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in?niMW?MW???w??* 8nd somewhat sceptical on the subject. I have seen nothing for a long time which promises sn.-ntich as the late discovery ofAf. Bonuhorie in France; and nothing out of which Yankees will be so likely to draw profit for themselves and their country. Jt may be hoped, that this discovery will be widely circulated. Wood is one of the great staples in New-England; its value has been hereto, fore increased, onlv bv mechanical skill; but now, by the aid of a man of true science, its value, its durability and its application, are likely to be extended far beyond anv farmer conception. Mr. Boucherie's discovery, although resting on sciehoe, is so simpleand plain, that those least conversant with the philosophy of vegetation will understand it at once, and be convinced of its truth. It is well known, that various experiments have been tried to render wood more durable, and even incombustible, impregnating it wiin common salt, or metalic salts. But the difficult has been, to so impregnate dry wood Mr. Bnnchiere has avoided that difficulty, by penetrating the wood while yet alive. He says, " Lot a tree be cut olTat the foot, and that foot placed in a vessel containing the conversative liquor, with which vou would saturate it, and then the aspiratorv effect of the leaves will cause this liquor to ascend with the sap.? " Or that the tree may he notched, or partly sawed in two; or it may be felled, even leaving a tuff t)f leaves sufficient to perform the aspiration upwards, and the liquor will pervade the smallest twigs, and even the leaves." Thus much for the preservation of the wood from dry or wet rot; a matter ot' sufficient importance in itself, for ship building, and other constructions?posts railways1 <Stc. He then informs us, that coloring matter of any hue, or variety may be introduced into the wood, by the same simple, and natural process. For the preservation of the wood, he recomnw nds Pyrolignite of Iron, or what lie calls (he mother waters of salt marshes. Hut you, Mr. Editor, will probahlv publish at some other time extracts from the report which has been made to the Academy of Sciences in Paris, by the Commission appointed to that effect. I will therefore refer your readers to that document ; and conclude by some remarks of mv own, tending to confirm the theory. It is well known to farmers, and gardeners, that salt, put round the roots of a living tree will kill it, salt in large quantities is poison for a tree, and it is absorbed bv the same process as the sap is. and with it; as poison is taken into the blood offive animals, although it cannot penetrate the veins of a dead body, l>ecause there 1 A. * A. t ! A ?. is no circulation ; tne respiratory ai-uui^ of the lungs is wanting to make the blood circulate. Now the leaves are the?res. piratdry organs oT the plant, and it must have sotne life to absorb any thing. The tree is pervaded in all its parts vi h small elongated cells, which communicate with each other, through a narrow passage in which there is, perhaps, an invisible valve, or some alternate construction, and expansion doing the office of a valve. Through this passage the sap rises from cell to cell, till it reaches the leaves?or the lungs of the plant, and tlien descends after undergoing a change; as the blood is changed; after passing 'down through tlie arteries, and returning bv the veins. Much siicculation might * he had on the posdble action on these Cells by liie nioiion produced bv thd wind on the boughs of trees, an i this might "be called the necessary exercise of the plant. Here is a mechanicslaciion, which may 1)0 supposed to aid the ascent of the sap. The heat of the sun may also facilitate this operation, bv expanding the fluid when it arrives to the twigs, and leaves. # * ' ? * jI- A- I X where il is tno*t expnseu ro mat near: and thus producing a partial vacum, which of lis* If is enough to cause the fluid below to rise Eut it is not iriv intention to indulge in speculations on vegetable physiology ; I will therefore recommend that experiments be tried on some of our forest trees, of different ages, the canting season, with common salt, pyrolignious salt, and with coloring matter. I would propose to t?ore holes all around the trees as deep as to the heart, for the sap docs not circulate in the heart. Bore these holes inclining downwards, then make a trough of soft clay round the tree just below the holes, and fill it with liquid which you have chosen, and continue to till it so long as the tree absorbs it. or dies, as it probably will soon. J: may then ie cut down and put to use. As snit marshes are not to be found in everyplace where it may be desirable to try this experiment, I w ould recommend, to take the stagnant water, after a dry time, from a peat hog, and add to it com. "ion salt. Also take some of the same water and