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THE OREGON ARGUS. : runi.miiKD mr stuiuv moiximJ, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. Office-Good' Building, Main st, EJito- rial lloom in first story. TERMS The Aaoct will be furniehed at Fiet Vallate per Annum or Sit Mmllu fur Three DMure. t2T ATe Suleeriptione received for leu thin Six Month: Ulf" Ml p'iper dieronliiiurd until alLarrearngei are jxiiJ, unleee at the option of the putiliiher. ADVKUTWINU ItATKH. Ouo square (12 linos or less) one insertion, (.1,00 " two insertions, I, (to. . " three insertions, j."i,00. liaoh subsequent insertion, Jl,00. Reasonable deduction to those who advertise by the year. Job Printing. "Tim momiKTOR or tiik ATtOI'S h lurrr to Inform, the publio llinl lie has just receivc.l a lurgo Block of iHH) TYl'K and other new print ing material, nml w ill bo in the apeoly receipt of additions suited to nil the requirements of this lo cality. 11AND1III.I.S, POSTICUS. lil.AXKH, CAIUM, CII1CLI.AKS, PAMrilUCT-WoUK ami other kin la, dune to onler, on short notice. , Death of Hseaeer II. C.oae, I. D. An event which lion been anticipated for some Week pant wm realized Tuesday in the decease of Rev. Spoucer II. Cone, D. D., the well known Pastor of the Fimt lkptist Church in thin city. Vr. Cone' has been a checkered life, lie has occupied different positions, and bin beeu in active life for li:ilf a ceutury. Iu hit death tho Bnjttist denomination loses one of ill moat distinguished members, and a mourning social circle a devoted friend. Dr. Cone had passed the age of luventy years, aud the burdens of age benn to bo luid heu vily upou him. For some time putt he hui been gradually failing, aud ludiciitiono of hit approach ing end were perceptible at on early poiiud in the bummer. Ho died peacefully at hi residence in Ihia city at 8 o'clock, Tuetday morning. Dr. Cone was a native of New Jersey, having huen horn nt Princeton, in April, 1785. Iliafulh cr, Cvnant Cono, waa descended from the firdt sct tlera hr New Ilnlmids his mother was second daughter of Col Joah Houghton of Xew Jerwy. llolli pirenia wore numbers of tiie Hopewell Rap tint chiin h in Hunterdon county. Young Spcu ter enjoyed the advantages of a pious home edu cation. Ilia mother alwaja cfllcilaiiied a belief llml her boy waa destined for the ministry, and be stowed grout pains upon his culturo. At tho age of twelve, he was fitted fur collego, and entered at Princeton, hut remuined there only for a period of two years. Donieslio afflictions required his pres ence at borne, and he returned to assist (ho family by teaching. Ho never retiirisod to college. Af ter assisting for three months iu teaching the Academy iu l'rincotou, he undertook the charge of a school iu tint town of Springfield, Kew Jersey, und continued in that place for a your. By invi tation from bis friend Dr. Allison, ho then assumed the duties of instruction in Latin and Greek at Mr. A.'s Academy iu Bordontovvn, to which place the Cone family removed. ' The subsequent year he accepted an appointment in tho Philadelphia Acad emy, uuder Rev. Dr. Ahercrornbie, and occup'cd that post for four or fivo years. At the end of this period, however, a change came over young Cone's affairs. Teaching, then ns now, afforded but a limited income iu return for very severe application. Wearying of the pros pect that constantly presented itself to his imagin ation, desirous of benefiting his family to a greater extent than he had hitherto been able to do, and believing that he had a mission for the stage, ho became an actor. For scren yeure he remained in the theatrical profession, playing principally in lTjiladetph in, aud realizing an income which rang ed from fifteen hundred to twenty-five hundred dollars per annum. Hut tho seven years' period eume to an end. Coue waa disgusted at the spec tacle Of an actor of inferior character being igno taiiuiously hiBscd off the stage, wasted to institute tnoral reflections upon the character of the persons by whom he was surrounded, saw no profit in de pendence upon the fickle taste of theatrical audi ences, and concluded to retire. IIo did so. Ho never resumed the actor's disguises. His next venture was iu the office of the Balti more American, where he took charge of the books and funds. In .May, 1813, lie was married to i Miss Sally Wulluce Morrell, a young lady residing in Philadelphia, to whom he had been engaged for two years. Mrs. Cone died only a year since. During the last war with Kngland, Mr. Cone saw active service. lie commanded a oinpany of Volunteers from the city of Baltimore, and'' was .present at the contests of Baltimore, Bladensburg and Fort McIIenry, but escaped without a wound . in all. After bis