The national whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1847, 1847-07-28
Doniphan, proposes 10 write and publish the
memorabilia Of the expedition.

/ "A mi. Hdiuu wac hiieu NY the uiscnarBe
of gun, at Prairie du Chen, on the 23d inst,
while holding the muzzle in his mouth.
The smallpox, in Springfield, Ohio, has
abated, at last dates.
Flour at Cincinnati, last dates, was down
TO So so. One heavy dealer had been ruined,
and in his fall he carried over other houses.
Forty four barrels ofturpentine were brought
down the 81. Marks river on the 9Th instant,
1.-The first product Of the kind from Middle
Forida.
The New Orleans Bulletin does not believe
that Dr. Hawks will accept the presidency OF
William and Mary College.
The brave Colonel Stewart, minister Of
the Church Militant. will probably be the
Rough and Ready candidate for Congress from
Harmonson's district in Louisiana.
The Massillon Ohio Telegraph asserts that
the wheat crop of The Northwestern free States
will exceed in yield any crop of the last four
years.
A. B. Lynch, sister Of charity, died in New
Orleans ON the 18th instant. aged "a years.
| There has been great Taylor meeting in
Greenyille, Tenn, to nominate the Old Hero
| for President.
| The Knoxville Tribune Of the 81 inst, says,
that ALPS right, that Neil Brown will leave
Aaron out of sight.
They are going to raise grapes in South
| Alabama.
| The State Bank Of Alabama has collected
of its debts, in the last six months, over one
million of dollars.
The barque Exact from New York, for ST.
vannah, laden with goods went ashore in Gala
bogue Sound, on the 2lst instant-cargo dam,
aged.
Governor Crawford, of Georgia, calls for
another battalion of mounted men to fight Mr..
Folks Mexican war-now become the coun
'ry's war.
| Only four deaths in Mobile the week ending
the 18th instant.
H. s. Kane, dem, has been chosen in the
Senatorial Virginia district, in place of Nc
Mullen elected to Congress.
The public Schools Of New Orleans have
1 900 pupils.
| Col. Hunt has been de6nitively ordered from
New Orleans to This city.
Two vessels came together in the river be-
low New Orleans on the night Of the 18th inst
and killed two men.
A man fell dead in New Orleans on the 10Th
instant, while in the act of raising glass of
wine 10 his lips.
Flour is 81 IS in Detroit.
| Dr. Richard Randolph, Of Macon, Georgia,
is dead.
The line will speedily be opened between
London and Edinburgh, the whole way, and
express locomotives will make the distance in
| l3 hours
tits thought that the steam ship Washing
ton did not leave Southampton before the 18th
instant.
Mr.. Morgan, of New York, has lett 1000
to the New York Washington Monument So.
ciety.
President Folks visit to New York cost the
city $4,000.
The French steamer Union left New York
for Cherbourg on the 24lh inst
Eleven hundred and Lightweight immigrants
reported themselves at the mayors Office, New
York, on Monday!
The heavy rain storm Of Monday evening
in this city extended norhward and southwark
Tor many hundred miles.
The route from Raleigh to Camden is to be
surveyed forthwith for railroad.
Gov Whitcomb, of Indiana, has buried his
wife, recently dead, al Circleve, Ohio.
A water snake with head as big as a
horses, was recently discovered in stream
near Clermont, Ohio
Edward Bates, president Of the late Chicago
Convention is native Of Goochland county,
Virginia.
Mr.. Thorn, British consul at Ming pc, in
4 China, and the translator Of Esop's fables into
Chinese, is dead.
The Chinese who are in New York think
that the women in the United States are
g muchee plentee and muchee takee !"
Judge Carulhers, of Tennessee, has resigned.
A rascal, BY the name of Williamson, has
been arrested in Virginia, for trying to kidnap
Two negroes.
Flour in New York yesterday S. 50.
There is no truth in the rumor of rebellion
by the Mormons in California.
Captain Watkins who raised one Oft the COM
panies Of the regiment under the command oil
COL Hughes, has resigned, because Governor
Pratt would not make him major Of the regi-
ment.
The lightning has been destructive in Penn
sylvania.
Flour in Piusburg is "a.
United States per cents. are falling. They
are now $l05d.
We have advices from Chihuahua ten days
after Col. Doniphan left. All was going on