citizen ; he was immedi ately struck at by R. Weldeh.who threat ened him for his irapertinence.and.as he was attempting to repeat the blow, was -caught by the arm by another Mormon, whose name was Durfee. Eight or ten men with clubs and staves fell upon Dur 'fee, knocked. him down, and a general engagement ensued, in which! clubs, ibricks, and dirks, were freely iised. Finding the Mormons resolute, a com promise was effected; and their rights of noting oewg granua, me election pro ceeded, was concluded in peace, and all returned in quiet to their homes, ; This quiet, however, was soon broken, by the riots and murders we have before noticed. - N. Y Morning Herald Mr. Clayt hand Bill of which the Tnam feature is the distribution among the States, for a term of years, of the proceeds from toe sales o! these lanas is very ur gently, and wisely too, pressed upOn the people by many journals,' as the great measure that, more than any other, would onduce to reanimate public enterprise and internal improvements. I i There is no instance, scarcely, Tin which the despotism of President Jackson inflicted more lasting injury upon this na tion than in the case of. this bill, afer Congress had passed it, he put it into his pocket, &nd thus smothered. I - N. Y. American. ' 1 ALABAMA. 'K--: Wt made a mistake in stating the res- Iiective strength of the two parties in the egislature of Ahbaraa in our paper a few -days ago.- " The correct account is as fol lows : : The Senate contains 32 members of whom 20 are democrats. j The house of representatives contains 100 members, of whora69 are democrats. t Democratic majority in joint ballot, 43. Xiast year the, oeraocratic candidate for Speaker of the senate received 19 votes, his opponent l l. -vA federal speaker of be other hbofe was cnosen oy 40 to 42 wwea. , ' ' . - Q. Lou. ; JpVtfw the Portsmouth Va) Timet. j The Whigs of Massachusetts recently held a Convention in Worcester,ai which nearly one thousand persons, attended, Among them were the Elite of the whig party of the State. Messrs. Barker Bur net); -of Nantucket, and Isaac C. Bates.of Northampton, were appointed constitu tional; delegates to' the Harrisburg Con veniion. I he following resolution is that of the whole -.which most interests whigs beyond the limits of the State : V Resolved, That tw the present position of the Whig party of the country, the Whigs of Massachusetts, entertaining the highest respect for all the candidates that have jbeen named laying aside all pre ferences, and presuming to make no in dependent nominations of their own, sole ly reiterating their determination to stand by the selection that shall he made by the National Convention at Harrisburg, in December next, whether that selection be Henry Clav of Kentucky, or William Henry Harrison of Ohio, or any other distinguished W hig and do most ur- gmtlij, vet respectfully, suggest to that Convention, in making that selection, to consider only ucho icill most conciliate the Whig parly of .the country unite their strength and achieve their common and glorious object." On of the most bald and foolish devi ces of the times is the attempt to represent the Whig party as ihe old Federal party. i ue pertinacity wun wnit n mis decep- tion is in the kept up shows that those engaged plot reap some advantage from I the fraud rid deceit lhu3" practised. Oiher wise.they would not voluntarily continue so un Worthy a course. We have fre quently referred to this matter before, and have made some exposures which proved pretty conclusively that, as far as old fede ralists were connected with either of the political parlies that now divide the coun try, thelre is about "six on one side to ha Jf a dozen on the other." If we examine principles, it is evident that the modern paient democrats are more high-toned and ultra in; their notions of Executive prerog ative than eves? the old federalists them-SQve.--Alez. Gazette. U. S. Naval School. We were much pleased Ion Saturday afternoon with the appearance of the lads belonging to the United States Naval School of this station, who visited the fair of "the Mechanics' in stitute. They we're about seventy in num ber, an'd ryou. might search , the thy through! and not find a more hardy or finer lobking set of boys. They were ac companied by several of the Officers of the North Carolina, and by the band of that vessel. N. Y. Spectator. In all sincerity we would admonish our fellow citizens in the slave states,, to beware jof interference in regaid to the crew ofithe Amistad; If they are wise they will abstain from making an issue on that cask The strongest opponents; of the abolitionists at the North, are firm in the conyiction that those negroes '.'are, and of right ought tobefreef' lb. Great, Pi odu.ee Stake at Norfolk.