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PROGRESS OF THE PLOT.

1t will be seen by the intelligence in our
y to-day from Santa Fe that Gen.
Kearney, acfing mader the Instructions
from The Presidenf of the United Sr0ies
has established a Territorial Government
in Mexico, and filed the various Offices
from Governor downwards with such
men as were on the ground, and as will
doubtless 20 it blind for any schemes of
plumber and aggrandizement, which the
Administration has yet to untold. 1t
strikes us as rather cool even for our pre-
sent Executive, this taking possession.
"a ei arniis. of the territory OF a foreign
power, and, without consulting the legis-
latigc branch Of the Government proceed
ing to annex such territory to the Union
and place it up under the control of Off
GERS who are OF course to be paid for their
participation in the fraud by copious
drauehts on the u. S. Treasury By
what law. human or divine, in the Con-
s~t;tu,jon or out OF it are such proceedings
10 be justified! 10 President Polk ANA
his advisers natter themselves that the
power Of Annexation, without limit, had
been conferred upon the Administration
by the People, and lat the Free States
will consent that The territory thus wrest-
ed from Mexico shall go TO enlarge the
dnmiaions Of Slavery? They may see in
the Wilmot Proviso the hand writing on
the wall, foreteliing the defeat Of their in
iquIiios schemes. There is a point hey
ord which evcn Northern subservicncy
will not dare 10 go. Wait and see!-N.
Z. Tribune.
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Late from fEe Squadron in the
Pacific.

The New Orleans Picayune has the
following account from Topic, a city
within a few miles of San Bias, TO the 9Th
OF September. After announcing Com.
Stockton's declaration of blockade, itstates
that the Cyane was blockading the port of
San Bias. The Cyarc captured there two
small Mexican national vessels, both from
Mazatlan, one called the Solita, the 9th
er Sussna. Two boats had gone ashore
from the Cyane and spiked several pieces
oil artillery in the town. They offered no
oiiencoto the inhabitants, but warned them
against any i~ntermeddling or hostile pro-
ceedlng. 1t was believed at Topic that
Com. Stockton had despatched a vessel to
each OF The ports Of Acapulco, Magellan
and Guayamas.
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From tie CIroehand Herald Extra.
DISASTERS BY THE GALE.
4 steamer and ~ Vessels ashore
Lives Lest.

The gale Of Thursday and Thursday
night was destructive TO shipping and lite
below. The New Orleans came IN this
evening and, we copy the following mem
oranda furnished the Plaindcaler.
The New Orleans made Erie on the
night OF The gale, escaping narrowly, and
the steamer Madison made that port, with
the loss OF her smoke pipes and encoun-
teriug much peril.
MEMORANDA BIZ CAPT. J. G. NIcEEE-
soN.-It was reported at Erie, that SIX
vessels were ashore between that place
and Barcelona, and chat all hands were
supposed 10 be lost Oh three Of them.
Ashore on the east end Of Peninsula,
at Erie, scar, United States, and J. H.
Lyon.
Ashore on the west end, c. Howard
and Dayton.
Sehr. B. IT. Sizer ashore on the main
land three miles below Erie, in bad con
dition.
Schr. Huron ashore South off the piers
at Erie, bilged.
Eight miles west OF Erie, brig John
Hancock ashore.
At A~shstahula. three mas!ed schooner
the Oneida ashore east Of the piers.
At l, P. NJ. past brig Mayaower of
AshtabuIa, bound up.
Twelve miles West Of Ashtabula, schr.
Racine. as supposed, ashore.
Schr. Alps at Ere, safe,
Brig Europe, aground in Grand River,
safe.
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CT the war.

