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wu lan Ip ,.. _... , Frogs the Reppli W7 = mmercpevees -..» «he Administration. 2 - Nine years ago.. tha nation .an_d\ the Whig party exp riem'xadpfnrilhefimt time, a-provt- They had previously scarce taken the respone ibilifiy of auch occurrence into their rac gi‘ng, por in the selection, pre- t lqst, ofa. candidate for Vice Presi- q:Whigtparty dream ofhis ac- hig.Chief Magistracy; except as a afimlnl§.tramp., cesgipn.t _ Ahgoratigabrontingengy so remoteand impro- «~. point, which,.as. the knowledge of the decease |. bable as to demand, norgpecial care in scan- ning his quelities.-with a view ta,its practical realization,, The-error was a grevious one. add graviquely haye the party: und the nation answered for.jt. The lesson sunk deep into the hearts ofthe, Whigs of the Unica ; And when. they, asserabled in council in Philadel- phis in £848, it was the fixed determination to designate for the second office in the gift ol. the: people a mar upon whom they could see: the first office devolved without doubt or misgivieg-one, in the soundness of whose principles, in whose ability, tried integrity, experience in public affairs, calm jadgement generous, tolerance and patriotic devotion to , the interests of the whole couniry, a sure gurantee wight be found for a prudent, en- lightened, and successful administration of the goyernment.. , With-such qualifications distinctly in view they selected Millard Fillmore, ob New York. ~ Aud it was the subject of lively and earnest congratulation with the Whigs throughont the length and breadth of the land, that if the «calamity should befall us, with which it has pleased a benificent and all- wise Providence 10 visit the nation, the best provision had been made which the delegated wisdom and sagacity of the Whig party could «devise. to repair the loss. The nomination was can- vassed, for attack and defence, upon its indi- vidual merits, as one of the greatest. impor- rance; and it waw ratified by, the people, calmly, soberly, hopetully, not as that of the Senate merely, but as that ,of the president of the United States contingent, -but not ac- eidental. It is no partof nur purpose to un- dertake the superfluous office of justifying 1 their choice, ~The deep, prompt and Trastul manifestgtions of whig on that afifieifid’ffigmgmfiacfies them, come r jog io from gll quarters, by 'of the mail, show that this woald be unnecessa- might bethought indelicate. Every: where, so far as heard from, the Whiga of the Union have risen up with one accord, , and in, a voice, the sincerity. and truthfulness with which po one can doubt, to extend to Fresideot Fillmore thesame fraok and gen- erous-confidence that sustained his lamented predecessor. and which they plighted to him in his selection. They do it with more alac- rity and heartinész,becanse they recognize the embarrassment and difficolty with which the - circamstapces of the country, and the sud- denpess and gloom in which he is called, to encoupter them, surround him ; and because they.know that now, more than over, \ the Union of the Whigs for the sakeof the Union' speake as much of solemn truth as. genial sentiment; and that henceforth, as their gho- een.reprosentative, he is the centre of that fibiqxi-lhunhin only as it ' clusters around him,, Notwithstanding, therefore, the diffical® teethe wery grozs difficulties with which President. Fillmore finds himselt enfronted upon entrance into office, the alacrity and u- nanimity with which the Whigs everywhere are fepdering him the highest manifestations: .of their generous confidence, give bright and hopefolpromise that those difficulties will be . oygreome, that the.country will beeafely con ducled-through the present crisis,. and» that Whig party will maintain its integritgy ongequenee ite asceodency-upon wiflcba & heat interest of the. Union: eo-vital- 71.4! édde us ;. © who. c - sums aC ~Erom-Xncatams aos =,; 'By way. of the-<ity. of. Mexico wh 'have ”findggamfi' from -Nucatan np to\ the i untry still continues in a d'state,: . Phd negotiations concluded Adidha, by M, Uclo has not produced eanticipated resulte; ° Anespeditionof 270 From Mexico. The arrival of the British mail steamer Tuy at Mobile Point was briefly noticed yes- rerday. 