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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-13

rors OF new Work.. February Is. ls4s.


Clsarea.
ehips-Sarah Elisa Bosa San Francisco, Mailer 4 Lord
Duch.tse dOreans tIhth bicnArdson Havre Whtock j.
baks-Csrss Hedge, New Orleans Eagle Hazard vernon,
Brgs-J,hn Marshall Collins, Grenada, Nesmith walsh;
KLtrey Br) Warm, Batmore.
sctr-A Hsrris Plupmer, Caydenas BADGER, Peck Coz
pah; Ell Beast,n. CHARLIE Mo ready Co. POGO
henta En- ack Richmond; WIN smith, Smith, do Mary Jana
y OFT, Norfolk, etuIges, Chairman Co.
Ship Catharins Herbert Charleston, days with mds
Wsrde.
ship Fulton. Baltimore ballast Belmont
Tbs wa owed the city b, the steamer Duncan Psl
man, Johnston co.
EIig Maria (of Prospect MOL Ipgraha Matansas "A days
with hdss fhuton Sid In compsny with barb 81 Cloud,
Of Ard for philadelphia 9Th inst lat IS, Ion TO- spoke brig
su, IN. froha Mobile i,r Baltimore
Brig Ra'smoss wass Ntu,ias IS days with mds smp.
ior, ksyks~ Co.
BRIG LEVEL, Brown. Galveston Jan 49, with mdse 70
Bewei The L 10 sI ore on Oyster Island.
Brig Mary Ann Jo West New OeaBa IS days with mdse
to stprees Co. TEE been " days Of HatssrAs
SER Sidney Miner Boll.s philasslpaaA
schr New York. Goodsell. Boston
Sthr Ja,per Baseett Boston
Schr Fsshop, 0rne, Boston.
schr Lynohbprg Has hips Boston.
schr Eichnoi d, Packard fhomaston.
Soop II, mas B Baw me- Jones Providence.
sloop Rhode IssLd Hull Providence
Schr william. Wixon, New Bedford.
Bris Flors, Cole, from MaAnsss, II days. with ndss.
One bark.
FKsRuARy l3-Wind. st sunrise ENK nsddiaa M IN.
80 nj vii ANN
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Died.

