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LOOK ON THIS PICTURE, AND THEN
ON THAT

Mr.. Evans, a few days suce, referred in oloo
my terms TO the embarrassment in which the
financial measures of this session would involve
the Government. and asked, " what prudent man
would risk dollar upon Government securities
under such circumstances He added
- No man who desired the character ola states.
man or legislator neglected close observation Of
the representations of the stocks Every public
man IN Europe regarded such indications. We
should Observe these things. see what they denote.
and govern ourselves accordingly"
How, then, have these measures affected the
stock In tie New York Market2 The money
article IN the Herald of Sunday refers as follows
to The state of the stock market:
a." The stock market is daily improving in acti-
witty, and as soon as the warm weather is past,
and operators become more plenty, there will he
an Increased activity in all departments Of busi-
ness.
" we annex comparative table of quotations
for the principal stocks in this market, in which
speculation IS carried to any extent, for each day
OF the past week. and at the cuse of the week
previous. 1t will be perceived that there has been
an upward movement in some Of the fancy rail.
road stocks. particularly in Long Island and
Harlem. Prices generally have been very firm.
ana me mdrFet IS IN n very healthy condition."
-Richmond Enquirer
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-08-08
MEDlATlON-PERE CHAISE.

We are indebted to our friend, +. A. Dentze,
Esq, for another copy of the .8nerican Flag,
published at Ma,amoras. Its date is of the 10Th
of July, and Of course its news is anticipated by
previous arrivals. It complains of want of
news from the United States. The Iumor Of the
preferred mediation of England between Mexico
and the United States. had reached Ma,amoras
and is secuted at and repudia,ed by the brave Eel
lows on the Rio Grande. " The conduct Of Grea,
Britain" says the Flag. in relation ,o.,his mat,
tiers. " reminds us Of an incident that recently
occurred here in Ma,amoras:
"A friend of person or our acquaintance in.
dnced him Ia tas'en quarrel upon gentleman
oi the Army, and when he saw his friend get
ting the worst of IT. rushed up and exclaimed.
" i"r shame gentlemen. canno, we find enough of
the enemy To fight that we must brol with one
another Let me settle this shameful difficult
y; when. had his friend got the better of the
affair. he would have stood aonf. and only neared
the place to congratulate him on his success. II
is too Palpabe."
The Flag makes the following remarks on the
subject of erecting monument, and preparing
burying ground for such of soldiers as fall in
this Mexican war. to he on American SOIL where
freedoms Flag may wave over them, when the
shall be ended -
" Five or six persons belonging to the army
have died within a day or two here. and have
been buried in the chnrchyard in Matamoras ow-
ing to the difficulty of crossing the river When
the American army evacuates this place. should
they ever do it. will the bones of those buried
here he removed TO the other side2 They should
tn our mind, he removed to American soil, and
there suffered to rest, where the American
Flag waves in triumph. Whilst on this subject,
would it not he well to pick out place on the
other side free from the effects Of the overflow.
as grave yard. where all who die in this vicini.
ty could be inferred, and where a monument could
be built to the memory of those gallant spirits
who fell in the battles of the 9Th and 9th The
daring and success of our army on the Rio Grande
is so fresh in the memories of our people, and
their actions dwet with so much pleasure
that money could be quickly raised to place oppo
site Malamoras monument that would far over
tower the famous one of Bunker Hill. Will moi
some of our brethren in the United States set this
ball in motion
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From the Rockingham (va.) Register.
HON. MR.. HAYWOOD, OF NORTH

