Sépfcmbef 1 THE SAINT LOUIS WEEKLY REVEILLE. 4'75 ""77o?EWoFIW1sPARA7'IoN ! The arrival of the Caspian yesterday, ,,O,,fii-ms the news of active steps ‘having been taken both on the part of Mexico and me United States. The Tropic of the l9tli sa\'5-' irfhe war fever is the only one which ra- ,,,5 in this quarter at present, and we must fjrriit that it is very much on the increase. go widely has it spread, that few, if any, are exempt from its influence. The good {Omine of being the first in a contest with me Mexicans, is duly appreciated by the cnivalry of New Orleans, and already they ‘how a spirit worthy of themselves and of £59 occasion. We are infoimed that Gen. Gaines has made a requisition upon the Governor for four regiments, and that in a very short time, the necessary steps will be taken to p,-oduce the men. In the mean time, the Ufferent volunteer corps are rapidly organ- :.ing, and a dozen new companies are about ieing formed. Meetings are to be held this .vening at several places, the result of -..hich will probably be the creation of sev- «ral companies, under experienced and gal- lant officers who have already done the State some service. In fact, (says the Pic.,) the question will not be “ Who will he suffered to remain at home? ” but “ Who will be permitted to enrol themselves amongst them, the defend- ers of‘ their countrymen beyond the Sa- bine ?” The brig Hope Howes left Laguna on the 6th inst., and reports that a Mexi- can war schooner arrived at Campeachy on the 5th, with a requisition upon the Yuca- tan Government for troops. The Yucate- cos told them that if the Mexicans went to war with the United States, they must find their own men; that Yucatan would not. STE./QM EXPLOSIONS. .\lr:ssi1s. EDITORS or TH!-I REVEILLE: Let steam boilers be constructed one-half or five-eighths inches in thickness, (instead of, as at present, one-fourtli or five-six- teenth inches,) and all pipes and machinery to correspond. If necessary,I suppose a blast could be applied to the fire, to over- come the increased difficulty of generating steam in thick boilers. Let the boilers, before they are used, be subjected to a trial of at least twice the pressure they are in- tended to sustain in use, which, probably, could be done with safety to life and limb, by loading the safety-valve to a certain amount, raising steam, then supplying the furnace with a sufficient quantity of fuel, and all hands leaving boilers and steam and safety-‘valve to their natural effect, whatev- er it may be. Let boilers be thus tried as often as may be necessary to test their safety—pei'haps once in four years would be often enough for such boilers. Cannot boilers already in use he tried in some similar way, and would it not be far better to lose one-tenth of all the boilers, and damage one-tenth of all the steam boats and steam mills in the country, where no human being should be exposed to the danger, than to lose fifty passengers, officers and men of boats, and workmen in mills each year ? Let our boat-builders and capitalists judge whethera boat, proved safe from explosion, (if it can be done, and why not?) would be a favorite with the public—whether it would be sought and waited for by passengers. I beg them to think ofit, and machinists and inventive geniuses to study for means to prévent those dreadful explosions of boilers, pipes and cylinders, which have been so destructive for many years. Goon WILL. E3‘ The Dragoons, Jackson Guards, Fu- sileers, Yagers and Artillery, organized on Monday last as a_ volunteer regiment, and elected Maj. Louis V. Bogy, Colonel, and Capt. Frederick Welcker, Lieut. Colonel. The election of Ma'or was postponed until the companies from t. Charles, Cape Girar- dean, &.c., shall be present. It is the in- tention of this regiment, we learn, to ob- tain the full complement immediately, and to report itself ready for orders.-—[Reporter 93"‘ At a. fire in Brattle Square, Boston, last week, two men were killed by the fall- ing of a wall. _Evi:NiNG MArL—Ciuci1mati and Louis- l'i1le.—We are informed (says the Louis- Ville Courier) that the new arrangement, so far as Strader and Gorman are concerned, Is intended to be permanent, and we have been also informed that such is the inten- lion of the proprietors of the independent evening line. Messrs. Strader Si. Gorman ale men of property and enterprise, and this Msposition on their part to deliver the East- fm mail here some 12 or 15 hours before ~-‘I9 contract time, without any move on the Part of the Post Office Department to ac- Complish such a desirable end, certainly is (serving of commendation. When the “_Ver rises, the Pike No. 8, and the Ben. V ranklin No. 6 will be placed in the everi- 1-"g line. -I Q1/.ll|'EIt’S .lJ\'SW‘E'R. “ VVhat is the use,” said Bess to me, “ That you should come to see me more- For since my maiden heart is free, What can you say unsaid before 5"’ There knows, dear Bess, I am a quake:-— My answer then is likewise plain- (For truth in mighty—naught can shake her) Pll ask thee questions three times twain. What is the use of sap to tree ?