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CAPTAIN FREMONT’S REPORT.
SECOND EXPEDITION —Continued.
The proximity of Captain Fremont to the
"Great Salt Lake,” on August 21, suggested
the tollowing observations:
“We were now entering a region which for
us possessed a strange and extraordinary in
terest. We were up->n the watersofihefamous
lake which forms a salient point among he re
markable geographical features of the country,
and around which the vague and superstitions
accounts of the trappers had thrown a delightful
obscurity, which we anticipated p'easure in
dispelling, but which, in t e mean time, left a
crowded field for the exercise of our imagina
tion.
“In our occasional conversations with the
few old hunters who had visited that region, it
had been a subject of frequent speculation : and
the wonders which thev related were not the less
agreeable because they were highly exaggera
ted and impossible.
“ Hitherto this lake had been seen only by
trappers who were wandering through the coun
try in search of new heaver streams, caring
very little for geography; its islands had never
been visited; and none were to be found who
had entirely made the circuit of,its shores; and
no instrumental observations or geographical
survey, ofany description, had ever been made
any where in the neighboring region. It was
generally supposed that it had no visible outlet;
but among the trappers, including those in my
own camp, were many who believed that some
where on its surface was a terrible whirlpool,
through which its waters found their way to the
ocean by so it subterranean communication.
All these things had made a frequent subject of
discussion in our desultory con versationsaround
the fires at night; and my own mind had be
come tolerably well filled with their indefinite
pictures, and insensibly colored with their ro
mantic descriptions, which in the pleasure of
excitement, I was well disposed to believe, and
half expected to realize ”
Here, too, we meet with the following inter
esting passages:
“ We continued our road down the river, and
at night encamped with a family of emigrants—
two men, women, and several children—who
appeared to be bringing up the rear of the great
caravan. I was struck with the fine appeal
ance of their cattle, some six or eight, yoke of
exen, which really looked as well as if they had
been all'he summer at work on some good
farm. It was strange to see one small family
travelling along through sueh a country, so re
mote from civil«zati n. Some nine years since,
such a security might have been a fatal one;
but since their disastrous defeats in the country
a little north, the Rlackfeet have ceased to vßit
these waters. Indians, however, are very un
certain in their localities; and the friendly feel
ings, also, of those now inhabiting it may be
changed ”
"Crossing, ir the afternoon, the point nl a
narrow spur, we descended into a beautiful
bottom, formed by a lateral valley, which pre
sented a picture of home beauty that went di
rectly to our hearts. Tne edge of the wood, for
several miles along the river, was dotted with
the white covers of emigrant wagons, collected
in groups at different camns, where the smokes
were rising lazily from the fire*, around which
the women were occupied in preparing the eve
ning meal, and the children playing in the
grass; and herds of cattle, grazing about in the
bottom, had an air of quiet security and civilized
comfort that made a rare sight for the traveller
in such a remote wilderness.
" In common with all the emigration, they
had been reposing for several days in this de
lightful valley, in order to recruit their animals
on its luxuriant pasturage after their long jour
ney, and prepare them for the hard travel along
the comparatively sterile banks of the Upper
Columbia.”
“On the 23d we had approached within
something more than a mile of a Shoshonee
village, when suddenly a single horseman
•merged from it at full speed, followed by
another,and another, in rapid succession; and
then party after party-poured into theplain, until,
when the foremost rider reached us, all the
whole intervening plain was occupied by a
mass of horsemen, who came charging down
upon us with guns and naked swords, lances,
an bows and arrows—lndians entirely nak p d,
and warriors fully dressed for war, with the long
red streamers oi their war bonnets reaching
nearly to the ground—a!) mingled together <n
the bravery of savage warfare. They had been
thrown into a sudden tumult hv the appearance
of our flag, which, among these people, is re
garded as an emblem of hostility; it’ being
usually borne by the Sioux and the neighboring
mountain Indians when they come hereto war
and we had accordingly been mistaken fir a
body of their enemies. A few words from the
chief quieted the excitement; and the whole
band, increasing every moment, in number, es
corted us to their encampment, where the chief
pointed out a place for us to encamp, near his
own lodge, and made known our purpose in
visiting the village. In a very short lime we
purchased eight horses, for which we gave in
exchange blankets, red and blue cloth, beads,
knives, and tohaeeo, and the usual other arti
cles of Indian traffic. We obtained from them
also a considerable quantity of berries of differ
ent kinds, among which service berries were
the most abundant; and '-everal kinds of roofs
and seeds, which we could eat with pleasure;
as any kind o' vegetable food was gratifying to
us. I ate here, for the first time, the kooyah, or
r ° ot ' ( edulis.) the principal
edible root among the Ind.ans who inhabit he
unper waters of the streams on the western side
of mountains It has a very strong and re
markably pecubar tast- and odor which 1 can
compare to no other vegetable that I am ac
quainted with, and which to some persons i«
extremely offensive. It was characterized by
Mr. Preuss as the most horrid food he had ever
put in his mouth; and when, in the evening
one of the chiefs sent his wife to me with a por
tion which she had prepared as a delicacy to re
gale us, the odor immediately drove him out of
the lodge; and frequently afterwards he used to
beg that when those who liked it had taken
what they desired, it might be sent away. To
others, however, the taste is rather an agreeable
one, and I was a fer wards always glad wh'-n it
formed an addi'ion to our scanty meals. It is
full of nutriment; and in its unprepared stale
is sa>d by the Indians to have very strong
poisono , -'s qualities, of which it is deprived bv
a peculiar process, being baked in the ground
lor about two days.”
