The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-31 00:00:00

►bert, ;astle from leave tinue a for ;an t seat, been bad 3e in fre' ious nost die roil' ceps hen the ino• MORNING SUN. LATEST NE WS FROM. AMERICA. <O, EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY NIGHT. Cunard's steam-boats have achieved such a hams for punctuality and speed, that we were ~ hot altogether surprised, although much grati ' tied --) on learning that the Britannia mail steamer, Which left Boston late on the evening of the 17th, ,and Halifax on the night of the 19th instant, 'was announced by telegraph as being off the floating light-ship at ten minutes past six o'clock, P •Al• She entered the Mersey, and proceeded to her moorings at half-past seven o'clock, having Performed the passage in the remarkably abort SPace of nine and a half days. Owing to the Liodness of her agents, and that of Lieute nant Roberts, we were put in possession of our despatches immediately on her arrival. 48 the Britannia was coming out of Boston, the ' Caledonia mail steamer was entering that port, After a voyage of eleven days to Halifax: e former vessel has brought to England 100 passengers, all of_ whom speak in the highest terms of Captain Clelland's conduct, and of his s hip's sea-worthiness. The papers brought by this conveyance, comprise New York dates to the 17 t 11 ) Boston to the 13th, and Halifax to the 20th. THE M•LEOD CASE. We received yesterday morning (we understood by G overnment._ Express), the Oneida TVhig Extra , contain tg th e opinion of the Supreme Court, as delivered by 'lr. Justice Cowen in the matter of Alexander 31‘Leod, Which concludes with a refusal to grant his discharge. The p erusa l o f thi s document by no means changes the opinion we expressed yesterday. We understand that the Counsel of M'Leod will sue out a writ of error, e kl that the case will come before the Court for the Cor eetion of Errors, and if that should confirm the present decision, an a ppeal lies to the Supreme Court.—New York '`.vnir er . Judge Cowen concludes his opinion in M'Leod's case • follo ws: —' S u pp ose a p r isoner of war to escape, and =hat on his way home, and before he crosses the line, he a ; raid set fire to a farm house in. the night and kill the Z:taates—is there a doubt that he might properly be con kTted eith er o f arson or murder ? When a grand jury rtae cha rge d-that man , has committed murder in this Lte, I can imagine no case, whether the charge re to the time of open public war or peace, in which he can claim exemption from trial. If he show that he 43 in truth acting as a soldier in time of pu blic war, the Jury will acquit him. The Judge will direct them to hey the law of nations, which is undoubtedly a part of L e Common law. SO if the accused were acting in de . I t e e against an individual invader of his country. But - Fure all things it is important in.the latter case. for the d ry to inquire whether his allegation of defence be not 'use or colourable. :They cannot allow, as an act of defenc e, the wilful Sov ereign even such an enemy, though dictated b y authority, into a country at p eace with the Sovereign of the accused, seeking out that chin! and taking his life. Such a deed can be no but but an act of vengeance. It can be nothing a violation of territory, a violation of the municipal w, the faith of treaties and the law of nations. The Government4_ of the accused may approve, diplomacy may f. , °4 e, but a Jury can only inquire whether he I,: s s a party to the deed, or to any act of illegal vio ii,"_ee 'which he knew would probably . endanger human „'• If satisfied that lie was not, as I sincerely hope they aY be, upon the evidence in the case before us, they fall then have the pleasant duty to perform of pronoun einsiog him not guilty. But whatever may be their conclu th,,n, we feel the utmost confidence that the prisoner , ti "ugh a for e i gner , w ill have no just cause to complain a ia t ury he has suff ere d w rong at the hands of an American .` At ou r h an d s t h e pr i soner h a d a right to require an ' ll uTer up on t h e f acts presen ted by his papers, whether h ad "' he can properly be holden to a trial. We have See l d chara c t er o f th ose f a cts, in order to satisfy our impes of the b ear i ng they might have on the novel and led : a 4 ,nt question submitted. That exam ination has r ru en th e .""e conclusion that we have no power to dischar g e r. the ordi n ill ar n . s r t, therefore, be " remanded, to take his trial in j forms of law. MAINE BOUNDARY. L A Select Committee of the House of Representati ves of New Hampshire have reported the following resolu t"ons on the North Eastern Boundary Question : Resolved—That the United States and the State of Ilaine have a just and valid title to all the territory in dispute between Great Britain and the United States on the North Eastern Frontier, and that the boundary line, agreeably to the treaty stipulations of 1789, is capable of being ascertained and marked upon the earth's surface. Resolved—That it is the duty of the General Go vernment to prosecute the commission appointed to ex plore the North Eastern Boundary line, till the whole is as certained and marked by suitable monuments-- 11 '0m the source of the St. Croix to the north-west angle o f Nova Scotia-and from said angle along t h e high lands described in the Treaty of 178 3 , to the north e..erninoSt head of the Connecticut River. esolved—Th a t the military occupation by Great Britain of any part of the " Disputed Territory" is a viola a Lumn of the rights of the State of Maine and of the ited States, and contrary to the arrangements entered into by'the two Governments. Resolved—That New Hampshire would deprecate a Viision with the mother country ; yet pre ferrin g oourable war to dishonourable peace, if other efforts 41 , 1 of settling the dispute, she tender s her whole means ~ fnu resources to the authorities of the Union, in sustain uf; our rights and honour. T he following corresp o ndence, which was communi % ted to b o th Houses of Cong re ss by especial messag e f t the President, is as beautiful in its feeling as in its vaste • Nothing could be happier than the terms employed tp b oth letters (From the National Intelligencer.) Washington, July 1, 1841. To the House of Representatives of the United States. T have the honour herewith to submit to the House of lresentatives the copy of a letter addresse d by myself_ t les. Harrison, in complance with the resolutions of en g r ess, and her reply thereto. JOHN TYLER. Washington City, June 13, 1841. 2, 4 Y dear Madam,—The accompanying resolutions, th9ted by the Senate and House of Representatives of ( f e e United States, will convey to you an expression of the 4ri e e ( S ympathy felt by the Representatives of the States, an , if the people, in the sad bereavement which yourself :the country has sustained in the death of your illustri -48 husband. It may now be considered that the public in ehives constitute his enduring monument, on which are s cribed, in characters not to be effaced, the proudest evi dences of public gratitude for services rendere4, and of tbrerow for his death. A great and unite d p eo p le shed it' tears over the bier of a devoted patriot and distin lished benefactor. r In conveying to you, my dear Madam, the proposed an e s,Pect of the two Houses of Congress for your person d ." character, and their condolence in the late afflicting il l l s Pensatio n of Providence, permit me to mingle my feel for With theirs, and to tender you my fervent wishes Your health, happiness and long life. ~ Anna Harrison. JOHN TYLER. North Bend, June 24, 1841. 10 ear Sir,-1 have received with sentimen ts of dee p emotion__ the resolutions of the Senate and Ho use of Re thcra,renwsteittnrtdaitnigy: which you have done me the hono ur of relative to the decease of my lamented hus- I cannot sufficiently express the thanks I owe to the nation and its assembled Representatives, for the ir con dolence, so feelingly expressed, of my individual ca amity, and the national bereavement; but mingli n g m y tears with the sighs of many patriots of the land , p ra y to I- leaven for the enduring happiness and prosperity of our beloved country. ANNA HARRISON. John Tyler, President of the United States. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.—JuLx 15. There was a f a i r amo unt of transaction s at the Stock If , x chaoge to-day, and an advanc e was g enerally obtained. - ) f the U n it e d St a tes Bank about 1,000 shares were sold, leaving off at 17 1-12, an improvement of -4- per cent. ; — at • A. Trust advanced i. After the Board, 50 Tr ust sold 7 i, and 50 d o. at 7 i b. 3 ; New Jersey went up-i ; --t( Pington 1 ; Harlem i- ; Delaware and Hudson i. I , l a State Stocks the operations were not large. State A L I V i eS, 1838, sold at 85 ; Ohio Sixes 24 ; Illinois Sixes " u .tt a decline ofi- per cent. ; Indiana Bonds, 561, chte of I per cent., and Sterling Bonds at 66. the inquiry for Foreign Exch an g e is ver y light. We rte Sterling 8 a 1-4, and 8 1-2, for ver y p rime bills ; S outhern, not indorsed, 7 1-2 a 7 3-4 ; Francs, 5,27 1-2 a 5 ,28 3_4 . The sales of Cotton to -day have be en about 500 bales, w . about change to notice. We continue o ur q uotations for Flou r , although the market appear s to have lost its In"YancY, and it is very probable that sales have been _ade at a lower figure. The stock is accumu latin g , and the demand only to supply immediate wants. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. JULY 16. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. 1 75 shares United States Bank . 17-i f 50...d0 .. do do sn w 17i . 30...d0 Mechanics' Bank 96 39 ...d0...De1aware and Hudson.... 2 5...d0.... .... .do do losj 1 6...d0 Bank of Commerce, full 9B 2 0.• -do Bank of Commerce, scrip ,. 6 ...d0 American ex Bank 6 .•.d0 do d 0..... .. 25...de Illinois Bank 40 ...d0 Canton 5 9.