The New York Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1853, Page 3

tering places; and thus it is that this place is compa- ratively deserted until near the close of the gay sea- pon, when the Rhode Islanders concentrate their en- ergies, and come out in one grand burst, 'yclept “the éall.” Although there is no difficulty in obtaining the various strong drinks young America delights in fat the Ocean House, yet, out of that sacred precinct, that delightiul institution, the Maine Liquor Law, Lt supreme, @ in the words of Coleridge's “Au- cient Mariner,” “Water, water ever; rane pt 1 ‘ink.’ Tamppose this may be set down as one of the chief ‘causes of the decline of this place, People do not wish to go to a place, where, Harr hoe in roe accusto they are looked upon as violators the law, indus litle better than one of the ungoily. f residences in the "vicinity of Newport pon he pe vate fal, and can only be equalled by those Selighttul little eountry boxes scattered so thickly in the neighborhood of Boston. The Hon. George Ban- croft has one of the neatest places it has ever been fortune to see, and is noted here for his hos- ‘ality, always entertaining some select party of his Friends. George Ripley, Esq, f the Tribune, and his wife, have been spending some time with him. ‘The Reverend George looks48 if the principles of Fourier and the pickingsfrou the Tribune had agreed with him; he “ looms up lege,” and in his rotundity “very like a whale.” Ld T have been paying a sit to the “ Old Mill,” as it is called, and have beer perfectly astonished to find ko little antiquarian sprit among our citizens; for I doubt if nine-tenths ¢ those now sojourning at the Ocean, have ever he¢d of this interesting edifice. It is a massive round Wer, built entirely of stone, and derives its presey Dame from its having been used asa windmill, Tom the fast ofa skeleton clad in ‘very old bronz/@tmor, having been dug Bp near its base, it is suyy%ed to have been erected by the Norse- men who dis°vered America long before the time of Columbus; +24, a8 you are doubtless well aware, has Deen maqthe subject of a beautiful poem by Long- fellow, e~tled “ The Skeleton in Armor.” I have made eensive researches in order to be able to an- swer ewestion very frequently propounded by one of yor Most talented attachés, and which is ‘to be four ia thi Mm, VIZ -— “ Why did che leave that night Her nest unguarded ?”” Sufas yet have met with no sufficiently satisfactory PB ation to satisfy him. 8 for our guests, I am afraid that an account of sheir sayings and doings would not “ pay,” to use the politico-economical phrase now in yogue. We have a had any celebrities or eccentricities here as yet loping that better times will soon come here, and that my next may be of more interest’ to your read- ers, with your permission, I shall keep a good look out here, and remain, sincerely yours, Le Fuanecr, Ningara Falls, Currron Hovse, Niagara Fauxs,} Saturday, Aug. 6, 1853. f The Best Place to See the Falls—Avery’s Position, and the Manner in which he Might have been Saved—Matters and Things at the Hotels, §c. Asa voluntary correspondent of the Heraup for the first time in my life, being a rather retiring, modest person, you will not deem it out of place if, in an hour of leisure, the experience of a first visit to the Falls is the theme of consideration. ‘The best general view of the Falls, as universally @onceded, is to be obtained from the Canada side, although even here the real grandeur ofthe American Fall is not duly appreciated, Goat Island, in a mea- sare, screening the main sheet of falling water from view. Visiters, in order to form a just conception of their magnitude, should visit the “Cave of the Winds,” where their most ardent anticipations can- not fail to be gratified, unless blunted by a complete @ucking, which will eventually ensue. The falls on the Canada side certainly inherit the claim of su- periority from their great breadth and greater dis- charge of water, but the current of the rapids, Viewed above and below the bridge on the opposite shore, is, in my opinion, the most picturesque. Here Lam forcibly reminded of the awful position of poor Avery, for twenty weary hours under a burning sun, without food and without hope, by his boat, now firmly wedged in a ledge of rocks a few yards from the frightful chasm in which it was his fate to be hurled. And yet it is my unalterable conviction that he mie ave been saved by means of a rope had he ri being drawn through the foaming surge. The Clifton has a goodly sprinkling of guests, about two hundred having this afternoon sat down todinner. Here may be seen the New York mer- chant, freed for a brief season from the cares of business life, with more of ee and tranquility than usual on his countenance; the Broadway dandy, with his delicately curled moustaches, sipping his wine with the utmost nonchalance, and ever and non eyeing a fair-haired damsel, who reciprocates by a furtive glance, it may be in admiration, but I fear more in derision. Visiters also, from the South and West, making on the whole a society at once refined and intelligent, with an exception just noted. As matters of interest seldom transpire here, I would attach blame to myself were I to es upon your valuable space at greater length. The weather is beautiful, although gate sultry, on these rug heights that Yorder the river. Whatever be the tumult, there is the solemn majesty of the mighty cataract in itsthunder, in its never changing and sublime features—in its white crested rapids, rushing, as it were, from the very clouds—in all eter- nity the same, from creation’s dawn, forming ideas the most and Chg yen of the true great- ness of a higher power than that embodied in man’s frail tenement. I would recommend all who have a wish, to visit Niagara. Hotel accommodations on either side may be had ina style almost equal to New York , and at reasonable rates. Cc. The White Mountains, Atring House, Gornau ana Waite Movunrains, Aug. 6,1853. The Way to get there—The “ Egg" Train—Bar- barism at Stonington—A Strong Call on the Postmaster General—Shocking State of Affairs at Portland—Arrival at the White Mountains. ‘The modes of conveyance from New York to this ®olitary retreat are various as are the routes. My route, through New Haven, New London, Stoning- ton, Providence, Boston and Portland, has been in the main pleasant, though somewhat tardy, in con- Bequence of (by accident) taking the egg train from Stonington to Boston. The denizens along the line understand the movements of this egg train perfectly ; but lest your readers should not be as well informed I will endeavor toexplain. This train mtarts at 6j A. M.; hens are early risers; old ladies sometimes wish to send a dozen or two eggs to mar- ket, and should they lack two or three to make even dozens this train waits till they are laid. That Ston- ington road is one of them, and that Stonington railroad directory is several; and Stonington itself would be a host if it was located on some road where & mail and the papers could reach it occasionally. Bat to be serious, it is an outrage that the New York mails for Stonington must be toted all the way round to Springfield, or Worcester, to Boston, and per haps Bangor, forty-eight hours, when in trath there are two reliable lines within eight hours of them. I address you upon this mail subject at the particular request of prominent aiect of Stonington, who are in great tribulation because they can’t Bet their letters, and many complain that they are civilly dead because they can’t get the Herarp. Do let fly a Paixhan shot into Washin; ton for the benefit of patriotic Stonington. Prov. dence is unusually quiet; politicians are la; ing pi for coming contestay merchants have little b, and idlers are down