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Wnmnmmmmmmmmmmnmmmmmmm .Mini i and somewhat sceptical on the subject, I have seen nothing for a long time which promises somuch as the late discovery ofM, Concherie in France; and nothing out ol which Yankees will be so likely to draw profit for themselves and their country, Jt may be hoped, that this discovery wil be widely circulated. Wood is one of the great staples ir New.England; its value has been hereto fore increased, onlv by mechanical skill: hut now, by the aid of a man of true sci ence, its value, its durability and its ap plication, are likely to be extended fai beyond any farmer conception. Mr, Boucheric's discovery, although resting or sciehoe, is so simple and plain, that thost least conversant with the philosophy o vegetation w ill understand it at once, anr be convinced of its truth. It is wel known, that various expcnmruis uav? Keen tried to render wood more durable, ant even inctm'mstible. impregnating it will common salt, or mctalic salts. But tin difficult has been, to so impregnate dr\ wood Mr. Bonchiere has avoided tha difficulty, by penetrating the wood whili yet alive. He says, " Let a tree be cu otTat the foot, and that foot placed in * vessel containing the conversative liquor with which you would saturate it, ant then the aspiratorv effect of the leaves wil cause this liquor to ascend with the sap. " Or that the tree may he notched, or par tly sawed in two: or it may be felled even leaving a tuft of leaves sufficient t< perform the aspiration upwards, and th< liquor will pervade the smallest twigs, an< even the leaves." Thus much for the preservation of th< wood from dry or wet rot; a matter o sufficient importance in itself, for shij budding, and other constructions?post: railways'&c. He then informs us, tha coloring matter of any hue, or varietv may be introduced into the wood, by the same simple, and natural process. For the preservation of the wood, h( r-'ComiiK nds Pyrolignite of Iron, or wha lie calls the mother waters of salt marshes But you, Mr. Editor, will probably pub lish at some other time extracts from th( report which has been made to the Acad emy of Sciences in Paris, by the Commis sion appointed to that effect. I wil - 1 ~ i < .1 i i i Me re i ore refer your readers 10 mat document ; and conclude Hy some remarks ol my own, tending to confirm the theory. ft is well known to farmers, and gardeners, that salt, put round the roots of a living tree will kill it, salt in large quan tities is poison for a tree, and it is absorber by the same process as the sap is. anc with it; as poison is taken into the blooc of live animals, although it cannot penet rate the veins of a dead body, because there is no circulation ; the respiratory action of the lungs is wanting to make the blooc circulate. Now the leaves are the?-res piratdry organs &T the plant, and it musl have some life to alworb anything. The tree is pervaded ;.n all its part! wi h small elongated cells, which com ?..jnicate with each other, through a nar row 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 tfi'-n descends after undergoing a change; as in* blood is changed; after passing * ii - t tlm 'irtzii'irfitnrni nn *. VI *1 (.IIVJU^II llir aUVM(9s MIIU IVIUUHII^ bv the v -ins. Much sjicculation might *le had on the possible action on these cells by liie moiion produced hv th6 wind , on the boughs of trees, an 1 this ought br c* r? on lied the necessary exercise oft he plant, Flare is a mechamcalaction, which mil) ho supposed to aid the ascent of the sao, The heat of the sun niav also facilitntf this operation, by expanding the Hale when it arrives to the twigs, and leaves where it is most exposed to that heat and thus producing a partinl vacurn, wiiicl <ii us? If is enough to cause the fluid below to rise Eut it is not mv intention to in tiulgc in speculations on vegetable physio logy; F will therefore recommend that ex periments he tried on some of our foresl .? i r?? . .1 ireus, oi naierenr nges, ine cennng season with common salt, pyrolignious salt, anr with coloring matter. I would propose 1r i>ore holes all around the trees as deep a? to the heart, i'or the sap does not circulate in the heart. Ilore these holes inclining how n wards, then make a trough of soft cin\ round the tree just helotv the holes, anc iill it with liquid which you have chosen and continue to li!l it so long as the tret absorbs it. or dies, as it probably will soon it may then :?e cut down and put to use As sill marshes are not to be found ii every place where it may be desirable tc try this experiment, I would recommend ' to take the stagnant water, after a dr\ lime, fr< m a peat hog, and add to it corn mon salt, AUo lake sonic of the sanit water and add to it common salt.? Vl.