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OX E D.\Y A 'GREAT CITY. ^/w^*o^,"May 15. *Cily Occurrences. ? A fire rccurre?l aboil* Jele*e^ on Sati^iay night in the 3J loft of the valuable drug store of M? ssrs. Bush & II. IN ya?, iS4 Greenwich street, a ud destroyed the j building and did gr*>at duma^e to the gootis m j the ujjper rtones before it was extinguisned, j which was done promptly, and an extensive j conflagration among the vaiuabfr and combtn- ! tible property ac^oining (Morrison's dru^ ^orf, ! Szc.\ prevented. The loss is estimated at j $15,000. Session. ? Jacob Smith, indicted for uttering ; a promissory not-' for $:?!). (MJO, with the name ! of Hamilton IL Jackson forged on the back, j Gulty. Count Constantine Breiun, the self-styled nobleman, convicted of having robbed Mr. W yiiant in Broedway, was sentenced to t: .e Slate Prison for -1 y ars and 1 month. Carel Meter, who called himself a Prussian officer, for grand larceny. State Prison 5 yea rs. VVn?. Brown, alias Rtfleburgh, for stealing iroid watch dials, the pruporty of Messrs, Piatt & Co. State Prison 2 years and 2 -months. Joseph White, a b-ack man, fur stealing money and jewelry from Dempsey (.'op- land. State prison 2 years and 4 months. Wiiiiam Johnson and John Thompson, for stealing a uratch and clo'hing from Robert Hutchison. The former 3 years and 3 months and the latter 2 vears and 3 months in the 3is v: pi :wu. " ~ ~ John McLaughlin, one of the flour rioters, fined $25 and sheriffs fe*:??. The Recorder said it was the intention of the court to have seat Irim him to prison, but owing to the fever raginor so dreadfuilv, they had changed the punishment to a fine. Extraordinary Occurrence. ? Mr. George De Lace, of the Park Orchestra, while going from the theatre to his residence on Saturday iiighr, a 4 about half past twelve, was shot at in an open lot between Laurens and Thomp son streets, and wounded severely. The bail raked the arm from the elbow to the wrist, and Mr. De Luc?? fainted and fell. The re port of the pistol drew some persons to the spot, and he was conveyed to his father's resi dence in McDougal street. The assassin has j cot been. found. There is no more inoffensive person in the city than the gentleman wh?>se life has thns been savagely attempted by some cowardly ruSan. A. Young Woman Overboard. ? A young 'woman of respectable appearance, about 15 yesrs of age, while near the foot of Catharine street yesterday morning, between 7 and S ?o'clock, deliberately laid down her hat and shawl by the dock and jumped into the water where she floated for some minutes, arid was "finally extricated by means of boat Hooks, Turhjch some persons near by used before it w too late. Supposed to be au attempt at suicide for want of employment, disappoint in lov?, or other cause. When brought out, though dripping wet she was not in the least affected, and would give explanations who she was, or what were her motives. . Heartless VUlany ? Some unprincipled sconndrei, unknown to us, procured ?he inser tion/in our paper of Saturday, of an advertise ment purporting- to come from Brewster, Solomon & Co., that 500 seamstresses would find employment at their establishment. ? The advertisement the in ? rtion of which six times was ordered and paid for by the wretch, -was a wicked forgery and imposition. Before noon 900 poor females had been induced by it to call it the store, of Messrs. Brewster, Solomon & Co *No. 37 Nassau street, delud ed by th? expectation of obtaining employ ment there, and,N of course, were obliged to Tetrirn to their families cheated and disap pointed. The villain who had the heart to bccome the author this despicable imposition, deserves himselfto be driven from employment and from society itself during his natural life. We wi?l give $25 for his apprehension and ?conviction.? Sun. LEGISLATIVE DECORUM. Ih Senate or New York, May 5. Mr. Tracy, from a majority of the select committee appointed to investigate the matter in relation to Mr. Yobxg selling stock in the Watertord Bank, made a report entirely ex onerating Mr. Young- from any improper con duct. The report states that the testimony shows the stock was worth what it was sold ior by Mr. Y. Mr. Maison, the chairman of the commit tee, made a counter report. It reviews the testimony, and draws the conclusion that Mr. Youso was guilty of duplicity. Mr. Y oung made some remarks in r ply to the arguments contained in Mr. Maison's leporu He charged Mr. M. with misrepre senting the testimony, and with acting d;s fcouorably through the whole investigation. ? He said if that Senator c nild, bv mean- of a moral diving1 be>I, d -sjnd into the depths of moral pollution in bis own bopoin, it would ^e a feat in comparison with which the descent of .Eneas mtohell was a holiday. [Mr. Y. was iere called to order.] Mrv Youso ? If my remark was out of cr 4ef it was classia!. Mr. Mjusox replied, and argued that his report was founded upon the true construction the testimony taken. Hp concluded by thanking his God that he had never been in dicted as a public nvissance, as tiie Senator from the 4th had. [Mr. M. was called to or der.] Both reports were laid on the table and or deredto be printed. Warning to Ex pursers. ? Many cen ttifics ago a poor man was fined the sum of toarte< n sftillrogs and four pence (one mark of ihe money