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Wii k ,’to * t f is m m m * > fiZll- 'tout the general tefffe.ef tire- Irish pajjers_are fa vorable. ;'! S q ’ OF s m JOHtf ,TEE EXPEDITION , il %»c?j ________ «3Aa© u s btw»« IgN^CM-N^ r&pdrlila admission by an ovcrwiielmiDg ^tourr-praseming. .htmseiE tost night -fur 1 , 38?XQJi!hanie difficulty) arose as its the nature of V'e^pajiis;whigh. he should take. The aatiteof al- l? B P F ^ n4^ttPrPfI>ncy wsfi8 ta^en bJ lb® IIaa' ipaxftfa: ffitihtiut hesitation, in the Jewish form. sto&ra||y fyitji t'hgi resolution ofthe House. ^T&S&bw&d'eation is exciting great interest TOre^%s%*®'tHbuWh'ptfiaC'Should our trade in the BlfflS^hhW’gJTerlu -With, it wiil become the duty dltsEngtathtOi makf^taowe to protect her own *o hajeffiSVHd from Maria Is- W P r APwat >-,were he is to be kept in f l ^ W aemeat- • • ..* AHDTHE DDTCHlES. 'TB§ttis»0 fdstedt—Grtat Slaughter o f tiie Schles- Moistein Army. * i Rse ^Stf has now commenced in earnest. On ths^atll thelwo armies me,t, aod after some skir- ffi!f§fe a reajui.ar engagement ensued, in which Ifift ®fanep wests vidtorious. The battle began at dlfefii'qfj)tw‘aqd tested eleven hours. The Danes Mffilfef tvuft'aboo’t 25,€00 men; aed the insurree- Cfdtilenf- a any was about 20 000 strong. -• Tbe HanSiurgh Boersenhalie, of the 26th, gives ihtytojiawifjg account ot the battle: j - - ■ “S csueswjq , July 25. 'uftTltB finticrpated battle commenced tbis morn ing at three o’ctook, wilh an attark by the Danes SO bfeiti wings of the Sohieswig-Holstein army.— Thb .D^nes did uot at first succeed in obtaiuiog an^niivpijlage, but in a short time they began to gSitlygrqpud' oa the left wing, where they attempt ed to establish themselves, but were driven .back •aa'faf by a gallant charge of the rifles and infantry fe t tto further attack was made Irom this quarter. Tile Schleswig-Holstein light infantry retired be hind ite main position near Idstrciit. where the ad vancing Danes were received with a shower of ,balls;frora the fortifications thrown up there, which compelled ihem to retire a little. \The f id tftei Jlolsteiners again rushed to the centre, dMf with sach vivacity that the Danes were soon Bifliged to retreat en masse into a poplar wood.— Th® m'asneuver was twice repeated, and twice was our main position on the right wing and centre at- tasked i%sthe Danes. On the lelt wing a mere skirmishing' fire was only carried on. The battle iiatl by this time continued for nearly eight hours, vand between 10 aud 11 o’clock it seemed certain that the result would not be otherwise than favo rable to us. But just then it became apparent that the Danes had consecrated their whole force for a main attack on our centre and right wing. About fl' o’clock a most fearful cannonade commenced on both sides, which was kept up on the part of \thaSahteswig-Holsteiners with great obstinacy for ivvo-/hours;.8,nd a half, although the enemy’s guns ...were larger and more numerous. The post determined courage of the whole ar my Was, however, ot no avaif against the superior force tee Denes at this time brought into action.— ’ ‘V$fe -werealso deficient in aniunilion.—About two ■■tPdtock'ttiie Banes made another attack, but being inyxelfat this time obliged to withdraw, I was no •/longer an. eye witness of wbat occurred. Soon af- -jejvhpweVer, scattered soldiers were seen running ..ptoqgjjhe, Ghausee in the directtonfof Schleswig, Bfgltt;jSjtJjSOQ after by larger masses, spreading the mouHifdS qewe that the Danes had broken through aift centre. Under such circumstances there was • no other alternative than a retreat, which smmedi- ■ltely'42 t netted. 11 The battle of Idstedt will take its place in his- as one of the most sanguinary battles on rec- O.ni. bwh sides the loss has beeu immense ; heJpaqep.musi have suffered most, otherwise, _ rtueu great numerical superiority, they would &ot’0pve remained upon the field of battle. They ' cannot1 have numbered less tban from 45.000 to 50,- ‘’080 meb. ’scsording to tbe statement of the prison ers-'wlioi 400 in number, were removed, first to Schleswig, then to Rendsbarg. Swedet and Nor- weigan® are said to be among ths number, in Dan- l0iqh uniforms., Twenty officers are among the ,,prison erg- Report says thpt not a single staff-ofE- cer of tbe Schleswig-Holstein army has b en woun ded.” , |4 .Aieher (j^ted Sooth Schleswig, 25th July, eveo- Tbe British Adtnirality have given notice of the arrival on Thursday of Intelligence frotn Captain Austin and the English and American squadrons seot in search of Sir John Franklin.