The New York Herald Newspaper, October 18, 1847, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD ESTABLISHMENT, Herth-w ast corner of Fulton and Nassau ots, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, OLRCULATION..FORTY THOUSARD. DAILY HERALD—Every day, Price 3 conte per copy=§7 4% Per nppui~ payable in iyences ai WEIKLY HERALD—Kvery Saturday— 6M oonts Per copy 83 1a cents per annum—payable m ee. H ) FOR EUROPE—Every Ste day— mts per gopy—$5 per anni mela stsements will nani, 1rue Vivienne, ry ved, by Messrs. si atyiiaeeeal Pogea a etal a chit Millen: the hooksedlen SE ER CTORT ER ALD —Published on the ffeach year—singie copies sixpence. r ‘usual prices—alwi Advertisements should be written in a plain, I ve Proprietor will nos be responsible for ig of muy oocursy them. chine Gof all kinds executed beautifully and with patch. All lettars or egmccunicutions by mail, to the Liat ‘post: 0 f the exiab ust be post paid, oF Bre will bo dadesrea benvintinn mneey fetal ‘OR SALE, a new and grand m Fiano Porte, of powertal aa8 beflions tone, with all the modern ian ima lover & by oe of the yes west manufietnrer's price. and foftee this office, will be attended toe the to pl octa¥* aquare, combinéng all the improvements the tv. with ina dchers suggested by his own experi: in te pastneess Ail his instraments are mynafhctared (or the city teads, and no pains or expense is render them oro orencioea Sse least equal to those of any of & SALE—WESTCHRSTER LAND At $108 a5 To gentlemen wishing sites for coun! ; and f f ahrennedrner tees en o f land. tchester, iles of the Ci ncof passing over Tatiom Bees, feet 10 private sale, in lots containing Sto 50 acres ale tarboad of neko goo ‘The lands are within 15 mit road. fronton good roads, are and churches of different denot ious location healthy. | Terms moderate, ‘Warranty deeds, without any res i fedapa UVERNEUR MORKIG,” vegiven Apply to GOUY. lorris 3 016 12t*re Counsellor, 79° jew York. DULCH BULBS. + ‘offer tor sale aa otc aiual sespcimaod of Deeth nib Roots son ting of choice double and single hyacinths, tulips, nas gladiolus, crocus, ke. 5 f garden dvterarai seasons? DUNLAP & THOMSON, 635 Broadway. BIATEN 13) JU PTAGES.—| ee oe eh} is Powe ‘Grymesi complen Fernisheds without ings ard 30 acres of laud iu rye cont iyo ‘ }, A cottage containing -rooms, 2 parlors, eon, Dilltant-room, bathroom, he: Attached in cough and stable for 5 horses. Avcottage containing 8 bedrooms, p@lor and dining? room; attached is a coacl stable ford horses. 4th, A cottage containing 6 bed-rooms, parlor and dining- last enjoy in common the of wood ad of 8 neres in which they an unrivalled view of the Bay. Ocean, A country 5 hay age within five nutes uce-of the Ivwer landing, by an easy roa ly conttracted. n on 821 30tere FURNISHED Re RENT—A a'brdisonon the 28 hook isgaise nc Naat Wases old 6t"Fe “Two dwelling hetses st Greenpoint, GE able for small genteel ‘one milo from the Wile lismarburel, ferries on the aod and. Astoria turnpike road. Rent medevate. Apply to-Charles Paget, 75 and 77'Naaseu ‘street, or, Wait & Provost's grocery store, near the premises. 213 120m FOR SALE—A large number Lots ai ate inthe villege of Williamaburgh, on No Conselyaa, Skillman, Jackson, Front, Mow avenue, and Loner streeiy These late will’ be sold favorable tera. | Auply to SOHN’ SKILLMAN, Jun. this house North 2d. nemr Union Avenue,on Monday aud Friday. ‘310 30t® re FOR SALE CHEAP OR EXCHANGE—The two bs Ee and attic brick House and Pathe on the upon # of Twent street, between the Qyenues, and knownas No.8 in the row. Apply to E. WINT ok, 31 Wall ., over the Mechanica’ Bank. CaPiPALISTS—FOR SALE No. 65 Righth Avenue, betwee ‘Avenue and Fonsteeeuth atreety Occupied by au upholsterer. Also, van gn Greeawich Avenue, meas dhe Righth Aven _ jor crockery, lware, mullinery ods, 205 101 oe mats. the sicuntion ts very aud apothecary storsa, ‘an open space 1 frout: sirable in come: similar to Chathan Square Also two Lota in Fourteenth st. near the Bighth Ayenue, upan which money will be loaned towares building. a to G. H. WINTER, 31 Wall street. over the Mechanics? Bank. o12 1at#rh FUR SALE—A Dining Saloon lately fitted ap avstand for the busines ‘Th sel pectedly called. ava be foun Dut ie, because th from ‘the city. ‘Th to enter into the busine c y good opportunity for any one wishing ‘urther information can be obtain- tre ol6 3t*rre ISLAND FERRY, Geicher at, LT; the ad STATEN i8L- T notice :— LEAVE STATEN ISLAND. At6, 8, 9,10, 11 o'clock, A. M—l, 2, 4, 6 o'clock, P. M. LEAVE NEW YORK. ALT, 9, 10, 11 o'clock, A. Mim, 2, 354, 5, 6% o'clock, P. M. ww York, Bept 29, 1847. 330° RNING LINE Av 7 O'CLOCK, FOR. ALBANY AND TROY, landing at Caldwells, ‘Westpoint, Newburg, Hampton, Milton, Voughkeepsi Hye Park, Kit ton, Upper 4 Barrytown, Bristol, Catskill; Hudson, Coxssekie, Kinderhook and Balimore. Landing ac He treet. New York, Tues: mond a Li ‘hursday and Satarday, at 7 o'clock, AM. Breakfast and Dinner on board the boat ‘The low presrare steamboat NIAGANA, Cape. H.'.. Kel logs, will leave toe Steamboat Pier foot of Xe ret, ‘Tuesdays, Thursdays, wd Setardays, at seven o’clock, A. M.. retnrning ow apposite days. fict pnasaxe o freight, apply on board, or to F. B. Hall, at the office on the wharf” 7” °™ 16 re MORNING LINE AT 7 O'CLOCK FOR ALBANY AND TROY, sud inter- mediate Landings. mer THOY is a third larger than any other Day Boat; and in point of speed, safety, and commodiousness is actaa!ly unsurpassed. No steamer ever acquired more uni- vessal and enduring po) pp Lt retained greater perfec- tion those substantial excelleacies which really deserve public favor. Breakftst and Dinner on board the Boat. he low sure steamboat TROY, Captain A. Gorham, will leave t Wednesday: eamboat pier foot of Bafelay street, Monda id Fridays, at reven o'clock AM. Retara’ ms — NEW YORK, MONDAY MORNING Axnany, Sept. 26, 1847, The State Library at Alb I have ne doubt but « history of this institution, from its origin down to the present moment, would be read with considerable interest, I have therefore prepared a sketch of ita commencement and its progress. ‘The State Library was founded by an act of the legis- lature in 1818. The sum of three thousand dollars was appropriated at once for the purchase ot works for the Ubrary. In addition to this, five hundred dollars were by the act, direoted to be annually paid for the same purpose. This arrangement continued until 1927, when the amount for tho enlargement of the library was in- creased to thirteen hundred dollars per annum ; and af- ter 1840 the amount was further increased to twenty- eight hundred dollars. The constitution of 1846 left the Mbrary totally destitute of funds, but the legislature of 1847 promptly appropriated the-sum formerly devoted to its increase. In 1644 an act was passed for the pur- chase of a collection of works made by Mr. David B. Warden, American Consul in Paris, and which he made during his residence in that city. This collection embra- cet many and rare valuable works on American A and has added much to the value of the library. The col- lection contained some two thousand volumes, for which the sum ot four id dollars was paid. In 1826, the 3,886; in 1600, th; ta 1640, 0a, aed te Veda, 14383) : 629% in 4 Selene of maps, charts, ks, Within the leet three or ur years the government of France, (in consequence the endeavors of M. Vattemare to establish internation See pestite rasan” tars luable works, . of Prassia and Holland, toe, ‘in. return for copies of logical resented to them, have ded to the/library several valuabl: works; those of King of Prussie are partictlariy so, being Mithograph. lows of the ruins of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Sta- biz, together with architectural designs of the princi ublic buildings of Germany. Very recently there a received the French government the grand be Fa the savens who accompanied the Egyptian ex- jon, : The first catalogue of the works in the library was published