The New York Herald Newspaper, November 13, 1852, Page 2

IHPEEESTING PROM TIE BBITISH PROYINOES, | Our New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Correspondence. Innportant Statistics of New Brunswick. | THE FISHERY QUESTION, THE CONTEMPLATED RAILROADS, dic. Sic. Se. - Our New Brunswick Correspondence. Sr. Joun, N. B., Nov. 8, 1852. James Gorpon Bexnetr, Esc— Bir—A census of the population of New Bruns- ‘wick, with other statistics, has recently been pub- lished officially, of which I send an abstract for your | valuable paper, the statistical department of which | de always £0 ably filled. ‘The total population of New Brunswick, in 1851, fe thus summed up :— -Male.... .98,454; Female 505; Female.. 567; Female. Total......Male.... .99,526; Female..... 9 Grand Total..........ceeeseveeeesee eeee 193,800 ‘The ages of the population are thus stated :—Un- der 6 years, male, 18,184; female, 17,418. Between Gand 16 years, male, 27,105; female, 26,219. Be- tween 16 and 21 years, male, 10,520; female, 11,- , 471. Between 21 and 40 years, male, 24,628; fe- | moales, 24,022. Between 40 and 50 years, male, 8,314; female, 4522. Between 50 and 60 years, male, 6,076; female, 4,522. Between 60 and 70 years, male, 3,252; female, 2,366. Upwards of 70 Sears, male, 1,386; female, 1,202. Not specified, male, 61; female 63. Grand total, 193,800 souls. 93,172 . 553 Bru) The number of families is stated at 31,682. The | number of children at grammar schools, 506. The pumber of children at parish schools, 18,386. In 1851 the number of births was 6,592; the deaths, aa The number of sick and inirm Persons, | 2,366. Among the population of New Branswick, ths op obey, ae rants were feund:— From Epglan , 3,907; from Scotland, 4,855; from Ireland, 28,776; from other British possessions, 1,550; from foreign countries, 1,344. Total, 40,432. The following are the occupations of the inhabi- tants:—Professional gentlemen, 456; miscellaneous, mot strictly manual, 1.665; trade and commerce, | 1,292; agriculture, 18,601 ; mechanics and handi- | erafts, 6,822; mariners and fishermen, 1,454; labor- | ers, 9,448. Total, 39,738. | The buildings in the province are thus stated:— | Inbabited houses, 26,369; houses building, 1,394; | uninhabited houses, 1,546; stores, barns, and out- houses, $2,037; places of worship, 423; school houses, 798; number of saw mills, 584; hands em- ployed’ in these, 4,302; grist mills, 261; hands om- loyed, 366; tanneries, 125; hands employed, 255; undries, 11; hands employed, 242; weaving and earding esiablithmeats, 52; hands employed, 95; mumber of hand-looms in the province, 5,475; yards of cloth made in the year, 622,237; breweries, 11; allons of malt liquor manufactured, 100,975; other ries, 94, which employ 953 hands. The quantity of cleared land in New Brunswick is only 643,954 acres. The province is estimated to contain twenty-one millions of acres; the cleared land is therefore only one thirty-third part of the whole area, equal to three acres in every hundred | which the province contains. The crop of 1851 is thus stated:—Hay, 225,093 tons; wheat, 206,635 bushels; barley, 74,300 bushels; oats, 1,411,164 bushels; buckwheat, 689,004 bushels; Indian corn, 62,225 bushels; peas and beans, 42,663 bushels; turnips, 539,803 bushels; potatoes, 2,792 394 els; otker roots, 47,850 bushels. The quantity of stock is as follows:—Noat cattle, 106,263; cows, 50,955; butter, made, 3,050 939 ibs.; horses, 22,044; sheep, 163,038; swine, 47,9 The manufactures of New Brunswick, in 1851, were thus valued:—Boots and shoes, $357,463; loa ther, $180,660; candles, $79,440; wooden ware, not eontract work, $82,020; chairs and cabinot ware, £88; soap, $74,248; fish, 3; hats, $25,440; in castings, $80,100. The quantity of coals raised was 2.482 tons; iron smelted, 810 tons; lime, burnt. 9 tons; number of 49; gypsum, quarried, tindstones made, 58,849 5,46 tons; maple suger made, 350,957 lbs. ‘The first census of New Branswick was taken in Tis population, then, was 74,175. In 1834 it was found to be 119,457 souls; in 1810 it was 156,162 sou is population, 2,162 souls were weded to the United States by the Ashburton treaty. In 1851, the population, as before stated, was 193,800 rouls A comparison of the p: wick with that of the four adj Dnion shows the following re: mn of New Brans- ing States of the Population in Increase Territory. Isiv. 1851. In 11 ¥4s. Prt in 11 yrs, New Drunswick.. 154000 193.800 39,8004 fi 10 pis 23 1859. In10¥rs. PrCentage. Maine.... 583,088 81.292 New Hem O17 Bod 220 Vermont. ¢ pulation in New Bran: 1840 to 1550, has been greater than thas i by 7 29 per cent ; than that of New Hamp: ii 79 per cent ; and than that of V percent. It has exceeded their a rege ratio by 10.86 per ce The ratio of increase in game period, ha the increase of cent ; Comparing the ratio of i of New nswic the four por it exceeds theirs by ni The followir and navigati have been ob have not yet been upon. Ships province, amount of ton tion, (193,800 so & country emin Bavigation. The number of new ver eighty-seven, amouvting to ! average of nearly 400 ton The number and tonn ping in outwards, in 1851, ere thus stated :-— G. Britain, B. Co during t . hich exceeds ew Brunswick by ouly i1 10 por yulation n that d ve ies, U mber of arri from the United States is very much greater than the number ef clearances, the difference being found in the arrivals and clearances to and from the United Kingdom. This arises from the operation of the ehanges in the navigation laws. A large proportion of the ships which now carry timber and deals to the British Ieiee, first make voyage from Europe to tho United States with cargo, and thence arme to Ne Brunswick to load with a return cargo, thus making & profitable round voyage, greatly to the advantage of all parties. The value of imports and exports in 151 is thus sommed up:— British Colonies. Fimondto We Gt Brit’n, In Tmp'te. €2 292, Esp 'ts.. 2,9 ial value of the exports, as above stated, be added the price of new ehips sold in Eag- land, and the value of their freights across the At- lantic to the place of sale, as also the profits on ex- ports, and the earnings of the large amount of ship Rite owned in the province, & large balance will fe und in ite favor, readily accounting for its present Prosperous condition It will be observed, that the amount of imports from the United States is just four times the amount of exports. e difference bas to be made good by bilis on Englend when the balance of trade isin favor of the province. This state of things greatly restricts the amount of importations from the United States. Where the merchants sell, they naturally will buy; end if a reciprocity of trade were once om tablisbed, the value of importations froin the Union would double directly Rep Hackir Our Halifax Correspondence, Hawtrax, Nov. 3. Ra lroad—Death f Inquiry on the € Hatifax and Qui Uniacke— Court Devastation Mr. Howe left in the last steamer for important intelligence havirg been received a day or two before, which is supposed to have caused hi cudden departure, the arrangements for which wire all made within twenty-four hours, proposals hav- ing been made to the Nova Scotia governm by an eminent frm of Englieh contractors, who pro: to build al) ovr lines of railway at a cost not to ex- ceed $20,000 per mile. Their terme are in other re spects very favorable, as they will take one thi | ibe stock, having ten disectore—tho government