The New York Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1852, Page 2

ioe, wt Me. to He. Oe Same Buebange 27) The Caffre Ry 18) ‘Prem the Losdon Times, August ‘While it eyes are intent on the threatening peot of the storm which seoms to break us from the northwest, our atteation Done diverted by one of the period eountes of the tempest which bas been so long raging im the southeast. From the icy shores and stermy seas of Newfoundland and Nova Ssotie we are ab- ruptly recalled to the desert plains and burning rocks Beuth Africa. Sandilli takes the place of Mr. ebster, and the and recapture of sheep md cattle replace the contest which is going on for the posression of unconscious cod and magkers! We caunot say that the present month’s intelli from the Cape is any way more sacisfuctory | eae its predecessors; nay, it would seem 2g if all the worst features of the onediol were ospmning aggerated. jas it now a rent thattbe rebellion of the Gafhoe a apd the defection of the Kat river Hotcentote by no means exhaust our grounds of complaint against the native paces, in whose qaarrels we have 80 unhappily con- trived to mix up ourselves. Loud complaints are msde of the Sey of inducing Hottentots or to venture their persons under Gre in the opan and darker insinuations are not wanting which aatribute the heavy ies, which havo recently fallon our best officers, to the bands of their own folle ers. It becomes more and more evident Wat the whole weight of the contest hag to be bere by the European troops, and that the native allies who swell our numbers, devour our rations, and fearful augment our expenses, exhibit a mest repulsive mixture of the spy, the coward, and fe assassin. Nothing in this whole contest is waere deplorable than the idea that our brave cers and men are exposed not only to the welloys of an active and insidious enemy, but te dangers of scarcely less magnitude at the hands of their no allies. There is also only ee good reason to believe that the missionaries have in many eases, cither hie a fear or sym- pathy, withheld infermation and frustrated the exertions of our troops. Another proof of the iwolation of the European troops is to be found in a ion of Genera! Cathcart, in which, with @ particularity somewhat unusual in times of war, he announces a foray against the eontumacious @ief Krelli, and endeavors to bribe the burghers ef tho frontier districts by a promise of all the ong which may result from this expedition. is an official reeognition of the fact that the ee shone battles we are fighting require to be ti im erder to give us even the most trivial as- aistance. What we are fighting for we do not ex- wectly know, but we sincerely hope it is some great advantage to the United Kingdom, as upon it is destined to devolve not only the whole expense, Dut the whole labor of the war. The Grain Trade of Europe, FE ed the London Mercantile Gazette, Aug. 13 ] e very wet weather which we have experienced @uring the greater part of the week has greatly in- Rerfered with harvest operations, and will, it is to be feared, be productive of mischief The corn not eut must have been lodged and twisted by the ‘vy rain and the violence ef the wind; and that portion standing on the fields, in shoaves, ean seareely have escaped without serious in- rf Meanwhile, the reports respecting blight and mildew in the wheat become, from @ay to day, increasingly unfavorable, and the pais disease is said to have spread on this side of the Channel, as well asin Ireland. Under these circumstances it is not surprising that some Gegree of alarm should be entertained respecting the Savare. Stocks of old wheat of home growth are gen- pea Ra at to have been worked up peers lose, ad those of other kindsof corn are known to be very many Saheated.. The quantity of foreign wheat and Moar in the United Kingdom, is certainly not heavy, aad though there are probably a good many cargoes ef the former now on passagefrom the Black Sea and iterranean, and some quantity of flour from America, still, if (as there is reason toapprehend) the quality of the homecrops should snffer,ail the foreign weare likely to receive, would be required. ly fine weather might yet check the upward tendency, rife 3 for money. after roscb' ae to 9644; and for i savne Prices or Yemps, August ©—-American sh 106 bille; Maryland five per cents , mine*y- 13.—Freights to the United tes have mot this last week. event bas been rather leas offered and we have to notice a slight decline in New York rates, Steerage ‘are tolerably abundant. price of passage Wo New York about £2 t0n, to £2 los Weqeets fle New York —dead weight, 15s, to 17s. 6d per ton; fine goods, 124, 6a to 178, 6 ; hardware, 12s, 6d. ; earthenware, 58. To Rostow—dead weight 12s. 64, to 173. 6d.; fine goods, 15s ; hardware, 15s.; earthenware. 7s,; Phitadelphis—dead weight, 128 6d. to 17s. 6d; fime goods, 208. ; hardware, 20s. ; ware, 8s. Baitimore—dead weight, 12s. fd. to 17s. 6d. ; fine goods, 20s.; hardware. 20s; earthen- ware, 98, New Orieans—dead weigtt, 17s. to 208 5 fine goods, 20e.; hardware, 20s.; earthenware, 88. per ton, i Flavnn Marker, August 12.—Cottom.—Since our lest ped the 4th inst, our eer a seminat mente’, althc ices, ) . have a . On Welneeda wafter the receipt of the advices by the mich bad Produced no effect in Liverpool. buy— ers kept on the reserve, and 400 bales only c! hands. On Thursday the demand improved, and sales reached 6,000 bales. when the despatch announctog the arrival of the Pacific in Liverpool came to hand. bringing dates from New York to the 2dth. and from New Orloans ‘22d ult., by telegraph. These tresh accounts did alter the position. and on Friday the sales exeecded $00 bales. at very stiff prices. The same evening, we re- ceived a tele; graphic communication from Liver} ving 116 to \ dectine, with 57.000 bales sold in the week ; it then closed against 45.000 bales im: is, but, notwith- standing, the demand here continued regular, and 1,000 bales found panic at well supported rates. On Sunday, the Liverpool ciroular confirmed the decline announced by telegraphon Friday, and which bad eansed no change with us; but Monday, being aday devoted to the inau- tion of the statues of St. Bernardin de St. Pierre and Casimir Delavigne, all business was suspended ; and yesterday, Tuesday, the soles did not reach more than 600 bales. although at steady rates. To sum up. the sales of the week were limited to 3,574 bales. against 8.790 bales imports, and our stock may be valued at 86 000 bales against $2 390 bales United States, Our brokers, in making up their price carrent on Friday. raised all de- scriptions of tres bas and tris orinaire f1, as well as Mobile bas ; but notwithstanding the supported state of our rates. buyers find cotton at last week's quotatioas, which, therefore, we have not altered in this. ‘he Cana- da and Pacific bring dates to the 20th and 24th ult , from New York, and 22nd ult. from New Orleans; business war dull in the former markwt, and prices supported, bat in the Jatter sales were quite insigniticant, and prices for the lower grades were irregular, whilst the superior de- scriptions were taken off at all sorts of rates The weather remained very favorable to the new crop. which, aecording to all accounts, promises to be early in the market. The following were the rales effected, viz. :— 944 bales New Orleans, f. 602100 ; 1,748 do Mobile, 65a 92 ; 613 do. Upland, 64481; 195 do. Bengale, 46; 56 do, Hayti. 60; 20 do. Pernambuco. 