604. ” AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNAL. The Washington Globe contains an official note equally with him the avails of the robbery. have been from Lord Palmerston to Mr. Vail, United States Chargé d’Afl‘airs to Great Britain, from which it ap- ears that shingles are included in the description of umber which may be imported in the Islands of Bar- badoes, St. Vincent, and St. Lucia, free ofduty un- til the month of March next. Appointments by the I’rcsz'rlent.——Willimn Tudor Tucker, to be Consular’ Commercial Agent of the United States at the Island of Bermuda, vice Wil- liam R. Higinbotham, deceased. Doctor Felix Roberts, of Nashville, Tenn. to be I Commissioner to hold Treaties with the Indian tribes west of the Mississippi, in place of Governor Carroll, who declined the appointment. Capture of a Mexican schooner of war by the United States’ schr. Grampus.--—'I‘he New Orleans Courier of the 27th ult. states that the U. S. schr. Grampus, Josiah Tatnall, Esq., commander, was at anchor outside the Bar, from a cruize of six months on the Mexican coast, with $300,000 in specio on board. The Grumpuscaptured on the 16th August the Mexican schr. of war Montezuma, Capt. Pedro Villeneal, for committing an act of piracy on the schr. William A. Turner, 47 days of and from New York, for Matamoras. The officers and crew of the Montezuma (eighty in number, including a company of soldiers) are in iron: on board the Grampus; and the prize is ordered into a port in the United States. The commencement at Bowdoin College took place on Wednesday last. The number of graduates was 27. The oration delivered by Mr. Johnson, and the poem by Mr. Longfellow, before the Phi Beta Kappa Society on Thursday, are spoken of in terms of commendation. , .Williams C'oZlegc.--The annual commencement of this Institution was held on the 5th instant. The degree of A. B. was conferred on l8young gentle- men; that of A. M. in course on 4, and honorary on 2; that of M. D. in course on 7, and honorary on 4. "At the close of the regular exercises of the morning, an address before the Alumni was deliver- ed by Prof.C. Dewey, of Pittsfield, Mass. Of this address, says the Albany Argus, we cannot speak in too enthusiastic terms.” Hereafter the annual commencement‘ is to be hold on the 3d Wednesday in August, instead oftlie 1st Wednesday in Septem- From the Triennial Catalogue which has been--sent us by a‘l'riend', -it appears that the whole number of graduates from the origin of the Institu- bar. tion to the present time, is 1137, of whom 958 are still living. Clergymen 299, of whom 248 are still living’. Physicians 214, of whom 210 are still living. The Rev. -John. Croes has been elected Rector of Christ Church, New Brunswick, N. J., which had been rendered‘ vacant by the death of his father, Bishop Cross, who had il0ld‘lll0 Rectorsbip more -than thirty years. tation. -~ \ The National Gazette states, that on Friday, “ Sa- muel Jaudon, Esq , Cashier of the Branch Bank at New.Orleans,"was unanimously elected Cashier of This gentleman is . A better choice the Bank of the United States. eminently qualified for the‘ station could not have-been made." Sporting Intelligence}-—By a letter recently receiv- edin this city, says the Charleston Post, from afriond ginia. in Columbia, information ‘is given that Col. W. R Johnson has accepted the ‘challenge offered by Col. ago, from the Pacific, where he was in command of Mr. Cross has acceptedtho invi- ’ overtaken and forced to disgorge their spoils. arrived at Staten Island in July, and had made good their retreat into the interior as far as Jordon, On. ondago county, to which place they were traced with difficulty by the agents sent in pursuit, and there arrested on civil process. Sperry was first ta. ken and immediately gave up his share of the money, pointing out his associates, who by this means were also arrested. About $11,000 were recovered, and the rogues discharged, under lheimpression that the laws ofthis State do not authorize criminal process in such cases.——[Couricr 5.: Enquireia] »S'hoclri'ng Accident.-—A New-Orleans paper ofthe 22d ult. has the following :-—-“ On Monday night, about 9 o’clock, two child mm were accidentally burnt to death. It appears that the mother of the poor chi- drcn left them in bed, and stepped out of the room, leaving a candle near the musqueto.bar: on return ing, the accident was discovered, and the children immediately taken from their perilous situation. At first, it appeared that the youngest child was not much burnt, and hopes were entertained of its reco veryi-——but yesterday morning found both of them den .” ~ Shocking AccirIent.