“ August 25.—We made our ecamprnent in a
grove of cedar immediately at the Beer Springs,
which on account of the effervescing gas ana
acid taste, have received their name from the
voyageurs and trappers of the country, who in
the midst of theii rude and hard lives, are tond
of finding some fancied resemblance to the luxu
ries they rarely have the fortune to enjoy,
"Although somewhat disappointed in the
expectations which various cescriptions had
led me to form of unusual beauty of situation
and scenery, I found it altogether a place of
very great interest; and a traveller for the first
rime in a volcanie region remains in a constant
excitement, and at every step is arrested by
something remarkable and new. There is a
confusion of interesting objects gathered together
in a small space. Around the place of encamp
ment the Beer Springs were numerous; but, as
far as we could ascertain, were entirely confined
jto that locality in the bottom. In the bed of the
| river in front, lor a space of several hundred
| yards, they were very abundant; the effervescing
gas rising up and agitating the water in count
less bubbling columns. In the vicinity round
about were nu nerous springs of an entirely dif
ferent and equally marked mineral character.—
In a rather picturesque spot, about 1.300 yards
below our encampment, and immediately on
the river bank, is the most remarkable soring
of the place. In an opening on the rock, a while
column of scattered water is thrown up, in form
like a jet d’eau, to a variable height of about
three teet, and. though it is maintained in a con
stant supply, its greatest height is attained only
at regular intervals, according to the action of
the force below. It is accompanied by a sub
lerranean noise, which together with the motion
of the water, makes very much the im
pression of a steamboat in motion; and, without
knowing that it had been already previously
so called, we gave to it the name of the Steam
boot Spring. The rock through which it is
forced is slightly raised in a convex manner,
and gathered at the opening into an uru-tr.ouihed
f<>r ", and is evidently formed by continued de
position from the water, and colored bright rev
hv oxide of iron. It is a hot spring, and the
water has a pungent and disagreeable metallic
'aste, leaving a burning effect on the tongue
Within perhaps two vards of the jet d’eau is a
small hole of about an inch in diameter, through
which, at regular intervals, escapes a blast ot
hot air with a light wreath of smoke, accompa
nied by a regular noise. This hole had been
noticed bv Dr. Wislizenus, a gentleman who
several years ago passed by this place, and who
remarked with very nice observation, that smell
ing the gas which issued from the orifice pro
duced a sensation of giddiness and nausea. Mr
Preuss and mvself repeated the observation
and were so well satisfied with its correctness
that we did not find it pleasant to continue thf
experiment, as the sensation of giddiness which
it produced was certainly strong and decided.—
A huge emigrant wagon, wuth a large and di
versified family, had overtaken us and halter
to noon at our encampment; and while we
were sitting at the spring a band of boys and
girls, with two or three young men, came up.
one of whom I asked to stoop down and sme!*
the gas, desirous (osatisfy myself further of io
effects. But his natural caution had been
a wakened by the singular and suspicious sea
tures of the place, and he declined my proposal
with a few? indistinct remarks about the devil
whom he seemed to consider the genius loci. —
The ceaseless motion and the plav of the foun
fain, the rock, and the green trees near, mak‘
this a picturesque spot.”
Angus' 29.—Wc find the following first men
tion of the most degraded tribe of Indians yet
discovered on our continent—the root diggers:
" We had now? entered a country inhabited bv
these people; and as in the course of our voyage
we shall frequently meet with them in various
stages of existence, it will be well to inform you
that scattered over the great region west of the
Rocky Mountains ard south of the Great Snake
river, are numerous Indians whose subsistence
is almost solely derived from roofs and seeds
•md such small animals chance and great good
fortune sometimes bring within their reach
They are miserably poor, armed only with
hows and arrows, or clu s; and as the country
they inhabit is almost destitute of game, thev
have no means of obtaining better arms. In
’he northern part of the region just mentioned
they live generally in solitary familes; an? 4
farther to the sou*h, they are gathered together
in villages. Those who live together in villa
ges, strengthed by association, are in exclusive
possession ot the more genial and richer parts of
'he country; while the others are driven to the
ruder mountains, and to the more inhnspifab'e
parts of the country. Pul by simply observing,
in accompanying us along our road, you wil*
become better acquainted with these people
»han we'♦nuld make von in any other than a
very long description, and you will find them
worthy otyonr interest.
"Roots, seed, and grass, every vegetable that
affords anv nourishment, and every living ani
mal thing, insect or worm, thev eat. Nearly
approaching to the 1> wer animal creation, their
sole employment is to obtain food ; and they are
constantly occupied in a struggle to support ex
istence.”
