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A n n e x a t i o n . A c c e p t e d by T e x a s . T h e Princeton steamer, despatched expiesriy from Galveston, arrived at Annapolis, Sju-i on Thnrsdav 2 P ftl-j and brought the following tfews W e copy from the Union, which say s: “The United States shipPrtnceton, Commodore S t o c k t o n , a r r i v e d a t A n n a p o l i s , f r o m G a l v e s t o n , Texas, after the short passage o f nine day s, hav- ,„ f c o n s u m e d o n ly 9 8 lo n s o f c o at. S h e steam e d gainst head winds, with the excepuon _ y again st iieau wmuo, . Ra,is . 86 hours, when she was assisted by No Atlantic steamer has ever madei s o 8 . foel. hourly average, with thesam e e c o y . and considering all the ctrcumstances. tt m y be regarded as an the “ T h e news brought by the r f (h most interesting charac‘unanimously consented Tet n, rmsofThe joint resolutions o f the Untied to the ter^ he genate had rejected the treaty with Capt. Wagga- Stales — Mexico by a unanimous vote . m an had arrived a l W ashington, T exas, to select to be occupted by the United Slates troops, andlo provide for iheir subsistattce. A resolu tion was introduced into both houses ot Congres. requiring the Executive to surrender all p ? ' S, navy yards, barracks, & c ,t o th e proper au lior- . ties o f the United States. T h e joint resolutions were introduced into both houses ot Congress cm the same day, and were almost identical in heir tenor. The resolutions passed the Senate on he X8th o f June, and were sent to the H o u s e , the House laid them on the table, and passed their own resolutions unanimously, and se the Senate on the next day. In considerable jealousy arose as to . 0f ti,e should c latm the hunor of the pa[(je(i ^ ^ resolutions ; and it was nnaiiy House should lake u p the resolm iouso^te ^ ptp nnd amend them 10 »n“ House then passed them in there present form, •fnd sent them back to the Senate, which body concurred in the amendment. The President is pledged to g i v e full and im mediate effect to the will o f Congress, so far as depends upon him self.” The Union then goes on to s a y : “ This important intelligence has just reached the President o f the United States, (this evening, h tit past 8.) Dr. W right brings copious des (■itches from our able Charge, Major Donelson ; bat they are written prior to the adoption Ol the resolution of the Congress of Texas. He also brings newspapers, embracing the ‘National Register,” printed a t W ashington, of the 1.-th Jane, three days after Congress assembled. We must confine ourselves principally to the contents of the Galveston News, extra, 0 e 23d J u n e .” . The ‘-National Register” contains the corres pondence between Major Donelson and the gov c rnment of Texas, from March 31. 1845, down to June 11th, accompanying President Jones s message to Congress. N E W S E X T R A - PR E S ID E N T JO N E S ’S M E S S A G E , See. We are indebted to Mr. Briggs for the foliqw- og interesting documents,which we haste to give m r readers _ . . . Verbally we learn from Mr. Briggs, that the propositions for our independence have been submitted to the Senate. They are not made public; but it 15 understood that they are highly objectionable, and will be promptly rejected. E x e c u t iv e D e p a r t m e n t , W ashington, June 16,1815. G e n t l e m e n o f t h e S e n a t e AND OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.^ I am happy to greet you, on this interesting occasion, as the representatives of the people, ; g ain assembled in the discharge of high and important duties. The call of an extraordinary session of Congress a t this early day, by the ex <-cituve. was not made without the most mature deliberation, and a due reference to the great crisis which has arisen since our late adjourn ment, in trie affairs ot Texas, as well as the al most unanimous expression of public will which took place throughout the country in regard to the same. The executive has now the pleasure to trans mit to the honorable Congress, for s u c h action as they may deem suitable, the propositions which have been made on the part ot the XT. Slates to this government, for iheunncxiuion of T e x a s, and its incorporation, a s a State, into ihat great a n d kindred c o n federacy,together with the correspondence betw een the two govern m e n ts, w h ich has arisen out o f tbe sam e . T h is -•orrespondenee, as it goes very fully into ihe views and sentiments of the governments in question, renders it unnecessary for the execu tive to add (for the information o r consideration ot Congress.) but little thereto in reference to the proposed measure. The executive has much satisfaction in obser ving— w hat, no doubt, will forcibly arrest the mention of Congress—that, although the terms -unbraced in the resolutions of the United States Congress may at first have appeared less favor- tble than was desirable for Texas, the very liber al anil magnanimous view's entertained by the president of the United Slates towards Texas, and the promises made through the representa- ive of that country, in regard to the future ad- ■ antages to be extended to her if she consent to i te proposed union, render those terms much more acceptable than they would otherwise have keen. The state of public, opinion, and the great anx- ety of the people to act definitely upon the sub ject o f annexation, by a convention of deputies, is prescribed in the resolutions of the United States Congress, induced the Executive to issue its proclamation on tbe 5th of May, ultimo, rec ommending an election for sixty-one depuiies, to be held in the several counties throughout the republic, on the 5th of the present month, and to assemble in convention, at the city of Austin, on the 4th of July next. This recom mendation has met with the sanction oftlie citi zens of T exasjgener.illy, and the deputies in the several counties,so far as tieard from.having been elected upon the basis proposed, itis confidenfly ‘xpectel the convention will assemble at the :ime and place fixed upon. To this convention. ihe question of annexation, and the adoption of a Slate constitution, will property belong; and they will determine the great question of the na tionality of Texas, as io them shall seem most conducive to the interest, happiness and pros perity of the people, whom they will represent. It is important that the “ consent of the existing government” should be given to their exercising he powers which have been delegated to them, in otder to comply with a requirement to that :ifect in the resolutions on the subject of annex \tion, passed by the American Congress, for this purpos?) the present extraordinary session of the Congress of the republic of Texas has been convoked; and to its wisdom, as a co-or dmate department, the Executive now submits the determination of the matter. The services to be performed by the conven- ion will be arduous, and will probably engage t ior a considerable period of lim e; ami the •xecutive would respectfully recommend to con fess the propriety of making a suitable appro- iriatton for the payment of its members, as well is tlte officers it may find occasion toemploy, The executive has the pleasure, in addition to presenting Congress the propositions concerning annexation, to inform them that certain condi tions, preliminary lo a treaty of peace, upon the basis ot a recognition of independence o f Texas by Mexico, wrere signed on the part of the latter, at the city o f Mexico, on the 19th of May last, and were transmitted to this government on the 2d instant, by the Baron Alleye de Cyprey, min ister plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of the French, at that court, by the hands of Cap tain Elliott, her B ritaurie Majesiy’s Charge d’affaires near this government. In consequence of the signing o f these preliminaries, the exec utive believed it to be his duty, iu the recess of Congress, to make the fact known to the people of Texas, and to declare nnd proclaim a cessa tion of hostilities between Texas and Mexico, until the same could be communicated to. and acted upon by, Congress and the convention a- bout to assemble. A proclamation for this purpose was consequently issued on the 4 th in stant, a copy of which ts herewith transmitted. The preliminaries beingin the nature ofa treaty, will with all the correspondence tn relation there to, be forthwith communicated to the honorable Senate, for its constitutional advice, and such action as, in its wisdom, the same shall seem .to require. The alternative of annexation or independence will thus be placed before the people of Texas, and their Iree, sovereign and unbiassed voice will determine the all-important issue; and so far as it shall depend upon the executive to act, he will give immediate and full effect to the ex pression of their wdl. His situation in regard to the important sub jects now communicated to Congress, has, since ■heir late adjournment, been one of great delica cy and embarrassment. Questions of much dif ficulty have been presented for his determina tion, upon which the