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SFom the LY Y. Herald, 15th'inst. RAT -4aS iMORTANT FROM TUCATAN. 4 e haverreceived highly important des - patches froi the new RepubliSgof Yuca hihrconlti separated rom Mext 'the uamabp.rmCiples that Texas.did 12P republic is situated between ti yoduras and the Gulf of Mexico. I 0 mileilo'ng and wiG*idewith a po ialion 3nearly eq'ual to that of Texas. I be -tecollecd that the gallant Com odore Moore of the Textan Navy, aidei in-thet ishment of their indepen - - forwiich theTexian govern men edi docer of$10,000 in specte. iithat period, the' people of Yuca tahavee'stablished a Constitution on th -a -ist liberal political, religious and com uci5a pingple. All religions are pro - eeted, as in Texas,- aai'the -freedom t -68.press guaranteed. We have a copy c tie -Coastitution-at lengthi but the annex ed deree, issued.--in pursuance thereol .o'trin5s the. spirit and 'essence of th whole t OFFICIAL. 'Arae 1.-The.State of Yucatan wil not enter into.a treaty with any power the does not acknowledge he- constitutions right: ut..-To regulate her interior administra 2d'"To adjust-religious matters in a Wa: which- may appear to her niost likely ti promtc( :the happiness and prosperity i . her people. 3d. Not to admit on her territory an; Snconijniding-officer not of herown appoiut 3in8, or.militia, not organised by bet-no shall her own militia be ordered, even i small bodies, out of the territory, undo ay' pretence whatever. - 4th. To determine the amoutit bf dutic on -her .imports and exports, iand to appr< priate the revbnue to her own case. 5th.- Not to contribute to'the general ei penses of the Republic, except-her share i equal proportion for real and not fictitiot demands.. for national wants. 6th. Not to allow the general admidii tration of the. Republic, to oblige the Yt catans to' turn out, or in any way to ser' in the navy or army. 7th. To submit to laws only after the . have been freely discussed and promulgal id by a national Congress, composed < popularly elected representation; eac State, Province, or Department, havin aa equal representation. -Article 2.-Not withstanding the abovi the State of Yucatan shall concur with he respective representation, to discuss, in an constituted assembly that may be establis ed, e new compact which is to govern tt Republic; but so long as she does not e3 cept the. Constitution that may be adopte she shall, as at present, continue separal from-the general government, without an regard to the persons composing it, or I the principles they may proclaim. Merida, March 12, 1841. ANDRES iBARRA DE LEON, President. Josz MARIA CLAUAI, Secretaries. ANDRzs MARIA SAURE, In the Constitution, the freedom of ti press is guatiinteed. There is to -be v censorship, - - way a anamatadvico ha.6e bees recel' ed to the 18th of FebruaGry. An outlin of the news is contained in the annexe letter: Car~o, February 18. Since my last of the 5.th ult. the antic -pa ted political convulsion in Peru and Bi -liva has taken place, Col. Vivanco has been proclaimed Si preme Chief in the department of Cusci Arequipa, Puno, abd Moquegua; and no withstanding Gen. San Roran, who wi placed in command of the former by V vanco, has declared against him with abot -one-thousand men, yet he appears to b rapidly gaining ground, as the whole corr munity is decidedly against the govert meat of Gamarra, who has degraded th country to such an extent as to place iti the class of a Chilian colony, sustained b Chilian influence and subject to Chilia control. On the 21st ult, a general rising too place in Bolivia, headed by Generals Lai and Irogow~en, who have proclaimed Get oral Santa Cruz,Supreme Protector. Th oflier was expected at Guayaquil abot * the 15th or 20th ult., where he was told .hold himself in readiness to embark f& Peru, wvith a small force ont he first favo able opportunity; and as such an oppoi tunity is now offered, we are momentarti expecting him in Peru. On his arrivalth downfall of this degraded government, inevitable, in fact, nothing prevents immediate overthrow but the want some officer of rank and influence unde whom all parties would unite. J.aceuaneots. .Frora our correspondent. Office of the Georgian,i * - SAVANI4AH, May 18-12 M. ANOTHER iNDIAN MURDER. The Mail.Destroyed-The MurderE and Robber punished.