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MEDICAL CARDS.

M EDICAL NOTICE-DR. LOCKWOOD, who
I'A has obtained reputation in Louisyle Ky
and many oil the OF the South, in Bilious Yellow and
Typhus Fevers. well all the following diseases Rheu
matism Govt, Fits. Tic D0uoureux Bronchitis, Pleurs
Hepatiis, Liver Complaint, Pericards and all the in.
usmmatons OF the internal viscea His numerous disco
tons last the Medical College. together with his
frequent visits the Charity Hospta and the number Of
specimens of Morbid Anatomy, which he exhibit, en-
South and to facilitate their and oil veneria Diseases
suc Syphilis forms-prmary and secondary
Gonorhea, Structures elect. Beureal Spiidmits etc.
Office No. 30 PHILIPPA STREET, between Poydras and
Perdido streets.
DR.. LOCKwoODs SPECIFIC, certain cure for Syphilis,
onOnhGa etc. can be obtained at the office. at Is 90
bottle On the receipt Of % o. post paid. will be sent to
part Of the United States The greatest will be
observed in all cases.
-" Office hours from A. N. to Pm. % lyos
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INSURANCE.

NREScENT MUTUAL lNSuR a.lisn. !, v ,s.,
~ Fl Nov Orlesm. conformity with the e9u'''S' " ~
...rs1r Inc Company subsn tbs following stassnsA'
- Ear scar
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A GENCY U. s. LIFE INSURANCE, AN
"A NUITY AND TRUST co. of PHILADELPHIA.
CAyITAL... ....... $260,OOO.
II, 8. Il. CRAWFORD. President.
q, @. hELAx, Secretary.
Office AS Camp street, Nsio Orleans.
BENJAMIN FLORANCE, Agent
5H SEthhR pi sHITS n p r. Medical Examiner
u Statement Of the Capital and Investments at the
u, 3. Life Insurance, Annuity and Trust
Co. Of Philadelphia. Dec 81, 1850.
unimpzired Capital ..... SZau,uUu W
Fash 6ubscripuon1. SUS.se0 ~
Subscription Notes. 4o.lsO OQ S25000o 90
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sL4,5OO 0O=l2A. 800 60
Deficit for 1851 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 773 25s 80
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L066sns F. Rogers VS.. RdcHeI P0sey, IHchtnnsy
Chandler . No. 1869.
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT,
Parish of JefsonBy virtue of alias plures writ of
er iacas directed BY the honorable the Third Judi
cai District Court. PARISH of Jefferson in the above entitled
cause, will proceed to se public auction tine Rotunda
of the City Exchange, St. Louis street, between Charities
and Royal MONDAY December ~, 1851, at IL
FORTY-FIvE SHARES in the capital stock of the
Citizens Bank of Louisiana, seized in the above suit.
Terms cash on the spot. JAMES P. FRERET.
Dc Ia 10 q Sheriff oil the parish o Orleans,
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VVHE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE
l. AND LIFE INSURANCE. COMPANY.
Authorized Capital. TEN MILLIONS DOLLARS.
Capltai.
6srpl6s and Reserved Fund lS4o0Oo
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NOTICE TO SHIPPERS OF COMPRESSED
IN COTTON, SHIP MASTERS and OWNERS
The propretor Of independent Cotton Press have now com
peted he buildings and presses and ready receive
orders for COMPRISING to any extent
The the perfect and powerful erected
for COMPRISING Gotten. -
Having put Presses the severest test. fully
been done this city than be done by any press
now in the city. -
We are fully aware that Ship have complained for
several years. with JUSTICE that they have had only
pay for getting Cotton compressed here than other
ports but they could carry much by
hundred thousand pounds (acco!dng of ship from this
port they could from others. to the Indifferent
manner in which it was compressed. .
