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year lutir a the "TimsissipriAv BrCBOItGK It. 4t JAVira without i -j of for his integrity back SOtli to Illino vre 1 AiiTiist. li31. and went Irom tiii.re August, 11, ana REVENUE. T-.

4Lm Rnilnil Atlas. ereninz, he learneJ that there wa. a grand ball going on, given by the citizens, of the mson to Tun ior i'ist- lu, him, aMue i lne bavins written a letter to to Col Johnson 1 mmr. inn IlilVll iri. nreSent the result far as returned, pro- Ol IH laic rnising that the amount of vote, yet to be received, cannot materially mcreaau- u-presslhe majorities.

It appears that lut-Ser's majority over Wolf is ll-Woll's majority over Muhienuurg oi ji lOl.OSli tliat is, in- 1 4 .1 Hit; cj ciiiwi 7 eluding the Wolf vote, nine thousand, one hundred and ninety-eight over Ritner, conclusively proving, that the democraiic party, when united, is greatly superior to the combined forces cf nig-rrprv and Antima onryf hut we muat have no more splitting. bur? friends have thousand ood were ikU and are TA.nnIP.jl! V'i 1 VYethinRour xnumen-j now, at teasr, ireui)-u i reasons for believing they not, the majonty ol the fiftv-seven thousand Jones Kunnels 11 Lynch 12, CW. borne I3 jidWards 1 10, Dickson 14 ,0 Tr i)un iuancry 1 13, wnen 7 ed mere uuiu itre-n 7 I lfi there for Franklin, Tennessee, wh.ca I reached on the ltUb. 1 left there on the 12tli of August, and came to my aunt Jordan's," in the District. 1 left there on lie 13th September, and came to -Memphis.

I met Ferry and travelled with him to the Widow Williams and staid all night. After breakfast, the next morning, we left there together, and came nearly to Beaver Slough, where 1 killetj him, and took his money and saddle. I had no idea of committing the act five minutes before 1 did it. My parents are respscta-blo people, and I never committed any c.irne ray habits were always correct. I certify that this is a true confession.

3 J. C. JOHNSON. aoma wns a resident of Cherokee Bay, in Lawrence county, in this Territory, instead of Greenville," as we were erroneously informed. His parents, we understand, are highly respacfa-bla citizens of Lawrence county.

INTERREGNUM. Our Constitution, from the people," works elegantly. Just look at Us ci! opa'rat ions. Const. Ail- 5, EccuticeJ)epar(menl.

Sc. 1. "Thr Chief Executive Power of this State, shall bo vesitd Governor, who shall hold his office for two years from the time of his installation." Very well. Governor Runnels was elected in 1833, and was installed on'' the 21st dav of Nov. of the same year.

Consequently his term of office expires on Saturday next. Th Lrslafure of 1S33 chanced the I.I I in furnished, why they could foert tu. kind, Vfl gi. and who las been known, even by sight, only a few months in Wall street. In the card published fn the morning papers, announcing his fraud, and ottering a reward for his apprehension, ho is represented as 'about twenty years a-nn AO II UriV I 111 I Itir 11 3 lllll illf I lUClvmOna inquirer.

'rt onn. ro.r October 2, Governor Hornet burnt in tjjigit- learn that the new Governor of Michigan has not been very cordially received by the Wolverines, having been burnt in cfligy in th streets of few niglits after his arrival in that qtttw We presume, having refused to coniinrTS the mad jwlicy of the late hot-heacd Secretary; he has incurred the displeasing of the sovereign people of Detroit. We have received no paers from that city since our last. Toledo Gazette. Nilks, (Berrien co.

Michigan,) October 3, 1835. Mr. John S. of Virginia, our new Secretary and Acting Governor, arrived in Detroit a few days since. He is said to be a very genUemanly man, and to sustain the interests ot Michigan.

Our citizens East appear willing and deter- 1 a. ain hhit. We have always mined to Sudani Vlr been prepossessed in tavo." of the racier, and feel satisfied that Mr. Horner will ablv support himself and the integrity of Michigan. Wc understand that a committee waited on him on Tuesday last, for the purpose of ascertaining h.s news regard to the rights interests of Michigan, which we have no doubt they found tobe correct.

i Query Has Governor Lucas gamed anv thing by the exchange? He must recoiled we still have a Virginian for Governor. By the Detroit Journal of October Slh, we have returns from that city, which show that pernor Mason has been in all probability, chosen, without opposition, throughout the Territory. Whether this election before the Territory is admitted as a State, inio the Union, be illegal or aot.we do not pretend to say, though we are inclined to the opinion, that it cannot 00 valid. In anv event, however, whatever i. it, of the people towards Van Buren, we are certain mai i.

receive the. ubxnatorial vote, hereafter. 4 I U3M mi. now or Star. oi i uaiiiniv, For iho State of MafsachnseUsylcssTs.