-By the U. State -steamer Beaufort, Captain Peck, the Edi tor of the Georgian has received from on of his valuable correspondents the subijoir ed letter. Capt. Beall has exhibited commendable spirit in pursuing and pun ishing wi'th powder and lead Maxy Harjc who, it seems, killed a mail rider and de stroyed the mail, except one letter. H at ney's mode would have been a more soi able punishment for the blood-thirsty sa vage, could he have been captured. The Beaufort has a mail on board. (Corrspontdence of LMe Sasaunah Georgian.) .FJ.OtIDA, May 15, 1841. Dear Sir-On the 26th ult., about 2 miles from Tampa Bay, the mail rider an horse was killed. A friendly Indian gav the-news at Tampa soon after the dee was done. The Commanding General ot .- dered out a comnmand of Dragoons, unde -Capt. B. Beall, 2d Dragoons, who as soo as possible, proceeded to the.place of th marder, buried the express rider, and pul aued on the track made by the murdlerei After several hours pursuit, he came upo a camp regularly, fixed and comfortabl situated, occupied by one Indian, wI * - was leisurely opening the mail and burt ing the letters. Capt. Beall shot him. n.s .,oc.tipznn. but saved but one entii lettor of ile mail. This indian proved to be Maxy-1ajo, offamoua memory in tkae pars. CaptBeall has been compliment ed in ordere'tfr his long and arduous pur suit after this savage murderer, and'for bringinghinmtocondign punishment. Yours, truly. OR SavaaA, May'20. MORE INDIAN MURDERS. . We.learn-from a passenger in the stea mer Gent Clinch, Capt. Barden, arrived yesterday from Pilatka, that information had .been received at Jacksonville, stating that t'wo men were killed about a week ago near the Okefenoke Swamp by a party of Indians. Capt. May, with. a detachment of Dragoons, stationed in tie vicinity, im mediately went in pursuit. There was also a rumor at Jacksonville, that a female :and child had been killed near Trader's .ill in Caniden Coupty FROM ST. AUGUSTINE. By the steamerCharle Downing, Capt. Dent, arrived yesterday from -St. Augus tine,. we have received. the News of the 15th inst. The election- returns for Delegate are, t so far, incomplete. 'In East Florida, as far as board from, Levy haa 727 votes, Downing 488, Ward 98. - We extract from theNews the following: The War.-Extract of a letter from an Officer of the Army, received in this city, dated: "FoaT AtisrTZu, E. F. (Sarasota) "fo: . A pril 27, 1841 The only news is this, that a runner had just arrived who was sent out to Hospa - tahka, Wauxy, Hadjo, and Sam Jones, I who reporie that they have all run off, and r wi!, a come in; consequently, the treaty is probably at an end in this section, and fight vill soon be the word. The 1st Re giment of Infantry is at present very sickly, about one third being on sick list." "FoRT PIERaCE, May 1-. Coacooc.hee, with his negro Joe and fif n teen warriors, paid ine a visit on the 29th ut. under a safe guard from the General Commanding. He remained all night, and sleptin my quarters, and I felt muce better satisfied than I should to have slepi in his. He was accompained by the elite of his band, no doubt the identical Indiana that have committed the horrible murden near St. Augustine during the last year. Two or three of them were as savage and ferocious looking fellows- as I have seen in Florida under compleie command, and apparently ready for any deed of blood al the bidding of their chief. Negro Joe is r Coacoocheo's right band man, and no Y doubt exercises great influence, as he pos sesses considerable shrewdness, and car ries in his countenance the marks of a vil. lian.. Their camp, they informed me, wai two days march from this post. They are to go to Tampa, they say, the moon afte: Y this. Coacoochee spoke of his escape fror 0 St. Augustine, and asked after Capt. Dum mitt, but made no allusions to his feats in your vicinity. He speaks to his warrior: as one accustomed to be obeyed; graceful in his movements; and his gestures more expressive than his woras," ~ 2 ,FoT PIEac E, May 1. 