to | | comp! poy them tho other two-thirds in cash or bonds, at par, at six cent, redeemable in twenty years, and to appoint three directors. Judge Crofton Unizcke is dead, and was buried yesterday; it was him that condemned the Amori- ‘an fishing schooner Nabby, in 1818, out of which sprang the convention of that year. He was a fine old gentleman, of considerable vatural and acquired abilities, and was universally respected. Her Moje steamship Devastation arrived on Friday. It is supposed that a court of inquiry will be held at oneo on the conduct of Capt. Camp- bell, for his detention of the Nova Sootis fishing vessels. The European and —w American Rail- road. SYNOPSIS OF AN AGREEMENT Made and entered into this twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty. two, between the ‘ Haro- pean and North American Railway Com) ”? of the firet part, and William Jackson, of Birkenhead and London, Samuel Morton Peto, Thomas Brassey, and Edward Ledd Betts, all of London, in Great Britain, Esquires, of the second part : Whereas the | said European and North American Railway Com- pany have been incorporated and duly organized for the Barpore of making, constructing, and finally jeting a railway from the eastern boundary of this province of New Brunswick, in the couaty of Westmorland, so as best to connect with a rail- way to be constructed from tho city of Bangor, in the United States of America, to the eastern pert of the State of Maine, as the directors of the said company, in the exercise of their best judgment and discretion, shall deem most favorable and best calculated to promote the public conve- nience, and carry into effect the intentions and pur- poses of the act of incorporation; and such branch railways to every or any part of the province as the said company may deem expedient; such lines and branch lines being subject, nevertheless, to the ap- proval of his Excelloncy the Lieutenant Governor, or administrator of the government for the time be- ing, in council: And whereas it has been doter- mined, subject to the provisions and conditions here- inafver expressed, immediately to commence the said work, and to construct and equip that portion ofthe said road extending from the river St. John, at the Falls, not including the bridge over the same, to Shediac, and from some place at or neat the Bend of the Petitcodiac to the Nova Scotia boundary, com- pleting, in the first placo, the line between Shediac and the Bend of the Petitcodiac: And whereas the said parties hereto of the second part, have agreed to constract such portion of said railway at and after | the rate of six thousand five hundred pounds ster- | lias per milo, upon the terms, conditions, and sti- a pulations hereinafter set forth: And whereas, for the purpose of facilitating the construction of the said road, the government of this province have sgreed to take stock in the said company to the ex- tent of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds ster- ling, payable in provincial debentures, to be issued and payable at the end of twenty years, with inte- rest at the rate of six pounds por cestum per annum, | payable half yearly in London, and subject to the sanction of the legislature hereafter to be obtained, to loan to the said company to the extent of two hundred and twelve thousand pounds sterling in do- bentures, to be issued in the like form, with princi- pal anc interest, payable in like manner in ail re- Spects as the said stock debentures are to be pey- able ; repayment of the said last mentioned deben- tures and interest being secured to the said goverpment by a mortgage or first charge on the said railway as such debsntures shall issve, in the manner and according to the terms of an act to he paseed by the legis'a- | ture for that parpose, by which it is contempiated to make the said loan debentures and the interest thereon accruing, a primary charge on tho said rail- way, iis stations, station houses, and rolling stock, as the same may be made and completed, and while in the course of construction: And whereas the said | parties hereto of the second part, have agreed to take stock in the said company to the extent of seven hundred pounds sterling per mile: And whereas the estimated length of that part of the railway about to be forthwith constructed, is from St John to Shediac, one hundred and seven miles, and from the point of departure at or near the Bend of the Petitcodiae to the Nova Scotia boundary, thirty-seven miles, estimated in all about one hun- dred and forty-four miles; the expense of construct: | ing, finishing, and furnishing which, at the rate six thousand pounds sterling, or thereabouts, cording to the exact length of the line, The said Jackson and partners agreo to build, construct, and equip, @ first clag3 single track rail- way of five fect six inches guage, from the Falls of the St. John to Shediac, on the gulf shore, and from the Bent of the Petitcediae to the boundary of Nova Scotia: the whole road to be delivered ready for traffic on the Ist July, 1857 The company to pay £6,500 per mile, by instal- ments of £15,(00, a5 coon as tho engineer certides | that work has been done to the value of £20,000: the £18,000 to be made up as follows: in provincial debentures, istued for sto cent in go per cent ia stock certificates; aod 43 per cent in the bonds ef the company. The £10,000 which will remain over to be paid on the entire completion of the work. he company is to provide all lands required greemont is based on the sssumpsion that the price of i i win will continue to be £6 10s. per ton; if it fluctuates, the contract price is to vary in proportion. The railros 0 be elevated above the surface of the ground; £0 as to facilitate the removal of the mow The western portion of the European and North American line, from St. John to ths Maine frontier, is to be surveyed and built as soon as possible by the same parties at corresponding rates; aud the same rates, (or asnearly the same rates as poesible) are to spply to the branch lines to Frodericton and Miramicbi All hee ing from portions of tho road are to go to the company All disputes are to be settled by arbitration. RJ lage di R JAnoixe, President LIDGE, Clerk. fu 8 ; [Ls] TON Pero, {L §.] by hia attor Win Jackson. THomas Brass (L. 8] by bi orney, Wm Jackson Epwanxp Lepp Brerrs, (L 8]j by hisattornay, Wm Jack Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of neton. Jobu A. Poor, George P } The Fishery Question, IN COUNCIL. xT—His Excellency Hon. Mesers. Ch Imot, Hayward, H 2 fall w Br e Counci! of Ne k deom it their éuty to imprezs upon Her Maj govern ment their arnest wish that no deviation should be m m the principles laid down in the tresty of 181 United State the conirery, accoidip with the the bject of the fi rights of B cople of British North rica, bering over two and # half millions, are pecatiariy and deeply interested in the presorva*ion of their ighte, and would consider the surrender of tho pri- es they now enjcy as such an abandonmeni of their interests as could not fail to excite tified discontent. , [twill be admitted, the Council hope, by Her Ma- jesty’s government, that the governments of thoxs colonics are fully conversant with the great valae the inhabitants attach to 8 important subjost; and the Council hambly trast that in any negotia- tions which may horeafter take place between Her Mojcety’s government and that of the United States, his Excellency