Newspaper of The New York Herald, November 30, 1845, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. Vol. XI., Mo. 330-WboU Ho. *1(4 4. NEW YORK, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1845. PrtM Two C?nta. TVVENTY-S1NTH CONGRESS. AJMmblei December 1st, IMS. gENATK. President. . Geo. M. Dallas, ofPenn, Secretary Aihburt Diceens, ef Members Term expirti. MAINE. Gtorgt Evnnt 1*17 Johu Kail fielil 1831 new-mammhire. Manning W. Jiouti. . .1847 Charles O. Atherton. . 184'J VtRHONT. William Upham IMS Samuel S Phelpi. . ,1851 UAflACHU SSETTS. Daniel Wcbstir 19-17 JtAn Davit 1861 RHODE ISLAND. Jamti F. Simmoni. . ,1847 filbert C? Oretnr 1861 CONNECTICUT. Jobu M. Nile* 184ft Ja'itz W. Huntington. .1861 NEW YORE. Jon A. Dix 1847 Daniel 8 Dickinson. .1861 NEW JERiET. Jacob W. Miller 1847 William L. Dayton. . .1861 rENNSYLVANIA. Simon Cameron 1349 Daniel Sturgeon 1861 DELAWARE. Thomas Clayton 1847 John St. Clayton 1861 Maryland. Jomet A. Pearct. . ,. .1849 Revtrdy Johnson 1861 VIRGINIA William S. Archer . . . 1847 [One vacancy.] NORTH CAROLINA. Willie P Man gum. . . 1847 Win. II. Haywood, Jr. 184B POUT If CAROLINA. Daniel E. Iluger. . ..1847 Oeorge McDufHe. . . 184ft .1847 .184ft 1847 .1801 . 1817 . 1819 Members. Term expiree. UEOROLA. John MtP. Herrien. . ,1847 Walter T. Colquitt. . .1849 ALABAMA. Dixon H.Lewis 1847 Arthur P. Bagbv . . . 1849 Mississirri. Joseph W. Chalmers. . 1847 Jesse Speight 1861 LOU 111 ANA. Alexander Barrow. . Henry Johnson tennessee. Spencer Jarnagin. . , Hopkins L.Turney. . EKNTUpKY. James T. More head. . John J. Crilttndon. . OHIO. Williair Allen 1849 ThomasCorwin 1861 INDIANA. Edward A. Hannegao, 1849 [One vacancy.] ILLINOIS. Jamei Sample 1047 Sidney Breese 1849 Missouri. David R Atcbiion. . . 1849 Thomas H. Benton. . .1861 ARRANlAi. Chester Ashley 1847 Ambrose 11. Sevier. . .1849 1IICHIUAN. William Woodbridge. .1847 Lewi* Cas* 1861 FLORIDA. David Levy 1861 James D. Wescott. . . 18ol TEXAS. 1861 1861 Democrats is roman 38 Whig* in italics 24 Democratic majority now 4 Vancancies, probably Democratio J Probablo Democratic majority 6 HOUSE OF RBPRESENTATIVB3. MAINE. John K. Scam aon. Robert P. Dunlap. Luther Severance. John D. McCrate. Cullen Snwtelle. Hannibal Hamlin. Hezekiah Williami. RKW HAMPSHIRE. Moses Norris, Jr. Mace Moulton. James H. Johnson. [One Vacancy ] VERMONT. Solomon Foot. Jacob CoUamer. George P. Marsh. Paul Dillingham, Jr. MASSACHUSETTS. Robert C. Winthrop. Daniel P. King. Jtmon Abbott. Benj. Thompson. Charles Hudson. Oeorge Ashmun. Julius Roclewell. John Qut'ncy Adams. [Vacancy.] Joseph Grinnell. RHOItK IILARD. Htnry Y. Cranston. Lemuel H. Arnold. CONNECTICUT. Jame- Dixon. Samuel D Hubbard. John A. Rockwell. Truman Smith. NEW YORE. John W. Lawrence. Hknbt L. Seaman. Wm. 8. Miller. William b Maclay. Th's. M. Woodrupv. Wm.W. Campbell. Joseph H. Anderson. Wm. W. Wood worth. Archibald C. Niven. Samuel Gordon. John F. Collin. Richard P Herrick. Bradford R. Wood. Erastus D. Culver. Joaeph Russell. Huge Whilt. Charles 8. Benton. Preston King. Orville Hungerford. Timothy Jenkins. Charles Goodyear. Stephen Strong. William J. Hough. Horace Wheaton. George Rath bun. Samuel S. Ellsworth. John D. Mott. Elias B. Holmes. Charles H. Carroll. Martin Grever. Abner Lewis. William A. Moseley. Albert Smith Washington Hunt. NEW JERSEY. James G Hampton. George Sykes. John Hunk. Joseph Edsall. William Wright. PENNSYLVANIA. Lewis C. Levin. Joseph R. IngerstU Jns. H. Campbell. Charles J. Ingersoll. Jacob 8. Yost. Jacob Erlman. .7bra X. Me flrainr. John Strohm. John Ritter. Richard Broadhead, Jr. Owen D. Leib. David Wilmot. James Pollock. Alexander Ramsey. Moses McClean., James Black. James Manchard.% .In drew Stewart. Henry 1). Foster. *fJi John H Ewing. Cornelius Darragh. William 8. Garvin. Jsmes Thompson. Joseph Buffingion. UELAWARE. John W. Houston. MARY I.ANB. John O. Chapman. Thomas Perry. Thomas W. Linn. William F. Giles Albert Constable. Edward Long. VIRGINIA. Archibald Atkinson. Geo. C. Dromgoole. Wm. M. Treadwey. Edm'd W. Hubard. NORTH CAROLINA. James Graham. Daniel M. Borringer. David 8. Reid. Alfred Dockety. James C.Dobbin. James J. McKay. John J. R. Darnel. Henry 8. Clarke. Asa Biggs. SOUTH CAROLINA. James A. Black. Richard F. Simpson. Jo*. A. Woodward. A. D. Sims. Armistead Burt Isaac E. Holmes. R. Barnwell Rhett. GEORGIA. Thomas Butler King. Seaborn Jones. Washington Pot. Hugh A. Haralson. John H. Lumpkin. Howell Cobb. Jllex. H. Stephens. Robert Tombs. ALABAMA. Samuel D. Dargin. Henry W. Hilliard. William L. Yancy. Winter W. Payne. George 8. Houston. Reuben Chapman. Felix G. McConnell. MISSISSIPPI. Jacob Thompson. Stephen Adams. Robt. N. Roberts. Jefferson Davis. LOUISIANA. John 81idell. Benj. G. Thibodeaux. J. R. Rasmonson. Isaac E. Morse. OHIO. James J. Faran. F. A. Cunningham. Robert C. Schenck. Joseph Vanes. William Sawyer. Henry St. John. Joseph J. McDowell. Allen G. Thuainan. Augustus L. Perrill. Columbus Delano. Jacob Brinkerholf Samuel F. Vinton. Isaac Parish. Alexander Harper. Joseph Morris. John D. Cummings. George Fries. D. A. Starkweather. Daniel R Titden. Joseph R. Giddingt. Joseph M. Root. KENTUCKY. Linn Boyd. J.ihn H. Mc Henry. Henry Griddsr. Joshua F. Bell. Bryan R. young. Jonh P. Martin. Wm. P. Thomsoson. Garrett Davis. Andrew Trumbo. John W. TikbatU. TENNESSEE. Andrew Johnson. William M. Cocke. Joh i Crcxier. Alvan Cullom. George W Jones. Barclay Martin. Meredith P. Gentry. Joseph H. Peyton. L. B. Chase Frederick P. Stanton. Milton Brown. INDIANA. Robert Dale Owen. Thomas J. Henley. Thomas Smith. Caleb B. Smith. William W. Wick. John W. Davis. Edw. W. Mc Gatighey John Petit. Charles W.Cathcart. Andrew Kennedy. ILLINOIS. Robert Smith. John a. McClernand. Orlando B. Ficklin, John Wentworth. Stephen A. Douglass. Joseph P. Hoge. Edward D. Baker. MISSOURI. James B. Bowlin. James H. Relfe. Sterling Price. John 8. Phelps, Leonard H. Sims. ARKANSAS. Archibald Yell. MICHIGAN. Robert McClelland. John S. Chapman. James B. Hunt. FLORIDA. Edward C. Cabell. IOWA. Augustus C. Dodge. WISCONSIN. Morgan L. Martin. Shelton F. Leake. James A. Seddon. 1 Thomas H. Bayly. 