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The yitchita Minerals.

The BOnham tfexasl Advertiser says that " the party who so recently discovered on the Witchita what they supposed to be mine of silver passed this place on their way back to the mine, on Mon day last, and picked up few recruits among our good citizens. Theyshave acids, &c, to test the value of their discoveries. Whatever il may be that they have fonnd, whether lead or silver we are ere dibiy assured that the quantity is inexhausti5e.'
 The ChOctaw paper published at Doaksvllle in noticing the aboye ads, il is the opiDioa of some gentlemen. who we have conversed with on the subject, that visited the mountains a short time since, that there gold, sver lead and coal to be found; extending both sitics of Red river
 The excitement already extensively manifested upon the subject of mineral hunting. appears 10 be on the increase. We have heard ofa nurnher or small parties leaving and others making up. from the northern part of Texas bound for the Witchita country"
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PoLand.-The London Quarterly Review for January, in an article on Austria and Germany has the following alusion to the activity aad en- ergy of The countrymen of koscusko, in the late revolutionary nVvsment in Europe: The Poles have played leading part in all the instructions in the capitals of Europe. They have, in fact be- come The Free Corps of Democracy, the Knights Errant of Revelation; and, like the companies of adventure in lhe fourteenth century, they proller tbeir assistance in. every quarter where there is prospect successful ihsarreetiea against ta,arc- cal authority"A
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ARalrs as washiar,s..

Joe eiamors of the whigs against ,A. .,,,. ., anAFs at ashiagtoa sFe bseosniIR op-n and ir,,,s saht--'he qasrrets Of old whiiey ere nS leoss, ms''eTs oi she imagination, pnd the uore ,hev hs, pay up support and ,o influence the baIlO; AoSe, " open as well as secret slIerts direct sro. ,s.
 Second Washington" the more will ,hev fail ,o please anybosty VI"
 Ihe following letter exposes some es IA. An;... a washang'cn--'t 's soIt of peep behind the eus- 'aan' aud pretty sght Il is
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 our eotvesroeden, here 4sAs aleeady anOonne.a 10 you that Wm. C-IoneS, Coi Ressenss son. .tn.ls, naa resigned ,he SeeretNryshir Of the Boar g Con. .s. ier the settlement ef exicsa esius snd tmat bs had been seat to Mexico lDr ialagmss,sn , relation to the said claims. have, mosSoser. "a iniorm yon thal peep bshnd the curtain 2. th. White House, enables me to state thai Mf Jao.. has been dispatched by the governnpnt u,ih sa speed 10 California. over land through Mexico. ag5 lh~t me steamer water Witch has been ordered ,, convey him to Vera Cruz. '"
 The object of the vis, of this vvnt,.,,.n :. f.r fcrnais not exactly known: bu, Il has seet, that is object is first 10 pafsuasse Cot Fgsa,s, , exeeptthe appotnsment of Commissioner ,n gnn The boundary line between thls roun,ry and NexSsa Y. persuade the people of Cattcrna 10 frame snars,, uon and to inquire into the validity certain grant. oi land supposed SO be false, oF invalid
 0f late the administration has been fshinv h sn;n over Col Benton, or at least his intlaeges Or ssn trethy, in the Senate, should he be re-eeced ,o !, This IS done by heaping undserved tavsfs apoa inc members of hts family, as is proved Ay the sbov.
 Bat Il is supposed that Old BaIllcn silI no, a, ..v rate take strong ground aginst the sdmin,stta,ios but Will assume medium course, supporting iAs government in certain measures, and iakinv ro active part in others His hobby is al, Dsesen, railroad tc the Pacific, from some pon ia Missouri. this mad eaa never be made 10 start from shat point 1 Col. Weller was removed because he was demo. era', and did not enjoy the confidence of inc adtnp. trat'on; this is the fact The charges made against hun by the wh,g press. of unnecessary delays al New Orleans, are totally false. There Is not hkelv to be many more removals of democrats. The admlnistrallon h0ds il t Is loosing by il more than Il can possibly gain; and Furthermore that the pshs service, instead of prof,ing by it. acaally is the loser. because onehalf of these appeiale le ofces are green, hands, knowing but little os aotAias of the dniies they have to perform. The aa,ion must suher several hundred thousand dollars by such changes; but that's notbisg, the peoples Dea,y returns to the people through set of philosophers always sleaaing ID readiness to cageh at the smaIisst chance. More another day
 r. 5. There will be blow up in the cabinet ere long They are begianing to sqnsbble The last sitting was long, and resulted nothing of aay GOA , sequence. We wil see what the next will be.
