"was done.’
_..s_ome time, at intetviils.
i flying’ all the while.
T *'-!'?.l. and-WEI‘ attacked by eighty soldi- rs,
NAVAL MOTEMENTS AGAINST
TAMPICO.
An extra from the New Orleans Picayun
of 19th inst. gives the follow_ing account
ofan expedition against Tampico;
The schooner Miles, Capt. Thompson,
arrived‘ here this morning‘, from the Squad-
r'o‘n'at Anton Li-zardo. The‘ Commodore
dispatched on Wednesday the 11th inst.
the frigate Raritan, Capt. Gregory, the
Potomac, Capt. Wallac’-', and the sloop St.
Mary, Capt. Saunders, for Tampico. On
the following morning, the l2ih iiist., the
Commodore lioistedliis broad pennant on
the Princeton, Capt. Eiigle, and sailed for
the same destination. The Princeton took
in tow the steamer Spitfire, Capt. Tatniill,
and the gunboat Petrol, L‘eut. Shaw. _
The Mississippi, under Com. Perry sail-
ed the same day, having in tow the Vixen,
accompanied by the Bonita, the Reefer.
and Noniita." Ere this, they have doubtle~s
izeiielieditheirdestiyiation, and we presume
that Tamico is a‘ready in our hands. The
steamer Spitfire, Capt 'l‘_atnall, arrived at
Anton Liz-ardo,ouly one day. and eleven
hours from Brasos,havin,q touched at Tain-
pier) and communicated with the Porpoise,
which was maiintaining the blockade of
that port. From the Porpoise they learned,
that the" Mexican troops lind mnrclied out
of Tampico, vetiriiig towards San Luis Po-
tosi, taking with them the artillery froui
Tampico.
“New Orleans papers of the 16th 8:. 17th .
inst. bring intelligence from" the U States
squadron on the Gulf, and front Vera Cruz
to the 31st ult. received via Huvannn.—
Most of the domestic news from . Mexico
has been anticipated by arrivals at New
York. It is conjectured that Santa Anna
will withdraw the troops garrisoned at
Tirmoico, unite them to his force at San
LuisiPotosi'with tlioge from Saltillo, and
then commence offensive operations
against the American posts. . .
Although the new members of the Cub-
inet are enemies of his, yet it is alleged
they are quite acceptable to him. Ampu-
dia arrived at San Luis Pbtosi on the ‘Zlst
ult. Next day the first brigade of his di-
orders, and be, passing the heavy fire of
the enemy, was wounded in the neck bya
musket ball. He stood up in his boat and
cheered the men on gallatitlytlll he fell in
the arms. of Midshipman Choevcr. .
The Commodore then coinmenced’can-
nonading in good earnost from the Vixen,
the Bonita, the Nonita, and the Forward;
and in three quarters of an hour, he almost
destroyed the city, sparing the h0“3'-‘5 Of
the foreign consuls. _
At mid day the fleet left, firing up the
streets as they passed them. All the
prizes were saved except one, which
grounded and was burned by the Commo-
dore's orders, to prevent her falling into
the hands of the enemy. The McLane
struck on the bar at the mouth of the riv-
er, and did not get over to participate in
the engagement until it was ended. The
Patriot, on her return,icaptured the Amer-
ican brig Plymouth, Capt. Psckerson, dis-
cliarging cotton at Alvarrdo bar.
Lieut. Morris died on board the Cum-
berland on the lat inst. and was buried
with military honors. 1 here is a Mexican
force of from five to six thousand nieu at
Alvarado, and they have placed across the
mouth of the river 3 strong chain cables,
and sunk vessels on the bar. It is thought
to be entirely useless to attempt to take
the place again by a naval force.
Accounts from Camperichy to the 30th
Oct. say the citizens are determined not
to acquiesce in the re annexation of Yuca-
tan. A certificate from U. S. Consul at
Camp:-itchy states that all the U. S. ves-
sels which have arrived at that port have
been permitted to load and unload without
molestation. Similar certificate have been
received at New Orleans from Consuls iii
Sisaland Morida. Gen. Scott, it is stated
has received permission to proceed to
Mexico to take coniiniind of the army that
is to attack Tainpico. He left \Vasliiug-
ton to day.