—On Thursday afternoon last, as one of the workmen employed in the West Point Foundry in Beach street, was passing through one the pully, he incautiously set his foot on it, which tightened it on the drum, and the double caught him and drew him up betweeh the drum and the floor se- veral times before the steam engine could be stopp- ed. which tore his body in so shocking a manner that he breathed only a few minutes. His name was Thomas Marcus,‘ aged about 50 years, a native of England. He had been only three months in this country. ‘ Melancholy Accideni'..—-As Mr. Samuel P. Bald- win was adjusting the apparatus connected with a windlass, in the third story of a store in Merchants Row, yesterday afternoon about 4 o’clock, he acci- dcntly fell, and was so much bruised that he died in about an hear afterwards. He was about 22 years of age. "What renders this bereavement peculiarly distressing to his afflicted relatives is, that it is but respect to his father, Mr. Luke B.-:,ldwin.——[Boston Courier.) Brown Umioersify.---The annual commencement was held on W'cdncsday last. The degree of A. B. was conferred on 22 young gentlemen. The honorary degree ofDoctor in Divinity, was _conferred_on the Rev. Charles I’. Mcllvaiuc, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; and on the Rev. Thomas Stetfe Crisps,-A. M. of Glasgow University, and the Presi- dent of the Theological Academy, Bristol, Eng. The commencement was attended by fewer stran- gers than usual, but the exercisesarc spoken of as respectable. The legislature of Tennessee met on Mondu y last. The principal business before them is the election of amember of the United States Senate, aiid the apportioniiient of the state into Congressional dis- tricts. _ . - .Wo are sorry to hear of the death of Commodore Charles R. Thompson, at the Hot Springs, in Vir- Hc had been in ill health for a longtime, . having brought his disease with him, several months , Richardson of this State, to run Bertrand, jr. and the U.S. squadron for two orithroe yesrs.——[National Little Venus, against Bonnets of Blue and Andrew four mile heats, for $5,000 a side, each match. The contest takes place over the Washington Course on cu the Monday and Tuesday preceding the next regular co Charleston Races. , Intelligencenj We learn tbata malignant disease exists among ttle in the neighborhood of Kipp’: Bay. Nine we have died from one farm. One of these had been examined, and a largo quantity of blood found The celebrated trotting horse Bull Calfwas sold upon the heart, the stagnation of which appeared to this morning, at the auction store of W. L. Freeman have caused death»-—[Jour. of Com.] for $f375.—-[Philadelphia Gazette] .:.l:l1§_._gllW}§‘}l_tI,l):',fll.i Advertiser of the 3d inst. says: Sr. Jomrs, N. B. Aug. E25.-——The brig Ileber, Agrc, 63 days from Belfast. arrived at quarantine on Mon- -‘—.-‘VW ten to play was ‘ about halfovor on Satur- day. The report of the health ofiice:-~states, that ‘ day ini=gh_t,il\'rIr. Caldwell came forth,_ and announced that our _;distiuguishod _ countryiuian, kwnshington Irving, had,_3ust:_ar,rive'd in our city. and was then in the Theatre. -This pleasing information was greeted with the most enthusiastic applause by the audience, a happy earnestgcf the welcome which Mr. Irving will receive from the citizens of the West. He is thrice welc_ome." O _.The Robbers Taken.--'I‘homas Sperry, who in May last absconded from London, taking with him i -3000}. of the funds ofa Banking’ house in which he had been a cohfidential clerk, together with his so- complices, Lankester and Call, who had shared she had 169 passengers when she sailed. 17 of whom, according to the captain's account,.die~’. of want do- ring the passage, and one of small pox. "Nothing can exceed the misery of those people-—~not only their own stock of provisions, but that of the vessel is completely _exhauste,d,and the major part of them, when they arrived, had not tasted a mouthful for two do.ys—they are wallowing in filth, and present :1 sad spectacle.”. ». ‘ Melnrwlzoly Accirlent.