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7as Peee and ase Boleqaese.--A de,,,.,Io, h..

Ihs fspe and lie Holesaese.--A deputatlon has been appoaied at Bologna ,o invite the Pope 10 tsk up his residence in that city A difference of o3ia. ion, however, arose In the Assembly as to wheihe, they should invite him ihiti,er CT only siVbify 10 him their aiectonaie devotion an ;s.rf adhesion to the monarchical form of government. The diiier- ehcs had excited good deal of warmth Dispatches have, 1t Is said, been received by the treuch Minis- the headquarters of the French expedtienasy army. which state that if the French Cabnes psrsist alter the taking of Rome, in leaving to the Romans ,he right of choosing their own form of goyerunisat the Pope has determined to repair To Bologna and place hssnseif under the protection of Austria and the ether coalesced poRefS
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G. Ii Is proposed in Michigan to make ail the State officers civil and judicial. elective by the peo- pie, asd the Judges of the Supreme Court ineigi- hle to any other office during tho term for which they may be elected, and for one year thereafter- Despite of Taylordom the whole country is fast be- coming radically democratic.
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CANADIAN ANNExArioN.-lt was contemplated, by the early founders of the Republic, that Canada should form part of the United States, appears from the following article specially inserted in the Articles Of Confederation of ITS
 ."ART. II. Canada. aceeding 10 this Confederation and joining in the measures of the United States, snail be admitted into and entitled 10 all the advan- tages of this uuon but othsr colony shall be ad- mitted into the unless such admission be agreed 10 by the nine States"
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HE HEATm OF LITTLE Rocx While the news papers in different portions of the country boast iug of the superior salubrty of their neghborhood we feel bound to say reihing of our own "neck of the woods.' The opinion has been expressed, by many who have been abroad during the past spring and summer, that they had not .foaad pIace from Boston 10 Nep Orleans that eouM equal Little Rock R fhe health of is citisens The terrible epl denies that have secured the country have left us unscathed. From some peculiar blessing of situa ton, We seem to have escaped the balefu influence of many of the "ills that flesh is heir to.' If it be made criterion of health, we do think that 'yilage is ihe greatest place earth for eli- dren! Go where you will, you meet their smiling little faces and chubby cheeks, ruddy with health and happiness. l. has been matter of surprise 10 us tbat u,aay more of those who annually seek ,o avoid, for while, the close confinement of the
 larger cities have not bent their steps this way. It
 s central point whence many very agreeable wa tering places may be easily reached. The Hot Springs, Lewis's Sulphur Springs, lronSs the Dar- Ganees, the Searcy Springs, are all within conve- vent distance. The accommodations at these places are considerably improved for new country, and we sure that the hotels in Little Rock will make travellers as comfortable they can be made any where west of the Mississippi.
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LITTLE RocK AND FoRr SMTH RoAD. .-Ths peo. Pieof Boensiile. Scott county, hold meeting on Ike iit' inst. for the purpose of aceeeraling the movement in establishing this rond. They request lhe Internal Improvement Commissioners to mark on, the road as soon practicable, as isy wish 10 work al il while they have leisure.
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Boston Outrage. the evening of the 25th alt !, married lacy of tho highest responsibility, whiie in company with her brother, stopped on Dor chester bridge by men, assaulted and her per son violated in the most atroeious manner Her bro ther -hadly beaten in his attempt to rescue her
 The assailants were all sober-so says the South Boston Gazette. Some of inc parties have been arrested, and ths punishment on conviction is death
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DEArHs IN rHE ARMY.--Maj. Gates, of the Eighth Infantry, died of cholera at Fredericksburg. Texas horse and killed.
 Maj. K. B. Lee, formerly in command of the Arsenal a. this place, died in St. Louis few days since.
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CAN'T 20 NILES FROM SANTA rr.