We have erected Presses partly that city should no
longer labor under such accusation And farther
Presses Hydraulic and built the establishment OF
Messrs Leeds Co., of this city, We would therefore
quest all who this call witness
their performance, do wish humbug deceive
any
give call before making their arrangements
elsewhere. SHORTRiDGE K LONCACRE,
Popretors Of the Independent Cotton Press cornerof
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Samuel Wilson y Co. VS.. Brilliant Steamboat
Company . No 1865.
THIRD DISTRICT COURT OF NEW OR
l. LEANS-By virtue of and in obedienee TO an order of
sals rendered Decemba 1851 and to directed by the
above entitled cause, will proof ed to sell pub auction,
the Rounda of the City Exchange St Louis street be-
tween Royal and Chartres streets, on MONDAY, Deceni-
Der y, 81, at II clock, NJ.
The steamer BRILLIANT, together with ~ ~
all furniture, tackle apparel machinery,
ETC.. etc. II
Seized in the above suit.
The inventory of said boat be at Messrs. Con
verse, Kennett Co.'S. No. 80 New Leyee street.
Terms-Cash on the spot, JAMES p FRERET,
do IA Il q Sheriff OF the Parish of Orleans.
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Marine Affairs,

STEAMER FoR TIE PoToMAc.-Mr. WIN. Coiyer has lust
commenced the construction of steamer on the
Potomac. She win be $50 feet long, 24 wide and ~
deep and she expected TO be ready about the middle
OF August Mcssrs. Cunningham Belkpap 4 Co, Of the
Phoenix Iron Works, making her machinery
ILaus,Hpp-At Lutec, 18th ult., by Knight & Ken
nedy copper fas.ened schooner 1866 tons called the
Grey Eagle, owned by Dir. Andrew Ring and Capt Bran
men, who l. to command her 6ho would sail for Cube
LAusoH CT i Cur1FR.-Mr. Foulhs will isu nch, to-
day at o'clock from his yard foot OF Eighteenth street
kSet r:v the cutter Mary q. Allen.
konTH EpIsTo HGRsoR RErvGE- The following Is
tho official report to the Secretary Of the Navy Of Pro-
etsor Bache, concerning North Edisto iiarbor OF
CoAsr SURVEY oyrIcE, April % 1851
ii have the honor TO communicate the following
information supplied by Licut. Com. j. N Maine U. :.
N assistant in the Coast Survey ia relation TO North
Edto harbor and to request authority to pub,eh Tor
the bspstt Of nj 4igators.
This Hsrbor Of Refuge Is about sixteen miles to the
southwark ard westward Of Charleston lighthouse II il
easy Of access one the bar taking vessel up
to n safe anchorage
In -four faith ms water with the point of seabrook
tand ION the north aldo Of the harbor bearing north
west, you will he close up 60 the bar.
Bring Baio Bluff Ia remarkable olump of trees which
stands back from the entrance about ten miles and ca
othrrs about four hsndsrike to tho ie OF Seabrook
point, and run In on that range.
When abreast OF the Seabrook Sand Spit keep In mid
channel TO avoid nd fiat on that SHORE by keeping
mid channel good water may b. carried up to tho
anchorage abreast Mr. Lcgares the 6rt house upon
the pert shore)
The mean rise and fall six feet The ebb tide tends TO
the southward and eastward the food N. N. W.
The establishment Of North Edisto for two months
tidal observations In 1861 hours nine minutes
Very respectfully, yours, &c. A. ID. BACHE,
superintendent u s. Coast Survey
Hon WM L. Hopos, Acting Secretary Of the Treasury.
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long time since, and had become much dels pidat-
ed, and had not been used by the plaintiff for many
years; and also that the road leading from plain
tfs property to said dock had scarcely, if at ell,
been used for o long time, and was almost impass-
able
The defence is that before entering upon plain
tits lands proceedings, as required BY statute, had
taken for the purposes Of the read and injuriousy
affected thereby, had been duly appraised by COM
missioners, and that the amount so appraised had
been deposited for the benefit Of plaintiff in the
suited to plant n from the railroad crossing said
Dock and cutting Of access thereto, that such da-
mage must have havo been taken into account by
the commissioners, in fixing the compensation to be
paid to the plaintiff and that the plaintiff, is on
titled to bring action for consequential damages,
alter he matter had been once passed upon by tho
commissioners, and due compensation allowed him
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Our New orlean. cor,espondenee.