101, The imports during the same period amount to 9,242 bales, BARING BROTHERS CIRCULAR. Loxnor, Friday, August 13—5 o'clock P. M. We have had stormy und unsettled weather since our last. which has greatly impeded harvest operations; and with continued complaints of blight and mildew in the wheat crop, there has been an active apeculative demand for wheat and fiour at an advance of 2s. a 3s. on the for- mer, and 1s. a 2s per barrel on flour. The weather ap- pears changing to fair. In the colonial and foreiga produce markets business has been dull throughout the week, and prices of most articles have been supported with difficulty. Cotton, however, has remained steady. Money has becn in more demand, without change in the rate of discount. The Funds have declined; Consols leave off 991, a 991( for money. New dollars 4s. 105d. Bar silver dull at 5s. 0°;d. By mall steamer arrived to- day, we have advices from Buenos Ayres to 2d. Moatevi- deo 6th, Rio de Janciro 15th, Bahia 19th, and Pernam- buco to 22nd July. We are without tidings of the miss- ing Overland mail. American Srocxs have been without demand this week, and fow transactions have occurred. CocneaL.—Of 220 bags at auction, barely half has found buyers at about the previous currency. Honduras silver, 38. 11d. a 4s. 2d.; black, 4s. 2d. a 5s. 2d.; Mexiean silver, 33, 10d. a 2s. 11d; black, 4s. 2d. a . Bd.; aad Teneriffe black, 4s. 2d. a 4s, 7d. Cocoa. —Sales have been restricted to 100 bags Trint- bat a return of wet would certainly cause a not un- it rise. Already an advance of 2s. to 3s. in some cases 4. to 5s. per qr., has been estab- ished at the principal provincial markets held dur- the week, and most other articles have parti- @ipated more or less in the improvement. We are met by any means di: to become alarmists, bat it must be admitted that the position of the erope is somewhat precarious. As yet, only a very proportion of the harvest has been secured @ither in this country or the north of Europe, and a week or two of such weather as we ve had lately might do irretrievable in- y- ‘he rise in pricc: in the continental markets has been quite as great as that which bas taken place ere. In France tho yield ie said to have greatly disappointed” the growers, and from Germany we have similar reports ef blight to those so prevalent during tho last two or weeks in our own agricultural districts. A bad barvest would prove a very serious blow to the British farmer, and greatly increuse the diffi- eulties under which he alroady labors, as any rise in wrices WiBich cnn "be oxpocted to take Mente ced an mdifferent yield. There has beon more activity this ‘week at Mark-lane than we recollect for a consider- able time past. On Monday there was a small show of wheat, Y land- carriage samples, from Essex aad ,, and there were very few offers from the castern wounties. _Factars commenced by asking very high Brices, which for a time checked the oe - A elearance was nevertheless made, without difficulty, at an advance of 2s. per quarter on the rates of that oh tee One ane of badly blighted, new wl was shown, wei, > Pl iy, to S8b. per bushel; but ies eee two or three lots of Talavera, of good quality, harvested beforo the fine weather broke up. On Wedocsday, hardly a Bampie of English wheat was exhibited, and the morning being wet, afurther improvement in price Was insisted on, but not freely paid. To-day, the turn was again in favor of the scller, and the total rise since Monday may be fairly ted at 2s.to 3e. per quarter. The arrivals of ign wheat have beon small, and ho!ders of parcels im granary have raised their pretentions. A fuir @mount of business was done on Monday at rates . to 2s..per qr. above those current on that day ge’nnight. Buyers have since shown a disposition te continue their purchases at that improvement, but sellers having demanded a further rise of 2s. per quarter, the transactions have not been so extensive as they otherwise probably would have ‘Deen ; a good many parcels have changed bands at very full terms. For floating cargocs extravagantly high prices have been asked, which has interfered with iness. The top price for town manufactured flour has become unsettled ; ether kinds have advanced Is. per sack, and Marge sales of American flour have been con- led at a rise of Is. to 2s. per barrel. There were several lots of new Kent barley at market on Mon- day, which eold at from 288. to 32s. per quarter, ac- cording to quality, and the few lots which have since a) ed have found buyers at about those rates. foreign barley a tolerable extent of busi- mese has been done at previous pricos, the retro- | g@rade movement having been arrested. We hare | mo alteration to notice in quotations of malt. ee ete of cate cosstwise have been scanty, @nd the receipts from Ireland and abroad quite moderate. Faetors have consoquently made a stand, and though the principal doalers have conducted their operations with extreme esution, they have not succeeded in purchazing @n quite such easy terms as they were enabled to do Mast week. The rise thus far is scarcely quotable, ‘but the tone of the trado has certuinly improved and it is probable that e portion of the Arohangel wapply expected will be landed on account of im- porters. Beane have not met with much attention, nd their value hae remained much the anme as be- fore. The new white boiling peas that have come forward have been sold at from 3s. to 34s. er qr, gooording to quality. Old peas have been held at ©orresponding rates. A lively inquiry hee been ox- bn ses tk Indian — tapos oe 8, ere are few lots un sed of either @rrived or close at hand. Bank of E le An Account, pursuant to the Tth and 8th Victoria, a.°=* week ending om Saturday, August 7, Issuz Derakruent. lores tsrved.... 436,106,170 Government Debt £11,015,100 old coia and bul- dad, at the former value, say 30s. a 34s, 6d. for common grey to dark red. Corres —We have had a fair demand from the trade, and 600 650 casks, Plantation Ceylon. at auction, have pripcipaily found buyers, at prices ranging from 45s. 6d for fine ordinary, up to 02s Gd. for middiing. 159 casks. 182 bags, Jamaica have sold from 89s. a 51s. 6d., and 80 bales, 750 half bales, Mocha, from 73s. 6d. a 793. 6d. Of 32 casks, 1,200 bags native, at public sale, a part brought 44s , at which the remainder was heid; aud 5.000 bags have changed hands privately at that rate. have no transaction to notice in other kinds. Brazil, held at 40s. for good ordinary colory, finds notakers St. Domingo, very searee. By the Rio advices, it appears that the aggre ipments of the crop for che year end- ing 30th June jast, have been 1.871.302 bags, or a decrease of only 25,920 lags, as compared with the previous ear. m Arine Cory market on Mond. briskly, and English wheat bron 1s. a 28. ndvanee; flour being held ls. On Wednesday, with continued wet cles were held for a further iimpro' but there was not much done. Floating cargoes of wh and Indian corn have been in active epectlacive requ and a large bnsinees has been done at higher rates ; soft roa Doush Odessa wheat has brought from 3is,up to 33s, with Gulatz from o3s. e206, and Ghisha aud 4 o> poli from 38s a 42s. Indian corn, Ibraila held a Gulatz and Odessa 205. 6d. a 30s. To-da: haa become fine, with a more settl there was less doing, though holders rematr United States tiour held at 21s, a 23s. Corton steady, with sales of 2 treme rates. At Liverpool there has been a good the trade opened A foreign at a Orleans. Daves, & —At the various public sales about 1,000 cases castor ofl have found takers at 2'/d a4d ; 130 packages becswax. £8 12s, 6d, 200 ease: gum arn- bic from 16;.a SCs, 36 cages cape aloes, 23s, Od a and 35 cases gum Benjamin from £5 10s, a £5 152, bags cardamoms sold; Madras. at Js, 8d a 1s. 11 mon Ceylon, 1s. 4d.: Malabar withdrawn, at 2s. 6d. a 28, 9d. Bamsam capivi sold at 2s. 7 casksgum sandrack, 648. 