The following is an extract ola letter
from James S. Jackson, Esq, relative 10
Col. Marshail's Kentucky Regiment, da-
ted in Texas, Sept, %:
/ hope by the next letter I write. to give
you an account OF improving health in the
Regiment. You ought 10 see the men.-
Their condition is a reproach TO the Gov
eminent. They are borefocfcd, and
snme # them literally Withom breeches.
m9ng Rjhoui hats mt coafs, but they
stand up as proud rs if they were dressed
in imperial purple. The Government is
IN DEBT 10 this Rsginepffhis day s75.-
G00-it has received no pay whatever.
ard though payfuasters pass and repass, II
hath seen no signs of payment. Young
men OF education and intelligence, used TO
the Injuries Of private lie, are by This ne
elect absolutely turned naked III wii.f
country, and exposed 10 the climate and
suffering from the weather, without any
care for their condition on the part Of tic
Government they serve. They would
raise a row pretty quickly. but that they
respect TOO highly the feelings OF their
own officers to place them in an awkward
position, by drawing down on them the
dispIcasure Of the War Department.
Besides the above, the Kon;ucky Re
porter states that upwards Of 400 are re-
porcd % be Oh the sick list!
The Reporter thus concludes its COM
man;s upon the conduci Of the Polk dy-
nasty in relation TO the. Mexican wav:
If ever such q miserable, bungling poll
cy characterized the movement OF Il gov
crnment pretending 10 understand the arts
OF war, we have never yet heard or read
OF il. IL really seems 10 Us that if Mr..
Polk and bis Secretary of War, Mr.. Mar
cy, had SCI oul with i view to see how
many fragrant errors and gross blunders
they could commit, in reference 10 this
very Mexican war, they could not posi-
Div have succeeded better than they have.
When the bill comes 10 be footed up, the
nation will be amazed at the extent TO
which the lives Of III citizens have been
literally sacrificed. and the treasure of the
nation wasted, which might have been So
we'd by a more iudlcious aud wise policy
on the part OF our rulers. We have, how
ever, said so much about these things, that
we fear We may even tire the patience OF
our readers, who, we know, feel deeply in
reference to the state OF things which ex-
ist on the Mexican frontier.
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LAKE DISASTERS-LOSS OF
LIFE.
BUFrALo, Nov. 2l,-II P. NJ.

The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
has received accounts Of the loss Of the
schooner Helen Strong. aid Indian
Queen; the Bleaching of the s%chooners
Cleveland, Dayton, j. II. Lyon, u. s. II.
Sizer, Chas. Howard, and Huron in the
northwest gale Of Thursday. Two pas
senscrs. a man and a woman. names not
known, were lost oil the Helen Strong.
and four Of The hands Of the Osceola.
The Indian Queen was heavily loaded
with goods, and was wrecked above the
lower point of Duukirk harbor. The
Helen Strong, after losing her rudder and
bursting a steam pipe, struck broadside a.
gansi the rock coast; four miles above
Barcelona. The OeccoIa was blown a.
shore four mics above the Helen Strong,
and The rest ofihc sail craft are beached
between this and Erie.
There is a break in the Wclland canal
10 days to repair.-N. Y. Herald.
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speaking oat!

The Philadelphia Sun thus concludes
an excellent article on the Mexican War
-@Three victories over the army OF Mex
leo. wreath our brows With giory-5ut IN
respect TO Mexico, thew have established
her claims to valor and skill by the losses
we have sustained in the conflict. Gtorl-
Gus as were our triumphs, they have been
dearly hought by some of the best blood
eff the counlry-and an immense outlay
of money. We are now told that the war
has scarcely c~01tm<Rcedi And why =
Because We have despised our enemy
instead of giving him full credit for what
twenty years OF civil warfare entitled HIM
to-couragc, skill and military experience.
mo enemy is so contemplate as 10 be
held in derislon,'' says an old provero,
the truth of which we are nov beginning
to learn, from the delay Of our conquest OF
the city Of Mexico. III fact, we have I'M
derraied Mexican courage. ieroclty, and
martial skill, by ~coniounding semi-barbar-
ism with National cowardlce. Mr.. Polk
has manifested a most remarkable delu-
sion on this point. We have been assur-
ed by the '.Union," from the first, that
one blow would bring Mexico to terms
and see her suing at eur feet for The boon
Of peace! But It is evident, that Mexico
considers the war as Just opening, and
that she will only consider il commenced
when Santa .a0na has fought a battle I!
Should that battle, which Heaven avert,
prove Disastrous to the American rms
we shall have TO thank Mr.. Polk for all
its consequences, in having provided the
Meyicans with a General in whose skill
and valor they reposed unbounded coma
dencc."
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PoIXT ISABEL. Nov. 4.

