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their lives by leaving their tail behind.? I The loss of life in this exploit is said not r ^to have been great the Chinese having had ( ample time to save themselves by flight j before the vessel blew up. We arc sorry s to have to record one casualty on board 0 the steamer; her gallant commander, ^ Captain Hall, was severely wounded in v the hand by the bursting of a rocket. During the action at Shaming, the rig. ging and spars of the Modcste were a good deal cut up and three men wounded; we have not heard ofany casaullies on board a fio mher two shins. Alter the destruction i 1 of the Shaming f? rt, the ships of war reti- 8 red to their anchorage in the iMacao pas. t sage, waiting tor the squadron and forces s on their way up the river. v Oa the 234 the whole forces, naval and y, military, had, by the Macao passage, ar- \ rived to within four or five miles of Can- f ton; and even H. M. ships Blenheim had y been able in spile ofher great draught of | water, to proceed thus far. A great ma- j ny Chinese chop-boats were seized at Whampoa by the British, and they afforded excellent canveyance for the troops. 1 On the 24th, It. M. 26th Regiment, r under command of Lieut. Col. M aintain ' took possession again of the foreign facto- 1 ries <Sc wi-*re just in time to save the greater p irt of them fro n destruction?driving | 1 from thence a mob of soldiers and thieves . that had begun carrying away whatever they couiJ. They were too late, however, to save the Greek, Dutch, and Brit ish Hongs; these have been comp ete ly ( sacked; every thing, even to the window , frames, has been carried away, and a ( large quantity of merchandise chiefly wo!lens, which were stored in the Company's / Godowns, have become a prey to the tuob. On the 2oth the Carneronians were still in possession of the factories, and the oth^ er troops consisting of the 19th Ro)al r Irish H. M. 49th, the Madras 27th N. L. altogether 1700 men and 500 marlines, had, after some hard fighting, taken pos- 1 session of the heights to the north of Can- ] - J i_: _ii .i_- a ion, aria urivun an mo i unar troops mu? the city, which was bombarded from the I ahrps with rouod shot, shells, and rock- < ets. . On the 26th a general attack, it is said , was contemplated *"d parties who arrived yesterday from VVharnpoa, which they j left late on that day, report having heard ( a heavy canonade during a greater pait of the day. It is therefore very probable that whilst we are writing Canton is I in possession of the English. n We hear that, on tne 25th, enrlv in the morning, Howqua and the Kwang- I cbowtoo had an interview wilh one of the * naval commanders, offering to negotiate I for the saving ofthe city; that they ofTer- c . ed five millions of dollars, to be paid with- ( 1;in three months, and all damage done to, ( -suffered by, the British during the at- f tack on trie city to he made good; that they | further withdraw all troops from Canton, I itntf ask for 40 days to effect it in. These ? offers, if made, have, it appears, been re- i fused. It would indeed, he the height of1 u fdjly n??w again to enter into negotiation r with the Chinese after the ample experi- ! ence we have had of their total want j c i.f good faith. They prooil !y by these : a rdfera wish to g.iin time, in order at some !t future moment a .pun treacherously to , i< break tueir promises when- vrr they jnuv i n hope to-be nbieto attack the English with a some advantage. j n The number of the rafts p-epared hv c the Chinese must have been enormou.se; ! they have been seen on all parts of the j 1 river belween Canton and the Bogue.? Shrfte wera sent down upon the YVellesiy , (anchored off the Bogue) from Chuenpee; j ' others at Second Bar, upon the Futtay Salam (ashore there) nnd theScaleby ' Castle; and the naval Senior Commander 1 has, we hear, issued a notice to the Chi-j1 nese that any village Irom which a fire : F craft shall he seen to come, or the village v nearest to the spot whence the fire craft , s shall have been sent, is to be destraved, so c ? l~-v? n?r. wlr.na ,mnn nn.uhor I 09 HVS* iV IVMt V V f 1 , In prosecution ??f this threat, the Sui-1 ( phur and Alligator have completely de-! v stroved a village near Half Way Pagoda, [ whence tire rafts had tieen sent among v the British shipping; and it is to be