— Two parties to a bargain, pray? \Vould nature not most si1ig’lar be, If she were add in all her play? Why is thee sin-zle, can’t thee tell?- Or why am I—sa_v, don’! thee know ‘B To put a clapper to a belle Why don’t thee choose, dear Bess, a beau? LARRY. Iiusi-I Voi.Uis"ri~:i:i1s.—-A meeting of the Irish citizens of New Orleans, was called for the purpose of taking the necessary measures preparatory to the organization of one or more companies of volunteers for Texas. The call seemed to be enthusias- tically responded to. 53' A penny paper, is about to be started in Washington. It is to be called the Bee, and controlled by Mr. Slith, late of the Globe, and Mr. Gobright, late of the Mad- isonian. E?’ The Cincinnati Gazette is perfectly rabid with regard to the pack up of Cassi- us M. Clay. The Louisville Courier says, in reply : “ Self-protection and self-preservation, is the first law ol'nature, and is paramount to all other human laws. It is the ‘right di- vine’ which belongs to every human being, and it will hereafter in Kentucky, be rigor- ously executcd, whenever it becomes ne- cessary, against the northern innovators who would violate our property, disturb our peace and endanger our lives, by inter- meddling in that which does not concern them, and with which they have no connec- tion, morally or politically. Dr:Lr:oA'ri;s TO THE CoNvi:N'rioN.-—- Twenty-four districts heard from have elec- ted fifty-eight delegates to the State Con- vention to revise the Constitution. Politi- cally they stand forty-two Democrats, twelve Whigs, and four Native Americans. E5" Mayo, the colored man who was re- cently arrested in Washington by consta- ble Cole of Fredericksburg, for enticing away certain slaves belonging to Mr. Wyatt, was tried at Fredericksburg, found guilty, and sent to the penitentiary for ten years. DEATH.-—J. Augustus Shea, Esq., long connected with the editorial departuient of the New York Tribune, died on Thursday morning week. Mr. Shea was a native of Ireland, of highly respectable connexions. He has written several pieces of poetry which will give him a name in the repiiplic of letters. The Figure: of Spcech.—The following epigram is.a sarcasm on some of the Gre- clan sophists, preserved in Athenacus, which is made up of compounds, stated by the learned editor, Dr. Reid, to be in the original “a. mile long.” Reid gives the lat- in translation by Joseph Scaliger, which may thus be understood in English : “ Loftybrowflourishers, Noseinbreadwatlowcrs, Bagandbcardnourisliers; Disha.ndallswallowers, Oldcloakinveititors, Barefootlookfarthioners, Night rivatefeasteatei-5; Cia tlucuhrationcrs. Youthcheaters,wordcatcliers,vainglorysophers. Such are you seekers of virtue Philosophers.” INTERESTING RELICS or THE REVOLU- rion.-—We were yesterday shown for ex- amination three cannon balls, which were found completely embedded in the upper part of the old wooden building on Wash- ington street, near Davis and Palmer’s store, now in the course of being taken down by Messrs. Rollins and Deineritt, en- terprising house builders of this city, who are preparing to erect an elegant store, with granite front, upon the site. One of the alls weighs about fourteen pounds, anoth- er three, and one is a grape shot. The first was taken from the north wall, in which it was found dee ly embedded, the other two from the woodjwork, in the second story. They were coated with rust and dim with age, having evidently lain corroding there for sixty-nine years, having been thrown from some of Washington’s cannon planted on the hei hts of Roxbury, during the peri- od of the blockade ofBoston by the Amer- icans, while the town was in'the hands of the British. They were probably directed at the Old Province house, nearly opposite the Old South Church, and at that time the Head-Quarters of the British commander- in-.-chief, whose military councils were there holden, and whence issued the man- dates that moved and marshalled the hire- ling hosts of the English king.-—[Boslon Times. How Euvia.ble.'