The New York Herald Newspaper, November 25, 1845, Page 1

XL, No. 325—-Whole No. 4177. THE NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMES GORDON BENNE'T, Proprietor. Circulation---Forty Thousand. Y HERALD—Every day, Price? ceuts pee copy—87 able in advance ALD—Every Saturday—Price 644 cents per Fannum—puyabl INTS atthe nsw ce. RINTING of all kinds executed with beauty and de i I letters or communie: © establishment. must be post psi cted from the agiee AY L py—$3 1236 cents: nee. fe DVERTISES wil priced—always cash iv by mail, addressed t or the postage will remitted RDON BENNETT, Sh i LONG ISLAND RAILROAD COMPANY c GE OF HOURS TRAINS RUN AS FOLLOWS, Commencing ou Mon: Leave New York- Greenport, daly, 5 oth, I 1 sion Train for | ‘xeepled, stoppiu St. George's Manor.” wursdays and Saturday id intermediate place: for Farmingdale and * places, daily, Sundays excepted. Leave Greenport—Boston ‘Train, ata veto. ky P. ; steamer from Norwich, july, Sundys exeepted, stopping at S ¢’s Manor and Farmingdale. at o'clock, A. M. on Mondays, Weduesdavs and Fridays. iM o'clock, A. M., and of day s Mand 24 P. daily. Sundays excepted. “ast New York 12%; Race Course 10%; Jamaica 25; Srushvill Accommodation Train, Leave Farmingdale—For Brook: Leave Jamaica—For Brooklyn, at Bedford 8 cents 3idq: dyde Pe (during scasion ‘Gia ° sin: } 88; Suffolk Sta Riverhead 1 62) tion 100; Lake Toa Jamesport 1 6236 jGreenport, Ace’n. train, 1 75; Greenport by Boston Train 2 Stages are in readiness on the arrival of Trains at the several gan, to take passengers at very low Fares, to all parts of the aggage Crates will be in readiness at the foot of Whitehall street, to receive Baggage for the several 'T' fore the hour of starting from the Brooklyn Steamer Statesman leaves Gi twice each day on the arriy: 8, 30 minutes be- | al of the Trains from Brool MALL LINE FOR BOSTON. ROAD, VIA NEW LONDON, NoRivicy $. ack, in ths Moming, from the Foot of Whitehall Crates are in readiness to re and Worcester. Baggage for WORCESTER. London, Norwich through under lock. RALEIGH AND GASTON RAILROAD N MONDAY, hae eryre N MONDAY, the 29th day of December next, by virtue O “ctadecree of the Court of Kg if its Autumn Session, 1645, in a sait o of the State of North Carolina, co fyzeclose a Mort tofore executed by the Raleigh and i to indemnily the State against c Puone Auction, at tne bidder, the whole juity for Wake County, at tha Governor, for the use | ourt House door ° of the Roauoake rh ce to Petersburg, Ci altimore. Se. &e Workshops and ‘ he direet line of public it ether with all Bridge: ouses, Water Stations, Engines, he stock of Iron, Lumber, and Fire eon hand, and all other articles own. ed and used by the said Company for keeping up said Railroad, and transportation on the same. F be sold en masse, ‘The purchasers, by the terms of the Decree, and the Act of the Legisiature in relation to it, will become, ipso facto, a y vyle of the present Company, achise, privileges, rights and for the term of 80 years, which its privileges are of yy. and may be fond hich may then rom tae nature of the pro: nities now possessed by charter has yet to ru the most advanta; at large in their ¢ Revised Statutes of seen atthe Seats of Goverament ries of the States of the Union, ‘he whole purchase money in © per cent per annum, {ror thn lows, to wit: $25,000'at the en in four instalments, at intervals of ten months each—say Ist, 29th June, 1846, $25,000 2d, 20th April, 1817, one-fourth of the ren 118, one-fourtn of do. ecember, 1818, our-fourth of do. th of October, 1819, one. of this Railroad and. i's ap ears since, was $1,600,0— borrowed ; creating a debt bearing’ interest, on failure necessary. ‘The grading, bridges, an excellent style of workman of the United States, aus kind to the Compan: er, contained in the 2d Volume of the orth Carolina, page 299, which is ty be im most of the Public | erest, atthe rate of sale, au of six wouths, and 34, 29th Febru which, asale has becom depots, Se. are executed x run daily over it, eat being a part of the So: nsation of $100 per n sa fertile region of coun freights for the transportarion o1 Proauce independently of the receipts from Passen addition to the ordinary sources o! yielding w profit Thongh not, now, a some time past, and it ts e ‘duce ble retarn upon a more moderate amount of capital invested in its purchase. reserve, at the time to purchase, are respectfaliy made w id, at which those inel ‘The purchase money must be secured by bond with approved Pablic Treasurer of the Siate of North Carol and Special Commissiouer of the Court of Ex h, N. ©., October 6, 1845. le following papers will insert the foregoing adver- t 60 days, and forward their bills for payment, with a same, to the suuseriber: Bi “Herald, Baltimore Patriot, Philadelph , Richmoud Enquirer ind Richmond Whig, C Mobile Advertiser, New Orleans Picayan CENTRAL RAIL ROAD FROM SAVANNAH TO MACON. ‘AN s. HIS ae open for ransportation of Passengers cents per hundred. 13 cents per cubic foot. $1 50 per barrel. 80 cents per barrel. On weight goods generally i measurement goods. ja barrels wet (except Oa barrels dry (excep ‘On iron 1n pigs or bars, castings mills and w owed, m 40 cents per hundred. On bhds molasses and oii. 22. Goods addressed to F.” Winter, Agent, forwarded free 0 THOMAS PURSE, Gen'l. Sup’t. Transportation. TO WESTERN TRAVELLERS. PACKET LINE, vie the Pennaylvania Rail- D PION From Philadelphia to Pittsburgh roadsand Canal—through in 344 days. ‘Th full operation and offers a pleasant mode of travel he ears are built int eat inducements Lo persons: most approved modern atyle, the | boats nre fitted up ina superior mauver,and every effort is made oprietors to conduce to the comfortand convenience Scenery on this route is anrivalled, and the 1 Of Peunsylvania internal improvements is well wor this reute passengers avoid all the fatigues und dangers at- nt upon stage travelling, andatthe seme time makean ex- | the cars leave every morning at 7 o’elock. ised to engage their places at wm N. E. corner of Chesnut and Fourth streets, and at Not A. CUMMINGS, Agent. Pasnengersare sd- | Office in Philndel- | and 19 South Third st Philadelphia, May 17, i ty 0 or information, ithe ey of Cer Wl 0.7 West st, NR. nee STATEN ISLAND PERRY, FOOT OF WHITEHALL STREET. after Monday, November 10th, the boats on this Fer- ‘ork and Staten Island as follows watil further notice:— Leave Staten Island, Leave New York. 84 A.M. 9 A.M. 44 do” N-B Al feight at the risk of the vhs ubateot: THE HOUR, CHANGED. and the Intermediate, Landings aise Ne, | ¥, Daily,at 4 P.M, inst ¥ LBANY AND OY LINL, R ALBANY AND TROY DIREC from the pier at the ve the foot of | ead of five, as foot of Courtiandt n this boat will arrive m_ time to tale Sars from Troy west to Buffalo, and ate Morning Train of to Saratoga and Lake George. he low pressore steamboat EMPIRE, Captain K w steamboat COLUMBIA, Captain end: Li THOOn, At o'clock. 