hoped that this severe example will have J the desired effect. H. M. Plenipotentia- s ry has also issued a proclamation to the c npnole of Canton, savins that, having on t i 1 -- - ' cj o several occasions been treacherously dealt with l>y the Emperor's Commissioners, ( he now intends to drive them and their t troops out of Canton, and warns peaceful [ inhabitants to leave the town without t delay, in order not to he made to sutler for , the faults of their mandarins. , We are sorry to say that Mr. Millar t was so very badly wounded that his life N is despaired of; one of the crew is like- t wise missing, probably killed, and all the , others are more or less wounded, andsuf- c fering from the privations they have since J endured. Mr. Coolidge has been liberated in the same manner as the others. j On Friday, the 21st instant, all foreign * ers left Canton, pursuant to the above < notice of Captain Elliot, and went to ( Whampoa or retired on hoard boats in the a river, with the exception of Mr. Coolidge >s and Mr Morse, two American merchants. s Immediately on the factories being thus f abandoned, the mob broke in, and were with irreat difficulty, driven bv the soldie- e e? ry, who wanted no share in the plunder, f The above named gentlemen were in ( great danger of violence from the mob v and solders, hut Mr. Morse succeeded, by j the assistance of a mandarin, to escape to a river and into a hoaf, in which he reach- ? ed VVhacnpoa, while Mr. Coolidge was, t probably with a view to his protection, \ carried into the city. A boat from the ( American ship Morrison, which, with j a crew of four and three passengers, Messrs. Taylor, Miller, and Gutierrez, s eft Canton for Wfiampoa on Fridav, was 1 icar the Fieneh Folly, fired upon by the i Chinese, and, trying to escape by seek- < ng shelter oil board a tea-boat on the < outhcrn bank of the river, the passen- 1 ;ers and crew were followed by the sol- i liers, who very severely maltreated them, i mounding most of them, and then carried hem prisoners to the authorities at Canon. We omitted to state in the foregoing iccount of the hostilities at Canton, that I. B. M. Algerine, after the forces had irrivedut Canton, was placed opposite i he Dutch Folly, which the Chinese had itrongly fortified, and from whence a fire vas soon opened upon the vessel, which vas returned with interest ; the Chinese, j lowever, defended the place with great 1 leterminathin, but it was at last carried. >Ve regret, however, to learn that the ( oss in killed and wounded of the Algerine, , lasbeen vary severe, particularly among he boat parties that were sent to carry ' be fort and several other masked batteies. A lieutenant of the ship, whose lame we did not learn, had, it is reported lis leg carried oiF by a cannon shot.? 1 Hie guns found in the fort were very I - . i landsoiuo brass pieces, quite new, and ot , superior workmanship. Etxract of a letter, dated ?? ? ? rt 1 fl < 1 Macao, May au, ion. j Mcss-s. Cary & Co.: Since the date of |1 nir general advices events of much irnwrtance have transpired, a brief note of J, -vliich may not he uninteresting to you. J The excitement among the Chinese I cferrr.d to, continued to increase until J1 :he ISth instant. When Captain Elliot L irrived at Canton, it soon become known \ hat lie had already ordered the whole j Jritish force, vessels of war. transports, i1 md troops, to the immediate vicinity of j Canton; and his advice to his country- i men was to close their business and pre- i >are for removal with as little delay as jossible. Up to the '20th instant, the Chinese authorities had avoided holding j my communication with Captain Elliot, i j md matters wore a very dubious and i jnsatisfactory aspect. The local authorities, however, pub-|1 ished proclamations and sent messages I hrough the Hong merchants and linguists j ( . I i issuring all resident foreigners of their j perfect safety in Canton. On the evening of the 20th, all the English residents had embarked, and only lour or five Americans, confiding in the assurance *fthe Chinese, remained in the 1 factories; the same night the Chinese 1 commenced hostilities by sending a fleet )f fire boats and rafis against the vessels >f war lying near the city, hut without 1 loing them any damage. ' 1 Tnis act was avenged by the Pylades ( ind steamer Nemesis, that attacked and i