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Northern Gasconade versus Southern tArs.?It seems passing strange that our Northern contemporaries are so oblivious that the very State, which they so profusely abuse, is for her size one of the best customers the Northern cities can boast of. At thievery moment a large number of our citizens absent in Northern cities investing " South Carolina money in the purchase of their fall gools. Yet the representatives of the press in thoie cities, where the hulk of our cash i? ex* pencil, are the foremost in sneering anil jeering 4 us. Here is a specimen of the estimatiuqHSouth Carolina is held in by the Philadelphia Evmin#Iiullrfi/i, the organ of the niercanile interests in that city: 4 War.?South Carolina will, it is supposeu, delnre war against the United States, immediacy after the dissolution of the Union, which is o take place six weeks after the re-assembhg of the Nashville Convention, which will b in six weeks after the adjournment of Con- ' ress, which will be after the admission of C'ali- . jrttia, the settlement of the Texas honmhuy, | *' nd the passage of innumerable acts, now im-j v* .ieratively demanded. All Northerners disposal ed to volunteer, are advised to get their villain-1 ous salt-petre comjiounds, their gnus, pistols ' eand swords ready to meet the invading army -'C ^ und^f General Rhett. The naval lbrceof South Carolina, consist iug of a fleet of oyster boats 4v an4 Rcows, commanded by the admiral of the "'Cbhrloaton Mnreni V. is OXDCCtod tO Sail from .VBeaufort Harbor, under, convoy of the great Sea Serpent. It is expected that it will take Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New YoiY as soon as news arrives that the invading army fcf Texas, has conquered the territory of New Mfeqco, if not sooner.*' This is Kghly complimentary. But doubtless the merchants of Philadelphia would not thank their org?]} were "the Admiral of the I Charleston Mereuty" to set an embargo on all Northern paper, and also enjoin his readers to i - divert their custom for the future from Phila-1 delphia. In sober earnestness, the only mode to bring these Northerners to their se^es is to abstain ? . - from dealing w ith tliem altogether. A little entorpnse only iA wanting Tor South Carolina to j manufacture for herself ail that is requisite for j home consumption. We have money?we have , facility?ali that is wanting is energy.? j I*et us only try tlie eXyeriinent. and Northern j ' tfiSconnde will :ts quickly evaporate, as liie dc?l'^ont their pouches. Stale Rigfu? Republican. 'x:\XXf-X- Washington*, Aug. 8, 1850.?Privilege of * H "yv* She. Rouse of Represeritatires.?This moving, ' a stout, dark-reddish looking man, having black kinkV hair, with a boy about eight years of age " r at his side, of a similar complexion, but whose hair was more inclined to curl, attracted much ---attention. There was general inquiry as to who the personage was, and it was soon whispered that he was from Hayti, in the character *. of a diplomatist, probably ; and again, that he ? was a West Indian, oti a tour of pleasure. The . rlnni-L'oririnr ?ir?rl nnn nf Ki*: ncciduntk. jitm rfHlllir. 1 ed, l^v the rules, to admit none to the Hull but 'those who are privileged, and seeing him, it was their duty to inquire by whom he was introduced. We happened to be near, and heard him respond to an inquiry that he was in the hall by the courtesy of a gentleman frorn.()hio. It is certain that he was not the representative of a foreign court, for he was invited to depart? He politely did so, and in plain good English said he would not remain if his presence was disagreeable. Taking his boy by the hand, be ' made a low bow in passing Mr. Giddiugs, and in a few ininntes was among the out-side barbarians. Whether the color of his skin was objectionable, or his complexion excited a suspicion as to caste or race, he being brought in by Mr. (biddings, we are unable to say. Certain it is, like the unclean spirit, be was cast out Ball. Clipper. HON. JOHN. McQUEEN. The course of the Hon. John McQueen onr immediate Representative in Congress has been cnoli n ^ mnnf tK. i l>Mft c n S ah svf* l>!o ouv.ii ?*o iv; uicvi uig uw m "I'l" ,M',luw" v/i Mia constituents. He is nrm, faithful and watchful, in the discharge of his duties, and this part of the State has had no cause to regret that, it has committed to his keeping its honor and interests. Having every confidence in his integrity and ability and believing that lie has not given a vote since he has been a member of the House which is not approved of, by his constiteents, we ofi'er his name for a re-election, feeling perfectly satisfied that the unaiimous support he will receive, will testify the appreciation in which he is held dy the people of this Congressional District. We make the nomination with the full knowledge that (Jen. McQueen, belongs to that class of southern statesmen who are denounced by Air. Clay, us traitors?men who prefer disunion to dishonor, and who believe that their allegiance is first due to the