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mix~ "We wi cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Liberti-s, and if wist fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." VOLUIE XI. ..PUBLISHED EVERY WED$NESDAY. BY Will. F. DURISOE, EDITOR & PROP-il ETOR NEW TERMS. Two DOLLARS and FIFTYCEN'TS, perannum -f paid in-advance --$3 ifnot paid within six montha from the date of subscriptiol, and $4 if:not paid before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions will be continned, unless otherwise ordered before -the expira tidnofCthe year ibut no paper will be dis continued until all arrearages are paid, un less at the option-of-the Publisher. Any;person procuring five responsible Subscri bergs.hall - receive the, paper for, one year, gratis. -A E SgwEF.TSconspicuously-inserted at75 cents per square. (12 lines, or less.) for the firstinsertion.,aPd 37 for each continuance Those ptiblished.nionthly or quarterly, will be charge $1 per square. Advertisements not having the number of insertions marked on them, will be continued uutil ordered out and charged accordingly. Comsmnications, post paid, will be prompt ly and.strictly attended to. - Ri0ISCELLA! EOIJS. Liberality gives a lan an insight into the Scriptures. Says our Lord Jesus Christ, "If any man will-do his will he shall show of the doctritne, whether it be of God." I take this my brethren, to be a general rule of interpretation. Doing Wright then is the way to understand the Scriptures ; and this is undoubtedly, the trite Spirit of that passage, "lie that believeth, hash the witness in himself." He that constantly goes on to do wat God commands, shall find'his light break forth out of obscurity, and his darkness as the noon day. On (he princilpal of in-terpreiation. thenwhich our-Savior he're lays down. ~what can d covOtous man understand of such a pas sage as this, "For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty utight be rich" or-such as this, .'To do good and to com munientc, forget not.;,fer with such sacri fices God is well pleased ?" or such as this he soweth sparintly, shall reap also spar ingly ; and he which suet hi bountifully, shall reap also hounrifully ? or above all, $011 is. -it is more blessed to give so many wrest ac destrucuion by imnagining that they derive from them those.doctrintes of licentiousness which give every man a hope of heaven ? is it not obviously. because they do - not adopt the principles of interpretation of which we speak. obedience to God? Why do so many. damnable heresies walk abroad in the earth, and receive 'he em brace of such maultit udes t bo otherwise. have strung pretentions to'wit and learning doubtless because. amid all their specula tior.s, they have nut acted-they have not done the will of God. And for the same reason, many who call themselves Chris tians have not drunk in the Spirit of libe rality, though the New Testament is full of precepts to inculcate it. They do not in this ways and thtireoirtebfy understand not, and. leel not. And for the same reason too, when love to God and love to man arejaid down as the essential pro. perties of 'he Christian ; and when the rule of judging thtexis'ence of these is no other than the conduct- many who lay cl'im to tfsif cliaucier, railize nothing of its farce.- They act not for the welfare of inen-they do not the will of God in this I respect; and :hberefure understarnd not, and feel not the power f'ttie divine requisi tions." I It is remarkable. moreover, that th condemnaatiion or :aunleittuh of the last dasy i-s represested' nm- detpensdls" on our pierfiar mnance or nonS-perforii mancte of the duties ofrliberalty; the...e being. as we find in other passatges-of Scripture, the evidence of our fuisth atnd love. I was-hungry, und ye gr~ve toe tnwai- i was thirst y and ye gave mo drinkt; I nats a stranger stud ye took me in; tauled ;andt ye clothed met; I wvas sick and ye vtalled sme; I was in pri son nnd ye c:itme unsio tst.