Cons:-iitAcr.—Au officer of the armyin Mox-
ico. who hails from the city of New York,
thus writes totlie Tribune, under date of the'E2d
inst. concerning the course taken by the men at
vision reached there-so that the rumor
of his having marched against Gen. Wool,
was unfounded. Much enthusiasm prevails.
in‘tlie ranks of the_enemy's forces at San
Luis, based upon confident anticipntions.
of a victory over the Americrins,at the
Washington, towards it modest, able andhighly
meritorious military officer. It need not, per-
haps create any surprise, for it is perfectly con-
sistent and characteristic of the miserable nick-
ery and treachery of the authors and finishers
great decisive battle for which Santa Anna 1 of the Texas iniquity, and its natural result-
is avo»-edly preparing the maguanimousl
Mexican army, with the energy which is
peculiar to him. ‘
A comiucia of specie, having {$380,000
for the British steamer, arrived at Vera
Cruz 31st October. Information has been
received at New Orleans that the British
steamer Tay. on her last trip from V. Cruz
—with riat'ura«lization papers eoiiferring
the privileges of Mexican citizens upo-ii~al'~l
who would sail under them-. This infor-
mation comes in' an‘ authentic’ li0l‘~m‘.- The
letters of marque were expressed froml
Mexico on-t-he evening of the 30th ult. and
rea-ched Vera‘ Cruz in time for the Toy to
t’a-‘l'te to Havanna
were also received announcing the arrival
of the letters of marque.
One writer is of o iiiion that the
. . l’ .
,$p&fllSl'l Government will not permit them
to'be used in the port of Humans; yet,as
the naturalization papers offer extraordina-
ry privileges, it is probable some of them
-may slip out upon commerce despite the
vigilance-of the nut-liorities. _
H The Picayune of the 17th rt-poi:ts the
arrival of the schr. Portia, Capt. Powers,
days groin-Point Liz(prdo,hbringing‘ an
veer w 0 was,eugage int e attac on
Tampico. He reports that the enterprise
was entirely successful.
_,t9__c,ut out certain prizes anchored in the.
river, and they were all ta en.
rcity was summoned to surrender, the peo-l
‘_ple~we-refor yielding, but the Governor
and soldiery opposed it. Time was then
‘given for‘. al-l5 peaceable people. women and
children-, to get out of harm's way; but
the Governor would not allow any one to
leave; so it is feared most of those I-illed
in‘ the bombardment, were others than
soldiery. Some of the enemy's regulars,
however, were killed. '
O=.ir squadron consisted of the Missis.-ip-
pi, Commodore Perry; the Vixen, Com.
Sands; Boneta, Lieut. Com. Benhnm;
Reefer, Lieut. Sterrett; Nonita, Lieut.
Hazard; the revenue steamer McLane,
Capt. Howard; the revenue cutter For-
ward»_.Caipt. Nones, (all small craft,) two
hundred seamen and marines from the
Raritan and the Cumberland, under the
command of Capt. Forrest, Lieiits. Cest,
\Vinsloiv,.Walsh,. Hunt, Capt. Edson and
Liam. Adams of marine. They left Anton
Lizardo, Oct. llith, and arrived at Fronte-
ra the ‘23d, and captured two steamers, and
several small schooners; on the Q4”) and
25th they ascended the river seventy two
miles to Tabasco, towed by the Petrel and
the Vixen. _They passed the Devils Turn
at '2 P. M. landed and spiked four 9.8
pounders.
They arrived ofl Tabasco at six. P. M.
and anchored in line ahead, distant I50
yardsfrom the shore. The city was sum-l
,rr_toned to surrender. The Governor te
fi's'.s,ed-, when three shots were fired from
tbs Vixen. An officer came off with ii
request that we should spare the Hospitals,
which was granted. Skirmishing imme-
diately ensued. On Sunday no damage
We captured one brig, three
schooners, and a large sloop, in all. At
the town and below, there were 9 vessels
and many boiits captured. On .'t‘onday.
the 26th, at daylight, there began a sharp
‘fire of inuskeiry from the shore‘,-vthich
was retiirned by our guns, and continued
’I he Commodore
fiiftnted, because, as he said, he only
wished" tqfrighteii the soldicry.
.. The prizes were got under way, and
returo.__iug. The enemy’: white flag was
_ __ . __ W. A... Par er, the
.14*89l»9n!!.I11_.Igot ashore with his prize ves-
".".-.h_b,f!_t be heat off with eighteen_men.only;
103'"!-0"". and getting two wounded.-
to Hnvanna, too--' out 300 letters offifarpuel
Letters from Havannal
lts object was,
When the,’
l
the Mexican \Var. . ,
“’e are all a little fearful t_hat.diflic‘ul't‘ies
‘may arise between our General and the
lGoverument at home, which may deprive
us of ourliea-rl. The cautious old General
ihns shown great capabilities for the pros-
lecutimi of this very peculiar war, and it
'would be a shame to deprive all of a head
lin whom they have confidlencl-. Awnd yet
cliqaues are being formed against liim.——
lA-ll the’ Volunteer Majors and Brigadiers
lwould gladly gain latirels for themselves
to aid their future political advancement
as they arc, many of them, piqued at the
manner in which they have been treated,
The Government ordered Gen. l‘aylor to
give Gen. Patterson 5000 men. at large
number of them Regulars,to advance upon
,Tampico. Two Volunteer Brigadier ben-
-erals were to be under him. Gen. Taylor
has informed the Government that the
imorement isimpriicticablc at present; that
the cannot spare the Regulars; and [‘n0f(I_.
