General Intelligence: Commerce And Navigation

W ashinoton, September 27, 1843. The annexed statements of the commerce anc' navigation, betwecn the United States nnd f.reirn countries, 11 the year ending on the 30th September, 1842, have been recently made, but are not vet printed. kxports. The exports duriug the year nmounted to #104,691,534: of which $92,909.996 were of domestie, and $11,721,533, of foreign articles. Of domestic anieles, $7 1,467,63 1, were ex ported in American vessels, and $2l,00L,362, in foreigrn vesselp. Of the foreign artides. $8,425,389, were exported in American vessels, and $3,290,149, in foreign vessels. IMPORTS. The imports dnrinor tbe yenr amotinted to $100,162,087; of which there was imported in American vessels, $88,724,200, and in foreurn vessels, O11,437,807. One million five hundred and ten thousand one hundred and eleven tons of American shipping entered, and 1, 866,454 tons clenred from the ports of the United States. 732,775 tons of foreign shipping- entcree, and 740.497 tons cleared during the same period. TON.NAGE OF THE UN1TD STATES, SEPT. 30, 1842.Of the registered and enrolled tonnage, there were employed in the whale fishery, 151,612,74. Total tonnage of shipping built in the United States, during the year ending September SOth, 1842.Of the domestic articles exported there were of producís ofPlainness of Dress and Address the badge of high breedmg. - "Noblemen, as a ciass, here, aiedisünguished asreadily by the plainness of their dress as by the simplicity of address. Were you to judge of rank by the cut and texture of the coat, or the tie of the cravat,you would be sure to mistake the Footman for the Pier. The Duke of Wellington, JjOrn juun Kussell, Sir Robeic rccr, ttimigb certainïy "out at the elbows," are, when in Parlmment, quite plainly drrssed gentlemen. Bul their Footmen and Vaiets adorn their persons with as much toste, and aselaborately as the exquisites who are to be see.n in Amnrican Drnwing and Aseembly Rooms. And tl)e co nspqueni!;i] personages wlio stand in Noblemen's Halls, to answer the Bell, are fo redumitintly decorated with lace, spant? les and powder, that they remind you of the M'ck Duke in "Rule a Wife and have a wite." - The "swell" genus is almost extinct here. There is occasionally an old Beau, who makes himsclf tip of artificial hair, teeth, eyebrows, whiskeis, calve-1, ec. 8ic, after the manner of 'Potts,' whom Lockhnrt mmortalized m 'Peter's L'-ttrrs to hi-. Kinsfolk,' and you sometimos meet a thing that owes lts existence to its Tailor, but tliey are rare, and belonjpr, it is said, to Crockford or some other gaming house proprietor. The moral of all this ie, that we, instead of a new London rig around, as was anticipated, wesrour American made clothes.' - tfeed's Letters. Jokes on Grcal mm. - The editor of the Springfiold Republican, who was on thejurv in the recent slave case before the Circuit Court, relates the foüowing amusing incidents of the trial: - Ex -Governor Corwin did not make hisappearance within the bar until towards the close of the argument on this -case. Soon aft er he ontorodthe. ex-Senator Morris combattiitg the prejudice agninst colored persons, rcmarked. thaf "a deep copper was the original standard color." Every une in the room turned towards Corwin as a fair specimen of 'the standard,' and the 'copper colored critter' bowed his acknovvledgreinents to all. One of the witnesses was asked to describe the clothing of one oftheslaves. He was at a loss as to the color. It was walnut died cloth,' hc said; 'he did not know what to cnll the color, but it was jast Mke the head of one of the lawyere, he had forgotten the name - oh, yes! it was the color of Mr. Hamer's hair!' - The laugh, ihis time was turned upon the walnul headed gentleman from Brown. It wouldn't do probably, to mention the thing publicly, but I will say to you, reader, entre nous, that Judge Mc Leau's recent ly married wifp, an amiable and accomplished lady, is a whole hparted abolitionist, president of a female anti-slavery society, and warmly befriendinsr all oï 'that vay.' The lawyers on the abolition 6de of the case appeared de termined that the Judge sbould not forget the views of his 'better half.' 'May it pleasp ihe Court,' said one of t hem; 'there re hou6ands of respectable men in Ohio who regard this act of the defendaxt are a righteous act - ay, nnd ladies too,may it piense y onr'honnor, lad'tes odishnclion ! 'Thn Judge looked very grave. 'And your honor 6akl anotlier one. the TadïCB even have token the sidc of tbcI - - - - - - ■ - - - . . . ■_ poor ölave, and organized eocieties for the promotion of the entiments we are nuw advocating!' The Judge scratched liis head.- The laugh now ran against the bench. Beautus of Churchism.