been levied. This ad valorem tax on the i
lanJs is levied on an estimate of neir valu \ !
which in most instances is very greatly below |
their real valuo?and slaves may now he
stated at an avenge value ot'three hundred
dollars, so'h it in thct lands and slaves do
not pay cue third of the tax imposed on stock
in trade, and your committee believe a corresponding
taxation prevails in all the Soutu.
era and South Western States. Besides,
no regard has been had to the productive- i
ness or unproductiveness of tins stock in j
trade. Goods may have come to a falling !
market, when it might be ruinous to sell, li j
they are kepi for belter times?if they are j
not forced on the market, anJ arc at the i
end of the year found still in the hands of'
the merchant, they are. again compelled to j
pay the tax, while in the mean time interest j
and all other incidental expenses are nccu. j
mutating on the investment. In paying tax j
on lat.d and agricultural capital, it is paid on
what almost without fail yields an income i
or profit, in paying n or*commercial cap. ,
ila!9 it is paid on what may or muy not, in ;
trie fluctuations of trade, make either a profi i
or a loss. It is scarcely to be exp ceu j
that large stocks of goods, in the face of,
such a tax, can ever accumulate in the ;
hands of our merchants. Your committee.
know that it has produced thiscvi! and drive
goods from us, which otherwise would have
remained here to s<*c k a market. To secure
the trade at which we aim an J to which
the South is justly entitled, large stocks of
goodsaro indispensable. The foreign mer- j
chant a d our brethren at the North, must,
be encouraged to bring tneir goods here to !
await a sale, witii the full assurance that they ;
shall be subject to no taxation until sales shall
have been effected. Then may wc expect J
to see our wareuouses filled wi;h all kinds of!
commodities?the merchant of Manchester,!
or Leeds, or Lowell, w II not hesitate to
send his goods to be stored here. I lie im- j
port tin merchant will not have his capital j
diminished without the certainty of being i
able to make a profit to replace it. The ;
merchant, who comes from the interior lo :
lay in his supplies, will have no need to go (
to another market to fin i an assortment, or '
to make Irs purchase here, burdened by a j
tux from which he derives no benefit. It
is uot easy to estimate the impulse which
such a staie of things would give to our trade j
?how much h wou! 1 both encourage the ;
importing merchant to have always on j
hand a large stock of goods, and attract the ;
merchants from the interior to our Empori- ;
u ns 1 would encourage a competition of
boin sellers and buyers >n our markets, and
which could scarcely fail to prouuc the
most tuvora de resul s :
Your Commute** believe fS.nt lira differ?
cut mode ol laying taxos on ihc commercial,!
the Southern and South Western S ates j
might avoid all ;he evils which your Com- j
mitree are p?rsuad< d, have arisen from the j
mode hitherto pursued without any diminu- j
f ton of revenue. Let the tux Lo impoat >d |
on t e mcome of the merchant, on the iri? i
terest which he derives from the capital in \
v sted, and on the clear profit which he !
link' s. The Slates may well depend on
hi> honor, ou Ins ambition lo hold or raishis
standing among Ins competitors, on his .
desire to maintain his credit?(or faithful returns
of nis income. Tlie risk may be that
he will overestimate rather than und( r value 1
it, and a moderate equ table tax on it, your !
Committee believe, would assuredly make j
up for a'lthni would be lost by abandoning ,
the prevalent mode of taxing his capeai?
and they submi two resolutions, which, il ?
carrie d out into advis<*d legislation, niiglit,
they trust, aid us effieicn ly in the great ob.
jeci in which we are now engaged.
Roso/ved, Tiiat this Convention earnestly
re- ommend oihe respective L?gisi?t?res
of the Sou hern and South Western States,
so to frame their Legislature, as to encour. j
age tne accumulation of Commercial Cnpi. !
tal as theSouhem A lantic and South Wes- j
tern Sen Ports?in other words, to make
these ports Emporiums of Commerce, and j
so far as may be practicable, free ports,1
where the objects of trade may be collected
and remain exempt from all Slates or Corporation
taxation, until sales of them be ef
fie ed?and that the taxes then be levied
ouly ouly on the iutercs* of the capital in?
vested in such sales and on the net profits
derived from th'-m.
Resolved. That, in tho opinion of this
Convent on, the object of the lus1 pr- ceding
resolution, could be best effected by exempting
capital employed in commerce from all
taxation, except an annual tux on the iniercs
and profits derived from the cam al so
i i
invested.
