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- TPRANCE'-AND MEXICO
In -a letter itu the Secretary of the Navy, dated Pen-
saeola B iv on lhc'25th uli. Commodore Dallars slates
, hat the commander of the French squadron off Vera
Orcz hasjwchimeJ a blockade of all the ports of Mex-
ico. 'I'Sisiep was takTn upon tlicref isal by the Mex
ican Government, of the.ultimatam, presented byMhc
French minister Barotf Dcffundis" The French minis-
ter at Washington, Mr. E.Do Pontiis, has received
from Baron" Deffendis-a des natch, communicating this
refusal.iof- which, ,Mr. JDePonlois has, given infor;
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lUtlllUU IV AJUl gilt UlMUICUk Muvuj;ii . ...- ,
tary otStalc.IMr..DeP.ontpis informs our government
that lheiordcrs sent to Mr.Brocahce, for the execution
ofthlsblockade, are unfavorable fo,the liberal princi
ples professed by Franco upon tnosuDjcci oi uiuckuuo,
nml will nreserve tho riirhts of neutrals, especially ol
ihoTTmtnrf Status, frnm all vexations not essential to
the lawful ends-proposed by the French Government.
Thnsn orders, as communicated to Mr. Dc Pontuis by
BaroN Deflcndis, on board of the French frigulo Iler-
mirie,o(FthoSacrificois, near Vera Cruz, arc the fol
. 1. No neutral vessel proceeding to one of the block-
adc ports, shall bo molested, without noliiication 01 me
blockade, endorsed upon the register of a French crui-
Bcr. " n.
3. Neutral vessclsiin va Mexican port before the
blockaded such port, will have liberty to depart with
or without carro. durinir fifteen days, dafoil from such
nort.
3.' Vera.Cruz and Tampicp will be free to Post
Office, military, and non-commissioned packet ves-
vsls.
4. The Mexican ports shall be free to Jlicican iiiah
ing boats, unlcss.thc French squadron be forced, in re
taliation. to withdraw tliis benevolent provision.
As proof of courtesy to neutrals, Baron Deflcndis
adds that Commandant Breeze, of the "United States
sloop of war Ontari-, called on him for permission for
the American packet Eliza Ann, from New York, to
enter, Vera Cruz. This was politely refused, but the
consignee of Eliza Ann was allowed to rece've her let-
ter and to communicate with her at sea 'upon her
future destination.
.No merchant vessels of any nation were then at Vera
Cruz, and nono but the Eliza Ann expected.
BTheOntario was.at Vera Cruz, the United States
Ship Concord off Tampico; the TJnited States ship
Vandalia was to sail on the 20th April, for the coasts
of Mexico and Texas.
It was su noosed that the Castile of San Juan de
Ulloa would be immediately invested bv the Fi'cnch,
and that it could not holdout Ion?. The Mexicans
offered to pay the indemnification demanded by tho
French, but refused to make any apology required by
them; One person had offered to the Mexican govern
ment 10,000 horses, and the Church, one million of dol
lars, to, carry on the war; but it was feared that the fed
eral party of 'the population, who are opposed to the
existing- government, would join the .French. The lal-
lercdisclaim. any intention of conquest or. dismember-
ment of the Mexican nation. It was stated that a pro-
position to- expel tall Frenchmen from the republic,
was belore the Mexican Congress.
r . i From, the Charleston Mercury.
An awfr.I.calamilyhas befallen us. What step Blnll
retake, citizens of Charleston, to prevent a recurrence
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oi.a s'm;iar uisasicn ouau we continue iur nsu more
lives by. blowing up houses or, shall we diligently
seek the means, of bringing, the water iu, our rivers to
bear vupon the element which lias , devastated us? If
the first, .enlarge, the blowing up.department ami make
it more effectual; if tlie second, let every citizen offer
his, plan, and, perhaps amongst us some scheme may be
found, enicient.t X would therefore propose, first that
the direction of firafor the' future, be indicated, by a
certain number ofstrokes upon a bell, say one stroke
per.minute for .North two strokes a minute South
thrco and four strokes a minute East and'West. Thus
the direction can be told with certainty, m an instant.