NEW ORLEANS, April ~, 1851.
Tie Rqilroui Correnfie~-TSs Corrrocih Porfica
~ Nrr OTfsaas--AnAh0 Oo,,ycati,a IL Jpn.--
Tfiai for Mur1sr, SC.
The late Railroad Convention held in this city,
has had good effect. and our citizons are gradu-
ally awakening from the stupor which has 20 long
prevailed over them. Thcy have at last been made
sensible that " the most strenuous eforts arc not
made q restore the trade and commerce Of New
Orleans, she must dwnde into insisn,6cance. For
the last ten years, singular Is it may seen, she
has not advanced single step, exoept 10 increase
slightly her population The trade Of New Or
leans in 1885 ten millions Of dollars and in 1919
u was the semc. The books Of the Custom House
show decrease Of its commerce during the last
two years, cf three millions. What Q rctrogrosson
for nourshing cityl But II Il not to be wondered
At, when VIC come to look into its unhealthy coadi.
ton 10 the first place. the city has no public cIcdit
abroad, end very little At pme. Ii has been dfvoP
ing for years under the most fatal Of all diseases,
that o. ndebtedness having liabilities hanging
over 10 the amount Of eight or nine millions
The people taxed to death, and all kinds Of
property q real character, yields little n-thing
10 the owners. The whole rental OF the city, ON
Lafayette down TO the Third Municipality does not
averaF profit Of over six per cent with the excep-
lion oi hotels. SC which may equal ton hftcen.
Then, ont of this six per cont you have TO deduct q
ger cent for the city and half per cent
Tor the parish and State tax, to say nothing OF
The rental repairs, which barely Leave three pee
cent prost ~ the average yield Of rents. steam
boats, too pay IN annual wharfage tax OF FROM i've
20 sik thousand doscs. Thus we are soreiy OPP
pressed with taxation on every hand, aud its poison
Gus influence has been gradually making It's way
through the veins Of commerce, until sue has be
come poor, sickly, aud emacated will venture
e ay, that there Is less public spirit and confidence
In New Orleans, and less capital in IL, owned By its
citizens, than any other city in the Union. The
consequence Is there arc few or no public i'm prove
D,ents going on, which city with the geographical
Advantages Of New Orleans. under other clrcum-
stances, would be supposed TO have prog cssing Ia
every direction. Every thing has been going 70
racs esd ruin. Within the pas. year, several nen
in New York, Baltimore and Phiiadephia, have
Withdrawn their capital 20 the amouut OF nearly
1900 200. from this city, because they did no. feel
4 safe any longer TO invest it hero, they found
every thing was dcpreciating. People who have
capital prefer shaving notes secured 10y mortgages
and selling tho property for whatt will bring
vestng their money In houses and lands To
sbew the lack Of enterprise and public confidence
here, IL vns even weeks before they could get suf.
acisR, stsck taken W rebuild We ~ Charles Hotel.
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been transformed into chief magistrate than be
Mt once seemed to understand the secret Machine
tions Of those around him. and to devise means for
getting rid Of them, which he generally does NEST
eectualy; for the moment he suspects, he resolves
to destroy.
We have heard it stated, on good authority, that
be lately remarked to an individual with whom he
was oonversng without restraint, :" know that
am surrounded by persons who are seeking nv
overthrow; but they made me their master without
any soil station of mine, and their master will
remain, if have to use all the powder in the ar
senal in shooting at the rascas." With such SEN
timents as these, it follows, matter of course
that he is not unfrequently q merely blind instru-
ment in the hands Of those who may succeed in
winning his confidence for purposes Of persecution,
for the qualification Of private malice, and for SUBJ
serving the m ost atroeious and detestabe ends.