-lInastmuch as yehave iflone is inito otte of the east of shese mys~ brethren, ye have done ir unto site. WVhen this ssate:nn andi interes~ting ac count of thae day of judgment stands sso clearly before us as it does in the wrist en word; ansd when she guospel is so full of exhortatiOns so liberality as we all know that it is, how dire a nian assume the tame of a Christiao, ivhile he doers-t hesitate to indulge -all the niggardly cal cutations of covetousnes as his daily food? Can such a man have tearned- t he priul-iple of interpretation which ste Savior has raid down, doing right 1-If then, amy brethren, you wish to take ste fll iullu once of divine t-uth into y our hearts;-iI you wish so understand the grace of she Lord Jesus which brocght haim down f'rotm heavens for your sakes;-if you wish to knmow and feel ste power of Christian hensevolence so abitndantly inculcated in the Scriptures; act-do tbnilioP God. .Ogden. Woiten.-Womnen are better than men, Whyt ;saerifines are they not capable o1 nejiing how unuselflsh are they in theis affections ; how abiding- is- their lovel They entchant us by their dahversation ' They add gmace and a softer coloring t0 life, and assist ustro bear with its assperi ties. 1n our youth they are instructors; is sorrow our comforters ; in sickness, th s weet beguifei's ofrour siisery- hateve -is rousgh in us they reline. Whatever rusggedness there is ins our tntures she: p-d:., om ennve-They are the onb divinities on earth. Alas, that so many of them are fallen divinites. But who is it makes them so ? Who is it that takes advantage of their weakness. when that weakness ghorld be their hest claim to protection ? Let himi answer who abuses them. Among the various beautiful traits of their beautiful natures, that of maternal love should he noticed with peculiar admi ration. . have heard of women haters. and-am told that such a class of beings do exist. But surely they who hold the sex lightly and are unaccustomed to speak of the, in terms of reproach, can never have been spectators of the watchful tendernes the anxious solicitude, displayed in a thousand touching incidents, of a mother for. a, child. They can never have witnessed her self-sacrificing devotion to her ofilspritg, ber patient and even cheerful.perlormance on the many laborious offices ofeducatioti al trailing, or their tongues would. falter in the utterance of one wvord of detraction. Pyramid of Drink.-The operatioa of drink, in its various degrees. may be rep resented by a pyramid, thus: Tipsy. 0 Very fresh. 0 0 Very tipsy. Fresh. 0 0 0 Drunk. Lively. 0 0 U U Very Drunk. Comfortably. 0 0 0 0 0 Stu'dly drunk. Sober. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dead drunk. Sobriety.-The sober moments which immediately succeed to dinner. are the rradt miserable in existence. The latngor. he sense of utter inefficiency, mental and bodily, are dreadful. After a few glasses you ascend the frst step of the pyramid, and become .comfortable. In this state you are not much disposed to talk. There is a tranluil luxury in your feelings, and a reverie comes on, which, if you drink no more, is likely to terminate in sleep.. A philosopher seldom passes this point, ex cept in company. Drink on, and you step up to lively. Now you begin to talk. and your remarks are smart and pertinent. You have the reasonable power in high perfection, but sided withal by a happy fertility of illus tration. This may be considered as a mental aurora, annuoing that the sus uf fancy is about to rise from the "purple your ideas now, for the sun has risen. Y. u ;row more eloquent and less logical. Your jokes are capital, in your own esti rntation. Your perceptions are still toler ably clear, beyond yourself. Very-Fresha.-Your conversation is more highly colored. Your eloquence is im passioned, and you overwhelm your con pantons with a flood of talk. You begin it sui the action to the word. Ideas not tiquite coherent, but language still tolerably distiuct and correct. Tipsy.-Now on the top of the pyramid, you begtm to grow gifidy. Gestures very vehement, and epithets ituch exaggerated. Argunteuttive, but not rational. Words considerably abridged, and ideas lamen tably obscured. Very Tipsy.-You find out that you have a turn lr vocal music, ami regale your friends with a song. Speechify in incoherent language, and evince a most decided tendency to mischief and locoto tn. Proud es a peacock, stout as a lion, and a:narous as a dove. Drunk.