--A race 200O er try. $1000 forfeit, four en tries, came off at Norfolk on Thursday, 19th. Three horses came to the post, one paying forfeit.. The race was won bv f 1 atcher &; Wjlsqn's 'Omega, in two neat, nrst in . o4; seoona, or, nara in hand. . We learn from a gentleman at Cum berland, who has recently traversed every foot of the line of the Chesapeake, and Ohio Carnal between this city and that, place, that there is no doubt in his mind that with due exertion, the Canal may be com pleted so as to admit water into it along the entire line by the 1st of August next. The gentleman to tvhom we refer is one upon whose judgment in this matter we .place entire confidence. Nat. Int. The Congressional EJIectipn in Mary land takes place on the first Wednesday in October; in Mississippi on the 4th and 5th of November. These are the only States which have not already elected their Representatives in Congress. lb The Penny Postage Act. The chief item in the British Penny Postage Act is, that the postage on every letter of a given weight, toj be hereafter determined, shall be one penny; with a proportionate increase for gr-ater weight. Parliamentary frank ing is to be abolished. It is found by compntatidn that, the number of letters re quired to make up the amount of the nett post office revenue tqt,al to that of 1838 amounts to 56 1,537; 120. The revenue of 1338 amounted to L2.339.738. A recent Whig Convention in Middle sex countyj New Jersey adopted this reso lution, j t i Resolved, That we have witnessed with much concern and dissatisfaction, the course of te General Government in re lation to the PUBLIC LANDS, and that we.view the policy of the govern ment in giving away the public domain exclusively to the Dew States, and encour agement given ior the squatters and specu lators; as demoralizing in the extreme, destructive; to the revenue of the country, and cruelly unjust and oppressive towards the old Atlantic States, by whose toil and treasure they were purchased. iVara. -The French corvette Naiade, and brig off War Dunois, left Pensacola On the 6th inst.. The former for Vera Crux and the latter ion a cruise of fotir or five weeks, at the4 end of which time she returns to Pensacola. Swindling L The Frederickspurg Arena of 19th insi., says. We learn that there has been a rjise of forgery and swindling in Richmond, wliich was detected this week. The individual charged has made ois escape. a FOREIGN. AUU1VAL OP THB DtllTISH QUEKN. The Steam ship British Queen, Capt. Roberts, arrived at New York on Friday afternoon, bringing papers from . London to the 2d of September, and from Liver pool to the evening of the 31st of August We make up from ihe Cor.imtrcial Ad vertiser and the Journal of Commerce the following abstract of the intelligence brought by this arrival. The Ciops. The weather had been fine and trie crops were coming well Wheat had fallen two shillings per quar ter. Full extracts upon the subject will be found in our columns. The Money Market. There is no im provement to be observed in the condition of money affairs. The article from the London Morning Chronirle of September 2d. which will be found below, isvper haps, too gloomy. On the who'e, the in telligence, so far as money matters are concerned, may be said to be rather unfa vorable. - Mr. Poulett Thompson was soon to leave England to assume the Goverrior ship of the Canadas. The Northern Bank of England was dissolved by a vote of the proprietors Aug. 29th. The outlines of a new Bank, to be called the Alliance Bank, were submitted to the mett.i:ig. . A dreadful affray had occurred at Es ham, Aug, 20ih, between a party of sol diers and the thimble rig gang. Twelve soldiers who were left behind after the ua in body had retired, were severely beaten. It does not appear that any lives were lost. , The British Queen brings 209 passen gers, including servants. Advices from Bombay to the 4th of Ju ly are favorable to the British troops-in Affghanisian. No opposition from Pest Mahommed was anticipated. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. . The British parliament was prorogued! by her majesty in person on' the 27th of August , IMPORTANT FROM THE EAST. .The Morning Post of 2d, contains the following important a'ununciation from the ..