favor, that if the Government intends keep-
ling him ‘here as Commander-in-Chief, it
must not issue orders to subordinates with
gout their passing through his hands ; for,
' owing to the capture of the courier by the
‘enemy, the orders to Gen, 'I‘35'-log we're
'not receixed, and the first intimation the
Commander-in-Cheif receivediof such a
contemplated movement, was a requisition
made on hirri by his inferior in rank’ for
troops, «Sc. Such an uiimilitary procedure
on the part of the Government toward the
old General,of course made himextremely
angry. _ Every body that has had his’ eyes
about him,is convinced of the impossibility
'of a forward movement just at this timc,
with such a small number of troops as the
General has at present with him. Old
Zach. has been heard to say that he will
never put his army in a position to be starv-
cd or captured; and, moreover, that he
,cannot move from Saltillo with less than
,.10 000 men and proper transportation.—
l l.h° °ld Semlelnan. having no ambitious
, views to control him, and by his wealth
ibimlg perfectly independent of the Gov.
¢"1m¢l".‘lS not willing to be made a cat's
Paw Of. 110!‘ will he endanger liisreputation
by doing what he considersimproper. It
'18 Very easy for the Cabinet to say, do this,
and do that, but not quire 50 em}. pm. 0,1,,
er.<_to do, however willing to carry our
1l1_9l|' plans. It is it lovely system that the
wise heads at home are pursuing, and its
peculiar beauty will be perhaps more vis-
ible at some future time.
i
Sad ./7]]!-rrions in Jliarb/eherrd —-A Mar-
blehead correspondent oftlie Boston Trav-
eller gives some very affecting iiccoun°s
of the losses sustained by the fisliermcii of
that place diiriiig the season past. He
says the public conviction now is, that ten
or eleven schooners, manned with seven
turnuo more. Two of this iiuriiber are
known to be wrecked, by identified frag,
merits ‘picked up,and by one surviving
13""? they were lost off No“ foundland,
llflflg lhfi IEV€|'e gal.’ of Sepyey-“be;-_
CM”! Rf".-'7'00d--Tlie Commissioners
rppointed by the last Legislature to locate
the route of the canal road, h,,,.,, c,,,,,,,],,
ted their labors as far as Colliusville‘. and
the work of grading will, we undenliymd
be. commenced. next week. The Coin:
missioners estimate the ialue of the canal.
as s right of way. &c. at four dollars per
share to tilt Old s'tf)clth0'lfle'rs4\\-ho have
the privilege of turning it in to the rail.
road company at that’ price, or. by n,-min.
may be. the luture.p;p_;ug of.g.}‘,, ,,,,m‘,]_-..
I here |C,[lOl.~I_ll9 loast,_i;,_ou.bl 9f.1l.!.¢*lP¢¢tlY
-’-Ibis action lasicil thirty tnlnujgg, ,,.},,.,, LL,
completion .~at.:his§g2mrisni;ggg¢§p;i.¢, ._
" ~ ’ ’”l H-“‘I.I{e't'Sf_;.°.t". ‘:5 it;
.;,'-'-~r- . ,._ '- .
c. w. Morris was despatclied .. him with A "
men each. of Marblehead citizens, will re-
l'l8 .l‘.'ret-eivo their proportion‘ of what A
0
\
gum‘
RENOVATING TI-IE PEAR.
The failure for years past of several kinds of
pear, and particularly that excelleaf species, the
Virgalieu, has no doubt been generally observed
and regretted. A writer in the I-loiticulturisf,
gives the following as an efficient mode, at least
in his case-_—-of renovating the trees and bringing
the fruit back to its former excellence and worth.
The treatment appears very plausible, and is
worth a trial.
In the month of September, 184-3, I took
in hand two large and thrifty Virgalicu
pear trees, about twenty or thirty feet in
lieiglit. I first scraped off the outer coat
of bar:-’, and coated the trunk of the tree
over with soft soap, put on with it paint
brush. 1 next cut out about one third _of
all the poorest branches, and shortened
the head of the tree one third, by ‘heading
back’ the principal limbs, c?o_ve_iiing the
wounds after paring them, with the ‘shell-
ac solution.‘ _
I then dug ii trench, four feet wide
artiundftlie whole ball _of_roots, very much
as if l were going to triinsplaiit it. 1 left
a ball of roots, untouched about six feet
in diameter. "llie roots——iill the roots,
large or small—-that extended beyound
this ball, I cut off; and l shouldjudgethat
1 cut offabout one third of the roots , or,
as you advised me, about an equal proper-
tioii to the branches reduced. » '
The trench itself, which was four feet
wide, I dug twenty inches deep; and car-
ted away all the old soil from it to another
part of my garden. lnext carted in an
equal quantity of soil from :1 held of good
pasture, where the soil had not been bro-
ken for several years. I drew this enrtli,
composed pretty largely of the sod itself,
and filled the treucli around both trees.
