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Hon. John Iceland, OF Amherst, Massachusetts
has given $1,000 to the American Board of Foreign Mis-
sions.


Two thousand three hundred carriages visited the
Greenwood Cemetery lat month.


Virginia and Tennessee contain over fity-eIght
thousand persons over twenty-one years Of age who
cannot read and write.


EXHIBITION or THE DRAGooNs-We have area-
dy noticed the progress made by the Dragons un-
der the command of Col Kearney which left Fort Lea
yenworth on the 18th of May for the Rocky Mountains
We have now advices from them to the 4h Of June in
camp the forks Of the Platte. They consist OF ve
companies amounting in the aggregate to $50 men, So
far they had met with Interruptions On the oath o
A'ay they fell in with the Oregon trail and after that
passed every day some party Of emigrants moving to-
wards Oregon and California with their families and
docks and herds resembling the movement of the sra
elites through the wilderness The Dragons sent back
from the forks of the Platte two wagons, which had
hauled provisions that far for them and gave them drec
tons to disnter the remains of the late Mr. James


Marshall OF this city aud take them to Fort Leavnwoh
subject to the further directions Of his family: Mr.
was buried last ear near Of the branches Of the
Blue River whilst his way TO the mountains for the
recovery Of his health.


Oregon trail to the South Pass in the Mountains in
order to make that road safe to the emgrants They
longer apprehend dicultiss with the Indians having
such armed party on the road with themselves
The women and children arc particularly grstided


further understood that the Dragons after going
TO the South Pass will return TO Fort Laramie, the
pattc-from that point cross to Bcnts Fort on the
Arkansas and return to Fort LeavenwoIth the santa
re trail thus sordng protection to the traders to that
country II is expected that the Dragons will
plsh this duty by the last OF September.


We also learn, that two companies Of Dragons
march the st Peters Traverse thencc 10 the
North Red RvervsitiDg the Sioux and their country
me settlements In Canada coming Into their country,
querelling with thom and killing their Buffalo Tho
pragoons will put stop TO such incursions.


We are glad to the Dragons thus useully employ.
cd II Is by such service that they will recommand them
selves to the country, and the ends for which
those regiments were rai'sd.-& st. Louie Rap. Juiys,