Ii is currently reported and believed at Wash
lngton, that the gentleman whose name heads this
article, has recently offered himself and his princ-
pies tor sale-and has been bought up or honght
of by the greedy monopolists and manufacturers
who have been swarming at Washington and
moving heaven and earth tn defeat the passage of
the new revenue Tariff bill in the Senate Mr.
Haywood was democrat. and halls from State
whose interests must suffer by his aposiacy and
detection on this subject. He resigned his seat
Just before the vote the passage Of the bill was
taken, thus skulking from an honorable omen
magnanlm0us above hoard course. and lending
himself To defeat measure in which the South
and his native State deeply Interested
10 have seen miserable, sordid. calculating
Yankee ihrusting himself into The shambles and
Offering himself. his principles and the interests
OF his constituents for sale, would have crimsoned
our very cheeks for shame but for Southern
man and protested democrat to do such an act,
excites emotion it gives us the deepest pain and
modification tn express.
We are happy TO learn that Mr.. Haywood s
bald and payable betrayal of his friends and his
party-hs miserable. sneaking, cowardly deser-
ton OF the people who gave him his place and in
vested him with all the consequence he ever had
has called down upon him the whitening scorn
and contempt of the intelligent Community at
Washington. 1t is said that even high minded
democratic ladies from his own State to whom he
wished 10 make himself agreeable after his aposia
cy, turned from him with loathing and disgust!
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TIE NEW POPE OF ROME

Is exciting lively interest in Italy by his bold
and judicions reforms. His own family, il appears.
was one of those who suffered from the cruel and
tyrannical measures Of the a,e administration
One of his brothers had To fly TO France, in con
sequence of his effnris in the canse of liberty
PiUs IN has given free pardon 10 all the politi-
cal prisoners and has authorised the return of The
exiles. He has dismissed the advisors of the la,e
Pope. Cardinal Gizzi. distinguished liberal. is
the new Secretary Of Stale and Cardinal AMArr,
another friend of,he people. is principal member
of the Cabinet These able men know The wants
of the conn,ry. They have mingled with the
people, and by a course of reform. the details of
which have been matuIed by PiUs himself. we
hope they will be able 10 restnre popular Iiberly-
we hope they win be able to avert that formd
able civil war which the Italian people were
looking TO as the only remedy for the evils
that afflicted them. Austria will now learn that
her hold upon the Papal States, although sustain
ed by powerful standing army, is less powerful
than she imagined. And we hope that METER
MICH himself will live long enongh to see his
principles of fraud and brute force annihilated
even in Austria, by the triumphant and pacific
ma rch of more enlightened systems of government,
~ Y. Sun.
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From the New York Herald.
THE MAGNETIC TEI.EGRAPH-ITSI II
FLUENCE ON THE. ACTION Or CONGRESS


FLUENCE ON THE ACTION OF CONGRESS.
There is "ne feature of The ,paenetic telegram
which. 'h"n IN at great Importance has never vet
We believe. been considered. and that is the in
nuence which u Is destined Ia exert upon the
movements of our great national Congress On
account of the immense distances that exist Nbe-
tween Washington, apd many Congressional dis
tric's OF our c"nn'ry. the news of ap important
bill having been h,ouyhi before The na,ional leg
islaure, has scarcely reached these r-tpo,e points,
before the hill itself has been acted upon and
passed at Washington. The great mass of the
people are thus prevented from tx pressing their
op:non until too late. The bill has become
law, and there is M repeal; and ihough they
may find fault with their representatives for not
aching in the matter as rhrv themselves would
nave done. that - neiiher preventive nor a cure
1t is only crying over split milk
Now, by means Of this great invention. the
whole features of legislative bill may be trans.
mltted To- the must remote corners of The land
lis bearing canvassed--its passage approved or
or dlsapproval by the people and this approval
or dsapprovaI expressed in Washington city-
all IN the space of few hours. The feelings of
the citizens of Oregon and Califunia--of Maine
and Mexlcn upon any Congressional measure.
will he known as speedily as those Of Baltimore
or New York.
Nothing can he more favorable than ihis To
s''e"g.heh me Tree government Ut the people
and what an influence il m,isi have in checkmat
ing many unpopular movements On the part of
The national government. There will he M plea
tor yenal legisIator-no excuse that he was IN.
acquainted With the trne sentiments Of his con
sliiuents-hr they will be. as il were, by hi.
side, to advise and instruct him
III VIII act, moreover. great barrier 10 a
species Of Legislation which has heen much en-
ployed of late-a species ui Legislation by which
UNJUST and partisan measures are brought before
Congress by conventional executive and be fore
the country is half aroused To their dangerous
tendencies tbroagh The influence of usarped and
whipping In policy, they have become HE law Of
the land.
lhe magnetic telegraph viii thus be mighty
engine of governmen-cemeniDg the vast area
of republican freedom, and binding together our
iaE extended Daiion with a band Of intellectual
liuht
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-08-08
From the Now York Morning Now
THE VICE pRESIDENr

