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We think that the Secretary of the Treasury

We think that the Secretary of the Treasury
estimate will be, found far below the amount actu-
ally required by the continued prosecution of the
war with Mexico. We venture to predict that,
should that war continue six months, the expenses
of the Government will exceed seventy millions a
year. If such be the immense amount, or, if only
fifty millions be required by a contest with puny
Power like Mexico, what would have been the
enormous expenditure, and the grinding influence
of direct taxation, demanded by collision with the
great maritime Power of England Let the people
recollect that from this devastating result, well
as the other horrible evils which follow in the train
of the demon War, they have been saved by the
triumph of that spirit of compromise and the adop-
ton of that pacific policy, for which the Wings OF
the nation have contended with such ardor, perse-
verance and success.-Repubicdn
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AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS AT MArAMoRos.-A weekly pa
per has been commenced at Matamoros by H. NELSON
tied Repubc of the Rio Gande and Friend of the People
The leading articles printed both in English and Spanish
The purpose to convince the people of Tamaupas, Goa
hula New Leon, and Chihuahua of the futly of resisting
American arms and to throw upon the administration of Pa
redes the responsibility OF the separation of the de-
partmens named above from the Central Government of Mex
leo is the distinct aim of this paper.
prospectus for another paper has been issued at
Matamoros, by Messrs BANGS LEWIS, called the Rio
Grande Herald"
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M,.uo,x oocranvx.r-On the 9th instant, as the
Co.,. caa 49, snn;no M from New Orleans, there
fell overheard and was drowned respectable Inssh wo-
man. Che wife Of Robert d;o Just sbs s.d from ans
iau, On Nor way !" I'll seven chldren-and they are peo
.he oSaa ner and seemingly of much worth All the
so,en y this family she had
y Sss % on are The s'S boat c
Keep. .na 49, "reGInded their passage money
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AccDEST-A most distressing and faa accident occurred
Philadelphia "Wednesday afternoon party OF Ia
dies and gentlemen out the Wssahckon on PIC
mic. One Of the young ladies, Miss Whitman, while walk
ing ledge Of rocks the stream lost her balance ana
fell headlong into the deep water beneath young
sprang Immediately ater her. bat being an %
swimmer, unable to render the necessary
sunk to rise in life. The body was S e'
but not until the vital spark had flown
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elf the passage of the Treasury note bill be deferred until
the funds in hand exhausted needless expense will be
incurred and of the inconvenience avoided, while
TO Treasury notes, with exhausted Treasury, would
leave the Government in position far less advantageous
than if the adopted in season, and provision
made before the Government became actually stratnned"
This paragraph, from that shrewd Democratic
organ the Albany .Argus, expresses substantially
the same idea as we threw out the other day, in
speaking of Mr.. Secretary WALKERS recent report
upon the Ways and Means for carrying on the war.
We shall see whether the government organ will
at length have penetration enough to discover that,
instead of abusing us, it ought to have thanked us
for suggestion of the absurdty of the notion OF
raising, by diminished duties one hand and new
taxation on the other, the revenue necessary for the
immediate supply Of the Treasury. If the House
of Representatives do not forthwith stop its idle
waste of time the party project of breaking down
the protective SYSTEM and turn its attention to some
prompt and practicable mode of raising the wind,
the Secretary of the Treasury will, if we mistake
not find himself in a very awkward quandary be-
fore the dog-days are over.
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Caucuses and Conventions better for the future, and
not be entirely lost et US add) on Presidents and
Administrations, who may think that body Of
bush-politcians have only to meet every four years
and direct this country and its government whatever
is to be done, until it good to meet again, and
again sit and quarrel and intrigue for three days and
nights together.
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NAvAL.-The United States frigate Cumberland,
bearing the broad pennant of Commodore CONNER,
and frigate Potomac, Capt. AuLIcK, sailed from
Pensacola on the 18th instant for Vera Cruz. The
United States ship John adams sailed on the 9th
for the same port.
The United States steam-frgate Mississippi
Capt FITzHuGH, was to have sailed from the same
port on Monday or Tuesday last.
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Tux Anr--Rensniy, in Albany, moyement begun
by public spirited and refined individuals for the estab-
ishment of Gallery of the Fine Arts which has been sue
cessfuy carried through building for the purpose has been
procured and already to extent furnished with pictures
The catalogue told by Albany paper embraces up
wards of hundred paintings varied in character and style
and subject of which Characteristic specimens Of old
others copies their celebrated works. together
with many excellent pieces of modern Nearly all
from the collections Of private gentlemen, procured great
expense, and the collection is declared probably more
valuable than any other of the size the United States
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rnos THE WV ronk eounIEn AND EsauInEn.

