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UNITED STATES, i
We extract the following items of intelli
gence from the Honolulu Argus of July 27 .:— ^
'A Bill ha« been introduced in Congress
providing for the admission of Oregon into
;he Union as a btate, and the Legtslatuie of
Jregon are taking the preliminary steps for
filing a Convention to form a constitution.
' A tremendous explosion of five tons of
rnnpowder occurred at Wilmington, Delaware,
-n the 31st April, at 11 o'clock a.m. The
powder was loaded upon three waggons, each
Contained 450 kegs, from the Dupont Mill*,
m its way to the wharf for shipment. When
passing the elegant mansion of Bishop Lee,
the explosion took place, killing fifteen horses
md three drivers; two other men, one woman,
md a chil'), were also missing ; and one man,
two woman, and a child were seriously in
lured. The dwelling-houses of Bishop Lee
ind James E. Price, together with other
Iwellings and six stables, were demolished,
uid about 75 other houses were badly shat
tered. Trees were torn up by the roots, and
the scene in the neighbourhood resembles that
}f an earthquake. The explosion was felt 35
miles south of Wilmington. Total loss about
75,000 dollars.
' England is reported to have announced to
the Government at Washington, that it will
seize Sitka and all Russian ports on the Pacific,
i great advantage by the way to England in
Base of any difficulty between our Government
md Great Britain. The Russian and British
fur companies agree to respect private pro
perty and avoid personal collisions.
'A great riot on account -f the arrest of a
fugitive slave named Burns, belonging to Col.
Suttle, of Alexandria, Va., had occurred at
Boston. On the 3rd June, the United States
Commissioner surrendered the slave to his
master. He was immediately conveyed on
board a revenue cutter, which without delay
set sail for Norfolk. The militia lined the
street from the Court House to the place of
embarkation, where fifty armed policemen
were stationed, and the fugitive was escorted
by one hundred and forty-five regular troops,
including a detachment of artillery with a
nine-pounder loaded with grape-shot. Busi
ness was generally suspended, and many of
tbe buildiugs were draped with black. An
immense throng assembled in the streets,
which greeted the military with groans and
hisses, but there was no violent exhibition of
the deep and intense feeling, that evidently
prevailed.'
The following despatch was telegraphed
from Washington on the afternoju of June
the 5th:—
' A special bearer of despatches from the
Spanish Government has just been in official
communication with the new Minister from
Madrid, in this city, and the result is said to
indicate events of the highest importance.
All our difficulties with Spain are in a state of
amicable adjustment ; but the most important
fact developed is the official assurance that
Spain has announced her willingness to sell
Cuba, and that negotiations are now actually
on foot between the two Governments with
that end in view. It was a knpwledgts of
these negotiations and communications from
Spain which prompted the President to issue
his proclamation against the Filibusters, just
as a knowledge of the Gailsden treaty, awhile
ago, induced the proclamation agiinstCalifor
nian Filibusters. The intelligence is creating
no little excitement among the politicians of
all classes here. The Northern men are ask
ing — what does it mean ? — to what ia it going
to lead? The Southerns are jubilant; while
the moderate men of bith sections only see in
the acquisition a revival --f the bitter sectional
animosities that have alredy tried so fre
quently the strength' of the Union. — God save
the Republic !'
The Combihhd Squadrons in the Pacific —
The Honolulu Argusof July 27th, says— 'On
Tuesday, the combined English and French
squadrons left this roadstead for parts un
known, though the opinion generally pre
vailed that they would divide themselves in
their passage northward ; one part taking the
North American coast, and the other the Tarr
tary and Siberian coast, under their special
observation. There can be no doubt, how
ever, that some of them will rally the French
whalers in the Ochotsk and Arctic, and convoy
them hither, so that in about two months we
may expect to see them back here.'
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