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1 A SIROCCO ON' TIirDEADTSEA. We extract the following interesting sketch from I i t l.ynens forthcoming "Narrative of the U. K i; 1,.-,iiuo1) to the Dead Set snd the River Jor cm. 'IV- work, we learn ill soon lie ready ( "publication." Thedelay of iu appearance has been occasioned by the. ntimernns illustration wiih which it is to be embellished. At 2. 35 P. M., close in wilh the eastern shore, hut liable to land from he soft bottom: and sheal rieis of lk.e water. At 2 50,a light breeze from W. 'N. W. Along narrow, dry marsh, with a few scrubby bushes. ft-p'Mtfd the wslcrfrom a range of stupendous hill. 20OO feet high. The cliff of E;i Nuweirch (Little Tig-rO lofty and grand, to w pl atove us in horizintaTstrata of brown lime tone, in! beautiful rosecolored sandstone beneath. Clu-jJi in the east, (uiimis) seerr?d to be threaten ing guar. At 33l, ttetni N. N E. along a low truirahy fiat,' in shallow water. The light wind had nbaided. and it was oppressively hot, air 07 deg ; water twelve-inches below the surface' 90 deg. A thin purple hate over the mountains, increasing ever moment and presenting a most singular and awful appearance ; the haze o thin that it was transparent, and rather a blush than a distinct co lor. I apprehended a thunder gust or an earth quake, and took in the tail. At 3 50 a hot blisttr : lug hurricane struek us from the souh-east and for some moments we feared being driven out to sea The thermometer rose immediately to 102 deg. The men, closing llieir eyes to shield them from the fiery blast, were obliged to pull with all their might to stem the rising waves, and at 4 30, phys ical exhausted, but wilh grateful nearts we gain ed the shore. My own eye-lids were blistered by the hot wind, being uintble to protect' thein.froin the necessity of stertng the boat. . - W landed on the south side of the peninsula, hearWaky 'Haiiiier, the most desolate spot iion which we had yet encamped. Some went up the ravine to escape from the strifling wind, others driven back by the glare, returned to the boats and crouched under the awning.. One mounted spectacles to protect his eyes, but the metal became so heated that he was obliged to remove them. Our arms and the buttons on our coasts Aecame a most burning tu the touch ; and the inner folds of our garments were cooler than those exposed to , the immediate contact of the wind. We bivou acked rtithout tents on a dry marsh, a few dead lushes around us, and some of the thorny, nubk, an-i a tree hearing a red berry a short distance in land with low canoe on the margin of the sea. At a short distance to the N. E., on the pcniusula.we found fragments of an immense and very old mill stone, the mill had doubtless been turned by a canal from the ravine, down which the watermust flow copiously in the rainy season. At 5 finding the heat intolerable, we walked up the dry torrent bed in search of water. Found two successive pools rather than a stream, with some minnows in them; the water, not yet stagnant, flowing' front the upper to the lower pool. There were tome succulent plants on their margins, and fern, roots, and a few bushes around them. There ho no boulders of sandstone in the bed of the ravine; a dead palm tree near the largest pool,-i living one in a rlrlt of the rock at the head of the gorge; and high up, to the summits of the beetling cliffs, and sandstone lay in horizontal strata, with perpendic ular clearage, and limestone above, it light brown color richly contrasting with the deep red below. The sandstone below limestone here, and lime stone Without a sandstone to the opposite shore, would seem to indicate a geological fault . Washed and bathed in one of ihe pools, but the relief was only momentary. In one instant after leaving the water, the moisture on the surface e ' vsporated and left the skindry, parched, and stiff. Except the minnows in the pool, there was not a living thing stirring; but the hot wind swept moaning through branches of the withered palm tree, and every bird and insect if any there were, had sought shelter under .the rocks. Comiii" not' from the ravine, the sk'ht was a iogubtt . The wind hid increased to temp : ; ;t.s twV ss-i tfc rsste:.-. shcre cf :-c sjfiwrs KTUtsed " a:s::,t &:s t&ie of a , parpts hus, ot the ether yellow tinge; and the tti andwybu arm, in the mtiv& clonds.hid the "appearance it presenu when looked upon through acoksd g:'.5. Thns may Ike heavens have sp irited just befoie the Almighty In bis wrath rain rj down fir? upon the titles of the plain. Behind were trw Mfftfod crags cf the mountains of Monb, trie land of in-et envelope in n cloud of dust wept by' the. aiinoin from the greet d?tert of Ara bia. . ' ; ' .