in 1820; the next in 1826; and since that time ‘@ catalogue bas been published annually up to 1846, with the exception of the year 1843. The catalogue fpr’ 1846, is far more full and perfect than any of its Dredet casors! The Farthded persons have been succesively librarians of the institution: John Cook, Calvin Pepper, James Ma- her, Robert Brown, Willism Cheeky, and John L. Til. who is the it worthy librarian. The time of keeping the lil open, has varied from time toxins, For att or tres your thas een Kept open, when pager or any court of was in vmod capitol, from 9 A.M. to P. M., and at other times it has been closed ’M. 3 bers of the legislature and trustees of the wate ses manana @ library ani 5 rear or two the apartuente in the capitol devoted to its use, have been and beautified, thus render- ing ite lace vey, for recreation or improve- ment. The * Act for the of a public ilbrary ‘the seat ich was, April 21,1818, constituted ft Govermor, Chas: Cellor, and Chief Justice of the 1¢ Courta Board of Trustees te take charge of that itution,but inthe year 1824 @ section erept into the supply bill, apparently without z previous notice, re) or discussion, de- olaring that “in addition te the Governor and Lieut. Governor, the Seoretary of State, Attorney General and Comptrolier for the time being, shall be, and they are hereby constituted and appointed, trustees ex-officio of the State li » Although this did not, in terms, ex- elude the Chancellor and Chief Justice, yet such was its Practical effect. In 1843, however, the joint libr«ry com- mittee ef the Legislature, by their chairman, the Hon. Gabriel Furman, ina very elaborate and able ro in relation to that institution, forcibly pointed out, in- expediency of continuing the State officers as the trus- tees of the State library, and recommending that the charge of it should bo committed either to the officers who were its al trustees, under the act of April 21, 1818, or to the ts of the university, and ying that the last, in the judgment of the committee, woul form the most suitable board for Ene’ paeveee. fothing was done immediately in pursuance of the recommenda- tions of that report; but in the year 1843, the Legislature pussed an act carrying out the principles of that report, and the yee of the university were accord. ingly constituted the trustees of the State lil From that period, the progress of the institution has been im- proving with an accelerated pace, and under the con- stant and provident care of its present trustees, bids fair to become, in a short time, equal to the most valuable literary institution in this country. The selections for the increase of the library are made with great care, and all ite affairs are maneged with skill and judgment. When the present trustees took possession of the library the ed by Say Ghscie that an exact inven! should be taken of all the books, maps, documents and other pro bel to th under the longing me. 5 sion, and with the naiikancs af the Secretary of the Bourd, (Dr. Beck.) was performed by the present libra- rien, and his thon asastant, Mr. George Wood, whese efforts were peculiarly serviceable in bringing the mis- cellaneous do} it of the library out of the chaos in which it was involved, and subsequently in preparing the very valuable catalogue of the books, maps, &c., in that department. The unwearied exertions of the present trustees to ad- vance the interests of the library have been met, as they well deserved to be, by confidence and liberality on the (ed of the legislature; and the friends of literature we every reason to hope for the continued and in- creasing usefulness of that institution while so managed and so sustained. Axpany, Oct. 11, 1847, The Albany Argus and the Albany Correspondent of the Heaald. In the Albany Argus of this morning there is s singu- lar interpretation of that part of my hastily written re- port of the proceedings of the Democratic State Convention, relating to some admissions made by Mr. John Van Buren in thst remarkable body. So far as the communication in the Argus refers to my political sentiments, and to my asso- ciations, I feel that I ought to reply, but no farther, be- eause I have no personal interest in any admissions which Mr. Van Buren may have made. The communi- cation in the Argus states that my report of the pro- ceedings “stamps me politically as an admirer, if not as- sociate, of the Attorney General.’ I will say to the Argus, in reply, that J think Mr. Van Buren’s person is elegant, and that he is an able orator Ido not admire his connection with the disturbances in the democratic party in this county; | deeply regret those dissensions, and should feel huppy if a permanent Co per ape could be effected; but I will not be identi- AM with either of the sections. | do admire the politi- oal sentiments ef Mr. Van Buren, #0 far as they relate to the Wilmet Proviso; but in the agitation and th justment of the question, whsther slavery shall ing, om the opposite days. ‘or passage or freight, apply on board, or to F.B. Hall, at the office on the wharf. wn s16 re COMMERCIAL LINE OF PHILAD. hi . . \e" ja ; rk JAMES ANDR, apt, French; Bark WS. Capt, Fi Bark ADELINE AND ELIZA, Capt. Baker. Tivo above vessels, or others in their places, will compose thls, Line for the ensuing season, and sail punctually as ad- vertised. Liberal advapees will be made on consignments to the agents in Phil sdelphia, and orders for the purchase of produce New Orleans, promptly executed. Strict attention paid to OLN & CO. 38 South wharves, Philadelphia. NDREWS & DE WEY, 91 Common at,, IY. Orleans, von re “I'S LINE OF NEW YORK AND ANS PACKETS, Bar Es. Capt, Hodge. MAY FLOWER, Capt. Crabtree. HOKNTON, Capt. Choates. capt. Kipley. ENC Line for the ig seanon, Promptard strietattention paid to Forvarding Goods, 0: ders for the parchase of produce punctually executed, and liberal advanees nade on consignments of staple artiales. | P All the above vessels have good accommodations for ti Ve cavagenter hb GAGE, 190 Wall street, Npgv York. ANDREWS & DEWEY, 05 6risketos re 91 Common street, New Orlenm TAPSCOTT’S EMIGRATION OFFICE south agen Sree iends in the old country cau secure passage ca rewonable terms, by any the magnificent ships comm the new Line of Liverpool packets, viz>— CONSTITUTION, 174 tous, Captain John Britton, QUEEN OF THE WEST, 100 tons, Care P. Woodhouse. Li POOL, 1250 tons, Ose ohn Eldridge. HOTTINGUAR, 1150 tons, Cape. Ir sailing trom Liverpool on the 6h of € acenred by the St. George's ervool packets, malking in all a from that port. Bor further particulars ; W.& J.T. TA Pe) eae 86 South w App POR LIVERPOOL —1 New Packet of 2ist of October—The superior mew fast Nite packet thin CONSTIPUTION. 1500" wuss Coptain Joba Britton, will suil as above, her regular day. Forf aving splendid large and comfortable nly to the captain on board, pier No. staide of Busi Wi ODHUL k& MINTURN, 87 South st. Price of passay sign of paasnce $i, ‘The packet ship HOTTINGUER, 1100 tons, Capt. Boney, will succeed the Constitution, and sail on her regular day, 21st of November 2 , NEW LINE OF PACKETS TO AND FROM LIVERVOOL—Packet of the 2st October—Th paplendia new and fast sailing ship CONSTI! N/ 1600 tons burthea, Captain John Britton, will positive: New York on the 2ist inst., and from Liverpeol on ember. Perrons about to proceed to Europe, or ing to send for their fr ‘inthe old country. can- not select a finer, conveyanes: hose, wishing to secure rth, should made early appliention on board. at Barliag Slip, oF to Wek J.T, RAPSCOra 0 85 wns Bi Bowth st FOR LIVERPOOL. sail with frst cians, fast railing regalar Packet Ship WATER, 4 | from hd OO, Capt. Allen, burthen 1100 tona, will Very superior accommodations for eal stecarge passengers. Persons about embar ¢ early epplication on peppy 8° of M: J. Me Vit Pi 8 ‘ ; senting for their Tienda In the ts h ‘ovght out by the abor on {the regular ine'by applying. no it upon any territory now free which the United States may