Col. Blanding then rose and stated that
inquiries had been made in proper quarter ,
and that it had been ascertained that the
former Southern Review had been support
d wi h 130'J yearly subscribers, at $5
each, 500 of whom were from Charleston,
500 from the interior of this Sia-e, and 300
from other Southern S ates. the city of Savannah
beinj? the Jar.jest contributor out ol
South Carolina?that 2000 annual subscribers
would, it is though', amply suffice io
sustain me Review, of which number S.
Carolina would doubtless contribute her former
quota of 1000, and the other S nrhern
and South. Western States the other 1000;
and that h proposition would be submit'ed
that ttic Members of the Convention should
he furnished with subscription lists, in order
to use their bestt fforts to procure the largest
number of subscribers possible, in every ;
part of the South and South. West, and that j
a Committee be appointed to superintend
the establishment of the Review, and put it
under editorial and literary auspieces calculated
to ensure its permanent success, j
7 Tie Hon. F. H. Llmoue, Chairman of _
r-% . / m
tne uommiuee 01 1 en, gave notice that the!
Comnvttee would be ready to report at 12,
M., to-morrow. '
On motion of Judge Longstreet, the:
considera'ion of the several reports and re-;
solutions was postponed until to morrow, at j
10 o'clock, A. M., to which time the Con
vention adjourned.
RICHARD YE ADOS, Jr.,Secretary.
N. B. In th? names of the D legates from i
TTnion Dstrict, pub':shed yosfrd ;v, {4J:*o. ;
H. Bogan" was printed by mist, lie for j (
' Joseph II. Bogan." j i
In the Cornmitfee of Ten. the name of j
Mr. J. B. Rowland, of M icon, was inad- . (
vertentiy omitted j !
? ? . T
Opic.m.?The Burlington (Vi.) Free ;
Press, says :?"A singular instance of re? .
susciMtio:) from the effects ol* this drug on- j t
curred in this place last week. O.i Tues-1.
Jay of last week, Pannenus Iluntoon, who 1 (
was recently committed to jail in ihis town,'
on a charge of purloining money from the j ,
Essex post office, it seems procured half an j
ounce of opium, and on Tusany evening |
took a pill containing 129 grains! On I,
Wednesday he w is found in a state of utter j
insensibility, so far as external senses were J|
concerned, and presenting the only appear- '
ance of a man "gloriously drunk." In this j j
situation he remained till Friday evening, u j
nprio.l of five full days. In the mean time j j
our l)Hst physicians had been in constant j,
and in vain exhaus'cd the usual rt-! |
medics. We believe it was con- !
ceded on all hands that he must die. On !
Friday afternoon, Dr. lleinberg?a bold
operator?was persuaded to make a lust ef. ,
fort. We are no: apprised^of tlie particulars
of the operation ; nor is it material, as the 1,
case will probably be reported for the mod- j.
ica! journals. We believe, however, that, j |
by the warm ba h, and tiie free use of the j j
scarifier and cupping glass, he succeeded ! (
in drawing eighteen ounces of blood from 1 |
j
the region of the cere'Hium, which gave al- j
most instant relief. To the no small as- !
tonishment of the bystanders, the patient j (
suddenly opened bis eyes, raised himself up, j j
as it was frotn the grave, and called for wa ;
tor?a cup of cool water J [Juntoon is now |
in a fair way to recover. O.i being first :n- /
tcrrogated as to what be had been about, he t
replied that he recollected taking a pill of |
opium last n g'U. The intervening five days !,
were entirely lost, except in the accumulu- ! (
tio.n of a rather unusual appetite.
. ^ j,
Foul Air.?In a communication on the j,
- - i TI -p J
progress of the works at me i names i an- ;,
nel made lo thelnstilirion ofCivil Engineers ! (
at one of its lust meetings, Mr. Brunei sta- j,
ted, that the excavators were much more |
inconvenienced by fire than by water. .Sonic t
of the gissos which issue forth ignite verv j,
rapidly, and the reports from Guy's Hos t
pi'a! stated some of the men to he so much
injured by breathing them, that but small
hopes were cn.crtatned of their recovery.? (
Tnc explosions arc frequent, and put out (
the candles ofthe workmen;but the largeness j
of t !e 9pace prevents their being dangerous. I
These deleterous gasses issue from the mud j t
of the river, and proceed from a crevice nt j {
the top. Chloride of lime has tieen used, j j
but without success. Tnc breathing of the | {
gas produces sickness and on.cr disagrcea- j t
blc sensations. j?