State of which they are citizens, and not to the foreign government at Washington. If it were not so, if he were not such a traitor, he would not and could not represent this Congressional District, for we have no use for any man, who does not feel that he owes an allegiance to the State whose servant he is, paramount to ul1 others. If holding such doctrines make Gen. McQueen a traitor he will at least have the s.it' faction of knotting that all his constituents are traitors also.? Georgetown Observer. "A Fact Worth Knowing. '' Under this head the True Union, of Baltimore, publishes the following from " ail authentic source." " \ distinguished General (Twiggs,) return* e l from the Mexican war covered with 'glory.' !: had, liowewr, two marks of haul service .. icii laurels could no! hide?as they did ( kra > baldness. One was a head as white as wool; and the other a cutaneous eruption on his forehead. For the latter he was advised to try a mixture of sulphur, and sugar of lead and rose water. In applying it, some of the mixture moistened the hair on his forehead, and after a while this part of his hair resumed its original color. He then applied the mixture to all his hair, and it all became, and is now, of its primitive snndv hue. He communicated the fact to some of his friends in Washington?especially to some ex-members, who are widowers and seeking preferment?and it has been found efficacious in every instance. It does not dye the hair, but seems to operate upon the roots, and restore the original color. The recipe is as follows:?1 drachm Lac Sulphur ; half drachm Sugar of Lead ; 4 ounces Rose Water mix them : shake the phial on using the mixture and bathe the hair twice a day for a week, or longer if necessary." From the Daily State Rights Republican. THE TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. By reference to our Telegraphic column, our readers will perceive that the California Bill passed the U. S. Senate yesterday by a majority of sixteen. Nol at this moment being informed as to what amendments may have been made to it, we must i'or the present defer any comments. Bui tts many persons are, ow ing to the confused state 111 wincu v^ougress has placed our Territories, ignorant of the domain now organized and unorganized in the U. States, aoi included within State government, we avail ourselves of some valuable information we find in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, of the 9th inst., to shed some light on the subject. ' Our Pacific possessions extend from the 49th degree of North latitude to the 32 1-2 degree, and from the coast of the Pacific, on an average longitude of 124 degrees, to the Rio Grande, on an average of 100 degrees. This would make an extent of seventeen and a half degrees of latitude and eighteen of longitude, and in square miles about 10,000,000. "Oregon is bounded by the 49th degree of North latitude upon the South, (the upper boundary of California,) and the Rocky Mountains upon the East. The longitude traversed by these mountains, as the Eastern limits of the territory, is from the 109th degree to the 111th degree, following a crocked line from point to point. '*' qc nrnnnspd tn he admitted as a I State, t.? bounded, as stated, on the North by California, on the West by the Pacific, 011 the South by tiie 32d degree of latitude, which is the line of boundary In'tween Mexico and the United States, and on the West by the Colorado river, which is near the 115 1-2 degrees of longitude, and parallel therewith, until we strike the 35th degree of latitude, thence in a direct line westerly until the line intersects the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and | thence along Slid mountains, in an almost par| ullel direction with the 120th degree of longitude, until the line again strikes the Southern j boundary of Oregon, or the 42d degree of north 1 latitude. i "Utah is hounded on the west by California, I 0,? the south by the dividing ridge (or 37th deI gree U* latitude,) which rises between the wa* | ters. that tlow into the great Basin and those ! which flow into die Gull' of California, on the east by the same ridge, which forms its curvature from the angle where the 37th degree ol Latitude crosses the 113th degree of longitude, running diciice in a curve until the line intersects the 11 ltl> degree of longitude, and thence up said degree of longitude to the lower boundary of Oregon, which is the limit of the terri tory, as Itounded on the north. "Colorado Territory is that section of conntry bounded upon the lower west portion by the lower eastern boundary of California, ami the Colorado river, and the south by the dividing line between .Mexico and the 1). States, on the east by the Sierra .Madra, or western limits of Mexico, and on the north by the curved ridge or 27th degree of latitude, which constitutes the southern boundary 01 utnn, until me line extends to the II 1th degree of longitude, whence the territory extends to the 42d degree of longitude, and is further bounded north l>} the same. " New Mexico, as