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rFmm ths Ana calILahia. JnIy III

GREAT DIsFATCH.--A great deal has been sad
about the difficulties of discharging cargo at this
PORT. Il would seem from the following fact,
that the delays are owing 70 want Of energy on
the part Of persons concerned, rather than 70
other causes. For instance, Capt. Hall, Of me
bark Ocean Bird, discharged his WHOLE eaIg1
(three hundred tons at De VIII q Hafiison
wharf, in the short space Of fee days
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DAILY CRESCENT.
VIEW oRLEANs:
es Third Page for Cry News, SO.

SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER az.
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D15- DR.. Hardenbrook, who was recently tried at
Rochester for the murder Of Mr.. Mott, was married
to Mrs Mott at Sandusky City, Ohio, on the 9Th.
To those who recoect the circumstances, this fact
will create stronger presumption of his guilt than
the evidence submitted at his trial.
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ARREsT.-The impostor, who has been palming
himself off on stage contractors and postmasters in
Pennsylvania a general mail agent, by the name
of John Washington, and who has swindled the
Postmaster of Cincinnati out of 500, under the
name of John Robinson, using forged letters Of ap
pointment and drafts for this purpose, has been ar
rested at Evansville, Ind, alter having practised
the same trick upon the postmaster of that place.
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~ NewEngland sOoietY-The Regular Quarterly
Meeting Of THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY will take place
THIS EVENING, hatpas o'clock Room No. st. Charles
Punstual Requested Importance
will come before the meeting. DUDLEY CHASE, Ssc'y.
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Auction saIes This Dav.

BEARD CALHOUN 4 Co. will SELL at Il OclOck at Banks
AIoade-Ysluable Real Estate in the Second Munich.
pahty and Lafayette.
THOMAS j. SPEAR will SELL at 10 o'clock at the corner Of
Common and Rampant HtTeeR-Mules.
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- PIRATES IN THE INTERCHANGEABLE latest
advices from Europe state that pirates continue to
scour the Archipelago, and had attacked large
French vessel which was anchored at the entrance
of the port of Oivetto lin the island of Myelne,)
and stripped it of every thing it contained, after
having killed two of the sailors
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~ Perseverance, Fire Co No - Attend the
ReguaTlMonty Meeting MONDAY EVENING the 2ith inst,
.2a F1 HENRY J. HYAMs, seeEatary =
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was within so yards Of them. The blacks
were protected behind barricades, and
nothing but the muzZlcs OF their muskets
were visible.
AT length the firms began, and, for
twenty minutes the most determined re-
sistance was made; at length, the cannon
having partly demolished the barricades, a
charge was ordered and they were soon
carried at the point Of the bayonet, when
. general rout took place, the blocks throw
ing away their arms, and jumping into the
river to swim 10 the opposite bank. Sew
eral discharges fgrape were made at them,
and a humber Of them We're killed. after
which the village and all the fields of
maize were set fire TO and destroyed. The
loss of the blacks Is considered to have
been very great, although only fifty Of their
bodies Were found -- the rest having been
thrown into the river. The loss of the
expedition amounted to four killed and
thirty wounded, seventeen of whom were
Europeans. The Governor himself was
wounded, but not seriously, just as he was
mounting his horse.
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The PolIssin Difficulty.

The Pari, Monteur If the 5th inst, states
that The Appointment Of M Bos lie Compte
as French Minister 10 Washington, had
nothing to do with the poussin conroyer-
sy, but was in fact made before the French
Government had any knowledge OF what
had happened in he United Safes
NJ. PovssrN ANOTHER FRENCH Diff
cuLTr.-We find HE following in the Jour
nal lie Havre:
''i is announced that the instructions
given 10 M. B,is lie Conrte arc of Ia
tnre 10 smuoh over the difficulties winch
have arisen between the United Sate
Government and M. Poussin. In fact the
French CaIine, lsappEove OF the later in
dividuaj's course; hey propose it is sad
10 sabtnt the question 70 the arbitration of
a l!lirI power. The minister p'enipoDeu-
riary from The United States vi.ipd
l. E!ysee, ON he 9th Instant, and had n
long conference III the President o the
fepuo'ic.
Independently of the question regard
I'M NJ. Poussin Minister from France 10
Washington, another difference exists he.
tween he French and American repUb
lic>. Ii is relative 10 the concession ct Ter
rtory with the Chinese Government al the
demand OF ". de Moutigny, orr consul at
Sharg har, has male to France for hun 10
make concessions of il to the representa-
ives of other powers The American CO..
SUI, no, being able 10 come TO al arrange
ment with Nj. de Mon!.gny, and NJ. Forth
Rouen, French chang! atF,ire4 at Canton,
as 10 the portion to Do awarded to lis va
ton, has referred The mater 10 Washing
ton Tue difficulty is still pending, but
owing 10 the conclI;a'ory spirit shown BY
France in this mater, the affair will soon
be arranged.
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Nalue Of Reputation.