'The MobHe Advertiser furnishes a select the following : = .., We have looked over @ file of the d'Union and of the KeoGetCommercio. IPhey contain most mournful descriptions of ;the ravages of the cholera, -* In the city of Mex- ico,\ says the Traitd'Union,. \ the 25th, at Bnd of July, the total number of cases have been 2009; deaths 1234. It will hence be' perceived that we have had 186 casos of chol era each day, and of that number 176. have died. We had hoped that the plague was disappearing, bet within two days past it has recommenced its wark of\ death, and is more horrible than ever, 'From the first appear- ance uf the cholera until the 2nd of Joly there have been 15,000 cases and 6,400 deaths.-- Whatever may be said to the contrary, we can assure our friends of the truth of our report.\ At Pueblo it has never assumed its. most terrible form. aC Private letters say it has disappeared from Guanojuato ; also from Queretoro. Jalaps, Orizba and Vera Cruz have just entered the fierce ordeal of suffering and death. The city authorities of Vera Cruz are acting in a mast commendable manneg. They have open- ed hospitals and urged the sick to- seek them ; but the pmi‘fmhy felt by the poor of all na- tions toward hospitals, prevents the possibili- ty ofgreat benefits being derived from it. The authorities have issued an edict for- bidding all descriptions of vegetables, fruits and intoxicating drinks. 'The political horizon of Mexico seems en- wrapt in clouds. Hope of its future grandeur is fust deserting the hearts of the people. 'The dismissal of Senor Gutierras from his post of Minister of Finance meets with hearty dis- approbation. He had been replaced for the present by Senor Lacunza, Minister of For- eign Relations. Gutierras-made some as- tounding developements regarding the state of the treagury.- Ha is said to have bees dismissed because he was too honest to be- come the tool of atibitions men. The Trail d'Union says :- ~ \*The treasury is not only empty, but there The stan. of the country arises the evile which have crept in and become apart and portion of its system of government. They must.all be changed, ere any permanent good can result to Mexico,\ A frightfol assassination occurred at Pus- blo recently. ' The victim was the Hon. Don Camillo Barros. The servants were all 'at early mass, when his own valet entered his chamber and struck kis unfortonate master at least twenty-four times with a knifo.- He-died long ere the first wound was given, The valet then gathered up all the valuables in the chamber and fled. He concealed himsel{ in one of the large ions of the city, awaiting the approach of night, thot he might effect his escape. The judge of the district, upoo receiving informa- tion of the horrd murder, had all the gates of the city closed; mod every inn searchéd. until the vile assassin was discovered. His bands were yet red with the blood of his own master. Diligences between Vera Croz and the tity of: Mexico hive been robbed near 'Rio Frio, and'the pagsengers rifled of all their money. The conductor whs Killed. . «* 'The train of wagons at Artieros were at- tacked in o similar One merchant was robbed of $15,000 worth of merchandise, 'which will roin him completely. In Dorango the inhabitants are suffering greatly from the attacks of the Indiang. The 'Rancho ofSan Luishas beén entirely destroy» ed and ning women carfled off by the sava- ges. Ten men were left dead on the ground. The GoverGor 6f Cahoahua has been dis- missed by the state. The given wetk the'linpobsibility of any co-opersfion betwen the Ekecutive did Log- islative powers. ~ Thres-of the Hepotes had fallen victims to the cholera. cleeted to Co ngress which date we ceased our daily report, 10 the ; are no avaliable menns by which it. .can bo- ( filled, fat Rast Tegally filled.) OXFORD TIMES. mnnnmkemanandarrmansmaay | Wednesday Morning; Ang. 7, 1850, /-. Wis State Convention. The Whig Electors of the Statoigf New York are requested to mget in their respective Assembly Dis- tricts, and appoint ond delegate from each District to attend nStgm Convention, which will assemble in théeity of Syracuse, an Thursday, the 26th day of September, 1850, at noon of that day, for the purpose of nominating candidates for'the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Canal Commission- ' er, Inspector of State Prisons and Clerk of the Court | of Appeals. . Jour L. Sciooucrart, James Honnen, James Kun, Framer: Townsenp, Hexay Z. Haywonr, LeGranp B. Canmon, Jasee S. Tuayem, . J. Puitrars Punx, J. H. Hoseat Haws, Whig State Central Com. Albany, July 26, 1950. Fallure of the Compromise. . We are gratified to be able to announce, that the \ Omnibus,\ 'which bas obstructed the avenues of legislation for the last four | months, bas at last been removed. It had been framed by skillfol mechanics, and placed upon the track with its enormous load. Bat | at the outset tis wheels were blocked, and after months' Iabor-to-extricato~it-is-at-last condemned as impracticable, and abandoned. Thus has failed a gigantic scheme of Con- gressional \ log-rolling.