The Pittsfield Sun from Pittsfield, Massachusetts • 2

INSUB-VNCE ABSTRACT. Mr. Blgelow, tha Secrc'ary of the Common. White, of Bostoit Domestic Jiews. Mr.

Pierce, of inste of the Brontes." wealth, has sent as a copy of the Abstract' nf Constitution ia demanding thin of Selectmen and Town Clerk, it moat be, that ile attec'a-tion shall precede the ealing.i This umler. feet from his body. A. piece of similar rope wan founiLfastened to two doors which float, asbjw in tha same vicinity. A fur cap was near him, wi'h a memorandum in it containing the name Philo Uwon." Capt.

CorosliK thii.ka thetwo saarat-n did not belong to the the Returns of Insurance V-ffianifts, incorpo Caji EJK.mbaJh CiHCli-T. Foster. These captain liad re PitlsfieW January 23, 1810. Appalling Mcni-nat Dlaler. rated with specific capital exhibiting the condition of those institutions on the 1st Decem Frvnt the X.

Y. Jvumal of Commare; boat. They are probably tne tyo seamen irom cently rerumen, alter several years absencis and were on their way to visit their tumiUcs at th. feast. of B.w'on, returning from tbe b.ir.ii ot a brother, i died huro last wetk.

ber, 18-'19 prepared agreeably to a Resolve of the From thia document, it AWFUL CALAMlTi" BURNING OF appears that there are in Boston 551 of these Tlie Themtimnr iu which tb, oathV of e. the Constitutions ol the S-att Ind 'he United States, were administered to the Governor elect, on Saturday, was deeply impressive to tho multiiudo present we cinuot refrain from giving an imperfect skelcli of i', that our fcllowti'in-iis who did not witness it may partake something of the feeling universal on that interesting oxcasion. At 12 o'clock, the Representatives' Hall was filled with upwards of 500 Senator and Rep-, resentatives, the President of the Senate, Mr. Kmc, presiding. The floor and alleriea were crowded with all that they coaild the A committee (headed by Mr.

Whit-mttrsh. a democratic Senator from Bristol, Gov. Morttm's county) was commissioned to -wait on tha Governor in the Council Boon return.jd. followed by tho Gov- Roval T. Church, of BUiimore.

institutions, whose aggregate capiul is Ric hard Picket, of New burvoort THE STAMCO A LEXINOTON. AND LOSS OF MORB THAN A HUNDRED UVES. Our cotnmunitT was thrtwn into a great ex Cspt. Low, agent of the Boston underwriters. The number out of Boston is 18, tand to be tho true construction and uniform practice uod.T tlx? Constitution.

We thiuk the unavoidable inference from the superscription in th rase us tint the scVung prwcdeil tbe attestation of the Town Clerk. Any aoa looking oa Uw printed Circular, jbsiribut-ed to every town, and here returned from' West-field, on the first pagj of ah.ch is la words Attest Blink Tosrn Clerk." and on the 4th page the exact word given in 'Committee'a Report, an a superscript ion, must preume that luid signature of the Tou Clerk was put there after it was sealed, how Ion? we do not know. The attestation is to nothing more than that the return was sealed up in town meeting, when the letter and fpirit of tha Constitution seeut to us to require at Bailood or Uullar.1. ol IN. orfc.

whose capital is these ofEcea MORTON DECLARED ELECTED. After much federal tribulation, MARCUS MtlRTON his been declared elected Governor of the Comhioiiweahh, Tho majority and minority report of the Committee 8piiuted by the Legislature to examine tho returns of votes will be found in the preceding columns. On the report of tha mijority accecteu by the by a o'm of yeas to 7 nays, D'avis, Dwiglit, Harris, -rey, Qainry, Upton and J. S. Williams a kI Capt.

Tbeophdus Sniitli, of Dartmouth. Mass. Chas. S. Noyes, clerk ot' C.

B. B-tbcock, New citement and griN-f yesterday, in consequence of the news of the "destruction of the steam I is in Gloucester, in Lynn, 1 in Marble, head, 1 in Newburyport, 4 in Salem, 1 in York. boat Lexington by firo, sivd the loss of all her Mid cnw, with' tli5 exception of AllK-rt E. Harding, firm of Harding Co. Springfield, LinFairhaven, 4 in New-Bedford, New York.

1 in Plymouth, 1 in Provinceto wn, and 1 it three persons. 1 ne nrsi intunaiion ot John llnvt, mail contractor. 1 NatUVuckeU tha disaster was comm'inicani in a ieuer nom the brig Raymond, meiit iisiel in.our list. oti passenger's having drifted ashore near River Head, abont SO tniles east of Old Field Point, is conlirint-d. Ho had been two days and nights on a bale of cotton, and on reaching the shore walked three quarters of a mibj to a house.

There he received every attention, a physician was sent for, and there is good reason to expect that the sufferer will recover. ltf i from Providence, and sup-jiosi'd to bo A.tireen, of tho firm of Alien Green. I lo written to hii mo! her, or me other friend at Prov idence. II. power of aduraure is astonishing.

The steam'ioat atesmau arrived at Old F.ekl Point early in the forenoon yester.iay from Bridgeport, and after taking in the bodies above mentioned, intended to -proceed eastward as far as River head, and to leave about dark for llxs city. She had not arrived when we went to press. About 30 chests and trunks had com 1 ashore at d. If rent pom's on the Lorn; Island shore, chi. fly in ths vicinity ol Oid Fwld Point.

of wreck fragments of' baggage, g. .1... fat Norwalk, which stated that a steamboat was ie aggregate of the whole capital -1 em ait't Jjteui. ioeriKr e-- "--Secretary and Aljutanl (Jeiierni, the assembly. Henry J.

Finn, commedian. Mrs. Russell Jams, of Now York, and two children. burnt in the Sound olflhat ponon Monday is S7.9C5.000 testation to much more, lis did not himself nijrht, supposed to be'the Ijtxington. Many, Of this there is invested in U.

S. to receive aiem. j.a o-- the th- Governor Johu W. Kerle, of Biltimore. however, were inclined to doubt and few, if S'ock and.