lestroyed a battery near the factories and i ,bout forty fire boats and us many fire 1 afts. On the morning of the 22d an Ameri- ? an resident was scizcu ny uie vmu^o , nd taken from his factory; at tlie same < iine that a bout,'belonging to the Amer. 1 can ship Morrison, with three passengers , ind seven seainen were captured soon tfter leaving the factory for Whampoa, : ind the party carried prisoners into the :"y- . . I- rom this the h'me was occupied by the , English in concentrating their forces lear the city, until the 24th at 4 P. M. j The Hyacinth 18. Mudeste 18, Pv lades 18, Nirnrod 18, Colnmhus 16, Cruiser 16, ( ind Algerino 10, having taken up their , position in front of the city and suburbs, I pened their fire upon every offensive mint of the Chinese, who returned it ' vith considerable spirit at first, but were j con compelled to desert their guns. At i > P. M. a body of.soldiers, about 400, 1 vere landed at the foreign factories, in j he vicinity of which the Americans, vho had been taken prisoners two days ?efore and examined by the authorities, i vere released. The tiring was continued until about 9 ^ \ M., when the suburbs were on tire in ( everal places, and nearly all the batteries inshore in possession of or destroyed by 1 he English. While this was going on in front of Uanton, (Jen. Gough was "landing bis roops, 1800 men, at the foot of t!;e 1 icights, in the rear of the city, and on he morning of the 25th he commenced >perations. Particular's of the day's vork are not yet known, further than hat, with a loss of some 40 killed and vounded, four batteries were taken from he Chinese, and great numbers of their itficers and soldiers killed, the heights 'ornmanding the citv taken, and the Iritish forces entrenched upon them. T\.o hwe nf P!hinp?:p nn this occasion s variously estimated at from .3,000 to >,000, and even as high as 10,000 men ; ind they now find, to their cost and exrome disappointment, that they are unible to cope with European troops on hore, as they have before proved them- , elves in their encounters with British orces afloat. On the "20th the vessels of war were ; mgaged in quieting and destroying the | ( ew remains of opposition, and in the j jvening mandarins called on the Captain vith flags of trace, to negotiate for the reservation of the city. Our advices from the seat of action ] tnd negotiation are to the morning of he 27th, when it was said the Chinese )ad capitulated, and offered a large sum ?f money for the ransom of the city, which t was supposed, would then be saved. It is scarcely necessary for usjto say that incethe 11th nothing has been done in the aiJgJBEJ way of sales of imports, and that all ship ments of teas, &c., cease on the 2lst our establishment, in common with al others, is again removed to Macao, am we fear with a prospect of beiDg ob!ige< to remain here for several months, inas much as, in the event of a suspension o hostilities, and Canton being left withou further injury, we do not think the Brit ish merchants will trust themselves then while the British forces are drawn off t< the northward. We think it will bi iound necessary to renew the blockadi of the port; and the most that we cat hope tor under almost any circumstance: is, that neutrals may proceed to Cantoi to realize the foreign merchandise depos ited th' re. and to complete the lading of thi ships a ready in port. VVe are without late intelligence from India, but Commodore Bremer is daily expecter on in the steamer Queen, to resume commani of the naval forces ; and it is understood tha a reinforcement of eight regiments, about fi,500 men, is now on the way to China front India. \\Ta ana -AAA.f A? aorr*r\ of th* ,T c cm iwc rt ir|nji v vi iiiv \.aigw vi Narragansett, by which you will see that th< total export since 1st of July of last year ii only I'O.OiMJchesis. We doubt if the lading of the American ships at Whampoa will b( completed without much delay ; and, viewing thostat^and prospect of foreign relation! with China in whatever light we may, still w< look upon it as almost certain that high pricei for teas will and must rule in Europe and A inerica during the ensuing year or two. FROM THE UNITED STATES OF YESTERDAY. We ha ft) been favored with the following interesting extract of a letter from a residen American merchant at Canton. His viewi as fo the early