At South Brooklyn, the 18th inst, In the B0th
year Of her age frances MANIA STILL, wife Of William
Still.
On Monday, Feb. IL at Bergen, NJ Of consumption,
The friends and acqusintsnces OF the family
pestfuy vited to attend her funeral Wednesday,
i4th inst, from Bergen Dutch Reformed Church. ~
O'Clock. p NJ.
Monmouth county N. j. papers please copy.
On the 10th inst, at her residence, Caldwell N.
Mrs SUDAN GOULD rect Of Stephen Gould late Of this
city.
On Saturday morning, Feb. 10, at Tompkinsville,
Staten Island JEsEMIAH MULLEY, aged IS years, Q
months and 18 days Besides an affsotionAte family
be leaves large circle Of who will deeply mourn
his sudden departure
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owing to increased arrivals Of pork from New Orleans
with very little doing. Beef eoptinusd steady, but
rsler light Cotton nrmer, and sales madsat
nom Z. sd,., me- rts,s q :; ,a..sv'-'hO
ASHES Sales were light, ct about last weeks quoi
taons viz: s7,s for pots and 81 Is for pearls
Ne. Orleans we're made a. IS six IS SIX; 900 DO
unipsp<c ed do sold 1t 25 and 100 do inspected ct
50 800 80
Ewing Mile. sold at 80 S7h; Georgetown and Bslti
more wsrs held come nrmsr but no sales reported
bushels Southern yellow made at 5oxo; and 5000
do North Carolina white at $50. Neal was nominal,
at 81 SIX "a. There was nothing new In rye or
CATTLE At market l,Ioo beef cattle 600 Southern
the remainder from this State and the esst DO COWS
and calves, and 1850 sheep and lambs Beef Cattle
The upfavoTsbs state Of the weather tends to inter-
Iupts busnsssi In the yards day. to very oonsdsre
are even higher than those quoted last week Sales
made 1T from 81 to 50 per cwt, which may now
DO eonsdered A. the general a,ss:gsous some extra
babls that about Ice head would be left over Cows
and Caives- Sales At from s22 80 TO $50 SO SAT So
TO So 90 $50 unsod. No hay straw ct the scales.
Corror The absence Of tie letter mail was greatly
Zoo hss, v 0s s,nos.a 81 ony s00u'
F,M.-TheIe has been considerable speculation In
Cod and some 900 quintsls have changed hands at
the EAss, ~ about - llk 81 70; held firm here at
50 10 In msoksrsl there 10 fair business doing 1t
full prices.
FKuir.-Ths market he's been quiet to day and we
heard OF nothing worth reporting
FRrienrs Heavy goods were engaged for Liverpool
ut Cos and lard 1t 27s Cd TOR cotton, "a asked
GSocrmiEs.- IL being Monday, and the weather very
unpleasant business was more less checked in both
coffee, sugar and molxssss,
HosEv There have been sales within day or two
Of 80 sasks Cuba ctr aimed FOR export At 81 $50 short
price or equal to sS A4c long price, and not 47c
reported
h.sr continued very firm, and American dew rottsd
was held Ut $3.50 per ton.
Inns was hrm at $50.
Naval S,exSs Sales Of 900 bbs. N. County rosiu
were made ct 700 There also sales Of 200 bbls
Ons.-Linsesd moves OF allow 1t $50. = soc In casks
and barrels.
p PxevinoSs.-Pork nominal aud lower prices we're
erered There were no purchasers OF mess In large
way on terms above Sl2 meas. And Sill to Sill rs
for prime though sesrs asked higher rAtss We heard
Of no sslss beyond retail transactions Lard quiet
att wses rates Beef steady but sales light
We noticed = ssls Of ~ bills river a. Sl2 SO.
Chsers ranged from OK Co TSo according TO quality.
Butter Ohio and this State ranged from No. TO 23o
according TO quality.
RieE,-Ths transactions to- day were to limited
extent, and rcthing worth reporting spirsd
Quotations. range from IS to SIS IS.
SrsSl.-Aboas 200 boxss Milan, we're disposed Of, for
export, at To short price months
wsAissoSE The last sales Of North West coast
were made at sic.
wnisxrr Sales Of 200 bbb Ohio and State Prison
we're made at 23s 24o.
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The charter election Of Palmyrs, N Y has resulted
In the election Of the ent vhig ticket by so
being the frat whig triumph since OF
the town Their oppons nts the bar the
huntsrs only polling 80 votes
Efforts about 70 be made In the Indiana I.v,.,a
ture alter the constitution Of that State The fol
loving are the principal subjects now spoken Of
The election Of all State seunty executive aud Judi
sis Officers by the people, the individual LIABILITY prin
sips In all charters hereafter krsnted aud repeating
cause at the tail end the curt Of local egsla
hou the equalization Of taxes the homestss I'd exsmp
tion; provision to prevent the creation OF . State
debt esuse TO preserve the involabiity Of civil con-
uact by preventing the pssssgs Of relief
Jazz; the sboIisbmsDt Of imori.onmpnt Tor debt ia
srfy pos,bs sorn; tLet~n hrur sJstem toi la1crsrs
.. saaAg noIbs AZ n observation-disclosures
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Court Of General, Sessions.

FEs. 12-Thim6ie. Rigging George Rice WAS put
forvard trial, charged with swindliug under false
pref. nces Mr. VIM. Roberts, of this city, of gold
watch. by the above system, being deemed in Law
contructivs larceny. The prosecutor being sworn,
that he vent to the last season on
Long leland, and being the stand, his attention
called by prisoner to his thin bles under either Of
which vas placed his little JOKER he styIed small
pea uaughtsr) He then said he would bet him 500
against his gold watch, that he could MT tell under
which tbmble lay his little joker. The wsger WAS
made and the watch was won, upon which prisoner
told him he would give It back for $780, He then
fured, and after that raid $50 The eventually
va, brought before the police when he was compelled
to prosecute for the offence There were the principal
facts Ct the Adjourned over TO this fore
Th's was the only of interest that up before
the court,
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Supreme COurt-Speciai Term.
Before Juetice Edwaria


FEE. 12-Keiiy Us Weeks, $c.-Motion to amend
granted
the judgment In favor Of the Merchan Bank was a..
signed TO Thompson This fact should be established
either by refers noe or further sfRdavits
Scheymuhorn Us anderson An order must be en-
tered for the allowance 1 the separate costs Of Living
ston and Van Antwe ,. bat not of Ferris.
Foster, ". &c. rs Taimadge.-Motion to strike out
answer as frivolous. Granted.
Wilson Us Guick.- Order for attachment discharged.
Gale u.s. Christie 4o-Motion for receiver granted.
James rs. Hsmin Motion to vaoate order, and for
leave TO answer denied, with $40 cost,
Cooper Us Reconsideration for rehearing denied,
with SlO cohta.
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MARKE rs ELSEWHERE.