at the jslands Pradence or Pa- tience, baking clams in sea weed, or, perhaps, at Newport, violating the Maino burning fiuid law. "At Boston some considerable excitement was up on the occasion of the Meagher and his companion in exile’s dinner, a full report of which you are, no doubt, in receipt of. It was, indeed, a splendid affair. We are now in the cars een away for Portland, at a porting pace. Portland is rapidly improving. She already feels the quickening iniluence of her railroad enterprise to the St. Lawrence and Montreal. Bhe must command a large share of westera and northern traffic, however much Boston may oppose her. Therefore, “ go in’ Portland, you have the in- aide track, and a better one there is not in my judg- ment any where thus far (ninety-one miles) in this country. But there is one necessary step which Portland must take to hasten her importance. She must erect, and that forthwith, a first-class hotel; and after it is completed she must haye a man to keep it that has got sense and enterprise; and he must have it upon such terms that he will not be financially flayed alive the first year. The opening isa grand one. The present one-boiler affairs are altogether behind the times. Not a New York Hexap could be found at the largest hotel in Port- land, Only think of it. No Haranp! Travelling people want the news—travellers don't want to bo piled too thick in or out of bed—travellers don't ‘want their ribs poked at the dinner table by their neighbors’ elbows, or nap ey else, for they have to Bay a becolpally in cash, for all their acconimo: lation, and if they cannot obtain the necessaries a loxuries in one place, they are quite apt to seek it + Lhaye just arrived at this “Alpine house,’ whose exterior is flatterin; next—from Montreal. Unrrep Srares Horst, t Sararoaa, August 8, 1853. The Rush to Saratoga, and the way to get there— Hops at the United States—Music and Carbonic { Acid Gas—The Springs and the Water—The Trot between Tacony and Flora Temple, §c. &c. It would be needless for me to attempt to deseribe the various routes one may travel in order to reach this famous and delightful watering spot ; suffice it to say, that travellers by either the Hudson river boats, the Hudson or Harlem Railroads, can arrive here with ease the same day. The manage- ment of the foregoing roads is too well known to Teeive approbation from my hands; the conductors are kind, courteous and polite to their numerous passengers, and every way in their power tend to their pleasure and comfort. The United States Hotel, as most all know, is at present under the able management of Messrs. James M. Marvin & Co., and is situated but a few steps from the railroad station. It is nearly in form of a square, three sides of which are occupied by the house, having within the enclosure one of the most beautiful greens I ever saw, being shaded by large trees and filled with fine walks. The house is at present entirely filled, and numbers are daily refused rooms, who are obliged to content them. selves with other accommodations in smaller houses. The table is well filed with the delicacies of the season, and is under the management of Mr. Morris, the head waiter. At dinner time there is often much confusion in finding seats, but this per- haps cannot well be avoided, where they daily er from four to five hundred guests, unless they’ place upon each plate the name of its owner. Friday evening the usual semi-weekly hop took place, in the beautiful room appropriated for such , under the guidance of Mr. Williams. Munk’s well known band of twelve persons occupied a stand at one end of the room, and played several of their ever favorite pieces,to which was added the dan- cing of the guests, The band play nearly erst, morn- ing at the spring, every afternoon on the delightfal green, and, as I have already mentioned, every even- ing at the house, and on the evenings of Tuesday and Friday in the ballroom. Among the various springs I have thought par- ticularly of noticing are the Congress, of which there are two, from one of which the well knowa firm of Clark & White obtain their “Congress Wa- ter.” This is thought to be the most pleasant water of any, not being so strong as that of the other springs, and consequently more agreeable. The other springs are the Hamilton, Putnam, Pavilion, High Rock, and Empire, all of which are much visited by the guests. A theatre called the “ Metropolitan” attracts much attention, and is under the direction of Mr. Thomas M. ‘Tyrrel, who, assisted by his lady, Miss Ada Harcourt, and Mr. eee ‘have performed a number of Shakesperian lays. On Saturday afternoon a trotting match, between the celebrated horses Tacony aud Flora Temple, came off at the Saratoga course, C. B. Stanning, pro- pee: The match was two miles and repeat to arness. Hiram Woodruff entered Flora Temple, and his brother William entered Tacony. Hiram on account of a serious fall the day previous was not in his usual trim, but when seated and lines inhand, looked like himself again. The track was very dusty and uneven, but yet in fair condition. The first heat was easily won by Flora, making the first mile in 2.283; on the second mile, Hiram held up, and came in a slow jog. Time, 5.04. ‘The second heat, after an unsucoessfal start, was won in the same way by Flora; first mile 2.35. Time, bale Hiram again holding up on the a ae Saratoca, August 8, 1853. Great Rush at the Springs—List of Notables Pre- sent, &c. &c. There is an immense crowd here from all parts of the world. Every nation and clime is represented; fashion, beauty, wealth and talents are all well re- presented. Among the distinguished men now at Saratoga, are Washington Irving, Governor Seymour, of New York; Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, late Attorney General of the United States; Jno. P. Kennedy, late of the Navy; Robert C. Winthrop, late Speaker of the House of Representative; ex-Governor Pratt. of Maryland; James Monroe, New York; J.T. Mason, Judge of the Court of Appeals of Mary- land; Judge Frich, of the same court; T. W. Walsh, of Maryland, Member of Congress; Senator Bayard, Delaware; Capt. Shireley, British Army; W. K. Bond, formerly Member of Congress from Ohio; Judge Edmonds, of New York, (Spirit Rapper;) ex-Mayor Kingsland,New York; General Devereaux, Louisiana; Mr. Conrad, late Secretary of War; Messrs. Bara- well and Pringle, of South Carolina; and a host of others, Ww. A Note from Badad’s Lake. Forest Hote, Bupp’s Lage, N. J., Aug. 9, 1853. A New Summer Retreat—Its Scenery and <Ad- vantages—What you do There, and How you get There. This is a most enchanting spot, which has been brought within easy access to our citizens within the past season by the extension of the Morris and Essex Railroad. It is a lovely lake of about five miles in circuit, situated on the top of the range of hills known as Schoeley’s mountain. The lake abounds in fish, furnishing both exercise and recrea- tion in their capture, while rowing, riding, and the romantic watks of the vicinity, with the pure and bracing atmosphere of this elevated region, all com- bine to give an appetite to enjoy the good thi ided by the adeative and ila Hosts of ‘oreat House. This new and besutifal house has been erected during the past winter, and is now opened for the reception of com; , under the care Meeers. J. M. Sharp & Co., who have spired no expense to contribute to the comfort of their guests. The trains of the Morris and Essex Railroad, at 8.30 and 1] A. M. and 4 P. M., will convey passengers to Dover,N.J., from which place a pleasant ride of about ten miles will place them on the spacious piazza of the Forest House, and if pure and heathfal air, romantic sce , and the best of good cheer, will repay the traveller, he will be amply remunera- ted for his journey. Theatrical and Musical. Bowsry Taeatre.