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Tiit! Wheat Crop. We arc informed by a gentle jnan direct from Michigan, that the wheat crop in that state is betfer than ever before known. It will 'be mostly harvested this week, and will, therefore, bo Reported? tho I liocal item, i If you venture cross the South ferry you will likely be tempted to spend more time upon tho boats than comports with your business. They have a 1 breeze "which omos fapjover the wjitcrtftcsh in i pure, i Soloiutin a Free Xraiior. The HcbrcWBSiere essentially an agricultural and pastoral people, equally averse to commerce and man uliVctiiring ind ustry.

Solomon exerted himself to reform the national" habits ho established an cmpu riuin at Eziougeber to open trading communications Willi the eastern seas, while his connexions wish the Tho Hetrttajr Pie. It was a cold winter's evening Braunker had drawn his easy chair" close Into the. cornet of the stove, and sat smoking his' long clay pipe with great complacency, while his intimate frrertd, Van Grots, employed in exactly tho same manner, occupied the opposite corner. All wasquiel in tho houso, for Brounkcr's wife and children were gone to a masked ball, and secure from fear of in terruption, the two friends indulged in a confidential conversation. From Tcxah By tho slobpiCultcr, at New iOrlcans on the 3d intelligence three later 'tam thatlbrouglit by the Princeton is received.

compliance with a requisition of President Jones, made upon the' commander of the VS. Troops at Fort Jcssup, the 3d and 4th regiments of Infantry were immediately dispatched, forjthe frontier of Texas there, as one account say's, to await the action of the Texan Convention or, as another avers, to embark for the mouth of tho Rio Grande. The 2d' regiment of mounted dragoons took up their line of march, at same time, to strike aoxpss to the Rio Grande, through Texas. Theso movements aro in consequence of the pro. i Belle Isle by which name it is' to bo "hereafter known, Srooklgn (Sagle.

Compensation of Postmasters. The flood of resignations'which hasjioured in upon the Department at Washington since the new law went into effect has alarmed the Postmaster General, and induced, him to contrive some method of abating it. He has, therefore, in conncotion with tho Attor nev General, decided that the appropriation made by Congress at its last session may be applied, among other tilings, to the compensation of postmasters and their clerks, and issued the following order: Post Office Department, July 9, 1845. Ordered, That Tram and after the 1st day of July, 1845, every deputy postmaster whoso commissions on the postages of letters at 30 per cent, und of newspapers at 50 per cent, under the act of 3d March, 1825, shall fall short of the sum of 86 25 for any one quarter, or of the proportional part of that sum for any fraction of a quarter, be authorized to credit himself, in a separate item in his account current. for extra commission on the o9tago of letters at ju per under the act of 3d March, 1845.

If the postmaster be entitled to the allowance of 20 per cent for night service, he will not credit the extra commission hero mentioned, as 50 per cent, is the utmost which can be allowed in any oaso under the law. Ordered, That every deputy postmaster whose commissions on the postage of letters and newspa pers, and other allowances, shall exceed the sum ol $6 25 in any one quarter, or the due proportion of the said sum in any part of a quarter, be authorised to the extent that such commission and allowances fall short of the amount to which snch deputy post moster was entitled for the corresponding quarter of the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1845, to credit him scli in a separate item in his account current, lor such amount of extra commissions as shall make the whole amount credited equal to the same the said extra commission to be subject to the provision contained in the 41st section of the act of 3d March, 1 825, and to the regulations of the department issued in pursuance thereof. C. Johnson. Desirous as we are that every man should receive an adequate compensation for tho service which he renders to the Government, or to any one else, we dissent from the propriety of this order.

In places where the office of postmaster brings with it no inci. dental advantages, it may be well enough but in the large majority of instances we believe that good and worthy men can be found who will gladly take it for tho indirect benefits which it confers upon them. As we have before remarked, there is scarcely one keeper of a country store in fifty who would not thank tho Government for the privilege of dealing out the three or four dozens of letters, papers, which reach the post office weekly, for the sake of the additional trade it would bring him but when to this is added the commission allowed by the old law, a positive inducement is held out which would soon make them as vigorous competitors as they were in the palmy days of yore. The restriction of the franking privilege within the narrowest possible limits was one of the reforms most urgently called for by the people. Some, indeed, went so far as to propose its entire abolition, except in three or four cases.

A medium course, however, was adopted and every good citizen should esteem it both a duty and a privilege to sec that it is faithfully carried out. Tho revenue will probably decrease, in amount, for a year or so and it is, therefore, incumbent upon the Postmaster General to nurse with paternal solicitude all that accrues. We are anxious that the law should have a fair chance to vindicate itself and yet it hardly seems possible if all the remote and unnecessary post offices are to enjoy the whole of their ancient privileges. For these, and some other reasons, we regret that Mr Johnson should have made his Order so general, or issued it in such haste. It was due to the people at large, and particularly to that portion of them who had struggled so long and earnestly for a mitigation of the Post Office tax, that an effort should first hare been made to procure the necessary service upon the terms prescribed by law.