<
ITINERANT BUG.
^ , <
ti?c night of ttitr crctttfttl v
s orm, three acres oftiie bog of Glnunam. '
uckalough, within four miles of New-mark- ;
et and eight of Kanturk, moved completely j
from i s posi'ion, and afier traversing u dis. j
tancHof a mile, and crossing a rapid river |
landed on the opposite side. Not an atom
of surface is to be seen w here the bog left, ^
and some of the Conservatives will go for
the A ministration ; and the ultimate Whig
but mere yellow mould. The occurence
fortunately has not dona any injury to hous- i
es or cuttle, but it is an incalculable loss to i
.he owner of the land, Mr. Jantes Barry, as
the bog rests on the very best portion of his
form.? Limerick Chron. <
Be it ever so humble there's no place i
like Home.?We think the annals of pns. \
ons will hardly furnish a parallel to the
following facts, for which we arc indebted i
to a correspondent: <
About the vear 1820. James Osborne, ;
of Sherman, in t is count), was convicted !
upon a charge for assault nn?l ballerry, and ,
sentenced to pay a small fine and cost ? !
I The precise amount of tlie whole we do
j not recollect, but it was quite inconstdersi
ble. The amount not being paid, lie was
committed to tho jail in Danbury, where he
remained eighteen years. As the law lias
stood during th ?t period, lie could be discharged
from his imptisonnvnt, only upon
ilher paying tin* fine and cost, orgivmg his
note fi?r the amoun1. Tins ho ever steadily .
refused to do. The judges of the Court, the
sheriffs and stale's aitorniei have all endea- j
vor to get rid of him, and to persuade him to j
execute the note, lor without the note, neither '
one nor all of them had any authority to rc- j
Jcmso htm. But all hae b*?en in vain and lie j
iias remained a tenant of the prison.
During the session of tho legislature in ;
May last, a representation of these facts was j
made to that body, and a resold.ion passed j
ordering Inn to he forthwith released, un- 1
j conditionally. Kven then he refused to j
' 1 -i :t j .. _ ?* * ? 1
i leave r.ie j in, ana was lorcioiy turnou out. j
| He returned to Siis native place, but friends !
and acquaintances, with only a few excep. i
tions, and disappeared. Some bad remov- i
ed, and others were no le.igor among the i
living ; and he found their places occupied I
by another gtmeration of men. lie was a ;
s'ranger in the land of his fathers, and sigh- 1
ed for his former habitation within the walls \
of til? prison. Ho wandered about for aj
few months, and in October last returned ;o !
he jail in Dan bury and sought admission. I
The jader received him and there he now is, j
occupying one of the colls of the jail, and j
p tying the keeper two dollars per week for ,
his entertainment.?Aorwa'k (Jazcltc.
PHILOSOPHV"
Philosophy is rarely found. The most j
perfect sample I ever met, was an oid wo- j
man who was apparently the poorest and ;
most forlorn of the human species ; so true j ,
is the maxim which all profess to believe,
and none act upon invariably, viz : that all j
liitnninnoL' il..?.< rir?t /innpnd rpi m11 VL'flrd [ il* i
II*/*. UV|'VUV4 Vil VW4 1 ' r ^ VM? j J
cums ances Tho wis" woman to whom j j
I have alluded, walks to Bos'on, a distance ol j <
20 or 30 miles, to sell a bag of brown i i
thread and s.ockings, and then patiently i
walks back again with Iter linle gains. lier
dfO thnrigli'y, rs ifrotrT-onn r?o|i :rjion '
>f 4 shreds and patches,' coarse it) the ex
reme.
" Whv don't vou comedown in a wag
? cj
>n ?" said 1, when 1 observed she was soot
o become a mother, and was evident!}
venried with h t long journey.
" We hau't got any horse^' she replied
4 tine neighbors are very hind to me, bu
hoy can't spare tlieir'n ; and it would cos
is much to hire one, S3 all my thread w.i
;oino to."
" You have a husband,?don't he do an}
hing for von ?"
44 fie is a good man, lie does all be can
but he's a cripple and an invalid, fie reel:
my yarn, and speks the children's shoes
fie' as hind a husband as a woman need tc
bave."
44 But his being a cripple is a heavy mis
fortune to you," said I.
44 Why ma'am f don't look upon it in tha
igh:," mp ied the thread woman ; 44 I con.
iider that I've great reason to he thankfu
io never took to any bad habits."
