.
;
i i
of black marl, orlon ' There is-but little
difference in the p activeness of, the two
- .
kinds. They ;are , h the' alluvial deposits
of the Wallaynette 'ivek. ! On the second.
bottoms or high prawi 'es as they are called,
the soil is a darklor4 y: clay, and it' Its strong
and fertile as the low , r groands. . Some yel-*
low gravelly sand. is found high up the.river;,
but it embraces but +mall proportionof the
valley. The ability ,of the soil fo produak
is best'ascertained b ennsitlerini the crops
which are annuallypaken fronitheland.—
Under the present sy c stem of cultivation; the;
average amount of iwheat` taken - :from - the
English acre, is, froth . twenty-five.-- to thirty
bushels. The amount of labor required to
accomplish this, is comparativelyAritling.—
The writer has foratrly resided in the great.
wheat growing country of Genesee, in the
state of New York and understalds the
amount of labor n<cessary to raise a thou
sand bushels of whetlifin that country ; and'
from. observations i Oregon, be has. been
brought to the con clusion; that it requires
much less labor to'rtii'se it thousand bushels
in-the latter countiy, -than it does in any
wt Of Genesee Fla. The prairies of the
Wallamette . and 'otter valleys are unlike
any thing that can he found in any other
country. They arelnatur Ily very' mellow,
and-appear as one is passi g over ; them, as
though it had been tout a . ear or two since
they were cultivated. T ey are swarded
over with a thick -turf, as in the Western
States, but they chn lel. easily ploughed
with one good pair 4f horSes, and with once
ploughing are readto receive the heed, and
seldom fail even with the'first crop, bounti
fully to reward the liusbandman.
The firsterop, hOwever, is never so_good
as the succeeding oyes . ft isnot an uncom
mon thing for fanners, without using any
extraordinary men* to take from fifty to
sixty bushels of wtteat ft‘oni an acre, and
this has been the siveragie through entire
fields.
Doubtless, if fatmets 'wield take more
pains in cultivating he land, they would re
alize much more from the acre than they
do now; but, if thfrlosii any thing in this
respect, they gain iiirecprimknt in the im
mense nuniberof ases they nitivate. The
amount of English grain raised by the differ
ent farmers in the cpuntty varies from 50 to
.300 acres each. As wheat never suffers
from Night, and al there are no insects to
trouble it, a good chop is as sure to reward
the husbandman who sows his seed,' as day
and night tocontin uil until harvest time. This
certainty-of a good 4ropr is owing as much to
the nature of the 41irnaie, as to the quality
of the soil. Some ;other crops are not so!
certain. Potatoes frequently suffer from
drought, as also Inclian corn. But the soil
and climate are well adaped to raising mel
ons, cucumbers, liters, Cabbages, and all
kinds of garden vegOtablesl Apples, peaches,
.and all kinds of fruits which abound in
ri
New York, floush* far as they have been
- eultivated,.'and willsoon become abundant.
The soil of the niidclle region differs ma
terially front that of the high country.
It bears one gen eralj chanicter, and consists
•of a yellow sandy cltiy. it It produces in great
abu nd'ance a kind Of blineh grass, as also a
variety of sm all shiebbery, and the prickly
pear. It is on the ;almost boundless plains
of this - region that( the Indians raise their
immense herds of horses.' It is no enema
__
hundred of these animals( Large portions
of this country will Omit cif being cultivated,
partice% larly on the hive; "!Des Chutes," the
Uritalla and the SValla-IWalla, while the
whole of its vast extent is most admirably
adapted to the purposes Of grazing. The
soil as a whole, thobah not of the first -qual:
ity, may be pronouticed tolerably good.
The upper region of-Oregon is less fertil e
than the middle, though, there are many
thousands of acres'"n various parts of it good
amble land. What has often, been said of
Oregon as a whole; may he said in truth of
a large portion of the upper country; viz :
that." it is'an extetive harren waste, capa
ble of supporting
,ut a very small nnmber
of inhabitants." f . I -
But this remark :Will wily apply to the up
per region, of this s'rist Territory. To apply
it to that part of Oregon extending from the -
Blue Mountains toihe Pacific Ocean, would
be doing the counky great injustice. For
instead of this being the case, it is the 'opin
ion of those who (have been longest in the
country, and who ;consequently know best
what the tesourcelof the country are, that
i i
this portion of Or on is capable of sustain
ing as large a pop tion Sis all of the New
England States. n feet, the natural re
sources of this conntry Me great, and it is
only necessary for ihem M be known, to be
duly appreciated. i .
It is only neces4ry to present one single
circumstance to slew what the country would
be capable of doihg, prolvided it was filled ,
with an industrimis population. It will be
borne in mind that in the fall of 1843 an
emigration arrivedin the country numbering
from eight to ten thousand persons. But
few of these ma ny thing the first year.;
In the fall of other emigration, equal
to the former, arrixed, and all those persons,
numberin' at least 1800, with - the former
population, which./was abom irqual, to the
two emigrations,
idepended upon the pro
ducts of 1844 fiir.4ubsistencountil the har
vest 0f.1845. Piobably not more than one :
fourth-of the entireipopulation cultivated the
land in ,1844, yet'ithey were all supported
from the granaries of the country; fifteen
thousand bushels of wliea were shipped to
the Russian settleMents; one thousand *-
tele of flour were e*portel tothe Sandwich
Islands; and thousands of bushelsyet re
midued on hand, before the -abundant-har
vest,of 1845 was gfitherel . in. With these
facts in view, it das not require,4auch fOr
..