Treasury Note 7.i)00 oil.th:. oaths from the Pres. desil ofxue feeuatc. any, apprehended the full extent of tbe c.alaui seal we infer, or be waul hare written, on tite first page, instead of 4th, his signature. We think the Constitution designed to protect tha attestation, no loss than other lutataA- Iti Massachusetts Bank Slocks ity which htd betalien her.

Uut on the am as follows S.ate S'ocks val of the steamboat Nimrod, Cant. Brooks, a- Mtrcus M'tri'm, Aftttl-mnly swear thai the minority report, which was lor turow.ng out West field, rejected, 120 to la The Senate were occupied on the report from 11 o'clock, A. M. until 6 in tho evening. The Democratic Senators naiily sustained themselves and their cause, aud brought abo.it a direct issue without further delay, which was attempted by tho Tlu Post says The tact that men calling them tial matter ia the return, by tha fact of seaJ- bout a chK-k, r.

Irani Bn.Irrjort, the truth I wiil trui fitil'istitd a.le-'iwx 'tlu- Lrat Lans on Bottomry Respondentia 4Utt4 Invested in Real Estate IW.AKI Secured by m-mgage on real estate was nndo known in all its horrors. Captain rnxmrvtiilh of iiyichuMtlf, aval will mi jot! ing. Certainty must follow, if the attestation ronM before sualing up but certairty must fad, if sealing up come before aUeatat ion. Mr. Weston firm of Weston Ifndextcr, Baltimore.

Jbhn Brown, finn of Shall Browi), New Orleans. Mr. Walker, of Biltimore, with Mr. KerK Stephen WaU-rbury, firm ol Mead Water- burv-. New York.

J. A L-aeb, of Bus 'on. B. R. Patten, New York.

N. F. Dyer, ol 'Pittsburgh. Nalbaniel Ilobartfol BontntC Joh'i Brown, a colored mm. Brooks, oa his passage down the Sound, hid ihf fn-itiiffon Aereir so kefy me been irood eiu'Uirh to prenare tho annexed Zfirrus n-titn.

do srd-mtilit s-in-ar thai siatenieiit for our columns, wfnehwas immcd 1 nxS fiiilhfuUti dichre aud wjrm a-'l the Whether such return were ever made in former rears, we do not know but handed us on his arrival (fmirs incumbent on mt- as Omerimr fic Ate. ere to be.tu.;t with at short intervals all selves bf found to quibble aaretablj Iu the rules and re-f- Strimrr Simrod, Jan. 13. Messrs. jIc ilh k.

whole day over the WesttielJ return, las ul'ViitH of ths and lairs thi-rr'f, to besl- If my ability and understanding so even in the hair 'salittins-Hfncs, but 1 have seen Cajrt. Chester HiKiard, one cf Mr. H. C. Brad.ord, ot Boston, from Kingston, wa cannot think it would ever have been mice 170.

Javes SaraGE, JcrrKsr Jauvh C. Min-rily if the CctnmiHee. Bxton, HA January, i10. th? survivors from the ocstruetion the s'ejui- alotig the shore. lAinongo-herthings was a la.lv's hat.

Air. D. states that at one theoDruinj steamboat was withnrn miJe and a hall of the I. 1. shore; but probably -from the tiljef-ehains giving way, she in rapidly receded.

A beat nut out from th-' shoreit one time, and roved hclji God. er on Mimday last by lire, and Jamaica. Chas. L'V, of John (. w.

ol 'Jfii mi loilovveil the oa'h to support ths Con from him gathered the following iarti-ulan. stitution oft he Lnited States, and Uover- SMjword the resul with rnare, aj a out opj-ilit the Smnt; Vnd could be to thus taraisli their np-ufatioa as ijsai jnrelVy and fairness. Thifho to awcHhn-port have The boat hit New Ymk at 3 clock ho Jolci L'mist, Treasurer of the Boston Leather thinks with s.bout-150 paisengcra 'atid full nor thereupon suWribed his nnme to these several oaths. Just as he raised his pen from two or three miles, but finding thj Lcxing'tonj ly ians on collateral aud personal security i.oin,24 laans on personal security only 141.259 Cash on hand Reserved on contingent funds Invested ui rail-road stock 1013(1 Lissts ascertained and unpaid Aiuount of estimated losses, exclusive of such as arc returned as ascurtami'd and uupaid, 292,107 Amount premium notes on risks not terminated 1.740,183 Total amount of premium notes Amount of notes considered bad or doubtful not charged to profit and loss At risk Marine At Fire 5t7yiJli Amount ot premium on fire ricks uiideteim.tied 3Tlia-J Amount oi tire losses paid List year tNC.1 do. m.rma do.

do. freight. FROM TEXAS. The arrival at New-Orleans on tbe 1st inst the sheet, the loud rejxirt of cannon announc was increasing her distance, returneiL was low tide, aud sloops and could not About half past 7 in the evening, hearing ra.wt.t io this r-esnect. like men vt1L v.alu.-" ed ih event, and coming, at that instant, and tha cry of fire, he ran up ou det and saw tbe of th? packet ship Neptune, Capt.

Peuuoyer, be got out. i.ime ol the inhabitants say th wholly unexpectedly, amidst an assembly deep. honesty we than a party achiev tlte latest news from I ex as. heard wo explosions in the night, fire bursng through tlte ood Work round the chimney. All was confusion and terror in a Inforsaation direct from the city of Austin iys.letit anil profoundly attentive, it froiiucea viviipaiul The S.x- momeut Mi ran up to the to advise by fraud upan the people." i Thtirs.iav, the II msvoVd to accept tin rr-porr, ayes -SM, no-s 4 We jive th name of ate, Mr.

gelovv, th made proc- states that tbe Loan Bill with all the modifications, as suggested by Gen. Hamilton, one of the Loan Commissioners, has been adopted in Congress, by a vote of '29 to 3 in the I louse running for- the shore, which Capt. Childs informed him they were doing, ho being at the in an etreave and emphatic manner, th it Mircus r'oii nenior ol now RUppoew to have been caused uvpic bursting of tlu boilers. ji. We are paitied tosay tiier1s too mtich truth in the story meutiondtKvc, of a sioop p-ujsing near tliu burmnVSt, and nof stojpieg to render assisUneorAVe have th naiti ol the vessel but withhold them until ue re-ceiy5i)'ire exact iulonua! ion.

of the Brkshire in nil) 'rs wu vo o.l ta wheel, lie tnsn ran down on deck. An a'tenot had been made to rig the fin: th? CuiNtn in weal for tliecjirreiit. political of and 9 to 2 in tho Senate. and ih i l.s' of nays alTirin itiv. engine on bwrd, but did not succeed.