4* How many children have you I"
44 Six sons and five darters, ma'am."
44 Six sons and five daughters ? Wha
** *1 ^ ? ."v o, \r\r\n rt ! ' *
.1 lamuv. iora poor woman iu onj?j?aii .
" U'4a family surely, ma'am ; but then
nn't one of'tun I'd bo willing to lose. Thej
ire as good children as need to be?all wd.
ing to work, and all clever to me. Evei
lie littlest boy, when he gets a cent now aw
then for doing a chore, will be sure ant
Dring it to ma'am."
Do your daughters spin your thread ?"
" No, ma'am, as soon as they are bij
;nougb, they go to service. 1 don't want tc
;oep them always delving for me ; they arc
liways willing to give me what they can ;
Hi! it is right and fair thov should do a link
or themselves. I do all my spinning aftoi
.lie folks are abed."
" Don't you think you would he beticrofl
f von had no one but yourself to provide
or V'
* Why no ma'am, I dont. If I liad'ni
loon marri'-d I should always have had !i
vork as hard as I could, awl now I caw dt
10 more than that. My children are a grca
tomfort to me, and I look forward to tin
inie when they'll do as much for me as 1
lave done for the n."
" Here was true philosophy ! I learned ?
i lesson from thai poor woman which I
thai! not soon forget."
A ? A ?nrrrorvn nnd hllVV
?r had very ii tie good fueling towards cact
rlr'r, and tlio following occurence tool
place ?
4> If,'- asked the surgeon. 44 a noighbor'i
Jog destroy mv ducks, can 1 recover dam
iges by law ?" 14 Certainly replied tin
awyer,44 you can recover. Pray wv,at ar<
he circumstances ?" 44 Why, S;r, you:
Jog, last night, destroyed two of my ducks.'
4 Indeed ! Then you can certainly rccovei
Jamages. What is the amount? I'll in
itantly discharge it."?44 Four shillings ant
sixpence," chuckled the surgeon. 44.Ary
ny f?-e lor attending and advising you is sin
thilli .gs and c'gr t pence," responded th<
ittornoy,44 and unless you immediately pa)
he same, my conduct will be suitable."?
rlon st Lawyer.
QUARRIES UNDER THE CITY Of
PARIS.
The ascertained extent of the quarries
jnder the surface of Paris is G74,80(
netres, or about two hundred acres:?
viz., under the public roads or street!
182.850, and under tho other parts of flit
city 401,950 ; but it is probable that the)
extend to a much greater superficies. Judg.
ing by variations of the surface, by tnc fis.
purcs which have taken place, and by tho?<
which arc s'ili occasionally occurring, i
may be presumed that these excavation!
occupy about one six;h of the sub-surface
of the capital. The galleries which hav<
been traced under the. public ways are ir
length upwards of twenty-five thousanc
metres; but this is small in proportion t(
* ' ' ? k ' ^ mUmk rv # ."! ntuloi* nthfi1
IIJi; leiJg'll 111 IIIU5C WUIOll II1W U1IUV.I Vi.ixi
pans of the surface. The quarters unde:
winch the principal portion of these quarries
lie, arc the Faub urgs St. Marcel, St
Jacques, St. Germain, and Chaillot.
The quantity of stone which has heer
furnished by these quarries for buildinj
may fco es imated at 11,000,000 cu!>i<
metres; one fifth of which has probabl;
been cut info rectangular pieces, and tin
rest used as rough stonee. 'All thesi
collected into one mass would form a cub
of upwards of 220 metres square on cacl
face, and of more than three times th
height of the towers of Notre Dame. Th
quarries within the Department of th
Seine tire 9:39 in number, producing anni
a!!y materials worth 9,843,660 fr? an
employing 4,015 workmen. These result
may be thus divided :
Number of Annual Numbc
Quarries. Produce. of Mer
Cha'k, 5 17,400fr. 20
Clay. 55 180,600 00*
Iluildingstono, C10 3,000,160 2,075
Limestone, 17 241,500 50
Plaster of Paris, 161 G,081,600 1,015
Sand, 48 163 200 225
Milislone, 36 159 200 30
Total, 932 9,813,660 4,015
Tho value of the produce of these quar
rics must have been much more considcrn
bio in 1824 and 1825, when innumerabi
buildings were erecting in Paris and :h<
Hunlieu. The numbers of permission
tor opening new quarries tor those twi
years ware 191 and 184; while thosi
annulled were 00 and 75. Of the 1991
workmen anuually employed on the lef
hank of the Seine, there have boon
killed within the last 12 years, being in tin
proportion o( 1 in 428 per annum. In tin
quarries on the r glit bank of the Seine
which employ 2,820 workmen, there have
been 38 killed in 9 years, being in the
proportion of 1 in 520 per annum. Tht
average of men annually killed of tlx
whole number employed in the dnpariinen
s 1 in 474.