the Governor-General and the Lieu- tenant. Governers of the reepective provinces, be coa- sulted with referoncs to such negotiations Jo the commercial transactions betwoen the British provinces and the United States the latter poseesees a decided advantage. Their goods ate suffered to be imported upon the same terms as tho charged on British merchandise; and New Bruns- wick has been prevented by imperial authority, con- tery, however, to the wishes and feelings enter- tained by the legislature, from imposing disorimta- ating duties. hile the goods of the United States are bere admitted at a duty of 84 per cont , ad valorum, our productions—ns well raw ag manu- fectured—pay there an average duty of 25 to 30 per cent. Her ships cannot be sold in the American merkot and obtain regieters. Theirs can como in and be eold, trensferred. and receive British registers, ag if builtin the British dominions. Amerioan steamors, thus convoyed, are now p!ying on the river St. John with Britich registers. What our people want are equal rights and com mercial freedom, and they would then not fear com- petition. well jus- Awornen Wreck.—The new throe-masted schoo- ner Buckeye State went ashore om the Bouth Point yes terdey morning at-sbout four o'e ock. In attempting to enter thir port, she missed the entrance #nd{n stand og Ci. her fore end main topmasta and jib boom were car. riedawny, The erew then let go boch acchors, and she drifted over the ref, and thence ashore. where she ites, broscvide on, headed south. Yesterday her cargo of ap- ple and cider was fust coming ashore, both hatches be- sng off, sud the sea making ® clean breself over her, She lies in abou ofeut water; her larboerd bolwarks one and #be looks @ periect wreck. on her hull is in it is impossible to tell; bat «fore ice makes imthe leke, she murt go to State fe a mew vere! having mide ago. She cont nearly $15.000 and ia urance Company. New York. for of two handrod and eighty nixe tons raiiroed tron for Chicago, (insured probably.) and @ quantity of apples avd roared —-Mulwauki¢ Sentinel, Nov, 6, | _ This goes by way of England, and must serve in Interesting from Liberia We have received, says the by way of England, letters from Monrovia 27th of Aagus, and papers of the 4th of that e mentioned yesterday that the long expected bark Ralph Cross had not yet returmed. Woe now regret to she was at Cape Palmas on that the night of July 18th. One » Mr. Jones, the agent for the New York Hutgration sn Agricul- tural ty, lost his life. We this person ; he = ai it dae) and adapted for his | OVE‘ the date of our letters, the republic was in s ts enjoying condition, and the inhal Excellent health. The Monrovia Academy, under the care of the Methodist taal was opened on the 7th June, under ve circumstances. There if peep dh than tho ordinary attention to religion in Monrovia and Sinoos From a letter from the Hon Mr. Teage, to the corresponding secretary of the New York Coloniza- tion Society, we make the following extracts :— Monrovia, Aug. 27. | default of a much anger one that I intended to send by the Ralph Cross. That ill-fated vessel was wreck- ed some weeks since at Cape Palmas. It is a matter of deep regret and disappointment to the government in being thus deprived of the liberal subsidy of the society, sent out by that vessel. Our only eonsolation is, that the aoe will Fpaght) ae faryeae of ite Hee and wi speedily make good the present loss tous. = | yf ff ourselves things are quiet, and a spirit of industry and enterprise is evidently on the increase. Were you, who are go well acquainted with our town and country, here at the present time, you would not call it as you used to do, urbus in rure, and the banks of the St. Paul’s an unawakened wilder- ness. Thatched huts have given place to commodious brick or stone buildings, both in Monrovia and on the banksof the St. Paul. The tenants are happy under their own vine and fig-tree, or literally true, under their own banana ani Gael: and wonder- ing why our friends in the United States think us foolish for fleeing from contempt in America to re- epectabiliry in Afri Srica. There is nota man in the United States who wiehes more ardently the elevation of the colored people there than I do; nor is there one who feels more keenly the injustice of the laws and the senti- ment that depress them than myself, and if talkin and writing would avail to correct the injustico, would not be wanting in the use of these instru- ments; but on takiag a retrospect, what have they avuiled? practicable method of gaining the headof Niagara, It seems to mo, that going up by land is a more | A rise of feet in the at ‘i per b shel, In’ regard to the shel. In 0. monte he wy, the Galveston News says —Wo are infc that of the two warehouses now going up at the mouth of the Trinity, is nearly com- = It will be remembered that Gon. Chambers as already erected a wharf reaching from Anahuac channel to the bed of the river, and it is upon this wharf that the buildings are geing up. Boats ci now land their cargoes upon one end of the wharf and receive it fromthe other end, where it can soon be transferred by means of railway. The iron for the track is soon expected; but it is so arranged that every accommodation will bo afforded even before the iron is laid down. Thus the detention at the mouth ofthe river in low tides will, in a great measure, be avoided, and the exposure to which goods have heretofore been subjected be prevented, The Telegraph states that a fews days ago a Jarge shipment ot were received from Houston for Shreveport, Lis., fully three hundred and fifty miles fonnatee ty Peak hacaithges Say ae is comp! we Wi supply northwestera Louisiana and Daealiee kresigss: Judge Evans has resigned the office of Judge of the Sixth Judicial district. The resignation will effect as soon as his successor can be elected and qualified. ’ The Leon Pioneer says that a Mr. Thomas Smart was lately attacked by a pack of wolves, about six miles from Centerville, while out riding. Not being 1d to show fight, he beat a retreat, and the wolves ve chase, giving him beautiful raze for two or fice india pats A man named MoGoffin was killed a few days since, in Grimes county, by another named Monroe Black, upon a very slight provocation. The diffi- culty arose on the refusal of McGoffin to loan his wagon to Black, as he had use for it. Some words | passed between them, when Black drew a pistol and shot him. He fled, and at the last account had not been arrested. The Lone Star is informed that Governor Bell has concluded to call the Legislature together early in mober. The Star also says an 3p) lication will be made at the called session for adivision of Wash- ington county, and that paper isin favor of the mea- sure. A vessel from Boston, with s locomotive and ten- der and several cars on board, arrived off Galves- ton on the 28th ult. The Indianola Bulletin says :—We have received from our old friend, Col. John B_ Banks, of Webber- ville, some specimens of the lately discovered Texas marble. In his letter accompanying the same the Col_ says: ‘This marble is found in great abundance | in this vicinity, and should we be £0 lucky as to get a railroad from the coast, it will be a great source than ascending the stream. Let those who think best, stay in America and talk, and we who are otherwise minded, stay out here and act, and at the close of the nineteenth century it will be seen who have operated to