Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1847-11-06

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ces which it did formerly. Consequently, any pres
sure on the money market by removing large masses
of specie, operates with a much greater intensity
than formerly, and produces greater tilGct on PR
ccs This may account for the severity OF the pres
sure few months ago in England-and should be
kept in mind here.
/ >. We hear much of the high rate OF interest IN
England. and Of the pressure nOtC existing thcrc'
This hiwh interest i only >, 3, or I per cent. per
annum, which is here considered a low interest
High and low interest are comparative terms. Il
high interest cannot be rm1nrutIy sustained unless
by corresponding profit from the use OF money: In
I a pressure, whether iIyrchdnt has 10 pay Tor a
few months >, D. OF even 9 per cent. per aunun, Is
not material 1t is only important that he should
have something convertible with which to buy the
money. 1t is evident that at the present time, the
difficulty in England, with those who require money
to meet their payments, is not the rate OF interest
but the want Of that which Will bny money Collcc,
sugar, tea iron, lead, cotton, good real estate, &C.
will command money, and so will undoubted short
paper and conSos.
4 C,uuran from the SciEirk SctHement.-Thcrc
recently arrived at the village Of St Paul, near St
Peters and the Falls OF st. Anthony, on the Upper
Mssissipp the most novel and original looking cara
van that has appeared since Noahs Ark was
evacuated. Our readers are aware that there Is an
isolated settlement of several thousand inhabitants IN
a high latitude Of British North America, known as
| the ''Scllrk settlement" Cut oil from the com
of the world, they rely entirely upon their own
resources, their farms their ockS and fishing for sup
/ port-bcing a community, so TO speak, OF Robinson
JrlSOcS. lhClr crops naNllg lallCu the TWO
sons, they have been forced to break out othe wildS
again and seek food in the market ofthc great brawl-
| ing world Formerly their chief point of contact
with commerce, at Toronto; but now, owing to
the increase of supplies on the Upper Mississippi,
and the abundance OF game and forage on that route,
they trade ST. Paul, the head of steamboat naviga
ton on the Mississippi river Into St Paul they came
of one hundred and twenty carts In single
! file, YEARLY moving along by moonlight. Long after
the head OF the had reached the village, the
heightened train Of followers could be seen moving
over the mduating prairie, partly visible and partly
hidden, between the blowy ridges of the extended
plain, crawling onward like some huge serpent, the
extreme still invisible and partly hidden in the
dimncss Of distance. They had Travelled southwark
the prairie six hundred miles, having been nine
teen days their way, through region abOundlng IN
butaloeS; cncamPng at night, in tent, around which
the carts arranged in circle, 10 fence in the cat
tie. They were hndcrcd considerably crossing some
/ of the strcamS-and in many places found scarcity
Of fuel and Of even the dry eXcrcmcn of the buffalo,
which they used for fuel. They often suffered for
want Of watcr-as many of the smaIlar streams were
so strongly lmprc@natcd with the cNcrcment OF the
buffalo as to be unwhOlcsomc. They brought along
large elk, bear, and other animals which they
had captured on their way-and many packages OF
iurs. They had very choice lot of buffalo robes,
well dressed which they sold at ST. Paul by the lot,
| at : 30 each.
They had with them, also, an abundance ofspecic,
and waited few DAYS at St Paul for the arrival of
4 steamboat load Of flour and groceries. The caravan
was made up Of men and boys OF all ages, kndrcdS,
tongues and compilations, including large proportion
OF GumboS. Their dresses were as various as could
be imagined. being UNIFORM only single article OF
/ apparcl-ai wore mOcca>ins The carts were made
wholly Of wood and hides, the hubs being covered
with bandagrs of green hide, drawn while soft
and there shrinking until they became nearly as
tight as bands Of iron. Some of these odd two wheel
ed vehicles drawn by little horses, and others
by oxen, each ANIMAL horse OK, being gcercd in 4
harness ofgrccn hide. They are now again on their
way back to the frozen wilds Of the north, many of
/ them, probably, never again TO commune with the
great world.-Il jSconSin (Grant county, Herald
The following article is introduced merely to show
the view that a certain description Of people
entertain of ncir subject with which they are
acquainted. The first steam boats were equally as
exciting, and their character difficult to COM
prehend before they in operation. The
locomotive more readily understood, because it
was illustrated by a steam boat: the Magnetic Telc
graph is without parallel.
Sending Letter Ly Telegraph.-A few days since
! a Young countryman from our ncighboring state ar
| rived IN New Albany, and inquired for the ''telc
graph" His appearance indicated that he had ira
yelled with speed little inferior TO the telegraph
Itself. "Whars the tclcgraph:'' was his hurried IN
qury OF the first person he met upon arriving in Main
strcet-dt the same time asking what would be the
| cost of sending 'ettcr TO Cincinnati. Now, this
kcntuckian lived in district where the principles
Of MOrses invention not perfectly understood
as in the patent office at Washington, nor had he
attended course Of DIR. Bcntly's lectures; much less
did nc trouble himself about the disputes of Morse
| and House, OF Kendall and O'Rcy.
The gentleman to whom he addressed himself be-
ing somewhat OF wag, informed him that ii he went
to the office with his letter they would charge him
pretty heavily; but that he could, by climbing up
OF le posts, put his letter in OF the holes through
which the wire passes, and the first 'shock'' would
take ii 10 lis destination, free Of postage" Being
disciple OF Franklin Of the trictcst Kentucky
friend good reason for the expenditure OF half
a dozen dimes, when his object, as he thought, could
/ be otherwise easily attained. But he rcckoncd
without his host. In coon hunt he counted
'somc, and if his rifle failed to fetch possun, he
would, with agility little inferior TO the subtle
animal itself, climb up and ''brng'' it himself.
. Having made the necessary preparations he com
mcnced the ascent Of one Of the ''ncatly dressed
posts that "ornancnt'' our principal street When
he had reached elevation of about fifteen feet, his
hands slipped, and down he came, Earring his whole
frame, and considerably brusing himself.
Nothing dauntcd by the failure Of this his first
pertinent, our ''OpcratOr' made another effort and
had almost gained the Necessary altitude, when the
same misfortune, and much worse bruising overlook
him a before. This double failure would have been
sufficient 10 check the courage of most but who
ever heard OF Kcntuckian saying 81 cant,'' Pick
Ing himself up, and cJn,olcd with the idea that the
"third time the CHARM he recommended his la
bor, and succeeded in putting the precious document
IN the proper place.
Descending from his elevated position, the next
trouble was to know how, where, when he
should get reply to his communication. But the
wag, who was standing by together with a number
OF othcrs,) enjoying this ludicrous scene, at no
loss Tor giving the necessary instructions to the Corn
cracker. lie told him that if it came 10 the know
ledge of the telegraph agents that he had been thus
candestincly sending ''dcspachcs" without paying
the usual fees, they would certainly make him pay
dear for his whistle. He instructed the green one,
therefore, TO 90 about half mile east Of town, climb
one Of the addressed posts, and there await the arr
val Of a reply, for which he must keep sharp look
out or 1t would escape his observation The nstruc
tons obeycd, and the last heard of this tc
legraph operator from Kentuck, he snugly perch
cd on one of the posts, little way out Of town, with
his eyes ntcntly bent on the magnetized wires
Nec 14tJany (Indiana) Democrat.