fate and welfare of the Country depend ; and, without precedent or eon- >™uina' Rutde for his governance, lie has been oli£ed to assume, iu consequence, great and : tvere responsibilities. He trusts, however, that V ongresa Will approve the coorse he has adopted, 1? > 7. ie' r er>Ughtend counsels, relieve and ^rpfuirm V 1 ^ collrse hereafter to be pursued m relation to those questions. o J ^ eth'«Tpvne -,S happy lo announce to Con ” . ' ., i Texas ts at peace with the world • that with all foreign powers w„h w h o m U have had ntercourse, friendly relations are ™ . J The different tribes of Indians on our bofoera with whom treaties ex,st have continued to ofo serve the same with good faith ; and with ° u,e last few days, information has been receive t that the only band ofCamanches within our w us, who had maintained until then a hostile al titude towards Texas, have sued for peace and expressed a wish io he permitted to come to Bexar to celebrate a treaty of friendship, which on ihe p art of this government, has been com plied with. The arrangements made at yonr regular ses sion, for additional companies of rangers to be mustered mto service, have been carried into full effect, and have afforded adequate and very efficient protection to our frontiers. The re- :eip‘s into the treasury have been sufficient to neet the various expenditures of the goveru- ■t’lit A specie currency has been maintained ihotit difficulty ; and all the exchequer bills b were in circnlniion, at the period of your ate adjournm ent, have been redeemed and (withdrawn from circulation ; and the executive is h a p p v to congratulate the Congress and the country upon a slate ot peace, happiness, and prosperity never before experienced by Texas, and rarely, if ever, equalled by so young a ua; tl0U o n ly rem a ins for the executive to express, an assured confidence in y o u r individual wishes to sustain the best interests of T e x ® , and the fervent hope that H e, who holds the destinies ot men and nations in his hand, may crown your deliberations with the richest blessings. ANSON JONES. JO IN T RESOLUTION, Giving the consent of the existing government to the annexation of Texas to the United Whereas, the government of the United States hath proposed the following terms, guarantees, and conditions, on which the people and territory ot the republic of Texas may be e re£te“ mto a new State, lo be called the State of Texas, and admitted as one of the States ol the American Union, to w it: [Here follow the resolutions of the United Slates Congress.] And whereas, by said terms, the consent of the existing government o f T e x a s is required : Therefore, Sec. I. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the republic of Texas, in Congress assembled. That the government of Texas doth consent that the people and territo ry of the republic of Texas may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, with a republican form of government, to be a- dopted by the people of said republic, by d epu ties in convention assembled, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of the American Union ; and said consent is given on the terms, guarantees andcondttions, set forth in the preamble to this joint resolution. Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, That the proc lamation of the P resident ol the republic ot Tex as, bearing date May 5th, 18 1 5 , and election of deputies io sit in convention at A u s tin on the 4th tiny of July next, for the adoption of a con stitution for the State of Texas, had in accord ance therewith, hereby receive the consent of the existing government of T exas. Sec. 3. Be it further resolved, That the Pres ident of T e x a s is hereby requested immediately to furnish the government of the United States, through their accredited minister near this gov ernment, with acopy ofthisjoint resolution ; al so to farms'h the convention, to assemble at Ausitn on the 4th of July next, with a copy of the same ; and the same shall take effect from and after its passage. The above is a copy of the resolutions as they passed the two houses, and which will, we sup pose, receive the sanction of the President.— They passed unanimously. TOD ROBINSON. On the 18th inst., in the Senate, Mr. Greer in troduced a joint resoltvion offering “ a nation’s gratitude to Major General Andrew Jackson ;” which resolution was unanimously adopted. On the same day, Major K aufm an introduc ed a btll setting a p a rt a portion of the public land—lying between the A rkansas and Red riv ers—for the payment of the national debt: read the first and second tim e, and referred to the Com mittee on the state of the R e p u b lic. A resolution was ofiered by Mr. Greer for a l tering the tune of the a n n u a l session ol Con gress : read the first time. On Tuesday Mr. K aufm an, as chairm an of the Committee on Foreign relations, reported the “ Joint resolution giving the consent of the existing government to the annexation of Texas to the United States ;” which joint resolution was passed through its third reading on the next day, the 19th—the rule being suspended, on motion of Col. H. L. Kinney, by a unanim ous vote of the Senate. On the 19th, in the senate, Mr. Greer intro duced a joint resolution, relative to the intro duction o f United States troops into Texas ; read the first time. Mr. K autm an’s bill, “ setting apart land for the payment o f the public debt,” &C., was taken up, read the second a n d third lim e and passed. Mr. Lawrence introduced a resolution fot 11)0 relief Of Fust Captain E- w . M oore: read the first time. W e are happy to state that Commodore Moore has already been restored to Ids com mand. We a te further informed that Congress will probably adjourn on next Wednesday. We are informed that the propositions from Blextco have been rejected, and that the resolu tion inviting the United Slates troops has been adopted. U n io n O f f i c e . We are favored by Dr. W right with the fol lowing memoranda, in MS., taken by himself at Washington, Texas, ju s t before he Jefi it for Galveston : M emoranda of the conditions preliminary to a treaty of peace, as agreed upon by Ashbel Smith, on the part of Texas, and Mr. Cue vas, on the part of Mexico, and the accompa nying papers, as submitted to the Senate by President Jones. I. Message of President Jones, transm itting the treaty and papers to the Senate. II. Letter from Baron Alleye de Cyprey, transm itting to the executive of T e x a s the con ditions signed by A shbel Smith, and the agree m ent on the part o f M exico to a ccede to them as the basis o f a form al treaty. III. Conditions preliminary to a treaty o f peace. 1. M exico consents to acknowledge the in dependence ol Taxas. 2. T e x a s engages th a t she will stipulate in the treaty not To annex herself, or become sub ject to any country w h a tever. 3. Limits and other arrangements to be m at ters of agreement in the final treaty. 4. Texas to be willing to refer the disputed points with regard to territory, and other m at ters. to the arbitration of umpires. Done a t W a shington (i n the B razos.) on the 27th of March, 1815. (S igned) A S f lB E L SM IT H , Secretary of State. Certified copy of the original, presented by Capt. Elliott. (Signed) A L L E Y E DE CYPREY, B AN KH E A D . M exico, 20. h of M a y . IV. Acknowledgement by Cuevas of the re ceipt of these prelim inaries, through tlte inter vention ot Baron Alleye dc Cyprey; and de clares that (lie national Congress having con sented, that Mexico will accede 10 ihe prelimi naries proposed hy Texas, as the basts o f a for mal treaty. May 19th, 1SI5. V. Additional declaration of Cuevas. If this negotiation is not realized on account of cir cumstances, or because Texas, influenced by a law of the United Slates on annexation, con sents thereto, cither directly or indirectly, then the answer which is given under this date to Texas -shall be considered null and void.— M a y 19th- VI. Letter from President Jones to Bnvon Alleye de Cyprey, acknowledging his kind oili- ces in bringing about the negotiation, See., See. To these was appended the proclam a tion of President Jones of J u n e 4th, declaring a cessa tion of hostilities. Tins treaty was considered by the Senate in secret session, on ihe 21si of June, and rejected by a unanim o u s vote, a n a the injunction o f se- crecy removed, T h e Iollowing also comes in IV1S., from which we copy. It authenticates the resolutions a- dopted by Congress, as they appear above from “ The News e x tra .” W a s h in g t o n S e n a t e C h a m b e r , (Special Session,) June 21, 1845. S ir —I n compliance with your request, I here with transm it you a correct copy of the joint resolution, giving the consent of the existing government to ihe annexation of Texas lo the United Stales, which has passed both houses of the Texian Congress. Respectfully, H E N R Y A JE W E T T , Sec’y of ihe Senate. To A. J . D onelson , Charge d’aflaires of the United Slates. D eath from T obacco .