\ \ It was attempted, contrary to the precedents of legislation, to | carry through obnoxious or indifferent meas- ures, by attaching them to others, which would command a favorable support. - It was supposed that the admission of California, ardently desired by the whole North, was sufficient to command impunity for the usur- patione of Texas, when coupled with it. But this supposition was not well founded. The whole scheme has been prostrated in order to return to what should have been attended to in the first place, the admission of Califor- nia as an-indepeodopt measure. | Immediate. ly on the failure of the compromise, the, Cali- fornia bill was taken up in the-Senata, and made the special order for each day, until disposed of. The immediate cause of the defeat of the omnibus, was a motion made by Senator Pearce of Maryland, to strike out the greater part of the bill, for the purpose of amend- ment. | It is said that jost previous to making his proposition, the Maryland Senator re- Albany. Troy. New York House. - It is therefore probable. that the de- feat of the compromise was desired by Presi- dent Fillmore. Indeed in the removal of Mr. Webster from the Senate, he aided matgrially in ite defeat, for be deprived it of the advo- and vote of the distinguished Senator, \and pade 'way for the appointment of Mr. Winthrop, who has, in every vote manifested radical hostility to it, being recorded upon every call of the yeas and nays in the rame category with Mr. Seward. 'The Compromise has not been purcly a party or a sectional question. It numbered friengs as well os opponents; among Whigs and Democrats, Northernere and Southern- ers. We do not deny to the originators and advocates of the measure the meed of sincer- ity. Indeed, no one can regard the earnest and able efforts of Mr. Clay to «ive the bill, without feeling thot he was actuated by a pure and lofty patriotism. - He threw his whole soul into it, and though nat crowned with success, his Jabors upon this measure are worthy the most brilliant years of his pub- lic life. nony nudgmnmmuaohqaptamcgufir onadp; Kill rpdorpred 217; captives of! terclund took: 21 prisoners} bes itlopasa: Abothi . ist offufy the Diligence containing thamails, was robbdH a short 'distaoce from 'the gaté'ol Poebla. Among the passengers was a company of aciors coming to Vera Cruz \The took \AilTheir gold and silver; -and their Urésies, With Whig}; ig ten ae 1 1 Hoodt z U ._\ The block of quartz from California has reached the city. {t is about eighteen inches square audéigh; fiches thick, sod is said to dontaid $80 worth of gold. It inin a rough t |_ Wasrgnoray , Nations -- The National Intelligencer says : | has the power, the time is not very distant Wea believe the defeat of the compromise is a fortonato dccurrence for the country. We do not beligve there exists any real exigency demanding as a condition of continued unity, and deol‘kxififi‘plz'al} gues Its owh merits. ing buman rights, jostich and freedom, and Focapable of compromise or compensation.- We beliove if Congress will hold itself insen- sible to fhe cries of \ agitation,\ \ disunion,\ &e., which menace it from the South, and by prompt decisive, affirmative action, preserve every new State from Slavery so far as it turned from a consultation at the White | A101: messored, b: al Nel band is tas :| object Thane. of Baipbridge evjoyed a triumph on Wed- nesdgy last ; for, gn that day they cay le steamer \ding-F rize! from he ings, and saw her glide off on the smooth Sosquéhanna, under foll head. of steam, gar- landed with flowers, and freighted with de- lighted passengers. This first performance of the new boat has been successful: and there is no doubt sho will run her destined route to Lanesboro, when obstructions in the] river shall be removed. Success to The En- terprize I Honorany Dearsee.-At the recentcom- mencemignt at Union College; the degree of Dotter of Divinity was conferred upon Rev. Arthur Burtis, of Buffalo, formerly of thie vil: lage; and upon Rev. Azariah G. Orton of Greene. 