—A letter from Saratoga says: “ We spend our time in excursions to the lake—playing billiards and ten-pins at Gridley’s—promenading the delightful ave- nues and walks—drinking Congress and Pavilion spring water——flirting, intriguing, talking scandal, and listening to the divine and harmonious warblings of the fairest and most bewitching damsels in existence.” MORNING, Crrv Nl0R'l'AL1'l'Y.—Th8 Register re- ports fifty deaths for the week ending on the 25th inst.,of which number twenty-two were children under five years of age. Morrrcomnmr GU.-.xus.—We were in er‘- ror yesterday, in stating that Capt. McKel- lops commanded the Montgomery Guards. Capt. P. German is their commander, a brave and efficient officer, who will lead them, wheresoever their services may be re- quired, with honor’ and eclal. A New BOAT ron THE Liutr-:s.—Report has it that Capt. Walker, of the Great Western, contemplates building a leviathan boat at one of the lake ports the ensuing -winter—one of 300 feet keel and 36 feet beam, with engines proportionally large and powerful. W3‘ John Jones, late of the Madisonian, and family, sailed from New York for Liv- erpool, on Sunday week. 33’ George Washington P. Custis made a speech in Faneuil Hall, Boston, the other day, at the exhibition of the Public Schools. $13’ Gen. Winfield Scott is said to be on his way South. EMIGRATION TO LIBERIA.-—VVe under- stand from the New York Sun, that a inim- ber of intelligent colored people in that city talk of sending a committee to Liberia to examine the condition of the country, and if found advisable, to select a site for a col- ony. 533' On Monday last, says a late Pensa- cola Gazette, a man by the name of Nick- erson was seized and carried offby a shark whilst drawing aseine on the opposite side of the bay. This is the second instance of the kind that has occurred in the last two weeks. CHEAP POSTAGE IN CANADA.—Cl)eap postage is to be tried in Canada beforelong; and in order to assist the cause, the oppo- sition line of steam boats f'roni Montreal to Quebec have offered to carry the mail be- tween the two cities, free of expense, for a twelve month. LETTERS or lllanqur: AND REPRlSA[..—- We heard it stated on Saturday last, says the Philadelphia Ledger, by an intelligent ofiicer of the United States Government, that Mr. Polk was determined, in case of war with Mexico, to make a terrible exam- ple of any foreigners not belonging to Mex- ico, or parties to the war, who may attempt aggressions upon American comrnerce'un- der color of letters of marque from the Mex- ican government. He will give orders to the Naval commanders to treat all such ad- venturers as piratcs, as in reality they will be. _~___d______ W__ Exi>LosioN.—We hear that one of the high-pressure canal boats, the Quebec, be- longing to the Quebec Forwarding Compa- ny, was blown up a few miles above La- chine, and that four or five men were drowned in consequence of the explosion. She is said to have had a very valuable cargo of goods on board.—[/lluntreal Cour. FORT Giiisox, Aiiic.—-A letter from our correspondent, as above, has the following paragraph: “Operations have commenced for the re-building of this post. Every thing ap- pears to be quiet in the Cherokee Natinii now. All the Chiefs are gone to Washing- ton. The thermometer ranges from 92 to 104 in the shade.” H3‘ It cariiiot be true that Mr. A’Becket ofthe Walnut Street Theatre, served under Nelson at Trafalgar. Mr. A’B. is only about 35 years of age. Nelson was killed 21st Oct., 1805, and none can enter the British Navy under 14 years of age. We doubt too, ifMr. Richings ever bore arms against the Affghans.—[Philadelphi‘a Spir- it. Our contemporary is assured that Mr. A’- Becket did kill Nelson at the age of 1805, after an honorable service of 35 years on the 21st Oct., Mr. A’B. moreover wasful- ly 14 when he was born, and any one may enter the British Navy if even twice as much. With regard to Mr. Richings he never was in the east; it was in Spain that he bore, since which he has had no family as is mentioned in the Duke of.Wellington’s notes on the burial of Sir John Moore, the identical cloak being therein mentioned. Mr. Richings is now the sole survivor on a plate, the family arms being also conspic- uons; sufficient, we should think, to satis- fy any -" doubt” which might have arisen on the subject. I?‘ The reported destruction of the Georgetown Christian Intelligencer, turns out to be false. The editor of that paper, the Rev. E. Stevenson denies, most em- phatically, being an abolitionist. .tion. Mexico AND THE UNITED STA’l‘l-JS.