The national whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1847, 1847-07-29
NEWS &c. BY THE MAILS.

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payment Of subscriptions until the 3lst of July, "a
latter that, the rhino must come.
To break down the slave system in the French
colonies the home government has declared thai
slaves Of in.oIven,s shall be sold and that the King
shall appoint tie judges Of The courts.
A negroes who was severely whipped in Charles
ton, 8. c., on the 4th instant died on the l6h The
verdict was, Died not from the whipping, but from
the effects of the whippingil
The National Ella wishes TO know what kind o.
report may be expected from the negro delegation
about to visit Liberia A truthful one--which i.
far more than could be expeced from COMMITTEES
Of white Aboltionists.
A Democratic editor in the North cries, No more
concessions to the South Concessions of what
Why, Of office TO he sure.
The National Era says that the Northwest pas.
sage is yet be discovered If the editor means the
Northwest passage of Salt River, we can tell him
that the Democrats and Abolilionists will find il
out in December, ls4s.
| Quartermaster John r. Hunt, who has been or.
dered from New Orleans 10 Washington, comes on,
in the New Orleans papers and says that some per-
sons have been making charges against him to the
powers that be, and calls upon his accusers to show
their hands and faces
| Flour IN New Orleans the 2lst instant, four dol
lars.
| The New Orleans papers came to us last evening
thoroughly soaked and as yellow as the face Of Mr.
Folks friend old Sanity.
The New Orleans National says that it hoisted
General Taylor's name for 1the Presidency because
he is Wing. How, then. can he be no-party
man which you have sometimes claimed him to bel
The Army worm is devastating the cotton fields
Of the South-usual.
Joseph Wright, volunteer, tired Of wars alarms
nearly severed his head from his body by razor in
New Orleans on the 10th instant
Judge Merriam, an Old Bay State man, and one
who figured largely in Lousiana's history, died re-
Gently at Iberville, La; aged Gs years.
A negro was recently killed and fifteen whites
drowned on the Charleston and Hamburg Railway,
the only thing the kind that has happened for years
Madame Caroline, the circus rider rides SO we'll,
says critic that it is impossible to distinguish the
rider from the animal. She is Gentaur, then.
The law which Attorney General Clifford enforces
against the Dry Dock law i. appears is an obsolete
statute made to apply to the Rip Rap contract.
Chattanooga, in Tennessee. is becoming quite
saucy, because she can get her products to market
by way of Savannah, &c.
Last evening the City Wing Convention Of Bal
timore met and after business over, they waited
on Governor Goldsborough. that is to be, at Bar
NUNS Hotel We are glad to hear the Governor is
well, and that his competitor is--wel also 4!
June l0ih-No peace between the belligcrents Of
the La Plata countries. July goth. No pence be.
tween the warning nations Of the Cordileras and
the Alleghenies.
| ST Paul's church, Dorchester, New York; cost
ing $4,000, fell prey to fire las. Sunday.
A few days ago negro tried to kill man BY
the name Of Hays, in GAINESVILLE, Montgomery CO..
Nd, for which be was dashed with ten lashes.
The Brandywine is to be fitted out forthwith al
Norfolk for the Brazil station as the flag ship Of
COMMODORE olOIer .st
Pennsylvania will pay the interest on her public
debt on the and Of neTt month. Good news, that
to thousands.
Heiroglyphical Mica plates have been found in the
Indian mounds Of the west.
There has been little fire in Portland, Me.
A man was killed last week At Providence by the
bursting Of grind stone driven by steam.
A store in Dorchester, building in Worcester,
Mass. and barn in New Haven, g., were all set
fire to last week by incendiaries.
They have given Captain Stewart Of Baltimore
sword.
Faye,te stree, from Gay across the Falls in Bati-
more, is now being opened
Bacon sides "a cts--Hams sc-n Pitsburg yes.
terday. Flour-no change.
The Winchester, Va. Medical College is in full
operation and noble repute. 1t deserves the repu,a-
ton it | as gained.
Thomas M. Gally, Of Wheeling, Va, the great
Temperance Lecturer is at Winchester, Va. When
will he visit Washington
The corner stone Of the New Episcopal church in
Winchester, Va, is TO BE- laid next Saturday.
A son Of Mr.. Rpe, IF South Branch Mountain,
near Romney, Va, was bitten by rattle snake last
s .turday. He is still slive.
The Wings must sustain Gen. Taylor, says Rich.
ard Thompson, Of Indiana. Aye-and they ,oiH
sustain him, too, against the whole world.
Col era is the new officer ncharge Of the Arse
nal of the United States at Allegheny.
On the Goth inst. huge rock was detached from
the brow Of Coal Hill near Pi,tburg and fell upon
school h use. Five Of the children in il in
s,an,ly killed, and three wounded. Poor little ipno-
cents
The people of Washington, Pa, are being hum
plugged by animal magnetism.
President Polk has appointed George w. Gin on
U. 8. District Attorney for Northern New York
This Clinton isa son in law of John @. Spencer,
and was rejected twice as collector Of Buffalo pnder
| Iohn Tvlcr'a reign