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tor of the Philadelphia Gazette, died on the 12th inst. 

 an;ed 32. 



The notorious Dr. Eldrid^e, who was charp^ed with 

 having swindled difFerent banks so largely, and who 

 has been so long under trial in Philadelphia, was dis- 

 charged on his own recognizance to appear, in the sum 

 of .^.'l, ()()(). No jury could agree as to his guilt.' 



An absconding female slave, belonging to Dr. Shields 

 of Maryland, having been legally arrested in Lancas- 

 ter, Pa., ami wlien in charge of Mr. Grabili, brother- 

 in-law of tlie owner, and two of the police, was forci- 

 bly rescued by a party of negroes. All the three men 

 above named were much hurt in the fight with the as- 

 sailants, and one of the attacking party was shot by 

 one of the police, and is reported since to be dead. 



The sclietne for a national hank, submitted by the 

 Secretary of the Treasury, is strongly denounced by 

 some of the leading papers of the administration party. 

 The New York Courier and Enquirer says it has 

 caused universal disappointment. 



Prices of exchange, or discount, at New York on 

 the l.Jih— 



On Augusta, G* a 1.51 



Mobile. 10 a — 



New Orleans, 7^ a. — 

 N. Carolina, — a 5 

 Cincinnati, 9 a 9:| 

 Louisville, 8f a — 

 t R. R. fund.s. 

 " The suit recentlv in.stitnted asainst Nicholas Bid- 

 die by the United States Bank is to recover nearly 

 seven" hundred thousand dollars, paid out during his 

 administration, for which no vouchers can be fonnd ; 

 of which sum more than four hundred thousand dollars, 

 it is asserted, were paid to him, for purposes unknown, 

 upon the checks of the Cashier. — Phi. Led. 



The Richmond banks have given notice that after 

 July 1, they will not receive any notes of the Whee- 

 ling banks. This is because the Wheeling notes aie 

 something worse in market, or in depreciation, than 

 (heir own. 



Saturday, June 26, 184 1. 



The supposed piracy on the ship Charles, stated 

 last week, turns out to have been a voluntary aban- 

 donment of the ship by the crew and passengers, on 

 account of its leaking. The passengers had pro- 

 ceeded to France in the ship Louis XIV, and the cap- 

 tain and crew came in another vessel to Charleston. 

 S. C, where the case was judicially examined, and 

 ample proof of the absence of all criminality furnish- 

 ed. Still it is stranse that thfe leak which caused 

 such a panic should have become less ; and, also, that, 

 when leaving the ship, no note was left by the master 

 to explain the cause, to any persons who might visit 

 the wreck. 



The steamer Columbia, Captain Judkins, arrived 

 at Boston about 9 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. 

 (June 16th,) in the unprecedentedly short passage of 

 twelve days and five hours from Liverpool. She 

 brings papers from that city to the 4th inst., and Lon- 

 don to the evening of the 3d, bringing news 8 days 

 later. 



The news from Canton (to April 1st) is important, 

 and authentic. In consequence of the refusal of the 

 emperor to ratify the previous convention, hostilities 

 had been renewed by the British, the Bogue forts at- 

 tached and carried, and the factories taken possession 

 of, which position gives the entire command of the 

 great city of Canton, and subjects it to be burnt at any 

 hour. The British lost not a man in the affair, and 

 had killed between 200 and 300 of the Chinese, and 

 taken 1.300 prisoners. The British commander has 

 proclaimed a suspension of hostilities with the city, 

 until the intended procedure of the Chinese authori- 

 ties is known, and has opened the trade. This affair 

 is ominous of a complete prostration of the Chinese 

 to British povrer. The Canton Press says, that "eve- 



rv thing wears the appearance of a protracted war." 

 This news from Canton advanced teas 2d. a M. per lb. 

 The general appearance of the crops in Europe in- 

 dicated favorable harvesls. 



Hostilities had been recommenced by the Rus- 

 sians, on an extensive scale of prpparation, with the 

 Circassians. The first affair was sanguinary, and the 

 Russian Major General, Backurim, was killed. 



The difference which lately arose between the Otto- 

 man and Persian governments has been amicably set- 

 tled. 



The insurgents of Candia had received reinforce- 

 ments from Greece, and were gaining ground. The 

 insurrection in Bulgaria had been quelled. 



Sir Robert Peel's resolution (of want of confidence 

 in the ministry,) was still under debate in the House 

 of Common*. 



The state of trade in Great Britain was bad beyond 

 precedent. All branches of industry were languish- 

 ing. Some of the cotton mills in Scotland were be- 

 ginninff to work but part of the time. The price of 

 cotton had fallen, and the market was very dull. The 

 prospect of the repeal of the corn-laws had put the 

 nation in a ferment. The dissolution of parliament is 

 expected soon. 



A new system has commenced of importing free 

 natives of Africa to the British West Indies as hired 

 laborers. Two vessels bringing 267 of these cmi- 

 trrants have arrived at Jamaica. This fact is one of 

 the most striking proofs that the pmancipated slaves 

 are not to be relied on as hired laborers, or these new 

 and barbarous subst'tutes would not be required. 



An attempt was lately made, at Apalachicola, FI., 

 by persons on board a New York vessel, to carry off 

 four or five slaves, whom they had persuaded to ab- 

 scond. The scheme was discovered and the slaves 

 stopped, but the vessel and the practical abolitionist.9 

 escaped. — Tallahassee Star. 



Only thirty-five of the fifty banks of Pennsylvania 

 have accepted the benefit of the relief law; and their 

 proportions of the loan to the state, under that law, 

 (to be issued in small notes.) will fall short of the 

 whole amount expecttd, by $fl,409.072. 



Samuel Wright, a merchant of New Orleans, had 

 written letters to the Vicksbura: Sentinel, in which ho 

 boldly and truly exposed the frauds of sundry of thf? 

 speculators, banking financiers, and great cotton deal- 

 ers, practised on the planters and the community. A 

 conspiracy was formed among the exposed swindlers 

 to put down Mr. Wright. The first attempt was to 

 expel him from the Commercial Readina: Room, and 

 thus to injure his reputation. This failed ; for even 

 among this mercantile body, he was sustained by a 

 majority. He was then challenged, by a merchant 

 named Oakey. and shot dead in the duel. Mr. Wright 

 has been murdered for telling the truth, and exposing 

 fraud and villany : but his assassination will serve the 

 cause that he died for, even better than his published 

 arguments and facts. The editor of the Vickshurg 

 Sentinel says of his bold associate in the war against 

 bankine: and commercial swindlers, that Mr. Wright 

 " fell literally among a band of felons, a martyr to 

 justice, truth and honor." It is easier for such felons 

 to proscribe and even murder their few opponents than 

 to refute their arguments, or deny their charges. 



The House of Representatives have passed an act 

 appropriating .'^2.5,000 to the widow of Gen. Harrison. 

 The vote was 122 to 66. 



Rail Roaps. — There are now wanting only two 

 or three links to complete the long line of rail road 

 from Maine to North Carolina — 24 miles between 

 Hartford and Springfield, and .'jO miles from New Ha- 

 ven to the state line of New York, making one entire 

 line from Buffalo on the west, and Portland on (he 

 east, to the city of Washington — in length over lOOO 

 miles ! When this is completed, we will have an iron 

 line from the east to the west, north to south and south- 

 west, of continued lines, with the exception of about 



