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Domestic News. Extract from the Report of the Committee of ten. After weighing all the statemtents & ar guments, submitted to fle Committee.they have come decidledhl to the opinion that teign-goods-ty-b'e itmptortedl into, and sold at the Southern ports as cheaply anud 'jipon as good terms, ats at ithe Norib; and perhaps it is not goina too fair i0 say, tip ,n better-an extensive inquiry amongt ihen enables the Committee to say, that much is the opinion generally entertuined by the best informed merchants. Acting upin 'this opinion. duriong the Istt season, they have made importations upon a scale grea ter than has been done in twenty ve;rs, and as the Copi-mittee are informed, at rates That would allow their s:le upon terms mwre favorable than the Nev. -Jork market has afforded. Many itm-; arces were laid before the Committee. illustra !ing the operation of the direct and circu itous iportations on prices, from which the Committee will select a Iew. !omiig from sources of the highest respectabihty. not as conclusive prools that all the trade has been of a similar character. bit as giving some data. by which the truth may be approximated. While it is conceded that the business of a single sea son, nor perhaps the cases cited are such proofs of the stability of the trade or its general character, as may be considered conclusive, yet, when they come iii sup port.of the general principles upon which the Committee have based their options, they cannot fail to have weight. * One of the Committee. an experienced merchant, living more than 100 miles i.: the interior of South-Carolina, imported direct, the present year's sales. fHe vinsi ted New-York afterwards, and examined the stocks and market car, fully-he states. that thesame kind of goods w ere as high or higher, than his would cost him, all ex penses included, at his own store. One articleespecially was areaty more so. to wiit, negro blankts,-his, standing him at his store, in $25 the piece. while for the same quality they demauded $33 m N-w% - York, a price lie could have s9hl for at home: and realizcd 32 per cet. profit. A firm in ihe city of Charlc-ston, lately imported a lrge supplv( of goods direct, and about thecmme time had an ord-'r i - led for similar good in New-York, which, 1try state to the Comutitteeeost them full 15 per cent. higher than those imported direct. Amongst them was a case olensi meres, a match case to one imported, the same in every respect, ani cotinC tcar3i0 per cent. hizhcr than the imported case. Another firm of this city. largely enga ged in the wholesale tradle, has a partner residing in New-York, by whomn about one-third of their stock is purchased there, the balance hitg importel direct. Thev inform the Committee. that the r-oods pur chnsedh in New York, hiave cost them fromi 15 to 20 per cent. highet Itan simiair goods imported direct. In regard to the nsr:-mrents of good now in the Sutihern ,ea-ports, the Com mittec are uninforied., except s:i tonCh irles Ton-in which city the supply h!!s been grea ier tian any which had been for :30 years past. containing excellent assotrtnents of fbreign goods. Of doinestis-the assor mients. thotuh better tbin hcretofore, have not, it is tunder;:ood. been either as varied or good as at the North. The great tmar ket of New-York mtst a!lhrd more range of selcetion at all times, bt.t it may be questioned whether it affurds a much grea ter variety of oods suiitc: to the the South er nimarket, ort of b-tter staple. M:ost of the importing house-s, during the past snummecr, had patnters in Europe. who we-re well acqutaintedl with the wants atnd tastes of the Sotthern people. atnd manef their seleetions to suit-and, tnotwithm and ing the tratdo of the city has beeni far grena ter- than wats aniticipated, they have still managetd to keep their stocks at a respec table rate, and~ are tnow understood to have vecry good assortmentts. A strong proof, not only that the assortiments have suited -the detland'ttt tha.