-Perversely quarrelsome, and stupidly good nainr.-d. Deathsng mtuch in shale tauds and knock downs. Tougue stammering and feet unsteady. Very Drunk. -Abortive efforts to a ppear sober. See every thing double. Balance totally lost, anid drift ab~out like a ship in. a hard gate. Vocabulary reduced to a few interjections. 1'tuplidly~ Drunk.-Head antd stomach' tmopsytivey. Eyes fixed and glaring. Utter intcapacity ota speech and locomno tion, accutmpantied wvith an indistinct yet horrid cynsciousness of your situation. Dead Drunk.-Ana apolectic sleep, an confused dreams of~ the devil or y our cred itors. Uoney,-Honey is distinguished into three kimihs; first the virgin honey which is the tirst produce of the swarm, obtained by draining front the combts without press, Iinig; the second sort is thicker thtan the fli-sl and is procured bty pressure; the third it the worst sort which is extracted by heat. ing the combs over a fire and then press ing ihett. In the flowers of plants neai the basis of the petals, aire certain glandi containing a sweet juice, which the bee: suck up, and flying with it to their hive: discharge it again from the stomach thara the mouth itot somei of roe cells of thi cottb. This honey is destined for the foot al the yountg, but, in hsaid seasons, the bee are somtetimes reduced to the necessity o feieding' on it thenmselves, and die of hutt ger after they htave eaten it all up. Il some pilaces a good swarut of hees wvil yield ini two years, nearly thirty pound of hontey ; bti it is miost abundantt in coon tries where flowers abound throaughouit hi year. From honey is made the drini culled Mend. Marble Sugar.-Thte Saletm (Mass. Gazette -says that the pulverized whit sugar, nowvused in families, cotataints every pound oaf sugar two ounces of pul verized marble. When used dissolved, i Sdeposits a sedliment of clay or mortar. Ott a post mortem baiination ofithe hiud f of a mant whd 'hiid .'lalIj- died of it. hi bowels- were foutr o 'he completely Mi ,. Ad amized and pineclayed ! From the Charletona Me rcury. THE :MEXICAN CONQUESTS. The Hous of Representatives liaving adopted a esolution, requesting the President "to eommunicatr any and all orders or instructions to General Taylor Gen. Wool, Gen. Kearney, Captain Sloat, Captain Stockton, or any other oftice- 6f the government, in relation to the establisment or organization of civil government in any portion of the territory of Mexico which has or may be taken possession of by the army or navy of the United States: also; what forms of government each officers, or either of them, nia' have established and organized; and whether the Presi dent has approved and recognized. said governments," the President on Tues day communicated this Message. To the Huse of Representatives of the United Slates - In compliance with the request con tained in the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th 'inst., I communicate herewith reports from the Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy, with the documents which ac company them. These documents contain all the "orders or instructions" to any military, naval, or other officer of the government "in relation to the establishment or organization of civil government in any portion of the territory of Mexico, which has or might be taken possession of by the army or navy of the United Stlates." These orders and instructions were give.. to regulate the exercki of the tights of a beli6orent engaged in actual war, over such portions of the irt a tcv"::. of our enemy as, by military counqoesi, might be taken possession of, and he occupied by our ar.,.ed forced-rigtws necessarily resulting from a state ofwar and clearly recogni.d 'by the I ws of nations. This wets all the. authority which could be delegated to our military and naval commanders, and its exercise was indispensable to the secure occo palion and possession of territory: of the eem ipicinngghthbe~conqueredpf;it reguilatons auttorZed were teopornry; and dependent on the rights acquit ed by donquest. They wero authoriz-d as belligerent rights, andware to he carried into etfect by military or naval officers. -They were but the atelioration of martial