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Cation nnd inc Cot,nn Trade,

NIT Bright has brought Inc sOblect oI The gFo"lh of cottou in India before the House Of Commons, in speech full of sound reasoning, and the staiis- ties of the subject The cotton manufacturers Of the country employed. he said. 20oo8oo of oar populal,os. and A larger capital than was embark ed in any ether manufacture, which produced the larges; proportion of our exports. The raw cotton imported had increased from 56 GOO OO0 pounds in IS00, to nc less than 654 e10 o05 pounds iu lst9 Of this large amount, 7SJS per cent. was supplied by the Uai,ed States. and l02 per cent from Brit. ish India The crop in the Un,ted States liable to great fgciuatioBs and the consumption of cot ion both on the Continent of Europe and 's toeFi ca was rspidy iaereasiDg apparently beyond the powers of produetion. The advance cf Id. pei pouad on raw cotton was equal to t E2 0O0 ,0O0 on the annual eOnsumpto<i of England.
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m. Wlln1I..Rfnri.aa. Nha k lh, nnn.t,

Wllmet fFesisoisa ssrarassiy the wAAe iA Co@s grssS, it9tn ihl eetpsssg monster wase ps~eence endangered fhs exsssaes ct the Uaiaa, has asin- diesl t8io dwstAsa sksieteB, of hsrh ao ene afraid. I he peaIde. democrats aud N ea are disa eaTt,as the h9mbuE Like the et1tssse dnG ta he Following aasc,iese it wilt sp.,a Se klskad ashs is author, iroR .hp eoaaSils ol inc hat,sa. ReaA the sisig, and Ii such Is not the late e ei tte Wilmot " a
 We were itavellng fhroagh CanAas, says cuismss rcFary. ln ths wialrf at Sy9. and alteE bong aay's lds, stepped s' ths Lions aa, aud The eonaepl set the sage, numbering about aine Rssoas, gAiAa efea round tar ehetFiai Ere Assoag the rapaafs oi the foatn obsefve,l an i looking eaF whs had shown his w,t ey iskng ar his qaassets ia cesss foflahie an spaftiueus Adler tsw minasea ths landlord entered, anh ohsefviag the spreimen sf the eaniRs species, renarketl
 Fine dog, that Is he yours. st r. spp<aliag to one oi the passengerss 4
 "No sir"
 Beauiifai dog Yours, sirs s'' addressing hlma sell to a second
 ssNo.' was the blunt isplgs
 Come here. pup Perhaps he ls yvurs sirs"
 "Nc," was ihe reply, " Very sagaeioas sni'nai Belongs 10 yes. suppose r'
 sNo he doesn't :" was the answer.
 Then he is yours, sud ycsi have treasats," (lhro~ing the dog cracker
 Nothing ot ths kiDd,.
 '' Oh (with smilrl he belongs 10 you as msitet of course Y! addressing hnselglo the Isss psssenMek Wosidf have him ss gin" N
 '' Then you i~setha, dirty. mean, ecntampsihis . wheir, ge, oai :"
 And with that, ,he hos, gave the poor dog saeh kick sen, him yelling iulo the street amid ths of tSs comraay.
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T. H. BENTON.
An Ac, of Dcvo,ed uetoism.

The following incident is recorded in the Sandasky (Ohio) Mirror, of the pilot of the steamer Glifih who fell a victim 10 hs own heroism
 "Mr Holly. Of Missouri informed us that whs fl the flames were making rapidly towards the pilot house of ihe Gridith. he heard some one, the mate he thinks inquire of the man al the wheel fl he woud .. stand to his post" The man gave hearty re- sponse of"I will 7" This directed his attention 10 he wheeltnan, and he watched his bearing; when the boat stopped he stood there uHmoVed, firmly eraspinS the wheel, completely ehseioped in flames Mir Holly supposed he must have been burned ur; but 1t appears, after he boat ceased to move he passed through the flames aud overheard. His body was found badly burned. Ii was brought ;o San dusky and buried This no5lest Of heroes, who could thus stand 10 his post and voluntarily throw away bis own ife the hope of saving others from death, vas Richard Mann, long resident of San dusky and vicinity. No tomb deserves a nobler monument than his"
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ANOTHER RTzFEaY.

