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Rep0rfed Capture Of DO. .sf;rvel.. Fled.

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RsPOrfed Capture If Don .Miruei,s Fleet.
-Csptain Clark, Of the brir Spleadid. NJ
New York from irarrsgona passed Cibrsl.
Ter On the lHh July. end spoke the brir
Commerce oil the Rock, the captain Of
which informed him f" that Don Pedrois
sqardrsa had captured that Of Don Nigel.
and had put the whole coast under block
sde." II will be recollecsed that . C;b,sl-
ssr paper OF the 9Th stated that two squad
rons had been seen on the 4th near Cape
ST Vincent sailing in parallel lines. sltho'
at . distance from each other. The second
edition OF the journal OF Commerce con-
tsins tho following letter, dated
atsRALrAa, JULY 10.
a vessel from Bsroelons. stopping II
'h's port Tor Few suppiies. gives mo .
moment TO confirm my respsots OF the eSih
uif., and 10 inform you. that news has just
been received OF the taking Of Don Mi.
gneis heet by that Of Don Pedro; 90 that
there 10 little or no doubt that the War in
Portugal will find termination during the
summer. in favor Of Donna Maria.
Frees continue much the same ~ last
advised: flour very dull. and the crops Of
wheat over abundant in all the South Of
Europe.
The following letter was received in ,bi, city
on "wednesday Ter brig Splcndid--l.h. T. pap.
GIBRALTAR, July I0th.-Wc have lust re.
cei'ed news Of the total loss Of Don Micuei's
neet by that Of Don Pedro's. or Cape ST. Vim
cent: so that the war IN Portugal, no doubt,
will find termination this summer in favor
OF Donna Maria.
HoRATiO sPRAGUE, U. S. Consul.
The Natchez Journal estimates the mum.
her Of slaves ia that State. (Siis,i..iuo;. :,
Who have died OF cholera. at not over
1000. and in Louisiana al 10 900, or about
. per cent. OF the entire population. Valu.
Ing each slave at s4OO. which is not an
average, this would make the
pecnniary loss alvnc OF Louisians four
millions!
The Philad-lphia Inquirer, abiding 10
the history OF Mr.. Randolph, made the re.
marx ihat" he appears never TO have felt
a throb OF affection for another woman
man his mother" an'l attributed his IN
happiness 10 the want Of some gentle
sPiht TO share his Joys and
sorrows. A correspondent "a Virsinian,
we Think writes. with reference 10 this re-.
mark: There is true story OF an early
attachment betwecn Randolph and Ia.
dy who died a few years ago in Richmond
lovely ard beautiful woman, Who was AZ
one time engaged 10 him. bot afterwards
married namesake. It's bitter enough
10 pass through this worlds dreariness
without some pure aud beloved shirt TO
5eguile the loneliness and difficulties of
the path; but more dishearteninr. still
more destructive Of every kindly feeling,
to have experienced the bliss Of an inter
course, and 10 find 10. from whatever cause.
broken up and destroyed forever"
The Cherokee Phenix, printed at New
Echois. has been discontinued. This was
the first and only Indian newspaper ever
published on the continent. and most pro-
badly there never will be another. The
race oil the red man seems doomed 20 ex-
JUNCTION. From mighty nation. they have
wasted away 10 mere handful: they De-
r'sh without record or memorial, exeept so
Tar as Il may be afforded by the v hite man
who has snpplanted them. The "Phe.
NIX" essayed to rescue them from their
tate hoping 20 raise them on and pre.
serve them IS . people but il has sunk
back TO IFS ashes, and like the flash Of IN
expiring lamp. has oaiy given a brief illu.
mination TO make the succeeding gloom
more profound and more regretted.
The 4" Pbrnix" was printed in the In
dan characters, invented by Sequayah.
lStaHiioa Spectator.
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