Liiht Horton of Boston. For New YorkGen. Ebenezer Burnll, of New York. For Connecticut Scovd Hinman, Lsq. of New Haven.

For Delaicare Nathaniel Mitchell, Jsq. of Washing on. For Maryland T- S. Lansdale, Lsq. For Virginia Col.

Wilson Allen, 1J r. 1 i tiraa lor tne meeting oi me from November to January; consequently tbjs lie SUCCt'SSiUl tailuUi, ni i lion, cannot be installed until the first week Wlin flipn ia to be the Govern- or in the mean time? The Constitution provides (Sfc. 17) that thr. ffice for Governor shall be- rjime vacant" the President of the Senate shall exercise tha office of Govern or." But Gen. Briscoe, the last President of the Senate, is no longer a member of that body.

No Executive then from that source. Bat, the Constitution, in ca.e the President" of ths Senate cannot act, the j. i a a 01 tae uouse 01 exp .1... It la Into v. IB.

is re-elected to the House of Represen ficp ni mi' rTf lull- w. tatives, but it requires a re-election oy mat body to put him in the Speaker's Chair. Wnat then is done! Ah! now we have it. In the event of failure of all ifcrse ihf Srretarir of the State shall. rraivcr.fi the Senate, that .17, ja iresident may ha chosen to exercise tne Uho Panza! wc have no Secretary of Stale; official death took place at the same mo- TUBUC rei.VTERS TO TH! STATE.

Fr Ida vein ber 27, leas FOB PHE3IDJCVT, MARTIN VAN BURE. fob vick PnKsinKvr, RICHARD Mi FOR TTXirED STATES SEVATOB ROBERT J. WALKER. Since our last, the official returns Jones and Tallahatchie counties onlv, been received. They are as follows--' TallaiatcMe -RunBels 20t).

Claiborne 215, Towards 170, Dickson 212 Wilkins 192, Benson '183, Redd 1, Miller 235, Mayson 143, MaHory -Uilbert 143. elected to the Legislature in this SENATORS Adams John A. Q.iitman. Tlie fillowing gentlemen hare State; Adams John A. Quitman.

Wilkinson John Henderson. Amite. -Vm. Van Norm an. Jefferson and Franklin.

John Caike ron. Claiborne. J. II. Maury.

Copiah. Se ih Cranberry. Hinds R. H. Buckner and J.

A. Grim- ball. Simpson and Rankin. R. A.

Hirif. Laicrence.ll. Runnels. Madison. D.

W. Ilailey. Marion and Corington Win. Bnns. Pike.

James Y. McNabb. Yazoo. John Sharp. jomes.

James C. Bole. Warren 4 Washington A. G. Monroe Gen.

Stephen Lowndes Benjunin Toomer. Wayne, Thomas P.iFalconer. Perry, 5cc. Mr. Alsberry.

REPRESENTATIVES. Adams. T. and A. L.

Bing-aman. Amite. F. C. Talbert and John Will, Attala.

Win. Dodd. Carroll. John L. Irvine.

Claiborne. A mo. Whiting and D. H. floopcs.

Buckner Harris, A- G. Brawn and Samuel T. Scott. Corington. E.

S. Ragan. Franklin Jefferson E. -Porter. Hinds.

J. H. Nicholson, H. W. Dnnlap, Thonv.s H.

Williams and Amos R. Johnston. Holmes Thomas II. Dulaney and Archibald II Paxton.5 Jackson. Andrew W.

Hamsay. Jefferson. P. K. Montgomery and Ge.

Leighton. Jasper. John C. Thomas. Laurence.

Weaiherby and Pendleton. Leake C. C. Arnett. Madison D.

M. Fulton and J.Phillips. Marion- Fleet Magee. Monroe S. J.

Gholson and McKinney. Neshoba James Ellis. Noxubee George B. Augustus. Pike Franklin Love and A.

P. Cunning- ankmThom J. Coffee and J. W. Simpson Alex.

McC.skill. Smith Durr. Tallaliatchie Morgan McAffee. Warren S. 8.

Prentiss and Thomss J. Green. Washington Alfred Cox. Winston Isaac Jones. Wayne J.

Horn. WUl-inson Preston W. Farrar, Darid II. Gordon, and James C. Ventress.