 Dsar L.--Il-gives me pleasure to have an oppor- tnniiy of writing 10 you, and assure you eager ly avail myself fit You will be glad 10 learn that we all well, and that our teams have stood the trip remarkably well so far and are in good condi- tion. We have determined, instead of going to Santa Fe, to take tbe Southern route, and, leaving it to the right, strike Alburquque seventy-6ye miles sorh of it. and take the southern Pass through te mountains. Our object in this is nain- ly 10 avoid the influence of the Santa Fe market, where there is so much Genand for every thing that an emigrant wants. An ordinary mule is worth S75, while all American horse can scarcely be given away.
 The bhoys gre in the best kind of spirits, and we can go to fendango every night or two, if ws please. We frequently take occasion to make our selves agreeable Ia the senortas ard although there are none of us much distinguished for our gal!anify among the fair sex l you our effort in this line have been eminently successful among the brnnstfes. r
 We have had plenty of game since we left Fort Smith to this place. Buffalo, deer, elk and antelope have abounded; aud, far as good are concerned richer and better food could not be furnished in the States We could give christmas dinner once a week
 send this by wagon going to Independence, which is just abont starting. will write to you inc ne.t opportunity, WIZ. PAGAN.
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INDIAN TROUBLES IN FLoHDA.--rhe Savannah pspers give an account of attack upon the neigh berhood of st Augustine, Florida by the Indians Several houses were barned and sacked, and one citizen killed. All who could find means escaped to Savannah. More difficulties are apprehended.
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DRgAnFUL AccIDESr.--1he train of cars over the railroad between Philadelphia aud New York, ran off the track near Princeton, on the ad inst. A teiesfsPhic dispatch to the St. Louis Organ says:
 The locomotive ran iate ihe canal one passenger car was crushed 10 pieces; two killed and sixteen wounded, some morlally. Three o the in- Iured persons will probably die The aeeiden, was oecasioned by the switch being let of.
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REIIGIoUs REVIVAL --The good folks os TaHa- dsga township. Jefferson county, have had qui,ea brilliant religious revival. Those who were present stale that much good has been the result of the meeting, numbers of the aged and the young have been added to the church.
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MardeYy Arrested. Deputy sheriff Gilmore and officers O'haver and W off, of the Memphis police, on the 27th uIt, arrested wssn nsm4a James Wal den. who broke jail in Cleveland Ohio, solne eight months since. where he was confined on tle charge Of murder The governor of Ohio offered reward of ss200 for his apprehension. He confessed that he the man, and will be sent back to that State immediately.
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"To SUCH BASE USES MUST WE COME AT LAsT."-A dispatch from Washington, quoted in the Baltimore Sun, says that arrangements in progress for the establishment of new paper in Baltimore in supp port of Col. Benton, of Missouri Messrs. Flynn and Curran are to be the publishers. Mir Currau was long connected with the Globe, under Blair x kves, and Mir. Flynn CD is the brother in-aw of Mir Riyes.
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The Cotton Crop.

The following data of the Cotton crop of the Uni tedsaes, for the last thirteen years will be inter- esling to many of our readers, especially to the planting portion of them. It will be perceived how almost invariably late bloom is followed by an early frost:
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lNDtANA.-As the Congressional election in this State approaches, the confidence of the Democracy IS daily increasing. They have no fears of defeat They are determined not to give "aid and comort'' to General Taylor, lift from Indiana with what we have already gained will give US majority in both Houses of Congress
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tJ-The For, Smith Herald says that lumber and
 lime are still in great demand there. Flour and meal are very scarce. Floar is wor, g per hun, dred, and meal is selling at s2 and 75 cents per bushel.
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a5'The editor oG the Tribune reioiees that he has al last found out what brandy is good for. yiz 10 keep hah alive anse fresh but he insists that tbe brandy should not be pua to the fish after il Is cooked. He should have said, after ii Is eaien.-- N. Y Mirror
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0J-To Mir. 4. C. oIIs, of tho steamer Bsaeon, we are indebted for late New Orleans papers, and the extra containing the latest news by tue Cambria. published ia another column.