They This act has been approved by the IVesident, yj ir. E. ry e.ace ol th? pro.ma: ion was i.o.tited bv a d.s.'b.irjr of ordua'it aTld-j' ver and the loan is to be immediately negociated. rusiied lor the boatji, and juniied Mi, to tl. Co.

ol Ron bury. Mass. Jno. Linfield, of Stoughtim, Mass. Pinki Cpson, Egreinont, Mass.

Mr. Van Cott, S'-oiungton, Ct. Mr. Stuyvesant, of Boston, Capt. M.ittison.

A geiitletilin, lady and two children, who arrived from Philadelphia by thirtmiriiiuji line iiHiues not known. Willmms, ofCoidSprinjr, N. V. David Mt-'arlane, diife of brig Clarion. Jam.8 Walker, and John Gordon, seamen, of from brig ivimmd.

Wm. II. Wi)smi, grocer. ol Williaiusburgh, late of Worcester, Miss. Patrick No.

7 M.Miroe sNTYork, clerk with llyM R.y'al Sibley, of Pawt ucker Cb'is. Eberle, of he jhfatre. Wu. steward of the steam-, boat lssaohusettte Jishua Jih'S in. Thomas James, tailor of "ork formerly of i Mr.

P.O. Swam ill. I caiinon sneak ei.xiaentlv ith in Oil BrnnsHiRE a Mess--. It William Biish.i imVrl.n, Br va.B ick, Br uliev, Church, Co II ir.n It, 1 1 i.T, he thinks' of S) iu each, ahd lowered A strong feeling of disapprobation is said to The u-his, lor som ivs, have had a gir them down while the boat was unde full head- XT The -xiiigton was the iiio.st m'semhlaJ i orcitnton. This was a Unvrsal mark, and a doabie ein.ihasis, a deepened and prolonged deaiHo say about the of Gov.

Porter, prevail generally against the movement of Col Ross and his associate, in invading the terri w.iv, ami thev were fi.lod iiuinediateiv, and blo. i to.io reverberation, seem -d to be g.ven to of Pennsylvania. A few of tory of Mexico. Ross had been stricken from is ol ojiinion tli" not one ol the persons iu tin in 'Peck, Piat, Pol tee, P-arce, Forbes, CiHr, Wt bster, Latydoti, Carbin, JoUnson, Fjord. NAYS.

every d.si hir 'e that anno.i to p-opl the roll of the army, and the pay roils of his clared it to be the syoonyn escaped. the loyiitis event, that the Bjv trte his aaitee The life boat was thrown over, but caught men cancelled for desertion Iroin Ihcis posts boat on th Sound, anil a fatal teriiiiiiation to her has often beerr predicted. It is said that she has been on tire fonr tiniDs within as 1111-iiV kA We have frequently imva gentlemen deity thuir journey to and frnriv New Yoik several days rather than take pasiag-. hi her. Baton i t.iur to her first love as th? chmp; um Ujtobed.ence to orders.

the waterwbeel and was lost. Hesaw sev i o-i ol lr, iTiii'. ijiles Shat she once mo.e, Grav, al passengvrs floating with life pfttscrver, but Bigelow, 11 al-y. II The Houston Telegraph of the ult. says "that tbe combined tribes of the L'pans and A tiir i 'h a -to sr'f ic Governor, ex'utids the he thinks none survived until in vfuing.

11 isan, I. iwrence, arvin, Phillips, R. i oi to the great -jonty of her advised to tumble over the cotuni and 1 aunewas were at Austin on the 11th. to ac of federalism. Th N.

Gazettehowevcr, a strong whig paper, hiiikJhereloco. fo-cofsin enough in the a seven-ly-four." This will sat isfy tho demiK-racy that tbeytieds are fiddling to no in apjyng sojj aoiIJer'' to the Kctr keystone ate. fi.s'er ates. 'and has nut hers. II in niy XT Several very impressive Sermons wfre assisted, b.3 thtnks iu gulKjiij ovCT lOor l'Jatnl roii, J.

Yiiito.i, jr. W.ilis. Messrs. PaVaiii, Fab ais, gers. l.ihi'd hiineil' to one.

l-preavh 'd in mir ch lies yesterday, rei.nne company CoL Burleson on the expedition into the Coinmanche country. About 300 troops limbs- this officer, and 200 oGtliese Indians, were to leave the encampment near Austin on I w.th th age attd th? Union, pr. s.tnee and appearai.ee of i. Mo. rs, D.

PaUter, jr. Pa'lray, Capt. Smith, of Dedliam. io ilrts late in disaster 0:1 th-i ni.nl. B.ton I'fsti-t'M nfl'i'j.

J. r. ma.iC r. mo When th-j steEmbont stopped, which she did from some cause to hint unknown, a rrnti bv the name of Cox, employed on board, gtt i tott sr. vul.arly Palmar We are certain thtit the wife of Cap1 or about uia Id.n.

Tha object ot the expedi synoesi of th- Me-ssatre is H'orcccvr 11 1 r.s.'i.r. Rev. Dr. of the Uarrick ami the wife ol i i ti II ms ii. 'he lali int-r Ii ti.

l( jve.ras i i e.i I LriTth? S'-rioEi' tini" iK sehr. Yfr-or on with him about 8 o'clock, and the! 1 raees m. nUoneil in soma nf th 1 vl. i i i j-iirer tion is to lorce the Commniclies t'rm the raw soon of country near the Sin Saba, and to es lo.i. 1 papt n-.

was last set 11 on 1. fc.r.e, i iitits i ha ik-J be pndiibitsd n-ui II or r.v. utnnai i y.i tio. 11 re II us, 1 i -A -h nurrt i ir ti ho. hug aly b.i:;k s'ik k.