2, Clark, at the Freight must | reuthtapply on board, or to en ov the most rearonab! en after 3.0’cloe FOR SAUGERTIES AND CATSKIL. HE Bolendid Steamboat JAMES MADI- J. Copperly,, will leave the foot every Monday, Kt oF Ponsnge, apyey ¥, a6 o'clock, P.M, 0,0. k, Wainwright, Agent, on the wharf JOUN HERDMAN & CO, United States aud Great Brivoia and Irelond Emigrant Office, 61 South street, New Vork. NERDMAN, KFENAN & ©», Liverpool, Passage to and from Grent orivais aud Leia i by the regular Packer Ships sa'ling every The subsersbers in calling the atteetioa aud the public xenerally to therr ane bringing out parsengers from the old after this year the bu: | conducted by its Braneh. for their triends wil at Ouce see the grest importa.ce of this atrangsment, ax it will ‘an Wavececsary delay of the emigrant. The ships +m: his Line are wellknown to be the first aud largest deal by mey «oF erperiences and as they sul every an offer every fie lity that eau be furnished. Wit jor arrangements, the sa veribers look forward for a on of that patronage whieh has been so liberally ex tothem for so many years past. In ease avy of those ngvged do notembark, the passage mouey will be refunded 1% customary. For farther part an 1d countrymen led arrangements for try, bex to state that t Liverpool will be privy by letter, postpaid, TAN & NEW YORK, jd. | that this convention can and will, if necessary mak ment of one individual from each State on & committee charged with the great question of the warehousing sys: tem, which is beginning now to attract such general attention aad Upon which so much of late has been ably written. On this comia by the nomination of Col. Gadsden, William H. ‘Vrescott, of Seuth Carolina, was enrolled. The delegation from Tennessee asked for and obtained permission to withdraw, ia order that they might be en- abled to orr: between themselves several difficulties Which had grown up in relation to the manner of cast the yote of that State A part of this delegation appeared ‘on the part of the General Assembly of Tennesse in session at Nashville, and it.was an exciting q between them and their colleagues from the State at large, what position they snould severally assume in the Couvention Matters were waged warmly, both in and | out of the body, 09 this poiat,and many thought that it would endin animmediate return home of the whole | delegation. But fortunately this difficulty has been ad- | justed to the satisfaction of all parties. | Judge Cuivron, of Mississippi, offered a series of re- solutions to concentrate the action of the Convention ¢ from the Seuuh-West. Mempuis, Nov. 12, 1843, Proceedings of the Convention. Fins Day.—Here we are, all primed forthe great Con- vention which assembles this A. M. at 11 o'clock, in the Methodist Church. Every nook and corner of the city is filled. Many thousand persons are here, who never be- fore saw this flourishing city. Among the promizerit de- legates already arrived, is C. C. Clay, of Alabama ; Bell, Jones, Foster, Gadson, Ashley, &e. J. ©. Calhoun is momentarily expected. The steamer Maria, which is to bring him up the river, is now due; from his apartments at the Gayosco Honse to the levee,a continuous train has been kept up since ten o’clock last night. He will be the great magnet of the convention ; from many dele- | gates of every party and faction havel heard the remark, that ufon his own desires will rest his future elevation Highly Gmport kk DMA the next President of the Union, The universal teel! to iog 8 itt e, c 61 South street, New York. | break through all party lines and unite inouelgreat band | PY wepointing a single Committ e, charged with all the | HERDMAN, KEENAN & CO. | the whole south and west is indescribable. Every city , | Matters on cts which are proposed to be intro- + | duced. ‘This resolution met with warm resistance, inas Liverpool. B.—Drafts for any amount cnn 2s usual he furnished, payable at all the principal Baking Institutions throughout the United Kingdom. on appliestion as sbove rire fib i LOUISIANA AND OF PACKETS It is intended to dispatch a ship from this port on the Ist, 6th, Lith, 16th, 2ist h month, commeneing Ist Qeto- ber and contin ntil ny, when regular days will be ap- pointed for the remainder of the year, whereby great delays And and disappointments will be prevented during the sumer mouths. ‘The following ships will commence this arrange- 2 betes Ship Clifton,. Ship hip se Ship Shakspesre Ship Gouisvitle Ship Genesee Ship Oswego... tain Wood, Ship Damascus. . Captain Bliss. Ship Sartelle .// Captain Taylor, : These ships were all built expressiy for packets, are of light draft of water, have recently been newly coppered and put in rder, with recominodations for passengers unequalled omfort; they are commanded by experienced masters, who ion. They issippi by steam 2 sor owners of these ships will be | responsible for jewelry, bullion, precious stores, silver or plated Ware, or for any letters, parcels or packages sent bY or put. on board of them, unless regular bills of lading are taken for the sane, at the Value thereon expressed. 2. K. COLLINS & CO., 56 South st. or Jas. fe. WOODRUER, Agent in New Orleans, who, will promptly forward all goods to his address. The ships of this [ue are warranted to sail punctually as ad- | vertised, #reat care will be taken to have the goods cor- rectly measured, sire REGULAR U.S. MALL LINES BETWEEN SINCINNATL AND LOUISVILLE. MORNING LINE at 10 o'clock A.M. BEN FRANKLIN No.7, J. B. Summons, master, J, Armstrong, master. EVENING LINE at6 o'clock P M. SIMON KENTON, W. McClain, master. ~ BEN FRANKLIN 'No.6, W. McClellan, master. These boats, forming two daily lines, will rau regnlarly, lea- ving punctually at the hour, and will take freight and passen- gers to and from intermediate landings, at the usu I rates. Freight will be received for these lines atthe Mail Wharf | Boat, foot ot Broadway. Om feng STRADER & GORMAN, 01 Im*rre RUGERS & SHERLOCK, § Agents ; PACKET FOR MARSEILLES—Of Ist D The ship CORIOLANUS,, Captain James Ha will sills above, For frei ar passage spply t3 BOYD & HINCKEN, Ageuts, 9 Toutive Buildings, or to CHAMBERLAIN & PHELPS, n2ire 103 Front street. Y. FOR SALE, FREIGHT OR CHARTER.—The very fast sailing packet ship LOUISVILLE, 513 tous, carries 1500 bales New Orleans Cotton; was built in this Sire with live oak and locust top; newly coppered and felted. Has handsome accommodat pply to EK Ci patent gers. 0 IL 46 South street, FOK LIVERPOOL—New Line—Kegular F the 26th The elegant fest sailing Packet Ship ROSE A. Eld master, of 1100 az abov ‘dge, regniar day. we, having accommodations anequalledfor ‘apply on ‘at Orleans wharf, foot SK. COLLINS & CO., 56 South street Price of passage $100. » ‘Tne elegant tast sailing packet ship Siddons, , B. Cobb. ter, of 1100 tons, wilt aucceed the Roscius and sail 26th her remuiar day 030 LONDON LINE OF PACKETS.—Packet of the of Decemb The spleodid packet ship PRINCE LBERKT, W, Sebur, master, will sail as above, her regutar day. javing superior accommo eerage passengers, persons uninediate application on to the subseriber, Aa ell atreet, or to tions for cabin, second cabin and hing to embark should make board, foot of Maiden lane, or _. JOSEPH MeMURRAY = Comer ef Pine and South streets, New York. The Packet Ship § JAM«S, F R Myer, master, will sac ced the PRINCE ALBERT, aud sail on the first of January her regulor day. i P S.—Persons wishing to send for friends, ean have them srought ont to this couotry by the above soleudid ship, or any ofthe tive, sail a Ou the 7th, i7uh ane caca mouth by api pee PACKETS FO ‘The packwt ship BA plore R HAVE LTIMORE, ¢ +, will sail ow the Ist of December: For freight o: nasage apply to + BO Ck Mesa. No. @ Ponrine Bn iding, ut Wallet, FOR SALE, TO CL0SE A CONC Line of Liverrool Prekets, eon! jus, Siddous, Sheridan and Garrick. ty Dy Brown & vell, with unusual care terials (x very large proportion of their fiames being live pak) and wo they are unsur 8: ocks aud re-salted e year since accommodations for passengers are very extensive and somely luenished. Apply to 1 COLLINS & CO.,568 | “hate a oa . + PILOYING. OWEN FRESCO LT, Pio vetween the port of N York,and all the Eastern poris to Boston, Sax Harbor New London, Stoningts wport,Providence, 1d, * als.and all posts as far Eastas the Kenne- . Orders left at R. L. Shaw s Nautical Store, corner yor to Adams’ Express, Boston, | cautt aw by st wanted. i f iarge a8 Master, if required, Satisfactory re- uid 2w*me si KOR LIVERPOOL—Reguiar Praket of btn Dec ‘The splendid packet ship ASHBURTON. Win ; Howland, master,will sail as above, being her regu | Landay. Having very superior accommodations for econd ex biu and steerage passengers, persons wishing to embark should make early application ou” board, foot of Maiden Laue, orto i JOSEPH MeMURRAY, Corner of Pine and South streets, N.Y. ‘The new and elegaut packet ship Henry Clay, bara Nye, master, willsucceed the Ashbur on, the 6th of Janus ry, ber regular day. ?.'3—Persons wishing to send for their friends, ean have them brought out on the most reasoable terms, by the above pleadid packets, by applying as above. nor i HUSH tibl SLABLES, eth street, becweer 2d and 3d Avenues, aud nearly opposite Ball's Head. Just arrived from the country, and for sale at ibovestables, 80 Horses, among which are four fast trovt fast pacing do., several pairs farm horses, some fue 8, ew Kod foad and stage horses, and shippers. 