To eucli tree I then iipplied the follow-
ing substances, viz., two bushels of refuse
from a blacksmith's forge, two bushels of
charcoal pretty well broken mid 2 pounds
of potash well pulverized. These aubstan-
cesl had on the spot, and mingled them
withgthe fresh soil as it was put in the
trench. After the trench was full of soil
containing these -stiniiilahts, l had the
whole ofits cointentsthoi-ougly iriteruiixed,
by turning them over and over again with
the spade. This is the whole of the pro-
cess. Now a word about the results.
The first summer after the trees had
been operated upon—tliiit of 18-1-l-, l was
surprised and delighted with the luxuri-
mice of the new growth. It was very.
henltlvy, and‘ had the appearance of that nfl
a very fine‘ young tree. Suffice to say the
tree had formed a new and handsome
head.
Next season, 1845-, it blossomed moder-
ately. lz’-ut almost every blossom set and
gave‘ me as fru-it.‘ Every fruit, to my great
joy and satisfaction, was large, fair and
smooth; the growth was clean and healthy,
and the leaves dark green in color.
This year, I have had a fine crop: two
bushels from one tree, four bushels from
the other. They were superb fruit—ge-
nuini-, old fashioned Virgalieus; and lean-
not doubt that my trees will continue to
bear such for many years.
fln Editor": Provt'nce—This is one of
the narrowest provinces on the map of the
world. Your true editor is a man wlio
can walk ii crack, ride a fence, or at least
march through the briars and brambles
along side the fence. He never goes ram-
bling and discussing and expressing opin.
ions all over'the moral creation. That
VVRECK OF THE STEAMEFl-
ATLANTIC.
The new and splendid steamer Atlantic
has been totally wrecked on Fisher's
Island.
She left New London VVednesday night
last, a strong Wind blowing from the N.
She had not proceeded far before
some of her iriachiiiery gave out; and the
next morning she was seen by the Massa-
chusetts anchored off the west end of
Fisher's l.-;lai'id,ii':iout one mile from shore,
with smoke pipes nud.pnit of Pilot's house
pane, and signal of (ll8l|'(‘38,_CylDg. lt
was so rough that the Miiss.-ichtisctts
could not approach her. The Mohegan
Thursday afternoon.
A schooner which passed her about
light reported no one on board.
The 1\lasi=aol.usetts passed the Atlantic
on Friday, uliitrh was at that time it corri-
plete irrt-ck—notlii-:g left of her engine,
milking beam, shaft and wlieels. One of
the boilers was seen at some distance
from the engiue,nbout three feet out of wa-
ter. Of the fate of her passengers nothing
p0.'~ltlVe is known. —
The Atlantic was seen on Thursday
night, at dark, about her length from the
reef. lt \\ as then blowing a perfect gale
the Whole rnlte of the . Sound. The pre-
sumption is that, if .lll8 passengers were
lt1nded,lt\vas soon after she struck, as she
went on broadside to a bold shore.
Hous"(onic Rail Roar]:-The Houszitoii-
ic R. R. Company are relaying the whole
of their road (98 miles) with a heavy and
durable H rail. The rails will be all down
by the first week in December.
The Company has provided new and
powerful Engines,and an ample number of
They have also erected spacious Depot
Buildings at their termination in Bridge-
port. The ' have made arraunementswitli
a fast Steanyiboat, which will fun (separate
from their Freight boat) regularly between
Bridgo port and New York.
The Housatonic Company has contrac-
ted with the Post Master General to
carry the New York and Albany Mails du-
ring the suspension of navigation.
1 TIE; arrangementds made and making by
tiis om ant are esi ned to take lass-
engers.diFi)rin),g: the wintir, betwa-en Albany
and New York, through in 11 houfg_
.5 W'inri_/alI.—-Thrirrins Kciif, tin lrish-
man, employed as a laboring hand on our
Rail Road, last week received intelligence,
in authentic shape, that he was the inher-
itor of estate in the Emerald lsle, to the
amount of £l3,000 or $60,000. After
reading the letter, Tliomas picked up his
old coat, it is said and gave it a sling as
far as he could off the dock, then calling
his fellow coiintryiiien, told them of his
good fortuneaiid “put them all through,”
without stopping to count cost. He starts
for lrelund, we learn, this week.
Bi‘idgPport Fa-rmer.
A little girl, between 4 and 5 years of
age, daughter of Aaron l3. lnness of this
city, was shockingly burnt yesterday moi‘-
ninwz. by fire from her cloilies. The child
had spilled some climplior on her dress,
and incautiously went too near the stove
to dry it.
