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BUSINESS or THE COMPANY CONFINED TO LIFE IN

BUSINESS OE THE COMPANY CONF1NED ~ LII Z ="
80 suRANcE.
+ Permanent Fund by Act Of Incorporation,
500, 900.
Which permanent fund are to be lnvested as
per charter. for the benefit of the policy holders,
In bonds and mortgages on unincumbered real
estate valued at double the amount loaned
thereon. and in stocks Of the State, and OF the
United States Government.
This Company being organized, not Tor the
benefit of stockholders md capitalists but sole
llv for the protection Of the policy holders and
their families against want md poverty, is In
it's operations d great NatioTM benevolent in
stitution, conducted upon the most Secure and
solid principles, and affording for small annu-
ii sum. paid during life, a large and handsome
legacy to widows md children after death.
Ali policy holders, whether for life or shorter
terms. who continue the insurance till death,
porticipate. il the whole Of the profits OF the
company, without any reservations.
Cfedit0rs can insure the lives Of debtors, thus
securing u prompt settlement in case OF death
A married woman can effect insurance on the
life nf her husband, for the sole benefit and use
bf herself and children, free from the claims OF
creditors.
John Hagan, Joseph Walker,
Peter Conrey, Jr., Maunsel White,
- !, Robert j. Ward. Samuel Stewart,
z,s Iaaac JohnsOn. Geo. StraWbridge,
d 4 Iohp 81 Allison. VIM. E. Leverich,
$50 edward Sparrow, Henry S. Bnckner.
prrfr CorREY. IT,, President Board of Trus-
Y tees.
Directors:
!. Joseph w. Stanton, John Stroud, ST.,
John u. Lewis, John Calhoun,
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FROM TUE RIO GRANDE.
NEW ORLEANS, JULY O.

Much excitement prevails along
the banks of the Rio Grande, and
families arc abandoning the settle
ments, apprehensive of an attack
from the savages who are infestlng
that section of country. A letter
from Rio Grandc City says that the
Indians had disposed their force SO
as TO form three divisions, one OF
which was to descend the river Mt
eces, to Corpus Christi; one was to
advance on Brownsville, and the
third was TO take the Mexican side OF
the Rio Grande. SO we may expect
to hear of bloody work.-Telegraph,
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BRITISH NOTIONS