•.d0 Paterso n 4() • • (10 • • .. do 18th Aug. 57 50...d0 H ar l em 50. ••( 19 . s .do 60 24* 20 ...d0 Mohawk R. It — 50 ...d0 N - .. J"--. ..... EGG .... 80 , ew Jersey ............ • • - - 75 ...d0 North A n . e rican T .rust . 25...d 0 S ton i ngton 8 5 ,000 I n di ana Bonds 57 85,000 Indiana um Sterling Bonds i n t h '3B7 " , JULY 14.—Flour market firm for southern 1, sales at 1-16 advance—Genessee no change. C orn Lueniand. S a l es y e ll ow flat 66 to 664. Oats , southern 40 to 42. Cotton, small sales New Orleans to ilc. (Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.) PHILADELPHIA, JULY 13, P.n. There wa s a f a i r amoun t o f business done at the Bro °rs' Boarcl but generally speaking at lower p rices than sin Yesterday. About 250 sties 13ttuk sold at 18 ; 64 ditto Mechanics' Bank, 26 to 26 ; 10 Girard, 27+; 50 -Vicksburg, 54 ; $3OO-Witmington RR Loan 6's, 1844, 861; $3,600 Pen:sylvania s's. 1856, 3 flat. 78i; and $4,800 draft on New York, at sight, at 103. Closing Prices—U.S. Bank, 171 to 18 ; N. America Bank, 293 to 300; Pennsylvania, 260 to 280; Mechanics', 26 to 264; Girard, 27+ to 274 ; Vicksburg, 53. to 5 ; Wilmington RR, 37 to 31. During an alarm of fire last night, James Simpler, a fireman, was instantly killed by the wheels of the engine passing over his body. Upwards of thirty young gentlemen graduated as Ba chelors of Arts at the annual commencement of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania this day. CANADA.' The Canadian Legislature have hitherto apparently passed their time, since the commencement of the session in useless squabbles, but by the last papers, it appears the Government was about to introduce several measures of importance. A quarrel between two of the members had occurred, in which one Mr. Hamilton, of Bonaventure, had knocked down Mr. Chester of Gaspe—a challenge afterwards passed, which the dealer of the blow refused to receive, and the matter was to be brought before the House. The collision arose from a charge made by Mr. Chester against a Judge of the District of Gaspe, who he said was in the habit of attending at the Bench in a state of intoxication. LATER FROM FLORIDA. Correspondence of the Savannah Republican. PILATKI, JUL Y 7, 1841. Dear Sir—l am truly sorry to say that the news has just arrived here of the death of the 2d Lieut J. R. H. Lancaster, of the Ist Infantry, who was struck by light ning on the sth instant at Chrystel river, while stand ing in the stern of a sail boat, and instantly killed ; two soldiers were struck at the same time, but have recovered. Coacoochee arrived at Tampa on the 6th inst.—had his irons re-adjusted, and -then the Colonel commanding had a talk with him. He promised that all he could do should be done towards inducing the Indians to emi grate. His talk was sent by messengers - to the hostiles, and the hope is most fervent that it may have a favour able effect. Pilatka, (E. F.) July 7, 1841. On the night of the 27th ult. a party of Indians drove off from the Wecahoota settlements, a large number of cattle and horses. Early next morning the troops be longing to the 7th regiment of infantry stationed at We cahoota, Micanopy and Fort Wheelock, were in motion after the marauders ; they formed a junction at post No. 2. Captain Hawkins, of the 7th, the senior officer, as suming the command, took the trail of the cattle, and fol. lowed it upwards of 60 miles, passing several camps, when an Indian driving up , a mare and colt. discovered them and fled. Rapid pursuit was given and followed for two miles, when the troops came up to a large camp and found slaughtered upwards of forty beeves—the meat under going the process of kiln-drying, for packing, the In dians having just left. The troops took their trail, and after proceeding six miles farther, in a dense scrub, came up to the main camp of the enemy, but had the mortifi cation to find that it had been but a few minutes also abandoned, hut with such haste as to leave all their packs behind; containing wearing apparel, - cooking utensils and even Sub-Treasury funds— specie. The troops, after destroying everything of value in this camp and following the enemy until they lost all traces of them. returned to where the Indians had made their slaughterhouse and burnt up upwards of ten thousand pounds of beef. On emerg ing from the scrub, a squaw with two children was dis covered and captured. She gives the information that this camp was Halleck TuStenugge's, who had thirty warriors and twenty squaws with him, and that if the Indian had not seen the troops at the time he did, and given such timely notice, all must have been captured ; but as it was, by taking e ver y thing they had, the enemy would be greatly distressed. The troops returned to their different posts on the 3d 'inst. greatly reduced by sickness, from the severity of the march, and the ex treme sultriness of the weather. We learn froth a passenger by the Newburn, that on Wednesday last 500 head of cattle were stolen from Payne's Prairie by a body of Indians. Immediate pur suit was made by a detachment of militia who had not returned. Signs of Indians had been seen, it is said, seven miles from Black Creek. The post at Black Creek has been abandoned. MEXICO. (From the New Orleans Bee of June 29.) Our Havana papers to the 16th instant, received by the Virginia Antoinette, contain later dates from the Mexican capital than we had previously received direct. There is increasing dissatisfaction among the people of Mexico, on account of the onerous port and interior duties levied upon imported merchandize. It is asserted in some of the publications that the enormous charges, amounting on cottons to 240 per cent. on their cost in Europe, on woollens to 108 per cent. &c., are seldom paid in full — so that t h e honest merchant cannot live, because vicious persons smuggle the articles across the lines while the Government revenues, from the same cause. are scarcely half so large as they were at rates only one-third as high as the present. The poorer people especially complain that the duty on the article• which they deem necessary is three or four times as great as that on goods consumed by the more wealthy. A petition signed by 125 merchants and others, of Vera Cruz, states that no less than six ships have been loaded in English ports for the Pacific coast of Mexico, where they presume the goods will be introduced with out paying a dollar of duty. This they hold to be the legitimate result of extravagant duties ; and they quote Lord Palmerston to show that no countr: , can prevent smuggling where enormous exactions are made upon articles which the people desire, or th;em necessary. It was thought a significant indication that more than half of the petitions were addressed to Santa Anna, instead of the Central Government. The rumours that Arista had become in bad odour in the capital seems to be confirmed by various articles in the papers. It appears evident that Arista would be dis missed from his command in the Northern States, if the Central Government had the power or the courage to en force the measure. A letter from the mineral district of Masapil states that a violent earthquake was experienced on the night of the 29th of April. The first shock lasted two mi nutes, and there were five others during the night. It was conjectured, judging from the circumstances and past experience, that the news would soon arrive of the breaking out of a volcano. The conducta from Zacata cas to Taltilla, resting for the night at a place called St. Helena, was nearly ruined by the falling of the walls of the houses in which they were resting for the night. TEXAS. 1 The Pickayune has the following from Texas by the Kingston, from Galveston : The war schooner San Bernard arrived at Gaveston on Sunday night, with Judge Webb on board, and brings the intelligence that Mexico refuses to receive or treat with him as an agent to procure the acknowledg • went of the independence of Texas. The Santa Fe expedition started on the 16th ult. It consisted of 300 men. The Civilian says the march is not on a direct line, but comprises a campaign against the Indians—the course being first to the head waters of the Trinity, for the purpose of scouring the country about and between these points. There are eighteen men along with it, who have travelled from old San Saba fort to Sata Fe, and they all concur in making the dis tance about four hundred miles. VENEZUELA. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, JULY 12, 1841.—Information has been officially received from the Government of Venezuela of the following changes in the Tariff of Du ties on exports and imports of that Republic, which changes are to take effect from and after the Ist day of July :- 1. All duties on exports from the ports of the Republic cease. 2. The following articles will hereafter be admitted in to those ports free from import duty. Bricks, bran, moulds for sugar mills, living animals of all kinds, ploughs, pease, rice, oats, scarfs for the use of churches, drills, casks and barrels, pumps of wood or iron for irrigation, coal carts or waggons, wheelbarrows, surplices, and other garments for priests, collections of books of music or drawings, and paper prepared for music or• drawings, columns of all kinds for buildings, iron cooking-stoves, jackets, staves, juniper berries, baggage of passengers, Dutch ovens, statues of all sorts, copper or iron sugar still boilers, beans, engravings, ma thematical or other scientific instruments, boats of iron r wood set up in pieces, lentils, part of sugar mills, printed books and maps, files, Indian corn, apples, cot ton gins, machines for dredging, mining, spinning, weaving, shelling, corn, steam engines, gold and silver, pans of copper, brass, or zinc, potatoes, printing paper, carriage and cart wheels, seeds, brushes. 