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Monthly or semi-monthly in sertions, One fhllar each pet square in both papers. In Weekly Paper Seventy-five cents per square for thertrsi.and Fifty eents fer each subsequent insertion The charge for announcing candidates for Of fice is $3. to be pa d mvariab'y in advance. jjT“ Longer advertisements charged in proportion. New advertisements appear in Daily and Tri-t\eekly. From the National Intelligencer. 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' Curb for Diarhhce*.—fhrer'strawberry eaves, eaten green (each leaf nr stem has three lobes or divisions.) are an unfailing and irnme. d.a cure for bot h the summer complaint ordi arrboea and of the dysentery. Newspapers by 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 -gay—riass<as3!WEE»*ia!oL*M I'lrTfiaamaMß 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