0 On the 20th-uk. Coacoachee, with fif teen men and boys, paid us a visit. Ik :appears to *o nothing.more than a beg desirutis-of getting' in Othert and OMg tc Tampa, as makinja trip to New.Holland His impudence and insolence was almosi nnbearable; and had I been commanding officer, and he without his eafeguard, the whole batch would have been put in irons He called us liars, women, stingy fellows and every thing else; but we were corn manded to treat them with civility. H< had passes from General Armistead and Col. Worih, Powder, flints, and horses, were among the articles he asked for. O0 course, we gave him none of these. The scoundrel had the impudence to go to and offer to buy a canisterof powder, say ing that the officers would never find it out. He left yesterday, after laying dead drunl all night in our quarters," nA man by the name of Pinckney, (i Gfreman) was missing from on board stea umer Win. Gaston, on Sunday night last while lying in this harbor. His body wa discovercd on Wednesday evening, floating about within a short distance of the wharf supposed to have been accidentally drown ed while endeavoring to get on board the steamer. oSad Alccident.-A sad mistake tool rplace on Sunday night last, at the houuseoe a Mr. McCorick, about 8 miles from Jacksonville. This residence has been at, tacked more than once by Indians, and near night a man was observed in the field approaching with great caution. Mrs. McC, ~and her two sons oury being at home, con cf luded it was an Indian, and the boys tool their guns, and waited his near approach. He had something in his hand which seem ed a gun, and as it appeared that he was ahout using it, the boysfired, andI the ob. jet fell. O approaching the spot, it was fund to be a poor deaf and dumb mat named Gordon, who was accidentally kil led. His appearance there created an alarnr that it was the enemy, and under the cir. - umstancesof the case, the jury returner a verdict of justifiahle homicide. -S-r. A UGUSTINE, May 14. SIndiane.-We are indebted to the atten tion of an officer of the army, for the fol owinJetter from Capt. B. L. Beall, ol the 2d Dragoons: ,"FoaT .Baooxs, E. F., May 2d, 1841. "I have just returned from a scout ii pursuit of a party of Indians who killed the express rider between this post andFori Clinch on the 28th nIt. I found his hody about 27 miles from here, with the head and arms severed therefrom and burnt; the mail entiriely destroyed, with the ex ception of two private letters; several co. pies of the new Regulation for the Army, with the leaves cut out and scattered abou: ethe woods for about a mile burnt, in order Ito conceal the trail-which I am happy to state they did not efi'ect. I followed their r til about thirty miles, and at sundowni come.nup with two of the party, encamped near the edge of a dense hammock. (I say two, although!I saw but one; but i took two rifles. pouches, powdeshorns ful flof powder.) The fellowv endeavored to get to the hammock, but I was too quick 0for the gentleman-I shot him, spalped him, and hung him up to dry. He shot one of my horses. He proved to be an In Micnsookie sub-chIef. 254 and no groes will be shipped fbrArk to-1or -row. The General is in god pirdts. Upwards of ilyo hundred en -ck ol Col. Davenop's command' - The Generalhas ordered t Uto "be broken up, and the regimen .otorhe Key near Cedar Keys. -No qr. new. here. - will send you a pie of.Kenni hee's scalp. I-hung the leman up higher than Haman-(whom of in the good book) was hung- - Youvrfriend and 't SNbTs.