law, which modern civilization requires, and were due as well to the security of the conquest. as to the in habitants of the conquercd tot rilory. The documents com,,nanicated also contain the ieports of several highly meritorious omlcers of our army and navy, who have conquered and taken possession of portions of the enemy's territory. Among the documents accompanying the report of the Secretary of War, will be foundna "form of governmeirt" esmablished and organized by the milita ry commander who coi:qured and occu pied with his forces the territory of New Mexico. This document was received at the War Dep.artment m the latter part of last motnth, aYd (is will be per ceived by the report of the Secretary of War) was not, for the reason stated by that officer, biought to my notice until after my annual message of' the 8i h inst., was communeicated tO Congress. It is declared otn its face~ to be a temporary govern meat of said tetitory, but there are portions of it wvhich purp)ort to establish and organize a permanent territorial government of the United States over the territory, and to impart to thte inhabitants political rights wvhich, tnder the cotnstitutioni of the United States, can. be enjoyed permanently only by citizens of the United States. These have not been "Iapproved and recognized by me. Such organized regulations as have been established in any of the cohiqtered territories for the s cutlity of our confqeust, for thte preser vation of order, for the protection ol te rights of thn inhabitants and for de priving the enemy of the a'd~intages o~ thtese teiritories while the tmilitary 1p0s session of them by the forces of the United Stlates continue, wvilh be recog nized and approved. It will be apparent, from the reports of the offcers w~ho have been require< by the success wyhicht has crowned theit arms to exercise thte powers of temipora ry gove'rnnment over the conquered ter ritortes, that if any excess of power ha been exercis.,th4 deperture has bee the offspring of a pati-iotic desire to giv to thte inhabitants the privileges one immunities so cherished by the peoph of our ow' cotuntry, atid which the 'believed calculated to improve thei condition and promote their prosperity Any such ex'est Nas resttdd in n practical injury,- bui can an'df will 6 early corrected in a manner io alitenat as little as possible th. good fedTingsi the itnhabitamus of the conqu'red tetrrit< ry. JAMES K. POLK, WVAamtNaoN. Doe. 22. 1846. The doe onts, consisting of despat cdes from:- War. and .Navy Depart ments, arp ewhat voluminous, and relate in- maIl po ti on of them to the subject finquiry. We select such passagesa re directly to the point.. in his fisf 7tter of instructions to Gen. Knarney, der date of June 3,1846, the Secre of War writes: "Shoul conquer and take posses. sion of N Mexico and Upper Califor. nia, or iderable places in either, you will e blish temporary civil gov ertiments t ein -abolishing all arbi. Crary rest? tons that may exist. so far as it may. ,so fa ? it may lie done. with safetf In performing this duly, it wouldbe - and prudent to continue in their ' " neut all such. of the existing ,as are: known to be friendly to nited States, and will take, the f allegiance to them. The duties at . custom houses ought at once -to'be; educed to such a rate as may be bar ysufficient to maintain the necessary cers without yielding any revenue ta le government. You may assure they ople of those provinces that it is, wisi and design of the United Stag; to ptovide for them a free governmen *ith the least possible de lay, similar tlintwhich exists in our territories, hey 'ihen will be called on to exec the rights of freemen in electing I own representatives to the territorial. gislature. It is foreseen Hat, what' Idles to the civil govet n ment, wil n 4ificult and unpleasant part of yn duty, and much 'must ne cessarily b Ait to'your own discretion. In your Iolc conductyou w-ill act in beu ' nner as best to conciliate the inhabit t, ins 1ender tiem friend ly to the it'd Si.ites." ' On the d of November, Gen. Scott writes to - Kearney thus : Your s ch upod, and conquest of New Me ogetler with the military dispo;iti -'fir holding that prov. ince, hatt