BAL Feb 10 Stock Board-Sl.000 Baltimore and
Ohio sailIe I'D div bonds t5 T3 Is do do e5 lO do
s6h; loo do. do S6H
FIAD Feb Ill 0OO schuy Kill Navigation S. ss
Bank, 26h SO State So M 1910 do 7s $40 do, 78,I; 80
Beaver se.d,w R,lroad %k: Gerard l 20 do IN $50
Cent Bonds IS oo Lehi.h - 81 2ooo DO AoIssse 6s
60 l72 State &C. 81 900 United States g. ". no. 500
heading Railroad BCnds 49, Second Board28 600 City 6s 3d.
ULiSd States o., 56 c5k loo do do, I06 1910 d.
81 ITO; 2OOO State o. S New Orleans Gas Bask 100 2OO
Tenn Bonr s. 7 rs United Sta Bank, S l0 Sab Nav
S. 3ex; 600 do, do, Sx.
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IL, l649
Hyu Exetems~t- The A~~wai Assay at the Mi~t-
Sutc1de.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IL, l649.
Rvy Exitsns~t- The A~wssai Assay at the Mimt-
Sutc,de.
The Hyer excitement continues undated, and
he public curiosity to obtain glance at the great
unwhlpped, leads to many amusing scenes This
morning, a large crowd gathered at the Court
House, it being supposed that he would be brought
up for hearing before Judg. Parsons. At length
the prison drove up, and the b'hoys and loafng
gentry, of which the admirers of the fancy mostly
consist, were In ecstacies OF expectation. The
officers In attendance, ready for joke, hustled
about, and having induced the joslling crowd to
form passage, from the street to the court room
which proved 10 be the only person IN the van.
The crowd, though thus disappointed, continued
10 throng the vicinity all the morning. The
object Of their curiosity is no. TO be brought
up from prison til this afternoon as he
is perft city willing 10 GO to Baltimore His
counsel WILL OF course, not throw aay itnped ment
In the way If his beng delivered upon the requl-
officer Cook, Of Baltimore. He alse has Governor
Johnsfons warrant.
The annual assay at our mint took place this
moinlng in the presence OF the commissioners,
upon wsom the duty falls. The board consists OF
Professor John Johnston. OF MlddletOwn, Conn.,;
John l.. Asplnw wall, Esq.,of New York; and Pro-
lessor ]. c. Cresson and ]. j. Vanderkemp, of
this city, who were specially designated by the
President Judge Kane, T. M. Petit, and James
ThobeIt Dickson, colored man, last evening
threw himself from the roof OF three story house
in Shipper lane, and died IN short time after
waIde,
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Married.

On Sunday evening, the 18th inst, by the Rev. Mr..
Latbop 1t the Baptist Tabernacle, in Mulberry street,
Mr. JosEPH HENDrRsoN, Of Chsrlsston, 8. c., to Miss
ANGELINA A. WEAVER. Of New York.
At Trinity Church, Utica, on Monday, 18th inst, by
the Rev Pierre A. Proal Mr.. ELswoRrH P. MALTBY. Of
New York city, to les SARAH A. c. only daughter Of
the late Jereh Darkse, Of Utics.
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CITY TRADE REPORT.

MONDAY, FEB I2-SP.M.
consquence OF the receipt OF the letters due
by the kisgaras mail tsles Of produce very light
Merchants generally we're waiting their priv ate advioes
before operating to any extent Holders OF nour de-
msDdeo from 81 to I2x cents per barrel advance over
rates current bsfore the news; hut buyers generally
ftotd alotf 10 awsit the steamers mail Trapsaction.
we've chiefly confined to lots Of New Orlsan. No.
titg vna core I. hest Tbsef'ct 81 the rewsupou
eesi ~. :: ~ -, GrI-.I a! .rlJ ggsk ....s.
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The PRIZE FIonrKRs.-For 'lhe deliberate vio-
lstlon OF The laws OF Maryland Hyer and Sullivan
and tbofe aiding them thould be punished the most
exemplary IL the supremacy Of the laws be
not mainfaiped these brutal exhibitions may DO OF
5r.ouent occurrence Hysr has been arrested In
PhlsdsIpba and Sullivan Will probably be secured
New York: and there can be deubt they will be
Jroa D. y delivered mp the requis tion Of ths
Of yisnd desire must be felt In every
State have them brought to Justice and to supprsss
such Tor future They will have to be- tried
II brought In Kent nty the offence having been
con mi ted In that county. Their seconds, nov n
jail 10 Bs tmore, viii be tried here for conspirng to
break the peace The pupish msnt for principals and
ssco mes 10 hne AID inprisonment and justice re-
quires that they should be o~iisd to smart for
their mhconduct. Bar. Cl,nnsr. Feb. II
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Weekly Report OF Deaths
City And County York. from the 81 Fsbru.
airy 70 the 10th day Of February, l849.
Men, 70; Women, &c; Boys 81; Girls 72-Total 302

