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TO THE EDITORS.
JUSE 80, lS47

Messrs. EDITous have long marked your course and
in ninety out Of the hundred have been forced
approve II. With respect 10 your the sub Of
the Mexican can only that had you taken any other
than that you have, should must have you.
You and know that, after ALL the judgmen, tfot the
truly and great Of our own times and that OF pos,eri,y
after US will make up, it moral principle alone thai win
become the subject of consideration Ability intellectual or
crcumstanta wealth, position, ALL all such things extra
the great issue, whether with hearts have
chung TO the right TO the wrong. Politically, edoriaily
honestly and sincerely accord you my testimony that you
have fought the good fight you have kept your fidelity the
constitution and true policy your country trust you will
reap that reward Of an approving conscience which !. su
balance all outward dciacon, misrepresentation and
neglect But gentlemen, fear the approval of your own
conscence will be pretty nearly all the reward your honora
bic and patriotic endeasors will you fear vcs
fearuy tina, even you have the power to drag vor
countrymen back the sage maxms and safe principle,
the men and the DAYS that past No II Is but too oy
that the temptcrs have umphed They have held No
the tempting fruit Of conquest and rapine to this Young
pie That fruit has bcen accepted The nation has been mi
upon its trial lr know these are dreadful
words know their fearful import but also know that i i
truth that should be spoken. The whole magazine Of a.
ducons has opened by the empers Of this Young
pie appliance necessary the desired end has been s
regarded subety scarcely second that Of the Great
Father Of lies has been called into Tequson and With fatal
Gentlemen, is useless to quote WAsHISeroS IRrtru.
SOY, FRaSSLIS, amgcaaSomne they names thsthave
lost their weight and authority. A new authority rrsr
which the servants of the Tempter smoothly call oy o.
ys deSfiny has succeeded Revolutionary doctrines and
maxims Under this banner millions are enistinr under
this banner they will march forward in spite Of all the
dom and virtue in the world.
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THE INTERCEPTED DESPATCH.
PROM TuE NEW ORLEANS rIcArUsE OF JUNE 20

ORLEANS PIcAYUSE OF JUNE &c.
The passage in the intercepted letter Of Secre-
tary MARCY TO Gen. ScoTT which attracts most at
tention in Mexico is the concluding portion, which
is substantially as follows;
ordinations have been given TO the Government that a
portion of the people Of the State of Vera Cruz and also Of
other States disposed to refuse obedience TO the Cen
trail Government. Should such be the case you will adopt
such may encourage this spirit using the
discretion, nevertheless that the United States may APP
pear compromised may occasion embarrassment 10 the
Government when negotiations for peace entered upon
Should you judge proper you might offer aid protection
when the terminates"
Another portion of the ,Secretary's letter announ-
ces that Gen. TAYLOR had made application TO the
War Department for two or three thousand regu-
lars who have been in the service, in case he should
be expected TO advance into the country. The Sec
rotary says, that, much as the Government may be
disposed to reinforce Gen. Taylor's division, it
hardly deems prudent to do so at the expense of
Gen. SCOTS command, who appears more particu-
larly to need troops of the description indicated by
Gen. Taylor. He leaves it therefore to Gen. Scott
to decide, as commander of the forces in
Mexico whether the suggestion of Gen. Taylor
should be acceded TO.
We do not attempt to translate the despatch, as,
from the two-fold process, errors may well occur,
and the original will no doubt shortly be given to
the country
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IRON AND RAILROADS IN TENNESSEE.

