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fME JOTOmiL. _ CAMDEN, S. C. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1850. ! There will be a public meeting at Colutn- | bia on Monday, to hear from our Delegates to the ; Southern Convention. ? I We have received a copy of an Eulogy on j the departed Calhoun, delivered at Cahawba, Ala., j by George J. S. Walker, Esq. It is a tribute (we were going to say) worthy the man. In it we find these words, taken from his last speech, which should be engraved on the memory of every Southern man: " The South at k.s for justice, shn pie justice, and less she ought not to take." 53F* We have received a copy of the speech of i the Hon. John McQueen in the House of Kepre- | sentatives. We will give it to our readers at as ; early a date as possible, in toto. Through it, runs j a spirit which should actuate our southern mem- ! hers all (and we are happy to say, does our own delegation,) never to submit to wrongs or indignities such as the North are now trying to heap upon us. The probability of a rupture between New Mexico and Texas?say some of the compromise papers?is every day increasing; therefore, Congress should pass the compromise. Pass it to avoid what? a slight rupture between a few hundred western people?and for that pass the compromise?which is equivalent to the degradation of one half the Union. A precedent upon which is to be built, a series of aggressive measures upon the South, which will eventually rob her of every right, and make her to the North what Ireland is j to England. No, Father Ritchie, if New Mexico and Texas dispute about a small portion of terri- 1 tory, don't ask the South to make a slave 01 ner-1 eelfi in order to keep them from-quarrelling. Tex- | as has an Alamo, and we a Yorktown ; either of j these places will tell you how far the South is to be imposed upon. 100 Cheers loudlv Cali.eo.?A gentleman has j stopped his paper, because, as he 6ays, we copipd a strong Southern article from the ' Camden Journal.' We can imagine how one may be blamed for going too feebly and weak for Southern rights, but now they can be too strong for these interests, we leave to the elucidation of this sage and erudite seceding subscriber. He has our lhanks 1000 times, for stopping his subscription, as we have in the place ofhis name, ! since, three good Southern subscribers with South- j ern feelings. We like to chronicle these things, because we | have strong faith in the opinion that there are fifty true men in the South to one untrue. One hundred that would stop their paper on account of its weakness, to one that would get wolfish, and stop it on account of its being strongly Southern. We do not plead persecution or martyrdom to increase our list; it increases fast enough when ' such subscribers, as the'one alluded to, drop off. j It*Ac supposes we read his long, dry, dull, (it must have been dull,) prosy lecture or sermon, or ! whatever it was that followed the request to stop his paper, he egregiously flatters himself, we read not a word beyond his saying "for the copying" the Journal's article. He has a right to stop his paper, but he is sillier than I believe hiin to be, if he thinks he cati stop me from copying from the Camdeh Journal or any other paper. If his frame . wasrtwice as large as it is, he could not do it. But maybe he was trying to ape the aristocracy j that stopped the "Saturday Post." In this he is j successful, as he apes most gloriously. Don't be so apish nor so wolfish! next time: and j write no more than what will be read; say about j four stupid lines. Note?We refer our readers to a letter on an in- , side column, which is an offset to the one above alluded to; and we request our friends of the j 4 Journal' in Camden to write another very strong J nrtirlp ihit wf? n-nv rnmi il?C.harlutte (X. : "? ? ?1 J " \? - ' HorneCs Sest. Permit us, friend Badger, to mingle our congratulations with your joy, at being rid of such a subscriber. You are right?there are fifty true men to one false one. It is such men as him, who support adjustments?and such men as support certain adjustments?are of the same school, as those who used to congregate in the days of '76, whenever the Patriots were weakest, and who the men of that dav called lories. Depend upon it, friend i Badger, his ancestors were not comprised in that noble list of citizens in old Mecklenburg, who were the first to raise the flag of Freedom, and sent a voice