t (
sight;w see that O r
egon . jcastind wi ll coal,
pete With any othe poron of the worl d in
supply i 4 the islan ds of *Pacific, the RUtl.
elan ae*monts, aid every other ilOur mar
ket voatigito,mli . with "bread stuffs at oslOw a
- rats as van: be de,ired. 41 connection with
thiait may be serosrked, that Pork And Veer
ul
of an excellent q ity,, can be raised in this
'coor4l7. : with -Krell r..„ And , facilitr even
Phan Wheat ! The Mato 'ng favora blefig
oining,..them, the -time .1 „not far distant,
‘"llek'diese artidetlwill ~. hi exPorted in
abundance. . _, ~ .
Already there ate, Ma y; itOtlers in the
corP4-who have .. w
t 4 10 - Aff , i4o.olired
afi44 4 pat*, and,it is , at. n#,Amciminion
~1 4 4if,1 1 l iaiiii , "-kie thi in,r,:44...gnAlitin
aritttkk•gii. At PrAient, wvver•frootAtte ,
gre,fic, - *lux ,Pr p4Rukoi illege - 74:inds,4
PSPPo,4beer-okigkPrieei4 the cAP‘stt7t , bai
the time xlif be.aulielPated when,• the/6P,,
itstyittl,wiCaot be so "te4sire, and thC 1
vast supplies from this quarter : mi
outlet. ; '
As in many portions i of the coup spruce; ;
spruce;
and fir tind pine Maher abOtind, . ii, as theta
are maii3t; waterfalls;)vhickaffo e xcellent
hydraulic] piivileges, the 'facilifie for pro
curing thither in thelcountry are bundaut.
Already considerable quantitiesf lumber
are eXported annually. It ehou d also 'be
obieryedihat salmon' .in any qu ntity, arid
of the ve w
r, best quality, may be early bar-
I
relied, rich , with the products f the dai
ries, that ' the country offers the greatest fa
cilities for . ; conducing; ini . addition to what
has already been said concerning the prO
ductO of he country, is—sufficient to show
that the cixports of Otegon, in proportion to
the number of its in habitants, May equal
I 010 Sit of Most other enuntries.
. 1 There are countries in which a poor•man
cin piece himself itbove want, with greeter
facility, than in this. I This is the testimony
44 every ,tme that settles in the country. But
every eountry -has rte defects, and this cer
tninlY is Pot free froth thew. .
It is net the garden of Eden, nor is it a
barren,desert. - It dOes not " flow with hon
ey" like khe land of, Canaan, but in some
places ; it literally abounds in milk. And
though it is not "a land of wine," yet in the
1 more necessary articles of " corn and oil" it
greatly abounds.
, Though gold and Silver are not yet found
in the ri ch veins of the earth, nor in great
abindtm e in tnanir coffers, yet a compe
tencyf. -o whatever i s necessary, is always
awarded to industry and economy.
That tis a lend of mountains and valleys,
of rivers and streams, of mighty forests and
exteaded prairies, of a salubrious climate,
and a rich and fertile soil, the foregoing_re
marks. will sufficiently show. And in sum
ming lip the character of the country, it may
be said tO be not the best country in e the
world, bet. it is well entitled to be called a
good coentry. • I . .
Nom of,
,the it telt.
In ligencej prom Mexico.
Revolutiin in favor Ipf Santa Anna—Santa
Anna gine to MOvico--Reinforcement of
th'i Army of the forth.
By the ship Adelaide, Capt. Adams, froni
Havant4 , cie havedvices
the
Vera Cruz
to July T4t, brought by the British raeamer
Dee, *NO arrived at Havana on the 7th
. ,
Inst.
. _
The c ty of 3 era.cmz, including the cas
tle of San Juan d'Oloa, has pronounced
ajainst the giver:indent of Paredes, and in
favor of Santa Ano. This movement is
made iniconctirrence with the revolution in
the department of J alisco, (announced by
former ; arrivals,) wch, so far from being
put doxin, - has gained strength and consis
tency tiith every pa ing hour. A govern
ment fife° "under General Alevalo, which
was sent to suppress it, was cut to pieces
and th pen eral
The'next day after the news of the pro
nand ..lento at Vera Cruz reached Havana,
Gen. S to Anna left that city for Vera
Cruz, ac i companiedi by Generals Almonte
and Rejoini in the British steamer • Arab.
These events will be productive of most
impo*ant consequeces to Mexico, and may
have to ilight bearing Onnut fiance
mat country: • T wo battalions of
troopi lift the Mexican capital for the North
prior to the 28th ult.:, and Paredes was , .
in
tending to follOw speedily, with the remain
der of.the army of 'reserve. The pronun
cciamentO at Vera Gruz and the arrival of
- Santa Anna, who must have reached that
port aiiinit the 14th inst. probably prevented
Paredesii departure," or induced his immedi
tte return, and perhaps also the recal of
he twOattalions above mentioned. The
prospect now is, that the Mexicans, for
some time to come, `willhave a plenty
do in fighing each Other, without bestow-.
ing anyiattention upon the American inva
ders. 1,
The y' era Cruz Indicator of the 31st
states, in a.Posteript, that-that town had given
' Fits adhesion to the I plan of Guadalaxara,
(with snme additions. Generals Landero
and Petez were 4 i . ,the head of the pro
nniciaMento. The portrait of Santa Anna
was conveyed in triumph through the streets,
amid the ;greatest enthusiasm. The garri
'n of San Juan d'Uloa had seconded the
ronuneiamento. I -1
.
