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ti oiH.ry.to BJtnple tiulity, bit IAS no Vigaramind; connot think or be pushed ttommch once there, it is digts- aitd animal will ereo thrive a nd We infer, therefore, that the peilof (ft brain, called the coBvolunons, simply intended for the intellectual whether of the low degree, called instinct, or of thabexahed Kind bestowed on man, the gift of omtAe QtaUty of the Mind. CoResponiencc the Pitttburgh Gaaette. aflUi California. LmiteiUc, May 16. On the way, 1 formed the acquaintance of Cairt.

Lansford W. Leader Company of California and Oregon Emigrants, in 1842. Capt. H. about two years in Oregon and California, and travelled through every partjof both these countries, and from him rderived much valuable information Since his return, he has published an account of his travels, together with a description of the face of the country, man nera of the inhabitants, c.

The work Indeed, 1 strongly suspect, that Capt. Hastings aims at the highest'executive bffice himself. There can be no doubt that California will shortly be possessed by the Anglo- Saxon race. The current of emigration sets too strongly that way to he stemmed. As it is, therefore, to be wrested from Mexico, we hope an independent government may be established and perpetuated.

A great and happy nation will be built up in a few years, who will have an almost controlling influence upon ihe whole population of Texas. Tbe Washington Unioa considers the news and reports vre publish to-day from Mexico as of link consequence, and declares that President Jones will henceforthsuppoitthe annexation "measures with ail Jais force, and tbe Congress of the 16th of June -will probably be unanimous for annexation. A Convention will then be called, says the Union, to form her Conetiiution--the legislature under tha; instiument will next be elected and called together to elect her Senators; and they with her two Representatives, will in all probability appear at the doors of our Congress before the first of January next, to ask admission as soon as her Constitution has been sanctioned by that body. The Union, doubtless well ent negotiation before adopting any de- ciiiedly warlike measures. "Mexico is in a very unsettled condition, almost amounting to'a state of revolution.

Santa 'Anna was still confined in the Castle, of Perole, but no doubt was entertained that he would soon be liberated, and very probably reinstated in power in a few Mr. Shannon would sail In an American vessel for New York about the loth ult. the Pacific Ocean. No Slavery exists regard lo Texas matters, does not in this was printed at Cincinnati, and is just from the press. Capt Hastings is unedu- cated'in proper sense of the term, if a gentlemanly man, very ehrewd and intelligent with regard to what he professes to know.

He says but little in favor of Oregon. The most of it describes as a desert country. Some of the valleys south of the near the Pacific are very fertile climate pleasant; but there is not, in all Oregon, near as much land capable of cultivation, as in the State of Ohio. Of California, he speaks in the most exalted terras. The soil is exceedingly fertile, and the climate delightful beyond description.

Winter or cold weather is never known there, and the heat is never great. The seasons are divided into the rainy and dry. The rainy season commences in November and December, and lasts until March and April. The grain is planted in the fall, and gathered in the spring. During the winter, vegetation appears in the greatest perfection.

This is also the warmest season of the year, southern the heat is tempered by the cooling showers. During summer no rain falls, and it would be excessively hot, but for a kind provision of Nature, that during this season the wind blows constantly from tho North, so that it is cooler than in the winter. The'climate is also exceedingly salubrious. The ague and fever of our nest- em "states are unknown. Capt.

Hastings also describes the kindness and hospitality of tho foreign emigrants there in the most enthusiastic terms, and holds out the greatest inducement to emigrants. Upper California, to which Mr. Hastings confined his travels, he says, is six hundred miles in extent on the Pacific, from North to South, and about 800 miles from East to West; twice as large as France, and about equal to twelve states as large as Ohio, and capable of supporting an immense population. The entire population, when he was there, was estimated at only 31,000 Indians, 10,000 Mexicans, and 1000 foreigners. These last are mostly from the United States.

From the information he has since received, however, he now estimates the number of foreigners, or'Americans at 3000. To this a large addition will be made this year, as a company of 7000 souls left Independence, in last month, for Oregon and California, the most of whom will go to the latter country. 1 could scarcely believe that so incredible a number have departed on such an expedition. But Captain Hastings avered that such was the fact, of which he was well informed. He had supplied the company with two thousand copies of his "Emigrant's Guide." In this company there were 700 families, men, women, and children.

The rest of the company were made up of enterprising young rnen. Great numbers had arrived at Independence after the company left, and others are on the way. They will have to wait another a large company will leave. I inquired of Capt. Hastings partic- -ularly, with regard to the Government of California, and whether there was a prospect of another annexation scheme.