add to it common salt.? Also take some of the same water ?nd add to it iron. This last process will color as well as harden the ?. wood, but the coloring ruRyhe varied at pleasure with various ingredients. Our forest beach is a very close grain wood, sand will in its natural state receive a high --i:.u u..? ,..i? i?j j ??I;A jiuioh. um *?un? il.trucucia, .mu j/wiioii ' would he higher still, and some of our .softer woods may thus be rendered more valuable. For chair, and cabinet work this discovery is highly important, for the wood may be put into use as soon as it is cut down, and will be all the easier to work, especially under the saw, or lathe. We are informed by Mr. Boneherie, that wood thus prepared, preserves its flexibility, is not subject to cracks, flaws, or to warp. About thirty yetrs ago, Captain Foreman. of New-York, informed a friend of the writer, that it became necessary to build in great haste, a yessel in some place where vessels were notorious for not lasting sound more than aeven or eighty ypsum, a ad there was no timber then to he bad but that in the forest, then in leaf. The timber was cut, and the vessel built, und sailed on the siocks. Fifteen years after, this vessel, supposed to be unsound, was examined and found to be entirely free from rot: Thus was it discovered in ' necerica, so long ago, that the sap was a j Amessary conductor for any foreign con! servative substance into wood. This process was much less perfect, and expeditions than that of Mr. Bonchiere, but. in more scientific hands it ini^ht then iiave led to the some results. The last process ' on green timber, is somewhat like that of j tanning leather; the dry hide will not take ! O 1 J the pyroligneous solution of the tannin, until the celullar texture of the hide is expanded by soaking, and gelatine is in a situation to combine with the new alteraterative substance, and thus form a new compound. Boston Courier. FRA-NKLIX. From the N. V. Journal of Commerce. THE NAVY. I t # ^ 1 | It is the universal impression, and it I cannot he doubted, that, in the efficiency j of our Navy, as compared with those of j other countries, we have receded rather] than advanced, for the last twelve or teen years. In th? adoption and prac'ice of the modern improvements in naval warfare, we are far behind the science of age,?and very far in the roar of England, France, Russia, and even smaller powers, i When we came into conflict with Eng. j land on the o^ean, during the last war, il i was under advantages of which modern t I improvements in the art of naval warfare . have in a great measure deprived us. Her | j favorite class of ships, armed, as they i I confess, with what they had supposed to j j bo the most efficient calibre, we opposed with a heavier calibre, *?ud an equal, and | | in some respects superior degree of seaI manship. Our success in these engage. ] inents was therefore, in general, all that j we could desire. The English have, in ! consideration of these facts, adopted a ! much heavier and greatly improved ar- j ! rnament, as we shall presently show. The overwhelming superiority of Eng. ' 1 " 1 1 .??? ?/! tur Afiipr i >' land can oniv oe eut-uumcn-.u ?. f f powers, by changes .and improvements j which shall completely revolutionize.the : art of naval warfare. The French saw ! this, even in the time of Napoleon, who | was one of tlie first, according to Mr. Paixhans, who struck the great idea of! producing and applying a species of artil- ! lery that no ship of the line, (which is, \ after all, a frail edifice of wood,) can re- I sist. , . Within the last ten years, the ideas of Mr. Paixhans have been adopted in the French and English service, and these two nations have vied with each other in ! giving the fullest scope to those new npj plications of science, the shock of which J is, ere long, to bo felt throughout the | world, and which are destined, it may be, ! to put an end to the despotism of England J over the sea. It is found that, without increasing the I weight of the guns, or the difficulty of I managing them, hollow projectiles of heavy j calibre can be fired with terrific effect, , and Bomb cannon of tremendous size may 1 - A I l i l>e used on shtp-boara, so ns 10 hi row n j | large bomb horizontally with as sure an j aim as th6 solid shot from an ordinary j cannon. Large bomf^ even of the calibre | of one hundred and fifty or two hundred 1 pounds, are fired on ship-board, or from j stationary batteries, with the force and I p/ecision of a cannon ball. No struc- j lures either of stone or wood can resist j such artillery. The terrible efficiency of j this arm (the Paxihans cannon,) was wit. i nessed at Beyroot, St. Joan L> Acre, and , ! at San Juan de Ulloa. Mr. Paixhans. in j ; his work on "new maritime artiHc; v,v ' ; says, in regard to the destructive effects . j of tliose bombs on vessels,?,4\V lieu thrown I ! horizontally, they