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and was carried away in a cab. It was with extreme
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weulty that he secured a safe retreat.
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" ° cLocK.----The female seminary at the corner of
•t~f ruins,
Ciij and Phoenix-streets has been fired, and remains a heap
shout,
the burning of the church the mob continued to
tiveetir4tz three. cheers, and a drum and fife
and when the
cross at the peak of the roof fell, they
played the Boyne
Nothing now remains of the beautiful gothic struc-
i,
t but its blackened walls.
steo\ '
e'E ocLock.—The seminary has been completely de-
d. The temperance grocery store of Mr. Joseph Corr,
ennr of Phoenix and Second-streets, opposite the seminary,
areal.roill which it was said the volley was fired on Monday
4,11111 g, which killed Mr. Wright, was completely riddled,
The the house destroyed.
cad e first brigade, under the immediate command of Gen.
Slaserlyal4tri,ohiaaesirived upon the ground, accompanied by
AldooLocK _The rioters have proceeded to the house of
str--er2nail Hugh Clark, at the corner of Fourth and Master-
ilts, and have entirely gutted it out.
Vra,vde 42ilitary arrived upon the ground after all the mischief
sev°,l, and were there when we left.
tipei CkLOCK.—By this time the district was compara-
wratt quiet, the mob having apparently expended all their
IjAitit,nd the military was posted in various sections.
carrect—r•AsT EIGHT O'CLOCK.—Another outbreak has oc-
low G • The house of Matthew Quin, in Master-street, be-
erniantown-road, has been battered with stones. It
L_s itntenanted. The mob forbore to set fire to the building
iirvola_,ants in the it would involve a:large number of Americans and
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Protestants destruction.
oe •"wen eight and nine o'clock, Harmony-court, consisting
A13.,1
4 or eight houses, situated near Cadwallader-street,
k-. Abosetroyed by fire.
41;
out hulf-past six o'clock information was received by
Ad oeott that an attack was contemplated upon the St.
6.ustine Church, in Fourth-street, below Vine, and that a
Qt:,crowd had already gathered in its vicinity. He imrae-
the Y repaired, upon horseback to the spot, with a. body of
Postes:Y,,_Pclice, and addressed the crowd. The police were
ftrat •is the chapel. The mass still increased. The
theortcltYtintdreinPawshereertitmimmee.diately ordered out, and were upon
folle'weiegisequence of the state of things, the Mayor issued the
iti illYQPl.°Clanlatioll
th7r is reason to believe that the spirit of disorder raging
leek v Lit In eoupty is about to extend itself into the city, and to
All „ the destruction of property and attack upon life.
tilt:tern-citizens, desirous to preserve the public peace, are
to resls, required to prepare themselves to patrol the streets,
Pea " all invasions of property, and to preserve the public
i4ekat resistance to every attempt to disturb it.
of
usual Ward is requested to meet immediately at the place
ward elections.
T• he c. " JOHN M. SCOTT, Mayor."
tee ectowd still continued to increase at the church, and at
testaZittes before ten o'clock, fire was communicated to the
At twte of the church, it is said, by a boy about 14 years old.
kottat entY Minute ten o'clock the cross which sur-
hed ed the steeple, sand which remained unhurt, fell with a
Utorkellisb, amid the' plaudits of a large portion of the spec-
ial en .0141 - Minutes afterward the steeple, which stood till burnt
akoere skeleton, fell, throwing up a mass of cinder?:
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3p to to
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OF Loss AND DISTRESS.—The St. Michael's_rnm
0,5,000 and seminary in Kensington cost for building f
not
ed
40,000 dolls., and St. Augustine sd t less
litr tcsaeetdolls. The mount of property thus faresamroiyliese b tuo less than 150,000 dolls. No than 200 f
IlAri.en "Mpelled to remove from their homes.
seseloPaST ELEVEN O'CLOCK.— The City Councils are now
A• boo, to take measures to subdue the rioters.
s_urotiAr,fourteen or fifteen years of age, has just. been
the city police-office, who was arrested in at-
'et to set fire to a vacant building in Kensington,. near
,TllZet-house. The fire was extinguished by the military.
ill'ideed-.;°b has in a great measure left Kensington, and is
"Ither,lll Squads at various points in the city, and the
Peei3 . Pert of the country.
other „.., are entertained that attempts will be made to fire
NsteaZilolic churches, and the military have been strongly
The 'Le:the vicinity of them.
et.ert▪
At erto llagration at St. Augustine's has nearly subsided ;
use in the immediate neighbourhood were injured.
`l'sra, Olace several of the police-officers were knocked
Titttand the Mayor was struck in the breast with a stonen.d
ai.4`l.:E °'CLocic..—All avenues leading to Marv. a
h 7 e,s,, 6-7's churches, in Forty, near Prune, and in AVillings-
-Ler th;'e been guarded by troops, who suffer no person to
hh..411 I,BPaee, unless they- live in the square.
el'ftigoef4,°,ll' raging at St. A. ugustine's is occasioned by the
Tre magnificent library of books_ attached to the
ueY are piled up in front of the house, and made
Fite
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Plin,th,_e United States Gazette of Thursday morning,)
eviatP the night hostile demonstrations were made against
the lciurch of St. John and St. Mary's Church.
/4,rtiell'ortrier General Cadwallader informed them that
-Tefee•csalt had been proclaimed, and allowing the crowd five
t, • ti,"" leave the ground, the mob dispersed.
-sreeo,..‘`'e latter the United States marines enfiladed the
per 'were brought to a charge. The mob dispersed.
--`4oaq-b.ra'aos were killed yesterday, and but one (James
- - "ounded, and lie not dangerously.
From the North American.)
`‘'Veh• ~'I34T ( -
O'CLOCK, About
tee (eel_ 0 HALF-PAST
aAm ii_ucK the I.st division were withdrawn from Kensing-
eiktein be Ist brigade marched to St. John's church.
°,4l,Ftwgl", in the.meantime, was left under the protection
tei'sitltiantri:t
_companies from Germantown. The citizens of
absence
were in great alarm, owing to theof the