—The bp Pata of entertainment provided for this evening at the Bowery, comprises the spectacle of the “N, Qaeen,”’ and drama of the “Forest of Bondy,” the casts of which include Miss Turnbull, Messrs. Cony, Taylor, and Ma.ter Cony. Nino's Garvey —‘‘Kim Ka ”’ and the “While Warrior and Red Gnome” are the pantemimes to be presented this evening by the celebrated Ravel family. Mme, Thilon snd the English Opera company are to appear again on Monday, Burton's THEATRE.—Manazer Burten advertises the drama of -‘Luke the Laborer,” the ‘Day After the Wed- ¢ing,”’ and “Rappings and fablefMovings” for represent- ation. this evening, in which Holland, Johnston, and Miss Raymond will appear. Nationa Tueatre.—“Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which is every night received with such enthusiastic approbation by full assemblages, is announced again for this eve- ing. Sr. Cnanres THearre.—The b'll of amusement offered at this establishment to night, consists of the “Rake’s Progress” “Put a Beggar on Horseback,” and the “ In- visible Prince.”’ AMERICAN MuskUM.—The new and fred drama of “Pauline” is to be represented, both this afternoon and evening, in the lecture room of the Museum. Fraxcont’s Hirroproma.—An exceedingly attractive programme of equestriani«m is announced for this after- noon and evening, at the Hippodrome, Cuniety’s AMERICAN OrEna House —Christy’s Minetrels offer a light and varied amusement for this evening. Woon's Minster Hatt.—An excellent selection of songs, dances, burlesques and instrumental polos will be given to-night by Wood's Minstrels. Buckizy’s Ermortan Orera House —Buckley’s Serena- ders are to give many of their best features this evening, CastLe GaRDEN.—Another of thore delightful Sunda: concerts is to be given to-morrow evening by Dod. worth’s Cornet Band, at this establishment., Owen's Atrixe Rawnies.—This entertainment is to be discontinued on Saturdays hereafter. - BANVARD’s AND FRANKENSTEIN’S PANORAMAS are drawing very respectable audiences every night, Mrs. Anra Cora Mowatt, the accomplished actress, is now lying seriously ill at ' Ravenswood,” New York, the residence of her father, Samuel G. Ogden, Esq. Mr. Davidge, late of the Broadway theatre, is perform ing In Montreal, where he received a benefit on the 10th instant. Mra. Julia Dean has been engaged at one of the treatres in Boston, and will shortly appear. Madame Anna Bishop gaye a concert in Montreal, on tho 9th instant. The Siamese Twins are exhibiting in Halifax, N. 3, To sr TAKEN To THE INSANE Hosprra.—The Court of Oyer and Terminer for Philadelphia county ordered Sheriff Allen to convey Thomas Ward and John McCausland to the State Lunatic Asylum, near Harrisburg. These persons were convicted of mur- der in the second degree, but obtained new trials, when it was made clear to the Court that they were insane at the time of the commission of the deed for | which they were convicted. They are still insane, and Yeputy Shoviit Win, M. Billmeyer will convey them to the tie Asylum to-day.— Philadelphia } Gazute Aug. 11 POLITICAL BN —- THE NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE FIELD. Terrible Uaslaught on the Administration. TELLAGENCE, The Pennsylvania State Convention, dicn, Sey hee, {From the Philsdetobie Ledger. August 1] Native American State Convention. POLITICAL MOVEMENTS—THE FIRST PIRB—A BIG GUN. At 10 o’clock yesterday moraing the delegates to the Native American State Conveatioa met ia Fraaklia fall ‘The object of the Convention was to nominate caadidstes for Judge of the Supreme Court, Surveyer General, aad Auditor General. ‘ The Convention was temporarily organized by calling Dr. Jacob Dewees, of Moutgomery county, to the chair, and nppointing F ‘Curren Pailpot, secretary. ‘Meesrs. Morgan, Taompson, and Smith ware appointed & committee to examine the credentials of delegates. General Smith moved that twenty-one delegates bs ad- mitted into the Convention, to represent the ee, and county of Philadelphia. The motion ellcited considera: ble discussion, and was finally adopted. A recalution was adopted to allow tho delegations from the various counties of the State to fill the vacancies in such delegations as are represeuted and nt filled. The roll was then called, and thirty two delegates an- swered to their names, Mr. Gibbs moved that the Convantion adjourn, to meet to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon, Tais was opposed by General Peter Sken Smith, who urged the necassity of immediste action, aud hop3d the motion would be lout. The debate was further continued, and flaally was de- cided in the negative. The Convention then mid» nominations for perma- neat officers, and the following named gentlemen were choven :— President—Dr. Jacod Dewees, of Montem sey, Vice Presidents—A. Wadlow, of Allezhaay county; Wiliam Koockegey, of Soring ‘Garda 2. Farr, Nortbern Liberties; A. Y. Thomas, Svhuyliil county: Christopher Wilson, of Washington couaty; Caarles W. Folwell, city of Philadelphia. edge eh Curren Philpot. Gen. Smith, . J, E Haroed, F.C. Philpot, Geo. W. Farr, B.T. C, Moyer, and Dr. Daweas, were appointed a committee on ress. ‘The following general nominations for State officera, were then made. For Judge of Sapreme Court—Joha Titus, William D, Baker, John W. Ashmead, and Jacob Broom, of this zh Ge = city. Cinal Commlssioner—P. T, C Morgan, of Alleghany aay; and Captain David MsDonatd, of Nor! county, Dur ovat General-—Kimber Cleaver, of Northun| county; John Stoddart, of Alleghany couaty, aud Abra- ham Balles, of Spriog Garden. Auditor Goneral—Joha Stoidart, of Alleghany county; Benjamin Rush Brasford, of Boavar conaty; Ellott 3. Neal, of Alleghany couuty, and Joseph Reigol, of Schuyl- kill county. An assessment of $1 from each delezate was made to defray expenses. ‘The Convention then procse ticket, with the fotlowiag resylt:— For Judge of the Suprems Usart, Jasob Beocma, re. ceived 11 votes and Joha (itus 7. Mr. Bcoom wasthere- fore declared nominated. Mr. P. T. C, Morgan declined batng a candidate for no. maination for Canal Commissioner, and Ganeral McDonald was declared unanimously the candidate of the party for said office. For Surveyor General, Kimber Cleayar received 16 votes: John Stoddart, 8 votes; Abraham Bollas, 1 vote. Mr. Cleaver was declared nominated the candidate for Surveyor General, For Auditor General, Joseph Reigel, of Szhuylkill county, was nominated by acclamation. Geo. W. Farr, tressurer of ths convention, reported that he had recalved from the delegates $17 to pay ex- C5. General Smith, chairman of the Committee on an Ad- dress to the citizens of the State, submitted the following report :— ADDRESS OF THE AMERICAN STATH CONVENTION TO THE AMERICAN CONSTITUENCY, THE AMBRIOAN DEMO- CBAOY, AND TUB PROPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA. The presidential election of 1852 will be remarka' in ae) for the clearness with which it expressed the will of the American people in condemnation of fanati- cine comtey lated treason, courtship of foreigaers, ani for the manner in which the person chosen by the vast popular vote, to carry out the p2pular will, botrayed the ‘trust and pandered to the fa which the people meant to rebuke. Thrice the Union has been in peril—in the pro:idenc: of Madison, of Jackson, and in that of Taylor snd Fil more, In General Taylor’s administration treasonable de- signs were ripeni and three States submitted the erie to the people whether they would remain in the mn. Preparations were made for resisting the general go- vernment. Forts of the Uaited States were streagthaa- ed, and its troops marched to various points, to bs in rezdiness in any event. The officers of the army of Southern birth were sounded to see if they would sido with a