.TheLiAm. siptapron anchored at Isle
' . erde,litas Sailed,-4. -it was supposed, for
the purpose of procuring water.
The frigates Cumberland and Potomac
andiStehmer MissisSipPi anchored in the
mouth Of the river, and the small vessels at
Anton, ILizardo, where a corvette had been
anchtred. The steamer returned to Isle
Verd of the 31st. !
i • The corvette St. Mary and brig Porpoise
continued near the Port. On the, 31st, at 2
I P. M4nother vessel was announced.
i The ;! Spanish ftigate and brig of war
IChristii6 and Habanero, the ,Fiench brig
'Mercury, and the Binglish ships Endymion
-and Baia ' remained atSacrificios.
On the 2Sth, sa il ed from' -Sacrificioa tt .
keamei l Of war Veauzius. ' _
I 'On the ' 28th the Vice President, Gen;
Bravo,.aesumed the reins of goVernment in i
the Mexican Capital. It is .stated that the
Paredialfinistry continued in the exercise
Opts fanetiOns until that day. Gen. Bravo
was abOut to is new ministry. '
On the:Wridlefttbe Capital fot the irate 7 .'
riot. the!pad htigad'e, of' woo. men, of all
irmsj:with seven pieces "
of l artillery t :IWO
horses, , Males, with ammunition and war=
l ioo
like
.. , .a. '.. ' The lat 'brigade GO left on the
16th, ', the iiiieCtiOn" ot Mttirii* ii, under
imli ',4 - OrGen. Garcia Code.'
stcfe l
1 : The iiii4gents of Gaudxain by a tog.'
I Prile ' ' . Otefd th ' e troops of ,Cen. Are=
Iv a k; 0; i ihi iiipoi state , nothing"pOsitite'
to .: fate of GOiiertilShitdielf. - ; - . .The'
l exiiiirii ' ' er o f i l tie:iigaiioi.. eats lie*ai-kill. - ."
d:' . '-14;ttOs * t/00 1 44i0..ai50 state that.: hi.
. „ ..
.:, 4 ..,,....F4t0id,_ 77/ AR/WXI i _. ....
, Gen. !Worth-end:Nu hrigadelita. gone to
Chinao#-AtexicanAowni) ic , sumix: military
post-,of the:inewr,4 .) oad - ...whichlit - - supposed .
to contain =-Ei latge4Mexieati force.; China
is,t i atillea: beyond ,Camargo. , 4 ,
-fry '
' Wi,...stylor wet ;preparing.; to.-,iitatt for
Pall — gii*ray i!itu,:theeie,praegeatiiii..wo--
tutiatOttliviis.supp ovh lese&thit he , Would take
irititllttletachaianiof -*out !Das thou.-
_ .The M exicans staii.." preps - nag Ito f-Yeteire
Jaw* 'rtioW point,tarhere it was ,thoughy
iberiuld.,lnake-'4 .o"riiiiiitiWresilotaine.
IWO,* .. itt ittei4axt Lit* , for lic4ounttlOr .B.`
treat'ApaUleet: . aa ..effiy day,- -.- , .: , . -2, -,,-., : ,-, .7,
CAs4tttoo, (Mexico) July 31, 1846.
"Inforritation - that • I can rely upon is,
thin Gen. Mejii;With the remains. of Arista's
my,.4,000 - strOtig laid Cadereita, a town 30
miles eastlof Menterey.l,,This town 'has a
garrison of near 1,000 men, (regulars ;) a
populatiot of 15,000. Gen. Paredes was at
Monterey . with 8,000 regular troops ;he has
also called4on Neuvo Leon 'for 8,000 active
militia; this-department of Tamauli
pas he expects 3,000 more ; making his en
tire force,rvheri he reaches Monterey on the
15th or , 2oih proximo, near 25,000.
Taylor is straining every nerve to" get
there bee* him, but cannot possibly do so
until the &h or 10th of SAptembo ; as Pa
, redlslas h e advantage of numbers, and of
naturally 4 strong rocky position: Paredes
will . have !forty /. pieces of cannon- , --we'will
have aboui twenty-four; and you - may ex
pect (as our army will not be over 10,000)
to hear of!the most obstinate fight'and blood
iest doing 4 ever done up in America, to in the
world, abdut the 15th of September. With
us it will be neck or nothing—the former,
somethin g ; to eat and houses to live in, per
hap peace ; the laud death and. a continu
ation of the war. • Such is our prospect.
st find an
STILL LATER.
The City of Mexico Pronounced for Santa
Anna—tParedes Deserted by his Troops.
Correspondence of the Phil. Ledger.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1846.
Official information has been received in
the Navy Department from Commodore
Conner,hat the city of Mexico has pro
nounced IQ r Santa Anna. Paredes had left
at the head of a; small army, for the army
at the North, but his troops deserted, and he
and Gendr at Bravo were left without a tail,
and their 'leads were never yeti' formidable.