The fugisxfes is from the Bristol (Engiandl Times, of May 25ih k mast bs acknowledged iha, the crystal bal rather knocks the celebrated !" Rochester kuoekiagsS
 4 sassi Exira0s aiaary CSreamstraee -Tlle fol- lowing aaaccaunlabIc occurrences have been cen mRRleated 10 us by a geauenlAa iu Bristol. who knows aIl the parties ali0des to in the statement. and had from them personal narrative Of the cir. cus,ssances These ciFc ans aaees We do not at- tempt to explain or soeoaat fsr Oar lafuFna9t has given us the names indicated by isitai l-tters aud they are ait of the highest responsibility and crei bi fly; indeed. the Archdescon alluded to. when quesioaed very recently the matter, sad it was qalte teue; bat added he, $ do Ral ask any more questions aboat tt. IL is saiaale sg~aey" We may here mentioa Ihat s'the virtues of sifni- lar crysssi ba possessed by him is boas,ed of ia the works of DT. Dee, ia the reign of Charles the First or Second;
 Al the sale of the late Countess of blessing,oRs effects. gsosniar crystal bali, s'aisd 10 have Tor. raetiy belonged lo ihe Egyptian Msgi, was par chased by old Jew. from. whom x Pass~d 10 u H.. A short fims slare the fgienteaant threw the bsil to hts ltie daughter to play with The easld. who hsd lost it's mother, snddeniy started, saying Papa there's lady n the ball '-'ft Is dear mama Day after day the child siouiiy deciarrd she her mother in ths ba:i until the Lisulssast, beag uneasy, gave tiis crystsito Archdeacea R---. This dlxaitary, having q daHEhtsF about hve years old. who knew her letters bat could not read, deteFmt- Red ts test the Lieutensuts assertions, gave to her 10 play with also. Not a menen, elapsed be- fore this child said, "a fine gentleman was in the ball. but not knowing who IL was, accurately de- scribed to her father his dress and featafes. Re coensing in the descriplios hs eldest sou. then iH India he desired his daughter 10 ask ttle gentle man who he was She then said writing spn"ared ;he hail, aud speIt letter by letter. T am your brother Tom.
 The Archdeaeon. who k now engaged in editing fresh edition of The Eecicsissticat Poity,' not h-iug satisfied, said, susan, ask for pr Hooker The child immediately reiied. 'tlh. Papa, here is fanny old maa,' and then described his appear anee Now ask the Doctor whether shall be successful in The new edition of his work wri- ting immediately appeared the bali, and the little girl spet Not ualcss you get more correct copy 10 work from. Well said the Archdsaeou, per hsns Mrs. Hooker can tell me, ask her. Mrs fl. t.en appeared visible iu the crystal 10 Ihe chiid. Now ask her, said the father, 'what shs has done with her husbands manuserpts.' The ball replied before, that she had burnt them after nrr hns- bands death.
 Our informant, who is very sceptcal, suggests whether from leading questions having beea pat to the second chfi she nliEt moi with little ingeDuity return the she aids hut tlie actors then cai attention to the facts that the inability of the child read. and the Of the reiar rHed are such to warrant the assumption of preternatu raj agency"
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Political Tactics.