Yalabusha Allen Walker. Yazoo Edward Wilkinson aad Philip Puvall. SHAMEFUL OUTRAGE ATTEMPT TO DESTROY" THE LIBERTY" OF THE PKEf8. A circumstance recently occurred in Natchez, of the most extraordinary charac. ter ever submitted to the public.

Laying party feelings and political bias aside, and viewing it merely as an attempt to stifle public sentiment to silence the press on die eye if an imjiortant election to. terrify and intimidate the editor, publisher, anu hands employed in the office of a democatic journal, in a city where the democratic par ty are in a small it we say merely in this light; it is one ot the most shameful and unjustifiable proceedings that has ever occurred in the United suites, is a proceeding against which the great body of the people of Mississippi will revolt, and which the dispassionate portion of th. citizens of Natchez, will no 'doubt themselves censure. As the matier stands at present, itcan but injure the fame of that city it can but arouse an unpleasant feeling in all quarters of th3 State a feeling of hostility which. it seems to some of her own leading citizens study to excite.

Jof dome things, and urging their claims in' a spirit of conciliation, eompr mise and kindness instead of endeaor ing to render Natchez a favorite pood with the whole state, they resort to brute fere and denunciation, and it would see ThenUestion, what oo. the surpl Js revenue, will doobl i leas be mo the eagvossiug topics at the commg sconrgongss.andh.thew..n wc v. Arum niir illiuii 8l10uld not deter iuit connucutB-- rmm our opinions nursued. do in rect whatever manner ui 1. .1 i j.

re is the mandmg the iLpitals, we tWo since, along the spoke of ob. vaueyot -rf the miseries incidental to a life of exposu.e and hardship. Wa nriniy ue.ievu -portion of this surplus revenue could not be expended in a more constitutional manner than the one we lave will nnt. at least, be iriiT 111:11. iiiK auu lost s.gm line of one al obtained, let tn taQ3t nccded be strongly urged.

Th. iMWincr rcmaiks are good and sound, and tlieir being carried into effect could not interfere with the proposit ion just stated The revenue itself, should, and no doubt, will, be cut down finally to the wants of the Kople, by lightning jvery eneciee of taxation. The' Suqdus Fund which is beginning to give the Whigs such great tip-ea3iness, canbe wisely employed fin.jh-ing and arming our incomplete fortifications ia order that our Sea Coast may be made impregnable as that of France and .11 laying up materials and stores for a naval force, which will rival that of Alb-on phv.icalas it already doeein moral strength. Nor is that all. I.

it not apparent that TEXAS is too contiguous to us, and or too much importance to tli Union, hang to remain a member of life Mexican Confedera- a ii.a iiii-lu'iniia melhocl. anu wuai i urc allow us to ask, of obtaining possesion ot -frlMinlv aim nf I nnlaLina was one of the proud est feathers in die cap of the great father American Democracy, we trust that the gaining possession of Texas will crublema avowedly models his jwlicy after that of the iirniiv auorn uiv uiun 7 Ml. aommi Irk I tOIIl WC U11C I ferred a Chief, who has alrea iv.r:,.o Qa v.rl ilip Union and UUI ItHIUJ Kv hia iv sdmn and nrmrress, anu ncwj strengthen it existence, by adding to it a territory sufficient in extent to constitute, least, three new Stales, rnd afford a coai-plete balance of jxwer between she two great divi.ongof North and South." TI. ll-lVe 1 1- n-nra rl five Line of battle Ships six ngaics five sloops of war five schooners, ana three steam vessels. T.iis is as it be.

We presume that the timber is to be docked and left to season, until an evil day, which we trust is yet afar off. But in a go vernment like ours, or in uct, any inuepcn- dent nation nothing is more fatal, as we have experienced, than mat i. the dav. is the evil thereof While we are atjeace with all the world, and possessing an overflowing treasury, lei us surely preparing for less happy tunes and not invite oppression by our weak- defenceless situation. Me taxeit tliat none in our couniry will complain that ikoniiMicmnncv is misspent, if applied to purposes of national honor, or national se- The army, the navy, our fortifications he navy, our fortifications ml coast survevs.

and tne se- 1 (Tiit bouses a lff. and nronertv on our -j v- are the true objects upon which to bestow (always wun pouiic vwnnnuj ating judgment) the excess of the national purse. Appmpos. me uoaia ui iaj Commissioners, Commodores Rodgers, Cbauncey and Morris, and Mr. Goldsbo- mt 1 rough, their Secretary, visited tne jjosion Navy Yard this week, on their annua) circuit of inspection.

