American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-03-17


whole ticket for town officers, Geo. p. Jen-
kins, Esq, has been appointed by the Cover
nor associate judge of the Orphans court of
Charles county, number of Shawnee and
Seneca chiefs are on their way to Washington
to have talk with their new father, Mr.. Polk.
JAS S. Savage, American Republican,
has been elected an Alderman Of Boston, in
place of MIR. Parker, resigned. Joseph Bry-
ant, wing, has been elected mayor of Bangor
The Virginia papers announce the death
of Robert Rives, Esq, father to the Hon. VIM
G. Rivcs.--The Hon. J. @, Adams present
ed only three hundred and four petitions and
memorials to the House of Representatives
during the last session of Congress There
are now thirty-ive Protestant Missionaries in
China.-Gen, Quattlcbum, of South Caro-
lima, arrived at Washington on Tuesday.
block of buildings in Binghamton, N. Y. owned
by o. Ely, was burnt down last Saturday,
Occupied by Messrs Ely, Squires, Rogers, and
Trivett.-The storcroom, warehouses, &C.,
of Messrs. Barnhart & Matthews, of Indepen-
dence, Mo-, with all the goods, worth about
$4,000, and S. Noland's tavern and all the
houses connected herewith, were destroyed by
fire on the night Of the 18th ult.-An anti
tobacco society, formed in New York, and
founded by youth aged sixteen, has about one
thousand members. A good movement, from
which will spring excellent results.-The
house of GcorgeP Fisher at Dover, Del. took
fire last week, and so burnt his two children
and sister-in-law that their lives are despaired
of-The labolers on the railroad at North
ampton, Mass, who were getting 55 cents per
day, have struck for IS, and the hands on the
Is cents now demand SI-Two ineuests
were held in Philadelphia on Friday, one over
the body of Thomas Taylor, an. old pensoner,
and the other over the body ola female named
Mary Stewart, both of whom died suddenly
"A new Methodist Episcopal Church, to be
known as St. Paul's, has been dedicated to the
worship of Almighty God, at Wilmington,
Del.--The Legislature Of Illinois adjourned
on the lst nst.-Enoch E, Camp, a reporter
to the New York Herald, is on trial in New
York, on the charge of obtaining a considera-
BILE sum of money under false pretences.--
The French transatlantic steam-packcts are
still talked of in Paris.-The City Council
of Wilmington, Del, has appropriated $1,000
to improve the navigation ofthe Christiana riv-
er.--A dreadful disease has broken out among
the United States troops at Copper Harbor,
Lake Superior. 1t is very fatal.--Mr. Da-
vid Carver was accidentally killed day or two
ago, on railroad near Boston.--There is no
foundation for the report Of the death Of Mrs.
Charles, formerly Mrs. Hamblin. She is play
ing at one of the Southern theatres.
Rev. John P. Peckwork, formerly of Philadel-
phia, and the first pastor Of the Sd Baptist
church, Southwark, died at his residence in
Wilmington, Del, last week.--It is stated
as a singular fact, that since the formation of
our government, no Speaker of the House of
Representatives has been absent whole day
from his post,--The Alabama Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, commenced
its annual session at Wetumpka, on the 27th
ut. Bishop Andrew presiding. J.
J. Finley, Wing, has been elected Mayor of
Memphis, Tennessee, by Sc majority, in poll
of 100 votes. The board of Aldermen is equal
ly divided.--Captan J. X. Findlay, of Lam
caster, Pa, is about to remove to Philadelphia,
where he intends to practice law.