Southern republic; bat trey proved tras to the American flag, aud all the Southera States bat ons de- clared for the Union. This result, in their S . way due ia no small dorres to the patriotism of Cobb, in Georgia, Clomens, in Ala- Dama, and Foote. in Mississippi, aided by patriots of all perties, After a struggle ia Congrass, in waich tha noble dead and the living great, Clay aad Wabster, Cais and ie en renroune the wild fary of fastivn, the compre- mise pa oO a Ia the election of 1852, the American poujw wers ty pass upon this great controversy, aad to sit ia judgment on the acts of States snd of Cong-ess. Before the election cxme, every faz-rerering mind could see that there would be aa unparalleled unanimity in its judgment, ant both conventions approvel the compcomise. The reasons are tod wo!l kaown to bs stated here why the nomination of the ons party for the Prest- dency enlisted the national confidence, and that of the other did not It is more pertinent to inquire why Franklin Pierce was nominted by the democrats. The Convention was so divided ote Isedors, that it was een before it met, that it might fail to nomiaste, unless it took up an unknown man, [a 1848, New Hamp- shire brought forward Levi Woodbury, a man kaowa to the nation, for the Presidency. Tae constitution and policy of that State, upon the whole, had been fearless and triumphant befors the cunt jand, but rcattered throagh thi with the ideas of a President from their native regions. It is not, therefore, very stra: that, even after the death of Judge Wosabary, a pshite was relustant to give up the idea of a President from itself, nor that its Convention proposed a man for President, whom, if the true representative of New England democracy had lived, would never have been thought of for that place. His partizans calculated upon the opening that would bs made for an obscure person, by the jons of ths to the nomination of a Convention. A small number tes—about twenty in all—were cautiously secured for Pierce, and outsiders appeared at Baltimore, some days before the Convention, working to re the other tes, in the last resort, to take w inion man of New Hampuhire. While Pients, by his directions, were preparing to avail themselves of the chances which happened, he was writing a letter, declaring thet his name was not before the Convention, and preparing himself to be “‘ surprised”’ by # nomination he had done all in his power to obtaia. ‘Thor these facts are well known, yet he covlly de- clared his nomination was unsought, and repeated this in his inaugural That nomination he never could bave have bad, without hia assurances that ho was for the Union, and against faction These assurances were repeated after his nomination, and affirmed in an im yos- ing manner over the coffin of Webster, who died with his armor on, sate gloriously to the last in the de- fence of the Union. the delirium of success the new made President has forgotten what ho has said, and no more remembers the principles or the men that elected him, Nothing previous to the election caused any doubt of his political honesty. Twenty-seven States voted for him, and the acquiescence of ths whole people in this re sult was shown in the good feeling of all parties. Though neither incivil nor in military life hd he done any thing great, this made the triumph of the Union principle more striking. If he were nota great man, it was suid, he was a Union man,and that was enough, Fanaticism was cowed, disunionism humbled, truckling to foreigners frowned down, and it seomed as if nothing was required of bim but toorgaize s cabinet of Unioa men, and to con- form hia course to his professions aud the expectations of the country to make a creditable chief magistrate. Before the President elect left Concord, it was known that he had the ides of placing Dix and Davis, loaders of agits- tion and recession, over the headsof men who had do1e their duty to the country. The! ambition for a re-election had thus early throwna bry over him, and the love of popularity led him to seek the factions farthest from him, etern indignation with which the rumors of tnese strange, designs were heard, compelled him to modify his designs @ little. It seemed as if he thought that if he talked like a patriot in Ais inaugural, he might act like #n intriguer before the peo gle and they weuld not know it, His was ‘the word of promise to the ear, bat broken to the hope.” He'gave the gailant and faithful army of the United States in charge to one, 10, if his designs had succeeded, probab} been placed over the army ofa Southern republic. On the bench of the Su- ge Court, to pass om the constitution and laws, @ placed a man whose sentiments are offensive to all Union men. Thus, far as in him lay, he surrendered the sword and statutebook to secessionists. He sent a Minia- ter to Mexico, Gadaden of South Carolina, who hid advo- cated the dismemberment of the Union, while he removed Grayson, who broke ground for the Union, in Carolina, and put in his stead William Coleock, who had openly ex- cited his fellow citizens to take up arme Cp the gene- ral government, To Clayton, of Mississippi, who had been defeated before the people in that State, bac his secersion principles, he gave the consulship at H na. To Trousdale, who ran as @ secessionist for Go- yernor of Tennesces, and was defeated before the peeple on thatissue, he gave the mission to Brazil. Nor were these the only men who had been beaten | before the people for holding sentiments hostile to the Union, who were up into high places by the arm the geveral government. The mission to Contral America was given to an opponent of the Nullifers were sent to in, of the ‘ Hartford Convention’ were condemned to obli- vion. What matters it which end of the Union tresson is projected? Frenzied be the head and palsied be ths heart that dare even breathe a disruption of the Union! For this, the apologists of the President sometimes give this miserable ex that such men are sent away to keep them from mischief, Shade of the unfearing Jackson | is thy successor afraid of the nullifiers ! ‘With scarcely an exception, the high bs e-em South have been given to secessionists. In Virginia, where they never were more than a fraction of the party, they bave received them all The minor appointments South have been given to men of the same stamp. Since his election, the President has been taught by artfal ‘men, that the disunionists control the South. Did they do 80, be would reap no advantage from it. Tho men who profit hy treachery do not reward the traitor, The triumphant Union party of the South is indeed hard pressed by this administration, The powerful Union party, in Jackson's time, in Carolina, has passed away, We press the question on the thoaghif. of a)! parties, if » like fate awaits that of oegi aba. we, Miseissippi ond Louisisua, what will bo the re ult, if trials like thowe shrough which the Union as jast passed, | pball ageia come fa the unknowa fatnre? Ia the North, instead of disoriminatiog {a favor of the men wha have tried to oalm the rage of sectional hatcod, he has favored those w: factious course was rebuked in his own election, Throughout the Norti, the aapoint mente for the most pert have been mad of Col " ‘ers, Mail Agents, acd other officers of # ‘Yhe moral effet of the grest victory of tha U ciple bas thus been thrown away by the man who was represented as the firmest Union min ia the North, Tue course of the Prosident has been @ “surprise? upon ali parties. Had it been foressev, he could not have been nominated, far less chosen. The mea ia Nev Hampshico dsceived us, or were themselves deceived. The only maa who seems to have known him, was his old aoolition sn- tagonist, that John Atwood, out of whose deveat so much capital was made for