Jusepli Tyron, of Litchfield, committed
suicide by cutting his throat wi h it razor,
on the 4th inst. \\'lllle in a state of mental
creation he very well Lnnws, has long
been divided up and appropriated. ‘-
example: the \vhole'religi‘ous universe
has been given in charge to a consecrated
body of men, \\ ho are to cultivate and eat
that the opinions in which a man was born
are riglit,,and should never be disturbed,
and the number of reigfious creeds and
dogmas into which the world is divided is
so 'great,‘ar'iel the‘creerls tliemselves so dis-
cordant, that an editor cannot but do in-
,finite mischief by littering his sentiments
on a religious subject, except in the nar-
row ciicle in which be perfectly agrees.
To ask a man to read in your paper what
you have to say on ti tlieological point, is
really as great an iudecorurii as it would
be to as% him to go‘ to your church; in
tends utterly to corifourid the present con-
fusion of creeds._
Just so it is in regard to-lawn
The law-
iniiid. What in the world should the hilly,
who are the subjects of law, know about
law? That is law which the court says
is law, or \\-'l‘tl(‘l‘l_ll lawyer being roundly
paid for it, says is law. The court may
liave been originally blockheiids, but the
moment they were benched all the wood
in them became consecrated and legal.
Here is no place for an editor. He has
no business to say what is or oughtto be
law. So with pliysic.
'ln politics there are two sorts of edit-
ors. Your neutrals who ride ihe fence
between the parties with ii bare s/rin sad-
dle, looking neither to the right nor left,
but straight along the zig zug Virginia
wo in of the said fence. These men are
wonderfully distinguished for their breadth
-and depth of mind, and their papers, like
some western steamboats, will circulziteiii
shallows where there is -' uly a little damp-
neSr=,jIIs'-_.sHflicicnt to exhale aisliglit fog.
The other class of editors are not ueutrrls,
but they are called organs. They belong
to a party as a tin trumpet does to a stage
man. As the party blows they twang and
roar. Talk of individual braint to a tin
horn 'l-they are altogather superfluous.
'l-"lie Convict Vote in ..’\“ew York.--The
gmfld jury of New York have made a
strong presintiment u“p”on the" convict vo
le"°.ft‘0|'u Blackwell's Island, to whom the
locofocos are iiid bled for one member of
iC‘_"’€"°3i5- The presentment fully V sus-
tains the l’€.?Ol'l._l"'t\'h-lclll'h(!\'§.beien cg,-énla-
-tgeduponihis su_bject,_antl'expo§eg the in.
“"0908 0.|,llPH.blllty of the locofoc"o'oflicgrs
For,
fiict it is little short of intolerable, und;
yers have that in possession time out of-
alienation. He was 5:?-\-‘cars of age.
l The born of Mr. David Nlllnl'OW,iUf Red-
lding, was destroyed by fire on the 6th
yiust together with all its contents, consis-
the fruit of it. l_t is so erfectl r certainlting of l0 tons of hu -' a lzirre uaritit 7 of
. l‘ 3 ._ 3: 5 ‘l 3
ioats, rye, bucflwlieat, and a valuable horse
‘Supposed to be tlie work of an i cendiary.
B r1'r.=:geport Fm'm- r.
Beaty’s Powder Mills, eight miles from
the city of Bal iinorc, exploded on the
morning of the 23d ult. Five men were
blown to atoms. It is stated that no less
than two tons of gunpowder were in the
building, all of which exploded almost si-
niultaneously.
The concussion was tremendous. The
Baltimore were violently shaken, as if ly
an earthquake. Furniture Sr, earthenware
and china rattled in every dwelling.
./frrivzil of .'/ze ship C'orneli'.a.—The ship
Cornelia from Liverpool, about which
lmucli apprehension has been felt, and sto-
ries of disas‘er have been circulated,ar-
rived at New York on the 23d November,
‘having been forty days on her passage.
She brought quite a list of passengers,
.nmong whom were Rev. Dr. Cox «Sr daugh-
der, Rev. Mr. Osgood, Baptist Missionary
from Birmali, and family.
T/ie JV‘. Y. ./]l2olz't'an I/'ote.—-The official
tables in the office of Seczctary of State,
are very nearly complete, and give the ab-
olition vote at about l‘..’,000. ‘The vote in
1844- was about 16,000. This shows it de-
crease of nearly 45000.-—.fllb. Eve. Jorur.
Mrs. Catoii, daughter of Charles Carroll,
one of the Sigiiers, died recently at the
house of her son in law in Baltimore, (Mr
McT‘avi.-=, British Consul,) at a ripe old
age. Among her children isthe Marchio
ness _of Wellesley.
F ynn, convicted of the murder of his
eiiiployer James, in the town of Durham
Greene county, last summer, was executed
at C3ll..il{lll on Thursday last.
A Mr. Clarke is imprisoned in Pitts-
btirg for libelling Mr. Youugster, and Mr.
Youngster, is imprisoned forassaulting Mr.
Clarke, and they both occupy the same
cell and the same bed, and agree exceed-
ingly well. _
Mr. Mangum has been elected to the
U. S. Senate by the Legislature of North
Carolina. .