II is not often that the incumbent Of this station
of high sound hut small trust, has an opprtunitv
To do an act of vital Importance Ia the welfare ~
the country. which at once gives him n prond
name an the page of history. MIR. Dallas has had
the Qood fortune I" he placed in that position
Probably no Vice President, was ever called upon
to vote under circumstances of such peculiar
character as those which marked his position in
relation To the Tariff On one side was the path
Of duty. and the other that of inierest-'rhe
prosperity of the whole Country was hostile !" a
system falsely. hut generally esteemed la hs p-,
culiarly essential To his own Pennsylvania. The
triumph ct principle was only To he secured nv
large reductions in the gains of many personal
friends. +" take one course was tn earn the APP
probation of honest men. naturally quiet and mod
est IN their expressions of applause but at thu
time. To bring down uIpn his head the yelling
maledcii"ns of a large band Of interested na
boos, with their hoTdes of paid DISCLAIMERS an, de-
pendants; the other secured the favorable shouts
ct all this mercenary and imposing hand. would
nave been tav"raby received. by the great mum
her who have acquired the habit of thinking well
"f high tarit. and been slightly cphSured by
more liberal minds, generally charitable as well
as honest. To The everlasting credit of MIR. Dali
las he did not shrink. Placed in the gap--Cnm
mercial Freedom and the Good of the Masses
trembling in the balance before him, with Res
"'cuoh ana rriVaie Cnpidity-the anSious gaze
OF all The haton fixed upon hiu---he met the cris,
Is with the nobeness at whole hearted man. the
soundness Of a Democrat, and the wisdom of
true statesman, and threw the decisive weight Of
his vote into the scale of the Right Long will
the memory of that deed of honor live in the
minds of the American people; and strung shall
bc their regard for him who thus faithfully full
hlled their trust. For part. in the perfurm-
ance OF our duty as democratic journalists. we
have felt called upon tn express thus decidedly
our qualification at this casting vote of Mr. Dallas,
which gave so emphatic victory to sound prin-
clples and equal instice
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A NEW MOTIVE POWER

The New York Tribune gives the following
account of new motive power, called the Z" Gas
Engine
." 1t combines simplicity with energy in re-
maTkable degree, The ten horse power exhibited
mol occupying SD mnch room nor appea airing 10 cost
so mnch Tor construction steam enriDe of cor.
responding power. II must be obvious to all that
the great bulk and weight Of fuel consumed by
The steam engine. even Of the most approved con-
slrucon, are calculated embarrass lis iDtroduc-
lion and use IN many quarters where some strong
motive power is much needed. We believe this
new invention is destined 10 supersede The steam.
engine IN all places where the cost of fuel is an
inject. The following account of il is necessarily
in gond pari but transcript of The inventors ex-
PLANTATION. bnt we understand that several eminent
authorities on The subject have cODcprred in ex-
pressing high opinion Of the value of the Gas
Engine.
In this engine the creation Of power is effected
by the combustion within cylinder of a mixture
OF lntiammabe vapor gas and Atmospheric air
me expansive action Of which in the state of in
Illumination is made 10 bear directly and alternate
~ upon opposite sides OF the piston in the same
manner as steam IN The Reciprucaing Steam En-
CINE. The physical and practical difficulties
which have hitherto made this power unavailable,
VIZ hrst. that of furnishing in immediate con.
npc'ion with The engine. a cheap infammabIe
Vapnr or gas. IN such manner that the engine
lisef shall regulate and continue The production
as well as the mixture Of IL with air. supplying
itseh with a proper quantity and varying that
supply according to It's wants; second, that Of
firing the mixture at The right instant with per,
feet certainty and with simple, durable machine
~ third, that Of APPLYING the expansive force Of
OF the flame directly 10 the piston and removing
The caIo"n'c acid gas resulting from The combus.
linO h hat # boz
terna snrface Of The cylinder continually nbricat.
ed aud eifeclually preventing the overhearinp Of
the Par's-aTe shown to be by this invention com.
pletey overcome. +"
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-08-08
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION.