will crush, strike to j > pieces, and tear open, the side of the vos. j stl, with a terrible shock. If tbev re. main in the side their explosion, acting like a mine, will open large breaches, the J irregular fractures of which, extending below the water line, will make a passage, j through which the water will rush in, as though a dyke were suddenly broken. If a bomb should enter a a mast, it will overturn, it, together with its yards, top and i rigging. Should the hornh pass entirely j through the ship's side, then they will j produce their effects between decks, in the midst of the combatants, thcartiherv land munitions; and they will scatter ; around showers of iron, and insupportable j volumes of smoke and flame; they will 'completely destroy s fabriek of wood, i much more easily than one of stone; they ' will rip up the deck, set evcrv thing on ! fire, and cause dreadful ravages every j where." I As if all this was not enough, each ! bomb contains a German composition o? i the attractive name of Dampjkugeln, used to poison the galleries of mines, and as an able reviewer of this subject tells us, is "truly a pestilent congregation of , vapors," rendering a ship uninhabitable. It is enough to damp the ardor of the loftiest chivalry to contemplate this last "nouveUc armeand noth rg can be bet. ter calculated to bring war into disrepute. In truth, however, all improvements in the art of war lesson its destructiveness and frequency. It being ascertained that there was no more difficulty in carrying or fighting a battery of bomb cannon than any other, i the next step was, to connect this new 1 armament with Steam navigation. That , it will answer as m ell for a cruize as for coast defence, is the opinion of many scientific men, and has been partially test. ! ed by experience. Its applicability to ! attacks on fortified places has been suffi. I ciently tested; and for sea coast defence 1 it can have no parallel in efficiency, or in | economy. It is peculiarly well adapted, in this respect, to our service, and it has, in some degree, forced itself upon the at. tention of our government. Capt. Ross, in his work on steam de. fence, says, 'the destiny of Grid Britain may be involved in this invention."? t * * * "The system will, in fact, be- c come a species of military, instead of a na s val one; and they who should have been c sailors, will be maritime soldiers, not seamen; and then will our superiority, as far t as depends on seamanship, disappear; or t we shall become what they will be, and 1 must learn to meet them on our own < cb?r.no!, a ) ! on oflr shores, as we met i them :?l Vii:??ria. and Waterloo." If s ;se:ior of seamanship, in I comparison will, Prance and other Euro- i peau !?"> ? r- is '? become of noavailun- ) der tiie n< w sys.em, so will our superiority I in this , res;.( ct, become equally useless. If the immense number of her seamen? 100 000 men?gives her a sort of advan- i tage, how soon will she lose it, when any [ landsman can, in a short time, be drilled to j the management of artillery, in a floating | steam battery I We shall also lose the | benefit of the best race of seamen in the j j world?the men bred in our fisheries and , coasting and foreign trade. But we shall ! gain in another respect?the resources of j the interior river navigation will give us. , thousands of hardy and daring men. whe j [ arc accustomed to service in steam ves- ( ! sels, though they would be out of their element in an ordinary sailing vessel? , Steam flotillas armed with Paixhans guns'1 or the Stephens gun. should it be prefered, i throwing explosive shot of heavy calibre, arc obviously the best means of defending j our coast and preserving our cities from ' fire and pillage. No fleet, of whatever , I force, of the old kind, could maintain a position on our coast, or blockade our ports, if wc were thus prepared. But suppose England, or any other naval pow. er, assails us with steam fleets, then there is the greatest reason why we should meet 1 fttir fnrfifir'a. f them in me samu mamifi. tions will be almost useless, unless armed with bomb cannon, so that4thev may suf. j ficientlv resist the approach of a hostile 'steam fleet In poinjt of economy, the steam flotilla will have a grand advantage over ordinary sailing vessels; for they will cost less for construction and armament, and still less in men, provisions and munitions,?while they give a greater degree of efficiency. A few war steamers have already been built or ordered to be built by Congress, ?and, we trust, their number is speedily to beinereased. Welearn that Mr. Rhodes, 1 a most skilful naval architect, has been invited to superintend , the building of one of ! them, and that he will probably undertake it, provided the Board of Navy Commissioners shall not interfere with the work. It is the general opinion, both of lands- < men and seamen, that the first thing