3.2m*rre R. H. NORTHRUP, Proprietor. THE FALL oTYLE OF GENTLEMEN'S Hats are now ready for the season, 1819, which for lightness and su- pertorityot color cannot besurpassed,which is a very important artof the HAT retaming the color Tl itis woru out. | Any article sold in this establishment is never misrepresented, but | sold for what it Also, the jail style of Boy's aud Chil- dren’s ( of various patterns. Gentlemen can have their huts made to order, in any shape or style they wish. N. B.—A full assortment of Ladies’ Furs. C. KNOX, 110 Fulton street, between William and Nassau streets. KOBERTSON'S HONIX | wa HAT AND CAP MANUFACTORY, 103 Fulton st., between William and Nassau, The success which has attended the efrorts of the Proprietor establishment to i ve aA superior article at es him to make increased ex. blic. The peeulisrit us in the establish partments, as f ci livery,” re Hue oppressive exyences of the more extravagant crafesimen of Broadway and subjected to none of those losses which are the certain accompaniment of the “credit princip! 027 Im*eod ¢ He is enabled to offer the different articles in his line at the following reduced rates:— ‘ HATS. FirstQuality Nutria Fur, $3,50 | First Quality Moleskin, $3,00 | di do 3 vad do Ke S.cond do jo 3,00 | See do 2, i APS. First Quality Cloth... « $1,50 Second do do... 10 Third do de... % nt Im*r ry ONE ERICE.—BROWN & OO. 178 Chatham square, | corner of Mott fecunt 4 THREE wish to inform the publie of their provement in the manufacture sand finish of their “ DOLLAR iful Fi lustre, and will compare well with those more costly. The proprietors are confident that they cau furnish Hats {ur superior to any heretofore sold fur the same price. A full assortment of Fancy Fars, also Fur Cloth; Mohair, Glared, Sikand Fancy CAPS, several new patterns, much admired, sold at reduced wholesale and rotatl, 029 Lint me LARGE SALES AND SMALL PROFITS. HATS FUR $3,50. ON and after Weduesday, November 19th, the subs ber will be prepared to furnish Hats at the above price, {uperior to any ever betore offered to. he public. MILLS, 178 Broadway, Howard's Hotel PREMIUM BUU LS. FINE FRENCH BOOTS for $3.50, city made, aud for | fff ctyteand durability, they are equal to those sold'in oxher FE rench Premiuca Imperial Dress Boots stores for $5. Fine eae rr ’ & YOUNG KJONE’S F tr bri¢es, ni8 twistre jor $4.00, equal to those now in other stores for ‘rench Boot and Shoe manufactory, one ofthe most fashionable establishments in this city. Our boots having beeu judged in the late Fair at Niblo’s, are said to be the pest boots for the price ever sold in this country. Also, perior new style French Dancing Gaiters, and overshoes, ustantly ov hithd. 2 All goods warranted to give satisfaction. Boots aud Shoes made to order in the shortest notice, Mending done in the store, YOUNG & JONES, 4 Ann street, n7 Intro near Broadway, New York. j MUFFS, MUFFS AND FURS. se th U S would ad fadies who have not supplied them- Muff, to eall at WM, COOPER'S FurSvores, at his extensive assortment of Buney Kursand we wil aesure them that they will find Muffs not alone superior bat cheaper then any other store ys Vm. Cooper's Fur Manufaetories, Isat64 Bowery, 5 doors above Walker atreet—and 95 Maiden N, B—All Furs pomghe nett Geld street. 1 N. B= at bia sto Le what they are rep tod res bareenar «| py Every effort will be used to accommodate shippers and pas- 27th of E—Second Line.— apt John Johnson HATS, which retain a beautiful rich | town and hamlet from Pittsburg to New Orleans, aid from the Lakes to Charleston, are fully represented, and with the ablest men, selected indiscrimutely from all parties. An effort has been made at Washington to attach to th's convention a party cast. At ths head of this move stands Col. Benton—he wrote several letters to the hards of Missouri, warning them to keep aloof from it, that it was a whig manauvre; but I have found but two solitary ns who heeded his advice, whilst many of his most realous personal and political friends are here using every effort to further the convention. For the purpose of informing you fully of the origin of this convention, I will state—that on the 8th of May last, | a worthy secluded planter, by name of Ruffen, of North Mississippi, wrote to the Memphis Enquirer, a communi- cation setting forth the grievances under which the planters labored, From tois a meeting was called at Memphis, at the back of which came Captain Bingham of Arkansas, setting forth the grievances of his State in relation to the wretched state of the bridges across the main streams. From this another meeting was held. ‘Then came the great call for a convention, issued by Dr. L. Shanks of Memphis, setting forth all the grievances of the South-west. This convention met on the 4th of July last, and after deliberating for two days, adjourned over to this day. ‘The questions for the consideration of the convention | much as it trenched upon the province of the varions im- | portant committees which had been appointed, many of | whom were prepared with elaborate reports. Col. Gads- den, of South Wa a, heartily opposed the resolution, and upon acall of the States being made, it was lost ; a large majority of the States voting against it, South Carolina among the number. ‘A gentleman from Illinois, objecting to the government having any thing to do with internal mprovements,made some reflections upon Mr. Calhoun’s entitling the Mis. sissippi river an interoal sea, and thus under the jurisdi tion of the government. He thought that such lax con- struction would sweep ia other modes of communication, railroads, if they happened to pass through several legation present. Mr. Catsioun, at this point, rose from the chair, and con- fessed himself happy at an opportunity of making himself properly understood by all the members of the Conven tion. ment to be conducted by the government. rience as a legislator had afforded him full opportunity to witness the powerful local interests which could be brought into operation, and the system of “log rolling” with which it was counected. The general government had expended 16 or 17,000,000 dollars for works,which, if are these :— th: in’ Ki v a ing D Upon the military and naval resources and defences of | (rata dey pee market Would not Dring $1,000,000. | He the West and South ; the iinprovement of the Western | {yo Rin cives ta a diferent "mbtter: “1h was! a rivers ; the improvement of tho Ohio River; the con- nection of the Ilinois River with the Lakes by a ship | canal; the Western armory; the military road from Memphis through Arkansas to the frontiers the forte and defences of the Western Indian frontier; Westorn mails; marine hospitals on tho Western waters; levying and reclaiming the public low lands of the Mississippi and other large Western rivers ; the railroad connection between the South Atlantic States and the Mississippi River ; the agriculture of the South, and manufactures in the South. at caucussing is going on this morning for the presidency of the convention. Shanks will decline serving. "Bell will be a candidate; but the strong feeling is to select a man as little identified with party politics as possible. Truly “ Westward the star of empire takes its way.” Yen o’clock—the mail is closing and so must I. Nov. 138, 1845. Secon Day.—Mr Calhoun was received in the city yesterday with a warmth and enthusiasm which has sel- om been accorded to any public man in the nation.