A few stragglers are all that have remained
faithful td, their arms. The Vera Cruz pa
pers are all peace,, and it is supposed that
Santa Anpa himself even feels disposed to
treat. It is now a very fortunate circumstance
that Mr. Ouch anau s despatches have not
reached lera Cruz before; they will now be
addressed to the Secretary of - Foreigh Af
fairs under Santa -Anna. The ill wind
which prevented the Captain of the United
States vessel from reaching her destined port
sooner, blew somebody some. good.
News from the Santa Fe Expedition:
An express, as we learn froni a St. Louis
paper of the 21st inst., from Gen. Kearney's
camp, at Bent's Fort, arrived at Fort Lea
venworth!on the 14th Aligust. The express
left Gen. "Kearney on the Illth of July.—
General !!,Kearney, with his command, set
out from !cent's Fort for Santa Fe on the
is day August. The troops were all in
e cellentthealth and spirits-L-there had been
but one ideath. A general stampede took
place among the horses two days before
the exprqss left, and at the time of his leav
ing, oho:it fifty horses, chiefly belonging to
volunteer's, were missing, and it was feared
they woidd not be recovered. This will op
erate severely on those who have lost their
horses, fdr in the event of their not recover
ing themi they will have to travel on foot- A
short time-before the express left, Captain
Moore, 1f the U. S. Dragooni, captured
three spies, who had been sent out from
Santa Fe to ascertain the_charantor_ arty's!.
ux Lae united ascertain
torce. After their
purpose isms ascertained, by the orders of
General Kearney, they were shown all over
army, and after they had seen every thing,
they were dismissed and permitted to return
to Santa "'e. From these men, and also
from other sources, it has been ascertained
satisfactdrily, that there would be no resist
ance made to Gen. Kearney's taking posses
sion of Santa Fe. In fact, it is said, the
Mexicans were anxiously awaiting the arri
val of the army, believing that it would fur
nish then a harvest in the way of trade, and
protectiok from the troublesotne Indians in
their vicinity. There were no troops at
Santa Fe, nor in the upper provinces, and
none weie expected. Gov. Amijo had is
sued a proclamation, that the existing hos
tilities bqtween the United States trod 'Mex
ico will not interrupt the trade between the
U. State's and Santa Fe ; that in all respects
it shall be conducted as if the -war did not .
exist. This of itself is a sufficient indica
tion thatiGov. Armijo does not intend to of
fer resistknce to Gen. Kearney. It is said
that Get). Kearney will stop at Santa - Fe
until Oil. Price's regiment arrives there :
that,_upiin-their arrival, that regiment, Or a
portion of it, will be - left to occupy Santa
Fe and cithen important points in the vicini
ly, and Gen. Kearney, with the residue of
the force, will proceed immediately to Cali
fornia. ',The five hundred Mormon infantry,
under tile command of Lieut. Col. Allen,
were peogressing rapidly. They made
thirty-eight miles in two days. It was be
lieved they would reach Bent's Fort nearly
as soon as Col. Price's regiment, and quite
as soon s the purpose of their enlistment
required; A great many traders and a very
large amount of goods are going out. They
are scattered all along therouje. The road
is repres l ented as in. splendid -condition.—
There *re a number of traders, we believe
all but those whom Capt. 'Moore failed to ,
overtake', at Bent's Fort, and would move
on to Sa'nt'a Fe with the army. They are
quite discouraged , with the prospect before
them.lhey will arrive several months
later th they anticipated,land the prospect ,
of trade )s by no means flattering after they
reach thkre. When the Little Missouri left
Fort Lekventiorth on the' 16th, there were
yet at the fort nine coMpanies, a portion of
Col. P . * e's regiment, and a portion of Lt.
COI. Wilbek's extra battalion.—N. Y. Mor.
News. ;
Dssmo.—Spain is the country for dan
'Ong. The, jealous Toledon clergy . once
wished to put Bolero down, on the pretence
of itrutui;mhty. The dancers were allowed'
ii ciidlnce to " give a view" to the court;
when tkey.began, the bench and bar show
ed Tniptons of restlessness, and at hist,
'casu _
ng Itsi4e gowns and briefs, joined, as
if tarent4la bitten, in the irresistabh3 caper;
•
T#E.AI. S. AaTuLeax..--The Easton
Whig slides that on the 32d ult., & compa
ny .of flying Artillery, under the:viiinuand.
of CaFcrraytor, mustering about fortyoritli
bfiggitgo i
.swok passed throui . :that
_place
f r o m Fort below_
_Nel-YOrk;!---
They re7-...0n their 190' to inttsb%irgarem,
thence ,they pmeeed dOwa, um river
for th e arpky. at Monterey, in MiiitAN „;
. ~• , -
Miroit GEL P.tireasoN left NeW Origami ,
on the 113th ult. for Point- Isabel, ,• -
The 111Ormons....- .