settlement of the existing dif Acuities will, of course, not be concurred ir by many of our readers, and by those interes ted io the trade. Macao May 31, 1341. My last was per the LoweJl 16th instant sirce when hosti itieshave recommended, and as you see from the heading, we are all agaii at Macao, too happy to have escaped with ou lives. Trade had been going on quietly e nough till within a lew days before the out break when it became erident, from variou: infringements on the pari of the Chinese o the truce, that there uas to be another battle large masses of soldiers from the interior be ing collected in and about the city, to tin number, it is said, of 50,(100; and Captaii Eili. t'e circular, issued on the 21st, recommending all foreigners to leave Canton imme iliately, left no doubt about it and we all hur ried oif instantly ; so suddenly, indeed, tha several of my trunks, full of clothes, &c. wen IhIt behind, and havesir.ee been taken off bi the Cuinsse mob that broke into the fartoriei immediately on our departure, and rifled ever thing they could lay hands on. This, howev er, was my only loss on the occasion, as m; accounts and all valunbie papers are tortunat ely preserved Many others have been ser ious losers by the suddenness wi'h wind they wese obliged to escape, to say nothing o the immense amount of property and good in the factories and hongs, much of which wil doubtless be Inst to the owners until they cai r*<imnpl the Chinese Government to indemnif1 them. You will see ail the particulars in th? newspapers of course, and I need not there fbie revert to them. Mad we remained i jingle hour longer in the place there is n< telling what might have been the consequenc as the moment the guard of marines wa withdrawn the work of destruction commenced Phis is the second narrow escape I have ha< frum Canton, and, I assure you, I have hai pule enough of it. A few hours afier the for eigi.ers were out the attack commenced, an cannonading and burning were the order c I tie da)'. Canton is not yet destroyed, bu military possession was taken of the height and suburbs by the British forces on the 26th and they certainly would have botnbardei and she Med the place had not the Chinese au ihorities offered to ram-mrn it at eight million of dollars, payable in eight successive days Although we have nothing official on the sub ject, such is believed to be the result of tin negotiation-of the last few days. Many thou sand Chinese, ha,ve been killed, and there i some hiss on the Brit shside, but not ofmucl consequence. Part of the suburbs have beei burnt, and the whole city was near sharinj (he same fate. We have a report to day tha the ti: st instalment of one million has beei paid, and Canton will thus escape destruc liop.. Thus the Chinese have drawn upoi upon themselves at last signal punishment fo their breach o fgood faith. They have hai a second lesson, not to be easily forgotten I'Ko P'.nrrliah haup actt-i] thrniiorhout witl much forbearance and moderation, bet thi Emperor'sorders were positive that no termi should be made, and it was supposed that wuh their numerical superiority, they woul< have made better resistence ; but it is nov clear that their numbers avail but little whei opposed to European skill and courage, Th< British steamers and ehips got up very noa iliecitv, and fired with destructive effect the Chinese must be convinced that they can not stand, although in some places they mad' a desperate resislence. Many of the factories are destroyed; and i r-ver the p!ace is occupied again as a seat c trade; they w ill have toerect new ones. Ttv impression i? now gaining ground that Hon) Kong will he the place of business, and tha it will bo built up during the summer. Stil I am inclined to think that Canton will retail a share of the trade, and should not be muci surprised if we were back there again en long, carrving on trade as usual. The lates account we have i?, that the forces intern proceeding up the river to Foshan, a city t< large size about twenty miles above Canton and there make similar demonstrations, afte which they will probably proceed along tin coast, attacking the various cities, and finalh bring up at Pekin. All this is only in casi matters are not previously settled here, o which now I tf ink there is a better prospec than at any former period ; and it is not iin