Important Documcnt.—The following doc
ument, was elicited bv a resolution offered bv
the Hon. Mr. Hemphill, of the Texas Conven
tion :
General hand Office. )
Austin, A ugusi 5, j
Hon Thomas J Dusk, president of the Con
vent-ion. — Sir: In compliance with a resolution
of vour honorably body, requiring me to report
to t ! -e Convention certain information, a copy
of which resolution I rereived in a note from
James H Raymond. E-q, I have th hon
or to transmit, herewith, in which I have
answered, as far as the records of this office
have enabled me to, the requirements of vour
resolution; in addition to which I will remark,
that I have no means of knowing the whole
amount of senp that has been issued bv our
government, but think that the amount vet out.
or that has not been returned to this officers
about one-eighth of the quantity which I have
shown to be in this office at the presen. time;
the same i s the case in relation to bounty-land*
warrants—not being able to inform vou of the
exact number issued by the Department of War,
or to state the precise quantity ofland they con
tain. I have reported the same as near the
truth as possible to be obtained from the data in
mv possession.
I have the honor to be. very respectfully, vour
obedientservanl, THOS. W. WARD.
[STATRMRNT ]
Superficial extent of T. xas. ns comprised wirh
in the limits defined hv statute of Ist Tex
Congress, p. 133. 397.319 sq. miles or i~
aor f s • •• ••. .234,281, ICO
Total amount of land issued by the
various Boards of Land Commis
s'oners acres, 43,543 970
I oral amount recommended, from
the above, as good and lawful
Claims, bv the Commissioners
appointed to defeat fraudulent cer
tificates 19 212 206
Total amount issued by the Depart- ’ ’
ment of War, as bounty and do
nation claims- 6,300 000
I otal amount of Land sold by
the Government ofT >xas 368,7 q 7
Total amount oflegal claims to lands
issued by the authorities of Tex is, •• 25,880,994
Total amount issued by the various ’
Boards of Land Commissioners,
and supposed to be fraudulent 24,331,764
• otal amount of land issued hv the
authorities of Mexico, a portion of
wnmi, lH supposed to he invalid 22,680,000
Total amount of public domain sub
ject to location, and unsurveyed •••lßl 991,40'
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lobes or divisions.) are an unfailing and irnme.
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publishing the above will be instrumental in re
lieving an immense amount of suffering and of
saving many valuable lives.
iHljroniclc anil Sentinel.
A U G U ST G U
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9
FOK GOVERNOR:
GEORGE W. CRAWFOR D.
“ 1 W hy should not men be unequal at. Ike Bal
lot Box?’
“ ‘ Is it astonishingthal one should be alio'.' ed
the ELRCTIVE FRANCHISE, AND ANOTHER RE
FUSED’— Guv. Crawford's Srnlimen's.”
‘‘Elect George W. Crawlotd, and you have
read}- booie I and spurred, saddled upon vnu for
ever. a lordly Prince, who believes in iht doc
trine of a property qualifi anon of voters. And
whose notions and pride of a finely furnished
mansion is such as to require four hundred
dollars worth offine furniture over and a >ove
that which satisfied the pride and vanity of his
very extravagant predecessor”
The above paragraphs we clip from the Dah
lonega Watchman, tor the purpose of showing
to our readers, the means to which resort is had
to defeat Gov. Crawford. E /ery intelligent and
patriotic citizen should feel a degree of pride to
witness a manly and honorable opposition, in a
contest between parlies lor a distinguished office.
What, then, must be the feelings of all such, to
observe such a reckless disregard of truth as is
exhibited in the above paragraphs, in reference
’olhe sentiments and habits of Gov. Craw ord !
Verily, we have fallen upon evil times, when
the conductor of a public journal, shall so far
forget the obligations which he owes to truth,
society and the public, as to promulgate such
charges as the above against Gov. Crawford,
without drawing down upon him the indigna
tion of every right-minded, patriotic citizen.
The Mexican Cabinet. —The dissolution of
the Mexican Cabinet is regarded by the ediior
of the New Orleans Courier, (on the French
side) as the harbinger of peace. He has
watched the progress of events narrow!}’ - , and
now argues (says the Picayune) that the late
Ministry retired because they wanted the sup
port of the direct representatives of the people in
fheir warlike demonstrations. This is plausi
ble, and is supposed by ingenious reasoning
The inference the writer draws, and which he is
most anxious to draw, is that reasonable hope
may be indulged that the difficulties between the
United Stales and Mexico may be adjusted with
out the discharge of a single shot, by a little
liberality on the part of our Government, and
forbearance on the part of our land and naval
forces. These speculations (for a translation of
which we have not room) are worthy of notice
as those of a close observer who has attentively
studied Mexican politics.
The nomocracy and the Central Banff.