its limits arc defined, is bounded upon the West by the territory of Colorado , on the South by the 23d degree of latitude, on the Cast by the one hundredth degree 1 of longitude, and on the North by the Arkansas | river and 42d degree of North latitude, [The Arkansas river extends in a curvature line from this degree ot'latitude, down the 107th degree of longitude :s short distance, and thence in a diverging line to the 100th degree ot'longitude, whence it i? intersected by die 39th ilegree o! nortli latitute.] "The Indian Territory is bounded on die .South by the Arkansas river, thence in a straight line South, to the Red River, which bounds it remotely near the 34th deg. of hit., on the West by the Ren River, on the North by Nebraska, and on the East by the States of Arkansas and .Missouri. " Nebraska is bounded on the West by the eastern limits of Oregon and upper angle of New Mexico, on the North by the 49th degree of latitude, (or line dividing the United .States from Canada,) on the South by the Indian Ter* j ritory, and on the East by the State of Iowa, and Territory of Vliiiesota. "Minesotn is bounded upon the west by Nebraska, (sometimes called Missouri Territory,) on the South by the State of Iowa, on the cast by the State of Wisconsin and Lake Superior, and on the north by the dividing line between the United States and Canada?42d degree of latitude. "These are the territories which the U. States own, covering an area greater than the whole I union of States, and larger than the whole su| perlicial irl'ace of Europe. cqr. mile*. ?]r. acre*. ; Oregon contains 341 , !(?.*? or 218,03(5,320 California 175,303 or 112,232,320 Utah, 123,000 or 80,0(H),000 Colorado 225,715 or 144,157,000 .New Mexico 110,000 or 70,400,000 Indian territory 120,000 or 70,800,000 I Nebraska or .Mo. Tit..100,000 or 250,000,000 Miuesota 105,000 or 07,200,000 Aggregate 1,002,536 1,025,020,240 ' Oregon is provided witli a government, and also Miuesota and Utah, while California is asking State admission; hut the residue of this immense domain is abandoned for the present, or given up to the unmolested possession of the Indians. The line of 30 deg. 30 mill, extended to the Pacific, would apportion about one third, or less, South of the line, and the residue to the North of the line." OTS WJfejJL .* i CAMDEN. 3. C. j FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16,1850. / Wm. C. Caston, Esq. is General Agent for/he Journal. / </ J5?^"The entire healthiness, the soft, entrancing night-air, the frequent showers, and the heavenly moonlight nights of our city, mark it as a place where Paradise might have staid a week longer than elsewhere when it left our earth. A Short Hand Qlance at Affairs. Momentous events are following each other in quick succession. The defeat of the adjustment Bill the other day, was a source of joy to the South and to all true lovers of the Union?but tire death of one iniquitous measure, is but the birth of another. Pearce's Bill for the settlement of the Texas Boundary is what the South should never submit lo. It matters not, whether Texas does or not ?it is a measure affecting alike the entire South. The General Government gives Texas, as one feature of the Bill, ten millions of dollars, to surrender a portion of her Territory?for no other purpose than to make free-soil of. Now let it be remembered, that of this 10,000.000, about seven is paid by the Southern States. We then (the Southern States) buy up a large portion of slave territory, to turn it into free-soil, to vote, to act, and perhaps to fight against us. This is, to say the least, "}>oor policy." But further still. By this measure Texas is forever prevented from uniting with the South in any general measure of resistance to the aggressions of the General Government. It she resists, she loses the money, and the result is not hard to foretell. Next comes California. The Bill for her admission has passed the Senate 36 to 18. The justness of this?the claim that California has to adibf mwrpfiKinn of this act unon the - ? South, are unheard of prodigies of monstrosity, After battling for this Western Ophir. Alter bleaching the hills of Mexico with our dead, and Ailing the brightest page of American History to gain this territory?where cowards skulked, and basely threw the weight of war upon our shoulders? noic, they, by the act of an unprincipled majority, are appropriating to themselves the territory we fought to obtain?by one fell swoop of legislative chicanery, they seize the key to the rich commerce of the Pacific, and hold it by the rule o(might gives right. Thank God, it is only a political might.? Alia u uie any uiiisi uujuu \>ucu nr. Wi?? uue by "wager of battle," we have no fears for the result. The government is a:i abolition machine? whose main employment is to lorge manacles for the South. The constitution is trampled under foot, and the Union is held out as the mess of pottage with which they hope to buy our birth-right It is time we knew the Essaus of the South?let us make an issue and unveil