' The " Westein Belle: arrived atSt. Lou-.
is on . ihe 19. th alt. , fronalicOkuki bringing
a copy of the WarsaW.i . Sigrial ext7a, from
it Appears thitt there - is fresh trouble:
brewing between the Monitions and the citi
zens of Hancock-county. .The Constable of
the county has issued wpreiclamatjon to the
citizens, calling upon them to assemble at
Carthage on the 25th inst., well armed, and
bringing provisions, to enable hltn to enter
Nauvoo and Arrest certain offenders
_con
cealed in that city, and execute search.war
raets for stolen property.' HeOes as his
reason for calling out the "posse crditatus,"
that his life would he endangered were he .
to enter Nauvoo without protection. There
is every prospect, 'says another I paper, of
fthther difficulties between the Mormons arid
the anti-Mormons in Hancock county. The
ankles are reported to'be organizing a large
pty in the vicinity of Green Plains, about
similes back of Warsaw. They have al
taken out writs fora number of Mormons
who nre in and about Nauvoo. The at
tetopt to serve those writs will, we suppose,
be the. signal for attack. The large Mor
men vote cast in Nanvoo - at the last election
has convinced the anti-Mormons that there
.are more Mormons in and about Nauvoo
than was previously represented. These
they wjll endeavor to drive ourof the coun
try. The Mormon's, or rather the citizens
of Nauvoo, are anticipating at attack, and
are organizing the citizens into armed com
panies and preparing for resistance. The
time in which the Mormons stipulated to
leave the State having expired, and there
being but few, if any, leaving at this time,
the matter will soon be brought to an issue.
—4. N. Y. News.
HEALY, THE Aivrisr.. , -. -Mr. Healy, the
ctilebrated painter, 'who has executed such
superb likenesses here this past season, of
many of the first men'of the nation, has
been engaged by some friends of Mr. Web
ster, to furnish a large painting =for Feneuil
Hall, representing Daniel Webster address
ing the United States Semite. He is to re
ceive, I understand, $lO,OOO 'for the paint
ing. I lyarn that some of the admirers
oft Mr. Calhoun have engaged Mr. Healy to
paint a similar pieture, for some public edi
fice it Charleston, only John C. Calhoun is
to be addressing the Senate. For this he is
also to receive $10,000: Success to Healy,
the great American Portrait Painter.— Wash.
(or. Balt..Pat. -
APPOINTED.—Gov. shunk, of Pa. has ap
pointed the Hon. Hopewell Hepburn, as
President Judge. of the District of Allegheny,
vice lion. R. C. Grier, appointed Associate
Judge ofthe U. S. Supreme Court. Judge
Hepburn has been for some time Associate
Judge of the Court of which he i 9 now Pres
ident.
• DREADFUL. Occuanzicr..—Weilearn from
the Georgetown Advocate, that on Monday
afternoon, At a tavern on the falls road, a
young man named Goodyear, thoughtlessly
picked up a gun, and leveling, it at two
young men sitting in the room, named John
Crown and Walter Hiliary, without further
Warning than a jocular exclamation that he
Was going to shoot, pulled the trigger. The
gun Droved to be `loadAa qad tbeio unfor
unate young men both received ghastly
wounds from a heavy charge of shot.
Young Crown was terribly—and l in all . prob
ability mortally wounded, his facie being in
describably mangled. His eyes : appear to
have beet blown out of the sockets, and the
imse and surrounding flesh of die face was
torn entirely from their natural position. It
is presumed that several shas passed through
into - the brain. Altogether we never saw
.any one so awfully mangled. The other
ybUng man, • Hiliary, is - not so badly—per
haps not dangerously—hurt, the shot hay-.
jag struck his left arm and breast only, the
principal wound'heing upon the-arm and
shoulder, which hoWever, are Mom cOnsid--
ably.
• A LEARNED PEDLAR—Some ybars ago, a
gpntleman who has been appointed profes
sor in the department of Oriental Literature
id one of our Colleges, went out to Asia to
pp.rfect himseltin the necessary learning for
his new_ duties. Not finding all the teach
iug which he desired, he came back to Ger
many, hoping among the !!.a•
tellectual country, to find
iiltom he could complete his
he was told that the most li
'n,
that department was a Jew, who had bee
for several years in America. The profes
sor returned, and after applying to the Rab
bi at Boston, finally touched on, the object
of his pursuit, when, to his great surprise,
it: was the very Jew who had been during
all his absence, peddling jewelry; and trink
ets in the Professor's own Coledge yard.
The pedlar provpd to be really possessed of
the learning which had been attributed to
Ifirti, and since the discovery, the young pro
fessor has been pursuing his studies under
the learned pedlar's tuition, withiMuch satis
fuction.-4 of Con.
A SAD DISEASE. -A correspondent of the
wwestern Christain Advocate, Methodist
cl , ergyman, complains of the prevalence, in
hp neighborhodd of a disease which he
calls the "Sunday sickness." It is 'neither
f4ver, ague nor small pox, but symPathet
i4 with the moral conditiOn of the patient.
The,discase is periodical-r , the patient is in
disposed about'church time on Sunday morn
ing, but usually Anne Hble to attend' to "his
edinary businetii on Monday, 'hOwever ear
ly-in the moriiing it may comMence. 'The
correspondent - adds, in a= posteript, that
When a strange !preacher " comes his way,
the disease is not neat' general.'
TREASURY DRAFTS.-•.-1/SpOritifft Circular.