-t the rates have been bet -ter titan could be obtained at the North, exists in the increased hunsinesst tho sales of this season. notwithistanding; the epidem ic of thte last sttmmer, are computed at 25 per cent, advance on those oaf the years preceding. Many intelligent antd enter prisitng dealers from the interior towns, vil lages andl country, who formerly traded to New-York, with a foil knowledge of all the facets tnecesssary to proper conclusions, have discontined trading with New-.York, and maide their purchases here-and oth ers, after per-sisting in going there, and purchasitng, have tetturned here, examined the stocks, and regr-etted they had lost time and money by giting. Whilst grea ter activity lhas pervaded this market, a complarativ-e stagnation has falletn upon that part of New Y -rk which has hereto fore participated latrgely in our trade One firm. which has a house bot h in Charles ton and New-York, sol, on the capital employed the past year, full 75 psr cent. more good' in the rormner than in the lat ter city. These are gratifying evidences that our trade is falling back itito its ancien: chantiels, and agaiti returning to fertilize un0d re-people its ancient home. *The last hiranchi of the resolution directs the Cotmmittee to inquire if any anid what .ndvanttages exist in making purchases ft-rm the direct importer at the Sonth. Many have been g'ninted out in the ptree ding- pages of thbis repor-others have been more ably and empihntically explain * ed in the report submitted by the Commit tee of Twenty-one. There are some ~of those wvhic~h may be adverted to presently --for~ the moment, however, others tnt yet mentioned will be remarked tupon. . It is certainly good policy itn the retail merchant to concentrate his dealings. if he can, at the satne nmarket, provided his supplies can lbe got there on s goodl ter-i'. It has already becen shown, that in Charles ton the assortments are good, 'the supply ample, the terms fair. and the credits fa vorabid~. There are parts of the ret ailer's supplies which he cani get no where so well as at the Southern seaports-West India gi-oeeries for- instance. By purtcha sing the other goods tnecesary for his hbusi ness at thte same market, he simplifies his business, comrttlts it to a single point nearer to him, ahd wihere he cant avail him self of more meants to meet his payments all kindes ofecontry produce ma.1y he taken hy him from his cme a nnd madeas mrailable at the spot where he owes his leit, as money itself. Another advautage results from it. His rustomers will buy more freely when his zootls are fresh. That merchant does the Jest business whose goods iest suit the a ants and tastes of his customers, he iced buy no mote at a time thau will meet ready sale-for. being near his market, he enn in a very short tinw get more goods ut a giveta kind if'neetted-he thus makes a stmaller capital do a large business, and runs little risk of iustaining losses by goods growing old on his hands, and going out of fazshioni. The Committee of Twenty-one, have urged with great force a view in relation to this braitch of the subject, which catn not tbe too leighly estimated, to wit;-the iecnmulatious which result to the capital of the country, by ki-eping its own trade aoc he profirs oi it it hme,' increasing the meanis of the impoi ter for enlarging his importations, and exteudiig hiscredits and ::comm1 totdat ions. The official reports froi the Treasury give us sonie data on which to ha.e a calculatio , which may not be withour is use. in 1834, '5, '6 '7, '8, five years, the exports to foreign countries, of iltimestie produce, from Charleston. was by Custom House valuation, 858,000,000, lhroning off fractions. To this must be odded for what was sent coastwise, per haps 25 per cent. or$14,500;000, making in all of domesticf produce,8753,500,000. or anl average of $14,5U0,000, by Custom ilonse valtia'ion. If the moderate rate of 10 per cent. he added, us their value in foreigti or Northern tmarkets where they are sold, it will miake an average annual amount of near S16.000,000, n hich should have returned to Charleston, in the shape afgiiods and other supplies for the con %umuiption of the conntry which furnished the exports. If from this amount two i a bs be taken for artieles of domestic growth and tnuntfacture, which we have received in exchange, there will remain upwaris ill $9 000.000 worth of goods consumed itroi:gh Charleston, tle importer's profits )n which n ill not be h, s, than 25 per cent. )r twio and a hal' minlli-mt,4 annually. 11 its conmtoerce were to remaitn stationary, ind wit increase for tetiyears tocome, and we take ihis ,um as the niasure of profit, rind admit that only one halfof it or one and :t quarter millions of dollars, would he innually added to the- inpot)rtintg capital, wvithout calcnlating any profits fitn Iis Itd lition, 1welve and a half millions woul in lint period he added to) the permaneim re iotirces of -his most important class of 'our .