As it is, we fear that an argument will be drawn from that source at the next session of Congress which it will be found difficult to rebut. rjj Two men of honor repaired to Hobokcn on Saturday for the purpose of settling their differences by an exchange of shots One of them called at a pistol gallery to procure the necessary weapons, but failing in his object, took to drink," and was soon reclining in the united arms of Bacchus and Morpheus. Hour after hour passed, bat our hero awoke not from his sleep profound until jogged by the other parly, who had sought his quarters, and found him in the condition described. The matter was finally settled with a drink all round," and the parties returned to the city with whole hides and honors. lLT It appears that the runa jvay negroes, whose capture by the citizens of Rockville, Maryland, we noticed on Saturday, were most inhumanly treated On being required to lay down their arms and sur render, one of them refused and this was made the pretext for cealing out to the whole a volley of rifle and pistol balls.

Haifa dozen or more were seriously if not fatally wounded, and others were slightly hurt. They were tben secured, bound with ropes and chains, and driven back through the streets to their masters. This is a hard spectacle for Republican America, and will be noticed to her detriment abroad. The Algerincs of Rhode Island have presented the editor of the Providence Journal with a valuable service of silver consisting of a waiter, a pair of pitchers, and six goblets as a testimonial that the course of his paper during the late commotion is ap proved by them. A distinguished gentleman who flourished about eighteen centuries ago received thirty pieces of ilver for his betrayal of innocent blood, whereas the Providence man only gets nine.

Tho Herald eipcnds nearly a column to prove what every person of sense would acknowledge at a glance that there are snmo bad1 men in the priesthood some wolves in sheep's clothing who have done much to degrade themselves, but not, as it foolishly supposes, the religion which they profess, or the offices which they hold. The Streets. Without intending toxensure any one we must be permitted to suggest that the streets ars becoming very dirty, and that a littlc brooming and scraping of them is desirable. The city ordinances relative to cleanliness and health should be rigidly enforced. (Lr Why don't our City Fathers adjourn over to the middle or latter part of August? Legislation ut the present time must be sadly deficient in coolness.

David Ilcnshaw, Ex Collector of Boston, and Ex.Secrclary of tho Navy, is out at Detroit. He is interested in some epper ninnnfactniici in that region. andy just above their city. But tho name secmcu its arid a party, nn the Mrv. Dresided, Christened it nouscu in goou condition, as the weather is warm na ory aio.

Argus. LrXXURK EXPOSED, 0 The undersigned being fully persuaded that the real surprising Phenomena, miracles" or exploits" of Mesmerism or Animal Magnetism, so caiiea, claiming me appellation ot a useiui are rather to he repudiated as tho works of literal Sorcery," proposes giving a fair, ration al and scriptural expose of the same, in the Lecture Room of the bxahangc Buildings, corner of Cranberry and Fulton streets, THIS (Monday) at 8 o'clock. Gentlemen and Ladies generally are respectfully invited to attend. Admission 1 shilling. Notice to be published of further lectures, if given: WM.

E. BLAKENEY, jyl4 It New York City. JTO THE PUBLIC. Dj PERSONS LABORING UNDER DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, or similar Complaints of the bowels, will find it to their advantage to call oft MRS HAYES, No. 133 Fulton street, Brooklyn, where they can obtain A REMEDY, which will have the desired effect in a few hours, and warranted as such, if taken according to the directions given.

It can be administered to the infant with as much safety as to the adult, being very agreca. ble to the taste, and perfectly harmless in its composition. Mrs. Hayes can re'er lo over 2,000 respectable persons in New York and Brooklyn, whose names nan be seen at anytime, wilh certificates from persons who have experienced its good effects in many cases which were hopeless, and decided by physicians as beyond the reach of medicine. It is.

now twenty five yoars since Mrs. Hates first introduced her invaluable Syrup, and it has saved many lives, old and young, and has never failed. Sold at her residence in this city: Price 50 cents per bottle. Also, Mrs. Hayes celebrated EYE WATER, a sure cure for sore and inflamed eyes never known to fail.

Price 25 cents. je5 4m ID" WHEREAS several attempts have been lccenlly made to set fire to the house and premises at the corner of Gowanus lane and Flatbush turnpike, in the 8tli ward of the city of Brooklyn, lately occupied by Schudder White Now, therefore, Thomas G. Talmage, Mayor of the "city of Brooklyn, by virtue of authority vesti in me, do hereby offer a reward of TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS for the discovery, apprehension and conviction of any person or persons who have heretofore attempted or may hereafter attempt to fire sair" prcmiscsi or any part thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereto et L. s.

my hand and affixed the seal of the May Voralty of the City of Brooklyn, this fif teenth day of May, 1845. myl5 tf T. G. TALMAGE, Mayor. ONGI UAL VA Iti.