The Ant-Slsvery or Free. Soil party of the North
 iasiag Il ilnpractcabe :o obtain their obecs direct 1 Iy by the passage of ths Nifnct Proviso, have
 sorted 10 stratagem to obtain their end. To for the North ts whole of the territory in coatro- vcrsy, they have res0rted to tho manGuvre of hav-
 ing he iahabiants there 10 present those territories ! as States with constitutions exeadiaR slavehoders By Eoiur through this form, which mere form is objectiohabie they expect to disarm inc op- position of the Seuih or at least te secure before The country the advaaage of position, and ohiige the South be the first to resort to Inc remedies outside the usual forms of constitutional and lega proceedings This stY&tseem, cunning as tt is, may however easily be thwaFted. without going out of the line of action already recognised la the Coasli tuition end jaws. The Southern Representatives, though in a minority. have it in their power, by well known parliamentary tactics, te prevent tlse success of these oa,ragss on their constituents. If they cannot move the Government in the dIfectoa Which righihnd justice require they at least stop its hostile and injurious seIson. They have Il in their power. by exercising their uPdoabtea rights. 10 make such ulotioss, from iinse 10 time. as may eifrclually prevent the adm ission of these States and even the passage of the usual sppropriations until those having the control consent 10 do justice to the South.
 Could the majority have the face 10 complain If the minority should avail themselves of this righl1 1t cannot be Pretended that they have not been guilty of gross abuses of the usual forms of sys ieBi, 10 enable them ts trsmpls on the rights of the minority. When Louisiana was acquired, what if MT. Jefferson had caused, he might have done, that whole territory extending to the Rocky Monn- t~ins, and even iaciadiag Oregon, to form State ccnstitution and thus secure it all permanently slave terri,ory7 Instead of this, however, it was kept territory for twenty-Hine years, and then single State, viz Louisiana was cut of from IL. s,ghscq neutiv. when Missouri was admitted, all north of $ deg. 3a mia, being more tIan four filIhs of the whole was, by act Of Congress, made free territory for the benefit of the North. Wi!l it be pretended that there is better at this time for admitting the Mexican territory as States forthwith, than then existeUl Would any man, North or South, think of the movements iu California and New Mexico. anything bat acts of extreme impotence, fl il not for the desire, ia certain quarters to exclude tiie South from the whole of the late acquisitionsi Rather than submit 10 such an outrage. do not Southern men owe Il to their constituents, and the rights of their secon to use all the parliamentary in their power to prevent scoasummaiionl ould il not be well for them to take such a as will teach the North eSn politicians that they cannot administer this complicated Government successfully, if they ai- tempt to trample down the rights Of so large mi no.ity as the whole South l- S0BfASTH Press.
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increase and Mounting of the United
 states Infantry.

we md In an exchange that the Secretary of VI" hAs given official notice that, agreeably to the p'0st4iSss of an act to increase the rank aud file of the army and 10 encourage enlis,ments approved '1n' i'm' isSo, the companies of Ugh; artillery
 Al se increased to sixty -foar privates each. He A" s'fse's that the several companies of the army serving al the military posts in Texas. New Mexi- ''' California and Oregon as well as ,hose stationed 0fs sss'ling and Gaines. OF the Upper Missis- ''PP'' al Forts karasy and Laramie. on Ihe route
 'leson' and ai posts to be established on theD -A'a's'' Canadian and Upper Arkansas river, will w" "e increased 10 ssysuty four pYiyaies Por- -- 0' ''s infantry eompanies in Texas and New
 e', and at ths Canadian and Arkansas posts
 s''s u'sre may Dc no regularly mounted force
 A Ss properly equipped and lnoaated as cavalry
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Constitution of New aexisO.

The N. Y. Courier and Enquirer has received printed copies, in the Spanish and English langaa- ges, of the Constitution of New Mexico, which was declared to be adopted the 25th of May last The boundaries of the New State arc thus set forth:
 Boundaries Begnning at the dam in the Rio del Norls which supplies with water the "asequia, ? or irrgang canal Of the town of Fl Passo del Norte and running then due East to the hnndredlh paraI. lel; theLee due north on said parallel to a point where the samc iatersecls the river Arksnsas; thence up the middle of the channel of said river its source; thence in direct line 10 a point on the Rio Colorado of California, where tho same is in- terseeted by the hundred aud eleventh parallel oflOngitude west from Greenwich; shenee due south on the said parallel oi ongitude to a point on the Rio Giis, intersected by the same; thence up the middle of the main ehsnne Of said river to Ghe point which may be designated hy the commissioners ap- pointed to establish the line between the United States and the Republic of Mexico, as the point where ssd rives of it's branches shall bs in- tersecied by the western las Of New Mexico; thence south the said line, the same shall be established by the Commissioners, to the angie formed by the State of Chhu uahua, Ssnota and New Mexico; thence essterIy on the line between the United States and the Republic of Mexico, as it shall be laid down by said Commissioners. to point where the same may iRterseet the Rio Del Norte; thence down said river to the place of beginning.
 The section in relation to slavery is as follows:
 ARTICLE l.
 Declaration of Righfs--SEc 1. All men being born equally free and independent aud having csr- tain natural iuheritant and inalienabls rights. amongst which are the enjoying and defending of life and liberty, the aGuiremeni possession and pro- lection Of property, and he pursuit of and attsin IDent of happiness; therefore no male person shall be held by law to serve any person a servant slave or apprentice, after he arrives al the age Of twenty~oDe yearss female in like manner, after she arrives at the age of eighteen years ness they be bound by their consent after they arrive al such age, or are bound by law tor punishment oi crime.
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The Mormon settlement on Beaver Island, Lake Michigan.