3 Itob'tM.T. Hunter. * John S. Pendleton. Henry Bedinger. William Taylor. Angus A. Chapman. George W. Hopkins. Joseph Johnson. William G. Brown. Democrats in Roman ' Whigs in Italics 77 Natives in small caps n Vacancies 3 Democratic majority now. . , ,. bl Thamuoivino Day in Boa-ron.?Yeaterday wo h*d one of the heavieat falls ol rain that we can call to memory. It commenced early in the morning and con tinued without intermission till 4 in the afternoon, and all our streets were literally rivers of waters. By an ac - curate observation, taken at a rain gnage kept on Fort Hill, it appears that 3 inches 8-8th and MAth of water fell during the day. The churches were thinly attended and rcveral wrre a failure. In the evening, the weather be rime fiiu and clear. A oool north-wester succeeded the south wind, and our streets this morning were dry and frozen ; the air sharp and, bracing, and filled with sun shine. During port of th4 day, the wind waa very high and squally. At East Boston, a chimney in Hie new hrick house of Mr. Cunningham was blown down, and i lell upon the house occupied by Mr. Child, breaking the j roof in, and doing considerable damage. Brig Rival, of ; Portland, Captain llsiey, arrived yesterday from Car- | - dragged her anchors and came in contact with Ann, oi New York, from Little River?carrying dens* scbr Htt By the bowsprit and both masts of the schooner. - '1 he tuig lost her bulwarks, and stdve Iter boats, and received other slight damage.?Trantrript, Friday even int Court for iiib Correction of Erroiis.?Alba ny ?Present?Lieut. (i?v Gardiner, l linn WhIworth, and 'J.1 Senators. No. 14? J. W. Church v* D. Bull mid wife. Mr. J. A. Spencer was heard lor defendant in error. Mr. M. T. Reynolds Was beard in ii'iilv. Decision postponed until December. No. 14?H. McKeon vs. S. Whitney. Passed without prejudice until Ht>er the argument of cause* Nos. 10 and 17. No. 14?E. Xeiltilhon and al. vs. C. W. Norwreck. Mr. B. Catting was heerd for plaintiff in error. Mr. t. A. Foot waa heard lor defendant in error. Tlu Horrible Murder* In ttwene, N. V? Kxamlnatlon of Johnion, charged *rlth Kape, the Murder of one, and attempted Murder of two other Females. It will be recollected that we gave, a (lay or two since, a few particulars of the horrible atrocities said to have been committed in Greene, in this State. The examination of John Johnson, aged about seventy years, and worth about $70,000, whu is charged with rape, murder, nod other crimes, is now goiug on in Binghampton. [Krem the Chenango Telegraph.] R,<ii?ui?roi< Not. J3, l?45.-A most important ex amination ia now being wade in this village, before Mr. Ju.tiee Ket'el, ia relation to the mysterious absence of MrV ^eUV formerly of Triangle, in thiscounty ; and alio ia reletiou to the more recent abduction otaM" Burdick. of Greene, full particular* of which, I belleT?' h?>bMn ma Jo public through the newspaper* of the Monday week. Mr John John.on of Greene u/ Jm mrreited on the coropWint of Pulaski Burdick, tha husband of the lady abducted, and brought to this vil i hv R art lett and Countable ( ook, chwged ssa.'ssasffi?-^ ?SKiiM1? Hu-Cnd 5 who formerly re?ided on Johnson * farm in Greene. Ailril M4 he removed to Triangle, on another of John aon'* farms Hi* good* were carried on three wagon* and were driven by F. Berger, 11. Hammond, and N. Jo nson. Bolt followed the wagon., driving cows and other stock. Mr* Bolt, with her youngest child, rode with John Johnaon, in ? ono horse wagon?they started Irom Greenw ia*t, but passed all the wagon* whtn with in two mile* of the new residence in Triangle. It ap nri fmm the testimony of Bolt, related to him by Cis wile, apd as he subsequently itated t?^ohn8.?{1* {Jjjt1 directly af?r arriving at the hou*e,John*orfbro^ht abuf. falo skin into the room, threw it on the floor, seued Mrs. Bolt, and by violence compelled her to submit tohu en- | bn?ce*.;Soon after the team* came up and united. Mr*. Bolt prepared dinner, appeared cheer ul,and when John ?v*nt ?wav Mrs. Bolt laid to him that he woula nave to take Louise,'(her eldest daughter.} back with blm. a* she ws* already homo.ick. Bolt, with the cattle, arr - , vod near night, at which time nis wife appeared deject <?d and never alter appeared a* she formerly did. Alter i Mr*. Bolt di*clo*ed to her hiuband the conduct of Johii son he (Bolt) went to Greene, had an interview with J , who acknowledged he had done wrong, but .declared ] that he did not *tuff part of the buffalo skin into Mr* | Roll's mouth to prevent her screaming. Johnson had been to Bolt's hou*e two or three time* *ince the aflair, i ;Sd on one occasion threatened Mrs. Bolt if ?heeverex nosed him, he would destroy her. This threat was over Leard bv Bolt's daughter, who wa* in an adjoining room. On Thursday, before Mr*. Bolt's final disappearance, she ; became somewhat deranged. On the Montfay alter Bolt ?fcas calculating to goto Binghamton, with the view 01 having Johnson indicted for rape. The day before (Sun day) Bolt kept watch over hi* wife, and at n,8kt. when they retiicd, Bolt rolled before the door a harrel of milk to lasten it?the key of the lock being then lor the first time mUsing. Bolt having been much broken of hi* rest fell into a drowse, but bearing a neise, saw his who attempting to roll the barrel from the door. He caurht h?r and laid her on the bed, and soon after he again Fell aileep when his wife rose and went to the fire, and when hn awoke she was sitting by the fire, smoking a pip? He then determined to watch her, but, unconsciously, fnllaileen He was awakened by the slamming of u door how^oon after he could not tail-went to the doer ?hi* daugther al*o having ri*en and saying her mother wm Z. They went out, it being very dark, and ?earched the well* and neighboring field* in vain. Phey could *ee nothing or hear any noiie. Bolt went to the wood* where Mr*. B., while deranged, several time* at temnted to go, and continued the search until daylight, when the neighbor* were alarmed. Hundred* of people examined the wood* day alter day, but nothing wa* af terward* heard of her. The complainant attempted to show that the fact* connected with the rape were dis closed by Mrs. Bolt to Dr. Purple, of Greene ; but the magistrate deemed the testimony inadmissible. P?rPl'? was next called to corroborate the testimony of Bolt, hj was al?o Loui?e Bolt, the daughter before alluded to The next witness called wa* Ann Augusta Burdick,, o Greene (Some 17 months have elapsed since the mys terious disappearance of Mrs. Bolt.) Mr*. Burdick test. fied that she was 19 years old; that she has been nearly three months-her mother's name wa* Llizabetl Baxter- that about four weeks after she was married (sometime in September last) .he ""J 0*1'/?', washing at a spring some distance from the house, an.i found the doors of the house fastened; heard some per sons within talking; tho.e person, were J??n Johason and her mother; heard John.on ask her mother ll .hi. would have him if he could get rid of Mr'- Johngoni bc lieve* she said she would: her mother asked him how be could get rid of his wife; te said, in the '?? wjy he'1 ol Mr* Bolt-said he guessed he could get a couple o men below feiugbamton to dispose of her; witness did not listen ioDger, tmt went to the other door, raised up - window and unfastened it; went through into the entr> where they were; saw them together on the bed; Joht son jumped up and caught witness; her mother got u aud nlaced her back again.ttho door, and held it whili Johnson held her; Johnson askod her if she had naard what thov were saying; .aid she had; Johnson asked het Tf .bVweyuldUll"^" ?V-e -aid .be would; Johnson said if she did he would be the means of her death; she aftet wsHs premised she would keep the whole matter secret. Witness alterwards saw John.on at her house, iltwa ilnrinir the absence of her mother at Norwich; it wa about 11 o'clock, and witness wa. alone; John.on in quired lor her