GEN. ScorT.We learn by letters from Washington, from
doubt is entitled to confidence that when the
Secretary Of War first nmated to Gen. Scott the wish Of the
President that he should take command Of the Of nva
son General responded that wherever the heaviest
blows DO given received by the there he claim
ed the right to be but that if while he engaged in Mex
co. should break with England Gas there was then
danger and he should hear Of armies invading our ho
de and desoatng coasts he should be extremely cha
grined If not recalled at TO face the British
In reply this he received the assurance that IN that event
the Government would not wait for his application, but recall
him promptly "Then, added the General, !" clam me
command on the Rio Grande Nth the ne,c troops"
And yet in face Of these facts doubt not they
Gen. Scott is assaed uuciing TO take command Of the
His thorough bravery and stanch patriotism will out
live all the malicious efforts Of his partisan assailants
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FEARruL CAsuALrr.--The city of RocuEsrKR New
York; visited Friday with violent storm Of wind and
RAIN during which the Female Department of of the Pub
Schools unroofed and the gable end and chimneys
blown in doing serious injury to than thirty OF The chill
dren One of them has died. and three four
expected to There about hundred scho
lars the building at the time but many escaped by crawling
under the desks and benches.
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The Governor of Pennsylvania has signed the
patent of the Pittsburg and Connellsve Railroad,
thus giving full legal vitality to the company, which,
it is said will 90 on rapidly to construct the road
connecting with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
on the Maryland line.
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FArLuRrs IN NEw YoRK.-Thc New York Express
states that three Of the most respectable houses in that city,
all engaged in the -four business have been compelled
pend their pressure this class Of merchants
having severe owing the decline in -four and bread
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The ARMY.-We learn from an order from the
War Department, dated on the I'd instant, and pub
lished in the st. Louis Republican, that the COM
mand of the Western division of the army has been
assigned TO Brevet Brigader General Gro. Nj.
BROOKE, IN place of General GAINES. The head
quarters of the Western division now at Jeffer-
son Barracks
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IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ELECTRO MAGNETIC MACHINE
DIR. S. b. Smith, Of the city of New York, has made a
discovery whereby he Processes have found another electric
current His machine is called the Torpedo, since gives oil
electricity when touched any part and acts also with more
force than the old INSTRUMENTATION.
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TIE MEXICAN Ell DoRApo OF MoNrrREY IT

\ The MEXICAN Ell DORADO OF MONTEREY The
most glowing accounts have recently been publish
ed in the public journals of the climate and produc-
tons of Monterey, and attempts made to show that
to the volunteer home had not 1.-THE Of the attrac-
tons of this goodly land The st. Louis Republi-
can tells different story, the authority of gen.
ueman long resident of Monterey:
Monterey is old Spanish city, of between five and
six thousand inhabitants II was the residence of Gen.
Arredondo and there Santa Anna then hayward cadet Of
SIXTEEN acquired his knowledge of military taccs under tho
General whom have above named Instead of being only
lis miles from the camp at Matamoros it is less than
800. Instead of being earthly PARADISE it ster
desoate space of country Instead Of vues of pure and
wholesome water the principal nvule consists of spring at
the foot of the town, through which with power enough
for mill manufacturing purposes but is of in m
gang and does not gate the country around Instead of
groves of lemons, figs and pomeganates there
comparatively but few fruits growing herenone graft
f the appetite of the thousands of designed occupy
these summer quarters
cit is admitted by the Texas writer that the climate is
rather too warm for Northern and informant
concludes for he the mercury the thermometer ranges
from eightve hundred and five degrees the shade
He thinks that Gen. Taylor should he have thought
this point for his summer quarters, will find that it
than Matamoros He does not believe the location pro-
per any account, for quarters for army
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rUsz.snED ny G.aLEs sGaro.m
TERMS