We have stated (says the Macon Messenger)
hat Mr. McAllister, in his speech at the Indian
Springs, approved of the democratic measure 1
of 1839. The statement, which was predicated
on good authority, has not been contradicted; in
fact, we presume that no democratic editor win
take it upon himself to sav, that Mr. McAllister
disapproves of any of the measures of the De
mocratic parly. As a legitimate sequence from
this assumed position, it follows, that Mr. Mc
\)lister concurs in the measures adopted by the
nasty in that year, in relation to the financial
condition of the State. What were these mea
sures? Among many exceptionable ones, that
signalized the Legislature of that year, above all
for its folly or iniquity, was the passage of a bill
amending the charter of the Cen’ral Bank. We
wish our readers to pause a moment, and reflect
upon the period in our history, wh°n this ini
quitons scheme was projected and executed
It was a crisisin ourfinancial affairs; the Banks
had suspended specie payments, credit was de
stroyed, ail confidence lost, and a general bank,
ruptcy staring us in the face. The country was
inundated with the valueless rags of irresponsi
ble banks; and no man could say that he was
receiving value for his property or labor. At
this juncture in our affairs, when common pru
dence, or rather common sense, required that
cither the suspended banks should be wound up,
or that, at least, they should be restricted in their
issues, the Democratic Legislature of 1839 pass
a bill amending the charter of the Central Bank
and containing the following provisions:
In the first place, a section of the original
charter, prohibiting the putting into circulation
bills of the Bank exceeding the amount of specie
on hand, and the bills of other banks, was re
pealed.
Another section, providing that the total
amount of debts which the Bank may owe at
any time, shall not exceed the amount of its
capital stock, was likewise repealed.
The Directors of the Bank were empowered
to issue any amount of the bills of said Bank,
not exceeding double the amount of its capital
stock. What constituted the capital stock of the
Bank at the tune when the D rectors were em
powered to issue bills to double the amount?
The specie in its vaults amounted to $40,497,
the assets of the Bank, consisting of Bank stock,
including 5,000 shares of Darien Bank, bills of
other Banks, of which 8418,000 was Darien
Bank notes, bills of exchange and promissory
notes, amounting in all to nearly three millions
of dollars, constituted the capital of this Bank,
and upon which the Directors were authorized
to issue six millions of dollars. The authority
was not long in abeyance. Before the Legisla
ture adjourned, the Directors issued one hun
dred thousand dollars, and immediately sus
pended specie payments. They continued to
issue until the country was inundated with the
bills, which deprecialed in value, until at one
time they were at a discount of forty per cent.
This was the prominent measure of die De
mocratic Legislature of 1839, which has re
ceived (he approval of Mr. McAllister.
Ninety Years Ago.—The following adver
tisement is copied from the Pennsylvania Ga
zette, published in Philadelphia July f| ) 1755:
General Post-Office, )
Philadelphia, February 14, 1755. 1
It having been found very inconvenient to <
persons concerned in trade, that the mail from ■
“Philadelphia to New England” sets nut but
once a fortnight during the winter season this
is to give notice, that the New England’ mail
will henceforth go once a week the year round •
whereby correspondence may he carried on’ 1
and answers obtained to letters, between Phila j
lelphia and Boston in three weeks, which used
in the winter to require six weeks.
By command of the Postmaster-General. '
William Franklin, Comptroller.
The Union contains a statement from the
Post Office Department of the receipts for post
age under the new 7 Post Office law at about 20
cities, as compared with ihe receipts althesame
under the old law. Some of them are as fol
lows : At Albany the receipts are $250 per week
under the new law; under the old law’ they
were S4OO. At Boston they are S3OO, instead
of $500; Charleston S2OO instead of $600; New
Orleans, $450 instead of $1000; New-York
$3 000 instead of $5 500 ; Providence, S2OO
instead of $300; St. Louis, S3OO for $400;
Pittsburg, $175 for $400; Mobile, slßl for
$380; Richmond, S2OO for $550.
I The receipts during the month of July this
year and last respectively at several points are
' thussta'cd;
j Hartford, Ct. $550—5666 last year.
Lexington, Ky. 258 576 “
Rochester, 700 1100 “
Utica, 425 818 “
Bangor, 310 4% “
Natchez, 190 340
Savannah, 550 900 “
, In every case, it will he seen, there has been
a decided decrease; in some places, however,
this has been less than at others. It seems to
, be universally conceded that the aggregate re
( ceipts of the Department will fall considerably
below the usual amount received under the old
, law.
The visiters at the Virginia Springs have ten
• dered to Mr. Clay, now at the White Sulphur,
, the compliment o f a public dinner. In his note
1 of renlv to the Commitee he sav
I regret that I cannot reconcile the acceptance
of it with the private views which induced me
to make a short visit to the Virginia Springs.
Mv main object w 7 as to meet some old friends
probab'y for the last time, without anv desire
or the emotest expectation of my being the oc
• casion of any public entertainment ormamfesta
lion.