673. for very good. Sarsuparilla brought 3s 10d. @ 4s. for Jamaica, and Js, for Honduras, 80 tubs Japan cam- phor were bought inat {5s. §50 bagseutch have been fold at 198. 6d. a 208 700 bales gambier bought in at 19s, Turkey opium.12s. 9d. Saffron had been sold ut 21s. and none now ie to be had at that. (Quicksilver, 2 8s; 1.000 hotles have arrived from San Blas, 530 bales common Manila at auction held for £41 8 £43, were all bought in. Jute has been in better demex, and 2.900 bales bave sold from £$10s.a £14 10s . for common to good, being an advance of 10s. for the better sorts. Ixpico —Deliveries ure proceeding satisfactorily. Hol- ders are very firm, but transactions siuce our las! have been unimportant. Inox.—Commen bars can be bought at £5 in Wales, Rails are mostly held for £6, but, with an order in hand, might probably be purchased somewhat under. Scotch ig dull. at 435, 6d. for mixed numbers, and 45s. 6d. for No. 1 Garteherric on the Clyde, Linsern.—We quote Oaleutta 458.0 45a, 64., and Bom bay 46s, 0 46e, Od., at which «moll sales have been made, Linsrep Caxes in fair 7 158, for English on the spot, and & 3 ry Quring the suing six months. in barrels, £1 Od. Boston in buge, New Orleans in casks, Os. Orms.—114 tune Sperm, at auction this afternoon, were £87 1s, Common fish are dull Olive arm, 5i £ a 8 ibags Bengal « ‘a fow lots bringing tion bave been 6d. fc ctrn.—150 tons sold to-day at £16 2 £16 bs. on the We notice sales of 450 pk 528 bugs African at 23s. a 24 coe ginger, 5 blo 3 heay, Malabar pepper, at 4:4. 0 4(4.; 18 cases Penske cloves, at 163¢4. u 31)04,; and 46 bags pignento. at 5i¢d. a bd. SuGaxn.—In the absonce of public antes of impertance, the business in Wet India has been to the extent of 500 hhds, at about previous rates, with about 10.000 bays Bengal and Mauritius, 1,590 boxes Havana at anctioa have, been partlyyrcalized frona ‘4a. for middling to 6s. ed. for good strong yellow. 600 boxes white Havana have been sold at 80s. in bond Three cargoes yellow!avaua and four — brown Brazil, have beed sold afloat, viz 5,837 boxes Havana, at 20s. for 113 up to 22s. Sd. for No. 14, for near ports ; 11,900 bags brown pernams st 15.6 2d. 8 15s. 6d. ; and 280 cases Brown Bahia at 168. 3d. Tarrow is firmer, at 302 a 39s 8d for St. Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, and 30s for last three months, ‘Tx1.—Public sales of 18,662 pkgs. wore held yesterday. when, with fair competition, prices were upon the whole well supported, and 7,000 pkgs. found buyers. Congous 122 785 Bi 35,376 Government seeu- FESS 0m) ing (ineiad. muity)...... 0 Other 10.71 1,215,996 817,470 3,A28 713 13,856,078 ee 1,482,737 Totals... SIS Total... £8 900 Markets, Lonpow Money Manxet, Avovst 18—Two oCrocx, P xe pote) a A ed of Le cy hand per » me , haw up v0 9 price there are now sellers. The re. pond _ i, in the Jeseesetions, ve gone fq w 354 per cents are 1027, Benk'stock lo lower, 223," India bonds, Be. 00s. prem, March exchequer bills, 74s. 77s, prom.; June do, O66 ja console for the 8th Sept. account, 99% 99) stooks, Buenos Ayres has been done at 75, Mexi. Simm a better . 8 h detersed, 2. There been a great of iway shares, at prices. In Great Western there is a rise of 23¢ per gent; London end North Western, 1% per cent.; South ‘Werlern, about £3 par share; Midland. £2, South Bastern od Yor and Dorth Midiand, about 1);. The French showed no alteration, but only afew were sold. Com- mon scented Teas and Canton made Greens were flat and slightly lower; but medium qualities of Hysom and Young Hyson went at full rates, us did also some few fine re ‘Tix,—British is Se. dearer : we quote Block 90s., Bars V1s., Refined 936.; Banca 876 6d., Straits S14, At Rot- terdam 1,500 tabs have been sold at 61 francs. Piates pn PS C. Coke 228, 6d. to Z3¢,; 1. C, Charcoal, 286. . to 208, Terventixe.—Smail parcels of rough command 85. 6d. Spirits in fair request at J4s, 6d. to 34s, 3d. for British. Wnasrone.—We hear of no sales, and prices for the moment are nominal. JAMES M’HENRY’S CIRCULAR. Livenvoor, August 18, 1852. Bacon in moderate retaii demand at the quote- tions; large parcels can ay, be moved at 1s. to 2s, de- cline. Fine beef is saleable at full prices; though the inquiry is not by any means so lively ds of Late, the deal- re being well stocked. Pork droops under inci supplies, Fine cheese would sell reedily if here. is tominally unchanged, the transactions being wnim- Portant, Lark is neglected. Oils are vory steady, In “weds nothing doing. In tallow the business has been moderate at previous value, Rice hae been in active advance of 6d. to 9d. ney in flour and wheat advised as rali ntio sailed. increased daily with cold an¢ her; bat to-day there {s less doing, at We | r good demand | at fullrates; yesterday, 51;d. was the quotation for mil. | Yd a 6s, 5d Indian corn, per 430 [b:. 283. mixed. do 208, a 31s,; do yellow, do 30s. & Indian meal. none. ‘oTTow,— Sea [stand 18344, Oi 226d.: ordinary to middling. 14440 a 18d ; fair 1ogood fair, 19440. Zid + good to ue, 9134, 224d.” Stained do, 44d o14d,; ond. vo mad. od a 7d,; fair to good fair. 83d, a 10d. geod to han tid. @ 1id. | Bowed, $344. 2 634d ; ord. to mi 6d. fair to good fair. 6d. 0 6344 ; prod fair ¢3¢0.4 02 good ts flay 7s 040. a OKA; jae, TG ‘and Alabama, 4,4 a 6d.; ord. to mid. 44 0 545) fair to good fair. 6d. a 64d ; good to fine, 6 Provisions.—Bacon, long middles, per short middles, Cumberland cut, none ; tierce, 105s. a 190s ; beef, mess. India. per 1408.5; enters aretee, per cwt. 386. adds ; cheese, none ; hams, none ; shoulders, none ; pork, prime mess, per bb!. 75s. @ 908.; mess, per bbl. none. Generat Propucr.—Quercitron bark, Phila. per cwt., 7s. a 7e. 8d : quercitron bark, 588.; ined. Baltimore, 6s. 6d, 2 6391. ; 66s. 9 688,; lard. inferior . ‘39s.; sperm oil, per tun, £83 38 ; lard oil, £8 a £49 ; linseed cake, per ton, £6 0. a £6 163.; riee, Caro- lina,(in bond) per ewt., 18s, a 198, 6d. WRIGHT, GANLY & CO.’S CIRCULAR. {Liverroor, August 13, 1852. Tn our circular advices of the 6th inst., per Canada, we reported the cotton market as closing quieuy, with sales of 8,000 baics on that day ; business to s like extent transpired on Saturday, without change of feeling. ‘The Asia’s advices came to the same evening, and whilst the Ceoreg sf North bogey marge of the prospects e growing crop, tl or from ‘alobite and New Orieans were not of so flattering a description. On Monday business opened with a good in- quiry, which resulted sales of 12.000 bales, 4,000 of | Shick were Buses and Egyptians principa'iy taken on peculation, The demand continued on Tusaday, and was somewhat +timulated late in the day by favorable re- ports of trade in Manchester. the transactions reachlog 8,00 bales. The tone in our market has since been good, the sales amounting to 9000 bales on Wednesday, and 8,060 yesterday. Holders generally continue tomect the demand freely. and prices are without quotable change from those given in our last. The totul sales of the week (as per details in annexed statement), amount to 58,750 bales, of which speculators have tuken 16.340, exporters 5,110, and include 41 820 American, of which 9,260 are to speculators, and 3,350 to exporters. The import for the same time is 44,089 bales, of which 27,112 are American. tot; Db Atlantic. Gd. to Sy Sad. te a 2 ‘The market opened this morning with a good demand, which