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PROGRESS OF THE COALITION.

The indispensable reunion" of Loco
focoism does not seem to work quite so well
in New York as its projectors anticipated.
Ii seems that each section of the party is
disposed TO insist upon an unconditional
surrender of its opponents. There has
been sharp shooting between the Central
State Committee of Old Hunkers and the
central organization of Free-Soilers, Barn
burners, and Abolitionists The Old Hunk
ers say the slave question is an abstraction,
and that the reunion must be predicated
on the entire abandonment of any such
party test. The Free-Soilers, Barnburn-
ers, and Abolitionists, say that it is the
Uery test which they will insist upon. The
albany .ArguS of the 18th instant contains
an article of column, which enforces the
necessity of building on the ''ancient foun-
dations Of the party; repudiates the Buffalo
platform; and declares that no new test
shall be interpolated into the Democratic
creed. The most that the .Hrgus will ad-
NIT is, to concede the right of any Demo
crat to entertain what views he may please
on the slave question, so long as "they
are not presented as party tests, or thrown
in as elements of strife and party division. I"
On the other hand, the .Ne,o York Post,
THAT old Federal paper, sometimes called
the pper,) of the same date, protests that
if the Old Hunker committee think of
taking part in the Rome convention, under
the expectation that the "abstractions"
they refer to will be taken out of the De-
mocratlc creed, they had better spare
themselves all further trouble. Thus
stood the war at the last advices.
II is difficult to say what will be the end
of all this. There is no doubt that large
number of the leaders of all these factions
would consent to any sort of compromise
that would restore them to the enjoyment
of the powers and Offices of the State.
They would affirm any thing, or deny any
thing, in the way of principle or creed,
provided they could only get back to their
old places. II is a sore thing for men who
have bad matters their own way for a
quarter of century, to be thrown off the
track in their old age. The "stated
preachers" in the political church do not
like to find themselves in the ranks of the
dissenters, and excluded from the fat liv-
ings, which they have enjoyed so long that
they regard the men who are now taking
their turn in them as intruders and usurp-
ers. But outside of this limited class are
the honest and enlightened masses of the
Locofoco party; men who have principles,
and adhere to them, and who are not TO be
bought and sold like cattle in the market,
nor TO be turned about, like weatbercocks,
with every shifting opinion Of their leaders.
We doubt not that there are hundreds and
thousands in the Old Hunker party who
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Tpr Poisos m Eecs.-The editor Of the Salem
Gsze,ts. in publishing an account Of the death Of
Mr. Bsssett's children Of Brooklyn, says
friend on reading the above statement gives
MS the following extract from Cyclopeda: " The
white Of an egg, boiled hard IN the shell, and sus-
pended in the air afterwards, liquid drops from IT
which will dissolve myrrh, which is more thln
e,,ber water oil spirits or even FIRE itself can effect
A liuIe putrid white Of an egg taken into the
stomach occasions nausea, horror falnting, vomlt-
mo. diatrhro. and grpes It inhsmes the bile,
exces heat thirst, fever and dlssolyes the humors
ike the plague"
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CURIOUS PHEEoMENoN.-lt is stated In Cham
bers Journal that on the east coast of Suez, about
three hours ride from Tor, in Sina there is sand
stone ridge, at one part of which, where 1t is about
one hundred end fifty feet high, there is a steep
activity named Nakuh, having much loose sand
laid against it, the produce of the upper part of the
hill When the traveller ascends this sandy cliff,
his ears are saluted with sound which at first re-
sembles the tone of Eolian harp, then that of a
humming top, and finally becomes so loud that the
earth seems TO shake.
After many specularions about the cause of this
phenomenon, the matter was set at rest by the dis
tinguished naturalist Ehrenberg. He assembled
from the base of the HILL its Of sand, to
the summit where he observed the sand continu-
ally renewed by the weathering of the rock, and
convinced himself that the motion of the sand was
the cause of the sound. Every step he and his
companion took caused partial sound, occasioned
by the sand set in motion, and differing only IN
continuance and intensity from that heard after
wards, when the continued ascent had set loose a
greater quantity of sand. Beginning with a soft
rushing it passed gradually into humming noise,
and at length into threatening of such violence
that il could only be compared with distant can
nonade, had it been more continued and uniform
AS the sand gradually settled again, the noise also
gradually ceased" Mr.. James Prinsep, who also
inquired into these sounds, states that the effect II
produced by a. a redupcation of impulse, setting
air in vibration in focus of echo Ii is, IN short
| phenomenon in acoustics.
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The following extract is from the amusing 'gos-
sip" of the Knickerbocker for July:
What the Telegraph has done.

