The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-02-24

Aer Stedmbooi.-The Steamer Oscoid,
built for our river by the Merchants Steam
Boat Company, OF this town, arrived 90
Thursday, laden with merchandise. She
seems well adapted TO the river, aud will be
Of very important advantage 10 the business
Of the town, as well as 10 those villages aud
neIghboIhoods m the interior which receive
their goods by way OF Georgetown. Goods
may noe be received at tins place IRON New
York IN from ten to fourteen days, whereas
by the Pole boats Il sometimes required a.
bout two IDonths, even ahen the user was
IN good state tor navigation, us NC have
ourselves learnt by experience The pres
ent prospects Of our town We consider very
aliterns. The loss Of houses BY The des.
,rucuye fire oil Dec. 80 IS more than sup.
Piled by ncw ones, while others arc still
building, aud under contract Tor beng built.
Theror GG-eae.
Black Hdnk MOI dead. There seems to
be a kind Of national prosperity with Us to
kali oil all the hons OF The day. Two moolhs
SINCE we disposed Of Senator PoIndester,
heard hls funeral sermon, saw him dead and
buried. But PoindeSier after all IS ahye,
aud fast upon the recovery. 20 waih Black
Hawk, over whose corpse the Indians have
wept, and some OF his hle brethren sighed
10 remembrance oil past associations. We
have read SOME dozen or tWo eulogies OF
both Senator and Chef. II seems, bowey.
or, tina, Black Hawk and has party bad en-
eamped near Burlington, where they had a
feast and rejoicing after which, beng 40
loxlcaled, he Tell into slough IN an attempt
10 cross tat which tine he lost his hat.
The hat was found when the Indians had
gone. As none OF the party but Black Hawk
wore hat, II was rightly conjectured 90 be
his, which led TO the belief lha. he was
drowned
WASHINGTON, Jan. ga rcpor, is cur.
rem; tina, Ia consequence Of the deyelope.
ment al the Court oil Inquiry, and the argeu,
solicitation OF many Of the officers OF the Ar.
my, Governor Cass ~ 10 be forthwith re.
called. | did ROT hear that the President
had determined "to take the responsible.
W" and to nominate as has successor dur.
Ing the pending week, Mr.. Jones' Of North
Carolina, (the same gentleman whom you
may have observed, mentioned for the War
Department. who u was said would proceed,
without delay to Paris. 1t IS SAID thai the
President charges hlm with deception ia
having assured him that before General
Scott could possibly reach Florida, abun.
dan, provisions and army stores would be
ready there TO sustain an army 5000 strong.
This il now appears was not and could not
have been the case.
Sops in the Pon.-Of the Expungers il
appears that Rires has received tor one Of.
fee he held, through the bounty oil Jackson,
something like sac, 900 of the peoples mo.
ney. Buchanan about S25 900; Niles a.
bou, SIS, 900; Wall about 800, 600; FIJI.
ton 5000. Gratitude of course Tor such
favors, as well as squirting towards others
IN reserve, are the powerful Inducements
which led these disinleresed Patriots TO VI
olate decency, truth, aud the Constitution,
in voting TO expunge a just and merted res.
oIution Of censure.--New York Star.
Lieutenant Wilkes of the Navy, who had
been despatched by the Government to
England for the purpose of procuring in.
s,ruments for the exploring expedition to
the South seas, has returned with very
extensive and complete set Of instruments.