American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-12-08

Naval AFFAIRS. The U. S. Ffigate Poto-
mae. Capt. Gwinn, and steamer Princeton,
Com Engle, from Pensacola, arrived in lamp
ton Roads on Wednesday evening. The U.
S. brig Boxer will sail next week to JON the
African squadron. The Cumberland, bearing
the broad penant of Com, Read, will sail early
in January to the same destination, to relieve
the Jamestown and Yorktown, which Will
then repair to the Mediterranean. The Con
sttution is on her return home from China.
The Rartan is to Join the Home Squadron.
The Boston is ordered home. The Columbia,
Saratoga, Plymouth and Bainbrldgc at present
constitute the Brazil Squadron. The Lavant,
Warren and Shark will return from the Pacific
next year, and be relieved by the Congress,
Portsmouth and Cyane.
ANOTHER SLAYER CAPTURED. The schoon-
er Patuxent, Capt. Davis, lately OF New YORK,
put into st. Georges, Bermuda, on the 2lst
ult., in distress, and in charge OF Lieut. Chand-
Ter, of the navy. 1t appears that she was a
SLAYER and seized at Cape Mount, Africa, by
the u. S. ship Yorktown, on the 9th OF Sep
TENDER, for having been concerned in the slave
trade. She was on her passage from Monrovla
to New York, when she sprung aleak, and It,
C. was compelled to put into Bermuda, alter
having been As days at sea- She would repair
Immediately, and resume her voyage to New
York. She arrived at Monrovla in August
with lot of religious books for the colony
DISASTER ON THE WESTERN RAILROAD
The Boston papers report fearful accident
that occurred on Wednesday, The passenger
train from Albany met the freight train from
Springfield near Chester village, both running
at the rate of nearly thirty miles an hour
The two engines were utterly destroyed and
many of the cars much damaged. Nh Rus
sell, the postmaster on the passenger train, was
seriously injured, and one engineer and brake
man badly hurt.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS. On the LIST inst. the
Government had s9,Sl1 500 10 on dcposite, OF
which IS, 922 ,sS5.43 was subject to draft
Amount on dcposite in the Chesapeake Bank
of Baltimore Sl26, 294.3l; Bank Of Washing
ton SIC ,O53.3l; Bank of the Metropolis $685.
O70.7s; Patriotic Bank S25, 495 10; Bank of
Potomac $40, 1872 81 Corcoran s. Riggs S472,-
297.6O
Tue Snow STORM. They have been visit
ed by pretty heavy snow storm down east -
In Maine and New Hampshire it fell several
inches deep. Ga Monday six inches fell in
Vermont, in the river towns. The storm was
quite severe on Long Island Sound, on Thurs
day night and the night before The snow to
the depth of over foot fell at Utica on Mon
day
THE WEATHER IN QrEGEc. Snow fell at
Quebec last week six inches, and the sleighs
are all abroad. Thermometer Is to 20 degrees
below freezing point, About ten vessels were
still in port, and likely to remain So.
ROBBED \ PRINTING OFFICE. Some blade
entered, with false keys, the Office OF the Bos-
ton Times, on Tuesday night last, and stole
sI2O from the drawer
Quick. The express which carried the mes
sage arrived at Boston in 70 hours from tn
time it left Washington
The GULF SQUADRON. There were at PEN
sacola on the 24th ult., the flag ship Falmouth,
the Saratoga, Lawrence, Porposc, Somcrs and
steamer Mississippi
SINGULAR. Potatoes are still arriving at
New York from Europe, while the former is
exporting large quantities of breadstutfs to make
good the deficiency in the English crops.
HGnwAY ROBBERY NEAR BosToN. On
Wednesday night, near Boston, a man was
knocked down, stabbed in three places, robbed
Of s232, and left for dead.
CoUNTERFEiTs. A new counterfeit, on the
Bank of Mddletown, Pa, is in circulation,
which is we'll calculated to deceive the unwary
RATHER Cool. The thermometer was down
to "A deg. at Phlladel phia on Friday evening.
PoLIrICs IN CoNNEcTIcUr. The Democrats
have nominated Isaac Toucey for Governor,
and Noyes Billings for Lieutenant Governor.
CITY INTELLlGENCE.
4 Desperate, A public establishment in the
base of the buildings near Baltmore-st. bridge,
was the scene Of quite desperate recontre, at
late hour on Saturday night last We are
informed by gentleman who was passing
about that time home, and hearing a noise,
stepped below, that he discovered man in a
terrible rage, who, from what he could learn,
had done up some one in the way of fsticuf;
ing, and in consequence of his continued OBJ
stIeperousness, person attempted to get him
out of the place, but, in an unguarded mo-