* This number is comprised m the :?2f
yorknien employed "n 'h? c;.v'r; quarries
ICHKRAWGAZET1 E.
. I Friday evening, april 2G, 1*39.
1 The PEE DEE~ AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY will meet at the Planters' Hotel
. j in thistown on Saturday, the 11th 'of May, at
t 11 o'clock. We understand that quite a
: number of planters, from the surrounding'
I! districts and counties, who had not been in|
formed of the meeting which formed the
f j society in time to attend it, expect to be pre
I sent.
j A paper in Philadelphia nominates Judge
> ! Story of Massachusetts for the Presidency, and
j; Gen. Scott for the Vice Piesidency.
A daily paper has been commenced in Rocb.
| ester N. Y. called the Daily Sun, to support
Gen. Scott for the Presidency.
A proposition was introduced into the Comj
mcrcial Convention to revive the Southern Rej
view, and a resolution on the subject passed
by unanimous vote of the states represented
as follows ;
t That in the opinion of this Convention, the
establishment of a Southern Review, under the
,; direction of able and learned men, to be faithf
j fully devoted to the promotion of science and
j literature, and also to the defence of the insti"
tutions, the vindication of the rights and the
1 developcment of the resources of the Slave
holding States, is an object of the deepest in1
j terest, and one which should command the
| cordial co-operation and support of every citi!
zen of these States; and thai a Committee of
,! Nine be appointed to carry the object of this
' resolution into effect.
' The President ap ointcd the following Com5
inittee under the foregoing resolution ;
:1 c.mm.itno nn the revival of the Southern
' Review:
Messrs. Hugh S. Lefiare, R. V*. Hayne, W.
C. Preston, Stephen Elliott, South Caroona ;
A. B. Longstreet, Geo.; James Gadsden, Flori.
] i da;John 11. Crozicr, Tennessee; Edward J.
' I Hale, N. Carolina, Charles T. Bollard, Ala.
11 Josiah Quincy has resigned the Presidency
1 of Howard University. Gov. Everett is epokeri
' of as his successor.
, We learn from the Cincinnati Republican
j that the beautiful paintihg and machinery representing
tli "Confl igration of Moscow,"
whicn was so strikingly, effective in the hands
1 of the celebrated Maelzel, were burnt last week
I in that (dace.
The Awful Plunge.?The St. Catherines
U. C. Journal of the 6th 6tates that five men
* went over Ni igara Falls on the previous ThursI
day. The Journal says:
II "The only particulars which we have been
! able to learn are that just before sunrise, on
i J Thursday morning last, a boat, with two men
in if, was discovered in the middle ot the river[
above the Falls endeavoring to make their way
! through the ice with which they were enclosed,
'J to the Canadian i?hore. Theit utmost cxerr
lions proved unavailing, and in a short j^tirne
' they were seen to enter the cascades, when
r they disappeared. In half an hour aft- ranother
. boat, with three men in it, was discovered in
j ; the same awful situation, and trying, too, to
IJ gain the Canada side; but, in a few moments,
c Yesterday the body of a man was picked up
3 in the whirlpool, supposed to be one of those
r unfortunate men, having about his pers m two
L 1?.J '.ml a vultnh!.. rrnlrt u-fltrh _
I11II1UI I'U uuiiui a uiai u iu>uuw>v b~"* ?
We have no other particulars."
p SUMMARY OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Accounts from various parts of England
i speak favorably of the agricultural prospects.
) The incomj of the British Museum during
the past year, (including parliamentary grants,)
amounted to ?33,447 l'2s. and the expenditure
* to ?30,808 13s. 9J. The estimate of the exJ
penditure for the present year is ?32,390.?
1 The number of visiters who have been admit.
ted to visit the British Museum during the year
1839, as compared with the three previous
. years, has considerably diminished. In 1837
t the number of visiters admitted to view the
general collections in the Museum amounted
1 to 321,151; in 1838 to 40(3,003. The number
*' of visits to the reading-rooms for the purpose
- of study and research was 69,936 in 1337, and
i only 54,843 in 1833. The number of visits by
1 6tud"nts and artists to the galleries of sculp,
ture for the purpose of 6tudy was 5570 in 1837,
r and 5015 in 1838.