oi that day) by the court of King's bcnch. Chief Justice Ingham, com mi erating his ease, caused the court-roll to be erased, and Uis fine reduced to fix shillings and eight pence; which being soo.. after dis- ? covered, Ingham was fined eight hundred I marks, which were employed in erecting a j ftell tower near Westminster Hal!, in which j Wjre placed a bell and a clock, which, striking | hourly, was to remind the judges in the hall j of the fate of their brother, in order to prevent j all dirty work for the future. ] i the reign i ?f Elisabeth, Chief Justice Cutlyn proposed | another "expunction," but his brother Sout- j altat said 4'he had no intention to build a clock 5iou*e." (Vide Coke's Iutitutes.) Snch was the understanding of our- ancrs tors of the obligation u:o keep a journal" or ; record. It the benevolent Ingham was thus ! punished for permitting hi? feelings K.?r the cit stress of a poor man to get the better of his 4uty, what should bo the punishment of those who have desecrated the rocords of the Amer ican Senate 1 May we not hope that at some future-time a monument equally t fFectual, a id wore t-han the bell tower, (_it ,vas pulled down about a century ago,) will b_> erectet! in the Senate chamber ? which, whilst it perpetuates the history of their infamy, may serve as a warning to their successors. This day of retribution may not be distant; and we would invite the attention of artists to tue aabject, so-that we may have r? ady a suitable plan and drawing oi the monument. ? Virginia Times. From, t he Charleston Mercury. TO THE CITIZENS OF THE SLWE-HOLD ING STATES. 0 who has no: been an inat! ontive obser ver oi the course or e\ c u ?. s, a nu who has n K* ? t- r D^cu i n d ill { * ft * ? it to w r?.it cuuc^TM^ \our niiAr"* eats, or *afef.v, would cali your attention to the Prospectus to rcv.ve the Southern Iiwiew by JuJ-re Upshur of Virginia. The great and leaihng object of the tvork, as set forth in the Pro.-p? clus, is the defence of the peculiar in stitutions of the slave-holding States. That thev are in danger it. would be folly to dis guise. A party has risen within th? other Slates, in the last three y- aw, whose object, regardless of ail constitutional and social obi i gations, is the overthrow of the relation o! Master and Slave, which has existed from tiie tir.-t settlement jf the slave-holding States, between tii>' European and African races, and which has bit'udr d itself with all our institu tions political and social. This party is regu larly organized, and has hundreds of societies extending over the whole of the non-slav-hold ing States with an annual income of thou sand--, putting in mouon'a powerful and widely extended press, and sending forth a numerous those ofjemmissaries to preach and spread their hostile doctrines in every direction, lo give greater effect to what they say, or do, they avow their determination to throw their politi cal weight on ibo aide of the party in those | States, "who shall* be most favorable to them, and have already become sopo.verful in some of tiiiiia, that their support is courted by both j the political parties, that divide. the North.?? As numerous as they already ai^, they are still iscreasing and will continue to increase from present appearances, till the object they have in view is consummated, unless some efficient measure be adopted to arrest their further pro gress. To those, who have reflected on the peculiar cond.tion of the slave-holding States it would be an idle waste of time to undertake to show, that the c.ccomplishme?.t of me object of the party would be our destruction, as a people. The separation of the two races, were it even desirable, is impossible. This the abolitionists themselves acknowledge. It is equally impos- I sible, that tht-y should exist together under any other relation, than the existiug one un der which, both have grown up and prospered. Its subversion would be the destruction of one, or b >th. He who does uot see this is pro foundly ignorant of our condition. The pre^ sent relation then between the two races must bo preserved at all events, cost what it will. In its preservation our all is involved, proper ty, liberty life, and character. Among the first ^nd most efficient measures for this purpose is the one, to which your at tention is now invited. The war, which is waged against us. is one of opi >ton. 1 he as sault is tea inly through tie press, and through the sa re medium it must be met and repelled. Our assailants hope to overthrow the existing relatiou between th* two races in the slave holding States by denunciation. They hold it up, as immoral, sinful and opposed to the right- of man. We must meet and repel their attacks, and expose their errors, fanaticism, and hopocricy. For this purpose, a well conducted Review is the most powerful instru ment, that dan be conceived. Such a cnc we now fo tunateiy have the opportunity of estab lishing, under the editorship of a citizen, who justly ranks among the most talented a.nd compvt nt in the Uuion, and who, in proposing to undertake th s great charge, is actuated by the highest and noblest feelings of patriotism. The work will be one of great labor and ex pense, and will require, according to the p. os pectus, at least 3000 subscribers lo justify the undertaking. To give it full effect, at least twice