probable we may soon have the trade opei again, although in the mean time a sufficien quantity of tea has gone forward both to Eng land and America, and before that is exliausted I have little doubt that trade will be re surried, or teas got out in some way or other and esoecially when the former results o Cant. Ell oil's remarkable disposition for thi negotiating is taken into view. Extract of another letter, dated Macao, May 31. " Every thing here at the present moinen is in a state of utter derangement and con fusion. The Chinese are at. last paying dear ly f'ir their arrogance and o stinacy, foolish!] resisting all accommodation, and relying ot their uumtiers, and utterly ignorant of tin force and skill that can be brought to bea upon them by the Western nations. Cantor is at the mercy of the British, and it is sai< the authorises are negotiating for its ransou by the offer of eight millions, to be forthcom * f - Ing immediately, or foiling that, hostilities'to . recommence. We ?n<uv nothing officially as I yet, but if they pay up, the city will be spared. . There has already been great destruction of 1 property and life among the Chinese, and it j would have been better for them had thev lis" . tened to reason before. It will be attended, j- however, with very beneficial effects on the foreign trade with this country, and sooner or later the Chinese Government wiil have to - come to terms, although to effect this it may s be necessary to carry the war along the coast, and up to Pekin." 3 \ [From the N. Y. Com. Adv., Oct. 23. ? TWENTY DAYS LATER FftOM CHINA i The news per Narragansett w;is to the g 1st of'June. We now find that the Naragansett had a long and tedious passage down the I j China St. a, and at Anger Point was overtaken - J hy tho Island Queen, which left Canton 20 s I days later, and bv this means, Mr. Low w ho | came passenger in the Narragansett, obtained - j the following additional information. i i On the 1st June, before the N. left Macao II loads, news was received that fighting had t j ag'ain taken place with some newly arrived I j troo.vfi "'id that a few foreigners who had re ) turned to look aftpr pome of their property. were again o'oligod to retire to their boats, t Below are a few extracts made from the Cani ton Prev of the 12th and 19th June, kindly ' j loaned to Kie for a tew moments by the Kesif j dent at Angft.r. i' 4*Arrangeinei:f8 made between II. M. Plenif' potentiary and the 3d Imperial Commissioner/ sj 1st. That all troops, exrceDt those of the -! Province quit the city withui six days, and J proceed 60 mil? s. 2d. Six million dollars to bo paid as a ransom for the city, within one week commenc. ing 27th ,'Way ; one million to be paid before f sunset of that day. ' If the whole sum is no* paid within 7 d?ys ' to be increased to 7 millions, if not paid with in 14 days, to be increased to 8 million?, if >! not paid within 20 days to be increased to 9 - millions. When the whole sum is paid, the British forces to proceed outside the ,Bogue, and all * fortified places in the river to be restored, but * not until affairs between the two countries are 1! settled. Loses occasioned by the destruction r of the Spanish Brig Bilbaino and the factories to be paid. "The Quang chowfoo shall produce ' full power to conclude these arrangements on the part of the three Commissioners. The troops had returned to their ships > previous to the 4th inst., after having suflifered a good deal from exposure in the - marshy ground back of the city. The * Chinese even sent collies to assist in * taking their trap3 to the boats, being glad s to help rid themselves of such troublesome j visitors. s When the troops were being drawn ofF, f one company was found to be missing. * but after a short search were descried up 7 to their knees in a marsh, defending themselves against superior numbers at * the point of the bayonet, not being able f to discharge their muskets on account of 9 the rain which was then falling. Thev II j were rescued from their perilous situation n by a detachment sent to their assistance f with percHSsion locks. Sir Le Fleming Senhouse, who com. ^ manded the naval forces in the absence of 0 Sir Gordon Bremer, died at Hong Kong e 1 on the 14lh June, and was buried at Ma? cao, at his own repuest, in preference to ' the former place, it is supposed his death j was occasioned by heat and over fatigue j attending the attack upon Canton. Great * j sickness also prevailed among the troops and seamen at Hong Kong, t Capt. Elliot had been sick a week, s Messrs. Morrispn and Fearon, interpreters, i? had also been very ill. Six million dol. ^1 lars had been paid?five in silver and one in securities. The forces had left the 9 river, except the Calliope and Herald at 1 Whampoa; the Nimrod sailed with de. e spatches for Bengal. Captain Barlow - j was to proceed from there to England with a! despatches for the Admiralty. 