HASZARD’S GAZETTE, MAY 26.

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. _ HAVANA» -

"The lII'l'lVI.i oi the Black Warrior at New lork was announced on the 3d, with a brief summary ofher news. We subjoin particulars. seine at which are very interesting. The Presto de la Habana of the -5th of April‘ says :

“ [tap ears that the Anglo-American Com- modore l\ oCsule , desirous of being present last Sunday to witness the grand review, the Governor and Captain General of the island being informed of his wish, ac at the disposal of the Anglo-American gentleman his coach of state, commissioning one of his ad- yutants, the Count of Villanueva, to accompany the Commodore in the carria e.

“ Accordingly, durin the grand review on ‘ nday, the Anglo- inericnn Commodore Met. uley, commanding the Anglo-American steamer San Jiiicinto, was seen occupying the coach of state, together with the young adju- tant of his Excellency the Captain-General.

“During all the time that the troops were deliling, his Excellency‘s coach was stationed in the square of Isabel II, near the s 0: oc- cupied by his Excellency the Captain- ‘eueral an his brilliant stud‘, and as the troops passed, the Anglo-American Commodore put repeated inquiries to the young Count 0‘ Villanueva, who answered them with that fulness and amiable politeness which is peculiar to him. It appears that the Anglo-American Commodore

frequently desired to be es ecially informed. _ _ when -the volunteers should efile before him, l "Ike! 1111100 1}! 100 nffulri of Ellrope 4 M P|'9St'"‘l sent in the cars.

and as they arrived, declared that they appeared like veteran troops, and in no manner differed from those ofa regular army.

‘- The Anglo-American Commodore McCain- ley has been, and is treated everywhere among us. with that Spanish kindness and courtesy which all strangers acknowledge and admire, and which is so rateful to them.”

There was not ing new at Havana. No new arrests had been made, and the island was returning to iis usual quiet. The llavana correspondent of the Journal of Commerce save . 1- It is and chat the San Jacinto will remain here until she is relieved, when the Commodore gets weary of our amusements, in which, however, is does not articipate much. A magniﬁcent dinner was iron in compliment to the Commodore _ eiieral Concha, when were invited some 0 the principal State otiicers : Captains Stribling and Eagle attended Com- unodore McCauley ; and an American gentlemen of Philadelphia, commended to the attention of the Captain ‘General by the Spanish Legation at Washington, was also present.

“ The only Spanish citizen at table not at- tached to some branch of the public service, was Mr. Morales, the active business head of the house of brake it Co. The entertainment was, of course, enjoyed, as there is no one so competent as General Conclia, assisted by his charming lady, to give social value to the exquisite feast they cater for their guests- having the oversight of Bernard, the Prince of French cooks. We have nothing new in relation to the State prisoners. The health of llavana continues good. No questions have been asked by Commodore McCauley."

BREADSTUFI-‘S. 3

Atthe present time, when the subject of bread ? stuffs occupies the attention ofevcry crson in, our community. we have much satis action in‘ occupying the annexed eico of news from the ‘0swego Palladium‘ o the 10th April. We hope sincerely the * cautious iniller's ‘ cstiuia may not i-ovc correct, but that the more cheer- in inteli enoe furnished by the‘ Buliiilo Re- pu lie’ an the ‘ Palladium’ may be fully sus- tained during the season :—

“ The Rochester Advertiser is informed by one of the most oautious and careful inillers of that city, that the aggregate surplus of wheat in all the region of that country in the ‘west whose products will find an At antic market through the several routes of Bofalo, Uswego and Ugdensburg, will not exceed one million ﬁve hundred thousand bushels This is ex- clusive of what is expected from Canada.

“ We are not aware, says the Buﬂislo Repub- lic, what means of information the aforesaid careful miller me have, but we know that he is decidedly ba ly posted Ii .—From actual observation we know, that t eamount come forward and now ready for shipment on the shores of lake Michigan, is almost 400,000 bus. of wheat, and 100,000 barrels of flour, besides 75,000 barrels at Detroit, 30,000 at Toled and about 6.000 bls. at Clsverland. The amount at Sansdusky we have no means of ssssthiliin . We know further, that another million bus els of wheat, and an additional 50 or 100,000 bis. dour may be expected from Lake Michigan ports before harvest, together with 50,000 barrels more from Detroit, and about the same amount from Toledo and Cleveland saeh. Let us now see how the

I res will stand on these dates. From Lake

iclii n, , bls., roin Toledo. 100,000 bis. ; from Cleveland, , bls.; makin a total of 925,000 s. tlonr to can forwa before harvest, exclusive