~
Gentlemen II am waiting inpatient
ly for a steamship to start for New Or
leans. The Virginia is here, and will
probably start Tomorrow, but there are
about two hundred persons who wish to
go in her. ! am looking for a chance,
but am not sure of getting off on her.
Maj. Dashiel is here also waiting i'm
patiently for u conveyance. He informs
that before leaving Monterey, a messen-
ger had arrived, six days from Gen.
wool. That officer was within a short
distance of Monclover. with his com-
mand, and with fifty days provisions
Jt was understood at Monterey that Gen.
Wool had been ordered by General Tay-
Ter TO send a detachment of his troops to
t%hihuahus, and hen join the Army at
Monterey. think Won Will find | an
correct III my opinion that Nc important
movement Nili DC mace by Gan. Taylor
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MARRIED, on the lst instant, on board
the steamer Die Vernon, by Esquire
Waugh, Of Scott county, Missouri, Mr.,
BApTIsTE VRAN TO Madam CHARLOTTE
HoFEMAN.
The happy groom is a Spaniard, who
had Just arrived from the Rio Grande; the
fair bride, a widow, was taken from the
ship which brought her from Germany,
and the first time they met was on board
the Die Vernon, where each had taken
passage for this place. Neither could
understand a word the other said, but the
enamored Spaniard, with eyes and ges-
lures, and an occasional aid of an inter
prefer, so vigorously urged his suit, that,
on the second day cut from New Orleans,
the widow surrendered. and the following
day, there happening 10 be a justice Of the
Peace on board, they were married.
lSt. Louis Republican
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GEN. KEARNEY.-We learn that orders
have been issued by the War Department
to General kearney, in which he is per-
mitted. with his staff, to return to the Uni
ted States nsri spring, providedalI things
remain quiet IN California. IC he leaves
al the time permitted BY the Department
he viii probably reach here by the month
Of August next. Ills return TO the Uni
ted States, however, will entirely depend
upon the state Of afiairs in California
81. Louis Republican.
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Com Stockton, in the Congress, is
now IN command of the Pacific squad
ron.
The Columbus, II, Com. Biddle. on
her way home from China, is expected to
60 TO the Pacific, when Com. d. will he
IN command; and will probably retain it
until the arrival of Com. Shubrick, il the
independence. The latter will probably
retain the command for the usual time.
Inc Columbus, ~, frisate Savannah,
ana sioop of war Warren. will return as
as relieved. The Lcyant is now
on her way horne.
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latest FRo.E SANTA FE.

Capt. Fitzpatrick arrived last evening
from Gen. Kearncy's camp, bearing i'm
portant dispatches from the Pacific
From him we gather the following inior-
nation.
When Gen. Kearncy was about l75
miles soulh OF Santa Re, Oh the Rio Gran
de, near tie place whence he would take
a western direction for California, he met
a company of sixteen persons who had
been sent forward BY Com. Stockton;
with dispatches for the Government. also
for Gen. K. From them, il was learned
that the American A3g was flying over ey-
cry town IN Upper and Lower California.
Those provinces were occupied by our
,roops. The Mexican Governor and for.
ccs had been driven cat, and vera pursu-
"a 10 the head OF he Gull of California
TAey succeeded III escaping across the
Colorado. Com. Stockton has Eve L. S.
vessels with him. and is il entire COM
mand OF The coast, which he keeps vigor-
ouslv Liockaded. Col Fremon! IS proSis-
ional Governor Of the Ca!ilGrEiaHs. The
Mexicans captured TWO Americans, enc OF
whom was ri. Cowie, OF ST. Louis, and
faved them TO death. No further difficult
ty is apprehended in California, as the
whole country is now in possession OF
Americans.
The rou;c TO California which Gen. X.
has selected Is very difficult. The dis
is $50 miles. There is great scarcity of
water and forage on the road. The COM
pany that brought in the dispatches was
on the road thir.y-onc DAYS, Iliock witt.
it i(ly mules, in good condition for the
trip, but all save eighteen had been lost,
from scarcity Of water and grass. In con-
sequence of The information brought TO
Gen. Kearncy, he ordered back 10 Santa
Fe all of the Dragons except one hun
dred, and a%valling himself of the services
Of the company that had just travcl He'd the
route, lie gave 10 Capt. Fiiz?a,-ick the
Government dispatches. with directions
to the proceed 10 Washington without de-
lay. Capts. Turner, Johnson and Moore
Lieutenants, Hammond and Love, Capt.
Emory, Of the Typographical corps, Ma
lor Swords. Q~uariermas!er, and DR.. Grit
fin, Surgeon, accompany Gen. X. 10 Cali
fornia.
Capt. Fitzpatrick stopped at Santa Fe
only one day. The troops there were in
good health. Although some approhon-
sions had been felt about provisions, Capt.
F. says there will be an ample supply, as
he met provision trains along the entire
route. All the volunteers, except the de-
tatchmcn; under Mai. Gipin, near Taos.
and that under Lieut.. Col. Jackson, were
stationed at Santa Fe. There is a gcner-
al lack of discipline, and confusion has
prevailed ever since Gen. K. left. Lieut..
Col. Jackson had met the Navagocs and
Apaches, bu. they refused to make a trea-
ty. He sent back 10 Santa Fc for suGi-
cient relnlorcemenis to enable him to make
a vigorous campaign against those hostile
tribes. No news had been receivdd from
chihuahua. Col. Doniphan was to pro-
coed to that place 10 join General Wool.
Colonel Price was 10 leave Santa Fe on
the seventeenth Of October, for California. !
81. Louis Union.
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western Photographic Line.