The Secretary tof the Treasurypublishes
an important dreamt° collectors, resr3iveriz,
treasurers arthefidint "and branch as .
slstant.treasurerii, disbursing orititir t rand
ffcers of the government of the, 'drifted Staiii;
in regard to treasury dr - Abr. treasury
drafts, - it will.be , !perteivid; are'Oadeio or
der, and` not ati, ik,earer. 'They reatt - ohly be
dratin onspecie , in Ictuel - dcrifft-inost be
speedily presented • piiymen hi-rpetie—
axe not receivable in:liYmerft 'of'public
dues—ere only)assignable : 6y.tspetiol_
cioreem l ent—musit eariCelledi i lpiiiii
and v.rearot be re-issireifor disbhrselin pay-
spent to, any - Publiesieditiirigger,
1 TilE WAR histalready commenced among
some of the neirtfilfuta.re rec ulja i S A-prz,
rate- , --ar-irlerto'wgisiibuutlbeeOrruiso4
severely drubbed an officer fo rmaicing fup
of him.
APPEARANCE ANa-Da'.a OF Tlli MEXII!
1—
CANS.Adilltlllg Genet. lt , Forsyth, writing
from t'lle army to a. papei in Georgia, give
the following description kif the !dress of the Mexicans. NV , saw soliaOhirt i r 'men with
their high-crow ed and broad-brmimed hatsi
principally bed ' . erred wit gold Cords--thel
pants ,sailor-c u tight at tto waist, and but 4
tons from the hips to the - nee, and thence t 4
the foot flyingO pen in I rot frit& to keep
their legs cool; ome with shirts some with]
t
out covering fr o m their vi ist up; and other
with their shirtszuriotislyti ed onh,heir backsi
by the sleeves - river the oulderri '' - All-the
children up to ten years , were naked. Thei
women's attire has beqn of ;ten describ
ed. ll' immediately r emembered. Kea . ;
dell'i.:' and Stisphens' 1 4)escriptkr of it
exceeding scantiness an tl, adaptation to aho
climate. Gowtis are not, kno*n.. A the
raise with short; sleeves a4cla sharipetticoat
with the ribose!, for the!- head, , and some,
times folded ever the bolsem, is their enti -
outfit: It startles one frequently to hear th :.
noble Castilian rolling film lipXWbence ap ,
pearances would ..teach , ou to expect noth'
rug but the hirsh gu trals of our abori;
gines. Many ' f them a' e darker than ou
Indians, and the Africa , -blood is plain!:
marked.--,Ledz er. i. ~ . ' „ 1
, • ,
,
3 ,r, ~
TIM COTTOti CROPS,/ The otitnern pcii
pars concur in Their rcpt sentations that thq
cotton crops have been q risiderafily injure
by heavy rains and note - y a worse enemy
the army worip, which i ,committing such
devastation iq every direction. Already
have the ravages of this insect extended
above Vicksbcit a g, scarcely cr solitary planta; 7
Lion nemaininglexempt t om itS visitatione,.
This 'destructive insec, committed grey
havoc to the cl ops-in 10, and um it ha
4,
shown itself il i A month titirlier 1 than the 1
whilst the crops is fully 4 fortnight to thre
weekslater.—Ledger. ' ----- ,'
, IMPORTANT 0 TRAY LERs.+Some dig;
tinguished medical authority tells' the publ i c '
that the great Joss of life cittdpda n t upod
steamboat explosions wises ftoin the fact
that people on their oilcloths OM swallow
the hot steam The Tribune, says this i
very ltnporta itifbrnaati in, and in additio
n i
to the usual la els poste, aboutlthe differeo _
parts pf steam oats, we shall hereafter se:
them conspicijously p 1 1 cell "%Rep you,
mouth shut ivh; . en the boi er kirks."
num THE MORMON Amv.+- , The eapg
of tho steamer Tobacco Flant arrived with
his boat at St. Xouis on the 12th inst., frond
- Fort Leavenwcirth, and rOports that one thout
sand MormonOn addition to die; five hut
qt
called few had conie .to the fort, it ..
hopes of .bein enrolled ifi the service of ti*
baited States,. o follow sren. 164arney's eir k .L
4
ped.,n to nta Fe land Rew Mexic4.
it
She brought ' own sixteen United States
Dragoons, en route to .Iffersoh illtirrackit,
where they will be joine by More -rega l e).
t t
soldiers, and aYterwards:lproce4 to San 'r
Fe, by way ofißent's Fail . , I
- -r
FACT
MANILLA C N
GAR ;Y.-41. , letter froM
an officer of ti e
U. S. hip Columbus, 4t,
Manilla, says
,‘ that the reat cipir factory at
Manilla', in [Mint of siz and numbers et+
Ployed, embraie all th power 'of Lowell.
Ten thousand girls are ', mplo34d—all I#-
diana of the - dountry, of? Maylays, as they
are calleif, wail. ...„..; It ap.ao a, oripo elawis‘r
than the North Americti Indian's." 1
1
_,
a Ti. i
E4ILTIIQGRIP. AT LoOSON.-00 Tuesulky
the Math., there were twe smart' shocks ef
an - earthquake, a few inutes before, file- -1
i ci
o'clock, A. IM at Bosto . The ' first shock
lasted several Iseconds a d in a few seconds
was followed Kip another' shock., less violeOt
and of less duration. : lie peculiar soul',
did mot appear to us p ticularly loud, 14t
1
buildings weri shaken -. unpleasiintlk, datif
bells were; rung , and . in ' me rises ; the 14,-
mate's were much alarm d. We e , learn from
Mowtown & 03's Express that 'the earth
quake was se/sibly felt ift iVorcester, and lla
all the towns lm the linelof the railroad. Ija
Wilniington tlie shock was also
. levere-=•-• - the
houses was mdch shake and in:, some iff 7
stances crockery was thrown from the shel+ey.