— Capt. Afistin, on beard the Eugenia, transport, left Whale Fish Islands on the23d of June, all well, perfect in every equipment, the steamers with sis weeks coal on board. The day after Capt. Austin sailed, the American expedition, consisting of two schooners,arrived at the Whale Fish Islands, and sailed to the northwatd on the 29thj all well. Tbe season for explorations was tory •bKtfle'that Has been fought to-day hae * '’Teea'Sv&ii c3sre> fennguinary than tbat fought onder ■'•<tgc>-Ssia!I* dMSredertea, an the CtEj of July last year. ilSte. diatefest many officers., and many medical ’ ijnjS® tettefsltep.. The loss of the day is attributed v (|o (!te§ap^rtgri;num'bers of the enemy. Onr troops ,o©v,e,iy, and so did the Danes. When \ Ifcofit parlies bre drive, and ably co'tamaoded, num- fa4firgfimiiat.deBtde the day. The Danes were about SSiiOQO, ou? army aot mo?e tbao 20,600 strong. TURKEY. A terrible qad destructive conflagration has re- B^4u?sd Ihe.citv pf Samara, Government of Sioatirsb, to rains; aSetone hobfes. and 485 housesbnilt of wood, having been destroyed. The eharcb, the residence of the ambassador, of the municipal and —-JarlieSat authorities, fhe prison, the hospital, the office,'liftr-goto magazines, &c., bave been flt- o Ofi« Cl IS* t, i J)* t*ia w r •'ia*. m't ■ ,,i tfe SlagaM, cbnsiclered fairly opened, but no intelligence has yet been obtained of the missing vessels. FRANCE. Tbe Danish Embassador has had several lengthened interviews with the President of the Republic. R is said that the French Government are in conjunction with Epgland and Prussia, pressing negotiation, in order to terminate tbe differences between Denmark and the Duchies .by Treaty. .The bulk of the Moderates are said to be get ting tired of the sway of Lous Napoleon, and the belief gains ground that when his term, of of fice ceases, in 1853, he will be succeeded by the Prince de Joinville. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. It appears from the latest intelligence from the seat of war that the retreat of the Schleswig ar my at the battle of Idstedt was more owing to a want of ammunition, tban as the result of a hajd fought field; and no donbt exists but that tbe retreat was .perfectly orderly, and that the army will speedily be ready for action as at first. The Danish report of tbe battle is published, from which it appears tbat thev lost twelve offi cers killed, and seventy-four wounded, 104 pri vates killed, and 2,300 wounded. Gen. Willisen does not state bis loss,but regrets the large num ber of officers killed and wounded. The Schleswig government has issued a pro clamation, in which it declares that its arm}', though compelled to fall back, is not beaten.— The courage of the army is undiminished and the ttoops stand prepared to renew the fight.— Nothing is yet lost, and the Fatherland expects tbat every man will do bis duty. There has been no change in the relative posi tions of the hostile forces since the 27th. The Danes rem&iu at and about Tropp, and the Hol- steiners behind the Wattensee, at the junction of the Eyder with the Holstein canal. The Hol- steiners are making every effort to bring their ar my again into condition to recommence opera tions, and every battalion of the reserve has been proclaimed for tbe Duchy of Schleswig. GERMANY. The news of tbe battle in the Duchies has ex cited a fury throughout Northern Germany and Hanover. A meeting has been held at which 4,000 persons were present, to petition the King that the Hanovanan army might be sent to the relief of Schleswig Holstein. Several other popu lar meetings have also been held at different pla ces to the same effect. Prussia has recalled her Envoy from the Con ference at Frankfort. This step will have the effect of weakening the growing power of Aus tria in German affairs, while Austria is desirous of blotting from the recollection of the people the stirring transactions of the past two years.— Prussia, on the other hand, appears disposed to allow the people tbe benefit of their liberal insti tutions to which late events have given birth.— The withdrawal, therefore, of her Envoys from this Conference is calculated to perplex both Austria and her confederates. There is a repitition of the report from Vien na that a general amnesty will shortly be given to all the Hungarian prisoners now confined. TURKEY. The Ottoman Porte has notified the refugees at Sehumis, that such of them as may be wil ling to emigrate to America wiil receive passports and a sum of 1,000 piasters, about £ 1 0 , in aid of their journey. SPAIN. The Government is sending to Cuba reinforce ments to the amount of 6,000 troops. The ap pointment of a Viceroy of Cuba has been renoun ced by the Cabinet. The funds on the 28th were heavy, owing to the uncertainty as to wbat were the views of the new Cabinet a t Washington relative to the Cu ban question. •G A P T fff Pnlln, WcdiM&jlay Morning, Angus! 