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have beaten him. It}is enough 10 say that the Colt
was in Hamnond's hands to insure his coming to the
postin tig-tops condition.
NEWS or THU wEnR.
Pdrdoned.--The St. Louis Reveille ofthe 23d
ultimo says.-siCol. Ewing, the U. States Mar
shal, received, yesterday, a full pardon from Pres
ident Tyler, for David Mcdaniel, Thomas Tow
son, Dr. j. r. DePrefotaine, Nathaniel H. Nor
ton, John A. McCormic and William G. Harris,
six persons now confinedin theiail ofthis coun-
ty, under different. sentences, for participating
ia the robbery and murder . Chavis, the Santa
Fe trader
THREE TnoUsAND NATIVE born citizens votes
viii be neutralized in New York by that nun.
Der of FoEsigners who have taken out their pa
pers within the last three weeks, the majority d
whom ant not only ignorant Of our language but
of the principles of our government. A sad
thought for native born citizens
Mr.. Rodisco, the Russian Minister to the Uni
ted States, was one ofthe passengers by the Great
Western. IT will be recollected that this gen
Etleman married a lady ofthe District of Colum-
bia a fewyearsago, and left for a short interval,
for the purpose ofrevisiting his native country.
FRANcE.-The real property of France is val
led at eight thousand millions of dollars, and
the insome from it three hundred millions of dol
lars.
FOREIGNERS IN RHooE IsLAND.-BY the pre-.
sent Constitution of this little State, every native
born citizen, who is 81 years ofage and pays a
tax, is entitled to vote: while foreigners must
own real estate before they can acquire the right
Of suffrage.
QUICK WoRK.-By an ingenious process,
wheat standing in Michigan in the morning is
frequently aour at might. Il is cut, threshed and
made ready for the mill at once, bya machine
which goes over from tWenty-fv to thirty acres
per day, This is indeed . labor-saving machine.
The election Of Chigs Rabbi of the Jews in
England, in place Of the a DR.. Herschell, was
expected to take place last Month. -Four Cont.
mental Chief Rabbis were candidates.
The Spanish papers say that the health ofthe
young Queen ofSpain is in such a state as moi
to give the slightest uneasiness to her most anx.
Eious friends.
RAILRoAD TUENEL.-This great work of the
Long island Rail Road Company is represented
SO near completion, that trains are expected to
pass through the tunnel about the first of Noyem.
Der,
JOHN A MuRREL.-This noted land pirate
discharged from his ten years servitude in the
Penitentiary, has not gone to Arkansas, but is a
present residing on the Cumberland mountain
Bledsoe county, Tennessee, about twenty-five
miles from McMinnville, at the house of a mar
named Goif, also recently discharged from the
Pehitentiary for passing counterfeit money.
The MoRMoNs.-peace appears to be once
more restored in the Mormon country. The
steamboat Borcas arrived at St. Louis on thu
26th ult., reportedt that the Mormons who were
encamped near Carthage had retired, and tina
the disguised Indians had also disappeared, ant
that the Circuit Court was going on quietly viii
us business.
From NASSAU, N. P,-Gaptain Cousens, o
the brig Forest, from Nassau, N. RI, arrived a
New York, reports that the Inhabitants Of Run
Key We're in q state observation, having nothing
to subsist upon but roots and shell fish which the
picked up along shore.
LARcE CoTToN sTALK..The jackson (Miss
Southern Reformer say-sMaior A. G.. Creth
of Silver Creek, raised on his plantation a cottor
stalk II inches in circumference, with five bran
ches 4 inches each in circumference. Thi
plant had 800 bolls Of cotton
E
Texas SHn- Bu1LDrNG.-our Texian neigh
bors are going ahead. We hear oftheir bull
ding a steamboat to run on the Colorado, an,
by the following paragraph from the Brasos Far
mer, It will be seen that they have already go
Il native built craft afioat.
LAUNCH OF A NATIyE YEssEb.-Ont the I4l
alt., the fine sloop Alamo, built and ownedb b,
MIR. Sieborn and Mr.. Martin Peske, was launch
cd with flying colors from Mr.. Matson's ship
yard in Quintana. The Alamo is said 10 be 4
splendid little craft, and well suited for thi,
trade.
paying the Indians their ~annuities, and the sd.
steamer Nimrod, laden with money and mer.
chandize for that purpose.
Fire II The Ala5aaa Pententiara-On nv
18th inst, a fire broke ont In the penitentiary Il
Wctumpka, which IS thought to have been the
work of one of the c~anvicts, with the hone 4
escape no escapes, however, took place. The
sheds and shops uponthe south line were entire.
y consumed together with a large quantity q
tan bark. some carriages, a turning lathe, and
divers other articles. The loss is estimated n
from $4,000 to $4,000.
A HIsToRIcA1 FAcr.-By reference to the
map Of tableware, it viii be seen that the boun
dairy between that State and Pennsylvania is ola
semi.circular form, rs if drawn with mathemati.
cal accuracy. The Germantown Telegraph
says that it was so drawn. William Penn
presented to his daughter Letitia a circuit, Of
which New Castle was the centre, Of fifteen
miles round, which he called Letitia Manor and
It is that which gives the singular appearance to
the boundary line. It was originally designed
10 be q portion of PENNSYLVANIA.