hereafter acquire, | would recommend the most ex- treme moderation upon the part of the North, asa vir- tue more powerful and more excellent than compulsion in any form. Upon the continual exercise of this noble virtue, I believe, depends many things which aro, and Rib aon ought to be, most dear and most sacred to Ame- ns. Personally, I feel ® lively admiration for many of M; Van Buren's opponents; there is no man living for whom I entertain # greater regard than the editor of r been an associate of the Attorney Gene- ral, except #0 far as casual acquaintance can consti- tute an associate. The communication in the Argus alludes also to my ‘slang about Conservatives” in my report of the pi I have employed the word “ conservative” @ distinctive appellation, which I bell Md would be more appropriate than the word “ hunk Dernorr, August 30th, 1847, Morning Brercises on Lake Evie—Life on the Lake A Crash, Mlarm, the Accident—Cleveland, and hotels—Brooklyn—The Rival Council —The Ruins of 1636—The Sandusky Reilroad—De- troit. My last letter closed with my embarkation on board tae steamer Sultans, on tho night of Friday, the 27th, snd { resume from that point. | wrose at an early hour on the following morning, and as I stepped upon the for ward deok,| beheld spread out before me a vast expanse of deep blue water, unbounded on one side by any limit save the horizon, and defined on the other by the dim and distant curvature of the Ohio shore. This was Erie the lowest of the great inland seas, and the most nota- ble of all asthe scene of the victory of the immortal Perry. It was grandand beautiful, and therefore I ad- mired it; but while doing #0, with all the imagination could bring to kear upon the subject, a stream of Odor from the kitchen reminded me that there were other senses that deserved a share of my attention. | turned 5 a, ins enteee ter Con goon the crowd soone on the lake, while they mere realty pooptac’ aces jously at the oe, of the breakfayt’ ta “g mmede my way into the cabin. Our seats were taken with a dexterity which, to one unaccustomed to such exercises, would have seemed the result of a long and rigorous mode of discipline, and the subse- performed with a vigorous de- would have been yom creditable, if it lertaken for s wagrr devoted to some phi- lantbropic purpose. I will take this opportunity to sa; that the: mee 1s furnished upon the rat class Take Boats, of the description of the Sultana, are got wp in the superior ich mos the least features of wi the 4 profusion of the viands. ‘There are no jountry which can give better satisfaction this way; no Tike an you Emperor, to the distance of eleven hundred miles; and men to discouree with on the politics and of the country; and lovely women to be; you with their chat, or lend you their arms for a flirt through the Pepa ors cotillon. Verily, those who have never taken ‘he great northern lake route for their summer loafer- ings, have many startling novelties to see, much in- formation to gain, and s deal of substantial comfort to enjoy. iizring finished our breakfast and wiped our beards, we dispersed ourselves for the employments which na- turally offer themselves to the idle traveller. Just, however, as we were comfortably getting into the“hang” of the trip, our equanimity was suddenly disturbed the sound of a tremendous in the engine room. A hard crash followed. and all started to their feet, while She sbiieate and beautiful Sultana quivered in yan | fib: if vitally stricken. Following the second there came # rapid succession of reports, when, unable to endure their alarm any longer, the women abrieked, and all the passengers, ified alike, fled to theextremities of of the boat. “Our race was run, our speed was done,” and rocking lightly from side to side, we laid a helpless hulk upon the waters. f investigation satisfled us that we were out of danger, and that the extent of our injuries was the breaking of a shaft—a misfortune which, though it crippled us of our speed, had been at- tended with no other harm, and still left us the com- mand of one wheel with which to crawl into Cleveland, now happily, but thirty miles distant. After the alarm which we hed this state of things seemed like tels of Cleveland; and after due, patient, ‘Yeatigation, seleoted, of the latter, the New England Hi kept by Capt: A. L Kelsey, as best calculated to furnish me with the largest dopvoctonmenel comfort. I was not disappointed in my ice, and had an oppor- tunity of measuring the width of contrasts, by silent: comparing its excellent appointments, and the comple! attention of its attaches, with sloven arrangement of an establishment of the same size which | had recent- ly left in the city of Buffalo. Indeed, all the principal hotels of Cleveland are of s most excellent character, aud are remarkable, as [ understand, for the attention which is bestowed ‘ge the wants of the stranger; a r presentation which | am disposed to take by the whol sale, on the strength of the practical proof that | reeeiy- ed at the New England House. The appearance of Cleveland as you approach the city, from the water, is somewhat discouraging to the stran- ger; aud one who has been informed of its beautiful ap- ce, will be impressed at first with a sentiment of poiatment. Ten minutes’ walk, however, will car- the rough sandy roads and swarming lower town, to an elevated plateau, on be called the city proper stands. Hore the contrast w | strike you go strongly, that acer be surpri an involuntary expression of delight; an iat pe have travelled farther, and seen more than I, you will feel disposed to exclaim ‘this is the prettiest town Ll ever saw!” ‘The streets are very wide, and run. for the most part at right ang! ith each other. The present an appearance of business bustle and ac- tivity, and the private dwellings are for the most part the neatest and cosicst of little es, embowered with luxuriant vines, and shaded with waving trees; while the churches, the huge hotels, and the more ostentatious re- eidences, present sufficient diversity to perfect the pic- ture, ity commands a full view of the blue level bounds it on the north, while the Cuy- river gives it esilvery limit on the west, ‘This latter boundary, however, is only for the time. Already numerous and ‘extensive buildings stand upon the west- ern side, which though desolate and abandoned at the present day, are destined ere long to ocoupation; and he silent sward that carpets the avenues laid out for streets, are likewise destined te Lecome subject to rat- ting carta and business din. This part of the town was projected and laid out during the speculating extrava- gence of 1836, and the extent ef the ideas of those who were concerned in its establishment, may be in some degreee estimated by the faet that they gave it the name of “ Brooklyn.” The universal o: which followed immodiately after, dispelled these vain ii however; the incipient Brooklyn withered under t! rocco, and the jealous action of the specu- lating aldermen in thetown counoll, on the other side of the river, (refusing it even the privilege of bridge com- manication) gave it a final blow, and to use a significant Western phrase, ‘* laid Mr. Brooklyn out cold.” Cleveland itself, however, with all its promise and pro- gression, israther at @ stand atillat present, This is owing to the indolence of its cupit 8, who satisfied with their prosperity, have remained content with their esnal to the interior, while Sandusky at the north- western end of the State, has busied herselfin extending s railroad, which furnishes a direct and speed: ‘it to the Ohio river. The result is, that the travel from Buf- falo and the East, which formerly took the Cleveland route to the interior; now g: direct to Sandusky, and 3 Cleveland alt ther. A daily line of age: om Buffalo to Sandusky is now in prosperous operation, the fare on which, may be puid from the former city to Cineinnati, for the sum of ten dollars, as to Chicago via the lases. | understand