OiVu oi ot this or s. ii. i. tr. i I W-ifc tablish a line of block houses from tho Colorado to the Rod River.

These block houses will effectually shut out thd prairie Indians from the settled portions of the country, and remove the frontier from 1 to 200 ies'north- i i I tT. I Ur" .1. jsi il I IV UI I 1 Vvjii-H, stl City, Ia'd. and Ch.iM -a-, I i n't he li Th -s. i 1 of 11.

N- Y. Said vowl is supj-osjHl to l'e i all hart i 1m.o-I r.i li ih; ats; aivl'h ii only in ill qtian- iind i -t A I. i a i 1. II K. 'i wer" not oti buaH the 'Xiiiiltoi XJ.

Wdk.ii, and lb rt Joii.1 Boat's- Comkasv. Capt. Childs, Commander. II. P.

Sluward. E. lt i.e. Mr. CrowlejV ti.id yn 'f.

Mr. saved. sb San-', bead waiter. CcT'h ul 11, t'hief Ea ne-Wm. (.1 '1 -A KC (wartL The; country thus wrested tronj these jpro.Tjr I a repeal a-s.

ir i al in r. i IS wei', 4 savage hordes is exceedingly valuable, trqm the tact that it is peculiarly adapted to the -i)a tlie i l.isi. th i 'is l- iT'li ell. on b' r- Vs by M. P.

i Uariliii, r. r-. under i he guards were full ot' persons', having gained that position as the last resort. He remained on tin bale ot cottoti, and was Liken dp'. eker, ot sloiip M.Ti biti'," of Skiuthport.

'ftjsy discovered thire soon after it broke out, and attempted to out of the harbor, but it being shallow, and the tide falling, th 'V caught aground, and did iu-t jyt out until Tiling tid died about 0 q'-cioi on the bale wilh h.m.. Capt. the pi'ul, and Charles Smith, fieniin, and Cap', liiihvd, are uppos." -d to all tht are saved. Two bodu-s were found, one supjwed to be ho Steward, and Cox as nii-ntiohtd and were taken to Soutfiii-ir'. IMliard is now onboard, from li.i.lgep.

i to New York. Vour iiu't serv't, John Brc-jxs. culture ot wheat a-ul other eiapies ot d- ji i th in i et i -ig eh ners. 1 lr ss oi lr jv. ..1 a to a Et'ti ij an iii' G-e.

i lite, mo the ni tire it 'was with uc siatics ui luis i uion. 'Otlil to i j- oi ih IS rkslnr- Ins th? ltoNpit oi .5, aa i Wr ied V.es:eiiJ iV. A proclamation was issued at the siio.i ik. in mi? a uit.ii m. ar.io.e oi every viv held ot oncof th? immortal ryjs-rs who ed to siVnce the voice ofa-owa in th Cox, ahJ'-'CK-.

VO rES FOR GOV ERNOR. The lbjwiiig table of tlie votes given for J. iiiv Mr. "r.ng in his'aruis his young" -st ch with his wife ef-1. etei fseanv.

by throwing themselves irorii a' window, leaving as victim to the fiery ch in ii, their only in-htcr, 'An interest inr Mart John eh, Whlunr R-U'S, lultA Siii -(saved) tireni. h. Five coiori-d wait- rs. tioii of Governor. Yeshall benrich disappointed if the tjiJrtiaer froinhs town, should Governor, at the election in November, is copied from th? Bay ate Democrat colored.

busan C. II lteum'a, he be a candidate for rtxlectiori, does'nt have child about 4 ye'arfc 14 years. id, and a black boy, aged r. S. nud? repeated and I a luwfe close t-'vesxC than he had in November Joseph It bmxoti, ack, cohmH.

ijiv. tie. to. 2S.h of December last, by 31. Lamar, iVesident of Texas, on account ol the recent atTaek upon Matatnoras, tha ciiiens of Texas to abstain from ail i.ivas.ons of the territory of Mexicp and from all ni'-raudirig excursions acts of 'hostility against that power, until il ia announced that active sre renewed between tbs two nations.

Those wb.i take part in the civil disputes' of Mexico, r.ro consHlered without the pro'ection oi the Texan governmen, which disclaims ail participation ia Uwir conduct. FROM ETA MORAS. darit.g at'emots to rescue Ins child, -hut iiv-rlast -i ha id ou i boy dtx wo wood- 'OJWtfthi R-fubikan. StandtrJ, 'Puefd-tg'evf- Jjn. 11.

API'A L1.1 A A MI STK AM lit )AT 1 viiii, a id the agony of the pan uts may iiixtifiie measure, be. inferred from the cirearftistanfe tliat it(Miis cr.es ofjllie chiid-lor j-j n'ly h- ard above of the cprlui' tl mies that co-is tm.diffi wi'lufi Ijoffeai h. nat.ljf charter in the a ate. that the three ni-ntlis now allowed for bank to pay sx-cie alter be cut down to 30 days. Also, that the directors of the banks be rendered personally liable for tho payment of all notes issued by the banks respec'ively under their direction, if any tune the same in circulation, tnd the money due to lip; depositors, shall exc- cd the ratio of three dollars for one of th in th 'ir va al's.

Also, tha" a certain period no smaller notes than 10 be issiied. Alse, th at no bank he all-wed to make a high dlvid'tid than 7 per ecu, per annum. Such batiks as ivo clar. d. vld ivis during the are cei.sur in! rnrng lei uis, and it is rccoinuit iid.d char-ter- II" s-iv he will a r-c- '1 II r.vlnate iv in names w.i: yet have Apcrfrespotident thus announced to us the rsult of the balloting in tbe House, immediately aker it was known B.in, January 110.