Two DoLLARs year; 0sE DOLLAR Tor the hrsl regular
session of each Congress FIFTY CENTS for the final
sion Of each Congress and the for each Extra SEES
son--payablc in all @ases in advance.
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The white lead works Of Messrs Prentice a. Whitcomb
at Brooklyn New York. destroyed by fire last Monday
night Loss said to be S30,000
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Respecting the reported position Of Sir ROBERT
PEEL on the subject of the Oregon Treaty, the
New York Journal of Commerce says:
'We do not believe the report Of the Washington letter
writer's that the offer upon which the Oregon boundary has
been used only carried in the British Cabinet by
majority of one, and that Sir Robert Peel in the mi
noityhough Mr. McLanes correspondence is referred
for authority This would make the great Premier of Eng
land, who has surpassed almost all in sense
just foolish the Sd 40 of country. He
has been guilty Of such folly Til, Ministers of Eng
land have been waiting only for break in clouds,
condition of things in which would not be said that they
driven They intended to have peace, if possible, and
must have been especially ingenious Cabinet at Wash
ngon that could have got into though, in part
Of his management think Secretary of State showed
himself possessed of much of that ingenuity could have
been expected in any The British Ministry have been
united in their policy Of peace and free trade, and although
they may choose to be thoroughly prepared for whatever
happen their moderation has furnished little of which the
4Os could kinde their council res We hope that all
future occasions American statesmen will take better of
the true honor of their country However, have peace
and complaining MAY we'll be swallowed up in thankulness
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LADY, from New England, who has had several yeas'
~ experience in teaching the South DESTROYS OF pro-
curing situation teacher either in private family or
in academy Satisfactory references will be
given. Address A. b., Washington. june l2-cp6t
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The Montreal Herald Of Tuesday says that the CHoIEn
which is spoken Of in the papers re,alng Quebec
nothing than the disease Of the country cali
cd and has in every instance yielded to ordinary treatment
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GENERAL SCOTT.

Unstable indeed and capricious would be popu
lar favor, and the respect earned by life of ser
vice and high achievement, were the public sent
ment in regard to General ScoTT to be measured by
the injurious levity with which that brave veteran
has been recently referred to by portion of the
public press. more just and considerate spirit
however, we are happy to perceive, is displayed by
some of our leading journals; and we trust that a
returning sense of justice will ere long evnce itself
in the tone of others. We subjoin extracts from a
few Of our contemporaries, which seem to us mark
ed by correct feeling, and by the candor due in
weighing the public conduct of one who has served
his country SO long and SO gallandy.
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PENNSYLVANIA VIEWS OF THE TARIFF.

The Philadelphia Sentinel, singuarly temper
ate and wise.udging paper, yet still very able
supporter OF Mr.. Polk and his general Admins
raton, has these remarks the proposition to re-
peal the Tariff, which commend to the attention
of its brethren of the Locofoco ranks in Congress
'The anarf mep proligiously inconsistent Just at
this time The old theory that they advanced and chung to
that high duties overflow the Treasury. Hence Mr.
Walkers report suggested the proprety Of bringing down
to the Standard which just enough let the
Government live from hand TO mouth But that the Ad
mnistraton WILL in consequence of the war; have occasion
for not only Treasury notes. but much possibly be
obtained from Duties the antar insist that the lou
duties in accordance with Mr. Walkers bill the bill of
Mr. Mckay, will bring money into the Treasury than
the present tariff law How utterly inconsistent is this with
their heretofore doctne Besides all experience shows that
low duties do not fill the Treasury the pockets Of the
tariff men. This shown when had duties down
to twenty per cent, at which time the South was terribly
oa zero in the European money market that no would
lend us cent national promises being then Of no value
in the money market of the world
"Besdes the Southern papers have recently published that
the present tariff law intended to be only Temporary
enactment and gave for Gov Wghts voting for
this tariff that the Treasury empty had to be reple
shed With these facts staring the members Of Congress in
the face, cannot believe that they will alter the present Ia
riff If they shall in their folly change it. the bad effects will
be felt all the country and in part of more seriously
than in the Southern States"
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rRoM ruE NORTH AMERICAN.

There hearlessness in the pursued BY all to-
wards ScoTr that unpreudced observer, sckening
Two weeks since the brains of paragaphs strained for
figures of euogy and aduaon every wreched whpster
hs wit decry and licue him. And his friends
worse than his foes There neabe falsehood cowardce,
and meanness in all this
The past still the property Of Scott, and it cannot be
Gched from him. Chippewa will still speak, with voice
loud and eternal its Niagara, in honor Of its hero
Our annals be scattered before his conduct and
his wisdom in negotiation wholly forgotten. All this but
fortnight since, gratefully acknowledged. Has Scott
within that brief period, been proved Arnold Hull
Has he done omitted to do any thing which cancel his
claim to our respect and gratitude Whit has he done?
Called to the command of the Mexican army, he aboed to
prepare for the field with energy that extoed the praise Of
Secretary Marcy and thus far deserves praise But he
magnanmousy refused dsplace Taylor and rob him Of his
laurel Again, well done. The Administration revoked his
command and he rendered his services his country in any
capacity In all this recognise the patriot and hero and
this comprises what Gen. Scott has DONE What he has said
made the subject Of mercess denuncaon. The acts of
life devoted to the country cancelled by few phrases not
couched in the cautious language Of the Court 1t not
present purpose vndcate his letters but at most they
amount indiscreon; and of feathers weight
against his claims respect and gratitude Should de
patch from Gen. Taylor contain phrase exceponabe to the
Of those who balance words instead OF ordnance would
the true hearts of the country regard it incapable
offence
Reputation is Of little WORTH wel-drected jest Level
with the dust the fabric which half century of virtue and
patriotism has painfully erected.
We have said thus much to vndcate Gen. Scott his
correspondence but in rebuke spirit of deracon and
justice dscredabe the country and the age The tone Of
the press this subject merely harsh and unjust but
is when compared with the expressions of few weeks
since sordd and contemplate. Medea her children
limb from limb and scattered their fragments in her path
party no less relentless and those who fail its cham
pions are sure to be its victims
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MPORTANT TO HOUSEKEEPELS.
IL NEW FURNISHING WARE HOUSE,
no HAIrIMnDP