ICTREMO VAL The subscriber, feeling thankful to his friends and the public for past favors, would inform them that owing to the rapid increase of his business, he is forced lo remove to a larger field for his operations. He has taken the ground on the coi ner of Prospect and Pearl streets, where he would be happy to serve his friends with all kinds of COAL, of the host quality and at the most reasonable prices. J. G. YATES.

Brooklyn, May 3d, 1845. my30 tf Office of the Long Island Ins'b July 1, 1S45. I Tho Board of Directors have this day declared a semi annual dividend of four per cent, on tho capi stock: payable to the stockholdeis ori and after the fifteenth of July instant, until which time the transfer books will be closed' E. C. CCNIVirVGHAM fc HAKKIS, distillers and rectifiers, CP Arc nt all times prepared to furnish to or.

dcr, at their establishment on Front, bctw. Main and Washington streets, Brooklyn, PURE SPIRITS, WHISKEY, GIN, BRANDY, ON TNE MOST REASONABLE TERMS. N.B Orders left at thoir store, 184 Front street, New York, will meet the same attention. d27 SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER For Kings County, Having the. powers of a Judge of the Supreme Court, and of the First Judge of the County at chambers; also, those of a Cornmhsloner of Deeds.

Office, 3 Front street, Brooklyn, jyll tf (up stairs.) MEIMCAJL SOCIETY OF KINGS CO. A stated Quarterly Meeting of this Society will be held at the City Library, Brooklyn Insti. tute, on Monday next, the 14th at 3 o'clock P. M. DAVID F.

ATWATER, jyll 2t Secretary. OF all iSmoslmjshrrd order, at the store of WILLIAM H. PECK, olO 114 Fulton, opposite Sands street CONVICT LABOR. Notice is hereby given that Scaled Proposals wiil'be received at the Office of the Inspectors of the Mount Pleasant State Prison until the 18th ay of September next, at 11 o'clock A. to employ the services Fifty Male Convicts at this Piison, on a contract for five years, to labor at Cutlery, File making, Weaving Brussels Carpels and Rugs, or any other mechanical employment not prohibited by legislative enactments.

Proposals will also bo received at the same timo and place, fir the services of frnm 30 to 45 Female Convicts, on a contract for three years, to be employed on Slop and other Clothing, Binding Hats, Shoes, or such other service as will not conflict with the Statute of April 9th, 1842. Payments for labor of Convicts will bo required at the close of each and every month, in current funds, at the Prison Office. The Inspectors reserve the privilege of making con ti acts with such individuals as is deemed of most advantago to the State. WM. H.

PECK, Agent of the Prison. Sing Sing, July I2th, 1845. 2m KINGS COUNTY, ss. Notice is hereby given that a panel of Petit Jurors to serve at a Court of Common Pleas, will be drawn at the Office of the Clerk of the County of Kings, On the 21st day of July, 1845, at two o'clock P. M.

Tlie said Court to be held at the Court House in city of Brooklyn, in and for said County, on the' first Monday in August, 1845, at 10 o'clock A M. Dated this 14th day of July, 1845. JOHN M. HICKS, jyl4 lw Clerk of Kings County. IN SUPREME COURT, July.

18th, 1.845. i Jamos W. Brodie vs. Edward Trcmayne. H.

C. Murphy, Att'y. On reading and filing writ of Scire Facias, and tho return of the Sheriff of the County of Kings, in this cause, and on motion of Mr. Kirkland, of counsel for the plaintiff, Ordered, That the defendant appear und plead to said Scire Facias within twenty days after this rule shall nave been puoiisneu tor lour weeks sue cessively in the State paper, and also in a newspa per published in said County of Kings. (A copy.) jvia 4W J.

Li. (jlerK. THE TRUSTEES of tho Corporation hereto foreknown ub VThe President, Directors ami Co. of ihe Long Island Bank," have declared a Di vidend of One Hundred and Six and a Half per cent, on the Capital Stock, payable lo the Stock, holders on and after the 21st instant, on tho production and surrender ol their certificates. Said dividend will be paid as above at iho Lone Island Bank, and the Stockholders of that Bank jun receive their certificates of Ktnck on callinrr at the Hank and returning thu receipts heretofore giv.

mi to them. GEO. L. SA MPSONT, Cashier Brooklyn, 9th July, 1845. jyll t21 and not like that at tho Fulton ferry laden, as you approach.

New York, with tho perfume from rocking strcets i a Regular blast from Sirocco dora. Tho luxury of a sea breeze is to be had in high jperfecjion ferry whereof mention was first made and numbers of ladies and gentlemen seotnea jto have discovered 'the fact on Saturday evening, for they continued ride to and fro, as if they enjoyed their trips from shore to shore. This praotice. is gelling quite prevalent, nor is it to bo wondered'at in a city as park less as ours At most hours of tho day may be seen careful nurses exposing infants to the cooling breeze upon the fcxry boats; and this has a very beneficial effect upon them. Some result of kind absolutely necessary in a city deslitutc.of lungs" as public squares nnd parks arc called.