increased us the day progressed, and we estimate the tales at 12.600 to 15,000 bales, one half of which has been taken by speculators and exporters, the mar! closing with an improved fecling. We consider tl ficial quotations too low, and give the above figures fair criterion of the business doing. ‘The operations of the past week have been to a fair ex- tent, aud entered upon with confidence, the market show- ing a great regularity throughout. ‘The improved fecling which was apparent on Monday last has been somewhat checked by the continuance of cold and wet weather, thus giving grounds for alarm respecting our harvest; this, combined with the upfayorable news from the Cape of Good Hope, together with the possibility of difiiculties with the American government growing out of the fishe- ry disputes, has caused a considerable decline in the funds. stocksand shares. A little time. we doubt not, will regulate these difficulties, when we look for a ten- dency to general improvement. x In the manvfactucing districts a healthy business con- tinues to be transacted; an active demand for yarns aud cloth in the early part of the week enabled producers to obtain extreme'rates for fresh engagements, and belug well under contract we think they will continue to pur- chase freely of the raw material in this market. and hold their present stocks to guard against the possibility of dhsasters to the growing crop. ‘The unpropitious weather noticed in our list has coa- tinued during the present week. and a large quantity of rain bas fallen, The reports of the spread in the potato disease increase, and ferious apprehensions nre also fel! for the safety of the wheat crop; this hascaused another week of animation in our corn market, and holders show great reluctance to part with their etocks, unices at ex- ireme rates, anticipating a further improvement, We are not so sanguine of any important advance being sus- tained, as a few days of sunshine would doubtless dispel much of the present unca ines, and the weather having taken vp. this is observable in the business at, to-day’s market. Wheat realized nearly 6d. per 70ibs, advances on | lost Friday's rates, and flour moves off at 1s, to lv, 6d. per | barre! more money. Indian corn, on the epot, maintains | previous rates. whilst the demand for floating cargoc which was brisk in the early part of the week has sii Subjoinea is the usual table of imports, ex- 8 &e The sates are small at to 2is. Gd, for pear moves off in retall at £6 103. to £7 Le, 2s, for Montreal pote, per ew |" Banx iin moderate demand, with salor of 800 bog? | Baltimore at i per ewe Tattow.—Saies have been confined Awericun. of which 600 pipes have be | per ewt. |. Turrestise fully maintains previ having o| | Hy | higher rat Tar —Sales of 1 500 Lbla, have boen effected at 11s 5d | tolls. 9d. per bbl. | | Rosin continues in request, with sales of 1,990 bbls, : $8.14. per elt. for commen amber. to Ls. for tine Lanv —Sales are small, say 30 tons, at the former quo- tations of 58s. per owt Our Concord Correspondence. | Concorp, N. H., August 21, 1852. The Reunron of the Officers of the Ninth Regiment — Speeches of General Pierce and Others. There was a meeting of tho officers and soldiers of the late Ninth Regiment ‘held in this town, on the 20th inst., being the anniversary of the battle of Churubusco. This regiment, it will be recollected, | did gallant service in the latter part of the Moxican war, participating in the principal battles after the landing of the American army at Vera Cruz. It was authorized by the act of Congress creating ten additional regiments for that ecrvice, and was origi- nally knawn as the “ New England Regiment.” The command, as colonel, was at firet assigned to Gen. Frank Pierce, but, after his appointment os a brigadier general, he was succeeded by his la- mented and gallant lieutenant colonel—Ransomy who fell and was killedat the head of his com- mand, in the attack upon Chepultepec. The fol- lowing officers and soldiers were present at the | meeting of yesterday :— Coumissionep Orricers —Gen. Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, (now democratic candidate for | the Presidency); Col. Jere. Clemens, Alabama,(now U. 8. Senator,) ; Col. Thomas Hi. Seymour, of Connecticut, (now governor of that State); Col. F. T. Lally, of Maine ; Major Pitman, Rhode Island ; Surgeon Stevens, of Massachusctts ; assistant sur- fon Wheaton, of Rhode Island; Mujor B. A. Kim- ball, of Vermont, (who, with Colonel Seymour, lowered the Mexican flag on tho castle of Ohepule | tepec); Captains Wobb, of Connecticut; Bowers, of | New Haaupshire ; Bissell, of Connecticut ; Jackson, of New Hampshire ; Traey, of Maine ; Slocum, of Rhode Island ; Butchelder, of New Hampshire, and Lieutenants Palinor and Crosby of Maine; Whi | Pierce, and Gove, of New Hampshire | Khode Isiand ; Woodhouse, of Connect Noy-Commssionep Ov7icexs —Quar'! | Sergeant McMurphy, of N. A ; Drum-Major Brigham, of Vt.; Sergeants Hill, of N. H.; Pratt, of Coun.; Pago, Goodwin, aud Downing, of N. H —7. “dvaTEs.—Devine, of Me.; Marston, of Vt.5 Chamberlain, N. H; Averoll, Gardner, and Pr ofN. H.; Tarbox, of Mass.; Clark—&. cers, 21; von commissioned, 7; privates, 8— At a businoss meeting, held in the forenoon at the American Hotel, Goneral Pierce was culled to the chair, and Licutenant Gove appointed secretary. A committee was appointed to report a plan for organizing into an association the surviving officers and soldiers of the late Ninth Regianent, who subso- — ee i oe — ¥ S a 5 urna. rok Moeting annually. on the 1éth sideat, 0, Viet Provides, ene Etooriicn seat nate jent, » one is pout’ rate, ling and two Corres. ‘The report was accepted, and the following gentlo- men, reported by the same committeo, were unani- mously clected officers of the association :—Genoral Frank Pierce, President; Coloncl T. H. Seymour, Vv eee Captains Py been and Slocum, Cor- reepont retaries; Lieutenant J. A. Gove, Concord, N. H., Recordin; Secretary. i General Pierco ret his sincere thanks for the high honor which bad been paid him, but do- cline serving as Prosideut. He begged leave to pro- pose the name of tho last commander of the regi- ment, Colonel Clemens. Colonel Clemens said that he should feol it his duty to decline serving, on account of the great dis- tance of his of residence, in Alabama, from New Englan: é General Pierce would still declino serving. He should insist upon Colonel Clemens accepting, be- cause the regiment would thus secure more frequent visite from him. (Cheers and applause.) Ho (General Pierce) would propose further, that an in- vitation be extended to the entire first and second bi 8 of the third division (Goneral Pillow’s) to join the association. It will then, he said, con« sist of members from the New England States, as xtreme prices paid daring the week Fiour Tanger from 2is, 6d. to 22, for good brands, and white Wheat (is, 64. to 06. 9d. per 70 Ibs,, red 3d. lose, corn shows no alteration There hos contioned @ good al) tw Week from the Mase Barmy for cotton trade, spec ond exporters, well as Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, th Carolin and Texas—thus forming a band, i all soning time, both willing and ready to maintain this Union, which, I nope, will ever be perpetuated. we aft Clemens (amenting) was thon elected On motion of Colonel Clemens, 2 committee of | ves indading the Boces ding Roscenaay, mat, 20, } pel correspond the ogimen's of tbe Third division, Bad invite ‘them to. meet with | the assosiation snnually motien, Capt. Stocum was direeted to procure a roll to embrace the officers and soldiars of all the regi- ments of said division. The meetiog then adjourned, to moet again at two members guests, met in one of American House. 