— Hundveds and thousands lined the bluffs and thronged the avenues which approached them, sending up shouts and deafening huzzahs. ‘The steamer in which he came passenger from New Orleans, was met by another sent out by the citizens of Memphis, with a band of music on board and a dense crowd of individuals, including a large representation of the fair sex of the Western valley.— The two boats met amid the roar of cannon, the shouting of the multitude, the waving of hats and handkerchiets, and when Mr. Calhoun approached the quarter deck alone, and uncovered, and stood erect there to receive these’ hearty greetings, it was a sight more imposing, and longer to be held in recollection, than any thing we have ever witnessed. The Mayor of Memphis received Mr Calhoun at the Gayosco House, where accommoda- tions were provided for him, with a handsome and com plimentary speech, to which Mr. Calhoun responded with much feeling. He was called upon by delegates {rom every section of the South and West, and inter- changes of cordiality and friendship were passed during the evening. Yesterday was fixed for the frat of the Convention’s ses sion, but Mr. Calhoun, and a large num- ber of other delegates, not having arrived at the fixed hour, and not arriving until late in the day, no perma- nent organization of the Convention took place. The body, however, had two short and unimportant sessions. The Chairman of the Committee to provide officers made its report, and in their nomination Mr. Calhoun was unanimous! y dlssted President of the Convention. There | seemed to be but one opinion on the subject {rom all sides, with the exception of the delegates from South Carolina, who, we Jearn, were at first averse to the no- mination, and disposed to keep Mr. Calhoun on the floar, where they supposed he could act with less constrain and more effect. It was thought, too, that evil disposed minds might seize upon it to be turned into political ca- pital, But these strong scruples of the Carolina dele- xates were, at last, overcome by the universal sentiment of the body, and they yielded, at last, to the general vo national question —netional in the constitutions! and fed- erative sense. In no other sense could ours be consid ered asa national government, It was a community of nations, and nota nation But, as Mr. Calhoun’s views on these heads are go well understood, we need not go at any length into their expression here. The Convention spent the res¢ of the day in filling out the different Com- mittees, who are to report to-morrow. ‘The afternoon session was very short. The Commit. tee on the Military Arkansas Road, repo: ted and recom- mended an appropriation of two hunured thousand dol- lars, to be appropriated by the at government for this purpose; but on motion of Hon. Mr. Clay, of Ala, their report was referred to the Committee on Military Defences. On motion, Genl. Gaines, of Louisiana, was unani- mously added to the list of Vice Presidents of the Con vention The Convention adjourned at half-past four o'clock, and the various committees meet to-night. There is considerable jealousy between the cities of Vicksburg, chez, Memphis, Nashville, &c., in relation to our Yestern Railroad. Each of them is loud ir advocacy of a terminus to itself exclusively, and sends delegates in- structed to that effect, with engineers, surveys, and im- portant statistical facts; but as the committee on this sub- ject embraces members trom all of these sections, we may expect some union of measures, and rest in satisfac- tion of having the railroad to the Mississippi at all events, at whatover point it may strike i Affairs in 'Texas—Progre —Anclent Rul. [From Texan papers to Nov. 12 Oftice.] The re‘urns that have been received froma large num ber ofthe most populous counties of Texas, leave no longer a doubt that the new Constitution has been adorted by an immense majority of the people of the whole Republic. We are inclined to believe that there never has been a Constitution of a new State inthe Ame- rican Confederacy adopted with as much unanimity as the new Constitution of Texas. The next step to be taken by the people of ‘Texas, is the election of the ofti- cers of the State Government according to the provisions of the new Constitution. A Governor, Lieutenant G: vernor, and members of the State Legislature are to.be elected on the third Mond: December next. ‘The trade with the settlements on the Rio Grande is rapidly extending. Parties of Mexican tra- Jers are almost daily arriving at the towns on the ex- treme western frontier; and there are scarcely goods suilivientto supply tue demand. Several large droves of horses and mules have lately been driven into Corpus Christi and Victoria for sale. itis expected that the army onthe Nueces will soon be supplied with cattle | trom the Mexican ranchos onthe Rio Grande and Sel | Colorado. The Mexicans who have visited the Ameri- can camp express great satisfaction that the army is sta- uoued so near them, and they often express the desire seat this army will soon be stationed directly on the Rio Grande. Even many of the Mexicans residing west of twat igen, say that they would be rejoiced if they could bo prdfected by the American government. been so olten harassed and plundered by the Mexican of the New State. Se., dice , received at the Herald he Convention was then organized as follows :— JOHN ©. CALHOUN, of 8. ©., President. Vics-Parsipent—Dr, Jas. Overton, Tenn.; Co’ Jno Hanua, Kentucky ; Col. Wm. Strong. Ark. ; Gen. Roger Uarton, Miss.; Capt. H. M. Shreeve, Mo.; Hon Clement Clay, Ala; Hon Oliver J..Morgan, La; Major Alex wyuld ‘gladly submit to a government that would afford them protection and security of person and pro- Black, 8.C.; Gen, Leonard White, ichard 7 Snakes Fes Cada Gh LOA bia Ohi Oe Wa! | verty. It is worthy of remark that hundreds of farms en | Burch, Indiana ; Gen, H. C. Dodge, lowa ; B.B. Minor, | 8¢ Rio Grande, and along the tertile valleys of its peat ; i 3 ’ | western tributaries, have been deserted. ‘Tueir owners Secnazanius—Col, Noland, Arkan.; Col. J.G. | Were #0 often subjected to the extortions and ex- Harris, Teun Col, A.B, Chembers, Now J. D-B De | Sctious of the military danta in that section, Harrie, Teun Col. A.B. Chambers, Mos J. DB De | that they were gradually stripped of all their move: | able property. ‘The people in that section have suttered more frou their own troops than irom the ravages of an enemy. They enjoy at tuis Ume a temporary peace, 4s the disseasivns 11 the interior have detuined the troops Other delegstes appeared’ and took their seats in the body; among them are six, eight or ten from New Or. | jeans and Louisiana at large ‘The members from South | arolina appearing this morning were Messrs. Gadsden, | Bl Magwood, Gatewood, Bryce, Trescott and De | Bow. Col. Gadsden, having power to fill vacancies, ap- | pointed Capt. P. Calhoun, of the Army, a younger son of vir, Calhoun, to take a place among the delegates from | Charleston, and his name was accordingly enrolled. | ‘hese be all the delegates that will sppear from | South Carolina. Marsuaus—Gen. J. F, Farringtom; Lewis C. Treze- vant, and W. B. Morris. The thanks of the Convention having heen tenJered to the Hon, E. J. Shields, for the able and efficient manner in which his duties as chairman had been discharged, Hon. J. C, Canoun was then conducted to the Chair, and addressed the meeting in an appropriate and impr sive manner for about taree-quarters of an hour. He commenced by referring to the vast resources of the South and West, and stated that the development of these resources constituted the legitimate object of the Con- vention. The territory embraced in the valley of the Mississippi, and that situated on the Gulf, and so far along tne Atlantic coast as was appropriated to the cul- tivation of tobacco, cotton, rice, kc., was deeply interest- ed in