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TlIK CLOSING SCENES IN THE LITE OF
Lord Chatham. The Duke of Richmond
had given notice of an address to the throne
-against the further prosecution of hostilities
with America. Chatham had during some
time absented himself from Parliament in
consequence of his growing infirmities. He
determined to appear in his place on this oc-
casion and to declare that his opinions were
decidedly at variance with those of the Rock-
ingham parly. He was in a state of great
excitement His medical attendants were
uneasy and strongly advised him to calm
himself and toVemaiu at home. But he was
not to be controlled. His son William
and his son-in-law Lord Mahon.accompani-
e$ him to Westminster. He rested himself
in the Chancellor's room till the debate com-
menced and then leaning on his two young
relation! limped to his seat. Tfte slightest
particulars oi that day were remembered and
have been carefully recorded. He bo wed.it
was remarked.with great courtlines to those
peers who rose to make nay for him and his
supporters. His crutch was in his hand.
He wore as was his custom a rich velvet
coat His legs were swathed in flannel
Hisjwig wasso large and his faee so ema-
ciated that none of his features cou Id be dis
cerned except the high curve of his noseand
jhis eyes which still retained a.gisamof the
old fire.
When the Duke of Richmond had spoken
Chatham rose For tome time his voire was
inaudible. At length his tones became distinct
and his actionjJanimated. Here and there
his hearers caught a thought or an
.expression which reminded them of William
Pitt. But it was clear that; jhe was not
himself. He lostthe thread of his discourse
he hesitatedrepeated the same words several
times nnd was so confused that in speaking
of the act of settlement he could not recall
ihenameoftheElectressSonhia. The Houselraucl1 so 3sa bckor stone floor nould hae;
listened in solemn silence.and with the aspect
of profound.;respect and compassion. The
stillness was so deep that the drop Diner of a
handkerchief would have been heard. The '
Duke of Richmond replied v-ith tenderness j
and courtesy; but while he spoke the old
roan was observed lo be restless and irritable.
The Duko sat down. Chatham stood up a-
gain pressed his hand on his breastand sunk
down in an apoplectic fit. Three or four
lords who sat near him caught him in his
fall. The House broke up in confusion.
The dying man was carried to the residence
of one of the officers of Parliament and was
so far restored as lo be able to bear a journey
to Hayes. At Hayes after lingering a few
weeks he expired in his seventieth year.
His bed was watched to the last with anxi-
ous tenderness by his nifc and children;
and he well deserved their care. Too often
haughty and wayward to others to ibem he
had been almost effeminately kind. He had
through life been dreaded by his political op-
ponents and regarded with more awe than
love even by his political associates. But no
fear seems to have mingled with the affection
which his fondoessconstantly overflowing in
a thousand endearing forms had inspired in
the little circle at Hayes.
Chatham at the time of his deeess had not
in both Houses of Parliament ten personal
adherents. ' Half of the public men of iheage
had been estranged from him by his errors
and the other half by the exertions which he
made to repair his errors. His last speech
had been an attack at once on the policy pur-
sued by the Government and on the policy
recommended by the opposition. But death
at once restored him to his old place in the
a flection of his country. Who could hear
unmoved the fall of that which had ben so
great and which had stood so long? The
circumstances too seemed rather to belong to
the tragic stage than to real life. A great
statesman full of years and honors led forth
to the Senate-house by a son of rare hopes
and stricken down in fullcnuocil whilestrain--ing
his feeble voice to rouse the drooping
spirit of his.country could not dui be remem-
bered with peculiar veneration and tender-
ness. Detraction was overawed. The voice
even of just and temperate censure was mute.
Nothing was remembered but the lofty gen-
ius the unsullied probity the undisputed ser-
vices of him who was no more. For once
all parties were agrefd- A publie funeral a
jjublie monument were eagerly voted. The
debts of the deceased were paid. A provision
was madefor his family. The city of London
requested that the remains of the great man
might rest under the dome of her magnificent
.cathedral but the petition came too late.
Everything was already prepared for the in
lerment in Westminster Abbey.
Though men ofall parties had concurred
in decreeing posthumous honors to .Chatham
his corpse was stteoded to the grave asjuoit
.exclusively by opponents of the Government.