the greater advantage in pattiag down prejudi Able statesmen, orators, philosophers, divinos, artists and mechanics, &c., of Liberia growth, will bring to the elevation of African race a mantle and argument which ail its adversaries will not be able | to withstand or gainsay. Long ere that period arrives, I shall be numbered with the dead; but it is my most cherished hop2 that then, on some favored eminence, where the noise of human passions, and the collision of opposing theories, cannot reach, I shall be able to survey the mutual progress, ri; tly estimating every action,and | carrying out infallably, and at a glance, every cause to its ultimate results. Yours, very truly, H. Trace Tho independence of the republic was celebrated aforesaid, will amount to nine hundred and thirty- | lev for this port, not ine | #nd, with m on the 26thofJuly. Tho President and his crbinet, of revenue to the State.” We were previously aware | that samples of this marble had been sent to tho | North, and by men of science pronounced equal to | the best in uhe world; but the old maxim runsto the | effect that ‘‘seeing is believing;” and so with our- | selves. We did not doubt the abundant existence of | Yery fine marble on the Colorado and in the moun | tains; but we were not prepared to see so perfect an | article. Wo have neverseen marble more beautiful, more pectert in its formation, nor admitting a high- er polish. Tho ground work is s Hens dove, with streaks of red, purple and golden hue through it. There is evory reagon to believe that tho interior of | our State abounds ina great varicty of valuable stone and minerals. This marble is found in great- est abundance in Hamilton’s Valley, (now knownas | Burnet Court House, Barnet county,) fifty miles abovo Austin. The Lavaca, Commercial says:—Cottoniscontinu- ing to arrive pretty frecly, and business of every kind | seems to be quite brisk. We noticed the other day | fifteen wagons arrive all in one train, each one con- | taining from seven to eight bales of cotton, and that and His Exesllency, the Brazilian Charge d’ Affairs, and several United States naval officers were at the | church during the exercises. At eight o'clock, a | large party dined in the new seminary. The * monthly concert” was held on the first of August. It was well attended. The Rev. Francis Burnes, of the Methodist Church, opened the mect- ing; the Rev. Mr. Stokes, of the Protestant Episco- pal Church, B. V. R. James, Esq, ruling elder in | the Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. Mr Payne, of the Methodist Church, all took part in the exer- cises of the evening. The brig Otto, Ingalls, forty days from Salom, ar- rived at Monrovia, on the 2d of August. The Liberia Herald of the 2tst July, says that | “Commodore Lavellette, commander-in-chief of the United States naval forces on the Western coast of | Africa, is quite ill, We Sore soon to hear of his convale:cence. We have always found him a true | friend to the interest of L RY | _ The Liberia Herald, of the 4th of August, says :— | We learn that, for the last few weeks, there has deen a ceasation of hostilities botween the Voys and Golaths. We are not informed as to the bable cause of the cessation. ever, tat Boombo has some reason for thus acting, and may atany moment show himself again in his | wonted barbarous and treacherous chara :ter. Divar- loo-bah, who, up to this time, had acted only on | the defensive, ie now prepared to make aggressive mevementa. He has concestrated a numerous body of mercenary warriors, and will, no doub’, dee the destruction of Boombo and all his followers. In & few days we hope to be able to write more under- standingly of the intentions of this celebrated have received late dates from tne leeward counties. The health of the immigrants, by the Ralph Cross, was as good as could be expected There was nothing to disturb the peacefal state of affairs which have, for the last few months, so hap- pily exicted. The saw mill at Simon was in opers- tion. and in October next, the proprietors of the one st Buchanvan will be prepared to fill contrasts for lumber in any quantity. It affords us much pleasure to notico the return, from England, of Rey E W. Stokes, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal church, of this place. Mr.S. sue- ceeded in Pate 4 some funds in England for the building of a church, and he will proceed immedi- ately to make arrangements for the purpose Until the church is built, Mr Stokes will occapy the of. fice of the Methodist Mission press. [From the Liberia Herald, June 16 } THE CON STITUTION. We are authorized to announce to our readers that the Hon Deserline @. Harris is now engaged in writing acommentary on the constitution of Li- beria, and proposes to havo it ready for publication in October next. It will be published in @ book form. THE NEW ¥! ETTLEMENT. We notice with much pleasure, the improvamenta that have been made, and are now b made, at the plece selected for the New York Agricultural under the ablo management of Abza- ell, Eeq. Mr ©. is known hero 2¢ tho of this association, and from all , the agency could not be en- ¢ ¢hergetic and traatwortby. ildwell arrived here in March last, and com- menced bis operations a week or two afterwards. He selected a cite on the northern bank of the beau- tiful 8+. Paul's, ebout two miles, in a soutt reetion, from the town of Milebarg Tha lo is beauti‘ul, and the sdil of the best deseriptior The government granted to Mr. C , or the ation, :ix hundred acres of land, which he wiil lay off in ten acre lots; indeod, we think the lots are already staked. Le has cleared and planted dowa, in cassadae ond otuer vegetables, about nine acres, built one large house, to be used as a storehouse, and five other houses of a less size, for the comforla- ble a2commodation of about eight families; four other houses are nearly completed, and will be read y for oceupancy in a week or two. Owing to the heavy rains, Mr. Cauldwell has not done all he desired, but we think he has already accomplished 4&3 much #2 could be expscted for the time. ation will continue thelr operations, the principles of which we heartily eoocur in, we advise that the agent here be kept well supplied with funds, and we doubt not that all will be doae that it is possible for man to accomplish ay A Royas Borantsr.