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NATIONAL FAIR.

The late exhibition of American manufactures
at Washington is regarded by some of the Ad-
minstration presses as '.a direct assault upon the
integrity of Congress-" being intended to influ-
ence the future course of members upon the Ia
riff question. This is degree of sensitiveness
which is certainly rather remarkable under the
circumstances. We heard no such complaint from
them when the fact was announced, months ago,
that one Of the principal committee rooms of the
capitol had been assigned TO British agent for
the exhibition Of specimens of British goods to
members Of Congress, to enlghten their judgments,
and, Gin the language of his letter of instructions
of Sd January, 1916, from Manchester enable
them 'to arriue al Just conclusions IN regard to
the proposed alterations Of the present Tariff
No; not word Moreover, it will be re-
membered that it was this very circumstance
which gave rise to the National Fair The friends
of American Industry Were not willing to stand
idly by and see such extraordinary and excep-
uonable instrumentalities employed for its des-
truction. This is the whole extent of their of
fence; and the senstiveness which is now dis
played under it, together with the refusal of the
British agent to take table in the Fair, as he
had been invited TO do, so that his articles might be
brought in close comparison with the American,
are commentaries upon the results which none can
to a pretty pass, indeed, if an Agent of British
interests is to be allowed greater privileges than
our own citizens. To say the least, the objec-
ton made, shows very unnatural and pervert-
ed sympathy.
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THURSDAY, JUNE Is, 1916.
THE OREGON QUESTION

The dark cloud which has hung SO porten,ously
over the country for some time past, we are truly
rejoiced to see is now about To be disspated The
Oregon question, which threatened to involve us in
war with the most powerful nation on the face of
the globe, is on the eve of satisfactory and honor
able adjustment. Within a few days, Mr.. PAKEN-
HAM. the British Minister at Washington has sub
mitted in good faith from his government propo-
stion ultmatum, for the settlement of the North
em boundary between the two Governments. This
offer is said TO be the line of the 49th parallel of
North latitude from the Rocky Mountains to the
Straits of Fuca, and from the Straits the dividing
line to run TO the Ocean-Vancouver's island to be
coded to the British, and the Hudson's Bay Compa-
NY to have the free navigation of the Columbia ri
yer for the term of thirteen years, when the charter
given them by Parliament expires, and to have the
privilege of hunting and trading TO the end of that
time. The President, not willing to take the re-
sponsibty, submitted the proposition to the Senate
in the early part of last week for advice and that
body on Friday evening recommended its accept
ance-Only 10 or l2 members dissenting. A treaty
will therefore no doubt be promptly drawn up and
submitted, upon that basis. This difficulty settled,
our war with Mexico sinks into comparative insig-
nificance, and must soon be brought to close
Our country may then, we trust, be able to rejoice
in the prospect ola long career Of peace and pros
perity,
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THE CICADA, OR AMERICAN LOCUST