3. The duties on the following articles have been di minished, and will in future be thus : Boots for men the pair $1 00 ; do. for boys, do 75 cts. ; Pitch, the quintal, $1 00 ; Beer in bottles, the dozen, 80 cts. ; do. in other vessels, arroba, 50 cts. ; Brooms of all sorts, the dozen, 50 cts. ; Pepper, the quintal, $3 ; Slates, each, 6 cts. ; Tallow in lump, the quintal, $2 ; do. manufactured, do., $4 ; Cider in bot tles, the dozen, 80 cts. ; do. in other vessels, arroba, 50 cts. ; white pine Boards, the 1,000 feet, $4 ; pitch pine Boards, do., $6 ; Shoes for men, the pair, 30 cts. ; do. for women, do., 20 cts. ; do. for children. do., 6 cts. HAVANNAH. (From the New Orleans Bulletin.) By the brig Copenhagen we have Havannah dates to the 28th ult. Business in that port was dull, while the yellow fever was brisk and spreading. There were 148 vessels in port. Cuba has been visi t ed with heav y rains, which had not ceased at the last accounts. At Puerto Principe, on the 2d ult. a heavy rain commenced falling at 8 o'clock in the morning, and in two hours the lower part of the city was entirely flooded. The inhabi tants had not time to escape, but were struggling in the water in every variety of position and circumstance, until relieved by their neighbours of the higher land. It is believed not more than half-a-dozen lives were lost, but the destruction of property in the city and surround ing country was to a large amount. Some of our spirited planters are taking steps to im prove the quality of the sugar cane. A company has contributed the requisite amount to send a vessel of 400 tons burthen to Otaheite, to bring a cargo of the cane in digenous to that island for planting out in Cuba NEW GRENADA. ST. MARTHA, JUNE s.—The political state of this country is still very unsettled, and the opinions are con flicting as to the termination of the present contest. Sti7l, if the news which has reached us can be relied upoil, events have lately transpired which give promise of a tranquilization of this unfortunate country, and a return to Pellet+ and industry: Every true putri9t must hope - - for a speedy consummation of such promise. General Herren has been installed with due ceremonies, and is now President of New Grenada. We have news that Colonel Posada has had an engagment with the vanguard of General Obantlo's army, composed of about 800 men, at Nieva, which he defe * ated, taking a large number. of prisoners. Obando himself, with the re mainder of his army, badly supplied with the munitions of war, is in Popayan, and Gen. Flores has marched against him with about 2,000 men. He will continue his march to Bogota should the Government of Bo gota deem it advisable. We have also advices that the troops under Col. Vesga, of Antioguin, have suffered a defeat, and that Col. Vesga has been taken pri soner by the Bogota Government troops. The Pro vince, it is reported, has declared in favour of Bogota Another rumour is, that Gen. Cordova has landed about 3,000 men, and intends to march to Bogota- The com munication with the interior is completely closed by the disturbed state of the country, and business is almost en tirely at a stand. Captain Miler, of the brig Choctaw, arrived yester day from the River Gambia, states that the British cruizers are very busy on the coast endeavouring to de stroy the slave trade. Two of them made an attempt to cut a slaver from some river or bay, and were beaten off and forced to resign their object. The slavers in some cases have adopted the plan of sailing in com panies of five or six vessels, only one being laden with slaves. Should a cruiser overhaul them they all take separate courses, and the cruiser not knowing which one to pursue, the loaded slaver has a fair chance of escape. The British traders complain much of the increase of American vessels on the coast, as the latter undersell them in their outward cargoes, and pay higher prices for the produce of the country. Two slave factories had been burned by British cruisers, and the establishments broken up. The Choctaw has had a romarkably quick voyage, having sailed from New Or leans on the 15th Aprillast. • THE CROPS.—Appearances a few weeks ago were of the gloomiest character in relation to the crops ; but, within a week or two, a great change has taken place. The rains that have fallen latterly in every direction, throughout the whole country, have materially improved the appearances of the corn crop, which promises now to yield an abundant harvest. Cotton,. too, begins to look much better. We are informed, that in South western Georgia, the crop of cotton, from present appearances, will be a very large one. In middle Georgta, the farmers have not, generally, a good stand, but what they have, begins to look very promising.—Milledgeville Journ. HORRIBLE.—A murderous affair, by a man named llondorf, took place one day last week, at George-town, Kane Co., the details of which are as follow :—Hon - dorf, • a week before, had a quarrel and beat his .wife with a club, but was prevented by a neighbour from killing her, which he declared was his purpose. He was arrested on Saturday, and on Monday was under examination before two justices of the peace, in the school-house ; his wife was giving evidence, he rose from his seat, walked up to her with a smile on his face, and whispering in her car—" you shall nevor speak again ;" attempted to stab her in the heart with a dirk knife, which he held concealed in his sleeve—he had some difficulty in getting the..knife from his . sleeve, she screamed and ran forward—when he, holding to her • shawl with his left hand, stabbed her in the back, in flicting a wound four inches deep, which it is thought by her physician, would probably prove mortal.—Peru (Il linois) Gazette. There have recently been some of the strangest storms in . the neighbourhood of Boston, that • ever was re corded in the Almanacs. It rained Catfish, or some other kind of " salt or fresh water food," a few days since, and a gentleman coming into town encountered one of them on the road. About the same time the good people of Salem were astonished by a shower of drab hats, one of which was picked up in a garden. We believe it was not one of the " cocked hats," as we understood from an eastern paper the other day, that the last of the race had become extinct. Horse marines or horse mackarel will probably be the next visitation from the Bay State clouds, and . nobody must wonder if it should rain buck wheat cakes, or the raw material, with warfie irons to bake them in. SINGULAR VISIT.—The residence of Mr. Morris Newkirk, in the northerly part of this town, was visited, on Tuesday last, by a large swarm of bees, who have since taken up their abode with him, inside his dwelling, and gone to work like peaceable and or derly citizens. Upon the arrival of the company of stran gers, they attempted unceremoniously to enter at the hall door ; but it being inconsiderately shut, they alighted upon the outsid of the house, completely covering it, and, as if determined not to be foiled in their object, obtained access through a knot hole in the siding, near the top, much to the confusion of the wasps and other insects, whom they slew and dragged out in great numbers. Having obtained possession of their new home, Mr. Newkirk has enlarged the field of labours of this interesting little colony, by giving them access . through the wall into a room in which a hive has been placed for their special accommodation. They are per fectly docile, and apparently much pleased with the at tention shown them, and evince a disposition to take up a permanent residence.- Goshen Republican. RAILROAD ACCIDENT.—We learn from the Ontario Messenger, that on the opening of the Auburn and Ro chester Railroad, from Canandaigua to Seneca Falls, on Monday last, a man named Campbell, who had been em ployed on the road, was run over by the train a few miles east of the village of Canandaigua and mangled in a shocking manner. The unfortunate man was taken to Canandaigua, and expired shortly after suffering ampu tation of the right leg. The boat John Marshall, Capt. Hunter, from New Or leans for this place, ran on a snag a few miles above Randolph, and immediately sunk, having about 100 tons freight, and 100,000 dollars in specie on board. The boat was owned by the Captain and Messrs. J. and R. Yeatman of this place, and 10,000 dollars were insured on her. Being in shoal water, the specie and part of the cargo will probably be saved.—Nashville Banner. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—Late on the afternoon of Mon day, as seven persons belonging to the corps of Na tional Blues of Holmesburg, were about to return to Bustleton after parade, in a waggon, having gone but a short distance, an explosion of a quantity of powder contained in a keg, took place, which dreadfully injured two of them, named George and John Giber son ; the former so seriously as to leave no hope of his recovery. It appears' that they were not all aware that there was powder in the waggon. The explosion took place by lire dropped from a segar in possession of one of the Gibersons.—Philadelphia North American. INDIAN BARBARITIES.—A few days since, two wag gons going from Port Leon to Monticello, were captured and plundered by a band of savages, and horrible to relate, the drivers, negro men, were tied each to a tree and beaten to death with clubs. This outrage occur red within three miles of Magnolia, and within eight or nine of a military station occupied by regulars, a de tachment of whom were next day in pursuit of the mur ders. The day following, a citizen journeying on horse back from Port Leon to Monticello, was fired at by a small party of savages—no doubt the same band—a ball passed through his hat.— Tallahassee Floridian. FATAL AFFRAY.—On Saturday evening last two individuals, by the names of Thomas Mayns and John Shaft, got into a dispute near the Railroad Depot in this village, growing out of firing a cannon, in which Shaft was then engaged. It seems that Mayns re - quired those employed about the gun to cease firing on account of a sick man in the immediate vicinity. A controversy ensued, in which Mayns struck Shaft several blows on the head with a club, and from the wounds thus inflicted Shaft died last evening. Mayns immediately fled from the place. They were both citizens of this vil lage.