81, 1850. Democratic State Convention. A Democratic Stole Convention will be held at tbe city ol* Syracuse ou Wednesday, tlte 11th day of Sep tember next, at uctoil of tbat day, to be ootoposed of one delegate from each Assembly District, for the pur pose of nominating a ticket for State Officers to be supported by the whole Democracy of tbe Stplo at lbe nest election, and to determine how Iutaro Conven tions shall be called, and to transact snob otber bnsi- ness in regard to tbe organisation of tbe party, and the promotion of ils interests, os may be deemed necessary. CHARLES A. MANN, Chairman Democratic Legislative Caucus. JOHN V. L. PRUYN, Ch’a Dem. State Committee. June 7, I860 % First Assembly District. A meeting of the Democratic electors of the first Assembly District in tbe county of Delaware, will be held in tbe village of Walton, at Snaith’e bote!, on tbe 20th day of August inst., at one o’clock in the af er- noon of that day, for the purpose of choosing a Dele gate to represent said District in tbe Democratic Stale Convention to be held at the City of Syracuse on the eleven lh day of September next, and lo transact aucb olher business as may be thought proper. Walton, August 6, 1850. w a . w , g W A L T E R H A N F O R D , JOHN TOWNSEND, THOMAS J OGDEN, District Committee, 2d District. The democratic electors of the second district will meet in Convention at ibr house of E. S. Wetmore, in the village of Hobirt, on the 81st day of August insi st one o’clock P. M , for the purpose of choosing a De legate to represent said District in the Democratic State Convention to be held at the City of Syracase on the eleventh day of September next, and to transact any other bus neas that may be deemed necessary. Hobart, August 15th, 1850. ORRIN GRIFFIN, STEPHEN H KEELER, JOHNSON B BR a GG, Die tret CorUKiiUee. F o r e i g n N e w s . — There have been t w o arri vals from Europe within the last few days, with news of considerable interest. The demand for American p r o d u c e appears to be good. It will be seen by the extract of the news in anothet column, that an exciting subject recently came up in the House of Commons. Baron Roths child,who is a Jew,and had been elected a mem ber, presented himself to take the oaths and his seat,but in the last oath the words “ on the faith of a Christian,” occur, to which he objected,and consequently could not be admitted. It will also be seen that a great battle has been fought between the Danish and.Schleswig forces, in which tbe latter suffered great loss. D e l h i P l a n k R o a d —A meeting of the stock holders of the Delhi Plank Road Company was held at Edgerton’s hotel, in this village, on the 15th inst., for the purpose of choosing seven Di rectors, when the following persons were elected such Directors, viz : Charles Marvine, Gurden H. Edgerton, Charles Hathaway, Anthony M. Paine, Green Moore, and Stephen C. Johnson,of Delhi, and Donald Shaw, of Hamden. At a subsequent meeting of the Directors, C h a r l e s H a t h a w a y was chosen President, S. C. J o h n s o n , Vice President, A n t h o n y M . P a i n e Secretary, C h a r l e s M a r v i n e , Treasurer Fourteen Persons Drowned. —At Lynnfield, Mass., on the 15th inst., fourteen persons of a pic nic party were drowned It appears that a large party had gone on an excursion and pic nic to the border of a beautiful pond. During the afternoon soiqe 25 of the party got into a large flat bottom boat and pushed out, and when about 100 yards from the shore it was upset and 14 were drowned. Thosedrowned were all wo men and children,witb the exception of one man. -ENGLASa T M exciithtf fopde' tb f e British House of ^ <SptnTpqits contmues to he the admission or non- \ Baron Rothschild to his seat in Oo Thursday evening the debate hat on ah lotitnatioo from thaf he had some definite use, the further discussion of Whs luMher adjoufc’netf In the coarse o f the sitting-the Attorney-General gave notice I ifetefe'-’SEHBl.dj osaMsodsgbasait* /move the two tre&s S'sjos S ofecbHti Is .qo^p.qfitled „ . . J 9 «ip©®fO 0 to sit in ting lyrase, d a sSeyuatilfe: shalLtaItq(fhe. of' i its the itmts appointedity liyw*” • That-iliss Hoose wiil 5 at the earliest o: ‘ \ i fiexbisessioe o f ParGament, ta| •fioaEttlerafiojXv ibrnfntts of the oath ef ahjEatiaaj witb a view to relieve Mss May Jewish .religion.” 'M ^ wtofficement-oflfiese resolutions was re* % the Souse, and' fe paiitic.sMrcles it is s&tleip&fed'that the Gov- , g r a f e a t wllf be ferotxgiily fcealea on the resoto jatttag?easly*titgfi&Ij . s t s M<t im paawse «rf fflftfoafioB ef-cotton i i S r * \ ' An Elopement. —The police interfered at the Depot last night and took tn custody a man nam ed Jas. P. Chamberlain, who was about to leave town in company with a widow, named Weaver, whose husband died a few days since. Chamber- - lain is a married man, and was arrested at the in stance of his wife and some of tbe neighbors of Mrs. Weaver, who suspected foul play in the death of the lady’s husband, inasmuch as the parties were familiar before his death. On an in vestigation of the matter, there was nothing to justify suspicion of any agency on the part of the accused in causing Uie death of Weaver. He was committed, however, in default of bail to support bis family. Neither of the parties have children, and are recently from England. Mrs. W ., is a bright, intelligent appearing young wo man. and seems to mani est a strong attachment fos.Chamberlain j and he, though guilty of un faithfulness to bis lawful partner, was not so in- differeat to hi&duty and her claims upon him,but lhakhe provided her with some means of subsist ence before his attempted departure. He made oYer the article for a house and lot to Mrs. € ., and gave her some otber means, but of course «he preferred retaining the man.