Few OF readers acquainted with the of the
iron business in Tennessee. Mr. MORGAN in his report to
the Legislature estimates the capital employed in the business
at ST. 100 600, and the annual products the
Threeourhs of this capital is employed in Middle Tennessee
and would contribute TO the support the Nashville and Chat
anooga railroad On the Cumberland river near Nashville
there "2l blast furnaces forges and splendid roll
ling mills, which yield annually about $780, 0O0." On the
Tennessee river there IL furnaces and FORCES and
bloomercs which produce about 1901 600 annually.
East Tennessee is particularly rich in iron ORE power
and fuel of every kind At present the products of their mines
and furnaces carried down the Tennessee the muscle
shoals, thence to the Ohio and up that river to Pittsburgh
where they manufactured and returned to the South for
consumption At Chattanooga we are informed that pig iron
can now be purchased for Sl3 per ton while it commands
Savannah something like S27 The moment the Georgia i'm
reach the Tennessee the whole trade of the
try bordering upon that river and its tributaries above Cha,ta
nooCa will be turned towards the Atlantic The IRON the
corn the flour, the fruit the tobacco the hemp and the
thousand other products Of that region will swell the trade
State works to at least double, perhaps enod what
present Iron, fol instance, could then be brought
Chattanooga Macon, commissions included for about the
freight paid from Savannah say 80 per cw
which would give TO the people of Macon and the planters
of middle Georgia little thirds the price now paid
According able letter addressed by V. K SriyESsox
Esq to the Hon. JOAN " CALHOUN, surprised to learn
that the agricultural products Of Tennessee are in value equal
to S57 SIS 800 while those of Ohio are only S57 500 1884,
and of New York $751; 6s5, 400, showing Tennessee to be
the third State in the Union in productive wealth. Accord
ing the same authority the annual value Of all kinds of apr
cultural and manufactured articles produced in the immediate
vicinity of the proposed railroad between Chattanooga and
Nashville amounts to Sl2 6i2,576. And yet in the items
enumerated find Mr. $ has entirely omitted the article Of
wheat OF which Tennessee produces 900 bushels per
year-neary oneha OF which grown in the Cumberland
vaey.--Macon journal and Messenger.
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INFORMANT DEcisIoS.-The Supreme Court yesterday
rendered judgment in the which involved the validity
the testament the late FRAScoIs ZAyIEu MARTIN The
judgment Of the Second District Court New Orleans re-
yersed IN TITO. Judge Rosr the organ Of the Court in
Ponouncng its unanimous opinion, and evnced great ability
and research The Court decides that the State without
capacity contest the validity Of wills made by its citizens
the ground Of informally Of capacity dis
pose of their property in particular form that blind
capable of making Geographic will and to the impu
taton Of fraud sought be fastened the memory Of
venerable magistrate by this proceeding the part Of the law
officers Of the State, is repealed with becoming dignity and
mncs and in language worthy of the high reputation the
Judge who pronounced tn o. Bulletin, June %.
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the sandba in about ten feet Of water and the ascay
sword Immediately beat retreat After while, however,
the whale concluded to rest himself; but the tide was
going his intentions changed and he began to
roll himself about and slap the water with his tail for the pur
pose getting clear His efforts in short time proved
cessfu and when last him he was in the deepest
part OF the river moving rapidly towards the Gulf and spout
ing up the water if congratuang himself upon his
escape.
In about hours after witnessing this incident boat
moored at the mouth of the Saguenay and of the
parayely unknown wilderness which this stream waters
hope to send you interesting letters
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CALAMITY or a HrsBASD.-Sir Humphrey Davy, the
celebrated chemist and philosopher, when he published his
" Elements Of Chemical Philosophy" dedicated it
prince powerful nobcman, but to his WIFE And the
dedication itself different in style and substance from the
labocd and usome batteries which found in the dedca-
tons Of the day. and wha mansts such evidence Of matr-
mona respect and tenderness that should be lost sight
Of We shall do all in power to preserve by laying it
before readers
To Lady Dary. There is individual 10 whom can
with much poprey much pleasure dedicate this work
you The interest you have taken in the progress it
has been motive for my excrtons, and il be-
gun and finished in period my lie which, owing to you
has been the happest Regard pledge that shall con
tinuc pursue science with undated ardor
proof my arden, Affection which be unaerabe for il
founded upon the admiration Of your moral and intellectual
qualities. II. DhVY."
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SERIOUS D1sAsrER.-As the steamer Simon Kenton hav-
ing board very large number Of passengers leaving
the wharf at ST. Louis the 2sth ultimo serious calamity
occurred There was, it is supposed flaw in The stand
which connects the boilers, and this giving way large
quantity of steam and boiling issued from Two
the deck passengers within its range and dread
fully scaded. is hardly possible that either of them can
survive On the person Of one of these sufferers found
very considerable amount Of money which deposited for
sae-keepng with p. ChOueau, jr & Co. Both of the
victims Germans. The explosion created very
great confusion among the passengers One or two men
Jumped overheard and drowned and German woman
with her child in her arms, attempted jump into the yaw
but failed to do The child drowned but the distract
ed mother picked up and saved.
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SEpi0rs AcCrpEST CULrARLE CARELTssSESs.-
Through he carelesness Of driver, Wednesday, horse
was permitted to through Park Row, New York. He
ran upon the sidewalk Mr. TH,npEvs G. Carr Of
Baltimore, and his wife, to whom he was married on Sunday
last in Roxbury Massachusetts, knocking them down and
inuring them very seriously. Mr.. Craft received severe
confusion the head besides being seriously bruised Mrs
Graft had her right shoulder dsocaed, and also very
much Bruised and her clothing in a,ters They
taken the house Of Mr. Mowet and Dr. John Stearns
called who dressed their wounds and they doing
we'll as the circumstances will permit.
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A. GRAPHIC DEscRrrTroS-We have often listened with
admiration (says the New York Commercial Adverser)
the accounts given by ncrnnt showmen and the attaches
and menageos of the structure appearance and
habits of the various animals composing their interesting
charge said sometimes including particulars never
dreamed of by Button Bgey But the showmen are out
done by the editor of the New Orleans National whose de-
scription OF Mexican 50 critcr" we annex.
The criter, by the way, is enough in Mexico,
where the natives eat him. His true name, believe is
the iguana. STEruESs, in of his books on Yucatan
gives amusing Of guana chase by party
laborers.
looking gentleman passed office yesterday with what was
a nondcscript looking animal He called it Mexican
guiana II would seem, judging from the general and opo
graphical appearance Of the guana nature occasionally
had her freaks Of eccen,rciy, and after pursuing straight
forward and natural course would suddenly produce
thing that combined in strange contrast all the pecuae of
fifty welooking and familiar objects Now the guiana has its
fore legs put behind and its behind legs only put
BEFORE but fastened backward and upside down. When
its mouth is shut il is tight OYSTER and destitute
lips but lei il smile, and head opens way back of its ears
IL il has any ears
s'Is body shaped like guanas, and has horn comb
set on the top of for ornament and small scales all over
for no cause whatever that we could perceive Its eyes re-
sembe those of duck they are supposed to look in
storm, but instead Of turning their sockets they work up and
down. 1t appears he perfectly good natued when il is
angry and II don't try bite until wreaths its face in
smile Its TAIL however, its great feaurothat is indefinite
in its length, and varegaed in IFS color After you examine
the guiana, generally and particularly the conclusion forced
upon hat II made Of the odds and ends Of lizards
butterflies snakes, and confectionery, and is altogether the
extraordinary insect bug, ANIMAL that lived"
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Napeon ehlefed' nia"ed ana Tell that has become
- "o'o o the present Beherauoh. Like an gaaS (.s-
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20 w o sioueus o shame'
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',"u - = NAME deluson-thts deluson them Is lh's
% a''ou"eu 'o'' al men feel and know that the wsr
pan - anS o''e' 'H' me darkest coors After the de-
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. ''io 'fan'a'a ana 'he ihoi"n ou' me
e WIN now 70 our race and the mischief TO our nn05s
~ es u me SOUTH uu' Ia so DONG we plant there race,
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TRADE AT VERA CRUZ.