lhls insect, which has appeared in such num-
bers In our own neighborhood this season, is also
making its periodical visitation in portions of the
Lake country, Eastern Ohio and Tennessee
The Cleveland papers, (says the Baltimore A
merlcan,) state that the woods and fields in that
section OF the country literally alive with 10
Gusts, and their music is almost deafening They
do no damage to the growing crops but young Or
chards are suffering severely from the deposition of
their eggs in the tender limbs.
The American remarks-'sThs is one OF the
most remarkable insects in natural history. 1t is
Matched In tree where the egg is deposited, falls
to the ground in the shape of small worm, and
Immediately buries itself in the earth. Its down
ward progress Is continued to considerable dis
lance 1--WE have marvellous reports" says the
Massion (Ohio) Gazette, prospecting the depth TO
which these insects penetrate-some affirming that
they have been found fifteen feet below the sur
face" Another paper, the Cleveland Herald says
1t has been assured, on very reliable authority that
locusts nave been found in digging wells at the
depth OF thirty feet. At all events, whatever may
be the average depth to which they descend, it is
certain that they remain in the earth for the ne
Rod OF seventeen years. AT the expiration of that
time they re-apPear upon the surface, pass out of
the chrysalis state, assume wings and in immense
numbers occupy the trees, and fill the air with their
noise. The short period of their existence above
ground is spent in preparing for new brood by de
posting their eggs in the limbs and twigs of trees
The ocpositor of the female locust is admirably a.
dapted to the purpose of boring small holes in the
tender bark and wood into which the eggs are in
troduced. The existence of the locust from the
time Of leaving the earth until its death. is from
twenty to twenty-five days and during that time
it does not appear to eat any thing Some natural
lists assert that they are provided with any or
gans for eating.'
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the pay Of the volunteers from 81 TO $40. and in
sisted that majority of the Democratic members
of the House voted for the increase Mr.. Stewart
REPLIED alleging that his former statement was cor
rect. When the bill came back from the Senate
with the provision to raise the pay of the volunteers
To $40 per month stricken out but eight of the De
mocratic members voted to retain it and ON the
proposition which he (Mr. Stewart) had himself
submitted to give the volunteers not only $40 a
month, but l6O acres of land, at the close of the
war, only five Wings voted against it. He did not
take back one word or letter of what he had said.
The report of the joint committee on the Paynas-
ter's bill was then made, and the House concurred
IN Its recommendations. The Naval appropriation
bill was taken up in Committee OF the Whole. hut
not much progress was made in it, Mr.. Mckay.
from the Committee of ways and means, reported n
joint resolution for the payment of the volunteers
called out by Gen. Gaines, from the $4,000, 900
granted by Congress for the Mexican war, but ex-
pressly disclaming any sanction approval of the
conduct of Gen. Gaines, which was adopted
On Friday, in the Senate, several private bills
were passed A large portion of the day was spent
in Executive session on the Oregon proposition.
In the House, the Supplemental War bill was
taken up. The House adhered to its amendments
reducing the number of Generals at the close of the
war, but receded from the rest of its amendments
The bill was then returned to the Senate. mes
sage was received from the President transmitting
the detailed accounts received from Gen. TAYLOR of
the battles OF the sth and 9th of May. PROPOSE
lions were made to vote medals to Gen. Taylor,
his officers and men, which We're laid over
On Saturday, the Senate did not sit
/ In the House, the Naval bill was under consider
alton. number of amendments were offered. but
none of importance Were adopted, except one appro
priating $l50,O00 for Dry Dock at PHILADELPHIA.
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ELOQUENT EXTRACT.

.'Generation after generation says an eloquent
winter, have felt us feel, and their fellows were
as active IN lie as are now. They have passed
away as vapor, willie nature wore the same aspect
OF beauty as when her Creator commanded her to
be- The heavens shall be as bright over our graves
as they are now around our paths. The world will
nave the same attraction for our offspring vet I'M
BORN as she had once for ourselves and that she
has now for our children. Yet little while and
all this will have happened. The throbbing heart
VIII be still, and we shall be at rest Our funeral
VIII wind on its way, and the prayers will be said
and our friends return and we shall be left behind
to darkness and the worm And it may be for some
short time that we shall be spoken of, but the things
OF life will creep in and we shall be forgotten
Lays VIII continue to move on, and laughter and
song will be heard in the place in which we died !;
ana the eye that mourned for us will be dried and
giisten again with JOY and our children will
cease to think of us, and will not remember to Iisp
our Names"
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-06-18