whatever might promote the increase of these pro- ducts, and the more general intercourse of its people. ‘This, he said, brought him to the rail-road system which he advocated as the best, and for lighter and more ex: | ponsive articles, the cheapest mode of transportation, In connection with this he alluded to the delicate que: tion of how far the aid of Congress should be extended and after saying that even could Congress, which he denied, take subscription in the stock, it was not to be desired. He thought, however, that Congress might in- directly givo its aid by granting each alternate section of public lands through which the railroad might pass, as subscription. He had stated that it was to be desired that the general government should terminate as soon as possible ite Proprietorship of the public domain. Con- jeuders now on the Rio Grande, fearing another revola tion, are compelled to treat the people of the eastern pro- vinees with Kindoess and cyurtesy. The bands of li- censed robbers that were accustomed to scour the coun- try on the east bank of the Kio Giande, have been with dyawn, or been frightened away by our spy companies that now range West of the Nueces. Mr. Kaufman, our Charge d’Aflaires to the United States, finding that he would not be recognized in his official capacity by President Potk, has goue to Pennsyl- v his native State, probably on a visit to his rele. We learn that Mr. Buchanan, the American Sec- of State,and Maj. Donelson, both endeavored to persuade President Polk to receive Mr. Kaufman as Charge d’Affaires of Texas, but in vain. Some of the editors of the democratic papers express apprehensions that the refusal of their President to receive Mr. Kauf- man in his official capacity, may irritate the people of exas and have an injurious ‘effect upon annexation. These apprehensions are all founded in error. ‘Che peo- ple of Texas are entirely indifferent upon this subject, aud care 4s little whether Mr. Kaufman is recognized as Charge as they care whether Mr. Birney or Abby Fol- som 18 nominated by the abolitionists for the presidency. Col. Snively has discovered three large stone houses near the sources of the Leoua, in Milam County, about 65 miles west of Bryant's Fort, on Little River. They are situated in a beautiful and fertile valley which opens between the rugged and bleak hills that lie towards the mouth of the Leona, and connects the undulating region of the Little River with the undulating region that sur- rounds thé sources of the Leona. These houses are similar to those in Bexar, and like them are built in the Moorish style of architecture, with flat roots. Their walls are still in a good state of preservation, although they appear to have stood for more than a,century. They "i e placed in the form of a triangle, a house being at ress could, secondly, extend its aid by arepesl of the | &Fe P gle, g a duty on railroad iron, which woull amount to $2000 | &ach of itsextromities. When discovered, there were per mile. Another great object, the accomplishment of | QTOWS or pointer he roof of each house. Snively noted the direction of these pointers, traces of an old forge at the point where lines extending from the pointers would meet. We find no notice of these buildings on any of the old maps of Texas, but it is evident from their resemblance to the old Spanish buildings at Bexar and Goliad, that they were erected by Spaniards ; and it is quite probable that they formed a’part of the chain of “Missions” that extended from the Rio Grande to ogdoches, Future explora- tions will probably disclose many other buildings of a similar description in the interior of ‘Texas, and f above the present line of settlements. We regret th the records of these old missions cannot be tound in Vexas. ‘There were many valuable papers preserved in the archives of the city of Bexar, which contained the which was a legitimate end of the convention, in addi- tion to a connection of the Mississippi valley with the Atlantic coast, was furnishmg a line of communication | between this great valley and the valley of the St. Law- tence. He then proceeded to a discussion ot clearing Mississippi river and its tributaries of all obstruc- i its navigation. He assimilated the great river to an inland sea, and said that it camo as fully un- der the supervision of the national Legislature as the | Atlantic coast. The Mississippi and its tributary streams formed a great artery, and any stoppage of it was sure | (0 produce commercial convulsion, Proceeding down the Mississippi, he calles attention to clearing out the bar in the river below New Orleans, and providing for TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, i845. | formerly inden jin ages long tines go | more than twenty feet long, or the mammoth of « Skates. Ho said that Illinois was opposed to the govern | ment interfering in relation to the Mississippi, but in this | he was at once corrected by almost the whole of her de- | He was hostile to any system of internal improve- | His expe- | They have | soldiery, quartered ia their towns and villages,that they | borne, in Alabema. Probably the skeleton described above was obtuined frem t me locality. ‘This *mon- ster” is by no means unknown to naturaliste. It was described os long ago as 1836 by Dr. Harlan, who has dist shed itby the neme of Basilosaurus. The a mal in form reseribled the crocodile, but instead of legs or feet, it was provided with fins, which doubtless enabled it to venture far ot into the open sea, although its chief resoits mnat » Leen the broad inland bays that ed th: southern coast of North America. It may not be amiss here to mention that some geol »- gists have advanced * \¢ opinion that the Guif of Mexico, by, extended quite up to the mouth of the Ohio river, ead all the tract of country to the Ozark Mountains was subme: haps thousands of th mous ani i tha bosom ot this vast in What a singular spec tacle mist the upper praines of Texas then have present. ed, bordering of the sea, when this huge animal pervaps battled with the huge mastodon, sixteen feet high and | size, or with the huge megatherium, whose claws have | been lately found in the Brazos a hundred arger than the claws of the largest lion ? i Reads We learn that many of the inlets of Galve y are literaty filled with wild ducks, brant, geese &eo. Several thous! often seen in a single flock ol, Morgan ai informs us that one of his slaves lately killed sixty-five ks in about two hours aie new steamboat Sam. M. Wiltiams, started yester- day on her first trip to Galveston. This boet, we believe, is the second that has ever been built west of the Trinity, and she reflects great credit on her builders. She is ca- pable of carrying 1100 ba ‘ F with a large number of state rooms, which, with her ca- bins, are fitted up and farnished with admirable neatness and good taste. ‘An excellent iron foundry has been established at Galveston. This foundry has been in operation about four months, and its enterprising proprietor has thus far been quite succe: He is prepared to cast ploughs, bake ovens, kettles, and hardware of almost every de- scription: | also machivery for sugar mills, cotton ins, &c. The castings from this foundry will bear a favorable comparison with those that are imported. This | We believe is the first foundry that has ever been in suc- | cessful op» ration in Texas sources of the San Gabriel and Brushy, find the country well stockea with » singular breed of wild cattle. Large droves of these cattle are found not\ rete Gabriel, Leona and other tributaries of Little aiso on the San Saba, the Llano, and many of the tri- butaries of the upper Colorado,far above the settlement: They differ in form, colur and hapits from ail th varieties of domestic cattle in Texas. They are invari- ably of a dark brown color, with a shight tinge of dusky horns are remarkably large, and stand out atraight from the head, Although these