newspaper experience, Mr. Cone un dertook the duties of a clerkship in the Treasury Department at Washington ; but he remained there ' only for a short time. It was the last of bis charg. s before he decided upon entaring the ministry. The early religious traiuing he had received, work ing up through all' the encrustations of worldly pleasures, and penetrating through the bard coat ing of a theatrical life, found its full devolopment as lie reached the turning point.' His conversion oc curred during hia residence in Baltimore, shortly after leaving the ofiiice of tho American. The circumstances which attended this event have been strikingly recorded by Dr. Cono himself. "Ilav- 5ng aerved the proprietors of the American more than a year," he eoys, "John Norvell, Esq., of Kentucky, who married my youngest sister, (lonfj nince dead) aud who has since been Senator of the United States from Michigan, induced me to unite I who nun,, and purctaa .aud conduct the Haiti more Whig Politics and war completely en grossed my mind In the month of November, 1813, after breakfast, 1 look up the newspaper, and saw, among other things, a large sule of books ad vertised at Wood's auction rooma, and said to my self, I will look in a. I 0 to the office and sec what they are. I did so, and the first book I took up was volume of the Worka of John Newtoit In an instaut my whole life passed in review be fOM me. H.s dream of the kt ring reminded me," ic Feb- 4, 1814, ice a foot in thickness -,1 in ilia ratr.nsco river, and Mr. Cone wis baptaed into the Fi.st Baptist church of Haliiroore JVe Induction into the wiuMry wasaj ruiurLAk mm W. 1- U.MH, , F.dllor a ad Proprietor. VOL. 1. OS. BOON as hia conversion. He waa invited to lead the Sunday morning prayer meeting in the little Dap. tist church at the Washington Navy Yard just then In want of a pastor, preached on the following Sunday, believed he wns "called to the work," wrote to Baltimore for and obtained bis letter of dismissal, and June 34, 1815, was duly licensed as a Minister of the Gospel. Forty years, accord ingly, have passed since the Doctor began his min istry. Ilia subsequent career la well known. A few weeks after hia ordination, in 1815, he was Cbupluin to Congress ; iu 1816 was pastor of the Baptist chuch in Alexandria, D. C. iu May, 1823, rem ived to this city, aud hero occupied the pulpit of the Oliver st. church for a period of eighteen yours. On the first of July, 1811, by a unanimous vote of the First HoKist church, he received a call for that congregation, and bos ainoe continued Its pastor. In the year 1836 Dr. Cone was chosen President of the American and Foreign Bible Society, aud occupied that position fur thirteen years, lid waa also identified with the cause of Baptist Missions, and for nine years waa President of the Triennial Convention, a body which at that period enibrac. ed representative from all the Slatea in tho Un ion. But it ia chiefly from hia intimate connection with the A'em Vernon plan that Dr. Cone has been noted fur a number of yean past. The agitation of this question, which has since convulsed the Baptist denomination, and produced a division in the Bible Society, began as early as 1833. It waa renewed with great vigor in 18 JO. A preliminary meeting of the friends of the New Version was hold on Monday, May 27, 1850; an adjourned meeting on the Hist of May ; aad on tho IOtli of June a regular publio meeting waa hold at the Baptist Tabernacle in Mulborry street, the result uf which was the formation of the American Blblo Uniou, with Dr. Cono as President. The sessions were prolonged and animated, aud the discussions pun gent. Dr. Cone hnd by this time fully espoused the idea that the King James version of tho Scrip tures teems with errors, both of press and by trans lation ; and vigorously defended, hia positions by argument. Tho leu.liug sentiment was, that it had become the duty of Christians to prouuru and circulate the most fuithful versions of the Scrip tures in all language!. With thla end in view, the "American Bible Union" was projected, has been conducted, and still exists. In the death of Dt. Cono it loses n vory staunch friend and sup porter. Ill person, Dr. Cone was of medium height, rather spare; waa exceedingly voluble, earnest, and full of nnccdotc ; warm-hearted und impuls ivo, he loved his friends and said sharp thiugs about his enemies; was aensitivo to praise sreensuro, and enthusiastic in his advocacy of whatever he con ceived to he light. Iu preaching, he exke with out notes, and frequently employed copies of the amended version of the Bible in his jrtilpit. Ho leaves two children, grown up and engagod in business. New York Timet. Parental Flvuines By this is meant