-?o take sonic of the same wate ?nd add to it iron. This last pro cess will cok>r as well as harden tin vood, but the coloring mar be varied a pleasure with various ingredients. Ou forest beach is a very close grain wood sand will in its natural state receive a higl polish, hut when hardened, the polisl would Ik; higher still, and some of oui softer woods may thus be rendered jnor< valuable. For chair, and cabinet work this dis, covcrv is highly important, for the wooc may be put into use as soon as it is cm . down, and will he all the easier to work especially under the saw, or lathe. We are informed by Mr. JJonoherie, that wooc thus prepared, preserves its flexibility, is not subject to cracks, flaw*, or to warp. About thirty vetrs ago, Captain Foreman. of New.York, informed a friend o the writer, that it became necessary tc Jiuiid in great haste, a vessel in some place where vessels were notorious for not last. i?i? sound more than voven or eighty ^^oars. and there was no timber then to ho had but that in the forest, then in leaf, The timber was cut, and the ves-wd built, 4 ?. , uiid salted on the stocks. Fifteen years i after, this vessel, supposed to be unsound, , was examined and found to be entirely f free from rot: Thus was it discovered in r necerica, so long ago, that the sap was a . Amessary conductor for any foreign conI i servative substance into wood. This process was much less perfect, and expei ditiousthan that of Mr. Bonchieretbut, in . more scientific hands it ini^ht then ;iav? ; led to the some results. The last process . on green timber, is somewhat like that of . tanning leather: the drv hide will nut take O 1 J r the pyroligneous solution of the tannin. . until the celullar texture of the hide is i expanded by soaking, nod gelatine is in a ? situation to combine with the new alteraf terative substance, and thus form a new 1 compound. 1 Bos'on Courier. FR A N K LI X. j From the Is*. V. Journal of Commerce. 1 THE NAVY. 2 j It is the universal impression, and it ? i cannot he doubled, that, in the efficiency t j of our Navy, as compared with those of . 1 -.1 ?I.-!?. ..... U_ J?7 ..t'k/M j inner nuuriiricj#, wi; u;ive rrccur-u mnivi t than advanced, for the last twelve or fif^ i leen years. In thw adoption and prac'ice , of the modern improvements in naval warfare, we are far behind the science of 1 age,?and very far in the roar of England, France, Russia, and even smaller powers. - I When we came into conflict with Eng. ,! land on the ocean, during the last war, it > I was under advantages of which modern f * 5 j improvements in the art of naval warfare I have in a great measure deprived us. Her favorite class of ships, armed, as they ! confess, with what they had supposed to f ho the most efficient calibre, we opposed > with a heavier calibre, *ud an equal, and 5 {in some respects superior degree of seat I manship. Our success in these engager; men's was therefore, in general, all that i we could desire. The English have, in J consideration of these facts, adopted a i i much heavier and greatly imoroved arII rnament, as we shall presently show. . ! The overwhelming superiority of Eng. ! land can only be encountered by other i j powers, bv changes and .improvements i which shall completely revolutionize .the art of naval warfare. The French saw I | this, even in the time of Napoleon, who j was one of the first, according to Mr. f Paixhans, who struck the great idea of producing and applying a species of artil. lerv that no ship of the line, (which is, i after all, a frail edifice of wood,) can re1 cut , I . Within the last ten years, the ideas of I Mr. Paixhans have been adopted in the 1 French and English service, and these O 1 ^ j two nations have vied with each other in > i giving the fullest scope to those new npi j plications of science, the shock of which I j is, ere long, to bo felt throughout the | world, and which are destined, it may he, t ! to put an end to the despotism of England j over the sea. i j It is found that, without increasing the I weight of the guns, or the difficulty of i managing them, Ao/Zo/r projectiles of heavy ? j calibre can he fired with terrific effect, j and Bomb cannon of tremendous size may > i he used on ship-board, so as to throw a > | large bomb horizontally' with assure an ' , aim as th6 solid shot from an ordinary I | cannon. Large bomb? even of the calibre I j of one hundred and fifty or two hundred ,r | poilnds, are fired on ship-board, or from ,r stationary batteries, with the force and ' ptecision of a cannon ball. No struc j lures eitiier of stone or wood ran resisi I ; such artillery. The terrible efficiency of ' this ann (the Paxihans cannon,) was wit ! nessed at Bey root, St. Jean i> Acre, and " : at San Juan do Ulloa. Mr. Paixhans. ir: ; his work on "new maritime artiilj y," 5; says, in regard to the destructive clfcct i I ! of these bombs on vessels,-"When thrown ! horizontally, they will crush, strike to : j pieces, and tear open, tiie side 01 ine vr-^. 