BRITISH NOTIONS.
If the reception in England of the
accounts of the late events in Cuba
be any true indication of the feelings
of the British people, and the purpo-
ses of the British Government, we
must look to be called up soon
to encounter an avowcd and concert
cd system of European hostilitv-a
revived Holy Alliance of European
Monarchs against American growth
and influence. The press and the
Parliament-Tories, Wings and Rad
lcals--broke out into furious and
tumultuous storm ofrage against the
American Government and people.
he Executive was allowed by some
TO be well meaning, but powerless;
hut the form of Government was de-
nounced as Incompatible with the
maintenance of the duties which ma
tons owe TO each other; and the peo-
pleas ambitious, grasping and UNI
scrupulous, TO whom its own Govern
ment is an object of contemptuous
disregard for imbecility-a robbcr
race, in fact, to whom the laws of
nations and ofhumanity nrc no re.
straint, and against whom civilized
Europe must combine to prevent
them from overrunning all neighbor-
ing countries with revolution and ra-
pine Some ofthe most grave mem
bers of Parliament-we do not in
clude in that list the fantastic charla-
tan Brougham -intimated the neces-
sity of some grand demonstration to
check the ambitious and aggressive
spirit of the United States; and in sew
c,rai quarters broad mtimations were
thrown out that aproposition would
be submitted to the continental ma
tons to JOIN IN league for the pur-
pose of upholding the authority of
Spain in Cuba, and of checking, bydo
monstrations of Overwhelming force,
the extension of the territories or the
increase ofthe power of the United
States of this continent.
The intelligence ofthe utter fail
ure of the expedition, and the insig-
n!llcance of the force which went out
of the United States with Lopez,
does not seem 10 have mitigated their
rancor OF appeased the alarm. The
Government Of the United States is
called TO account for all that has been
done by Lopez and his men; and
warned that the ample punishment
these men can alone satisfy the
nations of Europe, and give Great
Britain a sense of security Tor her
own territorial possessions in Ameri-
ca. The London Times threatens
that if these things be not done by
the laws of the United States, they
will bn enforced by "all civilized ma
tons" in other words, we must do
as we are bid, or all Europc will
march against us.
From the days when sht <n;ghtcd
ar.drewarded Drake for his success
ful piraciesin the South Seas, against
the subjects of Spain, up to this day,
when she .invokes the world to ION
her in detestation of the American
Republic, i! for falling in vigilance IN
moi protecting Spain in possession of
her colonies, the single ruling motive
has been the advancement ofF.ng-
land S own interests and enlarge-
ment of England's own dommions.
Cuba. is a rich possession, comman-
ding the entrance tostI,e Gulf, which
IS the mouth through which the com
mlerce OF Europe is destined 10 find
lts only profitable caannel to the Pa
ciiies. We wonder whether these
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high in authority may have the Wi .
dom to do justice, save the Union ard
protect our glorious confederacy
from the horrors of civil war, and il
testine diScord.-Richmond En-.
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~ '',,.i' 'NiS ''ON'NiiNih
uitras nave to the bill"
PRAISE w ORTIZ HAVING. The
Mobile Tribune, a journal indepep-
dent OF party, and which is as Judi
clous as 1t is consistent and firm III its
deienceof the cause ofthe South,
passes the following discriminating
Judgment on the speech of our Scna-
Tor, Mr' BarnWcll;
we should like to give our read
e,s the speech de Tered recently y
Mr. BarnWe:l in the United States
senate. This gentleman is just from
private station, where he has been
performing quiet duties, and where no
speeches are delivered except by
the "bores." re has not, therefore,
got the Buncombe "hang" oi' The
OF the Senate, but thinks, unlike a
noted Frenchman, that words are in
tended to Le the vehicle of honest
thoughts. His words are not big,
such as usually come from men who
Will say more III a minute than they
Will stand to in lifetime. In short,
the speech is just such a one as we
should expect from gentleman who
had more respect for his own good
opinion than for that of anv C,b.,r
of oratory is phenomenon in Con
grcss, and it is refreshing to read il.
A man travelling through Sahara.
parched and way-worn, could not
have come with more deEpbt on y
cool spring embosomed within a GROVE
of date trees, than one falls mon IN <
speech, in the journey throuph the
great waste of congressional hum
bug. We have already givcn n
brief and meagrc abstract Oft. 1t
pomts-such as a vindication ofthe
Missouri Compromise, and the neccs-
sites that the South is under to be
firm and watcbful-but these it illus
trates in pellucid current of the
soundest argument. There are no
threats or restiveness displayed bv
the speaker, but a great deal of ear
neslness and such manifestations of
firmness as are calculated TO make
one believe that in action he would
be wherever the South needs a man
the most"
HE CoMPRoMIsE.-A letter, from a
distinguished private source, at Wash
mgton, mentioning the illness ofPres
ldent Taylor, and specializing on the
probability of his death, saws. "if he
should die, the Compromise Bill will
certainly pass" meaning, we pre-
sumo, that MIR. Fillmore, on his sue
eession to the Presidency, would cast
his influence in their favor, SO says
the Couler'--Ielegraph.
SUDDEN DEATH.-lt is with pain
we announce the sudden death Of
one ci our most esteemed citizens
Hon. leXander MI. McIver, who
died IL this place on Wednesday
evening MIR. Mclyer had been in
delicate health for some time, but
previous to his death, nothing had
occurred to particularly excite the
fear OF his friends.
Mr' Mciver was Solicitor for the
Eastern Circuit, to which Office he
was elected TOR the third term by the
last Legislature
we hope to receive, in time for
our next paper, a more extended OBJ
ltuaIry' from friend well qualified TO
perform the melancholy duty.--Che-
r"0 Gazette
N1
NOT All DEPR ASED:-~on yester-
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ject, aud that Henry Clay will have
something to say that will remove
many objections which the Southern
ultras have to the bill"
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TIE CoMPRoMIsE.-A letter, from n
distinguished private source, at Wash
mgton, mentioning the illness of Pres
ldent Taylor, and speculating on the
probability of his death, says, "if he
should die, the Compromise Bill will
certainly pass" meaning, we pre-
sumo, that Mr.. Fillmore, on his sue
eession to the Presidency, would cast
his influence in their favor. SO saws
the CouHier.-Telegraph.
The New York herald., 1850-11-16
Tbc Euss,on Emp,re