- '' ' t TURKISH, EMBASSY. Saturday Morning, 9h. 45m. A. M. Sir I am-directed by our secretary to give you the following substance of a des patch received by a special courier from Paris, where it arrived by telegraph : "The French officer who wascommis- ed to claim the Turkish fleet, in the name of the five great Powers, has received a flat refusal from Mehomet Ali, unless all his exorbitant demands are complied with, and the expenses he has been put to de frayed by the: Sultan." j 1 have only to say that our worst anti cipations are realised. In haste your mos obedient servant, j P. XASSIMON, Inter. The French and English fleets, Accord ing to advices from Triestej of August 18th, Were at anchor off the Dardanelles, and a number of English ships of the line were on their way to Tenedos, to re inforce Admiral St'opford's squadron, al ready consisting of ten ; ships of the line. . The head quarters of the 'l'drkish army were still in Malatia.'and those of the Egyptian at Murash, where Ibrahim Pa-, cha was at the latest dales. I . .'' Prixce Mettern ich has been severe ly sick. Gieat solicitude was felt for his recovery, not only by the Court, but by the people of Vienna. He was con vales cent on.the 21st of August. j THE WAR IN C1RCASS1A. It is slated from Constan'inoplej Aug. 7, that a severe battle had taken place in Circassia, in which the Russians, as usu al, were vi( torinus, but not without hav ing paid dearly for their victory. The Russians had lost a ship of the line, and two frigates, by a severe storm on the coast of Circassia. . ; EAST INDIES, j Advices from Bombay are to the 1st of June, and from Jukar to the 13ih of May. An expedition against Balo'ochee fort had been attended with success. "The fort was carried by storm, afttr a sharp engagement. The Balooches had forty eight killed and fortv-six wounded. The Company's troops suffered but slig htly. , The intelligence fr-im England, brought by the British dueen, is far from being as favorable.as was expected. ! s The continued diminution j of bullion in the Bank ot England, whichj had reach ed half a million sterling (luring the month, has occasioned increased tightness in the money market and led to gfoomy apprehensions American slocks are re presented as being wholly unsah able aud without any prospect of improvement A deliberate examination of the various accounts of the crops seems to leave jit still in doubt whether they will tuin out abun dant. The London, correspondent of the National Gazette, writing under d(ite of 31, says : '"'We have wet weather again, which, if it continues, will affect the harvest, as only about half the southern and none of the northern ciops are yet received. It will not improve the money market, or trade generally. Bank interest is still 6 per ct. and in many instances more is paid. I am told that the Bank is about to issue two poiind notes, and I tbink it will be some relief. It is said that a negociation for a loan of $l,500.00b for American account took. nlace in Livemool. on the 30th alt- at 8 per cent interest. Loss of the Ship Adelaide A British Schooner arrived at New York, announ ces the total loss of the ship "Glueeri Ad elaide," on the 17ih tilt, off Abaco. j The passengers and part of the cargo were sa ved and taken into Nassau. The Q. A. left this port bo the 30th of July we be lieve, for Texas. jHW. ing. Correspondence or tne Conunerclal Adr. London, August 6th, 1839. THE HON. DAN I EL WEBSTER. I am sue you will be plt-ased to learn that Daniel Webster is the lion of the day in this country 1 had no doubt he woutd be well received by all parti s, but I .did not think his reception ou Id be s'o enthu siastic as it is evt-ry where- in those paits which I have visited almost tin first question has been "do you know the SenV a .or Webster ?" "Will he come this way?" "Are your great men all like him?"' -. &,c. Yesterd iy tie dined with the Queen.; Among those present at the dinner were the D uchess of Kent, Mrs. Web.ner, Duke of Argyle, Muqui3 of Normanby and his lady. &c; i After the dinner there was a grand evening, party. Tfie'comp;iny were very numerous, and continued during the' niht."! ! ; Savannah,' Sept. 17. FROM! FLORIDA. By the Steamer Florida, ';Cant. Nock we yesterday received the East FWrida Advo-ate of Saturday last, published at Jacksonville. i k : Jacksonville, Sept. 14.' More Indian JSeics.