— W e learn trom the Dedham Democrat that a little boy of six years old, son of Mr. L e w is Cobbett, o f W e st D edham , went to the store of Mr. Jason Ellis, J r . in that place, and asked the clerk, a boy by the nam e of Hank, for some kind of confectionary—that he was lold they had no sugar plums, but he could have some tobacco. The child replied that tobacco would make him sick. The clerk argued that it would not, and took acracker and pill on some bulter and molasses and tobacco, and succeeded in some way in getting it down the child. The iiltle fellow was taken wiih vom iting soon after, and continued to do so for sev eral days, and at length went into fits, and final ly died on Thursday, the 5th inst. Mr. E . promptly discharged the clerk as soon as it was known that he hadcommiiied the infamous transaction. Whether any larther notice will be taken of it we know not, bill certainly if there isany punishment that can reach him, he should not be permitted lo escape11 unwhipt of jus tice.” AUBURN JOURNAL. W e d n e s d a y , J u l y 9 , 18 4 5 . TH IRD PARTYISM TRIU M P H A N T ! T e x a s A nnexed 1!—By the news from Texas in preceding coluins, it will be seen that the res olutions, accepting the terms of annexation, as tendered them by our Government, passed both Houses of the Texan Congress on the 19th of June. As, tn his message, (which we also g ive,) President J ones avows the determination to comply with the wish of Congress, his approval may be looked npon as settled ; and the “ area of freedom enlarged !” Let those persons, who, above all others, profess srch a holy horror of Slavery, and of every thing relating to it, now look at their acts last fall, when it was in their power to have ensured a different result, and console themselves as they best can, under this the natural consequence of their c o a rse! F ir e .— About 12, on the night of the 4th, the Carriage Shop o f M r Elijah Applegate, on State street, was discovered to be on fire. How it originated ts not known, although as the streets had been, most of the time for the preceding twenty-four hours, full of bonfires, rockets, crackers, torpedoes and fi re-serpents, it is not unnatural that suspicion should at once fall up on some or all of these, as the cause. The fire had got so much of a start when discovered, that it was found impossible lo save the building in which it originated—although by the well- timed efforts of the fire department, all the ad joining buildings were saved. The building be longed to J . M. Sherwood, Esq.—the carriages, wagons, tools, lumber, &c. am ounting to about $1,000, to M r. Applegate, neither of whom had an insurance. T he F o u r t h , was celebrated in tins place much after the old way,—a “ premonitory” hav ing been sent forth the e.vening before, in the shape of bonfires, fire-balls, fi re-crackers, &c.— A t day-break, the guns sounded, and tbe bells pealed ; making it sufficiently evident that the great National A n niversary was at hand. At the usual time, the procession, headed by the Auburn Guards, was formed in accordance with the published arrangements, Gen. E . A. W a r den , M arshal, and proceeded to the 2d Presby terian Church, where an excellent Address was delivered by B. F . H a l l , Esq. It was listened to with pleasure, by as large a Congregation as could well be collected ; nor have we heard it spoken of, otherwise than in the warmest terms of approbation. The Music, too, a t the church, was of a high order, where the following Ode was sung, written F o r t h e “ H a r m o n i c N i n e , ” BY REV. J. M. AUSTIN. “ Columbia! thy standard has never yet yielded T o the ills th a t h ave threatened nt home nnd abroad; But, whilst ull tliy power wns gloriously wielded, Trium phantly stands on thy own native sod. Yes, yes 1 there’s a spirit within thee, containing No hlastof misfortune, no cures to disown. orus .—T h y counsels and people shall tell the proud story' Columbia forever shall weather the storm.\ Columbia ! thy sons with the courage inspired W hich filled the true henrts of their fathers of old, Shall watch with a zeal e’en by tyrants admired, T h a t Liberty purchased with treasures untold. Pear, clear to our heart*, shall o u r birth-right be valued, Above a ll that earth in its place can afford* '1 hy counsels and people, &c. Columbia a w oke! to thy destiny onward, The eyes o f the world on thy progress are fixed; L e t the flame o f thy freedom send light far abroad. T o lands long oppressed, yielding pleasure unmixed. High be its bluze rising, broad be Us beams glancing. Till earth all around with its glories be filled. Thy counsels and people, &c. Columbia a t home, ah ! in deep sadncs* surrey The wrong ami oppression which stain thy good name, Break offevery chain. O I bid grim shivery away, And louder nnd sweeter ahnilecho thy fitino: Vust millions with joy shall herald the high glory, Thy sons nnd tliy daughters nil happy nnd free. H’iiy counsels nnd people, &c. Columbia the free hived nam e ! our dear native land, May the wide world with thy inflncnce be blessed, t ong, long may thy firm a ltar of liberty stand. The b cist of the free, the hope oftlie oppressed: Before it the nations at! ‘vitii joy yet shall kneel And offer oblations lo God the Supreme. Thy counsels and people, &c. Upon the close of the services, the procession again formed, and proceeded to the W estern E x change, where a rich meat was served up by Mr. W ilherili; after p artaking o f which, the fol lowing, with other appropriate toasts were drank: STANDING TOASTS. 1. The Day.—Upon the return o f this Anni versary, let us remember the glorious achieve ments of o u r Fathers, united in heart and in ac tion. 2. The United States.—Joined in an Union the most sacred—may the chain which binds them be forever indestructible. 3. The Soldiers o f the Revolution.—Their suf ferings and trials in the cause of Freedom, have endeared them lo every Patriot. May the eve ning ot their days be happy ; and may they die as they have lived, exam p les to the w o rld. •1. The President and Vice President of the United States. 5. The Governor of the State of New York. 6. Thu County o f Cayuga .— Prosperous in her agricultural pursuits, and rapidly advancing in intellectual endowments. 7. The M ilitary. Ever ready to defend American Honor—they inarch where duty calls them. 8. Liberty and E q u a lity.—The foundation of our Government, tiie pillar upon which is reared the structure of o u r Republic. 9. W ashington, Lafayette and Kosciusko.— Heaven sent them lo tree an oppressed Nation. 10. Commetce, Litermure r.nd. ihe Fine Arts. —They are the evidences of our enterprise, in telligence and refinement. IL. A u burn.—“ The loveliest Village” —our home, our happy home. 12. The Republics of the W orld. May the seeds of discord in them be forever eradicated, and the true principles of Self-Government be firmly established. 13. T h e F a ir .— “ Without the smiles from partial beauty won, Q, what were Earth ! at world without a sun.” V O L U N T E E R TOASTS. By A. Grtdley, President of the Day—The Declaration of Independence.—May us doc trines, “ the rights of m an,” the enjoyment of civil and religious liberty, ere long •practically pervade the whole earth, and may that happy consummation not be retarded by the evil ex ample o f selfish demagogues and spoils h u nters. By J. IL Chedell, I ni Vice President—The Auburn Guards.—Gentlemen Soldiers and Gen tlemen Citizens. By W m. Holmes, 2d Vice President—The Memory of Andrew Jackson .— “ His Monument is his Country, his Eulogy, the praises of the world.” By Hon. B. F. Hall, Orator o f Hie day—Our G u e sts, T h e R e v o lutionary Soldiers in attend ance —God bless ihem. By Gen. E . A . W a rden, M a rshal—U p o n the principle “ lhat all men are created equal, and endowed w i t h certain uinaiienable r i g h t s , am o n g which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happi ness,” may the area of freedom be extended ; but not upon any other. Our streets, which during the day, bad been crowded wiih vast multitudes from the adjoin ing towns, by sundown were again still—the throng had left—no accident having occurred 10 m ar the festivities o f the occasion A P l e a s a n t I n c i d e n t . M r. E d i t o r ,— On Thursday evening last, I was so fortunate as be at the residence o t R e v . Dr. Lansing, when he received a very interest ing visit from his Temperance friends of Syra cuse. A long train of c ars had attracted our attention, in which were noticed a large number of passengers with banners and badg es. They soon arrived and commenced their march up the yard, about 200 in number, accompanied by a fine band of music. They halted in front of the house, where the Doctor and his friends were ready to receive them.