1 st*I, with a terrible shock. It* thcv re. main in the side their explosion, acting | like a mine, will open largo breaches, the irregular fractures of which, extending below the water line, will make a passage, I 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 over' turn, it, together with its yards, top and ' rigging. Should the hornb pass entirely ? , through the ship's side, then they will r produce their effects between decks, in T ! the midst of the combatants, the artil.ery 1 I and munitions; and they will scatter 1 1 ~ ^ ^*^'1 * n l\Ki i arounu snowers m iron, nnu hi.-u,/;-w..h...v 2 j volumes of smoke and flame; I hoy will i completely destroy s fabrick of wood, ! much more easily than one of stone ? they ' will rip up the deck, set every thing on > j fire, and cause dreadful ravages every j where." ' | As if all this was not enough, each bomb contains a Gorman composition o' ; i the attractive name of Dampjkugcln. - J used to poison tie galleries of mines, and r as an able reviewer of this subject tells us, is "truly a pestilent congregation of 2 j vapors," rendering a ship uniniial itable. I > It is enough to damp the ardor of the r i loftiest chivalry to contemplate this last . j "notivellc armeand noth r.g can he beti i ter calculated to bring war into disrepute. 1 j In truth, however, all improvements in r the art of war lesson its dcstructiveness 2 and frequency. i If tioinor ascertained that there was no I " f ? more difficulty in carrying or fighting a 1 battery of bomb cannon than any other, 1 the next stop was, to connect this new 'armament with Steam navigation. That , it will answer as well tor a cruize as for I'coast defence, is the opinion of many 5 scientific men, and has been partially test. : ed hy experience. Its applicability to | attacks on fortified places has been swffiM cienilv tested ; and for sea coast defence >' it can have no parallel in efficiency, or in J j economy. It is peculiarly well adapted, in this respect, to our service, and it has, . in some degree, forced itself upon the at- j > j tcntion of our government. j Capt. Ross, in his work on steam de- j - fence, says, 'the destiny of Gr'at Britain may be involved in this invention."? * * * "The system will, in fact, become a species of military, instead of a na val one; and they who should have been sailors, will be maritime soldiers, not seamen; and then will our superiority, as far j as depends on seamanship, disappear; or we shall become what they will he, and ian; t learn to meet them on oar own c'mnnoh a id on oflr shores, as we met them ?i. Vi?ti?ria. and Waterloo." ; If Iiriiisl: superior of seamanship, in I comparison w it it Prance and other Kuro| i t I pean p??\v? r<, :.s *o become of no avail under the n< w system, so will our superiority in this, re&M ct, become equally useless. If the immense number of her seamen? 150 000 men?2'ves her a sort of advaninnr#? Knu' snnn will she lose it. when anv I v"b~' *? ? t ? landsman can, in a short time, be drilled to fhe management of artillery, in a floating steam battery I We shall also lose the benefit of the best race of seamen in the world?the men bred in our fisheries and coasting and foreign trade. But we shall gain in another respect?the resources of the interior river navigation will give us, thousands of hardy and daring men. whc arc accustomed to service in steam vessels, though they would be out of their element in an ordinary sailing vessel? Straw Jlolillas armed with Paixhans guns' or the Stephens gun, should it be prefered, throwing explosive shot of heavy calibre, arc obviously the best means of defending our coast and preserving our cities from fire and pillage. No fleet, of whatever | force, of the old kind, could maintain a position on our coast, or blockade our ports, if we 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 them in the same manner. Our fortifications will he almost useless, unless armed with bomb cannon, so that.thev may sufficiently resist the approach of a hostile steam fleet In point of economy, the j steam flotilla will have a grand advantage J over ordinary sailing vessels; for they I will cost less for construction and hrmamen!, 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 ! it\ !,/? i nfPPn?P(l_ We learn that Mr. Rhodes, 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 landsmen and seamen, that the first thins to be * ' D done, in order to render the Navy, as the President says, ''replete with efficiency," is to abolish the Board of Navy Commissioners. It has been a common remark, of late, that, if t he United States get into 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 j 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.il Intelligence. President Tyler received the Diplomat1 ~ ' ' i - . I. ?, I ic L>odv on rymirany, m iuoucujck, m , the President's Mansion. I In the absence of the British Minister. Mr. Fey (who. we are sorrv to say, was { k.M?! way '\v i ? 'imposition.) the Russian ! '/it islor. Mr. Bo-disco. appeared at the :h?sd of (:?' Corps. We give below his :: U'v < ,;s - V-:- ideo* o 1 behalfof him k. !'* and the President's i , I rop.y. I As >V or :n'v r.i oftho Body were respodi v"!\ ;>;' ? ',!