6002 3° We are happy 10 hear that Hoo. John C. Clarke, Solicitor of the Treasury-3h re- covering from the severe illness with which he has been prostrated for several weeks. Progress of the Cholera. I Cinctnnart, Aug. 2. The board of health reparts for the past 48 hours, 78 interments, 15 being Cholera and 63 ther di disoascs: . Prrresoron, Aug 2. In the Sixteenth Ward, 10 fatal cases of Cholera were reported un Wednesday, and 6 on Tuesday, The fatality is generally con- fined to high locations. ----- Another Steamboat Explosion on Lake Erie, Ens, July 31. Our citizens were again startled -this morn- ing, by another of those occurrrences. which have been so frequent and so destructive to life on the lakes this season, The Steamer America, Capt. Bquier, one of the boats of the Sandusky line on her passage down exploded one of her middle boilers about ong o'clock this morning, a short distance below Bareelo- na. The Alabama came alonigsson after the occurrence, and towed her into this port- 'The explosion must have been terrific, as the Deck over her boilers to completely:-toru -up, There were about 150 passengers on board* and. jt.Js eorprleing so many escaped injury. About thirlfji‘i'ere scalded, 5 of whom were dead before the boat reached this port, and 6 or eight more so badly injured that there is but little hope of their recovery. Many of our Physiciaos and citizens promptly repair- ed to the boat, dreased the wounds of the in- jured, and are doing everything in their pow- er for the relief of the sufferers. Buch as could be removed havg heen brought up into towa. © 'It is feared that some jumped overboard in the alarm produced by the explosion, and were drowned. One or two who jumped over goton board again, but it is feared others were lost. The hull of the boat is supposed not to be much injured. The number now dead is 8 in all. The America is in the line between Buf- alo and Sandusky, and was on her way to Buffalo when the necjdent occurred. Important New in Prov. Waeseren's Casz.-Wo have jost learned of some facts which go to show the utter falsity of Prof. Webster's confession as to the diapo- «itron of Dr. Parkman's body, and by which bo attempted to show his want of premedifa- tion in the killinng. ' A student at the Medical College (bas 'this morning, for the first time, disclosed that at the time of the murder, while he was in the dissecting room entry, be distinctly heard the sound of something being dragged over the stairs leading to Professor Webster's lower laboratory-which he has now no doobt it were thus produced by the descent of Dr. Parkman's body. An examination of the sink in the upper laboratory, described by Professor Webster as the one he used for the dismemberment of the body, demonstrates its positive incapaci- ty for the purpose, it being one of very email size, «=~ - - And farthermore, the hand-hose which the Professor speaks of in his letter of explana- tiou tn the Council, and used by him to con- vey water to said sink, was this morning «officer O,. H. Spurr, and is pple:of feet 100.short forshat IC3-Senator Davis, of Miss., says that, in the event of a'collision with Texas, the.ofi- cers of the army would throw up their com- mixsions rather than draw their swords a- gainst her. It is not very probable that Texas will carry out her threats against New-Mexico. The excuse is not sufficient, and she will doobtless think better of it in time to recede. Bat if shetonot-if she shall raies the standard of rebellion, and seek to usurp by (ofce, jurisdiction, aret - o Kelonging to the United. States, f fat willtiot degend upon tha -oficers + their comutssions, tare thit the authority:of Sreamsoar -The eitiiena Fall of the Iron Bridge and Dreadful brash; éliastise- | on the Now York and Eric Railroad. Corges nee of the N.Y. Post. Thefibst frightfil, view I eyer behold, was arn etwedl \clock ot what if fron bridge, between Nar- rowshurgh Lagowaxen, on the New Yorkladd Brie Ruilroad. L k= This bridge e way~in Wednesday last about half-past 12 o'clock, as the morning freight train going east, was crossing. The- express train had passed but a short time be- fore. As the locomotive of the freight train came on tha bridge, it began tb settle; the engineer pat on all possible steam, and by the increased power succeeded in reaching the opposite stone