This is the the Philadelphia mode,-and there can be no-
belter. Few firemen there, think of going to their en-
gine houses, but straight to the fire they arc always
suro that their engine will be dragged there by what
mcmucri.oljllic company may be in the neighborhood
oCiheir engine and by its citizens. It is never asked
where is the fife, but how manystrokes on the bell. I
-would propose, secondly, that we select certain points
upon doui oi, our rivers, where we can erect stationary
suctfonngines. Suppose we place ono at the foot or
bottom of King-street, upon South Bay ono at the
West end.ofBroad-slreel one at the end of the Fish
.Markets due at the west cud of Wentworlh-strcct
AWFUL EXPLOSION.
r Ofeice of the Cincinnati Whig,
- Wcdnesdav.AtiriI25.fi. P.M.
This afternoon about six o'clock. the new and elegant
team-boat MOSELLE, Captain Perin, loft the whar'
of.lhis city, (full of' passengers,) for Louisville, and St.
Louis, and with a view of taking a family on board at
Fultonf abont a mile and a half above the the quay, pro-
cecdcd'up the river, and made fast to a lumber raft for
that purpose. Hero, the family were taken on board,
and during the whole tunc of tho detention, the captain
was holding on to,all the steam he could crea'c, with
an intcnlionjif showing off to the best advantage the
greaj.spccd of the'boat as she passed down the whole
length of the city. The Moselle was a new brag boat,
and had recently made several exceedingly quick trips
to and from this place.
As .soon as the family were taken on board from the
raft, the boat shoved off, and at the very moment her
wheels made the first evolution, heir boilers burst with
a most awful and astounding noise, equal to the most
violent clap of thunder. The explosion was destructive
and heartrending in the extreme, as we arc assured by
a gentleman, who was sitting on his horse on the shore,
waiting to sec the boat start, heads, limbs, bodies,
and blood, were seen flying through the air In ever v
direction, attended by the most horrible shrieks and
groans from tho wounded and dying. The boat, at the
moment of the accident, irks about thirty feet from the
shore, and was rendered at perfect wreck. She seem
ed to be torn all.to flinders as far back as the geulle-
'"V" O5 . ;. t. ... t
was discovered to be ranidlv Miikmir, flic passengers
who' remained unhurt iu the genllemens' and ladies'
cabins, bccamc?panicjstruckyaiul-witha fatuity unac-
countable, iumpcdlnto tho riven Being above' the or
dinary business parts of the citj, there were no boats
at hand except a levy-large aiiu.unmanagcaute woou
flats, which were carried to the relief of the sufferers as
soon as'posslb!c,,by the few persons on the shore.
Many were drowned, however, before they could be
rcscucdfjom.watcry.gravcsandjiiany.suiik who were
not seen anervvarus.
We are told'that one little boy on shore was seen
wringing his hands in agony, imploring those present,
to save his father, mother, and three sisters, all whom
were struggling in the water to gain tho shorc,but whom
the poor little feltaw Lad the awful misfortune ti sec
ncrish. one bv one. almost wilhin his reach. .An infant
child, belonging tb'th's family, was picked up alive,
floating d vvii the river on one of the fragmcnts..of the
hurricane deck.
We are unable, as yet, to particularize any other
persons lost, iis the boat sunk in about fifteen minutes
after the accidcu, leaving notlrng to be seen but her
chimney b and a small portion of her upper works, and
alsoasasccnc of distress, and confusion immediately
ensued that altogether baffles! description. Most of the
sufferers are among the hands of the boat, anduhe slee-
raae nassemrers..