From the apparent earnestness of the proceed
ings Of the Haytien Legislature, we gather them
from journals up to the list of April, il is difficult
TO believe that the members not fully impressed
with the Importance Of the duty they IRE called
that the whole matter is perfectly understood ut
Port au Prince to be u solemn farce, and that the
decision Of the afore said legislators upon " the
grave question of national interest,"" com municated
to them by the emperor, will also be communicated
to them by the same august parsonage, as soon as
the latter shall have emerged from that Perplexng
state of uncertainty in which last adyices left
him. Should his Imperial Majesty incline towards
measures OF peace, thce is every to believe
that his faithful Senator's and Deputies will yield
him most willing and conscientious support. In
the meantime, we perceive that the discussion on
the dominican question is to be conducted in so
crot, the legislators having been exceedingly en-
banassed in consequence Of a request made by the
diplomatic agents at Port au Prince to DO present,
which induced them to adopt resolution to sit
liable intelligence can be obtained Of their pro-
Oeedincs
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Our Philadelphia Correspondence.

PHILADELPHIA, May b, 1851.
The Murderer St,H a, Large-D Description of his Per-
son-7hs Propeller for the San Jacinto-Bank
Iii, idc,sds.
All the persons yet arrested on suspicion Of the
butchery OF the Bartel family have proved them
selyes innocent q the crime. The German arrested
yesterday, confronted with tho eldest girl of the
survivors, to-day, when she stated he was not the
man known 10 her ~ Robert, who was at the house
on the evening Of the murder. The suspicious cir
cums,ances which led to his arrest have boon OK
plained, but he is st held in custody to await fur
ther developements The following is an accurate
description Of Robert, the supposed murderer
"a native of Germany, Europe-speakng broken
English. About i've iect six seven inches high;
stOutly built, with stoop in the shoulders; very
hes,y for his sgo-weigGing, probably, one hun
bred and hity pounds, an exceedingly young look;
aHarcnily not more than nineteen, though really
tr, 70 70 20 years old; very dark complexion, like
that OF IN Italian; downcast exprcssloa; norose,
ard not dsIoed to converse; incined 10 shun every
BODY, aud a;sid 70 look people ia the face Alto
gether, a remarkable looking individual; his ap-
Iehraioe 50 stIange as TO naturally excite forbol
idigs OF evil. but the most marked popularity Is
his hair. which il VI that singular Ga ken character
50 often Witnessed among many German INN igranls
With sinking shade, resembling black and gray
lair mixed; bis hair cut close to the head. Wnen
seen on lIiday ho lad ON long black frook coat
dark paLts with a broad pepper aud salt stripe"
Tho grl, sho will prove tho most material witness
IN thu case II the murderer h brought 10 JUS
tiec, 10 remarkably intelligent for her age. Tho
Mayor Of the nortben Lbcrties nsd u CONVERSE
tlcn with her thn morning, whom she gave u sue
ciEct account Of all she the sniDg in ques-
ton. Robert came 10 the house between Ii ve aud
.x o'clock aid asked permission to stay all night.
Tier father refused, and quarrel commenced, dur
Ing Viii b her mother put her aud tho boy 10 bed,
Up stains. rho heard nothing moro Of the quarrel,
but had n faint remembrance ofsome person com.
ing into tue loom and covering her head over with
toe bed clothes. she was TOO much frightened to
remove them, aud, overcome by sleep, resumed her
slvmbcrs.
1he propeller for che United Statos steamship
san Jscirto, now ~ the Brooklyn dry dock. Will be
cast al the Southwark fouadry IA about three
weeks, the mould being Ia PROCESS. IL is true
sctw, with four blades, la feet in diameter, aud
will weigh about 1000 lbs., or over seven tons.