that t) ne of Cleveland are on the above snd the proba- bility, therefore, is, that a line railroad will soon be projected by them, which will redeem their enterprise, ‘and revive the prosperity of their city. On Sunday atversoon! the sedaer A harbor, and ai y tion | trans- ferred myself on board of her,with the intention of eon. tinuing my trip. She proved to be so full, however, that notwithstanding all the attentions of the gentlemanly steward, 1 could not restore the comfort | had lost on board of the Sultana, and in preference to roosting on a table, or to being hung upon peg, my Chicago friend and myself concluded to stop at Detroit, and continu our journey direct, by railroad, across the land. In suance to this determination, we jumped on the whart atthat city, at daybreak on’ this, (Monday) morning, and I now have the pleasure of indicting myself at the National hotel, of the aforesaid city. WISCASSET. , Sept. 20, 1847. a ace what may Avan The Cotton Crop. It is @ little remarkable, that by far the most act curate and satisfactory accounts which I receive of the cotton crop of the United States, (residing even us I do, in the centre of the cotton region.) are from the columns of your able and useful journal. Thisonly demonstrates the admirable system by which your press is supplied with information on almost all subjeots of human inte- rest, from all quarters of the world. I desire to afford you some compensation for the in- struction I have received from your paper, evenon sn article of my own production, by giving you, combined with my own observation and experience, the last au- thentic accounts which I have received from the cotton growing, States, 1 am no speeuiator in this staple; my industry and la. bor are engaged in raising it. I think you may rely on tho information I give you. In Texas there has been dry weather, highly propi- tious to the cultivation of the eotton plant, on the rich alluvial lands of their rivers. ‘They made 15,000 bales Inst year. Tho crop of the country will be 30,000 this ear, 7°{n Louisiana, those portions of it bordering on ‘Texas articipate in the favorable yield of that country, In Eastern Louisiana the crop is not 80 good; it has been injured, conjointly by rain and the ball worm, But more by the latter. In Missiasippiand Arkansas the same remark is appli- cable, whilat the crops in Tennessee and North Alabama are promising. ‘The receipts in New Orleans will be, tember next, about 850 to 900,000 bales At Mobile they cannot exceed 325; for the ball worm and rains have been prominently destructive in” Ala- ma. In Florida all these causes of destruction have been in active operation, so that an export of 112,000 bales forms the outalde of atiy sound calculation that can be mage of the receipts of cotton at Apalachicola, ‘The crops in south-west and middle Georgia have like- wine been injured most seriously by the worm and rain, and cannot produce this year within thirty-three per gent of afull average; whilst thore of South Caroilnn ave been desolated by rains, which i 3 a to the 10th of thia month “ori etaeg The crops, therefore, of the Atlantic States . ceed 525,000 bales; which will give an aggregate, canons 1,850,000 bales as the crop of the United states fur 1o47, But to obtain this yield,trost must keep off until the 10th of November, and fine gathering weather must crutiog, until Christmas—two contingencies by no means pro- bable, although both are possible, It must, moreover, be p tothe lat Sep- taken into account that our eg ad in Alabama and the Atlantid States are three weeks behind time, along season is now indispensible to make up for the lost pre- cieus moments. In proof of the truth of this remark, | have but 56 bales gathered in, against 110 at this time last year, in spite ot the caterpillars which were then in full food in my fields. An early frost and wet autumn will bring the crop within panic figures Do not let people be led astray by the early and large receipts at New Orleans. The cotton thus received there comes from counties bordering on the river, hav- ing great facilities ef n tion, where they have had comparatively fine weather for harvesting, whilst the high prices for cotton have tempted to early shipments. In the end you will see that the cotton crop will foot up according to my estimate, The manufacturers in England, therefore, will have to work short time, not from any combination to diminish prices, but from @ short supply. Mr. Wiley, the able and intelligent member of the of Lazardi & Co., in Liverpool, whose labors in the repoal of the corn laws have been at once 60 distin- guished and useful, predicted, a year before it occurred, ‘@ short allowance of tood. fle has predictéd a scarcity. in 1848, of cotton. Ile will prove equally a round pro- phet in both cases. A grower of the staple,! say to the spinner on the other side—Be careful how you spin your thread and yarn. Do it with consummate economy. The cotton crop of the world for 1847 will not give, by one-third, employment, at full time, for the spindles now geered to the impelling shafts which belong to the great mechani- cal power of Europe and America, and be thrifty. Make what use of this letter you please Tremain, respectfully, your ob’t. serv't ‘AN ALABAMA PLANTER, V. R. Stevenson, in a letter dated Murfreenboro, Sept 14, states that between seven and eight hundred thou- sand doilars of stock in the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad has been taken, ‘with «good prospect of get- | ting the balance of our portion of It’ Charleston Mer- Look well ahead, to prevent the intermission hands the chances from hap, heavy on af travel furnish fouwith Yatelioot cury, 11th inet, , OCTOBER 18, 1847. eens eee — Larointe, Lake Surenion, Aug. 27, 1847. Interesting Intelligence—Progress of Missions—Com- merce, He., Fe. ‘This place is on the south-western extremity of Mada- line Island, one of the Apostle group at the headof the lake, and within the limits of Wisconsin. A sojourn of a few days in this remote and isolated corner, afford> ed opportunity for «few observations on the region and its inhabitants, that may prove as interesting :to your readersas,inlack of other oxcitement, they did tothe writer; The American Fur Campany, at an early day, loeated ® trading station, or “ fort,” as such establishments are termed, on the south side. But within fifteen or sixteen years past, removed to a more eligible location, some- thing over a mile north-west, on a bay formed by two points terminating the island, where they have erected large warehouses at & convenient distance from the wa- ter; a very substantial enclosed and covered wharf, ex- tonding full one hundred and fifty feet into the bay, to- gether with other buildings, for the accommodation of their agent, clerks, Xe ‘The general government hag an Indian sub-agency here; the office of which, and the bladkemith’s shop, constitute the public buildings of the . The ter ealfice is the more conspicuous of the WO, reason of having a flag pole, on which the stripes and’ 4 raised officially during “ offfes hours.” nig sof the village generally, are one story it of dressed logs, weatherboards, and roofed with birch bark; a few, however, are sided with boards, and covered with shingles. The inhabitants are almost. half breeds; but few full blooded Indians and & less number of whites, seem to constitute any por- tion of its permanent population. The whole number of hous ea sorts, trom point to point,.is about ninety, amd the population three hundred and fifty. Two mit establishments are located here, one ot which is copducted under the auspices of the “Ameri- can Board;f’ the other is Roman Catholic. They each havea o table chureh, with spires and bells; that of the “ Mission,” appears to be frame, and stands on the main near the shore, and may accoramodate two hundred and fifty persons. The “ Mission House” is also frame, and is a lal mop capable of afford- ing quarters for from fifty to one