-A'geptlernan di-. rect from . Middle Florida I informs us. that on the 23th u!t, while a. party i f re gulars attached to a Post near The"Su wan nee River, were eno-aaed in building a bridge abouttvvo miles from the Fori, they were fired on by a party of. Indians, (the jiumber our inforenatit did not know) and sixof their number killed. : They were under the command of a .Sergeant, who was among the slain. They were rallied by a private, and although .inferior in point of numbers to their savage foe, suc ceeded in beating the Indians back, and securing their dead and wounded. Six of their iiunibe'" shouldered each a dead man, and Tetreated, the Indians, pursuing and firing upon them, They succeeded, however, in getting to the Fort, promptly returning the fire of the Indians the whoie distance. The conduct of the regulars in this short but severe Engagement, is said to have been very brave and soldier like. Three or four Indians were seen to fall, being borne off by their companions. FROM BERMUDA. ; By the brigQ,ueen Victoria,1 from Ber- muchK we have files of Bermuda papers to the 71 h of Snptembir, inclusive. The Aurora Borealis presented a bril liant appearance at Hamilton, on the night of the 3d of September The accounts from the West Indies are said to be very unsatisfactory, fine indo dolence of the negroes having eaustd ex ports to be high, and impoits to brino barely the cost." .The Bermudian of the 7th says that there has been a fearful mortality from yellow fever among the officers and men composing the garrisons of Dmarara,. St. Lucia and St. Vincent. At Fort Char lotte upward of sixty hsd died, amonu whom was Lieut Hawker, of : the 70th regiment The Colonial Parliament wrs pro rogued on the 20tH of last mnnth. : N. Y Sit'clator., LATE FROM MONTEVIDEO. By the brig Susan, Capfain,! Lauder man, arrived yesterday, the Exchange Reading Rooms have received paper3 to ihe 3 1st of July. The most important information con tained is the confident expectation that the blockade of Buenos! Ay res was to be raised, through the mediation of England.' and the arrival of the next packet from England was anxiously looked fpr. It wasexperted ihat the Governor of .Montevideo had collected an army and in tended to attack the town. Business was quite brisk Bait. Amer. September 19. lezian Navy. rThe brig Brazos sail ed on Thursday for Galveston, Texas, be ing detained here ever since Saturday, when she cleared, partly by head winds and partly by the conduct of the sailors, who had gone on a spree on the strength of one of the crewi having drawn a prize in the lottery. There-was some difficul ty in getting them aboard as long as they had a shot in the lorker that they could fling to land-sharks; hut the amunition, having run but, they went to' their duty. It-is said that the! Brazos, before many months, will hoist the single sUr, and,, having cut her eye teeth, will be a cruis er in the service of the new republic. She is a' beautiful vessel, and we, doubt not that with a good crew she will behave haudsomly either in a run or a fight. Baltimore Sun. Commodore Porter. A letter from Commodore Porter to a friend in Ches-. tr, (Pa ) published iathe Upland Union, announces his safe arrival at Smyrna. The letter states that the Archipelago is swarming with pirates, which "require the convoy of the light cruizers of En gland, France and Austria, to protect the commerce of their respective flags, which; as occasions ocrur, is willing.lv extended to one an Jther." The Amistad. .In the case of he ne groes taken in the Antitad, ; Judge Thompson has decided 1h.1t the courts of this country have no jurisdiction in the case, and that the transaction is to us the same as if taking place at Havana.' Conr aequently the grand jury found no bill against the blacks .-Ball. Chronicle. The Hungarian singers attracted so large an audience on Tuesday evening, at the Museum, that the sale of tickets bad to be stopped. The hall, we believe, is the largest in America, and will accom modate several thousand persons, j , National Gazette. Major O' Han los, of Richland, S. C. has withdrawn from the Congressional Canvass:; -. 4., , - : ! From xhi Fayeuevill Observer, Sept. 18, WHIG MEETING IN MOORE. Public notice being given, a large num ber of the citizehsmet in the Court House on Saturday, 31th August, 1839. On motion of Duncan Murcbison, Esq., Gornelius Dowd. Senr. was called to the Chair, and on niotion, Charles Chalmers and S. C. Bruce were appointed Secreta ries. 