4 Col. Clemooe sail, that before oeaeciey f to dinner, @ resolution whicn had boea reported eomwittes a for that purpose inthe forenoon, of which Col. Seymour was chair man. It was aa follows:— Resolved, That annot adjourn this mestivg with- Out expressing eur high admiration of General Frank Pieree, first Colonel ¢ the Nipth Regiment, who, as a patriot and a ralviertn the late ee sustained 2 drawing rooms of the late war with M the bonor of his pative State and country— adding to courege, which elicited the applause of the army, the greatest kindness and courtesy, We owe him @ debt of gratitude which we do not expect to be able te repay; but we beg bim ro be assured that we have neither forgotten his heroism on the field of battle, nor his atten- tious to those who were suffering from wounds or disease. Resolved, That copy of this resolution be comma- nieated to General Pierce. Tho reading of tho above by the President, Col. Clemens, was received with tremendous cheers, and the resolutions were then unanimously adopted. The Sehawing additional resolutions were also reperee and adopted by acclamation:— ed, That we cherish in our heart of hearts the memory of our jamented and chivalrous Colonel, Truman B. Ransom, and that so often ae we shall hereafter as- semble, we will repeat the testimonials of our respect for his estimable personal qualities, the splendor of his achievements, the glory of his fall. Resolved, ‘hat {a our lust commander, Colonel Jere. Clemens, the Ninth Regiment recognizes the generous bac = hearted man, and the honorable and heroic soldier, Notico bees 9 given that dinner was on the table, Drum Major Brigham appeared with the - favorite regimentul snare drum, and beat a roll call, waich “made the welkin ring,” to the great delight of several hundreds who flocked in to hear it, and amidst shouts upon shouts of approbation. The company then ceeded tothe dining hall, where Mr. Gass, proprietor of the hotel, had provided a good and substantial dinner, notwithstanding the umm¢nse draft which had been continually made on his larder, for three days previous, by the thou- sands of pilgrims on their way to, and returnin; from, the great Hillsborough gathering. Gener: Pierce presided, being the senior officer present, assisted by Colonels Seymour and Clemens. Among the number present were several officers and soldiers who wore severely wounded and maimed in the bat- tles of Mexico. Some were without a log, others an arm, and one an eye. There being at first a want of seats, Gen. Pierce requested the officers to give up theirs, until theso veteran soldiers, and the Privates present, had found places, which was promptly acceded to. Ina few mioutes, however, another table was made ready, and every one pre- sent found a place. Among the invited guests were the following gentlemen:—Col. Gorman, 4th Indiana Volunteers, and now member of Congress from that State; Lt. Col. Savage, 11th infantry ; Col. Steptoe, 3d artil- lery ; Major J. H. Stevens, U.S. Engincer Corps; Col. Weller, Obio Volunteers in Mexico, and now U. 8. Senator from California ; Capt. Landers, Ohio Volunteers ; Col. Colt, Aid to Gov. Seymour, of Connecticut ; Mojor A. Harris, late of the 7th in- fantry ; Hon. John Van Buren, New York; Gen. Pratt, Connecticut; C. Levi NPOUADESYs Bsq., Bos- ton ; Cornelius R. Dimon, Bristol, R. 1; B. B, Bu- chanan, Maryland ; Capt. Carr, 11th infantry ; jor J. L. Locke, a soldier of the war of 1812; Col. Thomas, D. H. Dustin, and C.C. Burr, Esqs., of New York ; Col. Kent, of Vermont ; Hon. C. G. Atherton, Capt. Emery, and Gen. I. Hunt, Nashua. The press was represented by Mesers. Hanscom, of the Boston Post, Bosson, of the Boston Herald, and the correspondent of the New York HERALD ~ Ample justice having been done to the dinner, Col. Clemens rose, and, turning towards Genera! Pierce, said :—**I rise, sir, to perform a pleasant duty—to read to you aresolution which bas been passed at our business meeting, held previous to coming to this table.” Hereupon Col. C. read the resolution which we heve given above, which was rapturously applauded. General Pierce rose ‘to reply, and the cheering ‘Was renewed most enthusiastically. Evidently much affected, he remarked, substantially, that the reso- Intion had taken bim by surprise. His heart was too full to express the feelings with which he mot fo many of his former friends and associates in Mex- ico on the preseat occasion. Ho had not expected to enjoy tue gratification of again meeting, and here particularly, so many. Their presence he could but take as intended, partly at least, as a compli- Rcnt ty himself. Perhaps it wogld not be bogomiag 2 présene pocwon, to auuae to certam matters, but be could not but feel gratified at the Spontaniety with which so many of his former com- rades, including, he believed, all who had behaved well, hod conse torward with testimony in vindication of such of his acts as had been freely rendered, and with no other object than of serving his country. (Nine cheers were here given ) After briefly allud- ing to the sertices of the Ninth regiment while in Mexico, passing tribute to the gallantry of Major Stevers, Col. Steptoe, Major Savage, and others, who we ‘re soated near him, Gen. Pierce concluded by expressing the desire that, at all times when the country has a common foc, the people of the Union TAY present @ common front. He gave as a senti- ment: “The health, happiness and sperity of the officers of the old ares (Loud Usps sd Col. Seymour rose, and, after a few appropriate reliminary remarks, read the resolution whieh had been passed, complimentary to Col. Clemens, which is given above. Its reading clicited three hearty cucers. Col. Clemens responded, and pnid a handsome tribute to the regiment for ite services in Mexico. Although he had been its commander but a short time near the close of the war, he would here give his testimony to its gallantry and efficiene: , a8 he hadal- ready once before publicly done from his place in the U.S. Senate. Gen. Pierce wasits first commander— the brave and noble Ransom, now no more, its sce- ond—and he (Col. C.) could but feel proud of being the suecessor to such men. To Gon. Pierce he could say, we look to you as the father of our regi- ment. Although to-morrow you may belong to the country, to-day, at least, we claim you. How could he (Col.C.) say enough of the-gallant Ninth ? in spite of the denunciations which they had re- ceived in publiofassemblics, and from certain quar- ters while they were in Mexico, never had they been known to falter. And of the general, whom you all loved so well, (said Col. C. in conelusion,) what shall I say of the slanders recentiy heaped upon him? If any man shall tell me that he (Gen. Pierce) ever looked upon any living thing which ho feared, Iam bound to toll that man that he lics! (Shouts of applause, which were ronewed again and again, by those at the tables, and several hun- dred outsiders, who had entered the hall and filled the doors and windows.) é ae Spel wie hte ‘ol. Seymour, Col. Gorman, Major Lally, Lieut. Whipple, Gen’ Hunt, and others. = a Gen Pierce took leave of the company, remark- ing that his family was at Ryo Beuch, on the sea- shore, to which place be should be compelled to re- pair by the train of cars on the Concord and Ports- mouth railroad, which would leave in a short time. He then retired, and was subsequently accompanied to Rye (forty-eight miles distant) by Governor Sey- mour. The remainder of tho company soon left the heli; the xailrond depot was ehortly filled by a thou- sand or more pergons. composing the ‘+ rear guard” of the four or five legions who had beon, during the day and previous night, returning in continuous ins of cars from the Hillsborough meeting ; the wheels of the last locomotive commenced turning, and Concord soon resumed the tranquility whic belonged to it five days previous. Thus ended the interesting reunion of the Ninth Regiment, and thus clored one of the most numerous and exciting political: gatherings ever witnoesed, either in our own little Granite State, or perhaps in other State which does not include large city ebek ions. Pawoo 20, nobly wore also made by ‘The like of it was never known hore be id pers haps nover will be again. BNACOOK. Our Washington Correspondence. Wasnineton, August 23, 1952 Texas Debt— What will Congress do? The recent report of the Finance Committee of tho Senate, and the aecompanging bill for the pay- ment of the creditors of Texas, of the class therein deeoribed, havo at length brought this matter bo. fore Congress in a tangible shape, and enabled both the friends and the enemies of the measure to mus- ter their respective forces. The unfortunate dissen- sions among tho creditors themselves wore a threat- ening aepect a short time ago, but thee are now, I understand, healed, and all parties are satisfied with the couree of the Finance Committee. ‘The great principle on which the whole subject depends is plain, and clearly defined in tho law of nations, and in that high code of equity which should | guide and regulate the actions of all civilized nations: that whenever an ind di has contracted debts, on the fait h of ils Avenae ¢ aad resources, and is afterwards voluntarily united and absorbed by another government, to which its na- tional revenue and resources, thus pledged, are transferred, the latter government becomes bound, by the most sacred of all obligations, to disonarge those debts. ‘These governments may indubitably, in their act of union or annexation, make such stipulations on the subject as they sce fit @betweon themselves); but And, on Col. Beymoar's | o'clock for dianer. That hour having arrived, tho | of peroe noms, a0 some twenty invited | to this the credtiors are not ies, and, of course, are not bound by the ws of any such act or treaty, to which they have not yielded their asseu. The creditors look only to the revenue pledged for their security, in whose hands svever they may be, and it is beeauve these revenues are now in tho bands of the federal government, that she is held to be responsible for the payment of these debts. It is true that the government of tho United States, in the act of annexation, bound Texas to apply the proceeds of her vacant lands to the dis p raat of these debts; but in the act of tho 9th of September, 1860, she chose to releaso Texas from this obligation, acquired the title to a large portion | of these very lands for her owo use. and thereby as- | sumed all the liability of that State to its ereditors, | on every principle of national integrity aud honor. | Phe power and the duty of settling with the credi- tors of Texas belong to that State no longer—it hus nothing to do with these creditors, farther than to be acquitted and discharged from any responsibility to pay them. The ast of the Texas Lg PERT usually deno- minated the “scaling act,” is a palpable violation of that provision of the federal constitution which pro- pibits States from passing laws “impairing the ob- ligations of cgntract,” and is therefore to be re- arded by Congress, as it would be by the Supreme Bourt, ase allity . Itis not to be supposed for a moment that the Ragialsiace of Texas, which will not meet again for about eighteen months, will seek to intermeddle with this busivess ‘ ae Having surrendered this whole affair of adjusting the claims of her creditors to the federal govern- ment, Texas has stipulated only for her own release, and if this be secured, sho has nothing more to do with the rats laa aun sy a ee hh that a large mojorit, e le of that State are in ae seine honest av of the public debt, con- tracted in the maintenance of their independence. A few smal politicians may so fur miscaleulute the state of public feeling, as to hope to make some litical capital out of an attempt to repunistes but They find no favor at home, and are he! dd nearly as cheaply there as they are abroad. I us he members of both houses, from that State, will take little, if any, part in the disposition of this matter while it is before Congress, for the reasons I have already stated. Their position is a delicate one; but it is impossible to suppose they will seek to re- udiate their own debt, when the government of tho inited States offers to pay it. They will, doubtless, rather assist in raising the character of Texas, and poring that she desires to be both faithful and onest. The plan contemplated, in the bill of the commit tee, to pay these debts, is judicious and economical, and will, in fast, liquidate the whole amount with the five million of do! now in the treasury ap- licable to that object. This bill rises into the ighest importance, when we reflect that the final actions of Congress on the subject will stamp our national character. What mark shall be fixed upon us, it is for Congress to determine. Thave no interest in the matter beyond what af- fects every citizen, who desires the honor of his country. I am neither an agent or a creditor of Texas; but the subject being now brought forward for public attention, by the action of the committeo, I trust the course recommended will be speedily acted upon, so as to end the question. B Our Canadian Correspondenec. Toronto, August 20, 1852. Trip from Toronto to Montreal, down the River St. Lawrence—The Thousand Islands and the Rapids--The Canadian Lake Boats and Ca- nals—The Ottawa, and the River Scenery—Mon- treal and its Appearance, and Police Regwations— The Return Passage—A Man Lost Overboard on Lake Ontario—Okah Tubbee, the Indian Chief— Bigamy Declared an Offence not within the Ash- burton Treaty — Catharine Hayes and Jenny Land—The Canadian Annual Fair—The Crops. One of the most delightful trips that it is possible to imagine—one but little frequented by the Ameri- cans, though unsurpassed in the alternate gorgeous- ness, gracefulness, grandness, and picturesqueness of its scenery—is that from Toronto to Montreal, by the river St. Lawrence, through “the Thousand Islands,” and down the Rapids. But how to attempt a deseription of the scenery I know not. On enter- ing the St. Lawrence from Lake Ontario, the eye is at ence struck with its promised magnitude and beauty. Tho St. Lawrence receives the waters of the great lakes from Lake Ontario, and conveys them to its gulf. Itis nearly half a mile wide at its commencement, and ninety miles wide at its mouth. It expands into ‘‘the Lake of the Thou- sand Islands,” where the scenery {s most beautiful and romantic, thickly studded with islands, somo of which are many acres in extent, and others only a few square fect. Nearly all of them are ¢é- vercd with red cedar and fir trees; some are on- ly jxst above the surface of tho water, whilst others are abrupt and craggy rocks, jutting up perpendicularly to the height of thirty or forty feet. Sometimes we puss through a narrow channel between rocks, where, at a short distance, we would imagine thore was scarcely room for a boat to enter; then, on looking back, the clustering islands seem to have