- Both these countries successfully resisted colonial fetters and despotic governments; both experienced a long and trying revolu- tionary war to achieve their liberty and in- dependence; yet, how different has been the issue. The United States has been blessed with a full enjoyment of happiness and power. Anrnially increasingin popu- lation, wealth and prosperity, she has as- sumed a first rank among the nations of the world, with the prospect of astill higher at- tainment—a still nobler mission——the re- generation of mankind. Mexico has lin- gered along from the period of her disen- thrallmeiit to the present time, the prey and victim of military tyrannies—-petty rulers and illiberal governments. Her people, slaves to ignorance; impoverished, discon- tented, and continually warring against each other—cur:-ed, as it were, by the con- sequences of' their revolutioii-the only, flash of manhood they have ever shown; the country trembling and tottering in the place it has taken among the republics of modern times—seems as though she were a target set up for the opponents of freedom to aim their shafts at. It would be indelicate, perhaps, in us to claim war as a means of civilization, yet we may assert that a war between the United States and Mexico would result in an improved and higher condition of civili- zation for the latter country. In truth, Mexico has no characteristics to admire or applaud; her very growth appears to be stunted. In 1842 her population was 7,015,500, showing an increase of not quite two million since 1793. In 1753 the population of the United States was 1,051,000; in 1810, 7,239,800; in 1840, 17,070,000. In Mexico it is believed there are fewer people who can read and write than there are in the United States who cannot. That single fact is full of significance, and it goes to show, that a war,between the two coun- tries would be emphatically a crusade against ignorance. HORRIBLE Dar-:1) A1‘ WAsiiiNr;'roN.—’l‘lie Baltimore Sun of the 19th inst., has news from Washington by the telegraph, which says: “ Mr. Wm. Kendall, son of Amos Kendall, Esq., was a few minutes ago met upon the avenue and shot dead, by Rufus Elliott, brother-in-law of Mr. John C. Rives.” It appears that a difference had existed between the parties, consisting of William R. Elliott, brother-in-law of John C. Rives, and Bailey and Kendall. About half-past 4 o’clock, they met in a drug store on the corner of 13th street and Pennsylvania ave- nue, when some conversation took place, which resulted in Bailey striking Elliott, for an alleged insult. About 6 o’clock, Elliott returned to the same vicinity; and looking to the opposite side of the street, saw Bailey in company with Kendall ap- proaching. They iad no sooner couie within twenty paces ofhirn, when he level- ed a revolving pistol at Kendall and fired. The ball penetrated the thorax, and pro- duced death instantaneously. Elliott then fired at Bailey and wounded him in the arm. Elliott again fired, and, it is said, twice; and Bailey then pursued him in to Fullcr’s Hotel; Elliott eluded him, however, by jumping out of a back window,and making his escape. U. S. NAVAL FORCE IN THE Gun‘.- The Washington Constitution says, that “the United States squadron in the Gulf of Mexico is ample for any emergency likely to arise in that quarter. Including the steam frigate Mississipi, now on her way, it will consist of ten vessels of war, mounting over two hundred guns. ” This, we believe, is a larger force than has ever been hereto- fore concentrated under the command of any naval officer in our service. On the western coast of Mexico there is, or shortly will be, eight of our vessels of war, and this force will be increased by the vessels of the East India squadron, no won their way home. Two Familie.r.—A fellow has resided the last three years in Brooklyn, L. I., with a wife whom he married in Savannah, and by whom he had two children. Last week another wife of his, with ten good sized children, arrived from Ireland. John robbed his junior wife "of $24 and some household goods, and joined his senior family in New York, to remove with them to the west. The police stopped his flight and took him prisoner. LIFE INSURANCE.—The Mutual Life In- surance Company, of New York, issued during the month ofJune, ninety new poli- cies. The institution is in excellent condi- Mr. George W. Pine is the agent o_; the Company for this city. GooD.