forth which has rung the knell of Tyranny, and taught inen how to be free. We'll ensure he would vote for the compromise?and we can say nothing of a Southern man that is worse. If you please, tnrow all tnose rot (en eggs out 01 me "megt and we will assist you in getting sound ones. Letter of Hon. D. Wallace. We publish to-day a letter from Gen. Wallace 1 to the Editor of the Jackson (Miss.) Southron, j This is not the only instance where Gen. W. has . had occasion to take vp Editors who have display- j ed considerable aptitude in making against him ' gratuitous and unfounded charges, as well as cir- j' culating statements " utterly false and unfoundedi He is the wrong man to speak against in this way; he is determined not to be misrepresented, ( and no Editor or any other man dare insult him , with impunity. He is right: I "Washington, June 27.?To the Editor of the 1 Jackson (Miss.) Southron: "Sir?In your paper of the 24th ult. you have 1 civen to the public an article under the caption * Letterof Hon. J. C. Calhoun,' in which you have i introduced my name to your readers in terms not j very remarkable for decorum. I learn, from the number of your paper referred to, that you charge interference on the part of Mr. | Calhoun, to influence the deliberations of the convention of Mississippi, which assembled at Jackson, in October last, and I attended that convention as the agent of South Carolina, or of Mr. Cal- i houn, to influence its deliberations in person, with i the view to procure such action as might result , in a general convention of the Southern States. You were pleased, in the same connection, to allude to a speech which I lately made in Congress, : as being ultra, &c. Now, with all these subjects you are certainly at liberty to entertain your own opinions. You may form what opinions you think proper in regard to myself?my speeches in or out of Congress, and be they favorable or unfavorable, I shall not sleep the lees sound oil that account. You may promulge federal doctrines as much as you please, and cringe under the crack of the Northern whip as long as you please?all this is no business of mine; but when you charge that my visit to Jackson, Miss., in October last, was coupled with an intention or desire to influence the deliberations of the convention then and there met, respect for the people of Mississippi, as well a;, myself, requires that I should make a proper response to the gratuitous and unfounded charges. I now stale without qualification, that I never did, at any time in my life, hold any conversation with Mr. Calhoun, on the subject of the Jackson convention, or the Nashville convention, until after the meeting of the present Congress in December last, and then the first had met and adjourned, and the last was already called. And I state further, that no message, verbal, or in writing, ever passed between Mr. Calhoun and myself) upon the subject of either of the said conventions, and that every charge, allegation, and inuendo, which have been fulminated by the party in Pulonm.A/i ntt? r?SMtii/?vtnn U'itVl tllP iiirocvn, an iciciciltl* IV ill j vuiiiivaiwh ?? ?*? ??*w Mississippi and Nashville conventions, are utterly false and unfounded.. Will you, sir, as an act of justice, publish this reply to your charge against me? I am, sir, with due respect Your obedient servant, D. Wallace. Soi'thkrneim at tiik Nonrn.?A letter from New York to the Philadelphia Ledger says: "Quite a large number of passengers from , the South arrived in the steamer Southerner, from Charleston, this morning?the advanced guard of the great army of travelers that is coming to the watering places,and fashionable summer haunts of the North. Two-thirds of the persons at present stopping at our Broadway Hotels, are from the other side of Mason and Dixon, and I mention the fact merely to show how the sensible portion of our countrymen, in that section, treat the non-intercourse suggestions of the ultra politicians there." What ships of all others had you rather see wrecked ? Those which are carrying Southerners of the above class, or those who are going North to buy goods? Southern men, who of you belong to the ledger's sensible portion? The Nashville Convention may issue another pronvnewtnento?the "Southern Press,1 'with its five hundred subscribers, may issue paper bullets, and the# staff officers of the revolutionary army may issue an order of the day, but nothing short of an actual invasion and