Hen, TT; Women, % Boys 70; Girls 72-TotaL Ug
DlsEAsrA
Assees sbscess Of liver Il spops1y TO- asphia q bleed
bronchhs cancer caua ties oonua ption 81 eonvulnonA
"a eroup eorsesion Of uIga anocis debility 49, dc
hum diarrhGa dropsy ~ dropsy the he Nd O.
drowned sysnNr,: epilepsy. srysp,ia. fracture !
fever typhoid Ia fever Thus fever congo heart dis
Of hopping cough B. hfuenss Il Inflammation, in
ton Of BLADDER L. Inflammation Of BRAIN
how els III Inflammation Of chest hammadon Of lungs 3d.
inhsn nation Of ach Il Inflammation womb, ine-
perspce jaundce, l. msnmu. 2 psask modification q
OLD age, premature BIRTH peu,isy rupture Of
womb l. crofun, 2 small pcx Il spinal dsease. suicide d
tuhocston fcb'rrus of stomach Il teethng Il unknown
As.under one year q so2 yssrs 2s 70 q; 70 10
90 70 70. a. 70 10 80 II; 80 to 80. 4; unknown.
A. ". WHITE. City Inspector
City inspectors once Feb. H. Isl9
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y : y. s:.:S "a S.:iis sYs.: for 'sss s'ais
E@.v:, Jsa s. An imiu. oLssn. York for copsahsssn
rIAssoso' Hrxp. Jan -on E,s Koch from NYork for
Br ras.ov, IA. x.,,,,..s. ,..,. HIM sr Nor.
and I'd S'S.. :. '-An --.'''.' '~'.. A'. :. .
s;h xsy nsSGsnam' I Te; ~ ni.ans
i es nor % % ana chS
Whiss cid FOR Gsnos Cld ssh EsIss Cross
sun Jan s: Join Sssm.n NYol Dec 20
SsS JOSEPH BssA h'ao' ar a for
GHassow' jan Dsn.u. Poo,l.nd New Orleans Vt
s Gs sss sSy sy s
..S 0r!sass sa on assncoE iSshj Nary Nor.
bAvsE, Jan liar rrois Frsrss Got, Yorh Nnsrvs.
orssn: s s. john sscssS and s LION Dyer Se isS
Windsor Castle Patterson ga P.s.ola. Noses
Orleans, Venice sasr Mobile; Sarah sSs.is ssnds YORK.
sSsls Hsnsb. :ysdos and sss ca for o.isan: Arso.
HULL lS Ar Queen vosor.. P..sni.E Charleston.
s;ss. ss.asA. is s sSss @
goli SSs:5; !jsy iIi zsDss1 WI
Jan sAE Energy Small. NYork for London
% Is ss.sssss Tsi.ss s' New o.ls..
hs: @ 20.
Hsmpdep Brars Mobiles Antelooe Cro.bv Point Sddena
Cobb, New York; 18TH. Franklin, City Points Pot,mac,
virginia with part OF cargo thu OWN overG Europe Fiji
ladeia via Cardigan Bay towed in dismasted It George
PIP rSw Iyn n.iuey Ctmnet sew OteaSS ELLA
ocS ot put IN tnroush s'.ess OF weanef.
in nrsl 18Th Sutouehanpah DunLvv pniisdeipha 18th
Dew nsbs strickland Bossop Peter Marcy Macy
kerr Nbs Thomas Nrleaos 2Oh Aroos Proa do; Eis.
S Thompson HYorE p0' '''A A''n' ''Ah 0an'
Cd 1867 afro Child NOrleaps Orleans Bogert do Sarah
Ann Skofeld Nobe Harvard sayapnsh ath laurel Roso;
hndoo Brow n; Caos TAYLOR and Soon
Buoknam NOrean ARA Johnson Charleston; r winthrop
Know es Boston; Margaret Rogers Savannah 22d, Soldan
Ihom Ably Pratt shaw and Orleana Henry NOrean' Bur
nsmm Surdvaht savannah 3d. Ashburton, Bunting New
nsrk Coiumbur bAch NOrt ans; ClarIsa ADdrsws Colby
s9o,ie; James Calder Cnarestsn fhia'
depha b. Laura Carr MOBILIZE lvanhoe Knight NYors Rus
Tsmors liz a." LA, NJ Sn.s HS. s. co. CSTss MI
Ais, rd I.tb Aws,can 49, n.y.. xxi Vt.
P.nistt a. I'M Nun'' NAoAA' A'sn' foess Mug
In ~. 49, ho,ra ,s.h a,,.os. p,.... TO-. ~.
bs snhr;d.s Tawior .mJ H;"St ~
wins Serry ano Berry, and Hsr Augusta
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Herald Marine Correspondence.