mother; witnes. .aid .he bad not retm-n 2d and wanted te know if he wanted sewing done; J said no. it was something of more importance; J. looke^ out then and s?w Mr. Burdick coming; told wjtness to tra into the other room, and said if she told Burdick wna ?? .aid, he would kill them both before he left the house Burdick came in but ?oon went out to his work; J. then ?nnk th? clothes line and bound witness hands, tied u bonnet over her eye*; then tied her to the bedstead and went out; was gone a few minutes, came back, took th< bo,"net from her face and untied her hands; there ws. ? bag lying on the hearth before the fire; J. untied the ba^ an5 took out some bones: told her to put them on the Are; witness said she could not, and UnitedI away; wit ness noticed the bones belore she fainted, there were ? skull and a few otnei bones; when witness came to, th bones were on the lire burning; a short time after, J took thom off and laid them on the hearth; an axe and had one in hi* ?wn hands; told witness to nound the bones; she told him she could not; be hel Eis axe over her head and again told her to pound them , she said *he could not and again fainted away, he put water in her face and brougEt her to , he then pound ed the bone*, gathered them up and put them on th fire- he then made witness kneel down belore th. Are,' held his axe over her head, and asked he, il she calculated to tell of it; she *aid *he did he raised hi* axe up and made motions to strike; wltnes> boggeSofh.mnottok.il her; he sad he woaidif.h. told of it; .he promised that she would not, and he said i she ever did he would serve her the same way he hai Mrs Boll; J. .aid the bones wera Mrs. Bolt's bon*';""' if witness ever told, and he was taken up, he would hs\? friends who would destroy her; J. then untied her, and he went away ; this was in the house where her mothei h vod* be for e lie r mother came back, witness went to live at Mr. Hammond's; her mother returned the .ami week witne.s left the hou.e. Witne.. describes the bones as taken out ol the bag, of a dark or purple coloi, tut after they had burned a while they turned white. Thisaftir. (burning the bones,) witne.s testified w uhoiit a week belore the attempt was mado to abduct her. Her evidence in relation to the abduction is su tuntiaUv thA name as has already been published in th* DSner. [ We omit that part ol Mrs. Bnrdick'. te?tiraon> Furnished by our correspondent, relating toi hor_"bdu tion inasmuch a. it agree, in every es.ential I^rtirular with the account we have before published, with the Ucts of which our reader, are already familiar ] But I cannot give any thing mora than a e the evidence as taken down by the magistrate , i nave been told it c'o\ers over 110 closely written pages, i ? Burdick wa. on the stand from ^7*^fIit^?tbat"he Thursday niaht, and became so much exhausted mat .nc nearly fainted away. She was too udwsU ? 'atte.nd on Kriday and Saturday, but it is understood that she will be further exsmined to-day. .nnesr Mrs. B is quite a young woman; her personal ai>pcsr snce upon the stand is decidedly in h?r favor- H?sr i e collection appear, to be good, except that her ideas as to time and dates are extremely vague. When the examination will clo.e I am unable to pr diet?it may continue through the week. Counsel for the complainsnt, A. Birdsall, ^ "trict At^ torney. sided by Abi.rCook Esq ? ?f.7?";vU''|* Dfc?kr defendant, John A. Collier, L.i? of Albany , B^8. nicE "SS arfuS?"c* kUSi. nfiS. duty to perlorm, and he will do it fearlcly. ^hethsr the UcU will in the end be luflicient to ju*tify the tention of the defendant remain* to be aeen. Land Sai.ks West ?The amount of land sales at the Milwaukie Land Office, were large in the month of October. The number of acre* entered daring the month,were $9,734 ?ntere<l same month lait year U6.160 F.xce** in favor of 184a, IS,681 The moit of th.* land wai taken up at $1,36 per acre, but some brought $3,00 per acre. The amount of receipts for the month wa* $50,/>73 87, againtt $83,703, for too ?ame month iait year. Up to the lit of October, tho number of acrei of land entered in 184ft exceeded the amount entered during the iame period in 1644, by 3(1,776, while the receipt* in the firat nine month* of 184.> were $48,332 greater than thoie of the correaponding monthi in 1844. It iseitimated that the total aalei for the year 1844, will be upward* of 350,000 acre*, yielding $3lft,O0O to the Treaaury. It i* gratifying, remark* the Milwaukie Sentintl, to obaerve that the very great pro portion of the entriei for the lait month, and indeed for the whole year, have been in 40 and 80 acre lot*. It i* thin cirrumitance, more than any thing elie, that *how* hew large in the proportion of actual letilers among the thou 'and* who are wending their way to Wiiconiin, and I how highly our fertile toil i* priied by the farmer* of | the F.aat. Firk at ruLPEPK*, Va.?A correspondent of thr Richmond. H'htp;, writes to that |>a|>er, dated Nov. J8 : ''T he rent re ef Culpepper Court Hou*e 1* now wrap|*d in flame*. The Are caught about 4 o'clock, at the Fairfax Hotel, kept by Bamuel Decamp, and ia now .(.reeding with fearful rapidity. The flame* have already i-oanuined the hotel, Bayle* *tore, H. Shackelford * houM and office, and the Maionic llall- and Major Hill'* home haajuit caught. It i* to be feared that the whole ot Centre Culpeper C. II will be con*um?d. Court Houie Clerk'* Office, and aeveral other building*, m areat langer." * M. RONGE, The Luther of the Nineteenth Century. The above is a faithful portrait of M. Johannes Eonge, the Luther of the nineteenth century, as he is termed. Our readers are aware that the reformation which is, at present, going on with such force, in Crermany, Austria, Poland, and other countries on the conti nent of Europe, was originated by an humble Priest, named Johannes Ronge. It commenced about a year ago, at the exhibition of a shirt, or tunic, which was in the possession oi the Romish authors ties, and which, they alleged, was worn by our Saviour. It was customary for the Catholics, at each exhibition of this shirt, to make pilgrimages from all parts of Europe, to see it, which they were al lowed to do, on paying a small amount of money. In this way, there was a considerable revenue rais ed by the Church authorities. At the last exhibi tion, by Bishop Analdi, at Treves, this humble priest, Johannes Ronge, denounced the shirt as au imposition, and the exhibition of it a deception, by the Church, to raise money from the superstition oi the people. The standard of revolt being thus raised, Ronge made many converts; and, after a short time, thousands "came his adherents. He than took broader ,'r< inii and declared against some of the print the Holic Church; particularly againt- priesthood, and the confesional, t the Catholics should be independent 01 ,f. The reforma tion, as it is called, has progressed rapidly, and it is now spreading over Continental Europe. In every town where M. Ronge presents himself, thousands come forth