that disposition, though at the greatest distance from all that ia rigid, stern and cruel, can master hia owu feelings; amid the strongett appeals to the tender emotions of the mind, can' inflexibly maintain its purpose, and iu the way of denying improper requests, or adminis tering correction, can inflict pain on the object of its affection, whenever duty requires such an exer cise of beneficial severity. For want of this dispo sition, of this fine aud nollo quality, how many have ruined their children forever by indulgence. Those parents are sincerely to be pitied, who have not resolution and firmness enough to deny the re quests of heir children when thoy know them to be improper. Nor are they less objects of pity, who from ill-judged tenderness, withhold correc tion when it is known to be necessary. The chil dren of such parents are objects of still greater com miseration. The consequences must be fatal as to the formation of a manly, virtuous character. I have heard a parent say "I love my children so well that I cannot punish them when (hey do wrong." Strange love, indeed I Had your child fractured a liinb, what kind of affection would you express by saying that you loved your child so much that you cannot consent to allow the surgeon to operate upon it ? Hence your child must suffer the consequences of a deformed limb all the rest of his lite. Ahd yet, I appeal to your reason if this course would not be more excusable than lb let their temper and passions become perverse, because you have not steadiness enough to evercise judi cious restraint, or infliet Balutary punishment. Hall on Education. ' (Kr Seventy-eight young mcnt enlisted for the Kinnev expedition, the Chicago Tri bune says left that city for New York, un der the command of a captain. They were principally enlisted in St. Louis, and are said to be young meu far superior to those who would naturally be gathered for such an enterprise. $3T A Uter from I'aris states that the evidence of that curious phenomenon, the .... i i .ii. i r..ti Winowl ". una " lu .. .w. .Writ. U tablished. Two of these, curious creatures hn..a been received from Surinam. They evidently belong to some hitherto unde served species of cok-optra, tho shell being divided by an apparent or ime um.e, mm tho siJes presenting projections which re semble feet. Tho Richmond Dispatch speaks of a pamphlet just publishrd iu that vicinity which estimates that within the last forty years 61,024 slaves have escaped from the South, or 1500 annually, and that the total loss is $37,740,800. OCT The old barque Wiiliam and Ann, which conveyed Gen. Wolfs to the sfege of Quebec in 1700, is yet in exigence. AMKHIC utinowa Boaiihl or aaltlra promise of kings, kiowK aoniihl of Coronet, aad Hlar. and Hiring." CITV, ORBOOW TERRITORY, BATPRDAY, OOTOliaa From the Aryus Extra, of Saturday Af ternoon, f3J Mai. Haller driven in to the ti ii mi t l ! uans i ino inainna swarming in Great Numbers I ! Attack on the Settlements feared ! ! ! CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS ! A lottcr lias just been received from his Excellency Governor Curry, stating thnt tho command of Major Ilullor litis been driven in to tho Dal la by the Indians ; that lie was compelled TO ABANDON HIS DEAD TO TIIE ENEMY, and also a mountain howitzer, which however waa spiked by him. He snys that the Indians numbor from FIFTEEN UVXDRED TO THREE THOUSAND!! and their numbers are swelling in consequence of their successes. Vancouver and "the post nt tho Cascades are loft nearly unpro tected, and there is great reason to appre hond that the Indians will carry the war into tho settlements. The Governor desires the Clackamas Comphny to go to-morrow morning down to Portland, nnd assures all who may volnn- teor that they will bo furnished with arms nnd horses at Vancouver and the Dulls. In conclusion iho Govorhor uses the follow ing words ! " Say to our follow-citizcns that unless thoy act NOW, and that resolutely and promptly, the war will be transferred to their own fircnida ! " It is hoped that all who can will volun teer in this hour of need, and that they will be in Oregon City on To-Morrow (SUNDAY) Morning, at 10 o'clock. From the Aryus Extra, of Monday After noon. Late from the South. MERE INDIAN MURDERS I OCT VVo have been favored by A. IIol brook, Esq., with an Extra from the office of tho Oregon Statesman, containing tho following exciting news, which wo haston to lay before the public. Tho Extra was brought to this city by M. A. Ciiinn, Esq., of Portland : Indian Outbreak in Southern Or egon ! Dwellings Burned, and Families Murdered ! ! Corvallis, Sunday, Oct. 14. At noon to day, Mr. S. B. Hadlcy arrived at this place, express messenger, bearing a petition