The banner of the lordship of jChatham was
hornebyJCoIonel Barreattendedjby the puke
.of Richmond and Lord Rockingham. urke
Javille and Donning upheld the pall. Lord
.Camden was .conspicuous in the procession.
The fhief mourner was young William Pitt.
After -the -lapse of more than twenty -seven
years in aseason as dark and perilous his
own abatfered frame and broken heart were
laid with jibe same pomp in .the same conse.
raiedjmould.
Chatham sleepsrnear the northern door of
the church in a spot which has over since
been appropriated to statesman as the other
end of the same transept has long been to po-
ets. Mansfield rests there aod tho sccoud
William Pitt end Fox and Grattan and
Canning and Willbcrforce. In no other
cemetery do so many great citizens lie with-
in so narrow a space. High over those ven
erable graves lowers the stately monument
of Chatham and from above his own effigy
graven by a cunning hand seem still with
eagle face and outstretched arm to bid Eng-
land be of good cheer and to hurl defiance
at her foes. The generation which reared
that memorial of him has disappeared.
The time has come when tLe rash and in
discriminate judgements which bis contem
poraries passed on his character may be
calmly revised by history. And history
while for tho warning of vehement high
anu daring natures sue notes nit many er
rors will vet deliberately pronounce that
among tho eminent men whose bones lie near
his scarcely.one has left a more stainless and
none a more splendid naine.-
tkc Edinburg Review.
An Old Ship. Mr. Weed in a. lato let
ter from Santa Cruz to the Albany Evening
Journal says :
L spoke in a former letter of the arrival of
the "'Johanna Maria" a ship built of teak-
wood in the East Indies nearly or quite an
hundred years ago We have since be-.n
invited by Capt. Shultz who commands her
jl an entertainment on board. Shew truly
a wonderful vessel. Her great age is indica-
ted by every thing except thai her origin
al wood work is as sound as when she was j
. . ......... . I
launched. Her hull. Ulllllte Other vessels .
constructed of ribs and plank is of timber so
joined as lo require no caulking. The floor
m one of her cabins which has never been j
renewed is considerable worn but not as I
jbt:tn In IS0I durin tle w between
ngianu ana Denmark- she mounted -it
Sun
guns with which she did good service. She
is a Sod "'' and so diy as scarcely ever
t0 rc1ulrc lhc use of her PumPs Sha wa s
handsomely decorated nith ilajK and bril
Iiantly lighted. While ne were there a
Danish man of-war brig arrived whose of-
ficers came on board the '"Johanna Maria"
and help to enliven both ihe Danes and the
supper."
"BEAUTY AND BOOTY."
The origin of this infamous battle cry is
thus accounted for by Gen. Jackson in a re-
cent letter:
Hermitage Ftb. 19 1S4-1.
Dear Sir. Uuder corer for my friend
the Hon. Franklin Pierce of New Hamp
shire of date the 2d inst I have received
yours of the 26th October 1833 in vhieh
you slate '-thnl in your history of New Hamp-
shire you have asserted the fact that the
words biauly and booty were used as watch
words by the British at New Orleans &c.
that this has been contradicted in one of the
federal papers and you appeal to mc for
the truth of this statement." To u hich 1
leply that on the 8th January. 1S15 after
the battle of that morning was found amongst
the papers of a British sergeant that fell near
the line (one ofthe left columns of the Brit-
ish urmy commanded by Gen. Kcane and
led on by Col. Rodney against my right) an
orderly book containing the words " Beauty
and booty" as the watch words of the Brit-
ish army for the 8th January 1815. These
words being found in the sergeant's orderly
book were believed by all to have been the
watch words of the British army on that
'day. The British officers have since deaied
that such was given by the commander-in
chief; but it would have been an awful re-
sponsibility for a subordinate officer to havo
given it without the knowledge and consent
ofthe commander-in-chief. From the fact
disclosed bone ot my officers as well as my
self ever doubted but thai it was the real
watch word fur the day of the British army
and hisiory has thus recorded. These are
the facts and posterity must judge whence
the watch wokd proceeded.