to greet him. The people crown him with flowers; the municipal bodies present him with addresses; young men ask to be allowed to take the horses from his carriage; women invoke the blessings of heaven on his mission, and the cannon itself thunders his welcome. Such a movemeut as this?so widely reaching ; so all-embracing; aud that, at the voice of one man, the world has not seen since the days of Luther, ami it is very appropriately styled the new German re formation It has extended even to the United States, and there is now a Catholic congregation in Cincinnati,who disavow any connection with the Pope, and maintain the same principles as are up held by the reformed Catholics in Germany. Arrival of Winter, <Ncc.?Our intelligence from the north, by this morning's mails, is that the cold weather has finally set in, and that navigation on the canals is, by this time, closed. All those inter ested in the movements of produce to market ought to be thankful for the continuance of mild weather to so late a period in the season. It enabled them to get into market a much larger supply of bread stuffs, &c., than ever before in any one season. Annexed are the particulars of the weather at various points:? [From the Albany paper* of Not. 49.] The weather has very much changed wittun the last twenty-four hours, and at this present writing, tho at mosphere feels as though we were shortly to have winter in earnest. The thermometer stood to-day, at 4 P. M., at twenty six degree*, being four degrees below the freezing point. A mow storm is predicted to coma nit' within the next forty-eight hours The wind is blowing from the north-west, with occasional flurries of snow ; and the forwarders, shippers, Sto., on tiie docks, are bestirring themselves with tho greatest activity. We notice that a heavy rain lell in New York yesterday morning, with a temperature like that of spring. Over 100 canal boats are laid up in'the basin, and double that number have yet to discharge their freights. Tho wind worked round to the northwest yesterday. The weather is clear and cold to-day. The canal cannot re main open much longer. Fortunately, howevar, for our forwarders, thoy are nearlv prepared for the change. The boats of the Merchant's Line, and we believe those of some of tho other lines, are alt in the basin. On no former occasion has the business of the canal been " donn up cleaner." [From the Boston Journal, Nov. is.J It was not a pleasant day yesterday ; the rain fell in quantities, which reminded us of the showers on tho equinoctial line. Between 7 A. M., and 4 P. M., the amount of rain which had descended was three inches andlour-tenths, as indicated,by the rain-giiage, an amount which has but seldom been exceeded within the same number of hours in this climate. The clouds disperse'! towards evening, and this morning we have a gloriou sun and a bracing air, irom the W.N.W. We understand that rain fell in great abundance yesterday in some partn of New Hampshire and Maine. Between Portsmouth and Saco, the F.astern Kailroad had suffered some, the embankments having received serious injury?so much so as to prevent the passago ol the cars, until tho evil can be remedied. [From the Buffalo Advertiser, Nov. 47.] About half the fleet, some fifty vessels, lelt westward with a fair wind, yesterday, but were caught in the night by the prevailing snow utorm from the east Ol the whole fleet, only one has returned, .the schr. Lexington, and she found it impossible to proceed, in consequence of the thick weather. Indeed, the present appearance of the weather would iudicnte an almost immediate closing of lako navigation. The steamer Missouri returned from Detroit, last evening, in company with the Jeffer son, which has been lying in ordinary at Erio. The J. is to be stripped?her engine to be placed in a new boat to be built here for Mr. Heed, this winter, and the hull converted into a coal barge. Such transformation can be effected easily, either by making her a propeller, or by the use of canvas alone. The Nile and Constitution are both up for Detroit again, as well as the l.exuigton The former remains there, and the Missouri is up for her winter berth at Erie. The tchr. McWhorter, driven in by the late gale, is still here, but an effort is making to get her back to a lower lake port, fer the purpose ol be ing rebuilt?her cargo ot salt can be disposed of here, and the other freight sent forward by steam. The Smead is yet unheard of. The Avenger brought in, |last night, the mainboom and canvas of some lost vessel.? The brig Missouri is at Ashtabula discharging a cargo of corn. Tho Smlinrl says, that on entering, the current of the creek being strong, she would have gone ashore but for the steamer Franklin, by wnich she was hauled in. The sloop Emma, with a load of corn, came in on Hatur day night. The schooner North Carolina, in attempting to come in failed, and went ashore, head on. The brig Alert attempted to come in hut failed, owing to the strong southwest wind and the current. Failing to get in, sho cast anchor, and lay for a time near the pier. Three men with great difficulty and lisk ol life, reached tho shore in the boat with a line, but the vessel dragged her anchor, and Captain Scoville was obliged to slip his cable, and maka tor thia port, light handed rs he was. The M. Ney was bound from Cleveland to Detroit, and is said to be badly damaged?her cargo consisted of 49 packages of merchandise, so grindstones, 300 kegs nails, 130 bars and 40 bundle* iron, 4M boxaa glass, ? anvils, 40 kegs powder. The Mississippi returned from Mackinaw to Cleveland with a cargo ol fish on Monday, and the Gazette the same day, sale with 4,700 bushels wheat from Chicago. The Buckeye and Lodi were at Cleveland. The if Strong is at f.rie with a broken crank, but was repairing : also the United States steamer Michigan, Abert, and cutter Erie. The Madiscn and prop. Phn-nix arrived side at Chicago on the 40th. The blow ol Sun day and Sunday night, was uncommonly severe on lake Ontario, and there la some solicitude lelt lor the safety ol vessels. The schooners Merrick and Meitisou, arrived at Oswego on Monday, with wheat fiom hike Michigan. They came out of the canal before the blew came on, and hove ton, off Oeneiee, where they rode out the gale. The St. Lawtence, with 6,BOO bushels of wheat froai De troit, also got in safe. Internal navigation cannot with stand such weather as this, and wo may predict a qnick closing up of all the canals. The snow is falling fast and thick, which tho still waters must soon * laid to. At Erie on Monday, the weather had changed from unusual mildnesi to great severity. Snow feu all day dnrlng Sunday, and lea formed half an Inch thick. The Ohio. Miami and Wsbssh. and Erie canals, nil mint give way to the element*. The canal laat year opened on April l&th, and cloned on November 20th, affording 222 days of navigation. The latest date of its closing, in any year, was in 193 J, when it remained opened to December 20th, and in 18i9 to December 