them. Let us plant our bayonets upon the Missouri Compromise line ?and let their bristling points be the platform upon which we receive the lirst free-eoiler who would come south of that line. Treason?Traitors. We are not a little surprised that a man who once had the reputation which Mr. Clay enjoyed should have made such an indiscriminate useo1 these opprobious terms and so inappropriately applied as lie did to lionesl men. Certainly his vocabulary of proper terms was not ,at hand?or it ma) be ilieold man was mad. Certainly the movement which he made on a late occasion in the Senate Chamber was as much out of place as that of the little Foote which attempted to kick our delegates for the expression of their views on the Southern question alter they had attended the \ashvilie Convention, at the Ratilication meeting held in t/ie Court House (of the Kershaw District.) To Clay, Benton, Foote, and the firm, we say if to maintain our rights nowl alter forbearance has ceased to be a virtue in the language of the immortal Patrick Henry, "If this be Treason, make the most of it." The Democratic Review, For August, is on our table, embellished with a portrait of the Hon. Robert McLane, member of Congress from Maryland. The number before us ieads olf with a local matter, relating to the question oi United States Senator from New York, in which the claims of the present incumbent, Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, are strongly urged for a reelection. The position of the editor in presenting this matter is evidently that of party?claiming lor his champion the merit of being " honest, capable, and faithful to the Constitution." Believing, as he obviously does, that the re-ascendancy of the National Democratic Party will tend to settle the sectional strife, and quiet the local murinurings which threaten our glorious countn, u while" (as he says) u the Democratic Party, national in its character, catholic in its creed, and patriotic in its course of action, successfully contended for the rights of the States, for the maintenance of constitutional guaranties, and for the assertion of a broad and national Americanism, which, knowing no section, disregarding geographical lines ol division and sustaining the great common and equal rights of all the members of the confederacy?claiming for each what is conceded to all?resisted and arrested these agitations, preset red the Union intact, and carried forward the nation?not a section or part of it?in a career of prosperity, honor and renown, unexampled in the history of nations. The Wilmot proviso, the last effort of combined abolitionism and partyism was thrown upon the country in the midst of - ...? ? -- !*-~l- *! -- A .v,nei/?on nrmc unl tlionltir. a wary in which uiu muui iv??i u?.?iw? nwi v?< * airy or patriotism of the North or the South, but of all sections and portions of the Republic?had achieved a series of victories of matchless brilliancy, and had won a deathless name. Its design was to embarrass the Administration in the prosecution of the war, to prevent the conclusion of an honorable and advantageous peace, and to clog the valuable acquisition of territory?an incident of the war and the peace?with conditions, intended to disparage the Administration, afford ^Y r 1 - - 1 " 1 . aid and comfort to the common enemy, and for* r'nish recruits, and means to recover _the political power of th& country for the combined whig and" abolition foices." The Review endorses Mr. Dickinson's views on the so called Compromise bill, which' dose we rejoice was not as greedily swallowed down as the Sarsaparilla of old Dr. Jacob Townsend, or a6 the prescriber and his consultation supposed it would be. We find the word "Southern Ultraism," in this article. We take occasion to intimate to the editor of the Democratic Review, and to all Northern democratic, whig, free-soil and every other sort of editor, that true "Southern Ultraism "or Southern "Treason," as lately defined by old Mr. Clay, is fast becoming universal at tne eoutn, as tne "point of honor"?not confined, as some Northern nationalists vainly imagine, to the "fanatics and zealots"?or excited in the minds of the people by artful demagogues, "or the appeals of crafty and venal aspirants to distinction"?but the free, united, will of the uncontrolled, untcrrified democracy?those who have " hitherto cherished with a fond and earnest devotion, that great bond of Union," and who are yet willing to do so, if they can, consistently with their own rights and honor. It is the voice of the people? " A bold peasantry, their country's pride, Which if destroyed can never be supplied." The Review has heretofore spent its fury upon such ultra abolitionists as Seward and his faction, leaving the question until now, untouched, in the shape of the California admission, "Compromises," "Adjustments, &c." We were not certain whether or not the Report of the Committee of 13 met with a favorable response from that quarter. Mr. Dickinson playing a considerable part in that farce explains the matter. Of course, the great Nationality of the Review could discover no just cause for a Southern Convention. This was not to be expected. A paper may profess to be this ot that, but it is common that opinions arc preju-. diced from the connection and force of circumstances. How can we expect a Northern Press to give us justice? To belabor the red-hot abolitionists is not enough now-a-days to satisfy Southern people?