Monument at West Point to Maj. Dade’s
Command. —A correspondent of the National
Intelligencer, says; The Second and Third
Regiments of Anille y. the Fourth Regiment of
Infantry, and the Medical Staff' of the Armv
have recently united in erecting, at West Point
a monument to the memory of Major Dade and
his command. It is placed on the brow of the
hill near Kosciusko’s garden. The design is
ruly exquisite, and is equalled, in cur ju ’g
mem, by few monuments in this country, and
the workmanship reflects great credit on the
artist, Mr Launitz, of New York citv. The
American eagle surmounts the shaft, sustaining
- in his beak a laurel wTcath, which descends en
circling several times the fluted column, and is
thus emblematical of their all falling together
on the same field of glory. The shaft is sup
orted bv a pedestal, flanked at the four corners
by upright cannon. The following are the so
inscriptions: “To commemorate the battle of
the 28th December, 1835. between a detachment
ol one hundred and eight United States Troops
and the Seminole Indians of Florida, in which
all of the detachment save three fell without an
attempt to retreat ” “Erected by the three Regi
nents and the Medical Staff, whose comrade
fell on the 28th December, 1835, serving thei>
country and honoring their profession.” “ The
remains of the dead renose near St. Augustine.
Florida.” The fourth inscription gives the
names of the officers who tell—Major F. L
Dade, of the 4'h Infantry, from Virginia ; Cap
tain G. W. Gardiner, 2d Artillery, from tin
D’Strict of Columbia; Captain U. S. Frazer, 3
Artillery, from New York; Lieutenant W. E
Bassinger, 2d Artillery, from Georgia; Lieu
tenant R, R. Mtidge, 3d Artillery, from Massa
chusetts; Lieutenant Rears, 3d Artillery, from
Vonh Carolina; Lieutenant R. Henderson, 3
Artillery, from Tennessee; and Assistant Sur
geon Gatlin, of the Medical Staff, from Non!
Carolina.
It should be remembered, in recurring to thi
gallant defence, that forty out of (he one hundre*
survived at the end of a first attack victors, in
possession of the field, and it is believed that
they might have effected a retreat to Tampa
Bay, but they nobly resolved to remain to pro
tect and defend rheir wounded men. Collecting
these into a rude breastwork of logs, hastily
constructed, they determined to defend them to
the last. After a few hours’interval the Indi
ans, reinforced in numbers, and, mustering no
less than one thousand warriors renewed the at
tack, and finally destroyed the whole party; this
band of forty evidently falling victims to theii
heroic devotion to their wounded comtades.
Three wounded soldiers escaped to Tampa to
tell the story.
A Large Meteor. — A meteor of extraordi
nary size and brilliancy was recently observed
at Fayetteville, N. C., which is thus described
by a correspondent ot the Charleston Courier:
“On Monday, Ist in«t., between 2 and 3 o’-
clock, most of our citizens were roused from
their slumbers hv ihe sound of a great explosion
somewhat resembling thunder. Many awoke
out of their sleep and thought that a dreadful
thunder gust was at hand, hut on looking out
were much astonished to find a clear and se
rene sky.
“On stirring ont in the morning we found
that several persons were acquainted with the
cau«e, which they said was a large meteor,
which rose much in the direction of sunrise,
and rapidly moved towards sun-set. It appear
ed at first, says one of our informants, about as
large as a bushel measure, and increased in
magnitude rapidly as it approached. Just as it
apnarentlv had passed the limits of the town, it
burst into fragments with an awful explosion,
and was seen no more.
“ Many persons who saw this unusual sight
acknowledge themselves much frightened. One
gentleman, who was at his window at the time,
declares that it knocked him back on the floor
like an electric shock.
“The town guard give the most correct ac
count of it. The whole passage o( (he meteor
did not occupy a half minute.”
Successful Enterprise. —The schooner
Francis Amv arrived at Baltimore on Monday,
having on board about twenty-five thousand, dol
lars \x\ specie, recovered from the wreck of the
Spanish ship San Pedro, sunk on the Spanish
Main, This money is the property of the “San
Pedro Company,” ofßaltimore, which a short (
time ago fitted out an expedition to search the
sunken ship by means of a diving-bell.
The Magnetic Telegraph between Boston* *
and Lowell will be completed and in operation
lu a very few days. A meeting of the partie
interested in the Buff ilo and Albany, Albany
and New York, and Albany and Boston lines
was to have been held at Utica one day last
week. '
Affairs in Ireland—='3’he C rops in England.
From cor exchanges received last evening,
containing >u 1 i accounst of the news per the
Caledonia at Boston, we make the following
extracts in addition to those given in our paper
ot yesterday.