The schooner John C. Spencer Ieft our port last evening for Bever isl4bJ. with seveaiy passengers and neariy iuli cargo, tor the Aofaon ColoBy al that place. Among ihsir freight, Is gnod pGiai- ing press. and the materials for weekly paper, which, we understand, wtsi make Is appearance sboa, the kfst o July. 8, that place.
 Mr. Sifaak, the leader ai the MorrnoaB for as they cali thegaselves, '' Litter Day SainisSl bas charge of ihis company, snd i>sgn ffop hin that he Colony there already numbers sboat one thoa sand persons and IS rapidly increasing. They have built small schooner the Msid of the MisI :" for sfaie between the several Islands. and have How possessed thenseiyss of the Spencer, fer the pur- pose Of trade ai various ports on the Lake
 We Ieafn also, that the " Saints expect 10 make an extensive farming settlement in the interior O
 Big Beaver island. With their characteristic lox, 1 oi tempies, they are rst,irg ue wooden building
 sixty by one huadFsd feet. Tor place ef wcf fship 1 [kaclas C9mmTeiai .2arsrtlscr.
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CouxcrL BLUrfs. June IS, 1850.

 by the last steamer Fanny Smith, gives us the fol- lowing:
 CouNcIL BLUFFS, June IS, 1850.
 The last company of Caiiforna emigrants. mum. bering nearly tbiTiy men and some hfty CT sixty horses, left The Missouri river al this place the lat ter part Of las, week route for the golden land of Ophir, and Lhavs no doabt, from their superior outfit, the H be able to accomplish their jon rpey iu from sixty 10 seventy days. This brings ap the rear of about four thousand wagons, ten twelve thousand persous, and eighteen or twenty thousand head o horses, cattle etc, sBd all of this immense number have crossed within scope of twenty five miles of this place, BumbeFiRg six times as much as the emigration Of last year. What just comment upon the progress and advancement of the great Amsticaa people.
 The Mormons or Latter-day Ssiats, are encam- ped the moHth Of the Platte, preparatory to taking up the line of March 10 the Valley of ibe grea; Salt Lake They take out some five six hundred wagons aud teams, besides large quantities oi cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry. etc r. , -i forgot 10 mention thst Lord Calth.ep, Lord Brenthly aud Lord Cook, soFue of the nobility ot England, are encamped here and will leave to- morrow for Caiif0fnia. They go on "pIeasure trip" but afraid they will ind 1t anything bat that.
 have jast learned thai ile cholera has broken oui ernOng the Mounen iraius, and some eighteen twenty had died. There great many it Is feared that they il suffer very much. Some had also died of small pox
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0n Narriase.

Marriage is like flaming candle light.
 Placed lI inc window a summer night Inviting ail the insects GG the air To come and sage th if pretty rngiets there. Those that are ont. butt heAfs ags ina ire pafsf Those ,ha, are n. butt 10 E. cal sgsia In yesFs gone by, when II was the fashion fsf ladies 10 run their straw bonnets with artificial wheat and barley in ears, sa'irst Of The time let on' as follows
 '' Who now of thTSafening famine dare complain. When every female forehead teens with gIsia-- See how the wheat sheayes pod amid ihs plun-.--s Our barns nov trzaslefted Co drawing .fooms And husbands who indulge in sciite lives, To Oil their granasies, may thrash their wives. .s
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Steamboat Casualties.