10 obtain sncCes however, usually requires
no ncuusldetahlc riiSIt of isium NOR can such
effort wei! proceed fran Other dictates than tuose
OF the pur"st INTEGRITY OF PURPOSE; for, des-
pItr the ccnsures and ravIls of the ira lous and
unworthy, the world presents to us ri the pr e.-
cnt day pleasing aspect IN this parlicular. In
is commerce the va ne Of REPUTATION il above
all price or estimate The worlds go"d report
is rs precious taptnl as can be invested in its
business ard he apne is wise who ms,its this
r'pHto. since the cylercncc Of recent times al
most universally demonstrates that il cannot
otLt rw So hn secure,. The instances Of the sue
cess ui bad mon are few, and wealth in these
instances, but demonstrates to us The truth that
W 'ien ii il unworthLy obtained il fails to afford
the affiliations TO- which il is urht.
l lie necessary connection, then between good
motives and mea,,. and sIcrr,oii results, u,r
pursuit OF wealth, must he impressed upon the
mind oicvcry man who hopes TO attain to sue
cess, to prove uSeii or honorable 10 his tAm y
or friends, or TO thcc0mmunsy ofwhich he IS Il
nember.-V. B. Pdmfr.
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first statesmen OF Pennsylvania, and shows
how much reason there is in the rejoicing
the locoiocos have INDUCED over the re-
ceat elections IN Il a State.
UvIoNrowN, Get. II; 1S49.
DEAR Sir: As anticipated, the wings
have suffered themselves to be badly beaten
in Pennsylvania. The issue was unim-
portant, and, as usual on such occasions.
they stayed at home Had they elected
the Canal Commissioner it would have
amounted TO nothing, as the majority in
the board would have still been against
them.
But General Taylor could Tomorrow
carry this State against General Cass Ivy
an increased majority: and tomorrow
Pennsylvania would elect as large ma
jority of members of Congress as she did
in the last election-ncarIy two TO one.
In mere State elections, where the tar
if IS not involved, Pennsylvania (as re-
suits show is strongly Locotoco; while in
national elections, for President and Con-
gress, where the tariff and other national
ISSUES are involved, she Is decidedly Wing.
Since the tariff has been party issue
in Pennsylvania the Wings have had over
whelming majorities in Congress: while
the State elections have gone against them,
and generally by very large maioritics. In
the last Congress the Wings had seventeen
TO seven-tWo t. one and in the next Con-
gress their majority viii be nearly as large;
vet Governor Skunk was elected by ma
jorltics as large or larger than the majority
now against us; and Governor Johnston,
popular as he was. received some fourteen
thousand votes less than General Taylor
IN this State But the influence OF the
great national issuCS--tariH and internal
mprOvements--arc not confined to Penn
sylvaIla; they operate throughout the I'M
ion: for you see that, whilst two-thrds of
the States have Locotoco governors and
legislatures, yet in the House OF Represent
iatlvcs the Whims, al the same time, have
inajorities. Hence You see that the result
OF the late election amounts TO nothing 1t
is no more than usual. Ii has not shaken,
III the least, my confidence that General
Taylor is as strong or stronger than he was
al the last election. The people believe
him 10 he hoaeT and pDijotc. They be-
Iieye him to possess so"nd he'd and all
honest heayi, and this conviction will be
strengthened every day; and still enter
tain the opinion | have frequently ex-
pressed, that, adhering to the principles
avowed in his letters ard in his inaugural,
General Taylor will leave The Executive
chair, next 10 WAsuINGToN, the most pop
ular and beloved man that ever went into
it. Yours, respectfully,
A. STEWART.
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More BLOODY WORK IN AFRIcA.-
Some time ago we gave an account OF an
apparently causeesS and aimless c2Spedl-
ton against certain native towns in Africa,
carried into effect by considerable En-
glish force, under The command of the En-
glish Governor of some petty station Oh
the coast In looking over a London pa
per, not of very recent dale, we fell up
on the annexed paragraph, from which it
appears that ioray of the same nature has
been executed by certain Erenchmen; but
to what good end, or what prelcxt, we are
not advised. N. Y. Adv
Wesirn Afico.-Letters from st. Louis
Senegal of the 25th July, give the de-
tails of sanguinary engagement which
had taken place between the French
troops and the inhabitants ofthe village o
Francyez, (Fonta Tora,) some distance W
the river The people from the nelghhor'
ing villages had joined them to resist the
invasion of the French, and encouraged
by victory which their countrymen hac
gained over the French some forty years
since, the negroes awaited the approach OF
their assailants with great firmness, moi
firing a single shot until the expedition
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What Papers Country People Read,