1.24.htf. ORDER RESTORED.
qotea :Ist accounts (Friday) state that order is at length
Ib:'el.l Philadelphia, and law has the ascendancy.
arter arrived on Thursday afternoon and promptly
It"' the proclamation for the suppression of the disturbances
&title warrest of the rioters. Th ppe
citizens of the several
Thieee:re also promptly organised for the preservation of
kr the tE
aa,retio• ° cers commanding detachments were authorised
!.l'aluk..-ired to repel force with force, and the Generals com-
plat,' :were authorised and required to enrol, arm, and or-
"kvoui-ficilr the preservation of the peace, any number of
ja,t Might be required.
ftTilf 411`ue day, a proclamation was issued, signed by the
to% iil;44. Mayor, enjoining all good citizens te abstain
gay „,,ig in crowds to aid in preserving the peace, and
aotj" *tome as much as was practicable.
e,lorer Proclamation was also issued, signed by the
era".bl ,Sherifi; announcing that citizens were forbid from
th.g, ituia in such streets as were in the possession of the
'vritite- Military authorities, and authorising the said au-
P,2kehttb break up any such assemblage by force. _
.or_
otret p orders to the military were. issued by
_Maj _
atterson, giving the directions for the defence of
siNtire4lle
tcLtt 4 Altd States Gazette of yesterday (Friday) morning
14-.°441•-tuough it was evident that much excitement
▪ sim,l Kensington yesterday, yet no outbreak occurred.
10-.7,yrtr-e•ma!rs of men were gathered about the streets, but
"•
v thPrincipally strangers, drawn thither by curiosity,
destruction made by the bands of lawless rioters.
hese neighbourhood of St. Augustine's church large
alty
~,,t'ere gathered, and a crowd was also gathered in the
the church of St. Philip Neri, in Queen-street,
4.„kathro,vbiali greatly increased towards nightfall. All
athahe churches were however guarded.
k;• at tit?'
.councils met last evening, and placed 20,000
pm, disposal of the committee of police, for the pur-
,,ecting the property of the community and ensur-
Cieettf f,;‘'c Peace. The Mayor and Sheriff were actively
ItitCaUade-"ug the day and night. Generals Patterson,
4thtit ij and Hubbell, with their aids, were also con
,tuPtioYed in busy and judicious movements..
oth oy tw erstand the Governor was accompanied to the
at con) ° companies of troops from Dauphin, and three
the IherePanies are on their way.
,0 tll4, been but little disposition manifested to break
-14;`ut ''ay, though there is evidently a bad feeling
flit IS, hngreuPs of men and boys of the lower classes.
bei‘ry o"wever, a unanimous determination among the
itud"'te bear any more insults from this class of per-
byueforficrest breach of theis peace will be put down
now absolutely neces-
Zaredt,he several posts wnlietriunrteheir jurisdiction have been
tcub,a, under martial law ; we believe they will act
11C'4k B'C8'C
E, MIDNIGHT, THURSDAY.—We learn that
4416 4 other7' quiet, both in northern and eastern, as well as
tok. teat di sections of the city and county. . Not the
Itaratt2Pasition is evinced in any quarter, to disturb the
Lett rep e tranqty of the city.
hahle tnurted list of dead and wounded, as far as we have
'Ns-141W. learll, embraces 14 killed, and 39 wounded.
tab 'fleet ;ngnt, however, that many ersons have suffered
414:48t. 'c,e'?es of violence, who are not included in the
*lun• !ea N., he amount of property destroyed is probably
triol,L,474_„teihihttuiendr.ed and two hundred thousand dollars,
brfue tir me county will undoubtedly be compelled to pay."
'3olsed°ceedings in Congress since the last accounts
16. 4 Ta • interest. In the Senate, the long-
-4,t1 Tariff Bill had been defeated, and silenced et
car the
session.
07`tunis
Le 1;4 Whatever is said on the Oregon question,
ilvexation of Texas affair.
I, 88,114 "se of Representatives, by a vote of 114
ex hare
'lllO -greed to close their session on the 17th of
"h• The Senate will probably concur.
mot eta„,,r
HAYTI.
1,41, Ceh, 9vratTllnONV OF THE BrULATTO GOVERNMENT.
Hoyt, of the brig Republic, who left Port
smb":..tilesti. ult.,' and arrived at New York, we learn
eadee.ith ,je 'lave been entirely successful in their engag.e-
-i ai the 40vernment troops. Herard's forces had
41.4' hot' n°llll, and he took refuge in Port Republican,
y
led
h Pursued by a superior numerical force, and it
havecould not hold out many days. The Revo-
bort ttitaiehestablished an independent Government in
15, With three
of the island. The French Admiral lay off
Atet2aia .4 three frigates, waiting the issue of events.
to erki faiiare y take possession of the island, and the ex-
Th-iee ?: the Government to pay the indemnity due
oe
ek
fes.et atble u.sed as a pretext for. that purpose.
zisit sji-0,0,,, lunation have been fighting for a Republican
`4lia laieisetnent, instead of a military despotism, and we
pecuu4:aion of the island will cost France much more
'arY advantage she can ever expect from it.
ST,Dex
'N ie • (Prout th AND MONEY MARKET.
4nteruei t a Neu, York American, May 15.)
t4t Pon, f rade of the country is active and vigorous.
`at b;:a keattZM abroad also continue large—and withal
resaita. Mess and soundness of business that promise
are• Mon._
Sou,,y market is free alike from agitation and pres-
i!lt -al)eYsitolatiOn tibievi-id!nad, Paying stocks maintain a steady value
for
.14'8, of "25
certain
confined to what. are
rubitn '0 value, and therefore just the o
rat highg wagers.
1-7ere4t
ttuuauee :potation of Consols, together with the
al.ll.tifew thoet:tiurmlat..:.°ney in London, and the low rate of
Si deur% dates from there, render it matter of sur-
I,Niux t per tend should be forthcoming for our United.
y
attel
0111,,,r0 seta ' the steps taken bY PennaYt"
P of , her credit may induce a more favourable
et. Faeriean
114ve
Y Vedk since the passage of the tax law,
‘e 36' cottoncirc Per cent
5 (leer %eidteieels ined lr°'l3°°*it
ort `h").„_,bales less *appears that, with something
thahle about received this year than the last, there
bales more now than then.
lu t,,Jne Eur ere, as the necessary consequence of
41.8 e stuff. :Pe-
lnaat* • - were is also a tendency to decline, and
PRICEare corning forward through the canal.
OF COTTON.
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............................................................ May 15,1844.
ler -
per .
New Orleans and Mobile.
6:Oto,1111iJ ...... • '"' si to 6 .....
................... 51 to 6
FAi~ld....
........................ 61 to 63
linZA'ufainlisg ..... 637 too 774 ........................ 77i ttoo 77!
▪ ............................. ..
7781 ttto: 87.!, .................................................. 878 tot° 871
o,llx
• ................... 8 4_, ..... • . ............ 83 to 83
..........
two ........................ 9 to 9}
.................. to 11