He informed me that the American residents there, had fully resolved to throw off the Mexican yoke, and that an inde- gendent'government would be formed next fall, in September or October. All tbe plans he stated were already arran- He says it will be a bloodless revolution, as the Mexicans there arc entirety ulnable to cope with the foreign residents, and tbe country is so remote from the Central Oovernment, and so there now, and as most of the residents are from the free States, it is not at all probable that it will be introduced. The Destruction of Birdf. In Mr. Peabody's Report on the Birds of Massachusetts, is the following passage exhibiting the impropriety of their heartless destruction, for the mere pleasure of the sportsman: "It is, however, in the light of utility, that this subject can be most forcibly presented; and it will be seen that to exterminate birds which do little barm occasionally, is to protect ourselves from a small evil at the expense of a greater; it is in fact securing the fruit by the sacrifice of the tree.

There is no question that we are now suffering severely in consequence of this folly. No kind of cultivation is afiected to any extent by the depredation of birds; and i i should be, means may be devised to prevent them. Not so with the insects end their ravages: the fate of the locust, the apple, the pear, and many other trees, shows, that if fasten themselves upon one of them, we must give it up as lost, for all that we at present know. Surely, then, of two evils wo should submit to the one which may possibly be prevented, rather than invite and encourage one over which we have no control. "A slight calculation will show what an amount of service birds are able to render.

Wilson makes the computation, that each red-winged black bird devours on an average 50 grubs a day; so that a single pair, in four months, will consume more than twelve thousand. Allowing that there are a million pairs of these birds in New England in summer, which is but a moderate estimate, they Herwilt. Tactdij, JuttC 19, 84 would destroy twelve thousand millions. Let any one consider what an immense injury that of insects would do, and this would be sufficiently striking to show how much we are indebted to tho labors of these birds. But the computation may be greatly extended, for many insects have young by the hundred; besides cutting-off the existing' destroyers, they are prevented from multiplying; and when we consider what myriads of birds there are, constantly and efficiently engaged in this service, gives us an impression, beyond the power of calculation to reach, of the astonishing manner in which the increase of insects 13 kept down, simply by sparing tho livei of their natural destroyers; and this it must be remembered, is tho only means of preventing their increase and reducing their foimidable numbers.

No other remedy that man can apply will reach the evil, this is the vocation of birds; and if for the sake of removing a small evil, we will not permit them to live and labor in it, we must not complain if the natural consequences come. "This is not mere speculation; we have experience to teach us on the subject. Mr. Kalm records, that after some States had paid three pence a dozen for the destruction of blackbirds, the consequence was a total loss in the year 1749, of all the grass and grain by means of insects which had flourished tbo protection of that law. The example of our trees, just alluded to, is also a standing warning; for we sec that new ones are adding to their numbers.

Tho maple, perhaps the most valued of our ornamental trees, is now marked out for destruction, and in spite of all that ice can do will soon be entirely is nothing to prevent this pro- anticipate delay in consummating this project. On. the other hand, the National Intelligen- cer says: The latest news from Mexico establishes the fact apparently beyond dispute, that the Government of the Republic of Texas, which so un-willingly listened to the overtures of "anneiation" made to them by the U. States, has actually entered into a negotiation with the Government of Mexico, in the event of the success of which "annexation" to the U. States, though thus far advanced, i be indefinitely postponed.

This information is important enongb, but hardly less so than the news which has reached this city, that it is even yet doubtful whether Mexico will not regard the attempt at the annexation of Texas, under present circumstances, in the light in which it repeatedly declared beforehand lhat it would--as an act of war by the United States against Mexico -We trosf, and we yet hope, that other consuls, more favorable to the peace of the world and the trne interests of Mexico herself, may prevail with that Her. From Hie N. Picayune, of May 21. Mexican News Confirmed. The Mexican schooner, Relampagos, Capt.

Talduondo, arrived here from Vera Cruz, i place she left on the 10th instant. She is aiid to have been chartered by the Mexican government for the purpose ol bringing dispatches to her Consul at this city. A Mr Frederick Johnson came passenger in the Relampagos, and is thought to be the bearer of dispatches from the British Minister in Mexico either lo the United States Government or the English Minister ai Washington Owing 10 these facts, nnd a certain mystery in the movements of this vessel, her bringing over but a single package of papersand no letters for the Post Office, a rumor obtained general currency in this city, shortly after her arrival, that Mexico had actually declared war against, the United Stales. It is understood that the authority asked of Congress by the Mexican Executive, to treat with Texas in the spirit of Senor Cuevab's communication, i publisher! yesterday in full, has beeu granted, and there appears to beno doubt that ihe recognition of the independence of Te.xcs is a settled matter, upon condition lhat she declines to be annexed to the United States Reports state that Santa Anna has been, or ib to be liberated. Rumors o( revolutions in various parb of the Mexican Empire are very rife.