It is supposed that there were about two hundred
persons on hoard, ol wlncii number, only irom lifiy
to seventy-five are believed to' have escaped, making
the estimated los. ol lives about one hundred and
tvvcntv-iiv c!! O. talc of woe!
The accident unquestionably occurred through sheer
impru Jencc and carelessness. I tie captain oi uic ooai
was desirous of showing oil her great speed as she
passed the city, and to overtake and pass another boat
which had lelt the wliart tor Louisville a suori nine dc-
fore him. Dearly Ins lie paid for hit silly ambition
The clerk of the boat, we understand, escaped unhurt.
These arc all the particulars we have yet been able to
learn.
Wc the undersigned hereby mututlly agree to nei
ther civc or rccicve on, nor after the fifth day of' June
neM,any Tickets or Change Tickets except those issued
bv the City Corporation,
Wc also request that his Honor the Mavor will by
the dav above named furnish a sufficient amount for
the City Circulation upon actual dcposilcs with 'him
of the promisory notes ot tlic (jrovcrnment,
Fishar, Davis & Lubbock, (. V . roe,
W. D.&R.M. Lee,
Dobic & McCaskill.
Doswell, Adams & Co.,
W. M. Cooke,
John T. Huntington,
Hcddcnburgh & Veddcr,,
Tho. Sheldon & Co.,
W. N. Bronough,
Ciok & Ewing,
Geo. Gazlcy,
Juo. Carlos,
Cnisrar &. Moore,
William Johnes,
D. B. Townssnd, .
L. S. Black,
Wm. Rcnnoy, - ,
Geo. Ilanchott,
Charles Bowman,
James Melius,
Benj. Hyde,
Herman Dockman,
Cha-;. Miller,
A. Briscoj,
Geo. M. Patrick, .
Wm. Pierpont,
Lewis Way, C. Const.
Houston, May u, injs.
G. W. Fulton,
John Caughlin,
v M. W. Tins. Bronnin,
M. Scevy,
Thus. G. Weston,
Francis R. Lubbock,
P. Ilalpin,
111 McLeod,
S. H. Everett,
Foreman &.' Cfonican;
G. Stevens,
"L. C.Stanley,
N. B. 'Howe,
Joel Lee,
The. D. Allen,
J. W.-While & Co.,
Floyd fc Collins.
C C. Dibble &
Fletcher Dorey,
J. A. Rnmbo,
Robert Wilson,
E.A.Therman,
John Lv Meyer,
Henry Levenhagen,
E. H. Winfield,
Co.
A meteor was lately seen over the village of Mocoa,
Brazil, of immense size, and such brilliancy, as' to be
visible at the distance or sixty lea cues from that place,
Its explosion produced a sound like that of thunder,
and the shower of fragments that succeeded spread over
a surface of more than IU leagues. The portions
found, varied in weight from one to eighty pounds, and
they fell with such violence as to kill many cattle.
Mer. Adv.
From llie Illinois Baclcwooasman,
A Brave Girl. Iu this Slalejio minor can obtain
from the county commissioner's courts a license to
inaary, without first obtaining the consent cither of his
parent or guardian, and without such license, cani(ot
marry in this Stale. Young couples frequently fly to
the opposite side of the .Mississippi, where no license
is required.
These "runaway matches," as the v are "called, arc
very frequent. A laughable occurrence of that kind
hapened a few days agu, which has made much sport in
this resiuu.