conquest of California and New Mexico will remedy the evil which, to one half its extent at least, they ' -:~Lt u_ rn.? 1 imvc UVUJ MJU. AI1U k^uuiuui 11 Utu <VJ (41 v ( very inuch like boys who weep over their lost breakfast, and, for this reason, are determined j to have no drink either, in order not to establish a dangerous precedent. It is now 3 o'clock, p. ni., and they still call for their milk toast and coftee. till, from sheer "pride of Consistency," they will yet be sent supperless to bed. California was served up early in the morning, and disposed of to the early risers; New Mexico will con jo in for dinner, though siie is half raw, and t'tah is reserved as a cold slice for supper.? There was once n millionaire who cut his throat because he lost 8ol),000. He did it from "pride of consistency," for if he had allowed such a practice to grow in his counting-room, he might have died a bankrupt. And thus the South is to be bullied into submission by the puppy train of yankee letter writers? and still Southern men will advocate a compromise built upon a basis like this. There is too much truth in the fact, that it deprives us of our breakfast. Who had a right to deprive us?and yet Ihe compromisists will take the drink from tlie very hands that robbed them of their breakfast, and which tell them," You'd butter take this than nothing." Such men were never bom to be free, and should never be allowed a home beneath the stars and ttripes. Encourage Home Trade. This is and has been a favorite hobby with us since our debut in the quill-driving fraternity. We maintain that our political independenca, safety and prosperity depends, to a very considerable extent, unon our cncourairinir home Droducts. no m est to enterprise and southern labor. We take the following from the Columbia Telegraph of the 22d inst., and ask, what use or sense is there in sending North, when we can get as good at home: " A Columbia Bell.w-We had the pleasure yesterday of examining a bell which has just been cast at the Foundry of Burton, Gilmoie &. Co., on Washington street. The bell weighs about sixty pounds, and for sweetness and purity of tone, we think excels any that are rung in our town, altho' we heard it at a disadvantage, not being as yet furnished with a tongue, or elevated properly for use. It was cast lor the Mt Dearborn Factory, on the Catawba, having been ordered by Daniel McCullough, Esq., the enterprising founder and proprietor of that establishment. YVu may remark that Messrs. Burton, Gihnore Si Co., whose first experiments towards establishing their foundry we recorded with much interest, have gone on, steadily and perseveringly, and with a zeal and energy which must ensure success. In addition to their Foundry they now have workshops for the purpose of turning and working in iron and other metals, and a visit will well repay those interested in such matters. Thk Missouri Compromise Link.?It is of course understood when the South places itself on this line that she means this line extended from the western boundary of Texas to the Pacific Ocean, 1 iseeting California far enough North to give the South a good sized State with the advantage ot a seaport. It should not be (or a moment supposed that the South would consent for Texas to be dismembered by the invasion of the 30 30 line, commencing on the west and running eastward. You might as well at once ask her to let the same line apply to Arkansas, Missouri and all the States east of the Mississippi. The Nashville Convention has done well to make that line from Texas Westward the basis of a settlement, and the South will do better to stick to it. To do this shows a disposition on the part of the South to abide by a previous solemn compromise. If any tiling more than i this be demanded by the aggressors, it will just show to the South that no confidence ought to ho placed In any Compromise, i 'If Arkaijcai were above the line. j Hornets Aest, j i For the Camden Journal. A LOOSE SHEET FROM A SCHOOLMASTER'S DESK. Messrs. Editors?I propose, with your consent, to send you occasionally a sheet from my writing desk. These loose leaves, though rather miscellaneous in their matter, shall all be connected, more or less, directly with my calling. If at any time they weary you or your readers, you need feel no delicacy in using the Editorial veto. I can easily find other employment for my Saturdays, leaving you to select other matter (may it bo more interesting and profitable,) for your columns. I see that our Governor has invited all the teachers of the State to meet in convention next month at Columbia. You will remember some time since, a circular was addressed from the Executive office to certain officers, requiring them to report the number of " effective men " on whom our State could depend in an pnipisronpi- And ennn flffpp nnnfhpp rirc.ular b-?J ?