to Gov. Curry for 500 volunteers to repel the hostilities of the Shasta and Rogue River Iudians, who are represented to bo in astato of war towards the whites. Tho petition is signed by about 150 of tho citizens of Umpqua Valley. Among the names we recognize a number of promi nent settlers there. The potitiott represents that some TWENTY or THIRTY FAM ILIES HAVE BEEN MURDERED 1 and dwellings burned, and that an attack upon the Umpqua settlements is feared. The houses burned and families murdered, thus far, were between Grave Creek nnd Rogue River. Mr. Hadlcy recollected the follow ing names among the number : Evans, (at the ferry,) Waggonor, Van Noyce) widow Nida, she escaped and Har ris. It was supposod that Miss Pellet, the tem perance lectures, was at Waggoner's, and murdered. All communication with Jack sonville was cut off, and we hear nothing from the citizens them. It Is conjectured, however, that the town is fortified. The mail carrier was shot at and driven back. The families between drave Creek and the Canyon have been brought into Umpqua for safety. There is no communication be yond the Canyon now. Mr. Hadley says that Judge Deady, who had been holding court in Jackson county, with Mr. Drew, deputy Marshal, confirm the intelligence, and say that from the mountains, they could see the burning dwellings south of them. An express of Maj. Rains, we are informed, passed np ou U "l"" ' tne river wim requisition for U. S. soldiers, arms and ammuni tion, from Ft Lane. Iie'U not be able to get through, probably. KT Hon. Henry A. Wise has fitted up his dwcllitig-house, barns, and every other ..1...P ,f shrdter. and invited thither the af flicted people of Norfolk and Portsmouth, assuring them of a most cordial welcome. The, Russian capture of French pris oners must have been large of late, for the exchange agreed upon draws from France not only the Russians taken in the Crimea, but all thooa who fell into French hands lat year at Uonursuud. Xw from the mates. The Virginia Know Nothings. In the Virginia Know Nothing State Council at Richmond an informal resolution was offered by John M. Bolts, embracing the sentiment that both sccrcsy and the religious test of tho party ought to be abolished, and that tho naturalization laws ought to bo totnlly repealed. Tho object was morcly to ascer tain tho sense of tho Council on I ho ques tion, and it was unanimously iu the aflirtn ative. A telegraphic despatch from Sidney, N. S., received by way of Halifax, announces tho loss of the submarine cable intended to connect Newfoundland aud Cne Breton. Yellow Fever. Tho ititclligmit cor respondent of the San Francisco Hkrald writes as follows : Tho aggregato of deaths for weeks past in Norfolk nnd Portsmouth, Virginia, tells how fearful has been tho mortality. At least ono thousand persons have diod, and that in a diminished popula tion, for many of the inhabitants lied from their homes as soon as the epidemio begnli to spread. At the present time, it is said that both those places nro more than half depopulated, many families leaving their sick members behind them to the tenders mercies of strangers, while thoy themselves sought safety in other localities. This stampedo on the part of tho citizens of thoso stricken cities, hns doubtless, added much to the sufferings of thoso who were left ; and but for the (iood Snmaritanism of other cities, which has steppod in to supply their places nt the bed side of the sick and dying, would have add ed a much g router number of names to tho catalogue of the dead. But, thanks to ma-, ny noble spirits in other cities, there is no dearth of nurses nnd physicians. Troops of individuals well qualified to act iu both these capacities have hurried to the scene of death from Philudclphia,BaUimore,Chniies ton, Savannah, and New Orleans, nnd have cntoreu upon the iminstraUon of their self called duties with an alacrity that has inspi red new hope and new life in the bosoms of many who were sinking, in destitution and loneliness, beneath tho hand of tho destroyer. Among these Good Samaritans are soveral women,- who havo doubtless been impelled to the adoption of their new vocation by the noble example of Miss Nightingale. Since tho above was written, the mortali ty had increased to such a degree that the Northern nurses and physicians were lenv ing, tho philanthropy which prompted them to repair thither having quniled before tho scenes of suffering nnd death that sur rounded them. Their places, however, were, beins filled up by others from tho South, who, having been "acclimated," havo less fear of the epidemic. Several of the Northern physicians and nurses hnd died at their posts. In the northern cities, in ad dition to tho contributions