-itizens. If t he sa te principles of calcila ion are extended to tle i hole Southern .om nrry, the benefits grow itinto sely nupon the preiviring a career of prosperity whiith wVill add vast power and infilticiace to the South, and give new guaratettes for the ;thility of her instittitions. The safety )f investmeteit anid the certain orofits inl our trade. willofTr. when known, inducenienis t the sit terahnndant capii al of oilier see rions and even of Europe itself, to seek a location aion-st its inl tnew mercanitilh firna, in I arttie-shi.ps or a;: n'* es of ir ign iouse<, or lImit to aiir own inerchants. Ifra part onlv of ftise anticipations he realised. advances will probably take place i the wenltih. dewlopetients in the rt. sources. and ai invigirafing influence tie produced on the arts. the itidustrv. enter prize of the rountry. in all the Ienefits it which. no class will participate more lar?' lv than the country merehaonts. [n Oh improved condition of their customers. n1ew wantts will spring up and .a greater ie-I mand for goo:!. arise. at the sante ime ihatr a better mnrket will he crentedl at home. to buv from them whatever of the staples or prndtnee of the cotuntr they may hav" to sell: and larger stiocks, and wider ran ges of goods will lie ofired1 for the selee tion of their assortments, at prices andh credits, more favorabile, ai. capital anid enm petition incroase. F. 1I. E LMOR E, C'hainnan, The New York HJeralid annonnewing the failure of a large Fiotr lonse in that clitv. anticipates grent loss to the dealers arod speculators in fhontr from the fall in th-~ price of that contnodity. The same pa pet addk the following statemoent. Whent flour first begatn to give way in the early spritng. there wvere matny miller who hv obtaining loans at the west were etnaled to remit funds to New~ York, to meet their liahilities rather than sell att 89. Since then prices have gone dtiwn steadily totheir present rate.89Ai0. A f;all of near~ 33j per cent; sneh a dleclitne tinnder the cir cumst anees ennnot hut involve in rint rthe operators concerned. The first ftuits of thi< state of things were visible in the fail ure of a flour house on Satturday. This event chiefly arose from ol operations, but the present untoward stalts of the mar ket was the immediate cause. This over whel mine crop of the last year was stuch is to haale all the er pectations oft te sper ulatoars. The qu-mntity bronght forwarid has so fart exceedeid their caletations, tha' the- whole remaining -power of the banks. is inad iiint to -itsiain the speculator a tainst the continued foll in price. Int look ig back upon the, prices whicl have been enrAent for BrinheUiited States from he commencement ofthe present centut y. we find that ti~ action of thie currency has had a markedl ef'ect. upon the price, not only-by raising'ithem.hy reason of its re anundacy,. bit the speenlative fever en gendlered1 at such timnes has cauised the ernp to be less, which accounts for the great Sluctuations of ptrieces. Toaiado.-On Friday evening last, this place and vicinity was visited bv a storm of rain and wind, which we certainly never saw surpassed, if equalled. The Western Stage had got within about 2 miles of the Village when the storm overtook it, and almost instantly capsized in. Thlere was hut otne passeniger on boardl, and he andI the driver escaped without the least injtury. The statge was soon riehted uagain, and the mail delivered at the Post Office in due time. A great manyt trees and fences wvere blown down, as well as several hbuilidings. WVe have not heard, however, of any per son being seriotusl y in tired,.-.Grvie Mountaineer, June 28. Long Lived Ne wspaper.