I am greatly debilitated write with difficul-
ty and must close.
Your most obedient seiv't
ANDREW JACKSON.
Geo. Barstow.
THE NEW ELECTION LAW.
The following is tho Bill recently passer!
by Congress and signed by thegresjdent ea-
isblishinc the election for President to be
" . V& 4Tt
made in every State on tnesamMajK ril
'An Act lo establish a .uniform tint for.
holding elections jot electors oj jr.resiaem
and Vice Presidtnt'in all JAt Stales of
the Uiiien
. i
'"Be itenaeted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of .the United-. Stales of
America in Congress assembled .thatbe
electors of President and Vice President shall
beappointedin each Slateon the first Tuer
day after tie first Monday Tuesday next af
ter the first Monday in the month of Novem-
ber ofthe year in which they are to be ap
pointed : Provided That each State may by
law provide for the filling of any. vacancy or
vacancies which may occur in its college of
electors when such College meets to give its
electoral vote: And. provided also Thai
when any Slate shall have held an election
for the purpose of choosing electors and shall
fail to make a choice on the day aforesaid
then the electors may bo appointed on a sub-
sequent day in such manner as the State shall
by law provide."
An Important Establishment. The
discerning and knowledge-seeking Kohl in
his wotk on '"England" gives much inform-
ation in respect to the manufactories and bu
siness establishments in the most noted places
ot the -'fast anchored isle.'' Amongst other
dcscriptionshe furnishes the annexed account
of what is called " The Proof-House" at
Birmingham a Government establishment
of great importance and internally of great
j interest:
' All muskets manufactured at Birming-
ham must be submitted to a tist imposed by
government which takes place in what is
called tho '"proof house." Muskets that have
stood this test arc stamped. I went to see this
interesting proof house. I was 'old that eve-
ry musktt uas there filled with a charge five
times a? powerful as that which it was expect
ed to carry u hen in ordinary use. There
i ucauty "iare rooms jn wni-cjj ihe proofing cartridge
are preparrd.others in which the muskets are dinjr out some lew iixiurcs mo ooows.e.c.;
loaded and a place called '-the hole" where fioui the box office were taken out and somo j
they are discharged. This is managed in the fcw "xturcs from the lower saloon. Beyond ;
following manner: the loaded muskets 100!uese nolhinS whatever was saved. Thc
or 200 a( u time are placed side by s.do on properties wardrobe benners scenes etc.. (
a low scaffolding upon which it is possible! fcU a luc-v t0 the fl lines as also tho extensive
to fasten them con.pletelv. Their mouths j wardrobeof 'r Scottvalucd at two thousand
are turned towards the inner wall of the room uolIars- Mr- Hatnblin'f P'iraw wardrobe!
wherctho bullets flv into a heap or sand lbei? P1 at his residence in Franklin
The walls of the room are of irreat tri.n2t(1 1 street was ofcomse uninjured and except;
and thickness and the doors and wmdowsarc I
strongly barricaded with iron. A train 0f'
ponder is then laid running over the touch-!
' a !
hnU nf r.-rh nrvMn: small nnrnin- where
hole of cr.ch piece to a small opening where
ii is fired. On the occasion of my visit 120
muskets intended for the naw were tried -
Thtse are of larcer calibre than those in use
m ihe army. After tho discharge had taken
nlace.a little time was allowed for the smoke
t0 ccar away b-fore e entered the proof
room where r.e lound tha: seven barrels had j
Aursl. but lhat 1 13 had stood the test. The
sunerintendent ofthe cstahlishmrnt told moOU!iuingsInuu ejxepi inconsmerauie carnage
thai sometimes as man as twenty out of a
hundred would burst but very often also few-
er than seven. If we take five or six ner ceni
as the average it gives us a huh idea of ihej
excellent workmanship of English gun ma-
kers. Wo are told that not long ago one'
of ihe workmen who had been detected in
some little peculation found means to secrete
himself in the proof-room where he placed
his body immediately in front of the battery j
He was found quite dead and pierced by six j me 0S3" Dn " canno: ue --."- "J t'""u-
u.11 . " I sand dollars no part of which is covered by
bullets.