Glnti.EMFX Tke- Unif ajttny'i oivr." Til- House this in Miien: ii.i.s'i taking the ayes and noes oti the aeeep' a.ice oi he report oi the roiiunittee th returns of vote? I tj -nieri ana -i i'- a lol, r. uiKcc.s MORvax iV( vo 'i? VdnvntttUh. at yi Uu is assigned by th? House lor ihe sev. I tr.p A v.v Morton, rrtl. Scat.

SufT.lk wkw --'H E-s-x ttuso 07tl7 (hi Middlesex WW .:) Norfolk 4 -ji Niafucket -J'i. T)i0 'i P-ymou ii: i-S Tti 17 '-'t) II im, -MS-i H.mp-ii.ro'. 201 i V4iA 4 Fro kltii 2-d7i Slytl 5 4-W 3-. v4 i. i The follow pr'-s-n i.e aj added to this n.e'in li-t i.s', i il; df-r.

The agent -f llie a', int ber is cf opinion that ale iuve ntuuV'f -gers d.d not excet'd 7" or t-t, ati.l the "pi. o' he asked the Clerk i md iv how many passeiiens and that he replied, 70 -I'll: t.i'ts tii it a in: Irl. haia coi.ii A fXr ot hip, i imrrWm.f comhlrfffd to th- 11 1 oi t- if to to. iir. the oi li Wife.

was about hours alter th- tire cm tiie canal, in tii- town ol Portage, som ein nt hai in arisen between before the boat went down. Fue pi ip!" of read ritij' Tbe brig Samuel lieustoit, Inch arrived at New Orleans from Matagoda, the 27ih December, coulirms the report of the capture of Metamoras by the Mexican federalists aided by volunteers of Texas. The seige commenced on ih'j Vila uit. and lasted three dayc, during whrch time 'here is said-to be great slaugh'er Oil bb ninety of the Texiijfs killed. Alter the p'ace surrwidercd thrf officers of tho Centralist party were permitted to depart for the interior without molestation, private property, iu ail cases, being respected.

The' government troops and the inhabitants of the town, proclaimed ia lavor of -the tederajisis. Knoi I. ter tho tti ipr.nc in. two Irom lour hightssr lor ami h'S U'tf 'Vii Vifnr' itiv-. In.

ol capai-itv. LEXINGTON TROYED BY FiRtX AND NEARLY "TWO LIVES LOST. The xington left Nevr York for tort, on Monday, 3 o'clock, I. M. havitiir, tt is believel, about one hunjrtd and Iflj fasstngTS.

A large quantity of cotton was placed upon her deck. At 7 o-'clock, about Al mili-s from lton's Neck, the cotton took fire near the snn ke pipe. Tlie boat was headed ferH'te shore as soon as the effxislo extinguish tha fire proved unsuccessful. She was p.i.v.iled ith 3 boats yet such was the panic which took possession of all minds, that they were hoisted out while the boat wastili wider headway, and immediately swamped. f-The engine a few imwiti-s alter gateway, leaving her utterlunfeqia stable.

The scene wliii tbcafusued is described as most appaiimgr'. Cap- Chesir fljhard, of Norwich, a pis- L'. Governor, to ref to the in order ii it. oi ise I ho euruorate fund dually given by the ie, vote's FOR LWIUT. GOVERNOR.

b'atiug -her wh lis list, and continued to do so atr dill' rent Km. jumping upon her and masiiing her hWt th? rlo.r, and he I.k" brutal conduct, unri the 3,1 inst. when exhausted naturs gaveNvay, and death ensued in about an hour alter Hjiii last beating." Ii is supposed tliat rum an. ageni ui this horrible murder. Twooih were for aiding the murdere.

in his that as lateas midiiieh.titit the pis-sengi rs might. have U-sii avt-d, had assts'anct. arr.ved. iio we t'r ir.med by of the s'oop Gang, ho assistisl in tnk-imr ol-tTie pilot and reman on board the sloop Merchant on Tuesday hj xington was provided with 3 good boa's, including a life boa, but they were all rendered useless by th? confusion and haste ot the Sli? also had afire engine, With the necessary apparatus, a.ad a suciion s-. to a choice of that otfies r.

A I the Representatives from B.xksh:n., ex. pt one, erein their places on taking the lest ion on the a-bove acceptance, and all bat three vofi-d ui th? allirmatue. x. The debate was all had on the whig side not a democrat Jn th? House ins lips. of the -whig debaters ixh.bitela "tin? frenzy" at the idea ih it tho Democracy had triumphs in th? elect ina of a Chi ii.

trate of tii? Ol I Bay whil? the I) memlters sat imjx-riurb ably ca'ui, repo-siitg lh? quest iou on the everlttsting pr in of truth aad justice, in the full rei.fiilence ilia-no sofihistry or intrigue could uily as- FROM RIO JANEIRO. By an arr.Val at New Orleans on the 27th December, in forty-two days from Rio Jjneire, ntelligence has been received from Brazil. to escape. ser.g(T?rboari),froiu wbr-mwe have gathered Her vMtie is -estimated to hav? been Acrid nl. As ihSuunlay Rio Grande, the rebels had been repeatedly thcJe lew I train Willis-f 327 5-tlM H2i 70 13 2-fil 4M3 4277 12i 22 St Hun.

5101 07tU H217 21527 '22Hl 3701 32TS 102 510 tliat sixm alter S-al. 2 '5tJ 21 ii 7 2(1 105 41 0 0 -partialiy iftsured. She had on board a- eveiiui S.sl'.lk Essex M. Idi.sex Worcester 1 1 uiipden 1 1 iiupstiire Franklin Berk-shire rfotk Bstol ylno.ith Trastable Dikes Naiitut ket in cars front'. thM to Auhurii was to -nw i 1113 Cllg.llO gtoptx'il, UK tha cngiuo the bit ut bales ot cotton.

making its way to th-i place on SindX mer wouia soon oe lorcea to eiiuimr. tlie Joave the In com w. it. i i pany with(ne of the firemen he as so niti as to secure a cotton bale, to winch he nate as to secure a cotton bale, to is ty far the uiost distressing d.s.as.er hich is ever in I'iig I S.iund, or indw in this po. en of the Union.