- There 'vis a s:nrl:e on t!:e ppiiinsnls, h little to the noithof lis. We know not whether these who oide it might prove fiien.ls or foes ; and therefore that little smrd: was not to be disregarded, We lad brought one:of the Ta'amirith with us, forth, rrpresspurpose of rommnnicatiug with the natives, but he was so fearful nf their hosiility.'hst I could nut prevail oA him to bear a message to them. With his back to'tl wind and his eyes fixed on lbs streaming smoki. lie has) sijuait.if himself down shc.rt distance from us. lie thought that we wnnld be attacked in the night ; I felt snre that we would n.it. if ire were vigilant. These people nev : attack each other without an advantage ,and 15 wrflj sniicd Friiiiks car;, ;n that rejjioii.hid ilefiiiiice tn anything 'but' xnrprisr; ' W threw our-ourselves Upon tlie parched crack it e'lr'n.-imontt dry rtafks and ranoesvlilch would hefor lmve seempd insupportable from the beat Btin.e emWvsrpd to make a screen of one of Ihe ftni' awqii)fs, biit the fierce wind swept it over in uu iiuimt. It was nxwe like the blast of s fur .m.:iv' (ban living sir. Al tuirlVfi t wait tlieeei.snd .. jm niif (jghl. lhrongli the thicket, we eould distin- it, 'li the' gleaming of the tire and heat the slioutt r.i-n an A''beiicmp'iiciit la tlie early p irt of the iiight,lhcr was stfarecly rrin,iicnt tint soma one was not at the wsteN liinvikfri-; but the nwrchinjr thirst eou'J not be aW 1i'J, (r, altlwneh lliere no percpiille per. s,iiiMiii, the Kuid waacarrifd off as fist as it was ivod irto the svstem. At 9, the breakers were -! iwtid sua nor lrt w ikiiiglbuglit was w-.itcr J our, disturbed ud feverish rlumlieM, we fancied K'le c' bivn ige purling down our parched and Hnim'tnT dinats. The mosquitoes, s If their sting ,cre envenomed by th bent, tnrincnted usalnuwt in mruWes, and we spent a miseraMc' nisht. rhxtijjhoiit which we ere coH'oeM tolivehcum- bered with oar drms, while, by turns, we keep vig-1 itM vK We hod spent the day in the blar of a Syrian Sun, by the (all mountain ef t'sduin, in the hi blast of the sirocco, and wore now bivouacked nnder the calcined cliffs of Moab.'" When the w- ter was exhausted, all too weary to go for more, even if there were no danger of a surprise, w threw onrielves upon the ground, eye smarting, skin burning, lip and tongue, and throat parched and dry ; and wrapped the first garment we could find around our heads to keep off the strifling Mart; and in our brief and broken slumbers, drank from ideal fountains. Those who have never felt thirst never suffer ed in a c'mxm in tie wilderness, or been fir off at sea ; with Water, water every where, Nor any drop lo drink. I iformnoideaofoursensaiioii'. They are beRt illustrated by the exclamation of the victim in D.in to's Inferno. "The little rills which down the grassy side. Of Cassentio flow to Arno's stream. Filling their banks with verdure as they glide, Are ever in my view; no idle droam For more than vision purches, makes me week. Than that disease which wastes my pallid cheek." Our thoughts, could not revort to home safe in connection witlAhe precious clement ; and many were the imaginary speeches we made lo visionary common councils against ideal water-carts, which went about unsubstantial city streets, spouting the glorious liquid in every wastefulness of abundance, every drop of which seemed priceless pearls, as wo lay on the shore of the Dead Sea, in the feverish sleep of thirst. , The poor, affrighted Arab slept not a wink , for repeatedly, when I wenl out as w-as my cus tom, to see that all was quiet und the sentries on alert, he was ever iu the same place looking in the same direction. At midnight (he thermometer stood at98;shortly after which the wind shifted and blew lightly from the north. : At 4 A. M. thermometer, 82 degrees ; compartively cool. FOREIGN. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. One Week Later from Europe, CoTTOtl SI.iGHTLS DiFROED DEPRESSION tS TUT grain makket Arrival of more stecie Isi p0rtast sews from the contl.sent. The Cunard Steamer Canads, with dates from Liverpool to the 4th instant, arrived at Halifax on Monday evening, having made the passage in the short space of nine Jays. By Magnetic Telegraph. Transmitted for tlie Baliimure American St. John's, N. B. May 16, A. M. Tlie Canada, Capt. Judkins, with 82 through passengers, arrived at Halifax on Monday eve ning at half past 6 o'clock, making, with two ex ceptions, the quickest passage out on iccord, and quicker from 2 to 3 days than she ei'er performed the passage before. Our express left Halifax at 7 o'clock, and every possible exertion was made to get the news thro' for the papers of yesterday, but unfortunately there was no steamer in readiness to take it acrjsj the Bay of Fnnduy the express steamer having been detained here longer than usual on account of a very heavy storm in the bay, which it was desira ble to avoid. ' The Canada brings Paris dates to theeveningof the 2d, London of the 3d, and Uverpool to the af ternoon of the 4th iii-it. She was to have left Halifax at 8 o'clock, and may therefore be looked for at New York early on Thursday morning. The l.ondon money market continues steady, and English securities arc on the advance. Cen sols for iioney opened on Friday at 92 J The steamer Herman arrived at Cowes from N. York on the 3d inst. There is no material decrease iu the stock of Sullies held by the Bank of England. The total a?r.-.: of cold ehi???d to the U. Elates, exc'tire of 25,000 on board the Canida, is. stated at 411,900. ' The accounts from New Yoik ty th.i Niagara of the fluctuation of Exchanges, has tended rmte rially to check the exportation of specie. There is sn improved demand in the London market for American stocks, more particularly. Pennsylvania five per cent. The stocg is quoted at 77a79, which is the only atock rnwioncd lo the London pa tiers. . ' " . ' f tie accounts of the Bank of France show an increase of specie to the extent of six millions of francs. On the 2d iost. French 8 per cent real ized S9f80c; 3 per cents 581', which is an ad vance from the preceding day of fide on the 6'e and 65c on the 3's. Official notice of the intervention of Russia in Hungary has been received at Paris. The num ber ot men placed ut ihe disposal of Austria is 80,000. Another account stales the number to be 160,000. The Hungarians have beaten the Austrians and have almost driven them out of the country. The greatest alarm prevails at Vienna, aud has had tlie effect to reduce R iditzky's demand on Piedmont from 123,000,000 to 80,000,000 francs, The King of Prussia has definitely refused the imperial crown. There had been a slight out break in Berlin. The war in Schleswig continued, and there was no prospect of peace. r it is said that ihe Tuscan troops had entered Leghorn, and the Sicilians, beaten at all points, hive virtually submitted to the King of Naples, More, troops were to leave France for Rome. It was reported that those under Ordinot had reach' ed that place, and the Romans had risen in favor of the people, and that Meeseriere and the repub lican government had fled, and that the people would be compelled not only to grant an armi.tice but desirable reforms. -Accounts from IiiJii report tlie entire tenniua tioe of the war on the Punjaub. ' . ' Tlie breach between Najioleon Slid his cousin Nupolei n Bou iparie has widened jnto a serious quarrel.. Canadian affairs have been incidentally alluded to in Parliament, but the ministry have been very tfnarded in their expressions. ,; ' '-' '' t' i. 'V' -t .' - A - ' Th,e tro J r France is rapidly improving, and the impiirianl duties of March havs been more i than double.! when compared with ibo same month I . The N. Y. Herald contauis a long account of last ye:ir. The increase at" exports is also equally the proceedings of this society, at its anniversary apparent. i assemblage in New York. We b'arn from the ' " At the London Corn Exchange on Friday there! Her.ild that this society is the real, genuine, orig was scarcely any business done. Floating car- iiral, radical, unadulterated nti-slavery society, goes of Indian Corn on the coast found buyers at the " American and Foeiga Anti-Slavery Sooie- 32a 33s per quarter. Good brands of Flour were offered at 24s, without attracting attention. THE MARKETS. Liverpool Cottos Market, May 5. Cotton has slightly advanced and is now held at 4jd. Sales of the week amount to 44,100 bales, of which 30,000 were American. Since the Hiber nian's sailing the imports at Liverpool were 130, 000 bales, of which 104,000 were American. Breadstuffs sre depressed. Flour is heay at 23s to 24s CJ per bbl. English Wheat has declined I a 2 shillings. Corn is improved a littlc, being now held at 31 tu 32 shillings. Meal 1 1 shillings. Beef im proved. Pork is lower. The money market issteady, consols are quoted at 92a92j. American stock is brisker. Transmitted for the Baltimore American. IMPORTANT FROM CANADA. Montreal, Mav 15. An exciting debate came off in the Assembly yesterday, on the question of the address on the rebellion losses. Col. regg said in the heat