— Rochester Ad vertiser. , ■ adfetefe-bttiAtfed'ati; Ettl't w itb . ' ■***' i ■ - m g Ic e b e r g s a t S e a . — A correspondent of the New Fork Commercial, writing from on board h s steam er. Pacific, ia St. George’s Channel, peaks o f meet tug, large icebergs off the coast of Nova Scbtxa and Newfoundland: “ Oneof these was supposed to be from 600 to 800 feel high, with a surface of 150 to 200 .acres. Supposing the altitude above the level of lhe waiter to he 700 feet, it would be 4900 feet thick under water, according to the usual esti- faaie; or §600 feet thick in all. In the neighbor' JisocLof this I counted twenty four others ef ve ifwursld’aneusiQcs. The mercury in the thermome ter here fell to 40 deg., but gradually rose as we agprag.elied th«rifeiddle of the Atlantic.” The Burglars in Albany continue their nightly visits. On Friday morning last, a desperate fight occurred between some burglars and the watchmen. Ore watchman named Wilson, was shot—one burglar was caught, and two escaped. C e l e b r a t i o n . —The opening of the Delaware Plank Road will be celebrated on Wednesday next, 28th inst. A procession will leave Che hocton at 8 o’clock in the morning, and proceed to the village of Walton, where an Address will be delivered at 2 P. M. T h e I n d i a n s in Texas are committing great depredations upon the frontier settlers. Strm gent measures are being taken by Gen. Brooks to punish their aggressions. L u m b e r F l e e t in T b o c b l e ! —The Detroit papers say that the U. S. Marshal, Col. Hyde, of that city, has already taken possessioa of 60 vessels on Lake Michigao,engaged in the unlaw ful lumber trade. It is thought at least 50 more will be seized. Tbe U. S. Steamer Michigan has gone to the upper lakes in pursuit of these vessels. W M g E x p e n d i tu r e s . f ittmoM®? STA&ft*.—'The Secretory of &sr T eM y Historical Society; W. &. White- hsaff, E M ’, m i feccKetli- tttrQagh f e Ron. W. # B s f e d i5' ItffatfieitolSafiliBia, seve- Mi>f ^iffietfleftifeSlstsfiips that •were made foe tfrfensb m r s fefm m e d i- ' ' 4 too*' The following is a statement of the expenses of the Whig Administration for the quarter end ing July 31, 1850: - - R e c e ipts for easterns, lands, and loans, $10,840,388 B x p k rditubes, oivtl, naval, m litary and Oalphin, , 12,551,787 Thus the expenditures of the government are at tbe rate of $50,000,000 a year,twice the expen diture under Jackson, aod exceed the income by $2,000,000 per quarter, adding annually e i g h t MtLLCoNs to the national debt, extinguished under Jackson. Thus we have, as the fruits o f Whig economy and reform— A National Dehi, derived from their predeces sors, of ONE aj$P&ED MILLIONS ; Increased jaMMl rate of eight Ca$fbsa&L.r Ths bill for the^dmission ef California as a State came up in the Senate oa the 13lh inst.,and after some debate, passed hy a vote of yeas 34, nays 18, as follows: Y eas Ms,8fS Baldwin, Bell, Benton, Bradbury, Bright, Caes, Chase, Cooper, Davis, ol' Mass., Dickm- eon, Dodge of Wis., Dodge of loiva, Donglues, Ewing, Feloh, Green, Hales Hninlin, Houston, Jones, Miller, Norris,Fhelps, Seward, •shields, Smith,Spruanre, Stur geon. Underwood, Upham, Wales, Walker, Winthrop, WhMcomb. Nats—Messrs. Atchinson, Barnwell, Berrien, Butler, Clemens.Davis of Mtss., Dawson. Foote, Hunter,King, Mason, Morton, Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Tur ney, Yulee. A BKLIi FOR THE ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA INTO THE UNION. Whereas, the .people of California have pre sented a constitution and asked admission into the Union, which constitution was submitted to Congress by the President of the United States, by message, dated February 13th, 1850, and ■which, on due examination, is found to be re publican in its form of government. Me il enacted, tj*c., That the State of Califor nia shall be one,and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Uniot* on an equal footing with the ori ginal States, in all respects whatever. Sec. 2. Aad be it further enacted, That until the representatives in Congress shall be appor tioned according to an actual enumeration of the inhabitants of tbe United Slates, the State of Ca lifornia shall be entitled to twq Representatives in Congress. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said State of California is admitted into the Un ion upon the express condition that the people of said State, through their Legislature or other- w;se, shall cever interfere with the primary dis posal of the public lands within ils limits, and shall pass no law, and do no act whereby the ti tle of the United Slates to, and right lo dispose of,the same shall be impaired or questioned; and they shall never lay any tax or assessment of any description whatsoever upon the public do main of the United States; aud in no case shall non-resident proprietors, who are citizens of the United States, be taxed higher than residents; and that all the navigable waters within the said State shall be common highways, and forever liee, as well to the inhabitants of said State a.s to the citizens ol the United States, without any tax, impost, or duty tbeiefor : Provided, lhat nothing therein contained shall be construed as recognizing or rejecting the propositions tendered by the people of Californians articles of compact in the ordinance adopted by the convention which formed the constitution of that Slate. The passage of the bill was greeted with de monstrations of applause. Correspondence of the N. Y. Herald. HARRisBtmG, Pi,, August 4, 1S50. The Indictment of Moses Y. Beach —Curious Proceedings. tog W b KL 111 # ^ millions per annum ; liture of f i f t y m i l l i o n s per annum; Texas of ten m i l l i o n s ; tin plunder at the rate of o n e h u n d r e d tGBTY thousand bollars , to a Secretory; transportation jobs a t a m i l l i o n a y e a r ; ’besides,- Mr. Webster proposes to pay Tw o hundred BILLIONS to Virginia to bribe fre'r to sxtile b er free blacks. Audi canneetetl witlt tbis, jt is proposed to ee- bTisb & system for- deporting tbo free blank po- ikiion a t f e jatfe-gS $%QOQjQ90 per a n n a n j ^ iUfidsy M a t . IH e o tro-M a g R u tlsm a s a M o b iv e P o w e r . Maguuwsm as a MotatPt Ttoje./Question Professor Pngs, in tbs Lectures which he is now delivering W o re the Smithsonian Institute, states that therePit A legal gentleman, accompanied by Moses S. Beach, appeared here a lew days since. The lat ter had a letter of introduction toGovernor John son, which reads much as follows : M y D e a r G o v e r n o r : I earnestly request your confidence in the bearer, M .S. Beach, and al low me to indulge the hope that you will be able to extend to hitn such relief as he mav desire. (S i g n e d ) C. A. W O O D H U L L . Mayor ol New York. The law companion was armed to the teeth with something like as follows : — 1. A brief,setting forth that M. Y. Beach was in Mexico when the Lehigh County BaDk was robbed of all its assets ; that the indictment ol said M. Y. Beach, by a grand jury of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, was a Wall street speculation, an effort toget Lehigh County mon ey, which is worthless, redeemed in full ; that the life of M. Y. Beach would he in danger if re quired to appear in Pennsylvania at present. 2. Affidavits of M. S. Beach, stating that the indictment,as he verily believes, was obtained by Wall street speculators, for the purpose of ex torting money from his father, who has had re peated attacks of appoplexy, aod whose appear ance within the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania un der existing circumstances, might be attended with serious consequences to him. 3. Affidavit of Alfred F. Beach, setting forth that he had heard a lawyer offer to procure the withdrawal of the requisition o f the Governor of Pennsylvania on Governor Fish,for M. Y. Beach, and quash the indictment, for $5,000. 4 Another brief, put in by tbe Attorney, sta ting, that he had understood lhat the Governor’s (Fish’s) warrant to surrender M. Y. Beach into the hands of the Pennsylvania sheriff, has been hawked about Wall street, but nobody would give $5,000 to save M. Y. Beach. All these proceedings are before our Governor, on an application to quash proceedings against the bank financeer, M. Y. Beach. is Bp longer any11 doubt ofthe application of this poster as a substitute for steam. Heexhibited the most imposing experiments ever witnessed in this branch of science. An im mense bar of iron, weighing one hundred and sixty pounds, was made to spring up by magnetic action, and to move rapidly up and down, danc ing like a feather in the air, without any visible support. The force operating upon this bar, he stated to average three hundred pounds through ten inches of its motion. He said he could raise this bar one hundred feet as readily as through ten inches, and he expected no difficulty in doing the same with a bar weighing one ton, or a hun dred tons. He could make a pile-driver, or a forge-hammer, with great simplicity, and could make an engine with a stroke of six, twelve, twenty, or any number of feet. The most beautiful experiment we ever witness ed was the loud sound and briliant flash from the galvanic