'The object of the meeting was explained Mn forcible, arjjumer.tative and pertinent addresses by J. B. Kelly and G.. C. Alen denhull, Esquires. v On motion, the Chair appointed J. B. Kelly, Duncan March ison, Charles Chal mers and Abel Kelly to dralt resolutions expressing the sense of the meeting, who, after short retirement, reported the fol lowing resolution, which was unanimous ly adopted : . Rr solved, ;That we hold in high esti mation, as a Republican in manners and principle, a gentleman of pqre and eleva ted character, our fellow citizen, Johm M. M or eh e ad,' Esq. of Guilford County, He is the.patriot and statesman of gene rous and enlarged yjews.of public policy, and closely associated, in all his interests, with the honor and prosperity of North Carolina, and t-hat we recommend him to the Convention to be held in Raieigh:" in November next, as a worthy and unexcep tionable candidate for the office of Govern or of North Carolina,- reserving due res pect for; arid determination to support the nomination of said Con vention. On motion. Dr Ctiarles Chalmers, Dr. S. C. Bruce, Duncan Murchison, Corjie lius Dowd, J-., Donald Street, iflulcom Shaw, Dugal McDugal and John McLeod, E?q'rs. were appointed Delegates to said Convention." . On motion, . Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in all the Whig pa pers in the State. On motion, the meeting adjourned. Corn's Dowd. Sen'r , .Chairman. Chas. Chalmers, Secretaries. S. C. Bruce, ' . From the Raleigh Register. PETERSBURG. On a recent flyinar, visit to this place, which is soon to be so nearly connected with us, we were most forcibly struck with the numerous indications of its grow ing prosperity, and of its increasing im portance -as a Commercial and Mauofac turingTown. But a lew years ago, and the principal Streets . ere filled witu len antless buildings j its Wharves were de serted, arid every thing seemed hastening to premature decay. Now, the hum of active business resounds. from every quar ter ; an unoccupied tenement is not to b found ; various public and private edifices are in the progress of completion, all go ing to show how great "a change' has come over the' s.tirit of its dr am " We had no conception, until satisfied by per sonal observation, of the abundint resour res of Petersburg, as a M muficiuring . Town, or of ih-- extent to which those re fources have .b'-en rna'ieav.iilable in tile rection of various kinds .of Machinery These improv meiits, we doubt not., have requited tir;iinly from the impetus given to the spirit of enterprise by the continu ous line of-Rail Uo,d frym the North, and we augur thence, fbrfour own City, signal benefits, wlien it shall have reach ed "us, w'hich will be the case in about a couple of months. The Stale. Loan. We learn that the United State Bank has taken of the state loan, authorised bv the last legislature of $2 654.000 ; 81. 800.000, and the re-, mamder 254. GOO. has been taken by the Berks county Bank-. Pennsylvanian. Mr. Mather, one of the N. Y. State Geologists, estimates that the people of Greene, Sullivan, Ujster and Albany Counties, will realise this year from two" to three million 6f dollars from their quar ries of lime and flagging stone. 113" We dp not know which is most a subject of marvel, the assurance or the ad dress of modern Democrats, who assert every thingand prove nothing- who whiten the blackest crimes; who, at every instant, oppose the laws, and destroy the Consti tution they pretend: to support; and yet still find the means of duping the multi tude, by fallacies often .detected, but as often repeated with matchless effrontery. ' Ral. Register. MELANCH O L Y. Mr. Haywood Nicholson, of Rich- jmond Couni age.d 19, was drowned re cently in attempting to cross Little River, near Butler's Mills in Mongomery Coun ly.Jb. . . :r ;' New Cotton. The first bale of new I (Cotton brought to ou r market this season, was raised by Mr. J.hn McNeill, of Rob- kson County, and sold for 1 1 12 cents. bavcllevillc Observer. Judical Joke. It is said that the late jGhief Baron Thompson (of England) was a very facetious ccrmpanion over the btle, vhic.h he much njoyed. At one of the Judge's dinnjs, during the Assizes, there was present a certain dignitary of the church. When the cloth was removed, "I always think, my Lord, that, a certain quantity of wine does no balm after a eood di'iner!" ObJno;ir1,lreplied the hhiet Baron, "it is the uncertain quanti ty that does all the mischief." " A Man Hung Thirteen Times. Dr Chowne mentions, in the current number of the Lancet, the very singular case of a Swis who had undergone lht process of hanging thirteen times, and yet survived it all. When dath at latt -seized his prey, his body was examined, to ascer tain the cause of this strange tenacity of uie, ana it was lound that tne windpipe had turned to bone. ; ADVERTISER, W1LMIXGTOX. N. C. FOR PRESIDENT HENRY CLAV, OF KENTUCKY. j O Subject to the drcteon of a Xational Whig CWTtioJ, Ed A boy from 12 to 16 ytars of age.i of intelligence, gobd moral arrd industri ous habits, is wanted as an apprentice in the