--—The‘ Newburyport Herald persons started in two wherries from that town, to visit Plum Isiand. on an excursion of pleasurmi On - o They but was suffered to retain $500 on condition of of the shops, where a belt happened to be thrown off about a fortnight since they paid the last tribute of states, that on Wednesday morning, a‘ company of board one of the boats were Mr. Isaac G. Noyes. and Mr. John Hardy, with nine females. When about a half mile distant from Plum Island Bridge, in the ,“ Gut,” the sail jibing suddenly, the wherry was capsized. Five of the passengers clung to the boat, the rest were left floating on the surface. The other boat,directed by Mr. John Thurlo. was imme. diataly put on shore near by; and be having landed his companions, returned to the rescue of the per. sons exposed, He was however too late to save them all; a child of Mr. Noyes, named Elizabeth, aged 3 years, and Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Joseph L. Colby, aged 16, being drowned. ‘ ‘ Drowned, in the Canal Basin, in Buffalo. Mr. Charles Catlin. The deceased left his boarding. houac on Thursday evening before last, undiscover. ed by any person, and on Sunday his body was found in the water. No evidence has been elicited of the immediate cause of his death. ’ Mammoth Lemon.-‘We were yesterday 'shown a lemon, which grew in lliedford. l\1oss. and surpass- ed in size any that we have ever seen. Its least circumference was eleven inches and a. half; its length upwards of live inches; and it weighed fiileen and a half ounces uvoirdupois!——[Exetor News Letter.) [From the Commercial Adoertiseix] Dr:s'rnUc'rrvn Fms.-—-Between 7 and 8 o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in the bakery ofJ. H. Fredoricks, inuthe rear of No. 86iVandam street, which burned with great fury, that in about one hour, twenty buildings were reduced to a. heap of'ruins.—— The particulars, so far as we have been enabled to collect them, are as follows: On Vrmdam Street.-—-No. 86, occupied by J. H. Fredcricks, baker. Bakchousedestroycd. the dwell. ing of Mr. F. fronting the street, was but slightly injured. No. 84. Two story frame house, occupied by Isaac Reed and Mrs. Mary Scott, slightly injured. No. 82. Two story frame house, occupied by Mrs. Blackney, rear, damaged. , pp No. 80. Two story frame house, occupied by O. Wade and James Swift, and owned by B. P. Molick, Esq., destroyed. building, occupied as a grocery and dwelling by B. Melick, and owned by B. P. Moliclc, Esq., slightly injured. No. 237. Two story frame house, occupied below by Mr. Scott. asa chair factory, and the upper part by some families; this building destroyed. This was owned by Mr. Mclick. No. 235. Two story frame house ; chair factory of '1‘. J. Blane, below; families above; burnt down ; owned by Mr. Molick. No. 233. Two story frame house; chair factory of Mr. Halsey, below ; families above——burnt down —owned by Mr. Melick. _ No. 231. Two stor frame house ; umbrella store of Burger do Shaw; amilios abovc—ownod by Mr. Gilbert——-burnt down. » " No. ‘.229. Two story frame house, occupied by Mr. T. P. Laws as a shoe store, and Mr. Perkins, confectionor; dwellings ubovc——bumt down. No. 227. Two story frame house, occupied by T. H. Chalmers, grocery and dwelling-—burnt down. On Spring-street.-—No. 265. Two story frame house. occupied by Mary Concklin, a Mr. James Gilbert--burntcdown. Mr. Stcts, baker, and owned by Mr. J. G. Martin—- burnt down. This property was insured. No. 269. Two story frame house, occupied by Amos Gore, and owned by J. G. Martin-_--destroyed: insured. No. 271. Two story frame house, occupied by Peter‘ Demarcst, chairmaker, and owned by Mr. Low- is--destroyed. No. 273. Two story frame house, occupied by Mrs. Paterson, grocer, and owned by Mr. Lawton ;. destroyed. _ No. 275. ‘Two story house, occupied by Spear &. Robertson, as a shoe store, and owned by A. J. Spear; rear much. damaged. ‘ dcr as a brisket store; rear much damaged. ' Firc.———On Suiurday evening about 10 o’c1oclr. the house 64 James street, occupied as a dwelling house and bake.shop. by Mr. Reeve, was discovered to be on fire. By the prompt arrival of the firemenit was get under with but little damage. About 12 o’clock, same night, another alarm was given, which proved to proceed ‘from the same building, und~be- fore it was extinguished, destroyed the interior with all its conttentsf "It is supposed, to hayabipafl me‘ ‘gm; ,of an incendiary. A ’ " A ‘ On Hudson Street.—-No. 239, two story brick ’ nd owned by - No. 267. Two story frame house, occupied by ‘ No. 277:. Two story house, occupied by Mr. Shel» ’