hundred persons, or possibly more, by alittle crowding. The whole is under the charge of Messrd Hallfand Ely, whose New England origin isstrongly marked by manners anddialect. ‘This art of tablishment is located abouts half mile e the shurch, and nearly midway between the old and new forts, at what is denomina‘ d the Middle Vil- Inge or Mi@dlo Fort, it being the site of one of the stook- ades in former time by the original French Voya- geurs, op the Hudson’s Bay company. The Catholic church stigds conspicuously on elevated ground in rear of the Fag#Company’s establishment, and with its two spires ts an imposing appearance from the bay. It was bait by the Rev. Mr. Baraga, out of bis private purse, expense of about $10,000, although con- ateu inly of dressed logs, ‘The ‘interior is deco- rated in th usual manner of churches of that denomi- nation, el promute & marked anomaly with objects for hundreds of miles around. ‘The altar piece,#o far as execution ip concerned, is @ very fair specimen of the art; but the subject does notstrike one as being the mont fitting, representing, as it does, the," Holy Family” at home; Joseph at his work bench, Mary engaged with her needle,and the blessed Saviour, yet « child, amusing no chi to escape, from a camp meeting to a race Pourse, thle gamblers population is Increased far beyond the accommodations of the place. But one convenient steamer has been ned as xy Sooting hotd, where in all probability we fare iter than en shore. number of our ‘allow boarders are exceedingly agreeable, aud without formal arrangement seem to have sc- quiesced in an endesvor to pass the time eee a ing our stay. Constantinor! Morals and Scandal in the Ottoman Empi' lution in Turkish Society, $e. Fe. A domestic event, in which the actor and the suffer- ersare persons in high employment at the Porte, and which therefore has excited much public sensation, has very recently taken place in this capital. But, as this event is of @ very scandalous description, | should not make it the subject of a letter, save for two reasons :— lst, it is one of #kind which has ever, heretofore, had the most tragic consequences in this country, thus exhi- biting the most peculiar feature of the late Turkish character and morals; and, 2d, because in the present instance, these consequences will certainly not follow— which show, together with other circumstances accom- panying it, how thorough # change Ottoman modes of thinking and acting, even on matters which touch most sensibly the intimacies of private life, are rapidly un- dergoing. ‘The fact 1 allude to is briefly as follows :—A doctor Paleologus, » Greek, physician to the Grand Visler, sup- posed to be high in the confidence of this second digna- tary of the empire, and enjoying, also, the confidence of many of the first Turkish families in Stamboul, has tak- en advantage of the opportunitios his profession affords him, of entering into the harema, to seduce the wives of two funetionaries ef the Porte, one of whom occupier = very elevated post. It isnot necessary to mention their names. The doctor is a very handsome young man, and the two Indies are said to be remarkable for ex- traordinary beauty. In order to avoid all suspi- clon of the intrigue he was carrying on, Paleologus took two country houses, which he furnished splendidiy e tresses, and wasaccustomed to receive there their visits when they took their morning drives in their araby’s (carriages.) ‘These visits, it is said, were contin- ued for a long time, till at last one of the ladies began to suspect that she had arival, which provoked some enqui- ry; but that, however, led to no discovery. ‘I'he discove- ry was made by the gift of # ring, set with diamonds, of {immense value, that one of these frail beauties had made to her lover. Her husband, from whom she had received it as a first love token, missing it from off her finger, and finding it was not forthcoming on demand, stormed for it, having had his suspicions previously awakened, as Othello did for his handkerchief, He be- came apparently pacified, however, with the assurance that it was lost, fills few days aftewards, the doctor, ém- boldened by the success and impunity he had ever met with in these kinds of adventures, sported the ring on his own finger, and ostentatiously displayed it to all who wished to examine its great beauty andcostliness. Con- cealment was now no longer possible, and the whole scan- dalous affair came immediately to light. ishere considered the groat affair of the day ‘The Greek question, the Albanian insurrection, and all other state matters, interest the Turks fur less than this domestic event. And when one considers that domestic life ia the sanctuary in which Turks live os « nation separate from all other nations, one is not surprised at the national importance they attach to the facts | have narrated. Nevertheless, their feelings and opinions on himself on the floor with carpenter's chips. picture ominously seta forth the murder of « Pope while kneel- ing in fromt ofthe altar. Another represents the Trini- ty, by a sort of geometrical figure. ‘At every place where the missionary is found, the fol- lowing points of inquiry naturally suggest themselves, Whemwas your mission established? How do you ob- tain t! What is your mode of in- r=} Usual! are found to bemore sucdvssfulthan avy other, inthe number and devotion of thetr gonverts; but the Protestants generally hi suc in imparting to theirs higher degree of men- tal improvement. The success of the Catholics is not difficult to account for by the most ordinary of sbservers. A larger number of white Catholics have intermarried with th a have the Protestants. The confidence of dian is more readily secured through that sort of inf ence than any other. ‘The issue by such marriages certain gain; and the means to rewch the ear of relatives are rendered easy. Another is the appearance, on the part of the Catholic missionary, of a more full and com- plete devotedness to the cause he propagates; by his in- cessant labor for others; his fearless exposure of his health in attending on the sick and dying; and his greater readiness to suffer privation at all times. Anin- stance Js related, on Kewaiwoun Point.of Father Baraga, ® man nearly sixty years of age, who devotes the entire income ofa iarge property in France, a# well as bis per- sonal services, to the cause in which he is engaged, and receives nothing, having, during the past winter, travel- led on snow shovs from LAuse to Copper Harbor, a dis- tance of fifty-seven miles, through an uninhabited re- eh gioi im of ‘an infant that he learned was likely to die. 51 evidences of devotion are not without influence on tue observing Indian mind. The Catholic missionary, wherever he is, is at home:— neither wife nor children are inconvenienced by his being benighted at an Indian Lodge. He eats their homely fare with thankfulness, nor asks for anything better. hares their mat for his bed, and gives thanks to his ir, that he is so well provided for. He does not absorb # full moiety of his available time by indulging in the gratifications of life; nor by attending to domestic duties; nor in the care of an increasing family; but by his simple, self-sacrificing mode, having reached the heart of the savage, a submission to the requirements of the Romish Church, is not dificult to obtain. Doctrines taught by visible symbols are more readily comprehend- ed, by simple minded people, than ethical illustrations,in whatever form words may be used. Tho style of wor- ship also is more imposing and effective on the unin- structed mind, and infinitely more congenial to their own modes of worshipping Kejee Manito, the more sim- ple forms Protestants have adopted. The Catholics commenced regular operations at this lace after the’ American Board” had built their estab- ishment;, but have succeeded in obtaining a much larger number of adherents, through the means advert- edto, Last Sabbath their church was filled to