American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-12-10

the clique; Canton and Long Island Tell oil ma
terially. The feeling at the close was, how
ever, better than at the opening. The cause
of the fall is the threatening aspect Of the Or
crou question, which in the minds OF the bears
and the tmd portcnds all sorts OF dire calaml-
ties.
Money continues very abundant out of the
Banks, on call, ON the best stocks, but on other
sccuretcs and on paper the market is not easy.
The discount lines Of the Banks are nearly fu
at per ct. On call on Government STOCKS
money is worth per ct.
One OF our leading Cotton bfukerng houses
failed to-day, They have been specializing i'll
Cotton, and own about 5000 bales on ship
board or in Liverpool. 1t will, understand,
be a bad failure.
ITEMS OF News. There were I51 DEATHS in
New York last week, of which were from
small pox and 80 from oasumption.--The
Legislature of Indiana met on the LIST instant,
when J. S. Smonson was elected speaker Of the
house An old citizen named Charles Will
Ter, died suddenly in Philadelphia on Sunday
while attending church ~ young man ma
med Wallace was killed OH the Camden and
Amboy railroad on Monday. Uriah
Stewart, OF franklin Township, Allegheny
county, Pa, put an end to his existence on
on Saturday last by cutting his throat with a
razor.-The Rev. Jonathan Brooks, of the
! New Jersey NJ. F.. Conference, a minister for
Al years, is dead.--Corn is selling at Bur
! lngton, Iowa, at 2 cents per bushel.---A line
of steam packets is to be established, to run be-
tween New York and Charleston, S. c.
MURDER AND ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. Two
young men, named McKinstry and Wilcox,
living in Saratoga, NY, got into dispute on
the 4th inst. and finally clinched, and after
little scutllc, Wilcox stabbed Mckinstry, cutting
him in eighteen places. Some men, who were
spectators of the ARRAY, came up and took Nc
kinstry into the house 10 examine his ounds,
and Wilcox took advantage of this moment to
escape to the barn, where no got rope and
hung himself He was discovered, after hang
ing about five minutes, before he was quite
dead, 50 that he was brought to life, and lodged
in Ballston jail.
W0oLLEN MANUFACTURES IN THE UNITED
STATES. There are in the United States ,O42
wooIen manufactures. Of these there are 2S
in Maine, mot including small wool carding
works. 5S in New Hampshire, l4l in Massa-
chusetts, 76 in Vermont 40 in Rhode Island,
l23 in Connecticut, 326 in New York, 10 in
New Jersey, l0l in Pennsylvania, in Della
ware, IS in Maryland Is in Virginia. so in
Ohio in I opt,,pL,, q -, La q -.
gan, 6 in Illinois, IN Wisconsin, 3 in Missou-
ri, . in Iowa, in North Carolina 3 in Geor-
gia, and in Tennessee.
CATHOLIC STATISTICS. There are in the
United States TAO Catholic churches; 437 other
stations; GAL clergymeny on missions" - ccr-
gymen otherwise employed;2l ecclesiastical in
sttutlons; 23S clerical students; 25 institutions
for young men; SO female religious institutions;
60 female academies, and 81 charitable insti-
tutions The Catholic population is estimated
at l,o62, 700. The Catholic population of Tex
as is about 90 900
! Provision BUSINESS. The Cincinnati GA
zette Of Friday report sales of 500 head of Hogs
at S4.20 for those under and $3.50 for those
over 200 lbs. and 900 head at S4.25, and 437
for those under and those over same weight;
rs, so, and 60 head good Bacon Hogs sold at
S4.2O, and 80 head ditto at $3.50. A sale of
500 head very handsome animals guaranteed
! to avcfage at least 270 lbs. is reported at 4 So
TIE Pace OF HEARTS. A Danish jury re-
Gently returned verdict of 1000 rx dollars
damage to glrl who had been wronged under
promise Of marriage. From this it appears
that hearts are valued higher in Denmark
than in jersey but not so high as in Mary
land as recent decisions say Jersey heart is
worth 900, and Maryland heart $500 dol
lars.
IMPORTANT. The Mexican Congress are
said to have before them these propositions
from the United States list The Rio dol
Norte to be the boundary. I'd. An indemnity
of five millions of dollars. Sd. Upper Cahfor-
down as the head of the Gulf the river ella,
which emptes into the Colorado of the west, to
be the boundary
A RENCoNTRE. We learn from Alexandria
La, that rencontre took place in that town
on Friday week, between l.. Zim, of the Alex
andria Republican, and D. Martin, sftheWes-
tern (Alexandria) Democrat. Zim knocked
Martin down with blow of a stick, and Mar
tin shot Zim in the heshly part of the thigh
with pistol.
ONE OF THE EFFEcTs OF THE TARIFF OF '42.
The coal trade of Wyoming Valley, in 1914,
amounted to ll4,9O tons. This year it has
amounted thus far to 100000 tons, caused
mainly by the numerous new and extensive