The suffi-ritis oi" that nih can never be described, nor co.uejvid. sa.i uie.r cans. i ii? restiF. tins coniierp, or coiton prow.iig provinces opler was aboufto be redtirf-rd. The city of Cartais had been retaken from Uis rf beh.

The occupation of Oyapocko by the French, produced some sensation at the Court of Rio Janeiro. i lashed h.mseltJ He' upon tlu? wind biouiiig olf Img b.s hi. jrnli.le?ire. A low il iv-. tl.

shore, until sho tuiveruor Our skies are bright uihihinc gil ls our landsea'n- 1 11 o'cUck tilts morning, when he' was Wiken iiiv rviu, was thriiv.ii up.m track in the art ot ei-chatiging lh- mi.l baifsw ith the earn, ufioA. route which diverges from the One-of bis log was broken and bruised almost to a lly. It was about ii hours, we understand, before h-; reaehid Auhdrn, where he expired in less than after the accident. The deceased was ail persevering, and estiinable man, of und and robust and but little over yO years of age. Sy-rdeuse cm in-jiTid.

quale. He recommends a total separation between the and binklng Also, the passage of a authorizing the sale of the State S'ocks i.i tlrs Pensylvania, Phila lelphia, and FuniTers and Mechanics' banks. Aud if such sale cannot be effected without too great a acr.fiee, that their charters be annulled, and their assets divided among the State and private stockholders. An independent treasury lor tho General Governmout is warmly approved. An investigation ns to ill-gal or usurious in-teres is recomm -tided and on ihe conviction of any Bank for this practice, a repeal of ita charter is advised.

The Amistad Cash. In the 17. S. District Cour held at New Haven, Ct. Judge Judsoo, on weak, pronounced his decision in the case of the Amistad negroes.

The following are given as the principal points of the decision i 1. That the District Court for Connecticut has jurisdiction, the St oouer having been ta-ken possession of in a legal sense ou the bigU seas." 2. That thr? libel of Thomis R.G?dneyand otln rsis properly tiled in the D.stfict Court wf 3. That th? seizors arc entitled to salvage, and an apprais. lueiil will be ordered, and one-third thai amount and cost, will be dv-cr-edr jus! reasonable.

4. That Green and Pordham, of Sig Harbor, who claim to have taken original posst ssiooof vessel and cargo, caut.ot sustain theic claim, and ih reion? libels be d.smissed. 5. Thai and thro igh the Span, oi-h miu.s'er ve estai.l,sin no title to the AC Whole number f.ir do. for Governor 10.Mki2 Fmm the Y.

Journal of Vomine-rc-, Jut. 17. The number of passengers, including chil-dn as far as asceitaiiHtl, alter making all corrections, appears to be7d and of the boat's company, Xii includutg Jesse Comstock, wliose name was included with the passengers, but is not here counted wilh th tii Total oa board. tip by the sloop Mwliaiil, of S-mthport. li coiupafiioa in fevineaiitimo had been re 'fcui'il by.

death from hid.ir.TiHs.' Twoivh-ers were taken up by the slori, a fireman ami the pilot of the boat. th wenNiiearlv insensible. It. is surprising that any should have survived tbe exposure. There is too mueJireE son to uit that these three are the otiiv ki1tj and it was raid the Imperial government were determined to resist such an uaurpation of the Brazilian FROM FLORIDA.

Extract of a letter frorn an officer of the army operating with the troops in Florida, to his friend in Waslurigton, diiyd TlieKrlectiorf of Morton is indeed a great speaks the prevalence of correct doctrines old Bay State once She very citadel of IheNarisCo.Taey, and where federalism has ruled ykji overbearing sway. The triumph vl be haded wi'h heartfelt Iff. rence Mijority agaiust Everett do. I II ill oir 4J1 as tar as ascertained. 111: of only ii vorr.

It is, however, possible that others mnysj i fat inaction, by tho Hem crV.s of Njiv-Eog- CaSPO THE FlNAflOLlOWAT RlVE! gjpposed to Ih; ntw living. We in- ivoTeen savrti. I) 9" r-nre in favor of II til 122 Hilti tmies E. tf I'urt A nurcies Jan. 1-10.

Irmd by the jiii-x raV. of the Union by Tlrs boat dii 'ed up th Sound ilh tbe tide, i tie it in uuunty is l.ii i "Ourripera'kinsaregninjoii very well, tth and wis UT Ih.s a-bor about ridnigh' every individual, miy who I DiyaJjid Calamity. Wo learn from the C'uiinbersburgh' (Pa.) Whig that onthe 21 the dwelling of James Brewster, in Huntingdon Co. were destroyed by tire, and Mr. irgaret (tbe mo'her) a young wi uTiii rained Margarvt aad'a boy (son oi lti-ewter) perished in the tl me.

Y. Sun. columns being on river, thirteen miles a- tain 1L states that sh? sunk o'ekx k. desires th? th? rr tline 1 1 believe th it this number ill not be muchSji.c.-cised.. is ludc-d an appalling a gool deal less than was ut first ropreserKed.

A friend whoS a broker, and knows, has banded us Ihe II aril, n's Express hadsin batik notes belon-. nunijer. part. 1 country back ot us to include the i as marked the time by his watch, west sido cf the Ocilia, has htm gone over al- The eftcrts, whhh ist night were mad.e in Jnosfoot by foo. Tb Indians are before us this vicinity and at.

Southport to go in aid and scampering to the Sawai.ee one or two the sutlerers proved, own:" to the ice in the Ou F.idav, a Joint Committe I Sehate. and I lavor II jII so in th? country Hull stands no b. tf thaa Ever tt. Vltse Culling aU round. We doubt (: ys th Bos'on Pos') ever any S'ateclec-tem suited so or evinced a mor? e-ven balance of partiep, as tlie recent on? in th.s Slate.