to be done, in order to render the Navv, as the t '| President says, "replete with efficiency," is to abolish the Board of Navy Commissioners. j It has been a common remark of late, that, if the United States get info a war (which may Heaven avert,) they will be well whipped for the first year or two, and then pay it back with interest. But if unfortunately, war should come, why not avoid the preliminary whipping, by timely preparation, and repulse the enemy at first as well as at last,?be fore our coast is ravaged, and towns burnt, and resources impaired,?as well after? .From the N.ition.tl Intelligence. President Tyler received the Diplomatic Body on Saturday, at two o'clock, at! the President's Mansion. In the absence of the British Minister, j Mr. For, (who. we are sorry to say, was kept away by i idisposition,) the Russian Mi- Islcr, Mr. Bodisco. appeared at the h'-ad ef the (V>rps. We give below his ad.It x to dj/* I'vf ident. on behalf of himm H' ??! :.i ? -! a *. and the President's reply. As ihc in* :nb- of the Body were respoctivh ;>n>-?.lod the President spoke to J each of licit off he relations, present or past, between his country and the United Slates, and of his hope of the continuance of amicable relations; and received from * *' ' 4 I* ? rt/iA r\ I* all congratulations, anu mc ?s3?n aii^u vi | the desire of peace and amity with his country. In these short conversations with pen. tlemen, mostly slr.tngers to him, the President was par-tieolarlv happy, and this, his first official course with the Representatives of o'her Nations, was, we doubt, not exceedingly satisfactory. Nothing, indeed. could he more appropriate or in bet. I ter taste than the President's remarks, and the replies of the several members of the Corps. Mtt.ftonisco's addrf.ss. [translation.] Jl/r. President: The United Slates having been suddenly deprived ofits supreme head, the Constitution has invested you with the Chief Magistracy of the Union, j The Diplomatic Corps has the honor to i appear before you, Mr. President, for the purpose of expressing through me, its ori gan,its concern in the melancholy event [ which has so unexpectedly removed General Harrison from the hopes of the Am erican People. The Diplomatic Corps hasten also to offer up its vows. Mr. President, that your Administration may be distinguished by the maintenance of all the existing friendly relations, and by a constant increase in the prosperity of the IT.iifrtrt Qfntps. V'l'llUVI The Diplomatic Corps embraces this opportunity, Mr. President, to assure you of its earnest desires to merit your confi. ; dence and esteem. the president's reply. Mr. Minister: In my character of Chief Magistrate of the United States, and in the name of the People thereof, I have to return to the Diplomatic Corps, j whom on this occasion you represent, my acknowledgments for their expression of condolence on account of the bereave. ment which this country has so recently sustained in the death of its late lamented and illustrious President. I take occasion, at the same time, to give the assurance that inv most earne&t desire, as hisconsti* # * utional successor, will be to maintain and :herishthe friendly relations which now 10 happily subsist between our respective ; countries. The People of the United States regard heir own prosperity as intimately connecad with that of the entire family of na. ions, and the cultivation of the feelings )f mutual amity as the best mode of advancing that important end. I sincerely desire that the residence of the Diplomatic Corps near this Government may prove every way agreeable to them : to accomplish which nothing shall be wanting on my own part. West India Trade.?Under various systems, which some term reciprocal, the West India Trade has so changed in the last thirty-five years that there is not, it would seem, a tithe of the business done j now that there was in 1905. A correspondent of the Star says he took up a copy af the New York Gazette for 1805, and found its columns filled with advertisements notifying "the sailing of vessels for every part of the West Indies." I was induced to compare the number of said advertisements in 1805 with a paper of April. 