We understand they have decided to convert the IrsnKTE diwck (Ship of the Line,) now in the dock, into a rminil aterned 54 with lone 32's. Tlr; lower ports, now too low, are to be raised, She is to have two gun decks, and a light spar deck. We also understand her frame of Live Oak to be perfectly sound, and diat her model, which is a fine one, wilt be preserved as before. Boston Evening Gazette. EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK.

Extensive Fraud. Wall street, says the Commercial Advertiser, was in an uproar vpstfinlav afternoon, caused by the unwel come discovery, that a jobber in fancy stocks, had suddenly 'evacuated lenvincr certain checks unon various banks. 4 to the amount of $41,000, which he had 7. 7 olcon aa an much cash, in the morniiiL'. ut- 7 v.

uuproviuuu 'le individual is an Englishman, calling Wilding, who has funned to some extent in the market lately, as well as Rrmdwav. wh 're lie inauo quite a snow every day, with greeif frock coat, red-velvet waistcoat, lnw-crownd hat, and a great tore of diamonds and safe chain. In fli fnutvte of the morninor. he purchased stocks of one dealer to the amount of $30, 000, and 11,000 of, another, giving Ins checks in payment; but forgetting to make rlnnitsiiR to meet these checks, he made sale of the scrip without a moment's delay, i 4i fingered tne proceeds, amounting io dollars: and instantly bolted. Tlie roguery was discovered, of course, on presenting the checks the myrmidons of the police were roused to the chase and at 1 1 o'clock last night, the gentleman was civilly ushered into the presence of the magistrates, having been arrested somewhere in the upper part of the city.

He had removed from his lodgings, widi bagand4ag-age, but his movements were neither rapid nor secret enough to evade the pursuit of the keen ministers of the law. A. larue amount of the money was found on his person. Tllt cfranirTtet nirf a fT 'iv la. iKn readiness -f the brokers to suffer so large readiness tiie brokers to an amwunt of money to pass bands, with no better securi ty for re-pay- Yhit TO THE BRITISH FRIGATE REMINIS-, CENCE Qj.sac SprBM.

A day or two dm were threa English frigates at i th 9 Licence, oppos.te uite, This display of fore ruay not have lnwiiolly accidental at this time; rnd thl uqii P'11" ot the Iviadi m.y h1M b0BiMtmm3ntJmcU. for.i. Tlia Pique sailed on Wed-Ifj Uab'hind'tha F.rte aJ the Pr.sdaat. Hai3 curiosvty to sc. ramtiusof one ofourold int.onal ships, nt lwn to the lvtnji'.

Q.l, withth3 view of finding some the President, towuwejj looking round for a boat, we saw FU.teVbargo.pproach.ng the snore hutinz the young middy, I that we aci ruu io-, iffred us a MU on Doaro to fcd outsdves upau. th. "ndd3ek of the FrigUe. We had brought no Utter of introduction to any of the offi-Jii' Mi were unacquainted vnd. a single nSidaal on board; bat on inform, ng die lieutenant thit wa were Amsncangen-" dadirjui of seeing the ship, hi re-W With mich courtesy and .1 Dirties on had com upon the stnia errand, -at to us Im devoted the or Nation, every part of Me Fn-an tearing to us Us WS Wtf every reas to be gratified with UtS th first erui.s of the President, Vn refitment.

She has in her much of th timbof the old sh.pandher keel th-- She is remarkable for her Her m.W has n.it been mounts utty-two guns, and a crew of 2S0 uu Her f. P1; jn-nt is 450. Ercry pirtofthesh p.s in fane rdr: and the utmost eleanliaees i. every tha cock pit to the cabin- The men were engaged various saddles were many of them at their desks, nrobmly engaged ui -writing and the ccntu.els were pacing thair narrow rounds. Admiral Sir George Cockbura, who comm.adson Brazilian itation, ha.

his head quarter, on oard ths Presid.nr. Hi. family are at present with After siiovni us all the objects or Mr. Currie. the l.e.itenwt, ordered the g.g to be in inned to took our very favorao.y Fe.u sr eia 'm with cerv thias we had seen, ino cur-i arame in the dimcuity w.iu iiv against it.

upon the President, A we looned uaca indulfifinz in aomu minful On her dack, the heroic Decatur id trodden previous to her cpture; th.re those gUhnt Btbbitt, Hamilton and who fell llto action, had b.en in the prime of thirdy. and i the fullne.s of hope. It is not worth while to go into a detail of the g.iigeraent, Suffice it to say, that the no-Lle ship from New York in Februaiy, 1S15, upon cruise to the Pacific Ocean. In crossing the bar at Sandy Hook, she struck, and lay thumping upon it till near morning. Sh got off with the tide, but it wa then too late to cscapa the enemy's luadron.

which wa. watching her departure. When day light appeared danger ncompa-. 3d her on all side-. The only rasource wa.

to by her well known uperiority of sailing- Thi. was tried, but to no purpose Her keel had been injured en the bir and was otherwuw bo much crippled, that her wa. greatly impeded. It wa. cl.arly psrceptible, that the Endymion, the hadmi.t frigate of the hostile a pudron, a of equal sine with the President, was rapidly gaining upon her.