-T he New port. (R. I.) Mercury, has completed its S1st year. Its first ntnmher was putblished on th'e 12th Jtune, 1758, by Jas. F'ranklin, thc eilder brother of'Dr. Raenj. anklitn. Extract of a lLucr reccired in Charkstion duted '-MoBILE. June 22, 189. "At 3 o'clock this morning a fire broke out oppos.te my office on Commerce-street -three- fine large four story lirick stores destroyed; large amount of property also destroyed. The countiig houses of Childs Hihlen & Co., Russell, Stiebens & Co. aud John Simpson. their books and papers aill burnt. This is the second fire within two weeks, in the'muost central part of the city. Our city is infested with rolbbers, &c., much to the aninyanm e of our citizens. About fifty thousand dollars insured, which falls upon tit insuranee offices of this city, thu amount on each, I have not heard." We have been informed from an authen tic source that our estimate of $5,000 as the atmount of Mr. Hale's loss by the fire on Tuesday morning over and ubove his insurance, is too small. The building of the Hotel cost $30.000 origiunl. nd the furniture was entitled at from 12 -to $15, 000, besides the brick building on the cor nerof Reynold atudMeCas tan streets %% hich cost about $2000. But a very sn.all por tion of the furniture was saved, and nof a single article nppertaining to the dining room.-Chron. and Sen. During the last ten years, through the elfirts of the Temperance Society, the number of licensed ruin shops in this- city has decreased from 3192 to 2507, notwith standing the constant and rapid increase of thepopulation. There has also been a decrease of 25 per eent. in the importations of foreign liqtors to this port during the last year. There were in the State of New York, in 1825, 1129 distilleries: the numnbr is now reduced to about 200. In 1837, there were in operation in the city of New York and vicinity 17 large grain distilleries; now there are but 9. In 1837; 35,6SU,000 gallons of first proof domestic spirits were inspected in this city: and in the lt eceding year,t here was a falling otinf more than 33 per ct, & gicaterihan double the soverense of any previous year.-New York ihig. iass A rnICA VE:srUccr is at present at St. Louis, where she has been received with great favor. At a public mneetint of the citizens, held a few daevs ago, resolu tions were adopted as follows; Resolved, That ill co-operation with the generous movement a: New Orleans in favor ofl Mademoiselle A nerien Vespucci, a pencniary tubription be set on foot in this city and courty of St. Louis, and al lGir as practicable, that it be extended throughmit ihe whole State of Missouri. Rrsolred, That a comnitti of 24 citi zens lie appointed to collect the sums of mioney that shall be subscribed for t le a isove purpose; and that said committee ,h;li lodge the a mount so collected. in mie Balink of the State of Missouri, to the credit of Mademoiselle A murica Vespucci. Return of Missionaries.-Rev. G. V. Bogs and lady, with their child, arrived at ihis city on the 14th inzt. in the British biarque .1ohn Anderson, from Liverpool. n1d imneelintely left for the up country. Se did ot see them, but understand ihat he delicate state of Mrs. 1's. health was lie oc< a,io! of their return. Their situn iott it will lie recollected, has been Ahmed aug gur, ludin.-Charleston Obscrrcr. We Icarn by letters from Columbia. that the ilev. Professor Thorniwell hans received a unanimous call froimi the church in hat phlrce, to becomne theair Pastor. [is duties will cotnnuae him to ite College until J mnt airy. Bitt whether lie will mneanuwhile en~i'ify his acceptace of the call,is yet un I crt~in.-VEid. The Mercury says thai the proprietor of the new Demxocratic pamper, about to lie is-tied at Newv York has contradicted anad oreonounced utterly false the ststerent in the New York Exrpress, that Mr. Calhtouti had subascribed $~>0u)0 towards the new pa pnr. Trhe contradiction has never met our iye, laut we have entire faith in it.-Char. Cour. A paragraph is 2oing the rounds of the niewsptaper~s that "the legislature of Michi gait haive paissed a law prohibaiting, under ,e~vere pentahties, the ruing of any car or oather vehicle on any public road on Sunt -lav, utnless in cases of emiergency, which imist he cert ified to by some puitci officer " No such law has ever been passed by the LegiNI tore of this State. We are not blue lighat eniouigh for such legislation yet. Detroit Free Press. Seventeenth of June.-This is the an iiversaury of the battle of Bunker Hill ;ind was ushrred in lay a salute fired on the Common by the New England Guards anud ain'ther from the top of Bunker Hill tiy the Charlestowna Artillerv. This hill is tnot wvhat it was onace. Trraversedl hv streets, tad shorn of its fair proportions. its identity is almost gocre-it is now a fitting plaice for its half-finished monument -fromt the top of wvhich, the Americani flag is this daty waving in defiance of shiame.