—Saratoga Sentinel. The Charleston Patriot says, " Among the acts re cently passed by the Congress of Texas is one actually in the Statute Book, viz., An Act authorising the Presi dent to set on foot a corps of mounted Gunmen. It ought to be entitled An Act to authorise the President to lower (not to raise, as the phraseology generally runs), a corps of dismounted dragoons." A slave named Andrew has been sentenced, at Savan nah, to receive thirty lashes five times, on five different days, viz., on the 6th, 10th, 14th, 19th, and 23d instant, and then to be transported 400 miles out of the limits of the State, for attempting to kill when about to be ar-. rested, he being a runaway slave. The Temperance processian at Albany numbered 2,000 persons, of which about 1 , 000 were connected with the Catholic Total Abstinence Society of St. Mary s Church. The Rev. Mr. Schneller has within a year ob tained more than 2,500 signatures to the pledge. An Indian named Tommy Infant, killed his Squaw near Carthage, on Friday evening last, by beating her with a hoop pole and breaking a whiskey jug over her head. The brute was committed for trial. He exhi bited no signs of fear as to the consequence, but is per fectly calm and indifferent. An affray occurred at Baltimore on Monday last, during which several persons were severely beaten by a gang or rowdies, and John Bigham a barkeeper was killed by a blow with a swingletree. Several arrests were made. A Temperance Society has been formed at Hanover. N.H., consisting of 700 to 800 members, the principal part students of the college at that place. INDIAN CORN.—The annual crop of Indian Corn of North Carolina is 34,000,000 bushels. The annual crop of Tennessee, which is the largest producer, is upwards of 42,000,000 bushels. DARING ROBBERY.—The counting-room of the Salis bury manufacturing Company, in Amesbury, was en tered last night, and the vault broken open, and sixteen thousand dollars in bills of small denomination, of the Merchants' Bank, Salem, were stolen. A reward of 500 dollars is offered.—Boston Post of Bth inst. " Why don't you come after cold victuals as usual ?" said a lady to a boy who had for a long time been a daily visitor for that species of charity. " Father has joined the Temperance Society, and we hare warns victuals now," was the reply. FLOUR AND WHEAT.—Wheat is worth nine shillings here—this is a rise of sixpence in one week. Flour is $5 50 by the quantity, and $5 75 at retail.—Syracuse rournal. (From the New Orleans Bee, of July 1.) REMARKABLE ADVENTURE.—The following is the nar rative of Mr. Adams' painful wandering during fourteen days in the swamps and morasses of Bayou Grosse Tete. It is written with great simplicity, and is deeply in teresting : (From the St. Francisville Chronicle.) Mr. Editor—ln looking over the Picayune of the 14th instant, I perceived that some friend had made mention of the fact that an individual had been lost in the swamps near Bayou Grosse Tete, and I feel it my duty to give, through your paper, to the public, a brief sketch of the suffering consequent upon a fourteen days sojourn in a c al e left r eak. the east bank of Bayou Alabama, six miles above Whiskey Bay, on the morning of the 18th of May, on a hunting expedition. Leaving Bayou Alabama on my left hand, and travelling south by west for about two IMP, I shot a deer. After divesting the animal of its TB le: SUN, ‘Ltilil3 SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1841. head, &c. I took it on my shoulder and started for the encampment. 'When I retraced my steps some distance I found where a panther had recently been scratching the ground ; the track on the soft earth was easily fol lowed, and his course being near the same as mine, I followed him, keeping on my guard, as I well knew . the " nature of the beast." I had not pursued more than forty rods, when I heard him in the edge of a small cane-brake ; I threw off my burden, to enable me to use my rifle with more ease and certainty. He immediately made his appearance, and I retreated, leaving the deer between us. When he came to the carcase, he then stopped, placing one foot on it, his eyes on me, and mine on him. He was the largest animal of that species I had ever seen, and the distance was not more than twenty-five yards between us. After looking at him a few moments, I brought my rifle to bear upon his head—at the report of which he fell. I remained in the position until I had reloaded my rifle, when I approached, as .I supposed, my dead panther ; but to my surprise, he rose and made the best of his way to the cane he had just left. I had shot him too low. I followed him from one small cane break to another for near an hour, and finding that I could not get a second shot at him, I abandoned the pursuit, turning in search of the deer I had unburdened myself of on my first encounter with the panther. I soon found it, and resumed my supposed course towards camp. By this time it had become cloudy, and I had no means of ascertaining the certainty of my situation ; however, I travelled on, and soon found, by coming in contact with a small stream of water, that I was pursuing a wrong direction—l turned and found another stream. I then came to the painful conclusion that I was " lost." Time wore away, and it had reached the meridian of the day, and the sun was yet clouded, when I threw down my burthen, hoping by renewed energy to yet be enabled to regain the encampment ere night. I tra velled on, I knew not whither ; I had lost all conception of latitude or longitude, and at four in the afternoon I found myself on the margin of an open swamp. The sun again made his appearance. I suppose d m y self to be near the borders of Whiskey Bay, I shaped my course accordingly, but soon found I was surrounded b y waters, and prevented from following any direct line in search for high land, and at last compelled to take water. After wading for two miles, waist deep the greater part of the way, I fortunately found a small spot. Here 1 examined my ammunition, and found both caps and pow der wet. 1 cut some palmetto, strewed part on the ground, kept the balance for covering, and laid myself down for the night, as it was quite dark, and although the musquitoes surrounded me like a thick cloud, from the fatigue of the day I soon fell asleep. When I awoke the sun_was shining on the tree tops. Without having eaten a niorser of food since the morn ing of the previous day, I set out again in search of the camp, with a prospect of spending the longest day of my life in the fruitless attempt. I wandered on, sometimes in small patches of cane ; and when the night came, I threw myself down, and slept as well as could he expec ted, the mosquitoes and ticks feasting the while on my blood, which, notwithstanding hunger, was the worst feature of my situation. On the fourth night I found myself in four feet water ; I succeeded, however, in finding a tree which had fallen, the butt remaining above water, on which I slept through the night. In the morn ing, I again breasted the water, and soon discovered some cane ; keeping the same course, as near as I could, I crossed the cane and.came to an open swamp. Here I saw some wild cattle, which were the first animals I had seen since I had abandoned the pursuit of the wounded panther. They were numerous, large, and in fine condition, one of which would doubtless have been sacrificed to satisfy the cravings of hunger, which bad been the day previous almost insufferable, were it not that my ammunition had become damaged and useless. This day I suffered much from hunger, but no longer felt the incessant bitings of the musquitoes and ticks, my flesh being apparently dead to pain, yet my feet were giving way, being covered with sores from the friction of the shoes in the water. On the following day I found some green blackberries and ate a few ; and after this—the sixth day—l felt no hunger. , I now found myself in a very heavy cane brake, which seemed to be interminable, and all my efforts to extricate myself from it proved unavailable until the 12th day. The cane was so heavy that it was impossible to keep any direct course, and consequently my progress must have been but slow. On the 12th day, however, I struck a small stream, and to avoid the difficulty of pushing my self through the cane, I took to the water, and about twelve o'clock I struck a trail that had been cut by Mr. James Lee to the banks of the Bayou Alabama. I un fortunately took the wrong end of this trail, and after following it some distance I found a camp. Taking a careful observation of the camp and everything con nected with it, I concluded I was wrong, and decided upon pursuing the trail to its termination at the other end. I retraced my steps and followed it about three miles, when I laid down, though I could not sleep. My feet were worn out, and looked more like two lumps of decayed flesh than the pedestals of a living being. When I attempted to rise in the morning, I could not stand, my shoes would not contain my feet, I thought my time had come, and I wished, fervently prayed, that it might be so. I at length succeeded in walking, though it was sometime before I could wear my shoes. At ten, on the 14th day, I found myself at the plan tation of Mr. Lee. I had sufficient strength to cross his fence, but when I walked a few rods, I found I was not able to proceed further in the open field—my feet could not bear the heat of the earth, and the sun seemed to exhaust the little remaining strength which I had left. I stretched myself on the ground, and hallooed at the top of my voice. Mr. Lee heard me, and came to my assistance. He received me with the utmost kindness, furnished me with clothing, as I was literally naked, and bestowed on me every attention which my deplorable situation required ; and in remembrance of wh i c h I be g leave to offer him and his amiable f amil y m y sincere gra titude for their agency in restoring to health one who had laid himself down on the earth to rise no more, if it had not been for their humanity. Bayou Sara, June 26. 