of discussion that if the Queen gave her assent to the bill it would absolve every British inhabitant of the colonies from his oath of allegiance. The Solicitor General, Bl .ke, called on the Speaker of the House to mark the words of tlio Tory mem bers. He added there were some who might be obliged to answer their names in the criminal docket for having, by telegraph, inqdiredhow ma ny thousand men could be brought from Upper Canada. The Tory loyalists, he said, in their policy were tyrannical while in office, and traitor ous and rebels when out, Bitter rccriinins lions -followed. Transmitted fur the Baltimore American. LATER FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Boston, May 16. The brig Haywurd, with dates to the 29th lilt., from Caracas, has arrived tit this port, and reports thst a great fertncjit existed at that pbee in con sequenceof the resignation of Monagns and Guz man. It was thought probable that the govern ment would be overthrown, and that the resigna tion of Monagas was a ruse to secure the dictator ship; that Gusman would be sentte England to negotiate a loan. All .prisoners captured during the laVt war have been released, including Paez and his two sons, who wore at Curacoa. From New Granada we learn that Gen. Lopez is still acting as President, but a revolution is mo mentarily expected. The Hay ward also brings a report that an expediiton of several thousand, in cluding many Americans, WRsahout tosail to at tack Bacolar, the strong hold of the Indians. Transmitted for the Ball. American. THE CHOLERA IX NEW YORK. shipwreck and loss of Lirr. New York, May 16, 7 P. M. Light cases of Asiatic Cholera and four deaths have occurred in this city since yesterday. Three of the case's were in the Sixth Ward. The Board of health convened today, and appointed a Sana' tary Committee, with full powers to take measures for- cleaning the streets and purifying the dwellings in the infected district. . (A subsequent despatch says that an investiga tion bad taken place in regard to tlie cases of Chol era mentioned above, and the deaths were found to proceed from some other disease. The schr. Fair Dealer, of Boston, from Bristol, Maine, went ashore on Suiter's Island in the gale of Sunday night. All hands perished, except a small boy: .'-'. THE CHOLERA INCKEASiXS. eaitles of tj. s. tr0op3 wfth ixiiians. St. Louis, Mat 15. Reports have reached here from the Plains, which state that many ol the Californiiemigrants are dying on the way, principally by cholera . About the 1st of March, the U. S. Dragoons had two battles with the Eutaw and Apachee Indians, near Taoa, in New Mexico. The result of the firot battle was S Dragoons killed and 8 Indians in tho next about 20 Indians only. The Indians were alone the aggressors iu both instances. A nother battle was reported between the F.utawi and Apaches, iu which forty of the latter were kill ed. -.'.... ' Cjncixsati, Mat 15. There is no diminution in the number of rases during Ihe last 24 hours. The disease sfill con tinues iu Its mikl type, partaking more of the char acter of the ordinary dysenbry than the Asiatic Cholera. - ANOTHER RIOT AT MONTREAL. . . Montheai., May 10, 1849. The ministry gave a dinner last night to the delegates from Upper Csnsda, at Titus' Hotel. - At midaight a mob attacked the hotel, smashed the w indows and broke open the doors. Pistols shots were fired from inside and two men wounded. A man named Miller received shot in tlie neck. . At length the dragoons and infantry succeeded in dispersing the mob. No live were lost. The excitement to-day in consequents has bceu very great, and fresh troubles expected to-night Transmitted for tlie American. WasmsoToN, May 17, 1349. SEARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, The President upon mature reflection has deter. mined to despatch two national rt-saeU for the pur pose of seeking nut and succoring the Expedition under Sir John Franklin, or failing to find tlie lost Explorers, to ascertain their fate. Measurers will speedily be Liken for the accomplishment of this purpose. , ' . '' " The President ha recognised Fernando B. rn ardon as Consul of Portugal," for the. States of Deb aw-sr., Pennsylvini.i, and Cew J', rsey. r rom t!ie KichmonJ Kepuoiienn. "AMMEHICA A V,'I-SI,AVERV SOCIETY." ty being a seceding branch of this establishment The secession was on account of the ultra views of the " American Anti-Slavery Society !" The Herald states that the Talierhacle was "tol erably well filled with a parti-colored and highly variegated assemblage. There were white faces, and yellow faces, and red faces, and black