Pierce; every body else thought Pierce wou'd be coustetent. John Atwood knew him better, and vored for him ! Judged now, by his actions, his patriotism seama that of the lips—the wordy utterance of a fluent speaker, who catches the feeliog of those around him; aod belag an Union man among the sturdy democrats of New Hip. shire, if his lot had been cast among the whigs of Boston, the barnburners of New York, or the disunionists of South Carolina, would, chsmeloon like, have taken the color of things around him. Mortifying to those who voted for Franklin Pierce, as these things are, it is not mortification alone that leads us to moura bis apostacy, He has, appaveatly, placed thousands in a false posi- tion, thus raining himself; but we are chiefly coacernsd because his weakness is fraught with evil to the coun- try. : Mi hesibaen a labor of lova, with patriotic men, to quell the joalousy and to remove the missoaseptions of that portion of the Northern peopls who have become alien- ated fromthe South through the misstatements of mea who make a businosa of agitation. They have labored to repress that agitation, as fraught with harm to the North and to the South, to the white and to the colored race. Heretofore they havs beon sustained by the gaac- ral goverament—now, it upholds the very mea who have sought to make a profi; out of this azitation, The President dream the milleaium he me, because he was choven over Winfield Seat; but that whica was apprehended of General Scott's subserviency to forelgners has been more than realized in the vasillauag course of Franklia Pierce. Ic is daggerous for a President to ay to the aspirant for political honors, go unite yourselt with any tac'ion, make any appeal to sectional prejadica, go win your first success any sort of moral t-easoa, then make a few hollo # professions, and you may coms to the be 9 road of Presidential favor. Tais adm‘nistration must be judged by its works. ‘If removal fron fall upon opponeats of the rating Administration, appointments may serve to indicate th frieads of its adoption.” It {s weak to say ths aopointees ahall bs watched, aad if they continue to err, stall b> turaed out. Who thinks the administration would confess its mis- judgment, or that turning them out would do away tho evil of pitting them in? Spain the Presidvat gent a man especially objec- tionabte to that power. Ia his inaugaral, ho ayowed his intention to enlarga our territory pescstully. As has compelled ua to make a wide distinction between the statements of his inaugural and his course of action; and pressed on all ai as this admiaistration must s00a ba by the indignation of the poopla, it will probably try to gain support by provoking, in some quarter, a foreign war. To anand, he has sont Mr. Buchanan, who has Ii gered on his way, bgp | the frieads of Ganaral C in Pennsylvania, while our fishermen, tirod of waitiag for the slow Protection of thia government, have gone down to the fishing grounds with arms in their hands. At the presoat moment, whoa Rassia, aldod by Anatria, which has become its mere vassal, and flushed with the blood of Poland and of Hangary, is entering upon designs which may be disastrous to the world, the government mouthpiece at Washing'on lauds to the skies the des- tism of the Czar, and the President, with his own an American ambuasador the very foreigaer whom tl st ian Minister, Hu'seman, when he fled from the er) rebuke of Daniel Webster, com- missioned to act for his Imperial master. This Auguste Belmont, s foreigner by birth, a broker by profession, and an aristocrat by bering, known only as the humble tool of the bloody house of Austria, had no claims above any other note broker to represent America before the kings of the earth, save this: that h+ gave, it is sald, large sums towards the election of Plercs. Thus has this niga ottion of an ambassador of the American people been sold to a minion of Austria. Pennsylvanis {s represented in the cabinet by one upon whose unfitness {ot any very high station her democracy had given their verdict. The election in which Mr. Camp- dell was a candidate for a judgeship, was the firat elec- tion of judges; aud there never was an election ia which voters more conscientiously sought to do their duty. The democratic members of the bar, who declared his in- competency over their own signatures, had no motive but their duty to their profession and to the people. The de- mocrata of Philadelphis city and county, where he had practised law and been a judge of an inferior court, had & perfect know! man, In voting against him by thousands, they voted understandingly, consci- entiously, as freemen should. The firstrumor that Mr. Pieres intended to take up with Mc. Campbell was heard with incredulity. As the design became known, his want of qualifications was lafi before the appointing power. Many democrats of high standing and long services, wrote to Mr. Pierce, asking him not to se'ect a man whose ap- pointment to'a cabinet office would be generally regarded ae beneath emaey ane: Waen the President elect passed trough Philadelohia, he loft on the mind of this community the impression that he had no intention of ap) pinting Me, Cawpbell. hen the appointmeat was made, it was recsived with silent contempt. Those who expebted any noisy out break vere mistaken in the character of our chief city. Philacelphia has too many power(ul moaas of makiog her opinion feit, to sesk aay noisy or untimely vea’ for her unfathomable contempt for this whole transaction. Pierce knows s0 well the fealings of this city, t! whea of Iste he rode through its atrests, Mr. Cam ball war'not with him, Articles in praise of th» Postmaster Ganeral have beea published in distant States, for the purpose of being republished here, to change the judgmant of this people. The trick it atalo andexcites ridicule Phils. delphia city and couuty knowa how to roacive the frat officer of the perple asa magistrate with courtesy, and kaows when aud hov to reduks him. Ths ten thousand democrats who were iasalted by this appointment, liva to resent it at the proper tims and place. It is important for the people to consider why the tried statesmen of Peansylvania, why hor ablo jurists, her approved soldiers, the men of her choi ere all sot aside, and a man taken whom she never approved. Tt was not so much that Buchauan wished a tool of his own in the cabinet, to wreak his wrath upon ths mea in Pennsylvania who would not bow to him ‘the plisat hinges of the knee,” and aclected this min as a fittisg instrument, as that Mr, Pierce took up with him because he was professedly a Roman Catholic. We do not proscribs Mr. Campbell because he professes, wherever he can make it useful to himself, to be a Roman Catholic; but we condemn the President, biciuse he thought more of the Liane which he hoped to gsin by courting the Roman Catholics, than of Mr, Campbell’s tacompetency and want of favor with Pennsylyanis. Wo are opposed to any seligions denomination, as such, being represented in the Cabinet. It is anti-American. It is opposed to the spirit of our constitution, and to the wishes .of our People, This is the first attempt of the Kind, and we trust that it will be so severely rebuked that i: may be the last. In his election, for Gee pspist who voted against Pierce, on what he thought were religious grounds, at least two Americans went for him, because the people were determined that a religious test should not be made an element in political campaigns. He has repsid this by courting the Roman Catholics, as he has courted the free soilers and the disuntonists, and eschewed true ty ad the President's ‘innocence’ of American history, in his late visit to ths Hall of Independenca, oa this occasion. Caleb Cushing, his Attorney General, sax “that much abused, and much misundersto xd doctrine of the rights of the States, which to-day is called secession, and to-morrow called disunion, by whatever name of re- proach a wise man fon Mad fit to slander it, that is in piri truth the original car it of the constitution of the United States.”’ Weattach no im ince to the opinions of Caleb Cushing on constitu’ I law, but his language becomes important since it shows thatthe administration has surrendered to the nullifiers. The Secretary of the Tressury, spsaking of his master, also said, ‘ There is thisday no man who stand; so high before the Ai an people, save and except one, and he, the imm Washington.’’ A grave soberness of thought, a subdued and chastered style, befits the digaity of important statioas, example of court language set by the high functionaries of the governinent should leave the humble aatellites, the editorial chanters of the government hyms, a chance togo a little beyond the pattern. But he must hava a genius for flattery that would make his fortuagin Russia or in Turkey, who can beat Secrstacy Gatheia, This recretary places a man who has done nothing of note, either in council or ia battle, above the heross of the revolution, the heroes of the war of 182, tho hsroas of the war of Mexico—above his prodecsssors in the Presidental office above the och pany states men, who,from the day: of Jefferson and Franklin, have shed the light of glory over our history—above all ee moa, Kving or dead! The manner in which tho administration has pandered to factions, its grosa ignoranca of the tr spirit of our government, the fawning, slavish and se less flattery—flattery, by high officers of stte—of t master, reminds us of the last degeacrate day Of the man Empire. No doubt the kindling indignation of the people will compel some change in the coaduct of the administra- bn b doubt it will seek to win back the mon it has brayed, As ue ungovernable and irrational thirst for popularity has led it to court factions, 40 soon a3 it learns the consé- quence of ita folly it will court tha people. Bat no man who betrays a trust, who dishonors his word, or track! to an enemy, is again to be trusted. Professions, speech: fine manners, weighed against truth, principle, sincerity, ¢ nothing. ' We say these things in sorrow more than in er—in contempt rather than in hatred. We have ‘set down naught in malice.” Trathis bad enough. Nor is there any probability that Plerce willever again come bo- fore the people, Before another election, if he live, the judgment of the Reorle will be so marked against his course as to compel to retire to the obscurity from which he unwisely came. To day, if he were bi the men of Pennsylvania, he could not come within fifty thousand votes of an clec- tion, juires that the atteation of the country to the few but admonitory facts of his public pone for the same feeling to become general, which pr is around us. The crisis appeals to all thore is in the land, of truth, honor and loyalty to the constitu- tion. Republies have perished because that weak butartful men, taking advantage of accidental circumstances, have crept into high pl where their weaknosses have proved fatal to liberty. Well might the A mngee: when re- flecting upon the sacrifice of thetioble Cass, exclaim: ‘A falcon, towering in the pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at and ki ”” For the first time the people bp rage ete yt mg hag duty cob 0 in the present emergency, the jaty a safety is plain. If the of Re democracy try to uphold this administration, they will perish by it or with it. Mediocrity in high places always wars secretly or openly upon talent, aud its professions of frisndship are but the masks of its treachery. No intsllest can ldpe over the chasms bot ween the professions and actions of this pdmiaistration. No man of hoaor can attempt it anid be true to Limsolf, The occasion is solemn and we party. Duplisity hery fu their leaders have hu w' jics Of Mexico and South Ameriea to thsi cation end anarchy. Tha orice of liborty ia oterusl vigilance. Therefore, Americans, and the Aneriean de ioceracy ef Pennsylvania the minute men of Libsety aro called upon to take the Hold, Tis sdmiatsiration has gotten Gown upon its knee before the disuaionist and Lhe furei . Iv must get lower yet bofore the Amori late, the fat mes victor ovorthro tf administration, bec & larg iosn party Sesistea to beiug it inte power; and becwase it has siynaily failed to redeem the pledges of the canvass and of the waugural. As Americans, we could be naught else than Unionists. Inerived upon our banners, from tho beginning. has beea the emphatic declaration, No North, no Soutl, no Eset, no West—but the intégrity of the Uoien ‘The Americans of Massachusetts, of New York, of New Jersey, of Delaware, of Peuosyivanta, and to sume extent of other Gates, bave mode themselves felt in times past; and wever was there a daty more imperative than that Which is laid upon us now. Let us be true to our daty, and the sertiment of American nationality, arousing in its might, will wia & victory in t will bring this Govertinent back to the pa‘h of Washington, The State ticket, already put forth, representing, in fact, the Campbell and Buchanan wing of the democracy, we leave to its deserte at the ballot box. In the discharge af the trasts delegated to us by our American constituents, we recommend to the upport of the American freemen of Psunsylvanis the following State ticket, selected in acoo:dance with the priaciplss of this addies):— For Judge Supreme Court—Jacob Broome, of Paila- delphia. For Canal Commissloner—General Davi McDonald, of Northampton county. For Auditor-General—Jozeph Riegel, of Schuyliill county. Fer Surveyor-General—Kimber Cleaver, of Nortumbor- land county, \ Itis noc our provinos to dotatn you listeaiag to empty panegyric; if lected by your suifeages, the isa we hiva recommended will prove ‘honest, capable, faithful to the Constitution.’” Men of Penneylvania, listen to the volce of Washing ton’s Farewell Address, aud may its teacaiags to * be- ware of foreign iaflusnos”’ a1 the most daugerous foe to the republic’ thrill throagh your lifeliags, Americans, the body guard of freedom, ba it your pride toaccept the countersiga waich was issued in orders from the lips of the imaortal Fsthor of his Couatry, in the fearful crisis of the revolutioa— Place none but Americans on guaré at the outposts !’” The darkest hour of night precades the glorious orb of day; and flsshas of public couvistira are penetrating the moral darkness of the present State and National mis- rule, American fresmea! a deep, absorbing, abiding insue is now before you, and whick cea oaly ve tried py the grand inquest of the mation. Either the American born or foreiza born must rule Amecicx! Choose ye, which shail it bat The es of the committes was unanimously adop!