spark, when produced near a certain point in his great magnet. Each snap was as loud as a pislol; and when he produced the same spark at a little distance from this point, it made no noise at all. - This recent discovery be stated to have a practical bearing upon the construction of an electro-magnetic machine. Truly, a great power is here ; and where is the limit to it ? He then exhibited his engine of between four and five horse power, operated by a battery contain ed within a space of three cubic feet. It looked very unlike a magnetic machine. It was a recip rocating engine of two feet stroke, and the whole engine and battery weighed about one ton. When the power was thrown on by the motion of a lever, the engine started off magnificently, mak ing one hundred and fourteen strokes per minute; though, w hen it drove a circular saw ten inches in diameter, sawing up boards an inch and a quarter thick into lath, the engine made but about eighty strokes per minute. There was gieat anx iety on the part of the spectators to obtain spe cimens of these laths to preserve as trophies of this great mechanical triumph. The force operat ing upon this great cylinder throughout the whole motion of two feet, was stated to be six hundred pounds when the engine was moving very slow ly; hut he had not been able to ascertain what the force was when theengine was running at a work ing speed, though it was considerably less. The most important and interesting point, however, is the expense of the [tower. Professor Page stated that he had reduced the cost so far, that it was less than steam on many and most condi tions, though not so low as the cheapest engines. VVith all the imperfections of theengine, the con sumption of three pounds^tf zinc tier (lav would produce one horse power. The larger his engine, (contrary to what has been known before,) the greater the economy Professor Page was him self surprised at the result. There were yet prac tical difficulties to be overcome ; the battery hau yet to be improved ; and it remained yet to try the experiment on a grander scale, to make a power of one hundred horse , or more. Truly the age is fraught with wonders ; and we can now look forward with certainty to the time when coal will be put to better u«e than lo burn, scald, and destroy .— Xalional Intelligencer. ; r v . ' iSdKaie'—Ths'Uali'foftriii, is speaking in support; of substantially ths s w e gfofefe as before, t reiterates the argument about govpreigijty’^ f e domain or enormous boundary, and the a formidable empire, &e. Mr. Turney, of Tenn., asked leave to infoo. duce a resolution to ad jo u r n a a .f e g d Montia.v in September. « Mr. Yulee closed his speech with an appeal to Senators to forbear before it Was too Idfo. Mr. Douglass, in a few remgrks.pald ho W(foI(j consent to a change in the boundar'es,.. J),ut Mr Soule’s amendment differed from his views. * Mr. Soule’s amendment was rejected—.ayes 20 nays 30. Mr. Berrien followed,pifenUng..fetgroahd oa which his state objected to.the admission of Ca lifornia. He endeavored to show that California did not want a state government- He argfled in favor of a territorial government, reminded g0n(,. tors of the convention to be held ithGeorgta and the importance of considering' probable cense- quences, but studiously refrained from,predict ing what measures f e y would adopt on pro' nouncing of secession. When five or six-ststsj should resolve to secede forever frotn the D q . ion, it would be at an end. Forces could never preserve it. There was treason ! House— Mr. Porter reported the General Post Route bill which was referred to.the Committee of the Whole on the Union. Mr Meade asked leave to introduce a resolu- P r o g r e s s o f I n v e n t i o n . —In 1S09 there was only one steamboat in the whole world, now, who could count the number? They navigate the Nile, the Red Sea, the Ganges, the Danube, the Khine, the Thame-, the Clyde, the Hudson, the Ohio, the Sl. Lawrence, the Mississippi, and the golden sanded Sacramento. America, Europe, ’Asia and Africa exhibit in every steamboat a monument in the progress of invention. In 1830 there we-e only thirty miles of loco motive railway in the world, now theie are no less than 18,000 miles. America has no less lhan 7000 miles, and will soon have 10,000 in operation. Massachusetts alone has more than 1,000, and Pennsylvania 1,200. In 1836 there were only 15 miles of railroad in the State of New York, now there are nearly 1600. Then the slow canal boat and stage coach wound lazi ly up the Mohawk Valley, and we remember well how it required more time to whip an old boiler into a canter, than it now requires the iron horse to whistle itself from the crags of Cohoes to the rocky pass of Little Falls. What, with the Steamboat, the Railroad and the Telegraph, as inventions for distancing distance , the ends of the earth are brought together, and civilization is now