The Irishman and the
wKUN .a."-A
clever son of the Emerald Isle who a few 1 Qn he ook.ouy0 0ie ;vas ;njurcd. Sevcra
years since lived some thirty or forty miles pcrons fcad BIUrrow cscap0 froal he fall-
up the river once espied a skunk. and having i? 0rue iicavv guUer in front nith a
never seen one bofore.and admiring his per- minendous crash as it was. several were
aonal appearance thought that if possible ul bru;cd b . e smaller pieces which
he would watch and bring the beauty home
for a show; but after some unsuccessful at
tempts he came to the wise conclusion that
it was the best to give it up and he did not
fancy very much the mode of defence in com-
mon practice among that gemu3 of '-varmints.''
He thus related to a fi lend his ideas of the an-
imal. "Och! pon me soul the queerest fipther
edfour legged fowl in all America is your
divli-h Yankee skunk. Saucy.impudent betstl'
Last night just after dark n ihtlc before sun. ;
set. while uuuting in the pasther after my own '
cow me saw right upon a hollow down in
a knowl one of them rascal Yankee skunks
a beauty of a fowl a leetle more black
than whitc.and a leetle more white than black
and as lame as any wild hanimal and me
look after him. with a bit of a shiilalah in me
hand and the first stroke at him ochl how
sweet he did smell ! Pon me soul you'll
not catch me after another of them fowls this
many a day.'
A Larob Printing Establishjxsnt.
An interesting account is given in tha Lon
don Britannia ofthe recent annual literary
soiree oi ins .Messrs. Ohamuers the weUjtijen fled leaving his putol behind him
known publishers of the Edinburgh Journtl.
The following extract is descriptive of their
extensive establishment:
The rapid and astonishing rise of the
brothers Chambers is almost without a par-
allel. About a dozen years since they were
compositors in a nrintinsr office : now thev
)air-.proprietors of one of tho largest es
. .JiiCUJM i . - .. - . :Jw
wiifcuUBi3 ouuuKiau iu we wotiu. a near
.wares g is are so extensive mat me oinaerv
jflone'-will accommodate rsome twohundred
auu llli v. VCIIUU3 liio uuiiuuiKl aiu uctcn
stories inheighff. being situated on the side of
l?ii Siii.-fl.-. :. :.j i.I C'
a uiii. juk&u.uuui is. a uui uui iuicu urarparr
tlculasr branch of the business; the composi-
-.- . . - ' '.
tors? room the. pressrom the stereotyping
department the binding publishing and ihe
editorial rooms. The .circulation of Cham-
bers' Edinburgh Journal is nihetj thousand
weekly: thiiteen thousand of their Cyelopc
dia of. English Literature and of their 'fii-
ttcajtonaf! Series some fifty thousand. The
total quantity of printed sheets issued of iheif
several publications were estimated at about
seven millions annually. Clowe's marvel-
lous establishment connected with Charles
Knight's publications in London which is
the largest In the world Chambers' in Edin-
burgh and Harpers' in'New York form the
great fountain-heads ofthe current literature
ofthe age.
Burning or the Bowery theatre.
The Bowery Theatre New York has been
for the fourth time destroyed by fire. On
the evening of tho 23th ultimo at 6 o'clock
tho establishment was discovered to be on firej
and in an inconceivably short space of time it
uas a mass of smoking ruins. The Courier
and Enquircrsays
'i? Amid the confusion which prevailed in the
dense crowd of fifty or sixty thousand per-
sons gathered about the burning building it
was of course impossible to ascertain with
exactness the origin or extent of the fire
From one source we learn that the fire broke
out in the carpenter's shop in tho rear of tho
building end from another that the ftamrs
were communicated by tho bursting of gas
while men were engaged in lighting up
The flames fed by the combustible naturn of
the material scenes painted canvass etc.
spread with a rapidity perfectly irresistible
and maery few minutes after the first
alurm was sounded the whole interior of tho
theatre was In flames. It was impossible lo i
save anything from the rear part of the bail-1
thal ot 'Mr- Scolt cou!d not learn of any
pnvatc loser. To Mr Hambl.n the loss is
aIm05t eparableas there was no insurance
..:.i .i.-u..:ii: .:
""'" uu we mail"!!;-oi piuiremra.