-3ohr Livesey. of Preston, editor of the "Struegle," gives the following account of therapacity and oppression of tlio established clergy of England, in extorting pence froni the poor. The day tor such pranks is almost over: "The Vricnrof Preston, by his agent?, the I pólice, has again entered my humble shop, ) and shouldered eghty-seven pounds of cheese. These are taken p.nd eold, and the proceeds divided among magistrate's clerks, baiüffj, auctioneers, and the vicar lurnself. His original demand was six and a half pence for myself, nnd one hnlf pence each for two communicants,' which for two yeare made one shil'ing and three pence; ane because } refused to pay, ten shillings costs (vns immedialely added, and in about a fortnight this holy claim from our popular churcn increased about 2,400 per cent! To pay this the cheeses wcre seized. He is welcomc to all the honor and peace of mind which such a procedure will secure. 1 can only say tliat, ag an humble tayman, had he owed me six and a half pence. If I had even ventured to ask him for it, I shonld never liave entered his dweiling, either by myself or my agenta, to seize his property." Another Case of Murder.- The last Liberty (Mo.) Banner says: 'A man by the name of Asher shot another by the name ot Hutton, last Friday, in Platte county, under the following circumstances: A6her and Hutton have been quarreling for about a year or so, about a claim to a piece of land. On the day above referred to, the parties met in the woods by themeelves, the quarrel wasrenewed, when Huiton started towards Asher with a large stick of wood in his hand, Asher, tu defend himself, as he says, shot him through the body, and then went to a magistrate ond made the above confes8ion. Both of the men were over eixty years of age.The Sabbath in Scotland.-Mr. Weed, n his letters from Europe, remarks: "Scotland, you know, is distinguished for its obscrvance of the Sabbath. There aro no modes of conveyance here on Snnday. Railways, sleamers and coaches rest on the Sabbath. This morning (Sunday) the streets nnd marte, that were so thrnnged last night, and in which there was all the noise and confusión of Babel, are now totally deserted.- No sound frnm voice or footstep is heard. - Even upon the Quay, where loafers "most do congrégate," there is silenre and 6olitude." Atnendment of the Constitution. - The two last Lee'islatures passed joint resoluliont for cm amnAing th& Cnnstiliitlan of the State. that no law nuthorizing the borrowing of money on the credit of the Stafe, shall take effect until submitted to the people at the npxt General Election, and approved by the majority of the votes for and against it.- Wliether 'he Constilution shall, or shall not be so mended, s to be decided at the coming election, of which the electora are du!y notified by the Sheriff in hu, election notice in anothcr column - Monroe Adv.Corn Slalk Sugar. - We are obliged to Mr. E. S. Ricker of Clermont county, for a bottle of corn stalk molasses. It is pure, sweet, and well flavored, wilh a slight sharpness about it, which, it is said, makes it al] the better for common preserves. To our taste it is as plensnnt as New Orleans molasses. Mr. Ricker rai.-ed 16 gallons from the tenth of an acre - or at the rate of 160 gallons an acre: which at 25 ets. wnuld be, forty dollars worth - a pretty fair yield br one acre of ground. - Philanthropisl. Who are slaves? Mr. J. R. Lowell, has Sriven an excellent answer in the following unes: They are slavswho fearto speak For the fnllerfand the wpnk; They are slnvos who wijl nnt choose Hatred, scoffiiiir and nbuse Ralhpr than, in silence, shink; Fmm the t'rnth they needs must think; They are slavp?, who darn not be In the right with two or three! OjT'The American Jewisb Advocate, pnblished monthiy in New York, says: "It is only a Cew yenrs hack, when there were bnt ix sjnngognes oppn for worship in the United Siates, to wit; one in New Vork, two in Philadelphin, one in Richmond, one Charestnn and one in Savannnh. Bnt now the name of the Lord is invoked in the longue o' the land of Cannnan, in at least twenty places dedica led to the service of the most High." Mr. Adams. - Will Mr. Ada- 6 be lynched for his abolitif.ni?m. in the slave States? The citizens of W heel ing, Virginia, without distinction of party, have invited hun to accept the Iiuspitalities of theircity on hisway to the West. And it is the intention of the people of Kentucky to have liim ainong them before he returns. The Han. Culrb Cushing, now sorvile to the Slave-Port'er, said u few years since, in a letter to his constituents - "Slavcry is that hing wluch pervades, colois, and controls all the action of the General Government." He is now a VVhig in olhc circumstances. An attempt has been made to assassinnte Mr. Cassins M. Clay, at Lexington, Ky. - He was 6hot at while returning from Madison; and lúa horse, .alarmed at the report of the gun, ran off and threw liim. He escaped however, without injurj'.The Fattest Shekp.- Mr. John Sinnlon, of Champion, in ihi? county, e)uug hlered a sheep on Saturday last, five yearsold laat spring, the Tallow from which after beinotried up, weighed 4DJ lbs! Ten pounds and nine ounccs of Wool was sheared from the sime sheep in the spring. Who can beet this? -Black Rivcr Times. Rev. Dr. Hdmphrky, President of Amberst College, saya in o sermón delivered and pubüsbedby him, "The blnod of murder ts on Uic Imnds of him who votes for a duelist."