-Boston Uie. Jour. The Charlotte, North Carolina, ,Tourntal of 20th inastatr. states that the Chincht Bug wvas doing. and head done, conisideratle damnaae to Oats aind Wheat, some fields bteing nearly dlestroyed, and in sotne in staces where the Wheat bad been cut they had attacked the Corn. We have beena informed that in the neighborhood of A uguasta, the samte species of bugs have aittaecked some some corn fields; andi al most destroyed them.-Constitutronalist. Trouble in Indiana.-We have seen a paragraph from the Chicago Democ'r, whlich states that Mr. White,.who wvas lately electedl Unaited States Sentator for Inidiana, declares hitmself in fauvotur of Mir. Van Buren for the next Presidlent. in pre feretace 'o any body but Getieral Harrison. Populat ion of tihe United Statas.-T he Boston Times faiceubittely says; Editors are making estimtates oh the population of the U States rat the next census. Otne puts it at eighiteen milliotns, antothier sixteen), andi so on, accordinag to t heir various noitionts of addit ion and mnul tiplienttion. WVe set it tat seventeen mail lions fotnrhundred and nineteen thousand and five hundred and sixty-ihree and one third. If any one can get nearer than that, it is because they don't know any thing more about it than we do. Foreign. Nyw ORLEAN4S. June 18. Late and Important from Merico.-The United Stales shiop of war Warren. touch ed at the Dlahze on the night of the 14th inst. for the purpose of landing passengers and freight. .destined for this port from Tampico. By this conveyance have been received the particulars of the surrender of Tampico to the Government forces un der General Arista. The Federalists had a strong force in the town at the time, which was well fortified and strong hopes were entertained that the garrison would stand a siege. We have seen a private letter, which states that the soldiers were %ery inttch dissntisfied with the articles of capitulation. After the treaty had been signerl by the officers, they remained un der aratts twenty four hours, refusing to accede to the convention-threatening leath to the Centralists if they dared to enter the city, and menacing vengeance upon the offieers and citizens, for having betraved them into the hands of the ene my. ' For a while fears were felt lest the city would be given up to pillage by the exasperated soldiery. But by some means or other, they were at length pacified, and the capitulation of the place was quietly conducted. No violence was olfered by General Arista or the Central troops to the inhabitanits-private property was re spected antd the utmost good order and tranquility prevailed. The terms of the treaty were certainly very advantageous to the Federalists. All political otfences were to he pardoned, and the officers and soldiers who choose, were permitted to re tain their rank in the army. Even the arch rebel, Urren, was included in the an nesty, provided lie determined to accept of the terms. At the time of the occurrence he was absent from Tampico. In consequence of the aniralC arrange ments between the belligerent parties, for ei-ners resident at Tanpico expericed no molestation. Evrry thing remained quiet, antd business and commerce will now he resumed, and flow on in their ac customed channel. Many surmaiqes and rumors were afloat with r.:sppct to the tacans by which the government obtained this bloodless victory. Some of the zeal ous Federalists intimate that the Feder alist officers suffered thetuselves to be tampered with in the absence of Urrea. llowever this may be, it is quite certain that the capitulation, of Tanipico has put an end for the present to the cause of Fed eralism. The necounts from the interior were con tradictory. It seems to be, though, the general impression, that the government had triumphed at every point. A rumor of the capture of Tuspan was current at the time the Warren sailed. The capitu lation of Tampico took place on the 9th inst ; Bustatnente was to make hi4 public entry into the city. It is gratifying to learn that the lives and property of foreign residents were so well respected. High compliments are paid to Capt, W. A. Spencer, of the Warren, for his exertions and t srong interposition in behalf of Armer iran citizens. by which ithey were secured froim all harm either to their persons or ef fects.-Bulletin. From the Ketc Orleans Bes, Jane 10. C APITULATroN OF 'lAtItPIco.