-Lt. Lincoln goesj.frith 40 men to..bring iA_,som4e.r_-A0Ank'arty, (where be is I do not knov W Indiani came up from Sarrasota a two ago. Hospitarkee did not cqrn' n i them, Wi he had gone to meet ta *1qs, who was to havelhad.a concil -spfs5I Swamp.about that-timeZ -Some dias runners, on seeing the dead h f the ex -presiriller, sent in a -warrior6forn the Getral of the circumstancs. Fromae St. Louis Rep cialfp I. TNE TaAGEDY OF THE NtG QTE17 FIVE THOUSAND Do - " aD For some di~aypagt th t)ltbortiei hawe been engaged in investgtiug some recent developements. conztctuwithI the murder of Messrs. Baker an vrr and the burning of the store ofM i oii and Pettus, and we, have'irefied A*g giving any of the paicArI Aa' :n* so migbtimpedeshehIG efatwio h objects of secrecy being-ove'r,4i'th opi ion ofthe officers, we feel at librtyto1statt the particulars so- far as thef have beer develuped.s A negro man named EdAi6IB. lnbis who has been for some time t.i thi employ of a barber namIJ ahnson, ot Market-streetoppositethe n3lHotel made the disclosure. i The circumstances of tI horrible af. fair, as detailed by Ennis, are as follows -About 10 o'clock on Sittirday night Ennis went from the -barir shop to hi boarding house, kept by Leah, a'free yel low woman, and Peter Cht~eville, a fret man, on Third, between Market and Wal nut streets. . Shortly after he had gone U bed, a..negro slave named Madison camf to the door, knocked, andwas admitted Soon after being admiitei, Madison ex claimed, "G-d d--n the luelk" and on in. quiry why, he stated, "I have doue more murder to-night than ever I4id befbre, an< have not been paid for it;" and after re marking that there would.ho an alarm o fire sortly, he stated in substande 'that hi and three yellow men, viz: James Sew ard, alias Sewell, Warriek-and Brown bad gone on that night:to Mr. Pettue counting room; that the dor' was unlock ed; Madison entered ale;'Mr. Bake was sitting down with hii boots of4, read ing a newspaper; Madison walked up anc presented a bank bill to him, asked him-i it was good, and as Baker turned to look a the bill he stFuck him over the head witi a short bar of iron which he had conceale under his arm; the others thiaicame in, an they repeated the blows anti he was quit dead, his skull and one side of the heai completely mashed; afleiearching tb body for 'he keys, they roled'itnp in th, bed clothes-and placed itothtb bed. I -They secured the-door at to wor rani knocked, and called to 3ese, (Mr. Baker to let him im, Some dispute ensued be sween Brown and Madison, which shouli kill Weaver; and it was insisted that Madi son should, as he had killed Baker, but he refused, sayIng that bd' had done hi share and would do no more. Brown open ed the door and pilaced lhimself behind it and as Weaver passed into the room, strucl him over the head with the bar of iron: 0i the second blow lie fell and Brown thrus a sharp iron bar through his head. Enni doom not confirm the report of the firing c the pistols, but says that having heard tha Weaver was shot, he asked Stadison abou it, and he told him that no pistol hadl heei fired and that they had no weapons bu the bar of the iron mentioned. From the statement it would seem that all of then had beaten Weaver.. After some farther effort at the vault finding they could not get into it, Madisot left; Warrick, Sewell and Brown remainet a short time, then fired the house in differ ent places, came out, locked the door an< went up the alley north from the house,ani threw the key away. Brown took witi him a gotd watch and- a blue cloth cloak which he said he had thrown away for fea of detection, but did not-say where. It seems from the statenienta, that En nis, on the morning following, was in coin pany with all of them and many' of thi facts he got from others besides Madison Warrick and Sewell Maid but little abou it. Madison had with him, on the morn ing following, the bar of ision with whiel the deed was esecuted, and Ennis havinj learned the office it had performed, tooki and threw it into a lirivy in the rear o Leab's house. The vault was yesterda) searched and the liar fobnd. We under stand it proves to be an instrument used it opening dry goods'boxes, a' chisel on oat end and claws on the other, one of thi claws partly broken, agreeing fully witl Ennis's description. Leah and her husband confirm Ennis'i statement as to the time he came home and the time Madison came in. They heard the conversation, hut not sulieently distinct to understand it. It may be well however, to remark,'as a farther confirm, ation of Ennis'sstatements, that yesterda3 Madison's coat was found ia the loft o Leahi's house besmeared with'blood. Frorr all that we can gather, it does not appesi