1841. WM. ADAMS. Last week a company of small-be politicians ar rived from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, full of pomposity and patriotism, charged with the charitable and gallant mission of procuring the removal of a most excellent and exemplary lady, the widow of a brave and meri torious officer of the last war. The lady has adminis tered the affairs of the Post-office at that place for seve ral years past. The President beard their story with his accustomed patience and politeness, and then in quired whether there was any complaint of the manner in which the duties of the office were discharged ? " None whatever—but we want the place for a good Whig." " Gentlemen, I cannot consent to deprive this lady and her fatherless children of bread. She must not be removed." The Lancaster gentlemen came away quite chagrined, and have since determined, to carry their grievances to Mr. Stephens, who redresses all political wrongs suffered by the Pennsylvanians. Another unhappy gentleman, from Mississippi waited upon the President with lugubrious complaints of the misery of some of the appointments in that section of the country. The President said that it was hardly to be expected that universal satisfaction could be given. He hoped, however, that no fatal mistake had been com mitted. " Is there any particular appointment to which you have reference ?' inquired the President. Yes, Sir ; I allude especially to Major Miller, our Marshal. That's a shocking appointment, and we hope you will revoke the commission.' " Do you mean Major Anderson Miller ?" " Yes, Sir ; that's the lean." " Ali !" said the President, " I know him well. A gallant, high-minded gentleman, every way worthy of the office. I wished he had a better one. Give my com pliments to him when you see him again." THEATRICALS.— The severe summer weather ' has made all the theatres, except Niblo's, sluggish. Fanny Elssler has closed all her engagements for the present, and is rusticating on the sea-shore ; she is now enjoy ing the luxury of sea-bathing at Coney Island, whence she goes the round of all the watering-places during July and August. The large theatres here are doing nothing ; ditto in Philadelphia, Boston, &c. A great number of actors are idle in the city,—Burton, Brown, Sloman, Mrs. Sloman, Rice, Tom Placide, Field, Bur ton, Lambert, Blake. Conway, &c. Love, the ventri loquist, has returned with thousands of dollars from his tour in the West India Islands. The latest novelty is Miss Simian, a very handsome young lady, who has come out at Niblo's as a pianist. She is said to be supe rior to anything in that line which we have had in this city for some years, and is nightly drawing large crowds to hear her play ; her execution of the ,most difficult pieces of music is pronounced to be most admirable. ATTEMPT TO POISON A WHOLE FAMILY.—A horrible , by a coloured girl, girl h entertaining a attempt was made last week to poiso n the family of Dr. Cooke, servantin the i n villagetbe family.of a m T s i b l e urg hatred to some of the ladies connected with the family, procured a quantity of arsenic, which she placed in a vessel containing the water for the evening meal. On pouring some milk into their tea, they discovered that the milk curdled, when it was discovered that the tea was poisoned. The Doctor immediately suspected the girl, who admitted the attempted crime, and was imme diately discharged from service.—New York Herald. SNAKE STORY. —Barque Jane, at Boston, has on board a stuffed snake, fourteen feet long and fourteen inches in circumference. It has scales an inch and a half long and half an inch broad. It was discovered on board the Jane, at Surinam, and killed after a long and dread ful fight, in which all the crew participated.—New York Herald. WALL-STREET ANECDOTE.—" Now, my dear friend, Mr. Phelps," said S. V. S. Wilder one day to Thaddeus Phelps, Esq., " don't swear at all—it is a sin." "Do you think it is ?" asked Thaddeus, with a very quizzical look. " Certainly, brother," said Wilder, " I can point it out to you in the New Testament." " said Thad, slowly, " Mr. Wilder, you pray a little, and I swear a little, but I guess neither of us mean much by it." "Ha!ha!ha!he!ho ! ho ! ho !" roared all the brothers, the devil in the middle of them, laughing louder than all.—New York Herald. MORE INDIAN TROUBLE.—The Little Rock Gazette contains a letter from Fort Towson, of June 12th, which says there is ground to fear Indian troubles on that who are under the protection of our frontier. The savage hordes that have for several years been accumulating on that border by emigration, are original d e predators, and have sent runners to the about combining in bands to rob and murder those friendlynmlenndti.ansThe Shawnees and Delawares have joined died on the Brassos on the Texas—their Gnver s, if necessary. v in N t p li n e E C L. tm Jaanmehees c th a eddnesembodied trade shoemaker object is to crowd out the Choctaws and Chickasaws. and years old by striking him on the head stone. The boy was the sonof Terry, living in Ra , murdered a little ib2oiAygha eventuallybGNon about GREAT t iT o w bserc call e e his present with a large wife by a former husband. Three or four years ago, Terry murdered his first wife, and was acquitfrd 011, the ground of insanity. REMAINS Op GEN. HARRISON.—The remains of Gen. Harrison were honoured by a grand funeral on the morning of the 7th instant, in the city of Cincinnati, in which the City Councils took part. The stores were closed during the morning, and a general feeling of sorrow prevailed. In the afternoon the procession moved on the route to North Bend, the final resting place of the good man. MORE WAR STEAMERS.—Preparations are now in progress for the construction of two steam-vessels ewer at the Boston Naval Station. One of them is intended for harbour defence, while the other is to be a regular steam frigate. We hope there will be no delay in these works.—New Yorh Herald. ENCOURAGING.—In France, out of a population of thirty-two millions, twenty-two millions have but six six cents a day to defray all expenses—food, lodging, raiment, and education. England and Ireland are in no better condition. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.—An individual in the county of Two Mountains, Lower Canada, while in a state of in toxication fell into a kettle of boiling potash, and was completely dissolved. Search was made for his body, but not the least particle of it could be found. There is a consolation to Christians, however, that at the Resur rection every part of every human being will be collected and re-united. _ . • CONVENTION OF DARNIES.—There is to be a great convention of the negroes of this State, to be held in Troy, on the 25th August. The 'object of the conven tion is to petition the Legislature again on the extension of the elective franchise. _ FASHIONABLE TAILORING.--IS there a tailor in New York who can make a good fitting pair of pantaloons ? e doubt it. And the reason is that they give them out to girls to sew up, who think more of their beaux than their pants. In London and Paris, pantaloons are well made—but in New York, they are all slops—slops--slops. VERY INDEPENDENT.—MiSS Carlotte Mitchell, of Georgia, recently appeared, on her wedding day, dressed entirely in silk of her own manufacture—cap, gloves, stockings and dress, equal to the best pongee. EX PRESS FROM PARIS. OVERLAND INDIA MAIL. Telegraphic despatches announced that the mail reached Marseilles on Thursday morning. Dates from Bombay June 19, Alexandria July 19, and Malta July 24. The Oriental brought the despatches to Malta. No news from China. Sir G. Bremer had quitted Cal cutta for China with reinforcements. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY, JULY 29.—" A morning journal," says the Moniteur, " mentions certain precautions which the Commandant of the Polytechnic School had judged expedient to adopt this year, in respect to the granting of !eaves of absence to the pupils during the Three Days. This paper has been deceived by false information :. as in the preceding years, holidays have been granted, either for the country or Paris, without any other gua rantee than the demand of the relations or correspon dents, and, as before, the • doors of the school are and remain open from seven A.K. to midnight for the pupils who have not asked for leave of absence. " The funeral service for the victims of July, 1830, took place yesterday (Wednesday), at Toulouse, and passed off with order and dignity. " Several Toulouse papers," concludes the Moniteur, " have published an Address of the National Guards of Martres to those of Toulouse. A Royal Ordonnance of Wednesday disbands the National Guard of Martres." The Minister of War has appointed a Special Com mission to report on the service of lads to the army. It appears certain (says the Monitcur Parisien) that the loan is again adjourned. The vintage and harvest accounts much better, and the aspect of the corn market changed, no sales being ef fected, except at a decline of prices. Paris quiet, and all the world at the Champs Elysees. The Toulonnais of the 25th brings news from Algiers of the 20th. A few days before six soldiers and thirty mowers and colonists were carried away at Bouffariek by a troop of one hundred mounted Arabs, disguised under the uniform of native gend armes. The Arabs continued masters of the place, which they traversed in every direction, burning crops and haystacks which were not placed under the protection of the fortified points. SPAIN. MADRID, JULY 22.