faces, long hair, and short hair, straight hair, and woolly hair, beautifully interspersed throughout the build ing, both np stairs and down stairs. Among those in attendance, We saw Wcndall Phillips, Floyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Lucy Stone, and several others of the supporters of the Institu tion." . The Herald adds, that a great many gentlemen and ladies of the Society of Friends were also present. A large number of the race for who-e injury these proceedings took place, were also in attendance. Among tho prominent personages of the occasion was one Wm. Brown, fugitive slave. The following financial statement was read,which comprises the receipts and expenditures of the Society lor the last yoar : -Receipts. To Ball from old account, $3 59 Standard and donation account, . 6,958 20 Publication account, 37 "78 Total, $6,992 58 EXPESOITL'KES. For the Anti-Slavery Standard Agents, and the support of the office in this city, 86,975 13 Balance $17 44 It is evident that however anxious these people ar-3 to get hold of other people's procrty, tliey know how to take good care of their own. The principal capital of the society consists in wind. In contrast with a statement of receipts so small that it might be easily put in jpurcyo, the Herald has five closely printed columns of tjieeches. Words cost nothing, and words are about. all that these fanatical, yet discreet, persons have to give to their object. The speakers on the occasion were Floyd Gar rison, Pillsbury Parker, of New Hampshire, Wen- can riiiinps, ot Massachusetts, ire J. Uonglass, (a runaway slave,) Win. Brown, (a runaway slave,) Lucreiia Molt, Misa Lucy Stone, die. & c. The great burthen of all the speeches was an at tack on the Northern churches and clergy for hold ing communion in any way or shape with the Southern clergy or slaveholders. Lloyd Garrison proclaimed, as the position of tlie society, " that no slaveholder should be recognised as a Christian aud that any one w ho dares to call his brother as properry is destitute of Christ." Another of the speakcrs,PilUbury Parker.wound Up his absurd tirade by the remark, "Politics are giving way, but the church has thrown herself in the breach, and it is therefore against the pulpit that we shall direct our attacks." Mr. Parker al so gave a vehement kick at the American Union. Mr. Wendall Phillips sajd ; " True to our mis sion, we attack the church or the state." " Our plan of reform is we confess without flinching to trample rn tlie laws of this country, the consti tution of this country, and we call upon yon to do likewise." " The abolitionist will disobey the law, and act on his own conscientious convictions. Is that fanaticism or infidelity I If it be so, then welcome both" ! " Daniel Webster says you are a law-abiding community; but, thank God, we are not, Massachusetts, at least, is not. She is not quite so low as her statute book, for wo defy despotism there by disobeying the law." Mr. Phillips concluded by intimating that " your grand children may yet honor our unworthy figures in marble." Brass would be a more appropriate ma terial. ' v Frederick Douglass (runaway) seemed some what disgruntled that the audience begsn to dis appear at the ccr.tlr.eion of Mr. Fkiliips' philippic. "Mr. Douglass" was of the opinion that " Ameri can morals and religion," were in a bad way, es pecially at the South. ..." Mr. Douglass" was se vere upon Zachary Taylor and Henry Clay. There was such a rush for the door at this time that the speaker brought hi remarks to an M un timely end." - " The menotony of the exercises was varied by a long legged gentleman from Ohio peddling among the audience the auto-bingrnpliy of an abolitionist by ihe name of Wright, during which period, the ileraU says, " a song was sung by two or three ladles and old gentlemen, tq the ancient air of Oh ! Su-san-nah Don't you cry for me, For I'm going to Alabama With ihe banjo on my knee. The exact words of the song were, we believe : '. Oh, the star of freedom, That's the star for me ; it will lead to Canada, ' Where I will be free." At the adjourned meeting of the society, Mrs. Lucreiia Mott was delivered of a speech, and so far succeeded in surpassing the blasphemy of her male associates that we must be excused from ma king any extracts from her remarks. Mr. Pillsbury Parker buited his head against the buttresses of Trinity Church, and pedicted that iu two centuries it and tho religion preached :.. ...Ill l u..