that the scheme had been long concocted or that they had very well'-matured theil plan of operations, Madison is a slave belonging to Samue G. Blanchard of New-Orleans-have beet here sometime running' it large, and if wi are correctly informed, weas sent here ti avoid prosecution in New-Orleans.. He i a stout copper colored man, near six feel high, about 35 years old, very bold and im udent inbis manner.' It- is ,believed hi left here on the-Wednesday following the mrder, 'on board the Mlsouri,for Orleans. Brown is'a dark mulatt'orabout 5 feel 10 inches high, abouat30 years of ageand it is said resided'in Cincinnapi. He-seem' to hate been here a very short 'time. He was seen on board the Goddess of Liberty, bondt or Cincinnnati. James Seward alias 'Sewdl, is a dark mulatto, about 5.feet 9 inches higb stout made-,an'd'abold,'nupning and verg well ednatea 'negro. It is said'he riads and writes very well; is originally froi. New York, has resided at New Albany, was last summer on board the steam boat Alg nes, and during Madison's sojourn at Chi cago, was with him there. le is suppo sed-to have -left on board the steam boat Atalanta, for the Ohio river. ,,Warrick was a barber, and' has kept a s8,4p iirsome time past in this city, on .lFanklridAveuue. He is a very dark iulatto, liner made, about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, aged about 29, and remarka ble for a bold, impudent and haughty man ner. It' is believed- that he left on the Omego, bound up the Missouri river, and that his purpose was to join the company going to the Rocky Mountains. Officers have been despatched in all the directions named, and it is reasonable to presume that they will be apprehended, -Ennis, the witness will remain in custa dy. One of he Murderers taken!-We have the sincere satisfaction that the disclosures madeby Enois the negro are confirmed, and'tbat Warrick one of the murderers, has been arrested and is now in the cala boose in this city! Thus is white nature cleared from this most abominable stain, and the crime fastened upon negroes. Warrick was arrested on Monday even ng'at Arrow Rock, on the Missouri River, by R. B. McDowell, Esq., who was de spatched from the city on the Col. Woods, under the direction of Gen. Lee, the City Marshal. About a mile below Arrow Rock, the Col. Woods met the Omega, coming down, and Mr. McDowell saw Warrick on board. The Omega immediately rounded to, and Mr. McDowell went on board and walked iatithe cabin where Warrick was stand ing.:Warrick,-(who knew Mr. McDowell) turned and said, "for God Almighty's sake, what do you. want?" "I wantyou," was the-reply. He made no resistance, but suffered himself to be bound hand and foot. Mr. M'Dowell removed his baggage on board'the Omega, and proceeded to the 1 city with the negro in charge, where they arrived' last night alittle after '12 o'clock, and' Warrick was lodged in the calaboose. He was' quite communicative on the way down, aud fully corroborated the state ments of Ennis, implicating no one but himself, Madison, Sewelt and Brown. It appears that Madison and' Brown were the persons who burnt the Branch Bank at Galena, a short lime since.. Mr. McDowell deserves the sincere thanksof this community'for.his prompt ness and vigilance in this matter, and will - not go unrewarded. Captains Dickerson, of the Col. Woods,- and- Litleton,- of the Omega, distinguished theinselves by their r assistance on the oceasion. More anon. N. 0. Pennant and.Native American. Another Murderer Caught.-Mr. James Gordon, one of the township constables, returned yesterday on the Pre-Emption, from the Mouth of the Ohio, with James W. Seaward (erroneously spelled Sewell) another of the blurd rs, in charge. Mr. Gordon was.on his ~ye to New'Orleans, an d et t 'hoa thAtala i: for he found Saaward. 'e makes a. confession similar to Warrack's, but implicates"Ennis in the transaction. It 'would seem that 1Seaward, Madison, and Brown were the authors of the attempt to fire the store of SSinclair, Taylor & Co. and also the bur glary at E. & A. Tracy's. Several articles belonging to Mr. Taylor have been found in Seaward's trunk. He says that he lefl Brown at Cincinnati.