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THos H. HARVEY, esq, Superintendent Indian Affairs, ST.
Louis, Missouri.

The Courier des Etats Unis undertakes to comment
upon the OF opinion at Washington, and says that
there the conclusion has been fully adopted that the
negotiation through Mr.. Trist has not officially failed
such nevertheless is to be the inevitable result" We
kno not upon what authority this assertion is made
but should imagine that no man in Washington pos.
sesses sufficient elements of calculation to come any
such results No undertake state with anypre
cision, whether we shall have peace or war;
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Prairie du Chen paper says &c singular custom pre-
walls among the Sioux Indians. Whenever white man
has resided among them for the space of month, he IS
required to take 10 hmselfa wife. The chief of the band
among which he is at the end of his time, to him
with young and handsome squaw, whom he espouse
aud protect according their customs, or leave the country
inlne diatey
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Notice 10 Mariners.

CoLLEcToRs OFFICE, Key West,
June 26 lSl7.
TINE floating lights Carys Fort Reef and the North
L Pass Key West, will be Withdrawn from thei;
stations for repairs before the fourth day of July nextr
and they will be replaced about The fifteenth day OF August
spar buoy, which may be from four TO SIX
miles, marks the station of the northwest light.
S. r.. MALLORY,
July 22-lm Collector.
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S,UPERIoR PIANOs.-WM FISCHER, Stationers Hall,
- Pennsylvania avenue, has inst received superior ro5e
wood piano from the celebrated mandatory OF T. G1bef-
" Co, Boston, for sale low.
Also, hand Chickering's and Haliet a. Davs's pianos
and enc Of Colemans Eoan pianos, which will be sold
a feduced price if applied for soon
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CtUBsCRiBERS TO THE RAFFLE.- To prevent de-
- lay at the rattle take place my watch and ewelry
Wednesday evening, the 18th OF August, at !
previous to tat time and receive their tickets few
Chances remain unsold, one dollar each.
Iuly 2S-3t VIM VOSS.
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DOARDINci---l1rs. HAMILTON Pennsylvania avenue,
ID nearly opposite Colemans hotel, has number OF
rooms which she would be pleased let permanent
transient boarders among them are several very fine front
rooms, Terms moderate June l,
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An election was held in the Central Presbyterian
church in Washington, Thursday evening" 29h inst,
for pastor, and the Rev. MI, Gurley was unanimous
Iy elected
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VOYAGE and Research 10 the southern and Antarc-

Y tic Sea--by Sir James Clark Ross, royal navy, UNI
deakeu by oder of the British government, and conprs
ing an account of Kergueen Island Van Diemans Land
Campbell and Auckland islands, New Zealand, the talk
land islands, Cape Horn, and New South Shetland TIE
discovery of an extensive southern continent with voca
10 600 hig and the determination OF the south
magnetic pole-in two volumes octave with maps Q
plates and 20 woodcuts Just published in London, and
eau be imported to order, by r
July ~ r. IANLOh'
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Magnetic Telegraph.

ITO MERCHANTS, EDITORS, &c, &c.-Morse's
l. Electro. Magnetic Telegraph is now in operation be-
tween Richmond, Virginia. and all the principal cities
north and east far Wheeling, Virginia; Pitsburg,
Pennsyiv Buffalo, New York; and Portland, Maine
The mad from the south reaches Richmond about Z
O'Clock, M, and the mail is not distributed in New
York until about O'clock p. the next day, and in
Boston about O'Clock the succeeding morning.
On the other hand the mails that leave Boston during the
day up O'Clock in the evening" reach Richmond at "a,
p. M, two days afterwards
message ielegraphed from Richmond at O'Clock in
the morning, arrival OF the southern mail, will reach
Boston in few minutes its contents may be attended TO-
and returned Richmond in time TO be put into
mail going SOUTH 81 in the evening OF the day.
thereby gaining FOUR ENTIRE DAYS.
In like manner, THREE BUSINESS may be gained
between Richmond and New York, and TWO between
Richmond the hand, and Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington on the other.
To enable merchants and Others avail themselves OF
this gam has been arranged that messages from New
Oeans, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, and other southern
cities, addressed postage pad) TO Telegraph Office,
Richmond, Va.," shall be forwarded, without prepayment
OF the telegraph charges it being understood that the wr
trs will make arrangements with their correspondents IN
the cities for payment delivery 1t not paid
for, they viii be delivered; viii any mes
sages be forwarded for the party without prepayment
The charges upon message not exceeding ten words,
exclusive OF the signature and address, oiowsviz
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VERY nANDsoME SILVER SET at Private Sale