- n ii. r iii u wm ob I, una iuiii. , u Hereupon mere was decency eroilgXM id tip assemblage to raise "great biasing," attda voice exclaimed, " we di n' want such talk it Van insult to New York." Wm, Brown (runawajslavc) made a speech Our impression, onrtadiu, Brown' is, that he possesseifcthe riclie fancy tint most inventive nonius of any man mwnt. Mr Brown" also endeavors to be a wag, is will be seen by the Ibllwing extract, with which we stall close our r4ic of this Bedlam let loose! ", "When I lived down South.and mv inastar .! here let me give yon a description of my old master for Iw made an impression on me which I would like to make upon ym he was a whininir. mv. ing, complaining, psahn-sintring man, who ordered me, every evenmgat nine o'clock togodown totli. niffger', and rail llnni to nravers. fLsn-rhu.1 Every night he called them in, andlho fnllueuce wlncu toe master liaU, in nutting them all asleep ot Mmvcr, wan reins raauie. IIO Bnssesscd i t miiietic powerwhich Suih ri,i nd could mttoiif! i (Liughnr.," . From the A'. O. DtlL lilhinst. THE OVERFLOW, And the Rea or eiif. Cut. The water in the rear of the second nnJ Fourth Wards, Srcoad Municipality, continued sWIy ri sing through Thursday nighi,a nd all day yes erday, and our despatches fro.n tlu Sanve Crevioe.in an other column, leave faint hope of an abatement of the flood. The whole of the new Shell Road is now covered to the depth of a foot and a half to three feci, and the Canal, overflowing its North bank, is pouring its surcharge into the rear of tho Seventh Ward, Second Municipality; and tht-nce the water finds no impediment to the lower extremity of the city. Although the water is constantly rising a hove the New Canal, it has not covered the ground futher inward than it did on Thursday night. This is owing to Ihe obstruction offered by the ridge on which Apollo street runs, which for the present acts as a psrtiaV barrier, and forces the water to seek its level over the North bank of the canal.and through the artilTical channels penetrating the city. The district now overflowed is two or three feet higher than either Camp or ca nal streets, and it is only the Apollo street ridge which prevents the im mediate inundation of the whole Second Munici pality; but as the ridge is intcrecteil by gn't jrs, ditches, arid the Melpomene Canal the calamity, it i lo bo feared, is only defcred for a brief space. Already has the overflow, below the .Canal, spread it-elf as far in as the outeredge of the inhabited portion of the Seventh Ward ot the Second Muni cipality, and of the backwards of the First Muni cipality, and is steadily advancing. In short, the whole city is threatened wiJi inundation. Those of otu population who have been the first victims of the calamity, are generally the poor and the struggling; and many of them, with the water flowing at their doors, arc in a pitiable situation. It needs, we trnst, no other incentive than a bare statement of their condition, to command from tlicir more fortunate neighbors and fellow-citizens, the sympathy and assistance their condition demands. From the N. 0. Picayune 15th inst. Additional News from the Crevasses. The Crevasse at Sacve's. Yesterday after noen we again visited the crevasse, and are con strained to say that the prospect of closing it is poor indeed. With tlie present means and upon the present plan we think success altogether im probable, nay, almost impossible. Mr. Dunbar, who now has the management of the works, is al most diaconr.iged, although he still pesofveres.- A few of the laborers who have been working in tlie water, under a hot sun, have become sick, and this has so alarmed the others that many of them have left. There are now fewer than u hundred men at work. Theuppenrunce of the place is i.vr-h as it was on Saturday and Snnday. The hull of the old ship which was scuttled on Sunday has sunk in its bed about eight feet, within the last twenty-four hours, by the washing away of the earth at those points where she first touched. She now lies keeled over partially upon her sides, leaning towards the shore, her upper deck upon the lower side being i.enrly down to the water's edge. A row of piles has been driven in upon the out side of the hull, the intervening space to be filled with sacks of earth. A large stream of water still flows under the old ship, which is moored at the most critical part of the work. As a last resource a flatboat has been brought up alongside, laden with a large number of sacks of earth pilled upon one side of her, and she will be scuttled by the side of the old ship, being mado to sink with the heavy or "loaded" part towards the river, so as to make a breakwater against the current running under the old vessel. This flatboat