The peqplo must hare fresh air, which they cannot get in close streets, stoarning with filth. There is no ground in Brooklyn where the inhabitants may resort of an afternoon for a mouthful of pure atmosphere in a shady place. It is a pent up There are a few square yards of public ground on the Heights, but the rays of the sun pour down there with a peculiar fierceness. This lamentable want of proper accommodations is a public disgrace and it is quite as incumbent upon tho authorities to economise the health of the people as their sixpences. The Corporation ought long since to have interfered with an efficient hand and prevented individuals from so disregarding the rights of the whole as to turn all the land in.

the. vicinity of tho Heights into building lots for the public have a right to breathing places, such as parks and public squares, as much as to puro water and the humble tenant can justly demand that the city, in its corporate capacity, should furnish him with a place of resort where he can take his family, after tho labors of the day are finished, into an untainted atmosphere. The Brooklyn march of improvement is far behind that of New York. 'With much less advantages for the location of such public grounds, that city is here and there dotted with a Battery, a Park, a Union Square, while Brooklyn has not one. Until Wisdom, then, wakes up from her Rip Van Winkle like repose, the citizens must be behold.

cn to the Union Ferry Company for the privilege of administering fresh air and cooling breezes to their puny babes, and for a view of other bbjects than brick walls and dirty stree(s because, in a crowded city, and weather like the present, dust and stench will arise notwithstanding all ordinary efforts lo pre vent them. HT A boy, on Friday, was run away with in con sequence of having left the bills out of his horse's mouth. The animal came running down Hicks into Fulton at a very rapid rate, and the boy jumping from the wagon struck against a barrel standing upon the sidewalk in front of Mr. Wildcr's book store, which broke the force of his fall, otherwise he must have been seriously injured. He was taken up senseless and conveyed into Mr.

Howard's drug his wounds wcre'l'ound to be of a very mild character, and he is now in a fair way of recovery. The horse pursued his way down Fulton street, breaking the wagon to pieces, but was stopped at Ihe ferry. The thermometer yesterday at Blagrove's, corner of Main' and Fulton ranged as follows: ten o'clock, fc8u; twelve, 92; two, 94; half past four, 96 Blagrove's is a rather cool place, nnd the thermometer is placed out of the sun and reflection from pavements. At Smith's, corner of Cranberry and Fulton, the mercury, hanging out of doors, rose to 102 at 3 o'clock. To day bids fair to be still hotter.

The thermometer commenced at 84 at Blagrove's, at half past seven. At noon it stood at 91 0 At Smith's, at 12 o'clock, the mercury rose to 110. A painter named John Jackson, residing at 45 James street, died on Saturday from cholic, superinduced by drinking cold water. 03" A woman died suddenly in Myrtle avenue, yesterday, in consequence of drinking cold water. Qj A German died very suddenly last evening at East New York, immediately after returning from a ride.

Coroner Oakes was sent for to bold an inquest, but' being absent at Albany is the reason why wo were unable to learn his name and other particulars The Rev. Dr. Adams, of New York, who has returned from "a visit to Rome, and bthor parts of Europe preached a sermon last evening at tho church of the Rev Dr. Cox, in Cranberry street, in behalf of the Christian Alliance." It was a most classical and eloquent production and contained some startling developments in regard to the state of religious freedom in the dominions of the sovereign pont'irF. He 3aid that on arriving there the bible of the: traveller was taken from and those venerable and magnificent piles of architecture at though dedicated to the service of the Christian religion, never saw, a.

copy, of the bible. The object of ihe Christian Alliance seem3 to be, to carry out such measures as will eventually subvert the influence of tho church of Rome and Dr. A. stated that Pope Gregory had already expressed himself greatly alarmed at their success in introducing the bible within his dominions. A collection was taken up in aid of the cause.

Reportod for the Brooklyn Eagle. Police. Monday. Herman Seamanmaker, a German, pleaded guilty to stealing a watch, worth $5, from George Bore, yesterday, at the Wallabout sentenced to 30 days in county jail. There were several cases of drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

Mary Poland was brought up on a charge of this kind, admonished and discharged. John Cody ditto. Josephine Robbie, ditto. Jesse Davis was found in the street in a state of exhaustion not apparently from the effects of the cli mate. Jesse arrived from England last week.

Discharged, 17" Major Noaii (we suppose it is) thus writes in the Sun. His advice is richly worth heeding: Our readers probably know that 98 0 is blood heat, and the greatest caution and prudence should be ob. served by all during the contiuancc of such weather. Wc trust master mechanics generally will arrange their business so as to give the laborers time for at leasl three hours rest during (he warmest part of the day, which can bo done by going to work earlier in tho "morning and continuing later in the evening. Children suffer most in the weather.