— Their President, II. W . Durnford, Esq. came forward and took the Doctor by the hand—say ing they had called as the sons o f Temperance, to pay their respects to him as a Pioneer in their cause, and in remembrance of his labors with them for Tem p e rance; and they trusted Providence would lengthen his days of u seful ness, and bless his labors of benevolence. Dr. L. replied to this m one of his most happy and feeling strain s ; rem arking lhat he addressed them as friends of humanity, of benevolence,— that he was unable to express to them the pleas ure he experienced in an incident like the pres ent,—that his hairs, like theirs, were once black while engaged in this cause, but now they had become wh>te with age,—yet he felt none the less interest, and that this was one of the hap piest moments of his whole life,—and bidding them God speed in their work of love, he com mended them with a fervency that was truly solemn, to the kind care of the Father of us all. lie then invited them to partake of some re freshments prepared on the green at the north of his residence, telling them to drink as many toasts as they chose in pure cold water. A lter refreshments, they passed to t h e f i o n t of the house and favored the Doctor with some Temperance glees; aud then returned to the c a r s ; gratified, I trust, with their visit,—as the friends of the Doctor, present, could not fail lo be with this token of respect from his old Syra- cusian friends and parishioners. A. T h e N ia g a r a C o u r ie r , w h i c h h a s e v e r b e e n conducted with ability, has recently been very much improved in typographical appearance. E x President Tyler has been requested to d e liver a Eulogy on Gen. Jackson ! It is not oft en that we see a monkey showing his agility over the prostrate form of the lion. H u m i l i a t i n g C o n t r a s t — The last foreign a r rival brings word that “ the law, providing for the gradual abolition of slavery in the French eolonies, has passed both Chambers of the French Government, and another law for intro ducing European laborers into the colonies is under consideration.” England, it will be re membered, has already taken this step touching the abolition of S l a v e r y within her colonies — France now follows in the sam e hum ane course —and all that the “ iree American Repuplic” has to offer in the same holy cause, is to inform the nations of the old world, by the reiurn ves sels, that she has “ extended the area ol free dom” by adding to her territory a state sufficient ly extensive to become the largest slave-market in Christendom—that even before this news reaches them, the objects of oppression will be hurrying into this chosen domain, by thousands, and arrangem ents made for “ breeding” thou sands upon thousands more for the sam e m a r ket! ! _______________________ Q u e b e c a g a i n i n R u i n s ! — On the 28th of last month the city of Quebec, was again visited by a disastrous fire, by which about 1 ,3 0 0 dwel lings were destroyed, and at least 6,000 persons were rendered houseless. It spreads over near 30 streets. There was at the time a yery heavy g a le; and water in adequate quantities, was not be obtained. T a k i n g t h e C e n s u s . — The following persons have been appoited M arshalls lor taking the Censxs o f this village. Thomas Douglass, First and Second ward. Israel G. Wood, Third ward. Freem an Richardson, Fourth ward. They e n ter upon their respective duties immediately. I ron and the T ariff .—T he Journal of Com merce has the following intelligence, in a letter from Pottsville, P a : iron furnaces are going up here, as on the Lehigh. The more the belter, for it will sooner bring that consumatlon so much desired by the tariff m en, when the home competition shall bring prices to the to .vest point possible. In my judgm ent, the lowest remuneration price is about 1512.50, for good pigs, though it would be possible, with some loss, to go a few do'lars lower. Pennsylvania can make iron to tea t th<- world in cheapness. Protection will soon be a dead letter to her. Pig iron will never be $50 per ton again while lime lasts; and I might make a much lower figure with the sam e dec laration. There is not iu this town a better arranged Company, or one which does more efficient ser vice than that of the B u c k e t -B o y s . Their c a r riage is lig h t; and no sooner is an alarm given, than it conveys to the scene of danger some 200 or 300 Buckets. These are used on the spot, to a great extent by persons who would otherwise be without em p loym ent; and in this way doin' calculable good, in m any cases before it would be possible for the other Companies to get in readiness. The fire on Friday evening afforded a fine proof of their usefulness. The 4th annual meeting of the N . V . State Youth’s Temperance Society, will be held at Troy, on the 13th of August next. The several A ssociations in the S tale are requested to s e n d delegates. ____________________ _ A c c i d e n t s o f t h e 4 t h . Three individuals, Gen. Boyd, Professor Quincy, and John Nix, Esq. lost their lives by the explosion of an over loaded cannon, at Itha ca. P. S. The above is a degraded hcax. A young lady was nearly killed, and greatly disfigured in Boston, by the explosion of gun powder thrown into a fire by m istak ^ It is reported that a little girl, coming in the range of one o f the cannon at Syracuse, received the whole charge, and was blown to atoms. B r i t i s h T r o o p s — The Halifax Past announ ces the arrival in that harbor of two ships with British troops from Great Britain for the colonial service. P a rt of them were to be disembarked at Halifax and the others taken to Quebec. The teeth and other bones of a Mastadon have been found in Gloucester. N . .T. A maiden lady, of Steuben co.. who is descri bed in the documents as being “ 30 a n d up wards,” recently commenced a suit for damages in a case of breach ot promise, against a Mr. Nathan Miller, who is staled to be a plain sort of a farmer, about 45, worth $5,000, together with nine children. A s asw eetener in her disap pointment, and in consideration or the nine little ones, a s is presumed, the jury awarded $400 for the plaintiff. T he W estern S tate J ournal , at Syracuse, came out with a Daily on the 4th. I) o th e y m e a n to A n s w e r . Some weeks since, we called upon the editors of tbe Patriot and Tocsin, to give their opinions of Mr. Polk ior appointing duelists to office.— He has already appointed three well known du elists to office. H is own brother William Polk, killed a man in a duel near Nashville but a few years since, and yet this brother h as been oppointed Charge d’ affairs at Naples, an hon orable and lucrative office. Alcee Labranche killed a man in a duel, only eighteen months ago at New Orleans, being the fifth duel he had fought, he being considered the “ best shot” in Louisiana; and he has received the appoint ment from Polk, as surveyor o f the pori of New Orleans. And last of all M r. Polk has given the lucrative office of Surveyon Genera! of Iowa and Wisconsin to George W. Jones. This Jones, was the prittcipaljSecond in the Cillcy du el. W h ere, now, we would ask, is the Anti- duelltng thunder of Locofacoi*m. M r. Clay was hunted down from one end of the Union to the other, for having been barely consulted in this Cilly matter, and then acting a s ppace-ma- ker. Yet the principal second lo that duel, who made ihe selection ol ihe murderous rifle—who carried the sam e to the fatal field—who gave the word, one, two, three—who allowed the fight to go on, fire after fine, without necessity— whose thirst for blood was never sated until itis friend weltered in his own gore—even he, yes, even he, is rewarded with an honorable and lu crative office, without a word of censure, nay, with high commendations from the Locofoco presses. We again ask as we did a few weeks since, of the conscientious editors o f the Patriot Tocsin, what they think of such appoint ments. W h at has become of their terrible hor ror of electiug a “ duellist to office”—answer we say, or acknowledge that we might as well look ior “ diamonds in a turnip.” as political conscientiousness in their political actions. __________________________ Q. F ir e C ompany No. 3 , of this Village, deserves great credit for the noble appearance they made upon the 4th inst. We can say with truth, lhat no Fire Company of this village made a belter appearance upon any occasion. And it is to be regretted lhat the other Companies could not have joined in the celebration in like m anner. _______________________ Y. N E W PU B L ICA T ION S . T he S ceriss or P revorst , being revelations concerning the inner life o f man, and the intcr-diiFusion o f a world of spirits, in the one we inhabit. The above is precisely such a work as all per sons interested in matters touching clavoyance, dreams, ghosts, spirits, apparitions, a n d all that kind ot “ ware,” will be glad to read. It is full of the marvellous—ghost-seeing and ghost-hear ing, and will be read and shuddered over, a s its plain, clear style is such a s to add to its interest. It is written by J u s tin u s K e r n e r , Chief Physi cian at W einsberg, and translated from the Ger man by Mrs. Crowe, authoress of “ the adven tures of Susan Hopley;” See. It is accompa nied with a hair-lined map o f the “ spirit-world,” which to us is unintelligible enough to suit any one. Neatly printed by the Harpers—120 oc tavo pages for 2s.