" On the opening of the‘ navigation consider-- quautities will be shipped to Lake Superior“ and the lumber regioms, and some to Pitts- liufgll. &o., but it is fair to estimate at 1011“. the quantity reserved at the lower lake ports from the \\ est at 800,000 barrels. We rave no means of estimating the amount ox- pccted from Canada, but we have heard the quantity put d.owu at from 250,000 to 1,000,000, barrels ﬂour, by gentlemen well calculated to Judge. and whose means of information are ex- tensive. Dividing the estimates we shall have something like, 1,-i00,000 barrels from the West and Canada, equal to the number of bushels which the cautious Rochester miller has allowed us, an amount amply suﬁicient to satisfy lioinc wants, and any ordinary foreign demand, for the space of five months, or until the next harvest. Our readers must also bear in mind that door cannot now be exported, without loss of froiu two to three dollars per barrel, and that European prices must rise, or American decline to that extent. before we shall be called upon to send our supplies ton foreign market."

A later paper contains the following para- graph :-

‘- bince the opening of the navigation, there have arrived at Oswego from Canada 50,000 hls. plain‘), 1l0,000 bushels wheat, and 500,000 feet

uni er. .

QUEBEC. ,

The prospects for the future are gloomy midi uncertain, and must continue so until a change.

gtherc are indications ofa limited business. §Tho stock of timber ofall kinds wintered over: "a about 12 1-2 million feet of \\'lllCll 7 1-22‘ millions are white pine, to which, probubl 1‘.’l to 15 millions will e added, givin a su p y of? 22 1-2 million of feet of this artic o. ’ e ex-l port last year was about 10 1-2 million feet. here are 14 vessels building. comprising about 15,000 tons, upon which, at present prices, a. loss of £3 per ton is estimated. A great- nuinbcr of persons have been out of employ-5 iiient. owing to the cessation of this bruiicli of business, but happily not so much sullci-ing. exists as was anticipated, the high wages re-i ceivcd last year, with frugal abits. liai-ing» emililed them to provide for their wants. which would otherwise have been severely felt. The, winter now drawing to a close has been re- inarkable for its dulncss, commerical. S«)t'l-I ,‘ and political. That unwelcome guest, - hard_ times,‘ is to be met with everywhere, but, he: may teach some useful lessons before he leaves’ us. Large balls and rand entertainments have given place to smaﬁ social select pirticsﬂ The reduction of the garrison and the removal, of the seat of government will clfcct a great. change at Quebec. perhaps, in some i-espccts,' for the better. The prices of provision are’ enormously high, and the markets miserably,- supplicd. 'l‘lie grand undertaking by the cor-,' poraiion of giving the citizens an abundant, supply of pure water and eﬂicient drainage, is proceeding satisfactorily towards complction,l and Qiielice will, ere long, stand unrivalled in 1 these privileges, by any other other city on this‘ continent. The labour has been immense in- prosccuting this great work. cutting trenchesi several feet deep for long distances through

hls.; a-on Detroit, 125,000 '1'"

of Canada.

solid rock,-—the constant blasts and general; appearance of the city giving one some idea of‘ the sicgc of Scbustopol. ,

Ei‘i'sc'rs 0|’ rns liscirnocirr 'i'Rxni'.-largo, quantities of’ produce and lumber are eoiistzmtly arriving at Uswego ' from Canada. cit-

, hibiting the effects of the licciprocity Treaty.

Since the opcuiiignf the navigation, the arrivals at that port foot up 00,000 barrels wheat and ‘ nearly half it million feet ofluiiibcr. lniniensc freight trains are transporting these prod nets to the interior and New York city as fast as possible.

Tun ll.iii.ivsr.—We are gratified to be able to, state, that letters received by the last mail brought the pleasing intelligence, that the slight misunderstandings conccring our Railway inat- tcrs--—whicli some of" our contemporaries have takcn much pains to magnify-—nre removed,and that no difficulties need be up rohended. Mr. Giles returns b the next alifax steamer, leaving Liverpoo to-day, and it is our opinion that shortly after his arrival, the whole road will be let out to sub-contractors in 20-miles sections to be ﬁnished within the time fixed in the contract.—-Of one thinghs public may be assured, that our Railway a in are, all th ngs considered, in the most satisfactory ition, and that the road will be completed within the time speciﬁed in the contrnct.— esman.

Tux Csioi.sss.—’l‘his scour is be ‘wing to make its appearance in the est.— he Chica- Tribune of the 3d inst., states, that every twhich reaches St. Louis from below, has hurled at almost over landing and woodysrd some of the victims 0 this scour , or landed them at the uarantins station I on to die. and St. Paul papers, and the journals he 0 Missouri river bring as similar tidings.—Although the sickly season upon these streams has not yet commenced, the deaths from cholera have already been nu- merous.

lltcluaitncus.