They should live principally on rice, and have a cold bath once or twice a day. The use of green or unripe fruit should be absolutely prohibited. Dried fruits as figs, prunes, raisins or currants aro beneficial, and may be given sparingly during Ihe forenoon with the best results. Dried figs are of all others, most useful in preventing or curing summer complaint. Whew! The wife of Mr.

Elijah Marshall, of Sliver Lake township, Pa. says the Montrose Democrat, was delivered on the 22(1 till, of four living children nl a birth They are all daughters, and doing well at tho last accounts. Although but Iwcnly six years of age, Mrs. Marshall has already been tho mother of eleven children. Tyriuns enabled him to participate in the commerce, of the Mediterranean.

It appears that he wished to make textile fabrics one part of his exports, by entering into a league wilh tho reigning Pharaoh to receive linen yarn at a stipulated price, or, as the vords may bo fixed duty. This early example of a commercial treaty for regulating a tariff of interconrso is curiously illustrated by. the recent discoveries in Egyptian: antiquities wc find from them that tho Pharaohs had very large spinning es tablishmentsj'such as wc should in the present day call factories, so that there was not only enough of yarn leffor home consumption, in. (he valley of tho Nilo but for exportation. Had Solomon resembled some modern statesmen, he would have protected the spinning industry of Judea by laying a prohibitory duty on the import of lorcign yarns but bolomon was aware that tlic protection to Hebrew flax growers and spinners would so much enhance the price of yarn to Hebrew weavers that they could not bring their goods into a foreign market.

He did not establish a monopoly, for he saw very clearly that every monopoly is a great injury to the many for the small benefit of Ihe few, and instead of telling his weavers to look exclusively to the home market, he endeavored to open for them as many foreign markets as possible. Hand Bool: of Manufacture. Postage Chargeable to the Government under the New Post Office Law. An exhibit of the postage charged since the 1st instant, at the post office in this city, upon the quarterly returns rendered by postmasters to tho Postmaster General Date. Weight.

Amount. 1845. July2, 89 lbs 12J oz. $143 65 3, 678 0 1,371 20 4, 863 1 1,835 80 5, 1,470 8 3,939 20 6, 999 8 2,790 40 7, 936 8 3,000 00 8, 412 0 1,051 90 9, 549 8 1,592 80 Founds, 6,048 131 oz. 815,724 25 This large sum, charged to the department during the first nine days of this month, is exclusive of the voluminous correspondence of the ostmastcr "jcn oral, the three Assistant Postmaster Generals, and the Auditor.

According to the new law, the depart. ment falls upon the treasury of the United States for the means ol payment, case its revenue tails snort Washington Union, Friday. Praiseworthy When we do find an oasis in the desert of political life, we aro not willing to pass it by unnoticed. and therefore we take pleasure in chron. icling tho following fact, which we find stated in the columns of one of our coleinporaries "We announced some time since tho appointment of Michael Hoffman to tho position of JNaval Officer, at Ihe Port of New York, an office having the pa tronage of six or eight clerkships of igiloOU each within its gift.

Mr. Hoffman has two grown up sons, young men of talents and integrity, well qua! ificd to fill two of these offices. Wc understand he has refused to nso his official patronage to promote Ihe pecuniary interests of his own family, and declines to appoint either of them to a clerkship. His family are poor, and he prolers that they should re main so, rather than grow rich by patronage bestow cd by himself." Whatever we may think of the policy, wc cannot but admire the principles which dictate so unselfish an act. Mirror.

Official Appointments hy tiif. President. Walker Anderson, Navy Agent, Pensacola Florida, vice Jackson Morton, whose commission has expired. Navy Department. Orders, e.

July lOih. Chaplain William E. McKenncy, detached from navy yard at Norfolk, and ordered to th4Byane. "Huir! A. Chnvor.

rliMnrhpH frnm tl receiving ship at New York, and ordered to the stea mer Mississippi. Tnhr, Ti" AT I Charles Dyer, Jr and Midshipman S. P. Quaeken I 11 ti 1 I uusn, reiurncu iroin urazuiun squauruii, unu from the American prize brig Porpoise, with leave three months. Union.

Fire. About 7 o'clock last evening, a fire broke out in a largo four story bnck building No. 75 Allen street, between Grand and Broome, which was levelled with tho ground. It was ow.ned by a Mr. Carpenter, whose loss must bo several thousand dollars.

The lower part was occupied by a Mr. Douglass, as a livery stable, from which all tho horses, carriages, harness, were fortunately rescued. The upper stories in which the fire commenced, were occupied by Mr. Thompson as a cabinet and chair manufactory, lrom which nothing at alt was saved. It was said there was also a trunk manufactory in the upper part, but of this no one appeared to know anything.

A wooden tenement adjoining was pulled down to prevent tile flames spreading, or a very desolating fire would probably have occurred. News. Churches in New York. We gather from Dog. gett's City Directory for this year, that there are 166 churches and places of public worship in this city of which 36 are Protestant Episcopal, 30 Presbyterian, 24 Methodist Episcopal, 22 Baptist, 16 Roman Catholic, 15 Dutch Reformed, 8 Jewish, 8 African, 5.