that number ought to be obtained. The most talented of the country and the age must be enlisted, as contributors, which cannot be | done with Jess than 5000 or 6000 subscribers.' A work, such as it should be, requires the co-operation of a great variety ortalenis of the f highest order, and we ought not lo sto.) short of?p!acing it in the front rank of the periodi cals ?f the day, both for the extent and excel lence of its matter, so as to ensure it a genera al circulation at home and abroad. To effect this.all that is wanting is sufficient patronage, and that some efficient plan may be adopted to obtain patronage, is the object of calling your attention to the subject at this time. If you would permit me to suggest a plan I would recommend that every editor in the ! slave holding States without distinction of par | ty (tor it equally concerns us all)jshall give a ! standing place in the columns of his paper to j Jud^e Upshur's prospectus, and shall open a subscription in h;s office for the work and shall i from time to time call the attention of the pub lie to the importance of extending an effii [ cient patronage to it. 1 would in the next place suggest, that a subscription be opened in the Clerk's office in everv county throughout the slave-holding I States, ari> one be placed in the hands of eve j rv Sheriff willing 10 take charge of it. If there be no printed subscription, one in manuscript, i can easily be prepared. The subscription is $5 annually. To carry this suggestion into effect ! will require some one individual in each country j to step forward and take charge of i s execution i a!Kj surely tlure is not a county where there is j not some public spirited individual, who feels a 1 sufficient interest in the defence of our institu : tions to assume the discharge of so light a du ! tv tor so important and object. " I would next suggest that the anniversery : of our independence and other public occa i s'.ons, be embraced to recommend the work to 1 the patronage of the public, and to obtain sub ' scriptions. And fi iaiiy,l would suggest, the importance of returning all the subscriptions to VV'm. VV . i Moore & Co. (the printers) at Washington, by ! the 1st of October next, in order that it iniy I be ascertained, as soon as possible, it the re I quisite number of subscribers has been obtain j ed, taking care to pay the postage and lo keep ; a copy to supply the original list, should it miscarry or be lost. Citizens of tiie slave-holding States, it is time to arouse from your slumber. You are assailed in tiie most vulnerable point. \o>r existence, as a people, depends upon main taming the supremacy ot the European over : the Amcan race. You have reached the cri s.s of your fate. If your institutions, assail :d witli such violencejaud industrv.&re ever to bj defended, no time ls-to be lost. Delay in all cases dangerous, would be fatal in tins. De ceive not yourselves. The blo?v is at your l,fe,prosperi'y, and character, and if you should not repel it, disasters greater, than before befel a people, barbarous or civilized, await you. ? The immediate object of the abolitioniUs is to divest you of your property, which cannot be effected without involving your safe:y and existence while the means by which it is ut-? tempted, is to degrade you in your own estima tion. and render you odious and hateful in the eves of the word, and il by su:h means they j should effect their object, it at once would sweep away our prosperity, lives and charac- j ter, leaving nothing behind, but a mane to be execrated forever. Such is the catastrophe against which you are now called on to prepare ; great as is the danger the means of resistance is still greater, if called forth in lime and with vigor equal to the magnitude of the crisis. Our cause is | good, a sircuuistance of the highest importance : in a war of opinion. In every view, religious, mora! and political, i! can be fully and trttirn ph-ntly vindicate J, and that Vvhether brought '?) t'i:> test of experience, or abstract princ pies, its d. fence Will !)'? the gre;it duly of the lie view, wiiicii, under the guidance of its abl>-, enlightened and p ? triolio ed;tur, no doubt would be ably and successfully performed. ? All that is wanted is a support and patronage proportioned to the magnitude of the object, and this depends on yourselves, who have so much at stake. Withhold them not, on ac count 0f the hardness of the times. The pres sure iS indeed great, and many may be pros trated,whose industry and enterprize deserved a better fate, vet with all ;ts ills, it must, from its nature, prove temporary. Better times will again re. urn, when our losses may be re paid, and present 'distress be forgotton in re newed prosperity. Not so the danger to which I would direct your attention. From that blow there could be no recovery. Eter nal desolation would follow in its train. In the midst of your present great, but temporary difficulties, close not your eves against the greater approaching danger. The opportuni ty, which you now have of taking an efficient step to vindicate your institutions, may not again be presented, or, if presented," may be too late. It is not every day,one so well qual ified, Qvery way, to undertake such a task, can be found. Let this Stale tft the example of'a liberal subscription to the other slave-holding