Mr. Ashley has been elected to the same
dis inguished station by the Legislature of
Arkansas. _ '
Under Van Buren there were "appointed
67 Sub Treasury officers aadorily 64- pro-
wlio..p-lsnned- and executed this q...-i.o)u_ii.m
of the elective franchise. -
o
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' .".r;v‘-‘.,'~ , . . .--.‘-..
ved dcfaultcrs. Pretty well, considering.
. - , .. ’. ;~.,._.—.\. ,- '. _ _.
__ ____ ... .,.. .. ,_ _,_ ,. . .___ . . . .,_.___,,_,
. ._r. _ .. A
ltliat parties are now being formed for that
I
uiade an int-flectunl attempt to board LEI‘;
On Friday lllflflllllgle
she \\ as seen on the west end of Fislier‘sl
island, with tl heavy sea bl'91|l\'lll,<_{(l\‘el'll8l'.;1,”,,, M,._ Quin F0,.b(.s and M,-_ Efizu,
fin)’-Tusiis, built of
—-tlie wind west—slie being exposed to.
whole surrounding country and the city of
The Webster Dinner.-— We learn that the
gentlemen who have the direction of ‘ar-
rangements for the great Webster Dinner,
are proceeding in the discliargeof their
duties with great success. The decora-
tions will be of an appropriate (‘huracter,.
and of rare richness. The table will‘ be
a well set one and the number of ‘tickets
limited. But one great attraction of the-
occasion, will be the presence of a _lar‘gc
number of ladies in the gallery. \Ve'lcnrn
purpose, so that the lete will be oneof the
most splendid and gratifying ever had in‘
the city. liivitatious lmve also been ex-
tended to ii great number of distiuguislied
citizens of other places, who will be pres-
nt.——1'/iil. U. S. ‘Caz. '
])mg_', by I}rou,ning --Ou 'l hursdav eve.
NO" {WALK rGAZET'l‘_E-
\Vo¢tiic.~1lzty, December 2,‘ _l8-I6.
, S'l‘A’l‘l3: 0I"l-‘ICERS
For the Eiisssiug Year.
rort GOVERNOR, V ~
BISSELL, of N0rw.ullt._
ron 1.iicu'r. GOVERNOR, .
i.i_:,s,J. _M’CU RDY, of‘ Lym
_ y ., i-‘on si-:ciu»:'r.inv. ,- _, _
JOHN ‘B. ROB'ERTSON,'of New Hiivetf.”
I»".iR"'tlR£ASl.'.Ri-in", '
CLARK.
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A liC.'.EIi§:tl’~
JOSE P‘H~ B. ' GILBERT, 0f:‘I'It!1‘lf0l'd:"“
FDR core'rrto1}Lr:it,-
ABIJIAI-1 CATLIN, of Hsrwiuton. —
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_ Loss or THE A'rLAN?I‘IC..'=~~§ A
\Vo havc.:.given-in a preceeding~jco_lu_mp, sn,
l~lai-tford, started to ‘go
across the Connecticut river at ,'Hartford
gin ii small boat. They had proceeded biit_
a little way, ulitii the \iolei.ce_of t'.c
waves swamped. the boat, and Mr. Forbes
was immediately drowiied. Mr. ‘Hills:
saved himself by to ing hold of a scoiv
boat near by.. Neitiicr of thein_ could
swim. Mr. F. was aged 3] years, and has
left a family.
The Philadelphia grand jury have pre-
murder ol his wife, Eve illoslcr by "cutting
Michael Reddiug, for stabbing and killing
Peter Hurd, on the river Delaware; ai.
against Bridget Harniari, for drownirig her
irifatit daughter near Manayunk. On 1‘ri-
day, Mosler was convicted of murder in
the first degree. L
Cotton Cunpou-drr.—.fl new Invcnti'on.—
“Common well cleaned cotton,” in it chem-
.ical point of view, is neither more nor less
‘than woody fibre, in an extremely minute
"‘°""°““-"ll P“3‘-’"e”ge"3 ‘md Efelgl” ‘”"'‘‘',state of subdivisioii; and this substance.
iwheu dipped “for about half a minute in
',nitric acid,” would be immediately con-
’verted into a species of charcoal. lt is
then to he “often immersed in water;”
this would withdraw the acid, leaving the
charcoal strongly iinpregniited with niire.
Here then is a genuine Gunpowder, pos-
sessing the firstgreat requisite in the Ligh-
est degree. namely, extreme commiiiution
of the ingredients; the charcoal and the
nitre being in imicli closer contact than
thcv can ever be brou,c__rht into by iriecliau-
ical action, however excellent that power
may be.—-..’\'". 11. .«l!orning Co;.i'i'cr.
S'll.fJ-TI‘Ell.S‘Ul‘y IfObf);.(f.—-C:1[‘ll. Jzimes H.
De-eriug, the pension agent, ll1(l deposited
about $8000, in specie, belonging to the
Government, in an iron chest, and ' pfaced
it in the store ofa merchant of 'l‘usciiloo.-.a.