One of thebe implicate California in an msurrecuon- ry movement We have been permitted to publish an extract from a letter i at a i on the 8ih day of May, which, were it not for the respectable source from whence it comes, one wou i heed to it indeed. The letter is from an i i i a i challenge the belief of every man in the country, not to say the government itself: "Elliot and the Texan Commissioners are about leaving this (Vera Cruz) in an English frigate for Galveston, wiih the treaty acknowledging the independence of Texas, but, they little dream of iheir reception at Galveston. These people (ihe Mejicans) think that ihe acknowledgement of Texan independence will prevect annexation, and thereby they ill get clear of declaring war, as they had threatened They swear, however, a if Texas prefers Annexation to acknowledgement, they will declare war." What will astonish tbe American people Mexican seldom suffer an opportunity to rob to pass unimproTed, and by tbe following Washington correspondence of the New York Commercial it appears that money is not their only object, and that they are in the employ of the Government. The writer says: We were more amused than surprised here at the story that Mr. Elliot, the British charge d'- afTairs, wag robbed on his way to Mexico from Vera Croz.

Mexican robberies of public functionaries are of old date and always of a mysterious character. Robbery is a part of the system of police in Mexico, and public men have learned to understand it. The object of ihc robberies is to get possession, for the Government, of the private papers, political objects and instructions of the functionary, and the Government invariably makes restitution of the money and valuables taken by the robbers, if they unwarily, or of necessity lake them. General Thompson was robbed on his way to Mexico. Tbe Government immediately oflered him ample amends, but his papers were not returned.

When Mr Shannon went out, as Minister, he was warned that he would be robbed between Vera Cruz and Mexico, and advised to take no money will) him, but to procure a bill, as can alwaj's" be done, at Vera Cruz, on Mexico. He did so, and was duiy robbed The Government offered its condolence, and tendered indemnification to a large amount. When Mr. Gushing passed through Mexico, on his return from China, he was stopped by a troop of half military, half savage looking fellows, who demanded bis keys, c. They overhauled every ihmg His trunks wiih specie and with public papers were examined and locked up again.

A box with papers wae taken, and he was then told to proceed. Commodore Porter, they attempted to rob him, on his return from Mexico, having had some difficulties with that Government, and being in no humor for the operation, wheeled his horse upon the captain of the troop and shot him dead, whereupon the rest took to flight. Cases have been known wherein men of importance have been robbed, according to order, and upon their arrival complained at Mexico, of their large losses, and tbe Government, though well knowing lhat the loss was trifling, have restored the sum claimed. If the Government wishes to gain a man, who has lost but doubloons, they say, you must have lost sixteen hundred doubloons, and if he assents, lhe pay bun accordingly. 1 do not inumate lh.it this has bten the case with any of our functionaries.

Convention. Do the farmers of county-intend to be represented in the State Convention, which is' to be held at Columbus on the 25th and 26th of the present montht If they do, it is time they were making choice of the delegates. Tbe convention will discuss the several agricultural propositions brought before the Legislature, and also the expediency of establishing a State Board of Agriculture--the encouragement of County Societies--an agricultural survey of the State, c. Would it not be well for the Agricultural Society of this county, (ifit be now in existence,) to select suitable delegates, Bee that they are" provided with the means of attending the convention? This subject is of such great importance that it ought not to be ed by the farmers of Huron county. New Works.

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FroleMor A. C. HcBTB, of the Norwalk eminary, ha fkrored us with a copy of bis ieteoro logical Journal for tbe month of May, rhich will be found below: tuy Thermometer. 2 46,60 236 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 56 40 26 70 72 68 70 44 54 57 35 49 4069,50 404534 247055 4875 5064 60 54 1354 14 15 16 84 84 85 6480 46,54 3860 53 62 62 64 70 58 42 .39 2 I i Winds. A.M- r.

M. 48,33 56,66 59,00 45,33 50,66 53,00 37,00 53,56 59,00, 67,66 67,33 71,33 64,33 46,00 45,00 sw 5 If SW Weather. A. H. Fair.

Fair. Rain. Fair. Fair. Fair.

Rain. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair.

Fair. Fair. Cloud. Rain. Cloud.

P. M. Fair. Fair. Fair.

Fair. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Fair.

Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair.