States. We oughr, with proper exertions, to furnish one half of the number required to com mence the work. Such an example would not fail to have a happy effect on the other State, and secure a patronage, which would place the work on the most solid basis. Let no o: e; tluu vr 10 ca i possibiy spar ?5, withhold his name from the subscription list. It will return Unfold in the pleasure and intelligence it will give, independent of al! political coiv sit orations. Among its oth r advantages, the work would be the commencement of a Southern literature, which is indispensable to our safeJv and reputation as a people. AMICUS. New York, May 25. We are beginning to see things a little more clearly. Stocks, in spite of the paper cuiren cy, are daily retreating ? but the incident arises, from the belief, now very generally en tertained, that the Executive at Washington, is resolved to restore specie payments, so far as tii e transactions of the government are con cerned. The expected expansions by the banks, which the suspension opened a door for, is not forthcoming. Many of the large banks in this city are curtailing their- circulation buying it up secretly perhaps? and putlin* themselves gradually into an inpreguable posi& Hon. The Manhattan Bank has little or no bank paper in circulation, and it is daily cur tailing its business and its discounts. We learn that the directors of this bank have re fused entirely to corns under the new suspen> SK>n law. Many expect that it will make an effort to restore specie payments in a week more or less. Several other of the Wall streets banks begin to entertain a similai pur pose. With the aid and assistance of the govern ment, many financiers believe they will be able to resume. The moral sense ofthe coun try is extremely hostile to the suspension, and any effort of any number of b?nks, under the patronage ofthe government, to resum -.would be encouraged and supported. The stockhold j ers of the various banks, form another class that are very hostile to the continuation ot the 1 present state of the things.? Their dividends being suspended, during the year, makes them desirous, that th-.se institutions should renew. It is very evident that if any concerted at tempt be made to resume, it can onlv be tried by solvent and solid institutions ?The very partial success of such an attempt, would be the death warrant to all those that could not follow the same course. In certain quarters there is an extraordinary degree of hostility towards any bank that would try to resume.? 1 he speculators and those who are deep in various engagements at the old p ices, are extremely hostile to a resumption. It is also probable that the United States Bank, and all its friends are equally desirous to prevent such a movement. Inconsequence of thi? state of things, spe cie has depreciated slightly during the last few days or rather depreciated '?city' bank pa per has appreciated. The resumption pf*pecie payments by any class of banks, would at one ? des'roy the discount between such paper and specie, but would increase it as respects non sp.-cie, paying banks. In the opinion of many able men, a dozen specie paying banks throuo-fu out the country, would in less than six months crush all the other banks, and be able to recon struct a new commercial edifice, on material that would gradually form a new system and be ^qual to an entire monopoly. The three last packets have carriee out near ly $300, 000 in specie. In the London pack et about $400,000 ? in the Liverpool ?130.000 ? and in the Havre $250,000/ About one third of this amount is believed to have been shipped by the United States Bank, leaving probably in her vaults less than one million of dollars to eight o.illion of paper currency out. The trade in specie has increased in Wall street very much during the last week. Vast quantities are coming out ? some from old stockings ? some from the west ? -ome from the banks. Since the suspension took place it is calculated that $2,500,000 of specie have left this port for Europe, and that in the next month probably $5,t.()0,000 more will follow. There is plenty of it too. The premium vary ing from 6 to 10 per ct. is jhi inducement for all the holders to part with it ? particularly as, apparently at present prices.paper money will command what it really would do before the suspension. It is now generally believed lo be the posi tive intention of the government to restore the metallic basis lon^ before congress shall meet in September. On this point we expect a terrible and furious war between the specie paying and non specie paying banks. A lan*e body of speculators, politicians, and bankers will endeavor to prove that the paper system is bitter ard sounder than the specie system ? that it encourages industry and is connected with prosperity. No doubt a moderate use of the convertible credit system is very beneficial to a nation ? but. its abuse and expansion, such as we have seen it for two years past, are the bane of any country. In this contest, already beginning to appe u, many ba iks, utterly rotten and unsound, will einb ace the opportunity to fl >od the country with paper money, for they will be supported by the paper money party. Already we know or several New England banks that are issuing their paper in great abandance, and i eplenishing their vaults with specie. Thos- banks who wish to act the rogu >, caneusily do so. One Njw England bank that has suspended, sent an ag'*nt to Wall street recently, and procured $5000 in specie at a premium. If it means to return to specie payments, well and good? if not, the gold may be divided anions the confederates before the final blow up. Thus we go. From the New York Daily Ex-press. Saturday, May 27 ? 