American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-10-14

speed equal to 35 miles an hour Steamboats,
have not yet reached their perfection, and who
can say that they may not yet b made to ira
verse the water at the rate of so miles an hour?
bound to the seat of war, left New York on
Monday with Companies b, d, and F, Artil-
lery, under the command Of Lieut.. Col. F. S.
Benton. The officers who accompany them
are, Surgeon r. J. Satterlee; LIST Lieut.. VIM.
Armstrong; LIST Lieut.. WIN. F. Barry; Captain
Horace Brooks, and Lieutenants l., G, Arnold,
w. Blair, II. A. Allen, S. S. Anderson, II. B.
Sears, and II. Shields.
The DEATH OF CAPT. WILLIAMS. The
Georgetown Advocate says: "Capt Williams,
of the Typographical Engineers, killed during
the series of desperate conflicts before Monte
rey, was a resident Of for some time, aud mar
red in this town. He married a daughter Of
the cstmable widow of the late Thos Peter,
Esq, at whose residence the orphans of Capt.
Williams now remain-their mother being al
so dead. Georgetown is not only fully repre-
scented in the gallant army at the South, but
offers her share of the shining victims to be i'm
moluted on the altar Of this most unfortunate
war"
THE GREAT Britain. The failure of this
famous steamer, says the New York True Sun,
begins to excite feeling somewhat stronger
than mere disappointment. But little credit
is given to the rumor that her departure was
probably postponed till the 26th ult. We I'M
derstand that amongst the passengers were the
celebrated Viennese Dancers, who, with their
attendants, number so souls, and for whom
apartments have been engaged at Tammany
Hall. The dancers are engaged for the Park
Theatre.
SLAYER BRIG CAsKEr-DIscHARGE OF THE
OFFICERS AND CREW. The officers and crew
Of the brig Casket who have been under exam
inaiion for day or two past before U. S. Com
missioner Woodbury., at Boston, ON suspicion of
having been connected with the slave trade,
were discharged on Saturday morning, suffi-
cient evidence of the charge to make out a
prima facie case, not having been brought against
them.
POISONED CHEESE. On Wednesday evening
last, at Albany, a MIR. West and four of his
daughters narrowly escaped death by eating
poisoned cheese. They were found by Mr.. WIS
son, on returning home, protrate on the floor,
in a helpless condition, suffering intense pain,
and constantly vomiting. Medical aid was inn
modiately obtained, and at the last accounts
they were doing we'll The cheese is supposed
to have been made from the milk of diseased
cow
MURDER. On the Goth ult., an alteration
took place in Vicksburg between two over
sccrs, who had come in from the country -
| One Of them, named Bole, drew knife and
plunged it into the heart of the other, whose
name was Donahoe. He died immediately
Boe is under arrest.
LIFE IN BosToN. Mr.. Hawkins, the Tenn
perance lecturer stated at meeting in Fanueil
Hall, on Thursday evening, that he had visited
house in that city which contained forty-four
fames,-as much misery as he had seen, he
never beheld anything before so revolving to
humanity. In one room were six children
one an infant whose mother had been for six
or seven days drunk in a cellar in Broad street
LETTERS RECOVERED. package of Al
letters, containing about Sl2, 900 in drafts, was
mailed at Rochester for New York on the 22d
of April. 1t failed to reach its destination, and
was not recovered till the 25th of last month";
when it was found in ain old mouldy portman-
lain among the rubbish for more than FIVE
months. OF course the whole blame is charge
able upon that Office.
MEsMERlsm. A writer in the Montreal Ga
zette mentions a case in which young girl
very nearly lost her life, in consequence Of be-
ing mesmersed," as it IS called, by lad of
the same age with herself. She was recovered
from the cataleptic state into which she had
been thrown with the greatest difficulty, after
having remained in it for four or FIVE days.
THINGS IN NEW YoRK. MIR. Charles Beers,
while attending the great fair at Castle Garden,
on Saturday, had his pocket picked of $3.50
A young man named Joseph Henderson, bar
keeper for Joseph Murphey, in Chatham street
has.been arrested for robbng his employer
Philip keyson was arrested on Sunday, on the
charge of attempting TO pass a counterfeit $40
bill Oh the Bank of Lancaster.
ANOTHER WONDER. Among the passengers
on board the Great Britain, now hourly expect
ed, is Signor Felix Carlo, the great Haytien