have ior private sale very handsome silver set,
sisting OF the following pieces:
I coffee pot, tea pot, sugar and cream dish
silver tunblers, table and salt spoons, ladle, &c.
They will be sold low, immediate application be made
II. w. DYER,
July 26-eo3tif Auct and COM Merchant.
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Peach rREEs.A friend of neighborng town informs
that he had peach that nearly ruined year
by insects, particularly the little brown ant He white
washed IL, and tried other remedies with good effect
He finally made wash by sleeping tobacco water
with which he bathed the body tree and of the
lower limbs the trunk. He also wound the leaves
around the body The tree is consequently healthy and
loaded with fine fruit Hartford Times.
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Mr. Clay leaves ashland this morning for the White
Sulphur Springs in Virginia, where he proposes to spend
few weeks'-LeriHgton tRy.) Observer, JRy2 a.
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November 3oth.--Lay by at the Bayou Cita--to be a
green spot, no doubt IN the memory OF our ANIMALS, II
wsud De considered poor camp on the Arkansas, but
mere IS fne the green grass reaches two three miles
along 'he narrow valley where the water comes to the
surface and then all is dry and barren again except the
greenness gwen by the stink bush and its Kindred plants
inhabitants only OF dry places few willows the
bleak, destitute of trees and almost vegetation composed
of granite and other scous rock rent and torn with
the volcanic action, and scanned with volcanic matter
The granite is various in kind; of it of beautiful
structure and micaceous; the agave abounds and the In
dams have baked IN every direction using as fuel the
dried stalks OF cactus and bushes of various kinds The
fish hook cactus found here Our men killed horse
to-day for food-the first animal we have found necessa
ry to sacrifice for the satisfaction of appetite Our men
were inspected to-day. Poor fellows they wel-ngh
naked-some of them barefoot; sorry looking set a
dandy would think but in those swarthy, sun burnt
faces lover OF his country will signs of quail
ing they will be ready for their hour when il comes.
assembled one OF the mountains camp, and, when
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November l9h-Awoke at day dawn, as usual. and
found ice half inch thick and the air very cold We
climbed the table bench again 80 feet and travelled until
we gradually got into the bottom of the ella again. at the
point of Big horn mountain where Carson shot doe of
the big horn or mountain sheep This animal had the
face OF the sheep, but with very short hair all Its
horns were like those of the wether its color in
the face like the face of dun back and sides red
dish gray and the buttocks white--tbe white running
down with distinct line of demarcation TO the houghs
The animal probably weighed 10 pounds. Il had very
short ta-about "a inchesthe foot very like sheep.
Several of the males showed themselves the cliffs, up
which they climbed with great facility. Their horns
very large and their appearance much different from
the females Ii is said their horns sometimes weigh
than their bodies The mountain upon which they
disappeared is amygdalod of granite and sene
the cement OF which is sort of granie-probably the
dertus. West of this point there were strata OF dark
coored slate alternately with sandstone and coarse gran
lite amygdalod-(their strata and their laminR) the
fields very much broken at one point dipping south,
hundred yards further dipping west and again yer.
tical The mountain range narrow, and ran of
southeast and beyond in that direction appeared to
change in character The diluvon was the same as
Yesterday except that west of the Bighorn it had
more sand, which in places had drfted into heaps
Encanped on abundance of coarse grass, in what
recently had been the bed of rlver the chan
mel being now a few hundred yards north. The
bottom OF the river abounded in places ncrusted with
SALT and grown with vegetable with round pupy leaf
peculiar 70 the salt plains, The same has been the case
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From our Baltimore Correspondent.