—The Chamber of Deputies -of Spain agreed, on the 22d, to the principle of the Bill rela tive to the alienation of the secular clergy, by a majority of 109 to 2. Another Spanish boat was captured by English seamen on the 16th, off Algesiras, and brought into Gibraltar. The Senators and Deputies, representing the province of Cadiz have addressed a memorial to the Minister of Finance, on the expediency of admitting the intro duction of British manufactured cotton goods. The capitalists decline to conclude a loan with the Govern ment, so long as the Cortes shall continue open. The Chamber of Deputies, this day threw out another amend ment to the Finance Minister's project for authority to raise 3,000,000 of dollars on the mortgage of the salt and other duties. Senor Surra y Bull made an excellent financial speech, but all to no purpose, as the Deputies are bent on bringing about another revolutionary [outbreak. The funds are lower. No purchases for cash, and 24i per cent. was obtained for Five per Cents., at 30 days' date. One bargain for 800,000 reels in the Fives, at 21, for cash. Thirty-one bargains,' for 16,200,000 reals, in the Fives, at 25 24+, 25, 25-1 ' for various dates. The Deputies this evening are still discussing the Bill to au thorise the Government to raise 60 millions of reals. Letters from Toloso of the 24th, announce that the Guipuscoan Deputation has disbanded the corps of Ca , _ _ _ ;adores, consisting of 300 men, and had resolved to create a corps of Miqueletes of 60 men. The Cap tain -General immediately deci led, that as this step bad been taken without the Regent's authority, no other force should be permitted in the province but the regular troops, and ordered the arms of the Cacadores to be deposited at St. Sebastian. The Deputation con tends, but in vain, that it is an infringement of their fueros. GF It MAN Y. VIENNA, JULY 22.—The settlement of the 15th passed off without any fresh failures, and the Funds and Rail road shares are again improving. The North, 664 ; Milan, 90 ; Baal, 80. Funds, 1,556, 105, 98k, 761. FRANKFORT, JULY 24.-1,922;100, 98k, 76k. BERLIN, JULY 24.-1041. The labours of the Provin cial 'Diet of Koenigsberg have been approved of by the King in a letter, which specially praises the debates which had taken place respecting the liberty of the press. The retirement of Herr Werther and Herr Rechon (Mi nisters) is rumoured. AFFAIRS OF THE EAST. The Constantinople and Alexandria correspondence of the Augsburg Gazette of the 26th, fully confirm our previous advices, as to the complete reconciliation be tween the Sultan and his vassal, and of the excellent understanding existing in the Turkish capital between all the Ambassadors, including, of course, M. de Pon tois, the French Envoy, whose relations had ' been re newed with the representatives of the other European Powers. THE LATEST IMPORTED. A hangman, in Pennsylvania, intending, a short time ago, to execute a criminal who had been condemned for murder, put the rope round his own neck, and suffered the extreme sentence of the law ; he did not discover his mistake till the prisoner told him not to be putting out his tongue to the people. " It's getting dark," as the man said when he got a box on the eye. Brother Jonathan relates, that a man in Cincinnati having fasted for six months, became at last so tarna tion hungry that he ate himself, and did'nt discover his mistake till he saw one of his neighbour's dogs picking his bones. " I feel very queer about my stomach," as the man said when the pike went through him. " You're shedding innocent blood," as the man said to the bugs. There is a man in one of the Southern States, so broad shouldered, that it requires nine tailors to take his mea sure for a coat. " Be content with what you have," as the rat said to the trap when he left his tail in it. A native of Massachussets, while in the act of shav ing himself; cut off his head, and didn't discover his mis take till he stumbled over it as he left the looking-glass " Massa be no white now—Massa black as Sarnbo." as the nigger said when the bone stuck in Massa's throat. There is a man in New York so long-winded that he blew out all the lamps in the city with one little whiff. There is a native of Kentucky whose legs are so long that he can step over his own head without stooping— his arms are so long and thin that he frequently uses them as thread to darn his stockings. A quare " land of liberty" this, when a man's put in gaol for Join' what he plazes, as Paddy said to the turn key of the New York tolbooth. " Come out of the mud, you dirty creature," as the pig said to the duck. There is a man, not a hundred miles from New York, who is so extremely fat, and perspires so excessively, that he is obliged to remain, during the summer, iu a cold cellar, and live on cockroaches and vinegar. AN AWKWARD " MESS."—A Maine Congressman, on arriving at Washington, wrote to his wife that he had " formed a connexion with a very agreeable mess, and expected to spend the winter very pleasantly." Unfortu nately, and greatly to the horror and indignation of his good lady, he had inadvertently dotted the e in " mess." This circumstance was well-nigh severing two fond hearts. " Our church clock," says the editor of a down east paper, " keer time so well, that we get a day out of every week by it.' BODY OF A SUSPECTED MURDERER FOUND. —On Sunday morning last, the body of a man was washed ashore at Roc k p ort, su pp osed to be th at of the w hs lately leaped overboard from the Aurora personsteamer, in Belfast Lough, while on her passage from Glasgow. The flesh of the face, and of the entire s k u ll , as well as both hands, had been stripped off by the mon sters of the deep, so that identification by the features of the countenance was impossible. The deceased was dressed in a white fustain jacket, with mother-of-pearl buttons, white fustain trousers, and black cravat. His shoes were old and patched. In his pockets were seve ral jets for gas-burners, small pliers, and other articles used in gas-fitting, together with the copy of a song, apparently cut out of a newspaper. From the sinewy appearance of the limbs, it is though the suicide cannot h a ve been more than 30 years of age ; and it is further co njectured that his name was Hume, and that he was driven to the commission of the act of self-destruction by the fear of apprehension on a charge of being con cerned in the murder of a hatter, at Glasgow,—/telft'd i Whig. STATE OF SYRIA. BETROUT, JUNE 20.—The time for recalling this Pa cha or that Pacha is gone by. The question that must now come before the Great Powers is—what parcelling of territory, or what species of European military occu pation will rescue this noble country from the frightful anarchy into which it is plunged ? To allay its fierce and discordant elements would require the political intel ligence, the discipline, the disposable material, strength, and the spare finances of a well-ordered European State. It is therefore needless to say that the civil and military servants of the Sultan are unequal to the present crisis. By their sloth and corruption, joined to their fanaticism and obstinacy, they are accelerating the termination of their Sovereign's rule in this country. If any impor tant part of Syria should rise, the others will also rise, and a general massacre of the Turks is a thing not at all unlikely to take place. I say nothing of the south ; for, notwithstanding its association, it contains no great point where interests come into concentration or collision, for the wretched Greek and Latin Monkish intrigues do not deserve a re cord. The Sultan's rule is, from the last accounts, quite nominal in the Mutsellimic of Jerusalem, and in Na plouse does not exist at all, except in the villages in which Arnauts happen to encamp, and within the walls of the town itself! The Mutsellim of Naplouse, who had been suspended by Medjib Pacha, recovered his place by means of a douceur ; his tenure of office was, however, very short, for he was poisoned the day after his return from Damascus. The Arnauts are only loyal to their paymaster, and, as in the case of a Prussian, Colonel Laue, whom they wounded severely, are as ready to de stroy the friends as the foes of the Sultan. The communication between Jerusalem and Cairo by the Desert is totally stopped by the Bedawees, and no man in his senses would travel from Jerusalem to Da mascus without a strong escort. An American mission nary, lately arrived at Damascus, in coming through, gained the gate of Naplouse by a bard gallop. His es cort, not being so well mounted, were plundered, and came into the town without a rag to cover their nakedness. I now come to the centre and north of Syria—Leba non, Damascus, the Harrah, and Aleppo. The mountaineers are in a state of armed suspense. At the great mutiny of Ain Aneb, they detailed their grievances to the Sultan, but their petition has never been forwarded. If their demands regarding a modification of the tariff are not promptly complied with, the Moun tain will be in a revolution from one end to the other be fore long. The pressure of the new system upon them is easily explained. In the middle ages the fanaticism of the conquering Mussulmans drove an immense num ber of Christians and other sects into the mountains. Lebanon is not like the Alps or P3renees, covered with verdure, periodically renewed by refreshing showers. Lebanon has little soil, little pasturage, and almost the sole resource of the inhabitants is silk. To paraphrase Farquhar, they eat, drink, and sleep upon silk ; they are clothed in silk, and in travelling through the mountains, if you ask what is the income of such and such a Skeikh, the answer is so many rottali of silk ; consequently, there is no deceiving them on this question ; it comes home to every man's door : to use a strong, but often abused and misapplied, expression, it is a pure knife and fork question. The raw material is produced in the Mountain, and manufactured in the great cities of Damascus and Aleppo. The expense on a rottalo of silk, under the former sys tem, was— Piastres. Mule carriage to Damascus Brokerage Customs' duty 13i- The