Her Majesty's government have entered into
r a contract for conveying the mails by large
' and pwerful steam vessels, from Liverpool to
Halifax, and thence, by branch steamers, to
Boston, and in the summer to Quebec- The
. mArK?niiia inforoatc. nnt onlv in the North
| I1IGI tuuiiiv tiavvi wwkvj j
t American colonies, but also in the United
? States will be gratified tb learn, that, instead
" of a monthly communication, as formerly.
' | steamers will now be despatched on the 1st
B and 15th of each month.
c The London Times announces the death of
e the Princess Charlotte Bonaparte, daughter of
h Joseph Bonaparte, now of Bordentown, N. J ,
e and widow of the eldest son of Louis Bonaparte,
e King of Holiand.
e The British Government are on the point ol
sending out an expedition to the Antartic cir *
cle, for the purpose of making magnetic obserd
rations in the Southern hemisphere,
s The year 1833 has been rein irkable for the
number of new Catholic churches, some founded
and advancing, and others consecrated
!r and opened.
l* The late Sir Charles Page is to hesucceeded
in the command of the West India and
North American stations by Sir Thomas Harvey,
who is to proceed thither immediately.
Dr. Southcy, poet laureate, was to be married
to Caroline Bowles.
Mr Paniueau arrived in Paris on the 9th of
I March, lie is the greatest lion in the French
I capital.
i Queen Adelaide, who has been spending
~ j some time in the Mediterranean, wascxpeeted
home in April.
3 ?y
e The New York "Evening Star" remarks
s that it has been assured by intelligent gentlemen
who arrived in the Great Western, that,
among the People of England, the Govcrn?
nient, and all classes, the idea or going to war
} with this country is deemed perfectly prepost
terous; that rather than it should take place,
) they would see the whole territory sunk into
^ the ocean ; that they iook upon it as a border
, dispute, in which the feelings of the two countries
are not involved; and that, as it is a mere
* question of land, and not of honor, it may be
1; easily adjusted, and cannot in any way lead
; j to hostilities between two great and kindred
? j nations whose hearts and interests are indisso?;
lubly united.
The funnel on the Chesapeake and Ohio
: Canai. in Ai'cghrmy County, is now nearly half
; completed. It will be three thousand feet in
' length, through solid rook, and 360 fee* below
fhr pur'acc, af ft," orjvat^s* ?*;ctvemir<"
I *"*
rromuie national Intelligencer.
EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE.
New York, April 15.
The Great Western was off the Hook last
n:ght. and reached the wharf this morning.
Her passage has been n long one of 22 1-2
Jays, having sailed on the night of the 23d
ult. She has not had a fair day, but has
sirugglcd with strong westerly gales, and her
paddles show signs of a hard cor.n,cf. She
brings out 109 passengers, among whom
are officers of th'Br.tish Army for the Can.
adas, Judge Haliburton, the Hon. Mr. Cun
ard, of Nova Scona, and th Gambles, of
Florida. Mr. Kaj 1, a Government messenger,
is also a passenger.
The News is thai of Peace. The Message
of Mr. Van Burcn was carried out in
17^days, but the proceedings of Congress,
which went out in die steam ship Liverpool,
had not reached Liverpool. Tne hot
1 " .4-. j 4 M e v\j n!\elor
rornarKs irnpuieu i v ? ?.
were, however, copied in the London papers,
with nil the warm debate in the Uni.
ted States Sena'e of that day, as reported in
some of the New York papers. The Ministerial
press is very considerate. A very
mad print, the Liverpool Mail, raves. Tne
London Morning Herald and Standard,
high tory prints of not much influence, also
talk of cannon and big guns?but the Times,
which is generally our bitterest enemy, the
organ of Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of
Wellington, as well as of he London merchants
of the Conservative faith, speaks with
unexpected force for peace. It even adI
vocates a compromise?a concession?the
I bargain of t e boundary line of the lower
part of the St. John f r the Canada road.
Now, if the great Opposition organ talks
tiius, it will powerfully advance what we
know to he tne peaceable views of the British
Miirstry. The Memorandum, of the
British Minister and Mr. Forsyth afforded
universal satisfaction. The calamity ofa war
is felt with as much force on the other side
of ti?e A I antic as on this. There was
great uncus ness in London, and >n entire
suspension ol bu-iness in all American so.
curiies?hut the belief was almost universal
that the good understanding between the
two nations w,?uld be restored.
The cheering news is a further advance
and a great liveliness in the cotton market.