-Jt seems thtat the suirrentder~ of Tapc must he. ::ttributed t. the baseness of Gen. Urren n h was itn cotmimandi of the Federalists unti the 1st inst. when he treacherously abatndoned them by flight His poltroonery dis:ueted and dzspirited the officers and others, who were tunited with him in the defence of the city. The soldiers, we learn, were to the la'st more disposed to resist lbhan capitulate; they freely express ed their disapprobauion of that disgrace, ful measure, but were compelled to acquti. .'sce in the terms agreedl upon by their of fic'ers. We are infortmed by unquestiona - ble athority, that the federal force previ ins to the capitulation, was equal to otie thousand men under artms; whereas that of Gent. Arista did tnt certainly exceed 400 eil'ective men. General Btustamenite wvas -aid to be at some leagtues distatnce from TPampico, and was expected at that town in two or three days to assume the com ma ;nd. A correspondent informs us that there was much appr--hension manifested by the f 'reign merchants in Tampico. as to the course that would be pursted in reference to the dluties on the prohibited goods that htad arrived since the commencement of die revolttion on the firat oif October last. Ge'neral Arista, in his proclamnation, de elares "that the government of Mexico will decido the question whether the du ties were paid in good faith to the revolu riotnary authorities." Fears are entertain ed that repaytnent of 8uch duties will he required. There appears to be no doubt that the revolution is, for some time at least suppjressed, miore pariicularly upon the sea coast which remained in their possession, and that as the only man of acknowledged firmness and integeity, influence and un daunted bravery, has been sacrificed totbe vindictive fury of Santa Ana, their hopes of ascendancy must he regarded as utterly despierate. Nothing but one of those sud den shiftings of political sentiment so com tnon to tne capricious and ignorant popu lace of Mexico, can offer the slightest chan'ce for a revival of their cause. Nnw ORLEtANS, June 19. Latest from Texas-The steam packet Columbia, arrived here to day brinigs ac counts from Texas to the 16th inst. They are far from satisfactoay. First, anid fore most, we hear oif the loss of the fine steam er Cuba, itnsuredl in this city for 860,000. Then we hear of htostilities with the Cher' okees in the Northern parts of Texas, and finally, we are told Western Texas is har rassed by predatory parties of Mexicans tnd Camianches.. From the Galrestoniian of the 13th. The Steam Ship Cuba-Isoa total wreck on the mniddle ground of the Easst Pass in to Galveston bay. She appeared in the offing yeeterdlay abiut two o'clock, and soon after was dliscovered to be aground. She made the signal of a tunion down, and ired, eernl umis. when the seamenrs (a umbia, Emblem and Rufus Putnam went tnt to her assistance. The fury of the .aves, however, rendered it too perilous 'or boats of light draught to run along side )f her; and her position was inuccessable to the Columbia, which, however, came to anchor, and sent her boat for the Cuba's passengers. The Putnam and Emblem returned into port last evening, unable to render any assistance to the sulferers. The Colutnbia came in this morning with the Cuba's passengers. most of whom were without their baggage, owing to the al most impossibility of taking it into the small boats in so heavy a sea. About one hundred pilssengers were on board, but the pasenger list is lost. The boat it is said,will be a total wreck; but the cargo, which is reported to be of great value, may possibly be saved for the most part, though considerably damaged. Nearly every suitable hoat has beei put in requisition. and a lare numler of our citi zens have gone om to the rescue. This accident took place under Capt. Phiiips, formerly first Male of the Coluttm bia. under. Capt. Wright, who was making his first irip with the Cuba, as Com mander. - Aceorftnj to the Houston Telegraph ol the 5th r "A sev~re battle was fotght cn the 26ti oit. between a company of militia, con sisting of thirty-five men, under the com mand of Capt. Bird, and a large body ol Indians. The engagement took place or Little river, about thirteen miles ahov Fort Smith. On the afternoon of that da3 se'eral Indians were discovered by the scouts, and were immediately pursued b3 the whole company. The Indians al length disappeared in a thicket, and th company, ou approaching it, found it wa: literally filled with Indians. who openel upon them a destructive