1 " Persons having suffered losses by the ^ destruction of the factories, were request'L ed to hand in an inventory of the same ! to Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, i ?? Hop Mnipqfv's subiecls are warned j ' '"J?J - -- J i that it is unsafe to proceed to Canton, or r send ships to Wharnpoa, and recommend. ^ ed to go to Hong Kong, and notified that ^ any attempt on thp part of the Chinese e to interrupt freedom of trade and inter. 9 course with Hong Kong, would be answered with a strict blockade of Canton. J "On the 15th June, the Chinese were v again preparing great quantities of fire I rafts, and large supplies of match string, e and money had been sent to Canton from . the different provinces. , " A passenger in the Island Queen from e Jfacao, 20th June, bound to Bombay with despatches to be forwarded to England, if informed the resident at Angicr, that the 'f sickness was so great at Hong Kong, that e it had carried oft'five principal officers in ? one day." II " 1 ! . SNOW AND SLEET. t, A letter, received in this city, yestcr. e day, dated JfcPhersonville, (Beaufott t District.) S. C., 22d inst.,says "We had 1 snow and sleet to day, which makes the n planters look to their plantations. The '' renntrv f Heein nerferflv safi?." r J , J g Charleston Courier, i ? OHIO ELECTION. fj In this true Whig State as in Maryland, t j Pennsylvania and Georgia, the Whig | party have permitted the election to go by I default. The Journal of Commerce contains returns of the election, which stands thus: 'J Senate?Whigs 17 Locos 19 . | Representatives?Whigs 33 Locos 39 50 58 C A t ou f i . Loco Foco majority 8 7 1 A Challenge.?The owner of Boston ? comes out in " The Spirit of t!ie Times" r with a challenge, to all the world for J $45,000, as followyf 1 " I will run my horse Boston, Four Mile Heats, against any two horses in the wmantta*rj:z ujj" agjBjtejgnBgwggm sag?Ha ! world, far Tircnfy Thousand Dollars each I heat. That is, I will run Boston one heal ! against one of the two horses that may j be matched against him, while the other I remains in the stable; and the second t hears, against the fresh choice of the two f5 i horses must be started against Boston for j the deciding heat. To secure the match ! I will run it over any course in the United ! States the opposite party may designate, I and I will also bet them Five thousand ; Dollars more that Boston wins the match in two heats." Tennessee.?The two Jiouses of the Legislature in Tennesce have organized by electing a middle interest man as I Speaker of the Senate, and a whig, 36 to j 39, Speaker of the House.?U. S. Gaz. The sum of231,700 do! was received for the transportation of passengers and merchandise on the Baltimore and Washinglon Railroad, in the year ending the 30th of last month. An extraordinary girl. A letter from Mariette, (0.) in the Cini cinatti Chronicleofthe 11th inst., gives the , following account of a remarkable young i female artist in the vicinity of that | town. i An Original Genius.? It was a pleas | ant evening, on the day subsequent to I the commencement, when a friend took j me up the Muskingum some miles, to see | a lady whom he deemed worthy of no! tice. She was the daughterofa French. I man, who had been a teacher of that | tongue till he purchased a small farm near ; this place, and turned his thoughts from | the fielJs of mind to the fields of corn.? It seems th t his daughter hat* seen ahout two years since, a new fashioned dress at a ball. Oa her return, she took a piece of charcoal and drew the dress accurately on the white walls of her room. Her mother seeing was surprised, and said that she had best paint the rest of hfr room. Upon this hint, she went on and actually painted the walls of her room withhistori ical drawings, which were literally