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DEATH AMONG THE DocroRs,--It is stated that foarieeg physicians have died in Cincinnati since the cholera made its appearance there; and the
 Peoples Organ pots down the number who have at sixffeu
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1J Gen. c, w. CLARKE, commissioner appointed by the Governor to receive and turn the assets held by the several Branches of the State Bank ar rived, on Thursday last with the available funds of the braach at Fayetteville. We understand that the vouchers from that branch throw some new light upon the late mOnied operations of the mother Bank.
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FATHER MsR-w.-Ihe Sons of Temperance of VickstWg. Miss., have determined 10 send dele gaaioa to the Norsh for the purpose of inysrsg tho great Apostle Of Temperatures io sis that S,ste and to him ef cordial reception by the friends lhe cause.
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J-FJoHS F. BELL has been appointed by the gov ernor Of krntucky to be Secretary of Sate in place Of ORLANDO BROWN, resigned. Mir Bell represen- ted the 4th district of Kentucky in the 29,h Con gress.
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Iae OperRoic.-As We feared inc rise in Red River has egaailed fully that of February. 1913. winch inundated nearly every plantation on inc river We have no data upoa which to base an estimate o the amount ef damage to the crops, stock eie hu, have very little doubt that the loss in the cotton alone wiIi reach if not exceed 60 GOO bales To this may be added the loss of fqy one-haf of he corn crop, besides great loss of stock The nres- ent has been most disastrous year to plansIs on the river bottom lands.
 The waters are now snhsiding but the rains still contlhue, During the month ci 5niy. not less than 22 inches ot aia fell at this place. and fl appear. o haVe been general throughout the country.
 Washington 1eiegrapA, .4ugust1.
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1i' Eight hundred and forty one emigrauts ar rived al Philadelpiia iron, Europe the l3th uIl. On ihe same day the ship Unicorn, with a very large pumbcr passed the breakwater al the mouth Of the river.
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TESsEssEE ELrcrloNs--We have every reasen to ex0lt over the recent elections in Tennessee. The returns from nearly every county so faf we have heard. show a democratic triumph, and the whole Statc exhibits victory over Tayiorissn aud .humbag, an indignant reproof of preiended nos partyis,n, that must fall with gang force upon the administration.
 The election of Gen. Trcusda-, the democratic candidate for governor, admitted even by the whig papers, and how much the gain will be In members of Congress- we unable to tell. We can only say that the democratic gain has been immense.
 As soon we obtain reliable information We will publish the vote of the State in tabular form
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THE ExcuRsIoN OK THE ALzRr.-,0n the 6ih inst the polite and attentive officers of the steamer .aert gave excursion to the ladies of city. Judg- ing from the expression of the opnonsof those who were of the party, never was an entertainment of the kind more successful, The merry tripping of the ''light fan;asic the bright eyes and heam- ing smiles of beauty "worthy the lofty wish of seraphim,' and the sweet sounds of music upon the waters gave unwonted joyousness to the scene The whole affair passed off most admirably and 10 the complete satisfaction of all concerned. Messrs Gregg sud Barclay deserve and will receive the grateful acknowledgements of all who partook of their hospitality upon the occasion.
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13' The New Y York Herald with equal truth and poetry remarks that the appointment of Abbott Lawrence, us Minister to Epgiana and the recall of Mir Bancroft, san exchange of money for brains. ''
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tI-oar thanks are due b Col J B. KrsgrAD, for late papers.
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T3swe are indebted to s. MURDocK. Esq, of Ma psieou, for st Louis Organ, of the 3d inst, and New Orleans Daily Delta.
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G1-A letter has, within few days past, reached this place sta.ing that David G. Harris, formerly Executive Receiver of tn Fayetteville branch Bank in this s,ate, died of cholera in Mexico.
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HARaoSiEIsG. democrats of the State of New York are beginning 10 be imbued with the proper spirit They have the folly Of ossentlon among themselves about matters entirely foreign to the principles of the party and determined 10 agree. "ln union there is strongth," once mite q, the de- mocracy ofhe Empire Ssate will be irresistible. The State democratic committee propose convention to devise ways and means for the complete and perfect harmony of the party. In their last bulletin they say:
 ''lf spirit of cancellation shall pervade the two conventio0s-ifqaestisns of d,fsrenes, and abstrae lions not hitherto recogascd part of the demo- cratic creed, be auotd,dasd # not looking to fAp paSi, q sincere deermintion 10 rally aRder united organization be maniested-uniou and cooperation will be easy and sitsinable. A contrary course will only revive dissensions and perpetuats division"
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BJ' If the devil should lose his tail, where would he get anotherl IH dram shop. to be sure, where they ye-taa bad spirits.