-St. Louis Ameri can of 6th inst. Another Murder.-V/illiam Kenton, a Scitizen of Wilkinson county, was shot with a pistol, by one SamI. M. Pitman, in Ir witnton, on the night of thbe 4th inst. HeI diedo h 10th. Josse C. Jackson, has been arrested, as accessary to the bloody deed, arnd was on Saiurday last, brought to the Milledgeville Jail for safe keeping. Pitman has escaped. The Governor, we learn, has offered a reward of one hundred and fifty dollars for his apprehension. A Jury of Inquest was held on the 11th over the body of the murdered man. The Iverdict reinurned wvas toilful murder.-Mil led geville Journal. Legal (7] Decision.-The last Wash inglon News says, that in Oglethorpe Su perior Court last week, several witnesses were decided by Judge Andrews, to be "inadmissible, on the ground that they were Universalists, not believing in a fu ture state of rewards and punishments." We learn that they were the three princi ple witnesses in the trial uf David Patten, for murder--they were named James Bell Senr., Addison A. Bell, and Win.D. Mat loz-all respectable men and good mem hers of society. That a lawyer should take such grounds against a witness to save the neck of a culprit-client, is by no means strange-but that he should be sustpined by a judge is passing strange. This is probably, the first decision of the kind that has ever occurred in Georgia, and we trust that it may be the last. Our Constitution recognizes no distinction of religious op ions in the enjoyment of civil rights. WVe think the judge, would have done his legal character more credit, by adhering to the principles laid down in the 4th article and 10th section of the Constitution of Georgia. It says: " No person within the State, shall, upon any pretence, be deprived of the inestima ble privilege'of worshipping God in a man ner agreeableto his own conscience*** No one religious society shall ever be esta blished in this State in preference to ano ther, nor shall any person be denied the Ienjoyment of any civil right, merely on account of his religious principle.-Macon 'Messenger.. Mail Robbery.-The Mail which left Albany for H artford, on~Monday, was ta ken from the hoot of a coach and robbed. The tetters were foundin a barn, an~d ma ny of them torn~ It does not appear that the robbers got more than a few hundred dollars. Infamous Conduct.-The gentleman who swindled the banks at Cincinnati and Louisville has written a letter, compniin iug bitterly oFhie-Cincinnati bankers hav ing shavedhlin'iih their iNil eptos, and subjected him to greit loss in having them discounted. - EDGEFIELD c. 1. Tuuasar, MAY 27, 1841 The Hon. Joffi C. CALHOUN, arrived in this village, on Tuesday morning last, and departed the samo-evening, for Wash. ington City, in company witti the Hon. F. W. PzrtEs, of this district. We refer.our readers to the Qrdinmnce concerning the iring of guns in the streets, recently passed by the Town Council. It will be found in ourcolumus to-day. Pub lie opinion loudly called for its passage, and we believe, that it will meet the.appro bation of all well disposed citizens of the place. The practice of firing guns in the public streets, is very reprehensible, and if not checked, will in all probability, result in serious injury to some person. We hope that no one will wantonly, or thoughtlessly violate the Ordinance of the Council, in re ference to this matter, and thus render him self liable to the penalties which may fall thereon. We are informed that the Hon.'1'u OMAS GLAsscoCK, of Georgia, died a few days since, from the injury he received in falling from his horse. Admissions to the Bar.-The following named gentlemen were admitte-d, during the late session of the Court of Appeals, at Columbia, to practice in the Courts of Law in this State: Thomas S. Anderson, W. D. DeSaussnre, A. J. H. Henry, Ralph Per ry, Benj. T. Saxon, James Cantey, Joseph C. Gist, Daniel M'Henry, D. J. Red. And the following in the Courts ofEqui ty: Edwin De Leon, Henry A. Jones, WID N. M yers. The Scire Facias against the Banks. The Charleston. Courier, of the 22d inst.. says: "We understand that his Honor Judge Earle, now holding the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas, in this city, has declited hearing the argt. ment in this case, on the very sufficient ground, that as a holder of bank stock, he is personally interested in the questionl Judge Butler, who is casually in the.city, may possibly take cognizance-of the cause at-chambers." Mediterranian Sguadron.