The Norfolk Herald and Beacon have the fol
lowing slip from the office of the Old North
State" We give it as we received it, the editor
of that Journal not having the politeDess to favor
Us with slip.
q" We have only time TO state that all ia O. x
Graham,s ans majority IN this Pssquolank county is
one precinct heard from, Old Trap, 3O2 mai.
But the hest news is, Ehringhaus. the Who
candidate for The Senate is elected by an over
whelmlng majority of 1862, being sc mai in this,
and IS maj in Perquimans. II. Skinner, the
candidate for the Commons is elected by lS3 mai
IN PerqnImans. J. Barnard the Wing candidate
CUES "nt ut Camden into Curriuck l6l ahead of
Shaw, and II the vote is the same as the last time
he is certainly elected
William Charles, on the Commons. ia elected
over w F Martin, by 200 majority.
Paine is elected in Chowan ),
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OREGON.

Or so much of it as the "54 4O's" have left
us of that beautiful territory, even to the free
navigation of the Columbia river by the British,
is now under the stringent laws of the United
States. We feel almost as had in viewing the
partition of this territory, which has been forced
upon us by unwise and unchastened ambition. as
we did when we first heard of the partition of
Poland which blotted her out of the list of nations
What we have got. however, is ours. we suppose,
below the Columbia, and therefore, we must
govern it. The House. on the 9th, passed the
necessary laws, which will, no doubt, 90 through
the Senate
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GOVERNMNT FINDS

Eighty three thousand dollars in gold and sill
yer were received here from the f,llowino places
Chicago, Milwaukee and Fairfield. Iowa. This
large amonnt Is the proceeds of sales NJ pub.
tic lands. Thirty five thousand is from tho Re-
celyer at milwaukee twenty eight thousand from
chicago, and twenty thousand from Fairfield -
Inc moneys collected heretofore at the two first
have been generally deposited at Buffalo but by
recent order from the Secretary of the Treasury,
the Receivers at those two points have been 70.
gsested 10 deposit the funds in their hands in the
Bank of Missouri at this place. This is the Sc.
cond dePosite they have made since the order. and
1t will be but short time before they will make
a third. This concentration Of funds at this point
Is no oonot intended tor convenience and for war
purposes. st. Louis JNe,o Era, july 90.
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IMPORTANT RUMORS.

The correspondent Of the Philadelphia Ledger .
ny magnetic telegraph. August 5, gives utierance
" the following important rumurs, which fbased
IN truth will give different aspect to matters in
the South. at the seat Of war
Z" learn. from Washington. that The President
has transmitted communication 10 the Senate,
containing proposition for entering into negotia-
lions with Mexico Cor peace. II is believed that
the Government of that country is now willing to
receiv" Commissioner Minister Penipo,en-
tiary from this country
" Another rumor is that the President has stated
To the Senate that he will send Mr. Slidell to
Mexico 1T they think proper. and that he will ask
ct Congress an appropriation of three millions, 10
purchase some OF the Western Departments of
the Mexican Republic
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CONGRESSIONAL,

The Senate, on "Wednesday. passed Bill for
the admission Of the Territory of Wisconsin into
the Union.
The amendment OF the Senate to the !, and
laid on the table by vote of l04 to 70.
In the Senate, on Thursday, Message was
received from the President communicating the
Oregon Treaty.
In the House, the Naval Appropriation Bill,
was taken up by the Committee of the Whole ON
motion Of Mr.. Mckay Of North Carolina. and
after some debate, the House concurred with the
Naval Committee in its action without any re-
cord vote
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From the Union, August 3.
THE GRoANs OF THE WING ORGAN.