(Ultras or Traitors")?to heap abuse and multiply imprecations upon Davy Wilmotand his scheme, and then advocate, measures similar in their character, and precisely the same in principle, shaped as an "Adjustment," is exceedingly inconsistent, and is wanting in good reason and common sense. W. Texas Awake. The Texas Republican contains a notice from Capt. Thos. M. Likens, statuigthat he is authorized by a commission from Governor Bell, to raise a company of mounted ranjers, to hold themselves in readiness to join an expedition to Santa Fe. The Republican expresses the opinion that 5,000 troops will be in readiness in twenty days, if required by the Governor. Burnt by Lightning. We learn from the last Sumter Banner, that the Gin-house of Capt. John N. Frierson, of that District, was destroyed by lightning on the 8th inst. But little Cotton was consumed, as Capt. F. had oniy commenced picking the week previous. Georgia Asylum. We have received die iirst annual report of the board of Commissioners of this institution for the Deal'anil Dumb, which is located ai Cave Spring, in our enterprising and worthy sister State, which lor public spirit and improvement, ma) be n-garded in the van of all the other States in the Union. This highly interesting and benevolent enterprise is but an experiment in Georgia, it only being one year since the establishment of this institution.? The list of pupils in the school during the past year, commencing July 1st, 1849, is given, by which it appears that fourteen are supported by the State of Georgia, and seven by friends, making the total twenty-one. riM. . 1? I.I....i knnr/l flf T V r'.flUn.to/t.. X lie; X ICOlUClll V/l HIV UUUIU) v? A1. VUlUVllOUli) in his report to Governor Towns, says: * In taking a summary view of the year just past, we see much lor encouragement m the labors in which we are engaged. With thankfulness to the Giver of all good for the blessings of the past, and an humble trust for the future, we will spare no c.xertion to make the Georgia Asylum what it was designed to be, a blessing to the Deaf and Dumb." The following is the statement of cotton in Havre on the 24th of July: Total bales U. States. Stock on 1st of January 38,000 33,700 Imports from 1st January....202,278 100,3G5 Bales 240,338 . 230,071 Sales for consumption 107,138 1S7.330 Taken by speculation 48,000 48,000 Stock this day 43,200 42,041 I Same time lost year: I Imports. 285,492 280,598 IX I" -! - OOO IMS oo.? l.x.-l i .deliveries. ?uu,i7uti | Stock 0(3,440 63,815 TRU'IH STRANGER THAN FICTION. The Pennsylvania correspondent of' the St. Louis Republican, May 2d, relates the following occurrence: A young limn recently made his escape from the galleys at Tolouse. He was strong and vigorous, and soon made his way across the country and escaped pursuit. He arrived the next morning before a cottage in an open field, and stopped to beg something to eat, and concealment while he reposed a little. Rut he found the inmates of the cottage in the greatest ] distress. Four little children sat trembling in | a corner; their mother was weeping and tearing her hair ; and the father walking the floor in agonThe galley slave asked what was the matter, and the lather replied that they were that morning to be turned out of doors because they could not pay the rent "You see me driven in despair,' said the father; my wife and little children without food or shelter, and I without the means to provide for them." The convict listened to this tale with tears of sympathy, and said : I " I will give you the means. 1 have but just f*V- -V; _ , J _ ' escaped from the galleys, whoever secures and Jtakes back an escaped prisoner, is entitled to a reward of fifty francs. How much does your rent amount to V' " Forty francs," answered the father. " Well," said the other, "put a cord around my body, I will follow you to the city, they will recognize me, and you will gtt fifty franes for bringing me back.'' # " No, never! exclaimed the astonished listener, "my children should starve a dozen times before I would do so base a thing !" ' The generous young man insisted, and declared at hist that he would go and give himself up, if the father would not consent to take him. After a loner struggle, the latter yielded. aiul taking- his preserver by the arm, led hint *1 to the city and to the Mayor's office. Every ! body was surprised that a little man like the father had been aide to capture such a strong young fellow, but the proof was before them; the fifty francs were paid, and the prisoner sentback to the galleys. But after he was gone,the father asked a private interview of the Mayor, to whom he told the