of personal ser vices, a large amount in money and goods has been raised and sent forward to the suf ferers. Iu money alone, the sum has reach ed to nearly seventy thousnnd Hollars. On Monday, Sept. 3, the deaths in Norfolk were sixty-four, and on the day previous, the vic tims numbered tlurty-hvo. Politics in New York Nominations. Tho Soft nnd Hard-Shell Conventions have) both been hold, and their nominations made. The Hard-Shells came first, in or der of time; and, after laying dowjj their platform and making An unadulterated Hard ticket, they gently invited the Softs to como over and liolp elect it, this ivitntion, of course, met with no favor in the Soft Convention. That body, on the contrary, repudiated all oilers of fusion from any quarter, and declared that tho Democratic party was abundantly able to carry the State against all parties or combinations of parties, provided a platlorm was constructed upon which all could stand. But there was much controversy among the delegates as to how that platform should bo built, and a cood deal of excited debate. The bone of contention was, of course, slavery. After considerable maneuvering on the part of the two divisions, a compromise was linally effected : the Free Soil portion agreeing to vote for a qualified approval of tho Admin istration, and tho Administration men agree ing to admit a plank denouncing in moder ate language the Kansas bill, and the events growing out of it. John Van Burcn is the person to whom the party is principally in debted for the peaceable solution of this knotty question. The nominations of both the Hards and Softs are unexceptionable in point of character and talents. The preliminary Convention at Bing li amp ton of the Know Nothings has result ed, rathor unexpectedly, in a repudiation of the twelfth or pro-slavery plunk ot the 1'lnl adelphia platform, and the substitution of one embodying a decided denunciation of the Kansas liill, and a declaration thnt the institution of involuntary servitude is local and not national in its character, "a subject for the toleration of a difference of opinion by the citizens of the northern and south ern Suites, and as such has no rightful place in the tlatform of the National American .... i . r : I party. I no new piauorm was nceneu with extravagant demonstrations of joy, and the delegate" separated with a firm con viptinn in their own minds that with it they are going to sweep the State. The Know Nothings aro still lo have another Conven tion at Auburn on the 25th of Sept., when their nominations will be made. The pro ceeding of thaw two last Conventions, the Soft Democratic and the Know JNotlung, will have a tendency to take considerable win l out of the sails of the Republican or At HI HHt.Ull'ltOX. "Vt Hollar a Year. 20, 1858. X70. 37. Fusion movement, of which the Convention is yet to bo held, as there were thousands of boib lA'iiiocrnta and Know Nothings who would nave voted tho Republican ticket, had thoir own Conventions not acted as they did on the vexed iiuealion, The course of tho Know Nothings hns a! no mntrrinlly damaged the hopes of the Hard Shells, w ho, enemies to fusion ns they are, hnd counted much on a union with thnt party, in conse quence of I he large "national'' clement in its rniiks.-Ar. V. Cor. S. F. Herald. from lUxlco. FLIGHT OF SANTA ANNA HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS AT VERA CRUZ. On the 8th of August, previous to his departure, Snntn A una published a decree, numing the Judge of the Supreme Court, and Uen. Sains and Gen. Carrcrn, his sue .... . , . i cessors. 1 lie people, However, would not have a government of his choice, and so the garrison, tho population of tho city, and the authorities, at once pronounced. Geo. La Vega having summoned two Delegates from each State, on the 1 0th they elected Don Martin Carrora Provisional President, who ut once entered on the dischnrgo of the du ties of the office. Carrera was ono of the Cabinet Ministers of Santa Annn, being Governor of tho District, aud was of course opposed lo the revoluliou. His election as President seems to havo caused great dissat isfaction. On the evening of tho 15th of August Snntn Anna nrrived in Vera Crux, escorted by his guides, n battalion of lancers and another of light nttillery. Ho was rccoiv ed with a national salute, and great demon strations of joy. The palace was illumin ated, there was a great display of fireworks nnd enthusiasm) and a great quantity of gunpowder was burnt. Vera Cruz still re mained lovnl to tho abdicating Dictator. On tho following day the address of Santa Anna appeared, in which, ntlcr reviewing his course as President of tho Republic since 1803, and giving a brief history of tho present