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Also manufacturers of PlanIshed Block Tin and
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The subscriber would call the attention of those
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large assortment of House Furnishing ar cI, which
viii be found complete in all its various branches
aHa so laid in 20 offer the greatest inducen MS 10
purchasers Old and young house keo pers will find
mat our stock comprises decided the greatest ir-
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constantly beng made Of every thing that is new
convenient aud beneficial 10 them 'T -
III shal be our endeavOur by the best work mode
rate chaiges judcious importation and seIecnens
Hoh the hrst American manufacturers, TO merit n
continuance of public patronage, and TO render our
estabishnent place of resort for House aud Hotel
heepers,owneIs of Steamboats, and others.
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ana import the greatest portion Of our goods aud are
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and TO sell them on terms equal TO any establishment
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% Goods delivered in any quantity TO any mart of
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N3-tThe Economist" containing a catalogue Of
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CoRTLAN 4 co, I7s Baltimore st.,
al 9Th door East of Light,
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CITY INTELIlGENCE.

Fatal Raitrsad .qccidenL The train of cars
from Cumberland for this city were detained
until half past eight O'Clock last evening, in
consequence OF an accident that occurred four
miles this side Of Harper's Ferry, by which the
tender and baggage car were thrown from the
track and shattered TO pieces, and we regret TO
add, causing the death of Mr. Hugh Haughey
who with two others, was standing on the plat
form al the time. He was terribly crushed by
tho platforms ofthe two cars coming together,
and died in short time afterwards. He resi-
ded at Elhcott's Mills, and was in the employ
of the Railroad Company. The other two es-
caped without injury, The passenger ears sus-
tanned no damage. The accident occurred in
consequence of some defect to one of the new
rails of the track.
Death from Exposure. An inquest was held
Yesterday afternoon, by Coroner Bowman, in
the woods Of David Stewart, Esq, near the
Aims House, over the body OF white man,
about 40 years Of age, whose name, from a
paper found in his'pocket, is supposed to have
been John Greenwood, person who for seve-
raj months has wandered about that section OF
the county, sleeping generally in the woods,
and living life of ldeness and diss patton
The verdict of the jury was that he came to his
death from exposure and want OF food.
Sales al the Exchange. MIR II. W. Bool,
auetoneer, sold yesterday at the Exchange, a
lot on the West side of North street, fronting
20 feet, with depth of &c feet, improved by
two story brick dwelling and back building;
subject to ground rent Of $50 annually. Sold
for 81 ,505-Mr. VIM. Ward also sold at
the Exchange, Lot No. "a, in Greenmount
Cemetery, for $Io2 l-2. A. B. Riley, Esq,
purchaser.
Mysterious. A watchman was called upon
on Saturday night, about IL O'Clock, by two
gentlemen who told him there was woman
lying on the pavement on the West side of N
Charles street, near Judge Brice's residence
On proceeding 10 the spot, the Waterman found
bonnet and veil, evidently the property of a
young woman, but the owner had disappeared,
whittier he could not ascertain.
Not The persO~. The person alladed to, in
a paragraph in our local columns last week, as
having died, and his affairs so suddenly settled
up, we are satisfactorily Informed, was not
Benz. Taylor, who lived in Pierce street, west
of ChatSwoyth, and died and was buried about
tho same time. The party alluded to could
not have been his friends, as oapeIs shown US
indisputably prove.
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WKLCH AND DBLAvAN's CIRCUS. We refer our
readers the advertisement of the above celebrated
Equestrian and Theatrical Managers. Their an
nouncement presents decidedly the most attractive
bill that has been presented the latds of the
Front street Theatre, and one which cannot fail to
receive the support and encoarag ement of a Bati-
more audience. The Grand Spectacle of the CRv-
sADERs, which is to be performed on the opening
night is full of incident and historical events, found
ed upon the daring deeds OF those valiant Knights
who pledged their lives to plant and project the Holy
Gross in Palestine. The Managers have been mos
lavish in their expenditures to make this piece
most magnificent affair.
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NATURAL LYNX
CROSS FOP
SILVER BADGER
STOVE MARTIN MUFFS and BOAS
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