over- flowing, as in our large olties; several new members Joining on the oecasion, by lighting their candles from the perpetual fire of the altar; while the Protestant ehurch was but moderately attended. The difference between the persons composing the two congregations was striking—those at the Protestant church appeared further advanced in civilization, by dress and demeanor, and infinitely more intellectual. But not a full blooded Indian was observed among them; while quite a number was at the Catholic church. The Protestant Mission was established in 1833. At first, religious instruction was primary; but the super- stition of the savages induced them to withhold their children from the school, nor would they themselves ovive any instruction. The plan was then modified as to civilise first, by teaching the ordinary arts, coi forts and wants of life, and to read in their own |i wage as well as in English, where it can be done; and uring this process to operate on their religious feelings by example, without making it a portion of school duty. Hebentig, thele socosse es been flattering; by this have been enabled to obtain the charge of several sons of chiefs of various bands. During the present week they have suffered a severe loss in the death of a young chief, about nineteen years of age,who had been six years under their charge, and had become good English and Latin scholar, and is represented as of great promise and @ devoted student. ‘The young chief's father is here, attending ‘the payment;” and he had bis son removed to the indian camp, where, on the following day, he yielded up his spirit in the midat of his kindred Consumption, the scourge of the red man as the white, was his fatal malady. As at most other establishments, 80 in this—the orphan Indian al- ways has a preference for admission; the reason is ob- vious and sound, as well as philanthropic. The num- ber of scholars at ag ranges from fifty to seventy. From the quantity of nets hanging on the fences, it may be inferred that the position of the inhabitants not in the employ of the fur company, are principally engaged in fishing: this, as well as all other parts of the lake, abounding with trout of large size, white fish and siskoett. There appears very little evidence of agricul- tural inclination hereabout, althougn quite sufficient to prove that soil and climate are not entirely unfavorable to the husbandman, The culinary dens of Dr. Bo- rup, the company’s agent; of Mr. Wm, Warren, a half breed at the “ old fort,” and of the missionaries at the middle village, sufficiently attest that fact. ‘Their pota- tows, cab! d turnips are fully equal to similar productions in New England, and the oats on the grounds of the two former of there gentlemen, are supe- rior. In all this region of country, the lands wooded with bass, maple, birch, cedar, pi tamarack, —Indigeno rubs, fruits, an plante are abundant, ai in which they grow.’ Among them may be noted a fine red plum, from an inch to an inch a half in ter, found’ in ite greatest perfection at Bad River, about twelve miles distant from this place; a small kind is growing here. Among the medicinal ‘planta sarsapa- rilla may be instanced as shooting its stems from under every windfall. Nearly all the in country are more or less abundant—the cranberries are said to be superior in quality. The peach and apple at- tempted to be cultivated, have failed on account of cli- mate or want of —- + The peculiar formation of the ground, a gentle #l from the shore; the beautiful aud ‘well’ provected Dey, perfectly land-locked by the main land of Wiskonsin on the west and south, and by the other thirty-five islands of the group on the east aud north; together with its deep water and ease of access, denote this place as the fature depot of commerce at the head of lake navigation, Ite distance from the city of New York, by the ordinary route of travel, is about fifteen hundred miles ; and from the ocean, by the course of its own water, about two thousand miles. And it may be here remarked, that less than one milo of vanal (at Sauit Sante Maric) would open this remote region to a direct ocean navigation. We have now at anchor the propellor Independenve, steamboat Julia Palmer, and achr Free Trader; they he ing brought freight and passengers to tho ment,” about to take place at this sub- presence, end the annual event that led them here, have changed the whole appearance of the little village. | Fall two-thirds of the houses at the New Fort have been transformed into stores for the oocasion, and well se- lected stocks of such goods us the Indians are most likely to need or fancy, are exposed to view. Sales, however, will be very limited until after the peyment Is made, What with the numerous and active traders, the subject are greatly different from what they were formerly; and in thelr manner of dealing with such » crime, { fear it will be sven that they have gone from one extreme to the other. ‘At all timed it is roasonable to conclude the jealousy, suspicion, and want of confidence with which women fire treated in Turkey, their entire ignorance, and the low, sensual estimation in which they are held, have stimula- ted them to break out of bounds,and at every risk to give @ free indulgence to their affections. And if the truth were known, I doubt not it would appear that the breach of conjugal fidelity among the wives con- fined in harems, has ever been a frequent crline in this country. But formerly, such ‘was never suffered to transpire. ways the sack and the sea. Sho suddenly disap ; silence closed over her as did the waters in which sho was whelmed. But now these domestic crimes can hard- ly escape publicity ; that isa great change ; and as for Pontsbing thems..e the old way, J bellevo suob an act ‘would be deemed by all but inveterate old Turks of old school, crime greater than the one so punished. ‘This is a greater cha: till, and shows that a funda- mental altgration in ‘Tar ‘ish views of morals and justice has taken place; thatthe nation, that Mahommedan- ig itself, stands on new ground, commanding new pros- pects ; that it can never reoccupy its old position, for hat from the fountain head of individual and domestic life among Turks, new principles, in accord with those of the European and Christian world, have sprung forth, which must be eventually followed out, to the en- _tire renovation of the Ottoman character. ith respect to the punishment with which the guilty parties in this criminal intrigue will at present be sited, it is probable, it will be very.alight. One of the injured husbands will repudiate his wife, it 1s said, but make sufficient provisien for her subsistence. The oth- er, teport affirms, is disposed to forgive the frailty of his beautiful slave spouse, and take her beck to his harem. The doctor, however, bas been arrested and sent to pri- son, but will be allowed, it is supposed, to escape ; all which lenity certainly will be most excessive. Yet so it is not unlikely the whole affair which has violently moved the whole Turkish population here will termi- nate. * ‘The truth is, since the Turks have renounced their ancient practice of beheading, bow-stringing, and sack- ing, which used to be resorted to so frequently and ar- Ditrarily (without subjecting the victims either to law or trial) by all the Pachas all over the empire, who held in their hands, to be exercised at their most wanton ca- rice, the power of life and death, they seem to have Brooms the most indulgent people in the world towards well nigh every species of offence. No criminals but smurderers of the lowest grade of society ever at pre- ent mest here with their deserts. Between death and impunity, the Turkisn authorities seem to know of no defaite’ medium _panishment. ‘Kemporary disgrace, which great Turkish delinquents sometimes incur, ap- pearsto be only a title at the Porte for arenewal of favor and honor towards the disgraced person, and, tojudge by events, one would say it was