The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-19
Our Philadelphia Correspondence.
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Protestant Episcopal Contention Prsfc-Tae ST. Louis
Fire-Markets, Stock Sales, re.
The Protestant Episcopal Convention adjourned sine
die this afternoon, at half past o'clock The Standing
Committee consists Of the Rev Drs Norton Clay Hare
and the Rev Mr. Horne of the clergy and Messrs Geo
NJ Wharton, Thos. Robins R. s. Smith, I. M. Petit,
and VIM Welsh. The claims Of the African Church
Of st. Thomas to seats her lay delegates,
ferred to a special to report at the next
sion.
A poor woman, Mrs. Moore, yesterday presented her
husband with four boys three Of which are still living
and with the mother, are doing well could be
pseted. This female was formerly the wife of a Mr.
Beu and gave birth to six children In three conne
ments one being triplet and on another occasion
twins The umstance has occasioned great curiosity
amSpg all the females far and near and the house Is
surrounded by them awaiting an opportunity to get
glimpse at the children The poor woman is reaPing
children otherwise, it might be supposed that the
eitement, and the chatter they keep up, would be
fatal injury in her situation.
The city has been much excited by the announce
ment of an immense fire at st. Louis by which half
that city has laid in ruins, With less than 81
steambcats lying at levee and including bank
ing houses every insurance Office In the city The
fire commenced early this morning and destroying the
telegraph Office prevented the intelligence from being
communicated until instruments could be put up
the opposite side Of the river
The -four market continues dull and inactive Hold
ers generally ask 81 621a per barrel for common ship
ping brands, but offers can be had over 81 90 Rye
HOu a ". ", o
s1Ja Wheat has declined and sales of 1000 bushels
Pennsyvcnia red at 102 cts. Rye sells at Doc. per
bushel. Corn continues IN demand: with sales OF
Sc. weight Pennsylvania oats sell ut 331s to Bic,
and Southern at 81 to $50. whiskey commands 2lH
10 DC for barrels. and Il &c. for hhds.
Annexed are the stock sales to-day
% & Shares Camden NnSoy RI
q shares s, Man san Mseh Bank . S so
Bank 1905 DO Man Mech Bank 2iSsi Slo9p Penn 1 ~
So st. lbs: siooo Camden AnbOy e. 81 60 shs Mech
f Sani Sss CAM %n sas e sena
Nrws FROM TExAs-The steamship Globe,
Capt Ellery, arrived yesterday from Brazos San
tago via Galveston, leaving Brazos on the 9Th % and
Galveston the 18th inst. She brought over $4,000
in specie and numerous passengers
The .qnerican Flag Of the I'd inst has reached u.s.
We extract from 1t portion OF letter in which we
End MI Audubon's party mentioned as follows =.
CAMARGo April 20, 1849.
Mr.. Audubon and party left this place yesterday for
the gold regions They numbered fifty men, and were
all we'll Messrs Raymond and Humphreys leave next
week for the same destination.
letter was received here yesterday from the inte-
rior stating that Gen Paredes, at the head Of some
ten or fifteen thousand Indians, was commencing
against the whites, similar tothat OF fucatan In
the State II San Luis the seat Of his operations he had
nut to death nineteen whites, consisting OF FRENCH
Dutch and American. They have proclaimed an ex-
Terminating war against the white race
Judge Hotchkiss and MIR Woodbury., both Texans,
died i'm Rio rande City within the last few days We
have nothing else new except that the cholera has en-
,irciv romoyrd J. l.. H.
The Galveston papers rather barren of news
which would Interest. From the Civilian Of the I'd
inst we extract the following
Cen Hamilton had conference with the Brazos and
Galveston Bay Canal Committee on Saturday evening"
for the purpose Of endeavoring to bring about unity
of effort on a single work for eHectng the object in
view Gen. Hamilton, 1t will be recolected Is largely
interested the canal which has already been com.
menced and on which very considerable amount OF
labor and money have now been expended We are
informed that ii agreed Saturday evening" that
two competent civil engineers should Dc SP,Uyga
committee, to make an accurate survey OF both the
upper and lower canal routes and report that which
the greatest advantages In case thesc en-
rineers disagree the State Engineer oil LOUISIANA TO
decide the question The understanding is that AL
effort shall be united upon the rSa a 80 hshod a
San Augustine extract the following paragraphs
AT Sabine Tovn, Friday, the Goth inst, 1--WE be-
sad had state of cling existed the part Of Stea
dam from supposing that Garner had something to do
with causing his wife TO itave MN anu nc nhu hehce
on an GRAND hostile to him Garner came round the
corner Of grocery where steadsm was sitting: ana
discharged barrel of double. barreed gun Killing
him and he eisurcly rode to the other eide
OF Inc river no one attempting to arrest him
,cr,.d Rel wern DR. Raines and d. Mckay at the town
Of Rusk when Ranes struck the latter Win ioaaeo
cane disjonrg his neck and producing instant dea,n
A woman in shelby. and another in Shreveport, Kill
cd their husbands-the former stabbing him in the
chest n number of times, and the latter cutting his
throat from A TO lizard LOOK OUT, I'll you
what's got wives IN o. Picayunc, May TO-
Tur EXCITEMENT AT EAsroN, PA cores
pondcnt of the Pennsylvania, under date OF the
i3th, Gays Our feet Of boats still remains in as when
I wrote you last. No attempt has been made since
Friday to any process the reclaim any
of the boats The person who went to harrisburg, to
induce the Governor to call out the military has not
returned. although the boatmen have undoubtedly
their legal rights by stopping other boats
The crews of which willing TO yet 1t Is to be
hoped that the Lehigh Company will give them the n
creased freight. | have demonstrated with some Of
them in regard stopping other beats and they just
~ II on the ground ii nccessity-that nothing else will
.ccompsb the end and that the present rates OPP
pressiyc and starving-that they cannot live by it
There is however n difference Of opinion among them
On this point They had n meeting on Friday even
ing when the question was discussed and WIN nave
another tomorrow evening when it will be decided one
way another. ,.
was mistaken in saying, in my last that no process
had been resisted Early on Friday morning the she
riff went up the Lchgh alone, and started tue poat o
which he had a repievin and brought 1t snort as
tance when several boatmcn followed and cut the tow
rome and pulled the boat back Offering. however no
other violence aud treating the sheri othcf~ie 'oy
riyilly and good humorcdly.