2, P. M. CITY NEWS. The position which I.as been i jiMit about j '?>* the Gove -nni'vit, not oniy ?' ? ?? s deranged j * he currency of t ii? ? country from on?* c id to I '?he oilier, hut has also b.oken up n 1 1 theregn- ! ar business channels between this country ! and Europe. For tiie last, twnty years the correppond'-nce and confidence of merchants have been such, that shipments of cotton could be made to Ei. gland or France with entire saf.tj, and the proceeds are anticipated and realized, without the slightest (difficulty. ? Now, confidence lias become so shaken, thac shippers dare, not ship, and if they do, drafts would not sell. In tins dilemma, a new and novel course of business has taken place. ? Now, shippers desire us of sending cotton, are compelled, if they require an advance, to send th' ir cotton under the direction of the Uuited States Bank ? that is, if the cotton is sent to houses in Liverpool, and the proceeds re mitted to the friends of the Bank in London, then the Bank will advance a fair portion of the amount of the value of the cotton. By a bill on England, this course of trade has one very important advantage, and that is security. The houses on the other side are beyond question good, and the drafts of the B.tnk of course safe. The bank, as well as individuals, are drawn to this course by the prostration of ' redit. Formerly, bills were taken most freely, and in the general credit that prevailed, were good. Ntm:T JBanki io insure the solvency of the bills, are compelled, in self defence to take the co'irso they have. Thus it appears that the United States Bank has a greater control of the business of the country than she ever has had before, and that wealth is monopolizing not only the financial but the business transactions of every branch of the community. The Custoin-house is in some trouble from the technicalities of law. If the bonds are sued, and judgments had, and the persons of the1 pirties are taken, all personal property is in fact free. The position ofthe Government, by exacting sppci", will be decidedly worse. From ike Pnnceton Whig. Alarming Facts ! ? Tlie People have been told for the past eight years, that the times were growing better and better every year, under the late and present Administrations. How stands the account now? Eight y^ars ago we had a United States Bank of $35, 000,000 capital, twenty millions of specie in the country, and a currency equal to any in the world. The. United States Bank has been vetoed, the deposites removed into "pet banks," and now, with eighty millions of specie in the country, we have either no currency at all, or one of the very worst in the world! Eiifht years a^o a man could travel through the United States and Canada with bills of the Untied Slates Bank, and without having to pay one per cent, discount. Now, the pet and other bank bills are from five to ten per cent, discount, even in the States to which they belong. lSi'j-ht years ago, with twenty millions of sp cie in the country, they were at par, and all the banks paid for their notes in epecie. ? Now, none of the banks pay it, and one hun dred and ten d ollars of the best Dank paperJ inust be given for one hundred dollars in specie. Eight years ago we had specie for change ; no.v we have thousands of tickets, called " shin plasters," or no change at all. Eight y< ars ago, business, commerce, and ?rade all went on smoothly and prosperously. Now. business is broken up, trade destroyed, and bankruptcy, distress, and poverty, staring p.-ople in the face. Ei""ht years ago, the evpenses of Govern ment were thirteen millions of dollars. ? Now, they are over thirty-two millions of dollars. Fuom the Boston Atlas. THE EXPERIMENT." Sir Abel. Such an accident! Mercy on us! Handy, jun. Speak! * Sir Abel. I was mixing the ingredients of my grand substitute for gunpowder, when somehow it blew up, and set the curtains on fin-, and ? Handy jun. Curtains ! zounds, the room's in a blaze. What's to be done? Where's your famous pieparation for extinguishing flames? Sir Abel. It is not mixed. Handy, jun. Where's your fire escape? Sir Abel. It is not fixed. Handy jun. Where's your patent fire engin-? Sir Abel. 