("?] the President spoke to e:*rh of';!r : )!'the roiat'.ops, present or past. be'v.vea I'is country and the United States, and of his hope of the continuance of amicable relations ; and received from j all congratulations, and the assurance of I the desire of peace and amity with his ' country. I In these short conversations with gen. j tinmen, mostly stringers to him, the Pres. ident was particularly happv, and this, his first official course with the Representatives of other Nations, was, we doubt, not exceedingly satisfactory. Nothing, indeed, could he more appropriate or in bet| toi* tasie than the President's remarks,, j and the replies of the several members of the Corps. Mil. rodisco's address. [translation.] J/r. President: The United States having been suddenly deprived of its supreme bead, the Constitution has invested you with the Chief Magistracy of the Union. The Diplomatic Corps has the honor to appear before you, Mr. President, for the j purpose of expressing through me, its ori gan, its concern in the melancholy event which has so unexpectedly removed (fenera! Harrison from the hopes of the Am crican People. The Diplomatic Corps hasten also to offer up its vows. Mr. President, that your Administration may be i distinguished by the maintenance of all the existing friendly relations, and by ? constant increase in the prosperity of the United States. The Diplomatic Corps embraces this opportunity, Mr. President, to assure you of its earnest desires to merit your confi. dence and esteem. Tin: 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 Corp?i, whom on this occasion you represent, mv 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, j at the same time, to give the assurance that mv most earnest desire, as hi.sconsti# 1 tutional s accessor, will be to maintain and cherish the friendly relations which now so happily subsist between our respective countries, The People of the United States regard their own prosperity aa intimately connecUd with that of the entire family of na. tions, anf the cultivation of the feelings of mutual amity as the best mode of advancing i hat 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 wanti lg 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 i9 not, it would seem, a tithe of the business done now that there was in 1905. A cor res-! pondent of the Star says he took up a copy of the New York Gazette for 1805, and found its columns filled with advertisements notifying ?the sailing of vessels for ev ^rv 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 [, In this important trade, once so profitable to the New York merchants!? New Y'rk Express. The facts here stated are sufficiently interesting, as facts, to justify the calling of public attention to them. But the inference would hardly hold good that our commercial intercourse with the West In. dia 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 cojntries, the West India islands became the ontrepots of a great proportion of the trade between the United States and thw? great markets for our produce. Is not this the true explanation of the great apparent extent of intercourse with I the Wet t Indies at that time ? I t -' I a BRITI SH HOUSE OF COMMONS, APHIL 0. . case of Mh. Mcleod Visccunt Palmerston said that the next motion on the paper was one of the honorable member for Kilkenny, relating to the differenc?? 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 consideraiion of the H Duse. For his part, he did not see the expediency of bringing forward this question at the present moment. [Hdar 1 He trusted that there existed, on the part both of the Government of the United States and that of this country, 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 Atlantic and tiie other; 1 and, whilst these matters were the subject of cmmunication between the two Govern ments, any thng like a discussion oMneir details could only tend to delay, perhaps to defaat the object, not only of his itonorable | friend, but that of the English Government, jand of the Government of the United .States. [Hear, hear.] He hoped, there. I fore, his honorable friend would postpone his motion. [Hear, hear.] Mr. Hume said no person was more ! anxious to see relations of friendship main ! tained between this country and the Unii ted States. He was opposed to war of any kind, hill a war with the United S ates would be a most unnatural war. [H jar. hear.] After what had bsen stated bv' the noble lord he had no objection to post| pone his motion. PHENOMENA AT TIIE NOUTII POLE; FROM A LATE ENGLISH PAPER. A St; Petersburg periodical, Le Journal Scicntifique.y el Lileraire, publishes a very extraordinary narrative of an expedition to tho Arctic region, under the command of M. Nidjnei Nitigoiwosnescnk. The narrative says: About the 88th degree of latitude yielded as one of the most curious di*. i j .i- - -i : i J coveries that havo enricuea me puy*n;ai j sciences in latter times. It occured thus: ; For some days we had made no fire for want of wood, when, in searching our box j of provisions. 