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, 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
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W. 1- U.MH, ,
F.dllor a ad Proprietor.
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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
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Winowl ". una " lu
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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
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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
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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.