fr;ou,n1 dnsgiuthurized to say,: anc pprobuiofIII :Exe~rt t m t i~ " 4 oubtd Upper Califurnia, -will be execute with like energy, judgement, and success. After giving various instiuctions to Gen. Kearney touching his novetents; co-operation with the navy, appointment of civil officers,&c., in California, Gen. Scott adds : "A:: a guide to the civil governor of Uppe: Califo'rning in our hands, see the lettet of June the 3d (lasth addressed to you by the Secretary of War. You will not, however formally dedlare the provirce to be annexed Permanent incorporation of the territory must de pend on the government of the United States." Those instructions to Gen. Kearney were very liberal, and lie stents to have follow-d them csuefnlly except in his "annexation" of New Mexi.o, to the the United States. That was an idea of his own. The instructions from the Navy De partment were more cautiously worded. In a despatch dated June 24, 1845, the Secretaty of the Navy instructs Com. Sloat, in.the event of war with Mexico, to take possession of San Francisco,and as tier as his f'orce would allow, to block ade the other Pacific pos H'e is cautioned so to act as to encourage frier.dly feeling among the people of Cahfoa'nia towards the United States, and if possible to secure their neutrality during the war. Under date of M-ay i*5, 1846; she Secretary writes; cotm'municatinig the fact of the existence of war, and giving Comi. Slosat various inscr-actions, the the mast importanm of which- are as fol~ lows: You will henceforth exdrdise all'the rights that belong to you as commnander in chsier of a belligerent squadron. You will consider the most impoi tant public object to be, to take and hold possession of San Francisco; and this yoty will do witlient fail. You will ulso take possession of Ma' zatlan and of Monterey, one or both, a: your force will permit. In informat ion received here is correct you- can - establish friendly rela tibn between your squadroniand tihe inhabi tants ofi each of these tlkree places. Gasymat is- also a~ good harbor, ani is believed to' be defenceless. You wil ,udge about attempting it. When you cannot take and hold pos session of a towtn yons may establish blockadeif you have the means to do e tffectually-, and the public interest sha require its IWith the expiession of'these view much is left to ydur discretion as to ti selectibi' of thd points of attack, th 1ports you will s'eize, the ports whit e you will blockade, ast to the order Syou? shccessive movements. Aconnexion between California, at even Senora, and 'the prese1t goveri ment of Mexico, is supposed scarcely to exist. You will, as opportunity of. fers, conciliate the confidence of the people in California, -and also in Sono. ra, towards the government of the Uni ted States; and. you will endeavor to render their relations with the United States as inti nate and as friendly d possible. It is important that you should hold. possession, at least, of San Francisco, even while you encourage the people to neutrality, self-government, and friend ship. -. You can readily conduct yourself in such a manner as will render your oc cupation of San Francisso and other ports a benefit id the inhabitants. These instructions ate repeated on the 8th of June, and on the 12th the Secre-. tary writes still more esplicitly. The object of the United States is, under its tights as a belligerent nation, to possess itself entitely of Upper Cali fornia. When San Francisco and Monterey are secured, you will, if possible, send a small vessel of war to take and hold possession.of the port of San Diego; and it would be well to ascertain the views of the inhabitants of Pueblo de los Angelos, who, according to infdrma fiod recnived here, may 1"e counted on as desirous of coming under the jurisdic tion of the United States. if you can take possession of it, you should do so. The object of the United States has reference to ultimate peace with' Mleii co; and if, at thai peace,' the basis of ulti possidetis shall be established, the government expects, through your for ces, to be found in actual possession of Upper Califor:nia. .This will bring with it the necessity of a- civil adtiri;as!ralien. Such a go vernmient should be -established tider your protection ; and in. selecting per: sons to hold office, due respect should be had to the wishes of the pcople ofCali. fornia, as well as to-the actual. possessors. ofau'orfty in that. province.