PsIu.ApsIrHIA, Feb IL, 4 M-Aravsd- Dark Warwick,
Lowry, New Orleans Schr n CoHIee, Smaley, do
CaIed-Brjgs Thomas Edward, ats, EOrsans Emeine
watts do PosT Hammond, Boston; Rmma Baker, via New
castle. Dell schr Charles Hawey, Hopgh, Bridgeport
MlscelaneOus.
LKTrER BAGS OF Of shp Duchesc dOrcans for Havr
VIM close this cay A. the Exchange Beading Room, ~ half past
Letters for AL parts Of tho West Indies PAnsma aad
the Pacific will be received N above forwarded
roy al mail steamer
fhe sp Andrew Foster Liverpool and the
phet p John skddy for Liverpool THURSDAY the 18TH
euer lsgs ~ above.
snp bopMoso, LfvpppooI-Capt Sappa1n. Of the thp
M iausA n yflh ~ skE HanssA 4 UywIsA a " Mef
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DOmestic Eiisc~llany.


The American Hall, ut Hartford, Conn., was des-
troy ed by fire on Sunday morning Hanningtons
Panorama Of the Creation was in 1t ct the time and
destrcysd
William Bennett has recovered $4,000 damages
sgainst the Utica and Schenectady Railroad Com
psny. for Injuries received BY collision the road
In May lset.
boy named Dyer was killed in Boeton on Sunday,
BY being run over by horse and slsigh
The Common Council Of Boston have declared
sgaintt the dogs.
the end Of the year ls4s there were 2bs convicts
In the Maryland Penhsntisry. The expenses exceeded
the income Of labor Of convicts by Sl2 9i 81.
Andrew +. Tyler, fortune teller, executed at
Bryan Ohio the 26th ut for the murder nj child,
which he killed order that fortune he pretended to
tell might prove true.
movement has been com need among the French
Canadians for the abolition Of tithes.
Peter Shindel, eyed eighty nine years, soldier of
the revolution died at Lancaster Pa the 9th inst.
The Ohio House Of Repre entstves has instr ucted
committee to report bill repeating all laws granting
licenses TO FELL Intoxicating liquors.
TIL houses were destroyed by hre ct Mount Plea
rant, Conn on Saturday morning last.
There 10 said to BE- an apple ut Northampton Mass
which grew In the year 1919.
During the month Of January, there were eighty one
deaths In the city of Washington.
Samuel Hughes committed suicide at Cumberland,
Md, few days since
There were .ighty>feur deaths In Boston for the
week ending Friday, the 9th inst.
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Passengers Arrlyvd.
kxRs@sn ~'" ny
The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-06
From the Kingston Jamaica Journal, December 70
LATE FRGHI PANAMA.