expense at present is— Piastres. Mule carriage Brokerage Customs' duty ~ 2115 paras. We must also recollect that nine per cent. additional is imposed on the manufactured article, if sent, for in stance, to Asia Minor, or any other part of the Ottoman dominions, where the peculiar striped silk stuffs are in use. Then again, as the Mountain produces little or no grain, but as Beyrout is the entrepot for the grain that comes from Damietta, Jaffa, and Alexandria, before a mulberry planter can call a kail of grain his own, he must make a clear sacrifice of 25 per cent. Have the fine city of Aleppo, and the truly venerable city of Damascus, no claims on the sympathy of Europe ? What would an Alabama planter say if a heavy duty were imposed upon raw cotton at the gates of Lowell ? or what would a Macclesfield or Coventry manufacturer say if, after hav ing paid a heavy duty on cotton, he must pay an addi tional duty on his finished goods, exposed at the same time to foreign competition ? In Europe the native manufac turer, when placed in a better position than the foreigner, often succnnibs ; but here we have the native placed in a more disadvantageous position than any European manu• facturer, both as regards cheapness of raw material and facility of export. If the seat of the plant and manufac ture were wide as the poles asunder, the change would soon tell on the price, and generate discontent ; but be ing, as one may say, next door to each other, the evil is too palpable to admit of delay. I have travelled over the Druse and Maronite country, and my impression is, that had the Government given way on the tariff ques tion, a very fair compromise might have been made with regard to the fixed tribute. Bat it is now almost too late. The Druse country is the scene of much outrage. In addition to the plot to murder the Sheikh Djoubelat (the richest and most powerful Druse Chief, who, using the lex talonis, caused the plotters, his nephews, to be killed) we have this month the seizure of the property of the. Emir Abdullah (a Maronite Prince related to the Emir Beshir), by the other great Druse house of Abou Neked, as well as more seizures of property belonging to the late Emir Beshir, now in Malta. The Druses profess to like the English, and, from a certain respect which, notwithstanding their eccentric re ligious views, they undoubtedly have to the Koran, could, under any tolerable Government, be made to render some services to the Sultan ; but, like all the others, they are disgusted with the new system, and will fight sword in hand against the tariff. The Maro nites are in reality seeking independence, and desire the coast from Saida to Tripoli, including Beyrout, and it is really impossible to foresee what they will do. They are all ripe for revolt, and made fully aware of the weak ness of the Sultan. I believe the end of all this will be the formation of an Arab Christian state, but what then are you to do with the grand plain of Damascus, with its fanatical Mohammedan population cut off from the coast, and thelhuran, which would be similarly situated. Travelling in the north and centre of Syria is very unsafe at present. The whole of the Desert line, by Horns and Homah, up to the very foot of Anti Lebanon and Mount Cassius, is as much in the power of the Be dawees as ever. When the merchants of Aleppo send a letter to Damascus they give it to a man in an old can vass shirt, without a farthing in his possession. The Bedawees cannot see a Spanish dollar, because there is no Spanish dollar to 'see, and the messenger least liktly to sutler in his breeches pocket is the man who has no breeches at all. As for a trip to Palmyra, it is now quite as perilous and romantic an affair as it was in the days of Wood and Dawkins. The anecdotes related of the plunder of the Hauran are so numerous, that it is needless to repeat them. The de feat of Shibly Arrian gave courage to the Bedouins, who carried off into the Desert all that was portable ; the re sult is, that provisions at Damascus continue to rise in price. Nedjib Pacha has, by means of bribes at Constan tinople, and a plausible catalogue of ancient services, re tained his place ; but it is believed he must go ; public opinion against him is approaching a climacteric which he cannot withstand. This has been an awful year for Damascus. The Egyptian occupation was succeeded by months of scarcity, and the stoppage of the badge or grand pilgrimage to Mecca ; then came the derangement of commerce by the tariff, the persecution of the Chris tians under the auspices of Nedjib Pacha; and now the Hauran, which is the granary of the city, is plundered, and its inhabitants, who are extensive consumers of Da mascus goods, are impoverished. In Aleppo, the Government is as imbecile as ever. Major Boccaciampi and the British Proconsul had gone out to make an arrangement with the Sheikhs of the An nadis, who were menacing the environs, but they had not the good fortune to meet with them. The two Euphrates steamers had arrived at Beles from Bussorah, and passed up to Biredjek. They had got through the Lemloon marshes, and over the Camel ford at Anna, without any impediment. It would ap pear that, after all, the latter is the only difficult part of the river. The coast towns have also had their troubles. The ravages of the plague in St. Jean d'Acre have been until lately ve-y great. When the malady was at its height, So decay of there were ;in this small place upwards of fifty t casualties o , much for incomplete. t per day, in consequence, it is supposed, of h m i a n t d te o r le b n e c i e ng in ta n r o d t y c a le n an d i i n n g co t m he p animall'urkis Tri poli a deadly hatred has been generatede between • In Alussulman and the Christian population, etween the have commenced. The plague has , and the fevers and the cordon has been taken off. A ceased at Beyrout, revolting instance occurred of Mussulman fanaticism has here. A Chris tian had a dispute with a Turk, and on the trial the latter produced his friends as witnesses, but the Chris tian on proposing to adduce the c friends in waiting, was told that t o h u e nte c r-hre. stian vidence of his friends evidenceis was inadmissible. In v a i n was t h e invoked.h The mufti said that he was __ a i-sc ien __ judge only by Mahometana Mahometan, and would law, and this man was con demned to thirty days' im • prisonment. The British Con sul interfered, but the penalty was increased, and it was only through the Seraskier that the man was liberated. lew vessels of state can withstand a strain on several parts at one and the same time without foundering. It is therefore impossible, in Considering the state of Syria, to shut our eyes to what is now passing in Candia, Bul garia, and other provinces of the empire. Not only is Turkey destitute of the moral and physical power to meet the exigencies in Syria, b u t her hour s eems to be come. It is in vain to attempt to uphold the integrity of the Ottoman empire, because the Ottomans will not be upheld. It is the same thing thro a ug_ho t u t e t dSaryria whether a man call himself a p acha,d 4 kiahia, or a musteschar, be caresot buttwothe immediate amassing of money by the p ' straws e r for any cause, or any policy, or any intere st, l un der of the Sultan and his subjects. Stores, howeveT extensive, provisions which w hich the troops could not con the Egyptians left , an d all h av e melted away like the slime for years to come, April snows of Sa nnin. There is no hope for the Turks here, for they ha ve neither hope nor confidence in them. selves. Her Majesty's ship Belleisle (74) arrived at COW last evening at seven o'clock, and anchored nearly opposite Haulholine. The Indus (80) is looked for hourly. She will be followed by others, and it is ex pected that o ur harbour will, in a few days, present the spectacle of several me n-of-war floating on its waters.— Southern Report er of Tuesday. There is iron enough in the blood of one of one man to make a chain of strength sufficient to bind him. The quantity of "brass" in his face is not so readily ascertained. MORNING SU HIGH COURT OF JUSTICAAR O EDINBURGH, JrLiAl3: ~. ARSON.—Beatrice M'Barnet, or D4vlds-inlirn ' at the bar, accused of wilful fire-raisi4g; fi las i r ' ( 4. • - g -; '" the 17th of April, 1841, she set fire kciithb North St. Andrew-street, in which she`kk,:asZd. business as a milliner. The crime w4f.ye rx brought home to the prisoner by cireurnslittitht“Mitlß:l4` alone, of which the following are the leading features : She had been occupying the premises in St. Andrew-- street, consisting - of a room and a small closet, for some months before the fire took place. When she left her shop on Friday evening, the 16th of April, she, with the assistance of a Mrs. Walker, whom she had en gaged for the purpose, removed every thing into the closet, and when they left the premises that night about eleven o'clock, the furniture was placed in a certain order. Under and along the window w as placed a sofa, which was covered with a number of bonnets ; there was a table in the middle of the room covered with a table-cloth, and the chairs were placed all around. Next morning, about five o'clock, fire was discovered in the premises, and when the closet was en tered, the arrangement of the furniture was completely altered. The sofa was not under the window, but at the other end of the room altogether, and, instead of it, there was under the window a mattress, placed upon chairs. The bonnets were no longer on the sofa, nor under the window, nor were any traces of them to be found. There was now no cover on the table, and the chairs were placed, not round the room, but partly on the sofa, and partly on the mattress. There was also beside the window a chest with coals, which the wit ness Walker had not observed when ,she left the room with the prisoner the night before. These circum stances proved that there must have -been some party in the premises between the time when they were left