In the Russian province OF Llthuania, the landed
proprietors Of the class of nobility are falling rapidly
into poverty. Almost every number of the official
journals OF he province contains announcements Of
the sale of the estates OF nsovent proprie.ors In
meny other governments Of Russia, the class OF
mobiles includes individuals who have become inn
povershed. According TO official report made to
the minister of the Interior, there were in 29 govern
whose sole possessions were confined 10 p serfs,
and in many cases less number. In the same
government there are many noble families who
own only hall "dessatine" OF land, or about two
acres English, without serfs attached to IL. To
aTsist these impoverished families as far as pos
sible, the government mt has resolved 10 settle them
on the Crown lands OF the governments Of Sim
birsk and Tobolsk. On account of their inability
10 educate their children, son from each
family is entered in the battelioas Of the military
polnnife
The New York herald., 1850-11-16
Spain.

AFFAIRS OF CuBA-THE DEPARTURE OF TRoors-Ac-
COUNTS FROM THE ISLAND.
General J. Concha and his family left Ca3iz, on
the 18th ut, in the Caledonia steamer, lately pur
vsna, touching at the Canaries and Porto Rico.
Brigader Vargas, Senor Bastarre che, of the Board
of Health. with IL superior officers and % other
officers belonging TO the staff, and the detachments
of troops on board, went with the new Captain &C.
neral OF Cuba The troops embarked in this steamer
consist of Ga aItillerymen. l20 sappers and miners
81 cavalry soldiers, and ITO light infantry. They
left soon after one, Z NJ; and directly afterwards
the Castella steamer arrived from Tarragona, with
General Menzano and 700 men of the Reina Regi-
ment, also destined for Cuba, and who were 10
have left very shortly for that island with the rest
OF the force now accumulated at Cadiz and Porte
81 Mary.
The Madrid correspondent of the London Ckroni-
Gle, writing under date of the 2lst ut., says:-
hear that Lord Howden has sent in a strong
note 10 the Spanish government, complaining of the
conduct of Gen. Roncali, Captain General OF Cuba,
IN conniving at the introduction of African slaves
into the island and stating that, on recent occa-
sion, he received the moderate dOllcei1 of three
gold ounces, or above Gl0 sterling, for each slave
introduced. learn that Senor PIda laid this note
before the council of ministers, and that General
Navaez is very wroth with Roncal for the pro-
ceeding. 6pToP0s of Cuba and its affairs, il was
reported yesterday that telegraphic despatch had
arrived from Paris, stating that news of the break
ing out ct an insurectiOn in the island had been
ceiyed; and, TO day, the E2ana confirms the fact,
as broueh hit by letters conveyed by the Canada II
however expresses itself confidently tina. il will
soon be put down. Brigadier Sanchez, who is at
the head Of il, IS American IL O., Spanish Ameri-
can) by birth; he was an officer in the Royal
Guards here, ard in 1887 took prominent part in
the military movement at Aravaca, IN this neigh
boIhood, by which the Calatrava- MendIabal mi
nistry wes overturned. He was then considered
as attached to Espartero, by whom that movement
was ssid 10 be favored; but, in 1888, he took part
in the "pronunciamento" against him, and came
in with the troops under Nprvaez. He was Lieu
tenant Governor of Pinar del Rio, fortyfve leagues
from the Havana; and, according TO the Espdna.
ment oftroops stationed there, and few mulatoes.
The Captain General is stated 10 have sent Briga-
der Saas, with 500 infantry and so cavalry TO put
down this insurrecton.
The New York herald., 1850-11-16
possible to rely upon the spirit Of enterprise with

Poss,oie 10 rely upon the spirit ef enterprise wiz
our capitalists.
- We never counted upon the success Of the
french company from Havre to New York. We
Pedicted, from the beginning, that in the hands
oI tne company the lines of great navigation could
ment should secure high interests, and pay for the
When The Union sailed from Cherbourg, We
were convinced that the service would ceSDe tho
very day when the government would refuse to re-
Iair the faults of the company The experiment has
unhappiy proved our prediction.
Thus, till the day when the government will
take charge of the great transatlantic lines, we
will be tributaries OF foreign commerce; and We
must rejoice, as we do now, that rival flag brings
to our ports some activity; but our government has
other cares than that of eur maritime and CONNER
cial interests, and we do not wish to inure tho
government 30 much as 10 say that its pre-occu-
pations permit il TO think of those details.
The New York herald., 1850-11-16
The Neycst Pnrisian Fashions.