The robbers, having forced the doors of
this store, bore of the iron chest and ap-
propriated it to their own use. The Gov-
ernment had provided no safe, and the
agent was instructed to keep the funds in
his own custody, instead of depositing
them in 1! bank.
Ta/ring (lie l"e.'l.——On the 13th inst. four
young ladies received, at the hands of
Bisliop flughes, the VVliite Veil in the Con-
vent of the Sacred Heart, Astoria. Three
of the candidates are natives of l‘biliidel-
pliia; the other is of New York. The
parents of all were preseiit during the cer-
emonics'——aud it was a mournful spectacle
to see them kneeling side by side, with
the candidates at the holy table. They
are all young, highly educated, and accom-
plislied.
Lake Di. (1-S/-7'3‘.--L08-S‘ of Lz'z:es.——The
Buffalo Co'mmerr1'a/..‘7d erti er has received
nccoim‘s of the schooner Helen Strong and
lndian Queen; the beacliiug of the schoon-
er C'level:md, Dayton, J. H. Lyon, U. S.
H. H Sizcr,"(,'hr.s. Howard and Huron, in
the northwest gale of Thursday. TWO
passengers, a man and a woman, names iioi
known, were lost offthe llelen Strong, and
four of the hands of the Osceola. The
lndian Queen was loaded with goods, and
was wrecked above the lower point of
Dun’-irk harbor. The Helen Strong, after
losing her rudder and bursting ii steam
pipe, struck broadside against the rock
coast four miles above Barcelona. The
Osceola was blown ashore four miles above
the Helen Strong, and the rest ofthe sail
craft are beached between this and Eric.
Great T/Vesfcrn Line of Sleamers user]
i2p.—A London letter writer says-—“The
fate of the Great Britain is now almost as
certain and as unfortunate as that of the
Westminister Bridge. Very little hope is
entertained that she will ever float again;
and it is asserted that the uunerwriiers
refuse to pay the insurance on her, on the
ground that she has been lost by the gross
negligence of the servants of the owners.
In addition to this, the insurance, if all
‘paid, is absurdedly disproportionate to the
loss—and tliusl think the last moan is
made of that Steamship Company, who
have saved only the Great Western, out
of their four ships—the- President, the
British Queen, the Great Britain and the
Great VVesteiii.'
The last trial to elect 1\‘-embers of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from those towns which have heretofore
failed to make choice took place on Mon-
day, 23d. The Atlas has returns of the
election of six whigs—six districts no
choir-e._
The Utica and 'Sch'enet-iaily R. R. Co
has just closed a con'tr_act with two estab
lishinents in New Jersey, for 6,000 tons of
iron rail to weigh 65 lbs. to the yard.——
This is said to be the heaviest rail yet or
defed by any couipany. The contract ac-
cording to the Albany Evening Journal, is
suffici at for the entire length of the road.
The celebrated Viennese children, under
the miiniigement of Madame Weiss, forty
eight in number, arrived in the Yorkshire-
Tue parents ‘of the -English portion Of
these young dancers, after the disaster of
the Great 7Britain, re _ _
on the ocean again, but s.ullseqnel_ttly-che-a-
g-id their determination it seems.
l
sented bills against C..arles' Moslcr _for,the‘
her throat; against Henry McDonough,.al‘.
for the murder of Charles Taylor; against]
fused to trust them ’
account of _the.los,s‘of ‘this ,r_.-oble._steamoi',_but
wiihcut any of the details, as the city papers of
,S:itii'r‘day, from which we tool; the account. had
not yet received the particulars. Mon;diiy's bot»!
brought us the anxiously looked for-intelligence
"of the fate ofthe passengers, and -some of the
particulars of the progress of the disaster. ; ..
The Atlantic loft Norwich for New Yorlglato
jon \Veducsday night in ft violent blow. She‘
llltld about 40- pas.-engei-s, and with officers and
' crew had about 70 souls on board. 20 of these
are known to be lost-——bul. probiibly this is not
l
I She first. got into
the steam-pipo, which i'endercd_lie_r engines-
powerless and scalded several persons. . The‘
scenc at this moment was dreadful, the wind
Cl1;l‘l,‘_,'lIlg from N. E. to N. \V. and blowing s ,
. perfect gale. All was darkness and confusion.
The anchors, three in number, were now
thrown over. the sea incamvhile niiilting aiclean
T breach over her bows. It was with the great-
est difl'icult;y and only nftera struggle that lasted
-,an hour that this was accomplished. The sea
was so heavy that the nC('ll0l‘S would not hold
the vessel, and she is supposed to have drifted
~ten or twelve miles by daylight on’ Thursday
l iiioruiiivr.