often courted to obtain unew lease in the good graces of those in power for the season, when the old jease might be about expired. T' of all this is, that Tur! beolutely without any code or system of Jaw. The Turks call the Koran their law, and the Imaums, or theolegeans their lawyer, which is as much as to confess, that they possess neither law nor lawyers. By arbitrary violence they have heretofore dealt out what they culled justice, and this mode of pro- oveding being now Inid aside, they have no positive rule to guide them. Repudiating arbitrary judgments, they are thus, a¢ it were, in default of any graduated scale of penalties proportioned to offences, constrained to be over lenient ; and as offenders, owing to this default, have not to ‘propitiate law, but to propitiate favor, it generally happens, especially if they have friends among the powerfui, that they are uble to reestablish themselves in favor after they haye succumbed to @ very short dis- grace or to a very inadequate punishment. It would not be at all surprising, if Or. Paleologus should be flourishing again in high feather among the Turkish grandees of Stamboul before a year goes over his head. T have now to mention a fact highly creditable, in my mind, to the Turkish government, though some there are who put.an unfavorable construction on it. That vernment has caused the whole trial of Messrs, Teste, Parmentier and Cubieres, to be published in « Turkish journal in the pay of the Porte, and has suggested com- ‘ments on the sentence these great delinquents have suf fered, which are calculated to produce a very good effect here, The editor of the paper in question, which is but the organ of the Grand Vizier, points it out particularly to the attention of Turkish functionaries, that in addi- tion to the other penalties inflicted on the criminals just named, by the French Court of Peers, they have been deciared not only iacapable of holding any employment under the government of France in future, but, more than this, to be in every civil sense, dead. The writer son to say, that such should be the fate of every Frarkinh official who abuses the trust placed in bim, either by practices of corruption, of extortion or of peculation—practices which, in this country, have be- come, to use no exaggerated phrase, a second nature to all who are in any position at all favorable to their exercise, But the writer does not, | am told (for I read not Turkish myself) stop here; be goes on and reads ® lesson to Turks which the French themselves would do well to profit by. He remarks that in that nation, where an individual who had been one of its highest magistre in justification of an attempted suicide, ubon being convicted of heavy crimes, could say, ° Jai toujours prefere Uhoneur a la vie,” the idea of honor must be perfectly distinct from every idea of Ui \d virture; and that the other senti- Ment expressed by the suine person, ou his won belng ue. cused of having furnished him with pistols to destroy himeelf, viz: that if his son had been thus instrumental } in the ‘attempt at self-destruction of bis futher, he id have regarded the deed as an “ hero act of filial Geyouton,” inn ome that must make humnan nature itself shadder. Other observations, Loo, are ad reflecting on the abject meanness of soul shown by M. Texte, in endeavoring to plunge his accomplices, 60 much leas guilty than himself, into the deep ignomy of the crime Sf swindling, and into the most ignominious punish- eee tr yuck asthe galleys for life—that he, the prefurer of honor to life, might get free off, to boast of his imma- Gulate honor, whilet his victims were suffering all the crucl penaltics he himself, in justice, has so richly merited. G ‘These reflections have « very novel and strange as- pect in Turkey, where both crimos and virtues are prao- tically and religiously ascribed solely to destiny; nnd if such Feflections and such topics frequently occurred in the journal | have named, their moralisiag influonce could not fail, in ® little time, to be felt and to spread | widely and rapidly; whereby this journal, which is now | ({ have recorded the mangle exception) filled up with the | most inane trivialities, might be made the medium of | communioating the most valuable instruction to the | Turkish people Tho Cambridge Chronicle states that that city con- | tains about $300 acres of land, about AIS) pee of which | ix marsh laud, or is sometimes overflowed with water.— | ‘This land oan be rai to a proper height to be uredfor | butiding purposes, comparatively trifling expense, in ten years a large tract of flats will be filled in, and and the body of wonder loving tourists; and the govern ment dist t, with his military escort; and the wi and thet industrious tribe who suffer Sim and betwoen the Hancock Free bridge and 1! 4 stook ts wharves mado on Charies river, between the Vy gs *| Tn a ‘The Cotton Cultivation In Turkey. , We have beon favored with the perusal of a letter from Constantinople, written by gentleman who had fre quemt opportunities of conversation with Dr. Davis. It will be recollected that Dr. D. left this State at the im stance of the Turkish Government, with a view of test- ing the practicability of successfully raising cotton ia that country. Presuming that it would be of interest to our readers, we have hastily thrown together the fol- lowing particnlars of the progrers he hes made in his importent undertaking. He found that but little cotton was planted, end that was sowa broadcast,as we do wheat, and not cultivated, except by pulling out the ‘and weeds. ‘The only plough used ia Turkey is & log, elevated at one end with two wooden wheels, an: large fron at, the lower extremity. aad the shovel som- times, indeed mostly, wooden. The plough is of two sizes—one without wheels, drawn by two oxen, and the the other by twelve oxen. With this the soil is prepared and wheat, which is then sown, and Fe © cle it mon corn imill; without any sepsration the different pertions of the grain. The cotton ts od by throwing it up in bola and all, and cleaned by an instrsment ing like bow with two strings, but it is not sold or used for any purpose but candle wicks. After making the proper inquiry as to the seasons, ex~ amining the tables of the weather kept by the Rev. Mr. Dwight, missionary, the eharacter and cal of the people, Dr. Davis selected a body of land near Ste- phano for a model farm ; not that it was the best suited for cotton, but because it was near the Sultan’s cotton faotory, and convenient for his inspection, He p: here to grow cotton, and all productions suited to the climate ; acclimate such as were not; introduce ma- chines, mills, &c.; establish a dairy of improved cattle ; raise improved horses, sheop, &c.; the wholeto be work- ed by laborers selected from the various portions of the Turkish dominions, who were to be sent back to their homes after one y ervice, and others brought in their stead. Dr. Davis was also to take a higher ed young men, whom be would teach the thee pulled, fom 0 Sultan was highly pleased with the IL wy gave Prompt appro ‘and gave Dr. Davis s carte blanche for every thing necessary to carry out his plans ; that the necessary seeds and animals should be imme- Giately imported; the farm residence, buildings, ke., to be constracted under bis direction ; and these are now completed ona very extensive scale. The docto immediately set about making ploughs, shovels, gear eo. Tl it his instructing the workmen ; breaking the horses, &c. In these efforts he met many obstacles, and with difficult; ich was rather stiff and covered wit ot the ground, Joint graes, in. order for cotton. He, however, commenced lanting onjthe 22d of April, and finished the 26th of May. his has been a colder year than usual in the spring, and much more rain. Usually they have no rain from the 16th of May until the Ist of September. This year there were soveral little showers. ‘I'he cotton came up badly ; indeed, the first importation of