—There is one king in Earope Wao ig @ good practical botanist, avd who must look back upon the hours epent in the arrangement of his five herbarium with tar more pleasure than upon thore wasted in @ vain and retrograde course of polities., The monarch in question is His Majesty of Baxony, who, in bis eciontitic career at least, has ined honor wud reepoot. Many ave the stories told | one mile of railroad to evecy seven sjusre miles, and Cow. | yy his eubjects of their ruler’s adventures when fol- Jowing his favorite and harmless hobby; how, more than once, astray from his yawning courtiers, he had wandered in search of nome vegetable rarity across | the frontier of his legitimate dominions, and, on at- | teropting to return, was locked up by his own guards asa epy or a smuggler, since he could produce no | paseport nor give any more probable account of him- eelf than the their king. Fifteen yeareago be made a famous excursion to the stony and piratical little ropablic of Montenegro. It was literally a voyage of bots. nical discovery, aud the potentate sailed down the ic in a steamer Gilted out with all tha appli- ances of scientific investigation. On its deck he might be ecen bueily engaged in laying out his plante, ably ad zealously assisted by his oqaerrien aides-de-camp, and guided by the advice of eminent botanist, who accompanied him as members of his suite, Such a kingly progress had never been scen before, ualees Alexander the Great may have reliey- ny of conquering by making oocasion- né with his quoadam tutor ine, on ordinary oosasiona a vy nO means trustworthy who «till keep maay of the worst the old Scottish Highlandors—wore mys- tifled into tranquillity by the peculiar proseod.ngs of their royal visiter and his nole attendants. Resolved, however, to render due honor to go dis- tinguished end unusual a guest, they farnished a goard of state to kocompany him in all his peregel- ations; and whenevor his botanical majesty stooped » gather anew or rare speckinen, thovoldiers hal! nach ceremony, presented arms,~- Wost- minster Review | It is pretty cortaia, how- | preprosterous assortion that he was | Was not anunusual eight for this place, as the num- | ber of wagons loaded with cotton that have arrived ' here during the past two weeks must have averaged ; asmany as thirty perday. The quantity of mor- | chandice brought to this market this fall is much greater than that of any previous year, and the busi- ness ofthe place has of course increased in propor tion to the amount of goods on hand. There were only 1,500 bales of cotton raised in tho county of Gonzales last year; this year there will bo 5,000 bules raised in that county. The quantity of cotton | raised in the scyomning counties has beenincreased in penoerion to that of Gonzales This speaks well for the increasing prosperity of the western portion of our Btate. A friend writing to us from the Rio Grande, peels in very flattering terms of that portion of the Siate. He eays since Carvajal has failed in his revoluti ary schemes, the Indians have become more quiet, and everything is a hundred por cent better than they were a year ago. He siys that good crops have been raised on the Rio Grande this ssason, that lands are rising in value, and that the farmers intend to engage in the culture of cotton next year. | Trade of France, | _ In despite of the warlike preparations in France, for some time past the commercial position of that country has been gradually bat steadily ameliorat- ing. and at the present moment the manufacturers of almost every description are in fall employment. For years pest the manufacturers of that descrip- tion of goods known as ariicles de Paris have not had 20 many orders in hand. Beyond their ordi- nary customers, mauy of there, aud especially the maoufacturers of bronzes, modes, &s., have re- ceived orders which will fully occupy them for the ext four months. It is remarked that the demands this year are extraordinarily steady. There is not @ glut of work at one time, and thena period when thero is nothing todo. The orders arrive regularly, and are distributed over the whole year. mand for goods for exportation contiaucs, in gene- Pa brisk, with the exception of that for the South ens, the recent differences between the govern- | ments of the United States and Peru having created some uneasiness. At Havro, sales of cotton during the Jast week only amounted to 4,000 bales. The stock igreduced to 21,500 bales The prices with- out variation. Very ordinary Louisiana is quoted at Of. per 50 kilogrammes. At Mulhouse there iz an advance on manufactured cottons in proportion to that on tho raw material. Wool is without any change, but the stocks in hand are low. At Lyons the activily among the silk manufacturers is very great. Silk is always in demand in the markets of the Drome and Ardecho, sad there is an improve- | ment in the finer qualities. At Havre there has been consilerable demand for sugars, but prices re- main tho same. At Havre the good ths of West Tudia sugars are at deux, 54f. 500. to 55f. the 50 kilogrammes, daty paid. At Lille the price of the indigenous sugir (good 4:hs) remains at 58f At Paris the samo quality for indigenous Cofieo is without any change either at Havre or Bordeaux. Railroad Statistics. [Prom the Washington Union, Nov 10 ] Some very useful and interesting statistics im relation to railroads ia the different States have been recentiy pobli hed by the Superivtendent of the Venaus, derived rom the recent census returns, From the ¢: furnished, it apoears that there are now in the United States 10 814 miles of railroad dnished, and 30,808 miles in the course of construction, ‘ 2 __ It alvo appears thet in relation to the miles of railroads in several of the States fivished and inthe 0 of coa- struction, the following are the results, as compared with the number of inhabitants:— Connecticut, che mile cf railroad to every 458 inhabitants, Illrois......466 “ “668 s New Hampshire. Maseachusetts, & « Georgie. ‘ “920 “ Maryland. “ «1183 « New York. bel & 1,204 * Pennsylvanii = Ld © 1206 Lad As compared with the number of square miles in sev- eral of the States, the result is as follows :— Connecticut. one mile of RR. to 5%, sq mile of territory, Maseachusetts = 6 " n° Now York « “Wy “ New Hampshire “ 6 17 9-10 « be Maryland « « 186.10 = | Penneylvenia « “ 939.19 « “ | From the foregoing it appears that, of the railroads | finished and in the course of construction, the State of | Connecticut has the largest number of miles in propor- tion to its iuhabitants, and also in proportion to its aren. | | If only those roads are taken which are actually finish- | ed and in operation, as to the numbor of inabitants, New | Hampshire is the first—there being one mile of railroad to every 650 inhabitants, Connecticut is next, being 1 | to 679; and Massachusetts, 1 to 913 inhabitants. | And in relation to hed railroads, Mareachusetts has necticut one mile of railroad to every eight miles of ter- | ritory; which is a much larger ratio than in any of the | other Brates, | peteueen pale INFLUENCE OF A NewsParer —A school teacher who has been engaged a long time in his profession, | and witreseed the influcnce of a Sewepersr upon the minds of a family of children, writes to the editor of | the Ogdensburg Sentinel as follows:—I have found it to be a universal fact, without exception, that those scholars, of both sexes, and of all ages, who | have had access to nowepapers at hoine, when com- | pared with those who havo not, are—1. Bottor readers, excelling in pronunciation and ‘on pee and consequently rad more understandingly. 2. They are better spellers, and define words with greater ease and accuracy. 3. They obtain & prac- tical knowledge of geography in almost halt the time it reqnires others, as the rere his made them fomiliar with the location of the important placer, nations, thelr governmonts, and doings, on the globe. 4. They are better grammatians; for having beeome so familiar with evory variety of style in the newspapers, from the common place ad vertiaement to the finished and classical oration of the statesman, they more readily comprehend the meaning of the text, and consequently analyze its construction with accuracy. 5. They Write better compovitions, using better language, containing more thoughts, more cleerly and connectedly ex- preseed. 