American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-02-11
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ITEMS OF NEWS Tomorrow is set apart
tor another attempt to eloct Il mayor of Bos-
ton.-Slnce April last 1853 persons have been
committed to Jail at St. Louis, of whom So arc
Americans and 100 foreigners-Durinc the
week ending the lst inst, 60 foreigners and 80
Americans were admitted into the New York
a!ms-house.-Rev, Mr.. Barnett and DR..
Paulding and wife have sailed from Boston for
Smyrna, whence they will proceed to Jcrusa-
lem, as missionaries from the Associate Re-
formed Church in the West to the Jews in Pa
lestine.-There are SO foreigners in Office at
Washington, the aggregate of whose salaries
amount to SSl, lSO-J. Heron Foster and
}. Is, Miller, Esqs., have been chosen to repre-
sent PIttsburg in the American Republican
convention to be held at Harrisburg on the e2d
inst.-The lower house of the Delaware leo-
islature have passed bill reducing their own
per diem to fifty conts-The Pennsylvania
senate has fixed upon the 25th of March for a
hnalad journment.--A new Methodist church
has been built at Mauch Chunk. PA
shoemaker named Hugh McDevitt was found
dead in his bed in Philadelphia on Saturday.
The Hon. Judge Groves died suddenly, on
Saturday, at Nashau.-A great anti-ganl-
bling meeting was held in Boston last week.
This reform seems to be rapidly progressing.
iii the midst of the snow storm, the Bos-
ton Transcript speaks of three or four brace of
cucumbers ten or twelve inches IN length, very
fine, received from New Bedford.
RUMoRED BATTLE AT THE SOCIETY ISLANDS.
The Boston Advertiser has received letters
from Valparaiso to the 1th October, which
state that vessel had arrived there from Ia
hitl, bringing accounts of a battle between the
French and the natives more songuinary than
any previous battle, which terminated in favor
OF the French. The natives had two hundred
killed, and the French one hundred. The
battle took place at Matavai Bay, Point Venus,
on the West coast of Tahiti, in the latter part
OF August or early in September. Our last
previous advces were of August IL, for some
weeks previous to which there had been no
lighting, the natives having probably been ell
gagged in preparing for a powerful effort to rid
themselves of their oppressors. Queen Po-
mare had gone to Bulobulo, an Island about
sixty miles South of Tahiti. The French had
banished from the Islands great many foreign
ers who had taken up arms on the side of the
natives, or otherwise assisted them in their
warfare with the French.
Business was dull at Valparaiso, there being
but few foreign vessels in port. The govern
ment is all quiet ana poaceable; but in Peru
they are all fighting among themselves, elect
ing Governor one week and overthrowlnp
him the next; there are three of them in the
field now striving to retain the gubernatoral
chair
WINcHEsTER RAILROAD. We find the fol-
lowing, in letter to the Martnsburg Gazette,
dated Richmond, January sOth:-
The terms of the arrangement for the pur-
chase by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, OF the Winchester Road, are as fol-
lows: The debts of the Company assumed not
to exceed SSl, 900, exclusive of that due to the
State, to be provided for-an amount of sl6,,a
600 to be paid to the Company secured(Sll, l46|
of the amount by mortgage upon the Road
and the other property included in the mort
gage at present held by the State-the amount