Un--Isr circumstances, Decatur gave or-ders to prepare for action, hoping that he raight B'iccscd in dismasting the Endymion, thif do ini'rllf still haVB ir crippiiujj --o a rhince to eacape. A running fight or itout an hour's duration ensued, in which, tiih'jtigh the President wa. nvich damaged, her opponent was entirely disabled, and hav. struck her had not the oth-r portion of the consisting of th- Pomoue anl Teuedos frigate, come to lHr rescue. Tuor.

being no alternative, bat to continus 'he engigaent at unequal odds a frit of near the same size on eithai side or to eurrender, Dei.a-t tr ordareda gun to be fir-d and the flig of the President to be Soouafierthe commencement of the Docatur had conceived the in-trip'ul design of running his ship along side of tin Endymion, carrying her by boarding, i.l.-,udouing the President to the foe, and by the of the The w5fd wa. passed for ths pur-Iae, but at the moment, the British ndr, as if suspeMing dio manoeuvre, ore ship and thus defeatod the enterprise, which must have proved successful, and would have stood without a parallel in ihe annals of naval warfare. The captured frigate was conveyed to Bermuda, where she is repaired and ordered to On I ir arrival i was found to be C.r anrvica. and was made subservi- ii.nr reccivinu ship. Some nui.Tx were onite lavish of ii iw.

ii di-j Endvraion as to give to her alone the credit oi uw -L'f -I victory. TnWMMMil iWt it iii their claim for the prize Mrtre iora uiuv money, nd when the nmount came to be I i. d-d it was distributed equntj TriV- rftbe Endymion, Tenedos, and PI have of the d.ree chivalrous of-. 1 tiAve spuvu action, on Ar- tariirt were aa tkpm. of the nWur an, at tae api NcW London out bt IWtur i9 carry, expreei to Waabr TtiinL the news the cipture.

He ac the colors of the cuia. r- hie B.i:ish tngi On victorr oi me wiouiuuuu The Chief Maaisirate, on uiu of the Government, nd commodore Hull, with all the faslHouanci oeauty vw a nrcscnt. Hamilton proceeded to the ban room, uu father before he entered showed him the caotured colore, communicated to the brilliant. the intelligence, ot the new victory. Young Hamdton WU made a lientenant on the spot by uhson The ladh crowded around him, bestowing upon him most undisputed tokens ot their 0C.ndad.ir.t.

i.fe were nanpmess ui crowded. Little more than two years after. fcu WOunded couutcr wjth the Endymion. THE NATCHEZ FENCIBLES. tu.

Infantry, under die commtnd of Captain Quitman, arrived this place, on board the Steamer Pon- Mnll'n th ttth inat- in com pliance witli an invitation of the Yicks-burg Volunteerfc," Their arrival was an- lv a nrrnnr.crted Slirnal of the discharge of. cannon at the landing i hey 1 in 1inf. ntl the Lurricaue were urinii tl deck of the Ponchartrain, firing a volley at iaterrals as the boat gracefully past the city, anJ, repaying, cams to njr moor- mThe at the signal gun, formed at the Court House, in double quick time, under the command of Lieut. Brun-gard, Capt. Guion, from indif position, being unable to take tho comtn tud.

he Riflemen, under the command of Capt Babbs, coarteoualy volunteered ihsir ass.s-tance in the escort of U.e Fencibles from landing. The two companies, under th. command of Lieut. Bruugard, marched to the landing, and, drawa up in line, fired volhea In salute, which were returned the Fencibles. Each corps then presented arms, and tlie commissioned of the Volunteers and Riflemen, proceeded on board the Pon-chartrain, and gave their Visitor, a cordial welcome to Yick.burg, The Fenc.ble.

were then escorted to Locahart's Hotel, where apartments had beea provided and the companies were dismissed for the day. rr. the comDanie. again parad- Htel Messrs. frW.