Congregational, 5 Aseociale Reformed Presby TTT JA: I. Ti lenan, a icuuii, iimiciau, informed Presbyterian, 2 Unitarian, 2 Welsh 1 Metho dist'Protestant, 18 miscellaneous. Connected with Ihe various congregations aro 39 moral and religious societies. News. Suicide.

A middle aged man, well dressed, ap plied at Chronley's House, No. 15 Park Row, on Saturday night, lor a lodging, and was soon shown his room and retired. Yesterday morning he was discovered dead in his bed, and from the smell in the room it is supposed that he died from the effects of laudanum. 1 he Coroner was called to hold an in quest. Ib.

Attempted Suicide. On Friday night a woman named Calharinc Wiukham, who had been sent to the Penitentiary at Blackwell's Island for vagrancy, wilh her infant in her arms (her other three children having been sent to tho Long Island Farms) ran down to the river at the above place, and threw her self in, with intent to drown both herself and child She was rescued from drowning, by persons who had observed her movements, but her infant was drowned and the body not recovered. The wretched mother was then placed in close confinement, to prevent any further attempts upon her life. J. of Com, Fire in Providence.

A fire occurred in Providence last night, which originated in a stable back of tho Washington Hotel. The stable was destroy, ed, and the back portion of the hotel damaged considerably. A slurchouso adjoining was also consumed. The roof of a block of stores, likewise, wasnearly dostroyed, and the goods in the stores injured, including 10,090 bushels, of corn and other grain. The furniture of tho hotel was greatly damaged in removing it.

Twelve pigs perished in the flames. The whole loss is said to be over 10,000. Boston Trav Thursday. Explosion of the Steamer Marquette Examination of the Captain and Engineer. Evidence was taken from 10 till 3 o'clock yesterday in (he U.

S. District Court, Judge McCaleb presiding, touching tho blowing up of the stoamer Marquette in the river on Tuesday' afternoon, and the causes which led to it, by which so many human lives were lost. The captain of the Marquette, E. A. Turpin, and the first mato, Samuel Hayes, who are under arrest wcro present.

At 3 o'clock the investigation was continued over till Saturday. N. O. Pic, July 4. Complimknt to Mr.

James W. Hale. Tho r. i. I rn.ll KTn iieuiuurs oi me vfrieniui wi ww 68, gave a narlinrr supper last night at the American uoici, lo urolner janics uuiu, mu nmt, ..1.

nrpviniKi tn IiIh drnnrtnrR for TCn lUU.ij, IJUtLU: j. w. rope. Tho supper was served in Mr. Cozzcn best style, and during the evening an elegantly chased Mve.r irnhle! was Drosciited to Mr.

Halo by the mem bers of the Lodge, as a. mark their esteem re 1 gnrd. Mirror. "I cannot think," said Van Grote, why you should refuse your consent to the Berk enrode can give his daughter a good fortune, and you say that your son is desperately in love with her." T. I don't object to it," said Brounker.

It is my wife who will not hear of it." And what reason has she for refusing One which I cannot (ell you," said his friend, inking his voice. Oh a mystery. Come, out with it. You know I have always been frank and open with you, even to giving yo'u my opinion of yoor absurd jealousy of your wife." "Jealous of my wife! nonsense! Have I not just sent ber to a masked ball." I don't wonder you boast of it. I should like to have seen you do as much when you were first mar.

ried. To be sure you had reason to look sharply af. terher, for she was the prettiest woman in Amsterdam. Unfortunately she has taken such advantages of your love, that the gray mare has become the better horse, and you refuse an advantageous match for your son, to gratify her caprice." You are quite wrong, my good friend. I never allow any one to be master here but myself; and in the present instance I cannot blame Clotilda The secret of her refusal lies in a herring pie." Yes, a herring pie.

You may remember it was a favorite dainty of mine, and that my wife could not endure even the smell of it. Well, during the first years of my marriage, I must confess that 1 was a little a very little jealous of Clotilda. My situation obliged me to keep open house, and among the young sparks who visited us, none gave me so much uneasiness as the handsome Col Berkenrede. The reputation that he had already acquired for gallantry was enough to create alarm, and the marked attention he paid my wife, convinced me at was well founded. What could I do? It was impossible to forbid him the house, for he had it in his power to deprive me of the government contracts in other words, to ruin me.

After pondering deeply on the subject, I decided to do nothing, until the danger should become imminent all that was necessary to know how things really stood. Having just purchased this house, I caused a secret closet to be made behind the stove here. It communicates with my private room, and from it I could overhear every thing that passed in this apaitmcnt without risk of being discovered. Thank God I have had no use for it for the last twenty years, and, indeed, I do not even know what has become of the key. catishcd with this precaution, I did not hesitatu.lo leave Clotilda when any of her admirers paid her a visit, though I promise you that someot the Colonel gal Iant speeches made me wince." Upon mv word," interrupted his friend, you showed a most commendable patience.