Forms anee. our Governor is eh. Parker "and Abbot of th nig to L.okers and in lesion and in coi.u. oiEijicrB mvr, lumx, ti jtie weight oi our htroi.rs, aud to o'iier-cut ward IViKlinrv ei oi try. banks, about ihotjiecie, about S1.UH1.

ouueuj. oi. oarund, itii the 1st Infantry entirely unavailing. aud 2 companies of the yd Infantry is of eiig We learn that a boat hich succeed in a road from Fort? Pleasant to Fort Dowrm getting ot Southport harbor, after reaching and iVrceaaf of the II was appoiutedto' wait upon Mr, Morton aod Fin- at I'ensaetda A destructive tire occurred al Peiisacola on ihe the '29th ul'. destroying five biiild ngs.

"The pr.igirss of the finn-. a was bypuiimg down two oilier bUii.l.n.-s. 1 lie Dans notes and tlssspec.e, wii.vli was in gold, were in a leathertiuiik, len by a major.ty 1 of one by ihtMieoplfe? the and operating on both sides by hea ls of OmA- iufonn oflirs and -hit th-J 'lsl pames and Cul. Uaveitport uh theVOth In- the uuddie ot the csauiid, was compelled to re. turn.

List of Passe-wees. lined with iron, and tlx trunk in an irouchO by a majority of OP.e by -he oi- tintry, and two ccmpanies cf the 3d a', utid-rstand li? of th Senate is by r.c as are undoubtedly Boza! -gToos, the chest inside of tlie Express car, on the deck Wesuevan of ih? boat. te.ai information nceiv sCapt.T"ha. 1 1.ihard, the only passenger k.iow ed from ihe iu- sauie oi me jarxson trail, so ibaf th entire eon n-rv, from the Sc A-ustii rvH a m.ioXitv of one. and the Speaker of the i.

cQ ie stvcd. i ir to tlie Gulf wiil he thoroughly ext.in.ned whe h- use byNi'm ijoritV of two. ivm. oi ii.h acceptance -ol the. l'r s- id niy rftlt? Veslyan Uni'.

eroityj'fn th.s city. Eurole, aiufi.iav je expected to this 'couiilrv in the i -v Mr. Oi his arrival from Earone. UidJ'ft- trn Sentinel. ol a lew mHfg tia.l.iijt ih i ni wa u-sai was in witrrrcady to a' up-a in saoscribmg th? oa h- req iired by th Constitution of this Com mwe iltli, a law ot United to quality lor tha i ifiep.

Th Ho ise, on Friday, jirm eideJ to selection of two jfr-iii ih- who had the lit-heiii i i Inher ot es f.r L'. Go. to be to th? S.n t- as lf thatotr.ee. Th. lLi.

G.ror.c llii Uiij the ilon. Nathan Wiihs were- I ce 1. Tl.e vot for tlie first stood thus Hal 317, Willis 171 Hi candidate, Wdiis 310, J. W. Brown 51, Amasa Walker 1 1, and 5 btUots er pine hronmot or swamps.

The companies take their lines perpendicular to the two roads by compass, and go through every tu.ug. It is rcry hrd on boili otiiccrs'and men but they go aJourr cheerfully. The result of thj opperatioo wdl bp to drive tha Indians a-cnxrn the Suwipee; and give uch a know ledge of th3 country as to station tnx.j-s to prevtDt theur return." MAiiKICr. liflL- At market, oOii B.t-J Cat idei30 Store. 1050 a on not i vy'o i.K.su, pro le il 1 ijfar'l -i.

iricLudfTve fe i H-J h.m at such they a said lie has declared that heVhall cordially or negroes rocou. ly imKrted Irom Africa, ill ViidatHKi of ihe laws oi 0. Thit demand of restitution, to have the qu -wtioii tried in Cb.i, made by tha Sjkui-ish nister, cannot be complied with, as by th i wn laws it is certain they cannot enslave, tb Af.ii as, and here cannot propi-rly ui? th rn ir-ah 5 7. i'h a Creole, and t. gaily 1 xpressiug a strong wish to burt turned to Hivana.a restoratiou will be detakd un lor the treaty of 1705.

That these Atncans ba deliyefed to the President ot the United Stateselund-r tlie 21 section of the act of lHlfli, and tho -first section of the lawAli, still in lorce, to bo transported to jffica, there to be delivered to the agentSjppoiuted to receive and conduct them homiv ire mow oi iienry illtiow, Drmc low Co. of New Jolm Wnislow, of Providence. Wm. Wiuslow, do. father of the above.

The 3 last mentioned pt-rsons were returning to Proiidence with the corpse of Mr. H. A. Winslow, who d.ed in this City a few days siiice. laac Divis, of John Corey, of FoxUwo Mass.

Chas. W. Woolsey, of Boston. John Brown, of Boston. J.

Porter Felt, jr. of Abraham Howard, linn of Howard ii Merry, ltisfon. IJ. C. Cra'-gi finn of Maitland, Kennedy Ai Co.

and 40 bwine. N. Beef Cattle We quoteHo correspond With last week. First quality IJS Htoud quality -t, third quality 4 00 aS ONE HUNDRED HOUSES SWEPT OFF. Tho Rev.

Mr. Conn, of the Sandwich Inlands. support Harrison for tho Presidency. If Uie defeat of "Tip is certain, for tha "Great Barrelling Cattle Mess 50 No. 1, g.

were not counted, because the persona Pounder" is always on thaxweak 1 vofNJfor were not constitutional candidates. in a letter lo his broiher, pubiished ui Ihe E- tangelist, describes a scene of terror, witnessed one evening at II.Io during the progress of a protracted meeting, held there in November. I ares Very few sales effected. Cows and Calves We noticed a few sales at 27, 32, 35 aud 810. of fliSu Romulus M.

SaumLr, Judge AcW lork. Frmn the X. Y. Jvttr. if Jan.

1. SfEAM-BOAT LEXINGTON. The mail carrier ttho ceuu- by the I.org Island Rati Road car y. erd iy, brought infor-Uiatioii, thit.a person rioa'ed ashore, ai.ve, at a place near verhead, I. 3d m.h easi of here the disaster He was unable to give his but the physician expressed strong hopes of bis recovery." The postmaster at Sou-hport, Ct.

writes that tli-i bodies of Mr. II. nips; cad, of Brooklyn, tirit Engineer, and that of Job Sands, head waiter, had been p. iked up and luken to tliat place. is reported by way of- Bridgeport, tliat a slooa parsed wi'hiii two or thrie miles ol the Ai.ig on vvh.le burning, bLt thit det lined gamg to ihe r.

t.et of tlie ptisseiigi Tg and crew, at. hough solicited to do so by souie of his hum. It may be. so, bt at present we cannot believe that so inhuman a w.elch breathes the ba-ath of l.fe. Frtuieia Dow, brother of Mr.