In answer TO inquiries from various ed
TORS who are DESTROYS of arranging for
congressional and legislative reports, and
for the Transaction of other intelligence, it
is proper 10 state, for my associates rs
we'll as myself, that the progress of the
telegraph line which ! am now construct
ing across the Allegheny mountains, war
rants belief that 'the lightning line" will
he IL |sCccEssFCL OPERATION TO TIE ONO
RIVER bv the first of January. A sub
s%taniial "iron cord" and not frail copper
thread, is now stretched from Philadel-
phia hevond Chambersburg and the adj
vance parties in constructing the work will
be at the Ohio river on the lst Of Decem-
Der.
The extension Of the line thence to Gin
%cinnati. Louisville, and ST. Louis, as well
as to cities on the lakes, will be prosecu-
ted with steady energy, unchecked by
winter storms or other obstacles, (actirc
operations having also been commenced
along the lake line and every effort will
be made by my associates, as well as my
self, to complete the connection between
the "Atlantic and the Mississippi in the
shortest practicable time, and in a manner
most satisfactory to the public.
HENRY GRIZZLY.
PHILADELPHIA ExcHANGE,1
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Er.tlsa Easal Preparations.

The Globe, a paper peculiarly under
the patronage of Lord Palnerston, pub
fishes the foi!owing:-
Extraordinary .ftiiriiy al SbeernsSs
Dock-gGrd.-Aa Admiralty order has
been received at her Majcsiy's d~ock-yard
SheerneSs, for tie following ships OF war
10 be brought forward Tor commissioning
with all possible expedition, viz:-'fhe
N.terlAn 100 "rine. fhh'ii"".~ , runs:
the ASIA, 81 guns; the Gauges, 81 guns,
and Monarch 81 guns; the Hawke, ~
guns; Achilles, y guns The following
lfigatcs are also nearly comprehensive
Cornwall, so guns; ConQucstador, so
guns; Worcester 80 guns; and Chiches-
ter, 50 guns Many want bu:fow a stcresto
complete them, when they are to be i'm
medle;eiy put into commission and sent
upon foreign service. The artisans and
ne, h1nics have been homoclled for some
time past to stop IN the hours allowed for
their meals, and 10 work until quite dark,
so as 10 complete the orders Of the Lords
OF the Admiralty for foreign equipment.
What can be the meaning or object of
these hurried preparations The largest
and most powerful ships Of war in The
British navy are ftied and ordered for im-
mediate service. The expenditure can
not surely be incurred Cor mere pastime or
idle display. There must be some place
10 assail or protect-some injury to resent!
or some right to assert. But where the
one or the other is, we arc completely in
the dalk.
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ARMY WANTS.