closed a the passage through which we came, and those before us ap) to admit of no possible egress. We are completely surrounded by islands, till we advance a little further, and then another channel is perceptible, and thus we go on, on, on, for twenty-eight miles, amid varying beau- ties, ugh @ series of. islands, extending along the river that length, and over eight miles in width, so that I think they ea dg more truly styled the tens of thousands, ra’ than “the Thousand eae nee of natural eae the moenery of this river 1] by any in the world, eis true that the Rhine tide Yo ite chars ancient castles and pict: ue ruins, of which the St. Lawrence cannot boast, but the ‘* Lake of the Thousand Islands” cannot be surpassed in any coun- try in the world. Thus the St. Lawrence embraces in its seenery much for the admiration and contem- plation of the Thind of man, who, in gazing upon the sublime grandour of its picturesqueness, and its grace, its savage wildnoes, or its rich beauty, must teel that the hand ofthe Great Architect of the uni- verse alone, is manifested in their creation ; and that the painter’s pencil or the poet’s pen could but faintly describe the glories thus crowded on his vision. There is no written descriptive guide through the St. Lawrence, or the ds and the rapids, published; and -the numerous travellers who are provided with guide books to ‘the Falls,” and other summer resorts, are left without any assistance from the pen of previous ex- plorers. Having had the good fortune to full in with a very agreeable party of gentlemen on board the stermer Champion—eome of them old travellers on the line, who were now wending their course to pursue their official functions at the approaching sitting of the Canadian Parliament in Qaebec— Llearned much more about the scenes we passed through than I otherwise Lrg h could have glean- ed from ene hasty nal observation. hese entlemen were the Hon. S. Mills, of the Legislative Council; Messrs. Thos. G. Dixon, M. P. P.; Cowel Wilson, M. P. P.; and G. K. Chisholm, Sergeant-at- Arms of the Legislative Assembly. The latter gen- tleman had travelled the river go often, enjoying the seenery each time more and moro, that his friends jocosely inquired of him the name of cach of ‘the Thoussad Islands” as we passed along.’ But to our trip. Wo now come to the town of Brockville, situated on the St. Lawronce, fifty-eix miles east from Kingston. It is a handsome town, with many fine atone built houses and public edi On tho American side of the river, opposite, isthe town of Morriston. ‘Zhe cconery at this point is also beauti- aeons a broad expanee of water, and lore tho Thousand Islands—many of which are studded with little huts—terminate. We now pass the small and unimportant village of Maitland, built on the site of an old French fortification. Hoven miles fure ther on we come to the town of Prescott, ronderod colebrated in hietory by the ill-judged invasion and the “battle of the windmill,” which wns fought in the rebellion of 1837, when General Van Se! ultz, & Polish refugee, commander of the patriots, was killed. The mill, and three or four stone built houses whore tho invaders onsconced themselvos, still remain, dilapidated monuments of tho folly of that movement. Prescott is a place of considerable trade, for the number of its fahabitante, which is over 8,000. It has a custom house and a fort, where come artillery and infantry are stationed. A steam a Loat plios betweon Prescott and Ogdens- burg, on the Amorioan side of the tiver 0] ite, about a mile and a quarter noross. But before we reach the rapids, I must tell you how I p 4 I met the steamer Champion of the through line,’ at Lewiston. She is one of the largest, safest, and most elegantly fitted up bons on ti ae Jee Ry kee & spacious saloon, and every luxury sired, without atuiness S aho is commanded by Me experienced sod man! 2 Capt. A Marshall, & native of tho State of New York, who was tho first to attempt the descent of tho rapids in a steamer, and whose known skill in- duces many to travel by ‘the through line,” cor- tainly the most pleasing in oad of scenery, and loss ‘Wearitome, as you avoid many changes from boat to boat which must be endurod by any other route. Passengers by the Champion, on two ocoa- sions recently, presented complimentary testimo- nials to Capt. M. for his courtesy and his skill, and the Ogdensburg papers, in publishing them, drow a leasing contrast between his conduct and that of ec commander and officers of tho ill-fated. Henry Clay. I observed that this steamer, as well as the Ohief Justice Robinson, and other Canadian lake boats, besides having a double iron tube rownd that ner of tho steam funnels which pass tl h the eck, is furnished with an outer coating of thick tin, whilst the aperture in the dock is lined with zinc, a precaution against ignition from over heated tubes which is worthy of imitation. is an ordor issued by the Common Council of T to, that no steaner shall be permitted to remain dock without a wire nes or grating over each chim- ney, to prevent the danger of fire from the flying o| sparks But now we approach these most extraordinary natural wonders, ihe rapids of tae St. Lawrencs; | the sight fs imposing —eutrancing—while the gra. | dual destent creates ling that is indescribable. You seem to be ghding down a hill of waters, bubbling and boiling acound you, over rocks which, in their ruggedness ¢ this constant and never- ceasing agiia' of ihe river. There are soveral rapids in the St Law some of which it is difti- cult, and others impossible, for sailing vessels or other craft to ascend, and they aro eonseqnently obliged to return by canels, which are constructed with locks atong those portions of the river where the rapids rvo ~The names of the rapids are the Galloppos, Point lvoqueis, Rapide Piat, Farren’s Point, the Long Saalt, the Coteau, the Codars, the Cascades, end the Lachine. On entering the first of the repids the current is not very strong, varying from sixto ten miles per hour; there is a distance of about six miles between them and the next, and they gradually increase in magnitude and i cence until we come to the Long Sault, which are truly grand, haviog a fail of abouteight feet. The: are serious in desvent, and may indeed be called ingurmountable objects to ascending the river; this difficulty has been avoided by the construction of the Cornwall canal, which is abeut twelve miles in length, and commences at the village of Dickenson’s Landing, about eleven miles dbove the town of Corn- wall. We new come to Lake St Francis, a portion of the St. Lawrence, whore the Canada line commences, and all, on either side, is British Leary The entrance to St. Francis is soft and beautifal, with numerous smal} islands, affor & picturesque landscape of rich pasturage, ae ASS fol drooping to the water’s brink. At the end of lake is coteau du Lac. The next rapids we come to are the Cedars, which are still more agitated than the last, and where there is a considerable depth of water. We pass the vil of Beauhar- nois, beautifully eituated, amidst half a dozen islands, At the opening of St. Louis, another portion of tbe St. Lawrence, the passage requires great pilot skill. Rocks covered with water abound here, leaving but a very narrow channel for boats. Bhortly after this the Ottawa river Joins the St. Lawreneo, end the diference in the eoler of the waters is perceptible, the Ottawa being sea 5 The waters of these two mighty rivers thus run down beyond Montieal, a distance of eighteen miles, ee tho wm Sines svcue te tween the