'Tis on the road. Handy , jun. Well, you are never at a loss. Sir Abel. Never. Handy, jun. What's to be done? Sir Abel. I don't know. I say, Bob, I have it; p"rhaps it will go out of itself! Handy. jun. Go out! it increases every min ute. " Let us run for assistance. Let us alarm the family. Sir Abel. Yes, dear me! dear me! Servant. [ Without ] Here, John! Thomas! some villain has set fire to the castle. If you catch the rascal, throw him into the flames ? [Sir Abel runs of, and the alarm bell rings.] From the New Orleans Picayune, May 21. HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. American Cilizens declared Pirates! The schoonar Lady Hope, Capt. Ainaux, arrived last evening from Matamoras, bringing the following important intelligence. She left iifthe Brasses St. Jago, 14t'i mst., schoon ers Cora, L'-onidas, Mechanic. Rob Roy, Por poise, Jul. us Ccesar, and Champion, detained by the Mexican authorities. The schooner Ellen was outside the bar discharging. The passengers o:i board the Lady Hope af firm that 'he crews and passengers of the Ju liiH Ciesar and Champ on !.ud been tried tor PI R A C Y, C O N I) E M N E D and I M P R I SO N - ED!!! The Texian schooner Independence h id been captured and carried into Vera Cruz; Capt Wheelwright, of the Ind pendence,was severely wounded, having part if his abdomen shot away by a cannon ball ; he was not ex pected to survive. The U. S. 6loop of war Boston was off the Brassos on the 14th, and had lepeatedly de manded the release of the American vessels, from the Mexican authorities, captured by their fleet; received no answer, she sailed for Pensa cola. This is rat her a high-handed measure on the part of Mexico. Perhaps the capture and de tention of our cit zens is sufficient to justify the United States' interfering; if so we shall be pleased to j-ee Mexico's audacity well clias tised. But if she go farther, and lays violent hands upon th^ lives of free born Americans, we sny annihilate her! The immortal Deca tur's motto is our mo" to ? "Our country, right or wrong!" The Jives and persons of our countrymen shall be sacred ; and American principles, and American enterprise and indus try are not lo be trampled in the dust by the unallowed footsteps of' superstitiuos slaves and hirelings. A despotic and barbarous priesthood shall be taught to look with awe upon the "start spangled banner," and rever ence the spirit ?>f our tree institutions. Let not Mexico dreem in folly of in alliance rvith any European power, formed against this country, nor let her presume to insult wilh rupunitv, the proud pons of liberty's patri i. ii's ? Jjc sa?rcs of our Revolutions. Let her beware! Tcxu-s. ? The fo'lowi'g important intillit j ijence received hy a slip from the office ot the ; New Orleans Hulloim, of the 19th instant. j From tin Y.dasco Herald , Mai/ 11. Our Conoress is now in session, and matters | C ? 'I of importance will, no doubt, be transacted i during the present and next month, We hop..' that there will be something done for .the improvement of the public roads. '1 he pro- i priety of such a measure will readily be seen, I when the immense tide of emigration, which j has already commenced to flow towirdsthe shores of our new Republic, is taken into i consideration. There is not a vessel arrives without families on board, who intend to make j Texas their "future abiding place" ? the land ; of their subsequent weal or woe. The tune is close at hand when they will commence | coining in by iand ; and when they do, will it not be necessarv that our roads should be in good condition ; at least, in a better one than they arc now, or have been, in the course | of the list two or three yearg. It will not j only facilitate the comfort of the traveller, but J will in every way add to the prosperity ofour [ government. ? Our country will most surely be populated, which will enhance the value of individual property, of the public domain, and give a fresh impulse to our foreign and domes tic trade and commerce. We truly hope thai this matter will be considered and acted on by their honorable bodies. There is a rumor that Santa Anna has be^n restored to power in Mexico, and that the Ind pende ice ot Texa3 has been acknowiedg ed by that Government. It was reported here that Mexicans had arrived at head quarters, from Mexico, with a flaj- of truce and official ! papers containing the above intelligence. ? Captain Joseph Powell, we understand, passed through 13razoriaon Tuesday last, on his way tc tfie town of Houston, with the papers allud ed to in his possession, and one or two of the Mexicans in company. We do not feel willing to say much on the subject until we hear something more, and that better authentica ted. If we continue at proper intervals to have such seasons as we had yesterday and the evening before, our 'ariners cannot fail to have a large quantity of corn, and other produce to dispose ofi for which they will have ready sale, and receive the "ready money" the ensuing fall. Mexico. ? The intelligence frftin Mexico is calculated in some measure lo calm the public mind. The capture of the American schooner Julius Ceesar was probably made through mistake, as there is a Texas vessel of the same name and descrip.ion. But if it be true that her passengers and crew are sentenced to d- atlias pirates, should that sentence bo car ried into effect, should a single individual be found on board thatjvessel to lose his life by a Mexican executioner, the vengeance that will betaken upon Mexico will form one of the most memorable passages in her history. And yet the permission given to American vessels to leave th ? Mezican ports, particularly those loaded with specie, of which a very considera ble quantity has been received here, shews the wisdom and prudence whc.i direct the views of the new President ; lor there is no doubt that permission for those vessels to depart was given by his command. We hope that mutual concessions on the part of two republics here tofore friendly, will revive former relations of amity and goodwill, which ought never to have been