The fst plod for this propeller for one OF six
blsdes, aid measured Is feet IN diameter; but this
was countensnded on the present Chief Engineer
taking chsgo.
Ia. &c numbOr Of our city banks declared semi
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EMoRATIos TO WESTERN MISSOURI.
rolls the tide Of emigration. Every boat swarros
with movers; our wharf Is constan ~ covered with
Lotsehold goods OF every variety; the old states
seem 70 be literally emptying themselves Of their
REDUNDANT population upon shores. Missouri now
Is the great focus OF attraction for persons who do
sifeto move west. Vacant land is more plenty, and
Of better quality, than IN any other western state
lying ,onye hent TO the old States. Northeast Mis-.
sour. especially, offers the most 6attering induce
nents TO einigrants. In the couuties lying in
westerly direction from Canton and fully, cmbrso-
mg Lewis, Knox, Scotland, Clark, sch Iyer, Adair,
lutnam, &C., there are immense bodies Of land,
uhsuI passed IN fertility and health water, timber,
aud prairie, b. any country In tho world. The eyes
OF migrants. so long and 50 unaocountaby closed
to tLese facts, are Low wide open, and from an ex-
htme dearth OF emigration heretofore, an extreme
itsct,on has taken place, and northeast Missouri In
bltlg up with rapsdty never before oqualled.
They have nj length disccveret that Missouri, in
poli If eoi and other advantages is the garden Of
the west and that prejudice, east, against the i'm
st.tuion Of slavery, which has so long blinded emil
H. snts from that quarter, aud caused them to pass
Missouri md 60 to the cold climates Of Iowa. Mchi
gsn aud Wisconsin, II fast rccedng befe re the sun
beams of an enlightened public option, and the
irresistible convictions Of the toucbT.ope Of truth
and experience and ka0wiedge. --Csntsr (afs.) &c
yvto, AraA.
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IRON the hatiousl lDteiScnccr May
We perceive by the " NJ ~,isas HIi'ia" Of the
9th OF April, that ths Inn potant evcnt took place
on tho 18th OF March, amid the most gorgeous dis-
play OF giittering tinsci witnessed out OF tue
preciLote "a an anphithestre- lis iiaperisi Ma.
Je-ty and SUITE, consisting OF the pnaoess OF the
blood, AID ell the grand agnitaries aad noblemen
OF the cmpirr, were robed for the occnsioa m mag
nihcent costumes Of vsriegsted bues, Just arrived
from Paris, presenting altogether most imposing
and dsriling appearance Ino toilette Of faa't,n
way and, ms he csracoleo along Oh superb Ands
lusian steed. his jcwelled chspesu covered with
feathers, whose marvellous hucs rivsiod tho glories
OF tho peacock and of the rainbor, tho patriotic
feelings Of multitude Of ragged uEcnins VINO we're
following ia his wake. rescheo highest ptcn ofen-
thussi, and tho wekn iairiy rung with their voci-
ferrous shouts.
At two O'Clock in the afternoon, herald Mt arms,
to the assembled Representatives Vt the nation, who
also appeared IN full costume, like the togej con-
suls Of ancient Rome, the approach Of his Imperial
Majesty. Soon after, his NJ ajcsy, proceeded oy Tho
d.tutaton which had been appointed TO receive
him, catered the chamber NJ tho sound 81 the
drum, and, amid rpesicd hourishes Of martial
music, took his seat upon the thronc, when, mt .
ri, signal, the legislative Assem- bsgc broke out
IN loud rtuas for the Emperor aud his iamiiy. We
learn, from private letters, however, that those
r,sus OF the chambers merely looked upon rs .