A Hvxoiir Ciiiirs-r Bis.-The Butliilo Erpreu relates an amusing incident which occurred at Eris a few days since. * A gentleman left Cleve- land for New York at an early hour in the morning, without his brcakiiist. and being very hungry, upon the arrival of the train at Eric, entered the dining room, and placing his carpet bag upon ii. chair, sat down beside it and com- menced u valorous attack upon the viands placed before him. By and by the proprietor of the establishment came around to collect fares, and upon reaching our friend, ejaculated, “ Dollar. sir !”

" A dollar! responded the eating man, "u dollar—thouglit you only charged fifty cents a meal for one—oh Ll”

‘~ '1‘hat’s true,” said meanness, “ but I count your car at bag one, since it occupies a seat.” (The tab 0 was far from being crowded.) Our friend cxpostulated, but the landlord insisted, and the dollar was rcluctantl brou ht forth. The landlord passed on. Our rlend eliberatc- l_v arose and opening his carpet bag, full in its wide mouth. discoursed iintc it saying “ Carpet bag, it seems you're an individual-—a human individual, since you eat-—at least I’ve paid for you, and now you must eat.“—upon which, be seized every thing catable within his reach, mus, riiisiiis, apples. cakes, pics, and ninid the roars of the liystaiiulcrs. the delight of his brother passengers, and discoinﬁture of the landlord. phleguiaticnlly went and took his lie said he had provisions enough to last him to New York. after a houn- tiful supply liad lr‘en scrvcd out in the cars.- There was at least ivortli in the bay—upon which the landlord realized nothing in the way of refit. so much for ineauness.

flonolulu is said to enjo the quietest Sabbath on the face of the who e earth. This enal code of the Sandwich Islands declares that the Lord's day is taboo; all worldly business, amuse- ments. and recreation are forbidden on that day; and whoever shall keep open his shop, store. war-house, or workshop, or shall do any manner oflabor. business. or work, except only works ol'nccssity and cluirity, or be present at any dancing. public amusement. or taking part in any game. sport, or play on the Lord's day, shall be punished by a line not exceeding ton <lollui's.— ll’. (‘. Ac/1'.

llAllYl.fl.\'.-TO\\'l'IR OF BABEL.

The French govcrnnicnt, two or three years ago, sent three gcutleuicii to inake scientiﬁc and artistic researches in Media, Mcso otaniia, and Babylonia. One of them, 1“. Jpulcs Uppert, has just returned to Paris, and it appears, l'i-oin his report, that he and his colleagues thought it advisable to begin by conﬁning tlicinsclves to the exploration of ancient B;.I)ylon. This task was one of ininicnse dilliculty, and it was en- hnuccd by the excessive heat of the sun, by

rivations ol' all kinds. and by the incessant iostiliiy of the Arabs. After a while .\I. (lppcrt s two miles nos fell ill, so that all the labours of the expo ition devolved on him. He first ofall, made excavations of the ruins of the famous suspended gardens of Babylon. which are now known by the inimo of the [hill of Aiuran-ibn-.\li; and he obtained in thcui a number of curious arcliitcctural and other oh- ji-cl.-. which are destined to be placed in the 1.-uivrc at Paris, and which will be described il1,‘rL‘i|l.l.L‘r- lle next, in obedience to the special orders ol' his ;_-;ovcriiinciit, took measures for ascertaining the precise extent of liabylon-—a matter which the reader is aware lins always been open to controvcrs_v. He has succeeded in making a series ol' minute siirvoys, and in drawing up detailed plans of the immense city. llis opinion is, that even thelurgcst calculations as to its vast extent are not exaggerated : and he puts down that extent at the astounding ligure ol':'i00 square kilometres. French mea- sure, (the square kilometre is 1196 square yards.) This is very nearly eighteen times the size of Paris. llut of course, he does not say that this enormous area was occu ied, or an thing like it; it comprised within the walls huge tracts of cultivated lands and rdens, for supplying the population with f in the event of a siege. i. Oppert has discovered the Babylonian and Assyrian measures, and by means of them has ascertained exactly what part of the city was inhabited, and what rt was in ﬁelds and gardens. On the limits 0 the town, roperly so called, stands at present the ﬂouris ing town of Ilillah. This town. situated on the banks of the Euphrates, is built with bricks from the ruins, and many of the house- hold utensils, and personal ornaments of its inhabitants are taken from them also. Beyond this town is the vast fortress. stren thensd by Nebuchadnesssr, and in the midst o it is the royal palace-—ltsell' almostas lar as a town. M. Oppsrt says, that he was a so able to dis- tin ush the ruins of the famous Tower of Ba l—tbe are most im ing, and stand on a site former y called Bo ppa, or the Tower of Lsngzages. The royal town, situated on the two n s of the Euphrates, covers a space of nearly seven _squars kilometres, and contains most intersstin ruins. Amongst them are

ositics which M. Oppert has brought away

with him, is a vase, which he declares to date

from the time of one of the Chaldean qovgp-

oigns named Narambel, that is, somewhere

about one thousand six hundred years before

Jesus Christ‘. also a number of copies of cune.

iforin inscriptions which he has ever reason to

believe that he will be able to eciplier.—... Literary Gezctze.