In the absence of nything very exciting in the
political world, the Parsians have lately been
amusing themselves, after their wontei manner,
with startling novelties. The most absurd exhibit
tion during this week, has been that of M. Poite-
win, on Sunday afternoon. To the great delight of
the public, he ascended in car, guiding an enor-
nous balloon. To the car were attached, at a
considerable distance from il, by of Invisible
irons, what he calls spirits of the air." name ~,
three half clad ballet girls, glad to gain their ead
by ascending, a cold afternoon, intO the higher
regions Of the air, at the imminent peril of their
lives. M. Peiteyin gives the following account OF
the affair -
We left the Hippodrome at halfpast five O'Clock,
and found ourselves above the Champ de Mars,
about eco yards in height. The cold became very
sharp, and our three intrepid niles de rar, whose
courage did not fail single instant began to discover
not precisely travelling dresses for such high
regions and they felt strong desire to abdcate their
divine role, and return to the car to change their
dresses OF lace and muslin for clothing much warmer
although files de rair their teeth began TO chatter
We put the mechanism which is sim pie it Is solid,
in movement and the travellers returned to the
where they quickly exchanged their clothes. Our bal
loon had twice been in cold clouds and we lost sight Of
the earth but the wind brought Paris, and
passed over the Pantheon the Jsrdn des Plantes and
the For; OF Vejuif By this time the ladies had COM
pleted their toilet-a strange operation at such "A
height The mig having begun to approach effect
ed my descent without the slightest shock
Another favoIite exhibition, in Paris, is the per-
chope," or the Indian rubber man, who amuses
mankind by proving that the human frame is capa-
bic ef coDiorions which the monkey. kind would
bnd IL difficult TO execute. This creature bends
his back into such perfect curve, that, standing
firm on his feet, he actually, by curviDg l., brings
his face between his legs, whence for some time
he quietly regards his gaping behelders.
The New York herald., 1850-11-16

and farm. stesdings than these itcontrived and
worse managed structures The hlth was repui-
sive. Beside the dunghill, and before the door.
was usually a green cesspOOl of hqud manure.
Passing TO eeward, you perceived the prevailing
scent Of the melon beds, varied by a trail of dis
mai stenches from each OF these foul laooratorie
The uthouses were frequently built after this
fashion "A double set OF thin struggling stakes
are stuck IN the ground, and betweea them
are piled uP the manner sfa wall, loosely bound
sheaves of straw, fortified, Ia some cases, by a
mesQre waffle work of tir-cutlings or broom. OF
course, the sheds 80 formed, are neither wind nor
water tight. stiff gale drives them down before
il like houses of cards. but the materials are none
the worse, and few hours labor suffices to pile
them up again. When structures of more sub.
santia character reared, there is abundant evil
dence of an utter want of design ard coherency in
their parts Even the better class of farm offices Of
these small Propr,etors, form Jumole of stone,
other without method or order, generally in more
or les advanced stage of diapidation, and sur.
rounded by masses Of rotting vegetable refuse.
During the course of long afternoons walk, and
many pc ep into barn and granary, observed two
winnowing machines, while | found, perhaps, a
dozen of instances OF people separating the grain
from the chaff by means OF The wind and this, the
propretors of the machines said, was still the usual
method of the country The operation was uni
formly performed on the road side. clean sheet
was spread, upon which a sieve was laid-the ope-
rator then, holding a basket above his head, shook
from it the mingled grain, dust, and chafl, and the
process of separation was afterwards rendered
complete by means of the sieve. Pigeon towers
abounded, and in farm yards which did not boast
any, an nfnny of roughly made open cages were
frequently suspended as roostng places for the birds
beneath the caves Irrigation forming an important
part of the vine and vegetable culture about Blos,
The ground is pierced with abundance of wells,
some ten feet deep, from which the buckets are
drawn up by means of long hooked pole. Ii was
odd, at rs TO see scores of people dispersed among
the potatoes, vines, and melOns continually driving,
as It appeared, long poles deeply down into the
earth A good deal Of poultry is reared, but the
ducks show love for the green stagnant pools
suite unaccountabe, considering the Immediate
vicinage of the bright waters of the Loire.
The New York herald., 1850-11-16