cattle are generally much larger than the domestic cattle, they are more fleet and nimble, and when pursued, often’ outstrip horses that easily outrun the. buffalo, Unlike the buiido, the seldom venture far ont into the prairies, but are general: ly found in or near the forests that skirt the streams in that section. Their meat is ofan excellent flavor, and is preferred by the settlers to the meat of the domestic cattle. It is said that their fat is so hard arid compact that it will net melt in the hottest days of summer ; and the candles formed with it are superior to those that are formed with the tallow of other cattle. Some persons have supposed thatit is possible theco cattle are a di tinct race,indigenous to America; and the immens tons of a species of fossil ox with straight horr are often found in the beds of the Brazos and Colorado would seem to strengthern this opinion. | cattle are now found only in the vicinity of the old Missions, it is much more probable that they are the descendants of the cattle introduced by the early Spanish adventurers. It is said that a species of wild cattle, differing from allthe domestic breeds of the Eastern con- tinent, 1s found in the Sandwich Islands : but it is well ascertained that this breed is derived from the domestic cattle that were left on those Isiands by Vancouver.— These cattle are so wild that they can only be caught alive by entrapping them in disguised pits. The cel brated botanist, Douglas, while on a tour in one of tht Islands, fell into one of those pits, aud was gored to death by a wild bull, who had been thus entrapped. Several attempts have been made by the sett!ers on the Sun Gabriel to domesticate the wild cattle in that section, but they have thus far been unsuccessful. As they are far superior to the domestic cattle of the country, not only in size, strength and agility, but also in the flavor of their meat and the density of their fat, they might. if once domesticated, become a valuable acquisition to the agriculturists of this country. Municipal Affairs in Philadelphia. ‘Yo His Honor, rae Mavor OF PHitapeLrnia > i trust, sir, you will allow me to bring to your notice ircumstance which occurred in your city yesterday, ce it may be ascertained to have some interest for yourself, as the supreme magistrate of Philadelphia; con- cerning, 'as it does, every traveller who passes by, who may wish to claim’the protection of your laws. When | arrived yesterday, in the cars, at Philadelphia, at 3 o'clock, trom Baltimore, 1 employed cab No. 61, (single horse,) to take me to various places in the city, and afterwards to the boat for New York. told'the cabman, that I might wish him for two hours, service for whetever time | might wish,! paying accord- | ing to the time employed | dock: he had been in my serv: | Lasked him how much it wa: | anda half.” [then asked hi municipal regulations for cabs and carriages. He hesi- tated some time, bat at last consented. I saw that he was entitled to fifty ceats, (as | had supposed,) just one- third the price he demanded. I expostulated with him, but he said “he should keep my velise till | paid his demand.” I was tempted, as every honoravio maa in the world would be, to knock the villain down; but 1 | call fora municipal officer to decide the case | by the name of Jobnson, was pointed out to me as one | of the Mayor's police, stationed on that corner. | that Were on the march to the frontier; and the military | did, as | have always done under such circumstaaces, A man, ated | the facts before him, in the preseuce of the cabman, who lid not dispute my statement; but he dec.ared ugein, in nce of your officer, that be oi! not give’ up | the vezse, till I paid him one dollar. Why ke tad lowe > ered bis price one-third, I don’t know. Levked the officer if | must pay the demand—if it was law-for, if it was, I shouid not ‘object to pay the sum, whatever it | was. The o¥icer evaded areply. 1 pressed tue point, and he at lust said, that “if hud made no detiaite bar | gain with the cabman, I must pay what he asked.” 1 | showed him the printed regulations. He said nothing about them; iff wanted my velise, | must the dollar.” | paid it. Those who know me, sir, ¥ appreciate my motive in this communication. || resp jaw, and will never take the execution of justice into my hands, till I fail to secure it through its constituted channels, I believe it was the duty of your officer, as the 1acts were clear on his confession, to restore me my velise, and bring the cabman to justice. [ do not he- e cared y tt lieve that the city of Philadelphia would suifer a regu- | lation to exist, which would place every traveller in the power of a cabman ; nor can | betieve that you | would allow any cabman forcibly to arrest a geutloman’s velise from his hands unless he paid an illegal sum, ‘Through such a city no man could pass with safety. | suppose that the only object of alaw tor rates of cab hire | | 25 miles. | the Danbury road, we will of cotton, and is furnished | ‘The setters who have recently opened farms near the | on the San | River, but | yellow onthe tipofthe nose and on the belly. Their | But as these | but at all events 1 wished him to hold himself at my | He drove, according to my | directions, to several pluces and left me at the steamboat | e just forty-tive minutes; | he replied, “one dollar toshow me the printed | Railroads by our Middietown Neighbors, §e.— Politics— Maguetic Telegraph—Dv. Baird—Sig. Blitz— Mastodon —George Munday Morals of Hartford, §c. The railroad mauia has seized our quiet sister city, Middletown. ‘They have surveyed three routes thence’ to unite with the Hartford and New Haven road: one route to unite at Wallingford, 1 miles from New Haven; one to unite at Meriden, just midway between Hartford and New Haven, and one to unite at New Britain, eight miles from Hartford. The latter route is found the shortest to be built, and the least expensive. And when the Danbury road is built, it will unite with it also, at New Britain. Our Middletown neighbors have also commenced the earvey of a road from their city, weet wardly to the Stato line, through the towns of Portland , Chatham, Colchester, Marlborough, Hebron, Lebanon, Franklin, Lisbon, Canterbury, Plainfield, to the State line, in Sterling ; at which point the Providencers have ogreed to meet them in a railroad to their city, to unite with the Providence and Boston and Providence and Worcester railroads. To the State line, from Middle town, the distance is 40 miles. By this route, when the New York and Hertford railroads are completed, the dis- tance between New York and Boston will be lessened But before that road is built, if we can build ave a still shorter cut to dding only a few miles to the Danbury road, ou a TO rveyed. Citizens of Hartford —ree} estate owners of Hartford—the question now comes home to you in tones of thunder, will you sacri- fice the Danbury road b) your inertness and indifference as you did the Hartford aud Worcester road before the western road was thought of? For your own sakes think of this and act promptly. If the God of nature haa not exalted our city above all others in Connecticut, point of privilege of location, t ity would now be jmost a howling wilderness—ior there has been nothing doue by the moneyed men of the place but to “ advance it backwards” in the scale of enterprise. Just kick over the Danbury road, and if through your indifference your Middletown neighbors have their road in connection with the Hartford and New Haven road, at Wallingford, (instead of New Britain,) and the Providence road to Boston, then you will be ready to talk of doing some- thing after the same manner as when the western road was built; you began to nt that you all had no: pushed in season the Worces‘er road. Why cannot you learn to make hay when the sun shines ? But with the western road 26 miles north of us, cutting off our northern trade, and the Middletown and Provi- dence proposed road, 15 miles south of us, running up in a northeasterly direction, cutting off our southern and eastern trade, and with the canal railroad 9 miles west Boston, by | of us, from New Haven to Collinsville, cutting off our immense western trade, if your trade and busine: not get effectually used up, then I am no judg croaker—but I take a common-sense, business-like view of these things. Do you ask what remedy I propose ?