New-York daily tribune., 1843-03-29
Erru Florida.
Correspondence OF The Tribune

INeSsrs. EGtloTS-roi Oh q "eeA pos.
been deprived of mail from New-fork, by the
high waters in the lower part Of Georgia, and con-
Sequently we are without news from the North.
There is little or no excitsment in this place for
q stranger. The times are hard and business dull
Cotton ranges from to s cents, and bat little
comes in. Frcights at Port Leon / to cents.
A great reformation has come over the people
of this region In former times it was requisite
for the safety of an individual to carry his BOWIE
knife and pisto,s now the reverse IS the case
and more peaceable and quie, people cannot De
met with Temperance is the order of the day,
and through the instrumentality OF Dr. Hoyt'
Presbyterian Clergyman, very many have been con-
vertcd. Prayer Meetings are held every evening
and all attend; and before lorg Iailehassee must
bear off the palm among the Southern cites ior
good order and morality.
a Railroad OF "a miles connects this city with
Port Leon, place OF considerable importance,
where some 10000 bags ef Cotton arc annually
shipped. ST. Marks formerly did the business
but is now almost descrtsd, and nothing remains
of interest in the latter place, the old Spanish
fort. from which the town derives Its name.
A grand review OF the U. S. troops took place
Yesterday at pos. S;ansbury By Gen. Worth, who
arrived on the 10Th from w.Oreans. Many of
cur citizens including large portion of the bellies
Of Florida were present. All seemed highly pleased
and the ,esul. was satisfactory to the General and
his officers.
The Spring Is very bsckward-the rain has tall.
en- heavy since the 6rsl of the month, accompanied
with cold winds and the weather Is colder than
usual in this latitude.
An election for Delegate 10 Congress comes on
in Nav. The candidates are David Levy (the
present member, Loco-foco,) and George L.
Ward The friends of the latter are confident OF
success if the Wings do their duty--a duty which
they promise to perform, and which, from present
appearances, they intend 20 fulfil }. II.
~ ES7EPHEss's TRAVELS IN fUcATAN are pub
shed this elorning by the Harpefs in two megnifi-
cent octave volumes, more protusely illustrated by
engravings of wonderful Ruins, and other scenes
and objects of interest than any work issued from
the American Press for many years. The fame OF
Mr. SrsrHESs as traveller and writer will secure
for this work rapid sale both in Europe and Amer
ica; and the original information it contains con-
cernins a section Of the Western Continent, IN
vested with the deepest get most mysterious inter
est, hitherto unexplored, will do muci. to advance
engaging the attention of distinguished men in for
eien lands as we'll as among ourselves. Mr. STE
pHENs was accompanied throughout his journey by
MIR. CATHERwooD, known throughout the world
from his antiquarian researches in Carthage and the
East. All the drawings in these volumes were made
by him, aud may therefore be depended upon for
accuracy with the utmost confidence. The work
will be hailed with delight BY all interested in any
degree in the Investigations recently into
the early history and the primeval inhabitants OF
this continent The work of Mr.. STEPHENS on
Central America did much to arouse the attention
of scholars to the and richness OF the mine
thus opened to their researches and his subse-
ouent labors of which the fruits are before the
public will still further aid and encourage them.
The ruins discovered in Yucatan are abundant and
striking; their architecture exhibits surprising
degree of skill and ingenuity, and every where are
discovered the footprints Of great and lar from
barbarous people, long since extinct, nt whom tra-
di,ion says little and history less. The work OF
MIR. STEPHENS is one eff the most important and
valuable issued for some years. We shall, at the
earliest moment, present extended notice OF It's
contents. 1t is issued in the most splendid style
of the art, and both volumes, with the large num-
Der of designs by which they are illustrated, are
sold for FIVE dollars. They may be had at this
Office.
10 The DUBLIN UNIVERSITY, for March, pub,
lished to-day by Joseph Mason, has leng and
able article on Mormonism, or the New Moham-
mechanism in England and America. 1t will richly
repay perusa Near the close Of it is quoted q
striking passage from Southey's Colloques, writ
ten the wear before the rise of Mormonism, in
which the author declares his belief that relig ions
fanatacism will prove the most effective weapon
with which Ambition in America can ann itself.
p.mce,ings,' he adds, may be very we'll di-
rected to forward the designs of Military Proph.
ct How far Joe Smiths career may seem to
have given the weight of prophecy to Southey's
remark the readers of this able article will readily
Judge. O'CoHNELL's "History Of Ireland is
made the subject Of long and extended Reviesv
of which only this first portion isPresented. The
high roryism of the DubIip University is terribly
alarmed by this powerful work Of the great Re.
sealer; the writer expresses his conviction that
the work will make rapid way, at home and
abroad, and warns its readers not to think light.
ly' Of the work. The History is destined to Gre
ate great sensation throughout Great Britain,
where it had but just appeared when the latest
steamer left. We shall publish il, In day or two
that the American people may judge of its charac.
ter. A work by Daniel Cunnell on Ireland and
the Irish, cannot most surely be published without
creating wide and profound excitement. The