MIR. Collamer, of Vermont, made very happy
hit In the House of Representatives a few DAYS
since. Mr. Grover, plain, blunt Locofoco from
New York, had taken occasion to express his great
surprise and dissatisfaction at the conduct of his Do
ca associates and at the state of tn; ,gs he found
existing In Washington, though he said his party
Were IN vast majority, and of course controlled the
Legislation of the House. Mr.. Grover said, sswhen
ne arrived here, he expected to find himself among
honest men''-and strongly implied that he had
been grevously disappointed in this very natural
eXpectation.-Speaking upon this text, Mr.. Cola
mer said, she did not pretend to know where the
gentleman (Nlr. Grover) had been, or who were his
political associates. The expression Of the gentle
mans surprise had reminded Mr.. c. Of the case Of
young lawyer, who, being disappointed by some
ruling of the court had expressed very great aston
Ishment at the decision of the Judge, and had re-
peated the expression OF his amazement SO often
and so openly that the court took offence and was
about to punish him for contempt An old practi-
toner, however, who was well acquainted with the
Judge, rose and observed to the court by way of
"vfennation- that his honor must remember that the
gentleman was very young man, and though he
mad expressed somewhat indecorous degTee nj
emotion at the decision of the court it might he AT
trlbued TO the fact that he had as vet very little
experience. If, said the barrister he had practised
IN this court as long as have, the young gentle
man would be astonished at nothing So it might
be with the honorable gentleman from New York.
when he had associated and acted with his own
party as long as some gentlemen here, he would be
astonlshed at nothing he saw."-Whig.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-06-18
PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLIES.

The General Assembly of the Old School Pres
byteran Church, which recently convened in Phil
adelpha, has adjourned sine die The next session
Of this body, we glad to see, will be held--or
the first time, we belieye-in Richmond. The dis
position made by this body of the Slavery Question
declaring that farther action on the subject
was expedient-is highly gratifying, and will, we
hope, conduce to the peace and tranquility of the
Church sin all IFS borders''
The New School Assembly, after long, inter
estlng and unusually tolerant and Christian-like
discussion of the same agtatng topic, adopted, on
Wednesday last, by a vote of 81 to 81, decara-
ton which sets forth that Slavery is great evil ;
enjons upon all subject to the evil to do all they
can to get rid oft; does not directly charge the
holding orsaves, however, as inconsistent with the
Christian character; asserts that the General AS
Sembiy, ''as the Court of the Lord Jesus Christ"
Is not legislative body and disclaims for it judi
cal authority and leaves it to the Synods Presby-
tcries and Sessions to take such constitutional ac-
ton upon the subject as they may deem most fit
subject to the general revision and control of the
General Assembly. Richmond Vhir
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OREGON QUESTION.

The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
American thus writes under date of the lOth
This day at two O'clock Mr.. Trist, the Chief
Clerk OF the Department of State, presented him
self with very voluminous correspondence from
the President. The Senate at the time We're in
earnest debate upon the Supplementary War Bill.
The Vice President was asked if the message
was OF an Executive character and answering aflir-
matlvely, motion was at once made 1.-TWO O'Clock
+. Nj to proceed to the consideration of Execu-
tive business, which motion prevailed
The message and correspondence is understood to
be In reference to the Oregon question: and it is fur
ther understood that the President has called upon
the Senate to advise in reference to the acceptance
OF a proposition to settle the Oregon question upon
the basis of 49o, giving England Vancouver's Is
land, the free navigation of the Columbia, keeping
open the Straits of Fuca, with some advantages to
the United States
pretend not to give details, not having them to
give. Mr. Pakenham, it is understood, has not
made the offer directly but he asks if it will be nc
cepted If made, and that is in substance, probably
the question before the Senate
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From the Now York Sun.

