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R. !. owned by Nr. William Harris, was on Wednes- day, entirely consumed by fire. The building cou,niu cd about 34O0 spiHdleS. It s supposed that the fire was communicated by stove pipe in the mule room whilst the wOvkmen were atdnncr. $l4,OO0 was in- sured. ~

 Tho Committee appointed by Congress on the af. 1 fairs of the United States Bank, sitting at Phila delphia, have been actively engaged in the prosscu. lOn Oftheir duties, ever since they arrived. Determ ined devote themselves business says the Sa,ur. day Courier they have declined all invitations to par take of public fcsIivtes-a course which, though i, may occasion some regret to the many who were anx- iOus to offer tokens Ofther esteem, is highly prase- worthy.-Mere. Ado. YOuthfaA C0HrGgr.-The following extraordinary circumstances occurred about fortnight ago. in the family Of Mr. Eagle, respectable; farmer, living at the junction Ofthe FrencAown and Red Lion Roads about mile from this city. Mr. Eagle and his wife had gone from home to spend the night, leaving in the house his of about 12 years of age, nephew of the same age, daughter ofabout years of age and negro boy and grl-lhe boy about 20 years ofage.- In the evening, when the children about rer- ing for the night, the black boy came into the and manifested the most brutal intentions towards the

 

 room, and threatened the boys with instant death if ,hey interfered. The boys, who both displayed re- markable presence of mind and intrepidi.y through out the whole affair, contrived the muskc, and forced the young rufian from the room. They had been but short time in bed, when the negro re- turned tu the door, and with violent threats and im precations began to force it with heavy instrument, which he broke through the pannel. and was making lis way into the room, when young Eagle, who had the musket along side of bed, and was cooy watch ing the operation, took deliberate aim at the vill"" and shot him through the breast, of which wound he died in few hours. A Coroners inquest was held upon the body and found the facts as we have related then.- Wilmington Journal.

 1he Effect of he past Winter on Fruit Tress- About three weeks ago, communication appeared in the Farmer from the Hon. Joha Lowell, of Roxbury and another from Saem in which the fact is stated that the fruit trees within the observation of these aen,lemen have suffered very great, and perhaps per manent injury from the severity of past w'"ter'- An the growth of the last season is k'ed' and there are reasons to apprehend that the trees themselves VII mt recover from the shock for several years. Mr Lowell accounts for the fact in very p'a" ana p"'' . osophical manner. The he"' or '"e summer was s' r.., and cun,iun~A 50 long that |" the sap remained .,,,.,a tnspissated, till the Both of Nove"her.- .1.se severe, unusually premature severity Of Dece" ber burst the vessels of the plants, filled as they wer with watery fuid." similar cause has been al sgned by other writers, that although the trees ma leaf out as well the coming season. yet the return vei se,s or veins being rupured, the result in the a""m will be of the same nature as general girdling Sine then the same fact has been stated in communication from Mesars Edwards of Springfield, Me. Wheeie of Framims s,am, and other gentlemen residing in d Eerent parts of New England. Thus it appears th veus,ahle as xall as esaai fife has enconniered at aerous losa, the unparalleled severity o' Tue "'"'' Cha, has just termioa,ed.-Med'ca1 Journal

 nc.. Cr..k y-asans.-By the treaty recently cor -,..,.a .,. ratified a, Washington, the Creek Indian '"sagh their commissioners cede to the United State sN ,heis lands East ofthe Mississippi River. The con pensati"n they are to receive, appears to be equal about $35O, ,00O. (nearly half in annuities,) besid certain reservations made 90 chiefs and other hea of families These reservations they are permitted seai for fair consideration" to any other person in sach manner the President may direct. the cad ot five years, 90 many of them as choose remain, will receive patents for their lands, in simple, from the United States It is expressly pr Sided that they "shall be free to go stay .h' please" and this provision appears to extend d whole tribe, whether possessing reservations or nc As fast as they are prepared to smigrae, they are Ge removed at the expense of the United States, ' eeivng subsistence from the same while on ,herjot ney, snd for year after their arrival at their nc homes.-Jowaai of Commerce.

 The Trustees ofthe village of PougGk oAe, reward of $500 for the discovery of the persons VI first violated and then murdered Catharine Jane Ts lor who was found dead in the woods near that v"f About twenty persons have undergone examina,i without the magistrates being able to discover

 perpetrators of the crime.

 It is stated as a well aulhenti fact, that

 greater and more common part ofthe cigars vend'

 ihe United Kingdom, aud sold at from &. to l3s

 hundred. are prepared from the cabbage leaf. sc'

 in ia ssrcog solution of tobacco water. T

 The small pox is making dreadfss ravages ss

 the Italians alongthe western shore of Lake "'

 gan. Az many sixty had died of this ma"

 Milwauky up to tie last accounts.

 Mysteysoas.- Morris Seaman, of the en- CT Hannah sad Mary arrived from Egg Harb'"e

 close of last week, with load of charcoal, aoor- cd his vessel a, Pike-slip wharf. He sold prgo for ahou, S4OO or $500. the cash for which p"'" to him. Since Monday Capt. Seaman hasoee"

 seen ar heard oE-a0d no trace of him has b o""o' Capt. Seaman is about g years of age. fincn' [ co in height, Ofsight figure. ofihn fe"tore. o"'S