The telegraph, railroads. and steamers
have done away with all the Poetry Of -Nstcs. ("
We used to sit down of a morning, with one OF
the sow-and-easy good old-fashionedn newspa-
pers before US, containing intelligence lone month
iater from the continent Of Europe" and news
Eighteen days from New Orleans" and from
other places, near or far, in like proportion Then
''nsws was neps." Then we could enjoy our
murders of a morning; nor personal rencon-
tire between two blackguards, or an abduction, or
rape, matters TO be lightly appreciated. Now, to
adopt common but rather over hguratlve parlia-
mentary phrase, "when we take our eye and throw
il over the country represented by the journals Of
the day, what do we encounter; In circular ra-
dius, swept by lightning, Of some two or three
thousand miles, we gather up riots, executions,
wholesale butcheries, awful casualties, "DEATH's do
ings" over a whole continent, and a condensed
account Of national crime the day before, through
Out the whole length and breadth Of the land.
Slabblng thus becomes familiar and murder comes
to be considered one Of the fine arts; an indulgence
IN hich with due reference TO "toolne grouping,
brings notoriety, and, IN too many instances,
"nothing else" Su homicide, in It's collateral
effects, is, we believe, yet generally regarded as
somewhat dangerous. People reason in this way:
"Once commit a murder, and you don't know
where you are going TO stop. You may peri APPS
90 on until you reach profane swearing, Sabbath
breaking. and finally fall INTO prevarcation, and
other the like heinous offences against law and
ORDER"
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INDIAN AGENTS.

Since the days of General Washington
there have existed a number of officers in
the service of the United States, the duty
of whom has been to watch over the inte-
rests of the various Indian tribes under
the control and within the territory of the
nation, to see that the stipulatons of the
various Indian treaties between them and
the Government were not violated by the
whites in proximity TO them, and to use
all practicable means to induce the Indians
to remain at peace among themselves and
with the whites. The necessity of these
Offices was fully defined by the opinion
of the late Chief Justice Marshall, "that
the Indians were not subjects of the United
States, but wards of the nation," and the
agents were charged with the ministerial
portion Of this high duty. Consequently,
it has always been desirable that these
Offices should be filled by men of high
character and intelligence; and there has
been general understanding, in all
branches of the service, to extend to them
every facility and advantage practicable.
| For this reason II has been that, when the
agencies were established at military posts,
the officers of the Indian department have
been allowed quarters, &C., as if they had
military rank; and, as the latter is known
to be the only distinction recognised by
the Indians, it has always been inculcated
that they were to be treated with every
consideration, by all grades in the mill
tary service, and by courtesy received a
military rank. More than once, accom-
panied by officers of the army, and with
an imposing military array, they have
visited remote tribes, to be present al
councils and great assemblages, where il
was considered that the interests of the
United States should be represented. The
late distinguished General Kearny, who,
by long residence among them, had pro-
badly become better acquainted with the
character Of the Indians than almost any
man in the service If the Government,
estimated the value of these officers most
highly, and was accompanied by one Of
them in both of those extraordinary
marches made by him in the North Anne
rican prairie in 1886 and 1S45. The
Indian agencies are all under the control
of the Indian bureau, formerly connected
with the War Office, but now portion OF
the Home Department. The chief of this
bureau, the Commissioner of Indian AZ
fairs, acts either directly or through the
medium of superintendent at st. Louis,
Detroit, and other places on the frontier.
Next in grade are number of agents hav-
ing charge of territorial districts, com
prising, frequently, one OF more tribes.
The last of all are sub-agents, one OF
whom resides with each tribe, except those
which have dwindled away so as to be-
come mere fragments. The situation Of
some Of these agents and sub-agents is
the most lonely and desolate possible to be
conceived. Removed from all intercourse
with persons Of their own color, isolated
in the midst Of tribes who, however friend
| ly they may be, look on the white man as
an intruder, they need all the courtesies
we referred to above to enable them to
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The Union objects to the appointment