eurrente. We have now ‘3 1812. Onward ‘arm, where the battie was fought we go through the Cascades— toesed and retorsed, and then alew; the waters roaring and ascending like the bill lows of the Atlantic, the ascent of these being also impossible. Tho Beauharnois canal has been constructed for returning vessels, and, like all the others, it is capable of accommodating Li are first class Jake steamers. But the last rapi: he Lachine—are the most difficult, the widest, and the most sublime of all: the most daring adventurer cannot them without a sensation of awe, an appalling feeling inwardly creeping over him, that the ree momont may hurl him into a vortex of vexed watem. These rapids are so dangerous, and the passage so narrow—there not being more than afew yards betwoon the steamer and the rocks each side—that the cnptain invariably takes on board an Indian pilot at the village of Caughnawaga, 2 man who has been born on the eee and who steered us in gallant style through the dangers ef the scene. The current is so stroug here—nearly thirty miles an heur—that it takes four men to the w in order to keep the steamer from dashing on the rocks to the right or to the left. From the commence- ment of the St. Lawrence until it reaches the St. Regis settlement, it separates Upper Canada from the United States; atverwards it divides Upper from. Lower Cavada, and forms the southern boundary of the Johnstown and Eastern districts. On Montreal, I was impressed with the beauty i solidity of the wharf and the quay wall, as well ag the order maintained by the police on the arrival of the steamers. No rowdies, no rude parrit no pee Pa allowed fa board, to e your luggage from you, or you nolens ve , to Whatever vehicle or whatever h ** they” please. Authorized parties take the bag- gage to wherever the traveller directs, and we were accordingly conveyed to the Montreal House, a capi- tal hotel, Kept in the American style, by J. Warren Coleman, an enterprising young man, ef affable and business manners, and a near relative of Coleman, of the Astor House, New York. The house was crowded with sicht-seeing travellers and members of the Provincial Parliament, on their way to Quebec. After all, it takes the Yankee to conduct a hotel. I ascended one of the towers of the French Catholic athedral called Notre Dame, and had a command- ng view of the whole town, including the scene of the late disastrous fire, where they have commenced | rebuilding some of the lots. Tae government are bout to advance one million dollars gn loan enztle the mre Gostitute to proceed with the #abuild- ng of their dwei7as. ‘Tbe cathedral is one of the moat magnificent buildicgs in the new world > it is apable of holding 14,000 persons, and prosents a buste and clastic coup d’au in the interior, whore the walls are hung with scripture emery by Eu- ropean artists, and the altar enriched +h marble figures of angels on each side. Tho eps | ig three hundred feet long, and one hundred and fifty fect wide. It has two towers, two hundred and fifty feet high, having three hundred steps to its summit. The weight of the principal bell is 24,780 pounds, and the weight of the flapper, or tongue, 849 pounds; it is ten and a feet in diameter, requires four men to ring it The entire edifice cost five mil- lion aired aoa aay Fay has been & good business, lately, under the management of Buckland ahd Corbyn, with the attraction of Da- vidge, who has become as great a favorite here as in New York, aud had an excellent benefit a fow nights since. Kate Horn, Mrs. Meader, Pope and Jordon, are also making now friends, and Lewis, of the Broadway, is stage manager, and oa fe business to the admiration of the Canadian: my return to Toronto, by the same route, I ex~ Pperienced the same pleasing scenery, ex that I only viewed the rapids from the canals, which we aro obliged to come through to avoid the ascent. Isaw a steamer descend the Cascade rapids, and the sight was truly grand, and gave me a still more im idea of my own position on the previous day. She was going at the rate of about miles an hour, and the getting sun lent a glorious Trilliane to the scene, ehowing the won and enutifal hand of nature ond the ekilful and daring act of man. A few bours before we toncleed Toronto, 2 man named Jobn Gorman, who had taken passage at Kingston, with his wife, and who, it ap was. labosing under Sempoeses weaknces of hind, @ ither fell or jumped overboard during the momentary ab- sence of his wifo. The small boat was lowered, and search made, but all efforts to recover him were fruitless. His wife became frantic, wid never witnessed a more heart-rending scene. He was but twenty-four years of age, and the wife eighteen; they had been married only three months; he was- an American, she Irish. We got up a subscrip- tion for her, (amounting to $44, ) amongst twelve er thirteen err, and the jor, Mr. E. D. Mackay, revatre® 0’ poor womas the i mo- ney, (nine dollars,) which she had paid for herself and hueband. No blame was attached to any one, and the captain received the thanks of tho passen- gers for his kindness and exertions on the occasion, as wellas for his urbanity towards ourselves. Okee Tubbee, the Indian chief, whom I men- tioned in my last as having been charged with bigamy, was ordored to stand committed by the magistrate, and to be given up tothe United States authoritics. The matter was brought before the three judges of the Court of Common Ploas on habeas corpus, and they decided that tho offence of higomy was not mentioned or sufficiently sot out in the Ashburton treaty, which virtually re; }revious acts between England and foreign coune tries, and that the acoused could not be given up to the United States. Okee was,. therefore, dis- chargod from custody. Catherine Bayes’ concerts were very well attend- ler countrymen form a large proportion of the population of Torouto. Sho was well patronized ere; she was more democratic in her no and: did not Pe hae the higher ranks of socioty that: her admi x (Jenny Lind) visited; yet she has not left asfayorable an im; on bohiad. her as tho bet pe ge Jenny Lind, everywhere she went, opened wide the hand of charity, ‘and in Toronto she gave $1,800. something was expecte t gives dollar, even to the St. Patrick’s a deputation from: which called on her and gave her a henefit—but she gave no cbarity in return. The annual fair, which was hold last at. Rochester, will commence in Toronto on the 2lst of: September, and continue for four days. It is ox- pected to be conducted ona scale ofgreater splendor than any of the previous fairs; groat are already a foot—the merchants, mochat oulturists, artiste—all are br , reat event. Lord Elgin, the cretmin for the , Mr. it is expected will be present; the Mas Bowes, has left town as » depatetion to tavite his Excellency, and Toronto, it is feared, will not be able to accommodate all the strangers that will. eg from every quarter of tho Oanadas and the. The cropsaro reported bountiful throughout the: whole country, though the hi suffered from the carly dronghte fe Pitot Fp Al 1p OPMAMPtON, o'clock, on the night of the 22d inst, a Jere- minh Thateher, a blacksmith, belonging to une peneay and residing with his family tn Uhiersville, waa from his house into the street, by two men anda women, and eae. murdered by being beat to death with « clab, o “4 with a heay; beat which was found near iy. body was then 4 abont juarter: mile. and thrown into the woods aie . brurh, where { & mass of under derors have from whom PA—About 14 ‘Was discovered noxt morning. The Jet boom arrested, ~ es