— It is, put through the Danbury road, which will secure to us not only our present western trade, and an addi- tion thereto, but also will effectually kill the proposed | canal road. ‘Then, after that road is built, let us build | one through Kast Hartford, Manchester, Vernen, Elling- | ton, Tolland, and Stafford, to the line, (28 miles.) where a road is about to be built from Southbridge to Boston— which will make the great inland route from New York to Boston some 30 miles shorter than now. This will efectually place Hartford where she belong pect to do business, We must have facilities for our cus- tomers to come tous, as well as offer them great ba vains. [uthe mean time, O ye wealthy men, help the | hhechanies in your city, and putup manufactories. Also, feeall your money, which you have loaned in other States, in order to escap? taxation, and because you can vet one per centmore interes! .and invest iy mechanical r busi: yorlr oO" . nd manufacturing business in yotr on Dut 7ouNill abso ave the gratification of thus enriching yourselves, whilst ‘ou are giving employment to hundreds, who W2 bleas you for thus making a right use of the means C‘od has committed to your charge. ‘Vhe political cauldron begins to ‘Double, dou- ble, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble,” with the drill and din of caucus nominations for next \pril elections, in this State. ‘The democrats will nomi- | nate’ State candidates on the 3rd prox. But from the strong feelings in favor of Mr. Billings, in New Londo: county, the strife between Mr. Welles, of this city, and sim, will be pretty nearly equal—but the government officers will decide the contest, I apprehend, in favor of \ir Welles. As for the whigs, they have called their State Convention onthe 14th January next, being too ousy in log-rollings, some in favor of the present negro uftrage, vetoing, non-signing, and ‘ as#enting”-to-bill, Governor—whilst the great mass of that party are in fa- vor of following the example of the democrets, and ominating @ merchant, farmer, or businese man for Go ersatorial honors—they having become tired of paying 51100 to big lawyers, to be Governors, and “to attend to their profession,as heretofore.” We are about 300,000 peo- ple in Connecticut, and we waut either a whig or demo- ‘ratio Governor once, during our existence, since the Hartford Convention, who is irom tha people, and not & | lawyer and above them. stan The magnetic telegraph subscription is now being ta- | ken up, without the aid of the “soulless corporations” who kept it suspended, mahomet-coffia dike, for a week. Dr, Baird last evening completed a very satisfactory ourse of le®ures on Exroyean affairs, which have en listened to attentively by some 400 to 300 persons. Sig. Blitz is astonishing the Harttordites with his Light of hand, &e., in turning wetches into vegetabies, roducing eggs, and bouquets, and turnips, “with some ictle powder, making plates dance, &c. &® His power 3 omnipotent except et, to which we chal- enge all his art and enchantmenta—that of receiling ad investing in manutactures in our city the money loaned by our nabobs in other States, on b/nd and mort- ge, to avoid taxation ; and to make our moneyed men | have liberal ideas of investing the same in their own y. Sig. B has played nightly the two past weeks to sand $100 houses, which is a large bDusivess for this 2) cents a head. He gives a benefit this evening e Orphan Asylume, and may de never be less ‘ount of his generosity. The great mastodon bones from Newburg are here. Chere 1s some talk rting a joint stock company for cture of “fossil remains ;” capital to be Carbonate of hme and sulphate of Potasa | | not only reap twenty fold more proitt, | ha + $25,000. can be as cheaply inade here as elsewhere ! Geo ours Junday, the batless prophet, is berating through eets, the pests of lawyers. Erratic genius that » mixes Up a great deal of truth in his harangues; t pprevend his labors wail be bere “love's labor ost.” From the (one of acertain paper towards him ro this city, we take ithe has skinned a certain lawyer. Chere certainly is no place where the people deserve lecturing on morals, and in Munday’s plain way, more than here The pest week has been one in which the blackest of crimes have been brought to light, and under the most genial and beautiful weather ot this month. { aricn ge Call 10 osea Callaway to a tt in Fouad in such Miles Ivy, for chal rencontre with deadly weapons, has been t | guilty of a breach of the law against duel! | case made and provided, in the State of Alabi | Goldthwaite, has sentenced him to one year ment in the State Penitentiary, at hard labor, ‘This is the in any city, is to prevent all dispute and all imposition. | first conviction under tne statute. i think your police officer suffered law to be violated | and injustice and indignity to be offered to a stranger. Such things have often been done at that dock, even to ladies. They have not probably come to your know- ledge in the great majority of cases. My object, in this communication, is to state facts, o: which there were many witni with the hope that you will inquire into the for if travellers are not safo in appeuling to you, then they oxght to be advised before hand, and they will probably be prepared for de- fending themselves. The officer's name was Johnson, the cab, No. 61. With great pet Ihave the honor to be ‘our obedient servant, RD LESTER, Consul at Genoa New York, Nov. 20, 1845. Horrmtz Murper ann Anpvuction or a Fematr g trom the Gallatin (Tenn.) per] spt Norman, deputy sheriff of this county, and the abduction and supposed murder of Mrs. Sarah Dinning. The par ticulars of the transaction are as follows:—Some twelve ince, Mrs. Sarah Dinning gave such information that her husband, James Dinning, Granville Dinning, g, and Washington Morgan, who had larceny, as upon the charge of stealing a barrel of whiske They were all indicted, and Washington Morgan was alone arrested. | Sarah Dinning was the only witness against him, and history of several of the early settlements formed by | the Spaniards in Texas; but they were nearly all de- atroyed during the war. The soldiers were accustomed | to use them as waste paper; and the Mexicans used them | to form cigarritos. Scarcely any remain worth preser- | ving. We have recently learned that the records o' Goliad, part of the records of Bexar, those of San Sa the mission of the Altar on the Nueces, and sev others of the ancient missions of Texas, wore all copied and preserved in the city of Chihuahua, which was re- garded as the central point of the missionary stations of Texas and the northern provinces of Mexico, or Pro- | vincias Intern Our government should endeavor to | procure capi these records from Chihuahua at as early a period as practicable, as they doubtless contain | much valuable information respecting the early history of Texas. They may prove valuable also in establish. | | ing the claim of France to this country, and through | France the Claim of the United States to Texas as a part | of Louisiana. This, however, we consider a matter of | little importance ,as we regard the law defining the boun- daries of the Republic ot ‘Texas, as the only true basis | upon which the government of the United States can | form a future treaty of boundaries with Mexico. It appears from the returns of the Assessor: ria and Matagorda counti publi defence. He then spoke of the dangers of navigation the Gulf of Mexico, especially on Wie ‘Florida coast in the vicinity of the Florida Keys. ‘The defence of | the Tortugas was 0. means to be desired, and it should be placed in @ state which precluded the possi- bility of its being wrested from us, He concluded by expressing a fervent wish that entire unanimity might prevail, and that should any question arise in its delib- erations iuvolving adifference of constitutional opinion, it should be passed over. After Mr. Calhoun resumed hb: SHisios, on motion of E. J. el dopted for the government Tt was settled that each State rep- | resented should be entitled to an equal namber of votes with the others. A resolution, and perhaps the only one of any great importance introduced, was passed, which provided that ia all the important proceedings of the body, the States, Territories, &c., represented, and Texas, should have a | perfect equality’ in voting. Novesmen 14, | Tuinv Day.