will probably 6e sunk this morning and the experiments of its use fulness soon tested. It is thought that about one fifth less writer is now discharged through the whole gorge than was discharged three days since. The depth of water where the piles were driven yesterday was about fourteen feet. Tnt Ovrpriow". An excellent movement was ycterday made towards arresting the progress of the flood in the res r of tlie city. Under the a utho rity of the Second Municipality Council, Messrs. Surgt and Hasrison, surveyors, employed about 500 men and commenced operations on the ridge at the Metuirie Race Course, to make an outlet fur the water at that place. The work was prosecuted willi vigor, and before night a canal of jver 300 feet in length was cut, of such dimension that a large quantity of water has already passed off. We were informed that tho water on the Shell Road in the vicinity of the Half-way House at 7 o'clock last evening had been reduced 3 inches. This, if accurate is great good news. GOOD NEWS. The Concordia Iiitelh'zenccr of the lOih.lias the following : The fall of the waterTn the Mississippi river which has been anxiously anticipated for some time, has begun in earnest. It has fallen, here, alrendy, more than seventeen inches, and as tlie fall continues, tlie water falls tlie faster. The immense floods from the Yazoo and other swamps will pass off beyond us in a few days now ; and we then shall have all the fall of water that we desire. There will be time to plant cotton bare. ly lime to do so with the pivspect of any thing '.ke a crop. , ' : , Black river and Tensas have been swollen. tliis week, with heavy rains, but tlie Bayou Macon Wis falling on Thursday, and it is believed thai Tensas was on a stand yesterday, while Black r.ver wasnerly in this promising condition. ' YV e have bad a report that Red River was 'ri sing. This Was a mistake. Ked River showed drift from its mouth, but this came out of Black River. ludeed, so low is Red River that persona who entered it from Black River on Monday last Coul I d srovcrno sign of Red River water near the mouth sf Bluck Rivor. Black River was barking Rtd River , Tbe same paper adds : The we it her of this week has been b.oj and goes!, wet and dry, sjormjr and calmy. On Mon day there was rumbling and grumbling above aud gloom around, aud on Tuesday the lightning flaslt ed, the thunder rolled and rent the skr, aud tlie rain fell in torrents.- Monday being the 7lh of May. a day never lo be forgili-n in Natoliea, so long ns a tornado may be dreaded, the fesrs of ppl were awakened. The quantity of water that fell did much injury to tire fields here. Thnrs- lay was a peasant dv enoiirh. vesterdav was de. i- i ... , ..... r- r - ligmiui, una mis day promises wetl." THE I'OU TIC&OF THE day. j The staples of political discussion fiustlv re- ! marks ihe Baltimore American) are now mostly local and incidental. The journals opposed to the administration, marling the most of t!ir re.wure es, and copiously full of complaints and expostu lations at the chaugee made in public offices. Upon this theme Ihey re eloquent and pathetic. A New Hampshire paper asks with much perti nence; ' . i In all their papers, from Texas to Maine, what is ihe theme ol discourse ? Are there an' recreate expressed that the new Administration may over turn some of the plans which the so-called dem- ocracy originated ? Not a Word of il. Do you hear tirades against a discriminating tariff ? Not a word of that cither, is any solicitude felt fi.r that peculiar pet of the recent Administrations, the Sub-Treasury. The rocks in the most secluded dell of New Hampshire are not more silent than are ihe laxofoco papers upon that maltcr, aiid ta rifl's and subtreasuries, peace and wa.r, "manifest destiny,'1 high or low postage, river aiid harbor improvements, Congress mileage, banks and rail roads, have no place in tlie thoughts of the out going party, which are all bent upon what it ie now apparent has formed its only bond of union- the proceeds of fat oflices,and money making jobs. Yes the " unterrified democracy," us they called themselves, who for about twenty years araotte, like a very Colossus.over everything ; who treated the Whigs wilh the utmost arrogance ; who. said, in 1844, that the character of the general admin istration was determined for a quarter of a centu ry, and that tlie Whig had better disband at once: this party we repeat so arrogant, so vindictive,so confident that it was entrenched behind ramparts which could not be demolished for ever so many years.