Rain. Cloudy. Fair. 1st month, 55,70 171346050 18 52 80,64 19 50'80 60 51,00 65,00, 63.16 20 52,50 21 38.64 50 52,66 225064 48.69.66 23 45 59 44 49,33 44,83 25132167 42 48,331 26 40 78 55 58,50 27 45 82 65 67,50 28 66'S6 52 64,50 294552 30 31 37 41,50 JIS JCZ IV vv sz SI I vv SE Jit Fair. Fair.

Fair. Fair. Fair. Rain. Cloud Fair.

Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Cloud.

Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Cloudy Fair.

Fair. Rain. Fair. Fair. Fair.

Fair. Fair. Ram. Cloudy Fair. Fair.

2d month, 54,52. Monthly mean, 00,11. 5th, very severe frost, injuring fruit and eg. Sih. eerere frost, destroyed fruit, c.

17th, frost. 24th, wheat beginning to head 25th, frost. 30th, severe frost 31si, do. do in this extract, ib the intelligence that Elliot is in Vera Cruz, and that the PreMdent of Texas has secretly sent Commissioners to Mexico, under the patronage of England, to treat for recognition imdenhe basis alluded to in Senor Cuevas's letter to Congress One of the vessels, (the Enrydice,) composing the armed express kepi up between Galveston. and Vera Cruz, was at Sacrihcios, an anchorage adjacent lo Vera Cruz--ready to translate Minister, Commissioners and Treaty to Galvcston Besides ihe American squadron and the Eu- rydicc, Ihe ivvo French vessels heretofore mentioned, as being at Vera ere yet in the harbor or in the oiling, steamers, brigs of smaller armed vessels belonging to Mexico were in port.

cess going on: other trees will soon swell the list of victims; and when it is too late, we shall lament that we have extended the evil, by protecting our enemies and persecuting our friends. Every cultivator, for his own sake, as well as the public good, should endeavor to spread right views on this subject, and to show that the wanton extermination of birds ts throwing difficulties in the way of horticulture and farming, no industry, science or skill can overcome." Ar IT AOAlF." Prentice is thus down upon difficult of access by land, owing to vast touch their pockets." deserts on the Southern boundaries of California, that there will be no danger his old antagonist, the Charleston Mercury, for an allegation by the latter, lhat '-the only way to touch the sensibilities of Northern men, is to Louisville Journal Lo- "The sneer is a very contemptible one. That editor ought to know lhat it is a very easy thing uugiit tit; from that quarter. If Mexico had a Na- to touch the pockets of Northern men. Let a Try ebe might send troops by sen, but of case of distress be presented to them, and their is destitute.

Mr. Hasttno-s 0 are touchcd at once, and touched dcep- rf ly- ISo sooner was the distressing talc of the JhinkyCahtorma will not be annexed to pauburgh fire circulated at ihe north, than the the States. The feeling, he says, pockets of the citizens of Philadelphia, New Both of the war, and severa Later from Mcrico --Vera Cms dales of the the 14th inst. have been received. i giving power to the Mexican Minister ol foreign to negotiate a treaty i Texas for her independence, ith a proviso a she shall not be to the United States passed the Mexican House of Representatives on the 2d of May, 41 to 13, and after a very a i a and warm debate, when it a sent to the Senate, i ib believed i concur unanimously On the second of May, Senor Canedo, formerly a member of the Mexican look passage from Vera Cruz in the Barque Eugenia, for New York, sent in a diplomatic capacitj from the Mexican Gcnernment to that of the "United States, but his departure was not i the Vera Cruz papers the 10th announced it --Clete.

Her. Later from Mexico--Important. The N. O. Picayune of the 23d tilt has intelligence from Mexico, iT conclusively that secret negotiations are going on between Texas and Mexico and that President Jones is doins: all he can to defeat annexation.

The bill empowering the Mexican is entirely in favor of an independent i or and Boston were touched to the tune of government. It is to be called the "Re-1 3 1( If lhcr a the sen- TMHrv 3 A r- sibilmes of northern men through their pockets, RftPC 5- and the Govern- lhere Is a so a way to their pockets through their merit is to be on that of the United Hastings is now on his way to St. consummating his plans, and return to California. From Lpuu jrill go to New York 4 bv of the" and vHl immediate- with company of etni- men, Stron 1 is to carry the means tfexican government that she beire'ight- ifornia. sensibilities.