Rftfore the cloth detachment ot the encio.es JU landed, and that Major Genera! Huston, formerly a member, and subsequently the commander of the company, was the ranks. Although the rain poured down in torrents, an escort was immediately formed, 1 miiwaften ted tliemioiii uww. Now the sentfment and song went round, and the wine and best feeling of d.e heart flowed with equal profusion. A complimentary toast having been given by one of the Fencibles, drew out our friend Prentiss in a To use a military phrase, he is alwavs cocked and primed for any and every exigency and on this occasion, we are told, he made one of his beBt Aor. On Wednesday, the three companies were formed in Battalion; under die command of Capt.

Quitman, and went through everal Battalion evolutions, in excellent We never heard the firing surpassed. The troops than took up a line of march through the principal streets, and were dismissed at an early hour, to give time to prepare for the fe.tivitie. of the evening. The splendid ball was opened at about eight o'clock, with a grand military march by an excellent band. The several coin-missioned officers handed in the ladies from Natchez, followed by the respective The flag of the Fencibles was borne by an escort, and at the head of the room.

The dance commenced all hearts beat atos Knarkled with delisht lovely cheeks glowed with ro.ey charms hirled in the waltz and I uv. v.ua wept backward and forward in the cotillion to notes of inspiring music, unui approatn- ing morn closed tas joyou. scene, xjuu wilt it live in our re.ueiiiur.iuuc. Great credit is due to mine ho.t," Mr. Lockhart, for the industry and taste display- rr-t l.ll ad in the whole ine u-u waa ai.n-T..lv decorated, and the im mense dining room wa.

neatly fitted up and appropriated to the dance. The music was excellent the refreshment, were abundant the upper was sumptous, and served up io the very best style. The number of the mnv mu not nave oeen less.inan A e. hiin2red: to crown which. Mis- aiKIUl IUa.

sissiuoi and ntucky; sent forth some of tlieir tairet daugiurir' rn. the companies again paraded, and were by Gen. Huston, who alter a numoer oi and firing in Bittalion, expressed his Crm J1U i .1 rk- est approuauon i iuvm i- nnarance. as well as die promptitude and exactness ot tneir manouvers. a ne iruups were Uien dismissed, preparatory to the final departure of the Fencibles.

The parting interview and salutations, between these splendid companies, we have already described, in a brief paragraph in lisi h-ppFa nnnnr. We may be permitted. however, to repeat the sentiment, lhat the scene of separation was one of deep and i -it 1 be rcrnem to lje'arts of all who witnessed it. ui'iM nd.l one word. We are acauaint -rf ins nracefs ana nearly cveiy uiuiii- ber of the two corps; mm, num mat Knowl edge, we say woe betide the enemy, of double their numbers, who may ever meet them in the field of battle.

Vicksburg Re- We I k- i 1 TTK fax LOUN.house, together with a quantity i r. i ui -wurua, ut-j7uiicu in me atrtr I upui Dv7.J, uiij Keeping, were consumed by fire, on Saturday niirht last. There were pu two prisoners, a black and a white" roanrtcjtJier of whom escaped. It i supposed fire was the work of an incendiary, thou suspicion has fixed 37. upon no "r-jquai, Maoris were making, Iwjwever, to goypj, inccn- di j-v.

Lyncliburg of iw a as cy of at 1 I For Uhiour. Unas, iucwau. i ar lieprcseniativcs. i n-t i ic For Louisiana Messrs. V.

Hyde and provisions for a Governor. G. W. Wattersoii. The onlv mode of escape from die'dilemma For NeieJcrtey Dr.

H- F. Condict. Shr uld Governor Runnels be aware of the difficulty in season and should he Consumption of Cotton in Great Britain. oe able to ascertain by the returns of the The following is an extract from the re- votes, who is elected Secretary of State, marks of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sitlc Jjis commission to the new Secre-in presenting the Budget, on the 20th tarv before Saturday night, the Senate might not beat Ritner. single-handed.

Lancaster (Pa.) Journal. Boaztinz.The Whig p.pers of die exult in what they term A Glorious Whig Virfiiru in. Penn, wtlranm, meatnng ine eiec- tlr.n Josnoh Ritner. while the Anti-ma sonic papers of the Veaf, proclaim the elec SOniC papers Ol iue irat, 7itnii. tionnftho.

same gentleman, A Glorious Anti-Masonic Victory in Pennsylvania! The roattsr we leave to be decided by the victors, presuming tiiat Mr. Kitncr will ha perfectly passive, allowing each to claim the victory -wbile hegoodnaturedly, enjoys the contested post. United Slates We understand that letters received by Ue last mail from Philadelphia announced that lha directors of dift United States Bank have excepted ilioniTcT and terms tendered by the New O.l.t uneaud uiwgui uu. qhm institution all the current and suspend- ..,,1 lT.iL-inir ot the have sold to u-ui branch bank in ihis city, on a credit of one fnnr Kari with interest. We have not ascertained all the particulars of the sale, or when the rstalishmcnt is to be transferred; but we understand that the Gaslight bank will, on such transfer, take possession of the banking house, retaining the clerks and accepting of the newly appointed cashier of the branch bank.

