American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-09-28

recollection Of our oldest farmers. We have
seen one or two fields which were almost en-
tirely destroyed by them-most of the plants
being stripped to the stems. The great album
dance of these worms may be inferred from the
fact that gentleman in Chaptico district filled
a barrel tub with them few mornings ago,
from lot of some three or four acres.
Destructive FIRE. A serious fire occur
red at Cleveland, Ohio, on the Esd inst The
Canal collectors office and the range of stores
extending along Mervin street to the Mer-
chants hotel, were destroyed. The roof and
furniture of the hotel were damaged
CoMMoDoRE DECATUR. We learn from the
U. S, Gazette, that the remains of the late
Commodore Decatur are to be removed shortly
from the Congressional burying ground at
Washington, to the burying ground of st Pc
ter's church in Philadelphia, where the remains
of his father and other near relatives repose.
PRINcE GEORGES COUNTY. Thomas Mar
tin, Esq has been placed on the wing dele
gate ticket in this county, vice R. w. Bowie,
ESQ, declined.
NORTH CAROLINA. BY the official vote TOR
Governor in this State at the recent election,
ii appears that the wing majority is 7,7l9. The
vote for Graham was 43 ,O62, and for Shepherd
81, 349.
EFFECT OF THE WEATHER. The fruit trees
in St. Mary's county, Md. are in bloom for the
second time this season.
MURDER IN ILLINOIS. James Moore, an old
and respectable citizen of st. Clair county, III.
recently undertook 10 chde man named John
S. Edwards for MISCELLANEOUS at a camp meet
ing, which resulted in his death by a stab in
ficted with a knife by Edwards.
SicKEss IN ST. MARY's County. The Leon
aTdtown Beacon says that the Ague and Fever
and bilious are both becoming very prevalent
in that county. Most ofthe cases though are
of a very mild character, and with proper care
| and attention the patient is speedily restored
MEXICO AND ENGLAND. The annual value
of British commerce with Mexico is estimated
by the British Minister at Washington at ten
millions of dollars. The annual proceeds of
the Mexican mines have been twenty millions
of dollars for some years past, more than half
of which has gone TO Great Britain
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Brokers IN TROUBLE. There has been quite
a flare-up among the brokers at ST. Louis, who
have been indicted for violating the law, rela-
tive to selling or passing notes of less than ten
dollars, and several will have to pay the penal.
ty. They make great cutlery and think they
are hGrdly treated.
AUTHORS AND Publishers TAKE NOTICE.
| The tenth section ofthe late act of Congress es-
tablshing the Smithsonian fund, requires the
author or proprietor of any book, map, &c.,
Sc, for which copyright shall be secured, to
deliver copy thereof within three months af-
ter publication to the Secretary, TO be placed
in said library.
SALUTE. On Friday, Vice President Dali
las visited the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and
was received with a salute of seventeen guns
MATTERS SETTLED. An arrangement has
at last been made between Ashmead's new line
to Baltimore, and the Chesapeake and Della
ware Canal Company, by which the former is
now carrying freight.
SICKNESS IN Cecil County. We learn
from The Eikton Democrat that great deal Of
sickness prevails in the lower part of that coun-
ty. Scarcely family has escaped the bilious,
or the chills and fevers.
ORCHARDS. AT the West, efforts are max
ing to establish large fruit orchards on a scale
which probably has never been equalled in any |
part of the world. One farm in Cleveland, |
Ohio, has 5000 trees, They have 800 apple,
600 ounce, GOO or 500 cherry, 200 plumb, and |
the rest peach 1t is no uncommon affair to |
find farms in New Jersey with 5000 peach |
trees.
ZoLL VEREIN. The States which have
come in the Zo Verein Union amount to IL,
numbering 2S,49S, 626, and such is the spirit |
manifested in trade and manufactures that this |
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