Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-07-10

preference TO any terms short OF any abb
solute discharge Of his person from custo-
dy and return Of the amount Of money taI
ken from him by the minions of the law
and the banks, at the time Of his arrest.
This the court not being willing to accede
to, he was reconducted to prison. This
case has already cost the county some
eight or ten Thousand dollars, and the pub
lie voice now demand that all farther ex-
pense, connected either with bis trial or
with his keep, should cease.
Thomas Albright, one Of the clerks of
the United States Bank, was found this
morning dead in his bed, having taken
morphine about ii o'clock last night,
lie was single man and about forty
years Of age. Rumor, with her hundred
tongues, attributes the cause to defaIcation
or some one Of the hundred and one crimes
that so thickly stud the history of banks
and bankers for the past year or two ;those,
however who knew him best, say tina, he
hasbeen laboring under diseased mind for
several months, and 10 one of his friends
had, by letter, expressed the fear that he
should come to want. He was original.
ly from Lancaster, where he has now sew.
e:a highly respectable relatives. As
might De expected, :here was considerable
confusion in and about the bank.
The MEXICAN TRADE.-The South
CaroliniaG, published at Columbia, S. c.,
says that it is proposed by some enter
prsing citizens of that place to organize
a company with capital of 100000,
composed Of shares Of ST. 900, the capital
to be increased at the option of the COM
pany, to $50O,000. The object Of the
company is to carry on an inland trade
into the heart of the Mexican Territory.
The proposed route is up the Mississippi
and Red rivers, to Fort Towson, in Ar.
kansas-thence by land, over q nigh and
dry prairie, to Chihuahua. The country
through which this route lays, is said to
possess greater facilities for travelling and
a prospect Of better compensation, besides
being two hundred miles shorter than any
other. 1t is also said to be the richest and
most productive in mines Of silver and
turn freight ottne Mexican trader, OF any
other part Of the American continent The
Governor Of chihuahua is said to be very
friendly to the trade, and generally gives an
escort to the traders who pass through his
dominions. As this attempt to open a
new branch Of American commerce mas
mot undeservedly) been considered mat
ter Of some public interest, assurances are
had, that al escort Of one Company of U.
nited states mounted troops will be. furnish.
ed by the Federal Government, free of
expense of the company. And it is also
anticipated, that the drawback
now allowed on important goods re-expor.
ted coastwise, will DE extended by Con.
gress to the similar exports 10y land) Of
this company. Every precautionary
measure will be adopted TO proven, and
remove any jealousy on the part Of the
Mexican authorities in regard to the pur-
poses Of the company and its operations
will be scrupulously confined 10 objects
strictly and simply commercial. 1t will
be attempted also, to create a domestic in
,erest in favor Of the enterprise, by ju-
dicious admission of native capital 10
in its profits and manage
ments.
The distance Of the land voyage is
about six hundred miles, and il is contem-
plated that FIVE month will be sufficient to
make trip. The goods to be conveyed
on pack horses or transported in wagons.
Ii is estimated that about eighty or one
hundred persons will be necessary to Sc
cure the company from the predatory
bands of Cumanches and Pawnees which
inlest the route.
II is known that Mexico abounds in
the precious metals. One mine alone, in
the interior, near where it is proposed TO
conduct this trade, employs at present
fifteen thousand laborers, and is yielding
two millions OF dollars annually. The
natives deal alone in gold and silver, hay-
having a surplus Of bullion, while it is our
purpose to supply them with the surplus
comforts our country afords,in exchange;
to be simple carriers, which will ensure
premium that will richly reward its sem
ployers.
Young men, with limited means, will
find an appropriate field for skill, and
fine harvest for their industry
and enterprise.
Mr.. Poinsett, in his Notes Of Mexico,
says, that in the department Of Chihuahua
there are eighty towns, in which there are
one thousand shafts in operation, taking