Mr. Bacot, as the cashier of the Gaslight bank. We congratulate the mercantile community on this arrangement; and hope diat no 11 be lost bv our state banks to i render their notes redeemable at the prin- i cipal lies in ttie Union, ana maxe mem as useful to travellers and traders as the bank notes of the United States Bank has been. With a little exertion on their part, fur the circulation of their notes, and die com mencement of operations ot the Citizens bank in January next, we believe no injury I 11 can be sustained, or neeu oe leareu any of the Merchants in this city, by. the withdrawal of the business of the United-States Bank.

O. Bee. France and the United Al- jexandria currently Gazette of Monday says: "it is that the Secretary of -t ii.r d. h-ia wiiiiffi a tew made no concealment of his opinion that ihe recent difficulties with Fraiicewillevenuate a serious collision hetween the United States and diat country. A French Courier des 7f iK ait nit.

in refcrrinir to die fo- reign news, by the North America, has this paraeiaph: "All is calm in France; and the only interesting article we find in ihe imimnk is that of the considera- Ibiivu wvi" ble naval preparations in the maritime ports liosides a large liumoer oi vctoia doj, i otr.Tr'.. iinrt nf Toulon, which is the se- llj 91111. 7 I cond- in France, there are ffty-nine. vessels i of ail sizes, ihe greater pari ui preparing without intermission. Charles- ton Mercury Mexico By private advices yesterday received from Mexico, we learn tt Gu tiercz the former covernor of Chiops- af- tcr having his property ravanged by the satellites of Santa Anna lias been enabled to place himself at the head of a formidable force and to act effectively againt ths troops of the- dictator.

He has already made several prisoners, and captured various pieces of artillery with much provisions. He has now fortified himself in Tuxla, where he is joined by many Mexicans opposed to the centralism. The forces of Alvarez in the south are also augmented daily; and Victoria himself has gone to lend his influence to Alvarez, and oppose the consolidated government. The counter-revolution has thus become general and it is not only the Texians who will he found to dispute the power of Santa Anna and Ins system of Mexican government; but a 11. Mexicans not immediately enthralled, by die monacal or aristocratic party.

The federal constitution of 1824 may yet be triumphant, and Santa Anna be banished. iV. O. Bee. LATER FROM TEXAS.

By A. C. Allen, who left Nacogdoches on Sunday the 1st instant, we have been politely furnished- widi thefollowing news 'from Texas. In Thursday's paper ve gave information of La Bahia being in danger from the Mexican troops. The account of the taking of La Bahia by the Texans we have not received.

La Bahia was taken by 42 Americans headed by Captain Collinsworth. i. There were Garrisoned at the time in La Bahia 55 Mexicans. The Americans made the attack in die night, aud took 25 prisoners including a Colonel and a Captain, killed one and "wounded several. Took specie to the amount of $3,000, and $10,000 worth of ainunition and stores and 400 stand of muskets," together with two small field pieces.

Natchez Courier. More Trouble--Another Boundary Wair, By the New Hampshire Statesman, we learn bat tbi Canadian uovernment have intimated their intention of taking posses- 3: 711 tii i 1.T 1 C. Ilimriahira SIOU Ol Hie XlUlUiri cuzn m. i W- 1WT 1 C. TT.ryiT.aYiTvA Aniust: ugust: In 1S33.

acceding to the the consumption ot cotton wooiwas 1 U00 lbs. In isauiere was "rigrapn wun a iuii uenci consumption, the amount being jcorcred a process by which I .1 ln.ll 1 I IV lint process by winch Governor. But 1 1 i ment With Uiat oi uie oi me oe conveneu anu iitu jWoujj Xake possession of the Executive be convened and elect a rresiucm, wuo vtten we sei oui wim li 1 .1. K.wl pa tat we had dis- we could manu facture a we have run plump against the Constitution again. The words of that precious document are, that, "Whenever the office of Governor become vacant' Jfc, the President of the Senate shall exercise the duties." The question now is reduced to this is iKM naeiinciif The answer is ho and of courso we can have no Governor until the meeting of the Legislature But this is not the worst ot tne matier.