----was sent to the commissioners ot our rree Schools, asking information as to the number of boys educated by the State?the amount and kind of instruction imparted to them, and other kindred points. Now schoolmasters, as well as other people, should be careful not to meddle with things too high for them, lest they expose themselves. I do not know how to govern a State, and hope (my fellow citizens will joiu me, I know,) I never may be called on to try. But shall I tell you a thought which struck me on reading those circulars ? It did occur to me that there was some mistake in the order and connection of these documents. It seemed to me like a husbandman, requiring his steward to inform him how much good fruit could be depended on at a moment's warning, .ind snnn iiflp.r fnllnivinir it nn with innuirips ? * -j ?- > t> "-r ? i ? about the number of young fruit trees set out, and the care and culture bestowed upon them. In no light or captious mood, I asked myself, can a State, when her hour of trial should come, with any degree of conddence, make I'.reclamation that she " expects every man to do his duty," if she has let herds of her children grow up as the cattle on her hills, without being told or taught what that duty is? "Will a State reap where she has not sowed!" Or is nothing required to make an " effective man " but bone, and sinew, and miiBcle, in certain weight and quantity. However, I alluded to His Excellency's call for an Educational Convention only to express my wish that it might be universally heard and answered. Do tell the people not to lorget this, in the press of other matter. There are many subjects now appealing to the feelings, or passions, or interests of our people more loud- ! Iy?but very few in which their true interests are more indissolubly involved. It is easy, very easy, to get a convention to discuss any other subject, whether the improvement of our farms, or stock, or the building of railroads. Now when a plan is proposed for a convention to discuss the character and prospects of those for whom we improve these farms and build these roads, tciU it succeed ? We hear much said (and stern and fearful is the necessity for saying much) about owing it to those who may come after us to protect their rights. It is worthy of inquiry, whether we are not more solicitous about the inheritance than the character of our suscessors. This (to quote the illustration of one of the ancients) would be, to be more careful of the shoe than of the foot. It is now proposed to hold a convention to discuss I this whole matter; will it succeed f It may i not be policy in me, as a friend to the proposi- j tion, but it is surely honesty to confess, that 1 feel rather fear than hope, when this question is proposed in this form. I feel a gloomy pre. jentiinent that the proposed convention will be i failure. The feelings and anxieties a id sympathies of our people spend themselves in a different channel from this. Do 1 offend the pride of any citizen who calls it a slander, to hint that our people are not vitally and keenly interosted in the education of their own children ? [ answer, let us waive our dispute on this point lor one month. After we see what aid or countenance, or practical assistance this convention neets with, we can then perhaps settle it more msily. Timk will thll. No fear of being charged with egotism shall ii-ovnnl mo from pvtnllinrr flip te.1C.herg office. ,,,v ? ? [ may, in a future sheet offer you a few thoughts >n it; for the present I will satisfy myself with i very general remark or two. The teachers jf our State, numbered by hundreds, are daily loing, either in weakness or in strength, either ,vith care or in too much haste, a work, whose esults will not die with them. The men of the lext generation, in their character, will exhibit, ind society in all its interests will surely feel lie proofs of their present faithfulness or negect Will it be nothing to the people of our State if these men shall meet in council, to ex:hange views, opinions, and plans, and indulge n that commerce