19. Detroit, Nov. 23, 1S4.V I'rtg re is af the Copper Mining Speculation. The Herald contained a statement, a short time ago, with regard to the copper mining business ol Lake 8u perior, which may create a wrong impression on those who are uuacquainted with the facts. That article said that operations had ceased, and that those who had in vented monoy in the business would probably be losers by it. It is true that there is not so much doing now as during the summer, und for the reason that navigation has closcd for the season; aud consequently men and materials caunot bo cent up heieaftor until spring, but there are a number of companies actively engaged, whoso operations will be carried on vigorously, in de veloping tho resources of the mines during the winter. Among these are tlie Lake Superior and the Pittsburgh Companies, both of which have already sent down h large quantity of ore?the Mackinac and Lake Superior ?the Ksgle Harbor end the North American.?The lo cations of the above companies ure in the vicinity of Copper Harbor, except the Mackinac and Lake Supe rior. which has about twenty miles of locations in tho Torcupino Mountains, and at Preique Isle and Back Riveis, in the immediate vicinity of tbe Lake, containing numerous veins of copper and silver. In addition to the above, there are other companies preparing to commence operations early in the spring, of which the New Yoik aud Michigan, tho National, the North Western, the Bultimoie, the Old Settlers, and the Ontanagon, are prominent. All the companies named are of tnu most substantial character, with sufficient means to carry on the business properly, and having persevering and energetic men at their heads The discovery of this valuable mineral district is not a new thiug, though it is but a few years that its extent and richness have been known; it is but recently that the United States has obtained the land from the Indians, and now that the difficulties in the way of working the veins are obviated, the time must soon arrive when we will be enabled to export copper, instead ol importing about two millions woith a year. Under these circumstances, I cannot porceive how money will be lost by investing in the copper business, in England the work is prosecuted with great prolit, though at immense expense, from the necessity oi working the mines fifteen hundred feet be low the surface, while the ore on Lake Superior comes up to tho surface, is nea. the lake, and presents every ne cessary facility for the business, besides. The reperts which have been presented to the legislature of Micbi gon, by Dr. Houghton, the State Weoiogist, shows that the ore of Lake Superior yields a much greater per coutage of copper, and of a better quality than that of KugUnd, ami is fully equal in richness to any in the world. Mlscellaneoua. The Convention lor the revision of the Constitu tion of Missouri met at Jeftersonon the l?th inst. The Hon. K. W. Wells was elected chairman. The Kentucky 'IVibunt, (Danville, Ky.,) says the " hog businoss" of that county is larger than it had sup pescd. The cashier ol the blanch bank ol that place in forms it that.over *300,000 had passed through his hands for the purchase of poik. The Canadian Parliament is further prorogued to the 20th of December. It is not likely that it will then meet. During last night and this tnorning (here wan a heavy tail of snow, and sleighs are now traversing the city ineveiy direction ; not altogether unmingled with carts. That the snow will remain is as yet doubtful, al though the temperature is cold. ? Toronto Globe, 2A(A. The Cobourf Star (Canada) says that the Go" vernor Oeneral has lecomuiended to Her Majesty's Uo* vernment, ? oburg as a Kiee Warehousing Port. A new hotel building at the head oi Nantasket Beach, was blown down on Thursday, and nearly de stroyed. Gov. Baldwin, oi Connecticut, has announced his determination not to be a caudidate again. One million tons oi coal have been sent to market this season from the Schuylkill region. '?">00 persons visited tee Catskill Mountain House, duriug the past season Application will be made at the ensuing session of the Legislature oi New Jersey, for an act to incorpo rate a Joiut Stock Company, for the manufacture of bar and other kinds el iron, Irom pigs and blooms, and also i.ails, wue and screws, with a capital of $300,000. Ap plication will also be made for an act to incorporate the Gloucester Land Company, with a capital of $.'>o,i,oo. Kalamazoo, in Michigan, is destined with her water power which her iiv*r and its tributaries furnish; her b<>sutilul plains and prairies near at hand, and the enterprise of tne citizens, to become one of the largest and most thriving villsges of western Michigan. The increase of population in that county for the last fire years, is >,104. The improvements within the past year hare been greater than in any former year. Krom 40 to SO buildings, mostly dwelling houses and stores, have been erected, and yet the demand lor teneaseots snd stores exceed the supply Ottawa, (111.,) Not. :20th, 184. Tki [ilinaii Statt Debt?Effrrti to Redeem the Character Hf the State, fc 4-c. I presume you seldom receive any information of the itate of affairs of the Suckers of the " Prairie State," and probably think we are so deeply sunken in the mire of insolvency, that we are altogether beneath the notice of the illuminator of the age?the illimitable Herald. In irder to show you that we are still struggling to extri cate ourselves from the " unpleasant fix," as one of our iag? legislators expressed it, into which we havft unfor innately become involved, it will only be necessary to inform you of the effort now making by our sagacious legislature, tu<led and assisted by our " dear friends" and ellow mi He rem in affliction, the bond-holders of Illinois, o accomplish this consummation so devoutly desired by Dotti parties You must know, then, that after a long and lainful travail, a plan was brought forth, by the united .vmlom of our State, in general council assembled, and iije agents of our creditors, by which the prostrated and ?inking credit of our ill-starred commonwealth, was to >e galvanized into life. The plan adopted whs briefly tbis : The bond-holders igreed to advance *1.600,000, for the purpose of com. ideting the " Michigan and Illinois Canal," on the fol lowing conditions That the State should assign them >11 her public lands, together with the use and revenues of the canal, after its completion, until ttiey realized a ?um equal to their debt, and in the mean time pay them a small rate of interest on the amount. Alter the bond holders had obt.tine 1, in this way, payment, the canal to revert buck and become the property of the State. To ex scute thin contract, it wits ugieed that three trustees be appointed?two on the part olthe bond-holders and oneon lie part of the State who should have the entire man agement and control of the whole matter. A meeting of the bond-holders and tntir representatives was held m New Vork, in May