H.
Seward.] -- ---- We are in the midst of extraordinary events.

British-American Civilization and Spanish-American Society have come into collision, each in its fullest maturity.

The armies of the North have penetrated the chapparels at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma--passed the fortresses of Monterey, and rolled back upon the heart of Mexico the unavailing tide of strong resistance from the mountain-side of Buena Vista.

Martial colonists are encamped on the coasts of California, while San Juan d'Ulloa has fallen, and the invaders have swept the gorge of Cerro Gordo--carried Perote and Puebla, and planted the banner of burning stars and ever-multiplying stripes on the towers of the city of the Aztecs.
The thirtieth Congress assembles in this conjuncture, and the debates are solemn, earnest, and bewildering.

Interest, passion, conscience, freedom, and humanity, all have their advocates.