6. These young men who have, for years, heon readers of the newspapers, aro always takin, the lead in the debating ovieties, exhibiting & more extensive knowledge upon a groa@r variety of sub- jects, and expressing their views with greater flucney, clearances, and correctness in their use of Janguage Tho de- | f to Sof 59e, and at Bor. | is quoted at 59 for West Iodia, and Gf. | thus | The Repudiated Mississippi Bonds. Wasnineron, Nov. 9, 1852. Jas. G. Bexnerr, Esq Editor of the HeRaLv. BSir:—I find the following telegraphic dispatch in your world-famous journal of the 7th instant :— New Onveans, Nov. 4, 1852. A vote was taken in Mississippi, with A to paying the eld Planters’ Bank Bonds, which were formerly repu> diated. The returns, thus far, show a large majority throughout the State. in favor of paying them. Your informant is widely mistaken, as are nine men out of every ten, of other States, who under- take to enlighten the public on tho subject of ‘“Mis- sissippi repudiation.” The ‘Old Planters’ Bank Bonds” were never repudiated; nor were any other just and legal obligations of the State of Mississippi. The Planters’ Bank Bonds are specially named and vided for in the constitution of tho State, and Toate never has been any considerable my in the State in favor of repudiating them. Tho qaestion recently submitted to the vote of the poople was as to the mode of paying them, or, in other words, whether or not they would consent to a special tax for their payment; and your correspondent informs | ou correctly that, ‘‘the returns thus far, show a cy ‘mojority throughout the State in favor of pay- in, them. ‘he “Union Bank Bonds” were the only bonds | ever repudiated by Mississippi, and as to the justice of that act, morally and legally, never has changed her opinion, or abated one jot or tittle of her woll- sidered determination, and I hope never will. Whatever may be your opinion upon this latter | int, Iam sure you will do my noble State the jus- Roe to correct the erroneous statement of your Now Orleans correspondent, and oblige a constant reader of the HERALD, and A Mississirrian. Political Intelligence. GERRIT SMITH’S PLATFORM. To rue Voters or tHe Countixs or Osweco axp Map- 18ON == | You nominated me for a seat in Congress, notwith- | standing I besought you not to do so, In vain was my resistance to your persevering and unrelenting pur- Per bad reached old ago, Thad never held office, Nothing | was more foreign to my expectations, and nothing was | more foreign to my wishes, than the a of office. | My multipiied and extensive affairs gave met iL employ- ment. habits, all formed in private life, all shrank from public life. My plans of usefulness and happiness could be carried out only in the seclusion im which my years had teen spent. My nowination, as I supposed it would, has resulted in my election, and that, too, by avery large majority. And now I wish that I could resign the office, which your partiality has accorded tome, But I must nos—I can- not. To resign it would be a most ungrateful and offen- | sive requital of the rare generosity which broke through | your strong attachments to party, and bestowed your | Yotes on one, the peculiarities of whose political creed leave him without a party. Very rare, indeed, is the generosity which was not to be repelled by a politicul creed, among the peculiarities of which are :— | Firet. That it acknowledges no law, and knows no law, for slavery ; that not only is slavery not ia the feder: constitution, but that by mo possibility could it be pepnans either into the federal or into a State constitu. | ion. Second. That the right to the soil is as natural, abso- lute, and equal. as the right to the light and the air. | Third. That political rights are not conventional, but | natural—inhering in all persons, the black as well ay the white, the female as well os the male. Fourth. That the doctrine of free trade is the necessary | outgrowth of the doctrine of the human brotherhood ; | and that to impore restrictions on commerce is to build | pe unnatural and sinful barriers across that brother- ood. Sth, That national wars are as brutal, barbarous, and | upneceesary, as are the violence and bioodshed to which wirguided and frenzied individuals are prompted ; and that our country should, by her own Heaven trusting and beautiful exemple, basten the day when the nations of the earth “shall beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not | lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war apy more.” | ‘oh, That the province of government is but to protect = ie persons and Property i and that the build. ing of railroads and canals. and the oare of schools and churches, fall entirely outside of its limits, and exclusively within the range of “the voluntary principle.” Narrow, however, as are there limits, every duty within them is to be promptly, faithfully, fully performed :—as well, for instance. the duty on the part of the federal government | to put an end to the dramshop manufacture of paupers | and madmen in the city of Washington, as the duty on the Partof the State government to put an end to it in | ¢ State. ith. That, as far as practicable, every officer, from the | highest to the lowest, including especially the President and Postmaster, should be elected directly by the | People. I need not extend any further the enumeration of the | features of my peculiar political creed :—and 1 need not enlarge upon the reason which I gave, why I must not and cannot resign the office which you have conferred | upon me, Iwill only add, that I ‘accept it; that my | whole heart is moved to gratitude by your bestowment | of it ; and that, God helping me, I wili so discharge ite | duties, as neither to dishonor myself nor you. | Purernono, Noy. 5, 1852, GERRIT SMITH. An Hour with Biliy Bowlegs, the Seminole | uhtef. [From the New Orleans Delta.] | T was in Tamps Bay when Billy arrived fcom his north- | em tonr. and, being desirous of knowing how he was | pleared, Linvited him to call on me the next morning. At the appointed time, Billy arrived at my office, and af- | ter givirg him something to drink--which, if you should | | happen to omit, you would be yery sure to incur the dis’ | pleasure of Billy—I asked him to ‘deeeribs his trip to me; | and hecemmenosd. “Well,” said Billy, “inour trip from | Fort Meyers to Savannah I saw nothing but what I hid | been accustomed to see every day, and | began to doubtif | all the tales I had beard about the great cities were true; | | but when I arrived in Savannah I thought to myssif that the white people were not euch great liars. after all ; and | when I get to Charleston and the other cities, as I pro- | ceeded, I found out I had mos been told half, “1 like the steamboats,’ said Billy, “when they go on smooth water; but when they go on the big water, the: | make me feel bat, And the railroadsshow fast they dogo, ycu can’t ree the trees hardly; but I think I had poay | before the war that could run with them, Oh, yes! the rail roads rum fast, but I think my pony could beat them, | When I got to Washington I saw the Great ather. Thad | always understood that he was an old man, and I was | | surprised to see bim look so young. The Great Father hes white bair, but his cheeks are round, like mine; I | think he is about the same ageas myself, i told the Great Father that I came there for justice, and I didn't want | him to suppore I caine there to beg. 1 told him he was a great man and I was a great warrior, Ob, yes! I saw the | Great Father, In the White House. I toldhim that no | | one could ecure me from Fioida; if 1 wauted to go, I would if I did not, I would not | _ “1 eaw plenty of aquaws, | but they all looked slike . My God! what a big place! So many people and wagons.” “ Any children, Billy?" asked £,_* My God! don't talk —there is nothing but children. "I like Washington bet- ter than New York, for in Washiagton you have pleaty of room to walk; in New York the road is fuil of peopla, just like grass. “The Great Father and everybody gave | me prevents, but I could not bring half? | After be finished about the journey. ho sald :— | told the Father I wouid eee my'poople, aud try and | leave next spring. I told bim I wanted to stay in Florida this winter.” They ail looket very pretty, | Iweut to New York. M He dislikes any one to question hin about the number | of warriors in his tribe. Some one asked; “Billy, how | many have you ia your tribe? He immediately an- | swered—* Myself. five more, and old Abraham,’ (the | negro interpreter)—merning the delegation. When it wae time for him to leave, he shook hands | and said: “ You must give me anoiher drink.’ As Billy | never lete an ocoasion to imbibe pass, we were obliged to | “pone out.’ After visiting ome more of his friends, Billy became so unmanageable, that Gen Blake thought | dt best to cend him down to Fort Meyers. Just as he was embarking actowd gathered round to seehim. Some one raid; “ The Cow-boys will be after you. Billy, if you don't move soon.”? “D—n the Cow-boys!” said Billy; “one of my men can whip a dozen of them.” Billy ia very abarive when intoxicated, and cursed every one who happened to come in bis way. He was sitting down whon the boa’ left, and some one asked him | } ‘to give the war-whoop; he jumped up, and gave some of | | the loudest yells I have ever heard from an Indian Billy | Bowlege fs about five feet eight Inches in height, | stout, bas a round face. and au expression one gets. He is raid to be pocsessed of more cunning than any other Seminole Chiet that ever lived Gen. Twigge | tried several times to entrap him. but always failed. It my opinion he will never leave Florida until driven out | by au army. I am certain he will not go next spring. How To ReavnaTe Coat Sroves.—One of our exchanges gives some instructions on the proper ma- negement of coal stoves which may be useful to housekeepers at this season of the year. Acvording to this authority, the fire should not be permitted to die during the whole winter. By kooping the fire up an immensity of trouble is eaved, and, paradoxi- sitmay seem, itis che: The reason is the coal burns out during the long winter | nights, because the door of the stove is shut— whereas, if the door is lefe open, it will not burn | out, but will be perfectly alive in tho morning. | Less coal is therefore consumed. There is no | danger of leaving the door open, as the draft is | always strong acl to carry the sparks up the Hee or chimnoy. If any one sleeps in the room, ‘he upper each of the window should be lowered two | or three inches, even in the coldest weather, and when it is milder Having a comfortable firein the room in cold weather, and yet enjoying fresh air b; means of ventilation, is the very ideal of comfort, and isat the same time an encouragement to the | habit of early rising. Shake down the , there- | fore, ¢n retiring, fill up the stove with coal, and leave the door open, if you wish to fave yourself or servant @ deal ot trouble tn ke and at the fome time economisecoal. But, means, open | the window, if it is only the depth of an inch. gh Ber scan cates dnt | A Jeer Resuxe.—General Pierce bas already | | been aceniled by politicians in quost ot the spoils. who | eannot wait until his foauguration, to make known their | groat merits ond epecial claims to his consi leration for | office under his administration, One of the leaders from this quarter virlted him «few days ago, and was about | to lay before him « budget of overwhelming testimony in favor of a pactioular friend, who isn candidate for execu- tive favor, when he was told by the President elect that | | he was very gind to eee him bat that he had made up hig | | mind not fo rpeak on political suljecta for at least three | monthsto come The rebuke was fully appreciated by | the spplicant, who returned to this eity entirely satieled | that in poiltles, at lesst, and among the intelligent. it ia | | not alweys ‘the early btrd that catches the worm.” bat | | Baste may sometimes bo injudisions, as well as Indecent | —Phitadelphia Ledger, Nov. 11. | et | this: | don’t think eo much of that * rich Irish | lots were made by him. | his eeat in the American Senate, ani recor market cone Picatind ules ny from $000,000 to A German, named Mothins Kizinger, keeper of a Ger- man boarding house, in Howard street. Albany. stabbed himself, om the Oth instent, with wearving knife. He died in about twenty minutes, Jobn Clark, keeper of a boarding house and bar, No° 72 Montgomery street. Albany, hung himself by the neck with a handkerchief, oa the ub instant, in his cellar. The Watertown Jeffersonien says that portions of the remains of Hudeon Haddock, who was burned at the fire on the 6th instant. bave baen found, His father was the firet to make the discovery. Michael Bower, of Canada, was accidentally drowned at Buffalo, on the 9th instant. Acchild of John Wheldon, four months old, died in Nantucket. on the 7th instant, from injurissr eoeived by burning. The child was left alone, tied ina chair. Its- clethes caught on fire, and the little sufferer paid for tho criminal carleasness of its mother. Lloyd Mitchell, living in Constitution street, Baltimore, died of cholera on the 6th inst , and his wife died, of the same disease, on the 7th inst, At Brunswick, Glynn |, Georgia, no polls were at Presidential election—i5 belug the opinion the good people there tha! none of the candidates were worthy of support. Company A. 24 Regiment of Light Artillery, Major Sedgwick commending: left Old Point Comfore hats Oth inst , for Fort McHenry. near Baltimore, Oliver Graves, sged 92. Justin Morton, aged 91. and Conrider Morton, brother of Justin, aged 94. of Whately, Massachusetts, were born in the same house, voted for Gen Washington. have voted at every Presidential eleo tion since, including that of the 2d inst. A valuable copper mine is sald to have been recently ed, near Culpepper Court House, Va. Chatham gant Georgia, at the late election, contri- buted $360 to the Washington Monument Fand—an everage of 24 cents for each voter. A funeral procession in honor of Daniel Webster, take place at Syracuse. on Baturday, the 13th inst. ‘The barn of Dr. William Pi of Windsor, Conn. "was burnt November 9, together with t teveral tons of tol six tons of hay, &c. ; and on the 7th, the bar O. Loomis, situated near the above, was burnt with a quantity of hay, &c, Both of these barns Goubtedly fired by incendiaries. A severe frost is reported to have eccurred in South Carolina and Georgia, on Monday last. ke fevers Mississippi Flag advocates Gen. Foote for U. §. jenator The citizens of Charlestown haye decided to join with zomoe in celebrating the obsequies in honor of Danie) ‘ebster. We regret to learn that George W. Wheeler, of Paines- ville, was killed on the 6th inet., by the falling ofa tree, while red woods hunting. He was about twenty-three jears old. z A young man named Thomas Barns, of New Londo Conn, was £0 much injured at the Mansfeld station the New London railroad, on the 9th inst., that he died next day. é Aman and his wife, named Kirley. were shot and dan- eroutly wounded by a man panel Orne Cleveland, hio, on the 9th inet. The shooting occurred during will ® quarrel, which commenced between the wives of the” two individuals. Mr. Alonzo Reed, one of the propriators of the United States Hotel at Newburg, died at Hornellsville on tho 6th inst. He was on his route to Dunkirk, over the Nev York and Erie Railroad. Incidents of the Election. Crops In ARKANSAS —The Camden, Ark., Tra veller says that the whigsin that section have not been materially injured by the late heavy rains. The crop, it is thought, will far exceed that of last year. A GaLLanr Wuic.