last, and .Mr. Leavett, 1'iesident of the Am. Kx. Bank, an.l t npt. Swift, of the U. 8. Army, were chosen on the part of the creditors of the State, and uliout the same time, <iov Kord appointed lien Jacob Kry, on behalf of the State. Into the haads of these guardians, the child of our hopes was committed, to be reared to manhood. And it is lor the purpose of inform ing your readers, many of whom undoubtedly feel an in terest in this subject quite as deep as the people of Illi nois, how these agents have thus far executed their trusts, that I address you. It is with no ill-feeling to wards any of the individuals, of whose acts I feel it my duty, as a citir.en of Illinois, and a friend to the great work in which we all have so deep an interest, to speak. Uut being satisfied that a speedy and radical reform on the part of those who control its management, is indis pensihle, or the consummation of the object lu view caii never be realized, I feel called upon to sound the alarm. The mutterings of dissatisfaction and distrust, " not loud hut deep," which has already manifested it-elf among the people, at the course pursued by the trustees, hat excited the apprehensions of the many, that the tax lor raising the interest would not be submitted to by our citizens. These symptonsof rebellion, together with se veral articles published in a New York naper, in relation to the matter, have had the effect of drawing out the trustees, through Gen. Fry, in an " Address to the people of Illinois," in which they labor to show that " all's well.'' But, notwithstanding this soothing cor dial, so kindlv administered, the " dear people ' still cling to their former opinion, that " there is somathing rotten in Denmark." Messrs. Leavett and Swift, soon after being appointed to offlce, made a hasty visit to Illi nois, and being joined by Oen. Fry, they organized themselves, appointed a chief engineer?very modest ly voted themselves a salary of $A000 ! per year oul of the funds of the canal, and took their departure?the former it is supposed to attend to the business of the hank over winch he presides, and the other to the duties of his profession?since which time nothing has been seen or heard of either on the line of the canal. Possibly Captain Swift may be on a Don Quixotte expedition to Texas, to fight the horrible Mexican shadows th?' flit over that " Paradise ;"and for aught we know to the eontrary, Mr. Leavett may be engaged in Wall street, selling shares and stock in the Lake Superior Copper Mines. Wherever they may be, or whatever they may bo engaged in, it is very certain they are not in Illinois, at tending to the completion of the canal. Such being the case, tne canal drags its slow length along, and like a consumptive patient, seems to be gradually sinking to a premature grave. The whole line was put under con tract the 18th of August last; the contracts binding the trustees to take an estimate once in three months, and to pay the umount, less 1'2 per cent, in current New Vork funds. An estimate was made about the 10th of October, and the contractors were promised their money by the 1st of November. In consequence of great expense in procuring tools and implements?lumber for shantees, stables, Sc., together with bringing laborers on to the line?most, if not all, of the contractors, who are men of limited means, ha 1 exhausted all the funds they pos sessed long before the day of promised payment. To any one at all acquainted with public work, the difflcultiei and embarrassments under which a contrac tor labors, wheu destitute of the " sinews ol war," can readily ho conceived. Looking futitaiil, therefore, to the 1st of November with as much solicitude and aiixie ty as the Millerites looked for the end ot the world, they struggled along. It finally came ; but, alas ! no current Kinds came with it. The announcement that " no money would be paid until the ljth " fell like a pall on the nigh raised expectations of the poor cauaiers. " Hope deferred maketh the heart sick," saith the pro verb, and the disappointed and disheartened contractor realized its truth. They sought, as a special act of mer cy, fifteen days' more grace from their tormenting cred itors, which, as there was no remedy, was granted ; while the clamors of their raveaous workmen tor "our rent funds," already too long withheld, could be ap pcased only by distributing among them such husks ol the grain of life they hungered after as was afforded by a shin plaster factory, located somewhere in Wis konsan Territory, known as the " Wiskousan Mu rine and Fire Insurance Company," as a great lavorto the distressed contractors, the engineers, clerks, he., employed in the canal ofHce, voluniuuiy offered to lurnish them out ef their own private fuads, an amount of this trash, equal to the amount due them. And, a* "take what you can get, or get nothing," some accepted of the kind offers made them, while outers less inclined to submit to imposition declined, and stopped work. In this way thiugs weut on until the second appointed time arrived, being the 16th of the month, but laithless and treacherous as the former, it lias given no current funds to the waiting multitude of expectants that have been anxiously looking tor them. Wiskousan lags are still tendered to the now desperate croakers lor current funds, and tho private resources ol the above named en gineers, clerks, ?tc., are by no means exhausted. Hov; it is possible for persons employed at salaries of from (:*60 to $500 per year, to save out of two or three mouth* service, a sum equal to the whole estimates due the con tractors on a line of canal 100 miles in length, amount ing to several thousand dollars, is to many, wholly unac countable,'strange ami mysterious. Bui any one initiat ed in the mysteries of VVali street, has no difficulty in solving the question. It is simply a " business transaction," that would at tract scarcely any notice in Wall street, but among tho ignorant suckers it excites wonder. But seriously, is not every principle of justice, honor and right, violated by such barefaced imposition and outrage on innocent and trusting men J The veil behind which the trustees seek to hide from the public their iniquitous acts, it too transparent to deceive, while it serves to illustrate their own meanness " Wiskousan shiuplasters,' as they am called, can be bought like rotten eggs, at the buyer's ofler, while New Vork funds command a premium ol two per cent In order to turn " an nonest penny " into their own pockets, they withhold lrom the contractor^ their just dues, and seek to drive them with the lash ol necessity, to receive worthless rags instead. Surely men who will resort to such base means to put money in their purse, are unfit to have the management ot a work of such importance as the " Michigan and Illinois Canal." Let tne bondholders attend to this matter at once, or they are destined to sustain losa, where they londly hoped to realize gain. A special meeting of the Legislature has been called, and I doubt not the subject will be brought beforeUhem for investigation. I have, Mr. Editor, " told but a plain unvarniahed tale, extenu ated nothing,or set down aught in malice."