whole story. The' Mayor was so much affected that he not only added fifty francs more to the father's purse* but wrote immediately to the Minister of Justicebegging the uoble young prisoner's release*, The Minister examined into the affair, and find-<- I jug that it was comparatively a small offence* j which had condemned the yonng man to the j rrollntrc ;>nd flint ho linrt aIpmHv WPvnH flllt half I his time, he ordered his release. Is not the* whole incident beautiful ? " The sou) must mark the statute of the man." Where is there any thing more noble thau the" action of this young mau?an example of the true aristocracy? How much more noble than the' whiskered dandies and the goateed exquisites* who throw themselves upon society, the mite* ma of human creation! How many young ladies who lounge away a morning, or smile away an evening in company with one of the latter class, would scorn to be seen with one who owned such a soul as tho young convict, unless he was like the dandy in certain points* Verily, how few measure the man by Pope's rule? THE BUFFOON OF THE SENATE. We have scarcely ever felt greater mortificati,>n or greater contempt, than on reading the..../I nnpronfarl" o/lifinn nf \fw FaaIo B. indecent assault on two of our citizens; Cols., (iregg and Chesnut?mortification that such' billingsgate was ever heard on the fiber of the Senate chamber, and contempt for tha'poordxiffoon who thus struts in his short-lived ^greatoess;. attacking, under the protection of sentorial debate two of as honorable and patriotic citizens us can be found in this or any other State.. These wanton assaults by Senators onprivateindividuals are indicative of serious-declension in the dignity and chaiacter of our chief legislative assembly. They are alsonominous of evil to the peace of oar counttfy. Men,?10 1 matter what their position may oh. cannorbe- I allowed thus publicly to traducer&nd defame* the characters of gentlemen, without meeting the penalty of the slanderer. Such a part as l-'oote is now acting out, however elated he may be with the plaudits of thorrabblo) brings disgrace on our seutorial councils, and would be disreputable in any assembly A speaker attacking and holding up to ridicule respectable men, in the mauner Foote baa done South Carolinas, would be hissed off any pot-house stump in the country, would be scorned by every high-minded individual, andiwould be left to rot out his existence among those who could hiccough out their bravos at his attempt at wit and buffoonery. There are rods inv pickle for Him, no doubt, and yet he has rendered himself sencontemptible that it is a pity to waste ink and!paper in meting ont to him his'just deserts. He iaanxious to be invited to Columbia to meefiour delegates in debate. We would be sorry to see him invite.d for. according to the rites'of hosoitalitv. lie would be entitled to the civilities due a gentleman. He has violated all chains to meet on the forum of debate those wliom he has so grossly attacked.?South Carolinian. Trail op the California's.?More than Six Hundred Dead on the Plains?Military Morements.-?The correspondent of the St Louis Republican, from Fort Laramie^ July let, 1850, says: For a few days past the emigration has very sensibly diminished, but still the road is thronged, and a large crowd yet behind. Up to last evening the number of nauies-registered at this place was 38,312. The number of wagons 8,772. Making a small allowance for those who have not put down tiieir names, we snail nave about 10.000 for the number of tUoae who havepassed this point The leading trains pasBedftbcH'ttio> months; since, and must now be in thevicjhify of Sacrsincnto. From the scarcity of provisions amongst many of the emigrants, there can be bat lime doubt that the suffering will be frightful iu the, California mountains. The sickness this season hnsbeen much more > fatal than it was last. A gentleman justirom. the frontier, states that he counted no less than six hundred and forty-five new graves along; side the road. The troops are quite healthy, but many emigrants have been left here in - a dying state, and consequently the mortality has been great. An express is just in from Fort Hall with the news that Col, Portfcr, with his squadron of ri ? ? i , i t i tit s, lias unaimonj^rtnat place, ana is on nis way to the Dalles. 5T Col. Loomis, Col. Hoffman, Maj. Carlton,, Maj. Thompson, UfpL Wharton ana Capt Dyer reached here days ago. They will leave* here on their retain to the frontier aboat the 10th iust The Mechanics of Washington, North Caro linn, have formed an association, and published resolutions declaring that hereafter they will; not give employment to any negro mechanic,, or learn any negro boy a trade. They con. demn the pructice of masters letting slaves hire iheirown time. They refer to the influx of free negroes from Virginia, driven out by the laws of that State; antl they express a determination petition to the Legislature of North Carolina to pass a similar act, or tax the free negro to raise - fund to send them to Africa.