fast finding its wav into the most darken ed corners of the earth. — Scientific American. An I n f a t u a t e d C o o n . — Mr. Stephens, a pro minent whig member ot the present Congress from the State of Georgia, made a speech on Friday last, on the subject of the Texas bounda ry, during which he expatiated as follows : He did not hesitate to say lhat, were Georgia concerned instead of Texas, and the power in his hands, he wculd soon settle it by hanging every invader I He hoped Texas would take this ground. He loved the Union ; yet he declared that when the issue was made, and the crisis came, which was threatened, his voice would be heard shouting, Down with the Union! He would tell gentlemen that it was useless to talk of a peaceful dissolution of the Union in such a case. Gunpowder must settle it. They might call this treason, and call hint a traitor ; but, let the con flict come, and it would soon be decided who were the traitors ! He talked plainly He had come here to talk plainly to-day I The territorial soil was a common purchase of blood and trea sure. The South were ready to share it with the North. With the Patriarchs of old, the South was ready to say, “ Let there be a partition be tween us—tny people going on this side, thine on that.” tion. expressing the sense of the House that tha President should avoid any action calculated to result in collision with New Mexico and Texas and await congressional legislation respecting ter ritorial claims. Texas objected. Mr Meade notified that he should again en deavor to introduce a resolution to stop the do- hate about Civil and Diplomatic bill on Friday, A d o p t e d . The House went into committee on the civil and diplomatic bill. Mr. Casey is speaking in favor of protecting domestic industry. August 13. The land bill was postponed until Monday and the California bill was taken up. Mr. Jefferson Davis proceeded to enter his pro. test against its passage The bill was equivalent to the Wilmot proviso,and a gross outrage to th South, and a flagrant aggression upon the rights of the minority. By every thing sacred and de sirable he invoked torbearance. The fate of the Uuioti hung suspended on the passage of this bill Mr. Clemens then stated his objections to the bill He avowed his purpose to stand by his Stale in any measure she might adopt. Mr. H-mston followed tu explanation and de fence of his course and vote on the engrossment expressing patriotic and national sentiments ^ House— After a prolonged struggle, calls of j the House, yeas and nays, &c., to defeat tlie re- j solution of Mi. Jones, the House went into com mittee. I August 14. j Senate —Mr. Mason presented a protest against | the admission of California, and moved ia tho i most solemn and emphatic manner, that it be J .-piead upon the journals io order lhat the rea- j sons of iheir opposition may go down to posteri- | ty. He read the signaiutes^viz: Messrs. Ma- i son, Hunter, Butler, Barnwell, Turney, Soule, j Jeff Davis, Atcliinson, Morton, Yulee. ^ Mr. Davis, of Mass , opposed entering it upon tlie journals. There was no precedent fos it.— He had himself been refused a similar requestjOn a former occasion. 1 • ^ .. , The Chair said be found no precedent aad had a difficulty in deciding. He should submit ths question to the Senate. Mr. Foote asked leave to state why be had enl signed the protest. He thought it disrespectful to the Senate and would lead to disastrous con- This Coon cannot have yet got the fumes of th© hard-eider of 1840 out of bis head.—Albany Allas. T h e Contoy Prisoners.—^The U. S. sloop of war Albany, Commander Randolph, arrived in the bay on Friday frotn Pensacola, having on board the Contoy prisoners. Commander Ran dolph received, previously to his departure from Pensacola, instructions from the Government to deliver these prisoners over to Cul. Bingham, U. S. Marshal lor tbis district. To-day they will be brought up o l board of the steamer and placed in his custody. We presume they will be suffer ed to go whithersoever they please, the Marshal, as we learn, having been furnished with no in structions whatever from the President as to their final disposition. Io alt there are forty-two of these jprtsoners, all enjoying fine health and other wise in good condition. The Albany ret ares im mediately to Pensacola, ‘whsitee she sails shortly W a s h i n g t o n M o n u x e n t . — N e w Y o r k C o n t r i b u t i o n . —We take exceeding pleasure in sta- ing that the block of marble to be contributed by the State of New York to the great National Washington monument,now erecting at the fede ral city, will be taken from ihe quarry of the Glenn’s Falls Marble Company, in this village. Mr. D. G. Roberts, agent of the company, has received an order fora suitable block, frotn Mr. E. D. Palmer, w ho is employed to do the sculp turing, and who was al<o commissioned by Gov. Fish to select the marble from any of the quar ries of the State. We are quite sure that our citizens with us will feel a just local pride that the Empire State’s gift towards perpetuating in Monumental marble the Patriotism and Virtues of the Father of his Country, is to be selected from the etnbovrelled rocks of Warren county.