—The Convention assembled at 9 o'clock, and proceeded immediately tothe further enrollment of embers arrived since the last session. The sections represented, and the number of delegates present, up to this time, are as follows :— Kentucky 20, Arkan: 14, Missouri 34, Alabama 22, uth Carolina’ 9, No , oT county over ten years of age, is 1,390; under ten y’ ai, indiana 7, lows i eee Q ecient 0. [ilinols | Gro. Cho number of horned cattle is 44,000. ‘Tho num | nessee 236, Virginia 5, Pennsylvania Le Totel, 564. 15 States represented, | the is 16.000. The Hon. Cement 0. Cr : 5,000. ing of the session to-day, oxprossed theenrnest desire | _ Several +keletons have been found in the northeastern | d | near the | that throughout all the deliberations of the body, tho | parts of Texas, particularly in Fannin county, ois d’Are Creek. One of au enormous size (said to be t i visi ah Bade droughout the. ernie Tatil note ceaiene nearly 200 feet long.) has also been found in Av — | Morgan should be convicted, which could alone be done Whereupon a resolution was almost unanimously pass. | AB account of the later may be found in the transaction: | upon the testimeny of Sarah Dinning. We understand , od inthe effirmance of this, the leading principle of the of the American Philosophical Society for 1884. Several | that a reward of between threo and four hu red lars ‘ up, aud likewise Conventiv: skeletons of the same extinct animal have been found in B. B. Miwon, Eaq., of Virginia, moved for the appoint din t pp sonont dl he while he w | and Despatch, that the number of slaves in Brazoria | Jam | i‘ re | menced knocking, and that Normap hearing and seeing them. of slaves in Matagorda county over ton years of age | found, a revolving pistol, with three of the barrels 9; under ten years, 361, The number of horned cat- | empty. No trace, as yet, has been found of ¢ | the murderers took. great fears were entertained ior her salety, several at- tempts having been made to get her off. Morgan wa tried, which resulted in a mis-trial to on Dinning’s, her brother-in-law and w: He entertained fears for her si vored to get persons to come to his hou tay’ nd stay | cmarble statue of the hero, to be placed in the capitol. trated in this county, on | in the death of Win, B. | | Greenville, ted acts of | The Liverpool papers contain the advertisement | of 660 American clocks, seized and condemned ‘or some infraction of the law relative to the advalorem duty, and to be sold by auction. Also, at the same time, for the | Same cause, 100 boxes American cheese. the atmosphere has often given us the promise of rai which is so much wanted. The ‘Indian summ: i lingering with us, and the city continues health: heretofore. A fire has been raging for three or four days The unprecedented drought still contiddes,although in, ny | in the Dismal Swamp near Deep Creek, the smoke from | | | solutions into the House of Repr which has been seen near the Southern horizon.—Nor- folk (Va.) Beacon, Nov. 22. On the Ith inst, Mr. Anderson introduced re- itatives of Tennes- see, providing for the erection of a monument to Gen. Teckson, at or near Memphis; also for the procuring of Mansfield, in Connecticut, was the first place in this country, we believe, in which the cultivation and manufacture of silk wes attended to, to much extent, and the town still continues to be engaged in that business ; there being at this time no less than eight factories em- | ployed in it. Dexter Wells, (who shot Robert Headden at >. H. on the Ist of July last,) was tried and found guilty on Thursday, the 1 instant, before his Honor Judge frost. He was sentenced to be hug on | the third Friday in February next. ‘The Newton, (N. J.) paper says:--A ther has been prowling about ia the vicinity of this village, dur- ing the past week, committing sundry slight cepre- jdations, On Wednesday a cow ofthe late Doct. Hedges Sarah Dinning went | was torn by th animal, within a mile of his house. S. Schafler, son of J. Schaffer, of Paterso SchuyJkill county, Pa., left his house on the 8th ii and had not been heard of till the 17th, when his lifeless of nights. On the morning of the 10th, he saw Norman | body was found in the woods near the village and solicited him to come that night and stay, expressing | It 18 said that the present Governor of Canada will his fears for the safety of Sarah Dining boat this | have leave to return home in consequence of ill health, time Madison Dinning and his wife and Dinning, who were in the house, were aroused by some one knocking at the door and calling; they recegnized the voice of James Dinning, and refused to open the door Several guns were fired; and Madigon Dinning jum out of the window and went off to the nearest neighbor. ‘The door was broken open, and James Dinning entered with n in his hand and demanded his w: Sarah Dinniny nd, after searching for her, found her where she had hid under a bed; he pulled out, took her up in his arms, and bore her off—she struggling and screa ing with all her might. z In the mean time, Madison Din: ning returned with some of his neighbors, and discovered the dead — of Norman about twenty feet from the shot three places. M. Dinning and his wife know that Norman was there. It is supposed it the stable putting up his hor ig men went to the house and cot Dinning a rushed upon them. He had in his band, when ‘rom the signs where th: wore, it is thought there were ten or fiiteen of them.— Great excitement prevails in the neighborhood, as Nor- | man was popular, and as there was a great desire that tor theie apprehension has been ma a limestone rock about thirty miles northwest of Clai- | an application to the Governor to offer a reward, — | named James Shett had beheaded a Mr. | and that Sir Henry Pottinger or Captain Elliott will be his successor. i A letter from Lexington, Geo., states that a man Selom H. Pemberton, a inflicting sundry wounds with a bowie | knife on his body. Lusvs Natur#.—There was reported to the French Academy of Science, in Paris, that a female of Chassepein, in that department, was deliver- ed of two children, presenting the following conforma tion. They have two perfect heads, each distinct, and this is the case down to the of the thorax. At the birth there was but one mntia, and one umbilical cord. Below the base of thorax these twins have it one body, with a sing! iy ich child bas a inct heart, the pulsations of which are distinctly felt, end there are separate lungs, the action of which is regular and healthy, but in one the respiration was stronger than in the other. One child only tak breast; the other has no other nutrition th le milk placed in its mouth by the mother, but it is remark- ed that the child which does not suck is more healthy than the other; this is the only one that utters the cries of infancy. At first the children were considered to be ‘and were baptized by the names of Jean and iY xamination showed that they ster of birth bad been A com alte: mittee wax appoi # report to the Academy