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PRoF, MAFh1T.-Thls distinguished pulpit orator vas at the last accounts, catching sinners with a naked hcok," at HuasSyiile, in this State.
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eJ~ J~Captain Nathan Darling late of the United States Dragoons, is the agent appointed, by the Board of Aldermen of New York, to bring the re- mains of Gen. Worth and Col. Duncan from the South, to be suitably inferred in their native Sta,e New York
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 FKoM THE CALiFoaSiA EaiGRANrs- BY LAND AND WATER The St Louis Union, of the IOlb, pub fishes the following extract from letter o geuie- nsn In iha, city, dated
 Foar KEsKxEY, oa Platte Ripey, une 9, lsl9.
 Dser S1. After tedious, disaeFeeable trip, we isSs here, having travelled fvsns Independence 32O apiles. Rsis; aad hail storms the mos, furious have been common. and the roads st times almost i'm passable, wkieh accounts in part for our slow pro- frsss. mouth having elapsed since We started = Thsrs great dissatisfaction in camp among pas seHgem--se mech 50 thatii asaa,Bes threatening asi,ecl; nor eau l predict si present what may Le the issue.
 Diseass and death have beea among us since our 6rsteatsst--l aiH not undertake te suy bow fright faL Cbajera most malignant, except ia tSo or three Bstanees, has eonsignsd 10 the silent earth, unshrol3ed and nnconiRed. eleven persons of the srssD se fhe prasstt lime; nor have we now hope ilssaysges ate stayed. What lnsy bs our sabse- qaspt feripnel kaow uoi; hope faE the best k Yesterday we overlook small train which had below us attacked and killed five ladians; said 10 kaxsiseen dsse beeanss Of sise loss of stock Such wsafbe report made tothe nding officer hsFr For Vireelyes. NC have not been snolesisd. The road v literally lined milh new-nade graves; lls snslsgFhsty 10 ecntpnriatr. and seriously impress ss nslh siis reerf!en, how fFa,l ls aii that is i4l.' gaia adisu. wisl n,y hesssy good wishes, S6 Truly ypaF friend sr sa X '.
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GJ- An exchange has the following attemp. at a pun
 "ia E5icisa Fsysi Nagisiraie.--iensral Taylor promised to arrest pFoscription He has done more --tse isas sss,issiiss,ii i; .s
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The ealirornla Is.a.g,r.nts rron, f.ttle i,osl

The California EraigTysnts froni Little Rock.
 By Friday nights mail many letters were receiy- ed from the party who ieIt this place in April last for the "gold dggings.'' The company had Fass- ed south of Santa Fe, and, from all we can learn, had progressed so far without any difficulty. We received from our friend Dr, ". r. PAGAN. who went ont as accompanying physician, the following letter:
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THE BANNER.
LAMBERT ,. ABANDON. E.lIlor.

GJThs river has again risen, and I2 feet water in the channel.
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NAvAL IMrUsrOE.-The Boston papers say that a fellow, wearing the uniform ci the United States Navy, and calling himself Capt. DOwnes, It. Hun ter, eie., has been swindlng sundry persons about Boston, lately. Some of his sPecula,ioRs have amounted 10 the pretty sum of Sl ,5oe. His prac- iice was to visit ssore state his ptetende rank in the Navy, and order cernin articles to be sent 10 respectable hotel, where they disposed of in q manner that enabled hkn to pocket the proceeds. He was last seen at RoNbury. with pair of black horses he had obtained on trial and the officers were in pursuit.
 If we mistake not, this same gentleman paid a visit D Little Rock. two or three years since, and, under the pretence that he was bearer of dis patches to the frontier from the government, man. aged to swindc several of our citizens out of small sums of money.
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oS~A Roman Catholic priest, named Chinqui. has been making a temperance tour la Canada, during which he obtained 5000 signatures to the teto- tal pledge. Father Mathew can't beat him much.
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uJCol. Fremont has been appointed Commis. siOner 10 run the Mexican boundary line. in place of Col Weller.