?More anon. Fatal Occurrence ?A Jew days since, a youn^ man by (lie iiHme of Joseph Green, aged about 16, came to hit death in the town of Crawlord, in thi* coun ty, ill the following manner : -After dinner on that da> he took hi* gun liom the kitchen of hu lather's house, and went to the wood-houie, where he kept hu ammu nition, for the purpose of loading hu pieoe. He wai alone, and had been gone long enough to charge the gun, when the tamily in the houie wore started by a iuiK>rt, and a hired man ou the farm, a little distance off, heard a scream and a cry?" 1 am lulled,"?when he turned around and taw young Oreen tail heavily to tho around. Before any oue could reach him, he *u dead, ft is supposed that, standing under the edge of the wood house, alter he had charged the gun, he threw the butt end ol the gun over hit moulder, the barrel in hi* hand, as he often did, and the percussion cap was exploded by striking against the siding juat over hia head. Tho whole charge entered his breast.? Middleloicn Courier. Right ok Way.?The Hamsburg Telegraph of Wednesday sayaThe following extract ol a letter :rom one ot tho leading members ol me legialatuie Ironi the Western part ot Pennsylvania, will giva some idea ul the state ot the public mind in the West, on the ques tion ot allowing the Baltimoie and Ohio Railroad the right of way through Pennsylvania. " We of the Mouth west intend ' to go our death' fortha Baltimore and Ohio Itailroad. The opinion of our people la, that this is thu july chance, if we wish to prevent the tapping ol the Dhio river at Parkaraburg They say, that if the western :crminu* of tha road ia fixed at Parkersburgh, all the river trade and travel below that point, will t>e diverted torn rittsburg, and thu* leave the Pennsylvania < an?l ligh and dry, with nothing to do?whereas, if the termi* ius were fined at the latter place, all the heavy freight would l>e secured to the Caual on account of its gt eater rapacity to carry bulky articles with safety." Suicidk.?The Burlington (Iowa) Hawk Lye ?tates that Mr. Cameron, a respectable citizen ol that place left hi* family, stating he would soon be back, ?nd proceeded to a neighbor's, where he loaned a gun, and requested a neighbor to load it well. He then de fatted, and the last that was seen ol him was in the road between his lesidence and Mr. (Jearhait's. The lamily became alu;mod in consequence of hi* absence. The neighbors now commenced a search, and Anally found him in a thicket about four hundred yard* from the house, lying in a ravine, dead. Hi* coat and powder hoi it were hanging on a tree a taw yard* diatant. the gun waa within a faw teet of him, the muzzle point ing toward* him. He wa* in a reclining position upon us knees and laat, hi* head reposing on tha *ida of the ravine, hta taoe being toward* tha bank, and one hand placed on tha bullat wound liellslous Intelligence. Skbticu thii Day.?Rot. Dr. Cox, of Brooklyn, preaches a lecture to tbe young, on the ?slue of the Holy Scriptures, thia evening, at the North Dutch church, William itreet. Re*. Dr. Wainwright, of Trinity, commences the an nual course of Lectures to the Young, this evening, in the church of the Epiphany. Rev. Mr. Southard, of Calvary church, preaches a ser mon for the benefit of the Seamen's chapel, connected with the Protestant Episcopal church, at St. Paul's, this evening. Sermons, " on the church," everT Sunday evening till Lent, at St. Clements,??' on the Advent," every Sunday morning, till oompleted, at St Jude's. Sermons " to the Young," every Sunday evening, at the Free church, in Vandewater street, are in the course of delivery by the clergy of the Protestant Episcopal church in this city. The Rev. Dr. Haight delivers the last named lecture, this evening. The Rev. J. Fletcher, M A., of Exeter College, Ox ford, will preach this evening at the Anglo-American Free church of St. George tbe Martyr, Breadway. The ltev L. P. W. Balch, Rector of St. Bartholo" ? mews, will preach this evening in the Emanuel church' corner of Prince and Thompson street. Subject*?" On* j Christian Life." A lecture will be delivered iu St. Peter's church, Bar. clay street, this evening, t>y the Very Rev. Dr. Power Ckiimi Chanoss.?'The Rev. F. Gardiner, hai ao? cepted an invitation to tako charge of Trinity Cburch Saco, Me , and has entered upon the duties oi his office The Rev. T. R Lambert, has resigned the rectorihip of Orace Church, New Bedford, Mass., and accepted the chaplainship on board ol tbe L'nited States frigate Co lumbia, bound to the coast of Brazil. Rev. Wm. H. Clarke, (Deacon) hax, by permission of the Bishop of Connecticut,' accepted the chaplaincy of the Patapsco Female Institute. The Rev. A. D. Traver, has resigned the rectopship of the Church of the Ascension, Esopus. Rev. .). Sweet, has accepted an invitation to SL Paul's parish, Prince George's county, Md., and resigned the rectorship of Christ Church parish, Calvert county. The Rev. 11 Cox has received and accepted a call to Zion's Church, New York, and resigned the charge of St. Paul's I. lurch, Woodbury, Conn He is expected to enter upon his duties at 7.ion Church on the first Sun day in December. The Rev. F. H. Rutledge, D. D., has accepted a call to the Rectorship of St. John's Church, Tallahassee, Florida. ! The Rev. B. P. Talbot, has been received into the Dio cese of Rhode Island, with a letter of dismission from ! the Bishop of Connecticut, and the Rev. S D. Denison, > with a letter of dismission from the Bishop of Delaware. The Rev. M. Ward, M. D., has taken a letter of die ; mission from the Diocese of Rhode Island to that of I New Hampshire. The Rev. E. < lieever, late of Newark, has received i and accepted a call to the first Presbyterian Church, in 1 Tecumsen, Michigan. | The Rev. C. T. Toa***.?A correspondent of the Be*. I ion Traveller thus writes from Baltimore, Nov. 'lb:?