Summary

We have received President Harrison's Inaugural address. It is judged to be one of the best that has ever issued from the presidential chair.

Since the 15th March 1840, upwards of 56,000 foreign passengers arrived at New York.

Intelligence has been received from the West Indies, that the British Government has given orders that 25,000 negroes should be disciplined as soldiers, in addition to the ordinary colored militia.

It is said an iron ore has been discovered in the State of N. Y. having the extraordinary property of yielding by the simple process of smelting, a substance convertibal [convertible] at once into tools and cutlery instruments of the best quality, in other words native steel.

War Movements in Maine.-We learn from the Portland Argus of the 15th ult. that resolutions on the subject of repelling British aggressions, were taken up in the Senate on the 13th and after being amended by inserting $1,000,000, instead of $400,000, for the defence [defense] of the State, were refered [referred] to the committee-Mr. Davies then offered the following resolution:

Be it resolved, that the President of the United States be requested and urged to cause the immediate removal of the foreign armed force by which our State is invaded, stationed upon the upper valley of the St. John's, and that the Government of the United States be earnestly invoked to relieve this State from the present heavy needless burden of its own defence [defense].

Dr. Franklin said "when I see a house well furnished with books and newspapers, there I see intelligent and well informed children; but if there are no books or papers, the children are ignorant, if not profligate." The Dr. was no doubt right in his observation; for, as the adage is, "if parents will not find employment for their children, the devil will."

The Editor of the New York Herald, who is at present in Washington, writes as follows:

"A Queen's messenger arrived recently from Upper Canada, with important despatches [dispatches] from Governor Arthur to Mr. Fox. On the despatches [dispatches] Mr. Fox re-opened the correspondence, and has made new and menacing demands upon our Governmeut [Government] to interfere and protect McLeod from the legal authorities of Lockport, New York. He has gone over the recent riotous events, and indulged in a strain of acrimony and harshness, which has re-kindled a

fresh flame in the breast of our Secretary. There is every reason to believe that the organization of a war army of 40,000 men, British Government for the delivery of McLeod, nor is there the slightest hopes to think that the disputed territory in Maine will ever be given up by England."

The Editor of the "Cross & Journal" Columbus, O. March 5th, has picked up another piece of slander on "Mormonism." The piece is selected from the N. Y. Baptist Register, and only deserves a passing notice. The author one Norman Bentley, professes to have had an acquaintance with Joseph Smith, and makes various ridiculous and contradictory statements which he says Smith made. We pronounce the whole a tissue of lies. We doubt whether the author ever saw Brother Joseph Smith: if he has ever conversed with him, he has knowingly and wilfully [willfully] vilified his character.-The article is too low and vulgar to deserve notice.