of thought which profits both jarties ? Will it be nothing if these men, leavng your Capital with new and enlarged views )f the dignity and worth of their office, elevaed and yet humbled by a sense of its oppresling cares?its lofty aims, widi light shed on heir toilsome and perplexing path, with their ympathies excited in each others success, shull ipread in all directions through .your State, to rain her children up to be her glory or her ihame. Many useful questions coulu be discussed in an assembly like this. In the matter if statistics alone, it would be worth all the rouble and expense incident to it. Suppose iven a tolerably full delegation from each District?what a Hood of light could bo poured on )ur common school system?its wants and advantages?failure and success. But I have already given you more than a iheet, and though my desk is not yet empty, I [ must close. 1 expect the very heading ot my irticles will drive away most of your readers. Now-a-days, readers open newspapers in Bearch ;or something more exciting than anything a schoolmaster's life or desk affords. I will be satisfied, however, if, after reading all the rest >f the paper, as a last resort, a careless eye should run over my scattered thoughts; this vill till my ambition. On last Wednesday, Benjamin, son of Dr. Wiji. \. Tatem, of Denton, Md., some 10 or 12 years of ige, fell into the river, when Mr. C. A, Richardson dunged in and rescued him when in the act of go- < ng down tho second time. 3&From tb? Palmetto Standard. TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. The President of the State Temperance Society, Hou. J. B. "O'Nenll, has appointed the 3rd and 4th days of July next, for the semi-annual meeting of the State Temperance Couvenlion to be held iu Chesterville. This Convention will be composed of delegates from all associations and bodies of Temperance within the State; and of representations from the State Societies of the adjoining States. The following will be the order of the exercises on tiutt occasion: Wednesday 3rd.?The Convention will meet iu the Presbyterian Lecture Room, at 9 o'clock A. M.,and at 2 o'clock, P. M. At 7 1-2 o'clock in the evening a Torch-Light Processiou will be formed in front of the Court House, composed of members of the Convention, Sons and Cadets of Temperance, and I. 0. Reehabites (under their respective Marshals,) T. A. Societies, Cold Water Army and citizens generally. Tho procession, under Major S. S. MeCully, cf /i I ill i? iff l I r\ r . . .. *. uoiumDia, uniei Marshal, ana Ur. J. Mel' .Gas ton and Jus. Pagan, Esq., Assistants, will proceed to the Methodist Church, where addresses will be delivered by Henry Summer, Esq., of Newberry; J. G. Bowman, Esq., of Columbia, and Dr. It. E. Wylie, of Lancaster. Thursday, ilh.?The Convention will meet at 8 o'clock, and the Cold Water Army will lie presented to the President Tho procession as above, will be formed at 11 o'clock, by the Chief and Assistant Marshals, and march to the Methodist Church, where the Anniversary Orations will be pronounced by J. B. Kershaw, Esq., of Camden and Master Jno. D. Wylie, of Lancaster. The following distinguished gentlemen will also be present, and as many of them as time will admit, will address the people, viz: Hon. Jos. H. Luinpkin, Athens, Ga.; Hon. J. J. Floyd, G. W. P., Covington, Ga.; P. A. Lawson, G. W. P., Griffin, Ga.; Hou. J. B. O'Neall, Rev. Wm. B. Barnwell, Jas. Tupper, Esq., Hon. B. F. I'orter, Lieut. U. H. IJuryee, State Lecturer, Gen. J. N. Whitner, S. L. Heller, H. J. Dean, S. Bobo, and N. L. Griffin. On the night of the 4tb, another meeting will be held, which will be enlivened by speeches from several of the eminent gentlemen already mentioned. The occasion will be one worthv the Anniversary of our National Independence, at which there should be a general rallying of the friends of Temperance in every part of our State. None should be absent, who have it in their power to attend. If there be a spirited demonstration made at this particular juncture? if this Convention be properly attended and conducted, it will place the Reform on a higher footing than it has yet enjoyed in this State. W. W. MOBLEY, J. L. HARRIS, Tin n i /M V T I> 1I..PPI I V j-ao. fAU.til, y. U. IHDVUlJUt, JNO. DOUGLASS, Sr. Com. of Arrang'ts. of State Society. Thirty-First Cougre*<?1st Session. Washington, June 18, 1850. Sknatk.?After memorials, the adjustment bill was taken up?the question being on the