If either the pockets or the sensibilities of the Charleston "chivalry" have been touched by -he Pittsburgh calamity, we have not received the interesting intelligence." As AVALAKCUE IN Sotrm Hundred Lircs Jamaica (W. paoers, report on the authority cf travellers by the Panama route from South America, that a fearful avalanche of snow from great central Cordillera of tbe last summer, (our winter) had been destructive to both Atlantic and Pacific aides of the mountains. The snow descended in fearful quantities from the Paramo de Rnis, (which as situated on the western side of the plains of Marquiu, and from 150 to 200 miles west of Bogota.) and destroyed a large and district. It is supposed twelve hundred htve been eecricedythii fearful Y. Sun, Minister of Foreign affairs to negotiate a treaty of peace ith Texas, and ac knowlcdgmg her independence on condition that she shall not bo annexed to the United States, passed the Mexican House of Representatives 41 to 13, and the Senate unanimously.

A bill for the loan of 33,000,000 has become a law. Letters from the city of Mexico slate that the negotiation between Mexico and Texas have been completed, so far as the Executive's of the two countries are concerned. Terms said to be thatMexico acknowledges the independence of Texas, guarantied by France and England. provided Texas reject annexation with the United States or any other country. Capt.

Elliot, the English Charge to Mexico, with Mr. Smirfh, the secret agent of the Government of Texas, returned, to Vera Cruz on the 2d and proceeded to Galveston. The news gives also arathe, pacific aspect to the purposes ot the Mexican Government in regW to the United States, arid rcn- ders it highly probable thatMexico will await theVtion of Texas on the pros- Propositions. The Washington Union gives to the public the subjoined information concerning the propositions heretofore made by the Govcinraent ot the United Slates to that of Great Britain, for the iidjuslment of the Oregon boundary dispute: The proposition first made by tbe U. States was, that the 49tli parallel of lantude, which had been adopted as the i i i line their territories and those of Great Britain, the vicinity of the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains, should be continued westward as far as the possessions of the two nations extended in that direction--ihus offering to resign iheir ght to what lay farther north This being re- ccted, it vvas agreed that aaneulier party claim- a perfect title to any portion of the country, be hole should be left, free and open lo the teople of both for ten years.

Wubin those ten years, the title of Spam to 11 north of the 42d parallel was surrendered to he United States; and Russia engaged to make no settlement south of the latitude of 54 degrees 10 minutes. The American Government, thereupon, proposed an agreement, by which Great Britain should make no settlements south of the 51st parallel, and theUmted States should make none north of that line, substituting afterward the 49th pirallel for ihe 51st, ard then, in J824, came the first definite proposition from Gt Bnt- nin for a partition of the terntorv Tlie line of separation was to run along the 49ih parallel from the Rocky Mountains to a large branch of ihe Columbia, down which, and down the mam stream, it was to be continued lo the sea. Gt Britain was to have all north and west of this line, except lhat the United States should possess a small detached territory in the angle formed between the Pacific shore and the southern side of the Strait of Fuca, comprising one harbor for small icssels on the ocean, nnd one for large vessels on the Strait. Upon this the negotiation ended. In 1826.

ihe United States, for ihe first time, proposed the 49th parallel, as the definitive line of boundary, from the Rocky Mountains to the open Pacific; to which ihe British replied by repeating their proposinons as above slated Rentier party would jieldmore; and FO, after formally i a i their respective offers, by i each declared that it was in no wise lo be considered bound thereafter, they rcncued the agreement, to leave the country open to the people of both, for an indefinite period; subject, however, to be terminated after a year's notice of such mlention by eiiher to the other. That agreement sull subs.sis.. THE commenced at Carthage, 111 May 2Jst. The persons indicted for the of tho Smiths, are J. C.

Dai is, Senator from that district, T. C. Sharp, Editor of the Warsaw Signal, Mark Aldnch, Is 7 Grover, and Col. Levi Williams. The St.

Louis New Era sajs "the proceedings cause much excitement. The jury summoned by ihc Mormon sheriff had been objected to by the defendants and discharged by the Court, and special elisors were appointed for these trials. new pannels had been summoned and exhausted, and only seven jurors had been obtained. It was supposed that the whole of the first eek would be consumed in the selection of a Many persons were in attendance, fully armed, and great fears were entertained that a collision would take place between the Mormons and Anti- Mormons. Messrs.

Brow nirig, Warren, Richardson, and AVilhamsare attorneys Josiah Lamhorne, prosecutes; it is supposed that, he has been engaged eiiher by Gov. Ford or the Mormons. An intense interest will be felt in these trials till they are finally terminated. Some of those who were DOLBLE PICTORIAL BROTHER JONATHAN -We have received a copy of this mammoth sheet, which has been got up for the 4th of July. It is published by Wilson New York-price cents each, or 10 copies for $1.