disturbed. * The appointments to the cabinet exhibit the moderation of the President. The ministers whom he has chosen, will not be opposed to the restoration of confidence in foreign nations. Nothing could be better calculated to give a high idea oft he justice of the cabinet than liie emplovntent of Gen. FiiisoJa, who is certainly an upright man. A letter from Matamoras, received by the Lady Ilope, to a citizen of this place, reports that president Bustamente was occupied in collecting all the letters and the other docu ments forming the correspondence between the President of the United States and gener al Santa Anna, and those relative to Texas ? Bustamente, sa\s the letter, intends that San ta shall be tried as a traitor, and undergo the punishment that may be awarded to him. From a Slip from the OfTiccof ihe Charleston Cou rier, June 1 ? 5 P. E. Latest fkom Florida. ? From a passen ger arrived yesterday 011 board the steamboat Juhn Sloney , Cipl. Floyd, which left Black Creek 011 Monday last, we learn that intelli gence had been received there that an expedition under Lieut. R. M. Peyton, of the army, had been undertaken from Like Monroe to the upper part of the St. Johns river ? tna: Lieut. Peyton had discovered a large lake, heretofore unknown to the whites ? that twelve negroes, (the property of Col. Rees) having discovered them came in and gave themselves up. The negroes state, that the Indians d:d not intend to emigrate, but would recommence hostilities in a'f w weeks, ? and that Powt II, (who has been represented to the contrary by all the other InJians who have come into Gen. Jesup's camp,) is a man with iut influence among his people. We und- rstand that the fact is otherwise, and that Powell is a chief of i much influence with Ins tribe. HORRIBLE STEAMBOAT CATASTROPHE. From the New Orleans Dee , May 11. One of those terrible acc dents l?ut too com mon on the Western rivers occurred on Tues day at one o'clock in the morning, by which about one hundred and fifty l.ves were lost. ? The steamer Ben Sherrod, Cap; am Cast leg man, left this place on Sunday morning, bound to Louisville, and at the time just mentioned, when about 30 miles below Natchez, she was J found to be enveloped inflames, and out of"! near 200 persons on board, only about 50 or j 60 were saved. The fire is believed to have : >riginated from the wood used as fuel being I piled up near the b > ler. The story of the i disaster was related to us by a young' man who was a cabin pass- nger, and it is awfully in ) teresting, and his own escap1 almost miracu lous. When he awoke, lie put on his clothes, j and leaped into the yawl, which was hanging j at the .^tem, and was followed by about 40 ! other men, one of whom cut the rope connect- j in<r the stern of the steamer 'o the bow of the j yawl, and the latter canted over and hung in a perpendicular position, th 'bow towards the water. All on board were precipitated into J the water, and are b lieved to have been drowrnd, with the exception of the narrator, j and lie saved himself by clinging to t ie thwarts. In a few minute.*, about twenty of the cr w made their way to the stern of the steamer, and placed themselves in the boat, suspended as she was. One ??f them impru dently took out his knife and cut the rope which attached the steamer to the stern of the ?.awl, and she plunged, as might have been expected, full twenty feet under water. All that had been hanging to her w? re missing except four, and the individual who relates the story. He says, when he rose to the surface, he found himself under the yawl, and he was lying bottom up. Being1 strong, active nd expert at swimming, he worked his way rom underneath, arid mounted on her bottom, vhere he was soon joined by the I )ur other nen who h id saved themselv' s, a;:d in this :tiiatioii tfi?-v floated twelve miles down the iver before they were pickcd up by tiie Co lumbus. 1 iierewas some powder on board, in what juantity we know not, but. the knowledge that t was there seemed to nave paralyzed the ?fforts of the crew, and its explosion added to' he deep horro.s of the scene. We aie in ormed that there were nine ladies on board,' >nly two of whom were rescued. Further Particulars of the last Steamboat Disaster. The following additional particulars of the iwful disaster of the conflagration of the Steamboat Hen Sherrod, on the Mississippi, ire copied from a late Ne'v Orleans paper? From the Herald. One gentleman, Mr. Cook, floated down the river some miles before he was picked up. He hailed a wretched and despicable character who had put off in a yawl from the shore, and begged his assistance. The infamous scoun drel, who was intent only on picking up boxes, &Lc., asked with the utmost sang froid, "How much will you give me V* To the entreaties of others for help, he replied, "Oh, you are fre rv well off there! K"ep coo], and voo'fl come out comfortable!" Whether the captain of the Aiton deserves the censure tlwt has been' heaped upon him, we know not, nor will we pretend to say positively until we have seen Ins statement; but It does appear to us that if the captain of the Coiurnbus had acted in a* similar manner to thai ofthe Alton, there would not have been halfa dozen souls left to tell the tale of the calamity. Poor Davis, the pilot, who was at the wheel during the fire, was conversing with