office of the WTilmington Ad vertiser. STEAMBOAT WILMINGTON. The new Steamboat Wilmington, which has been .impatiently expected, at this place for some time, arrived. in our wateis on Thursday last, after our paper had gone to press, and was therefore only announced in a pari of our last sion. as mose 01 our mends wno arc A -I d 1'. - absent, and such as hae not. seen her?) may be supposed to be curious tmm"m tinn r k iki. KriDl tnlon f 1 nvi vuiicui, vuiy (uantiiL' a 'lew ore- liminary remarks. - t I s Upon the delivery of the Wilmington by Watchman & Brait, the building con tractors, to the agents of the Wilmington and Raltigh Rail Road Company; it was ! ascertained -before leaving the Chesa- i peake, that she was too slow for the 'our j pose of currying the Great Southern -mai', for which she was in part designed. J She was consequently re'.urned to thte t tuijiiaciors ior lue purpose ol making Iho necessary alierauons. V'utcti man fc B rati . - r . . : i haying sutislactorily ascertained that t ould not geucraie s.team as fast as sho he could consume it, the fuiiice draught was intresrd by adding 12 leet to irie lengtti of her smoke siacK, which partial, ly" remedied the delect. She then j left baltmiure'lor Wiljnington and arrived hereon the 20th.-' On ttie 21st she nLde hei first trip 10 Charleston, and on the ' -iiu ner secoua. 1 tie return passage. 01 me Jailer, was performed in ibVl.ours , aiid the distance liom Smilh'vilie to Wil niugiuii 28 iiuhs in tuo hours by our t-ditorial chronuineter tide favoura ble. : ' Y ' The buckets of her wheels be it known, . ure of iron. The foice with which thefre, are driven into the water was leswd on our passage up from Smithille ou Wed nesday, by a reckless sturgeon,- iv hose luad paid the forfeit. For- he bad no sooner sutjt Ctt d his caput 10 .ihe action of one of the buckets than he was ihitaiitlyV; decapitatrd, aiidrhis lifelos trunk was last M-en float lug down the stream, an in animate mouuuieut of the danger of un- bridled curiosity in the finny irtbir. The. iimiiigton turns one cord of wood, per hour. Her guards being 18 inches hi.' her above the water than the other, boats, she is dryer at sen- at " least so says Capt. Ivey, her skilful commander. The Wilmington is a new boat, just fin ished, and left our wateis for the first time, o.j Thursday last for Wilmington; N. C. in charge of Capt. Ivey. She is owned by the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail load Company, for whom she was built by con tract with, and under the superviaion 'of Messrs VVratchman & Bratt, distinguished Machinists and Engine Builders of Balti more. Mr. Langjy B. Cully was the Shipwright ; and competent judges who have examined, have pronounced the workmanship faithfully executed; the materials not to be surpassed in quality j and her; model is certainly beauiilul. Her length is 172 feef, brtadtb of beam 24 feet, and depth of hold 10 feet, arid her admeasurement about four hundred tons. Her bucket wheels are cf iron, which is a new feature in building in this country ; her Engineone of Watchman & Bratt's best, 135 horses power, and she has one of Raub's patent double self-acting safety valves, the first whic.h has ever' been introduced to operate successfully, on board of any boats on our waters." The accommodations are ample for .100 passengers, having that number of berths, by each of which depends a life preser ver.. , : t I' ' " v'i The cabins are neatly, not gaudilyfur nished.and the upholstery is. j in cure pondence. The dining Saloon : whijh is about 40 feet long by 12 wide, extends from near the taffrail to the companion vay,of the main or gentlemen s ca and is lighted bv 11 windows on eac side: the furniture is in knepinp with the other cabinet articles, but the ornamental portions, although strictly chaste, are carried a degree or. two farther in the wr celain imitatioa of the pilasters between the windows, the cornlcts of the ceiling, &c. and the gilding. The wood with, which the faloon is finished, is beautiful crotch mahogany and bird's je maple; and the whole is turned off in that kind of style, which goes to show ihe correctness of the views of the dvnts in selecting agents to repres nt Br mteresu. The Wilmington, the Gov. Dudley. Worth Carolina, and C. Vanderbift. form the line! Iwiween, and leae Charlrtton. S. C. and! Wilmington N C. daily, in connec tion with the Rilrod from the latter to Halifax, carrying the great 8oothern mail. Her cost, we believe, is about 060, 0001 ' - jr- The health of our town is eaid by ourphysiciansto bo good, T- imprpj i I r ,.iJ? ".---t-