1 found some Lyons chest! uts whic h M. Arago had sent me as a souvrewr. I took it into my head to roast, them. YVe nut together some shavings which we still had, and kindled them. . A bright flame forthwith arose, and we ! were anticipating the sweet sensations it wasnl-ou* to yield us, when suddenly an incomprehensible phenomenon manifested itself. The flame, at first so bright and crackling seertied struck with immobility, 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 (aste of barley sugar extremelv refreshing, though accompanied bv a 'light burnt smell. I am 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 hut little*. The phenomenon was soon explained ; - - . .1 one of us having dropped his hook,tne moment he attempted to pick it up we saw it gradually romove from us, flco 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 amazemeDt; our sledge, which is almost wholly made of iron, t< seemed pushed on by a fatal, irresistible, a and invincible power, such as that which draws n light boat towards a cataract; J we tried to stop it, but could sot succeed { and were compelled to leave it to the [, mercy of Heaven. j " The magnetic power of the pole producedita effect, and, after a few hours of ? that fantastic progress, we were enabled J to perceive, by the light of an aurora borealis, the 9orabre mysterious extremity of our globe. It consisted of enormous * mountains probably of pure loadstone, di- 1 vided into huge strata of various colors, i green or blue. One would have fancied t the back of a gigantic zebra was rising be- I fore us. Alas! unless Providence vouch- ( safed us unhoped-for assistance, we must j soon be dashed to pieces against it. Im- ( pelled 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 on- 1 ly flowed in silence, and I heard beloved 1 names uttered, when suddenly, a sort of barrier of icebergs, heaped over one another, 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 j fallen into a negative magnetic current. 1 I We were saved jand saved to carry away 1 ! with us the most awful secret of Nature. | It was enough to run mbd with joy. We 1 i raised our hands.to Heaven." the scottish thistle. i The origin of this ancient emblem of 1 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 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 unobserved, when a Dane unluckily stepped with his nakedjfoot upon a'uiperbly 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. New York, April 24, half past 3 P. M. The Great Western, always punctual to her time of arrival, made her appearance in our harbor between one and two o'clock, bri? ging late news from England and the Continent, hut nothing of much importance. The President steamer, twenty-seven days from Now York, had not arrived at Liverpool when the Great Western left. The last inteiigence from the United) States in England was to the 20th of i March?the North American, which sailed on that day, having arrived on the I 4rh. She earned out the Proclamation I of the President for an Extra session ox j Congress, and the scenes of the Specia i Session of the Senate, which c'osed o wthe loth of. March?the p,T-ct of which, j if any tiling, was favorable. The imprisonment of McLsod has nl-1 | most ceased to he a subject of serious com- j i ment in the English newspapers, and, so j j far as the public voice is heard, it seems j j to he for continued peace. The political ! inteligenco from the East is unimportant. ' Erom all parts of the continent the news'j is later, hut I see nothing, in hasty read- j ing, which can be regarded as of the I h c? | least importance. The over-land mail, had not arrived.. The comnjorcialjinteligence, being but! four days later than received bv the Co- j i lumbia at Boston, is no' important. The i cotton market was dull, but no change J in prices. The Havre Prices Current i j speaks of improved prices. The grain ' j market was dull. i | The Western brings not a large, but a j / good numlver of passengers. Among the J i number Mrs. Sigournky and President' I Wayland, of Brown University, Rhode j j Island. r - 0 ?- ?I'mn fine warsfpam. ! I >> AH OlKAJlbHS. ?v j crs have just been completed in New I York for the Spanish Government. A Question of Veracity,?It may he remembered that Lord Palmerston, some time a go, on the Hoor of the House of Commons, declared that the assump. ; tion of responsibility for the attack upon j the Caroline had been officially made j known to the Government of the United j States, through Mr. Stevenson, in refer, ance to this declaration the London Times i makes the statements following:? We arc anxious to enforce the expediv* ncy of getting at the truth of the rumor which has been accredited in the best rtCvi'lii/*), wr see no informed circie?, nuu reason to doubt the truth?namely, that within a day or two Lord Palmcrston as. , sured the House of Commons that he had ! three years ngo, informed Mr. Stevenj son of the British Government having ! j sanctioned the destruction of the Caroline