NEW YORK TRIBUNE This paper is now printed on entirely new Upc, and is the handsomest, as well as the best, paper printed in the City of New York, if not in the Union. It is afforded daily for $5, semiweekly for $3, nnd weekly for $2 per year, payable always in advance. Persons desiring a city paper, cannot but be suited with the Tribune. It is so neatly printed, that every word of it can be easily read, w-hich is not tbe case with ihe city papers generally. CP The Locofocos, for several years past, have been pouring out their wrath upon the head of Henry Clay, merely because he was consulted, and acted as a peace-maker, relation to the duel between Graves and show the hypocrisy of the Locofoco parly, it is only necessary to state that Geo.

W. Jones, who has lately been appointed Surveyor General of Iowa and Wisconsin, in place of Gen. Jas Wilson, was one of the seconds of Cilley, in his duel i Graves Not a word of censure have the Locofoco papers in relaiton to this appointment, although this same Jones was the individual who carried the murderous rifle to the field, and would not allow his principal the duel to be satisfied, he saw him a corpse. This is the man selected by Mr Polk to 611 a responsible and lucrative office. A fit representative of his party, truly.

A TRAITOR REWARDED. A person by the name of Daniel Kelso has been appointed to an Indian Agency west of the Mississipoi, by Mr. Polk. This notorious individual, two years ago was elected by the Whigs to the Legislature ol Indiana, and while a member of that body he turned traitor to bis party, and voted for A. Ilannegan for U.

his vote secured the election of this Locofoco in place of O. II. Smith, the Whig candidate The President takes quite a fancy to traitors and criminals. TPmds--N. 94 days, N.

6i, E. 0, S. E. 4, S.7,S.W.2J,\V/2J,N.W TFearter--Fair 23i days, Cloudy 4, Ram 3i Prevailing Wind, North. Warmest day, 13th; Coldest day, 7th.

Highest the thermometer hassiood duung the month, 86 degs. Lowest 24 degs. From the A Y. Tnlmne, May 31. Weather, Crops, c.

May has been a changeable month The weather has been much colder than usual -The coldest day was the ICth. Frost has been pretty general throughout the Union this month--our exchanges from the South and West, Charleston, Missouri, c. mentioning its rather unseasonable visits. They had heavy rams North of us on Thursday fell in quantities in some parts of our State on the 25th of May. There was a driving Northwest snow sioim at Jamaica, Long Island, at one o'clock on that day, which lasted five minutes and covered the ground quite handsomely.

It then turned to a cool and dismal rain. About Buffalo they were complaining, a lew days since, of the want of rain. In Mas sachusetts the cold and frost have irijured the gardens. A destructive hail storm passed over the neighborhood of Chambetsburg, on Wednesday, destroying large tracts ol umber, anc leveling several barns and farm houses to the ground. A man named Johnson had ten a cres of fine timber completely broken down and an excellent barn razed to its foundations A hail storm visited the Cherokee Nation about the beginning of the month.

Hai stones as large as hen's eggs fell Neio with perfectly formec heads was shown at Rochester on the 27th. A stalk of Rye, pulled on the 27th i a Bethlehem, measured sir feet and five inches! New the rain came late Iv A TIGHT PLACE --The editor of (he Loco- foco paper at Lower Sandusky the Milan Tribune vv ith publishing a "pack of falsehoods," because the Tribune asserted that the Loco Sheriff of Sandusky county had absconded with money that was not his own; whereupon the Tribune publishes ihc affidavit of the Loco editor aforesaid, which affidavit states that ihe said Sheriff "is his debtor, and hath absconded, to the injury of his creditors The Tribune per ceil JI)der par nne says the Lower Sandusky editor has "either bundant as it used to was--decency on the de published a wilful fulsdiooil in his paper, or corn-milled pcrjnry 1 If the Lower Sandusky editor gets out of this corner, he will be obliged to crawl through a very small place indeed. in Spring, we hear no complaint about the Crops. The Boston papers say lhat since the late rains, the blades of grass in tbe fields are urging each other to he closer. Pears cherries and peaches look well.

appearance of the Grain indicates an abundant and plentiful reward for the husbandman's toil. from almost every section ol the State concur in representing the Wheat crops to be in excellent condition, and offering the promise of a full yield. In Carroll county, the Wheat and'Rye never looked belter. In other parts the Rye is thinner than usual. Washington county appears less promising than any other part of the State.

Crops will be cut aboul the middle of June. all we can galher, we think there will be an average crop. Corn, Oats, and Grass suffered from the severe drouth and late frosf In the South part of the State Wheat looks Wheat and Corn on the Upper Mississippi the Illinois promise an abundant harvest. In Illinois the prospect was never better. In Wisconsin the Wheat is luxuriant.