1841. I found 35 in the old paper, and 3 in the latter. What a falling off, thought I, In this important trade, once so profitable to the New York merchants!? New Yrrk Express. The facts here stated are sufficiently interesting, as facts, to justify the calling of public attention to them. But the in. ference would hardly hold good that our commercial intercourse with the West India islands had fallen off in the same pro. portion. In 1805, Great Britain and France, by their reciprocal blockades, having in a great measure cut off direct' trade between the United States and both those countries, the West India islands became the ontrepots of a great proportion of the trade between the United States and those great markets for our produce. Is not this the true explanation of the great apparent extent of intercourse with the West Indies at that time ? tmitutt hoitse of commons. april 0. | case or Mb. Mcleod Viscount Palmerston said that the next motion on llie paper was one of the honorable member for Kilkenny, relating to the differences at present existing b'tween this country andjthe Government of the United States, and to the arrest of A/cLeod. He put it to his honorable friend whether, at the present moment, lie would think it necessary to bring this question under the consideration of the Hsuse. For his part, he did not see the expediency of bringing forward this queslion at the present moment. [Hdar ] He trusted that there existed, on the part both of the Government of the United States and that of this couutry, an anxious desire to bring this matter to an amicable and satisfactory termination. [Hear, hear] These matters had exercised a strong feeling both on this side of the Atiantic and the other; and. whilst these matters were the subject of communication between the two Governments, any thng like a discussion of their details could only tend to delay, perhaps to defont the object, not only of his lionorable friend, but that of the English Government, and of the Government of the United i States. [Hear, hear.] He hoped, therefore, his honorable friend would postpone I his motion. [Hear, hear.] Mr. Hume said no person was more anxious to see relations of friendship main L ' 'In- "Ann frv nnH fh,? fini. milieu umwccii iino i.uiiiin j ...v ted States. He was opposed to war of any kind, bill a war with the United S ates would be a most unnatural war. [H oar, hear.] After what had been stated bv* the noble lord he had no objection to post, pone his motion. _ * t PHENOMEN A AT THE NORTH POLE; FROM A LATE ENGLTSH PAPER. A St; Petersburg periodical, Lc Journal Scicntifique, el Liter a ire, publishes a very extraordinary narrative of an expedition to the Arctic region, under the command of M. Nidjnei Nitigoiwosneaenk. The narrative says: About the 88th degree of latitude yielded' as one of the most curious (lis. coveries that have enriched the physical sciences in latter times. Itoccured thus: For some days we had made no fire for want of wood, when, in searching our box of provisions, i found some Lyons chest -I :-L II A rnrrn ImH OOlif mf> ns n 'lllS WIIC!I Ifl. .viu^,u ? ???. ?... .... ? souvrencr. I took it into my head to roast, them. We put together some shnvings which we still had, and kindled them.' A bright flame forthwith arose, and we were anticipating the sweet sensations it was about to yield us, when suddenly an incomprehensible phenomenon manifest, ed itself. The flame, at first so bright and crackling, seertied struck with irruno. bility, and was gradually covered with a solid crust?it was congealed! " Our astonishment baffles description. (A scientific description of the ice thus produced then follows.) I broke a bit of it and put it into my mouth. Contrary to my expectation, the sensation which resulted was most agreeable ; just fancy a little taste of barley sugar extremely refreshing, though accompanied by a *light burnt smell. I ain persuaded that when such ice shall be produced by artificial means, confectioners will turn it to great account. " A little further on another phenomenon, not less remarkable, awaited us. We had for some time perceived an increased rapidity in the progress of our sledge, though we used our iron hooks but little*. Tko nlmnnmpnnn was soon explained ; A I'V owe of us having dropped his hook, the moment he nttempted to pick it up we saw it gradually romove from us, flee before us, and ultimately whiz as it split the dense atmosphere around us. Though already accustomed to the wonders which those mysterious regions had presented to us, as it were, at every step, we stood mute with astonishment, but were soon roused from our amazement; our sledge, which is almost wholly made of iron, t seemed pushed on by a fatal, irresistible, i and invincible power, such as that which draws n light boat towards a cataract; < we tried to stop it, but coul l not succeed and were compelled to leave it to the mercy of Heaven. " The magnetic power of the pole produced its effect, and, after a few hours of ' that fantastic progress, we were enabled to perceive, by the light of an aurora borealis, the sombre mysterious extremity of our globe. It consisted of enormous mountains probably of pure loadstone, divided into huge strata of various colors, i green or blue. One would Have fancied the back of a gigantic zebra was rising before us. Alas ! unless Providence vouchsafed us unhoped-for assistance, we must soon be dashed to pieces against it. Impelled by the proud demon of science, we had tempted Heaven, and already did we feel its hand suspended over our heads ready to crush us. " Nevertheless, thus