A Sfeat many Iersons arc lhtown out of
CH1PloJ 'u' his " conflagration per-
haps not less than 2UU including actors su-
pernumeraries carpenters etc.
The conduct of the firemen was beyond
ail praise. As soon as it was found impossible j
to save the theatre they directed nil their
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CliUliab'J IIIU JUtTSC! U.1U11 Ul UiCZUlJUUIIUIJJ t
1 to the rools ol each of the ndioininjj houses
the flames were confined within the wells of
the theatre; and this despite a very strong
'aleof wind' b-"v-n? showers of cinders in
evcr d-rti:-- The gaa-touse adjoining
-hc rear of the theatre escaped unhurt and
-vcn the wooden buildings on the opposite
of Elizabeth street were barely scorch
l '
II is -rapossible to asctrgn' the extent of
part of whicu is covered by
insurrtnee. About 9 o'clock tha rear fell in
.. J.t i.irtilkln r?io1i hilt itio MrAltlpn wnr
1 - m
fell from it.
Just as the fhmes were well subdusd a
heavy shower accompanied by thunder and
and lightning came upar.d m-jtcrially assist-
ed the efforts of the firemen while it preven-
ted any possibility of danger to the neighbor-
ing houses fiom the falling cinders.
The True Sun of the same date has the
was rumored.as we were going to presj
thala yx Grigg of the thejtre fractured
ann.iind thai some persons who were
:n ttle jrcs;ac roo:ns at the time of the fire
ave not been heard of. We also understand j
that the fire originaud in the room uuder '
the stage where the pvnts are usually kept j
; ; ; 1 !
youth of seventeen was recently found wcl-
teriniT in his blood from a pistol shot on one
ofthe roads near Paris. ICy. Ho lived just
long enough to relate that he had been
accosted on the road by a man who immedi-
ately fired at him and when he had fallen
approached him and exclaimed "'Good God!
I have made a mistake you are not the
person whom I suprosed." and the assassin
BYRON IN HIS COFFIN.
A. correspondent ofthe Boston Atlas fur-
nishes some very interesting gossip from
which we make the following extract relative
to Lord Byron. The admirers ofthe noble
Bard will read it with pleasure.
In the month of July 1824 the body of
Lord Byron was brought from Missolonghi
to England and on being landedfrom the
r Florida" was removed to- the 'houseof
Sir Edward Knatchbulffwho"thpa.iiFdea;ur
Great-George street Westminster- At the
house of SirEdwnrdit- lay in state for two
days and was visited by hundreds of persons
who paid their last tribute to the genius of
the mighty slumberer by gazing on his cof-
fin lid. After tho lying in state had terming
atcdjitwaa found necessary to remove the
body for the purpose of placing it in a better
constructed leaden coffin tharf that which
had been prepared in Greece. A friend of
mino happened to know the undertaker and
kindly offered to procure me admission to the
chamber where the removal of the body was
to be effected an offer which I need not
say. I gladly accepted. Accordingly on the
afternoon ofthe eleventh of July I proceeded
to Sir Edward Knatchbull's and found three
or four gentlemen attracted thither like my.
self to witness the solemn face ofthe poet for
MMBja
the last time ere it should be shut up in the
darkness of death. Mr. Rodgers the author
of the '- Pleasures of Memory" Mr. now Sir
John Cam Hobhouse and John Hanson Esq..
(the two latter Lord Byron s executors. ana
one or two othars whose names I did not
learn were present.
Tho body lay in the large drawing room
on the first storywhich was hucg with black
cloth and lighted with wax candles. Soon
aftor my arrival the work of opening tho cof.
fin commenced. This was soon effectedand
when the last covering was removed wc be-
held the face of tho illustrousdead
' All cold and all serene."
Were I to live a thousand years I should
never never forget that moment. For years
I had been intimate with the mind of Byron.