The Government has advertised for 10,
Gna army blankets, 100000 yards Of Cot
ton Flannel, 280,0O0 yards ofunbleached
Cotton, 100000 yards Of shifting, 1000
uniform d~ragoon caps, 80G0 engineer, ar
tillery and infantry caps. 10000 pairs of
laced bootees, 10000 dozens wooden
stockings.
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THE ENGLISH POTATO CROP.

the Journal of Commerce, publishes
the following extract of a letter dated
Liverpool 3lst Oct. 1916. "The potato
failure is now found to be more partial
than anticipated. Some fields looked up
oil as totally consumed, on turning them
over have been found to be in a perfectly
good state of preservation, and not only
in quality, but also in quantity"
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Speaking of the low stage of water in
the Western rivers, the St. Louis Union
says:
Thousands upon thousands ofbushels
OF grain would have reached this point be-
fore this, on its way to a final market, but
for the difficulty of freighting at reasona-
bic rates and large quantities Of other
produce have been detained on the upper
streams from the same cause. Give us
but a good stage Of water. and fifty thou
sand square miles Of country will begin to
pour down lis products in almost mex
haustible quantities."
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MARRIED Il TIE SrREET.-We find
the following statement in a Western
paper:
"MARRIED, in the streets OF Vicksburg,
near the Perry Landing, on Sunday. the
4ih ultimo, by n. G. Brydone, Esq,
Mr.. Wills G.. WHEELER, rf Madison
county, Mississippi, to Mis- CATHARixE
SMITH. The parties were removing
westward, and, as the boat was waiting
for them, they would not take time to 20
to a house offered them, bat, with a touch
of romance, had the ceremony performed
in the street, and went on their way re-
joicing.
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The New Orleans Bulletin says:-"A-
mong the sales of flour Yesterday, were
upwards of two thousand barrels destined
for direct shipment TO Algiers.,'
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A WEDDING or TIE SoUND.-A loving
couple, names unknown, were united in
the bonds of Wedlock yesterday in the
cabin Of the steamboat Traveller, on her
passage from New Haven 10 this city.
The ceremony was performed by one Of
the passengers, a highly respectable cIer-
gynan. IN. Y. Sun.
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REPORTED SURRENDER OF CHIHUAHUA.
The Lexington Missouri Express of
the Sd inst, says "a gentleman of this
city informs us that he perused a letter, a
day or two since. which had been receiv-
ed at Camden, giving the particulars of
the surrender Of chihuahua to the forces
under Gen. Wool. The army, it seems,
entered the city without resistance /; the
American Flag was saluted by the citizens
and after a few hours had elapsed, the
American officers were invited to partake
of a splendid dinner, which had been pre-
pared for them by the Chihuahuans.-
That, We should say, was rather a new
mode of capturing an enemy's town.
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nnt,l be receives considerable reinforce
menis. His own opinion on the sujecs IS
ceatainly pretty good evidence.
THE VERY LATEST FROM MON
TEREY.

We yesterday received, after our main
news frcln the army was made up let
ter from a distinguished officer of the a
merican Army at Monterey, which is
three days later than anything we have
seen. That portion Of i; in relation to
B~ustamente, we lock upon as rather
doubtful, although tie old General may
have been sent up in the neighborii6oa Of
chihuahua and Sonora, 20 look af;ev Gen.
Wool. We make extracts from the lei
ter, which rs dated
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aioxTFasy. Oct. %, 1876.

Poor RidgaIy is dead. He was buried
Yesterday and IS mourncl by the entire
Army. Maj. Lear Will not live twenty
four hours longer. We have late news
from san Luis dc Potosi to the effect that
Santa Anna was there with $4,000 men
and no less than Mirig-secen generals!
lie was recruiting daily, that his in:en-
lions were cot known. 1t is rumored
that Busiamente has gone ncrlh, in the
directlcn of chihuahua, the NEE; Gen.
Wool, and farther 1t IS positively assert
ell .hat the Indians are killing and laying
waste al before them in !hc latter State.
Not a line more in the shape Of news.
Ycurs, &c, &C.,
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Gar Eerces.

Our forces in California an. the Pacific
are thus given in the Albany Argus. The
force now in California, or TO be there,
consists Of
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The Globe, a paper peculiarly under
the patronage of lord Pallnerston, pub
fishes the foi!owing:-