- It'maj' b prerto require-an;.oathf' vho are enirt a w will also aure' the p'eopre of' C ifornia of the protection of the United States. The extracts we have made embrace the substance if the instructions ema natinu from Washington, and it seems to us they leave nothing more to be sid on the stupid charge .of usurpation, brought against the President. He has directed our forces to take possession of certain territories, and to retain them in a way less oppressive to the popula tion, while the war lasts. CURRANT-RASBERRIES. You cannot prume currant and goose berry bushes to standards. Nature never intendedt hom for trees. and it is seldom safe to violate her intentions- She de sirned them for bushes. and bushes',it is best to allow them to be; but pruning them so as not to allow the limbs to inter. fere much with each other, and so as to exclude the decayed and lissected limbs. About as pretty a fruit as families bere abouts can cultivate in their gardens. is a black rasberry or thimble berry. The uushes grow wild in most of our towns; and therefore, the original roots can be easily obttaifned; but they never produceso abundanitly nor so sweet fruit in-a wild s'aili, as~when custrivated in gardens - They are hardy, will withstand any win ter, are great. very great bearers, nothing' injures thema and the fruit is delicious, eaten fresh from the hush, or set upon the - tea-table, wtith'a'little sugar and cream niixed with it. They niak'e an elegant appearance growinig anid a dozen bushes will supply an ordinary size family with an abundance of the fruit for use in the esas'on of them', besides enough for the best of preservss.-Mine Cultidator. . To'Preserve Peacht Trees.-Thbe appli cation (o the trees consists of salt -petre, combined in the proportion'of' one part of salt-petre to eight parts of salt ; one half pound of this mixture to a tree seven -years old and upward, to be applied upon the surface of the ground, around and in im medhiate contact with the trunk, of the tree ; this will destroy the wvoriti, but to more effectually preserve the tree sow this mixture over the orchard at the rate tof two'bujshels to the acre. The size of mtle fruit is iUtcriased, and the flavor very gi-eatly improved, the worm destroyed and the Yellows prevented. A Silent Earthquak.-Many - persons in Havanna assert that at the time of the -hurricane at Cuba and Key West,inm addi tion to the tempest of wind and water, they distinctly felt a violent convulsion of r the earlb, li'the~ paaving of an earth I quake. The resultsofthestarm seem ta confirm this assertion. The little islartiao , San Pe, oil Key West, on which tho'ig eho'ase stood, disappeareid'in the stortn, 1a Sking with it the light house. Whatu Ivefy' renfark'hble, is that the soundings 0 SKey'Ws al-e ch'inged. Where wer shallows, now is deep water, and 'where wais deep water now are shallows. This d iis the uniform mode in which convulsioni of theaearth seem' to nctr From ie N. O. Delta, - LATEST FROM T .FFFL EV Lois of tk U, S. brig Sres-=Ower 20 men dbibhikee-Capure q American the Mexicans-Situation frthe1 . e learn froi Porser Warringtoit thg U. S. brig of war Somers,.wascap. qized, add sunk in a few minutes, i heavy squall from., the North, on the )8h inst., at 9 o'clock, P. M.; o0 Groeh.e land. There were 80 persons op of whom,-it was supposed at the t2,., had perished, andatm,on theim3 e ed Midsbijiipo 'LI. A. Clemson and, ohn Ringold Hlynsdo. . Since .theif.out of the 39 have drifted hore,:96.gho # died from exposuret.Eight men went ashore on hen coes, .nearVera Cru0, d ter having been in tliKater 30 bourd ayd were taken.prisoners of war by @A exi1 cans. Great creditzis due tibe officers ad crews of the Egfis.tidd .Fr encb vessels of war at anchor near the Somers auh. dire ; every ..assistcnce possible' on their part was rendered. On the 5th inst. Midshipman R ..19., Rogers and poctor, J. H. Wright, with-a boat's crew from the Somers, ,went for tbej purpose of reconnoicering below Vera. Cruz., When. Rogers, Dr. Wright, and a seaman bad gone sorde ditance #in the boat they were surrounded by, seven. 