This news will have an energetic effect up.
on our long depressed money market, and
__i: ? - ? m ?!>? irlonm nnrlcr
relieve, US, \Y U UUj;<;, iiuui niv/ giuvm ???..
which we have been suffering. The sus**
pension of business in some American secu
rit es mav' however, be a temporary drawb
ick, but it is not probable.
The Belgium questions are ali set'Ied.
The Chamber, after a long debate, agreed
to the terms of the Protocol.
The Trench (Mo!') Ministry have been
beaten in the elections, and have resigned,
i The King, on the 8 h of March, hid begun
to frame a new Ministry, but even as late
as the 20th the names were not officially announced.
The cause of this delay was the
-irmtjifuy uf T^c'TCTTS- tKn nnw Ministry
to agree upon terms. SouU, Dupin, Thiers,
Passy, and Humann, are to be members of
this new Ministry.
The laboring disaffected part of the British
population are said to be arming. Large
forces from the artiliery have been hurried
ofT from Woolwich to Manchester, The
Guardian, of Manches'er, reports a great
business to be going on in the making and
selling of pikes.
The news from the eastern world was
not favorable to a continuation of peace.?
The prospect of an extensive war with the
Burmese was daily becoming stronger.
Pnyineau has arrived in Paris. The
Great Western leaves this city next Monday.
There is a report of the resignation
ofthe British Ministry, who had been defeated
in the House of Lords upon an Irish
question. The Princess Charlotte Napoleon,
daughter of Joseph Bonapartd, is di-ad.
Postscript,?Our own money market has
a temporary electricity in it, created by the
news of the Great Western. Stocks have
gone up a good deal. Monicd men feel
much easier. The cotton holders are d*.
lighted. There is great relief felt in Wall
street, and in all the business parts of the
city. Private letters speak of the continuation
of peace as certain. Indeed, all rational
men of all parties in England speak of
a war as fratricide. These letters also remark
that ihe arrangement of Mr. Fox and
Mr. Forsyth is considered a most happy
" one.
There were large sales of CJ. S. Bank
stock to-day at 114 1-2. The advance on
cotton in Liverpool from March 1st to 23d
. was about a penny and one-fourth.
April 16th.
The Great Wcs'orn's news continues 10
have a cheering effect upon all business
men. Stocks are going up as fast as they
can conveniently travel. The cotton holders
are the most delighted of all. Several
houses here, it is probable, would have
gone by the board, if the couon news had
been unfavorable, the fall of whom would
nave dragged overo'hers. Now, they have
made their thousands; and such are the
chanc-s of trade. U. S. Bank to- avis 115,
a rise of2 percent, since Saturday ; and
2 and 3 per cent, is the general rise on
nearly all stocks.
There seems to he about a general jail
delivery ofStato prisoners in the Canadas ;
18 of them, taken at Sandwich, are to be
sent to a periai colony. The afFiirs of Upper
Canada are represented in all quarters to
J be in a very deplorable s a.e. The Legislative
Gounc.l of Upper Canada have rejected
the proposi ion for a urnon with
Lower Canada.
The News.?Tun news by the Great
! Western has had a very happy effect on
j business, and tne minds of business men, (in
j the cry of N?w York, fr has substantially
! seiile I s-veral questions of trrcat importance.
The first of these is the question of war.
Wc deem ihc advices entirely satisfactory
on this poi it. If there was any doubt before,
there is none now, that our peaceful
relations with the u mother country" will not
| be interrupted. Another qu stion settled
' bv ;!: ?? newn thf ? of tbr rontinned credit
f of our Slate stocks. Some people are con..
' stantly stariiu;: doubs about the credit of
' our State stocks being maintained in Eu;
rope. Wo can see no foundation for such
| doubts. Governments aro trusted in Euj
rojse which arc incomparably less stable than
i the Governments of our States, and who
never borrowed money for any other purpose
than to enable them to desolate their own or
| some other country ; while our money is all
J expended in aidsu;? to the resources of the
J States which borrow it. Their money jg
I like wa:er spilt upon the ground which can.
I not be gathered up, or, rather, like fire
which burns up all t at is useful ; while
ours is expended in public works, which
afford a d rect revenue for the payment of
interest on th?*ir cost, while, hv Jn/tir
| cct iiifluen *e, they spread wealth on every
side. Our confederated States guatantv to
each S ate a Republican Government, and
the honor ^nd credit of each State is so in.
tcrwoven with the honor and credit of all
the other States in this respect, without in.curring
the deep displeasures of every I
member of tli?'Confederation. As to the
ab lity of the rising empires of the West k>
pay the interest on debts contracted for pub- ,
he works or to constitute bank capitals, no
| one can doubt. That abiliiy, we are con fident,
will alvays be exerted.