seed was dem- ed, and with the exception of about five acres, none efit ome up; when the second lot arrived. re-planted. ‘This all came up well. grew well, bloomed well, and is now full of bolls, und he thinks (he bumdred acres plant- ed promise to make « nured bales of three hundred weight each. There was no frost till January last year, and this {s usually the case. ‘Ihe cotton was planted five feet in the rows, and eighteen inches apart, on a le- vel with the ground, anticipating the effects of dry wen- ther. The cotton planters from America, who have been here, pronounce the crop equal to that wn on ‘any of our American soils, and the doctor thinks better than Carolina crops. The Carolinas ne; think it bears heavier than at home, and the doctor is sure of it. He sent, some days ago, a grown boll of cotton to the Sultan, with some blooma and equares, with which he was greatly delighted; and he is to receive this august. personage on the farm as soon a# he thinks the plente near enough perfection. The weed is now about thsee feet and a half high, but having 4 wore months to grow, he is at «loss to conjecture to what nize it may attain. Some Indian corn was also planted, five by three, which looks very fine, ‘The Turks bave tor a leng time growa Indian corn, but have sown it broadcast, and give it no cultivution, The result is a plant about three feet high, and a grain that would hardly be recognised. The peo- ple are delighted with the one horse common plough, and with the straightness and beauty of the cotton cul- ture, as well as the Indian corn. ‘ithe doctor has ten young men, five Turks, four Armenians, and one Greek, whom he instructs in English, geology, chemistry, natural philosophy, ko., who are to be assistants in school hereafter. le is compiling lectures on these, and. all subjects connected with agriculture particularly, as well aé generally, which he is arranging alphabetically, to be published InjT'urkish as a dictionary or of re- ference. It will be gratifying to their numerous friends to state that Dr. Davis and his family are in fine health. ‘The doctor speaks in warm terms of the kindness of the Sultan, and is sanguine of the success of the projects he has in charge.—Charleston Mercury, Oct. 12. Miscel. be Drewry Biddle, charged with heving murdered James Turner in Southampton connty, Va., in December has been arrested about eight miles west of Cahawbe, Alabama. A man by the name of Ansel McDonald, confined in the jail of Onandaga county, dug both his eyes out on ‘Thursday last, while suffering from delerium tremens. ‘The lons occasioned by the disease in potatoes threatens to be more severe this season than last, A friend in Maine, who sent his whole crop, valued at a thousand dollars, to this city, will have it all returned upon his hands.—Boston Transcript. Louis Latinski, a Pole, committed suicide at Catro, Illinois, on the night of the Ist inst, by cutting his throat with a razor—probable cause, liquor. ‘The telegraph between Baltimore and Philadelphia, is again in working order, ‘The Superior Court for Fairfield county, Connecticut, has granted u divorce to Miss Phebe Bail, the lady so shamefully imposed upon by one Calvin 8. Ball, on the ground that he had attempted to poison her, Hogs for slaughter are beginning te arrive at Cinoin- nati in droves. Advices from Nova Seotia and Newfoundland repre- sent that the potato crop in those regions is almost an entire failure, fanpralon a nantes frost in boar end Meet ar Friday t. The effects upon flowers, plants an vines, were decidedly destructive. The dahliss are drooping and dying—and the trees will soon be stripped of their | The Rev. lather McElroy, the Roman Catholic priest, who was sent to Mexico by Mr. Polk, to assure the a ple of that country that we had no designs upon their religious rights, preached yesterday in the church of the Holy Crose, Boston. On Tuesday evening some villain entered the house of J. Hine, near Syracuse, during the absence of the family, and stolea trunk containing bonds and mort- gages, notes and money, amounting to over $10,000. Two boats, being the first of the season, passed over the Northampton, Maas, Canal, but « few dayy ago. Francis Braggman, « druggist of Sandusky city, (0.) has been arrested ena charge of murder, b; inis- toring poison to Conrad Alder, his partner in business. A man named Charles Johnson, late in the employ of G. W. Simmons, of Oak Hall, Boston, has been arrested charged with haying robbed hia employer of between $1000 and $2000 worth of valuable Ho was de- tected in this city while selling a lot of splendid cravata of a peculiar style, and which had been purchased here only short time previous by his employer. It is said that the body of the lady who disappeared from the Tremont House, Bostow, Monday last. was found in Jamaica ond, where she bad thrown heral¢in afitof insanity. Epes Sargent has been chosen to deliver the poem be fore the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University, at its next anniversary. Snow fell at Buffalo last Wednesday. The White Mountains are covered with snow. The potato crop in Newfoundiand and Nova Scotia, has been a sad failure, and but few fish have been taken ‘at the former place during the present season. From the 9th of May to the #th of October, there ar- rived at Quebec 91,892 passengers from Great Britain and Germany. Stanper.—A libel suit was tried at the present term of the Cirouit Courtat Fonda, in this State, im which Catharine Wagner appeared oa plaintiff, and Ste- phen Fox as defendent. The jury returned a verdict of $2000 in favor of plaintif’. The oase is aid to bave been vate! and malioiows libelling. It aj ner ie the cousin of the wife of tl denvadust, and that in the year 1841, at the age of about sixteen she was solicited to take up her residence with them as s companion to her cousin, which she did. In 1843, in consequence of personal insult and violence offered to the plaintiff by the defendant, she left his house and re- fused to returo, The violence offered to her being of such @ nature asto threaten the defendant with ua Pleasant consequances, he conceived the design of blasting er reputation and destroying her credit, and «course of reckless slander was commenced, in which the black- est imputations were heaped upon her character, and the defendant himeelf inbumanly gloried in acts, in refer- ence to her, which as « hawsand and father should never dingraceeven the most abandoned of ourrace. Sanders of this nature were perpetrated with panlty watil June 2, 1846, when his wife and Catharine's friends com. Piained of his troutinent of the latter; when to recom. cile bis wife, he calls upon James Wilson, @ justice, to take him to the store of James Best, St. Jobnaville, in- vites several witnesses, calls for six bottles of liquor, the Justice reduces his statements to writing, and the defen- dant afxes his name to the instrument, Tue New Cory at Haptry Fatis.—It is said | that the company who have in hand this extensive en | terprise are making arrangements for a water power suf ficient for 66 large cotton mille, 64 by 260 feet, 6 stories high. The primary canal, extending in a southwesterly direction, something over a tnile in length, is to bo 20 fort deep, and 14u feet wide at ite head, and 80 feet at its ter iminus. This canal will furnish water power for about 23 of the mill# mentioned. Having accomplished the ob Jeot of turning the wheels of these mills, the water is to be conducted back to a suitable point, by « parallel ca- nal, and then discharged into another canal, which is to extend about @ mile and a bait, following the ciroultons sourse of the river, The company hase capital oftwo and 9 half millions, all of which fe subscribed, and the a prominm. ‘They will probably iny the foun. number of large cottow tills Usis foll—they a already eroployed \o te soostrnetion of vot for ) preparat to the ding of » permanent dam, assoon as posable after obtaining « cbartev, tion