matter Of official obligStion, aud by no means as
Indicative OF the real sentiment OF those who ut
tered them. Like the .mouth honor paid to Mac
beth, which "tbe posr heart would tam have de-
nitd, but dared not, the reception which the
Emperor generally meets with from his subjects,
clearly shows that he has strength. except NJ his
position, ard that real regard Is entertained Tor
him, either political or personal
Indeed, Il Is said, that n his pcwer were to be
wrest.d from him this very day, he woiid be
usmp4d in the dust by those even who ase now
loudeft in their professions Of devotion I, has prin-
ciples, TO his interests and his caue CONSCIOUS
pvss OF the existence Of such feelings 70 Yards n,m
linked with desperate determination TO sustain
himself at all hazards, are, no doubt, the causes
4 which have induced him to shed 30 much hood
Previous his sudden and unexpected elevs.ion Il
the chair Of state, he noted tor certsin mild
Dees OF disposition, winch amounted ALMOST to ep
! parent ,nibecIty ana II was imsgraed by thos'
| who had been the chief contriyers VI his aggran
| digemcnt, that he would be mSe tool In thei
1 hands. Never were men more egregously mis-
takea d theiy sAleulssisas, Ne had No ssess
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The unarfrt Cs provisions contisues In an sroite1
state the transactions tho past fortnight having hesn
naive At prices s tondinz upwards. the large pre-
rcvtiou Of the being how. speeuatioa
It will he the statement below that the
a. Great Britain cortnue very reduced scale,
ompsr~d With thcss of last year tho totsi deacisoey
s,nre the Let % A,r last being equal 10 2e 900 ssrrh
~ nork which With the deficient export 10 ether foreign
COMMITTEES viii soun to enehalf Of the total receipts -
rork AZ New oresns during the past year should the
xpor, during the remainder - the current yess
,,nue 20 be equally limited there will remain for hcss
ecusumptior larger amount ~ hca products than lea
year Notwithstanding the deficient packing " kces.
fhs deficiency In the export Of lard u very nsrkea -
ing twenV millions Of pounds or nearly oncthird q In
ourptty received At New Orleans last year; and
he horse consumption has been inAueuoed an eqwaa
e.tapf by tb. hs prices which have prevailed "a
probsbc th the rrvecut speculative rates csssct b.
.stsned The export 10 Great Britain vss iarrr~ u
Anil than for months past being about ss kss-
-d tons Beef s the only article that has bees sest
fbrwsrd freely the aggregate export Of vhrh IN -
preach 10 equi that Of last yar The clesraDce sw
ths port shov the shipments for the past fortnight "
have bcen--tc
Lsaasn: i...,.'..'.''.. 10 'ss. se' mss
The exports nom all the ports 10 Great Britain dsHss
the month u April. verc:-- - 49,.
e. l sSs. rsscssss s@:ssfsS ssess
The comparative srpsrts from bs sepse"'o' v
April ess 10. $500. ss,, ,s, I'M
| p.a,s.,, An @ri AiN,sn MsN.sM aFs4sI
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superior Court.

May T.--It'Sl,ar r.. Fsruiss "a. t~ H,dsoa
Rtrr RsS,ood Company This action "a brought
10 recover damages, laid In the complaint at be-
tween forty Elk and forty-scvcn thousand dollars,
from the defendants for injuries done 70 the lands Of
plaintiff, stuated at Bloomingdale, between Ninety
seventh and One hundred md fifth streets, in this
city, by the defendants in the construction Of their
railroad.
Plaintiff alleges that he is the owner Of certain
dock extending some distance into the river at the
foot Of One hundred and second street, and that the
defendants have constructed their railroad over q
portion Of said dock and thus, by means OF wall
and excavation on ths esstery track OF their road,
cut Cd the plaintiff from acccss 10 the dock, where
by his contiguous property had gresay suffered IN
value.
Witsssses testified As, this deck had bssa bail.
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government securities in specie In sdAisios u Ne sae
staples Of export have nearly equalissd tho exehsses
ana effected decline In sterling bills
The annexed table exhibits the quotations. fer Ne
principal public stocks in this market at the psss4S