It is out of danger from, the Jly--three-eighths more land in Wheat this season than last It is thought that 400,000 bushels of Wheat wil be exported from that territory. In Michigan Peaches are injured by frost. In Kentucky, rather short crops of Wheat and Tobacco are expected. In North Carolina they were cut- ing Wheat on the 22d of May. In Louisiana, great swarms of locosts were injuring the crop.

Finally--we give the summing np of the eccentric, chivalrous and Reverend Editor of the Jonesborough (Tenn Whig: "All who are able are dressing out in new clothes of tbe latest fashions; and such a primping and starching, among the young la- no bachelor on earth can stand np against, unless his heart is as impervious to beauty and love, a Loco-Foco is to reason and common sense." And yet "the times are hard--the people nre generally in debt-- weaiher is beautiful--a prospect of fine crops --money is scarce--but little honor in the ter and appearance; "JTor-ii becomes as hard, and in some instances even harder, than when subjected to the process. Another peculiarity of the process is, that any color or variety of colors, can be imparted to its solid su bstance, so that an endless variety of shades can be' produced, and, as it is capable of being polished, it effectually resists the action ofihewa- ler. It can also be used as a cement, and can be brushed over the surface of wood, so as to render it fire-proof. From tiit U. S.

Gazette. Great Race Between Fashion and Peytona. The 2d great trial for supremacy of ihe turf, took place yesterday over the Camdea and the highreputationofihecoDtendinganimaU induced such a. general interest, that the attendance was very large. Shortly before the race commenced, a disastrous accident took place by the falling of the main stand, the particulars of which, so far as we could gather them, are related another article.

The weather was excessively hot, and the track somewhat heavy. Shonly after two o'clock, the Judges announced from the stand, that it having been ascertained from the best medical authority, that no one was dead or dying from the injuries received by the falling of the stand, the race would proceed-observing at the same nine that it had been tlie determination of the Club to instantly postpone the race if any one had been killed, or had receive, ed injuries which it was probable would result ia death. The horses were brought on tbe course eoon after the announcement from the Judge's stand, and both animals looked ia tip-top condition--' Fashion never looked better. Peytona won iVie inside of the track, and the order for the start for the first heat having been given, off they went, Fashion slightly ahead and continuing to gam unul at the first quaiter siretch she passed Peytona and got the inside of the track. Along the top Peytona made a brush and lapped Fashion, but the Jersey mare on coming into the back stretch shook off her opponent and stepped a ength in advance, which distance she continued lo hold until ihe coming home; Peytona at imes making a brush and putting her nose at fashion's saddle, only to be left behind agim.

The first three miles of the heat were on his manner, the Jersey mare passing the stand each time a length ahead, but on the fourth mile Peytona did not hold her position, so thai Fashion came in three lengihs ahead, winning tnc in 7m 48s. The following is the mile time of the first leat: 1st mile, 1 50 2nd 1 54 3rd 1 53 4th 2 05 Total, 7 43 At the call of the bugle, the horses appeared for the second heat, and it was apparent that they had not dried up well, both animals being pretty wet. Fashion taking the inside, the animals a a slapping pace, Peytona sliglu- ly in advance, an advantage, however, overcome by Fashion before the top of the course as reached, her nose being then pushed a in advance of her opponent. Both horses went this style down the back stretch, and round the bottom, coming into the straight side almost even; but on passing the stand, the first mile, Peytona was half a head in advance On the 2nd mile, the horses were so even in iheir running that the animal towards the spectator could ai times only be seen. Peytona was doing her cry best, but the free and frequent application of the spur, and occasional admonitions of the whip, did not serve to aid her go a-head-a-tiveness, while Fashion was going easily under a i rein.

The third mile was a most exciting pen od, the horecs being absolutely together all ihc way round, except that coming down the straight side, Fashion got so much the foot of her oppo nent, as to pass the stand half a head in advance The fourth mile, the last tug, as soon settled, for Peytona, after gallantly struggling to bring up her lee-way, began to fall back at the top of the course, and on entering the back stretch, the recognizance have not appeared, 1 0 he are for tr.al."-CfaM. Rochester, May 29. The weather to-dav bas beea unfavorable for out door bnsiness, in lhlle or no There is bat little movement in floor here noli sales-- one oHOO bbls. a 3 thes ro amount lo- Flour is now selling in this village- at $5,50. LIBER Rives, of the Globe, according to the Locofoco papers, have actually given away, i i the last four ears, over ten thousand dollars to needy members of their part.