- is crfmg orer the loss nf its bread and butter ! ':',' :' . ; ' ' The late official paper, not content with filing editorial columns with outcries about proscription rilled other columns with auxiliary contribution on the same subject. What is wanting in variety is supplied by repetition, sothat all who come to the feast, if they complain orHie caterer, must at least admit that there is enough provided. And no doubt it is all very good of its kind, but like the patent soda ater of the ventriloquist, the kind is rot very good. '. In reducing its range of reasoning and patriot ism to the items of proscription, pledges and pity, the " Union" seem to be proceeding upon tl principle of that lover of landscape and of ihe picturesque, who contended that all the variety presented by Nature was to be found include! in three words, water, plants and ground." " For what is Nature ring the changes round, But three flat mites as water, plants and ground ! Prolong the peal, yet spite of ail your clatter, The three flat notes are,' still ground, plants and water. So when some Jiihn hi dull invention racks, To rival Boodle's dinners or Ai.macks, ' Three uncouth legs of mutton shock oureyrf, Three roasted geese, three buttered apple-pies." Whether, with this limited variety, die thing is mended by serving up the same dishes hashed, the readers of the " Union" may judge, But, by way of desert to political banquets, some discission a .bout " democracy" are furnished democracy which it designates, by a strange abuse of the definite article, " the democracy." But the article is so indefinite that it comes up in a shape resem bling a floating inland or a whipped ryllabub. LATEST FROM CALIFORNIA GOLD ! The New Orleans Picayune of the 8th instni t, publishes a letter from San Francisco, dated the 8th nf March, which fully confirms all that we have heard in relation to the amazing richness of the California gold mines. The writer says : " I wrote yon a few days rince on onr arrival, and avail myself of the detention of the vessel ft r Marallan, to give you some items of ma'ters an.! things in this delectable country. In the Crt pf e , so far as one can lea nyfce foil1 stories ert all true. The consequence fa that labor, rents, provisions, 4tc, are enormously high. Town prrty for cash is beyond anything ever heard of in a new country, and lots are seliing in this pl .ee from f.vs to twenty thousand dollars j rent from five hun dred to one thousand dollars per month. Carpen ters' wages eight to ten dollars per day. The-, steamer California is deserted by every soul ea cept the optsln and chief mate, and there is no probability of her leaving under two or three months. This is speculation on my part, foi there is no saying when she will get eiher fuel or crew. Fifty to one liur-dred dollars per day Is nothing extraordinary fir miners to make. Thireis,hov,, ever, some danger from Indiansandourown coun trymen, prowling about the country committing murder and theft. Gold Is very abundant,' and goods extravagantly high, and. an immense popu lation coming forward, who all resort to the mines, and retnrn merely to throw away the proceeds of tlicir labor. .In fact, I can hardly give you an idea of the state of tho country. Those who have been here a year, wiih common industry and prudence, are worth from twenty thousand to two hundred thousand dollars. I have not been able to procure) board in the place ; and in company with Mr. Fra-i iii r and young Ducnw, have pitched our ten! a qcarter of a mile from town. Wages cf sew rants 8 1 50 tn $200 per month, and in the course, of two or three weeks, 'when It will be seasonable; weather, to go to the mines, none will be had at any price. You may judge what a state of thiajsj txlst when common laborers tun go totne miiva land return In a month or six weeks with from n to three thousand dollars In gold. It is yet too early for the mass to start to (ha mines, tho weather having been very iucleii ent. We Intend tn go up to the tnin and see the conn try, an 1 have Sinned a party of fl e fir that pur pe. The grsat difficulty la Iu procuring convey ance. The price of passage to gutter s Jrt is $J5 each, f 5 per ewt. for biggage aud proswimis. We have an idea of buying a whale-boat ) the price l 91W. r mm oiuvrs rmn u- r-i .ni., laus the transpcirtathin i difficult and expensive, m a team of oxen and wsgooenrn 810 otr i!m Gold is'selline al U per ounce, but U takm in trade at t'T. It is worth In Valwrolso $ 1 5. a nd" j would ur-tt in the Stts fJIT, alt irw.rsoa j. i.!.'"
Raleigh Times [1847-1852] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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