Country people read country newspapers for
the same rcasons that city people read city pa
"rs,-bccause they contain the local news Of
then county or district: he marriages and deaths
OF their relations. friends and acqu" intauces !:
notices OF the settlement Of estates of rel gons.
political, and other meetings, proceedings OF
''vir courts OF justice; nominations and cleo
TONS OF township, county and state officers J;
phhlic ard private sales Of real and personal
property by themselves aud their nrghbors. by
eX Gators. administrations, trustees, ass,gnecs,
sheris. &c; besides the general news Of the
day extracted from her papers.
country newspapers nrc read by the people OF
the respective counties, not only because il il
their pleasure. hat hcca it is their interest 10
read them In the settlement Of the estates Of
deceased persons, the law requires that crcdl-
tors shall! he ottict in The papers Of the cnun'y
to bring IN their claims and dempnds within
certain specified Iimc, or be forever barred.
Such is the case in assignments and in the DIS
trbutun OF assets il t!Ie hands Of sheritis and
other officers. The necessity therefore. 81 the
peoples knowing what is published in f.e pa
per OF their county in such as TO render It abso-
luirly essential 10 their interests, independent
OF all ether considerations; and the increased
ari.itics afforded to country pnpcIs 10y the
recent post Office law, which permits them 10
be carried IN ite mails gratut0usIy 10 any dis
lance not exceeding Thirty miles, will add great
" 10 their efficacy IN these respects.
This fact established. it 70 lows AZ a mat ter
OF couisr, that in order TO notify, inform, or in-
vie the people OF tie country, the medium
Trough which to accomplish it is the newspa-
per press of the county or district in which they
rsde.-F B, Palmer
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THE FyrLor1Ne EXPEDITION. "A WI
ter in the last number OF the North Brit
isb Review, expresses the opinion. that
Lieut. Lynch deserves the gold medal OF
the British Royal Geographical Society
for his discoveries in the Holy Land.
while conduc,;rg the expedition dispatch
Is 10 Pale Tine in The Supply. The sams
writer characterizes the ente1Pns' az
praise wor nv and liberal, in every way
most credtabe to the United States
Governme t, and contrasting advantage.
ou,!v with the "unutterabe meanness"
of the British Government in slgnllar mat
tsrS.
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A PROCLAIM ALTON