- ed, and tha conyestion adjourned sing diz, (he Pilgrim Fathers in Hoitaud—Tribuate to the Swiss Nation, The following‘eloquent and spirited letter—written by George Sumner to the President of the Pilgrim Society, ia reply to an invitation to attend the recent Plymouth celebration—will be read with an interest unaffected by the complete report we have already given of thatzceremony:— Mapison Cry, Wisconsin, Jaly 21, 1853. \ Dear Sir—I have just received the letter by which, on behalf of the Committee of Arrangements of the Pilgrim Society, you invite me to take part in the ceremonies commemorative of the embarkation at Delft Haven of the founders of Plymouth colony; and in which, while alludiag to my researchss in regard tothe Pilgrims in Holland, you do me the honor to say, that the society is desirous to hear more of those men me. I regret tuat I cannot be in Plymouth on the first of August; it would be most grateful to my pealaes to meet those assembled to do honor to men who gave up the comforts of home rather than sacrifice a sirel ates It would leasant with them to retrace he wanderings of the Pilgrims, and, from the rock of Plymouth, go back in im: ination to the little church of Austerfield, under the shadow of which the first governor of Plymouth was born, and before the unchanged altar table at which he was baptized. Since the publication to which you refer, | have twice re-visited Leyden and Delft Haven, ani added to the small stock of facts before gleaned. Among other new documents I have in m asion & letter written by John Robinson to the magistrates of Leyden, dated Amsterdam, February 12, 1609, askin, rmission to come, during the ensuin; month of May, with his congregation of one hundre: English, to reside ia that city. This let‘er gives us light upon two points heretofore unsettled—First, the time of Robinson’s migration to Leyden, sup- posed by some to have been in 1603; and second, the number of his congregation. Other documents throw light upon other matters; but nothing changes the conviction heretofore expressed that the posi- tion of the Pilgrims in Holland was one of suffering and privation—of continued persecution on the part o! the eae government, unalleviated by any sympathy from those more favored English ,who, ia Amsterdam and Leyden, had rezeived churches from the magistrates. The records of the English Reformed church of Amsterdam—in which the forerunners of Robinson, and some of his own congregation, became in the end merged—the records of this church, as far back as 1608, speak of the Brownists, who were thea coming there, as ‘ Writers of libels and of scan- dalous articles,” and as ‘‘ deserving to be banished for theyre wicked deeds.” And again, travelling out of their record, they chronicle, with unconcealed pleasure, a mishap which befel the unfortunate exiles. It seems that these forerunners of R»binson had raised money t> build a church in Amsterdam; and the English resord, after mentioning the fact, continues:—‘ The before said Brownists’ preaching house (as they call it) being half reddy, God sent His strong messengers from Heaven, and cast it flat down unto the ground; which to many was a saying and a teaching that they did not build upon the rock, the sure and right foundation.—Mat. 7c., 24v. Ee oe 3c., lay.” dda wetter, “is . “ Retrospection,” says an T, recious, inasmuch as it giveth as wise ue forthe pre- sent,” and when we look upon the lowly and humble ition of the fathers of our republic—persecuted for opinion’s sake, arrested in England, imperfectly protected abroad, spurned by their fellow-country- men there whom fortune favored, are we not taught lessons of charity towards those who differ from us ? —are we not also taught that we dishonor the Pil- Cate ractnte ; die to honor either labor or devo- , [have said, were imperfectly pro- lolland. No gevernment has been more ‘unscrupulous than the English in violating the neu- trality of other countries, and in seeking to carry its own persecutions into other lands. It was in vain that one of the brightest luminaries of English sci- ence, John Locke, sought refuge in Holland. He was hunted down by English aes and diplomatists, and compelled to fly ; so was it with our own Elder Brewster. Let us not, however, cavil with the Dutch. They did more than any other nation had then done to protect freedom of opinion. Holland and Switzerland were the two asylums of those who were persecuted for their convictions, and, without the rallying-point of Holland, it is probable that Robinson's eerestca would have been dispersed, and Miles Standish, and Winslow, and Winthrop, and the other bright names of Plymouth colony and of Massachussetts history be known only as act- ors of more or less heroism in the drama of the Eng- lish commonwealth. We cannot fix limits to our debt of gratitudato the Dutch republic, tor the asylum and protection she afforded. How can we better show that grati- tade than oy expressing, on the rock of Plymouth, the sympathy of the sons of the Pilgrims for that other republic—Switzerland, now “ persecuted even unto death,” menaced: with the extinction of her nationality, for extending the same hospitality, for fulfilling the same daty towards others, who, for conscience’ sake, have become pilgrims and exiles / Mindful of the parallel between Switzerland in 1853, and Holland, while giving shelter to the Pil- grim fathers, permit me to propose a sentiment:— Tue Swiss Rervsitc—Menaced by despots for having exercised a right, falfilled a daty, and prac- tised a virtue to be sustained by all for whom right, duty, and virtue, are not empty names. T have the honor to be, dear sir, your obedient servant, George Scmyer. More Negroes Barned ac the Stake. [From the Sprindeld Advertiser, August 3 ] We noticed last week the recent horrible tragedy near Carthage. At that time the negro belonging to Scott had not been taken. He was caughtin the rairie, about fifteen miles from Carthage, taken to The town and tried, and was pronounced guilty, al- though he refused to make any confsssion. The negro belonging to Dale had previously confessed the whole matter. They decoyed Dr. Fisk from home by Ve goat that Mr. Dale’s child was sick, and they had been sent for him. He had gone but a little way when one of the negroes knocked him on the head with an axe and killed him. They both went to the house—one of them knocked Mrs. Fisk down with his fist, and after bratally accomplishing their desires on her, killed hor with the same axe that killed her husband, choked the child to death, set fire to the house ia two places, and left. The citizens of the surrounding country, determined to ES @ warning to all future transgressors of the ind, took the negroes ont of the hands of the officers, and burned them on Saturday last, about teno’clock, They both made confession after bein chained to the stake, but the Scott negro after wa denied any knowledge of it. They in about two Taina 5 A Prererence ror THE State Prison.—In the Municipal Court of Boston, on the 11th instant, Lemuel N. Clark, on a charge of larceny froma dwel'ing house, was sentenced to two years in the House of Correction. At his particular nest, however, the sentence was changed to the State Prison, as he said he preferred that tution, which he has visited twice before. Correspond once, Sr. Louis, August 5, 1953. Trade of the Upper Missouri—Arrivat ¢ Steamer Robert Campbell—the Crow and Black ft Indians—Divisions of the Tribes an their Factions—Mormon Detachments and their Locations—Prospervus Condition of the Salt Lake Settlers—Sanitary Condition of the Latter Day Saint's—Emigrants—Ryilroads, §c., §¢~ Thave thought that a brief suismary of the news from the mountains aad plains mig’ not be altoge- ther devoid of interest to your readers. Two days ago the steamer Robert Campbell arrived from the upper Missouri. She is owned by the far traders, and makes an annual trip to carry up supplies of groceries and goods for the forts, and bring down the robes and fars which have been collected in the interval by the activity and diligence of the traders. The renowned Captain Kip, who has been succes sively in charge of all the posts, from ‘fort Pierre on the western border of Iowa, to forts Alexander and Makenzie on the Yellow Stone and Maria's river, among the Crows and Blackfeet, came down upon her as far as Weston, in the neighborhood of which place his white family resides. Of course the captais has an Indian family also, with whish much the greater portion ofhis time is expended. Tlearn from the officers of the boat all that is of interest relative to those regions. The Indians may be more or less quiet, but they are never at pence. There are hereditary feuds between the Sioux