A Miss , about 17 years of age, who is the heir
ess to an estate Valued at 810,000, lately ranaway in
company with a bridesmaid and her love, who was near-
ly thirty. Her guardian, believing the man totally
unworthy of her, had refused his consent. When they
reached the bank of tho Mississippi, hc ice was run-
ning furiously in iie river; but the young lady, expec-
ting every moment her guardian would arrive there in
pursuit, -urged her lover to lose not an instant in push
ing the boat from shore. His courage seemed to have
a good deal abated; but he with the owner of 'a large
skill, and the bridesmaid, embarked Willi Ins intend-
ed bride.1- They had nearly reached the hea'd of an is
land, about a third of the distance from the opposite
shore, when the current became more rapid, the cakes
of ice very large, and their situation extremely danger-
ous. The lover, excessively frightened, and forgetful
oi every uouy dui ma own dear self, bawled out in the
most piteous accent, "Uli! I shall be .drowned! I shall
be drowned!" and bitterly reproached his lady love as
the cause of his probable' death. "She tittered not a
word, her courage and. presence of mind seemed to in-
crease with the peril. A tremondous cake of ice fair-
ly capsized the boat, but it was so large that all got on
it, the lover rendered her no assistance at all. It bore
iiieiii lomeneauolthe Island, and as good fortune
men's cabin, and her hurricane deck (the whole length)! would have it,;tho chute between it' and the Missouri
was entirely swept away. The boat immediately be-
gan to sink rapidly, and float (with a strong current)
down tlic river, at tho same lime getting farther from
the shore.
The captain was thrown by the explosion entirely
into the street, and was picked up dead and dreadfully
mangled. Another man was thrown entirely through
the roof of one of the neighboring houei, and limbs
.and fragments of bodies scattered about thcrircr and
jborc iniicarl reading profusion. Soon as the boat
shore was trozen over, and ilii-vrmscni ti iiiir.., .v.ik.
culty. They reached a tavern uear the river.and after
changing their wet garments and becoming warm at a
good fire, the lover hinted at the vouug lady that it was
time now for them to have the knot lied, as the magis-
trate had arrived for that purpose, rnd was in the next
room. . She gave him a most withering look of con
tempt ano acciareu sue would never unite her destiny
with ono who was so selfish and cowardly. It u as in
vain that he attempted entreatand argument to change
her resolution. She was immov able,undf replied to him
with scorn. -
A few days afterwards, shejreturned to the house of
her guardian, tliankfurthdtIiaha'd escaped marrying a
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man vvnose omy orjtiii ""s nui luimire. -
Her lover returned to this side of the ri er also; but
lucir'shovvcrl o'fjiilicule anucoutempt'wcre"bcstovcd
upon him, that he lound it best to decamp, wlucn tie
dida'few'nigh'ts ago, leaving Lehind him a host of un
paid demands.
CORRESPO.NDENCET"" "
k . " Houston, May 21s, 1838.
Gentlemen: r ' ' ,
I have received your kind communicatiou.of the 10th
instant, intho shape of a prcambleand rcsclulions 'which
were adopted at a meeting-' of the citizem of San Au
gustine, on that day, held for the purpose of nominating
suitable persons as candidates for the offices of Presi-
dent and Vice President of this Republic, at the ap
proaching election, and as you have thought proper to
name me as bcing-a suitable candidate far the latter "of
fice, I deem it my duty to respond.
The expression of the scntimcuts containing iu our
resolutions, would bo truly gratifying to mo when com-
ing from any quartet, but coming as'they do from my
immediate neighbors, from llio? e who know me best,
they are trebly so. Your public and unqualified appro
bation of iny course, as a public servant, has excited iu
my uosom emotions, wmen u were luie iu auciupi iu
express.
AH mv ctcrlions lutherti, and 1 !ru-t will conturie
in future, have been aimed to promote alone the public
ood, unswerved bv party prejadices, or private conflict
ing interest, and unavved by the frown of sycoplnuts or
demagogues, supporting, alone, principles, not -parties
and measures, not men.
When a sense of tho true interests of the communi
ty, and a desire to preserve unadulterated, the true dem
ocratic spirit of. our Constitution, shall have driven
from our borders, unjust peculations, and parly spirit,
the warmest aspirations of my heart vv ill have boen grat
ified, and our country will then have attained the acme
of national felicity. To the attainment of these ends
my services are everat the disposal ef my,countrv men.
Willi sentiments of high regard,
I'am, Gentlemen yocr obedient servant,
JOSEPH ROWE.