fire. Noth'in daunted, however, thev fearlessly charge' upon the enemy. and in a few minute completely routed them, and gained pos ses-ion of the ground which they had oc cupied. The Indians, soon afier, rallie< again, and made repeated attacks upot them-but in vain. They were repeated ly repulsed with great loss. This heroi band sustained their ground for more that two hours against four times their num ber of the enemy. Towards sunset, th Indian chief, apparently enraged to b thus held at bay by a force so greatly in ferior to his own, collected all his warrior and made one deperate charge; but whet he had arrived within about thirty steps at the head of his men, and the renaindei of the enemy seeing hin fall, raised a hi dious yell and fled, leaving him and for: of the' companions dead upon the field.' Predatory bands of blexicans and Indi ans have committed many murders in thu neighborhood of Sani Antonio. The ex citement was great in that section. Fou or five companies of Texian troops weri concentrating ont the Colorado, in the neigh borhood of Bastrop and Austin, ther to wait for marching orders. The Redlawler says:-"An e-xpress ha arrived in this place, fron Maj. B. C Waters, containing the unpleasant intelli gence, that the Cherokee Indians havf embodied near the Sabine, in Nacogdo ches county, and are determined to makt war upon any troops who may attemptir accordance with the orders of the Secreta ry of War, to build a fort at that place. i presssing call is made upon our citizens by Major Waters, for immediate nid t< carry into efect this order, in which at iempt a fight with these indian' is inevi, table. We trust that the pairiotie Red landers will respond to this cail, with thal characteristic promtptness which has eve1 marked their ctourse when their country required." From thle Correspondence oft/ac Globe. PAats. May 13. The city is in great commotion at thu moment I am writing to you. I have jus returned from wvittnessing the progress o the emeule. 'l'he throne of Loui.-Philippe will no be shaken by such efforts. I consider hin awise and able monarch and [ think hil Government is becoming more and mari table. There is also in France, eviden mtovements onwards. Puliic opinion i secoming more and more enlighted, and o ourse stronger anttl stronger. Its opera 'ion upon the various departments of the Government cannot he mistaken. In fac the French have many of the first princi pIes of free government. They have ni heredit ary nobility, for their titles are nov mere names signifying nothing, and no comprisintg the slightest exclusive-privi lege. They have an equal division'o property, they vote by ballot, and an equa represent at ion. The electoral privilegi is to,) much restricted by the extent of thu qualifcation reqtuired, but time will snot bring the remedy for this. and there is tot great a tendency to centralization in theil system. Paris is the centre of politica life, not merely for those objects whicl agreeably to our notions, are perfectli connected with the Governmett, bu fr almost every thing which interest: the community. And here yon see thu true key to the iifnuce which Paris hai exercised upon the French nation in al the revolutions fromt i789 to this day; no one has originated out of Pat is, and no one has been unsucissful in the kingdotn which hats been succestul here. I con sider this one of the tmust crying evils ii the existing state of France. From the Wesat Indies-Accounts a Baltimore from Jamaica, woJune ist, rep resent matters as usual, in a most distas trous state; crops neglected by the free no groes, who refusne to work, and a genera asect of decay and trisery all overth island. in the island of Sm. Vin~etnt's, ne suar at all will be made. Of 10 000 iaz, free niegroes, otnly 4U00 are at work. Oi one platitatijont alone,the wvork lolftunearnet by them amounts to ?3000. In liarna does there are, fruin the same cauaet great apprehensions of a scarciiy of provi sios.-Chron. and .Sen. Jonathan Outdone.