BY the GovEkNoR or MAhVLAS
STATE OF MARYLAND, TO WIT: WHEREAS,
it is not only proper aud consistent with The
sacred duties Of 2eeple to the Supreme Being,
but it has been customary for the Executive of
this State to assign, annually, day to he OBJ
served 10y her citiz.ns as a day Of public wor-
ship, prsyer Xid thanksgiving 10 lmlghty God
for the civil and religious blessings which they
have, individually and nationally, enjoyed du-
ring the year
Now. therefore. !, Philip Francis Thomas.
Governor Of the State OF Maryland, do set apart
Thursday, the 29th cay OF November next, as a
day of ,hanksg to Almighty God, TO b"
kept and observed by the good people of the
State of Maryland whom earnestly eShort, OH
that day carefully to abstain from all secular
employmcnts, and to devote themselves to such
religious services and exercises as are apple
pirate to a day Of thankssiving aud pra yer.
49, Given under my hand, and the Great
SEAL Seal Of the State Of Maryland, en- TIM
~ twenty fourth day of October, in the
year of our ord one thousand eight hundret
and forty-nine. PHILIP +. THOMAS.
BY the Governor,
JoHN Nick Watkins, Secretary Of State.
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ProsTEcTs FOR THE SuFPLr OF Cold
A correspondent Of the London Times es-
Inmates HE present years supply at forty
millions, and the question OF the standard
value OF gold will soon be presented by
competent writers. The entire product
of the American mines, according to Bar
on Humboldt, for the century following
the discovery OF America, say from 1900
20 1900, was 913S 100000 sterling, or
$500, 900, 900, and for the century end
ing 100, Gl 500, 100000.
According to the same eminent writer,
the average supply of the precious metals
from America was as follows From 1892
to 1900, $250,OOO; from 1900 to 1850,
$4,000, 900; from 1880 to 1000, $ll,-
OOO,0 900: from 1900 to 1900, 100000
from 100 to 1850, $22,500,0O0; from
1850 to 1903, $35, 100000.
Whereas, at this moment, we have
supply from the Ural and Siberia mines,
sources unknown in the last century,) an
annual supply of $2o,ooo,0 900; and from
American mines, it is estimated by many,
will be like sum.
II the moderate supplies of coin during
the 10th and 18th centuries contributed 10
add so materially to the prices OF merchan-
die, what will be the result Of the i'm
mcnse yield Of 1919 and lS5os
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When my Old Ia. was New.

Say cir ls -. 'nu d d no. serve me so
Always: ,li. best of Won
Would som have and mo for a beau,
When This ola han was new.
Yes remember passing we'll,
trd Won do, dnub'leIs, too
Twas the bean of"verv belle,
When this Ole hat vas new.
To halls and parties then | wont,
But sore!y nnw | rue,
Tn" tune and money thus misspent
W,"n my old hat was new.
The rIrlrcn always lid attend
r"",'d a fine pew.
Had cash to spend and some to lend,
When my old hat was new.
helped the ladies from their gigs,
Aud from their coaches too,
danced co,ilions, rcclsan lIgs,
When my old hat was new.
knew no lady in the land,
No matter where or who.
But would have given m" her hand
When this old hat was new.
Bui now the case is changed find
| scarce know what to do,
The gills alas are not 50 kind
As when my hat was new.
Blu, tho nv pate is growing bare,
am hu, forty two;
am as tall and straight and fair,
As when my hat was new.
Yet still they scout me from their play,
They sl'ght-thev hlnt-they scold.
And oft unhesnating say,
Your hat has grown too old.
So now young man, warning SEQ
In what, to you, I've told.
And do not play the fool, like me-,
Till your new hat gets old.
For ifvcu do, you may be sure,
Tho you were deck'd in gold,
No girl your presence will endure
When once your hat gets old.
And now, farewell, must a way,
NV tale Of woe is told.
And ever must rue the day,
When my new ha. got old.
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II ahomei6nisIn.
UNIoNTowN, Get. II; IS