—to be obtained at Wyn- koops’. P opular L ectures on S cience and A r t ; delivered in the principal Cilia* and Towns of the United States, by D yonisius L ardner , L L. D , The 5th part of this series, containing highly interesting lectures upon Galvanism, The Moon and the W eather, Periodic Comets, and Radia tion of Heat, and extending from page 309 to 448 of the Series, is received a t D erby ’ s . E a c h subject is illustrated with engraviugs,—the whole comprising a work which would do credit to any library. 25 cents a No. H a RFBR’S It.tftfMlNATKD AND ILLUSTRATED ^IIAXBPKARR, edited by Gulfon C. Veiylanck, L. L. D., forming 1600 largo octavo pages, and containing nearly 1400 illustra- tiuns. This splendid edition of ihe works of the <eim- mortal bard.” proceeds rapidly, and still with the utmost beauty. Nos. 57 and 58, just recei ved. coraprUes :he Midsummer N ight’s Dream, accompanied with copious Notes. To be had at W y n k o o p ’s —2 s . G r e a t D e c i s i o n . — Some boys were indicted m Rush co.. Indiana, not long since, for disturbing an Abolition meetiog, where Hull was to make a speech. The jury acquitted them on the ground that an Abolition meeting was not a lawful assemblage, peaceably assembled for a I lawful purpose. Correspondence of the Auburn Journal. U. S. S t e a m F r i g a t e , M is s i s s i p p i . 1 Charlestown Navy Yard, July 1st, 1845. ) S ir : You will perceive from the date of this letter that I have again put ou the blue w ith the anchor and eagle button of Uncle Sam ’s N avy, and am once more a f l o a t — for I know not how long a period. On silting down and quietly re viewing the exciting a n d other scenes through which I have passed, I find that in a retrospec tion of them, few afford me more pleasure than the short time I spent during the past winter in your quiet and lovely village. To me there is m u sic in the very name of Auburn ; partly from the few but true friends of mine who have there an abode, and partly from a vivid recol lection of the numberless scenes o f rural beauty surrounding the “ loveliest village o f thg p lain.” Not a wood nor a stream in your vicinity, that is not as vividly pictured before my mind’s eye at this moment, a s if it was really there. W ell —we are bound on a cruise, and when, we may return, H eaven alone knows. It m a y be one year—perhaps two, before I can again visit the W e s t; but I look forward to the period with in describable emotions of pleasure. The “ Mississippi” is a noble vessel. She has an engine of thirteen hundred horse power, and mounts eight Paixhan guns on the quarter deck,—each throwing a ball of sixty-eight pounds in weight. But the two “ peace m a kers” (as our sailors familiarly call them ) on the fore-castle, are the boys for mischief. They each throw a shot o f one hundred and twenty eight pounds, and would prove ugly customers to an enemy. It is rumored that we a re to cruise for an in definite term in the G u lf of Mexico, but I do not imagine that the cruise will be a iong one.— The expenses o f keeping o steam frigate in com mission are so enormous that the Navy Depart ment (no doubt) will find it expedient to lay her up as soon as the special duty upon which she is going shall have been accomplished. Then — and not u n til then, shall I be able to visit my home. One thing which will tend to lengthen our cruise will be the fact o f our using sail in stead r f steam in propelling the Frigate. It is said that orders have been issued by the De partm ent to Capt. Fitzhu, to use his satis as much as possible, and not to resort to steam except incases of emergency—such for instance as head winds when a quick passage is required, &c. &c. II this should be the case, our expen ses would be materially diminished, and there would be more chances of our cruise being a protracted one. I see by tbe “ New York E x p ress” of the 30th of June, that the editor of that paper has seen fit to take notice of your humble correspondent in connection with the article entitled “ The L a ment o f the Widowed Inebriate,” which I sent you some time since, and that he has copied it. He may well say “ that it is certainly very beau- lifnl and pathetic, exquisitely conceived, and smoothly and effectively expressed,” for a more soui touching effusion (in my humble opinion) never came from the Poet’s pen—not even ex cepting Byron’s well known lines commencing “ Fare-thee-well and if forever, Still forever fare-thee-well!” W e are lying quietly moored at the N avy Y ard at Charlestown, Mass. (opposite Boston) —the din of commerce is around me—tny eyes from my little six inch square window, (in nau tical parlance yclept “ a ir port,” ) rest upon m a ny a spot hallowed by the blood o f our forefath ers shed in the cause of Liberty— while old “ Bunker’s shaft of g ray” grows dim mer as the shades of evening slowly gather over the hal lowed spots, while the chime o f bells of the “ old N o rth” (the oldest church in America) struck up my favorite air, “ When twilight dews a re falling fast Upon the rosy sea,” reminding me that I must draw this scrawl to a close by subscribing myself Yours truly, E . C . H . PEREG R IN A T IO N S A B R O A D -N O . X II. The Grave of Donne— B irth place o f M ilton — The Mansion House residence o f the Lord M a y or — The Royal Exchange— Its founding and name— The Bank o f England— The Beadle — The Shy lochs— Rotunda and doing business — North and South American Coffee House, cj-e. In the burying ground of St. P a u l’s I ponder ed for a moment over the grave of Donne, one of the first of the metaphysical poets, and who had m o re im itators w h e n his reputation w as high, than any other of his day. Among his immediate successors were M ilton, Cowley and Denham, though in opinions regarding many questions of philosophy widely differing. A by stander a t his grave quoted the following from his pen, which contrasts so strangely with many sweet lines, written it is presumed when a ma terial change had come over his views on this topic: Some lhat have deeper digg’d love’s mtr.e than I, Say where his centrie happiness doth lie : I have loved, anil got, and told ; B u t should I love, get, tell, till I w e re old 1 should not bncl that hidden m y stery; Oh, it is imposture a l l .' A plain slab indicates his resting place. I p a s s e d on and but a fe w s t e p s brought m e to Cheap-side, a broad, handsome street leading to the Royal E x c h ange. In a moment I paused. T h is is B read street on the right leading to the Thames, in which Roman rem ains have been found, and in which the im m ortal author of P a r a d i s e L o s t w a s b o r n . L e a n i n g s l i g h t l y to the left, on the right stands the Mansion HollSe, the residence of the Lord M ayor of London.— Ltke most of the ancient public buildings in London it is sooty and black. It is a splendid siructure of Portland stone, in the architecture of which the Palladian style predom inates. In the front is a wide and lofty portico, composed of six fluted columns of the Corinthian order; with their pediments, having two pilasters at each side of the sam e order. On the front ol the pediments is a piece of sculpture in basso- releivo representing the wealth of the city. The building is nearly square and presents an im posing appearance. Standing in front of the Mansion House I had the best possible view of the Royal Exchange, which is situated in the area between which Oomhil! a n d Threadneedle streets enter the Square, the Bank of England, the N o rth and South A m e rican Coffee H o u se and other buildings o f less notoriety. The E x change was now in the progress of finishing, the w a its all being com p leted. A l the m o m e n t, it did not occur to me that the old building was entirely destroyed in 1838, and from the smoky Rppearance of the exterior,I guessed the devour ing elem ent had but p artially done its work,and that the edifice was in the process of being re paired; but I was quickly undeceived and assur ed that the building was entirely new. I shall waive for the present a description of this m ag nificent structure, as it was completed together with its statuary before my departure from London. The original establishm ent was upon the s a m e s ite and founded in the reign o f Queen Elizabeth, by Sir Thomas Gresham. It was opened in 1557, and received its distinctive ep ithet by her Majesty. This building was d e stroyed one hundred years after by the great fire, and re-built by Sir Christopher W ren, with the’statues oi the Kings and oi SirThom as Gres ham, a t an expense of £100,000. This noble monument of British wealth and mercantile power met with entire destruction by fire in 1838. The corner stone of the new Exchange was laid with great pomp and ceremony by his Royal Highness, Prince Albert, on the 17th January, 1842. The Bank of England was the next object of notice in this, my first walk in London. The first peculiarity I observed was the absence of windows in the exterior. It is a n immense edi fice o f stone, fronting on Thread-needle street and occupying an area o f eight acres. The e x terior is composed of a wall perhaps twenty feet in height, with