-Onr transatlantie brethren are famous for -their ingenuity But we think w.e cant cope with them i any thing, only we don't trumpet forth on a biliies as they do. There is at present a Cockerhiam a t ailor, who Is so quick at hi trade, that lie has constantly bteside him owl of wvater to cool bis needlc. THUILSDAT, JULY 4, 1839. Gen. George McDuffie arrived at this place, on the 30th ultimo. John Dorn has been appointed Post Master at Sleepy Creek, Edgefield Dist. The chinch-bug is ra% aging the crops in some sections in Virginia. The last number of the Pendleton Mes senger is much improved in size and ap pearance. On the 28th uIt, a large oak-tree within a rew reet of the Female Aeademy, at this place, and but a short distance from the house of the Rev. W. B. Johnson, was struck by lightning. The tree was tripp. ed of its bark. around the body, and was considerably shivered. Several panes of glass in the Academy building, were bro ken. When the lightning struck,no person was in the Academy, or in the neigh borhood of the tree. Shortly afterwards,. a shower of rain fell and partially mois tened the earth, which had greatly suffer ed from a long continued drought. The Carolina Gazette of the 1l8ih uit. says, "the weather for the past week, has been exceedingly hot. The Jermometer has been as high as 98. Every one seemed to be plinning out with himself, some means by which to keep from suffocating." Let it be remembered, that this great heat was experienced in the cool, delightful cli mate of the mountains. Truly, we low. landers thus far, have fared better than the mountaineers. The weather has been I hot enough here, as we can testify, but such uncommon heat as the good folks of Rutherford N. C. have experienced, we have not yet felt at Edgefield C. H. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF TEN. In another column of our paper, will be found some extracts from the Report of the Committee, to which had been referred the resolution of the late Commercial Con vention, "directing the-m to ascertain and report whethergoods have not been import ed and sold at the Southern sea-ports, up on as good term.s, and at as fair rates, as they can be procured at the Northern-and whether the Country Merchants cannot noto procure at the Southern seaports as full a supply and as good assortments, upon as fair terms, and as favorable peri ois of payment. as they can be procared elsewhere-and whether there exist any and what advantages it making "pwrcha ses from the direct importers at the South." We enll the attention ofthe upper coun try merchants par/icularly, ,to this report. THE PREswErcy.-The Southern Re corder of the 25th uit. says, "We to-day hoist to the mo-t head, the name of Geor gia's great patriot, George Md. Troup..-. We believe he will be formally proposed by the State-RightrParty.durina the next Session of the Legislature, atthe favorite, as most assuredly he is, of Georgia, for the Presidency." . The Globe of the 2.5th nit, says that the President of the United States, left Watshington City, the day before, on a visit to his home in New York. The Pres ident has declined receiving any public honours from his friends,on his route. - The New Orleans San or the 19th nIt, states upon respectable authority, that the yellow fever has broken out in that city. -Five cases have obeurred within a few days, three of which had terminated fatal ly, while a fourth remained in a very pine carions condition. TuxNzwCors'itTUTIorN FORFr~oRIa. The Talbihassee St ar of the 17th ult.mays: "The offieial returns are in from Alachna county, which make complete the vote of the Territory. The-Constitution is defeat ed by 11 votes." A PLANW To DRIVE Tas. f51Ats FROMt FwoazDa.-Genteral Gaines recommends I o the Government, the construction of an immense rail road, with one hundred branches, some of which will extend into East Florida. He says, the cost will only be about 15 millions of dollars! On this road, soldiers cart be tmansported into the Indian country very rapidly. These ho thiks, will in time, certainly subjugato the savages! This plan has been facetious ly called,conquering the Indians by steam, In anticipation of this glorious event, we parody the fatmous lines of Dr. Darwin. Soon shall thine arm unconquered-steam afar, Drive o'er the Seminoles, the fiery car. Editorial blunder--The Editor of the New York Morning Despatch in a late ttumber of his' paper, wrote an erudite ar tiee upon the hours of the day, the days 'of the week, their names in diO'erent lan guages, and theircderivations. The "learn ed Theban" says, "Venus for whom -Fri day is named in Latin, and French, is tlIe mother of Mars, in the Roman My thology." This piece of iiuformation is newv to us. We had always supposed that Juno, the Queen oft the gods, was the mother of Mars, the god of wrar. But the New York editor did not probably look