&c +, &c though the Pope, according to Oakeley.
The apostate, has been SO complasan and f0rbe ar
ing as 10 abstain from nominating to the sees et
Canterbury, London and Others, occupied by
bishops established in them by lawful authority
We feel, and justly feel, even this comp laccntly
and "forbearngly" modified assumption as an in
toierable insult. Now what must be the feeling of
our Irish Protestant breihern, who see thirty
bishops of the Pope'S appointment usurpng sess,
including all those sees reserved for the bishops OF
he established church, into which the Pope thrusts
his pe asant priests, without " compais ince" or
- forbesraDce ~ And this is not all; the Irish Pro-
testant hears these peasant pyOteges of an Italian
priest, addressed by the Queens ministers as
lords, and favored with a precedence above the
most ahcient of the hereditary nobility. Let
be honest; can we fairly blame the Pope for
doing that in England which he is encouraged
10 do in lIeland-can We pretend to treat th At
grievance and insult in one part of the
United Kingdom which we will not listen to a.
subject OF complaint in another! Ii Irish Pro-
tesaDts complain OF these very same aggr- ssi0ns,
which Engllshmen resent with so much heat, are
they not called bigots, monopollsts, tyrants-ani-
mails ferC nat~G-in one word, Orangemen-as
II that name, which comprises all that Is noble in
the chsrscrer of free BritOn were, indeed, the
expression of all evil II, however, the Irish Pro-
testants are subjected to insults which Englishmen
are not expected 10 submit to, and will not submit
10, they ~ not less subject to practical injustice.
Already the whole current of Official patronage is
directed TO the subjects of the Pope, now his
avowed subjects, though few years ago Roman
lists contrasted the integrity and absoluteness OF
their allegiance 10 the crown with what they called
''the conditional allegiance" Of Proestants. Now
these men, the local head of whose church refuses
10 take the usual oath of allegance-and we honor
DIR. Cullen for the refusal, at il is better to refuse
an oath than take it and break il, as many Ro-
man Catholics have done with the Parliamentary
oath-these subjects of the Pope are now the OBJ.
jecrs of all favor with the Queens ministers. OF
three Chief Justices in Ireland, two are Romansts;
Of the law officers, one is pro- iomanst, and the
other an actual Romanist, and this though the
numerical proportion of Proestans at the bar is
as ten TO one, the proportion in talent, Romanis.s
themselves being the judges, one hundred to one.
Let us, then, when we give expression to our own
sense OF indignation at the nsolent aggressIons Of
Pope and Popery, make some allowance for the
feeling Of our Irish Protestant brethren, if we
would not confess ourselves the vilest aud most
selfish of hypocrites.
The New York herald., 1850-11-16

VERMONT JuDrc1ARy.-The judiciary system in
this State has been changed. We have now two
benches OF judges, one 10 hear arguments on ap-
peal, writs Of error, &c, exclusively, the other TO
Try causes.-Jumert Phsnir, Nor. II
The New York herald., 1850-11-16

DROUGHT N TESA..-The drought here has been
Unprecedented in duration. II has now beem
nearyfour months since the earth has been re-
penished with shower Of any consequence. In
The brisk norther blowing yesterday our streets,
nom the mantling clouds Of dust, presented more
the appearance OF fleetng snow.storm at mid
winter in the North, than an October day in the
sunny South" The Colorado is at high stage
inst now, from which we Judge there has been
abundance OF rain above.-Bfofagmda (TsrosD
Tribune, Oct. D.
AZ lnn.nlaa...a Il .I. .unl a.
The New York herald., 1850-11-16
RENAR hS

REMARKS.
We give the above statement for two reasons
First be just to the friends of the Cunard steam
ers and seccnd, to expose its errors. We expose
the errors by giving the annexed table,
SEVEN TRIPS OF TIE ASIA.