To Messrs. Mai. Wm. Kimbro, Col. B. L.,II.iiiks, E.
W. Cullon Eq., Col. K. L. Anderson, Col. L. H. Miib-
bitt, A. W. Canficld, Esq. and Co). Isaac Campbell.
The Texians. The Washington correspondent of
the Boston Courier thus announces the presentation of
the leuncsscc .Resolutions.
"Mr Shields of Tennessee, offered the joint -resolu
tions of the Slate he represents, calling on Conrress to
aunex'lhc beautiful kingdom of Tcxas-that region .of
scoundrels, and vagabonds, and pirates, and negro deal-
ers to the Union. Mr. Mas?n of Ohio moved tha1
ihcy do lie on'the tab!e, and, for the credit of the coun
try and humanity, the motion prevailed by a very de-
ciucu uitijumy.
Is it a wonder that the chivalric, generous and inde
pendent freemen of Texas are disposed to decline any
connection with our government, when they arc thus
vilified day afier day, in and out of Congress? and that
to by craven spirits who are using cvcry.offurtito excite
domestic stnte'lDocs the Boston man really behove
what he publishes? or does he, like those who say the
sameltmigsolIMew Orleans, merely promulgate what
he knows to be false? Wc incline to this latter opinion
The editor of the Courier is too intelligent to be u-in-
formed of the real state of society in Texas. He has
therefore, in all probability, merely published a willful
slander in order to subserve some petty 'design. Pica
yune
The Osaoks. We learn from the St, Louis Bulle
tin that the Osage disturbance has been entirely quel
led.
A lady in the fjcourinaburn lately found a litter of
young mice in one of fier china tea-cups in the cupboard.
lhc parent mice, it appears, like other foolish pcopla,
had sacrificeed comfort, to elegance, as there was no li
ning or I edding inside the cup to keep the young ones
warm, it must unfortunately happened that, when the
parents were from homo on some important business,
the lid of the cupboard had been shut by some unintcn-j
lionally fatal hand, and the young family left to starve.
Sj fares it with vain glorious ambitiin: had Mr. a:
Mrs Mouse been content to occu ly their own proper ai
natural sphere, and taken up their domicil in some cosylj
cranny in the arras, instead ot coveting the splendid and
fatal mansion they might have had the felicity of seeing
their family rise to ripe maturity around them, tho pride
and support of their declining age. Perth Adv.
P. D. one of the most eminent lawyers in tho 'Wes
tern country, now deceased, was sadly given to intoxi
cation. Un one occasion, he entered a Alclhodist
church while a minister was holding forth on the future
puishmcnt of the wicked. Tixing his eye upon Mr. D.
who was reeling near the door, he exclaimed, "There
stands a sinner against whom I will bear witness in t lie-
day of judgement." At this the lawyer folded his
ami", planted himself as firmly as he could, and ad-
dressing the man in the pulpit, he electrified the whole
congregation after this fashion: "Sir," said Mr. D. I
have been practumg in the criminal courts for twenty
years, and I have always found that the d dest rascal
is the first to give State's evidence.
centre of the botlcm of the cylanddr is fixed a shaft,
having attached toita wheel which communicates , tho
motion that may be required; and this is all the
machinery of which it,consisls. When, therefore,
we collider the savihr.cf weinht of metal, size and ex
pense, which will)necessarilybe gained by its adoption . '
and-look al-llie incalcuUblcadvantages which auchdis-
idcrata afford tosteam navigation, our scientific friends " '
vviIl.notebnsi,lc"r,,tistpp bold in asserting thatthis Jjfejj,
vention wil' speedily revolutionize the whole system ml
this department, of mechanic?. Patents have been pro
cured from every European Government, andtfromsth:SE:
American, and no secret is made'at the works in shout-
ing It to 'the public cither in action or in separate pic--.-
ces, and in a model winch iskept for the purpose. "V f.
