The St. Landry whig., 1844-10-03
NEWS OF x wEzE.

friend OF the IaDorinS classee'
nd evergwill advocate fair and just ProleedoH . tn,
Industry. When it ceases 70 aayoca.e
interests of the laboring classes it ceases to &c
,e the democratic party. The democratic par; he
: onnose the present Tariff because IT Is MOE :,
4 PRoPEcTIvE TARIFF
A late Liverpool paper says that 9 large sec W
of Calvanistic Methodlsts, one thousand " C
least, from Caernarvon and Anglesey, are Pre- q
pairing to emigratc TO this country, WIN z sleM p
to forming a community OH the DRINKS q the
Mississippi. =
We learn (says the Nat;onaz Iatehigegcer o. 9
the 18th ult., that the Hon. ISAAC VAN LANDf; =
Charge d'af1aires from Texas to the United Y
States, presented to the President OF the unlea
states. on Wednesday, his letter Of recall, and g
that CHARLEs I'll. RAYmoSD, Esq, the Secretary Q
10 that Legation, remains here as Acting Charge :
dAffaires. :
The Home iMarket.-Tlie Norfolk (Va.) He
raid saws, that besides the large quantity ofhour
shipped to the Northern States from the Southern
ports, there are annually sent from the port of
Norfolk alone nearly a million bushels Of corn
to the same destination.
The information furnished us some days since
by a correspondent, of the arrival Of President
HoUsroN at the scene of the recent disorders in
Eastern i S4lSs rs COliuIiIlCu ny Viz 4ftAtt'hoeHSi
Chronicle. of the 7th ult. Gen. ii. had called
out the militia of Sabine and ST. Augustine
counties, and had succeeded in capturing Waher
Mormon, the leader of the "Regulators. This
individual was Immediately put on trial on sew
eral indictments for treason and murder. The
report that a. pitched battle had taken place be-
tween the rival factions is also confirmed. Sixty
or eighty persons are said to have been killed.
The Chronicle states that such has been the ttr-
bulent and violent conduct of h lawlcss bands,
for a wear or two, that society on the frontier
was completely disorganized, and the adjoining
parishes Of louisiana kept in a state Of alarm
Among the outrages committed, it is reported
!. that the "Regulators" pursued one OF their VIC
TINS into the parish ofDe Soto, and murdered
him within a few miles of Mansfield.
Calico PRINrING.-The business of calico
printing in the United States gives employment
to one hundred and. thirty-nine mills. These
mills print weekly about $4,000 pieces, andsup-
. posing that they work fifty weeks in the year,
the total quantities ofcalicoes produced by them
. in a years. 100000 pieces of 30 yards each
which is about 28 yards to each female in the
" United States, white and colored, over the age
of ten years.
} The rowdies in Baltimore have taken to cut
ting down liberty poles, halyards, flags, &c.
! Several have been arrested therefor.
l. New JERsEY.-Tho Wing State Convention
which met at Trenton on the 9th ultimo. nom
d mated CHALEs SrRArToN, Esq as the Wing
candidate for Governor.
= The Tallahassee Sentinel of the 10th ultimo
80 says, that the cotton crop in the Territory ofFlo
Erida, is likely to turn out well.
J The same paper states that the tobacco crop o
= Florida will be very large. The crop of one co0n.
! ty (Gadsden,) which last year brought 100000
y at prices varying from 20 to 40 cents, is expected
- this year to sell for $4,000. TIL almost to
- tai failure ofthe crop in Cuba, has made a grea
- ~ demand for the Florida article, and foreign pur
- chasers are already in the market.
The Sentinel remarks, likewise, that Talla
= hassee has arisen from her ashes, and tina
:, nineteen brick stores, and some ware houses al
81 nearly completed, while others are in the pre-
cess oferection.
The BATTLE OF NORTH PoINr.-TheeAnn
ed. versary of this important action was cell
brated at Baltimore OH the 18th ut, with niue
ed. spirit. The remnant ofthe "Vork Volunteers
ary from Pennsylvania, who assisted in the struggl
ned attended the celebration, escorted BY diff
rent uniform companies from the adJoinin
counties. The Baltimore American relates
ed. connection with the occasion, the following c.
rlous Renaissance:
"We learn from a reliable source that Il
British Government had actually made out Il
patent constituting Gen. Ross sEarl Of Was
i. ington,'' in consideration of the capture of ii
American capital and the destruction of all Il
ted. buildings. The death of Gen. R., at the bait
Of North Point, which took place in about thr
J.. weeks afterwards, most effectually frustrated
intention Of his Government
EFFEcrs OF MISUNDERSTANDING the we
. ending Aug. 3, as we learn from the Boston p
Ne"' pers, there were exported from the city of B
.. ton, for the East Indies, 1925 bales of domest
goods.-Now, according to the free trade adj
aued Gates, says the Augusta Chronicle, protect
not only raises the prices at home to the cons
lille mer, but so increases the cost of production, II
,alm they cannot be exported Ifthis were true h
the happens it that such large quantities of Anne
1ade can manufactured cotton goods are weekly sh
| for ped to ports in the East Indies--ports, of
Their others, where it would be natural to suppose
is a manufactures could not compete with those
England ? And not only is this the case W
1ont. Easte Indian ports, but also with those of
ition South American Republics, Brazil, &c. A
g Is further, in order TO compete with Americans
year all in these countries, the Englishman is comp
963. led to counterfeit the American stamps
allen The truth is, however, that ifthe present ia
,ased is continued, the american manufacturer VIII
Not able to supply halfthc world with manufactu
articles, and the American planter will save
the the commissions now paid to the English cot
tie is factors.
g OF AMERICAN sLArE.-Under the operation
leah. the Compromise Act, the imported slate had
'nat most got the control Of the market inthis CO
tne try in 1912, and the American quarries W
WY generally about suspending operations.
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