Ireland still bewilders the quid-nuncs. The
jpeat Orange demonstration tonk place at Ennis
killen on the l-2th instant. The affair, as re
gards numbers, was a failure, but there was n.<
lack oi mature or enthusiasm. The “140,000
I armed men” that the Dublin Evening Mail, in
i l3 poetical warmth, conjured up, were like
FalstaffTs men in buckram on Kendal-green
' non esl\ but there were, nevertheless, some
eight or ten thousand on the ground, lor the pur
pose ol declaring their Laired of Poperv a r !
their utter repudiation of Repeal. The aris
* focracv of the Orange party, awed by the dis
missal of Mr. Watson, the Orange magistrate,
stood aloof, from an unwillingness to brave the
frownsot official power, and their absence was
ill supplied by others possessed of more cour
age and less discretion. All O’Connell’s efforts
io twine the orange and the green round the
same stem are fruitless, and henceforth will ap
pear absurd. The opposing races, cannot, will
not, amalgamate. The passions, prejudices,
’ and feelings that most stir the souls of the men
, appear to forbid it. This may he wondered at
, and lamented, but the fact is alaiing, undenia
ble. Strange, that the use or abuse of our com
mon Chrisriar.itv should place the sons of the
i same soil in drearv antagonism, and make them
] utterly oblivions ofthe fiisl of Christian virtues
—charitv and love.
Mr. O’Connell is rusticating at Derrynane.
In his retirement, however, the mind shares not
the body’s rest. He has sent a missive to the
> Repeal Association, which tings the parliamen
? 'ary knell ot some ot the m si able and accom
plished Irish members in the British Parlia
-5 mem. Sheil, Wy«e, Serjeant MurphVji//
' owner-, have, in this missive, received their po
litical death warrants. True, they are not men
tioned hv name, but tneir fate is not the less cer
, tain. They have this alternative—to join the
Repeal Asrociation, or bid a last adieu to Irish
constituencies. They prefer, it seems, the lat
ter. Mr. O’Connell’s policy now is—“ Those
that are not with me are against me.” He ex
-5 pects t*» return sixty pledged repealers at the
next general election, whoare to figure in Lmi
lon, not in Westminister; and he exhorts, en-
I treats, nav, supplicates, the most pressing atten
f non to registries. He may succeed, but will
, his move be a whit more successful the
■revious ones'? To judge ..f the future by ihe
oast, the question only admits ofone answer
i no! If Irishmen ar> to repeal the Union, it
? oust be by blows But their leader abhors the
. process— ergo, that he will never attain his
bject.
On the subject of t K e weather and the crops in
Great Britain, Wlllmer & Smith’s Liverpool
Times ofthe I9th August, received by the Cale
donia at Boston, says—
The season continues a fruitful subject lor
augury. The character of the weather during
- 'he last, differs but little from that of the pre
r eding fortnight. Alternate days of rain, and
the absence of it, keep the weather-wise on the
7 ui vive. Oi sunshine there has been but little;
he temperature continues low, and the process
)f ripening is necessarily tedious. The Corn
narkets continue to rise slo ■ ly, and the sta'e oi
uncertainty still deters speculation on a large
*cale. The later the hatvest, as we before had
ccasion to remark, the greater the risk about
the yield. In many parts of the country the
heavy falls of rain have prostrated the c rn, and
he ab'ence of warmth prevents the injury iron
being adequately, or even partially, repaired.
Even in the southernmost parts ot the island
arvest operations can scarcely be said to have
commenced. The daily papers fill column as
er column about the “ weather and the crops,”
aid public attention is fixed intently upon the
esult. The best accounts come from Ireland.
There are manv who say that the injury so far
has not been irreparable, and that a fortnight’s
fine weather would still go far to repair it. The
potato crop in the northern counties has provi
'entially been luxuriant this year. 7’his, in it
■e]f is a great blessing, for that esculent enters
targely into the food of the laboring classes, and
: n the event of bread attaining a high figure po
atoes w uld go far as a substitute.
An article in another part ofthe same paper
says:
We have made some remarks on the state of
'he weather and the crops, in another column,
mdnothing has occurred since they were in
ype to alter th ir purport. The weatheryester
fav was alternately wet and fair—occasionally
i tolerable clearsky and some warmth, followed
u’ brief and sudden showers. The temperature
•oninues low tor the season, and appearances
e t ain not quite so favorable as at the sailing
d the last packet, but sufficiently so to sustain
he anxiety, if n<>t the alarm, which the prospect
if a deficient wheat crop naturally creates. The
continental markets acted upon by the state of
■he weather in this country, continue to rise,
and in France and Belgium, the same physical
causes —wet and cold have been more or
less at work to deteriorate the crops as in Png
'and. The result is, that all eyes are now turned
to the United States and Canada, from both of
which countries ample supplies are looked for.
Fortunately, the low stationary duty on Cana
•ian fl >ur will sreatly facilitate its transmission
to England, and if that province is unable to fur
nish an adequate amount of “ bread sniffs,” (he
wheat-growing States of the Union can readily
send their produce into Canada by means of the
'akes. and thus avoid the operation of onrcorn
'aw sliding scale. Large quantifies of flour, it
is anticipated, the growth of the United States,
will thus find its way to England by the waters
of the St. Lawrence.
It is unfortunate, perhaps, that a course so
circuitous should he forced upon the American
merchants, hut as the object of English law is
to make bread artificially dr-ar, by throwing in
surmountable obstacles in the way of a legiti
mate traffic in the article, the evasio* will be
readily excused, if not by a rigid morality, cer
tainly by the lawsof necessity and interest. —
strong motives with mercantile men. Partial
or unjust legislation generally defeats itself; |
and however much may he lamented the pros- j
pect of a bad harvest, which is at present im
pending over us, there is one consolation
in the otherwise cheerless prospect, that it will
go far to terminate, at no distant date, the most
nefarious law that ever cursed a country or
starved a people.