In your place I should have contented myself with forbidding my wife to receive his visits." There spoke the old bachelor. But as I did not want to drive her headlong into his ams, I went a different way to work. Day after day 1 was forced to listen to the insiduous arguments of the seducer. My wife I must own made a stout defence at or.e time tried ridicule, at another entreaty, to deter him from his pursuit of her. He began to lose hope in proportion as I gained it, till one day he bethought himself of threatening to blow out his brains if she would not show him some compassion.

Moved at this proof of the strength of his passion, she burst into tears, and pleaded that she was not free in short vshe gave him to understand (hat I was (he obstacle to his happiness. Berkcnrode was too well skilled in the art of seduction not to sec that he had gained a point He raved, cuTsed me as the cause of his misery, and tried to obtain a promise from her in casa she should become a widow. She stopped him pe. remtorily but I never closed an eye that night, and Clotilda, though she did not know that I watched her, was as uneasy as myself. On the following day a circumstance occurred that increased her agitation.

While at breakfast a message came from the cook asking to see me alone. I desired him to come in (as I was not in the habit of interfering in domestic affairs) and communicate his business in my wife's presence. WTicn the man entered he was as pale as a ghost, and scarcely seemed to know what he was about. At last he told me that he had received a packet containing a small bottle, three hundred guldens, and a note in which he was requested to put the contents of the former into the first herring pie he should prepare for me. He was assured that he might do so without fear, as the contents of the bottle were quite harmless, and would give a delicious flavor to the pie.

An additional reward was promised if he complied with the request and kept his own counsel. The honest fellow, who was much attached tn me, said he was convinced there must be something wrong in tho affair, and should not bo happy until bottle and money were out of his hands. I poured a few drops of the liquid on a lump 'of sugar, and gave it to my wife's lap dog. It fell into convulsions, and died in a few minutes. The case was now plain there had been nn attempt to poison me.

Never shall I forget Clotilda's pale face as she threw herself weeping into my arms. Pois on A murderer she exclaimed, clasping me as if to protect me from danger merciful Heaven protect us both I consoled her with the assurance that 1 was thankful to my unknown cnemv, who was the means of showing mo how much she loved tac That day Berkenrodc came at the usual hour; but in vain did I take my 6eat in rny hiding place he was not admitted. 1 afterwards found that she had sent him a letter, threatening if ever lie cams Again (bat her husband should be informed of all that had nassed. He made attempts to soften her resolu tion, but to no purpose, and a year afterwards he married. IJo acquaintance has ever existed between the families; and noi you know why my wife refused her consent to oar son's marriage with Berken lode's daughter." "I cannot blame her," said Van Grote.

"Who would have thought that BcrJtenrode a soldier, and a man of honor, could have been capable of such a rascally deed 7 Ha ha ha laughed Brounker and do you really think it was the general who sent the poison Why, who else Myself, to be sure The whole was my own (Contrivance and it cost roc three hundred guldens in present to. my cook but it was money well laid 'out, for I saved my wife, and got rid of her troublc somo lap dog at the same time." "Do you know, Brounker, I think it was rather a tiiek Jo leve BcrkenYode under such an imputation. now that your son's happiness depends on jvour wife's being undeceived "I am well aware of all that, but to undeceive Iter now is not so easy as you think. How can I expect her to disbelieve a eSicumslance in which for the Jast twenty years she has put implicit faith." He was interrupted by the entrance of Vrow Brounker, Her cheeks were flushed, and she saluted Van Grote rather stiffly. What! not at the ball, Clotilda asked her husband.

No I had a bad headaehc," she replied, and Maurice has promised to take charge of his sisters. I have come to tell you that I hare been think ing over this marriage with Mina Rerkenrode, and have altered mind on that subject. short, I hall withdraw my opposition to the match." The friends looked at each other in astonishment. By the by," she continued, "hero is the key I "found some time ago I think it musthclong to you." Well, Clotilda, said her husband, striving to hide his confusion us he took the key, this is good news about the marriage Suppose you and your friend celebrate it by a There is a herring pie in the house, and you need not fear that it is poisoned." She left the room. Brounker looked foolish and Van Grots rubbed his hands as he exclaimed Caught in your own trap i He who digs a pit for his enemy shall fall into it himself." Nevertheless," replied Brounker, I think 1 hare got well out of mine." Hoc Ipland.

The. rood people of Detroit have had much to say of the beauty of this phingittit isl mises made by Mr. Donclson to the Texan Govern mcnt. The rumored concentration of 7,000 Mexican troops on the Rio Grande turns out to be false. The force in that quarter is as weak as it has been during the last five years.

