Value Of Mexico

A Massachusetts paper asks in refcrence [ to the taking of Monterey, - Now what would have been saitl to i the negotiator who in liis diplomacy ! should have oflbred 500 American citizens, 300 of them to have their heads knockeel offand 200 to be battered and bruised, cut to pieces without mercy, for, say, New Mexico, California, and thé coast as far as Tam pico ? - or for the whole of Mexico? Who would have paid the price? Why the man who should have proposed it would have been put in iron wristbands as a mad man, if he had not been drawn and quarternd by popular indignation. And what more are wc to get for this 500 now sacrificed by the policy oí Mr. Polk, sanclioned by Mr. Winthrop and Governor Bfriggs."(tWe would respectfully say to sub' scribers, and the public generally, that it isour cufitom to publish short obiluary notices when requested to do so. But we cannot insert those long enough to fill f rom a third to awhole column each. without doing injustice to the readers, by rilling the space which might be occupied far more acceptably to forty nine in fifty, by other matter. A notice oi deceased persons is gratifying to friends, although oí' little inlerest usually to the public. Send in your notices to the printer, but he short.(tThe Indianapolis Sentínel of Oct. 12, says : It.seems (o be the general opinión that there has never been a more sickly season throughout the West than ihe one just closing. Very few families have escaped. The eflecls of sucha general proslration has and will seriously affect the public welfare. Large quantities of wheat have been spoiled in conscquence of positivo inabiliiy to have it taken care of. We have seen immense stacks in which the stravv had rolted and the grain sprouteo'. Individuals will lose largely in this way. But, besides ihis, we are told that in many neighborhoods, planting for next year's erop has been prevented, and that many farmers will not average ane acre of wheat next scason for three :hh?.