Chinese Ransom. Mooch — A fresh instalment j
of the Chi icse ransom money, which was
brought to England bv the Cambria* , arrived in i
London on the 4th. It consisted of $2,000.(100, I
deposited in 500 boxes, weighing 62 hundred
weight, was placed in ten wagons, each drawn
by (our horses, and thus conveyed to the mint,
under a military guard. Another portion of
Sycee silver is expected, the last of the ransom.
Judge Story.— We regret to learn from the
Boston papers that Judge Story lies dangerously
ill at his residence in Cambridge, with but faint,
hopes of recovery. His disease, “internal
strangulation.” is that which caused the death of
the late Attorney General Legare. The papers
state also that he has resigned his seat on the
bench of the Supreme Coml of the United
States, which the Court will regret almost as
much as his dea’h. At two o'clock on Wed
nesday he was considered a little belter than he
had been.
Burnt Rhubarb in Diarrhoea — lt may be
iseful to know the value of burnt rhubarb in
•iarrhoca. ft has been used with the sain'
leasing effects for more than twenty years.
After one or two doses the pains quickly sub
side, and the bowels return to their natural state.
The doses is from five to (engrains. The man-
ner of preparing it, is to burn rhubarb p OW d Pr
in an iron pot, Mining it utuii it blackens- t h '
smother it in a covered jar. It loses two’h r*
ot its weight by incineration, ft isnearb' i" 1
less. In no case basil failed where
may be given in port wine, milk and water
Yucatan.
Advices from Yucatan to the 9th
have been received by an arrival at Ne v-Y^^
| The prospect of a war between the United Star
| and Mexico engrossed public attention -. • .
i is worthy of note that our fellow citizen’s Tnth *!
i nail of Mexico are ireated with marty r.. ina!
i The correspondent of the N. Y. Sun writP-'T^'
1 “The declaration of war will be the Mon
! for a declaration of iciiepender.ee here ™ V •
i adjoinining state o! Chiapas, the libera"'!}-
i Tooasco, and the pre-ence ot „ne sirra'l IT c
I slo °P us vvar > the Yucatanese will set on foot ,
i counter wave in favor offree government that
wnl sweep all before tt, until it unites in fratern!
! embrace with the great northern wave n f
sweeping over the plainsof California and San,a
From Vera Cruz.
The Charleston Courier of yesterday says •
A gentleman who arrived here from w«h
ington, states that recent advices from Vern
Cruz mention that the clmrcnes in that place
have been dismantled, and that the inhabitants
have sent then- valuables into the interior, most
1> to Mexico. Many of the routs t fthe hut, A
have been sanded to the depth of two or ,| £
feet, to save them from the effects of a bombard
memos the ettv by the Americans, which Jas
confidently expected, ’i he steamers Alontez?.
ma ana Guadaloupe had been sent up , he im
and securei v anchored, to prevent their cap i e
Our informant states that the TJ S shin of
the line Pennsylvania, which had been lying at
the naval anchorage, with a portion of her ar.
rnanmnl and crew on board, had been taken in
to the dock, and laid up, as being too lar* e for
any service at present required of her. ~ "
Correspond no: of the Phtla. Norik American.
New-Vork, Sept. 4—p jyj
The steamer news reached the city at 4 A m
and is important in all respects. Sugar cotton
flour and molasses arc all higher, with sales a’
the advanced rates.
Cotton is held i cent higher, with some sale"
but buyers in some cases refuse to operate’
With the small receipts and the news from
abroad, the market is again active, and some
thousand barrels of ordinary Flour have beer,
taken for shipment at $4,75; $4,81 ® 4,87 is the
asking rate lor good Genesee, with some
at both rates.
Some Porto Rico Sugars have sold \ cent ad
vance; closing very firm.
From South America.— Accounts from
Buenos Ayres to the 261 hof June have been
received at Boston, and to the 2d of July at this
port. The substance of the advices is not of a
favorable character as regards the state of af
fairs between the Oriental and Argentine Re
public. Ihe Bcstou Daily Advertiser gives
(he fallowing extractsfrom letters received there:
“Affairs are in a bad stale, ft would not sur
prise are to see afl the ports blockaded. 1 re
commend that no shipments should be made to
these pi.its.
“At the present moment we are in an unset
tled slate as regards the city of Montevideo, ail
the test of the Orien al State being under the
command of Oribe. Now come the English
and French at the eleventh hour, to make a
f .reign intervention, which will he resisted to
the last. A fortnight more and we shall know
if we are to he blockaded or not. I say yes,
consequently I recommend no shipments to be
made.”
The naval forces assembled in the river were,
English. 10 vessels, 138 guns, I3lomen ; French,
10 vessels, 2R2 guns, 2 230 men; Brazilian,B
vessels, 145 guns. 1,150 men; United States, 1
sloop-us-war, the Boston ; Sardinian 2 sloops-of
war.