motion of Mr. Hnle to provide that the State of California be, with her consent, divided, at a future time, into three States. Mr. Foote moved to amend the amendment by providing that tho said States, when admitted, be admitted with or without slavery as they might think it proper. Mr. Smith opposed this and all other amendmpiitji nf n hvnntliHtirrl kind, as an imoediment to tiie bill. He should not vote for the bill, but he wanted action upon it. The public business had not yet been done, and the dog days were at an end. Mr. Chase objected to the amendment that it pledged a future Congress. Mr, Foote advocated his amendment. Mr. Foote's amendment was agreed to?yeas 35, nays 9. Mr. Rusk hoped the amendment would prevail and that it would leave Congress in future so that they should not interfere with local affairs of the States. Mr. King thought the boundaries of California were too large and ought to be reduced, and certainly would bo if the slavery question did not interfere. Mr. Hale said he saw that a free man could not get into the omnibus without a negro. Mr. Houston said the amendment would give the South no chance for a slave State out of California, if it was divided, because slavery was excluded from it by her Constitution. Mr. Davis, of Miss., opposed, and Mr. Pratt advocated the amendment. Mr. Davis, of Miss., moved to amend so a& to provide that all pre-existing laws of said territories which restrict the enjoyment of any rights exercised under the constitution and laws of the United States, be hereby repealed. Mr. Hale moved to add the following:? "Provided, That all laws abolishing slavery in Mexico be excepted from this repealing clause." Mr. Foote opposed the proviso. Mr. Clay opposed the amendmeut and the proviso. He thought it had been already decided not to interfere with the Irx loci, nor abrogate nor recognise any local law. He was willing to leave the question to the judiciary of tho United States. The matter was alreadysettled by the provision adopted in the tenth a.1? ?L!^L I- alntfAmr Ko noilkur nrn. SL'CIIUII, WHICH 19 Ulttb ClttVCij uv iivivmv. j/.v hibited nor established Mr. Davis, of Mass., said his amendment merely asserted that the Constitution of the United States should be paramount, on Mexican soil, to any local laws. If we had acquired territory by blood and treasure ought not i our Constitution be extended over it! Why should our citizens be compelled to go into expensive and tedious law suits to assert their i rights. He sought to amend the bill; but if it could not be?if it was intended to maintain the local law of Mexico, ho could not support I the bill. | Mr, Pratt said the local )aw was annulled by < the annexation of the territories, litis was his 1 opinion and that of the Senator front Mass. If we Av?re right, the amendment offered by the , Senator from Mjss,, would be nugatory, but would prevent others from voting for the bilL , The debate was continued by Messrs. Soule, Dawson, Walkor, Foote, Davis, of Miss,, and others. Without taking the question, at 4 o'clock, the Senate adjourned, Jcnf. J9.?The adjustment bill was taken up, i and the amendment pending, offered yesterday by Mr. Jefferson Davis, whs rejected. Mr. Walker offered an amendment providing that the right of suffrage should be enjoyed by foreigners declaring an intention to become ciu izens?rejected. Mr. Underwood offered an amendment peaw vidiug that in case Texas do not accept the terms offered, she may bring a suit against Ntr* Mexico in the U. S. Supreme Court/ to nkyjfrf tiie disputed title to territory. Mr. Webster suggested that (he President 1>0 autliorised to direct tiie suit. Mr. CL-.y proposed that either Ac fVe^pm#: or Texas may have the question tested. Mr. Underwood inoditied the amendment accordingly. Mr, Husk said (life east was iMtofr sftered hi1 its character by the President's late message. . The United States uow eiakned pomewion of the territory fa dispute. He went on to argue tlmt it was-.T) fraudulent pretension Texas, he hooed. wowtt never sebmit to her <fra?red'tw r * vo w r the bor of die Supreme Court Mr. Badger advocated tlie amendment, ahwtrv hig that tlie title of Texas was not clcar^a!