guard houses and regular fortifr c a t i o n s fo r its defence a g a i n s t a n arm ed fore*. it is bmlt in the Ionic order o f architecture with various elevations o f Corinthian, and is said to have been selected and adopted from the Sybil line Temple at Tivoli. There are two wings and a balcony fronting Thread-needle street, and massive iron gates opening upon the streets that surround it. At the front gate I observed a beadle or porter, dressed in a scarlet robe trimmed with yellow fringe and tassels, a three cornered hat bound with broad gold lace, and holding in one hand a huge silver headed staff, and in the other a machine sim ilar to a watch man’s rattle, with, which the better he preserves order by m ounting a kind of pulpit a n d whirl ing in his hand when the “ Shylocks,” that visit the place between the hours o f eleven and three o’clock become noisy and uproarious. The greatest avidity is manifested here daily by this class of people who deal in money, stocks, &c., and a good b argain is snapped u p with a shark like ferocity. As I passed through a double set of iron gates, a company of twenty-five govern ment troops, in red coats came out in single file and marched aw ay. A certain num b er of sol diers rem ain on guard constantly, and at night the guard is doubled. A very large armory is attached to the Bank. H a v ing passed the wall I came into a n open court from which issued nine other courts leading to the various offices and apartm ents. Ascending a flight o f h a lf a dozen steps I entered the rotunda through broad folding doors. This is immediately under the dome from which the light is derived. The rotunda is v ery spacious, and in the centre is a broad mahogany counter describing a hollow circle, behind which stands twenty or thirty clerks, principally tellers, who pay checks, bills, etc., as they are presented. In the centre of the circle is a table whereon lie huge piles of gold, aud there are also pigeon holes for the sam e purpose. The counter was full with peo ple, and the clerks were engaged iu shoveling sovereigns into the scales with sm all wooden shovels and weighing them by the pound. To visit “ the Bank” at a busy hour gives a stran ger a slight idea o f the business transacted here, and the vaults display a portion o f i ts immense wealth. Issuing from the rotunda are the va rious annuity offices. In other parts of the building are private apartments furnished in princely style, exchange offices, committee rooms, a large printing office, library, &c. W ithout visiting the vaults of the Bank at this time, I returned, m aking a passing call at the North and South American Coffee House. There is a large reading room on the first story, where files of many of the most popular news papers are kept, particularly American Jour nals. It is a place resorted to much by Ameri cans whose names may be found on the register iu the order they are introduced. A flag of each nation in fine oil colors is exhibited in the windows of the room, and splendid maps of different countries appended to the ceilings.— The latest mercantile intelligence from all q u a r ters of the globe, state ot markets, arrival and departure of shipping, and all information most important to merchants a n d business men may be had here. A hotel of a superior kind is k ept iu connection with the news room which affords accommodations for several hundred people. Elbridge, June lJLih, 1845. C. F. P. Translated for the Journal from the Courrier Des Etats Unis. Ioways in Paris ,— The Widowed Crane ,— The Englishman and his Cane,—A Heroine. Paris, May 33th. Y o u r loway savages a re still the lions of P a ris. They have dethroned Tom Thumb. At the first glance, they might be taken for the dwellers of the R u e Saint Denis, who had on some Carnival day, carried the costume of the savage to its most e x travagant limit. Never, on their most beautiful nights, have the Musard bails witnessed newer m asquerades.— For the men, they are eagles and ravens plumes, wolf skins, necklaces of bears claws, and hum an scalps sewed to different parts of their v estm ents. The women deck themselves with oriiameflis of silver or tinsel, and bracelets of E lk teeth. As to their gowns and their shawls, imagine forms the least happy, colors ihe most dazzling. We are assured that these Messieurs and these Dames came frotn the Rocky M ountains; we would like to believe it, but then the want of a Journal of fashions must necessarily be greatly felt in that part of Amer ica. Upon the whole we lake them to be veri table Indians. * * * These Indians dance, sing and perform divers exercises. The grave men of the band, While Cloud and B ig Ftet play the drum, whilst the young warriors perform, and Great Walker sleeps. They make at every movement a frightful noise. All wear bells on their feet. You would fancy that you heard post horses and the postillion’s crack. At their knees they fasten a kind of garter, embroidered in pearls, wnich hang down lo the feet. To have a right to these garters, one m ust have killed at least one m an. It is the order of the Garter, with laws modified, as we see, am o n g s t the inhabitants of the Rocky M ountains. Before the close of the exhibition they drew by tot, the presents, which were not personally designed. White Cloud, a prudent Chief choos es to avoid jealousies. Turtle Dove, obtained a spy-glass; W alking R a in, a reticule wrought in steel; Little Wolf, a rose scarf. M adame George Sand had sent a supply of her best smoking tobacco, and they made trial of it on the spot. The pipe passed from mouth to mouth. Little W olf alone, with a delicacy that surprised us, carefully wiped the tube before putting it to his lips. Mr. Catiin, who is th° tem porary proprietor of these savages, has. and frequently at the peril of his life, visited 48 tribes, inhabiting the U n i ted Slates. H e has seen them in their villages, has lalcen his sketches upon thespot, and paint ed his portraits from nature. He has composed a gallery utiique in its kind of costumes and of arms. W h a t has not before happened, the Ioways have brought with them, not only their ward robe complete, but also four tents or wigwams ; which enables them to establish in the centre of Paris, rue Saint Honore, at 2000 leagues frotn their native soil, a complete Indian village. America has given an official protector at least to her Ioways. They are under the guar dianship of Mr. Melody, an agent of Ihe Presi dent, whose duty, the interpreter informs us, it it, to see that they are every where protected and respected. But Tom Thumb ! what respect is assured to him ? of whom will he demand pro- tection; if some day, his epaulettes, his sword, his livery, his four horses antl his pretty coach should be rudely seized ? In what cheese w o u ld he take refuge? W hat mousetrap would b e opened for him ? They not only bring from America Indians and curious dwarfs ; they make fortunes there, A Mr. Ducltemin, many years ago went to Lou isiana. W hat business did he pursue ? W hat did he buy ; wbat did he sell ? It matters little. He died without childten. leaving a fortune of seven millions. A m an who leaves seven mil lions, always has relations. A multitude of claims to the Duchemin succession arose. They have all been set aside. Two young sisters, Rose and Blanche, alone have had their rights recognized. At this moment, Rose and Blanche lead a modest existence; simple modistes at. Madame Berenne’s, l’iace Vendome, they fum ble ribbons and make hats a la Famela. Their Claims arc submitted on proofs, and they aw a it a decision of the Judges. W ilt they rem ain at Mme. Berenne’s, or will they become her best and richest customers ? Will they have an in come of 200,000, or three francs a day ? T h a t’s the question. A kind of literary Janus, on one side we re gard the comedy of the monde, on the other the spectacle of the turf. To day the races of Chantilley claim a Bulletin ; we will not disap point them ; but before we speak of Horses, per mit us to say something about Cranes. W ith out being of the sam e family, both belong to the animal kingdom and the transition will be easy. The Crane wants elegance, distinction and^ sp ir it: iH is name even is a reproach. W ith his stilted legs a n d his long bill, whose sharp edges open and shut in knile form, he cannot pretend to grace. The Crane is not a moralist like the fox, grateful like the lion'of Androcles, devoted like the goose of the C a p itol; or rather he is perhaps all that, but he has not had the good lortune to have been sung or immortalized by’ some poet, and his high deeds and great (juali- ties have remained in the shade. Lafom aine has not deigned to consecrate to him but a sin gle fable, a single word, and yet, a crane has a heart. Lately, in the Jardin des Plantes two cranes loved one another with a tender love. The male died. In M a labar the widow would burn herself on his tomb. A t the Jardin des Plants she was dying of grief. When she saw herself alone, deprived o f the f r ien d w h o h a d never left her, she became so sad that it was pitiful to see her. She