Well, they have made over half a million of dollars out of the public treasury by iheir connexion with that party. Many a smaller sinner has sought to compound with offended Heaven, by paving a much more liberal per centage on his ill-gotten gains into the Advertiser. CBISESE COLT.ECTIOS.--John R. Peters, arrived this morning in the ship Bazar, from China, wiih the largest collection of Chinese curiosities ever brought to this country, and the only one in the world except Dunn's, which is now in London. We understand from Mr.

Peter's that the Emperor of China has -written a letter to the President of the United States which fills a paper six feet long and about three feet wide, in two languages, the Chinese and ManchoD, with the signature of the Emperor in the center. Ths manuscript is enclosed in silk case. It was in" tended to be sent out by Mr. Peters, but ihe translation was not ready whtn the Bazar sailed Y. Express.

SA5MWKT Asn MASSFIBLD RAIL Mansrwld Shield supposes the road will eOT et "fans by the first of and to A.ansfield sometime in September. cline--and Loco-Focoism about as usual, on ly more so." New Potatoes ere in the Baltimore mar ket on Thursday--price 12j cents a quart. They were raised at JSorfolk, Va. One day last week there were sold 3000 bushels of Strawberries in Baltimore' The story is harder to swallow than the strawberries would be--provided they were rich and 'smothered in They were sold for a bout 5 or cents a quart. Wild Pigeons sell in Albany for about hal a cent each.

Twelve hundred dozen were sold in one day. "CP We cannot say how tho Cropi look in other parts of the State of Ohio: but in Huron county, so far as our knowledge eitentls, the frosts of the 29th nnd 30th of May, i the former frosts, and the severe drouth, have completely paralyzed vegelation. The meadows and pasture lands are wofaliy seared--fruit of all kinds killed--and many wheat fields not worth the gathering. Corn bat been planted over three or four limes, and rain joon may give a considerable crop; bat appearances now indicate A for the labors of the Reflector. v--c Jersey mare opened a gap between her and her southern rival, and continuing to herad- vantage, was full three lengths in advance, before they were half way down the back ol the course.

It was evident that Ihe" contest a settled, from the manner in which Peytona ran, and Fashion cnme in a winner, amid deafening cries and cheers, leaving tona barely grace enough to save her distance The time of the second heat was 7m 57s and the mile time: 1st mile, 1 56 2nd 1 53 3rd 1 53 4th 2 10 Total, 7 57 The time made was not good, and a cause of this may be that the crowd obstructed a large part of the course in such a manner as to ent the horses from going properly. On the second heat Fashion was the favorite long odds, and a considerable quantity of money changed hands during the closely contested first three miles -Fashion, it was said, was held hard in hand throughout the second heat Thus ended the second trial for the supremacy of the turf, nnd Fashion is again in possession of her hard won laurels. The stake as, of course, a slight considera'ion, the glory of tho North and the South being the real gaze of the day. considerable portion of the Washington Union of Saturday is devoted to Texas and Annexation. The official of this Gov- Difcoeery rotation to is stated in the Sheffield (Eng.) Mercury that a scientific gentleman, residing at Ipswich, Mr.

Frederick Ransorae, engineer, has lately method whereby the hardest stone can be brought into a consistence resembling common putty, so that it can be cut and mould- ed into any shape, for useful and ornamental porposes, without altering its genera) charac- ernment takes the ground that Me.ico, by offering to acknowledge the independence of Texas on the condition of her refusing to be annexed to this or any Other country, has abandoned her former ground, and signed off all right, title and interest to Texas, and released the United States from all responsibility. And the Union very coolly takes the position that "Mexico has been seeking to involve the United States in a quarrel about Texas, and has failed in her will certainly be news to the people of the United States, for it has been pretty evident from the day Tyjer first broached his Annexation scheme, that the "quarrel about Texas" has been of our own seeking. We covet the property of and appear bent on quarreling to get it. The Union is sanguine that Annexation will be completed in spite of President Jones, his Commissioners, andEng- land and France combined; and the official organ thinks it the duty of thf Government to protect the territory of Texas from a third power, pending the discussion of the question of Annexation, much stronger now than it was even under Mr. Tyler's Administration.

On this topic the Union is decidedly Herald, It is perhaps not generally known that black pepper (not red) is a poison for many insects The following simple mixture is Ihe best destroyer of the common house equal portions of fine black pepper, fresh ground and sugar, say enough of each to cover a ten cent piece; moisten and mix well with a spoonful of milk, (a little cream is better,) keep that in a room and yon will keep down your flies. One advantage over other poison 5 is that nothing and another; that the flies seek the air and never die in the house--the windows being Chrw- .4.