distracted condition of the country, and stating tho causes which impel him to the step he takes in his final leave of his native country, and states that he goes into voluntary exile for his country a, good, and thnt he had left the government in the hands of his ministry, as provided by the constitution, in case of tho death or nbsenco of the President. This proclamation slight ly astonished tho peoplo of Vera Cruz. But they soon recovered from their surpriso, nnd joined in with tho plan of tho revolutionists. The soldiors of the garrison were drawn up in line to receive his farewell address, which was read to them by their comman der, Cen. Tamariz ; "Companions in Arms With tho deep est and most painful feelings of rcgrot, I take my leave of you forever. In thus bidding you furowell, I conjure you thnt you do not depart from the strict path of honor and du ty ; that you continue to bo the defenders of tho nationality, as you wore the founders of the independence. My friends, I go well snttsfied with your conduct, for loyalty, obe' dience, nnd cood discipline have ever been its distinguishing features. Continue to be tho firm supporters of the laws and of tho legal authorities. Aunrchy will devour our beautiful country, and tho nationality will disappear if you meddle with what does not concern you if you support those factions which are disputing the power. Bo but tho faithful servants of your country, and aspire to nothing mora. In the rotiro ment, where I hope to pass my last days in tho quiet of private life, tho recollections of 1 r. A .... . e .1 I !. L your nrm auucsion to me, oi mo vaior wun which you have sustained my government,, nnd the hones which I conceived that you would some day become the avengers of the outrages suffered by our loved country, will bo among tho most plca3aht remem brances of my lifo. rarewell, and be as sured of tho eternal love of your companion and friend. Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana.' The soldiers filed off in silence nftor lis teninff to this harangue, nnd passed tho pal ace, ou the balcony of which Santa Ann was standing. There does not appear to have beert any demonstration whatever : no en thusiasm was expended. On the morning of the 17th the ex-President quietly em- burkod on the war-steamer Ituruide, which soon after sailed out of tho port, and the Napoleon of the West for the last timo, per haps, looked upon the golden shores ot his native land. On the 24th of August he arrived at Havana, and left again on the 20th for Caracas. Defence of Hebaslovoli Tho Independence, of Brussel, and some of the Berlin papors, stntoas news from St. Petersburg, tlmt orders had been given for tho construction of a floating bridge, to ex tend from Fort Michael, on the south, to Fort Nicholas, on the north side of the road stead of Sebastopol, so as to ansuro thn re treat of tho gnrrison in case of need. There aro some errors of detail in this announce ment, Fort Nicholas bcinc; on the south side of the roads; but tho character nnd ob ject of tho new construction is important. The Od.tssa correspondent of tho nlready quoted Military Gazette, thus writes on the .'10th ult., touching tho situation of Sebasto pol : By our most intelligent military men it is universally admitted, that if the allies push forward as energetically as they have hitherto dono, the south side of Sebastopol must in the end inevitably fall. Tho gar rison's heroic self-sacrifice and contempt of death, delay, but cannot avert tbo steady, if -low progress of the besiegers, who day by day puin ground upon them. All till various reports of the Prciuh and KugtUli journal nbnut interrupted voininuiili'uihm Ut ween the north nnd south xidu, terriblo epidemics which riijje ninong iho besieged, 1,),0(J0 sick iu Sebulopol, waul of provi. Ions and ammunition, an,) so on, are noth ing but idle invention. Letters from tho interior ufSebaatopol, tinted July U.,,iiuro us that the connection between north nnd south i unimpaired, that food und ammuni tion nro abundant, tho imigatiiiet on tho north aide alone containing supplies suffi cient to servo auO.Ono inuii for a year. The hofpilali, iu tho days of greatest slaugh ter, have never contained more than 0,0UO men. For aanitarv reaona. however. Prince Gortachakofi'liad just given order to remove all tho aick from the hospital in the northern forts, and to take llietn into tho interior of the Crimen. There are only about 1200 aick and wounded who arc too ill fur removal. Tho cholera, which ia milking such ravage among tho Allies, hns wver nppcarud among us iu un epidemic form. At the same tiuin it is ioen that tho position of the garrison on tho left lino of defence, from Ciutioil 1 to 1'astion ft (from