R. W. Dow (one-of ihe in the Lex iiigtoii) arrived Ut eveuiJ irom U.u.k. haven; L. I.

wh.ch place he left about noon yesterdiy. From him we learn that five bod.es had been found when he left, th it of Phdo laison, of Egnemont, Mag, which drifted ashore at Old Point ihose of tWo.seamen which went ashori? at M.ller's that of a child and that of a man, supposed to be either Mr. Dow or Mr. Waterbury, of this city. ILs face be- Siieepj-Iits were sold at 2 25, 2 73, 3 prcma Court of North-Carolina, has beeii nonvlN us follows "I openl the meeting with a ser- Capt.

J. D. Carver, of Plymouth, Mass. of bark m.an fromjbe tex Prqare ye the way of BronUf. hlTie Court stands a.ljounied to meet at HarU ird on the 23J inst.

and meantime the decren The homes of Hull and Willie having been sent to thotS-tuite, that body, on motion of Mr. Dwight, suspended the rule requiring ouo day's notice of elections by ballot, and proceeded to tlie choice of a L. Governor, with tha following- result 1 rit Irvtsi AIiiIhsiho F.Mt. ofGloncester, gaie cviucnce 01 conversion. On the record if, at evening.

God came in terror The sea rose suddenly to the perpendicular height of loor 'JO feet, and fell ia ouo mount ainwaY oO, 4 25 a. I 50. Swine Those at market were peddled at from 4 to 6 cents. XE YOR MARKE Jan. 13.

At marke', h50 Bi-ef Cattle, 70 Cows and C.ilvs.aad2iKt) Sheep. Cat Je 600 1 taken at an avc- raga of 87 2a per lOOnou Ms. Cows 50 sold at atfto 8 12 each. Sh-ep 1 100 taken Iron 1 50 to 81 50 ea. h.

onthe shore, sweeping away nearly l(j( houses, 1 inated for Governor by tho Democratic Convention of that State. XT We would call attention to tho notice of Mr. Baouer, a popular teacherof Penman-shiji, to found in ano-herjfolumu. i Currency of paper published in the back settlements of UU-oun relates, that acertf of tho neigliborlng counties have nVohly paid their taxes to the State in wolf s'-aliv," but have actually brought the Stat Whole number of votes Neccasan to a choice His Huikt George Hall had J.T. Nathan Willis 39 20 21 13 wifKiot be entered, to give opportunity to tho parties, to appeal if they see fir.

Gen. An ord -r has been issued by tho War Dpartm to the that tha partioj)ating in tho sincere; grief felt fo tha death of (en. by the officers, of tha army with whom long cia.ed in ths performanlie of importaut military duties, and desirous oYor vini a proper respect, bo'h for his eminetiKsrviet to th coii.Try and idr his virtues aa man, din cts Mesrs. Willard aud i taeir iciiacia and enif.s. Ail was audden as a jeal of thunder.

No prr-mcni lions were gi en. Nona had time to fi-r. Thre was no. csrth-onake, aaid no vis. bl cause of the phenomena The seeno a awful.

Ia a moment, hundreds were Tbe rf the raging sea araa deaiening, and the loud, piercing cries of distress, were heart-rending Only 11 were w-re appoint. Chas. Bracket, 'cieik oi N. Bracket, N. Y'.

Capt. Foster, of Proy.dciice, kite of the Jno. Gilpin. Jesse Comstock, clerk of the boa. Hubert Biuke, of Wrentlidui, Mass.

Pn-sideiit of Wrtham Bmk. Fowler, of New York. Win. A. Green, firm of Alien ii Green, Providence.

Samuel Henry, firm of A. i. S. Man. ch -s'er Eng.

R. W. I Kiw, firm of Dow Co. N. Y.

Chas. IL Phelps, of Siouiiigton. Rev. Dr. Follcn, Boston.

John Brown, of Boston. Adoiphus Harndeu, s'uperiiitendent of Ham-den's express He had ill charge in spece for the rchamV Bank, Boston ud from fart. to filly tbuunAiid doilars iu The number of hungry applicants for officei now iu Albany (says the correspondent of the N. V. Herald) is f-aid to be between tliira and arownea out ii navo died since, by injuries in d- l.t to in the course of th? iioii.

Last Vear 'ho I. is-lst ure ed a CoiniiiiUeeto inform Mr. Hail his e-lectiun. Tho Coiumltwe to wait upon ths GovC-n elect attended to their duty on Fnihiy, and Mr. Morton signified his acceptanceT The Governor and, LfT Governor met the two Houaes irveoiivetition on Saturday and took the oaths Qf office.

Tlie Post of Monday ing covered wSih ice, hich it was thoucht in- four hundred and their mnka am tii-a' ttic cSi rj of the anajr wiVthe usual expedient to remove until brought to th? itvfiTH--'' It is an ill wind thtit blows.no one mmd receirea in tne water. Had the catastrophe been at midnight, or had the people been less amphibious, hundreds must have perished. To drown a natiye of these islands, is Slmf titivry mourniiig lor th i space of thirty -days it was difficult to identify him ith certainty. Mr. Upson had on a life irom tlie date ot the order.

the keepers of our hotels, if theXatateiiieiit be true, we hope may profit by tho exhibition of tlu modesty of federalism in bounty tor k.liiiiR woi.es, the b'lsiness a since been so r-nwecutvU thai many fear, unless the law is speedily repi-aled, wolf skins will constitute the larger portion of the fund of the public treasury. whlo so wmh lu niili rope around him, which appeared to have The Lcgislalurt rf Virginia proceed to a h'iM SpOiks of -poim rhoica of ir.l o-ij.