There are 04 merchant vessels at Buenos
A vres, June 27 h, of which 25 were British, 7
American, 6 French, &c .— Cnm.A'lv.
From Central America. — Wat! War!—
We are indebted io Capt. Penderson, of the
John R Gardner, fora Belize (Honduras) pa
per of the I6th ulr. Bv the annexed paragraph
if appears that a war has broke out b°tween ihe
States of San Salvador and Honduras in Cen
tral America.
Our advices from the interior confidently as
sert that the long threatened hostilities between
the Stales ofSan Salvador, and Honduras have
commenced. Guatemala has supplied the for
mer with a loan of arms anct ammunition, and
it is even sain that General Cabrera is raising
troops to aid them.
The Government of Honduras has issued a
proclamation calling on all the male inhabi
tants overthe age of 14 years io take up arms
for their defence under penalty of death.— Jovr,
of Com.
Departure of the Atlantic Steamers.
From England. From Amerm
Gieal Western.... Aug -3 Sppt. IS
Greai Bri’ain Sept.2o Oct 16
Great Western.... Oct. II Nov. 6
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CO AT HERfI i
Liverpool Market.
Extract of a letter received per Caledonia, dated
Liverpool. Anc*i*-t IS.
Since the departure of the last steamer there has been
a good steady business doing in Colton wi'hnnl change
in ptices in the grades below fair, whilst for 11iis qual*
tv there has been raiher more demand and prices are
quoted at Jd per Ih higher The sales for the week
ending Bth inst. weie 36,960 bales, of whichS4<obale*
were taken by speculators and 37(10 for expO'f : andlnr
the week ending 15th inst. 41,990 bales, of which 8400
were to speculators and 2300 for export, and the Ame
rican descriptions sold were 9990 Uplands at 31 (o' as;
fair 4J; 19.450 bates Orleans at 3f (a) 7A. fair 6; atidPW
Alabama and Mobile at 3§ !a> 64. fair 4Jd lb- ,
sales on Saturday the 10th were 6000 bales To-day m*
sales are 4fHK) >ales with a quiet market. Total sines
1,036 o'o bales against 984.000—being an increase ol
62 000 bales. Slock of v merican 815,000 bales, again*'-
746.000, or an excess of 69,000 hales.
The harvest still continues to be the all- absorbing
topic of interest For the past week the weather has
been rather mote settled, but cold, and to day it ls
again raining More old grain appeals to be in Inc
country than was anticipated, and the suppl es latter
ly brought to market have been large. Prices of wheat
! are down about 3d fff quarter from the highest po |n ‘-
j West/ f ’anal sweet Flour is worth 22s 6d; sour Flout
j 20s 6d . 1.
New Voijk, September 4 —P **■
The operations at the Hoard of Brokers this morning
were to a fair extent, with bat little alteration from
yesterday’* rates
The foreign news per the Caledonia was receive
• early this morning, but owing to the late arrival of the
1 mail the letters were not distributed until noon,conse
-1 qnently ilseftecl upon the market cannot yet be as
I certained. inQ -
Exchanges were dull at former rates. London mv*
I to 110 Francs 525t0 5 23j.
Cotton ■ -The market ts firm and prices have an «r
want tendency The transactions this morning hat *
been to moderate extent.say 460 bales.
Flour- -Three or four thousand bbls of Genessc na
been taken on Eastern account at $4 75-olher » »
have been made at 76 (3) $4 81J : Ohio and Michi*» n
is firm at SI 68 (3 #1 75. and higher rates are »»«“*
hut wc have not heard of any sales, and the nt.tr
closed rathei heavily.
Savannah,
Cotlo7i— Received since Monday last 1086 bales,
which 779 from Augusta and 307 by Central Rat rn •
(191 bales of which are of the new Crop.) and exp (
none ; leaving the stock on hand and on shtpboar
cleared on tliefith inst. of 379/ bales Upland an
bales iStea Island. , elite
Our Colton market remains much in the same
as noticed by us on Monday, the absence of onr P' jt |,
cipal buyers, and the light offering stock. logeine )c
the high prices asked by holders, causing a comp t
suspension of business. The only transaction
h ive come to our knowledge were 24 hales ot in
crop at 64, 4 hales ditto, fair, at 7. and 46 hale* 0 „ g p
packed at 5f cents. Next week we look for more
ness in this staple, as the Savannah river at 01 . j„g
advices was navigable, with a prospect of ‘’ onl ,(,6
so (or some time—heavy rains having , *i" nR , and
mountainous regions of this State aed f a* ' 1
streams that for the past month or two had bee
lv dry, being now full, and the different mi * ,„(
tliei r hat Its, which liave been suspended o
water, were in successful operation On ,j n ne
we shall issue our weekly Letter <S3icet, and
it for the remainder of the season Ricernaf
Rice—We have no change to notice in t«' , but
ket. The sales since Monday have been
holders are as firm as ever, and as the bulk ol out