Another quest on of no small importance
settled by this news is, that in the cotton
war carried on b 'tween the operators of this
country and the spinners of England, brothi
er Jonathan has gained the day. The poliey
j of holding back has be n carried out with
I such strength and steadiness in this country
I that prices have been forced up on iheothI
cr side near the point where the operators
here say they ought to be. Twelve months
ago, cotton was worth just about half its
present price. Th' advance half its present
price. The advance has been chiefly pocketed
by the Americans, aod a pretty paroel
of fortunes it has distributed among us. The
cot rn Is still owned in this country. It will
now go forward more freely, and so will
probably keep down the rates of European
exch ingos, and give confidence to our
banks and moneyed men.
These views, and others of thesama sorl,
together with the flocking of the Western
merchants to the city at this their accustom-.
\ od period, have put a new face on affairs
j tins week. Business in all departments is
! much more brisk, rents are better, money
more plenty, confidence stronger, and, indeed,
the hind once more full before us.?
[Journalof Commerce.
A HOSPITAL DESTROYED BY FIRE, AND TWBN*
1V-TRREE LIVES LOST.
i A le:ter from Naples, under date of Feb.
! 1 Gib, savs :?
[ ? Last night a part of our Foundling Hos.
1 pital was destroyed by fire. The flames
I spread so rapidly that 23 children perished.
! One of the nurses in h r despair threw hcr|
self our of the window with two children in
j her a.ms ; all three were found dashed to
[ pieces and quite dead in the street. The
| firemen d stinguished themselves by their
| efforts; three ofthfm were killed, having
, fallen from the upper story to the lower,
where they were buried in the ruins."
Neio York April 17.
THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.
We are enabled to s'ate, on what we believe
to be good authority, tint such instructions
have been transmitted to her Britannic
Majesty's minister at Washington, by the
Great Western, as will obviate the necessity
of sending a special minister to London.
The seat of negociations for the final adjustment
of the boundary question is tranferred
from London to Washington; ann those
negotiations will be pressed to a definite
conclusion.
Wilmington, April 19.?Death,?Joseph
Dupre, Portuguese, was killed on the 15th
inst., in attempting to jump from the tender
attached to one of the locomotives while under
full head way. The driving wheel having
been thrown off th* track, it is supposed
that Jose overwh'lmed with consternation,
a tempted to leap off, but was thrown*upon
his head, and had his neck broke. If he had
remained upon the tender he would not
; have been hurt, as the engine was irnmcd.,
iaiely stopped by the engineer before any <
j other wheel ran off.
Horrible Murder.?Man and Wipe s
Killed.?Just as our paper was going to
press, the news of a very distressing
murder of a man and his wife on
the line of the canal in Will county, reached
the city. The man in a wrangle had given
serious offence to a few ofhis fellow laborers,
who came to his house, and while he was
standing before them trying to explain the
difficulty, one of them plunged a bowie knife
into his bowels and ripped him entirely
open. His wife, in another room, hearing
! his dying shriek, left the house to give the
I nl:?rm. Rnt lb* labourers called her, as>
suring her !h;it no harm was done to her
; husband,and that he wanted to see her. She
j returned, and no sooner had she entered
i the room than ihe knife, wot with the blood
' of her husband, was plunged into her, and
j she lldl dead upon his body, not yet cold.?
Th>: murderers have been armsted,?Chicago
Dent.
?
| Outrage,?A gang of fellows in the town
of Pottsfield, Monroe, Co. N. Y., some
time last week, undertook to punish an intemperate
man named Louis Tafr, for getting
drunk. They got him upon a rail, and
by frequently le.'ting him fall, bruised and
injured him so much about the breast and
bowels that he died in forty eight hours.
\Yc learn by a private letter that Marcus
1 Deshn, a son of Gov. Q.'sha, was killed at
1 the Post of Arkansas on the 2d. instant by
Eugene Notribe. Desha rushed on Notribe
with a bowie-knife, when iNotribe shot at
him with a pistol, but missed him. Notribe's
! brot.'ier then handed him a second pistol,
j v/iih which he sho: Desha down upon tl?o
j spot. H. has been hei-J to bail in the sum
i :>r?10,000?IjOvsvUJ'', Jour,