In fact it is doubtful whether Mexi ico could raise an army of 7,000 men, and supply them with the munitions of war, unless she derived more assistance from her allies and pretended friends the British, than they would probably think it expedient to give. The Nueces has overflowed its banks, and the whole country beyond is a continuous and, impassable bog. This weakens the chance of an invasion from that quarter. The delegates elected to the Convention to forma constitution, Sec. are said to be unanimous in favor of Annexation.

The crops arc said to be good. A treaty is about to be made with the Camanches their principal chief having lately visited Bexar with overtures for the purpose. Hot Weather The oldest inhabitant" is quite unable to find a parallel for this most extraordinary and oppressive weather. For three or four days past the heat has been steadily increasing, and the thermometer ranging higher and higher, until it indicates about one hundred degrees in the shade Think of that, ye rusticators at Saratoga, Niagara, Coney Island, Rockaway, Greenport, and other cool retreats? Think that while you arc inhaling the fresh mountain air, or the pure sea breeze, and tickling your palates with food taken directly from the earth or the ocean your less fortunate brethren are prespiring amid the glare of brick walls, eating liquid butter, and sighing for the breeze which is not. In (act, the only desira ble occupation at the present time is the driving of an ice cart.

Seated upon a block of the shining Rockland," and listening to the plash and tinkle of the rills that flow from it, is indeed a most enviable position, and one which a prince might covet. But, unhappily, we cannot all engago in that business and hence the majority are compelled to suffer. We beg our friends not to taunt us with the admonition, "keep Tho following record of the weather during the last week, as. shown by Morris's thermometer, in Wall street. New York, will prove interesting: 6 a.

si. 12 m. 3 r. m. r.

si Sunday. 6 66 83 87 84 7 71 83 89i 86 Tuesday 8 75 86 89 86 Wednesday 9... ...7 1 62 84 81 10.. ....70 85 83 80 Friday 11 70 88 91 88 12 75 92 94 9H Sunday 13...... 77 95 98 At 34 P.

M. the mercury rose to 99. The record aj Morris's, carefully kept for upwards of eight years, exhibits at no tune previous so great a degree of heat the highest point previously recorded being 954. For a notice of the heat in Brooklyn see local head. Gov.

Steele on Rhode Island The Legislators of Rhode Island having waxed wroth at the resolutions passed by the Legislature of New Hampshire iu regard to the imprisonment of Gov. Dorr, bethought them of retaliating in a savage manner. Wherefore they, in turn, adopted a series of resolves denouncing the action of their Now Hampshire brethren as impertinent and uncalled for, and telling them to mind their own business. Gov. Steele, in presenting the missive, holds this language: It appears that those resolutions had on the Legislature of Rhode Island tho usual effect of incontrovertible truth when spoken in the ears of tyrants everywhere.

That body, instead of refuting their errors, if errors (hey contain, lost their dignity, if any (hey overbad, flew into a passion, and denounced that which they could not controvert: Their effusion of spleen would have been unnoticed'by me, were it not for the modest rebuke of his Excellency, the Governor of That public functionary has seen fit' to censure you and also'ld praise his pe culiar friends in Rhode Island. They, no doubt, ue worthy of each other." These compliments between Governors of independent States are rather peculiar. ID In the case of McNulty, the defaulting clerk of the House of Representatives, (lie Court on Friday abandoned the count for embezzling $750 of tho public money, and ordered a nolle prosequi to be entered. An impression exists at Washington that the same course will be adopted in respect to the other counts. KT Several of the granite piers of the aqueduct bridge across the Harlem river will be 114 feet high.

A Boston boy, 12 years of age, who recently visited (he work, when asked by his friends in this city to describe it, said the bridge was to be laid oyer the tops of a dozen Bunker Hill Monuments. ET The shaft of the steamer Columbus gave nay yesterday morning, as she was on her passage to Dobbfl' Kerry, and falling through the Captain's office, lodged in the after cabin, having demolished svcrylhing in its course. Fortunately no one was injured. Temperance Toast in Yankee Land. The following toast was given at a temperance dinner The revolutionary army and tho cold water armv the one drove the red coats from the land, the other the reif noses." 0" The war spirit has subsided within the last few days, and very little pugnacity, as against Mexico or Great Britain, is evinced by the press.

The bare prospect of a set to, with the thermometer at 100 in the shado, is terrific. The News argues in favor of annexing Canada to the United States. Don't hurry 'cm up so fast Texas, Calafornia, Oregon, Nova Scotia whew'! Let's manage one at a time. From China. The ship Henry Pratt, Capt.

King, has arrived hero, with advices to April 4th. The British Government at Hong Kong has established houses for smoking opium, under certain rcgulntioris the houses to be open from daylight until 10 o'clock at night, to he closed on Sunday and the introduction into such houses of weapons, fire arms, or instruments of any kind by which death might bo produced, is absolutely prohibited under severe penalties, as is the sale of opium by retuil in other houses. The China market is overstocked with American beef, (jork, hams, cheese, butter, tobacco, varnish, pitch, tar, paints, oil, sardines, anchovies, brandy, fruits, and spars..