The St. Landry whig., 1844-10-10
rzuws OF THE wnEH.

York, Now who does not ride III ooaches! :
The next State elections to be held in the G
month of October, as follows:-in Maryland on 81
the I'd: Georgia and Arkansas on the 7tli zen "
nsylyania on the 9Th New Jersey on She sth CT
and 9th; Ohio, 9th and South Carolina on the "
l4th. G
We leafia from the Van Buren, lntellgencer |
that Ahner Devore, II citizen of Missouri, was G
on Friday, the 9th instant, IN the u
Choctaw Nation two miles east o fdiaines' Creek. |
The editor ofthe Columbia Glenn Observer !
SAYS that he is prepared to prove, if it shall be :
denied. that Col. Polk acknowledged 70 a demo
cratic friend ofGiles county, after the nomination
At Baltimore, that the Texas question Wasa hum
bug, but that it would answer the purpose OF
the party. ]
o. Andrew ]. Donelson of Tennessee, has
been appointed Charge d'afiaires of the United
States to Texas.
Intelligence has been received from jamaica,
of an awful earthquake at st. Juan Nicaragua,
which entirely destroyed the city.
BaIr1su MAR1NE.-The commercial navyof
Great Britain consists in round numbers of27,-
600 sailing vessels, ofabove 80 tons collectively
Of three millions tons admeasurement. These
and her vessels of war are manned by upwards
of go, 600 scamen. Fishermen, and crews Of
vessels beneath 30 tons, amount to 100000
more together 100000 men.
The Ut. s.. Gazette of the nth inst, speaking
oftho Hon. Alexander Barrow, says--"We have
pleasure in learning that this sterling wing will
be among US in a few days, and may be induced
to address the wings Of New Jersey and Penn
~SYlyania. Mr.. Barrow was at the great Lam
caster convention, and addresscdth the asscmblage
in a very able manner. He also attended and
addressed a large meeting at Chatham, Chester
county, a day or two after, with great effect and
stirring eloqnence."
/. A WIFE MURDERED BY HER IIUsHAND.-An
. inhuman wretch named Michael Dowd, killed
e his own wife in Mott street, New York, on. the
: 18th inst, by beating ard kicking her. Hhe
!. deceased was an Irish woman, sober and indus
j. trious.
G5-Henry Philips, the celebrated vocalist, has
arrived in New York. He came out in the VIC
toria from London. Robert Dale Owen, the
social reform expcrimentalist came out in the
same ship.
I, G-The Courier ofthc goth ult. says:-"We
q have the pleasure TO announce that the arrange
. = ment between Bishop Blanc and the Waydens
= has at length been concluded. The Abbey
- ManElaut, so well known for his l~iberality and
y works of charity, will be appointed curate. The
clergy will return to the church as soon as the
!, building is repaired"
l. A railroad communication between Portland
i'd and Canada is seriously talked of. Asurvey ior
a rsilrond is already in progress from Montreal
to Shcrbrooke, and the people Of that region are
seeking the best outlet to the Ocean.
The New Haven Courier says that B~ancrof's
v History of the United States has been DISCARDED
u from the University OF cambridge, and is no Ion.
IT. ger used as a text book there. The Courier In
Inmates that the cause is the purity bias displayed
in the history.
or The New York True Sun notices a rumol
that Capt. Benz. Cooper, late flag captain oftht
of Mediterranean squadron, is to be appointed to til,
o. command of the North Carolina, in place ofCap
xt tain Delany, detached at his own request.
'st Death has been busy in North Carolina 70
a few weeks past. Col. Hoke, the democratic
candidate for governor at the late election, am
ry four members elect 10 the Legislature have re
=, Gently paid the great debt o lnortality, to wit Dr.
Levi Walker, of Caswcll Charles Brtmmel
na Esq. of Davidson ; James Harper, Esq. {
Greene, and Ransom Saunders, Esq. of John
sons together with Owen B. Cox, Esq. ofJone.
use and Kedar Whitley, Esq. of Johnston, both {
eS- whom were candidates for seats in the enslin
Legislature.
es- The country around Albany is suffering frot
hat drought. The springs are all dried up and til
up- water in the rivers unusually low.
OPP The prisoners in the Richmond (Va.) jail ha
ca a drunken spree during the absence of the ia
lor, and very nearly killed an insane negr
be- prisoner.
James M. Duggan for smuggling seven ba1
ra1c of n,ooI.orel intn Rastnu has been mIIlcte
in a nonality Of S 400!
cos a late London paper thus briefly aud trutl
s5is fully describes a city mob: "a mob is usually
an. creature of very mysterious existence, particula
" in a large city. Where it come from or viii
the eritgoes few can tell. Assembling anddispersir
with equal suddeness, it is as difficult to follow
ex- to its various sources as the sea itself nor do
the parallel stop here, for the ocean is not mo-
ose tickle and uncertair, more terrible when roust
lei into anger, more unreasonable, or mole cruel
$ to The Raleigh IN. CO. Independent, in a
hat nouncing the death of Col. Hoke, the late dem
cratic candidate for Governor of that Stat
the says: "Political differences are forgotten, al
)ei- we remember only the intelligent, kind heart,
the and %vir!uous gentleman, of whom the communit
not in the order ofProvidence, is bereaved. The
OF will be found none who more sincerely deplol
the death Of Mr.. Hoke, or more deeply symp
bic, tllise with his afflicted family, than his late p
ma litical opponents. He died in Charlotte {
les Monday night, at s o'clock, of bilious fever
IN apart from relatives, but, as ever, in the midst
mel friends. Let us forget party, and mourn
friend"
H. RESIGNATION OF SILAs WR1GHr--The Ne
VA York Evening Post has the following paragral
in relation to a subject upon which we suppo
it speaks by authority