We have adpices from Panama 10 the eth of No
vamber. There was at that place her Majesty
schooner Coekairce, with stores and provisions iol
her Malesiy's aury, wing ships Herald and Pandora
the first from the edge of the lee where she had been
in search Of Sir John Franklin and his party The
other from Vancouver's Island and the Sandwich
lslanda. These vessels We're nomentaiiiy expected
at Panama. ss,
Admiral Hnrnhy, the commander ii. chief in III,
Pacific, was AZ Vnparaiao with the Asia tGi), Cor
eon steamer az, Juno coy, and Calypso c,D III,
Champion (lS) had sailed for the north west
The British brig Mary Rnsaell Pain, master win
pearl shells and hides Tor London was esperled I,
leave in couple Of days would also the Frencl
ship Minerva for lIayrr. Besides these there wer
ia pnr; a couple Of tranadian schooners arrive,
| from the coast.
| The California, the frs, Of the American line o
steamers TO ply hotwecn thu port Of Panama anc
san Francisco, California, was expected be
fore The end Of this month ar the beginning Of Jan
nary, and will take the mails for lie Northwest roas
To DC brought to ChaYros by the first of another nep
| line of steamers between the States and that por,
Panama has therefore baconle the central p0in
/ In the Pacific, whence depart the steamers 10 tn
! south rs far as Valparaiso and io,the North M /,
Oregon, as from San Francisco there vii BIZ branrl
/ 10 that point, and there Is little doubt that ere lon.
| there viii be also branch TO the Sandwich Island
and China, put on foot by the parties running tn
American line 10 the westward.
| The repair OF the Cruces road is 10 commence o,
the Isl OF january next the Royal Mail Compan,
! advancing the new Granadian Government fund snf
Hclcnt LOT inc purpose the latter providing corp
| OF two hundred snpprrs1o do The work
Perhaps rreadcrs are not aware that all the port
in the isthnHs are free, and that vessels can com
and remain in them all the lime they think fit, with
out paying tonnage dues, and that the duties on al
goods Imported arc reduced 10 the nominal rate o
fYe-one hundreds Of real per pound, or less thar
one per cent on an assorted cargo The only excep
ton 10 that rate is on spirits which pay dnty o
about eleven reals per dozen. Sugar, rum cotton
and tobacco are not permitted to pass in tran
Sit Cigars may be imported al the high duty o
| ten dollars per thousand. With such advantages
and with The line OF steamers divergng from thi
central point We should say there Is fair openin!
- Panama for extensive business, and we concciv
that beiQr9many years over, il win be very Hour
| ishing place.
The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-06
From Basil lItli', Jouruil,
rpIIIr NOUN nE BANANA

''Ehc finest ruin al Panama is that OF the JesliIy
t'0lleaa large and beautiful cditlce, which, hnwey
II, was never finished; yet The melancholy iners
which II inspires il rather. augmented than dmn
ished by that circumstance, for II reminds us not on
" Of the destruction Of the great order which ioun
died il, but also OF The total decay Of Spanish taste
and wealth which accompanied that event. Ihf
culIr9c is Il largo quudrannuar building, which had
been carried 10 the height Of two stories, and was
prob,bly 10 have been slrmounIed by third.
The ornamental part Of the building Is in pure and
,lmpIs taste /; neat curniccs with high mouldings,
are carried arouud the work above and below The
windows, which are very numerous. and crossed by
Gothic uriliana; the corners also, and the stones
oy,tr the doors are relieved by mouldings. From
each corner OF the building, and from the middle ol
each side there pfalucts solid square tower rest
Ing on arches based on the ground through which
compact MASSEY and graceful appearance, not dssnI'
liar II, general effect that Of Cfecian temple
rhSugh totally different in its structure The details
are executed with ntancss AMI delicacy, but Their,
IL no irippeIy abOEt the ornamental carving, and ev'
cry part appears 10 contribute to the grandeur of The
whole Az the work has been carried on TO the
height al round no part Of the walls Is higher than
the rest aulalthough the court Is thckly opergrowf
With trees and shrubs and the walls matted will
,rttpers and brilliant flowers, the cdiice cannot it
frjctncss, be called 4 ruin, since every stone con
Trims It's original place. a"
III SOME districts Of The town Of Panama whole
streets are allowed 10 fall into neglect; grass ha
orown over most parts of the pavement and the mil
itlry works cruinbling fast 10 decay. Everythin.
in short tells the same lainentable story of forme
spsndor, and of pscsent poverty: The desoatioI
was. IN some respects, as complete rs that of Con
ccpton, described in Chapter VII. The slow, hou4l
cure results Of national decline are visible In on
place the rapid effect Of war in the othcr-in botl
The whitening consequences Of mis- government ar,
distinctly 10 be traced
The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-06
nUcKwIIEAT CAKES.

The griddle on which cakes are baked
should never be touched with grease: First
", because they impart rancid taste to
the cakes. Secondly, il cooking stove
be used it fills the kitchen, if not the whole
house, with the smell Of burnt grease--to
say nothing Of the parade and Boosting TO
ones neighbors by betraying what we are
to have for breakfast. Wash the griddle
with hot soap suds, scour with dry sand, and
when heated for use rub itwell witha spoon
full of fine salt and coarse cloth. II will
then be ready to receive the cakes, After
each cake is removed, the salt rubbing must
be repeated. If the first did not succeed,
try it again, and you will ever after follow
the advice Of an old housekeepe.