BALTIMORE, June /, g. p. M
The first of Celebration by the Sons of Temperance
Political mouements-Ihe Baltimore, New York, and
Philadelphia markets.
The weather, to-day, is seasonabe. We were IA
vored this morning with quite refreshing shower of
and although the has since shone out brightly the pros
pect of a renewal Of the rain looks good.
The Sons of Temperance of Baltimore making ar
engagements for extensive procession and celebration
the approaching anniversary of Independence which
place Monday, the 5th OF July They are send
ing general invitations all the lodges of the and vi
ciny Join the jubilee They have secured several
able speakers, and have also engaged beautiful shady
grove in the vicinity of the city, where they will spend the
greater part of the day.
general movement trou the city and State in
the fall elections for governor legislature, and members of
Congress, off in October next The conventions
for the nomination of candidates for governor
week.
THE Observation-Disclosures generally in the Baltimore
holding off for the steamers before operating
in any kind OF breadstuts The ruling price for Howard
street is S 75 though there but few sellers in the
market at this price. There a sale this morning of
barrels Susquehanna -four at $S 62a, and 25O do
So rs. City Mills is nomnaly held at 80; meal
SIS Is rye -four So 49, There is but little wheat in mar
ket sale of 900 bushels Pennsylvania red wheat
made at 1913 cents, though strictly prime. Good to
prime may be quoted at 1913 to POP cents White wheat
would bring 208 22 cents The market for corn is very
dull quote white nominaly 100 l02 cents and yell
low do. los LOG cents-holders however, asking
more. Oats So to 60 cents.
The telegraph is again noncommunicative to-day, on
account ofthe opposition electricity in the air.
AT New York, yesterday, nothing was done in cotton
worth reporting. Large sales of flour have been made
SO SO 25 for Michigan and Genesee l25O bbls. Genesee
TOR delivery month, sold rs In 1000 bbls. do in
July, 80 O6l 500 bbls. meal brought IS 37a $500
bushels wheat So co. 1000 bushels rye 81 20
900 bushels canal oats Ga 66 cts provisions firm, with
out any sales OF Importance
AT Philadelphia, yesterday -four was dull at SO rs SO
80 per Dbl fair good brands and with small sales
the lowest figures which, also, 1000 bbls. western
brands were sold Saturday Sales of 200bbls. rye flour
at trihe less than SO 90 per Dbl. Com meal is dull
lot of Pennsylvania sold So % per bbl Bandywne is
held at l2k higher On Saturday 1000 bushels of
wheat sold 202 200 per bushc for good red, and
some small parcels, to-day at the lowest igires-good
white being held 2l0 For there is de-
mand good yellow held firmly at III l15 cents per
bushe and white at ITO cents Sales of southern oats
at Ga cents per bushe Whiskey shade lower and 200
bbls have sold to-day at 30 cents per gallon
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FROM VENEzUELAThe ". Y. Sun has received its regular
files which reach ID of May The president General
Monagas has entered fully upon the duties of his office The
trial and execution of tho leaders of the late nsurrecton
was going daily. The of death against Guzman
has been confirmed. He the prominent in the
spiracy He is said to be of ability but he de-
tenined be President whether the people would have
him or not The of death against Betancourt Car
rizae La and Aponte has been comnuted to ten years
Imprisonment upon the absolute condition that they leave
the country upon the expiration of that time Isaac Dcvae
and f. M. Molowny have been acquitted DIR. Vargas has
been elected Vice President. Dr. ]. j. Olmedo died
y at Guayaqu Ecuador Funeral honors decreed by
the President token of esteem The news of General
Tayors victory and the capture of Vera Cruz had been
ceived Caracas. Mr. Rowland Dubs has been admitted
by the President consul for the United States Mara
cnib
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rauau,er white Sulphur Springs.