by' the prisoner and Mrs. Walker, the night before, and the time when the fire was discovered next morning. That the fire was also wilfully raised—that it was not the result of accident, was clearly proved by the fact that, when the firemen entered the room, it was on fire in three different places, without any connexion between them. That it must have been the prisoner who had altered the arrangement of the furniture, and set fire to the premises in these different places, appeared from the facts that the keys, even on her own showing, were in her possession the whole time — that when the policemen went to the house he found the door locked and had to force it open, so that no person could have entered by it—and that when the closet was entered, the window shutters were shut, so that no person could have entered by the window. Besides these facts, it appeared that the prisoner a few days be fore had insured her property with the Scottish In surance Company to the amount of 1001., and that after the fire took place she had sent in a claim on the Com pany for 911., while the evidence of the appraiser went to show that the whole value of the furniture and goods in her premises was somewhere about 251. The object of the prisoner thus appeared to be to get hold of the insu rance money. She is married, and has three children. The Jury after a short consultation, returned a una nimous verdict, finding the prisoner Guilty upon the circumstantial evidence adduced, and Lord Mackenzie sentenced her to be transported for life. AN UNLUCKY WIFE HUNTER. A few weeks ago an advertisement for a wife ap peared in the Birmingham Herald, headed " Matti monial Proposal," and setting forth that the adver tiser was a gentleman who wished to marry a lady from 21 to 30 ; that she must have a genteel appear ance, liberal education, and respectable connections, and be possessed of property to the value of 500/. at least; that the advertiser was in his 29th year, of gentlemanly appearance and address ; of respectable connections ; pos sessed of 3,0001. in a respectable and well-established business ; and that he had a house furnished with every worldly comfort. A young gentleman of this town, noticing the adver tisement, wrote him under the style of a female, stat ing her qualifications, and that she was possessed of 1,000/, entirely at her own disposal; in consequence of which a general correspondence ensued, and an inter view between them was decided on as being the most proper mode of arranging matters, and ascertaining how each party would suit the other. Accordingly, Wednes day evening, at half-past seven, was fixed fir the time, and the Cemetery the place of meeting. Long before the time appointed, the gentleman in search of love was seen with an engraving of the Ceme tery, sent him by the should-be lady, wherein she had pointed out the spot at which he was to meet her, com paring it with the place. and affecting •an air of digni fied importance, from which he was doomed to be lowered. A number of young gentlemen were there at the ap pointed time, and all anxiously made their way to the unknown gentleman for the purpose of viewing his fea tures ; but he did all in his power to prevent his face from being seen. At length a view of it was obtained, which caused no small degree of merriment amongst those who were in the secret, especially when they discovered that he had lost one eye, and could with difficulty see with the other ; having also several other defects not at all calculated to give one the idea of a man of genteel appearance. After allowing him to wait twenty minutes past the appointed time, he was accosted by the party, and told that the lady, owing to the wetness of the evening, was unable to meet him, and that they were deputed to meet him in her stead. He immediately perceived the hoax, and his fury was beyond all description. He left the Cemetery with all speed, his hoaxers keeping at his heels, jeering and laughing at his mortification. This was kept up until they arrived at the top of Sheffield moor, when they lost sight of him. The party then sepa rated, but two of them afterwards saw him making the best of his way along Union-street, for the town, and again beset him with jokes, throwing in his teeth the loving words contained in his letters to the lady. This caused him to take to his heels with all speed, and away lie went through any by-roads he could find, until at length he reached the Market-place. There he was again doomed to increased misfortune ; for, in addition to the two who had followed him from Union-street, he had again to encounter the whole party who had so kindly met him at the Cemetery. Onward he sped, as fast as his legs could carry him, until he got opposite the Tontine, where a coach was standing, into whirih he wished to get, but, unfortunately for him, and to the amusement of his followers, who were now very numer ous, a lady . had just engaged the coach, and he was com pelled again to take to his heels. in about three minutes he reached the railway station, where he took refuge, to his great satisfaction, and to the delight of his pursuers, who reached that place as soon as he. There was the " luckless wight," heated, breathless, bespattered, and in a perfect rage. His appearance may le bitter ima gined than described. The train was gone, and nothing remained for him but to get back into the town as well as he could. This he was allowed to do quietly, his tor mentors having left him to take his chance. _ _ _ In the morning, however, by seven o'clock, he was again met in the Wicker, by one of his attendants of the previous evening, whose appearance threw him into in describable consternation, so that he seemed doubtful whether to run back or venture forward."' lie did go on, however, and was followed to the railway station, whence he took his departure by the half-past seven o'clock train, in a third class carriage, for West Brom wich, about five miles south of Birmingham, the place from whence he had been trailed in search of a wife. He spoke, in his advertisement, of having had a small disappointment before ; but the result of this adventure will probably deter him from another attempt to repair his disasters by advertising his charms to ensnare the lad ies.—Sheffield Independent. CHELTENHAM ELECTION.—At the late elec tion for this borough, a poor letter-carrier, in igno rance of the law, recorded his vote for Mr. Craven Ber keley. No sooner was this fact known, than the mer ciful Tories made complaint against him to the Post office authorities, and he has been dismissed in conse quence. The unfortunate victim of Tory vengeance is John Barrett, who, we believe, has filled the situation for nearly eleven years. It has been determined by the Liberal party to raise a small sum of money to assi s t Barret in establishing himself in a way of getting his living in trade, and we are happy to see that the list of subscriptions is fast filling.—Cheltenharn E,.ratniner. ohts SCARES.—The Commissioners of the Northern 111. s towards are now proceeding with the preliminary t rocks lying one heprotsection of the the ma r erectioniner against of a those d lighthouseaeger fo r e,s rassiernouth. The Commis bours of Burghead an d _ re nested the opinion of the sinners have accolirdei:gly don on g this subject, as required by mile off the shores of the 11 L io e y Frith, between a b out b- Trinity House of consisting of Captains Drew, Reece, cient CorporaEt and Herby, are now on the Moray Frith, in Probyn. the late Lighttltoonuse Act ; and a deputation of that an th powerful steamer, accompanied by Mr. Ste vensr for Northern Lights. in the course n gitlee • e xamination, they waited on Provost Nicol, of of their who is ex officio one of the Commissioners of Inverness, Northern Lights, and to whose individual exertions the d b d / in this business the public are much in ete nverness Courier. the Colonial Coun eTrohnve,c r rench Government has adopted the strong t s i sa ad rY alo m u , and, consequently, the commission of its delegate, M. Granier Cassagnac, the great enemy pe eas . ure of dissolving of the blacks, is revoked. He has recently arrived in Paris, after an unfortunate excursion to H ayt i, and a b ci e l t o n f ec G e hasty touch at the British West India islandi. This is the gentleman who stated, at a public dinner at Deme rara, his belief that the negroes were brutes and not men. He now says he is a convert to the necessity of abolishing slavery. It appears that the two councils of Guadeloupe have sent home their respective opinions on the question of emancipation. The Secret Council have arrived at the conclusion that this measure may be ad vantageously effected ; the Colonial Council are abso lutely opposed to it. This just represents the difference between the planters and the Government. The French Minister has directed the favourable opinion of the Se cret Council to be published.—Anti-Slavery Report. SUDDEN DEATH.—William Day was on Thurs day morning found dead at the warehouse of his em ployer, Mr. Abud, refiner, in Clerkenwell, where it was his weekly turn to sleep, for the safety of the property. On Monday evening three persons called upon him rela tive to the amount of a loan for which he Was security to their loan society for a person of the name of Pack wood, who, it seems, had not made any weekly repay ments whatever since he obtained the money, and is not now to be found. The shock of their claim being thus demanded from him, which would be the total ruin of his means of maintaining his family, after the long and hard struggle he had had to get his little business toge ther, with the thought of havin g it destro y ed in this manner, and from such a cause, so affected' him b e f ore leaving for the night, that he declared to his wife he felt he should not survive it. In vain his wife endeavoured to console him, with the hope of getting over it ; but what washer horror to hear he was it corpse the follow. log morning. II 14