Estimated sales of yesterday l,OOO bale
Ditto previously this week 2,500
Ditto total since the Ist inst.

Ditto receipts since the Ist inst 16,229
Exchange on London is rather dull to-day, at 9 premium;
on Paris, bills may be quoted at sf. 27c.
The alarming occurrences in Pennsylvania have naturally
created • serious apprehensions among the holders of their
State's securities. The utter inefficiency of the city autho-
rities of Philadelphia—the insecurity of life and property
there—the fact that on the °cession of the Harrisburgh riots
some time since, the State authorities refused to recompense
the army that quelled the disturbance—all tend to rouse the
most serious apprehensions tiff the honour and integrity of
the-people of Pennsylvania. Much of the State tax, which
is soon to be levied, was expected from Philadelphia, but it is
evident that the occurrences of this week will tend to the
withdrawal of capital from that city, and greatly embarrass
the citizens, who risk their lives and property by remaining
in it.

PHILADELPHIA DlVlDENDS.—Commercial Bank of Penn-
sylvania, Three per Cent. Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank,
; Western Bank of Philadelphia, 4; Mechanics' Bank, 3-1;
Southwark Bank, 5; Philadelphia Bank, 3; Kensingion
Bank, 3 ; Northern Liberty Bank, 3 ; Bank of Penn Town-
ship, 3.
SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

MAY 15.
30,000 United States 6's, 1853
6,000 Ohio 6's 1860
8,000 Kentucky 6's ••• 0000000 • ••• lO3l
4,000 Illinois special b3 46
1,000 Pennsylvania s's
1,000 Tennessee 6'5..... ' 1024
3,100 City s's, 1870 . ...... 994
40 shs. Merchants' Bank
14 do. Bank of America
10 do. Delamere and Hudson
75 do. Merchants' Exchange Bank ...... .
50 do. New York Insurance Company

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100 do. North American Trust ... l3}
100 do. Mohawk .. 764
20 do. Erie Railroad ...... 14
100 do. Syria and Utica
20 do. Aub. and Roch. lo7i
100 do. Rea'g Railroad
5 do. Ston'ton 521
150 do. Nor.-and \Vor.
115 do. New Jersey Railroad .. 9B

150 do. Long Island
PUBLIC STOCK EXCHANGE, MAT 15.
2,000 Ohio 6's, 1860 . .
4,000 Illinois 6's, 1870 44
25 shs. Canton Company 59
100 do. Long Island Railroad b3O 83
100 do. Vicks.
25 do. Morris Canal
50 do. Far. Trust.
25 do. Stonington
75 do. Nor. and Wor.

FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM THE
AMERICAN PAPERS.
RESULTS OF THE RIOTS.