-:-By the N. Y. papors, we End that the U. S. Frigate Brandywine, has arrived at that port, and that the whole Mediterranean Squadron areon' tei w6k bore. 1t:.p that some weeks ag's, caused Comwilf to'call a council of officers, who determined on coming home. Will this d'gobedience of orders, or acting without orders, not be no ticed by the proper department? .Ought they not he ordered back to the'station that they have thus deserted?7 The New Orleans Courier of the 18th insi., announces she arrival at the Barracks below that city of Wild Cat, and 200 other Florida Indians. They are destined .for Arkansas. Heaey Cargo.-The British ship, Queen of the Ocean, Capt. Tilley,cleared at Mo bile on the 11th, for Liverpool, with a car go of 3125 bales of ,Cotton, weighing 1, 516,054 pounds-valued at 164,593 dol lars. Novel Importation.-Oa Thursday last was exhibited the novel spectacle of thie ransportation to our market,. on the rail road of two fine fat steers. They came consigned to Gilliland, Son & Howell, who disposed of them at 85 cents per lb. The present high price of beef induced this adventure-and we trust that the example will be extensively followed.-Chara. Cou. Unfortunate Accident-Thbe Mobile Ad vertiser of the 14th inst., contains the fol lowing notice of the entire failure of the Eastern mail on the previous, day. The letter was received by the Post Master of that city, whbich explains the cause. 'Post OFFICE, MONTGoM:ERY, A LA. .J. W. Townsend, Esq.-Sir : I regret to inform you that all the mails sent from this office last night for Mobile, were lost in Catoma Creek, four miles from this place. The stage driver, in attempting to ford that rapid stream, instead of crossing over the bridge, soon found himself in swimming water, from wvhich it was with difficulty he could extricate himself and team. A passenger named George A. Logan, was washed out of the box with the mails and drowned. Diligent search was made to day for the mails and the passenger, but with no success beyond the recovery of two small newspaper bags. Another at tempt will be made to-morrow, when it is thought the water will be sufficiently low to admit of a more thorough and success ful examination. .Respectfully yours, N. BLUS, P. M. It is stated in one of the Baltimore pa pers, that the Philadelphia Banks have re fused to accept the new "Revene Law," as it passed. Go it Banks! " make hay whilst the san shinei," for Mr. Tallmadge's word for it, your reign of destruction and rn, will bn of a short duration. ZYF.o AC N. Y. Corn. AdU..~Mtisia AAtVAL OF T-111 dCALED0OXI. 16DAYaLATER FROM EUROPE. Th aedonia, Capt. McKay, arrived at Boston at an-early hour on Weduesday morning, 'bringing advices from Europe, Sixteen'days later. The inteiljgence is noi -r.ntuch impor tance, with.the 6xceptidh of thift ftelating, -to tbounfortunate:President,of w. i h here ts 1to iritelligence, ezcepting oinours, of which ihe papers-are l Thyialedo nialeft ZIiverpool an theaflienoon of the 4th inst,, and brought -Loidon to the 4th-indlusive. - Thcotton maikt-was depressed, and had-de-dlie of a penny on-a pound.-The-money markbthad im proyed. ? From Chipa- ha unis - igeiiee. ThmEnglishpp a acording to their politics, binesewar is ended, or is in no ~ The A mericain Is ceipt of the news ofthe d a . It Harrison,- held a meedg, at -w Stevenson, our Minister, pre'sided, Aspinwill acted as Secitary ila tions were adopted and.i oe transmitted to-r.s Harris6i . --- The Great Western Rilay'proin, Bristol,-was, on the night orhe 28th alt. seriously injured by ire: tbimbitthe company's yard and other property, esti mated to be worth-aboiut .2OO0, iWere destroyed. Maryland.