—There are no less than five Churches now in thecourse of erection in the city of Washington. T£iv'i3.ar's LATER FROM EUROPE. The steamer Hibernia arrived at Boston on Sunday 17th, in less than 12 days from I.iverpool—having sailed on the 5th inst. The news is not of much importance. Large sales of cotton at previous prices. Among the passengers are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean and Mr. Hackett. The transactions in American securities have been very limited, and prices are still depressed. The Cotton market is not so active, but prices are without change. The lower qualitics of American are being forced up- on the market. Mr. McLane, the newly appointed min- ister from the United States of America to England, has arrived at Thomas’ Hotel, Berkly square. The annexation of Texas to the United States has not at all excited surprise. Mr. Charles Ware, formerly of this country, died recently at Liverpool. He had been engaged in mercantile business. The wife of George Catlin, Esq., the cel- ehrated painter and delineator of Indian customs, died in Paris on the 30th ult. Mr. Jennifer, the minister at Vienna, from the United States, has received his or- der of recall. flmerican. Stocks in London.—Our report of American securities in London is unfa- vorable. The intelligence received there from New York,.by the Acadia, wasto the 15th ult., which intimated the. possibility of the State of Pennsylvania being unable to pay the interest on her debt, and it has changed the position of that description of stock. _ _ IR!-JLAND--Repelll .flssocrritio1i.——At the meeting of the Repeal Association on Mon- day, the most prominent subject was a dis- pute between the repealers in London. _ A section of that body was ip rebellion a ainst the warden, Mr. W. J. O .Connell, an they threatened to call a public meeting at the National Hall, in Holborn, to lay their grievances before the public.’ ‘ _ Mr. O’Connell said, that ll they did so, their names should be struck off the roll! of Conciliation Hall. The repeal rent for the week was announced to be over £250. Greece.—The accounts from Greece rep- resenfihe country as being overrun by rob- bers. Assassinations were frequent. M. Petsali had been murdered in front of his own house, and the dwelling of the Re- ceiver General had been broken into and plundered. A large booty-4-1,000 drach- mas of the ublic inoney—was carried off by the rascalis. ' _ CONSTANTINOPLE, July l7.—Collzs-ion of the Steamer.-I-—-Loss of One Hundred and T/ii-rty-flue Liocs.—Ori the night of the llth irist., on the Black Sea, about forty miles east of the Bosphorus, a most dreadful ca- tastrophe took place. Two Turkish steam- ers, the (The coming from and the other go- ing to Trebizorid, came into a sudden colli- sion, and one of them went down with the greater part of the crew and iassengers. About seventy, however, y swimming and clinging to spars, reached the Scutaria, where they clustered round the paddle boxes until they were taken in. _ Captain Lambert and an engineer were picked up by a boat of the Scutaria. All the rest, one hundred and five souls, perished. As the Scutaria approached the wreck she heeled over, (the people on the deck, like wild maniacs, were visible in moonlight,) and as the sea sucked her dowii—as the vor- tex of waters she formed in sinking almost made the Scutaria spin round with the mo- tion—tliere arose a scream of utter horror —a last scream! which those who heard will never forget. India and Chimi.—The Overland Mail has arrived with dates from China to the 6th May. The cholera has been very pre- valent in Bombay and Poonah, and has raged in Lahore fearfully. The political news is of no importance. E3’ Her Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Sir Richard Packenham, was a guest last week at Carrollton Hall, the beautiful coun- try seat of J. McTavish, Esq., H. B. M. C. for the city of Baltimore. The American lady recently married toa relation of the Duke of Wellington, and who is attracting such notice by her eccen- tricities, is a Miss McTavish. B3’ The lightning sometimes plays ex- traordinary freaks. Recently in Duxbury, Mass., it first struck adwelling house in which w_ere ten persons in bed, rending the chimney and interior of the house to shiv- ers. But no person was injured in the slightest degree. H3‘ It appears that Mrs. Mowatt is de- termined to keep her audience in proper order during the performance. A writer from Buffalo says, that one night during the play of the “ Lady of Lyons,” a slight dis- turbance took place in the theatre, when Mrs. Mowatt refused to proceed unless she could do so without interruption. THE WAR FEVER.—Tl1e military of Phi- ladelphia have got their blood up at the prospect of a war. The Ledger says, “that the prospect of a fight is not the most disa- greeable tli_i_rig_iitli world to them.” Mas. SIGOURNEY.—we TQQ: to hear that this lady is still confined to her [bed by severe sickness.