After a fierce contest it is customary to view the field
of battle, and after a great and disastrous riot the peo-
ple are left to deplore the consequences by reflecting
how much misery might have been avoided by a little
discretion and a little firmness. But it has always hap-
pened that sad consequences have resulted from trifling
errors. The " good people" of Philadelphia having
recovered from their alarm, now venture out to
see the extent of the mischief that has resulted from
the late riots. The immediate and deplorable
consequences of this outbreak are, the unhappy
condition of the bereaved families of the mur-
dered, and the sufferings of the wanderers in the
country, afraid to return to the city—without means to
advance—hungry—destitute, without shelter, sleeping
on the bare earth, and without clothing. One Irish wo-
man gave birth to a child in the woods ! We are glad
to learn that relief parties have gone out in search of
them. Children wandering in search of parents, wives
in search of husbands, old and infirm in search of shel •
ter, are parts only of existing misery. The ruined dis-
trict presents a most deplorable scene from the half
burnt and blackened houses yet standing. Strips of the
American flag are displayed in supplication for protec-
tion or truce. The amount of damage is exceedingly
heavy. Mrs. Brady had a house riddled and furni-
ture destroyed. Alderman Clark's house and furni-
ture damaged to the amount of 1,000 dolls. He has
lost papers and books valued at 2,000 or 3,000 dolls.
Grocery store of Patrick Murray, and the destruction of
property estimated at 4,000 dolls. John Laverty's house
and furniture destroyed, valued at 2,000 dolls., all he had
in the world. Bernard Sheny lost one frame and three
brick houses valued at 3,000 dolls. ; he saved one bed
only. Patrick M'Kee and Owen M'Cullough in house
and furniture 1,000 dolls. Thomas Shenden in house
and furniture 2.500 dolls. Six three-story buildings on
Washington-street all destroyed with their furni-
ture, supposed to be worth 15,000 dolls. Pat-
rick Magee, who owned a house destroyed
valued at 1,500 dolls., was sick in bed, and was
rescued from the flames with great difficulty. Harmony-
court seven frame houses, all destroyed with their con-
tents, loss 300 dolls. Hibernia Hose Company, loss
1,000 dolls ; and the market destroyed was valued at
5,000 dolls. The two frame houses, corner of Master
and Cadwallader-streets, belonged to John Carroll, and
also two other frames adjoining; loss 1,500 dolls. The
tenants lost all they had, say about 250 dolls. In
one of these houses, 700 dolls. in silver, and
but little of it having been recovered, may be
added to the other loss. The loss in the burn-
ing of the Catholic Church of St. Michael, the
parsonage house and furniture and ornaments,
and the Sisters of Charity's seminary, is estimated at
not less than 75,000 dolls. Of the five frame buildings
on the right of the church, which were consumed, a
three and two-story frame belonged to Benjamin Hut-
chinson, Esq., who estimates his loss at 2,500 dolls., and
the other two belonged to Mr. Francis M'Creedy, and
were valued at 1,800 dolls. The loss to Mr. Joseph
Corr, whose house at the corner of Phoenix and Second-
streets, opposite the seminary, was sacked, is about
1,500 doll;. The loss to Mr. M'Aleer, whose two large
bricks, at the corner of Second and Master-streets,
were burned, is about 3,000 dolls. The tenant of one
of them, name Rice, lost about 600 dolls. A frame
house at the back of this, owned by John Daley, which
was burned, was valued at about 400 dolls. In esti-
mating this destruction of property, we have not taken
into account a vast amount of material in the houses
occupied by workmen, nor of houses, the very sites of
which have been obliterated, and we feel warranted in
believing that the destruction of property amounts to
much over what we have estimated. in addition to this
we have to add the loss at St. Augustine's, and we
find that damage has been done to the county of Phila-
delphia in a sum rising a quarter of a million of dollars,
and this, besides the loss of life, and the deep moral stain
which has been inflicted upon the community.—New
York Sun.

SLAVE STEALING.—THE CASE 07, BROWN.—A letter
is published from Judge O'Neal, of Columbia, S. C.,
relative to the case of John L. Brown, lately sentenced
to death by Judge O'Neal, for stealing a female slave.