a friend of ours jus! before he left this city, about the bnrni g ofthe St. Martinsville, and the burn ing of her tiller rope, three or four years since; -It ever I'm in a boat that takes fire, (said Da vis, )if I don't run herishore.it will be because I shall be burnt up in her!" Poor follow, his statement has been verified; he was burnt up in the Hen Sherrod. Out of nine ladies that were on board only two have been saved, the captain's wife and Mrs. Smith, of Mobile; their husbands threw hen coops into the river, jumped off the wheel house, the ladies followed their example and were saved. One scene was distressing in the extreme ; a young and b autiful ladv, whose name at pre sent we cannot leirn, on hearing the cry of fire, rushed out of the ladies' cabin, in her loose dress, in search of her husband, at the same time holding her infa it to her bocom; in endeavoring to go forward, her dress caught fire, and was torn from her back to save her life; after seeing her husband fall into the flames in the forward part of the boat, unable to reach him she leaped with her child into the | wa.er, seized a plank, and was carried by the current within 20 yards ofthe Columbus; but just as she had seized a rope thrown from the steamboat, both mot her and child sank to rise no more! Our limits preclude the possibility of en umerating the various heart-rending sights that this calamitous affair occasioned. The captain for instance, saved his wife, but saw his two children perish. Mr. Smith saved his wife and one child, and saw the nurse rush madly through the flames with h?s ^diughter,. and both perished. Mr. Gamble's wife,- we understand, was burnt to death ; he escaped, although very badly burnt. One young man ' who had reached the hurricane deck in safety, < heard the cri? s of his sister, rushed back to : he cabin, clasped her in his arms, aud bi?th were burnt to death. One of the clerks, one ' of the pilots, and the first mate were burnt up. All the chamber-maids and women employed on the boat perished Out of 35 negroes that were known to have been on board, only two escaped alive., The Ben Sherrod had the largest crew of any boat on the river, and by reference to the list of names heretofore published, it will be seen, that oat of the 50 saved, over 30 belonged to the boat ; and out of the60 or 70 cabin passengers, there are but about 10 or 12 left alive. One of the officers of the boat assured us that, in addition to the cabin passengers, there Were at least 00 or more deck passengers, of whom scarce s x are saved. . Altogether this has been one of the most se rious disasters that have happened in the an nals of Mississippi steamboats, there being at least one hundred and fifty families deprived by it of some dear any beloved member ? over one hundred beings hurried by it out of time into eternity, wdh scarce a moment's warning. And among those who are saved, ! many are said to be severely burnt; some so much so, tliat their recovery is very doubtful. We understand that eight different explo sions took place on board the boot while burn ing ? first, barrels of whiskey, brandy, &c.; then the boilers blew up with a fearful explosion ; and lastly, 39 barrels of gunpowder exploded, which strewed the surface of the river with fragments. A large quantity of specie was in the boat on its way to the Tennessee banks ; this was lost. One gentleman placed his pocket con taining ?36.000 under his pillow, and thought he escaped with life, he lost all his money.. A great many more persons on board had very large amounts of money with them,'i he most or all of which, in the confusion, was lost. N. B. We h ive since learned that the four left at Fort Adams are Messrs. James P. Wilkinson, G. Sianfi Id, Gamble and his son. Mr. Francis was burnt to death. European Smuggling. ? An English paper relates the following instances ot the ingenui* ty of French and English smugglers. On a r o.-nt occasion, a cart loaded with split wood (larch) had safely passed the door of one of the custom houses, driven by a peasant who appeared to be one driving a very common burd n to his own home. The cart was ' stopped, and the wood unloaded. While re loading, for nothing but wood was found, one slick attracted attention. It was muddy as if it had fallen into the road. The mud how^ ? ever, in the eve of the douanier, had a sus- - picious air about it ; it seemed as if it were smeered on, and on examining closely two ? s ams were discovered, which it had been hop' d the mud would concral. The biflet had been split in Hvo, hollowed and reunited ? by means of pegs. On opening it the cavity was found to contain no less than seventy Genev.-se gold watches. A Bologna sausage was once found among the baggage o? aa English Nobleman, which had been cunningly stuffed with twentv- five sina'l ladies gold watches, worth- in the English, market about fifty sovereigns each. His Jordshrp paxi the speculation was the work of his German Courier but the spoils wera.lakett possession of by the public authorises. Poodle dogs have also been trained tok pass and repass the frontiers of France, covered' with a false skin, cunningly contrived to secret from the argus eyed opponents of free t?<ie, those' luxuries that wealth can ahvays.c?i?mamH and in the hope of their rewards tab01" an^ ingenuity is ever upon the qui vive.