Woltcriiampton Ciromclc.
TELEGRAPH.
EDITED BY FRANCIS MOORE,- JR.
Houston, Satiirdas', J time 2, 1S33.
At the British Alkali Works, Stoko Prior, a steam
engine has been invented by a labouring mechanic, and
is daily in full operation, which certainly supersedes eve-
other now in use. and that, too, in a very short time; as
the simplicity of its construction, thcsmallness of. its
size, and the almost nothingness of its cost, will neces-
sarily bring it speedily into notice. Its size is not more
than twice that ot a man s hat, aad tho expense of a live-
horse power will not exceed in cost a half a score of
pounds. Its form is cylindrical, being about eighteen
inches in diameter, and twenty-two deep. The steam
is admitted through a hole in a hollow circular belt (at-
tached to a wall) upon which it revolves, and works it
by a diagonal action, against an upright pi.-ton, being
forced out of the pressure by a diaguual plate, which
divides the interior into two portions. The rotary tic-
lion is bcaniifully managed by means of a perfectly
spherical steam-tight joint, at the end of a fixed inclined
arm, towards which joint the upper and lower surfaces
ol the interior part ol the cylinder arc made to slope,
after the form of the exterior of an hour glass. Upon
uieie ino-umgonai piie perrorms Us revolutions, such
movement being permitted through an opening (from
the circumference to the centre) equal iu w idth to the
thickness of the before named uori-'ht piston, un nml
down the sides of wl'k-h it continually works. To the
This pnper is dated on the outside for Wednesday, owing to a
mistake of the compositor, who supposed the numbers would con-
tinue to bo Issued semi-weekly. We had intended to issue two
numbers tliis week in order to nirtmll the laws to our readers, but
vtc were unable to obtain the copies from the Stats Department in ;
due season to fumiJi a whole. sheetwe,therefore furnish an extra t
containing a part of theih.J We shall endeavor to publish tha re- v
niaindcr of them next week.
A skirmish recendy took place on the head waters of tho Yoginr
betvv eon a party of 0 surru) ors and a baad of 30 hostile Indiana.
The former retreated in safely into the settlements after haTiug'shot
down one Indian Another skirmish occurred a lew days since near
Tcnostidan between a party of settlers from theviciiihy of Fort
Oldham, and a number of Indians who were concealed iu a dense
thicket. A charge was made upon the Indians, who waited until
our men were almost within pistol shot when they fired,
killed tno and pnt the whole company instantly to flight! A coinpa-
uy of six or scTcu'meu went the next day to reconoitre thejrround'.
aud found the bodies ofthc two individuals who bad been killed
lying where they had "fallen; they had not been scalped, but a part
of their clothes had beentakeu away, and the gnn of one had beou
broken io pieces, the barrel and lock had been taken, bur tie
breech was left ! These Indians w ere well armed with rifles and
yagers. Ine tw o individuals- Killed were ur iMghani ana Josepu
Reed., A Mr.Xawson was also wounded severely.
A party of Comanehies arrived inthisciryon the afternoon of Sat
unlay last As toon as. their arrival was mads known; our citizens
wero seen hastening in crowds, to gazo upon the representatives of
tliis formidable tribe, which has lor centuries baen the scourge and
terror of JlexicoAII expected to meeta band of fierce, athletic war-
iorsjwith sinewy linihs and gigantie frames; hut what was their aston-
ishment onarriving at the President's honse, Jo bshId paraded there
about twenty-five diminutive, squalid half naked, poverty stricken
savages, armed with bows and arrows and mounted on wretched
horses and mules! Every feeling of admiration was di-ipated at
once, and our citizens viewsd them with mingled ,ieelings of pity
and contempt. They vr cf e received with great kindness by tho'
President, and soon acquired a rcaiarkablc degree of confidence.