The case attracted attention in England, and our readers
are aware that Lord Brougham spoke of it in the House
of Lords. Brown has been pardoned by the Governor
of South Carolina. A contemporary remarks:—" It is
particularly amusing to hear Lord Brougham denounce
the law under which Brown was convicted, as being not
only inhuman, but anything but English law, when it so
happens that this identical law was passed in 1754, by a
Government acting under the authority of and in part
appointed by the British Crown. It is, indeed, actually
English law, adopted, as most of our laws are, en masse,
by the newly organised Republican Government, after
our revolution. Like slavery itself, this law was one of
the legacies left us by our very wise and humane fore-
fathers."—New Yorh Sun.
MExlco.—The next news from Mexico is looked for
with much interest. We received very important ru-
mours and instructions through the medium of the Go-
vernment express, which arrived a few days since at
Washington, and from which we are led to believe that
a new crisis in the internal affairs of Mexico, in con-
nexion with Santa Anna's continuance in power, is ap-
proaching rapidly. It seems that the French fleet was
expected at Vera Cruz then, for the purpose of enforc-
ing the settlement of some preliminaries in relation to
the treatment of French subjects in that country, and
also with regard to the payment of some indemnity.
On the other hand, it has been reported that the
internal affairs of the country are much deranged—
that a formidable party against Santa Anna was in
process of organisation—and that everything betokened
the approach of another revolution. It is certain
however, that no arrangement has taken place between
Mexico and Texas, and the probability is that in the
present state of things our Government, who have al-
ready sent agents there in relation to the new annexa
tion treaty, will endeavour to make the best of the matter
and make as good a bargain for annexation as possible.
Such being the position of things in Mexico and Texas,
it is probable that the annexation treaty will not be
taken up in the Senate until at least some further ac-
counts are received from Mexico. But what the final
disposition of it may be, it is utterly impossible to fore-
tell. Such confusion reigns at Washington—there is
such a complete demoralisation of the democratic party
such a feud between Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Calhoun
that nothing can be
_predicated distinctly of the action of
the Senate in regard to this matter.
GREAT GUNS.—ANOTHER FOR THE PRINCETON.—
The late disaster on board the Princeton has not de-
stroyed Captain Stockton's confidence in the advantages
likely to result from the use of large guns. The greater
caution will be observed hereafter in their construction.
The Philadelphia Ledger says that Colonel Bird, of
Trenton, New Jersey, has constructed a mode of making
large wrought iron guns, which has received the appro-
bation of Captain Stockton, and a gun of the size
of the " Peacemaker" is to be immediately
constructed at the iron works of Messrs. Bird
and Weld. A number of wrought iron staves,
four or six inches thick, of the required length of the
Fun, will be placed in the form of a cylinder. Wrought
iron hoops the whole length of these staves, and lying
close together, will be welded upon them. Another row
of hoops, of larger dimensions, will be welded upon the
former, and additional rows will be put on and welded
to those previously on, until the desired thickness shall
be obtained. The rim of the hoops will be about six
inches wide, and they will be so laid that the middle of
the rims in one row of hoops will cover the joints between
those of the next smaller. The sides of the hoops
will be carefully turned smooth before they are laid on.
The rims of the hoops will be thicker at the ends than in
the middle, so that when, after being put on in a heated
state, the hoops cool and contract, they will bind those
under them, not only upon the staves, but to each other,
and thus present a resistance in both directions to
the explosive force of the powder. The proposed
advantage of this mode of construction is that the weld-
ing- of small pieces of iron, such as one row of hoops
upon the surface of the others, can be done perfectly ;
while it is scarcely possible to weld large masses per-
fectly, or without destroying the strength of the iron.—
New York Sun. _