isolated in that vast frozen solitude, and fatally dragged to destruction, we were calm and resigned, so great is the power of the grand mysteries of Nature over man ! Some tears only flowed in silence, and I heard beloved names uttered, when suddenly, a sort of barrier of icebergs, heaped over one anothor, made us deviate from our course, and at the same moment, and in a few seconds, a force as powerful as that which had made us before devour space in front of us made us roughly recede. We were just fallen into a negative magnetic current. We were saved|and saved Co carry away with us the most awful secret of Nature. It was enough to run rnfcd with joy. We raised our hands to Heaven." THE SCOTTISH THISTLE. The origin of this ancient emblem of Scottish pugnacity, is thus handed down by tradition ;?When the Danes invaded Scotland, it was deemed unwarlike to attack an enemy in the. pitch, darkness of night, instead of a pitched battle by day : but on one occasion the invaders resolved I to avail themselves of this stratagem ; and in order to prevent their tramp from being heard, marched barefooted. They had thus neared the Scottish force unob. served, when a Dane unluckily stepped with hisnakedjfoot upon a*?uperb!y prickly thistle,and instinctively uttered aery of pain, which discovered the assault to the Scots, who ran to their arms, and defeated the foe with a terrible slaughter.?The thistle was immediately adopted as the in.' signia of Scotland. Xf.w Yonft, Ap.iil 24, half past 3 P. M. The Great Western, always punctual to her time of arrival, made her appear, ance in our harbor between one and two o'clock, hrirging late news from England and the Continent, but nothing of much importance. . The President steamer, twenty-seven I days from New York, had not arrived at I Liverpool when the Great Western left. | The last intcligence from the United States in England was to the 20th of f # | March?the North American, which i sailed on that day, having arrived on the | 4th. She carried out the Proclamation I of the President lor an E\tra Session of Congress, an J the scenes of the Sjiecia ! Session of the S male, which c'oscd o J.the loth of. March?the pftVct of which, j if any tiling, was favorable. The imprisonment of McLsod has nlj most ceased to btj a subject of serious comI ment in the English newspapers, and, so far as the public-voice is heard, it seems j to be for continued peace. The political inteligencc from the East is unimportant. I From all parts of the continent the news j is later, but I see nothing, in hasty readI ing, which can be regarded as of the ! least importance. The over-land mail ' had not arrived.. ! The comnjercialjinteligence, being but j four days later than received bv the Coi Itimhin at Boston, is no* important. The cotton market was dull, but no change | in prices. The Havre Prices Current j speaks of improved prices. The grain I market was dull. The Western brings not a large, but a , good numl>cr of passengers. Among the I number Mrs. Sigovrney and President Wayland, of Brown University, Rhode , Island. War Steamers.?Two fine war steam. j crs have just been completed in New York for the Spanish Government. A Question of Veracity.?It may be remembered that Lord Palmerston, some time a?0, on the floor of the House C? * of Commons, declared that the assump| tion of responsibility for the attack upon ! the Cnroline had been officially made known to the Government of the Unitec States, through Mr. Stevenson, in refer. . a:, j^iaroiinn the London Times j ance 10 mu> uc<,iai?..v I makes the statements following:? We arc anxious to enforce the expedi <:ncy of getting at the truth of the rumoi which has been accredited in the bes informed circles, and of which we see n< reason to doubt the truth?namely, tha within a day or two Lord Palmcrston as i sured the House of Commons that he ha< three years ago, informed Mr. Steven | son of the British Government havinj | sanctioned the destruction of the Carolint the American Minister, Mr. Stevensoi addressed himself by note or words to th< British Foreign Secretary, positively a! longing that his Lordship had stated wha was not the fact, for that the Americai Government had never yet had such i , communication from any official function arv of Great Britian. The whole corp diplomatiqe now in London have, we un j derstand, beea fully apprised of this mat :er, which reflects gravely upon the character of a British Secretary of State. v ...? W* FronrN. Orleans Bulletin of Apnl 24th. By the schooner patriot a, from Sisal, we have recieved Yucatan papers to the 10th instant. We find in them not much of general interest. DonP?djro(Gen.) Lemos has been declared by the Yucatan Congress a citizen of that 'Stats, The Tobasco Government Journal of the 11th of March contains the fohowtag article: N "Chiapas.