In the morning the smoke pipes, pilot. house
and bulkheads were cut away, so its to give the’
wind it clear sweep through’ -the vessel. . _
During the day the Mohe an attempted to go
to her relief, but in vain. lfhus the steamer
remained all day, till toward five in the after-
noon of ".l‘hurscliiy, the wind lulled, and hopes
were raised that all danger was over; but not
long after, the wind sliifted two points, and blew
with more than previous violence.
Mi‘. Stetson, 2d Captain, stiites that she drif-
ted ueai'ei° and nczircr to the shore all Thursday
night, and for two hours, from 2 till 4 o'clock on
Friday iiiorning, lay within a cab‘;e’s length of
the hi'eakci's, held by her two anchors. At
about half past four licr stern touched, and both
cables instiiiitzineously parted. and she broached
to, lying broadside-to the slur-:-, in it heav ' surf.
The coast, was so bold and roaky that nllyhopes
of saving the vessel was gone, and she very soon
wont to pieces, leiiriiig little in sight save her
engine and pieces of her wreck floating on the
surtld The freight had all been thrown over-
bo:ii' .
Capt. Dusfaii,wlien lastsoen, was standing
upon the aft proiiieuiide deck giving his orders
with great czilmness and self-possession. His
greatest nzixiely was for his crew and passen-
gers. and nobly did he brave every danger.
Mi‘. Stetson went forward with Mr. Kingston,
first mate, Mi‘. Boyle, the clerk, and Charles
Christian, duck hand; the latter was lashed to
it long rope and lowered, so that ii communica-
tion could be had with the shores. bat the vio-
lflltge cf tlfie waves tore him from the line and
e imsol was saved with rent difficult '. The
others mentioned were wlien she struclt, wash-
ed over board and all reached the land in safety.
Ib,ife;ipi‘eseivf.rs,]of which iliereuv-‘ope maifi
on our ,\'.'ei'e ree iven out ton W owou
Iiiike them fand manyylilvesiveije thus saved. By
irecrion 0 Captain Dustnn planks were also
strorzgly lashed together and pointed out to the
piisseugers. The passengers, too. are said to
have acted with great coolness and magnaniniity.
each preferi-ing the safety of others to his own.
The persons who lost their lives, did so in at-
tempting to get on shore.
The following are the names of some of the
passengers lost ;-—-Capt. Dustnn, of the Atlantic.
Dr. Hasliii of the navy, Lieut. Norton of the
army. John I-Valton, Mrs. Jane \Viilton, and
their children John, James, and Eleanor Jane,
all one fiimily, from Vt-’est Newburg. for Penn.
[Robert Vine and Jacob Walton, of the same
family, saved.
The following are the names of such of the
crew lost, as far as ascertained :—John Gleason,
I'I{‘hl0s- JGt;b.!ItI3\)I', Michael Daugherty. Charles
icy, o in ' cFarlan.
Amongthe persons lost is an Irish woman
named Eliza \Vnc_ob,a,domestic in the family of
Mr. Charles Lewis, believed to be the only in-
dividual lost. belonging to New Loudoii.
The body of Capt. Dustati was taken to the
city early Saturday morning by the L. I. train.
ifiild vylas sent to his late residence on Staten
‘an .
Rev. VVm. J. Armstrong, whose name is
among the lost, was of the Secretaries of
the iiierican Board of Cliiimiissions for F oroign
Missions. \V e learn that he conducted religious
service on board the Atlantic on Thursday. He
leaves fIli“'lf8 and five cfl.lll‘t’dIl'6Ddhl‘0Sldilqlg if tlliiii
city. e isn native 0 en am, . .. ut
was at one time the settled Pastor of a Presby-
terian Church in Richmond, Va. _
The passengers and crew suffered intensely
from the cold, and could only keep themselves.
from getting utterly benumbed and helpless by
about on the boat.
. Much of the property thrown overboard was
very valuable--among therest, it is said, was
$7,000 worth 0" plate, and from -$6.000 to $8,000-
worth of lace belonging to it passenger.
The rumor that Chancellor Kent and Daniel
Webster were on board the Atlantic is believed:
to be without foundation. They took the L..13-.
route on account of the weather. ' ‘
Iowa.—-Official returns from Iowa. settle the-
loug disputed political complexion of the Logis-
lature of that new state. The locofocos have I
majority of four on joint ballot——the Whigs hav-
ing one majority in the Senate. the l°0°f°¢°' 5’
majority in the Assembly. ‘ ‘ '
I? Hon. George E. Badger, Secretary-"of-'
the Navy under President Harrison and Tyler.
has been elected by the Legislature of the State-
of North Qarolina to be a Senator of the United.
St‘ates,.to fill the vacancy in. the Senate _oe_a--
sioned‘ by the resignation of Mr." Haywood.
_j_ _..——
. Qur-.Minista_r to Russia, R. I. Ingersoll
of New Eleven,-arid his son have sailed‘ in-
ilte Burgundy, for__Hh"vro. if i
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difiicuhy by the _bufsting of 4
wi-zipping themselves in blankets and walking T‘
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