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Chicago, and was received there with general COT
diali,v. He is favor,e at the North from H.'
4evo,ioo m Totcrpal Improvement. The Illinois
Canal !, still going on, the contractors 'eNlng III
-. s,o,e Bond, at par, although at i ruinous
depreciation this way


r.. we're sorne 600 Delegates at the Loco
soco State Convention. On the first ballot for
Governor, Hon. Adam W Snyder of ST. Clair had
l4s. Gen NJ. X. Alexander IL, aad there were
.orne scattering. For Lieut.. Governor, first bal
lot, John Moore of Mclean i5 $. Hackelton Of
Lee IL, Vim. a. Richardson of Schuyler AZ, P
Cartwright of Sangamon II, ". X. Alexander of
Edgar ;. Moore did no, lead ,;li the fifth ballot,
when Hacketon and Cartwright having with
lrawn, Moore was nominated, having 81 votes TO
63 for Richardson


q DR.. O. W HoLYEs, of Boston, much ad.
dicted to poetry and prose, lectrred on English
versiica,ion las, evening, before the Hamilton
Association of Bsooklyn In his illustrations of
Heroic Poetry, (as reported to Us he was savage
ly facetous on Iove-nakers in rhyme (as bach
-lor ef ripe exPerienc. is not unlikely to be-
quoting their amatory id!l. and rhapsodies with
exquisite gus,o-such as


VISA, kire would no, give half his throne,


To call Amanda all his own e!c.


Rising steader wing, he discussed Childe
Harold and Gertrude of Wyoming, the Spenserien
.rsnza--Lyric Poetry. Dean Swift, Sheridan &c.
In conclusion, he rccted 'wo of his own clever
Poems The Steamboat and Ny Aunt, in the
best manner, and closed an entertaining and not
Improbable lecture amid general plaudits.-We
ough, to hear Mr Holmes in Ncw-York before he
leaves US. The man who could write The Tread
MILL and The Last Leaf must be worth any
mans isienisg to.


% Perhaps our South Western Editorial
friends, who were accustomed to bclabor US so fu
riously for steadily expressing our convic,icn
founded on what we deemed authentic information,
that the Texian Expcdi.ionto to Santa Fe would fad
their path thorny one, have seen cause to soften
their tone by this time We alludc to this matter
in ,elf-vindicaton only for sadden at tie
thought OF the orlern iac OF that adventurous band,
which set ou, from Austin with such sanguise
hopes of conquest and of fame. Alas for the gal
liant hearts now throbbing wildly in the gloomy
mines Of Mexico Alas for our eccentric, noble
friend KosdalI of the Picayunc Sad is the
thought tina, we shall meet him never morc-that
his impatient spirit is suffering lingering, living
death