-The progress of the federal troopsin this province is so rapid, that they have already embraced the whole of the Chiapas, and have hemmed the centralists in the Fort of St. Christoval, the Capital of the province. From the energetic measures of Gen. Anava, it is believed 0 9 they will be soon forced to retire or surrender." A pension has been voted to the heirs of the persons who were lost in the reve nue schooner, wrecked off Vera Cruz. The Yucatan Congress, after having adopted a constitution for the State, adjour ned on the 2d instant. From the N. Y. Com. 'Adv., April 23. MORE FOROESIE8. We published yesterday an account of a bold and successful forgery, by which the Commercial Bank of Cincinnatti and Mr. Gwalhmey of Louisville, were each swindled out of *$16,000. The same trick has been played in this city, and with the like success. A. few days since, the following letter was received at the Bank of America, covering the half of what purported to be a certificate of de- . ,, posite of $23,000 in specie in the Commercial Bank of New-Orleans. Commercial Bask of New-Orlraks, ) ? ' March 17,1841. ) * D. Thompson, Esq., Cashier Bank of America, New-York. Dear Sir?In conformity with the request of Nathaniel Britton, Esq., of Lon' ? 1 1 1 > h*lf mv rnrlifi. | QOIJf 1 llttlJU y uu ciivavovu ?? ? ? ? ! cate of deposite in his favor, for 929,000 specie, which please deliver to bin on presentation of the first half. Mr. Britton is unacquainted in your city, and has adopted this course for .safety and identity. I recommend him to your favor. Yours respectfully, GEO. O. HALL, Cashier. The above letter is an exact copy of the one received at Cincinnati, with the substitution of the name of Natbl. Britton for'that of VV. M. Parker, and $23,000 for $13 000. On Thursday of the last week the "Mr.. ? | Britton" of the letter made h? appearance, received of the Cashier of tHe Bank of America the other half of the certificate of deposite, and was by him introduced to Jacob Little & Co., who cashed the certificate by a check on the Union Bank. On presenting this at the counter of the bank payment was refused until the teller should be satisfied that the presenter was the person in whose favor the 1 check was drawn. He then went to Mr. Little and finding him engaged, from thence to Mr. Thompson, who accompanied him to the hank, certified to his ; identity, and the money was paid, j. Mr. Little has offered a reward-of 93,000 for the recovery of the money, and a proportionate sum for any part thereof. L' r-!1nni!n? nnrnormnh in the r rum inc ninnnnip Philadelphia United States Gazette of ? yesterday, it appears that a like attempt 1 with the foregoing has been made at j Philadelphia, but not with the like restilt: j We gave the particulars yesterday of a j most ingenious, extensive and successful j forgery on a Bank in Cincinnati. We ! now learn that a similar attempt was j made on the Girard Bank in this citv, hut without success. So exact is the imitation of the writing, the engraving, and signatures of the drafts, and even the f C letters, that on comparison no difference , is observable. Even the color of the ink. on the counterfeit is the same as that on those knotVn to be genuine. The trick did not take here. A similar attempt was . also made at i Baltimore, but it was not successful, mere11 ly, according to the correspondent of tho ' | Courier, because the holder "was too close 1! in driving a bargain." ! What adds to the mystery of these forgeries is the fact?for fact is beyond all li- ?that iKa tatter con rpssoijctuic UUIJIII *mw ?|p--? n; r taining the halfcertifiicate to Mr. Thompson, must not only have been written m the Bank at New-Orleans, but it must have been written by the hand that is s employed to copy the letters in the origint al correspondence of Mr. Hall, the cashier. Nor is this all: the letter introducing i the pretended Mr. Britton, bears the gen, uine signature of Mr. Hell, the cashier I Two kinds of ink used also in the correspondence of Mr. Hall, were used in the spurious letter?both kinds being of the 9 exact shade of the genuine letters of Mr. Hall. We have arrived at these conclusions on a close comparison of thespur rious with the genuine letters of Mr. Hall, 1 in company with several excellent judge* J in such matters, whose opinions coincide t \vith our own. ^ i MORE OF THE FORGER. It is stated by a correspondent of the I r -v..;u??;iio Fnnmfll. writing from Cincin jr ui?mo ? niv vvw<w B natti, that about the same time at which u the fraud of the ijprged certificate of de? R posite was successfully played off on tho Commercial Bank of Cincinnati, a like attempt was made with the same object * on the Northern Bank of Kentucky, at n Covington. The cashier of the last a named bank received a letter containing * the duplicate of a certificate of deposit* s for $11,000 in specie, from the Mer? i- chants' Bank in New-Oleans, in favor of * the same W. M. Parker. Mr. Parker