- THIS establishment favorably known Tor the cura-
Hd tive qualities of its water and the elegance and
HV- comfort OF its accommodation, will be opened Tor
e rception visitors the LIST June IL Is situated %
miles from Alexandria, 80 miles from Fredericksburg and
20 miles of the Blue Ridge in one OF the most healthy
will be the heretofore, and the same
attention paid to the accommodation and comfort oil Their
quests We have an abundant supply of ice.
The season. commencing the LIST OF June, will end the Isl
of October, embracing months.
Lovers of Music will find the band unsurpassed
Board $40 per week. SO per week for weeks $50 pei
month, $50 for the season.
For than day 81 80 per day, 80 cents for sim
Gle meal 25 for lodging children under IL years o
and servants half price horses 80 cents per day, PEI
week So 50, per month 50.
Tr-wceky stages will run from Washington until Isl o.
July, after that time daily.
There will be line OF stages from Fredericksburg ae
the LIST of july previous TO which conveyances VIII De iur
nished on accommodating terms. .,, ,,,r
May A-lawtlsA Until DANL WAhD'
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AZTEC RUINs.-Mr. Stanley, the artist iwho accom-
panied Gen. Keamy to California writes as follows:

There has been much speculation in regard the Aztec
remains in the valley of the ella That has sup
ported population could not doubt for the
of their towns and cities plainly visible hundreds Of
miles, Stone foundations frequently seen covering many
acresj but, with one exception did find any build
ing in degree OF preservation. This was about
miles from TRAIL and two hundred and forty miles above
the mouth of the river This building is 80 feet by as
three stories HIGH and is of the adobe similar
to that used in the houses of New Mexico Whether these
ruins have any conuexon with those South America is
known. The plains in their vicinity covered for
miles with broken pottery of burnt clay beautifully painted
and ornamented and this the only cew which we had
to the advancement of the builders in the mechanic arts
The Pemos Indians have but very imperfect traditions
these remains"
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From the New Orleans Picayune, 2lst May

From the New Orleans Plcayune, 2lst May.
FROM NORTHERN MEXICO AND CALToRNIA.-Last
evening had the pleasure of conversation with Mr.
Stoize German gentleman, who has been some time
residing as trader at Durango He left that city
time in the latter part of April, taking the route by Par
ras Saltillo and the Rio GIande. He informs that
the States of Durango, Zacaecas and San Luis though
reluctant invite into their territory, STILL when
there our armies will be received as friends.
Previous to leaving Durango Mr. Stoze visited Caor-
nia and left Mazaan the morning OF the 9th April,
much the latest have had from that quarter When
he left the Americans in quiet possession of all the
conquered territory and the closely blockaded
MIR. Soize heard nothing his travels later from Col
Donphan than has been already learned through the pa
pcrs at Mexico. From gentlemen of the army learn
that he been ordered join Gen Taylor, and there
report at Saltilo that he had been off his march
from chihuahua; but, however the report came, the
slightest credit attached to it.
FROM YucATAN-By the way of Havana, advices from
Merida have been received to the 10th April.
The provisional governor has issued decree declaring
in full vigor prior decree of the llth January issued
the village of Pcu which established the blockade of Sisa
and the whole from Desconocda to Yalaau.
The troops to take the capital met with stout
sstance pronncados having refused lay down their
arms
On the 3Oth March, division OF 800 men, with two
pieces of artery marched from Mer da preserve orde
in the district of Tizimin where the 2ith
RACES had been perpeatcd, and guns fired into the mos
respectable houses
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MORE TRoors.While the federasss says the Pennsyl-
vanlan) complaining that Gen. Taylor is left without
troops and that Gen Scott finds his operations arrested by
the thousands of volunteers and regulars are
arriving at Vera Cruz and the Brazos The Washington
correspondent of the New York Evening Post audes to
the matter in the following paragraph
rhe fighting is all over" is ofhe comnonest phrases
which meet with. can good reason for giving in
this opinion The government here does not act upon
the assumption More troops called for almost every
day The recruiting service has been everywhere mos,
successful within the past month Even in cold New Eng
and, where industry is thriving and where the gen
orally unpopular-where public opinion indeed derides
and concmns ta regiment has been filled with the nobes
materials of which gallant and effective sodiery can con
ss The old army have been nearly sweed to the
limit of its increased complement of 10000 rank and file
The regiments must be nearly full, and three. fohs
of this last force probably now on the way Mexico
And, Notwithstanding this the President has called for
supplementary volunteer force of about thousand men
under authority suppose OF the of May last per
hitting the levy of 5000 of this class troops All these
are be hurried forward with the greatest practicable
speed and they will be all needed in bringing the war 10
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JApAN.Advices have been received in this city from
japan, via Batavia that the 10th of February, 1916
most destructive fire broke out in Yedo, which ragged
two days, covering space three miles long by and
half wide, consuming the residences of several princes
and vast number of houses.
FRENCH squadron, under the command of Rear Admi-
raj Cece, visited the Loo Choo islands, and arrived al
Nangasak the 2sth of july when he addressed letter
the complaining of the harsh treatment suffer-
ed by the of French ship which had been driven
by distress the island of esso in 1874 and requested
for the future protection and assistance of the Japanese
government for French crews which might be driven by
distress the shores of that empire He remained but
three days in the harbor of Nangasak not permitted
to land and left without waiting for answer his let
ter and the arrival OF some provisions that intended
to be sent to him by the governor.
The Danish corvette Galathea under command OF
Count Stein Billie, arrived Oft the bay of Yedo the goth
of August and asked leave to proceed up to the city, which
was refused.
An American whaler which had sunk near the Loo Choc
islands, raised by the assistance of Japanese belong
ing the principally of Sezama and after being repaired
proceeded on her voyage.-N Y. Com. AdU.
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How THE WAR MAY BE ENDED-The Louisville Democrat
says EFF the wing press will persuade their friends in
Mexico make peace some TERMS negotiations will
doubt Begin when there will be prospect OF end
the war We compelled to fight Mexico simply because
she will make peace with Her wing friends in this
country bitterly against her accepting any
terms we offer, and she will offer of her Her
friends here will make offer for her. except that up
our hands and leave her loose We can't imagine what the
Mer,can wings would have do. II they will agree
thing that we propose, why don't they make their pro-
positions in behalf of their clientl How would it do to
withdraw our troops and offer Mexico Texas and Louisiana
to indemnify her for grevous wrongs have done her.
and for great expense she has been compelled incur
through our wickedness!"
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THE UNION.