—The following bet was mado afow days before the Presidential olection, between a whig and democrat, boarding in Arch street. Philadelphia:—The loser to purchase, saw, and ony into the chambcr of the winner, a balf cord of good hickory wood; tawing to commence at three o'clock, P. M., in front of the house, At the late election in Beosinger township, fx county, Pa, 173 votes were polled for Piorse and King, and not one for Scott and Graham. Cuancep His Mixp —The Buffalo Courier learns, on ungestionable authority, that General Scott brogue” in Obio, as he did some few days ago. He says he ‘* don’t care a cuss how wet and muddy the Cleve- land people get after this” The whig vote has been doubled at the Balise, La , since the last Presidential election. In 1818 it was one vote--this year it rolls up two. CrxcrxnatI —The following brief sketch of the early history of Cincinnati, we clip from the Non- pareil:—This city isnow about sixty-four years old. Some time between October, 1 and January 1788, John Cleves Symmes, of New Jersey, made a contract with the Treasury Board of the United States, on behalf of himself and associates, forthe lands Jying between the two Miami rivers, bound- edon the south by the Ohio river, and Sayed north so far as to include one million acres. Of thi Es Symmes sold to Matthias Denman six undred and forty acres, lying opposite Licking river, on which Cincinnati is now principally built, for forty-nine dollars. About the teath of eptam. ber. 1758, a party met on the site of the city, and made a plat of the incipient town. On the 26th of December, 1788, the first landing of the immigrants for the settlement was made, and in Jap 1789, the streets were surveyed and named in that part of the town lying between Broadway and Western Row. During this fay several log houses, and one frame house were built, and some of the out lots, all of which were north of Seventh street, ‘* wore cleared.” The legal title to the grounds on which the town was built being still in Symmes, the pa- tentee, all the deeds for the original in and out 0 In 1790, the lots on frac- tional sections number 12 were laid out by the pa- tenteo, and on the 24 of March, 1808, the roserva- tion around Fort Washington was sold in lots by the surveyor general of the Northwestern territory, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. Between the firet_and tenth of Jam ', 1780, the name was cbanged from Losantiville (which it had been at first christened) to Cincinnati. Such is a brief sketch of the early history of the Qaeen City of the West. What a contrast she now presents to the straggling log built village of sixty years ago! Mr. Wenster’s Narrow Bscares.—Mr. Barstow, | the Mayor of Providence, in some remarks on the death of Mr. Webster, mace the following interost- ing statements:—He also recogoized God in His Providence. Who doos not remember, after the sad catastrophe of the steamer Atlantic, of his rising in ng, there three providential deliverances from impend- ing death. The first I have forgotten. The second Was on the occasion of the loss of the Lexington. He wasin New York, ond had engaged his pas- sage home in ber, and, if I mistake not, went to the boat, bat was led, for some cause which then ap- peared slight, to chenge his miod. He went back to his hotel, aud kis lito was saved. The third was on that fatal thanks; g eve whon the Atlantic wag lost. He was onhis way to ele rh and hed taken passage in hér at Norwich. hen the boat touched at New London, he deemed it unwise to proceed in such a gale. But, it was replied, that the boat is new and staunch, and never has stopped for wind or weather—* it is the storm line.” He went on shore, and in half an hour an event oc- curred which left that strong boat to the mercy of ie lee. and waves, and sent mourning through the land. Fire av Cricaco, Int —About one o’elock this morning a fire broke out in the frame building ad- joining Burham’s livery stable, on Market strect, etweon Randolph and Washington streets. ‘The fismes spread rapidly, and soon communicated to the livery stable and Washington House barn om the north, which, together with the block on the south, | owned by L. ©. P. Freer, Esq., and a grocery store on the corner of Washington street, owaed by H. Carroll, were entirely consumed. From the grocery the fire extended to a building on Washington street, occupied as a bowling saloon, which was also burn- ed, together with the building next east, belonging to Mr. Casey. Altogether, nine buildings were de- stroyed, together with a number of sheds and other out-houses in the rear. The furniture in most of the buildings was removed. Mr. Burham had six horses, with a carriage, a quantity of harness, hay, &e., burned in his stabl His loss is probably not less than $2,000. Tho building was insured for | $700, but no ineuranceon the stook. The buildings owned by Mr. Freer were insured for €1,500, about two-thirds their value. Mr. Carroll was insured for a ema)l amount, as were aleo some of the other los- ers by the fire. The total Joss will probably reach $6,000. —Chicago Journal, Nov. 9. Mystertous Crncumstance.—In September, 1851, something more than a yoar ago, two mom drove up, ine one horse wagon, to the door of Mr. Joseph Miiler, them residing about balf a mile below West Alexander, on the National Road, in Ohio county, Va, and naked Mr. Miller to take charge of a trunk aud box fora few bs se the end of which time they would call fer them. . Miller consented took them into his house, and reste ina place of security. Tho men nover retar n0 appl ication bas since been made Ni, any one for the arti- cler, On Iavt Wedoesday. Mc. Miller called uy Mr. William Neil, Mr. Perry Hokey, and Mr Jobn d | ES his neighbors, and requested them to open the ‘unk and box. and avcertain thrir contents, They id #0, and found the trunk to contain shirts, pants. a t, and sundry other articles, of wearing spparel; so loody birt, ia which was wrapped bh hat. chet, of the largest rize, also bearing marks of blood | the box were a ret of pediar’s harness, and other articles, Tn the trank was found a pocket hook containing @ paper, upon which was the name of John M, Zimmerman, and it is suppored that the trunk was the ofa man of thet name, It isin the recollection our eltizena, that about that time a pediar of the name of Zimmerman ‘was found murdered in some ono of the Western coun tles—not now recollected where; but thought to have been. in Greene county, We ourselves have an indistinct re~ collection of an ocourrence of the kind, but cannot locate the rcene of the tragedy. We publish the statement, in the hope that it bef lead to a development of all the ofr. cumstonces attending this mysterious affair, This | perty is undoubtedly that of a murdered ‘man [Wash | ington (Pa.) Reporter