— The Governor, in fixing upon the quarries of Glenn’s Falls for this donation, has acted wise ly and understandingly. There is no marble in the state, nor indeed in the Union, of the same class, which is at all eqqal to the black marble of this village. For its beauty of finish, and the fineness and lustre with which it polishes, it is unsurpassed, if not unrivalled. The size of tlie block to be delivered to the sculptor, will be 4 1-2 feet long, 3 1-2 wide, and 12 lo 15 inches thick ; and when ready for its place in the migh ty obelisk at Washington, we venture to assert tbat it will be pronounced a donation nol un worthy of the great State which presents it, nor of the noble object (or which it is designed.— Glenn's Falls Republican. P l a n k R o a d s — How t h e y i n j u r e F a r m e r s . We saw on Tuesday morning of this week, Mr. Henry A. Harris ol Junius, coming into this vil lage with two coids of wood on his wagon,drawn easily by one pair of small horses about five miles. Cause whv: He came over a plank road—toll was five cents. Mr. H. in drawing this load of wood to market, made a net saving or gain of at least 95 cents on a journey of five miles for with out a plank road, the Rame learn, on that road, could not have drawn one cord as easily as they did the two, and this is only one practical demon stration of the utility and economy of plank roads. Thesatne result will follow in every ca.-e where a farmer has wood or grain to bring to market, yet some of our farmers and others pay their tolls at the toll gates of these beautiful roads grudgingly.— Seneca Observer. A n A c t i v e W o m a n .— We know a lady irithis town who has lost three husbands by death with in tea months, and is now engaged to a fourth. sequences. Mr. Shields spoke in favor of the protest te ing placed on the journal, as an act of courtesy. Mr. Baldwin opposed it. Mr. Cass would receive it and enter it upon the journal. Mr VVintluop spoke against placing it on tbo journals House —After unsuccessful attempts by Mr. Ne!son to get in a remonstrance to tbe renewal j of the [latent of Jethro Wood, for his plow, ®»J by Mr. Phtsnix to introduce a resolution inquir ing into the expediency of erecting permanent fiot- tifications at Sandy Hook. Mr. P. King called for the order of business, which was the amendment of Mi. Jones,relating to fire minute speeches. Mr. McLean withdrew his motion to commit. Mr. Featherston moved tbat it be laid on tba table—lost, and the report agreed to. Mr. Cobb of Ala. moved the reconsideration of the vote. The object of those voting against it was to procrastinate. He wanted the crisis come quickly. Mr. Morse then proceeded in denouncing the unrelenting majority. August 15 Senate —Mr. Mason moved that the fogiliw slave bill be taken up and be made tbe order for Monday, and until disposed of. Carried. The protest discussion was then resumed. Mr. Hunter said another paragraph had beet added by the unanimous consent of the signers; which he would read. Jt adduces partial sot- render of public domain-as another reason againsl California. Mr. Benton in an argument against the Prt test, pre-ented a history of British practice. Mr. Butler thought that senators were over doing the matter by such prolonged discussion. Mr. Houston denied all cogDizanre or knowl edge even of the plot for the formation of a south ern confederacy narrated in the Washington cor respondence nf the^ Philadelphia Inquirer. Had he known it,he should have disclosed it prompt 1) After considerable further discussion fromsC' veral seoators, on motion, f e 'question of recep tion was laid on the table—-ayes 22, oayo J®- The New Mexico Territorial Bill was tbe» read a third time and passed, 27 to 10- M “‘ until Monday. House —The House went into commit t o 0,1 the Civil and Diplomatic fail!,and Mr. Due? Pr0‘ ceeded to answer tbe theories of Messrs. Sredoo and others. He ridiculed the ahstrsotfiffis« tbese gentlemen. He ably defended the and created a great deal of interest. Mr. McLean took strong grounds agamst tut Message. In his opinion it was ft Jesuitical do rument, waiving tha’ question of right Betw®J the federal government and Texas, aud’yot set* iog the letter by tbe Secretary elaborately afl ing the boundary question'. He d'efended claims of Texae. 4, Mr. Venable followed} hr a warm anti*®8' sage speech. Mr. Ashman succeeded, on* the sati#®* when a recess was takeo> till S F> M. . . A u g u s t If- Tbe Home met and-ftBtiiediately went in committee or* the Civil aSd Eljiibmatic bill. Mr. Wing spoke id! an Edur on f e j oounaary question, ' '-‘V * i*-*1 p r tt'tr