The trihuation of the Intelligencer this morn
ing is really lndcrous. 1t appears that that jour
nal has heard '' ruDior of an intended veto of
the river and harbor bill" From this rumor {"
the ln'elllgencer sagely and pteously nfers, that
" 1t would really that our government is fast
degenerailng into mere quadrennial elective des
pnlism." Certainly, we shall not attempt TO an
swer such logic his which finds its premises
in rumor, and leaves lis conclusion in solemn
absurdiiy
In the Judgment Of the Intelligencer. the veto
power which the constitution has lodged in the
President is 80 one man power" unsuitable in a
" republic." The founders of our institutions
thought otherwise. They regarded the veto
power as prerogative conferred upon the Presi-
dent IN his character a representative "f the
whole people, and to he welded al once in defence
OF the constitution, and in protection of the right,
of rnlnorities. The share of the Executive IN le-
gislation stands upon precisely the same general
reason OF policy, as that which divides the legis-
alve power iniO two houses constituted upon a
wholly different basis Of Representations The
House 0t Representatives has one constituency
The Senate has another constituency And the
President has a third constituency. distinct from
either of the others. The will Of each of these
constituencies is represented in every law which
passes both houses Of Congress and receives the
Executive sanction. Taken together these three
constituencies make up close approximation to
the entire popular will. And precisely with this
object substantial right Of veto upon any law was
given 10 each of the three co ordinate branches of
the government, which must concur in every act
of legislation. To call The presidential veto a
- one man power" is Just as absurd as it would
he To call the Senate ffty-fou man power. %
In either case the power is popular power dele
gated and organized by the constitution. But his
circumstance is most remarkable-,I,at whether
II be % one man power or nuf the veto has al
most always been eXerled in snch a manner as Ia
prevent that man from securing 10 himself
patronage and power. Mr.. Folks veto TO-
day. for instance. arrests the power Of spending
near one and half millions of dollars, under his
eye. with corresponding number Of officers or
boards, who could be subject to his patronage.
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THE VETO.

by Inc remarks Of the Union, below. we should
say that there was very fair promise of another
Ve.o rom Inc president on the French Spoliation
Bill which lately passed both Houses:-
" In time Of war, when. as the Presidon, 20
marks in his veto message, we are comneIled %
raise the means for carrying 1t on by raising lo,n
or issuing treasury notes, il seems sinpularIv in
opportune 10 assume a debt Of FIVE millions -,
French claims, which have been pending for for
ty years, and appropriate so much Of the public
lands as will meet that amount. 1t necessarily
interferes with the government in eking ont its
own revenue by the sale Of its public lands. It
is calculated to raise up slcompettion not only in
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MIR. DALLAS.

meeting is about to he held in New York by
the Democrats Of that city. for the purpose of APP
pointing committee of two hundred, who will
proceed To Philadelphia and meet the Hon. Vice
President after the adjournment of Congress.
The Virginian," at Winchester, says:-
" The noble stand taken by the Vice President on
the great question of the Tariff. calls in orr judy
ment fur some demonstration of public approval,
and we take the liberty of suggesting to our
friends the propriety of hudng meeting for that
purpose at some early day'
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ElIhu Burri't is likely To become quite lion
10 England, Judging from some Of the English
papers which announce his arrival. There is
smart spfinkling' of hunbug about Bnrritt, and
II our friends over the pond get little taken in.
It may be- Indebtedness to them in that denart.
Gos.
DOn't be hard on the learned blacksmith He
is all he is cracked up To be-, in the way Of Ian.
gnaqe. He can read the hyFroglyphics on the
sarcophagus Of an Egyptian mummy abnat as
readily as most folks can plain English. and as
for Sanscrt, Syrian. Phenlcian, or any of those
languages which every body else has forgotten,
he knows all about them but when you talk with
him on politics, religion, abolitionism. nonress.
ance or anything practical, his theories run ints
such sublime channels that you dare not follow
him, and his excelsiorian ideas become lostin On.
fathomaOle misis.- Boston Eagle
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THE PLEASURE EXCURSIONS.

The beautiful steamer Alice, Captain Skinner,
leaves for Old Point and the Capes this evening
at haf-past o'clock, returning from Old Poin,
at O'Clock
The steamer Jewess, Captain Sutton, also
leaves at halfpast o'clock, for the broad Allan
tic, having splendid Band on board, with the
Pleasure Party from Baltimore. This is an
agreeable opportunity to form and extend acquan-
tances with our neighbors from the Monumental
City.
The steamer Augusta. Captain u. Mitchell.
leaves Norfolk at 7 o'clock. touching at Ports
mouth. for Moonlight Excursion, across the
Bay. TO visit old Ocean in his sparkling beauty
These delightful trips are great relief to the
peni up citizen, whose body is confined To the
shop during the whole week, and we are graft
fled that the propretors Of these beautiful vessels
have reduced the price to suit The times