the west of Careening Hay to the FlngtUifl' inclusive,) will not long be tenable. But mre than one aii;uinury struggle will probably precedo its ahnndnn incut. The defenders have resolutely du voted themselves to dunth, and trusting in Uod wait with culm expectation till tlivro time comes. Hence the Indillerence, one might almost say the joviality, with which they play at curds and dice on tho bastion, while shot and ahull are foiling around, so that as soon as one it struck down he h quickly removed, and Hie game without more ado goes on ns before. Thus, nf.cf the Inst unsuccessfully iittetiq ted ulrorniing, Prince tiortuchnkoff veiled the bastion, asking, "How goes it, children t" "As Clod will," nnswt rod tlui soldiers. Tho gurrison of Sehnslopol numbers at this mu uient from 00,000 to 03,0.00 men. ; : Preparation fob. Attack. Marseilles, Aug.lh Tho nccouuts by tho Sinni stale that an immense quantity of projectiles havo . been conveyed to tho trenchea. There still remains some work to be executed. Tho J'resse tl' Orient states that B0 btil tories have been prepared for tho Kenorul attack on the left, nt a distance of from 00 to 120 metres from the cnomy. Omar Pnslm hiu not yet left tho cnpitnl. The Turks aro fortifying tho Danube. The mouths of the Stilina am intercepted by brigands, and commerce calls for protection. Difficulties hnvu arisen in thu Principalities between tho Turks nnd the Austriaus; Affairs In Mexico. We tnko the following from the New York Journul of Commerce, whoso corresi pondctit is a gentlemnn of high repute aud of long political experience i , , Washington, Aug. 27. I hear no sucgestion of any doubt as to tho ronortod abdication of Santa Anna ; nor can it be doubted that the country is left in miserable stuto of confusion and disorder, abandoned to hopeless anarchy.. That a new Ronublic wiP be created by a coalition of tho Northorn States, with or without tho aid of Texan advonturors, is very possiblo, und it has Jong been meditated. It was ut ono time contemplated by Gen. Arista. Thcso States aro .possessed ot overy ele ment of wealth, and for the development of their rescourccs, they neon only a liberal government aud free trade. The recent Proclamation of tho Texan leader, Cnplain Henry, to the people of Texas, inviting them to pnrtiuipnte in his scheme of revolution izing Northern Mexico, stilled ns the objeck of the revolution, a (uderal government, ex emption from an onerous system of imposi tions on commerce, and an ultimate political connection with tho United Suites. The two former objects wero such as those States could well fight for, and expect soon to obtain ; and the hitter would bo of no disservice to thorn, but on the contrary, if their prejudices of religion and race could be ovorcomo, would bo lo them acceptable, aud eminently beneficial. But now they enn easily nttuin tho two first objects a separate federal republic, and a system of liberal commercial inter', courso With the United States, nnd without any aid from Toxnn or other American vol unteers, who would aid them merely to be' como their masters. Thore aro many wiso and experienced and sagacious men in mexico, w ho, foreseeing in ltH7 that the country was destined to run a gauntlet through revolution nnd anarchy, desired them to put tho government of iho country into the hands of the United Statesi They wanted us lo keep tho country after wa had taken it. But as we would not do that, thoy proposed, nt tho end of the war, teflon. S-ott. to lake tho government of the country in hand, and with an offer mngifl cent enough to tempt au Eastern monarch. Half of the army, and as many more nmen-. cans as might have been desired would have volunteered, to remain with uen. ocou. But ho declined the overture ; so much thn worse for Mexico, as imidncublo and bloody civil broils have evor since attested. In tho renewed contest which has, of late, sprung upbutween the Soulhnild the North, for ascendency in the general government, tho South havo not co'ntined their views to the vast central Kmpire of Nebraska, hut have contemplated the acquisition and as similation of Mexico. Tho downfall of Santa Anna, and tho immediate project of of the disintegration of Mexico, will aiiunj tho South an early opportunity fer the rcah zation of this policy. The movement of Texas volunteers iu New Id leans nndUii. huidiua.wiuH preparatory to this step, and it can now be followed up with much sue, CCSSv Hit lieiiii tritis tiralwm-ky, Polish snepherd, diod in Poland in 133, at tho ago of 101) years. Also, Jenkins in 1070, of the same g", i KiiJ-'ImimI, the oldest Knglbbm.'iu on record. Thomas Cam died in Kngland in 1."H. nged 2u7 year. 11', lived tbiou"U the reign of cloven ovf reigns.