The Union objects to the appointment
of Jacob B. Moore, ESQ.,, as postmaster at
San Francisco, because that gentleman
was ssthe most wanton and virulent calum-
niator of Gen. Jackson in New England"
The justice of this description we will
make no remark about just now, but mere
ly ask the Union if Mr.. Moore ever was
represented to have said s'that the cleo
ton of Gen. Jackson as President would
be curse to the country" orif it has any
information that this opinion was ever ex
pressed by any other person'
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Mosr DmeRAcrrUL.--The Washington Union
suffers its columns to be disgraced by some CORE
spondent signing himself "Heroic Age who de-
votes a column Of ribad Jest to President Tsy-
lor's recommendation for fast day IN consequence
Of the cholera The Union will soon be an unsafe
paper for agents 70 receive in this city, o. under
Judge Parsons decision lie general scunillty may
render us vendors liable 10 arrest, hDe, and mprl-
.onment. We venture the assertion, without fear
of contradiction, that the American press has never
been disgraced by the publication Of this com
munication Phil sun
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We have not noticed, for two or three
days past, single paragraph in the Union
giving " aid and comfort" to the King of
Prussia and assailing our own Government,
in the matter of the war steamer which
the late Administration gave permission to
be fitted out in our ports in violation of the
neutrality law.
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The postmaster at New York has written to Mr..
Musson, the postmaster at New Orleans, letter
which deserves general attention. 1t is well known
that, through great portion of the South and
West, the mail is carried in bags on the tops of
coaches, and on the decks Of steamers, exposed to
intense heat Of the sum- and in the latter kind of
transportation, near the steam Aues and chmneys
Letters sealed with wax apt to become fastened
together, so that they cannot be separated without
running the risk Of becoming open OF being torn
The wafer is, therefore, much the safest adherent
and it is hoped that il will be sed hereafter more
generally. The following is the letter of Mr.
Brady;
"Posr OFTIcE, New York,
June 25, l649.
ssh: Will you, If in your opinion it is practca-
bic and feasible, request correspondents writing
from your city not to use sealing wax at this season
of the year.
In to-day's mail from your Office, many of the
letters, heavy and apparently covering remittances,
were found so closely stuck together by the wax as
to be inssparable without tearing. Some public no.
tice, through the press, would no doubt meet gene
raj observance.
Nv. v. BRADY, Pm
IN NILSSON, Postmaster, Neto Orleans
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GosroRr NAVY YaRb.--We learn FROM the Nor
folk Beacon thai in short time here will he but
little work in the ship-buildng department to be
done at the navy yard The Independence is
fitted out; the Vandslia and Vixen will soon I've
finished; after which the repairs required by the
Relief and Congress will he the only work on
hand
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In report of late Commissioner of
Patents, on steamboat explosions, the fol-
lowing words occur: Nothing can add
to the force of motives drawn from the
love of money and the desire of self-pre
servation."
Possibly the sentiment they embody ac-
counts for the pertinacity with which the
Union vituperates the present Admins
tration.
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THE FRENCH AND ROMAN CONTEST.