THE DISMAL SVVAMP.

l have lately had the gratification of seeing the

fsr-famed Dismal Swamp. It certainly is I dis-

mal place, but, contrary to my preconceived opi- niuns, very healthy. One would naturally su'p-

pose it to be ilin abode of chills. fevers, and other diseases of a warm, damp climiiie. There are two kinds of inhabitants that thrive exceedingly in the Dismal Swamp. Runaway slaves and mosquitoes find a safe asylum in its dark recesses, One can scarcely conceive of ii uioro gloomy.

sombre place ihsn the Lake of the Dismal Swamp. The aninials are in keeping with ilie plsce—huge bull~frogs, as large as a man’s foot, with smslles specimens oflhe some genes, open a grand con- cert every night. Great, indolent herons, and other aqusiic birds, sit round on the trees. Swarins of mosquitoes and send-ﬂies ﬁll the air. At about sundown and after, all the animal life is in motion. Every throat is musical. The creak- ing of bull-frogs, buzzing of insects, cooiog of iurlle doves, and the sounds from a thousand musical inslruinenis, pitched on as many different keys, make an assemblage of harmony and discord that defies description.

The vegetation of the Swamp is moreluxurianl than I have seen in any part of the world. The timber is pine, oak, sweet-gum, black gum, holly, ihe beauiiful iuliptiee, the tall cedar, the cypress, loaded down with its long festoons of moss, the mislleloc-liongli in dark green bunches grown about on many ililfereiii trees, with different kinds oftimher that no one could give me the name of. Immense cane-hresks are so thickly interwoven with vines, that one might as well siiempi to walk ilnougli a wall as to force his way iliioiigli these.

A canal is made through ihc Swamp. and part of the way it goes thruugli the lake, on its bank runs the Siaie rosd. Snakes, llssrds,-scorpions. rhsmsleons. and other rspiiles abound in grea numbers. The captain of the steamboat Star, said he was going up the lilsckwater one day, and he came along where three men were in a boat fishing. To avoid the steamer, they wentup under the bank, and as they hit some bushes near the shore, three or four moccasin snakes fell down from me branches in the host.

EMIGRATION.

It is probable enough that emigration from the lluited Kingdom may be diminish- ed in consequence of the demand for able- bodied men for various purposes connected with the war; but a much larger proportion iliaii formerly of those destined for Ameri- ca, especially from Ireland, will prefer the St. Lawrence route. The causes of this expectation are the Know-Nothing move- ments iu the United States, and the strin- gent regulations enforced at New York and other parts, together with the heavy capita- tion-tax. In fact, very awful accounts concerning the ill-treatment and destitute condition of Irish Emigrants in the States, and the deterinineds irit manifested against them have rcaclied reland. Some of our readers may have seen a very vehement appeal to the Editor of the “Times,” from an Irish gentleman imploring that powerful journal to advise his deluded counti-yum-ii lu ~remain at home, and menti- oning the «lilliculty and misery which thou- sands ol' their countrymen had to undergo in the great repuplic. But the rate of in- crease of emigrants from Germany to the North of Europe liss been of late so rapid and great that it will, doubtlessly this year much more than cover any dclalcation from other sources. “During the last three years (says the writer of the leadin article ofihc Montreal “Pilot,, of the wt inst.,) we have traversed Germany and seen with our own eyes how the thoughts and affections of the German nations are turned towards America; we believe that emigration thence will go on increasing in a more re id ratio than any one imagines . . ‘he route by the St. Lawrence is now known and ii preciated in Germany, and the leaders of the German emigration recommend it, and recommend Canada as a permanent place of settlement.” The number of emigrants who arrived at Quebec from continental Europe last year, was it wards of 18,000, being an increase of I ,000 over the former year; whereas at New York Mr. Bellin ham states, there landed nearly I10, Germans. This

those of the rays palace, the fortress, and the suspended gardens. In the collection ol’curi-

in.

number is sutiiciently large to admit of u ‘very considerable increase by the St

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