charcoal sketches." From charcoal she proceeded untutored to oil paintings, and when I was there, had covered the waits of the hall and parlor with most curious and unique works of genius. On one side of the hall opposite the parlor door, she had drawn another door, half open; and from the opening, herself, large as life, peeping into the j hall. Look^ng'through the room door at J this piece, the figure seemed actually al| live. On another side she had painted the | interior of a room, and, seated at n sup; per table, a gentldmen, his wife and little l -l:i.i knl/linrr mil hio hnnil In CIJIIU IIIU HUlini in/mill- vu? ?...catch the laughing 4nfant. In another place was painted the Elopement, In this she represented the window and the part of the room of a lady's apartment.? She had agreed to elope, but when her lover arrived had repented. She stood, with one foot on the window sill, hesitating. Fie stood outside looking in, with n ( ~ ' | a pistol to his head, threatining to annihilate himself instantly if she did not ^o.? Thus had the artist's fancy run wild in the ! pursuit of images, suitable for the pencil of poet or of painter. In such a scene, vhere genius, vivified, breaks this clods of nature to son re on its wings, in solitude we may realize that Gray's lines, so often repented, is not merely a beautiful idea but a truth?that. " Many a gem of purest ray serene, The Dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.M It is not literally true, however, that ! Miss Jfartin is "unseen," and there are J those here who take an interest in her progress. In my opinion, she is a fit subfor the patronage of a gentleman in cin 1 cinati, whose enrourgement ot trie arts already confered honor on his taste and liberality. GOOD NEWS FOR THE LOAFING GENTRY. Shirts with linen wristbands, collars, and bosoms, can now be purchased in i New York, for sixty-two and a half cents. | Almost as cheap as washing. A hopeful youth in one of the Tipper ' Districts, had the good luek to see the i1 Siamese Twins when they were in this i State. After gratifying his curiosity by looking at them, he turned to a neighbour nnd asked, very earnestly, if they were Brothers. His neighbour told him that he thought it quite probable they were. "Well," said he, with an air of profound curios?ty " if jist such another pair was to be bom in South Carolina, would they be Siamese Twins too /" " Boy, why don't you go to school ?,: | " Bekase, sir, Daddy is afeared that if I j learns every thing now, I shan't have anything to loam ven I cornea to go to | the 'cademy." OBEY ORDERS. i A brave veteran officer reconnoiterir.g a battery which was considered impenetrable, and which it was necessary to storm, laconically answered the engi? neers who were dissuading him from the attempt, 4k Gentlemen, you mav think what you please: all I know is that the American flag must be hoisted on the ramparts to-morrow morning, for I have the orders in my pocket. An exchange paper savs some women use paint as fiddlers do rosin, that is, that it may aid them in drawing a beau. The following anecdote well illustrate:s the position of the President and his whig friends; ?4 Och, sure," said an hon! est Patlander, 44 and I made a bit of mistake this morning. Who should I meet but Teddy O'Brien?and shook hands with him. lie thought it was me and I ! thought it was him but the devil a bit was | it either of us at all." j LATEST CASE OF ABSENCE OF MIND. ! A young belle of Boston, in dressing herself the other day, put on a bishop in front, and did'nt discover her mistake till j fhe had lovt-her reputation. i The Bangor Whig says:?""A-jinked ! in Boston has set up a one borse tkrasKing machine for the convenience of Parent* ttnd Guardians having unruly bovtt. Hell lick an urchin like thunder for fonrjtence; Small lickings done for two cents onljy and the most entire satisfaction warrant? ed." Mr. Lyrll, the distinguished Geologist from , London, was in Philadelphia last week, bar. ing just returned from an Interesting tour of observation through the coal and irou regions of Pennsylvania. He expressed himself ex* ceedmg.y gratified witii what he had seen and , heard. The almost boundless coal fields in this State excited his admiration and wonder. They vastly exceed in extent his expectations. He is about to lecture before the Lowell Institute, in Boston. The Philadelphia American of Thursday 8ay8; "The United Stntes Government has commenced a suit against the U. 9. Bask hi ihe DidtriCt Court in this city. * Tbey dkftloM in brought against the Direttort of the Battle including the three bodies of assig'tttttts# and the amount claimed is about 9350 000. The sums claimed are for damages on the Freodft Bill of Exchange protested by the Bank, du. ring the Administration of General Jackson, and #39,000 claim -d as the balance of bond# due by the hark for the purchase of the stock i owned by the Government in the o?d bank.?