A corespondett at Bevei)3 write to us as
•J
folloWs : j - 1 i , L • t.:l'
"We had 1 heavy etuftliqnake this mO -
6
in , r, at Bererti, abopt fiiie o'clock. It. w' 8
I'l_
felt iti every ; part of the town.' My be,
shook, and it sounded as though a dozep
railrOad trains were passAng over: the roof Of
my b l ouse." i 1 -i
.1
. . ..:
AESTRALIAIi MODE Op DUELLING.- MM:
*le, the Ph'siologist of the late explorilg
exiklition. ;gil:es the following account
,f
an Australian duel, whiCh, by.the way, istla
decided imprivement +in the method lb
vogue in this country : ii ,
I' 4 ,
" The parties meet in!„ presence of - their
kindred and i friends, Who. forM a • cirtile
round them as wittieses rod umpires.
They stand uti opposite leach Other, arniqd
with (clubs :Mina two flet long.! .The ' in - - -
jureitperson has the ri ht of: striking - the
first blow to receive which the other is 4..‘
bligei to extend his head for Ward, withllle
side Partially tuned u wArds. i The - tibAs ,,
is indicted wit a force , mmeniurate with
the yindictivelfeelings- f the aienger. -0.
white. man with an.ordi ary'cratiititn, mitild
i ti o
be killed otitrlght ;but Wing t ai . the gAtt
thickness of their skull 'this - seldom 1i .
pen with thelnatives. trhe challerige.dpirl
ty now .takes ftis turn to; strike ; . inicl the oth
er isioblged tt- m
place hiinself in ':the mints
posture of co venience. :Inlibis ay - the
combat is. continued, , wi h alternate . hulk"
.;
until one of therm is -stn . ned,.nrithe exp'
I ,
tion may be temed siiisfactory; - -i !` ' i i' , .'
, .
non pill
vs pats
to ir[fuli
i
i,Gr. gadtoth, Exl . hetice or- the Tel:
of loyd: codntk, Indi lea r was "'arrested }
the 11th ihst.i on a eh i i ge of passino en' ai .
ter it mowe r and all ri an investigation? tni.. -
fo Justice Beene, in liv;Albany, waa.li Id
to', ail in theleinn of $ for his spirit cc
1 ;
atihe nexteirenit ei)o foi ihat county., - 5 -
11)
. ~ 4
L 0 SMALI senile i '.-11eOL:-*,iii4e',
Seiytt4 elect fr; ~'NW..,ilaMPOOfte;
till ~aetis4 in' the; ,- n - ritia..l4l - 111ahsl,;.
"OP,' 'atherlthitigs,.llo tell„s. -, ,i'folki - -tite ,
t there eie. two,.' , e's in . .Neivile*ii.
- - We:t e leadetwitutPWOht.petilile,
p i , t - -ilb'
tool
L
'.enctogh.k to
4. 4444
..iY
RE.
`has
The • S tine of Irani Vellege.
The cenemte*Afplitehtehe Cali-an:4le up=
on the North end of the main huildinx of
the Girard College for-zerpliaris'. ,
~ took pl ace
ou Saturday LidietriOnnlast : iii' t h Presence'
of the City".ponficil, several. gentlemen or
the newspaper Ipress - ,7and other, invited
guests; in 41 1 4n . ..t0 :the mechanie.s and
workmen einployeds.in he, con4treetion,
that magnificent building; •A stagingerect
ed in frontettheibuilding 'was Ocnogied b y
the - member . of! CounOila and 1 gentlemen
connected-with. the . etteent;on of' . : he Girard
Trust, and alter btrihtorateir of the 'dayaci
seph R. Chandler Esq. . ' 1 -
The stone wasiritisedby meads of an im
mense pair of shears, and put into its place
at the peak of the' North front ivith appro-'
pritite honors andivitliout accident, and the
addressof. Mi..Clitindler, approririate to the
occasion; was jutit such a- one a4 - th'ose who
know that gentleman, might expect from
him.:- • . 4 t ' • I
He alluded to' the life and standing of
Stephen Girard-spoke of the care and at
tention he must have devoted toithe subject
of education, in 4rder to form, the plan sub
Sequently developed in ' hissviill,? and of th
solicitude manifested therein tq oinked'
instituti it as peffect as possible, and to se-1
cure it rom being abused or wrested to un-1•
worthy urposesl In reviewing That part of
the will which excludes clergymen - from
having tuiy parutipation in its management,
he- tool occasion to vindicate it from the
charge of irreligion which had si) frequent!
been preferred. i The' testator' Object, li
contended,. was ilot to deprive oilphans avail
ing themselves of its benefits frorreceivin
a moral ] and - religious education, utto guar
against the dangerous efforts - of jealous au
unscruulous sectarianism. ,The
. speak
had no doubt, that, while the danger of sec
tarian proselytiim Would, be avoided, 4.11
moral tiiiid relig,i4us education ofthechildre
would be attended to by thos e who woul
have t
1
e management of the institution. •
Besides the abqe, theusual topics i en su
occasions were-e loquently and forcibly - e
larged Upon. The sublimity arid spiel°
ness of l ave
!wilding, and the effectithe sant
would in !enlarging and Ililieralizin
the minds-of thle pupils, W 1.19• 40ongly eel,
forced, and the iipe4dter concluded by delivi.