an@ the Pawnees, the Sioux and the Arricaras, the Sioux and the Crows, the Arricaras and the Crows, the Arricaras and the Blackfeet, (the Crows an@ the Blackfeet, the Blackfeet and the Assings boins, and the Sioux and Assinaboins, These feuds may sleep occasionally, in consequence of be deficiency of the means of prosecuting them, bi they can never be extinguished, and break out, from time to time, with a fury corresponding to the length of time which they have’ been unavoidably suppressed. During the past winter, the peace has been more than ordinarily well kept, because of the extraordinary inzlemency of the season. It is nob easy to sustain a force in winter without a commis- sariat, and this an Indian never dreams of—conse- qoanty their marauding expeditions are always om foot at that season. During the past winter, these were entirely checked by the prevalence of the snows. The traders assure me that there has been such a fall of snow seen inthe mountains for many years. The drifts along the streams and im the ravines were so deep as to put a stop to all travel for several months. This accounts for the long com- tinuance of the June freshet of the Missouri. Al- though the snows effectually cut off the hunting af the buffalo in the mountains, they drove large herds of them down into the plains, where they were easily taken by the Indians. Hence the season's operations have been very successful, and we shall receive am full a supply as usual of robes, and not a very bad supply of beaver and other skins bearing the finer furs. The health of the traders has, as usual, beem good. Men rarely die in those regions, save of ol@ age or violence, I received a letter from Utah yesterday. The health of the Latter Day Saints has been good, aud, upon the whole, they have been prosperous. The cultural has been the only branch of indastey which has suffered. Much damage was sustained a great storm of wind and rain, which oco about the first of July. Every ravine descending from the Timpanagos mountains on the east, wam flooded, and ere the waters reached the plain, they coer almost over the whole surface, sweeping off whole fields of corn and wheat, destroying fences, and in some instances carrying away whole dwéll- ings. This storm was fortunately confined to narrowr Our Missonr The Fur of 1 limita. The Mormons have appropriated all the fertile soll in the valley of the Salt Lake, and are detaching it~ tle colonies to all the valleys in the great basin romise to sustain them. There is one in Bear River ‘alley—another between Bridger’s Fort and the 8 pass of the Tim ‘o's range, south of Bear River, and others sca’ d along the base of the wales chain, and in the upper valley of the Gam “The emigrants have been uncommonly fortunate this season. There has been but little sickness among them, and they have been very little annoyed by es Indians. We have no recent news from Santa The party from the Salt Lake met with ons fromm the Pueblos, on the upper Arkansas and Dol Norte rivers, and from Taos. These settlements are all ie a pan condition. They have not been distarh- ed by the Indians lately. Indeed, a better under- standing with these Ishmaelites of the plains seems to exist now, than has been the case heretofore. Our railroad projects are moving forward with considerable energy, and under the happiest auspices. roe miles of the Pacific road is completed, and = hundred more under contract and now in course of .| completion. The directors of the North Missouri an@ Iron Mountain roads are preparing with great and efficieney to begin the ese in i hana Hannibal and St. Joseph road is, I believe, all under contract, and in safe hands. When these are corhpleted, Missouri, the central State of our de minions, will take her station alongside of the Empire State, as a commercial, mining, and manufactaring community. Asan agricultural one, God has boam- tecusly provided her with a soil capable of more wonderfully than aucient fable assures us the valley of the Nile. We have no city news of ang interest. x. ” Interesting from Texas. ‘ An extra from the office of the Indianola B: ‘ issued on the afternoon of the 27th ult., states on the morning of that day a destructive fire occurred, at that place, which consumed four houses and thele 000 ; ‘Thomas Brooks, oi on storage $10,000—total Sparks & Co. insured to the amount of $18,000, er sufferers had no insurance. It is said to be the work of an incendiary. bal aro pepee gyro —ear veh in that viel at ie nity will be a good one. Cotton loo! ‘he steamer Swan, Sisson master, i dianol: her first trip from fia Sarg aie Se Ton Brey gee m the 16th ult., the brig Matagorda, havi cee of lumber ashor’, got off the joe Indian nef nent Port Lavaca, after being aground fag§teen and a half days. The zales Enquirer says that worms hav@ made their appearance in some of our cotton fields. The cro) lly are doing well since the rains. The Ledger announces the arrival of Col. May aul lady, at San Antonio. The oe ae Fost 2d Regimens. Mason, where he takes command of of U. 8. Dragoons. The Austin Gazette hy :—Gen. A. Sydney Johm- son returned onthe 23d of July, from a by the military posts of Fort Cro; » Phantom Fort pT Fort Worth and FortGraham. We learn from him that the frontier is entively quiet an@ , and that the farms in that section of the itate are in a condition and promise crops. General and Lieutenant Tyler returned from their exploration of the route Pacific road, and General Johnson has a map Cheyne come out by Lieutenant i 3 ing from }' jrabam, gressed in an direct line to the Caldo Mounds, near the Fort Croghan to Phantom Hill, a distance found no cbstace of any or in the Wa found no le of an inthe way and cheap constroction of arailroad. After a oe oe te De wayel Eoangaaices the_ count ie wa, p! jeld, doches, &c. He thinks this isthe most fa route for the main trunk ef the Pacific road, we ore truly glad to learn that such is his opi for it secures the route of that road through the cem- tral, most populous, and wealthy of State, to connect with the Opelousas road. General Johnson also informs us that the farmers in Tarrant and Dallas counties are offering to take the government contracts for furnishing the poste im that region with flour, at rates very favorable to the ‘overnment—ensuring a saving of from three to four jollars per barrel; and the samples exhibited give assurance that the future supplies of this article cam be had of a quality nearly equal, all things consider- ed, with Baltimore flour. of this survey and ef the rlitinitine Hu FRE ‘The Galveston News sa report of Gen. Clarke: “He found the entire d quite favorable for the construction of a without either objectionable deflections from @ tan- el line or the requirements of heavy work. He aleo found that the mountains, so liberally distributed om maps throughout this section, and apparently 80 se~ rious @ hindranee to the successfal ion of & railroad over it, are emphatically “mountains in the moon,” #0 far as correctness of position is concerned. They are ‘tly mislocated (not less than sixty or seventy miles Gen. C. thinks) aad can offer no rier to the directness so desirable of the Pi line of road, near the parallel of 32 deg.’ The State Gazette, of the 23d ult. says gentlemen who just returned from waters of Pecan ,. where they had ing lands, saw but Indians, and Wy On their return they captured, just ton valley, three runaway negroes—a two men—and brought them into town. said they belong to a Mr. & ne from whom they absconded either in Louistana. They say they were purchased ginia by Roberts. Dyer Hibbard, Kaq., Lisbon, N. H., fell from a building on which he was at work, oa the Oth'instant, and wae es badly injured that he died the next day, Hp wae about GF youre of age. i apne litte i Ey 7