j the American Minister, Mr. Stevenson f addressed himself by note or words to the British Foreign Secretary, positively nllonging that his Lordship had stated what was not the fact, for that the American | Government had never yet had such a communication from any official function, arv of Great Britian. The whole corps diplomatiqe now in London have, we understand, bcea fully apprised of this mat ' ? - ^ ?r, which reflects gravely upon the charcter of a British Secretary of State. ^ Voni N. Orleans Bulletin of April 24th. ly the schooner patriots, from Sisal, we lave recieved Yucatan papers to the 10th nstant. We fiad in them not much of ;eneral interest. Don Pedro (Gen.) Le. nos has been declared by the Yucatan Congress a citizen of that State. The Tobasco Government Journal of he 11th of March contains the foHowing irticle : MCinAPA8.-The progress of the federal roopsin this province is so rapid, that they lave already embraced the whole of the Jhiapas, and have hemmed the centralists ? n the Fort of St. Christoval, the Capital )f the |>rovince. From the energetic measures of Gen. Anava, it i9 believed 9 9 they will be soon forced to retire or surrender." A pension hag been voted to the heirs )f the persons who were lost in the reve me schooner, wrecked offVera Cruz. The Yucatan Congress, after having adapted a constitution for the State, adjour ried on the 2d instant. From the N. Y. Com. Adv., April 28. MORE FORGERIES. We published yesterday an account of i bold and successful forgery, by which the Commercial Bank of Cincinnatti and Mr. Gwathmey 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 deposite of $23,000 in specie in the Commercial Bank of New-Orleans. Commercial Bask of Nkw-Oblrani, ) ? A/arch 17,1841. ) m D. Thompson, Esq., Cashier Bank of America, New-Yerk. Dear Sir?In conformity with the request of Nathaniel Britton, Esq., of London, I hand you enclosed half my certificate of deposite in his favor, for $23,000 specie, which please deliver to him 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 Cincinnatti, with the substitution of the name of Nathl. Britton for'that of W. M. Parker, and $23,000 for $13 000. On Thursday of the last week the "Mr. > Britton" of the letter made his appearance, received of the Cashier of the Bank of America the other half of the certificate of depoeite, and was by him introduced to Jacob Little A: 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 thn tr?11pf should be satisfied that the pre sinter was the person in whose favor the 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. Mr. Little has offered a reward of ?5.000 for the recovery of the money, v ; ? and a proportionate sum lor any part thereof. From the following paragraph in the Philadelphia United States Gazette of yesterday, it appears that a like attempt with the foregoing has been made at Philadelphia, but not with the like result: We gave the particulars yesterday of a most ingenious, extensive and successful forgery on a Bank in Cincinnati. We now learn that a similar attempt was made on the Girard Bank in this city, hut without success. So exact is the imitation of the writing, the engraving, and signatures of the drafts, and even the letters, that on comparison no difference is observable. Even the color of the ink on the counterfeit is the same as that on those known to be genuine. The trick did not take here. A similar attempt was also made at Baltimore, but it was not successful, merely, according to the correspondent of theCourier, because the holder "was too close in driving a bargain." O O What adds to the mystery of these forgeries is the fact?for fact is beyond alt r?acnn?hlp Houht?that the letter con taining the halfcerfifiicate to Mr. Thompson, mint not only have been written in the Bank at New-Orleans, but it must have been written by the hand that is employed to copy the letters in the original correspondence of Mr. Hall, the cashier. Nor is this ail: the letter introducing the pretended Mr. Rritton, bears the genuine signature of Mr. Hall, the cashier Two kinds of ink used also in the correspondence of Mr. Hall, were used in tho spurious letter?both kinds being of the exact shade of the genuine letters of Mr. Hall. We have arrived at these conclusions on a close comparison of the spurious with the genuine letters of Mr. Hall, in company with several excellent judge* in such matters, whose opinions coincide "With our own. ^ MORE OF THE FORGER. It is stated by a correspondent of the I Louisville Journal, writing from Cincinnati, that about the same time at which the fraud of the (prged certificate of dcposit e was successfully played off on the Commercial Bank of Cincinnati, a like attempt was made with the same object on the Northern Bank of Kentucky, at Covington. The cashier of the last named bank received a letter containing the duplicate of a certificate of deposite ?11 nan ;n anwip. from the Mer lor wn,vu" ?? chants' Bank in New-Oleans, in favor of the game W. M. Parker. Mr. Parker t