-as wc have before said, if the Governor shou neglect to commission the oi State before Saturday night, we shall have no Judges, Supreme or Circuit and no 'Jtm-L-o aa iln commissions of diese officers require to be signed by the Governor, and counter-signed by the said Secretary. We will add no more, uut lei me peu-pie look to the cause of this confusion in If thnv wish to be secure in dieir personal and political rights if they would not see our state become a jest ana a uy-word, let them reform the reformation. Vicksburg Register. Prom tlie St. Louis (Mo.) Argus.

MSi. BELL. Mr. Bell in a late letter says, "a leading member of the Van Buren party (Gov. Marcy of New York) avowed the ssntiment that to the "victors belong the spoils," and ihun arlrfs.

Imw such a declaration would have grated upon the ears of republicans of the old school we can reaauy imagine, Now we would ask friend Bell to whom do the spoils belong? To those who have been beaten and chased trom me neia i Suppose the British at New Orleans had demanded the "spoils of Gen. Jackson, would he not have been apt to have said "come and take them!" So too after he hnft v.inmiishod John O. Adams and Henry Clay, would he be apt to take them into his i cabinet for It was charged against Mr. Van Buren by Mr. Clay, when nominated to the Senate as Minister to tlinr Wan Buren.N had when Secretary of State, removed- his, (Clay's) irienas oeeaust; ujcy majgitcu Jackson.

did not Judge White vote for the confirmation of Mr. Van Buren after Gov. Marcy rose in his place in the Senate and Admitted that to the "victors belong the spoils," and not to the defeated, and endeavored to show that it would be an tin- I.w.l.' ts. 7tiianrii7.c ffr nactelnril. WlaC IMJi 1 V.

I V7 V7 TV V- 1 1 l0 coaanmptkn had risen to 320,210,000 i iii4 nno io cue -'in ui 1 i -i jog, XJ.C5 UeiWVUU uww sioou me staie vi iiuumni. a word as to what KATtvx-tnd- and he was sure that honorable members, when they considered the statement he had laid, be fore them, 1 1,1 i-ni iiim over sanguine in con sidering that the consumption of the next year would be aa great as Uiat of the present. (Hear hear.) Tha present stale of manufacturing industry was, he flourishing to warrant thi. calculation; the demand for manufactured ib undeniably increasinir, aud the only question wa, did ho not underrate, instead of overreach his calculation of a consumption of 320,210,000 he would however, instead of doing so, take it ttii averaore of the last three years, which would make 310,000,000 lbs. It appears from the above, ttiai tne in crease of consumption for the last two years, has been 35,950,000 or in bales of 400 bales, or oaics per annum.

But the increase was mucn I creater during- the last year, man uie year preceding; irom ipni iw, iu v7n i 1 i inn ltv4, tne increase uemg uui "'i and from April 1831, to April 1835, it was 50,775 bales. Natchez Courier. JOHNSON'S CONFESSION. The Memphis Gazette publishes ths follow inrr confession of James C. Johnson, who recently murdered George Robinson, on the Memphis Road, and who was arrested but a few days afterwards.

1 Confession of James C. Johnson. 1 was born in Williamson county, Tennessee, i.ine orten miles from Franklin, on Littte Harpeth, 18th November, 1813 My fathei moved from Tennessee to Illinois, St. CU'w county, when I was two or three years old. I remained here till the month of March, 1827.

I then left home, and went to Louisville, Kentucky, and kept grocery for Clark a little more than three months; and then went to boating on die river." In 1832, 1 went to keep bar for at Alexandria, on Red River Jh May, of the same year, I left there, and Went to New Orleans. There 1 met my brother and went to Vicksburg, where we boeght a flat boat and went to trading on die river. We sold out on the Coast, for sugar, molasses an money. We. then took passage for St.

Ixjuis, in the steamboat Chester, in June, 1833. After that we went to Illinois, and kept grocery until September, following, when we broke up our but I remained until Christmas. I then went to Now Orleans to get the msmcy for a Lottery which Did not Judge vnite uien yote ior xvir. lxormeru uouiuics Van Buren Did not Judge White vote though that tract has been under the juris-two or three years ago for Mr. Van Buren diction of that.

State for twenty, years, and for Vice President and exert his influence I wts agreed to be left so until the Madawas-iir his favor? And what one act has he ca question is Much ill blood loin? in f.iifiiit ifm jrood ofi and excitement exist. The. inhabitants exiSt lIie: inhabitants i-to in theirpoweftoarousc 'ptvjudi--lelbd against New Hampshire, and authorities sustain them in if. ces that never should he awakened. 1.7.1 7T JUUgS ASM I1UI JU.

XKJil uvv.wiu Mr. V. B. a hearty support at the same time, i liri a TVVJ fl 1 T.1! linA vr ua'i. j.i7 he Brhi?.