Tho day after their arrival their squaws and children were scattered
in all directions through the city pickingjup old tin"pans,iron hoops,
chippings of tin, glass botdes and simdar rubbish, which they ap-
peared to consider extremely valuable. They have evidently been
less affected by the arts of civilized life than any omertriSes withm
the limits of Texas. Their Chief i wore a Mexican hat, which hev .
soemed to prize very highly. Judge Baker informed as that this J
hat was wont as a trophy, it hdd been captured from a Mexican ,
officer, who had been killed by this chiefs few months since. They
imagine a formal treaty of peace has been ratified with their tribe,
and hate merely visited our .city irom motives of cariosity. A
number of presents Were distributed to them oniWodnesday, and !
on Thursday morning they set out on tteir return.
Ma. Legrand who has resided several years among the Coman.
chies, states that this party belongs tba ptfnibn of tfm tribe call-
cd "Comanchies of tho Woods" who inhabit the hilly tract of
country north east of Bexar. They ore a poor, degraded, abject
race, and hardly bear any resemblance to the Comanchies of the
prairie. J1 '
I Wo feel spleasnre in announcing to our citizens that a TheatrL
pal corps has just arrived from the United States. We trust tho
enterprise and perseverance they have displayed in establishing the
'drama in our Republic, will be rewarded by the liberal patronage
ui a geueroil? ana cnugmeneu puuuc xais ueing ine nrsi auempi
to establish a Theatre in the, city,' they will necessarily encounter a
thousand difficulties unknown to cities where exhibitions of the
kind have been mads common; we can assure them however that
every allow anco will be made on the part of onr citizens, that the
candid and impartial can require.
' The case of Sidney Sherman against the I irst Auditor came'on
for trial before Judges Franklin and Williamson (in chambers) on I'
Tuesday last. Messrs. Burnet and Watroas wera counsel for tho
plaintiff, and the Attorney General counsel for the defendant. .The
facts as stated in court were these: Col. Sherman being entitled to
a certain sum of money for services rendered as a recruiting offi-
cer, a bill for his relief was passed at the late session of Congress
requiring the Auditor to audit his accounts for the sum of money
moutioned in the bill. This bill had been vetoed by the President
and afterwards passed by a constitutional majority of both houses,
of Congress; the President however, interposed his anthoriryt
and forbade the-,' auditor to audit ,tho account; a suit was therefore
brought by Col. Shcrmaa, for the purpose of compelling the audi-
tor by a writ of mandamus to comply with the requisitions of the
law. The cause was argued w itli great ability, by the counsel of
of each party, and altnongh the subject was ono of a peculiarly ir-
ritating character, the whole discussion was conducted with a re- '
morkable degree of mutual forbearance and of moderation. Tho
decision was in favor of the plaintiff, but an appeal has since been
made to the Supreme Court!
Ciirriov We noticed in thenumber of' the Banner, published
on Saturday last, an extract from an Apalachicolapapcrto tho effec.
that the "Bank of West Florida" had re-commenced operations un.
der the most favorable auspices, that the old bills had been called
in and would ba paid off at sight. This nicry all be frvr, but.ws
assure our readers, that wc find nothing in onr files of cubango
papers to corroborate this statement. We therefore adjrSe 6ur cit'
izens to content themsclvos with the present currency of thi coun
try, until they can obtain unquestionable evidenceuhat the bills of
this Bank ore good. We hav e been informed by a respectable citi
zen that certain persons in this city, now hold bills on ibis Bonk
to the ajiount sf about $30,0C0!! Qncre. If these bills are
paid off at sight" in specie, why are not these individuals rush
ing post haste towards Florida? $30,000 in specie would enable
tliem to secure the charter of the Mammoth Bank. 1
Wo return our sincere thanks to our subscribers,
for the remarkably liberal pa'r jnage they have recently
extended to us, and assure them fiat no labor uor ex-
pense shall be wanting on our part to render this? peri-
odical worthy of their liberality, Wc expect to rdciovo
'civ weeks, a large new press, which will enable
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