^ ought to he submitted to the Supreme Court' Mr. Foote denied that the United States Court had jurisdiction in the case. Mr, Badger argued dial the* jurisdiction ofdie Supreme Court extended to this ease. f The discussioir was continued by Mr. Butler,* Mr. Berrien aud others. Mr. Clay expressed a hope* that the aetion on amendments would not be delayed beydnd to-morrow. Amendments would embarrass the' bill and thwart its progress. Mr. Berrien gave notice of an amendmentto restrict the number of representatives from) California to one, and tc be elected hereafter. Mr. Berrien would vote to obtain such a-' mendments to thebfft as would insure its passage, and not to thwart it Mr. Foote moved Co oostnoue the bill till tA morrow at 12 M. The Senate went Mfcr Executive session for' a few moments and adjourned. Junk 20.?Mr. Clay presented resolutions of the Reform Convention of Kentucky in favor of the passage of the Semite adjustment bilL Mr. King reported a joint resolution granting a gold medal to the British barque Sarah, for saving wrecked American seamen. The adjustment hill was taken up, and after a brief discussion, by Messrs. Underwood, Foote and Pratt, of the pending amendment, giving the U. S. Supreme Codrt jurisdiction in the case of the dispute between Texas and New Mexico, the amendment was rejected?yeas 10, navs 24?as follows: Yeas?Messrs. Baldwin, Clarke, Corwin, Drfvisof Mass., Dodge of Wis., Greene, Hale, Hamlin, Miller, Phelps, Seward, Spruauce, Underwood, Upham, Wales, Walker?16. Nays?Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Benton, Berrien, Bright, Butler, Cass, Clay, Coojier, Dawson, Downs, Felcb, Foote, Hoostha, Mouter, King, Mason, Morton, Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Sturgeon, Wbitcoiub?24 ' Mr. Berrien moved an amendment, prorkk. ing that California have one representative in, Congress, instead of two, and tliat a new dee-, tion take place. Mr. Berrien spoke at great length in support, of the motion. Mr. Douglas delivered an argument in reply., The first part of the amendment was reject-. ea?yeas 12, nays ?si. - - - - ? The second part was rejected---ye as, 12,, nays 22. / ' M r. Fdotc hoped, he said, that the understanding would be that we should have u#? more a-, mendinents. "r The Senate then adjourned. San Dikgo, April 29^1859. > A Dreadful Scene at the Gila? Americans: Killed? There hns been a terrible affair at the rapoth, of the Gila. Some Americans stopped thereto ferry passengers, dec., oyer the Rio Colors-, do. On last Tuesday, the 28th, a party of four or five hundred Indians attacked them,, about noon, and killed eleven of them. Three only made their escape and came hrtb town. Therehad been fifteen or tweutv thousand Sonoreans. and others, who had been crossing the river da-, ring the last three months, and the ferry corn'-, pany had nearly seventy .thousand dollars. The Indians carried off the money and provisions., and bnrned the houses. There had been lto-. ries of the extortion, die., of the Americans at the ferry. Since this affair we learn that the Indiana conceive themselves to be at war with us, dnd I fear that innocent emigrants may suffer.?< These Indians belongs to a faithless tribe. We had sjme difficulty with diem on oar jparney last year, bat nothing more serioas happened than the loss of some of oar cattle, which they stole and drove off. ' ' We give the above, wider a prettv firm belief, however, that the story is partial and exaggerated. There has probably been provo cation deserving ot more particularity ot statement than the brief allusion to " atones qf extortion" made by the writer. Important pro* Santa Fr.?Intelligence has been transmitted by telegraph, from New Orleans, tho 17th in at, of the issue, according to the Texas Civilian of June 14, of a procla-. mation by Col. Monroe, directing the electioq of delegates to Convention for forming a State Governmentfor New Mexico. The convention was to be held at Santa Fe on die 16th of June, (not May, we presume, as alleged in the dispatch, seeing that we have advices frqnq Sant^ Fe later than the 15th ult) The cQrarqnnica-. tion also confirms die st^tenqent that Mjyor. Neignoors, tqe ipxcn commissioner id new. Mexico to organize the convention, State, has left that iooality and returned to Austin, having discovered that in spite of bis protests the New Mexicans desire no intimacy with Texas. It is stated that the cause of his Mure was the interference of the mllitaiy authorities of Santa Fe. ^Either this will prove a new element of discord, or perplexity, at least, in Congress, or it will bring about a summary settlement of tho pending controversy. The bill to abolish capital punishment failed in Connecticut Senate by one vote.