* 1 The bank has claims on the government or fully the amoun1 of the latter sum, and frith regard to the protested Bill, the public mind has long since been made up on that subject* The trial is to take place on the first Mon. day in November next." t?.-L-llil ' MB?? MARRIED In this place on Tuesday 26th nit. fcv the Rev. Dr. Lynch, Michael c. 8pan>, Esq., of Sumter District, to Miffs maby Tebrsa daughter of Mr. Conlaw Lynch, of this plnre. CHER AW PRICE CURRENT* November 2 1841* # articles. t&h i c. | n s B ;ef in market, Jb 0 4 b B icon from wagons, lb 9 a 10 by retail, lb t<4 Hi Butler lb 10 a 2U Beeswax lb 22- a 25 Bagging yard 25 a 28 Bale Roue .lb 10 a 124 ; Coffee , lb I2j a .< *]r Cotton, lb 8 a ft Corn,senree bush 50 a Hour, Country, brl i I Feathers t'm wag. none lb 4u a - 48 Fodder. lUOIbs 75 a 100 Class, window fix 1?, 5Uft 3 25 a 3 37^ , 10x12, 50ft 3 50 a 3 15 Hides, green ib 5 a dry lb 10 a ._ Iron lOOibs 5 50 a 6 56 Indigo Ib 1 a 2 r? Lime cask 4 a 4 4 50 Laid scarce lb 11 a 12 Leather, sote lb 22 a 28 Lead, bar tb 10 Logwood Ib 10 15 VloJusseb N. O. gal 40 a 50 ??, gal 35 a 37 Nails, cut, assorted ib *4 * * ? , wrou ght lb 16 a 18 U?u? bush 3u a 37 Oil, curriers gal 75 a 1 ?, lamp gal 1 25 a i arrived. On thi. 9fifli D McNair's new Pole Boat . with Mdse. to owner and others. dkpartkd, On the 30;h D McNair's new Pole i Boat with cotton for Georgetown. Port of Georgetown. Arrived, 20th steamer Anson, Donnell, Charleston, Schr. Wm. Benton, Detyns. Ho., Sloop C. Vanderventer, Spear, one day from Charleston. 21 Schr. Henrv Franklin, Wright, ? days from Boston. , **' 1 22 B<>nt Little Rock, from Darlington, with 3S0 hales cotton, Steamer Oaeola'f lighter Charlotte, Cberaw with 230 bales cotton. > 23 Schr. Charles Kershaw, Well*, Charleston. . 24 Ste'.mpr Oseola, Christian, from Cheraw, with 250 bales of Cctton Pole Boat James It. Ervin, Clieraw, with 343 bales ?>f cotton, B. Bryan & Brother's boat, from Chelaw, with 271 bales and II bales domestics, G Hannah's flat from Black Mingo, with 130 bale- cotton, (J Behn's boat, from Black Mingo, with 60 haies cotton. Foxwort'i ' boat, trom Mar's Bluff, with 149 bales cotton. 26 Fuller & Me Daniel's Flat with 40 baleo cot u?n. : . 27 Steamer Anson, Dunnell?7 hours from i. Charleston. rant Dnnnpll rpnorts helow the Briff De troit from New York; and the Schf. Wanda. Passo, Eddy, from R. Island; The latter anhore <Jn the North breaker. M>UTH~CAKOLINA, C hrsterjicld District. Eli Wal'ace Applicant against 1 T ibitha Sparrow, the Heirs of > , Henry Wallace, Joseph Wal. j lace, Jaokson Wallace, Wm. > Wallace and Elizabeth Wal- > lace. J it appearing to my satisfaction lhaf T'hith* Sparrow and Joseph Wallace, two of the Defeu. dants. re.-idca without this State, it is thereiore 1 ordered, that they no appear and object to the division or mlooflhe real estate of Elizabeth Wallace, on or before the 6f\eentb day of J mui a fxt nuvl nr his fnnuf-riL LA tll? a.inift will 1)6 eU? lerod of r cord. T. BRYAN, 0 C. I* 1 November 1, 1841. 51 v 12t 1 NOTICE. CHARLES I SHIVER, having thm it executed to rau an assignment of bis Bonds, Notes and Books of account, those indebted,to. ! the said Shiv -r, are requested to cotne forward and make p ijinent to the subscribe?, who* hi alone authorised to receive payment and grant receipts. AUGUSTUS P. LACOSTE. Oc'oSer 28. 1841. 51 1 tf NOTICE. ' iPN UARDIANS, Receivers at d Trustees who are reqnircd by law to mike annual returns to tho Commissioner in Equity for Charaw District, are hereby notified that their returns must be made by the twentieth day of Norem. bar urxt. E. A LAW, v C. E. C. IX Commissioner's Office, Dar- ) l.nglon C. H. Oct. 23,1841. \ 51 8ft IROlf. 20 Tons, assorted sizes, for sale by A. P. LACO$TE October 27, 1841. 60- tf i* v f i