a te no more, she slept no m o r e ; she clucked most plaintively. Eurydtce could not- live without Orpheus. The keeper was troub led at a grief so profound. H e had for his pen sioner a thousand little delicate attentions. The breakfasts o f the poor thing were more delicate, her suppers more choice. In the m o rning it was the most limpid water, a t evening milk the most unadulterated. All did no good. The Crane was weary o f life. I t was easy to see that she was pining away, that, a t her turn, she was soon to die. The learned Areopogus of the Jardin des Plantes, became alarmed, and met together to consult as to the m eans of preserv ing the life of the interesting widow. Many methods were proposed, adopted and employed without success. At length the keeper came to their aid ; the brave m an had more heart than science, and his happy inspiration completely succeeded. A mirror was placed in the abode fo the Crane. In seeing herself, she fancied she beheld him whom she had lost. She was not at all astonished at the identity of their movements. They had always lived so united, that one could not make a motion, a step, which the other did not immediately im itate. Thanks to his happy insight into the Crane heart, the widow was restored to health and gaiety. She believed she was still enjoying those happy days in which a m u tual affection left nothing to de sire. She owes her happiness to a beneficent delusion—it will last during her life, and, when the last moment shall come,she will d epart with out regret, without grtef, happy in being the first to die. An Englishm an of the most Briitanic exterior was passing along the Rue du Faubourg St. Ho nore with the carelessness of a m an of leisure, when an individual whose features were g reatly disordered and who seemed to be a prey to a terrible agitation suddenly comes up to him : “ M o n sieur! M o n sieur! ” cried he, accosting the Englishman, “ in heaven’s nam e ! lend me your cane a moment.” “ W hat do you wish with my c ane?” replied the son of Albion, with calmness. “ To administer correction to a wo man who has shamefully deceived me.” “ And who is this woman ?” “ ’Tis my wife, Mon sieur, my wife,who two months ago eloped with a seducer—but she will escape! Your cane. I beseech you.” “In that case it is very equitable,” continued the Englishm a n with the same sang froid ; “ here is my cane, s i r ; la y i l o n ! lay it on w e ll!” At the instant of receiving the instrum ent ot correction, our man started off, as fast as his legs could c arry him. The Englishm an follow ed him, but without exerting himself too much, and indeed he saw him at some distance, seize a woman, to whom he seemed to administer blows; but the cane dropped from his hands and whilst he was picking it up, she whom he a p peared to chastize, took her way along the Champs Elysees ; the pretended husband pur sued her, and they disappeared. The English man turned his steps in the sam e direction, hurrying a little now, for he wished to recover his cane, whose head in massive gold exquisite ly chased, was, of itself, worth 500 francs, but he could not catch another glimpse, and he saw the outraged husband no more. After waiting a full quarter o f an hour, he said to himself, but with his usual phlegm, “ He is a rascal, but it is a very pretty trick !” W hatever may have been his admiration for the ruse of the thief, be nevertheless lodged a c o m p l a i n t a t ih e p o lic e office, and le f t a de- scription of his cane. P aris , June 1st 1845. * * * * on Tuesday morning last a sailing party embarked at Asniere, to descend the S e ine; the weather was cold and storm y ; the wind blew fresh and the Seine foamed so as to present a surface tolerably tempestuous— Out of sight of either shore, one might have fan cied him self in the ample road of H avre. Our party impelled by the current, forgetful of the hours, descended quite a distance. After dinner and promenades on shore, they began lo think of returning—it was ten o’clock in the evening. They took advantage of a breeze and hoisted sail—the navigation soon became dan gerous—Our sailors were not very experienced, and a voyage in open day, upon a tranquil wa ter, with sea-room and oars does not much re semble a nocturnal voyage, upon an agitated wave, with sails to manage amidst the whistling of the wind, and the raging of the tempest. In short,our navigators lost presence of mind. H e who was-at the helm steered unskilfully __ He went too near the shore and exposed the side of the shallop to the squall. The m anager of the rigging made too much sail; it filled and the frail bark was capsized. Fortunately they were near shore, at the extrem ity of the Isle Saint Denis, just off the village of Epinay—They gained ihe land indifferently well. Mademoi selle A nna B , was on board ; she easily saved herself. She is one of the best pupils of L ’Ecole de Natation (swimming school) of the quay of the Louvre. L a s t season, she contend ed with Mme. Doche and Mile Page, and al though she is but a figurante in a petty theatre of the Boulevard, these ladies deigned to honor her with their lam ilianly—under water ! Arrived upon the shore, a count was made. There was but one cry in the little party—“Al fred is not h e r e !” “ A nd Alfred cannot swim,’ added one o f the heroes o f this little scene. At the sam e moment they heard a struggling upon the water a t a place which appeared to be very deep. We ought to rem a ik, that the cur rant, which is very rapid, and which constantly frets the banks, has here excavated subter raneous caverns, into which it precipitates it self, draw ing with it everything on tbe surface of the river. The danger was imminent. Whilst the most intrepid.of the Sterner sex de liberated, Mile Anna, who was the companion of Alfred R , in this Odyssey, deliberated not a single moment. She threw herself into the whirlpool and had the happiness o f bringing the young man lo land, in the midst of the a p plause of all around her. They carried M. Alfred R , to a farm house in the vicinity, and he was soon restored. You can easily imagine with what an ouupour* ing of gratitude he thanked her to whom he owed life. All the party passed the night un der Ihe hospitable roof of the farmer, and the next day returned to Paris, n o t in a sail boat boat bat in a Coucou. The Coucou never make* shipwreck. W ho knows 7—'This nautical dram a will end perhaps like all the vaudevilles of M . Scribe— by a marriage P. T h e R e s u l t o f A b o l i t i o n L a b o r s . —The strong probability that Texas will be annexed has increased the price of' slaves from 30 to 50 percent. The Alabama State Review has the following : “ Negroes sold last sale day a t the Court House rather high it seems to us for the buyers and limes, hut most assuredly not too high for those compelled to part with them. Fellows brought near 8650 average; one brought as high as $692. Women sold for from $500 to $610, one only bringing the latter sum . Girls about 14 years old sold from 8375 to 400. Some families sold in proportion much less.” W hen it shall become lawful to send droves of negroes from Virginia to Texas, do ihe Bjr- neyites propose to accompany them with a guard of mourners?—[Roch. Dem. FROM M E X ICO. L a t e A nd im p o r t a n t — A n o t h e r R evolution i n M ex ic o — C h a n c e s o f a W a r . From the New Orleans Picayune we copy ihe following interesting letter. It will be seen that the writer expects a war with Mexico :— V e r a C r u z , June I I , 11545 . An attem pt at another revolution was made at the city of Mexico on the 6th inst., which at one time had a most serious appearance. A regiment broke through the guard stationed at the Government Palace, a n d took the President and Secretary of Foreign Relations prisoners- but the revolutionists were immediately after wards put down by the citizens and soldiers and the above distinguished personages set at liberty. In iRis affair a colonel, a captain, and about thirty of the privates belonging to the malcontents were killed, when quiet was once more restored. M any met! in high station at Mexico are suspected of h aving a hand in caus ing this new outbreak, and it is said that ex- Secretary Tornel has been arrested and impris oned. W ith respect to politics, Texas is the all-ab sorbing topic of the day, and all eyes are turned in the direction o f that country, in anxious ex pectation of the final solution of the pendin0, question. The Government and people g e n e r ally are pretty well satisfied that nothing can now prevent annexation. The former sees the moment arrive with regret when it must d e c l a r e w a r , or f a l l , and the latter wait wiih anxiety the arrival of the time for the Govern ment to take a step which, but for them, would have been taken long since, without even re flecting on the consequences—the declaration of hostilities against the United States. As one of your celebrated editors says, 1 nous verrons.’ In the meanwhile, the Government is noiseless ly m arching troops from Mexico into the interi o r; and although their destination is said to be California, still the knowledge o f the fact that in that department the Government has no need or immediate need, of more soldiers than are there now, would lead one to suppose that the veal destination of those at present on the march northward, is the frontier of Texas, or that vi cinity. Il would be perfect folly, perfect madness, for a country like this, distracted and without m eans, to go to war with the United Stales, and for a country that does not belong to them but I stilt think the m e a s u re will be resorted to’. In my mind, the m atter does not admit of a doubt—if Texas is annexed, Mexico will declare war. Foreign merchants are purchasing up all the cochineal that can be bought, and re mitting it to Europe by every opportunity. _____________________ Yours, '&c. F i f t e e n D a y s L a t e r f r o m F u r o p e . The Acadia, Captain H arrison, arrived at Boston, Wednesday night, between 10 and 11, from Liverpool, having made the passage in 13 days and a quarter. E n g l a n d .— In the House of Peers, on M on day the 16th, the Maynooth Bill was read a third time and passed bv a majority of 181 to SO, the E a rl o f Wicklow expressing a hope that he miaht regard this measure as the'forerunner of a bill, next session, for the endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy by a rent on ihe land. M r. Tyler’s message was brought u n d er notice in the House of Commons on the 13th, an in quiry having been m adeol Sir R . Peel, whether there were a n y documents in possession of the government confirmatory of the participation of British subjects in the slave-trade, as alleged by M r. Tyler, in his message to the Congress of February last. Sir Robert answered lhat he was not prepared to deny the facts mentioned by M r. Tyler, but that if true the laws should be applied to the suppression of such traffic. T h e W e a t h e r .— During the week previous to the sailing of the Acadia, the w eather was remarkably fine, and favorable for the crops. It had the effect to cheapen grain in the markets, and to stop the gambling of speculators on for eign grain. I r e l a n d .— The Repeal Agitation. — O’Connel andjhis fellow laborers are doing their utmost to keep up the Repeal excitem ent; and they con fess to be very confident of ultimate success. A search for arm s has been ordered by Gov ernment in the disturbed parts of the counties o f Leitrim and Roscommon. Troops are ordered to be stationed ai.Cloone and Rooskey. The Dublin Mail publishes some portions ot a correspondence between the Premier and the Archbishop of Armagh, from which it appears, that Sir Robert Peel has again refused to pro pose a grant in aid of the Church Education So ciety of Ireland. In the disturbed districts of Leitrim the disor der was increasing to an alarming extent. F r a n c e — T e x a n A n e x a t i o n . — M. Guizot gave the following explanation of the policy of France^ with regard to Texas, on the first eve ning of his re-appearance in the Chamber of Deputies. He said—“There was no connexion between the policy he had followed with regard to Texas and the abolition ot the right o f search. If Texas wished to renounce its independence, and enter the American Union, nobody had a right to interfere or oppose the wish of the peo ple. If the Texans, on the contrary, are desi rous to preserve their independence, not only have we no right to oppose their resolution, but I do not hesitate to say that France would a p prove their conduct, and acknowledge that they were right. We have recognized the indepen dence of Texas. We considered il real, and we were interested in doing so. Wc not only recognize the independence of Texas, but we have concluded with that country treaties, of Commerce, which will cease to exist the moment it shatl no longer be an independent stale, France is interested in the duralion and maintainance of independent states in America. We do not mean 10 protest against the annexa tion of T e x a s to the United States, nor to engage in a struggle to prevent that annexation, if'n is to take place. W e wish to leave the Tcxians at liberty to act as they please ; if they are anx ious to join the United Slates, let them do so; if not they are free to remain as they are.” A grand establishment for ihe manufacture of counterfeit money has been discovered in Mex ico. it is said that the anti-renters of this State have already determined to run a candidate for Governor next year, and fixed upon Ira H a r ris, Esq. of Albany as Ihefr man. A Tennessee paper gives an account of a beautiful young lady, who has been made crazy by reading: novels. Would that she was ihe on ly y o u n g la d y in ih i s p r e d i c a m e n t . It is estimated that, in America, three hun dred thousand drunkards have been reformed, and lhat more than five hundred thousand oc casional and confirmed drinkers have forsaken their cups, since the commencement of tbe Tem perance reform. The Odd Fellows have been holding a Grand National Convention, a t Boston. The num b er in attendance has been estim ated at 10 000, or 15,000, People take liquorice in winter to cure a cold and Jiquor-ice in sum mer to get cold. A v e r y P a l p a b l e H i t . —The U. S. Journal, the organ of the youngest kind of democracy at W ashington, has this very clever, but rather ill- natured hit at its cotemporary, the Union. We copy simply for its cleverness; not a t all for its malice:— “ E x t e r n a l G r i e f . — H a v ing never declared that the election of G en. Jackson to the presiden cy would be the greatest curse which could be- fal this country, we do not consider it indispens ably necessary 10 continue our paper in mourn- io s for m o m h afier his decease.” A n a c r e o f l a n d in M ecklinburg county, N . C. has been sold for $5,000 for mining. Sage put into a closet or any other place fre quented by those troubleseme visitors—red ants, it is said, will drive them away. System and calculation a re necessary in farm ing a s in commerce and manufactures. From the end of April to the end o f J u n e , the num ber of em igrants arrived a t New Y o rk irom .oreign countries was 31,443. The new cotton spinning frame just put in operation at Lowell we understand i&' creating quite tn excitement among m anufacturers, it is said to require but one h a lf the power and will make more yarn and of more even m ist at about two thirds the expense of the other kinds of frames in use. Mr. A. M.Easiman of this ciiy is the ageni for these machines.—JBoston T i m e s . ________________ T he effect of F ire C rackers .—Gen, Y an Zandt, aged nearly 81 years, was run over in. N. York, on Ihe 15th insi., by ahorse attached to a cart, and so seriously injured that he died on ihe 18ih. The horse was frightened by the ex plosion of a fire cracker. It is said lhat two thousand buildings will be erected at Montreal the present year. Among them a market house of hewn stone, three hun dred feet in length; it cost one hundred and fif ty thousand dollars. A M r. Henn has just started a newspaper. He says that he hopes by hard scratching that he will be able to make a living for his young chickens , S a b b a t h B r e a k i n g at Montreal is represent ed by a correspondent as more than epualling that al New Orleans ; in fact that the day is almost entirely given up to frolics and gaiety. •‘G u l l i v e r !’ — The Wayne Sentinel says the “Democracy [bogus] of the Slate were never better united upon all im ortant principles and measures ” than at tbe present time. W onder if the Sentinel man “ takes the papers?” M A R R I E D . In the U n iversalist Church, on the 8th inst., by the Rev. J. M. Austin, Mr. S C. G r i s w o l d , to Miss E l l e n S. B a c o n , both of this village. In this village, on the 3d inst., by Rev. A. J. Crandall, Mr. S. V a n b r o c l i n , to Miss A m a n d a G a rdinier, both o f Auhurn. In this village, on the 3d inst., by R ev. A. J. Crandall, Mr. W. H . A llen , to Miss E liza C. C anfield , both of Geneva. In Auburn, July 6ih, by Rev. A. J . Crandali, Mr. T homas A scott , to Miss M argaret W al - drone, both of Sltaneateles. In Summ er Hill, on Ihe 1st inst., by Rev. W. W alker, M r. J . D. S haw , of Corllandville, and Miss E lizabeth H owell , ol the former place. D I E D . At the residence o f his father, in Sempronhts, on the 22d of June last, M ilton F uller , in the 26th y ear of his age For y ears Mr. F . has been suffering under the dire effects o f “ hip disease,” and for thelasl three months his death h as been almost hourly expected. Dur'mg the whole of his painful and protracted sickness, the remark able calmness and resignation—the placity ot mind a n d sweetness of temper which character ized him in health, abode with him to the last and rendered him even more lovely in affliction. In this instance h as d eath indeed chosen “a shi ning m ark,” and deeply wounded the kindest of parents, a numerous and affectionate circle of friends and bereft society of a bright ornament- In Victory, on the 22d ult., a fter a short and paintul illness, Miss R hoda M. D aboll , in the 29th year of her age.