ering a .roerited"Compliment to the architeq
and workmen engaged in its onstructio El
Mr. C. occupied about - forty ' utes in th,
delivery of this address:. I
After these ceremonies, the-. eempati
went into the hall of themain building an ,
partook of ' a 'sumptuous entertainmen ,
spread out for them in profusion -on a an -
ber of long -tables,. occupiing .the whol.
length and breadth of the spaciods Spa -
nient. Abbot six-hundred persons part ~ ..
of the entertaininent, and Councilmen, a
chitects, workmen and • guestslunited wi ,
One spirit to, do it ample justie.--Publ i
Ledgar. ' i
• I
CAMBRIDGE dot.x.CE ac
ual enumeratiorilately made; this lib
consists of 51,006 - volumes;' excluilive
eight or ten thpUsand parrrphle*: The d!
partment of Anierican historyis suppo
to be the largesein'the world, being 5,11,
volumes. The ! oldest' *ink qtr
history' known to exist is alett4. froth Cl,
itimbub, I,nt. Lp,
and Ekt,blished 1n1494.
! •
The ® Baltimofre American states th at
Mr. Jacob Alriehog Wilmingtpn , Del„ h
invented an which he says w!
show the 'exact!' longitude of the place
which it may be located, either tupott
land, with the most perfect acrtracy, an
with no more difliculty ofcomprehension th
to ascertain thel.pOrnt by cestPlipliegt
on a Ili . 6verir
a small space. t;
Another Anti-mnrmon outbreak is tli • •t
-ened in the .vicinity 9f , Nauvco4,. 4a. , : me • l
ing of Anti-Mormons in Hancock coun k'
resolutions were passed to.. e4pel the
remnant of the Mormons from .he- 'state' •
Illinois; and fro*.the mob, spirit 'evinced, 3.
is feared that violent ineasures be-re •••
ed to iu the-execution of 'this threat:
A widow lady of New York While -bat •
ing at RockaWay•on Thursda4 was: carri
out by the undertow and drowned. T e
gentleman who I accompanied' ? her, -sank
three times in attempting a rescue, and w
then rescued bye his friends. She leaves
little - boy. her only child.
. It is stated_ but lit_ all new- ra_mfan
one out of four dieiltrte4rst yeiir ; two J O
only attain the sixth year ;:anii, befor e
twenty-seeondlear, nearly4Dne half the ge • f.
eration is consigned to the grave. Attsine •
however, to the Agent maturity, one out•
every thirty, or forty individual die ann
ally. j
_
The field *inks..show at pre nt an • ••
of -17;000 On its march to Monterey, and cov • r
as fine ro ads as
wy sets . ont:iit thiee o'cleekj# the !Orel. g
and' bike Per le
It' hue'be tontid;'eS that' mare.
iti„,ll:Fifight, dniing'the hOt weather, is t • if•
`the soldiers.
•;
~
-.•Thiritiap.K. I . ! war ,t , .-a me mber 'of t.
' c'' a ; '• .
bar ofNew • Orl eans; 'Arils on the' - 10th' ins
sentinceillkylndge Cannon td five linti
imprisonment for ;contempt nf court, 1 i
neing' . disiiiiiiiiiii"'llinguage - t towards
Jude..; , ''' ,',----, - ',.' L"— -f c * 1
re
Henry •NOriniek; one of: ti; - oldest a .
Intilithardened Seri:nine:4 know n the Pin
adelt l ihitetioliCe,l_died in thi **icy 'daps*
nientOtinytneasing prieotE, 'olitV Immune
He .hilsi'.lipetitfbiilfof his • dayi. :iiv , diffe'
iiiiiiteittiiiriei.' I ,.'"'' ' '' '' - " ;.*, • •.'
• '.., ........;ft-•.!..p.il 1..,•,-- '....:, o +,2 '.s y,t,. : , i l, 1 • 1 ,
''''' A f letitlemarilikho•-•llassed 'iltrouglt , A
CAnteity.i-ofTwo;lll.ountains(C4) last.w.ee
repots ithe gliqii, •Prioli- - , as unvvatrioriabut
dant, and the .iiiiiple.," busily : esigag.ed-' in Si
14 4 ' theif*'heW.teihst 'of whicitiii either C'
or-1;10er'. the sickle.: , Pomo*, in .OF
plicesoitilOriok:3oith the disease; but: - '
breadth.pinate4ii"not so greatas in for
yearla. i,' , .= , ''.?;.. ii: - J - , ‘•-_ -
at Hari&
id comp a,
txg -pai4a
iand.7•
:umber+
~,,,,,. i -- ~-- , t, i r. - i , ..,. • • ,_-.-:., 1!
;ilAilJrillhirkimintuari Patr4 A l 99Ark.i:tr
found
~ 0 4 tridir Morning, lYilg 4tems-1
railro4iiimill,:ii folk miles 4411 1 r • NOM!:
Clq*itlit bokIV: IligC smell, . *llk ,140 . 41
g oll ool 4 ely -004,d. havi9glbecn :rmLjri
brit*traukrpitie* down - 41
. 1 401 0 . 0 g, -
roue. He bad,400,1 Aeeni a,,loloo,4ilske.i.
Aild ‘ olltniOg ,ftOW 6 ! grog ) ikliiip OkearAT - 40 1
4tattOr intosiPtition;. - . A: , ::- -4-1
MEM