Many persons seem to take 1t Tor granted
that the French army is now sure of occu-
plying the city of Rome, because one or two
battalions had succeeded in obtaining posi-
tons within the outward walls. This is
not, however, evident, for the part Of the
city in which they had established them
selves abounded with the vast and mas
sive palaces constructed by the old archi-
tects with such solidity that each of them
is fortress. The small advantage the
French have gained is, therefore, likely to
profit them little, as the true contest is
evidently to be in the streets of Rome,
many of which were already barricaded,
not i'll the himsy style of the late trouble
at Paris, with overturned coaches, coun-
tiers OF shops, &C., but with solid blocks of
marble and granite gathered with little
labor from the ruins Astounding in the
whole country around. These barbados,
it was thought, would resist stout can
nonading, while the irregularplan, or rather
absence of all plan in the city would ex-
pose any entering force to be perpetually
enfiladed by persons beyond reach. The
siege was, therefore, apt to be long and
tedious. In addition to this, the month
of July advanced, and the malaria of the
Pontine marshes, which has swept away
more than one army, and the season of the
naaremma, or unhealthy south wind, would
affect the whole campagnd, and be more
injurious to the invaders than the troops
of Garibaldi, the mind of whom seemed
to expand with his difficulties. These
circumstances all combined to keep up
the spirits of the Romans, who had an am
pie store of provisions, and were not want
ing in munitions Of war.
1t must also be borne in mind that the
accounts received through France can
not be fully relied on, as the press is now,
in fact, as much guarded as it was under
the reign of Louis Philippe, if not of
Charles X. The attempt of the Romans
can by no means be considered as having
failed but, on the contrary, there is
every reason to think that the French
expedition will fail.
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We make the following extract from a

We make the following extract from
private letter dated Kinston, Lenoir coun-
ty, N. c., July II, 1849:
"We, the Wings of this district, (sth,) of which
little Stoniy is the sandsrd-bearer, are up and
doing. We intend to elect him by handsome
majority and give him an introduction to the Lo-
cofoco members of the next Congress You cay
he is wanted here. We intend to send him, sir, If
he lives, because he is the man for the times He
is now canvassing the district, and gaining
ground daily. His opponent, w. X. Lane, and
his Loco friends, are working hard; but with such
man Edward Stanly to contend against, it is
working in vain, and it's no knocking at the
door any more We, the Wings Of the good old
North State, calculate on sending seven members
to the next Congress, which will be gain of one
over the last Congress-
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transact the weighty business often con-
tided to them. Disbursing frequently large
sums OF money; having control over va
rious persons trading with the Indians. to
whom the law requires licenses to be is4
sued, which the agent or sub-agent
may, for cause, cancel at will, superin-
tending the payment Of annuities, and
having supervision over all schools and
missionary establishments, they silently
and unostentatiously perform as much duty
as any other class in the employment Of
the United States. Not small number
have lost their lives in the service of the
Government, and none have ever con-
trived, on the modicum of salary allowed
them, to do more than exist, while in
the reports of the Secretaries of War for
the last ten years will be found quantity
of valuable statistical and historical infor-
nation in relation to the Indians not to be
had elsewhere. These agents and sub
agents are accompanied by interpreters
and attaches of various kinds, the services
Of whom are daily and hourly called into
requisition.
There can be no doubt but that every
assistance should continue to be afforded
these officers, especially those in the
vicinity of the new Territories, to which
it is certain a continued stream of emigra-
ton will flow for years to come. 1t is a
certainty, that if their power be properly
sustained by the Executive departments,
as it certainly will, the life Of many a
wanderer will be preserved which other
wise would be sacrificed in the wilder
nesses of the grand prairies.
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Minnesota.