In conversation with officers lately from Vera Cruz, the
Ptsbug Post learns that at the time General Patterson left
Vera Cruz there not less than 400 hundred sail of for
egn vessels in that port richly laden with the products of
various chimes The citizens of that unfortunate country
say such evidence of commercial prosperity enterprise
has been witnessed by them And the public of Mexico,
and property which appear follow consequences of
the administration under the flag of the United States We
learn further, that in view Of the collections of customs
last, sum short of three hundred thousand dollars
will be the for the month of May the port of Vera
Cruz
The notifications which prepared few days since
by the Secretary of the Treasury and sanctioned by the Pre-
slden and announced in the Union of Saturday night
calculated to improve the whole system. Union, June A.
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DEcisIoN THE boSs ISLAND RAILRoAp.--In the
matter Of Smith rs Long Island Railroad Company for dam
ages for the loss Of the services OF his daughter Ameda who
killed through the alleged negligence of the railroad agents.
Judge Greenwood, referee Thursday rendered dec
sion in favor Of the plaintiff for s95o-Ne,o York Gaz.
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JArHET ~ SEARcH or FArnER.-We ere no longer n
doubt about the fact that the Mexican will be as lon, in
finding its father Japhe the story book who j.
sufned whole life in hunting for who was instrumental
in giving it 10 HIM. The Wing. all deny The paternity with
TRUTH Benton says Calhoun. Calhoun denies il,
Father Richie says is not Folks and the poor ban,n
is tossed about from hand hand without being able to find
patena relative. We began think il must be Tyers BE-,
he denies IT, Whose is it Il any knows, they will
confer very great favor BY informing lKtecLng Times
KILLED nv LiGuTSING-M. Thomas II. Williams and
Mr. David Watson killed ~ lightning near Hickory
Wythc, Fayette county, (renn the 10th u!no The,
under hickory tree, the shade Of which they s,sybtt
protect them from Storm anil the lirhtnne s,rkin, H.
rce passed TO them Sevea eight persons wef, baJ, IL
iured at the same time.
R,rHkn E0rTocAL.-A complimentary dinner was given
Mr. BEuISGER by the unterrided Democracy" Of PAGE
county (Va few days ago, a: which the following ye,Ay
toast was drank
"JAaEs H. Polk Distinguished alike fer his raIor and
skill as Commander in Chief of the american armies as
well as Tor his wisdom and craftsmanship President OF the
United States"
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-01-26
Emigration 10 Oregon.