His wondrous works had thrown a charm
around my daily paths awl with all the en
thusiasm of youth I had almost adored his
genius. With his features through the me-
dium of paintings I had been familiar from
my boyhood ; and now far more beautilul
even in death than iny most vivid fancy had
ever pictured.there they lay in marble repose-
The body was not attired in that most aw
ful of habiliments a shroud. It was wrap-1
ped in a blue cloth cloak and the throat and .a Rsilroad connecting New York wkh tha
head were uncovered. The former was beau-1 Pacific and a steam communication from
tifully moulded. The head of the poet was Oregon to China. Forthe last three centuries
covered with short crisp curling locks i the civilized world has been rolling west-
slightly streaked with grey hairs especially . ward.and Americans of the present age will
over the temples which were ample and free i complete ihe circle and open a Western.
from hair as we see in the poitraits. The j steom route with the East.
face had nothing of the appearance of death
about it it wes neither s-mken nor discol-
ored in the least but of a dead -.narble.white-nes
the expression was that of stern repose
How classically beautiful was the curved
upper lip and the chin. I fancied the nose
appeared as if it was not in harmony with the
other features; but it might possibly havo
been a little disfigured by the process of em-
balming. Thegfcrehcad uas high and broad
indeed the whole head was extremely large
it must have been so lo contain a brain of
such capacity.
But what struck mo moat nas the exceed
in; biauty of ihe profile as I observed it
when the head was lifted in the operation of
removing the corpse. It was perfect in its
wayand seemed like a production of Phidias.
Indeed it far more usembltd an exquisite
piece of sculpture than the face ofthe dead
so still so sharply defined and so marble
like in its repose. I caught the view of it
but Tor a moment yet it was long enough to
have it stamped upon my memory as
"' A thing of beauty."
which poor Keats tt-1 s us is "a joy forever."
It is indeed a melancholy joy to mo Is have
gazed upon the silent poet. As Washington
Irving says ofthe old sexton who crept into
ihe vault where Shakspeare was entombed
and beheld there the dust of a;es It wns'30
something even to have seen the du-.t of By
ron."
The Mother's Inflbhnce. Instances
have often been mentioned ot the long abi-
ding influence of a mother's example and
precepts.bul never have we been more stiuck
wiih this facuhan while listening to the
address of .Mr. J. H. Green the reformed
gambler last evening. Mr. G. remarked
that he had never drunk a glass of liquor in
his life but that he had fell the effect of rum
for his fuller was a drunkard and brought
fivoout of six brothers to premature graves.
He was the youngest son and when about
seven years old his mother lay on her death i
ViPft- in I (i I lino him nnd I114 Iilllp sister lo the
' "------ I
bedside she gave them her dying counsel.
Telling him to kneel down she made him
promise then on his knees at the side of her
dyingbed nevertodrink intoxicating liquors
and the promise ihus solemnly made so early
in life he had kept through a long course of
vice and immorality. Maine Fountain.
TH E UN ITE DSTATES AN D CHINA
'Hunt's Merchants Magazine" for Jan-
uary among a variety of valuable articles
has a highly interesting one in reference to
the prospects of future trade between the
United States and the Celestial Empire.
The following extract will prove interesting
we doubt not to many of our readers:
There is but liulc doubt that the United
States are destined ultimately to command all
the tradein the Indian and China seas. The
supply.ai Cotton in theTJnited.States inclu-
diufrS&xas is'far beyond what the wants of
EOTjpeTrequfre.. The wants of China are
nowever.suchruYwilI'ahjorb-aImost a lirait-
llessYQuantityt'The Cotton3 goods nianufac
tureu in tne uniieu ouuccaircauy aupersrae
those of all other countries in those markets
and .American lead has entirely supplanted
the English. The English Government
hope by commanding the exclusive rou'e to
China" over Egyt by the way ofthe Nile and
the Isthmu'j of Suez (to effect which a ne-
gotiation is" now pending between that Power
and the Pacha) to obtain news several weeks
earlier than it can be had in the Unittd
Stales; an "advantage which will give her
merchants control of tho markets. "The di-
plomacy may succeed temporarily in this
but the maich of events will ultimately give
the Uriited States the master). Her popu-
lation is pushing with a vigorous rapid and
unceasing march along a line twelve hun
dred miles in extent westward towards the
ahorse ofthe Pacific. The occupation ofthe
j vast territory known as tho Oregon is already
going forward and twenty years will not
havo elapsed before a powerful State will
hae sprung up on the shores of the Pacific.