-Tbe elcitio in tbwAI e bas resulted in returning fve Whji$and. two Democrats, as members to%-ozrenssv The Scire Fad 'e'sgainst LM . We learn that.the argumicht in tlhisicas will probably commebce, -hefre Judg9e - Butler, at Chambers, on Thhrsday neit. Char. Cour. Benjamin Homer Dijon,hasi been ap poin ted Vice Consul of the Netherlands at, Boston, for- the States of Massahusetts,. Rhode Island, Maine, and New Himp sbire.-Charlc.'ton ~ louie From the.Charlutos Courer.26t6st. Yesterday, or Chambers, Chatnielor Duvcati decided the case of edry Siluilts and the StateBank versus tlie Bank of the State o:Georgia, the City 'Counciof Au gusta- aun G B. Lamar; The motion wai made by the deferidantsda.Saturday lasibat ibis law suit (bill filed, Fdgefiel'd, 25theb ,1841) should he tcapserred to th ikiCourt of the U- St-o .doubt with the oiject to6 prolong ik-gd was, ar gued Fancis:H. Wardlar and the Hon % lda d opposd h o A. Burt, of.&bbeville, and &,. " G. Memminger of this city-de clied byCIhan cellor Duncan in the uegatsve. This important case has piow turned Con siiderably in favor of 3r.binitz,'who .has been suffering during twenty-two -years, fro being deprived of his property, wortir tbssy, cost, income and interest, accord anj t e.statemen't in the bilkL$568J8291. edt *r.Ahu ' might rnot, see thend oftbis suit,id,initke mean tijme,would have continued deprived ofsaid 1 property. As the case now stands, it will. be argued in June, at Edgefield Court: House, and will then probably be referred~ to the Court of Appeals, at Columbia, opening in November next, when we trust -- thefinal decision wvill be given in favor of the suffering party, according to the merits. of the case..' htis worthy of remark, that the apparent. misfortunes of the valuable citizea whose fate is, as it were, now to be fixed, have been the means of builing the town of~ Hamburg, which, if this remarkable man bad never been driven from Augusta, strip ped of his property, would not have risen up as a rival to that place, and.a pillar of our own State. According to official re turns, the trade of Hamburg has. nearly equalled that of the city .of Augusta, in the present year. Ifjustice takes its proper course, the puintiff will be enabled to fulfil all his ob ligations, and have left for himself the means of a cotmfortable existence, the due reward of industry and integrity. To the Editors of the Saruuak Republican: G EN T LEMEi.-Sometime since a robbe ry or something like it took place at the Branch Bank of the State of Georgia at Macon. I have beard many of your rea dera wonder why the journals of this city have been so quiet about the afahir. You will confer a. favor by giving~ your readers an account of it. A.-S uuscatasa' The reason we have-not noticedthe mat ter referred to in the above communiaion, is, because, we have been expecting -the - press at Macon to furnish the particulars of the defalcation, which we inten'ded to copy. The press of that city has thus far. been silent on the suibject, and to a friend are we _indebted. for the following .state ment, which may be relied on as correct: The amount of deficit at the Branch - Bank at Macon, as teported by Mr.. Pot ter, the Cashier of the Bank'of the State of Georgia, who was sent there by the Board of the Principal Bank here,ise as we understand, about 660,000. Nathantel Barker. Cashier, Isaac G. Seymour, Presi- - dent, and Devi Eckley, H. K. Carter, and. F. Sims, Directors, are the persons impli - cated. - hv These frauds upon the institutionBav been committed under the obligationsi of an oath taken by thePresident anid ash ieref thaiolice on the 3d of April, ult. af- . ter a certificate signed, saying the ceash had on th'at day bencounted andiwas all fond correct,. ee We furthernenderstand, that.the Direc-e trs of the Principal Bank have taken en-A ergtic measures to prosecute and to bring - to justice all the persois~implicated--ad the efficient character of tlies.ecurity Bonda and oilher sources of .iaidemnity, induea the hsope that the. peciniary loss to ihe Bank will not be veryheavy,-biut 'what an awful, wreck. orcharacter zwith ragrd to th'e parties inolvd.MWboltle.iem ,vsr, that there will-bo a puiblietiqa f p~ icllars upon this snGJtctr 'dffe tiiie Republican, - ~