butments, but the effort throw the engine from the track, which alone saved it from~being drawn. back into the general ruin. i The bridge fell immediately, precipitating the next car into the abyss. The bridge was about 60 feet in leogth, and the ravine dome 26 feet deep. - A stream of water ran in a floom under the bridge, and a saw mill just below. Fifteen freight cars were dashed into the river, broken and piled up in that plain of 60 feet by 25, inn most frightful man- ner. - There were.in the train thus destroyed 113 head of cattle, 450 sheep, and 300 swine. Only 25 cattle and 100 sheep saved, the rest destroyed in the general crash. It is supposed that perhaps half a dozen more lives were lost, Three men have been taken out, and were stretched on a board, horribly mutilated, lightly covered with straw one a breakman, name not learned. The other two were in charge of the stock, &c.- Mr. Henry C. Clapp, 19 years old, in charge of sheep and ewine, from Menton, Ohio, nephew of Alex. Campbell, of Bethany Col- loge, Va., und Mr. Bondall, in charge of cat- the from Corping New-York. Fifty oxen had been taken outfbf the rooms and lay side by side in one place, and twenty-five in another. Beveral were seen still alive, and one all cov- ered except the head and shoulders making and effort every few moments to extricate it- self. The scene was one of heart-sickening hor- rot. It had rained very hard some hours be- fore we arrived, which tended to increase the gluom and dread of the erossing. .. .._. .. ..- _Bhis is greatly be de- plored. The-Railroad fospectors had but a few days before examined this part of the ! Toad, and this bridge ; it was deemed entirely safe. 1 judge however that the timbers were too light, judging from the manner in which they were broken. It is a great merey that the express train just before passed safely.- The owner of the cattle being in the third car, when the bridge gave way, took hold of two of his men, leaped from train to train, and thus escaped with their lives. A number of persons are said to be badly injored. It ds thooght that the heavy rains of late sprung the timbers at the abutments, but I think it must have been inefficiently constructed. 'The event is one that should cause greater care in similar works, and a more rigid examination of them from time to time. The nocident will not interfere with the running of the pasgenger cars, and the bridge will bo rebuilt in a short time, f Terrible Conflagration !-$500,000 worth of Property Destroyed !! From the Oswego Daily News, 30th. A disastrous fire broke out about 2 o'clock this morning, in the Crucker building, at the east end of the bridge. The building in which the fire originated wae of wood, and véry large. It was occupied by m great many mechanics, mostly carpenters, joiners, &e. who have lost their all. The wind being fresh, and the heat intense, the fire next communicated to the extensive flouring mill of W. J. Pardee, which was en- tirely consomed, with the exception of the storehouse in froot, with much of its con- tents. The Express Milla of Henry Mathews, next caught, but the fire was here arrested on the north. The latter mill was filled with wheat. . Crossing Bridge st. the fire communicated to the block just erected over the canal by Jor- so Bonnet which was occupied as stores, offlc- es &o. The buildings adjoining this on Bridge st. east and first street south, were all burned as INK «fiBgamu’q Fira Proof Block. amount of property is destroy- ed by tho fira, nponykieh ilflnlayoi' no hm};- rance. and the toss, in part, falls upon so en- torprizing class of mechanics and dealers, who can ill afford it. © . The fire spread on tho south side of the bridge street with great rapidity, and the whole block lying between the river and first street is a heap of ruins. . . A number of vessels moored just below the bridge were at one time in iminent dan- get of burding. 'The schooners Liverpool and.T..Winman wers.