The great tract of the Oregon it drained by
the Columbia River and the San Francisco
which debouch upon ihe ocean at a point
six days by steam distant from the Sandwich
Islands a group the independence of which
is guarantied whose population is 100000
mostly American; the surface 8000 square
miles; of a soil tho most fruitful and a cli-
mate unsurpassed in salubrity. These Is-
lands aro situated in the middle of the Pac-
ific oh the great highway from Oregon to
China. The great whale-fishery of these
regions is conducted mostly by Americans
numbering two hundred vessels whose an
nual product is about 85000000. This
fleet in the summer months cruize between
the islands and the coast of Japan for sperm
whale and carry on a large trade in furs
etc which are now sold in China and tho
proceeds in tea sent home to the United
States. The whole of this vast trade and
that of China via the Sandwich Islands will
be commanded by the State of Oregon.-
Those persons ore now living who will se
Manufacturing is thk Soutii Pub-
licatUntian is being turned in the south in
sea'chofnew fields of employment for labor
and capital and we should not be surprised
that a radical charge was brought about in
the policy of some of the old cotton growing
states in a few years. The following from
the Picayune points that way. It remarkr:
Cm. Times.
"We learn from the Charleston Patriot
tbtt some enterprising gentlemen of that city
aro now engaged in obtaining the necessary
means for the establishment there of a man-
ufactory of cotrsa cotton goods and yarns.
For some lime past wa have noticed in the
press of South Carolina powerful appeals
made to ihe planting and moneyed interests
ofthe State that they should embark a por-
tion of their capital and labor in manufac-
tures. South Carolina is suffering probab-
ly more lhan any othercottongrowins; State
the evils necessarily flowing from an exclu-
sive cultivation of a single staple as wkll as
from the over-production of cotton in the south.
Her leading minds have for years been
warning her planters to divert their labdrYS'"'
other agricultural pursuits and now strenu-
ous exertions are making to induee the Stale
to engage in manufactures. The opinions of
the editor ot the Patriot upon this theme are
ja accordance with our own that we take
pleasure in copying and adopting them.
They have reference to the project just new
in contemplation in Charleston:"
"A 11 classes of citizens are interested in
such an enterprise for on its realization will
arise other establishments. New avenues
for capital will be opened. The unemployed
white female who cannot esrn now even a.
scanty subsistence by the work of her hands
will find a new source of employment and
adequate remuneration for her labor.
Large numbers of our unemployed slaves
now encumbering our househoIdsor throng-
ing in idleness our streets will be turned to
a P "
fitable account. The landlord will
find in the new demand for sites for manu
facturing and residences for an increasing
population his advantge in the increase of
rents and diminution of taxes."
"This same reasoning will apply to almost
all the cities and States ofthe south. Wa
were gratified to notice a short while since
the efforts making in Natchez and Vicki-
burg to establish factories and we are re-
joiced to see the same patriotic endeavors
extending through the south."
AN ACT
To provide for the issuance of Patents to.
Assignees.
Section 1 Beit enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Republic
of Texas in Congress assembled That tho "
Commissioner of the General Land Office be
authorized and required to issue patents ia "' "
tho names of the assignees ofall transferable 'u' "
iand claims upon their presenting to him a '
complete and properly authenticated chain -of
transfer or obligation for title from the
original grantee.
Sec. 2. Be itfurtherenacled That here-
after patents may issue in the name of the
Assignee when certificate was granted in
the name of the Assignee without an ex-
hibition of a chain of transfers as prescribed in
the tenth section of act supplementary to '-an "
act provide fot issuing patents to legal claim-
ants approved February fourth one thou-
sand eight hundred and forty on" and all
lawscontraveninglhis act are hereby repeal;
ed.
Sec 3. Beit further enacted That this
act be in force from and after its passage.
Approved February 3 1845.
Another Feal -Manaqzk. Miss"
Clarendon cowbided a manager at Pittsburg
last year and created a greater sensation by
't than her acting ever did or wilt. -A Mrs.
Timm at Washington manifests quits m
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