LATE FROM YUcATAN.-By the brig Young
Gregory, at Havana, six days from Sisal, we have
received advices from Merida, the Capital of Yucca
ian, which reach to the 10th ultimo. We trans
late as follows The old Legislature Assembly
has been dissolved, and new and extraordinary
congress was in session. 1t was opened with the
greatest solennity, by Miguel Barbachano, who
was appointed Governor ad interim by the Assem-
bly,, and has since been elected Governor of Yucca
tan by the Congress The names of the other Go
vernnent officers are also given. The first opera
ton OF the new Congress to settle the question
OF Independence. This being done, they proceed to
me management and regulation Of all the other
matters necessary to the establishment of n new
Government Three persons have been appointed
on secret foreign mission, Uid Hc United States
Although the Government did not openly declare
that these officers were to visit Washington for the
purpose of inqurng into the steps necessary to pro-
cure annexation yet this is well Known to be their
object. The step has found great favor with the
people although the mission was ria the United
States TO some other country yet it was well un-
deTstood.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-06-18
SENATOR BENTON.

letter from Washington to the N. Y Herald
adveris to the appointment Of Lieut.. Fremont, the
son-in-law of Col. Benton, to be Lieut.. Colonel in
the new hiiie regiment, as "a sprat to catch a
gudgeon''-in other words, as designed to soften
Old Bullion's dissatisfaction with the present re
gime 1t has failed in its design, however if such
was the purpose of the appointing power, as the
Colonel Is great speech on the Oregon question at
tests-Ihe letter to the Herald informs us. that
Col Benton has within day or two expressed his;
dissatisfaction with other proceedings of the Admin
istrntlon besides the course pursued by it in refer
ence to Oregon" and that she holds himself as
much alooi from the Administration as it is possible
for bin to do."-Uhic.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-06-18

From the London Correspondence of the Boston Atlas
1t is seldom that poet is honored, by having his
verses quoted in the British House of Commons.
The other night, however, Mr.. Cayley, whilst all
ludlng, In his place In Parliament, to the old Bri-
fish Constitution, and lamenting that it should be
attacked, suddenly astonished the House. by his re-
citation Of "Woodman! spare that tree .; the whole
OF which he gave, with considerable effect. Odd
enough, that the words of an American writer should
be used in defence of the British Lion! General
George f. Morris will, perhaps. feel more honored
as a poet, by the circumstance, than as politician.
think said in my notice OF William and Mary
Hewitt, that they had some idea of visiting Ameri-
ca From what have since heard, i have little
doubt, that ere long, they will cross the Atlantic.
If they do, you will see two of the most charming
people In the world. Then, another English are
thor is about to visit America, professionally. 7
mean Samuel Lover, whose ''Rory O'More" has
made HIM known to every body. Lover has lust
commenced new Entertainment in London-his
.'lfish Evenings" What treat you will have in
hearing him sing his own songs, tell his own stories.
and crack his own jokes | will take care, in sub
sequent letters, to inform you when he sails. He is
even now making preparations for his departure.
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The New Orleans Picayune contains some fur
Their notice of the contents of city of Mexico PAPERS
received by the last arrival from Vera Cruz II
says
The Mexican papers claim positively that the
number OF the killed and wounded on the part of
the Americans was more considerable than that of
the MeXlcans. Gen. Arisla sets down the force of
the MeXlcans in the action Of the 9Th May at 5000
men and twelve pieces of artillery; our numbers
are stated to have been 5000 men, more or less
with great superiority in artillery. The destruc-
ton by our artillery is represented To have been Sc
vere Over three thousand shots are said TO have
been fired at the MeXcans by our artillery between
Z O'Clock, p. NJ, and 7, in the evening, when the
battle closed The Mexcans in the same time dis
charged seven hundred and fifty shots from their
artillery.
The Mexican loss the 9Th is set down at 352
Killed, wounded and missng--and they claim to
have retained possession Of the field of battle.
we have not the description OF the action of the
9th, by Gen. Arisa we had supposed in our haste
but we have by us journal friendly to him. His
position is represented to have been gallany forced
Notwithstanding the repeated charges OF the Mexi-
can cavalry, the last Of which was headed by Arts
ia IN person, and during which they actually ''cut
to pieces two entire companies of the Americans
The loss Of the Americans is still represented as su-
peror to that OF the Meycans.
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Wilmington, Delaware, was visited with terri
bic tornado on Friday the 5th instant. A letter
from that place, published in the U. S. Gazette,
says:
This afternoon, about 5 O'Clock, this place was
visited with storm Of wind and rain Of great Sc
verify. Trees were frittered to pieces, awnings
torn into ribbons and several buildings blown down.
The large ship house of the Thatchers was pros
trated, but we have heard of no person having
been injured by its fall. The ship house of Belts,
Harlan 4 Hollingsworth was also blown down.
and sad to relate several lives have been lost by
the falling timbers-two dead bodies have already
been taken from the ruins, and it is not vet known
whether there are not others beneath the mass of
materials A portion of Asbury nj. f. Church is
blown off, several vessels at the wharves are living
bottom upwards. 1t was frightful gale, though
of short duration.
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NATIONAL. EXPENSES

