Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1846-04-22
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OUR PACIFIC 1RADE.-A letter from OH
Ger of The Navy, IN The Pacific, says "The Unl-
led States force IN the Pacific. AMOUNTS TO 102
guns that ofihe English TO 80. The En2li.h
admiral was much surprised at the great ruaiber
of our whale ships on ih ocean; at the Port oi
Honolulu. Sdudw Islands, lay 45 whale III p
43 of which were American. They carry from
three TO four thousand barrels Of oil, aud fill mp
IA from eighteen mon'hs IN three Years The
California. a new ship hch cost $50 600, had
OF board 5 100000 dollars worth of OIL, taken IN
sixteen mouths. There are on the coast of Cal
aiOra, six fine ships employed m coeciing hides:
they bring out an assoried cargo. which they dis
pose OF al 1o0 per cent profit. taking Ia payment
for their merch ,ndZP, HIDES al So each : oue ship
carrying say forty thousand hides The business
profitable one, not outstanding the dulles on
the out cargOeS are very high
DEATH By FIRE The DIV, Hing house of Mr.
Timothy Leonard (Wuierviile, Oneida, N. ~
vas recently consumed by FIRE. with all lis con-
tents. But he sad part of the story is that Mr
Leonard. his wlfe and a daughter Of Mr.. Wood
ard about t,relre gears of age, perlshrd III the
II ,nes none left to tell the manner Ia which
The house caught fire any of the particulars Of
he catastrophe. From the appearance Of the bod
les II would seem that Leonard and The gIrl s:rug-
ged desperately with Their fate but Mrs. l.. WIS
found near the bed which she slept. The
family are known to have retired at nine o'clock,
aud The fire must have caught soon after that hour
The IND blew gale from the south not per-
son discovered me fire ill the roof fell in, aud al
Ten o'clock not stick was standing.
| REMoRsE.-A convict, BY the name of Pierce,
sent to state prison from Brooklyn about fifteen
months since. hung himself o. Thursday last. IN
The cell. Il appears that negro Informed him OF
the death of his father, which was caus. prInci-
pally by The msdeeds of the son this apparent
ly preyed on his mind considerably, also with the
Knowledge that of his brothers had been ar
rested for some felony; therefore To both these
Causes the rash ACT was attributed Tribune
FROM AFRICA.--The Tribune Informs US that
by all arrival from Monrovia. il has received pa
peers TO the lih Of February. containing he ac-
count of the death of The Rev. VIM. B. Will
Jams, Principal Of the Conference Seminary at
M"nrovia, and the Message of Governor Roberts
The chief topic Of the Message is the English
encroachmeMs, and denial of the sovereignty u!
tue Colony. The Governor insists, with great
earnestness and force. that The Colony possesses
all The rights of an independent government.
The Atricaus recaplured ia the slave ship Pons
have been received IN the Colony and the Cover
nor recommends their distribution, and appren.
nceshp among the Coonists.
The receipts of the Colony exceed those ofauy
former year, aud amount TO $685.. ExpendI-
lures $7.536.
Among The 1870 per sons who arrived IN the Ro-
anoke on the 9th of December. but five havs died
though most of Them have had tine fever. One
of those who died was very aged woman, one
was sickly child. and three were me min prime
Most OF them moved on TO ,be land they drew
from government soon after they arrived. They
are generally coulented aud industriously orepa.
ring their land for farming. Thus far those who
have gone 10 their farms have done better than
those who remain on the coast.