The numerous friends OF General Shields will be graft
fled to learn that letter. dated Jalapa, Sd May has
been received in this city, stating that he continues to
prove His wounds are doing well as his surgeons
could desire; and he would be Comparatively speakng)
comfortable and free from pain were it not for the incon-
venence he abors under in having of his ribs dislo
Gated This was not found out until few days ago,
and satisfactorily accounted for much of the distress he
was In and which previously had been enormously at
trbuted to his wound
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THE Crops IN GEoRGIAThe Macon Messenger and jour
nal of the 18th says We have, during the week.
heard from almost every part of the State One gentle
man. who has made an extensive in the upper coun
ties informs that the wheat crop will not yield much
more than half much that of last The cotton
is short but the stand generally good; and it is his opinion
that if the months of June and July are seasonabe the
CROP will be very good Everything depends upon
warm suns and occasional showers He is decidedly OF
the opinion that the quantity of land planted in cotton
less than is generally supposedvery many having planted
largely of corn in consequence OF the unpromising appear
ance of the wheat fields The remarks especially
true of the western and southwestern countless
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proclamation felt necessary to take active to
disabuse the Mexcans of such IMPRESSION by assuring
them that government was fully able to go with
the war; and send if need be, into the field force of
"a hundred thousand men !"
Such, them is the present party position of federalism
before this war; and such has been result II is moa
treason" among ourselves that proongs the war 1t is
the traorous of the federal organs which has
robbed our victories of their legitimate fruits of just and
honorable peace When the party heats and ferments Of
the present hour shall be over sober History will attest
the fact that to the federal Opposition among ourselves be-
longs the tremendous responsibility of the terrible
OF suffering which the may yet present Of old, the
federal party found at its test and its doom the
question of uaorous opposition TO its countrys war
In our day. and in the case OF Mexico it has shown it.
self true TO its old instincts 1t has again taken sides
efectualy with the public enemy 1t has thus again de-
ayed the restoration of peace In the two cases the
crime is the II remains for the people again to
visit upon the crime its old and sufficient punishment of
exposure degradation, and political nfamy And this
signal example of the just retribuon of the people will
not be long deferred