.„.
TROUBLE AT NAuvoo.—The St. Louis Republican
contains the details of a row at Nauvoo, growing out of
an attempt ofAt. Smith, as Mayor, to arrest several of-

fenders. One of them threatened and attempted to
shoot the Prophet, denounced him as an impostor, and
charged him with having committed murders on the
island. There is said to be a good deal of enmity
against Joe Smith in his community.
TREASURE.—SeveraI hundred dollars in gold were
found accidentally under a heap of coal ashes in the
Reading, Penn. gaol yard, supposedlto have been secreted
by some convict executed for murder.—New York Sun.
THEATRICAL.—Macready is playing to crowded but
not fashionable houses at the Park. His tour South and
West has been more profitabli than in the North and
East. He goes to England at the close of his present
engagement.
QUEER ENOUGH.—Among the records of the good
old town of Ipswich, Mass., we find the following under
date of 1681 :—" Single persons who are under no go-
vernment, are ordered to put themselves under the care
of some head of a family. Daniel Waldrom is required
to return to his wife according to law."
MORE CRIME.—A gang of rogues entered the new
and elegant store of Mr. Regally, 4, School-street, Bos-
ton, on Monday evening, and believing that all the
valuables were locked in the safe, they filled the lock
with gunpowder, to which they attached a slow-match,
but, from the over-charge, the explosion was loud and
sweeping, carrying before it valuable clocks, pedestals,
and various counter articles, and finally smashing the
plate-glass window, which cost 240 dolls. The loss
is estimated at 1,000 dolls. The explosion alarmed the
thieves, and they male their escape, leaving everything
in confusion, and without carrying off a single article.—
New York Paper.

THE WHEAT CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.—The
Prairie Farmer, published at Chicago, 111., says :—" If
there be not a larger wheat crop in the United States
this year, or in th West at any rate, than ever before,
we shall be disappointed. In our rambles through Illi-
nois, Wisconsin, and Indiana, we have seen and been
informed that more wheat was sown last fall than usual;
that almost without exception, so far as we have been
able to learn, it has been uninjured by the water. The
early opening of spring will hasten its growth, so that
there will be little danger from rust, and this being the
chief cause of fear for wheat in this region, we think the
prospect is good for a large crop.. Several of our cor-
respondents, writing from Wisconsin, and southern and
central Illinois, coincide with these views. From inquiry
we do not think there was quite as much sown in central
and southern Illinois as last year ; but probably more
than any previous year when the crop has not been cut
off. The season has been so favourable that an unusual
amount of spring wheat has been got in."
THE CROPS IN WESTERN NEW YORK.-The Rochester
Daily Advertiser, of Saturday, says—" The crops in
Genesee County have never appeared so fine at this
time of the year as they do at present. In some of the
northern towns farmers have been compelled to reap off
the top of the wheat, for fear of its growing too rapidly.
In Elba and Byron they have already begun to plant
corn."