The follow gin is an extract Of letter
just received from Fort Hall, from gen
tleman who left last Spring with a com.
pany ofmany others for the Oregon Ter
ritory. 1t is worthy the attention Of per-
sons intending 10 emigrate thither:
Fort HALL, Aug. 2. 1915.
F Dear Brother | am happy of the op.
pertunity of sending to you some farther
information with regard to our tedious
trip to Oregon.
We arrived at this place (Fort Hall)
yesterday, which is situated in beautiful
plain on Snake river, and is certainly a
healthy place if there is one in the world.
The cariosities that are to be seen up
on the plains, are enough to compensate
me for all my trouble. The soda springs
are curiosity indeed, the water of these
springs tastes a good deal like soda, and
boils up like soda when the acid is mixed
inst below these soda springs is boiling
spring, which comes up through a hole
in a rock; it makes noise as if it was
boiling, and can be heard a quarter Of a
mile off. The water foams like suds,
and is little above milk warm.
The Independence rock is also an in.
tefesting sight; it is about $50 feet high,
and covers something near six acres of
ground. There are engraved upon this
rock, between two and three thousand
names; left my name on it, July 1916.
If were to tell you that we crossed lakes
of saleratus, you would scarcely believe
me, but 1t is true; we travelled over them
with our teams, and used it in our bread.
and it is as good, if not better than any
you buy in the States. From Fort Lar
annie to this place, the road is quite rocky,
mountainous, and sandy; our teams, how
ever, seem to stand it telerably wel!--we
have so rest them good deal in conse-
quence ofthe scarcity of grass near the
mountains the worst thing we have
to encounter is the dust, which is very
disagreeable indeed. This is long and
tedious trip, and requires great patience,
but have not for moment regretted the
undertaking, for it has been agreat ben
eft to my health, and find health better
than friends. The old men who under.
took this trip for their health are getting
along finely; old Mr.. Linnville looks well,
Those who undertake this trip should Sc
lect we'll made cattle, as they stand it
much the best; and don't be alarmed il
you have to burn buffalo chips to cook by,
for it makes a good FIRE.
- Weston MOI Democrat. aisfisA
ai 5iss es7 iaDArfEL' TooLE. g
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Advertising.

$ The following from the Quincy Her
aid: We commend to our readers. We
have never heard ola mans FILLING who
advertised literally, and took one or
more newspapers. silae sd lei 50 (
s 1fthere is any one thing contributes,
more than anotherto advance mans
business, it is adyertising--and a man
+ that does not Observation-Disclosures his in
tefest in very important particular
and soonersor later il he has got any
sense, he wills it, l.gs4
Again purchasers may always rely up
lon getting the best and. cheapest goods
frona those who advertise. The mer.
chant, or mechanic, who advertise Sare
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Legal PleasantriesS.

They originate more than half the cur.
rent wit Of the day, in. the Great West.
There is . racy freshness, moreover. a.
bout the pleasansries of that regions that
is quite delightful. From late Missouri
Journal we have clipped the following an
.ecdote of an eminent legal gentleman Of
that State, If it be as new to the reader
as it is to us, we will guaranty his favosa-
bic sufrages :: being once opposed to DIR.
s., late member Of Congress, he re,
marked as follows TO the jury, upon APPOINT
Of disagreement between them: "Hege my
brother S. and / differ. Now this
il very natural. Men seldom see things
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Sad End ola Pleasure Party.-A
short time since, party offive ladies and
and five gentleman went from Lima, La
Grange county, Indi ana, to Union Mills,
in the same county to attend ball. On
their return, being together in lumbe.
wagon, they had proceeded bu, halfa mile
when party on horseback overlook them
and race commenced. The Coldrdfer
Sentinel thus describes the result: "Fhe
horsemen put spurs to their horses and
the reinsman put whip to bis, and when
under full Roadway, the night being dark,
the front wheels of the wagon struck a
stump, and the passengers and the box oil
the wagon were thrown some thirty. five
feet from the stump against which the
wheel FIRST struck. OHe lady strutk a
tree distant thirty feet and broke her neck
and died instantly. One man had his
RIDES broken and was so seriously injured
that he died the day following. Another
of the company, a young lady, was so Sc.
riously, injured that her life was despair.
ed of when our informant left-a fourth
one, a female, seriously, and five out of
the other six, more or less injured '