The S. Louis Unlon of the Sd inst gives list of steamboat casualties on the western lakes and rivers since January l, 1850. The summing uP numbers six,y-seven steamers, burned, snagged, sunk, or seriously injured, causing the loss of the lives of over six hundred persons. The humber oi scaieed, Injured, and woonded is l'oi given A saa comment On the skill and vigilance of many Of oui western steamboat ofEicsrs.- Picayaas,
 We have seen | stated some whers. tha; there are nineteen hundred steamers in Rss upon the western waters. When we take into consideration the immense amount of travel annually by means of these eonyenences the six hundred lost lives Is only small per eeniage for casualties.
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Election in New Nfe,icn.

The election under the newly adopted constitu- lion of New Mexico was 10 have been held on the ZO'h June. The candidates were as follows:
 For Governor, Thomas Baca and Henry Con- nelly For Leut Governor, M2nnel Alvarez and [. St Vrain. For Congress. W. s. Mssservey and hazh N smith, the present delegate from the Ter r''ry For the U. s. Senate, on one ticket was Maj R. H. Weghtmsn and Capt. W. z. Angney; 'a the other. Capt. A. W. Reynolds and Judge I0sb HSugh,on.
 The prevailing impression at Santa Fe was, that e'aasiy' Alvarez, aud Msssaryey would be elected. Ss result as to the others. regarded as doubt 'a'' "The Me1icans," says cotemPOrary, " had entered into the election with spirit and enthusi- asua' and sViHeed degree of msnsgemsnt and Hd- 'SasAs that would do no diseredt to an old poiti- eian sf the States"
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Age of Timber.

The piles under Lotioa B idge have beeh driven 600 yeas oa eksiaiaa'ioR, n i7t9, thsy we,s louna 10 be bal Eile aeesgea. They ~ete rkipri. psIy of eIfn. o.d Sasory Place. ia London, wss baif $50 years ago. aa9 ihe wooden niles, eoasis.
 ing Of oak, ein, beech sR shesbgt. wete fnana upon recent -xampaa,ioa ia be per.eeily saaBA. Ol the durability Of tisbeI ib vel s,aie the piles Of ths bridge haiI, by Inc emperor TfAjsn oyss the Dsa. uhe, aH Hsiasi striking example. Gse et the piles
 wss tsi~a SD, and foFird hs petfi6ed ths dspfh
 of three qoar cf incb but the rvss oi inc wood Rot dilIrrsat feg. ils lUiHeF ssls, though si l l; ha4 ssea dItssn taore ,Bsh lb0a ysass.
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Celebrating the ath of July.

". is"oHiSg' from Inc New Albany, (Ia ) Led.
 1"'s 'hs 9th inst. shSws tie msansr ia which
 "' a ths good danes of Una, city celebrate the Nh sf July: ''S
 h., ne Eiis of Mr. E, Teomey, of this e,ty. ,,,. sai sa saaraaay last, to tarss children, two so,. ,hs- gHi' he aggregate weight of which i. aho',, IiJ pounds. This is celebrating the Fourth a, ,,.y Is some purpose. and proves 6eyond ali ea.s. shs. we have often asserted, that New AlSsnv
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Advantages of Adyertising.

The \. 0. Bulletin says there is in Pearl street, New York man who worked his passage 10 New Orleans. not being worth sous He commenced
 small business, giving at frs, every dollar Of pro- Il fer advertising. By this means his establishment ia short lime became the talk of the city, and he was rua down with business. aud la little oyer six years he has acquired PrGceiy fortune oi SS00, 900,
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Population of New Mexico

Hngh N. Smith, delegate from New Mexico, stassa tho population of that territory to be OOOO sf when ten or twelve thousand are Pueblo Indi- ans. There are in New Mexico, from twelve to ftsen hu ndred resident American voters, emigran;s from the different States, principally from the State ot Missouri; the rest of the population Mexi- cans and Spaniards.
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prnfessnr caldwell.

