The St. Landry whig., 1844-09-12
NEWS or THE WEEK.

The British wal steamer Gorgon, and eight
other vessels, were lost off Montevidio in a storm
on the 18th May. All hands saved.
Freights are unprecedchtly low at New FORK.
Cotton has been taken to Liverpool at l-8 and
three -sixteenths Of a penny, whichis as near no.
thing as can be named.
The two last of the indicted Dorrites, in Il. l.,
have taken the oath of allegiance to the State
government and been discharged. This their
leader refuses to do.
1t is ascertained that the new constitution Of
New Jersey has been adopted without serious
opposition in any quarter.
Aletter from Gibraltar Bay states, that the
operations against the wreck OF the American
that it was expected that she would be aftoat III
two or three weeks from 2Ist July.
1t is stated that the Austrian government is
about to reduce the duty on Gotten twist a penny
a pound.
A brig was launched at Baltimore a few days
ago, whose rigging is all made from hemp raised
at Mr.. Clay's farm at Ashland.
Among the appointments recently made by
the President, we perceive those OF John A. Bry-
ant of Ohio, now one of the Assistant Post Mas
ters General, to be Charge to Peru, and Robert
Walsh, formerly, and for many years, Editor of
the National Gazette at Philadelphia, and for
some time past the Paris correspondent of the,
National ~lntelligencer, to be Consul Of the Uni
ted States for the city Of Paris.
The National Intelligencer ofthe 10Th inst,
discredits the current rumor that the President
intends to call an extra session of Congress, and
concludes by saying 'swe are not aware of any
reason connected even remotely with the inter.
ests of the United States, for supposing that the
call OF an extra session Of Congress has been
seriously thought ofby the Executive"
The disturbances on the Van Rensselaer, es-
tate near Albany, N. Y, appear to be somewhat
serious. We learn from the Albany Knicker-
booker that VIM. p. Van Rensselaer, has aban-
doned his mansion at Bath, Rensselaer, county,
in consequence ofanonymous letters received by
him, threatening personal violence.
A SHOWER BATH.-The Louisville Journal
states that when Gen. Cass was making his
speech in Cincinnati, he exclaimed: "Who
would you rather support, Clay or Polk ?"-
"Clay! Clay !! Clay!" shouted every body, very
much to the discontinue of the orator, who
looked chap-fallen, and remarked: sIf you are
all for Clay, it is unnecessary for me to speak to
ALABAMA ELEcrloSs.-The following, from
he Mobile Advertiser, gives the final result of
the Alabama elections:
'sThe Tuscaloosa Monitor has returns from all
the counties in this State, and the wings have
one less in the Senate, and three less in the
House than last year. The parties now stand,
80 wings and 81 locos in the House and, 10
wings and p locos in the Senate.'
U. s. LoANs.-The debt ofthe United States
falls due as follows:
January L, 1915 s5,672,977
July /, 1853 100000
January l, 1863 : 8,3OI,46s
OF the amount which falls due Jan. /, 1845.
S2,443.030, is six per cent, and $2,213,792,
and a half per cent. stock.
The $7,00o,000 which falls due July L, 1853,
is five per cent. stock, and $780, 1863 which
falls du in 1868, is six per cent. stock.
The Treasury has a surplus at the present
time sufficient to pay off the loan which falls due
first.