The Locofoco press seems to give up all idea Of
struggle for the ascendency in this rapidly in
creasing territory. The Northern Tribune bath.
Mane) copies a letter from the Advertiser which
speaks Of Governor Ramsey, the other officers of
the territory, and the prospects, thus plainly and
honestly "They seem to be well fitted to their
stations. Their greatest fault is their being Wings
| fairly believe they will Whigise the territory,
and that you will find the gian, West topped off in
full bloom with tariff and internal Improvement
doctrines in their second il not in the first egisla
turc. Mr. sbley, the delegate, is the master spir
OF the territory He s dieting for the United States
scnste, and will be reelected by almost unanimous
vote although Wing. The territory is settling
very fast No Democratic paper in it yet, but
three Wing papers" One Of the most sprightly
papers Of the West is published at ST. Paul's, by
Mr.. Hughes. II is called the Minnesota Chronicle
and edited with talent and evident love of labor
in the right cause which is sure to do good
In another part Of our paper will be found IN.
second number ofa series of papers on this terri
tory, by gentleman Of distinguished literary fame.
who has done more to unfold the riches Of the
West than almos, any one since the DAYS Of Mr..
Flint Ii was unavoidsbly kept from Saturdays
paper by the foreign news brought by the Niagara.
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Hon. A. P. BAeBr, our late Minister to Russia,
arrived in this city on Saturday evening last.
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The Elections In the French Colonies Of
the West Indies.

s"e west Indtes.
AT Martinique there was very little disturbance;
but at Guadalupe the troubles have been serious
The announcement Of the names Of the candidates
elected was made while an extensive conAagration
was consuming the houses in the city. At Port
Louis, ST. FRANCOIS, and Marie Galantc, the mos,
serious disorders had occurred A letter written
at ii o'clock, p m, on the 25th Of June, states
that Marie Galan'e is destroyed, and the whole
country is in a state Of conaagraton, Grsndbours
is on FIRE; mills, sugsr-houscs-sll are being de-
stroyed. At the time write, there has been no
intelligence received from st. Louis and Capesterrs
The routes are intercepted by band Of savage q,
armed with pikes and r.bres Their, has been a.
great lose Of life Ns.rIy hundred culuv.,ors
hAye seen killed or wounded.
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The Music OF St. PatrfcIx's Church.
rComnnaninahal

Communicated
Being stranger in the city, and passing, on Christmas
morning, along Camp Street, admiTng the 0vene Of the
day, and the happy faces Of those that like myself
ioying it, my struck with the solemn strains Of the
pealng from the portals of ST Paicks Church. Be
ing passionate lover Of Church music followed the crowd
that throngng through the gates and took my seat in
quiet corner among the w0rshppes The music Of the Mass
was Just commencing, and listened for than hour
delighted and almost enanced. leave TO Others to tell Of
the excellence of the seOns and the more exclusively devo
hona parts Of the servicebut the musical part executed
IN amanneF rarely surpassed equaed fortunately found
at my elbow who was familiar both with the musicians
and the parts assigned them The instrumental part was ex
eouted by Nh. Alfred Trust wen known the organist Of
the Church and certainly the magnificent tones of the fine
organ were brought out in manner which proved the excel
lence Of the instrument and the performer but is unneees
say thing in his praise Ohe eloquent strains that
spTang into life beneath bis fingers sufficiently proclaim his
excellence was particularly impressed with the charming
manner in which the trio at the ofratory was sung The
voices Of the ladies in this part peculiarly ne and they
sang with exceeding sweeneand the leader OF the choir
who, though amateur is Ieam, well known in the musical
circles of this city, sustained here his high reputaton in.
deed he did elevate it. His voice Of the richest it
ever was fortune to hear and swee through the solemn
ases, like the sound of falling waters, and now like the
deeptOned peangs Of cathedral bell In the solo before
the sermon he particularly successful it was exceedingly
grand and impressive The tenor solo, Et Incarnatus was
by young gentleman Of the choir with the most touch.
ing sweetness. The panve melody of this part seemed
composed expressly for his fine voice. and executed with
the most perfect taste and expression But it time to close
and have spoken Of the deghtulsngng Of the ladies
who compose the choir have no words 10 tel my adnra-
ton Of til viii not aempti But every ear was charmed
by hem-and one whom the principal parts were oonded
and whom the equene Of this Charch have long been ac-
cusomed to hear with strains of such sweetness asmght
have raised an imaginative the earh and made
him fancy himself listening to the music oil the spheres Indeed
the music of this Mass solemn so impressive was well cal
lated to raise the mind above the enes of earthly things
and bring it to the contemplation Of those grand and holy