The late Professor Caldwell. of Dickisses Gel. Iege. said hIs wife short lime before his dsashs sa will aHt, l sm sure. s down 8pea yeus bed and weep, whea ! am dead Yoa wiil Bol mlaara for ne when God l,ss bsea good 10 Tns And wbea you yish Inc spot where lie, ds not chesse
 gad aud mournfa lime, d9 not % ia the slsss:s 5f evening or is the dark night. 7hess no times to vist tiIe grave of 0Be who hopes sad trusts In risen Rssleernet: but ia the mofsiag. h the bright sunshine, and whso the birds are singing.@
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The Philadelphia Fire.

It is said that nearly one hundred persons are missing since the great fire in Philadelphia. Bodies are hourly dug from the ruins, seventeen having already been found. The number of houses de- strOysd Is three hundred and fifty The less sf the city insurance offices is S3, 500 900.
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u Brig. Gen. Churchill, Inspector General of the United States Army, left Milwaukie, Wiseon- sia. the 27th alt, for Mackiaac. He is on his an nsAl inspection tour, and has to travel annually about 10000 miles.
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Gr Charlotte E. HOIcomb recovered G1 200 from Marcelus Ross, fer breach of promise, in Lennox, Mas, not long since
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Tr The cholera morbus of which Gen. TArLoH died is attrbatsd to the immoderae use of cherries e few days previons.
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rMt FRAScIsco of the steamer Wm. Arm strong, wil accept our thanks for is,e favOrs.
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Uoar Acknowledgements are due to Mir. WYATT, of the Gordon for New Orleans flies.
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Election Tickets.

We gre prepared to print tickets for the approach lag August election, Eith neatness aad dispatch, ssd ss se as any office in the State Persons order isg tickets from any part of the State, can have them forwarded by mail if they desire il.
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England and spain.

Bonds to the amount of s70 OOO. 900 are due by Spain to British capitalists This aceOauts for John Bai's een.eientiou. scruPles against the Cuban iavasion.
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ay- We are indebted to our friend Dr. BocGs, of Pise BluT g for late papers.
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T Adam Rsmsge, he iHVsn,or Of Inc celebrated printing press, cIed n rnnsdstPnA recsnuy, aged eighty years
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chnlera in Enrnne-

oa the 26,h of May. 27 deaths from cholera oc- cured in Prague. The disease IS said to have com niitse great rayages in some parts of Bohemia.
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To subscribers.

We hope that wherever gay iregularity may be discovered in the receipt of the BaaHer our snb- scriben will do the favor to give information of ,h. fact n order that the cause may be ascertsine and removed.
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Thecholeru.

This fel destroyer has been raging to a very greA, extent at Cincisna,, Nashville, and Sl Louis, bat rom Inc last accounts. was sbaiing al each of these P.fae- There was not much of 1t on the Chic ei Misassippt rivers.
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THE BAN N ER.
TUESDAY MORNING, JrLr 90, 1850.
....ey for the Arkansas Banner.
LITTLE ROCK

Mr.Wn.E E. BEAvKRs is authorized to act as
 Ss, for the Bsaaer, at Lost Greek, Saline county.
 srMr GEOaGK BOGGs is authorized to act as ...s, for ths Baaaer. al Pine Biaif, Ark.
 arE.W. CAAa. GcneraI Agent, Evans Build ,,S. Nor,h-wsst corner Third and Walnut streets, ps;lsdelphia Is authorized to act as Agent fer 'the .srksasss BaRRer."
 R Mona,s X Co, General Newspaper Agents tveksoa, Mississippi, are duly authorized ts act as .ees,s fer the |" .frkGasds BsHHFr."
 ]. J. SHnLxY, Esq, No 26 Camp Street. New o,le.n. ls oar exclusive Ageut to procure and cel- Let names for advertising, &c ia that city.