The editor OF thu Ledger, it would ap
pear ilom the following paragraph is
tn ming Mahomedan Speaking OF
probable war IN Europe, h. says:
Such war would BRING a new ele-
meat into the politics of Errope, in all
of liberal ms itutions Mahomtdanism
which is now progressive and has always
been highly favorable to SOCIAL mo ais
as appears in The superior honesty, s. bri-
ETY.. charity and plety Of all Mahomedan
communities, would aid liberation against
the corruption of the Roman and the IA
pacity OF the Greek churches. Mahome-
danism which recognises the Old and
New Testamens with the Koran. Is Ike
Juda ism, strictly m"notheic, eminently
democratic in tendency. and Therefore
the high road to liberal Christianity.
This may startIe the parti-aps of Church
and State; hut II is true.
Being ''hl-hly favorable to social NOR
ais" must mean The allowance Of
four wives and as may concuhineS as a
man can support, which the Koran grants;
and "democratic in tendency an absolute
despotism, which strikes off heads at the
nod of Sultan or Pasha. and baslinadoes
every poor devil who is brought before a
magistrate whether guilty or not. II such
religion is highly favorable to social NOR
ais and de mocralic in tendency, we com
mend tito the respectful Consideration OF
our ocoioco brethren who belong TO tina,
scnool which knoweth not what
new principle day may bring forth. 1t
would doubtless suit some OF them.
LeriSt0Wn Pm. Gdeeite.
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INroRT.Nr SroA CURA.---The n. York
Sun las received late adyiccs from Havana
The Cuba patriots are SAID 70 lie steadily
at Work, and the Sun remarks thus:
a short time only will elaPse when
'he true object of the recent :seizures' and
excite ncnts' at New York, will be made
public"
Five persons have been arrested end
thrown into prison, and finally Lanished to
Spain. charged with high treason, in fall
ing to appear at ball, given in honor Of
he Queen! Their names are, Sr. Don
Caiisto Sorondo, Sr. Don Francisco So
rondo, Sr. Don Joaquin Delgadoy Logaz,
ST. Don lgnacio Alvarez. The two first
are owners Of haciendas, the two last are
employees in the Government offices at
Matanzas. They were banished to Spain.
and not even permitted to take leave Of
their families.
A dreadful hurricane had swept through
the West Indies, lnflicting great injury on
the plantations and shipping.
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MELANCHOLY DEATH IN THE WHITE
MoUNTA1Ns.-A letter from the "Notch
House." White Mountains. states that Mr..
Frederick Strickland, son of Thos Strick-
land, Bart, of England, left the above
house on the 10Th ult., with party of
others, for the purpose of ascending the
mountains. In consequence of snow, all
except Strickland returned, search was
made for him, and his body was found
upon the mountain, on the 2lst, dead, hav-
ing lost his way. He has been travelling
in the United States about six months, and
was about 35 years of age. His younger
brother lett for England in the last steam
er but one. The deceased had produced
the impression of gentleman Of high cul-
tivation, and devoted to literary and scien-
tifc pursuits.
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letter last week. Where it says ten mill
lions of inhabitants paid thirteen millions
year, it should have said they paid ten
millions. The reader, however, would be
able to detect it as typographical error.
LITERARY SocIErIEs-DEBArING CLUBs.
The Importance Of Debating Clubs and
Literary Societies to young men who de
sign in after life, or whose talents qualify
them, should circumstances make it neces-
sary, to take part in the more prominent
concerns OF lie the public business, the
politics and the literature Of the country,
cannot he ,overrated. That they tend TO
sharpen the intellect by bringing it into
contact with other minds that they accus-
tom those who participate in them to meet
opposition and enter int" controversies
without embarrassment as they should be
able to d. in practical lite: are admitted
propositions: and we have often wondered
that they are not more nuraerous-that
they are not found in every village and in
every prosperous ncighborhood and it has
been 4 cause Of especial surprise, that here
in Elkton, where there are so many stu
dents, and young men Of ambition, and
literary pretensionS, no such institution has
been sustained. 1t may be more pleasant
to spend the evenings Of winter in society
and in amusement, but we question if it
will pay 50 well in the end.
We believe more attention is paid TO
these matters out in the country, than in
the towns. Societies for mutual Improve
ment, are often there kept up from year TO
year, at great Inconvenience, but always
with advantage. We came to speak on
this matter by accidentally alightiug on
an old manuscript, which brought up a
host OF early recoIrctions, and to the point
in hand. At School House few miles
distant in the country, some eight or nine
wears ago. society similar TO that we
have alluded 10, was established by some
OF the Young men Of the neighborhood 1t
was Debating society and had occasional
meetings, also, for the reading of original
compositions, which were deposited anonv-
mously in a box kept for that purpose. We
have no doubt that it proved highly advan-
tageous to those who engaged in it. One
OF them is now writer and lecturer,
who stands up with credit hrforc ,ntel|ec-
tua audiences in our larger cities. Anoth-
er, the writer of the verse below. is a res
ponsible and useful citizen Of the 4th Dis
trict, ready at any time to speak ably by
the hour. if need be, upon important pub
lie matters. He is a substantial man of
prose now, and no doubt has forgotten that
he once dabbled in rhyme. We commenced
this article hoping it might be sufficient
hint to cause the starting of some such So
cieties as we have named, IN places where
they do not exist, and as finding the fol-
lowing rhyme induced the writing, we
give it for the amusement Of the friend
who pcrpctratedit, mentioning by the way,
that notwithstanding hiJ complaint. the
cause tor it was years ago removed, and he
has now thriving family growing up
around him.
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A SUGGESTION. "A contemporary Tng-
gesrs, ina, Cap, Kidd planted his money
in California, a I'd The soil III the mines De-
in, vety fertile took u spread.