[ called a day or two ago at the penitentiary to see Rev. 1 C. T. Torrey. lie is very ill; so much so, that he cannot perform the most simple labor. I could hardly recog < nize, in the coarse and degrading garb of the prison, my clerical friend. His step is feeble; his frame emaciated; hi* faceghastlv; his voice sepulchral and husky. My heart bled for htm. He hat no companions; he is not al lowed to spuak save vl hen spoken to by the officers of the orison; he is allowed no light, and must pass the long J nours from 6 P. M. to 6] A. M. in his cell, with nothing to ' break the monotony of these long and dreary nights save tho watch cry of the guard. An effort is made by hia friends to procure Mr. Torrey'? release. But before this can be successful, he must raise the sum of 1500 dollars, to remunerate those wuo have lost their slaves by his agency; and allow that he has violated the law, which T. now strenuously denies. And then a compromise must be made with the Virginians, who also have lost slaves. A requisition for Mr. Torrey, from tho Governor of Virginin, is at the prison: and as soon as he is free from the Maryland Penitentiary he will be carried to Virginia, unless satisfaction is made. 1 hope that soon he may be free. T*i*itv Chdxch.?The Rev. Mr. Southard, of Calvary Church, in this city, is spoken of as the presbyter who will probably receive the call.to the third Assistant Rec torship of Trinity, on the completion of the new church. Mr. Southard is of the high-church connection, and dis tinguished himself at the recent convention, in this city, in his elegant reply to Dr. Tyng and Mr. Ketchum. He is one of the youngest presbyters, in' orders, in the dio cese, and is tbe son of the late Senator of New Jersey. Bishop Chase? It is itated, that this venerable pro late arrived at Peoria, on the 6th instant, and that hia bruised arm and broken ribs are better, but that the in Jury received in the small of the back, it is feared, will not speedily leave him. The Bishop acknowledges the receipt of fifty pounds sterling from a stranger in Eng land, toward the erection of Jubilee College. The visit of Dr. Potter, the recently elected Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, to this place, a . lew days since, was gratifying to his Church and othera whe attended bis ministrations. During the Bishop'* ! stay here he preached several excellent sermons, and ; administered the sacred rite of confirmation to some 10 person* in St. Stephen'* Church.? Hfitketbarre Jidu. The Rev. Robt. Balrd, Agent and Secretary of tho Fo reign Evangelical Society, is about to deliver in this city a course of lectures upon the Pbyiica! Organization, Resources, Commerce, Government, Chief Cities, Edu cation, Literature, Distinguished Men, fcc., ho., of tho several European Countries which he has visited. It i* stated that the Young Men's Minion Society have already purchased a vessel, and are making arrange ment* for the immediate erection of a sailors' floating church on the North river. "A Protestant Episcopalian," through T. N. Stanford, Esq., ha* contributed $liM)0 to this praiseworthy object, and the erection, it is supposed, will cost $3o00. The remainder is to be raised by pri vate donation* and subscription*. At a meeting of some half dozen Presbyterian clergy men, with other literary gentlemen, recently held at Victoria, says the Texas Planter, arrangements ?ere made foi the establishment of a College, to be located near Sequin, on the Guadeloupe river. Very liberal do> nations have been made by citizens A tbe viciuity to wards tbe ere lion ol college building*, and Rev. Mr. McCullough has been appointed a general (.gent to ao licit funds in aid of the enterprise. Elder Knapp, wbo i* preaching in the Grant (treat Baptist Churcn, has met with great succeia, and quite a revival is in progress in that congregation. Eleven were baptized on Saboath last ?Pittsburgh paper. Almen Babbitt, Agent of the Mormons, is said to be at present in Cincinnati, treating witn Bisbop Puree! for the sale of Nauvoo to tho Romau Catholics. Rt Rev. the Acting Bishop of this Diocese, will oon secrate the newly finished church of the Nativity, in the Second Avenue, on the 7tu December. A number of Ladies are now holding a Fair for the ben efit of the i'ransbguration Church, to liquidate the debt upon that building, wtiich is less than $30,000; not $64, 000 as has been slated. Fire and Loss of Lifb in Baltimukk.?A lire broke out ttiis morning about halt iwat two o'clock, in a home on the uorth side ol' Camden street, between Charles and Light ttreets, in the rear of the Baltimore and Ohio,and l'hiladeiphia railroad depot. The hou?e waa owned by Mr. Pearaon Adrian, and occupied by Mr. Turpin, an a tavern. There waa alto a barhet shop la one corner of the building, where the Ore originated, aa it it supposed, from accident. The house with it* con tent*, wa* wholly destroyed. We regret to itate that a man named Kdward 1'nrk*, formerly captain of a bay cralt, resident of Somerset county, Md., was burned to death. Himself and a man named schoote were sleeping in an f far room, in the name bed. Schoote escaped by getting out of the window and descending by a barber pole adjoining the house Sell preservation being the first law of nature, he made the best of his way out, leaving his companion to |>eruh. The body waa found in the ruins literally burnt to a crisp?the extremities, legs, arms and head burnt otf. The deceased waa about SO years ot age and a single man?had some property, and when at homo, boarded with hia mother and aiatera. It is said that another persoa, a stranger, supposed to be from New York, was in the house before tne ire, and is misaing. The presumption i* that he also fell a vio tim. The adjoining houae on the eaat, owned by Mr. Phi lip P. Sadtlar, and occupied by Mr. Bchleiieuger aa a tavern, was also considerably damaged?the roof and upper stories being burnt. It was insured in the Kqaita for $3,MO. Mors Forts.?We hear that an officer has been despatched to make a aurvey ot the government re servation at the head of the St. Clair river, and to ha upon a suitable aite tor a new fortittcation there, in the place ot the old etocfcade, known as Kort Gratiot, aud to make the neceaaary estimate* i'heae estimates will be laid belore Congress with s stroug recommendation of the eugineer department iu tavor oi the work- Wa trust that Congress will at once grant the means ueoessary to make this defence to oar negleoted frontier, especially if wo are to have war for Oregon.? Utt. sido. G1 KNiLKMEN OK NEW YOKK My celebrated r A.V1BKOS1AL HOSE AND AL.VlOND BHaWNO CKKAAlS, dely a comparison in America ot iLurope No i>er ?on will use any othei alter using this Mnollieut r*ste Itis the best, the very best. Oi?e it only a siuale trial. I do not *sk sny man to convince you. I warrant it. Kor sale wholesale and retail, at _ , JULItB HAUKX'S Perfumery and Chemical Store, . 46 Sooth Third street. Philadelphia, and by my agents:?J. B. Jaqaemnd, No. 415 Broadway; K A. Artault. Latayette Bazaar, Noa. 149 and til Broadway; A. Willard, S. W. comer of Cedar aud William street*. Premiums awarded at the Franklin Inatitute- ul? li'rc J. G. BELL, TAXI I) E R MIST, i)UQ BROADWAY, corner ol lteade street, op lUirs, has constsntly ou haiu a variety of Cases, Shade*, tie. lor. parlor or mautel ornaments. Also, s lance coilecnou of Mounted Bird*, Bird Sam*, kc., for sale or eicluuaed. ret Birds, he., motiuted in ? very *upeiior maui.er, to order ? Public or private collections lupplledat the shortest notice. u82 Im'r A ?CAKD. TO PARENTS AND UBARDIAJNS. ALADV ofsaperior talent* and acquirement*, isdesirou* of hnviug il?w more pupils to instruct in Music. Htr method of instraction will be found to be the most espediiiou* in pro motinf them in the thorough knowlnd*# ??? theory al die ioimci ol any now muflhi. _ . . ... A liu? directed to K. M.. ?( th? o' Uiw ptpff, will b| duly attended to. '? 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