The Hon. Mr.. SEWER stated in the u. S. Son
ate on Monday that the Government was paying
SioooOo day for the army and navy. On the
same day Mr. WEBSTER, in explanation of his
statement that the present daily expenditures of the
Government amount to about half a million of dol
drs, said that he spoke good authority. He did
not mean, however, that this was the cost of the
army and navy proper; but he did mean to say
that, including the vast charge for transportation,
and adding this to the other expenses of the ncreas
ed state of the army and navy, there is now actu-
ally bearing upon the nation an expenditure of very
nearly half million of dollars per day.
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COMPLAINTS OF THE VOLUNTEERS

We have already stated that the complaints in
New Orleans are universal of the failure of the Go
vernment to furnish the necessary funds for the sup
port and transportation of the troops in that city to
me seat OF war. From other quarters have
similar evidences of the utter ncompetency OF the
administrative department at Washington.
At Indianapolis, few days ago, Gov Whitcomb
addressed the volunteers but stated that ..no pro-
vision had been made by the general government
Tor supplies OF any kind, and therefore the voun
teers must pay their own expenses relyine on the
government hereafter to refund!'
The Cincinnati Gazette states that the full quota
OF volunteers required from that State are in camp
ana that the arrangements for mastering them into
Ihe service Were supposed to be complete, when the
-. .; tSuartermaster, having no orders. declined
furnishing supplies, and refused to pay for those
that had been already furnished by the State au-
thorltes! There Is cup able negligence some
where, says the Cincinnati Gazette.
me tennessee troops are all ready for the field !;
but, says the Nashville Wing, ':ths is the 18th day
OF June, and up to this blessed day not one dollar
has been deposited by the general government in
mat otaIe, ''for the purpose Of furnishing supplies
and equipments for the volunteers ;"-and they are
LEFT dependent on individual subscription, the
loans OF banks, &c, for the means Of scanty and
insufficient equipment, Of sustenance ITSELF and even
OF reaching the seat of war" The Secretary OF
War urges that the volunteers ''may be organized
1.-THE earliest practicable period, but '.not word
does he say about supplies equipments. He
Goes not condescend to say money once. He leaves
them to cothe, feed and equip themselves as they
can"
These complaints, reaching us at the same time
nom SO many quarters, we repeat demonstrate the
neiilciency Of the authorities at Washington. and
satisfy us how little justice there is in the puf of
the Washington Union, touching their industry and
skill !-IicHDOnd TVbip
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CABINET CHANGES.

Rumors are quite plentiful of changes in the Cabi-
net at Washington. Mr.. BUoHANAN, it is said, is
not in favor Of the arrangement for the settlement
of the Oregon difficulty on the terms just submitted
to the Senate by the President.-He will, therefore,
according to The rumors, leave the Department Of
State, and either take the vacant seat on the Su-
preme Court Bench, or Mr.. McLANE's place in
London-the latter, it is said, being about to return
home on account of i'll health. Mr. RUSH will pro-
badly be called to the State Department MIR.
DANohofi, d.voidiiIs5 ~ viii retro tho
Navy department, to make room for Mr. HAYwooD
OF North Carolina.-BaH american