-onifire, but the vessels ved: by being dropped down stream. bridge was. borsed Itis Brea this city Bas esperienced; but. wo ate unkble this | ng togo into detailsor give any esti- : of the extent of tha Joss or amount of macem _ G To- T AnIndlan War Brewing on 0 dn the mdmaa \Inlel’lliffit‘gif B 1 9 hole ¢ North Ford. of th Gen dig“; oin attacking p negro t § over a hundred-abl a number of eaid; negroes, «alle slaves of certain a Arkansas |_ [ _. bo It-secms the party df Inilians catnpgd some ten or twelve miles from:the negro town, in- fending to go the next nig t and charge:upon it. - The news of their < reached the negroes, and they arated themselves and sent word of defence to the Creeks, and the next day a party of Sgminoles all stripped 'and painted, appeared on the opposifé.bank of the - creek, who sent a banter for a fight, Upon these belligerent demonstrations,.thay con- cluded to come to a parley, When last heard from, the head chiefs of the Upper- Towns (Creeks) had'repaired to the scene of difficulty;-and with the chief of the Seminoles were waiting for the arrival. of Col. Duval, the Seminole agent, to go into council. This negro town is a den of runawa slaves, where overy negro who can make his eecape from Louisiana and Arkansas is hall bred. 1t should be broken up by the wilita- ry ; some day it will be the causo of serious troubles between the different tribes and the Seminoles, ab well as between the citizens of Arkansas and that tribe. ‘ The troops at Fort Smith, instead of being removed, ought to be increased. -----sa80 cie amine.... Woxpers or THs oesr.-The U. S. steam- er Monmoth, Capt. Freeborn, from Indiana River, Fla. arrived here yesterday, and re- ports that Mesers. Clark and Burnham, who had been induced by an offer from Mr. Bar- num, of the New York Museum, to tuke the adventure, [succeeded in capturing two beauti- ful specimens of the Manitos genus, near Jupiter Creek in Florida. One of theswrani- male was about 14 feet long, weighing 1500 the. and was killed in capigring. Thewpther to 9° feet tong, fnd was secured Without much difficulty to a skifand towed into Indian Ativer 'from whence -it was\ shipped Vik Charleston for New York. h The ManKegzigywhtggie commonly called the Sea-cow, and known in the Povific, ce- . pecially at the Philippine Islands, os the Waldasses; thero aro two species, the Arctic and An‘lnrolic, which differ only in the color of the akin ond hair. We renvember Having seen one caught some 18 years ago on the Northern coast, and anothor some years after was brought into Kingston, Jamalea, taken near «ho Bahamas. | 'The physical formation wis very'similar, but the color was diffiérent, that of the Northern darker and the hair courser, - They resemble the seal very'nruch, and doubtless belong to the same genus, having Aippere and flueks, but instead of the eapara- tions of the tail, it is whole and spreads like a fan, Ite bead is shaped like that of n cow, but longer, and having teeth only in the lower Jaw, which resemblés a doge. * Those son animale were known to the Indians in Florida many years since, and Col. Harney, during his campaign among thein, was several times feneted on their flesh, which be pronounced very choice.-Saran- nah paper. © mise + Gore Minina in Visarnia -Mr. Williams, the manager of the Culpeper Gold Mine on the Rapid Ann River, 17 miles from Fred- crickeburg, has given us, by request, the fol- lowing statement of his operations during the last soven weeks. He is workingtwelve stamp-hesds and two Chihoan mills with twenty-lour men, mostly blacks, at a weekly expense of a $120, to which $30 may be ad- ded lor wear and tear of machinery and other incidentals, ao that the entire outlay, is $150, per week, making $1,050 in all as tho-Gost of eevon weeks' working. The product has been 8400 dwts, of gold; worth atléast $3,300, or over threo dollars return foravery dollgr of current expenses. Ata cost of not wore thro $10,000, the extent of operations and profits might easily bo quadropled.- And this, bo it observed, included ud lucky windfalls, but is the product. ef éimple, straightforward, every-day minfog: * Théad- vantages of this mine over ethet#\ ro breadth. of vein, beight of above the point where the vein é Adw? #pén1- of availablée-wate? pawer; but.oven «be rivalled: by' dther b- calities, while the ores of «averal «fo richer in gold. For careful, solid, business-like in- vestments in mining, it were fidlato go to California; there are better prospéct# 'on Lake Superior, in Virginia, and other locali- tios this side of the Mississippi Tylene? Wares or Tus Lexisoron.-Exertions are pow making to raire the baoll-of sho fila- ted Lexington. Two steamets are anchored at the spot where the steamer sank: At tho tio of the Toss of the L.., the nightof£. Janu- arty 13, 1846, a largesmount of. apecieswas on board. - Workmen; under the:directitnof eagaged in \Ewes Is cr oun Kie Ye:
