The St. Landry whig., 1844-12-05
NEWS OF TIE wEEM:.
FROM MEXICO.

gvbat Intelligence she may bring, but the CoR- q
r;ey of fast evening, has the following paragraph = =
relative to recent news from Mexico s. !
IA ruunor is in town, said to have been brought !;
by a British ship Of war now offthe Balizc, that !
Gov. Shannon, our minister to Mexico, has de-
his passports, and serious difficulties are /
anticipated between Mexico and the United i
States. sit is said England proposes to try q !
on Z" 8
We have no means of knowing what degree :
of credit is to be attached to this rumor, but in
the course of to-day, we shall probably have
something further on the subject.
HIenLY ImPoRTANr~-Wc have since learn
ed that the vessel which touched at the Balize, is
the British sloop Of war Spartan, and that she
brought dispatches from Mr.. Bankhead, the Brl-
fish Minister ut Mexico, 10 be forwardedto En-
gland by the next steamship. Mr.. Shannon,
our Minister at Mexico, also awaited himself OF
the opportunity to forward dispatches 70 the
limited States Government at Washington,
which we. are led to believe are of great impor-
lance. We understand that an angry cores
pondence had taken place between Mr.. Shannon
and the Mexican Secretary for Foreign affairs,
on the 'Fexas question, which resulted in our
Minister Withdrawing from all intercourse with
the Mexican authorities.
al Revelation had broken out in three ofthe
Northern Provinces Of Mexico, and, it is stated
that Santa Anna had marched with an army OF
10000 men to quell il.
These statements confirm previous reports,
aad We have no doubt that they are, in the main,
correct. sWe believe we are on the eve OF great
events. THE next arrival from Mexico will be
looked ( with intense interest, 1ropie.
Governor Mouton S proclamation announcing
that Gilbert Leonard, John b. Plauche, Tfasl-
n - - II aSl.. ,a,,o Nv Soft ApfDiI,0sH 1F
Mouton, and Solomon w. Downs, are chosen
Electors Of 4 President and Vice President ofthe
q United States on the part Of the State Of Louisi
! ana, is published in the Courier.
Bishop Onderdonk's trial takes place on the
Z 10th Of December next.
On the 9th ultImo, the Legislature ofArkan-
Y sas unanimously elected CHESTER Ashley to
the United States Senate in place Of Col. Fulton,
deceased.
TME NEW CARINEr.-Mr. Stephenson of Vir-
ginia, late Minister to the Court of st. James, is
already named as Mr.. Folks Secretary ofState.
/" PuBL1o SALE. OF Main LrNE.-The main
line ofthe public works of Pennsylvania, divi-
4 ded into 100000 shares at 500 each. amour
|, ting to twenty millions Of, dffb1 January next,
rIessrs. ~. Thomas g CO., auctioneers.
AWEhNE* MONTH SLOCKS.-CFaneS patent fG
twelve month clocks are exciting considerable +,
interest ii England. fin, Duke Il Wellington /,
has ordered one Of them ft Apsley House, con. !
sequently in that prineely abode the chronicle Of
hours is measured by American enterprise and
genius. /
Mons BIC GUNs.-some large guns for the t
u. s. Government have been just finished at
Pittsburg. they weigh fOe tons. j
IMPORTANT DEc1sIoN.-The Supreme Court
offhe State of Alabama lately decided that mar
rage being a civil contract, is valid where the
persons united declare their intention to be hus.
band and wife in a formal manner, in the pres.
ence Of Witnesses, even though no marriage Ii
censc has been obtained, nor the usual ceremony
enthusiastically IN authorized person.
T,HE VorE Of the Empire State at the late
Presidential election is believed to exceed $780,,
900. It was 1854 in 1870. In the city of
New York alone, the increase is oyer $4,000.
II IS stated III Cincinnati paper that at the
Presidential election in st Louis, Mr., BExroS's
vote waschallenged, on the ground that he could
not legally be considered q resident Of missouri.
SyMPATHy.-'The Augusta Chronicle and Sen.
tinel, thus symfathizes with the sugar planters
Of louisiana, upon the result of the election in
This State
AIS Louisiana only had an interest III the tariff
amounting to two and a halfcents per pound on
about 10000 hogsheads Of sugar, fle people Of
that State very considerably cast theirvote for
n party that is pledged to s'free trade.'' Well, ifl
the sugar g~rocefs think the duty too high, the
sugar users certainly need not be averse to sstry.
ing the experiment otan unrestricted importa.
ton L. We are very much in favor of having
every person suited, SO far as it is practicable /
and as Louisiana sugar growers say .sno duty, !
so let It be The two or three millions ofrev.
enle raised on sugar, can be dispensed with now,
perhaps, as the national debt is nearly paid.-I,
We, 70 be sure, think g tariff q very good thing
hut we will not insist upon its being kept up |
On sugar, against the late expressed wish Of the
Louisiana sugar grower themselves.
THE MILLERIrEs, it is stated, have postponed
the day Of destruction until the sth of January
next. The st. Louis Reveillc thinks General
jackson will have something to say about ii, if
il comes off on that day.
YAsr SIzE of LoNDoN.-Thc city Of Lon.
don contains over 10000 streets, courts and al.
ileys, 100000 houses and public edifces, and
nearly " millions of inhabitants it covers a
space ofeighteen square miles, and is over thir-
y miles in circumference. In other words, il is
more than seven times as large as the city Of
New York.
SoLEMNIlErLEorIoN.-Tho editor eftIe Lon.
isville Democrat thinks IL would have been 4
vcrydreadtnl thing ~ifpeople had presumed oys.
ters sreFe al Sheu, and never opened them. We
think sotoo, and tremble to think OF the fearful
consequences.
SrNeuEAR FAor.-rhe Native American
party decided, at this Presidential contest. who
iShould be president, and by the division ofI