3exicau soldiers. Mr. Rogers and the saden were made prisoners and sent to the Castle of Perote. Con. 'Conner adived.at Antog L.iadp. on ~he'13th inst., pi zopd the .Princeton and went on 1oard the frigate -Rariaan as his flag ship.' The sloop John Adams was blockading Vera Cruz.. Frigate PotorueWf. siriv4 i GreenIsland '13th ist., Frigate. Cumberland sailed for.Norfolk on the 6th. Left at the anchorage at Auton1I za'rdo the following vessels, viz:-Frigate ari-, tan, steamers Mississippi,' Vixen, and Pot ritia, and store'hip Relief, and schrs,Bo-. nets and Petrel,..41so, brigs'Oeco,;.Cbin-. chills, add Garnet, loaded with coal ; and brig Abr'asia from Pensacola, with pro-.. visions and stoies from the squadron.. Extract d a leiuer,ftom a well informed; source. at Vera, Ciuz: "The recent-iatl ligence from , Typi.co, is, that this Stgte is mu.ti-sg6sted withe. neglect-oC ?te: S~upreme ';Government of-gl Mcp o aidsng'them. It wa though .uorum, o he Me au Cogres couldi oot go to etfe -'. --. Ifth, 1846." A few moments after writing the above,. I received intelligence of the entire loss of the brig Somers,. with two of her ofices,. Acting Sailing Master Cletisoi and'Passed, Midshipman Hjns'on, and 30 of thg .ciew. She capsized and sunk off Vera Crux. The remainder ,of the officers and crew. . were saved, amidst a severe gale, by. the, exertions of the.English, Wrench and Span.. ish vessels'or war lying off Vera Cruz. Nothing was known of this at the anchor-' * age until the remainder of. those on the. wreck were broughr down by one of the steamers. - - "The Somers has been performing the, most arduous blockading duties for several, months, under every vicisitbde of weather. She .was to have been relieved to diqy.by., the John Adams-but ,her race is run. She lies a wreck in 17 fathiows water, al most within gunshot of the Castile.". We are indebted to our polite and aer cotmmodatiug. friends.of the Tropic for thpe followiug interesting letter from the inu telligent correspondent: - - Of Vera Craz; Decnber 9,'46. .Messrs. Editors-One of the most af flicting calamities of the war occurred Ses terday in the loss of the brig Somers, which foundered near Green-Island. with the-loss of Passed Midshipmen Henri A. Clgny son sind John Ringold Hytjson, and tmjore~ than 30 of her crew., That any escaped is due to the hu~mano exertions and intre pidity of the British, French and Spanish' ollicers of the squadrons lying aitif: cios, who witnessed the sinking of the bi-ig ; anti, .not~ithstanding the fearful. height of the sea, and the rage of the, gale, sent several boats each from the' principal ships to the rescue. Twstiig boa~ts are said to have been out. .. It was honorable t'o huanu nature to. attempt such an undertakirif ad'thejr. success must he regarded as a reward Tor their intrepidity, directly conferred by an approving Providence. 1' hear this name of Gient. Tarletoa, of H. B. M. frigate Endymion, and Lieut.' Wood, mentioned in terms of the highest praise. But all acted bravely and nobly, witlt,.but little distinctien,individuelly. H ynson was an oroament to thie Navy* of the brightest character-.'. He hasteg.,su periors, except accidentally of rank, in hisi profession. His. equal~s .and' it'feribia ll loved him. *A specimnep of~his .galtlantry -has been" shown . in the- ,par ,pjptuen -n the reent cutting out oz urnn pf the vessol under the castle, ad , '~ld he could now have saved his life, bit, for his' generosity in giving up his spar to a .sar. - or w.horp lhe considered weaker than hlrn sdtff. lb seeklug antother support he went: down. I knew him inttirihaly,d ean truf. prononuce his the noblest mn'a anda the. warmestheart that I have-ever yet found'. in the~huined breast. Mr. H ynson's only' btder is a residen~ of your'c~ity. In de-' pi~ring his said bereavement, he c'aneE rjoy all the consolation that is to be~ deni vedl from the renleetion that' hiaf'th's offi cers of the Navy join in his grif n~aso a tnouru a brother. . . ., 'Of Mr. Clemson. I knet n4ihing, t nm told that he' was ay tenne man .of fine"